Author's Note: I don't own anything other than my original character
Fourteen-year-old Lefi was walking through the forest when she felt herself being grabbed by someone, her eyes immediately covered. "What the-" Hearing Evie's infectious and familiar laughter, she chuckled. "What are you doing?"
"I have a surprise for you." the taller girl said, removing her hand from Lefi's eyes and pulling her in the direction of what had become their spot over the years. When they arrived, the blonde was surprised to find a picnic.
"What is this?" she asked. Evie smiled.
"We've been dating for three months, but… we've never had a date." she explained. Lefi hugged her tightly. "I know it's not much, but-"
"It's great, Eves. It's perfect. Thank you." Evie blushed.
"Do you want to see what I brought?" she asked. When Lefi nodded, the blue-haired girl pulled her over to the picnic.
Two months after the ball, they were still going strong. They'd made the decision to keep their relationship relatively quiet – the only people who knew were Mal, Ben, Carlos, Jay, and Doug. While Evie suspected that Aziz knew why Lefi broke up with him, he never spoke of it.
Lefi loved living in Auradon. Not only did she have Evie and Mal back in her life, but she was learning a lot and she finally had a group of friends. She didn't realize how much she'd missed out on until she had it.
Currently, she was walking back to her dorm room. Her day had been long, but she was looking forward to the evening that she had planned with Evie. Walking into the room, Lefi grinned as she saw Evie hunched over a textbook. Setting her bag down, she walked over and kissed the top of her head. "Hi." she whispered, winking when Evie looked up.
"Hi." Moving to sit in the chair next to Evie, the blonde watched as she returned to her book. "How were your classes?" the taller girl asked.
"I'm guessing they were easier than yours. Big exam?" Lefi asked, chuckling as Evie nodded frantically. "I wish I'd known that, I thought it was today. I had plans for us tonight." The blue-haired girl paused her highlighting, turning her head slowly.
"What kind of plans?" she asked. Lefi shrugged with a sly smile on her face. "You can't do that to me." Evie whined, earning a laugh from her girlfriend.
"Nothing like that. I had a date planned for us. We haven't really gotten a chance to be alone in that last couple of weeks." she explained. Evie smiled softly, leaning over and kissing her cheek.
"That sounds lovely. Can we do it tomorrow instead?" she asked. Lefi nodded. "Perfect."
"Let me know when you get hungry, I'll bring you some dinner." the blonde said. Evie leaned into the girl. "I'm going to go on my bed and read. I don't want to disturb you."
"Thank you." Evie whispered, kissing her girlfriend once more before turning back to her book.
…
Several hours later, Lefi woke up with a jump as she felt someone hitting her with something. Deflecting another blow, she realized that her girlfriend was hitting her with a pillow. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"I've been trying to wake you up for five minutes." Evie hissed, trying to avoid waking up Mal. Sighing, the blonde looked at her alarm clock.
"Are you kidding me, Evie? It's 4:30 in the morning. We didn't even have to wake up this early on the Isle for me to sneak out of your house." The blue-haired girl shrugged, not understanding where her girlfriend was coming from. "I'm going back to sleep."
"No, you can't. I need your help." the taller girl replied.
"What could you possibly need that can't wait until the sun is up?" Evie held up a large book. "Evie, if that is your chemistry book, I'm throwing it out the window. You know that thing inside and out."
"Where is my supportive girlfriend?" Evie asked.
"She was sleeping until she was woken up by a crazy chemistry student!" Lefi hissed. Glaring at her girlfriend, Evie attempted to pull her out of the bed. "Mal." the blonde whined, falling back onto her pillow.
"She's your girlfriend. Deal with it yourself." Sitting up, Lefi glared at her sister's bed as Evie successfully pulled her out of her own.
"Come on." Letting out a groan, Lefi attempted to resist. "You're the one who kept distracting me last night after dinner. I lost four hours of studying because of you."
"You didn't seem to mind it at the time." Lefi pointed out. Turning her head, Evie glared as her girlfriend grabbed a nearby hoodie before pulling her into the hallway and closing the door.
"Yes, I did." she replied.
"Yeah, you really made that clear when you slammed your chemistry book closed and pushed me onto your bed." Lefi retorted. Evie rolled her eyes as they made their way into the dormitory common room, placing her book on the table and sitting down on the couch. Sighing, Lefi collapsed next to her, resting her chin on her girlfriend's shoulder. "Eves, you know how much I love you, right?" The taller girl nodded. "I would do anything for you, but why does it have to happen so early?"
"My chemistry test is in four hours, Lef." Knowing that she wasn't going to get through to the other girl, Lefi decided to let it go. Sighing, she laid down on the couch. "What are you doing?"
"Waiting for you to tell me how I can help." the blonde explained. Evie thought for a moment before smiling sheepishly. "You don't actually need my help, do you?"
"I didn't think about that when I woke you up." Lefi narrowed her eyes. "I love you?"
"I'm going back to sleep." the blonde mumbled, closing her eyes. Chuckling, Evie grabbed her book and opened it.
…
An hour and a half later, Evie found herself in the same position that she'd been in the night before – Lefi's head in her lap as she attempted to balance her book without waking the sleeping girl. Letting out a sigh, she placed the book on a nearby table and looked down at her girlfriend, smiling softly as she ran a finger over her cheek.
"I thought you were studying." the shorter girl mumbled.
"I'm studying you now." Lefi opened her eyes, chuckling. "I'm sorry I woke you up."
"No you're not." Evie let out a soft laugh. "You're going to ace this test, Eves. You're ready. You've been ready for a week." Lefi said.
"I know I've been a little crazy about this test, it's just… this exam counts for a huge percent of my grade. I want to do well on it." Lefi laughed as she sat up.
"You will, I know it." Evie smiled softly.
"Come here." she whispered, leaning over and kissing the shorter girl. Hearing footsteps behind them, the pair broke apart quickly. "What was that?"
"It was probably just someone walking to the bathroom. Come on, let's go back to the room." Lefi said, standing up and holding out her hand. When Evie looked back to her book, Lefi cupped her chin. "Evie, there is such a thing as studying too much. You should take the next two hours and relax. You can get ready for the day, eat some breakfast, and then go rock this exam."
"Maybe you're right." Evie replied, standing up and grabbing her book. Smiling at her girlfriend, she followed her back to their room.
…
Throughout the day, Lefi noticed that she was getting looks from her fellow students. By the time lunch rolled around, she'd grown tired of it. "People have been giving me weird looks all day." Lefi mumbled as she sat next to Mal. Looking around, Evie noticed everyone staring at them. Taking a bite of her sandwich, she gently nudged Lefi's foot with her own, winking when the blonde looked up at her before turning back to her tray.
"People have been talking... About you two." Carlos admitted, sipping his water. Eyes wide, Lefi looked at Evie. "Did you guys not want people to know?"
"I didn't want to hurt Doug." Evie whispered. Mal frowned in confusion.
"How did people find out?" she asked.
"I sort of told them." Hearing the new voice, Lefi turned around and stared at Audrey.
"Why would you do that?" The brunette sighed.
"I saw you two kissing this morning. This was the biggest piece of gossip that this school has seen in months. It just kind of slipped out. I told Lonnie… it kind of exploded after that." she explained. Evie shook her head. "I didn't know that it was going to spread this fast. I'm sorry."
"Do you really mean that?" the taller girl asked, raising a disbelieving eyebrow. TO her surprise, Audrey nodded emphatically. "Okay…" As Audrey walked away, Lefi sighed.
"I actually believe her." she admitted. evie shrugged. "Audrey doesn't seem like the kind of person to apologize when she doesn't mean it."
"That's true." Mal agreed. The blonde looked over at her girlfriend.
"This is your fault. You know that, right?" she pointed out. Evie narrowed her eyes.
"How is this my fault?" she asked. Lefi scoffed.
"How is it not your fault? You woke me up this morning. You dragged me out of my bed and took me – against my will, I might add – to the common room so you could study. Finally, you kissed me." Evie rolled her eyes.
"You enjoyed the last one." she pointed out.
"That's not the point." The blue-haired girl smirked. "Are you okay with this?" Lefi asked.
"We don't really have a choice, Lef. The news is out. Everyone knows." Lefi bit her lip. "Do you think Fairy Godmother is going to make one of us move to a different room?"
"She might. If she does, I'll change rooms." Lefi said. Evie bit her lip, grabbing her girlfriend's hand. "What's wrong?"
"You and Mal were separated for most of your life. You were denied the opportunity to grow up together as sisters. I'd hate for you to lose that." Evie said.
"Eves, it was your room first." Mal looked back up from her tray.
"Don't I get a say in who I live with?" she asked. Lefi shook her head just as Jane walked up.
"Evie, Lefi, my mom wants to speak to you." she said. Taking a deep breath, Evie smiled at Jane before turning to her girlfriend.
"Come on. We can't avoid this." she said. Nodding, Lefi stood up and followed her as they made their way to Fairy Godmother's office.
"We're leaving for Auradon right now?" Evie whispered, causing Mal to look at her.
"It looks that way. Why?" The blue-haired girl shook her head.
"No reason." she said, looking around before getting into the limo. Staring out the window, she searched through the crowd of people. "I didn't get to say goodbye."
"To who? Lef?" Evie nodded as she looked at her best friend. "We'll be back in a few days. She'll be mad at us, but she'll get over it."
"You think so?" Mal nodded. "You're probably right. It's only a few days." Evie whispered, biting her lip as the car began to move.