Carlos and Audrey must bond!
Hoefully you guys will like this. It's probably not one of my better oneshots, but that's just my opinion.
"Do you always have to hang around us? You're like the third wheel," Audrey complained.
"Well, excuse me for wanting to hang out with my best friend," Carlos replied.
"But we're on a date!" Audrey stated.
Jay listened to Carlos and Audrey bicker, getting extremely tired of it. He and Audrey were on a date, but then Carlos walked by and decided to hang out with them, munching on the snacks Audrey brought. Recently, Carlos and Audrey have been fighting over who gets to spend time with Jay after school, which made Jay really annoyed.
"And stop eating the cookies I made," Audrey added, attempting to take away the cookie in Carlos' hand.
Carlos pulled away from her reach and continued to eat it. To gross out Audrey, he opened his mouth full of cookies at her.
"Ew!" Audrey exclaimed, disgusted by the sight.
Jay chuckled, but stopped when he saw Audrey's face.
"Well, I always hang out with Jay, so you're just gonna have to deal with it," Carlos said cheekily.
"Maybe you two should try to get along," Evie butted in, sitting next to Jay.
"Yeah," Mal said, sitting on the other side of Jay. "For Jay's sake."
"Do you two have to be so nosy?" Jay asked.
"It's just what we do," Mal answered, smirking.
"Wait, why should we get along?" Carlos asked, pointing at himself and Audrey, still eating a cookie.
"Because you're Jay's best friend and she's his girlfriend. If you don't get along, it's going to be hard for him," Evie answered. "And don't talk with your mouth full."
"Yes, ma'am," Carlos replied, making the blue-haired girl smile.
Mal reached for the container full of cookies and took one out to munch on. Apparently, Audrey didn't notice. She was too busy listening to what Evie was saying.
"I say we handcuff them together," Evie stated.
"What?!" Audrey and Carlos shouted in unison.
"That way, they'll understand each other better and bond," Evie said.
"But I can't be stuck with him! What if one of us has to go to the bathroom?" Audrey asked.
Everyone, especially Carlos and Audrey, shuddered at the thought.
"We'll figure it out," Evie said. "What do you think, Jay?"
"I guess it could work," Jay answered. "After all, I am pretty tired of hearing them bicker."
"Great. Mal," Evie said.
"On it," Mal replied.
She moved her hand around and green sparkly smoke formed around Carlos and Audrey's wrists. When it was gone, the handcuffs were visible. Carlos and Audrey struggled to be free for a few seconds before Mal opened her mouth to speak.
"We'll take it off when you two have bonded," Mal said. "Buh bye!"
"Wait, don't leave us here!" Carlos shouted.
Mal walked away, snatching another cookie to go, with Evie following her, grabbing Jay along, thus cutting his and Audrey's date short.
"Hey!" Audrey shouted, noticing Mal take a cookie from the container.
"I can't believe they just left us here," Carlos said. "I gotta-"
"Don't you dare say it!" Audrey exclaimed, thinking he was about to say he has to pee.
"Feed Dude," Carlos finished. "Come on."
Carlos and Audrey stood up. One of them wasn't too happy about going to feed Dude, but went with it anyway. They walked to Carlos' dorm room, where Dude was waiting. When they stepped inside, they heard barking.
"Alright, Dude. Chicken and fried rice for dinner," Carlos said, heading to the mini fridge.
Audrey got pulled along, much to her annoyance.
"You feed him the food from the cafeteria? Doesn't someone else feed him?" Audrey asked.
"Someone used to, but now I do it," Carlos answered.
He opened the mini fridge and got out a bowl of chicken and fried rice. He bent down to place it on the ground for Dude. Audrey got pulled along much to her annoyance. A meow was heard shortly after. Carlos turned around to see Beezlebub walking towards Dude. She sniffed the contents in the bowl and squeezed her head in to get a taste.
"Are they even supposed to be eating that?" Audrey asked.
"I guess I could buy the appropriate food for them," Carlos said, scratching his head.
The hand he used to scratch his head was the one handcuffed to Audrey, making her arm raise up with his. She yanked it back down in frustration, causing Carlos' to go down as well. Audrey looked around he room and saw a weird looking contraption.
"What's that?" Audrey asked.
"Oh, that's something I made," Carlos answered. "It's a machine that can launch balls for Dude so I don't have to do it all the time."
"Couldn't you just buy one?" Audrey asked.
"I don't have enough money," Carlos replied. "Plus, I like making stuff like this. So now what?"
"Now I have to meet Lonnie and my other friends for a tea party," Audrey answered.
"Aw, man," Carlos complained. "I have to sit around while you girls talk about shoes?"
"We don't always talk about shoes," Audrey stated. "Besides, there'll be food."
Carlos sighed. "As long as I don't have to wear a tiara," he said.
xXx
Lonnie and the others saw Audrey approach them, but with Carlos?!
"Hey, girls," Audrey greeted.
"Why's Carlos with you?" Lonnie asked.
"Oh, long story. But we're handcuffed so we can't leave each other. Jay, Mal, and Evie want us to bond," Audrey explained.
She sat down, Carlos being forced to do the same. Lonnie, Ally, and Ruby, Rapunzel's daughter, exchanged nervous looks. No guy has ever been at their tea parties before. Unless you count Ben and Chad, who stopped when it became embarrassing.
"So, Audrey," Ruby began. "How are things with Jay?"
Carlos rolled his eyes. As the girls talked, he poured himself a cup of tea with the hand that wasn't handcuffed and took a sip. He also took a pastry from a tray on the table. None of the girls seemed to notice since they were too busy talking.
"I still can't believe you're dating that VK," Ally said.
"Jay's not that bad," Audrey replied.
"Are you sure? He might only be dating you to get to your wealth," Ally said, catching Carlos' attention.
"Well, I-" "I'm only looking out for you, you know," Ally cut Audrey off. "I mean, I'm still pretty cautious around them and frankly scared. You should be too with their magic and evil."
"Audrey, what will your parents say if they found out you were dating...a villain?" Ruby asked worriedly.
"Um...I-I'm pretty sure mama and papa will be okay with it," Audrey answered nervously.
"But what about your reputation? Dating Jay could cost you your popularity status," Ally stated.
Lonnie sighed and rolled her eyes. While Ally and Ruby did mean well, they knew Audrey's reputation was possibly at stake and felt the need to alert her of it since Audrey loved being the most popular girl in school. Audrey didn't really know what to say. She's never thought about any of this before, but she does really like Jay so breaking up with him just to maintain her popularity status would be a no-go.
"Can we just change the subject, please?" Audrey asked, putting up a fake smile before sipping her tea.
"Well, there's next week's Tourney game," Lonnie said.
"Have you thought of a good new cheer routine yet?" Ally asked.
"Not yet," Audrey answered. "I still have to help decorate for the school dance on Friday, finish my homework, and I have my ballet class early in the morning."
"Well, you have to hurry. We don't want to do the same old routine forever," Ruby replied.
Carlos glanced at Audrey and saw an emotion he's never seen on her before. Fear. Usually, whenever Carlos sees her, she's either super happy or super sassy. He guessed she was overwhelmed by the pressure.
"Also-" Ally began, but was interrupted by Carlos.
"Okay, you need to stop putting so much pressure on Audrey," Carlos stated, turning everyone's attention to him. "She already has too much on her plate. She's being judged by everyone on who she dates, she's expected to come up with a new cheer so quickly, and worst of all, she's handcuffed to me." He lifted his handcuffed hand to make his point. "Don't you see how busy and hard her life is? No wonder she's always so bossy and mean," he stated.
Ally and Ruby immediately felt bad and apologized to Audrey, who wondered why Carlos defended her.
After the tea party was over, Carlos and Audrey went to look for Mal so she can remove the handcuffs. The two sometimes strayed, causing them to get yanked back together. A couple students were walking out of an art club meeting and one of them purposely bumped into Carlos' shoulder, making him flinch. The other one whispered something to the first student and they laughed and continued walking. Audrey frowned in confusion.
"Why would they do that?" she asked.
"Eh, I'm known for being somewhat of a nerd," Carlos answered. "And a scared-y cat."
"Well, they can't just be pushing you around and whispering things about you like that," Audrey stated.
"Says the girl who loves to gossip," Carlos remarked, earning a glare from the princess.
"Let's just find Mal and get these handcuffs off before something bad happens," Audrey said.
xXx
Mal watched as Evie and Jay battled each other playing a video game in Jay and Carlos' dorm room. Surprisingly, Evie had more experience since she always played video games with Carlos, so she was winning. Jay would occasionally do so, but most of the time, he's at the gym or hanging out with the rest of the Tourney team. The door opened and Carlos and Audrey appeared. Mal turned her head and snorted at the sight of them still handcuffed to each other.
"Look at you chained-together-birds," Mal said humorously.
"Get rid of this!" Carlos shouted. "I can't deal with Audrey's friends with their constant nagging about her popularity status and completing other stupid stuff. It's so stressful!"
"And Carlos is so boring! Other than the fact that he gets pushed around sometimes," Audrey added.
"Pushed around?" Jay asked, pausing the game.
He walked over to Audrey and Carlos, getting ready to beat up some heartless soul who dared to hurt his best friend.
"Whoa there, muscles," Mal said, stretching her arm out in front of Jay so he couldn't go any further. "You don't always have to get defensive when one of us gets hurt."
"It's nothing too bad," Carlos stated. "Now take these handcuffs off!"
"But first," Evie began. "Did you two bond at all?"
"Not sure," Carlos answered. "Does this count as a bond?" He raised his arm up, causing Audrey's to do the same.
"No. I mean, what did you learn about the other?" Evie asked.
"Like I said, Carlos is boring! All he does is take care of Dude and his cat. But he did build his own automatic ball launcher. He likes to do things like that. And I guess that makes him such a nerd, which is why he gets pushed around sometimes," Audrey said, frowning at that last part.
"Cracked that case open like a nutcracker," Evie stated. "And Carlos?"
"Well," Carlos began. "Audrey is super bossy and uptight. But I guess it's because she's being judged by everyone on what she does. Like who she dates. And she's like, the busiest princess ever. If I were her, I'd just scream."
"Oh, that reminds me," Audrey said. "Thanks for defending me about all that stuff."
"Hey, what are friends for?" Carlos asked.
Evie squealed, making Mal cover her ears in annoyance.
"Great! You two are friends now, and you'll have no problem sharing Jay," Evie said.
"Wait, sharing?" Carlos asked, frowning. "I'm supposed to share my best friend with her?"
"Oh, boy," Mal said, crossing her arms.
