Another one-shot about protective Jay. With Mal. If you guys want longer one-shots let me know. This one is pretty short like the last one.

Requested by: SecretDescendant

The school bell rang. Everyone walked out of class. Mal held some of her books in her arms as she began walking to her locker. But someone bumped into her.

"Oof," Mal grunted. She had dropped her books. She picked them up and as she stood up, she saw Chad.

Ugh. Chad. The VKs don't like him. Ever since family day.

"Watch where you're going!" Chad argued.

"Watch where you're going," Mal mocked. "Look, I'm trying to get to my locker. Maybe you should stop looking down at the ground all the time and move aside," Chad insulted.

"Well I'm sorry if me living gets you all worked up about nothing!" Mal said raising her voice a little.

Their 'friendly' conversation escalated quickly into a fight. Mal knew she needed to learn to be nice, but Chad just makes her so angry sometimes.

"Worked up about nothing?! I have many problems on my own. I don't need you added to the list," Chad said.

Mal frowned and crossed her arms. "Are you still upset about Family Day?" She accused.

"Evie knocked me out with her perfume!" Chad shouted. "She had to. You wouldn't shut up!" Mal yelled.

As they continued arguing, Jay wandered around and noticed Mal and Chad fighting. He stood there and watched.

'Mal can take care of herself. Don't interfere,' Jay thought to himself. But a part of him wanted to chase Chad away.

"You're so annoying!" Mal commented.

"Look who's talking!" Chad said.

"I will put a curse on you if you-" "If I what?" Chad interrupted her. Mal growled a little.

"If I do this?" He asked as he shoved Mal, making her step back and drop her books again. She looked down at her books then back at Chad. She was getting angry.

Jay growled.

That's it. Jay marched up to Mal and Chad. "Hey," Jay began. Mal and Chad looked at him.

"You mess with Mal, you mess with me," Jay said. Chad frowned in confusion. So did Mal.

"Jay, I can take care of myself," Mal said. Jay glanced at her.

"Well, someone needs to teach this guy a lesson," Jay argued. His hands rolled into fists.

Mal saw this and put her hand on his shoulder. She tried to tug him away, but he wouldn't move. Mal frowned.

"Aw, Mal, you need big brother Jay to protect you," Chad mocked in that voice you use when you talk to baby animals.

Jay growled. He tried to step forward, but Mal held him back.

"I don't need anyone to help me make you cry," Mal threatened.

Chad didn't look worried at all. "Please, we all know you wouldn't do that. You're trying to be good. Remember?" He said as he crossed his arms.

Mal frowned even more. She took a step back. Chad has a point. Mal wouldn't do that. She wished she could, though. She used to on the Isle of the Lost.

"Can I please punch him or something?" Jay asked Mal. He looked at her, waiting for an answer.

"You know Mal, you're pretty stupid to allow him to protect you. He can't even make his own decisions without running them with you," Chad commented.

Jay grabbed Chad by his shirt. Chad took a few steps back to try to get away, but Jay walked closer. He slammed Chad onto one of the lockers.

"O-Okay, that's a tight grip you got there," Chad said nervously, struggling to get free.

"Jay...," Mal tried to tell him to let Chad go. Jay ignored her.

"Listen here, Charming, no one calls Mal stupid. But when they do, they leave with a black eye. You wanna know who does that?" Jay threatened.

Both Chad and Mal had a worried expression on their face.

'I need to stop this. Jay might get in trouble and it'll be all my fault,' Mal thought.

"Jay...," Mal said again. "You're gonna get in trouble if someone sees you."

"Yeah. Listen to her Mr. Bodyguard," Chad added. Jay gripped his shirt tighter and pushed him closer to the lockers, making it a bit hard for Chad to breathe.

Chad gasped for air.

Mal gasped and covered her mouth. This was unexpected. Well, for Jay to do this in Auradon.

"Jay, let him go," Mal said more forcefully. Jay looked at her. Her eyes looked serious.

Jay looked back at Chad. He looked pretty scared. Jay thought for a moment. His mind cleared up.

"Fine. But don't come near Mal or me again," Jay warned. Chad nodded. When Jay saw this, he let go.

Chad gasped for air. He looked at the two VKs and ran off.

They watched him dash away. When he was gone, Mal turned to face Jay.

"What's wrong with you?" Mal scolded. "I told you I could've taken care of it myself." She held her hand to her chest to point to herself.

Mal picked up her books and put them in her locker.

"He called you stupid," Jay answered. Mal sighed in disgust and began to walk away from him.

"Mal," Jay said. He walked after her. "Mal, come on," he said as he smiled a little. He held onto her shoulders so she wouldn't walk away.

"I was protecting you," Jay explained.

"Isn't that what brothers do?" He asked. Mal smiled. At the sight of this, Jay chuckled softly.

He looked at his feet, then back at Mal. He wrapped his arm around her as they began to walk away.

"Come on. I'll get you some strawberry ice cream," Jay said. Mal giggled.

"Thanks," she said.

"You know you're not really my brother."

"Don't ruin the moment."

Thank you guys for all your support and positive reviews! Next one will focus on Carlos. I plan to do lots more! Again, sorry for the shortness of these one-shots.