Are you guys excited? It's Carvie! Yay! Go crazy! Nah you don't have to. Listening to Everybody by Ingrid Michaelson (I suggest listening to her song before reading this for more feels!) I hope you guys like it cause I feel a lot of pressure.
Evie was by her locker putting her books away. She placed them in one at a time. She looked into her mirror on the locker door and fixed her hair a bit.
"Hi, Evie," said a voice she hears everyday. Evie turned around to see her boyfriend, Doug. She smiled and closed her locker door.
"Hey, Doug," Evie replied. She noticed he looked really nervous. "Um, Evie, can I talk to you?" Doug asked.
"Sure," Evie answered. She waited for Doug to talk.
"I-I... um... we...," Doug stuttered as tried to find the right words to speak. "I think we should break up," he finally said.
Evie was taken by surprise. She had never expected Doug to say those words to her. Ever. "What? Why?" She asked, stunned by the fact that Doug suggested breaking up.
"I need to focus more on school. I can't have any distractions right now. I can't get good grades and have a girlfriend at the same time. I'm sorry. It's over," Doug explained with an apologizing look.
"But...," Evie tried to disagree, but Doug cut her off by saying, "I hope we can still be friends."
Evie stood there in silence as Doug walked away. She stared at the hallway he had passed through. She wondered what to do next. Eat ice cream and cry like a loser? Or hold a grudge on Doug and death glare at him every time she sees him?
"Hey, Evie," another familiar voice spoke. Evie snapped out of her thoughts. She looked to her left and saw Carlos.
"Oh. Hey, Carlos," she said sadly. She looked at the ground. Carlos frowned. He stood in front of her.
"What's wrong?" He asked. Evie lifted her head to gaze at his warm brown eyes. She then tilted her head towards her locker and rested her head on it.
"Doug broke up with me," Evie said. Carlos felt surprised. And a little something else, too. A small smile had formed on his face. Evie didn't notice.
"What? Why?" Carlos asked. "He said he needed to focus more on school. He said I was a distraction," Evie spoke softly. A tear rolled down her cheek. Carlos' tiny smile disappeared.
Carlos felt the need to hug his crying friend. He has had a crush on her since they met. But when they moved to Auradon, Evie took a liking to Doug. Now that their relationship is over, Carlos can spend more time with Evie.
Carlos wrapped his arms around Evie. "I'm sorry, Evie," he spoke softly. Evie stopped crying and closed her eyes. They stood like that for a little while.
"Why don't we go take a walk to the Enchanted Lake?" Carlos asked as he let go of her. Evie opened her eyes and looked at Carlos.
"Sure," she said. The two began walking. Carlos kept glancing at Evie as they walked through the hallways of the school. 'Come on, Carlos. Think of something to say,' he thought. He never thought of anything. Evie kept silent.
"ROAR!" A black and red face with horns on it popped up in front of them. Evie yelped and wrapped her arms around Carlos. She closed her eyes.
She then heard laughing. She opened her eyes and saw Jay. He had taken off his mask. "Jay!" Evie growled.
"You should've seen your face," Jay tried to stop laughing. Carlos stared at him blankly.
Jay looked around and spotted a certain brown-haired King. "I'm gonna go scare Ben. Bye!" He said before he dashed away to get closer to the young king.
"Ugh. Jay can be so annoying sometimes," Evie said as she and Carlos started walking again.
"Yeah," Carlos replied. "Why didn't you scream?" Evie asked curiously.
"I saw Jay's shadow," Carlos answered. Evie thought for a moment. "Why didn't you tell me?" She asked.
"I don't know. I guess I was just... distracted," Carlos said with a small smile. "By what?" Evie asked.
"You," he said sheepishly. Evie smiled. But then she remembered something.
-Flashback-
"I need to focus more on school. I can't have any distractions right now. I can't get good grades and have a girlfriend at the same time. I'm sorry. It's over."
"I hope we can still be friends."
-End of Flashback-
Evie's smile faded. She looked away from Carlos in shame.
"Aah!" A familiar voice (Ben) screamed.
xXx
Carlos and Evie reached the Enchanted Lake. The water sparkled in the sunlight and the flowers surrounding the gazebo looked bright and beautiful.
Carlos led Evie to the gazebo and they sat on the stone floor. He noticed that Evie didn't speak a word to him the whole walk there. She didn't even glance at him. Carlos tried scooting closer, but when he did, Evie scooted away.
"What's wrong?" Carlos asked. Evie stared at the water in front of her. "You said I was a distraction," she answered, not taking her eyes off the water.
Carlos was confused. "When did I say that?" He asked. "After you told me why you didn't scream when Jay tried to scare us," Evie answered.
Carlos remembered. He didn't know what to say. Instead he looked at the sparkling water.
"I'm sorry," Carlos finally said. He looked at Evie, who lifted her head to look at him.
"It's alright," she said. "I know you didn't mean to say it like that." She smiled a little. Carlos did the same.
Evie and Carlos gazed at each other. The two didn't speak. The only sound that was heard was the water running smoothly across the lake.
Carlos noticed it was getting weird that he kept staring at Evie. He turned his head to face the water again. Evie still stared at him. She quickly kissed his cheek.
Carlos' eyes widened. He looked back at Evie in surprise. He saw Evie smiling. She rested her head on his shoulder and wrapped her arm around his. Carlos felt his heart beat quicken. He smiled and rested his head on hers.
I really want to apologize about the end of ch. 6 when I ignored the criticism. I'm just stubborn and it takes a while for me to accept stuff so that's why this apology is a bit late. I will try to make my writing better and get the characters like how they were in the movie.
