Evie had finally found a nice cottage not for from the school to keep up her fashion business. Her dorm room, wasn't cutting it anymore. It was way too crowded with all the dresses. With Scales tearing up material, Evie had found it frustrating to work on the torn fabric. Mal said it was just a phase the black cat was going through, but Evie begged to differ. She knew that cat was out to get her sometimes.
She walked alone on the stone path to her new shop. It would be a few months before its fully ready, but Evie was okay with that. Senior year had brought on even more things to do since there on the homeward stretch. She was thinking of opening the week after graduation. She knew that she would have to do special prom dresses and graduation dresses, but otherwise she wouldn't be able to keep it up until school was over.
The blue haired princess approached the glass doors. She clicked the key in and the door opened. With her basket of fabrics she slowly crept into the new place. She hadn't seen it since she bought it. It was completely empty, except for the desk Ben and Carlos brought in already. Attached to the glass room, was a beautiful house that Evie would share with Mal, Jay, and Carlos after graduation. She was excited to get out of the stuffy dorms and finally start her life.
She set down the fabrics on her drawing desk and went into the home. There was old furniture in there still from the family that lived here before. They moved after their children returned home after being set free from Rose's spell. The teens that used to be her army did little jail time. They were taken from their own home, and put under spells. Evie still felt guilt of burning down the home to the six siblings that had left. She almost killed Carlos in the process. He tried to reassure her that it wasn't her fault, but somethings she couldn't forgive and forget about this one.
After taking a quick look around, Evie went back into the glass dome to finish setting up what she had. As she hung the fabrics up on the racks, she couldn't help but feel a little lonely. Carlos and Jay were at Tourney practice, Lonnie was at R.O.A.R., Ben and Mal were at a meeting for Uma's capture, and she didn't have a clue where Dizzy knew she had to go back to the dorm and get more of her things, but wasn't motivated to do so.
Suddenly, there was a movement in the bottom of the fabric basket. A little fear grew in Evie as she looked at the moving yellow material. She lifted it up to see Scales. Even at the sight of the mischievous cat brought a slight smile on her face. Her scaly green eyes looked up at the blue haired princess. Evie picked the black cat up out of the basket and set her on her lap.
When she began to stroke her back, the cat purred. "You know,"Evie talked to Scales,"maybe if you didn't scratch up my outfits, I could let you stay." The cat nodded her head a little to agree to this plan. Evie grinned a little, but was surprised by a sudden knock on the glass. She looked around, but there was no human in sight.
"Evie!" the voice of Carlos' dog, Dude, called. The blue haired princess rolled her eyes a little and stood up. She had told Mal not to do it, but she gave Dude a permanent truth gummy. She liked the dog, but sometimes he could get a little annoying. Evie walked to the door to see the brown scruffy dog sitting there, waiting to enter.
"What are you doing here?" Evie opened the dog to come in. He crossed the room to sit next to Scales. When he sniffed her paw the cat hissed and jumped up onto the desk. Evie wondered when Mal wold give Scales her own truth gummy. She was sure the cat had a lot to say.
"Yikes," the dog looked up at Scales, then at Evie.
"Well?" Evie was still waiting for an answer.
"I'm just visiting," Dude puffed his furry chest out a little. "Can't I just see my owner's girlfriend?" She liked that word. Girlfriend. It made her feel like a normal teenager.
"You're usually at practice with Carlos," Evie sat at her bent down to his level. Dude was often the ball retriever if one happened to get off the field.
"Ah," Dude said suddenly,"I can't lie. Carlos sent me to check up on you." Evie's lips curved into a slight grin. She could feel her cheeks blushing a little. Carlos was always thinking about her. Even if she knew it or not. Ever since she had gotten cursed, then taken, he had been a little protective. Evie didn't mind it, she liked to know he cared.
"Did he now?" Evie played naive as she stood up again and went to her desk,"Any messages?" She picked up the basket ad placed it on the desk, Scales hopped in immediately.
"Just one," a different voice called. Evie froze. It wasn't Carlos'. This voice she hadn't heard in almost a half year. She turned. Doug, the son of Dopey Dwarf stood there awkwardly. She gasped a little. His hair was grown a little longer, but otherwise he looked the same.
"Doug," Evie held her hands to her stomach. The last time she had spoken to him. They fought about the trust between them. When he had said he couldn't trust a villain. Something inside Evie had snapped. She thought it might have been an over reaction, but she knew that it didn't help that she had hidden feelings for Carlos.
"H...hi," Doug took a step forward,"I'm sorry if I scared you I just saw the door was open."
"How did you know where I was?" Evie studied him. Her heart was drowning in pain from the past broken relationship.
"Well I was practicing marching band when I saw Carlos talking to Dude and then he ran off at the same time I got done with practice. He lead me here, to you." He had taken another step forward, and Evie took a step back, but her back was stopped by her desk. She wanted to escape this encounter.
"I..." Dude was saying until he just ran into the house,"Going to grab a snack. Scales quickly followed him." Evie wished they had stayed,but it was probably better Dude not say anything about this.
"What do you want," Evie asked. Fear was rising in her once again. His expression was calm, but she just didn't know what would happen.
"I don't think the way things ended with us was right," Doug straightened his glasses,"I think you should give me another chance." There was a silence between them. Her mind went into a shock. Sure she was hurt, but all of these memories came flowing back from when they first arrived. He was so nice and sweet to her, and when they started dating, it got better. But then there was all the times he accused her of cheating and then again, Evie had feelings for Carlos.
"I'm with Carlos now," Evie raised an eyebrow.
"Well everything was fine with us before you got cursed," Doug took another step forward. Evie backed up into her desk again. "How do you know that your feeling for him aren't magic?"
"Doug," Evie said clearly,"You didn't trust me, which lead me to not trust you. I just don't think we were a match."
"Well then I was doubtful,"Doug was only a few feet away from Evie now,"Maybe if you give me another shot, we can actually trust each other." He grabbed Evie's hand and kissed it. Evie sat up on her desk away from him. Before she could say anything. "Just think about it." He turned and left. Her heart was pumping fast. Nerves built up inside her. Why would he think that she would choose him over Carlos?
It was very unethical of him to do. Doug trying to rekindle flames that they had for only a few months. She did have to admit, she did have feelings for Doug, but those were in the past. They weren't there anymore, were they? He was her very first boyfriend. Wait, why would she be even debating about this? She loved Carlos. He treated her better than any man of her dreams.
She got off of the desk and looked at the basket. The yellow fabric still remained in it. Evie picked up the material and put it on the rack. Sounds of many footsteps neared. She turned to see Scales and Dude have returned back to the scene. "What was that about?" Evie didn't trust the dog at all. What if he told Carlos?
"He just asked if I still had his class ring," Evie lied,"I used to wear it when we went out and I gave it back to him already so he must've just lost it himself."
"He seemed pretty serious for just a ring loss," Dude said truthfully. This is why Evie didn't like him talking. Scales had walked away from him. Evie turned to the dog and bent down to scratch his head.
She shrugged. "That's all it was. It wasn't a really big deal."
"What wasn't a big deal?" A voice came from behind her. This was the voice she had longed to hear. She stood and turned to see Carlos, still in his sweaty practice clothes. Scales purred in his arms.
"Carlos!" Dude ran to his owner and jumped up his leg. Carlos scratched his dog's head and set down Scales. "Evie got a visit from Doug." Carlos stopped scratching the dog's head. He looked up at Evie for a second, then back down at the dog.
"Oh," Carlos bent down to Dude,"Can you escort Scales back to her rightful home. I'm sure Mal will be looking for her. Then you can just go back to our dorm, I'll meet up with you there. Okay buddy?"
The dog crooked his neck and looked at Evie, then back at Carlos. The boy widened his brown eyes a little. "Okay," Dude sighed,"come on pretty kitty." Scales hissed again, but followed the dog out the door. Carlos watched them go, then closed the glass door. He turned back to Evie, who's arms were crossed.
"So..." Carlos put his hands into his practice pant's pockets,"Were you planning on telling me that Doug visited you or did Dude ruin the surprise?" Evie wasn't actually sure if she was or not.
"I was going to," Evie choose the right answer. She had to tell him, she knew he would understand. "But I told Dude that he was asking about his missing class ring."
"What did he really want," Carlos furrowed his eyebrows,"He didn't hurt you did he? Cause if he did I'll ju-"
"No, no," Evie cut him off and put a hand on his arm,"I'm okay. I think. He just asked for a second chance for our past relationship."
"That's a weird thing to ask," he now raised his eyebrow,"You're with me so it would be stupid to ask if-" Carlos stopped and looked at Evie for a moment. "Are you actually thinking about it?"
"He said it could've been because of the curse on the mirror," Evie shrugged.
"But the guy didn't trust you," Carlos got defensive,"He accused you of cheating on him."
"Well look how we started," Evie was referring to the kisses on the cheek and the hidden feelings when they both were with other people. Carlos looked at her in disbelief.
"You're actually leaving me for him?" Carlos' eyes became misty,"I'm not good enough for you or something?"
"No," Evie looked at him and shook her head,"I would never do that. He blew his shot, curse or not. I'm just saying, without those things, we wouldn't be where we were today. Otherwise our relationship would've taken a lot longer to form. The curse was more of a blessing. Carlos, I love you." He looked at her for a moment before grabbing her face and pulling it close to his own.
Their lips kissed one another. She put a hand on his cheek, deepening the kiss. His hands dropped from her face and pulled her close by the waist. Evie wrapped her arms around his neck. After a few moments, her head dropped down unto his shoulder as they embraced. She was happy that she had reassured Carlos he was the one for her, nothing could come between them.