The award for OTP hotspot goes to.. A Disney movie?
Disclaimer: I don't own a thing.
Mal wasn't a fan of school.
Don't get her wrong though, she was great at it, just ask her 3.7 grade point average.
That's right 3.7, not 4.0 because a 4.0 would require her to participate in gym class on a regular basis, and that just wasn't something that she was going to do. Ever.
Gym class to Mal was just the class before art where she'd sit under the bleachers and work on her portfolio.
She was good at art, she loved art, so she would sketch instead of catch and she would gladly take a 3.7 rather than participate in any sort of sport.
'Especially this one' She thought as a softball came hurling through the split in the bleachers and landed next to her, not without hitting a beam and creating that annoying ringing noise throughout Mal's little hideout.
However, the ball's interruption was nothing compared to the girl who came looking for it, banging on each beam as she passed it, and dragging her feet through the dirt.
Mal cringed.
'Great..' She thought as she rolled her eyes. 'Here she comes.'
Evelyn Garcia.
Evie, as most people called her, was the popular sort of girl, as opposed to Mal, who had only enough friends to count on two fingers.
She was head of the drama club as well as captain of the debate team and not to mention a track and field record holder with perfect GPA.
Evie had friends like Audrey and Jane.
She's the kind of girl who wears expensive dresses and drinks girly coffee and hates the smell of paint unless it's actually a makeup brand.
Mal's the type of girl to wear ripped jeans that weren't bought that way, and cheap boots because they fit.
She likes the smell of acrylic, the kind that doesn't go on finger nails, and she hates running so much that her legs hurt just thinking about it.
Mal and Evie are not friends.
"Hey there, Pretty.. Mind handing me that ball?" Evie smiled down at her. "Promise I won't say anything about your little hiding spot."
Mal handed her the ball, wordlessly looking into shining brown eyes.
"Thanks.." The taller girl winked. "So is this where you sneak off to during all games or just the ones involving a ball?"
Mal gulped and looked back to her sketch book, wishing the blue haired girl would go away.
"What'cha got there?" Evie asked, snatching the book out of Mal's hands.
"No!" Mal protested and stood up to retrieve her drawings but Evie was still taller and held it just out of her reach.
"Cool.." Evie mumbled after looking at the dragon emblem on the front of the brown leather book.
Mal pushed at the other girl's hand, effectively knocking the book out of it and catching it in the process.
That, quite easily, becoming the most athletic thing she'd ever done.
She held it tight against her chest and pushed her back into the beam behind her, refusing to meet the other girl's stare.
"Hey, I wasn't trying to do anything to it. I just wanted to look.." Evie reasoned, taking a step toward Mal who flinched against the beam she was leaning on.
"I just.." The blue haired girl started out. "I always see you with your head in that thing.. I figured it's gotta be special, you know?"
"It was my mothers.." Mal said quietly, hugging the book tighter.
"Is she.. Did something happen?" She asked slowly.
'Well, for starters she's a drunk..' Mal thought bitterly but shook her head instead.
"No.. It just meant a lot to her when she was my age. It means a lot to me now." She explained.
"Lucky book.." The tan girl mumbled to the side.
Mal could feel her ears heating up as she bit her lip to contain the blush. She kept her eyes down, suddenly becoming very interested with the patch of grass below her feet.
"Well, I'll see you around then.. Dragon girl." Evie smiled and tossed Mal a wink before turning around and leaving.
'Please, don't see me around.' Mal groaned internally before getting back to her sketches.
Evie was not her friend..
She was just a really pretty jerk.
A/N. This is a smaller project that I've been working on. What do you think?
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