Author note: I got something to say before you read this chapter I'm very sorry for the delay on this chapter. I was trying to make this chapter as interesting as possible. This chapter was suppose to be about the First Day of School but I decided to make this chapter about Carlos having a nightmare and Mal comforting him. I hope you enjoy this chapter comment your thoughts on what you think of my story so far.

Tip: I also want to say for whatever reason the format is screw up when you read this story on your phone its best to read this story on the computer or turn your phone side ways.


Evie's POV

I spend the rest of my last day of summer before school starts with my friends. I hang out with Mal in our dorm for a little bit then I got a new notification on my phone it was from Jay.

Jay: Hey Evie. Are you free right now?

Me: Yeah, why?

Jay: Carlos was wondering if you and Mal want to come over to our dorm and hang out with us for the rest of the night?

Me: Sure I will ask Mal if she wants to come?

Jay: Okay bye I will see you later Evie.

A little while ago Carlos found some old phones that Auradon gave to the Isle because they didn't want them anymore. So Carlos went over to the market and grab four old phones for all of us so we can text each other when there is emergency when one of us is having family problems and they just need to get away from their parents for a little bit. Mainly Carlos is the one that needs someone to hang out with so he can get away from his crazy mother. The old phones that Carlos found were broken but Carlos found a way to fix it because he is really good with technology.

Mal: Who was texting you Evie?

Me: It was Jay he wanted to know if we want to come over to his dorm and hang out with him and Carlos.

Mal: Sure, that fine.

Me: Well come on Mal, let's go see your crush's dorm.

Mal: Evie, please stop teasing me about my crush. I don't want anyone to know that I like him

Me: Don't worry Mal I won't tell anyone who your crush is.

I was totally lying to Mal about keeping her crush a secret. I really hate lying to Mal but I am only going to tell one person about Mal's crush. Believe me it's not like I am going to tell Carlos that Mal likes. There is only one person in this world that I am going to tell who Mal likes which is our friend Jay. I know he will keep it a secret even though he is really close to Carlos. The four of us are all best friends but Mal is my best friend in the whole world. Jay's best friend in the whole world is Carlos just like how mine is Mal. Jay is basically like my best guy friend and Mal's best guy friend is Carlos. Sometimes Mal and Carlos like to hang out alone when that happens I am left alone with Jay. Which is fine with me because I like seeing them happy with each other. Over the years me and Jay got closer when both are best friends in the whole world are hanging out with each other alone. Luckily I am not the only one that suspected something is going on between Mal and Carlos. I have talk to Jay about this even he agrees that they probably like each other but they are too scared to admit. Me and Jay both agree that they would be adorable together and they need to be together. As crazy as this sounds we even came up with a ship name for our friends which "Marlos". We use their ship name as a inside joke that is only between me and Jay. A few days ago me and Jay were talking about a plan to get our best friends to hook up with each other. We called our plan "Operation Marlos". Our first step was to find out if they like each other. So I asked Mal earlier this morning about if she likes Carlos. While Jay is going to asked Carlos if he likes Mal. I can't wait to talk to Jay alone and tell him the good news about Mal finally admitting that she likes Carlos just like what we suspected for a while. I spend the rest of the afternoon with my friends playing video games with them in the boys' dorm. Carlos beat us all in Mario Cart I even saw Carlos trying to show Mal how to play all these video games we were playing. I can tell that Carlos is in love Mal by the way he looks at her just won't admit it. I just want Carlos to make a move on Mal because he is clearing in love with her even though he has never admit it to me that he likes her. At 9:30 me and Mal decided it is time to go back to our dorms and go to bed because we have school early in the morning.


Mal's POV

I went straight to bed as soon as I walked into my dorm. I was so tired from hanging out with my friends in Carlos and Jay's dorm playing video games with them all day long. I had fun spending time with them before we go back to school tomorrow. I am so tired and I need to get as much sleep as possible for my first day of school tomorrow. I slept for two hours until I was woken up from Carlos screaming in his sleep. Carlos like I mention before often has nightmares about his abusive mother. He has a hard time calming down when he is having a anxiety attack or a nightmare and for whatever reason I am the only one that can calm him down. I rush straight to Carlos dorm which is across the hall from my room. I remember Doug telling us earlier on our tour about the rules at Auradon Prep and one of the rules is no one is allow to go in the opposite gender dorm after 10 pm which is the time that everyone is suppose to go back to their dorms. I didn't care what the rules say I am going into my crush's dorm and going to stay with him just so I can comfort him. I don't care if I get caught and get in trouble for breaking the rules because it not like I am going to do anything bad. I am just going to comfort my crush from having a nightmare which is a real emergency. I went into Carlos and Jay's dorm room using the spare key Jay gave me earlier so me and Evie can come in their room anytime to hang out with them. Carlos is laying on his bed still screaming from his nightmare I went over to his bed to comfort him.

Me: Carlos it's okay. I am right here. I promise your mother is not going to come over and hurt you. She can't come to Auradon because she is still stuck on the Isle.

Carlos: Mal, you know the rules that you're not suppose to be here.

Me: I know that but I don't care if I break the rules. I will always be there for my friends when they need me the most.

Carlos: Mal, I don't want you to get in trouble I think you should just leave and go back to sleep.

Me: I am not going to leave you Carlos right now. I am staying here with you because I know you need me right now.

Carlos: I hate it when I know that you are right. I guess it is okay you can sleep here for the night to help comfort me from my nightmares.

Carlos scoots over to the left to make room for me to sleep next to him. I climb into his bed and sleep next to him on the right side of the bed. I lay on my side and he wraps his arms around me and I fell asleep in his arms.


Carlos POV

I hate having nightmares I wish they would go away. I feel bad that I woke up Mal when I was screaming in my sleep from having a nightmare about my mother. I haven't even been in Auradon that long and I am already having a nightmare on my first night here. I can still hear her voice in my head (1) screaming at me even though my mother is not here. I like watching Mal in her sleep because she looks so cute when she falls asleep in my arms. I guess that is one of the reasons I fell in love with her is the way she falls asleep.

I have always loved to read ever since I was a child even Mal likes to read which might sound hard to believe. She was actually one of the top students in our class back at Dragon Hall. I was also one of the top students too along with Evie who is very talented in Potions because her mother is a Potion Dealer which is basically like a Drug Dealer but with Potions instead. I once read this book and one of my favorite lines is "I fell in love with the way you fall asleep, slowly and all at once" (2). I like this quote because it totally describes how I feel about Mal. When she is sleeping she looks like how Sleeping Beauty looks like after Mal's mother put a Sleeping Curse on the Princess in the Disney animation movie which I was forced to watch in English class back at Dragon Hall. They made us watched the Disney animation movie version of our parents stories in English Class when were reading our parents fairytale stories to most people they think fairytales are not real but little do they know that these stories are real things that happen to our parents.

My mind normally keeps me up at night just thinking about life makes it hard for me to fall asleep. I keep thinking about what Jay said earlier to me about when I finally admitted to him that I have feelings for Mal. After many years of denying it to anyone that asked me if I have feelings for my girl best friend. Mal has always been my girl best friend ever since we were kids don't get me wrong Evie is one of my closest friends. I just don't have the same relationship with her than I do with Mal. I have always like Mal since I can remember she is the first and only girl that I have truly love. I think my feelings started when we were in 6th grade when I start to notice how beautiful she is. I have liked Mal since I was either 9 or 10 years old and Mal was 11 or 12 years old at the time. I have always been the youngest one in my grade and people used to bullied me on the Isle for being so small and weak. Mal has always been a daredevil and never cared about getting in trouble so she would always stand up for me back on the Isle when people were messing with me. All the bullies back at Dragon Hall were all so scared of Mal and knew that no one should messed with the daughter of the worst Villain on the Isle. Mal would physical fight anyone that messes with her or her friends that is what makes her so amazing. I am actually suppose to be two grades below my friends but I skip two grades. Everyone back on the Isle had to go to pre-school but I was luckily enough to skip preschool and go straight to kindergarten. I have always been a smart kid I started reading at a young age. I read so much when I was a toddler I knew all the things that I was supposed to learn in pre-school. I went to pre-school for a little bit until the school found out I was "too smart" for pre-school. Then they let me skip two grades and go straight to kindergarten at three years old. I look at the alarm on my night stand to see what time it is and it is already past midnight. I really need to go to sleep but I keep thinking about what Jay said to me. Jay is right I should tell Mal how I feel. She deserves to know the truth. I am too scared if I tell her the truth it will ruin our friendship forever. I don't want to lose the best thing that ever happened to me and the only girl I ever had feelings for. I really want to tell her how much I like her but I know she will never feel the same way I feel about her. I kept looking her sleeping so peacefully in my arms. I really want to let all my feelings out about the girl I love. So I whisper to her while she is asleep in my arms "I love you Mal." I really hoped she didn't hear what I said to her but I just wanted to practice saying that out loud to her for when I am finally ready to tell her the truth. I whispered in her ear one more time "Goodnight Mal, I love you" then I went straight to sleep with the girl I love sleeping in my arms.


Author Note

(1)- reference to a line from the song Ways to be Wicked from Descendants 2

(2)- reference to a line from Fault in Our Stars by John Green.