Takes place on Tuesday(three days before the coronation)
Ben figured that since he was dating Mal now(and after what had happened on Sunday), he should attempt to make friends with her friends so he invited them up to his room for brunch on Thursday. They had off from school all week because of the coronation on Friday. Just like in the dining hall, the table overflowed with food in the middle. There was toast, muffins, burgers, chicken and so on in the middle of the table with place settings for each of them.
"Hey, guys. I just wanted to you know, apologize about uh Sunday... Really it was Chad's fault." Ben apologized as they came in. Mal had convinced them to come, saying it would help with the mission(though Evie thought it may be because she was really beginning to like him). When they just stared at him blankly, he continued, "Anyway, I was hoping this could serve as a peace offering. Oh and you know... I'm dating Mal... so I was hoping to get to know you guys better... or something."
"Or something," Jay muttered, but only Carlos heard him and frowned slightly. He was mostly in a good mood. Ben was a good guy, and they were beginning to like it on Auradon. He almost wished that in three days he didn't have to betray him and the rest of the team, "Well it's not like we didn't expect it."
"...I-I'm sorry about that... We should eat." Ben said, feeling incredibly awkward. As they all sat down, Ben couldn't help but notice how they all ate. Jay piled his plate high with food, eating it quickly. Evie took a little chicken and other healthy, and Mal took mostly breakfast food. However, the only thing that Carlos took was a small muffin and even taking that, he looked the slightest bit hesitant. He ate it slowly bit by bit. So Ben told him that he could eat as much as he wanted, which was obviously a bad thing to say. As soon as he said it, Carlos looked away and avoided his eyes. Evie brung up him becoming King and asked if that meant that he would stop going to school, but even as he answered, he couldn't help but notice the slightly concerned looks Evie and Jay were giving him and each other. He also noticed Jay nudge him, then without stopping eating, he grabbed another muffin and put it on Carlos's plate. Then Ben began to think about pizza after games, how Jay always grabbed food for both of them. And same in the dining hall, though he'd never seen them eat he'd seen how Jay always filled Carlos's plate with food. As he thought about it, he was aware how stupid it sounded to notice something as small as a friend getting another food, but it occurred to him that any time he ate, someone else gave him the food(well other than with candy).