"I think I like Jay," Mal said in a worried tone. Evie stood up and let out a squeal of excitement.
"Yay! I ship it!" she squealed with a huge grin on her face.
"No! You don't understand. I have a boyfriend, remember?" Mal reminded Evie, making her smile fade away. She let her arms fall to her side as her excitement disappeared.
"Oh. Right," she said. She and Mal sat down on her bed.
Mal sighed. She was confused about her feelings right now. She does love Ben, but Jay's starting to get in the picture and it feels like it can't stop.
"What are you going to do?" Evie asked.
Mal stared at her as she thought of an answer. Nothing came up. The only solution she thought of was to hide her feelings. But how could she when she hangs out with Jay every day? Then Mal got a lightbulb and stood up.
"I know. I'll just stop it. Easy," she stated before walking over to find something. Evie, frowned in confusion of what she meant.
"How can you stop love?" She asked, earning a glare from Mal, who was holding her spell book.
"It's not love, E. It's-" "a crush?" Her blue-haired friend interrupted. Mal growled quietly.
"Forbidden feelings," she finished, which made Evie roll her eyes. She watched as the pages of her friend's spell book flipped speedily from one side to another. Mal's blank face expression grew angry.
"Why is it that whenever I need a certain spell it's not in this book?!" She growled before slamming the book closed and dropping it onto her bed.
"Maybe it's meant to be," Evie answered, still sitting on her bed, watching Mal pace back and forth in their room. Mal looked at her with a confused slash disgusted look
"What?" She asked. There is no way she and Jay were 'meant to be'. It sounded too cheesy. Well, to be fair, everything in Auradon was cheesy. The lovey-dovey movies they watch, the super sappy friendships, the actual cheese...and the phrase 'meant to be' sounded the perfect amount of cheesy.
Evie smiled, mentally thanking Mal for asking that. "You know, like," she began.
"When it's meant to be, you go kinda crazy."
Mal groaned and covered her ears. Her blue-haired friend was being especially annoying today. Next time, she should go to Lonnie or Jane for talks like this.
"Meant to be, you forget your own name."
"Please stop singing!" Mal pleaded flatly, clearly annoyed.
"When it's meant to be, it's destiny calling. And nothing ever will be the same. Oh yeah."
"I get it, you like to sing!" Mal said in a complaining tone. Evie stopped, knowing that if she sang even more, she would be turned into a salamander. And no amount of makeup can make a salamander look good.
"Ignoring it all is the best solution right now. No more talking about Jay, no more talking to Jay, and no more singing!" Mal stated before stepping inside the bathroom and slamming the door shut.
Evie sat there, slightly frowning at what just happened. First, Mal was worried slash sad, and now she's angry slash—actually, she's just angry. Maybe a little confused. After all, this whole love triangle thingy is so overrated. Just pick someone and BAM! Problem solved. Evie paused her thoughts for a moment. This whole thing was starting to get familiar. What if...she, Carlos, and Doug were in a triangle? No! That can't possibly be the case. She doesn't like Carlos! She can't! Evie mentally slapped herself for thinking such a thing. But maybe liking Carlos isn't all that bad.
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Meanwhile, in the boys' room, Carlos was the only one awake. He laid on his bed, staring at the ceiling with his hands under his head. His thoughts kept him awake. His date with Lonnie went well. Well, most of it. He saw Evie and Doug together which was pretty painful. Carlos still liked Evie and the only reason he's dating Lonnie is because Jay said dating someone would take his mind off of Evie. Well how's that working out for him? Not good. He even attempted to make Evie jealous and of course, that failed. Lonnie was fun to hang out with, though. But Carlos only likes her as a friend, even though they're dating, which is messed up. Evie popped back into his head. Her beautiful brown eyes, her smile, the way she twirls like a princess—Carlos' eyes widened.
He grunted in frustration and turned to his side to face the dog next him.
"What am I going to do, Dude?" Carlos asked quietly as he pet the canine.
"I'm dating Lonnie now, but I still can't stop thinking about Evie," he said, talking to his furry friend, but also talking to himself.
"I know I'm not supposed to, but I just can't."
Carlos sighed, knowing no one was going to answer him. He gently rubbed behind Dude's ear for a bit before dozing off. Little did he know, Jay was actually still up, facing away from Carlos. He stared out the window while thinking of what Carlos said. Maybe telling him to date Lonnie was a bad idea. The boy's got a bad case of the Evie's. Jay smiled a little at that thought. If only there was a way to get them alone together to work out their feelings. Being the love expert of the group, though sometimes Evie battles him for that title, he should be able to devise a plan to get those two together. But how?
Maybe Mal could help. She's very cunning and sly. Kinda like a fox. She'll be the perfect help. 'You're just saying that so you get to spend time with her,' a voice in Jay's head teased, making him frown.
'Shut up, cricket,' he said mentally to the voice before closing his eyes and falling asleep.
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The sun rose and shined on Evie's face, waking her up. She squinted at the bright light in her eyes and sat up, slowly opening her eyelids fully to see. A habit of hers has been to check her phone right after she woke up every day to know what time it was. 7:03. Classes start at 8:00. Evie glanced out the window, then back to her phone and decided to take a walk.
She got out of bed and began to wash up. Once she was ready, she walked out the door of her dorm and headed outside.
It was warm outside with a small breeze flowing by occasionally. Evie went to the school courtyard and sat on a bench. She stared at the scene in front of her. A few birds flying by every so often. A shadow approached her.
"Hi, Evie," a voice greeted. Evie turned her head around to see Lonnie.
"Hey, Lonnie," she said back, a bit surprised that she was up.
"You had the same idea, too. Huh?" Lonnie asked as she sat down next to the blue-haired girl.
"Yeah," Evie answered. She looked back at the scenery until Lonnie started speaking again.
"So, I have some exciting news," she began, a huge grin on her face.
"Carlos is my boyfriend," Lonnie said, waiting for Evie to shriek of excitement so she can do the same.
Instead of shrieking, Evie just sat there, her face frozen and full of shock. She snapped out of her thoughts and smiled weakly.
"That's...great," she forced herself to say that last part. "I'm so happy for you."
Of course Evie already knew about Lonnie's new relationship with Carlos cause she overheard him asking her out on a date, to which she said yes. Evie was feeling a tinge of jealousy running through her. Of course, she doesn't like Carlos like that, but if so, then why was she feeling this way? Maybe the reason why she turned Carlos down was because she didn't want to ruin their friendship. Or maybe it was just seeing him with another girl.
"He's so sweet and funny," Lonnie stated with a sunny face.
"That's nice," Evie said. Her fake smile faded away as she looked away from Lonnie.
Lonnie looked at Evie in a confused way. She seemed sad about something.
"What's wrong?" Lonnie asked, gaining Evie's attention once again.
"Oh, nothing," the blue-haired girl replied. More like 'lied'. "I'd better get going. Don't want to be late for class."
Lonnie frowned in confusion as Evie got up. "But school doesn't start till 8, and-" "Bye!" she got interrupted by Evie, who was already walking away.
The blue-haired girl headed back to her room. Mal still wasn't up yet, which was good since Evie wanted some alone time. She sat down on her chair and folded her arms across the table, resting her chin on them. Her thoughts went on to what Lonnie said about Carlos. He's so sweet and funny. Evie mentally gagged at those words. Those sappy and cheesy words don't even begin to describe Carlos. He's silly and smart and a nerd. Wait. Why was she even thinking about him like this?
Evie groaned in frustration.
"Get out of my head!" She said, raising her voice. Her anger turned to sadness as she buried her face into her arms.
Drama's a-brewing, people. Everyone's confused about their feelings so if you're confused too then that's okay. I really hope you guys like this chapter. I don't know if I'm moving the plot too fast or too slow so tell me which and I'll try my best to correct that. Also, the song Evie sang was 'Meant to be' from Teen Beach Movie. I don't own any of that by the way.
