Yup. Swimming...
Evie and Lonnie continued to talk while Carlos was on his laptop, sitting on Evie's bed with Dude, and Chad, who was sitting on the floor, was petting Beezlebub as she rubbed her cheeks on his knees. They were hanging out in Evie and Mal's room since they were bored. It was hot outside, the sun shining bright through the windows. Mal was gone somewhere, but Evie didn't really care.
"Why didn't you tell him?" Lonnie asked.
"It was too late. He slipped on the banana peel and fell into the trash can before I could warn him," Evie answered.
She and Lonnie giggled.
"Are you telling her about the time I slipped and fell into that trash can two weeks ago?" Carlos asked, looking up from his laptop.
"It was hilarious," Evie stated, smiling.
"It was humiliating," Carlos corrected, sounding not too thrilled.
"Oh! Mal recorded it on her phone. I'll show you the video," Evie said. "She left it here."
She walked over to Mal's side of the room and picked up her phone that was on her drawer thing. She showed Lonnie the video, ignoring Carlos' glares, telling her not to show Lonnie the video. Evie played the video and the sound of Carlos falling into the trash can followed by the sound of Mal laughing hysterically was heard.
"That is pretty funny," Lonnie commented.
"You should've seen the time I caught Carlos-" "Evie!" Carlos interrupted her.
"What? It was funny," Evie replied. "And kinda cute." she added, smiling while thinking about the thing Carlos did.
"Aww! Beezlebub is rolling on the floor," Chad exclaimed.
He watched as the little black kitty rolled around playfully. Lonnie, Evie, and Carlos looked at him strangely.
"I'm surprised you two get along considering the fact that Beezlebub is Lucifer's kid," Carlos stated.
Chad froze. "Wait. Beezlebub is a descendant of Lucifer?" he asked.
"Yeah," Carlos answered.
Chad looked back at the little kitty. "Huh," he said.
"Well, me and Lonnie are going to go to the Enchanted Lake for a swim. You two wanna come?" Evie asked.
"Can't. Gotta help Chad with his homework," Carlos said.
"Wait, what?" Chad asked, confused.
"Have fun," Evie said. "Don't trash my room."
Before they headed out, Dude came over to Evie and barked. The blue-haired girl smiled and pet Dude goodbye. She and Lonnie walked out the door and headed for the Enchanted Lake. When they got there, they found something really interesting. Mal and Ben were there, and it looked like he was teaching her how to swim. Lonnie and Evie hid behind a bush and watched them.
"You got it?" Ben asked.
"I think so," Mal answered, standing in he water. "Now what?"
"Practice this," Ben said, making strokes in the water.
Mal nodded and copied Ben, moving her arms, pushing back the water. After a few minutes, Ben told her to kick her legs. She did as she was told and kicked her legs.
"There," Ben said. He moved several feet away from Mal. "Now swim to me."
"What? I can't do that," Mal replied.
"Hey, if you can battle a fire-breathing dragon, you can swim to me," Ben said.
Mal hesitated for a few seconds, then tried to swim to Ben. She kicked her legs and moved her arms the way he showed her.
"That's it. Almost there," Ben encouraged.
Mal finally got to Ben and grabbed a hold of him tightly. The young king chuckled.
"Scared?" he asked.
"No. I'm just... Cold," Mal replied.
"You'll get used to it. Besides, the sun's out," Ben stated.
Mal released her grip on him and tried to stand up only to find that she couldn't reach the ground. She waved her arms around to try to stay afloat, but couldn't. Ben held onto her and led her to a more shallow area.
"Alright. Now to float in place, you gotta kick your legs like this," Ben instructed, kicking his legs. "Kinda like a frog."
Mal did the same and saw that Ben was also moving his arms so she did that, too.
"You got the hang of it?" Ben asked.
"I think so," Mal answered.
She and Ben moved back to the deeper side of the lake and practiced floating in place. After a while, Mal got used to it and smiled, making Ben smile as well. But that disappeared when they saw Evie fall out from behind a bush.
"Evie?" Mal asked.
Then another girl come out from behind that bush.
"Lonnie? What are you two doing here?" Mal asked.
"Well, we were going to go swimming, but then we saw you and Ben here," Evie explained.
"And you were watching us?" Ben asked. Evie and Lonnie nodded their heads. "Well, that's not creepy at all."
Mal swam to the gazebo and got out of the lake.
"Mal? Where are you going?" Ben asked.
"To strangle Evie and Lonnie for spying on us," Mal answered casually.
"Oh," Ben said, until his eyes popped and realized what she said. "Wait! Mal!"
He got out of the lake and tried to stop Mal, who was already chasing Evie and Lonnie.
