It was 6:30 at night. Carlos checked the cabinets for any type of board games. Evie and Jay suggested they host a game night earlier today. All their friends were coming over to play. Jay had just got off the phone.
"Alright, pizza's coming," he announced. After looking around the room he asked, "Do you have any money for the pizza?"
Carlos turned around and had one of those faces that said, 'seriously?'. Jay smiled nervously.
"In my wallet," Carlos muttered just loud enough for Jay to hear. Jay grinned and walked over to the small dresser by Carlos' bed. He saw a black wallet with a single white stripe laying on it. He picked it up and opened it.
Carlos scoffed and looked back at the open cabinet. The only games that were in there were some cards, Knots, and The Circle of Life. He sighed and took it out. A knock was heard at the door.
Jay ran to the door and opened it. Carlos watched him as he set down the games. When the door was opened, Evie, Mal, Lonnie, Doug, Jane, Audrey, Chad, and Ben were standing there.
"Whoo! Pizza party!" Ben shouted with excitement. He walked in first, then the rest of them followed, Mal rolling her eyes at her boyfriend. Ben stopped and looked around.
"Where's the pizza?" he asked with concern. "It's not here yet, but if it's not here in 30 minutes it's free," Jay answered.
"So what games are we playing?" Evie asked. Carlos gestured to the table with the games he found in the cabinet. "Oh," Evie said in a slightly disgusted tone.
Carlos nodded and said, "Yeah, they're not the best. It's all I could find." Ben took a step forward. "Are you kidding? I love these games! I used to play them all the time with my parents when I was a kid," he informed.
Carlos smiled at that. He looked around and noticed Jane. His smile grew slightly bigger. Another knock came from the door. Jay opened it and the pizza delivery guy stood there, holding two pizza boxes.
After he paid for the pizza, he set it on the table and he, Mal, and Carlos dug in. The others stared at them scarfing down the delicious warm pizza. Evie glanced nervously at Doug and Lonnie, who were standing next to her. She felt slightly embarrassed that her friends are such pigs.
Carlos glanced up at Jane and saw her kinda disgusted face. He wiped his face and backed away from the pizza box.
When Jay and Mal stopped crowding the pizza, the others took a slice. "So what should we play first?" Doug asked after picking up a pizza slice, then taking a bite.
"How about The Circle of Life?" Lonnie suggested. They agreed and took it out.
xXx
It was 10:45 at night. For the last several hours, the teens have been playing games and eating pizza. Ben had won The Circle of Life and celebrated with a slice of victory pizza. The second game was Knots. Lonnie won that one. Jay tried to make her fall, but failed.
They decided that they didn't want to play with the cards so they ended up playing a video game. They were split up into teams decided by paper and Jay's red beanie.
Ben and Jane were a team, Lonnie and Chad, Carlos and Evie, Mal and Jay, and Audrey and Doug. They had a sort of relay thing since the tv screen couldn't fit all of them in. They played three rounds of Enchanted Kart. Mal and Jay won the first, Lonnie and Chad won the second, and Carlos and Evie won the third. Ben, Jane, Doug, Audrey, Lonnie, and Chad were surprised at how competitive the VKs were.
Now their game night turned into a sleepover. Jay fell asleep on his bed, Chad, Lonnie, and Audrey slept in the chairs with their head resting on the table, Doug, Ben, and Mal were on the floor leaning on the sides of Jay's bed. Evie and Jane did the same leaning on Carlos' bed.
Carlos was still awake and sat in the bay window. He looked at his friends and leaned against a short bookshelf, accidentally knocking Jay's trophy down. The trophy landed with a thud and woke Jane up. She slowly lifted her head to see what was happening.
Carlos noticed her as he put the trophy back. "Sorry. Didn't mean to wake you," he apologized. Jane sat up. "It's alright," she said. She looked around the room and saw her friends fast asleep.
She turned back to face Carlos. "Why are you still up?" She asked. "I-I don't know. I guess I just couldn't sleep," Carlos answered.
Jane stared at him for a moment. "You want some company?" She asked. Carlos was feeling pretty lonely so he agreed.
Jane got up and walked over to Carlos and sat down next to him. Carlos felt his heart beating faster when Jane got closer. She smiled at him. He did the same thing.
Jane sighed. "Tonight was fun," she said. "Yeah," Carlos agreed. He glanced at his friends, then back to Jane.
"We should do stuff like this more often," Carlos said. "I agree. I think it helps us bond," Jane replied. She laid her hand on the floor and sighed.
She turned her head to face him. "Have you ever wondered what you would be like if you were raised here in Auradon?" She asked. Carlos frowned in confusion.
"No. Why?" he asked curiously. "Well," Jane began. Her eyes stared at the rug on the floor they were sitting on.
"I sometimes imagine how I would be if I were raised in the Isle of the Lost," she said. Carlos stared at her as he listened carefully to her words.
"I would be mean...and awful...and evil," her voice was soft. She hated the thought of her being evil. Evil people don't have friends. "I don't think you would ever be evil," Carlos reassured.
He put his hand on top of hers, alerting Jane. She looked at their hands together, then up at Carlos. "You think so?" She asked, a small smile appeared on her face.
"Yeah. I know so," Carlos answered. He couldn't believe how calm he was being. He couldn't believe Jane wasn't shying away from him.
The two gazed at each other. The moon shone through the window and curtains, illuminating the bay window. Carlos nervously leaned in closer. Jane did the same. When they were inches away, they both closed their eyes. Jane and Carlos' lips touched. It was soft and felt like the best thing in the world.
After a few seconds, they leaned back. Jane smiled. Carlos did the same. "Aww! They're so cute!" They heard a voice say.
Jane and Carlos looked back at their friends and saw Audrey and Evie looking over Carlos' bed, watching them.
Just so you know, The Circle of Life is like Life, Knots is like Twister, and Enchanted Kart is like Mario Kart. I don't know why I wanted to change the names, but I did. Also when they were pairing up with paper and Jay's beanie, I actually wrote their names on pieces of paper and put them in a bag and reached in without looking.
