A/N: I don't own anything other than my original character
"The twins are here!"
"Get out of their way!"
"Don't look them in the eye!"
Hearing the remarks had become part of her morning routine; Evie rolled her eyes at the comments and turned her head to see Mal and Lefi entering the school. It had been three days since she'd started a relationship with the blonde and, even though she couldn't tell anyone about it, she was incredibly happy.
"Look what we have here." Hearing the familiar voice Evie turned her head, seeing the purple-haired girl smirking at her.
"Good morning, Mal." she said. Glancing past the girl in front of her, Evie briefly made eye contact with her girlfriend as she walked up. "Lefi."
"Princess." Evie smirked; over the course of the three months she'd known the girl, she'd come to like the nickname. Making eye contact with her girlfriend, Lefi smirked slightly before turning back to her sister. "Come on, M, let's get to class." she said, starting to walk away from Evie.
"Wait, hold on." Mal replied, turning back toward the blue-haired girl. "We've been a little too lenient with you." Evie raised an eyebrow.
"You think you've been too easy on me?" Mal nodded. "Okay." Evie mumbled, letting out a snort. Narrowing her eyes at the reaction, Mal let out a growl and waited for her sister to step in. After a beat, she realized that Lefi wasn't joining in. Turning her head, she saw her sister staring at the ground and elbowed the girl. When Lefi looked up, she nodded towards Evie. Exchanging an awkward glance with her girlfriend, Lefi closed her eyes for a moment before smirking at her sister.
"I think we should step it up. What about you, M?" she asked, earning a nod from the purple-haired girl. When Evie looked at the blonde, she had to stop herself from saying something to her. "You don't know what you're in for, Princess."
"I can't wait." Evie mumbled, earning an eye roll from the purple-haired girl as she slammed her shoulder into hers shortly before Lefi's shoulder made contact with her - though not as hard as Mal's did. When Lefi didn't continue walking, Evie shook her head. As Mal walked away, Lefi glanced over at Evie. When she saw the look on her face, the blonde bit her lip.
"Evie..." she whispered.
"Don't." the taller girl hissed, turning and walking away from her girlfriend. Watching the girl walk down the hall, Lefi sighed and turned around to follow her sister.
After school, Lefi searched for her girlfriend. When she couldn't find her, she decided to go to her spot and made her way into the alleyway, quickly making her way up the ladder. When she climbed onto the roof, she sighed in relief when she saw her girlfriend sitting down and walked over. "Hey." Turning her head, Evie sighed when she saw her girlfriend. "How was the rest of your day?" the blonde asked.
"You mean after I was humiliated in front of everyone?" Evie deadpanned. Lefi closed her eyes, sitting next to the girl.
"I'm sorry, Evie." she said. The taller girl looked down.
"I understand why you did it, Lefi, and… I can ignore a lot, I really can. I'm a lot stronger than most people think I am." Lefi nodded. "But I can only take so much and… if that continues, I'm not sure we can." Evie whispered.
"Evie…" Lefi whispered.
"No, Lefi. I don't expect you to get Mal to leave me alone, but I do expect you to not join in." Evie replied. Lefi nodded, looking over at her girlfriend.
"I'm sorry, really. I care about you a lot." Evie continued avoiding Lefi's gaze. "Evie, I'm so sorry."
"I know. You've said that." Lefi nodded. "I think I want to be alone."
"Evie…" The taller girl looked down. "Okay. I'll leave you alone for now. But I'm not going to let you ignore me forever." Lefi said.
"I don't want to ignore you forever, Lefi, I just want to ignore you right now. I'll see you tomorrow." Evie replied. The blonde nodded, standing up. Thinking for a moment, she leaned back down and pressed a kiss to her girlfriend's cheek. "Bye."
"Bye." Lefi whispered, standing back up and walking away. Watching her girlfriend's departing figure, Evie sighed. She couldn't figure out how things had gotten so complicated so quickly.
The next morning, Mal and Lefi walked into the school to find Evie talking with Carlos at the boy's locker. Grinning, Mal made a beeline for the blue-haired girl. "Look what we have here. We barely even had to walk in the building before we found her." Mal said, smirking as she pushed past Evie. When Lefi didn't join in, Mal turned her head slightly. "Lef?" Glancing briefly at her girlfriend, Lefi looked over at her sister.
"M, come on." she said. Mal turned toward the blonde. "Let's go."
"What? Why?" Lefi sighed, gesturing around the hallway.
"We have an entire school full of kids to terrorize. Isn't it kind of pointless to target just one person when we can harass everyone else?" Mal thought for a moment before smirking in agreement. "Come on, we'd practically be neglecting everyone else if we focused on the princess." the blonde said, placing an arm on her sister's shoulder.
"Good point." Lefi chuckled.
"Come on, let's go." she said. Mal nodded. As the sisters walked away, Evie and Lefi exchanged small smiles.
"I want to take you somewhere." Evie whispered, leaning against the locker next to her girlfriend's a few hours later. Lefi raised an eyebrow as she closed her locker. "It's kind of special to me."
"Oh yeah?" Evie nodded. "I thought you were mad at me." Lefi said. Evie smiled softly.
"I'll explain everything later. Just… meet me by the dumpster after school." she said, looking around to make sure the hallway was empty before kissing the blonde's cheek. Lefi nodded, watching as the taller girl walked away from her. Before she could think about what Evie said, the hallways filled with students. Sighing, she turned and walked in the opposite direction. She got a few feet down the hall when she ran into Jay.
"Hey, Lef." he said, smirking at her. Lefi raised an eyebrow at his expression.
"Why are you smirking like that?" she asked, earning a chuckle from the boy. Looking down, she saw a chain that looked eerily familiar sticking out of his jacket. "Jay, seriously?" Grabbing the familiar necklace from the boy's pocket, Lefi rolled her eyes. "I thought I told you to stop stealing this from her." she said.
"She makes it so easy. I mean, she doesn't even notice that I'm taking her necklace." he said. Sighing, the blonde placed the necklace in the inside pocket of her jacket before zipping the jacket up. "Why do you always ruin the fun?"
"I don't, but don't you want a challenge?" Lefi pointed out. Jay thought for a moment before nodding.
"That's a good point." The blonde chuckled. "I should find a new target."
"What about Carlos?" Lefi suggested, knowing he was one of Jay's favorite targets. Smirking, Jay nodded. "I think I just saw him going into one of the labs."
"I'm going to see if I can find him." Jay said, walking away from his friend. Rolling her eyes, Lefi looked down at the feeling of her girlfriend's necklace against her rib cage.
"That girl confuses me." she whispered, chuckling to herself. She couldn't believe that Evie didn't notice her necklace being stolen off of her, but she also knew that Jay was the best thief on the Isle. Rolling her eyes affectionately, she made her way to her next class.
A few hours later, Lefi snuck into the alleyway. Walking behind the dumpster, she smiled as she saw Evie waiting for her. "Hi." she whispered, grabbing the taller girl's hand. Evie grinned. "You said you wanted to take me somewhere."
"Yes, I do. It's a bit of a walk, though." Evie explained. Lefi shrugged.
"I like walks." she said, looking up at Evie with a small grin on her face. When Evie blushed, she let go of her hand. "Lead the way." After twenty minutes of walking, the pair finally arrived in a secluded spot. "Did you bring me here to kill me?" the blonde asked, earning a laugh from her girlfriend.
"No, of course not. That would be entirely too much work." Lefi chuckled, looking around.
"How did you find this place?" she asked.
"I've lived out here for ten years. I was alone for practically all of it, so I explored. Once I found this place, I started coming here practically every day. It's the only place where I've ever felt safe." Evie explained. Lefi nodded as she sat next to Evie.
"Why did you bring me here?" she asked gently, looking over at the blue-haired girl. Evie smiled as she looked at the ground.
"I wanted to show my appreciation for what you did today. I didn't really know how to do that, so I thought… I just wanted to share something with you. It sounds really dumb when I say it out loud." she said, blushing. Lefi shook her head, grabbing the girl's hand.
"It's not dumb." she whispered, smiling softly. Evie looked up, squeezing her girlfriend's hand. "I want you to know that I'm going to try to keep Mal from bothering you."
"Lefi, you don't have to do that."
"I want to. You're my girlfriend now." the blonde replied. Evie smiled. "You're important to me, Evie." The blue-haired girl leaned over, kissing her girlfriend softly.
"Thank you." she whispered when she pulled away slightly. A small smile on her face, Lefi reached into her pocket.
"You really need to keep better track of your things, by the way." she said. Evie looked over curiously, only to groan as a familiar heart pendant appeared in front of her face.
"Jay stole it again?" she asked.
"Seriously, how did you not notice that he took it off of your neck?" Lefi replied. Evie chuckled.
"He's good at his craft." she said. Lefi nodded in agreement, handing the necklace over. "I should probably pay more attention."
"This is the Isle of the Lost, Princess. Of course, you should." The taller girl laughed and Lefi looked around some more. "This place is really cool, Evie. I like how secluded it is."
"That's exactly why I like it." Evie said, smiling. Lefi reached over, grabbing her hand.
"Thank you for bringing me here." she whispered, squeezing her hand. Evie pulled her girlfriend close, kissing her.