Sora had told Jay what happened with the conversation (except for the part about Lonnie being jealous, of course). Jay did admit that he had been slacking off at practice, but he didn't think she would notice. He ended up promising that he'd apologize to Lonnie the next day and will do some sort of extra practice to make up for it.
The next day happened to be family day, which basically gave Sora an excuse to reunite with all the people on his first and second journey. Each seemed to be fascinated by his new wardrobe and were surprised to find out that Evie had designed it. Each of them actually thought about having Evie designed something for them in the future.
The first people he talked to first was Aladdin, Jasmine, and Genie. The conversation between them wasn't cheerful. In fact, Sora had to spend most of it trying to convince them that Jay was a good kid. He reasoned that Aziz (the married couple's son) and Jordan were getting along pretty well with him. In fact, it had been Aziz that insisted that Jay joined the R.O.A.R. team. The trio didn't seem too sure, but they agreed they would wait until they made their final judgement on Jay.
Ariel and Eric were next for Sora to talk to. Sora told them he didn't think that he met their kid at Auradon Prep. Turned out their daughter, Melody, was being taught in Atlantica by her grandfather, King Triton. Ariel gave the teenage Keyblade wielder a gift from her father, a small seashell charm that fit perfectly on the necklace he was wearing. It sort of reminded Sora of Ursula's famous necklace. When asked if it did anything, Ariel had said, "You'll have to swim in the ocean to see for yourself," with a mischievous wink at the end.
Parting ways for now, he spoke briefly to the ever curious Alice, who was trying to find her daughter. Alice gave him a gift for helping her so long ago before hurrying off. The present were two moderate sized vials that were labeled either 'shrink' or 'grow'. Sora made a note to himself to make sure they never break and only so it for emergencies since there was only enough for two or three sips each.
Sora spotted Mulan and Shang, who appeared to be hiding from him in the crowd, so decided to call them out, "Where do you two love-birds think you're going?"
With a jokingly annoyed sigh, they greeted the Keyblade wielder like it has only been a minute since they have last seen each other. Their son, Li'l Shang, had stayed behind in Northern Wei to take care of imperial business so the married couple could come visit Lonnie. They told Sora about Chein-Po, Ling, and Yao falling in love with each of the Emperor's daughters. They no longer stayed in contact with Mulan and Shang after they each got married. Sora thought he talked to the couple long enough, but he couldn't help but to joke about them only have two kids instead of five or six.
After he had finished the conversation with the two soldiers, he ended up speaking with Evie, Carlos, and Jay because they were more fun than of the other Auradon children that acted like snobs, mainly Audrey and Chad. The three friends were actually having a mini celebration for Evie had made enough money to get her castle. She would be going later on that day to actually buy it.
About half an hour into their conversation, Jay caught sight of Lonnie a few feet away. He excused himself as he quickly caught up with her. "Lonnie!"
With a roll of her eyes, Lonnie turned herself around to face the boy, "What do you want Jay?"
"I want to apologize for the way I've been acting during R.O.A.R. practice lately," he confessed. "I don't mean to be slacking off-."
"You've been distracted too." Lonnie interjected.
"I know," he admitted as the two ended up talking a walk around the area. "I've had a lot of things on my mind since the Cotillion incident. I've been thinking back on things that happened on the Isle and about my dad."
"That doesn't excuse you talking with Ally, Freddie, and Jordan during every single break." She argued as they swiftly made their way through a huge crowd of Doug's family members (which consisted of a little over thirty people). "I'm thinking about making practices private because of it."
"Go for it," Jay encouraged. "It would be best if you did, but is there anything I can do to make up for my actions?"
"Promise you will start putting your all into practice again." Lonnie said as they took a seat across from each other on the ground like some of the families had done.
"I promise," he agreed. "Anything else?"
Lonnie thought about it for a minute before answering, "Stay behind after practice for an extra sparring session to get you back in shape."
Jay smiled, but it was the same one he used when flirting with girls. "Deal."
Lonnie had planned on starting another conversation, but she got distracted when she saw Ben and Mal talking with Queen Belle. Her look of happiness immediately change to one of panic. "Oh no."
"What?"
Instead of actually waiting for Lonnie to answer him, Jay turned to where she was gazing at. Audrey just happened to be walking to the trio with her grandmother on her arm and her grandmother did not appear to be in a good mood, just like last Family Day.
"We better go make sure nothing gets blown out of proportion like last time." Jay got off the ground and helped Lonnie do the same. Motioning in the general direction, he politely addressed, "Lady's first."
Lonnie raised an eyebrow in suspicion, but gladly took the lead as Jay followed suite next to her.
Maybe she'll get the courage to tell him her feelings on another day.
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