3rd POV:
Sylvia was getting prepared for the outside world. She had to get a private room because Jane couldn't take the pictures anymore so this was the best option. She had on a white flowy shirt, a pair of leggings, boots, thick sunglasses, and a scarf. Her hair was down,. When she grabbed her messenger bag and opened the door, she opened her eyes; she was ready to get a face full of cameras. But instead, there was nothing. No one was there. She smiled lightly and pulled her sunglasses off.
As she closed the door to her private room, she was suddenly knocked down to the ground with a big omf. Her world shook; or at least her body did when her butt hit the ground.
"Ow! What the hell?" She looks up to see Mal with her washed out blonde hair and purple tips. She felt like she needed sunglasses to look at Mals hair. "What the hell was that? Why did you do that? Are you trying to break my bones? I kinda want to stay in one piece please!" She yells, glaring at her friend before pushing her off.
"I don't know what you did, but I owe you. The reporters have stopped chasing me and I can finally breathe. I was literally about to explode." She patted the blondes hair and smiled, pushing herself up from the ground.
"I'll let you know if I need a favor but for now, I sense one coming from you?" The girl nods.
"I need a favor. Ben keeps giving me surprises and I want to surprise him with a nice lunch. But I can't cook to save my life. Can you help me a little?" She nods lightly. They they wraps their arms around each other, walking to class.
The 5VK walk down the open halls of the outside. Sylvia was showing off some recipes to Mal for the picnic but the only thing she really knew how to make was instant stuff. So they decided on an instant stuff meal with a few handmade sandwiches.
As they were walking, three girls started flirting with Jay. Saying hi and and he flirts back with the occasional hi and a wink. Carlos rolls her eyes and nudges the long haired male.
"Why do you torture them? Just pick someone to take to Cotillion already." He asks, looking at him.
"I'm going solo. That way, I can dance with all of them." Mal, Evie, and Sylvia shook their head at him as he smirked and Carlos smiled. Sylvia pushed him forward, tussling him lightly as Carlos spoke.
"Ah! You're the expert." Suddenly, his smile fades to a serious look." Um, Jay... if you were gonna ask someone, what's the best way to go?" Evie's grin grew.
"Listen, all you got to do... is look like me." He joked.
"Oh, ha-ha." Sylvia smacked the back of his head. The red and black haired girl shook her head lightly and told Carlos to just be himself and he'll be fine. Suddenly, Jane came up to them to talk to Mal and Sylvia. Carlos stuttered his words, and the group knew who we wanted to ask, in the worst way possible.
"Smooth." Jay say's, pushing Carlos down the stairs.
"I have an opening for a fitting at 3:00. Who wants it?" Evie asked, starting a bidding party.
"Me! Sorry." Lonnie says, patting Jane's shoulder.
"Perfect. I'll take you later." The brunette with longer hair smiled and looked to the blonde.
"Mal. I hate to keep bugging you, but the decorating committee needs more answers. So, as much as I hate to, um... you know, um…"
"Bug me?" She asked and Jane nods. "Yeah, Jane, I would love to. I just have to get to class." Jane stops her, desperate for answers.
"You know, just nod if you like it." Sylvia tapped her shoulder, as if saying she will be here for the entire thing. Mal nods, taking a deep breath and preparing herself for the questions. "Chair swags. Entry banner. Twinkle lights. Napkin design. Table bunting. And you still haven't picked the party favors yet." Jane said so rapidly even Sylvia lost tried to push it off to get to class.
"I mean, we can do chains, key charms, pen toppers. I kind of love the pen toppers, but, I mean, we can do all three." Suddenly; Mal's eyes flash a glowing green, anger reaching her boiling point.
"Woah, woah. Easy girl. Let's just do all three." Jane smiles and nods. And the theme, everything would just be Gold and Blue. You have great style. Make your own choices before Mal explodes. Even ask me if you have too." Mal's eyes turn back to normal and she sighs.
"I can hardly wait to see what your wedding will look like!" Lonnie says, coming back with Evie,
"Me, too. Wait! What?!" Mal asked, suddenly scared.
"The Royal Cotillion is like getting engaged to be engaged to be engaged." Jane said planely. Evie smiled and Lonnie said everyone knows it.
"I didn't know it! How come nobody told me that? Is my entire life just planned out in front of me?" Sylvia covered her mouth and smiles lightly.
"We are still in high school. We are nowhere near ready to get married. She still needs to graduate." The blonde smiles and hugs her friend.
"Hi, Mal." Ben said, coming up from behind them. The girls teasingly said hey to Ben and suddenly Jane pulled him away for a moment. Sylvia and Mal glared at the girl and Ben said his goodbye.
"See you later." She nods and we leave.
"Remember to meet me down in the kitchen for us to make that lunch tomorrow." She nods and smiles at her friend.
Carlos POV:
I was typing on my computer 'how to get out of the friendzone' and I felt Dude's eyes on me.
"I see you reading my shoulder. It's not like your dating life is any better." I say, shaking my head. Mal runs into my room as reporters follow her and she slams the door, panting. I look up at her confused. She locks the door, then walks over to the TV, which was talking about her, and turns it off hurriedly with the remote as I watch her. When Mal's eyes glow green I got to admit, I was a little scared for my life.
"Woah, ease up girl." I say lightly. She suddenly glares at me angrily.
"What? You think this is so easy?! You don't have people taking a photo of you every single time you open your mouth to say boo! I mean, it's not that I could even say, "Boo," but, you know what I-" She cut herself off and breathed our as her eyes go green again. "Carlos, don't you ever miss screaming at people and just making them run away from you?"
"You're thinking of my mother, and I was usually on the other end of that. So, not really. No. Oh, hey! Did you bring it?" She looked over to me and pulls out a little container only to have the door open.
It was Chad. He was trying to sneak in as if thinking the room was empty. 'That idiot? What is he doing in my room?' I thought to myself. When he saw me, he said he wanted to use me printer.
I asked him how he got a key to my room and he acted like he was in shock he had it in his hand. I glared at him lightly as well as Mal. He groaned and started to confess.
"Look, I just- Your printer's so much better than mine, and you install these hacks and everything runs so much smoother than mine and-" I showed him the door, demanding him to get out and leave the key behind. I had a gnawing feeling that wasn't going to be the end of it though. I then asked Mal for the potion.
"Hold on, though. Are you sure that you want to be taking this? Because this is gonna make you say the truth all the time, no matter what, and the only reason that I'm asking is because I know that if I took this right now, I would get myself sent back to the Isle. Which, it's not that that sounds super unappealing, but, you know…"
I wanted to go to cotillion with Jane, that was all I cared about. So I had to. It was worth the risk. "Yeah. I'll take my chances, I guess." Before I could even get close to the thing, Dude ended up grabbing it from Mal's hand and swallowing it. What he did next, made us both look in awe.
"Man, that thing was nasty!" Both our jaws hung wide, in shock that the dog was talking at all. "And you- you just got to man up. And while you're at it, scratch my butt." Mal was so in shock, she couldn't laugh.
"You heard him. Scratch his butt." She turned her body and left.
"Mal. You're just gonna leave me with him?" I groaned and looked at the dog.
"Come on. You scratch your own all the time." Great, now how am I gonna ask Jane out while dealing with a talking Dude.