Mal decided to take a walk to clear her mind. Her mother speaking to her from her prison was frightening. She knew she was up to something, but couldn't quite put her finger on what it was. As Mal walked through the hallway, she saw Jay approaching her. Her eyes widened and she immediately turned around and walked the other way.

"Wait, Mal!" Jay shouted, running to her.

Mal stopped. She sighed, regretting stopping. 'Curse my feelings for making me do that!' she thought.

'You get that from your father's side,' Maleficent said to Mal, making the girl shocked.

'Mom? You're still here?' she asked in her thoughts.

'Of course I'm still here, you idiot. Oh, Jason's coming this way,' Maleficent warned.

'Jay,' Mal corrected.

Jay approached Mal, not knowing she was talking to her mom telepathically just then. He gave a little smile, hoping she would return it, but she didn't.

"Look, before I get into this, I just want to say that I'm sorry about everything that happened. I really do like you," Jay stated.

'He's weak! Give it to him! Give it to him hard!' Maleficent shouted telepathically.

'Shut up!' Mal replied in her mind.

"Well, I...really like you, too," Mal said. "Is this what you were going to talk about or was there something else?"

"Oh, right. A week or so ago, I overheard Carlos talking to Dude about how he still likes Evie even though he was dating Lonnie. So Carnnie is no longer a thing, and I recently heard that Doug and Evie broke up. But the thing is, even though Evie likes Carlos, and is free to be with him, she doesn't want to. So, I'm thinking, with your help, we can get those two together. What do you think?" Jay asked.

"First, Carnnie? Really? Second, no. I will not help you. And third, how come I never heard about Evie and Doug breaking up or all that nonsense about the girl not wanting to be with Carlos?" Mal asked, frowning.

"I don't know. But why don't you want to help Carlos and Evie together?" Jay asked.

"Because I don't want to hang around you. It's uncomfortable," Mal answered, shifting uncomfortably.

'I'm starting to question if you're really my daughter,' Maleficent said.

"Well, then pretend we don't have feelings for each other. Now, come on. What do you say?" Jay asked, with a smirk.

'Put a curse on him!' Maleficent yelled.

'Seriously mom, shut up,' Mal replied telepathically.

She gave Jay a short little glare before answering. "Fine. I'll do it," Mal said.

"Great. We'll start planning in my dorm room," Jay stated, beginning the walk to his destination.

"What? Now?" Mal asked, caught off guard.

"Yeah. Unless you feeling like you want to punch a wall again," Jay replied smugly.

"Wha-?" Mal asked in surprise while she glanced at the cast around her hand.

"Yeah, don't think I didn't notice that while we were talking," Jay said. "Now come on."

xXx

Mal finished planning with Jay and walked into her room to find Evie. She saw her sitting in front of her vanity mirror.

"Hey, Evie," Mal greeted.

"What's up?" Evie asked.

"Nothing much. What about you?" Mal asked, slyly.

Now the plan was to set Evie and Carlos up on a date. It was real simple. Persuade them to come to a specific place, they see each other and a romantic setting, fall in love, BAM! Problem solved. Of course, the falling in love part was a little shaky, but it'll work.

"I was going to practice doing my makeup," Evie answered, receiving a weird look from the other girl.

"What? Just because I know that beauty isn't all that matters, doesn't mean I have to stop looking my best," Evie defended.

"Well, you can do that later. I need your help," Mal stated.

"With what?" Evie asked.

"Carrying a plate of chocolate-covered strawberries to the courtyard, because...you know," Mal answered, gesturing to her broken hand.

"Why?" Evie asked, narrowing her eyes in suspicion.

"I'm studying there. It's a lot more peaceful than in the library where I'm being bombarded by people pestering me about Ben," Mal explained.

"Fine. I'll help. Where's the plate?" Evie asked.

"In the kitchen," Mal answered.

She and Evie headed towards the kitchen to get Mal's chocolate-covered strawberries for her 'studying.' In actuality, it was just a ploy to get Evie to the courtyard where Carlos will be. Phase one, complete.

xXx

"Why am I here again?" Carlos asked, walking to the 'destination'.

"You're helping me with a little science experiment," Jay answered.

"What is it?" Carlos asked.

"You'll see," Jay replied with a smirk.

When they reached their destination, they saw Mal and Evie there. They stood above what looked like a picnic. Evie and Carlos saw each other and they raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"What's going on?" they both said at the same time.

Mal and Jay exchanged glances and then smiled innocently.

"Bye," Mal said cheerfully before she and Jay dashed off.

Evie and Carlos watched them go, mentally groaning from what they did, realizing this was all a setup to get them together. While Carlos did want to be with Evie, he didn't like how it's like Mal and Jay thought he couldn't do this by himself.

"I can't believe they did this," Evie stated.

"Well, as long as we're here, why don't we enjoy the food?" Carlos suggested.

Evie gave him a glare, making him put up his hands in defeat.

"Fine. I'll eat, you stand there," Carlos said, sitting down and feasting on the food.

Evie turned her head and watched him snack on cheese. The food sure looked delicious and it was almost dinner time. Besides, one picnic with Carlos wasn't a date or anything like that if they weren't the ones who asked to go out. After convincing herself a simple picnic was harmless, she sat down on the blanket.

"I guess one bite won't hurt," Evie stated, bringing a smile to Carlos. Phase two complete.

xXx

"Do you think it'll work?" Mal asked.

"Oh yeah. Those two can't resist each other," Jay answered confidently.

Mal nodded as she and Jay were walking back to their dorm rooms. Then, Audrey just had to show up. Mal's slight smile faded as the princess approached Jay.

"Jay!" Audrey squealed. "I've been looking for you everywhere! Chad told Ally, who told Aziz, who told Jane, who told Lonnie, who told me that Natalie has a thing for you."

"Everyone has a thing for me now," Jay said, smirking at Mal, who gave him a death glare.

"That evil witch might try to steal you from me! We need to do something fast before she tries anything," Audrey continued worriedly.

She noticed Mal was next to Jay listening to their conversation.

"Oh, hey Mal. Sorry about Ben," Audrey said sympathetically.

"It happens," Mal stated, to which Audrey smiled sweetly in response before grabbing Jay's arm.

"Come on, Jay," Audrey said, dragging the poor guy away.

"Bye," Mal said with a sickly sweet fake tone while waving goodbye.

When they left, she dropped her smile and let out a groan of disgust. She walked to her dorm room, but before she reached the door, her eyes glowed green and she cast a spell on some random person walking by. The random person's nose turned into a trunk and almost screamed. Mal noticed what she did and rushed to his rescue.

"I am so sorry. I didn't mean to do that. It was an accident," Mal apologized as she fixed the random person's nose with her magic.

"Um...thanks," the guy said before running away in fear.

Mal stood there in confusion. What just happened? She didn't mean to cast a spell on that guy. Assuming it was just an accident, she headed into her dorm room, forgetting about what happened.

Oh, man. I just realized how OOC everyone is. I'm sorry, but it's kinda hard to keep them in character when you have your own idea of what they're going to say or do, but then that's not what they'd actually say or do. I'm trying, alright?! It's hard, man.

Besides that, what do you think happened with Carlos and Evie? Did they get together? Or is Evie still not convinced?