Short but sweet.
Not going to lie. This story is kind of taking on a mind of it's own right now.
I am powerless to stop it.
Enjoy!

Tammy walked back through the corridors of the dorm feeling strange. Her legs were cold but the big leather jacket Jay had given her was making her feel warm inside. She was carrying a small figurine of Dude, Carlos had told her she could keep it for when she couldn't be with the real thing. She stopped outside Evie's room.
She stared at the sign on the door;
'Evies4Hearts'.
It made her feel out of place all over again.
She put her hand on the door handle and sighed. She could hear Evie and Mal chattering inside.
She didn't want to go in.
She let her hand fall from the door handle and pulled the leather jacket closer around her body. It smelt like fragrant spices and aromatic candles with the distinct undertones of sweat, like something you wear after the gym. She rested her head on her own shoulder, feeling the leather on her face. She forced her fist to hit the door.
The voices inside stopped.
Footsteps.
The door opened.
Tammy was gone.

She was sat in the same place Jay had found her earlier, but this time she was on a bench. She was sat on the table hugging her knees to her chest, her head rested on them. She had stopped shaking a while back but she still wasn't ready to move.
Tammy hadn't had an attack in a while, it had thrown her off.
She was rocking slowly, invisible to the naked eye, but she could feel herself, back, forth, back, forth.
The crimson leather felt good against her legs, it was keeping them warm.
She lifted her head and looked up at the night sky. It looked the same as it had back home, back when she had used to star gaze with Rain on a clear night, she looked for the major constellations but found only unfamiliar ones.
She sighed and moved to put her head back onto her knees.
Evie was stood watching her.
'Tammy?' Evie moved closer, upon realising it was her she squealed in happiness, 'Tammy!'
Evie ran over and hugged her.
'I have been looking everywhere for you! I was worried sick. You didn't come back to the room, then I found your jacket outside the school! Oh my goblins! Never do that again! Everyone is so worried.'
She whipped her phone out and fired off a text.
Tammy stared at her.
'Sorry Evie, I...' She thought about telling her the truth, she really did. She didn't want to be in the way, she didn't want to be a third wheel to Mal and her friendship, but she couldn't.
'I should have just come back...'
Evie patted her knee.
'Hey, we understand you need time alone.'
Tammy heard footsteps behind her.
'Tammy? Evie?'
Tammy turned at the sound of Jay's voice.
He ran over and hugged her.
'Don't ever do that again.' He said into her ear. 'I was so worried, Tammy.'
She moved her arms and hugged him, she sobbed. Once she started she couldn't stop. Dude came bounding up to her, Carlos not far behind, then Mal. They crowded round her as she cried, offering words of sympathy and enthusiastic cheers of encouragement. But Jay never let go of her, he held her in his arms until her tears ran out and she was ready to stand and make her way back to the dorms.

On the Isle of the Lost...

Rain was hanging off the main mast with a rope, wiping the main sail. It wasn't getting much cleaner, but then, it never would.
Dirty water makes nothing clean. Rain thought to herself.
She swung herself back and forth as she had been doing for the last hour, the words and touch of Harry Hook constantly on her mind. She could feel her sword next to her hip, she felt electric.
She grabbed the main mast with her arms and stopped the swinging. That sail wasn't getting any whiter. She didn't know what Auradon was like, but she sincerely hoped they didn't have sheets that colour.
She looked down towards the helm, Harry was smiling at her. She abseiled down the mast and hit the main deck with a bang. She untied the rope around her waist and let it fall to hang from the mast. She wandered over to Harry, her sword happily whacking her leg with every step. She felt at home. Strangely, she was starting to feel like she belonged on this ship.
She tramped up the stairs to the helm loudly, her combat boots loudly announcing her arrival. Harry turned from the wheel of the ship. Rain half smiled at him.
'You look good at the wheel, Harry.' She laughed. 'Hell of a lot better than a sea witch.'
'Ha har! I'm a Pirate love, this is where I'm at home.' He turned to her as she walked up next to him.
'A wheel in my hands and the sea in my eyes.'
Rain looked at his hand gripping the wheel, she thought about putting her hands on it too but her arm was now a deep purple from where he had grabbed her earlier that day. He was different when they were alone, that much was true, but she didn't want to tempt fate.
'So...when will Uma be back?' She asked instead.
'With any luck, never.' Harry replied dropping his hands from the wheel and turning to lean his back on it.
'Well, yeah. But will she be back tonight?' The sky was turning to a deep midnight blue. The stars were beginning to shine, the only light was the moon in the sky.
'No, she'll be elbow deep in dishes till morning.' Harry answered.
'So...we're alone?'
Harry turned to her.
'All night.'
Rain smiled to herself, she let her mind run free for half a second before she came back to her senses. She touched the sword on her hip. She took the hilt and slid the blade from its skin, she stepped back and pointed the blade towards Harry.
'Shall we dance?' She laughed.
Harry pushed the blade aside and stepped closer to her, inches away from her. He moved his head down to hers so he could whisper in her ear.
'I think, we should sleep, fly-away...'
With that he stood up and sauntered over to the trapdoor, opening it. He stood at the top of the stairs and gave her a long look before going below deck. Rain replaced her sword into its home and quickly followed him.

Below deck was dark.
Her eyes took a moment to adjust.
She could hear steady breathing.
Just behind her, under the stairs.
She moved to go behind the stairs but felt a hand on her shoulder. The warmth that spread through her body told her it was Harry, but then, who was under the stairs.
She heard Harry unsheathe his sword, she followed suit.
She stepped forward but was pulled back by Harry who stepped in front of her.
They snuck forward, behind the stairs, towards the breathing. Towards a large stationary shape, that was surprisingly burly, and dressed all in beige with mid-length brown hair. She heard Harry sigh. He yanked the shape up by his collar.
'Woah! Oh! Jeez! Oh! Harry?'
Gil dropped to the floor as Harry let go of him. Rain sheathed her sword.
'What have I told you about sleeping on my ship?' Harry stood over Gil.
Rain watched the scene, thinking.
Gil looked confused.
'Don't...wait, your ship, I thought this was Uma-' Gil was silenced with the sword in his face. It looked much larger in the little light they had from the open trapdoor.
'That shrimpy little witch doesn't own this ship, it's mine.' Harry pushed his sword closer to Gil's nose.
Rain put her hand on Harry's chest, drawing his attention to her.
'Wait, Gil could be of service to us.'
'Gil?'
'Yeah.' She turned her attention to Gil. She smiled sweetly at him. 'You don't want to die do you Gil?'
She saw him shake his head.
'You don't want to work for a blue-haired wannabe your whole life do you?' That one took him a moment, but he again shook his head.
'Then join us, Gil.' She put her hand out to pull him up. 'Be our double agent, and when we run the Lost Revenge we'll give you everything your heart desires.' She purred.
Gil thought, Harry stared at Rain, Rain stared at Gil, Gil thought.
'Do you really think he's going to be able to be a double agent?' Harry asked Rain.
'Yeah, he's smarter than you give him credit for, Harry.' Rain answered.
'I'll join the resistance.' Gil replied. Unsheathing his own sword from his back. 'As long as when we get to Auradon, I can take Belle.'

Back in Auradon...

Tammy still had her jacket on. The mini-dude was in her pocket. The real one was laid across her feet keeping them warm.
The Villain Kids were all sat around Evie's sewing table in her room, discussing Tammy's friend. From the snippets of conversation Tammy had heard the gang was coming up with a plan to find Rain.
'I could put a picture on my InstaRoyal account?' Tammy heard Evie say.
'A picture of what? We've never met the girl.' That was Mal.
'We could put a picture of Tammy? Ask if anyone has seen another new girl around campus?' Carlos, ever the logical one.
'That's a good idea, we can describe her clothes...' Evie added.
'Tammy's?'
'No, M. Her friend's clothes.'
'Oh right...'
'Okay so it's like a wanted poster, we can...' Carlos started to formulate a plan.
Tammy tuned back out. She lifted her head up from looking at her legs. She felt weak. The only thing keeping her calm was the thought of Jay next to her. She had sat next to him purposefully; he had insisted they sit together.
He hadn't let go of her until they had got to this room. He had helped her up the stairs of the dorms and pushed the doors open for her, talking to her all the way, telling her it would be okay, that she'd be okay, that he'd look after her.
She really appreciated that.
She turned to look at him, he was listening to the others but not joining in, just listening. Much more intently than Tammy was it would seem.
Suddenly, he turned round to face her. She searched his eyes for a reason. Had he felt her watching him? She felt a tap on her leg, saw his mouth form the letters of her name.
'Tammy!'
Tammy turned to the voice. Evie.
She blinked. Thrown.
'Erm...yeah?' She replied.
Jay had taken his hand from her leg but it felt warm from his touch, she put her hand where his had been and stroked her leg with her finger.
'What was she wearing? Last time you saw her?' Evie asked.
Tammy looked at Evie.
'What?'
'What do you mean what? Have you not been listening? We're going to put an ad out on InstaRoyal and ZapChat to try find your friend! We need to know exactly what she looks like. Do you have a picture?' Carlos was talking a mile a minute, Tammy was struggling to keep up, still fuzzy from her attack and her brain fogged from the feeling of Jay's hand on her leg.
'She, erm, she was wearing all black. She has orange hair, natural, ginger.'
'Okay,' Carlos was jotting things down into a notepad. 'What else?'
Tammy thought.
'She had on black combat boots, they're her favourites. Her shirt was new, it had a small skull emblazoned on the chest, over her heart. She's alternative that way...'
Carlos noted that down too. Mal was laughing.
'I'm pretty sure if a girl like this was here, us, of all people, would know about it!' She laughed again.
Evie started giggling next to her.
'You're probably right.'
Carlos laughed too.
'Then that means she's not here.' Tammy turned to Jay at the sound of his voice. He put his hands on the table and pushed himself up. He walked over to the window where Tammy liked to sit and pointed out of it. To the Isle of the Lost.
'It means she's there.'

On the Isle of the Lost...

'A crocodile?' Rain asked Harry.
They were laid on the main deck side by side staring at the stars. Gil had left the Lost Revenge to go back home. He had wanted to tell his Dad the good news about bringing Belle back to him but after Rain and Harry had explained the meaning of 'double agent' to him he had decided to go and sleep ready for his first day of work tomorrow.
'Yeah, my dad is petrified of them. One bit him when he was younger, he has a hook like this.' Harry held his hook over their heads, 'But a real one.'
Rain looked at the hook then turned her head to look at Harry.
'Yours is fake?'
In answer Harry's hook fell onto her stomach, she breathed in as it hit her, worried it would scratch her skin.
'Yeah...I carry it round to feel closer to my dad. He's not around much and when I was a kid it made me feel like he was with me all the time...' Harry was staring up into the sky while he said this.
Rain turned her head back to the stars as she picked the hook up. She held it above her head so she could see it. The metal was tarnished showing how old it was, she twisted it. Held it in her hand like he did and admired how it looked.
'I get that...' She said handing Harry back his hook. 'I have this bracelet.' Rain held up her arm so Harry could see her black friendship bracelet on her wrist.
'It's something my best friend made for me, she's been my only family for a long time. Even though we're apart, when I feel the cotton against my skin, I know she's with me.'
She heard Harry chuckle.
'Yeah, it's funny what makes us feel close to each other isn't it.'
Rain smiled at the stars.
'Yeah, it is...'

Rain opened her eyes, she was alone. She felt cold.
She sat up and rubbed her head, she stretched her arms.
It was still dark, but dawn was coming, she could feel it. The night changed, it always felt calmer just before the sun showed its face.
Rain stood, she spun around slowly, searching for Harry.
There.
The helm.
Where else?
Rain stood and stretched her body up, she walked over to the helm, adjusting her sword as she did so.
'Hey!' She yelled.
There was no answer.
She got up the few steps to the helm and saw him leaning over the wheel of the Lost Revenge. His arms were folded on top of the wheel holding up his torso while his backside was stuck out. His jeans were pulled tight over his buttocks and his tank top had ridden up so she could see his lower back. His long leather coat was in a pile at his feet. His hair looked unkempt, like he had just ran his hands through it, but she knew that was just how it laid normally.
She stepped forward.
Saw him, hear her.
'Hey...' She said again, quieter, worried to disrupt him.
Harry pulled himself up to his full height, folding his arms. Rain noticed his hook wasn't in his hand.
'Morning.' He replied.
'Almost morning, at least.' She nodded towards the horizon where Auradon stood.
Harry smiled.
'Hey...you ever watched the sun come up over the sea?'
Rain shook her head.
'You want to?' Harry held his hand out to her.
Rain looked at his hand. Then she looked up at him, his face was soft, he was waiting for her to make a choice. She looked at his hand again.
'Yeah, I'd like that.' She put her own hand in his and let him lead her to the main mast.

'You first, fly-away.'
Rain grabbed the rope she had left hanging earlier that night and pulled herself up, she whimpered as the muscles in her arm tensed. She felt a hand on her leg.
'Hey, what's wrong?' Harry asked her.
She looked down.
'My arm...' She turned back to the mast. 'It's bruised from where you grabbed me...'
The hand on her leg moved.
'Oh...'
Rain smiled to herself sadly and continued to pull herself up, she felt the rope pull tighter as Harry started up behind her.
After a short climb that she thought would have taken longer she pulled herself up into the bird's nest. Two minutes after, Harry climbed in too. He looked at her, he put his hand on her upper arm and stroked his hand down to her wrist. He pushed her lightly to turn her towards the horizon.
'I hope this makes up for the pain in your arm...' He put his hand over hers and moved next to her to watch the dawn of a new day rise.

Meanwhile in Auradon...

223, 224, 225, 226, 227...
Counting sheep wasn't working.
Tammy was laid on a makeshift bed, on the floor of Evie and Mal's room.
She couldn't sleep.
She twisted her orange, plaited, bracelet around her wrist.
She had been staring at the ceiling for what felt like forever.
She sat up.
She turned her body to look over at the window. Dawn was coming, the sky was turning from a midnight blue to a lighter blue, the way night looks before the sun takes over the sky. She stood up and padded over to the window. She was still wearing her orange dress, the only thing she had. She picked up Jay's jacket from the window seat and put it on. Hoping it would have the same effect it had earlier.
She put her hand on the window.
The glass was cold underneath her palm.
She spread her fingers and felt the cool sensation begin to creep up her arm.
She could feel herself starting to panic.
Tammy stepped up to the window seat and kneeled on the cushions. She let her head fall slowly on to the window pane. The cold spread through her face quickly, giving her something to concentrate on.
She began to think.

Her body was cold. She took her hand and her head from the glass. The sky was lighter.
Tammy stood.
She walked over to the door and slid on her pumps.
She opened the door as quietly as she could, slipping out silently. Tammy closed the door. She pulled Jay's jacket around her closer, her fingers popping out of the cuffs. She began to walk down the corridor.
With every step she became surer of herself.
Evie wanted to help but it was obvious she would never go back to the Isle.
Mal only cared because Evie cared, she had her own problems.
Tammy took her mini-dude out of her jacket pocket and turned it in her hands. She stroked it with her thumb over and over. She climbed the stairs to the next floor.
She was breaking curfew.
Tammy replaced the figure back into her pocket.
Her panic began to subside as the door came into view.
She quickened her pace and was stood in front of it in no time.
Tammy lifted her hand, she went to rap on the door, but just as she did, it opened.
'Jay...'
Jay jumped a little at the sound of his name before looking at her.
'Tammy?' He stepped outside the door and closed it silently behind him. 'What are you doing here?'
Tammy looked at the floor and sniffed. She pulled Jay's jacket closer around her. She looked up into his face.
'I needed to feel safe.'
'Safe?' He stepped forward causing her to step back. She put her hand on his chest to steady herself realising his leather waistcoat was open when her fingers made contact with his skin. She felt his hand on the small of her back. He pushed her towards the stairs gently.
'Come on Tammy. I'll distract you, let's go.'
She moved her hand from his chest and let him lead her back down the stairs and out of the dorms.

'Safe huh?'
Tammy looked over at Jay, he had zipped his jacket up but it didn't stop her remembering the way his chest had felt under her fingers.
'I make you feel safe?' He was asking her a question. A question needed an answer.
Tammy nodded.
'I've always felt safer around boys. Girls are...unpredictable.'
'Are you saying I'm predictable?'
Tammy smiled.
'You...' She tapped his bicep with her hand. 'You are full of surprises.'
She saw him smile, his eyes crinkled when he did. He leaned back on his forearms to look into the sky. She leaned back with him, feeling the grass of the hill between her fingers.
'Like this?' Jay asked, his voice was quiet, like he didn't want to ruin the moment.
'Yeah...' She felt his hand over hers, his fingers brushing across her own, it warmed her entire body. 'Like this.'

Hmmmm...Harry. Whatever will Uma think?
Which pairing are you rooting for?
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Until next time my darlings!
Ixi xxx