"So lay your head 'cause little do you know, I love you 'til the sun dies." -Little Do You Know by Alex & Sierra

Lonnie's Point of View

As Evie was talking, Lonnie felt her stomach drop with everything Evie was telling her. She couldn't believe that Doug and Ben had done that. She did believe Evie, of course, it was just that she grow up with both of them. And it made her sick to her stomach to think that anyone was capable of such heinous actions, especially in Aurodon of all places.

After Evie finished talking, Lonnie heard her let out a sigh of relief and say, "So that's what I wanted to tell you. Mal knows, and Jay and Carlos do. And the authorities have become involved. But I really don't want anyone else to know. The reason I decided to tell you is because the boys are there for me, of course, but I'm not comfortable around boys right now, not even Jay and Carlos. They're like my brothers and I love them, of course, but I just don't feel safe. And I know Mal is here for me, but I don't want to overwhelm her."

Lonnie looked Evie in the eyes, grabbing her hand and said, "You don't have to worry about me telling anyone, love. I'm here for you."

Mal's Point of View

Mal's stomach twinged with jealousy when she saw Lonnie grab Evie's hand. However, she knew that having Lonnie involved was probably for the best. Still, knots in her stomach formed at the thought of someone other than her, Jay or Carlos holding Evie's hands, especially another girl. Mall shook it off though and gave Lonnie and Evie a warm smile.

"Evie, I told you you can't burden me. But I understand that you wanted to tell Lonnie and I'm okay with that."

Evie's Point of View

Telling Lonnie gave Evie such an instant form of relief. Mal, Jay and Carlos were always going to find out one way or another, and they would always believe her. But the fact that an Aurodon student believed her and didn't just write her off, meant a lot to her.

She hugged Lonnie and said, "Thanks. You're a good friend."

Lonnie replied, "You are too, Evie."

Evie didn't notice the jealousy in Mal's eyes, but she did notice the way she was pacing back and forth squeezing them together. Upon noticing this, she let go of the embrace she held with Lonnie and said, "Mal, are you okay?"

"What...Yea, I'm fine Eves."

Evie stood up and grabbed her best friend's hand. "I love you, Mal. You know that right?"

"Of course, baby girl. Of course." Mal responded and kissed the slightly taller girl's cheek. "I love you too."

Lonnie was still sitting on the bed, and asked, "Do y'all wanna go get supper?"

Mal's Point of View

"Sure," Mal responded, while Evie said, "I'm not that hungry."

"Evie, I call bullshit," Mal replied, "You barely eat anymore. Please come at least come with Lonnie and I to the cafeteria and try to eat something."

"Yea," Lonnie added, "You need food, love."

Evie nodded and said, "Okay, but don't get too excited. It's really hard for me to eat a lot."

Mal put on a blue hoodie over her t-shirt, and Evie put on a purple hoodie over her shirt. Then, they all headed out the door.

While they walked towards the cafeteria, Mal looked at Evie and asked her if she wanted to text Jay and Carlos to see if they wanted to sit with them.

"Sure," Evie responded.

Evie's Point of View

When they arrived at the cafeteria, Evie's senses became overwhelmed with the noises of kids laughing and the smells of an assortment of different foods. She felt her breath constrict and tried her best to breathe in and out, but It became difficult. There were just so many people and so much food, she wasn't sure she would be able to handle it.

But the blue-haired girl felt Mal's hand squeeze hers and Lonnie gently touch her shoulder and she felt herself let out a breath she had no idea she had been holding in.

It's going to be okay. Evie thought to herself. It's going to be okay. It has to be.

Lonnie and Mal each filled their trays with food, and Evie got herself a small salad and a cup of fruit.

After getting their food, they saw Jay and Carlos at their usual spot in the cafeteria and went to sat down. Evie sat down across from Carlos and diagonally across from Jay, with Mal on one side of her and Lonnie on the other.

Evie mostly picked at her food, putting a nibble in her mouth here and there, laughing when someone said funny, and nodding when someone said something that was important. She was trying her hardest to be okay again, but she just wasn't.

Mal's Point of View

Mal noticed the way Evie played with her food, barely eating a bite. She noticed the way she didn't say anything, just nodded and laughed when she was supposed to. It wasn't an unusual site lately, but it still hurt Mal deeply to see the girl she loved so much hurting so badly. She wanted nothing more than to take the pain away from the blue-haired angel, but she knew that she couldn't, so she just stared at Evie till she felt an elbow nudge her. It was Evie's.

"Are you okay, M?"

"I'm fine, E. Just a little tired."

"Maybe we can all have a movie night tonight since it's Friday anyway."

"Sounds fun," Mal replied, smiling. "You all in?" She asked, looking at Lonnie and then Jay and Carlos.

"HELL YES!" Lonnie exclaimed!

"Yea, that'll be fun," said Carlos, "We going to watch horror or comedy or something romantic?

"I say we let Evie choose since it was her idea." Jay responded.

"Okay," said Evie, "I vote comedy. Nothing romantic though."

All five of them laughed and agreed they would watch Deadpool and maybe some other comedic films that night.

When they finished eating, they put their trays up, and decided to head to Jay and Carlos' room to watch the movies, since they had the most extensive movie collection. Sure, the VK's hadn't been in Aurodon for too long, but Carlos and Jay fell in love with movies upon discovering them. They provided an escape for all 4 of the VK's when nightmares from the Isle just became too much for them to handle.

On the way to the boys' room though, they ran into Audrey, who gave them all a look of disgust. Mal really didn't like Audrey, but she was trying to be nice, so she said, "Hello Audrey." with a fake smile.

"Hello, Mal. Would you care to tell me why your blue haired friend here is a lying bitch?"

Evie's Point of View

Evie was shocked at what Audrey had just said.

No one's told anyone yet? Have they? Evie thought to herself. Then, reality hit her and she realized it was Doug and/or Ben who must have said something to her.

"What are you talking about?" asked Lonnie.

"Oh, you don't know, butch? This little wannabe princess," Audrely replied sharply, pointing her finger in the direction of Evie's chest, "is lying saying that Doug raped her and Ben took a video of it."

Evie could see Mal's eyes flicker green, Jay's face flush with anger, and Carlos looked like he was ready to curl into a ball. She herself was about ready to run back to her room and cry herself to sleep. That is, until she saw Lonnie pushing Audrey up against the wall.

Lonnie's Point of View

Lonnie wasn't a particularly violent person, not really. Sure, she enjoyed sports that had her engage in physical contact, but she rarely ever got into physical fights out of anger or just because. She saved that for the sports she enjoyed. But hearing Audrey talk shit about Evie, the girl who had been the kindest of the VK's even when they first arrived, the girl who trusted her enough to tell her her deepest, darkest secrets…well, that was all Lonnie needed to push Audrey up against the wall, grabbing the girl by her shirt collar.

"You listen to me, Audrey, and you listen good. Evie's not a liar. And she's not a wannabe princess either. I don't know how you found out about any of this, but rest assured, I believe Evie's telling the truth. Think about who told you they were lying. It was probably Ben or Doug right?" Audrey just looked down and tried to squirm her way out of Lonnie's grip. It didn't work. "Stay the fuck away from her, do you hear me? She doesn't need people like you dismissing her trauma, got it?"

Audrey just simply nodded and Lonnie let the girl go. Then, Audrey ran off to the cafeteria with what looked like tears brimming in her eyes. Lonnie felt slightly guilty, but the girl needed to learn not to mess with people, especially people who had done nothing to her.

"Way to go, Lonnie!" Mal said, patting the girl's back.

"Yea," Jay replied, "I was ready to kick her ass, but you did a pretty good job yourself."

"Yea, thanks." Carlos said.

Evie just looked down, tears brimming in her eyes and said, "Can we just go to the boys' room and watch the movie please?"

Evie's Point of View

They all nodded, and when they arrived at the boys' dorm, Evie announced, "Before we start the movie, I have to use the restroom, okay?"

When she made sure they all knew, she went into the boys' restroom and locked the door. She was on the verge of a panic attack when Audrey had confronted them (well, really just her, she was just lucky her friends were there too), and her breathing was still shallow and constricted. She truly was grateful to Lonnie for defending her, but it made her feel bad that it had to come to that. Searching around the room, she looked for anything she could use to give herself a form of relief. Luckily, she found a huge pack of disposable razors and decided to steal one since there were like 10 in there.

Pulling up her hoodie sleeve, she left four marks on her wrist.

It's all my fault. Evie thought to herself. I have to punish myself for this. It's all my fucking fault.

Before she knew it, she had left seven more marks on her left arm. Quickly, she put the razor in the pocket of her hoodie, and looked around the boy's bathroom for bandages.

Before she was able to find them though, she heard a knock and someone asking "You okay, Eves?"

It was Carlos.

Carlos' Point of View

Carlos eyed Evie suspiciously when she said she had to use the restroom. Lately, she had been using the restroom a lot. This normally wouldn't make him suspicious but the fact was that Evie was distressed lately, and rightly so. He was worried about his best friend.

"Jay, do you think Evie's okay?" He decided to ask.

"I don't know, Carlos. I don't know."

"If she takes too long, I'm going to go check on her, okay Jay?"

Jay looked at him worriedly, but then finally said, "Okay."

After it had been about fifteen minutes, Carlos went to go check on Evie.

Knocking on the door, he asked, "You okay, Eves?"

"I'm fine."

"Well, if you are, then let me in."

Evie's Point of View

Unfortunately, Evie was unable to find bandaids and just rolled her sleeve down and went to open the door.

"Carlos, I'm good, just got a little panicked, I think." Evie said, making sure to quickly add, "But I'm fine."

Carlos eyed her suspiciously but just nodded and said, "Let's go watch a movie."

They all went to sit down on the boys' couch which was in front of their television. Evie sat in the middle of everyone with Mal on one side and Lonnie on the other side. Jay sat next to Mal and Carlos sat next to Lonnie.

Evie grabbed Mal's hand and leaned her head on her best friend's shoulder, and sighed semi-contentedly. She was still anxious about everything that had happened that night...really, she was anxious about everything that had been going on lately. But being in a room with her closest friends watching one of her favorite movies, she felt safe. Pretty soon, she drifted off to sleep, just missing the opening scene of Deadpool.

Mal's Point of View

Mal sighed happily when Evie leaned her head on her shoulder, holding her hands. The purple-haired diva was the girl of her dreams and even though she was in a room with friends, she didn't understand the things she was feeling for the girl. She just knew it was different than how she felt for, Jay, Carlos, Lonnie, or even Ben when they had dated.

Boy, I'm glad I dumped that loser. Mal thought to herself. She's so pretty. She makes me feel things. I love her.

Mal knew, though, that she couldn't tell Evie any of this, especially with everything Evie had been going through lately. Still, she was happy her best friend felt safe enough to seek comfort in her. Sighing contentedly, she looked down at the blue-haired angel, who was now safe asleep. The movie had started and normally any noise would aggravate Mal. However, Evie's soft snores had become something she had grown used to and she knew with her in the room, no one would dare say anything about her Evie's snoring.

Then, Mal leaned her head onto Evie's head and squeezed her hand tightly. Soon, she herself was fast asleep. It had been a long week.

Jay's Point of View

Jay noticed the way Mal and Evie had fallen asleep on each other and was tempted to take a picture. However, he knew that Mal would murder him if he did, so he just looked at them and sighed happily. He knew things weren't as good as they could be, but at least they were better than they were. And he was happy about that. That is, until, he saw that Evie's sleeve had slipped up and she had what looked like several fresh cuts on her arm. He gave Carlos and Lonnie the look (the look that meant we need to have an intervention for one of the girls). Nodding his head in the direction of Evie, he saw Lonnie and Carlos look at her arms and gasp. He knew that Carlos already knew about Evie's self-harm, but he wasn't sure about Lonnie. Still, he trusted her. They all gave each other a knowing look. When the movie was over, they would wake up the girls and have a long talk with Evie about why she was doing what she was doing. Until then, they would try and enjoy the movie.