Author Note: This Chapter is dedicated to the late Robin Williams who was the original voice of The Genie from Aladdin (1992).
Wednesday September 16, 2015
Jay's POV
There's only 9 days left until the Coronation Ball and almost everyone in the dining hall is talking to their friends who they are going with to the Coronation Ball. I'm eating breakfast with my Best Friends and I couldn't help but notice the way that Carlos looks at Mal and the way that Evie looks at Ben with love in their eyes. I'm happy for my friends that they found their person but, I feel left out in my friend group because I'm the only one that's still single. Most people think I'm just a playboy that hits on a bunch of girls but in reality I just want to be loved the same way that Carlos loves Mal. I've watched their relationship grow over the years they bring out the best out of each other. Carlos sees the good in Mal and loves her just the way she is why can't I find someone that loves me the same way Carlos loves Mal? Sometimes I wonder if I will ever find love because I just want to be loved is that too much asked? It makes me sad thinking about I will never find love. Lonnie who's sitting next to me notice I was feeling a little down thinking about I will never find someone that loves me.
Lonnie: Hey, Jay are you okay?
Me: No, I'm not okay.
Lonnie: What's wrong Jay? Look, I know we aren't close but, you can always talk to me about anything I won't judge.
Me: I just want to be loved because I don't know what love feels like. That's why I flirt with bunch of girls because I am hoping someone would love me back. My father doesn't love or care about me all he cares about is me stealing stuff for his store.
Lonnie: But, I thought that even Villains love their children.
Me: No, most Villains don't love their children. Some Villains are loving parents like Dr. Facilier is a single father that loves both his daughters Celia and Freddie but, most Villains don't even care about their children.
Lonnie: How awful.
Then Lonnie gives me a hug. This is the first time Lonnie has hugged me. I don't know why but, it feels nice. Then I looked up and saw Jordan holding her lamp. I didn't know that Jordan had her own lamp because I thought all magical artifacts have to be placed in the museum. Then I saw Jordan get up from her seat and leave her lamp at her table while she goes get something to eat for breakfast. When Jordan wasn't looking, I got up from my seat and took Jordan's lamp because I wanted to use this lamp to make Evie fall in love with me so, I have a date to the Coronation Ball. Then Jordan turned around and notice her lamp is missing so, she starts chasing after me to get her lamp back.
Jordan: Give me back my Lamp Jay now.
Me: Is this the same lamp that belonged to your father?
Jordan: No, its not the same lamp that belonged to my father.
Me: Then how did you get a lamp in the first place when your father's lamp is in the Museum?
Jordan: My father gave it to me he bought for me on one of his trips. That lamp is really important to me please give it back to me now.
Me: I will give it back to you once you answer my question.
Jordan: Okay, what's your question?
Me: Will you go with me as my date to the Coronation Ball?
Jordan: Eww, no, why would I want to go with you to the Coronation Ball?
Me: Because I am good looking duh! Please Jordan be my date to the Coronation Ball so, I don't feel left out with seeing all my best friends with dates.
Jordan: Look, Jay I'm sorry I can't go with you because my boyfriend just asked me this morning to be his date.
Me: Wait, you have a boyfriend?
Jordan: Yeah, duh its Prince Aziz Sultan who just asked me out this morning. Can you please get me my lamp back?
Me: No, because I need you to grant my wishes.
Jordan: Okay I can do that.
Then Jordan started randomly singing her father's famous song "Friend Like Me".
Friend Like Me by Robin Williams from Aladdin (1992)
Well Ali Baba had them fourty thieves
Scheherazade had a thousand tales,
But, master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves,
You got a brand of magic never fails
You got some power in your corner now,
Some heavy ammunition in your camp,
You got some punch, pizzazz yahoo and how,
See all you gotta do is rub that lamp,
And I'll say Mister Jayden, sir,
What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order,
Jot it down,
You ain't never had a friend like me,
No, no, no,
Life is your restaurant,
And I'm your maître d',
Come on whisper what it is you want,
You ain't never had a friend like me
Yes sir, we pride ourselves on service,
You're the boss,
The king, the shah,
Say what you wish,
It's yours! True dish,
How about a little more Baklava?
Have some of column "A"
Try all of column "B"
I'm in the mood to help you dude,
You ain't never had a friend like me
Can your friends do this?
Do your friends do that?
Do your friends pull this out their little hat?
Can your friends go, poof?
Well, looky here,
Can your friends go Abracadabra let 'er rip,
And then make the sucker disappear?
So doncha sit there slack jawed, buggy eyed,
I'm here to answer all your midday prayers,
You got me bona fide, certified
You got a genie for your chare d'affaires
I've got a powerful urge to help you out,
So what you wish, I really wanna know?
You've got a list that's three miles long, no doubt,
Well all you've gotta do is rub like so, and oh –
Mr. Jayden sir, have a wish or two or three.
I'm on the job you big nabob!
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend,
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend,
You ain't never had a friend like me.
You ain't never had a friend like me
Jordan: Rule number one you can't wish for more wishes because three is enough. Rule number two I can't make anybody love anybody. Rule number three I can't bring anybody back from the dead. So, what's your first wish?
Me: Well, I have to think about because I was hoping you can make this girl fall in love with me.
Jordan: So, you're in love. Who is she? Who's the girl?
Me: She's a Princess.
Jordan: Aw, aren't they all?
Me: No, she's an actual Princess. It's one of my childhood best friends Princess Evie. I have been in love with her since 6th grade but, she friend zoned me when I told her how I feel.
Jordan: Look, I already told you that I can't make anyone love anyone, so, you need to wish for something else. Now, is there anything else you want wish for that's legal?
Me: Well there's something I want. Hey, can you make me a Prince?
Jordan: Alright, I can do that you just need to rub that lamp to make your wish come true.
Me: Alright, Jordan the Genie, I wish to become a Prince.
Then I rub Jordan's Lamp while Jordan worked her magic by turning me into a Prince. She changed my outfit with her magic to make me look like a Prince. When she was done I looked at myself in the mirror I noticed my new outfit kind of looks like Aladdin's Prince outfit.
Jordan: Okay do you like your new look?
Me: I like it but isn't this the same outfit that Aladdin wore when he made his wish to become a Prince?
Jordan: Yes, it's the same outfit Aladdin wore when he pretended to become a Prince. I got the outfit from Aziz because he wanted me to ask Evie to upgrade his father's Prince outfit for the Coronation.
Jay: So, what's my Prince name?
Jordan: Prince Jayden of Agrabah just pretend that you're the long-lost twin of Aziz.
Jay: Okay I can do that.
Audrey's POV
Tonight, there's a Tourney Game and it is tradition at Auradon Prep for all the Cheerleaders to wear their uniforms on Game Day. As Captain of the Cheer Squad at Auradon Prep it's my job to keep track of who's here and who's not here. I went down the Roster to take attendance the whole squad was present at school except for Ruby the daughter of Rapunzel. So, I texted her asking her where she is? and she reply to my text saying she's sick and won't be able to make it to the Game tonight. This can't be happening because without Ruby we don't have enough members and we need someone to be part of the Pyramid for our Cheer Routine.
Audrey: Hey Carlos, one of our Cheerleaders is sick will you mind filling in tonight? I will talk to Coach Jenkins about you not playing tonight if you fill in for me.
Carlos: Sure I would love to fill in for the Cheer Squad tonight it sounds more fun than just sitting out the whole because I am not good enough to be playing out on the field and our Tourney team already have enough players.
Jay's POV
Jordan noticed that after I made my wish I was looking at Ben and Evie who were clearly flirting with each other while still eating breakfast.
Jordan: What are you doing? Why aren't you over there?
Me: How am I supposed to compete with that? Look at him of how he's so Princely.
Jordan: Well you have got to be more confident about what you have to offer.
Me: What do I have to offer? Knowledge of how to steal food because I grew up on the Isle? How to jump between buildings?
Jordan: Just showing her what you got that makes you so special.
Carlos POV
I'm little worried about Jay because I haven't seen him since Breakfast after he just randomly disappeared when Jordan got mad at him for stealing her lamp. School is about ready to start I hope Jay makes it back in time before school starts.
Evie: Have any of you seen Jay since breakfast?
Me: Nope, I have no idea where he is.
Mal: Same, I haven't seen him since breakfast.
Jordan: Hey guys, its your girl Jordan. I have a very important announcement to make please welcome our new student Prince Jayden of Agrabah the long-lost twin of Prince Aziz.
Evie: What's going on?
Me: I have no idea. Is it just me or does something doesn't seem right like since when does Prince Aziz have a long-lost twin brother?
Then Prince Jayden came over to introduce himself to Evie. Then Prince Jayden bowed down to Evie causing his hat to fall out revealing his real identity as Jay. Evie was not happy that Jay lied to her about being a Prince.
Evie: Why did you lie to me Jay, about being a Prince?
Jay: I wanted to impress you and I knew that I would never be good enough for you unless I was a Prince. So, I asked Jordan to make me a Prince with her Genie magic.
Evie: Look Jay, you shouldn't change who you are just to make someone like you. Just be yourself I learned this a few weeks ago to just be yourself and the right person will fall in love with you for who you are.
Jay: Look Evie, I'm sorry that I lied to you will you please forgive me?
Evie: Of course, I forgive you just don't change who you're to impress somebody just be yourself.
Jay: I will.
Jay's POV
Then Jordan walked over to me after I was done talking to Evie.
Jordan: What do want to wish for next as your second wish?
Me: Jordan the Genie, I wish to become rich.
Then a bunch of money came flying in the air after I rubbed the lamp when I made my second wish.
Jordan: Now you only have one wish left what do you want your final wish to be?
Me: Jordan the Genie, I wish to get someone to be my date to the Coronation Ball.
Jordan: As you wish Master.
I saw Lonnie walking by and I ran after her to ask her if she would like to go with me because she seems like she is one of the few girls at this school that doesn't have a date to the Coronation Ball. Lonnie is the first person that came to my mind who I wouldn't mind having as my date to the Coronation Ball because she has always been nice to me. I'm not super close to her but, I still consider her my friend.
Me: Hey Lonnie, I was wondering if you would like to go with me to the Coronation Ball as friends?
Lonnie: Sure, I would love to go with you to the Coronation Ball as friends.
Carlos POV
Later that night right before the game was about ready to start Audrey gave me a Cheer Uniform. I had a lot fun cheering than playing Tourney. After the game was over Audrey came over to talk to me.
Audrey: Hey Carlos you did great tonight you should think about quitting Tourney and join the Cheer Squad instead.
Me: I will think about.
Audrey: If you decide to join the Cheer Squad you can't be friends with Mal anymore because if you want to fit in you can't be seen with a loser like Mal.
Me: There's no way I'm just throwing away my friendship with Mal in order to join your stupid Cheer Squad. Mal was right about you Audrey about you being a Drama Queen. Mal's one of my Best Friends she always been there for me since we were kids. I could never hurt Mal like that because I love her and I'm not just saying that because I'm pretending to be her boyfriend to get you to leave her alone. I actually really do love her. I've been secretly in love with Mal since 6th grade. Mal's one my best friends I would rather be friends with her than ever be friends with you. I would choose Mal over you every day because I'm in love with her.
I put my hand over my mouth once I realized what I have just said to Audrey. I can't believe that I was stupid enough to blurt out me and Mal's secret to Audrey. She never was supposed to find out that I am just pretending to be Mal's boyfriend to get Audrey to stop accusing the only girl I've ever loved for something she didn't do.
Audrey: I knew it. I knew it all along that you're just pretending to date Mal to get me to leave her alone. Well wait, until I tell the whole school about you lying about being in a relationship with Mal.
I put my hand on Audrey's mouth to get her to shut up.
Me: Look Audrey, you can't tell anyone about me pretending to date Mal because I don't want anyone to know about it. If you dare, try to hurt Mal by telling anyone about me pretending to be Mal's boyfriend I will tell Chad that you're only pretending to date Chad to make Ben jealous.
Audrey: No, no, no please don't tell Chad about me using him to make Ben jealous he can't know about me trying to use him.
Me: I won't tell Chad your secret if you promise me that you won't tell anyone about me pretending to be Mal's boyfriend and about me being secretly in love with her since 6th grade.
Audrey: I promise Carlos. I won't tell anyone about your secret if you promise me that you won't tell Chad I'm just using him.
Me: Deal.
Audrey: I'm just curious why don't you want anyone to know that you are secretly in love with Mal?
Me: Because I still haven't told her how I feel about her. I'm really scared that she doesn't feel the same if I told her the truth.
Audrey: If you really love her, I think you should tell her how you feel about her because she deserves to know.
Mal's POV
Carlos came bursting in my room after the game was over. I was the only one that was in me and Evie's dorm room at moment because Evie went out to go hang out with Ben.
Carlos: Hey Mal, there's something I need to tell you. Please don't be mad at me but, I may or may not just accidentally blurted out to Audrey our secret. I'm sorry Mal I didn't mean to tell Audrey our secret it just happened. I just thought I would let you know the truth.
Me: Crap she wasn't supposed to know about our secret.
Carlos: I know, I'm sorry Mal that I accidentally told her our secret. Are you mad at me for accidentally telling her our secret?
Me: No, I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at you for telling her our secret but, I'm not mad at you enough to hate you for doing it. I could never hate you Carlos because you're one of the greatest friends I ever had you have always been there for me. Growing up I had so many friends turned their backs against me like Harriet Hook who got mad at me for winning the Art Contest.
Believe it or not I used to be friends with Harriet Hook when I was growing up. We bonded over our love for Graffiti Art we used to Spray Paint Graffiti Art all over the Isle when we were little. We used to be really good friends even though we attended two different schools. I attended Dragon Hall before I transferred to Auradon Prep while Harriet goes to Serpent Prep which is Dragon Hall's rival. I met Harriet through one of my old friends Uma the daughter of Ursula whom I'm no longer friends with. It's a really long story on why I'm no longer friends with Uma which is a story for another day. Harriet's younger brother Harry is Uma's oldest friend. Harry and Uma have been best friends since they were children. Harriet is really good friends with Uma, and she is apart of Uma's Pirate Crew because Uma is really good friends with Harriet's younger brother Harry.
Carlos: I'm surprised that you're so calm about me accidentally telling Audrey our secret.
Me: Well Carlos, the reason why I'm so calm about all of this is because I'm glad that you told me the truth instead of keeping it a secret from me. I would rather have you be honest with me even if the truth hurts.
Carlos: I'm really sorry Mal that I accidentally told Audrey our secret I didn't mean to.
Me: It's okay Carlos. I have to admit I accidentally told Jay about our secret.
Carlos: Wait, you did what?
Me: Last week I accidentally told Jay about our secret. I'm sorry Carlos that I broke our promise I didn't mean to I just wanted someone to talk to about it. I'm really sorry Carlos for being a terrible friend to you.
I feel really bad that I accidentally broke my promise with Carlos. Even just thinking about how I'm a terrible friend to Carlos was starting to make me cry just thinking about it. Carlos noticed how upset I'm right now and was trying his best to make me feel better by wrapping his arms around me so, he can give me a hug. Then he started stroking my hair to help calm me down.
Carlos: Hey, it's okay Mal. I don't think you're a terrible friend.
Me: Really?
Carlos: Nope, not even close. If anyone is a terrible friend its Audrey who was just using me just to get me to be her friend because she wanted me to reveal to her our secret. Mal don't worry about Audrey I told her to not tell anyone about our secret and she promised that she won't tell anyone after I threaten her to not tell anyone. I promised Mal that I will make sure the Queen of Mean keeps her mouth shut about our secret.
I couldn't help but, smile that Carlos is willing to make sure Audrey doesn't try to ruin my life by telling our secret to everyone. I wrapped my arms around Carlos to give him a hug to thank him for trying to protect me from Audrey trying to ruining my life all because she hates me due to what my mother did to her mother over 20 years ago.