Hey, everybody! Thanks for reading, first off. I hope you liked it. The story should start to pick up soon, so please keep reading! Also, shoutout to the one person who reviewed: Kat liu. I'm glad you liked the first chapter. I agree, Chad is a little nicer in this one (because I felt like he was very Disneyesque and didn't have very much depth in the movies) and I thought it would be nice to explore his character further. Please let me know if you think he's too OOC, though. And lastly, please read and review! I would love to hear your thoughts on what I could do better.

Until next time!

~how you make the color blue

It was late, too late to be standing in front of the girls' dorms, but that's what Chad Charming was doing anyway. He had gritted his teeth through the pain, but it was getting unbearable. He had asked for one of the three fairies, only to find that they were on vacation. That meant he was going to have to swallow his pride and ask Mal for help, because he seriously thought he might faint. He looked down at the dorm number written on his palm. 106. Ben had given it to him without a second thought, being the trusting best friend that he was. He found the door but hesitated outside of it, wondering all of a sudden if this was such a good idea. It was decided for him when the door flew open and Mal stormed out, colliding with him and knocking both their bodies to the floor. Chad picked himself up first, and deciding that it was in his best interest to not put Mal in any worse of a mood than she already seemed to be, offered a hand to help her up, which she swatted aside. He noticed her eyes were red-rimmed but decided against saying anything. She spoke before he could, anyway.

"What is your problem?" she all but yelled in his face. Before he could respond, she carried on: "I hate you! You insist you love me but then you cheat on me and expect me to come running back to you when you feel like having me again! Well, guess what? I'm not like your other bitches. I'm better than that." She finished her spiel and finally looked at him. Her mouth fell open and Chad could see the glint of fear in her eyes before she grabbed his arm and pulled him into a corner. Her voice was hushed and angry. "That...was not meant for you to hear. I thought you were someone else," she said. Chad could only nod. He didn't really want to ask Mal for any favors and end up even more disfigured, but he couldn't see another way out. He cleared his throat nervously.

"Would you mind fixing my face?" Mal looked at the long cut.

"Oh. Sure," she muttered, raising one finger as green light started pulsing from it. He stared at her.

"You're going to use your magic...to fix my face?" he questioned, hoping he didn't sound too apprehensive and Mal took it as an insult. Fortunately, she only nodded.

"If that's okay with you. I'm not going down to the infirmary now, so you can get it healed with magic or wait until the morning." Chad was still a little wary, but he did figure Mal would get in trouble if she tried anything, so he bobbed his head.

"Good," she said, already touching her finger to his face. "But you're going to have to visualize what you looked like before, so the magic can work. Close your eyes." He did as he was told and pictured himself before tourney practice. "Shit!" Mal suddenly cursed and he thought of her, just as the spell took effect.

"What was that for?" he questioned, deciding against telling Mal that he hadn't visualized himself the whole time.

"Hit my elbow on the wall when I tried to move closer to you," she said flatly. "The spell will take effect overnight. You'll be back to normal in the morning." Chad nodded and sucked on his teeth. She was still standing there, and it suddenly occured to him that she might be waiting for gratitude.

"Um, thanks," he said awkwardly, already turning around to leave. She stepped back and started walking back to her dorm. He had just turned the corner when she called,

"Please don't let Jay hit you with any more tourney sticks." Chad smirked and kept walking. Only later did he wonder how she had known it was Jay.