"What's wrong?" Evie asked.

"I want to find Jay and Carlos," Mal answered. "Don't you ever wonder why they don't call us anymore?"

"M-m-maybe they're busy," Evie stuttered, her mind wandering to Carlos.

"I don't think that's the case. What if they're in trouble? We have to find them. Don't you miss your boyfriend?" Mal asked.

"Ex-boyfriend," Evie corrected.

"Right. You two broke up when he and Jay went to Corona," Mal said. "But you still like him."

"I do," Evie answered, bewildered.

"And you know that he still likes you, right?" Mal asked.

Evie fell silent, thinking about what it would be like if she reunited with Carlos. Her mind wandered to the negative possibilities.

"But what if he doesn't? What if he already has another girlfriend?" Evie asked.

"There's no way. You guys have been through so much," Mal replied.

"Yeah, but-" "Are you with me or not?" Mal interrupted.

Evie paused for a moment before answering. "Yeah. I'm with you," she said.

Mal smiled. "Alright then. You should go pack," she informed.

Evie left to pack her things while Mal stepped inside and waited for her. Evie quickly got out a black leather bag with gold studs and put some of her things in there. She glanced at her nightstand and saw a picture of her and Carlos playing with Dude in the park.

It was really hard for Carlos to say goodbye to his dog friend, but technically, Auradon Prep adopted him. But Carlos does have his cat, Beezlebub, who he brought back to Auradon with him. Still, when Carlos used to video chat with Evie, he'd always say how much he missed Dude.

"Evie! Hurry up! The sun's not gonna be out all day," Mal shouted from the other room.

Evie snapped out of her thoughts and quickly finished packing. When she was done, she and and Mal got in the car and began their journey.

"Okay. It's one o' clock. It'll take five hours to Corona so we should be there at about six," Mal said as she drove. "When we find the guys, maybe they can let us sleep at their place."

"Got it," Evie replied.

Silence crept its way into the conversation as their minds wandered off to the guys. Evie's thoughts were a little different than Mal's. While Mal was eager to reunite with their friends slash boyfriends slash ex-boyfriends, Evie was still pretty worried about how the guys will react. They've been living in Corona for quite some time now. Five years to be exact. What if they took a liking to the place? What if they weren't planning on coming back to Auradon City at all? Evie's face expression changed the moment she thought of that. She turned to Mal.

"What if they don't want to come back?" Evie asked.

"What?" Mal asked, though she understood the question.

"What if they'd rather stay there? We're gonna look like fools," Evie said, slumping into her seat.

"Relax, E. Things are gonna work out," Mal reassured.

Evie smiled. "It's been a long time since you've called me that," she stated.

"It has, hasn't it?" Mal asked rhetorically, smirking.

Just then, Evie's phone started ringing. Mal glanced at her friend dig through her black bag. She managed to get to her phone and flipped her hair away from her ear before answering the call.

"Hello?" Evie asked through the phone.

Mal exhaled and turned back to the road ahead.

"Uh huh...Oh, that's cool...Yeah...Okay, bye," Evie said, turning off her phone.

"Who was that?" Mal asked, leaning her head towards Evie for a second, keeping her eyes on the road.

"Audrey. She just wanted to let me know she was going to get a dog," Evie answered.

"What kind?" Mal asked.

"I don't know. Yorkshire Terrier? Cavalier King Charles Spaniel?" Evie guessed.

"How do you know so much about dogs?" Mal asked, surprised she could name some of the dog breeds.

"I don't, really. Carlos used to take me with him to the pound and we'd try to guess the different types of dog breeds there," Evie answered.

"Cool," Mal replied. "Speaking of which, remember Scarlet?"

"What does that have to do with dogs?" Evie asked, disgusted by the mention of her name.

"Nothing, but it has something to do with Carlos," Mal replied, wiggling her eyebrows.

Evie glared at her friend. Mal just laughed and didn't say anything else about the subject. While she was driving, Evie sighed. Let's just say she and Scarlet weren't exactly friends.

xXx

It's been a great two weeks since Jay True Love Kissed Mal from freeing her mom. Everyone was enjoying their Thursday, knowing there was no danger anywhere in sight. Except that there was. Carlos was spending his break from classes under a tree in the courtyard, daydreaming about Evie, the girl he's liked since they first met. It was still unbelievable that she was his girlfriend. The girl of his dreams, his girlfriend. He had to remind himself every ten minutes till it gets old, which never does.

While standing under his tree, a blonde girl wearing a pink dress came up to him. Scarlet. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail as usual with her bangs covering her forehead.

"Hi, Carlos," Scarlet greeted, smiling.

"Oh, hi, Scarlet," Carlos replied.

"Whatcha' doing?" Scarlet asked.

"Not much. Just daydreaming," Carlos answered.

"That's cool," Scarlet commented. "You know, I heard you're a real animal lover. Maybe you'd like to go to the zoo with me Saturday?"

"Sure. That'd be great," Carlos answered, unaware of the trap he fell into.

"Carlos!" a voice called.

Both Carlos and Scarlet looked behind them and saw Evie running up to them. Scarlet frowned. She knew Carlos was dating Evie. The plan was, she'd take Carlos to the zoo, he'd fall in love with her instead and dump Evie.

"Evie. What's up?" Carlos asked, focusing his attention on his girlfriend.

"Um, Jay told me to come get you for Tourney practice," Evie answered.

"Okay," Carlos replied.

"Who's this?" Evie asked, noticing a third body in the conversation.

"Oh, this is Scarlet. She invited me to go to the zoo tomorrow. You wanna come?" Carlos asked, surprising Scarlet.

"Sure," Evie replied.

Carlos turned to Scarlet, who changed her look from angry to happy so he wouldn't suspect anything.

"Is it alright if Evie comes?" Carlos asked.

"Sure! Because...the more, the merrier," Scarlet answered, faking her enthusiasm.

"Great!" Carlos exclaimed. "Well, if you'll excuse me, I gotta get to the field."

"Bye," Evie and Scarlet said simultaneously.

They watched as Carlos ran towards the Tourney field. When he was out of sight, Scarlet dropped her act.

"Alright, princess. Here's the deal. You can't go to the zoo with me and Carlos," she said straightforwardly.

"What? Why not?" Evie asked.

"The invitation was for him. Not you," Scarlet bluntly stated.

Evie frowned. "Well, you don't have to be so rude," she retorted. "Are you trying to steal Carlos away from me?"

"What? I would never do that," Scarlet lied, hiding it pretty well.

"Are you sure?" Evie asked, still a little suspicious.

"Positive," Scarlet answered. "I'm just taking Carlos to the zoo for a little friendly bonding."

Evie looked Scarlet up and down. The blonde didn't seem too trustworthy, but if she tried to make some kind of move on Carlos, Evie knew he stop her. Besides, that De Vil does like animals.

"Fine. I'll tell him I can't go," Evie gave in.

Scarlet smiled. "Good," she said.

"But don't get any ideas," Evie warned.

"I would never," Scarlet replied innocently.

After a few seconds, Evie left. Unknown to her, Scarlet was already cooking up her plan to separate the her and Carlos.

In case you didn't know, Scarlet is a character from the Descendants app. And no, she's not Scar's daughter. It's unclear who her parents are. Anyway, there's flashbacks! There's a pretty big gap between Unexpected and this current story so I thought you guys would want to know what happened.