It was Saturday morning throughout Auradon Heights. Everyone looked forward two days of sleeping in, staying up late, and doing whatever they wanted as they didn't have to worry about school during their absence, unless they were given homework over the weekend which was never really easy to do despite Friday being a good day to get it done and over with, not needing to worry about it later. Evie was a bit excited as today was even the day for the party she was going to have with some school friends, though she didn't say anything and waited for some time to pass until she would talk with her mother about it so she could cool down due to what had happened between them last night.
"Evie? Evie..." A young voice soon called.
"Henry?" Evie replied as she soon yawned and stretched before she saw Henry standing beside her bed as she slid up her sleepmask to see him, rubbing her left eye sleepily. "You want some breakfast?"
"Yes, please," Henry nodded. "...I'd make my own breakfast, but Mom would probably ground me for a while after burning the house down."
"Yes, I think so too," Evie chuckled lightly as she laid down her sleepmask and crawled out of bed to come and stand up next to him. "What would you like this morning?"
"Can you make that standing up egg breakfast you made for me one time on my birthday?" Henry smiled sheepishly. "Eggs with knights?"
Evie giggled a little. "Eggs with soldiers." she then corrected.
"Yeah, that," Henry nodded. "Could I have eggs with soldiers?"
"I don't know," Evie smirked playfully. "'Could' you?"
"...May I have eggs with soldiers, please?" Henry soon corrected himself.
"You may," Evie cooed before she hugged her little brother suddenly and planted a kiss right on his forehead. "Such good manners for a nice young prince-in-training."
Henry chuckled and blushed from the kiss a bit. "Evie~"
"It's your own fault, Henry," Evie smirked as they soon left her bedroom to go downstairs into the kitchen. "You just had to be born so adorable and so darn loveable~"
Henry chuckled a bit and the two Mills siblings soon went to go and get breakfast taken care of. "Mom says you're having a party," he then said to his big sister. "Am I invited?"
"Yes, you are, but you have to remember to be on your best behavior," Evie nodded. "Mom and I also made sure that if people have younger brothers and sisters to let them come over too so you have someone to play with."
Henry's smile disappeared briefly.
"What's wrong?" Evie frowned. "Won't that be fun for you? You could maybe make some new friends."
"...I don't know," Henry said softly. "I don't think I'm ever going to make friends, Evie. No one in school seems to like me."
"Come on, Henry, don't say that," Evie cooed as she began to get the eggs boiled after she brought out a pot and filled it with water and the eggs as followed. "You're a very lovely and likeable kid."
Henry shook his head. "I don't think I belong in Auradon Heights to be honest with you," he then said. "I just feel like I'm not meant to be here... Like I shouldn't exist here and I should be somewhere else."
"Henry..." Evie frowned.
"I think that I was adopted," Henry said softly. "Where else did I come from? Graham's not your father and he's definitely not mine."
"Henry... I know it's tough being a kid and not having anyone to call your friend," Evie said softly as she took his hands gently and carefully. "Believe it or not, when I was younger, I didn't have many friends either until I met that boy Carlos. You like Carlos, remember?"
"...Yeah, Carlos is cool," Henry admitted softly. "But didn't you have a big birthday party when you were six-years-old?"
"That may be so, Henry, but Mom just sent out invitations to everybody that she could," Evie explained. "Did you know that Mom invited everybody to my party because I was home-schooled back then?"
"...Really?" Henry blinked. "Even though Mom's the mayor?"
"Yes, she is the mayor now, but she wasn't always," Evie nodded. "It's a very long story, but yes. I was very shy and quiet too around others, so she threw that party and invited everybody's children to come along so that I could make some new friends. It just happened naturally with Carlos and he became like a brother to me before you were born."
"Wow..." Henry whispered with a small smile. "How'd you two become friends? What did you talk about? Tell me exactly how it went so that I know what to do so I can make new friends just like you."
"Oh, Henry... It doesn't work that way." Evie chuckled a little.
"It doesn't...?" Henry frowned softly.
"It's just different for everyone," Evie shrugged before giving a small supportive smile. "When you get a connection with someone, it just happens. Besides, don't you know those Zimmer twins from your class? Ava and Nicholas?"
"They put candy in my backpack when I was at Mr. Clark's pharmacy and pretended to be my friend so that they could get away with taking that candy." Henry shook his head.
"Oh..." Evie said softly. "Erm... Isn't there a girl your age in class named Grace?" she then suggested.
"The closest we've talked was being partners for Mr. Jekyll's Science Class, but we don't seem to have a lot in common." Henry replied.
"Dang..." Evie winced before she gasped and suddenly rushed over to the stove and took care of the appliances that had steam coming out from them before grinning sheepishly. "Heh... I dunno about you, but I think Mom would ground me for life if I burned the house down."
"Yeah, you don't wanna do that." Henry advised.
Both chuckled a bit, lightening the mood a little together and smiling fondly at each other across from each other.
"The point is, Henry, you'll find the right friend soon enough," Evie advised as she was almost ready to plate the food for her little brother. "They'll come to you and it'll work out just fine. My theory is that if your social skills aren't worked with properly around someone, like you have almost nothing in common... Then you're not meant to be friends with that person, but if you feel a spark and talk happily and even laugh together, you'll become friends."
"You really think that I can make my own friends, Evie?" Henry asked.
"Of course I do, Henry," Evie smiled. "And I know that you're a very likable and loveable kid. After all, we kept you, didn't we?" she then added with a teasing smirk.
"Didn't you try to sell me to Ben French's uncle one time?" Henry smirked back.
"Ah, ah, ah! We don't talk about that~" Evie smirked as they both laughed again and she soon plated up his food. "Just give this party a chance, Henry. I'm sure that it'll turn out just fine in the end."
"I sure hope so, Evie." Henry nodded in agreement.
Evie smiled warmly then and soon brought the plate down to her younger brother after it was ready. "And here we go," she then said. "Egg soldiers and bacon for Prince Henry of Mills Manor."
"Looks scrumptious, Princess Evie of Mills Manor," Henry nodded, trying to sound prim and proper. "I look forward to ingesting it and helping you get ready for your party tonight."
"Good boy." Evie smiled warmly and kissed his forehead before she went to get herself some breakfast and get him a glass of his favorite juice to go with his breakfast.
Henry beamed as he soon went to tuck into his breakfast, lightly cracking the shells off of the soft boiled eggs. Evie smiled and soon went back to doing what she was doing.
All of the teenagers throughout town were all in excitement and in a buzz for the party tonight. Uma smirked as she had Harry and Gil text everybody after she was given the go-ahead from Mal even if that wasn't the true intention at first as it was going to be a party to remember for sure, but it would soon spell disaster later on. Of course, this was unknown to Mal, Evie, Henry, and especially Regina since she was getting ready for her evening out planned with her associate, Mr. Glass, and of course, Graham's company. She felt bad about the spat that she and Evie had last night and promised to make it up to Evie in the future when she didn't have so much work to worry about for a while. Hopefully when The New Year comes in a few months, things will be better for both of them as they never had a complicated relationship before and knew better after last night not to do what she did with Evie last night.
She could already hear her mother's voice nagging her about how to raise her children properly and did her best to ignore the words as she concentrated on getting ready to where she was needed tonight. After breakfast, Evie and Henry began to clean everything up around the manor for the company that they would be given later tonight, both quivering and shivering with anticipation.
"Now, Henry, Evie, I want you two to remember to be a good young man and good young woman while I'm gone." Regina reminded as she reached into her wallet.
"We will, Mom." Evie and Henry promised.
"When you invite your friends over, you can have pizza." Regina then said, bringing out a 50 dollar bill.
"Sounds great, Mom," Evie smiled as she accepted the money since she was the older one. "I think I'll call Mal right now."
"Are you leaving now, Mom?" Henry asked as his sister walked away then.
"Not right now, but around 5:00," Regina replied. "I just want to make sure you understand how big of a deal this is. You're both growing up so fast."
"I know, Mom," Henry smiled bashfully. "It'll be okay though. Evie won't let anything bad happen."
"I should hope so, yes." Regina smiled back and nodded.
"So can I have an extra-large pizza with extra pepperoni?" Henry smirked.
"That's up to Evie now," Regina smirked back. "Just don't give your sister a hard time."
"Yes, ma'am." Henry nodded.
"Mal... Are you ready to par-tay?" Evie smiled in excitement once she picked up her cell phone and called her new best friend.
"Are you kidding? This is going to be great!" Mal smiled back on the other line. "I'm gonna come by early though to help you set up, so call or text me as soon as your mom's gone."
"Can do, Mal," Evie nodded. "I get to spend Saturday night with my new best friend and not a threat in sight!"
Mal and Evie were both very excited and eager about later tonight. Henry was excited too though because he got to have a party with the big kids and he was looking very hopeful about making some new friends even though he was the shy, quiet, lonely kid in his class. It seemed like his only real friend was Ms. Blanchard and she was his teacher, though the woman was very kind and sweet, almost like a second mother most of the time. She always had the sweet and loving capability of being another mother to the children she taught in class so it was no wonder that former students of hers such as Ben or Evie would visit her before classes to remember the good old days of when they were young and more naïve.
Some time had passed and it was soon getting close to sunset. Mal had shown up and was reading a book that Evie recommended for her class with Ms. Porter by an author by the name of Isaac Heller.
"So... When are we gonna get those snacks?" Henry asked the girls.
"After Mom leaves we'll see about dinner," Evie replied. "Don't worry though, we'll get you something special like that pizza."
"I just love pizza," Henry smiled. "It's delicious, cheesy and doesn't lie."
"I hear that." Mal smirked as she glanced up from her book for a moment.
There was soon a knock on the door. The three just wondered if it had to be one of the party guests before Regina stepped down, wearing her best make-up and clothes as she came to get the door.
"Oh, Mom... You're all dolled up..." Evie commented. "That's pretty fancy for an evening with Sheriff Graham."
Regina chuckled sheepishly as she blushed warmly. "You don't think it's too much, do you?" she then asked.
"Hmm..." Evie paused thoughtfully as she stepped in front of her mother, looking up and down at her. "That blush really makes the dark lipstick pop, so I think it works for you. As long as you don't wanna end up looking like Carlos's mother or that weird Medusa lady."
The Mills family all shuddered together. Mal chuckled a bit, finding that funny that they all shared a reaction to something they all found repulsive and disgusting. She just wished she could be close with her own family like that. Regina soon took a deep breath and answered the door as Graham was there and he stepped inside.
"Oh... Regina... You look ravishing..." Graham commented as he eyed Regina up and down.
"Oh, go on..." Regina smiled warmly.
"No really, go on, she could have an ego inflated enough to be in a Thanksgiving parade." Evie teased her mother.
"Evie!" Regina gasped, though didn't sound too outraged so it must have had been playful.
"Mother~" Evie smirked innocently.
"Well, I suppose it's a good thing I brought this over." Graham then said as he brought out a radiant red rose.
"Oh... Graham... How chivilarous~" Regina beamed and blushed again as she accepted the flower and sniffed it a bit. "And it's red... I just love red roses."
"I know that you do," Graham smiled bashfully. "So, shall we get going?"
"Just a minute," Regina told him before going over to the kids one last time. "Well, I think that's it," she began to tell Evie and Henry, though mostly Evie. "You have both our cell-phone numbers, all emergency contacts, and the number of where we'll be tonight with Mr. Glass. What do you plan on doing tonight?" she then asked.
"We just thought we'd have a few friends over," Evie replied. "Like Mal of course and maybe Lonnie, Jane, and Wendy. I dunno about Tilly though."
"Tilly's a trip." Mal smirked to herself.
"Sure!" Regina smiled. "Just remember... Don't turn it into a wild party."
"Oh, gee, Evie, I think we have to cancel the Death Metal band and the fire dancers." Mal soon said.
"What?!" Regina's dark brown eyes widened.
"She's just kidding," Evie grinned nervously and sheepishly chuckled, nudging her friend as a warning. "You just have a good evening and we'll see you later, Mom."
"All right, I'll try not to be back home too late," Regina said with a small smile. "Remember, Evie, you're in charge."
"Mind your sister and her friend, Henry." Graham added as he went to escort Regina out the door, linking arms with her.
"Bye!" Mal, Evie, and Henry called, waving the adults off out the door as they went to leave for the evening.
"Live from Auradon Heights, it's Saturday night!" Henry beamed.
Mal and Evie laughed a little to that as they came back inside and shut the door behind them as Graham and Regina left.
"This is going to be the coolest party," Mal beamed. "No adults, no worries, no problem."
"I'm just excited to be apart of it," Henry said to them. "I hope I can meet some friends."
"You will, Henry, I promise," Evie smiled. "You'll make at least one new friend, I'm sure of it."
Henry smiled back, looking very hopeful.
They soon walked down the sidewalk as Evie locked the door and soon ordered a couple of pizzas from a place called Pizzeria Bella Notte on the way to The Dark Star Pharmacy as Mal and Henry began to think of party snacks to pick up.
"We're agreed?" Evie asked Mal and Henry. "Pepperoni on one pizza and cheese on the other?"
"That should work, yeah." Henry nodded.
"Works for me." Mal agreed.
"Okay, good." Evie smiled and soon went to finish up the order as they continued down the street together.
"So nachos and dip?" Henry suggested.
"Sure, as long as no one double dips." Mal nodded.
"Wasabi?" Henry then asked.
"Uh... Okay..." Mal shrugged.
"Mustard?" Henry then asked.
"Are you just trying to see if I'm paying attention or not?" Mal smirked.
Henry smiled sheepishly and bashfully.
"Little brothers..." Mal playfully scoffed and shook her head. "I don't think I could handle one."
"Oh, you don't know, Mal, you'd probably be a good big sister if you were given the chance." Evie reassured warmly.
Mal smiled before looking distant and sighed softly as she thought about Lily again. Evie distracted Henry a bit so that he wouldn't ask what was going on with Mal since she knew the truth and only her. They soon continued down the street as Henry stood between the girls and they soon ran into two familiar boys from school, including a cute young blonde girl in the middle who was licking a lollipop with big pink ribbons in her hair. The two boys were none other than Chad Princely and Ben French.
"Hey, what's up?" Ben asked as he pointed around Henry in confusion, wondering what he was doing there. "I thought you were having a party tonight."
"There's still gonna be a party," Mal replied. "We just gotta have fun with the kids too like Henry here. You can come too, sweetie." she then added to the little blonde girl, kneeling a bit to her height.
"Don't breathe my air." The blonde girl hissed as she rolled her eyes.
"Ah! Hahahaha... Kids..." Chad grinned nervously around Evie and put his arm around the little blonde girl. "They just say the darndest things, don't they?"
"Uh... Yeah, they do..." Evie smiled dreamily as she played with her hair, biting her lip a little bashfully. "Is this your little sister?"
"Yes, my Alex..." Chad nodded. "Maybe our little sibs can dance together at your party?~"
Mal, Ben, and Henry all rolled their eyes at Chad's attempts at flirting with Evie which were somehow working.
"Sure, Chad, I'll save a dance with you~" Evie swooned.
"I love the sound of that," Chad smiled. "This is going to be the best party ever."
Evie giggled and rubbed her arm.
"Well, see you at the party I guess," Ben said. "Mal, maybe we could share a dance together too? Clarice can't come to the party though." he then added.
"Really?" Mal asked curiously. "Why not? I mean... She's your little sister."
"Yeah, but she wasn't feeling that good last night, so Aunt Lacey's gonna look after her," Ben replied. "Looks like it'll just be you and me and no babysitting at the party tonight."
"Great..." Mal seemed to force a grin on her face. "Just you and me with no interruptions from the little rugrats."
"Yeah..." Ben smiled. "I'm looking forward to dancing with you later, Mal."
"See you boys at the party soon~" Evie beamed in excitement.
And soon, the boys walked off down the street with the younger girl as the other three soon went to go and check out the pharmacy.
"So, you think you wanna be friends with Chad's little sister?" Evie smiled hopefully at Henry. "It'd be so cute~... If you two fell in love, we could go on double dates at like Mr. Cluck's Chicken Shack!"
"Actually, Evie, I don't think it'll work out between me and Alexandra." Henry shrugged nervously.
"Oh... You never know," Evie smiled. "Now, let's get some sodas, snacks, and anything else to go with that pizza, huh?"
"Sure... Okay." Henry nodded.
They soon stepped inside the pharmacy to pick up what they needed. Mr. Clark greeted and waved at them before suddenly sneezing and took out his tissue to blow his nose.
"All right, let's load up on stuff for the party," Mal said as she grabbed some chips. "I hope you have enough money."
"Unless we should put our money together and get what we can here and still have enough for pizza?" Henry suggested.
"I kinda like Henry's idea better." Evie smiled sheepishly.
"Oh... That's cool," Mal nodded. "Why didn't I think of that?"
Evie and Henry playfully rolled their eyes as they bought the chips, drinks, and some bite-sized brownies as a little dessert. Mr. Clark soon rang them up before sneezing a bit more.
"Ugh... Is that guy allergic to everything?" Mal complained.
"More or less, yeah." Evie nodded. "Henry, remember to pick out one snack that you really want and be sure to share with the others."
"Okay, Evie." Henry smiled and nodded as he went to get some packaged cupcakes as he didn't care much for candy.
"Not much of a candy eater, is he?" Mal asked Evie.
"Not really," Evie replied. "The only candy he probably eats is chocolate. Can you believe we saw Chad with Ben though?" she then smiled and blushed warmly. "He is just too much~"
"He's too much of something alright." Mal narrowed her eyes snarkily.
Eventually, they bought everything they needed and still had enough to afford the pizzas.
"Thanks, Mr. Clark." Evie smiled once they paid for their party fee.
"Y-You're welcome... E-Evie... H-Have a nice... D-D-D-ACHOO! Day..." Mr. Clark replied, in mid-sneeze, smiling bashfully at them.
"You better not have sneezed on me." Mal narrowed her eyes in warning.
"S-Sorry... Allergies..." Mr. Clark sniffled as he soon blew his nose and waved the kids off. "Get home safely now."
"Thanks." Mal, Evie, and Henry replied and soon stepped outside of the store to head back to the mansion as quickly as possible.
"Oh, look, Mal..." Evie smiled as they stopped in front of a dress shop that had a cute purple and pink dress on display with a matching beret on the mannequin. "Just imagine wearing something like that to a party... Ms. Edna Mode has really outdone herself again~"
"Who the heck is Edna Mode?" Mal asked.
Evie gasped dramatically.
"Here we go." Henry rolled his eyes playfully.
"You never heard of Edna Mode?!" Evie asked.
"No, Evie, I totally know who she is and I was asking to be ironic." Mal smirked.
"Hmph," Evie glared at the snarky sarcasm before shaking her head and deciding to ignore it. "Anyway... Edna Mode is one of the most brilliant minds in all of fashion~" she then said, gushing in excitement. "I just love her work and she is just simply amazing," she then sighed. "I'd give anything to work for her someday~"
Mal didn't care a deal for fashion, but she had a small smile for her new best friend, reaching out and patting her on the back. "Well, Evie, I'm sure that someday you will," she then said. "You have quite a passion for fashion."
"Heh... So you've noticed..." Evie beamed warmly. "She's just... So amazing."
"Right then." Mal nodded.
"C'mon, Evie, let's get back to the house and order that pizza before the guests have a chance to show up." Henry suggested as his older sister got lost in her own thoughts.
"Huh? Oh, right..." Evie blinked and nodded. "Let's get going."
Mal and Henry both chuckled as Evie blushed bashfully as they soon went back over to the mansion.
"Henry, could you help Mal arrange the stuff?" Evie asked once they came inside. "I'll call and order the pizza."
"Okay, Evie," Henry nodded. "Come on, Mal. Follow me."
"Sure thing, kid." Mal replied as she followed after the little kid into the kitchen.
Evie smiled and soon went to place the order for pizza. It was inching closer and closer to party time. Henry was telling Mal about how he was hoping to make some new friends at the party since he never really had one before and Mal could understand as she had one friend back in her old hometown and how she was close to someone "like an older sister" too, deciding not to tell him too much about Lily. At least, not yet.
Eventually, the pizza came as Mal, Evie, and Henry watched Mickey's Creek on the TV to pass the time as everything was set up. It was now almost party time as the evening began to blanket the town in darkness.
"Man, why does Donald keep going back to Daisy?" Mal rolled her eyes. "He should just go with that exchange student, Xandra. At least she cares about him and tries to listen to him."
"Girl, I don't even know," Evie shook her head. "I'd never treat a boy like that. You ever have an old boyfriend you do that to?"
"I never had a boyfriend," Mal smirked. "My dad would just scare them away and threaten to release the hounds."
Mal and Evie laughed together then.
"Why do so many teenagers like this show?" Henry asked. "I feel sick to my stomach just watching this."
"It's a teenager thing," Evie said to him. "You may be very mature for your age, but I guess all this kissing and teen drama is too much for you right now."
"I never wanna grow up." Henry shuddered.
"Then I don't want you to either," Evie smiled as she soon headlocked him. "Can't you just get a little bit older on your birthday, get a job around town, and stay here with me and Mom forever?"
"I'll try, Evie," Henry chuckled a bit as Mal smiled softly towards the sibling bond as she thought about Lily and how close they were back in the day. "If you're not too busy with fashion designer Edna Mode, you have to promise to keep in touch with me."
"Deal." Evie smiled and nodded then.
Mal chuckled softly as she watched Evie and Henry's bond, sighing softly as it just reminded her of the good old days when she still had Lily around and before she and her mother moved away. Though remembering won't bring those happy days back and she just wished those days could come back once more. Soon enough, the pizza came and so did the guests. At the door was Lonnie, Jay, Carlos, Ben, Doug, who had a younger blonde girl with him with her hair done in twin ponytails, Chad, Audrey, Coraline, even Ruby, and Ivy.
"Oh, hey, come on in!" Evie smiled at the guests. "The party's just started."
"We'll just have to wait a bit for pizza." Mal added.
The guests soon came on inside as requested.
"Ruby, what're you doing here?" Evie asked the older girl. "I thought you were grounded."
"What Granny doesn't know won't hurt me." Ruby shrugged as she soon walked on inside.
"You sure you don't mind partying with us little kids?" Mal asked since Ruby was older than them.
"No way," Ruby smirked. "I never miss a good party."
"You have a little sister, David?" Evie asked Doug once she saw the younger girl with him.
"Uh... Yeah... It's Doug though," Doug smiled bashfully. "Actually, she's my little cousin from my Uncle Leroy. I hope that's okay."
"Oh, I'm sure Henry will get along with her," Evie nodded. "So this is my cousin, Deidre," Doug soon introduced. "But everybody calls her Dee Dee."
"Dee Dee... What a cute name," Evie beamed. "Henry, come over and say hello to Drake's little sister."
"Uh, it's Doug actually..." Doug corrected nervously.
Henry soon came over to meet Dee Dee. The two looked at each other for a while before smiling together as they both looked hopeful about becoming friends with each other which was already a good start, Evie could tell.
"We'll just serve these chips and some of these cookies until the pizza shows up." Evie suggested as she took out two big bowls and emptied one chip bag as Mal found a box of cookies.
Everyone else sat down in the living room. Mal and Evie soon came in with the bowl of chips and the box of cookies. Everyone helped themselves to some snacks, but there was no music and everyone just looked at each other in awkward silence.
"Wow! ...This party is really happening... NOT!" Audrey commented sarcastically.
Coraline giggled to that.
"That is so 1990's." Mal rolled her eyes at what Audrey said to sound cool.
"How 'bout some tunes?" Ben suggested.
"Excellent idea," Audrey smirked as she stood up and approached him. "Let's dance~"
"Careful, Mal, Audrey's moving in on your boyfriend!" Evie warned.
Eventually, some music began to play and the party got a little more lively.
"So... Dance... Wanna?" Jay asked Lonnie.
"I guess so." Lonnie shrugged with a small smile and took him by the hand as they stood up and danced with some others.
"Oh, please, Audrey, dance with me~" Chad said hopefully.
"...Fine." Audrey rolled her eyes and danced with him instead.
Mal and Evie soon came back out and began to join in on the dancing. Henry and Dee Dee shrugged at each other and soon danced together which the girls found to be cute looking.
"This food is so boring." Ivy complained as she ate a chip.
"Got anything else?" Coraline asked Evie.
"Some pizza is on the way." Evie promised.
And as if on cue, the doorbell soon rang.
"Oh, there's some soda in the basement." Evie just remembered before she went to go and answer the door.
"So there's a big family banquet for the big game against Sherwood before the semester ends," Ben said to Mal hopefully. "It'd be pretty nice if went together, don't you think?"
"Uh... Maybe..." Mal simply blinked.
"You know, you and me..." Ben emphasized.
"Yeah, I heard you..." Mal nodded as Audrey got madder and madder in the background as she nearly turned as red as a tomato, though no one paid attention to her.
"Like a date and to show my parents." Ben smiled.
"Oh, look! The other side of the room." Mal suddenly said and suddenly walked that way.
"...Yeah, okay, you think about it," Ben nodded. "I guess it's obvious that you'll go with me. I mean... You're my girlfriend after all."
Mal flinched at the "G" word before shaking her head and simply continued to go off while she still held her tongue. Audrey let out a very pained and frustrated outburst, but no one heard her over the music. Evie smiled as she answered the door and soon opened it up to see the pizza delivery girl.
"Two pizzas for the Mills mansion, one cheese, one pepperoni." The delivery girl said as she held two boxes.
"Ah, yes, of course," Evie smiled and nodded as she took the pizzas and gave the delivery girl the money. "Thank you. Have a nice evening." she then said, about to shut the door.
"Oh, no... I think you'll let me in." The delivery girl smirked a bit.
"Huh?" Evie blinked as she stepped back before she took another look at the delivery girl and recognized her instantly. "Wait... UMA?!"
"Sup, Princess Mayor?" Uma smirked as she opened the door all the way and soon came inside with Gil and Harry.
"...What are you guys doing here?" Evie blinked and suddenly looked pale in her face.
"Oh, we heard there was a party, little mermaid, so we thought we'd step inside for a spell~" Harry grinned as he came beside Uma's right side.
"Yeah, and to say hi too." Gil added, a bit oafishly as he stood beside Uma's left side.
Uma and Harry narrowed their eyes at him.
"...Was it something I said?" Gil asked in confusion.
"Oh, it sure is cold outside and Mom's not home tonight," Uma innocently said to Evie. "You don't wanna send us out in the cold, do you?"
"Aye, my old man and lady are out this evening too." Harry added.
"Coincidentally, my parents are also out," Gil replied before narrowing his eyes suspiciously. "Say, you don't think there's a grown-up party going on that we don't know about, do you?"
"...Well, since you're already here," Evie said nervously as she came to set the pizza down. "I suppose you could come inside for a little bit."
"SWEET!" Uma grinned. "C'mon, boys... Let's have some fun."
"Why don't I like the way you said that?" Evie replied nervously.
"Evie... I'm thirsty..." Henry frowned as she came over to his older sister.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa... Hold up..." Uma narrowed her eyes once she saw Henry and Dee Dee together. "What's with the hush puppies?"
"Sorry, I have to look after him and Darwin brought his little cousin too," Evie replied. "I'm gonna get the pizza ready. Uma, could you do me a favor and go down to the basement with them to get some sodas? I have my hands full right now. Henry will tell you where to go."
"Sure... You can trust me, Evie," Uma nodded. "After all, Mal trusts me."
"I hope I can too." Evie sighed as she knew how Uma could be, not wanting her here, but didn't want to be rude to kick her, Harry, and Gil out as Harry came over to the other girls hopefully, trying to make them kiss him, but they seemed horrified and kept running away from him while Gil tried to show off how strong he was to them since that almost always worked for his father.
"Come on, Uma," Henry said. "We'll show you where to go."
"We?" Dee Dee blinked.
"You can learn too, Dee Dee." Henry offered.
"Oh. Okay then." Dee Dee nodded then.
Henry soon led the way with Dee Dee and Uma behind him over to the basement door. Dee Dee flinched, feeling nervous as Henry opened the door to the dark and scary basement down below.
"Don't worry, the light's at the bottom of the steps," Henry told Dee Dee. "Just grab my shirt and I'll lead you down."
"You guys come back up with the sodas and I'll meet you up here." Uma said then.
"All right then." Dee Dee replied.
"By the way, be very careful," Henry warned. "The door locks on the other side."
"That's what I was hoping for." Uma smirked to herself.
"What?" Henry and Dee Dee asked.
"I said 'I hope you make it back okay'." Uma then said.
Henry and Dee Dee soon continued down and Henry pulled on a string to turn on the light for both him and Dee Dee to see. "It's going to be okay," he then told the girl as he took her by the hand. "The sodas should be right here. Hopefully Uma can help us carry them out the door safely."
"Henry, I don't trust Uma," Dee Dee whispered. "I think she's up to something."
"I'm not sure how I feel about her either, but she's one of Mal and Evie's guests and I should be nice," Henry whispered back as he led her over to where the soda was, hoping it would be enough. "Now let's try not to worry about that and get the soda back upstairs so that we can party with everyone else."
"Okay, Henry." Dee Dee merely nodded.
Uma tapped her foot impatiently as she crossed her arms, checking her phone every once in a while. Eventually, Henry and Dee Dee came back and came upstairs to meet Uma at the top of the stairs.
"All right, hand me the soda, go back and turn off the light, and we'll head back to the party." Uma told the younger kids.
"All right." Henry and Dee Dee nodded, holding two large bottles of soda and held them out to the older girl, one-by-one.
Uma soon took the sodas and put them on the floor behind her before smirking.
"Stay put for a minute." Henry advised Dee Dee.
Dee Dee nodded as Henry came to turn out the light.
"Hope you kiddies like the basement." Uma smirked as she soon grabbed the door and shut it behind them, locking them in the basement.
"HEY! WHAT?!" Henry yelped and soon pounded on the door. "Uma, open this door!"
"I'm scared, Henry!" Dee Dee cried out.
Uma soon carried the bottles of soda into the living room and turned up the volume on the music so that no one would be able to hear Henry and Dee Dee. The music was so loud that it was practically throbbing and shaking the house as Henry and Dee Dee kept trying to pound on the door so that someone would hear them and let them out.
MEANWHILE, DOWN THE STREET...
"Goodness... What is all that racket down the street?" Mrs. Lucas grumbled as she slid out of bed and came over to the window and opened it up. She could then see that there was quite a ruckus going on at the mansion. "A wild party at the Mills' mansion? Not on MY watch!" she then glared as she soon rushed over to her granddaughter's bedroom, looking a bit soft. "Ruby..." she then said before pulling back the covers to see two pillows with a red hoodie over top of them. "Pillows? ...Oh, you are in so much trouble, young lady." she was then even angrier than she was before and dashed over to the nearby telephone, quickly dialing a certain number as she was beyond angry.
'Auradon Town Council?' A voice answered on the other line.
"Regina Mills, PLEASE." Mrs. Lucas demanded firmly as she nearly crushed the phone in her hand.