"Chad! Come back here!" Evie called out, chasing after the little boy.
"No!" Chad yelled.
Chad was fine at breakfast until he became upset with something and ran off. Evie, who had finished her food first, offered to go get him. She's been chasing him for the past twenty minutes now. He had ran passed a couple of filled classrooms, down the stairs, into the courtyard and was now running into the gym.
Evie tripped on her feet and fell into the grass, but hurried herself up, brushed the grass off her, and ran into the gym. There was no classes today in the gym. She saw a lock on the other side of the double doors and the stairs for the balcony were up. She thought she saw someone under the bleachers though.
"I better not walk in on Ariel's nephew and Ruby again last like week." She muttered as she hurried over to the bleachers.
The space under the bleachers was small and tight, hard for a big person to get through. Only small children could escape into the bleachers. Audrey bent over and looked under the bleachers, spotting the blond hair boy. "Chad!" She cheered. "I'm so happy to see you."
Chad was huddled up against the wall, arms crossed over him. When he saw Evie, he turned around so his back was facing her. "I don't like you."
"Why?"
"I'm mad at you."
"Why are you mad at me?"
"You yelled at me."
"Chad, you punched Doug in the nose." Evie explained as gently as a mother would. "It's not nice to punch people."
"He needed it. I don't like Doug."
"He's your friend."
"Ben my best friend. I don't like Doug." Chad said.
"Why don't you like Doug?"
"Because Doug always say Snow White is prettier princess, but my mommy is prettier princess."
"Is that it?"
"No. I don't like Doug because you like Doug."
Evie was confused. "I like Doug?"
"Doug said that you like Doug and he's the only Doug in Auradon." Chad said. "So you like him and I no like that."
"Doug is my friend. You're my friend." Evie told him. "And...I like a different Doug. A bigger person named Doug." She told him.
"Why do you like him?" Chad turned to her. "Why do you liker bigger Doug?"
"Doug...Bigger Doug, is very sweet and nice." She said, just as a memory popped in. Doug had given her rare, blue roses and told her that he'll love her until the very last flower dies. That was a year ago and she only just learned a few weeks ago that the last flower was actually fake. It would never die, hence why "I'll always love you until the last flower dies." She didn't tell him though, she admired that the most. "And he's very supportive too. He helped be confident with my own smarts when I thought I needed a magic mirror to help me pass a science test."
Chad looked at her oddly. "You had a mirror that say answers?"
"Yes. And...some mean boy told on me," She said as she remembered the smirk on bigger Chad's face. "But because he did that and with Bigger Doug's support, I passed science."
Chad looked at her for a couple of more minutes before crawling out of the bleachers. "You promise you like Bigger Doug and not little Doug?"
"Promise." She said. It wasn't a full lie, was it?
"Good." Chad smiled. "'cause I like you." He then jumped onto Evie's lap and hugged her, rubbing his head into her chest.
Evie smiled and brushed his hair with her fingers. "I like you too, Chad."
