The girls have another girls day out (or whatever it's called), but with Lonnie and Jane. But who are they forgetting?
Saturday came to Auradon and Mal and Evie were getting ready for a girls day out with Lonnie and Jane. The courtyard was a great place for hanging out. The shining sun, the shady trees... You get the point. The girls were inside Evie and Mal's room talking while waiting for Evie to finish getting ready.
Audrey was walking by when she heard laughter coming from inside their room. Out of curiosity, she stopped walking and pressed her ear against the door to hear what was going on.
"You know, now that I think about it, the name 'girls day' sounds too...girly. How about we call it a 'hangout' instead?"
"That sounds like something a boy would call it."
Audrey could make out who was talking. The first one was Mal and the second was Jane. 'Wait... girls day?' Audrey asked herself. She frowned for a bit and continued listening to the conversation on the other side of the door.
"Let's just call it whatever we want." Audrey knew that voice as well. Lonnie. Why would Jane and Lonnie be in Mal and Evie's room talking about a girls day?
"Evie, what's taking so long?!" Mal shouted. Audrey couldn't hear any response. She guessed it was because it was farther away.
"So, what are we going to do today?"
"We'll probably just talk and eat lunch at the courtyard. Maybe we'll go to the enchanted lake."
Audrey couldn't believe what she was hearing. Her friends are having a girls day and they didn't invite her! Some friends.
"Okay, now I'm ready. Let's go!" A new voice was heard. It had to be Evie. Audrey realized they were going to come out through the door and quickly hid behind a tall plant. The door opened and out came Mal, Evie, Lonnie, and Jane.
Audrey stared intensely at them as they walked through the hallway. She still couldn't quite grasp the fact that her friends left her out. Audrey was one of the most popular girls in school. Why wouldn't they invite her? Oh, that's right. Because she was mean to Mal. 'She probably lied to Lonnie and Jane that I was sick,' Audrey thought. 'Or she convinced them you weren't good enough,' the voice inside her head retorted.
Audrey got worried and quite saddened. The girls were coming to the end of the hallway and were almost out of sight. Audrey got out from her hiding place and tiptoed quickly and quietly to where her friends were walking.
She peeked over the corner and saw Mal, Evie, Lonnie, and Jane walking out the exit. Audrey followed them cautiously. She followed them out to the courtyard. They stopped at a table and sat down. Audrey hid behind a tree and poked her head out to watch them.
"Why are we always outside? The sun is way too bright," Mal complained, raising her hand above her eyes for shade.
Evie rolled her eyes at her purple-haired friend. "Well it's better than being inside all day not being productive," Lonnie remarked, making Mal frown. "Sorry," Lonnie apologized after seeing Mal's face.
"Don't worry, M. The next time we do this, we'll stay inside," Evie reassured. Her purple-haired friend gave a tiny smile before spotting strawberries and immediately grabbed the container holding them.
Mal picked one up and bit into the juicy red fruit. Lonnie and Jane stared at her in surprise. Mal licked her fingers clean before looking at her friends. "What? I like strawberries," she said.
Evie reached into the picnic basket and placed another container of strawberries onto the table. "And that's why I bring two containers of them," she said. The one Mal has is all hers. The second was for the others since Evie knew Mal wasn't going to share.
Audrey glared at her so called 'friends' as they ate. She couldn't decide whether she was angry or sad. Maybe it was a bit of both.
"I'm glad we could do this. Just us girls," Lonnie declared with a big grin. Evie and Jane agreed with Lonnie. Mal barfed in her brain at the super cheesy comment.
"You know who we should've invited?" Evie asked. Audrey stopped frowning and she was full of hope. "Who?" Mal, Lonnie and Jane asked simultaneously. "Ally," Evie answered.
Audrey's heart sank. 'That's not who they should've invited!' she screamed in her head. Her eyes began to water and her nose turned red. She couldn't handle what she was hearing.
Mal frowned. "Why?" She asked in confusion. "Because she's fun," Evie answered. Mal scoffed. "Yeah. Ok," she commented. Evie shrugged before taking another bite of her sandwich.
Audrey sat down in the shade of the tree she was hiding behind. She brought her knees to her chest and hid her face and began crying softly. The silence between the girls sitting at the table made Audrey's sobs audible. Just barely.
Jane heard it and looked around. "Do you guys hear that?" She asked. Mal, Evie, and Lonnie kept quiet for a moment to listen for anything.
"I don't hear anything," Mal said. Jane stood up and searched around the grassy area for the sound. "I'll be right back," she informed. She looked behind a few trees but didn't find anything.
Audrey wasn't paying attention to the other girls anymore. She was too upset to notice a shadow approaching her.
"Audrey?" A voice asked. Audrey stopped crying. She sat there frozen for a few seconds before looking up to see Jane. Audrey wiped the tears away from her eyes.
"What do you want?" she asked a bit harshly. Jane noticed Audrey had been crying so she kneeled down and tried to be comforting.
"What's wrong?" Jane asked. Audrey frowned. "Why do you care? You don't want to hang out with me anymore," she replied before sniffling a little.
Jane was surprised at what her friend had said. "What do you mean by that?" She asked. Audrey sighed to try and calm down.
"You, Lonnie, and those VKs are all hanging out, but you didn't invite me," she explained. Jane's eyes widened. She glanced at the ground then back to her friend. Audrey looked down.
"I'm sorry. We didn't know you wanted to come," Jane said. Audrey looked up. "Of course I wanted to come. You don't think I like being left out?" she asked.
"You have no idea what that feels like," Audrey added. She hid her face again. Jane looked sad now. "Actually, I do."
Audrey frowned and looked up again. "What?" She asked. Jane now fully sat on the ground. She fixed her dress before speaking. "I've never hung out with the cool kids. You, Ben, and Chad are like the most popular kids in school. You guys never invited me to go to your parties, or sit with you. I thought I would've had a chance since I'm the Fairy Godmother's daughter, but...," Jane trailed off.
Audrey felt sorry for her. "Sorry," she said. Jane lifted her head and smiled weakly. "It's alright. Cause now I hang out with you, Ben, and the rest of our friend group," she informed.
"Speaking of, how about you join our girls day?" Jane asked. Audrey felt ecstatic. "Really?" She asked.
Jane nodded. She and Audrey stood up and walked back to the others. Mal, Evie, and Lonnie were surprised to see Audrey standing there.
"Hey... Audrey," Mal greeted. "Is it okay if she joins us?" Jane asked. Evie smiled.
"Of course! We've got one more spot open," she replied happily. Audrey smiled and sat down next to Lonnie. Jane also sat down.
"We would've invited you, but we thought you didn't want to," Evie explained. Audrey grabbed a grape from a bowl.
"Well, now you know I want to be invited to these kinds of things," she said before popping the grape into her mouth.