Mal's POV

I gasp as soon as I hit the water and struggle to keep my head above surface.

"Bella" I call out before my head goes under water. I kick my arms and legs as I lift my head above water again only for it to go back under. I begin to sink despite my desprate struggle and my vision starts to become blurry. I try calling out again as I continue to struggle but all I get is bubbles blowing around me and a mouth full of water. Suddenly something grabs my left arm and begins pulling me to the surface. As soon as my head is above the water I cough and through my blurry vision I see Bella pulling me to the shallow end of the water next to the ruins. As soon as my feet are able to touch the ground I walk over to the ruins and pull myself up before falling on to my back on the smooth floor, panting heavily.

"Are you ok?" Bella asks me concerned, and I turn my head to look at her.

"You scared me!" I cough out as I sit up.

"You can't swim?!" Bella asks me in disbelief after she shakes some water out of her hair.

"No" I say as I brush my bangs out of my eyes.

"You live on an island!" she exclaims.

"Yeah with a barrier around it remember?!" I huff, wiping my face with my hand.

"And you still tried to save me" she says softly, and I feel my anger fade away.

"Yeah" I say softly, before a bit of annoyance comes back.

"But do you thank me? No, all I get is soaking wet!" I huff, gesturing to my soaked to the bone black jeans and dark green T-shirt that are now sticking to me like a second skin, and my water logged black combat boots that still have water pouring out of them.

"And uh this fancy rock" she says quietly, gesturing to the round sparkling crystal rock I am just noticing she's been holding.

"It's yours, make a wish and throw it back into the lake" she says with a small smile as she gives it to me.

'I wish you'd stop trying to give me a heart attack' I think before tossing it back into the water. She looks down at where I tossed it sadly and my mood softens.

"Come here" I say softly as I stand up and bend down to wrap my arms around her waist. I lift her up and pull her out of the water and carry her over to the blue blanket that holds our picnic. I put her down on the soft material before walking over to my discarded jacket and picking it up. I walk back over to Bella and put my jacket over her shoulders, and as I do so I notice her shivering slightly. I sit directly in front of her and she looks up at me nervously, almost like she's expecting me to yell at her. I reach up and gently brush some hair away from her face, and she leans into my touch.

"I'm not mad at you, I was just worried" I say softly, pulling my hand away and putting it down on the blanket.

"Mal I um.." she starts to say before cutting herself off as she looks down at the ground shyly. I go to say something but she lifts her head back up after a few seconds.

"I think I'm falling in love with you!" she blurts out, and I freeze slightly.

"But..what about you? How do you feel about me?" she asks and I look away in embarassment, ashamed of what I'm about to say.

"I don't know what love feels like" I confess, and my heart skips a beat as I wait to hear her reaction.

'There I said it' I think to myself. I feel her cup my chin and she makes me look back at her.

"Maybe I can teach you" she says softly before leaning in and kissing me. I close my eyes and kiss back, wrapping my arms around her from under my jacket. We break the kiss and I open my eyes to see her smiling at me. I smile back before kissing her cheek. A realization hits me and my smile fades away.

"Well now we have a problem" I say seriously.

"What? What is it?" she asks me concerned.

"How are we going to break this to your parents?" I ask and she giggles before kissing my cheek. I smile at her before tickling her stomach.

"Mal!" she giggles, trying to squirm away from me.

"Stop" she whines in between giggles.

"Never!" I exclaim playfully before tickling her faster. She squeals before falling backwards and pulling me down with her. I land on top of her and continue to tickle her as she giggles and squirms, trying to escape my playful torture.

"I think I'm a pretty fast learner" I say with a smirk before leaning down and capturing her lips with mine.

A Few Hours Later

Bella's POV

"Okay spill" Lonnie says as I enter my dorm and lean against the closed door with a goofy smile on my face.

"Did he like the dress?" she asks eagerly.

"It was amazing, he was really sweet" I say as I sit next to her on my bed.

"And I think he loved the dress and the bathing suit, thanks for helping me get ready" I say happily, gesturing down at my outfit.

"So where'd you guys go? You never told me what you planned" she says curiously.

"I'm still not going to tell you, it's too special a place" I say playfully before taking a sip from my water bottle and she laughs.

"Alright fine, keep your special place between you and your lover" she says and I caugh, spitting water on to the rug.

"Lonnie!" I scold and she bursts out laughing at my expression.

"Okay one more question" she says in between giggles.

"What's that?" I ask curiously.

"Why are you wearing Mal's jacket?" she asks, and I feel my cheeks heat up as I realize I never gave it back to him after he walked me to my dorm.

Meanwhile

Evie's POV

I'm in the library trying to study for chemistry, but it's just not sinking in. I read over the four pages we need to read for homework but the words just aren't sinking in.

'This is hopeless' I think to myself sadly, silently pleading with the words to somehow make sense.

"Hello there" a familiar voice says, and I lift my head up to see who is speaking to me.

"Oh hi Doug" I say to my science partner with a small smile before focusing back on the book. Doug is the son of Dopey, one of the dwarfs that helped the girl my motjer can't stand, Snow White. He is a very nice guy, and he's very sweet to me. When he first introduced himself to me he cut himself off with a 'heigh ho'.

"Hey are you ok?" he asks softly, and I hear him walk around the table and sit next to me.

"Oh yeah" I say with a small smile, trying my best to sound enthusiastic.

"No you're not, what's wrong?" he asks gently, putting his hand on my shoulder.

"I-I can't do this..we didn't learn about this stuff on the isle" I say sadly, burying my face in my hands with my elbows on the table. I let out a small sniffle as I feel tears prick my eyes.

"No Evie don't cry" he says softly, and I feel him wrap his arm around my shoulders comfortingly.

"I can help you, everything is gonna be alright" he says gently and I feel his warm breath against my ear.

'No it's not, soon you and all your friends and families will be our prisoners' I think to myself sadly. The four of us don't really want to steal the wand, but we don't have any other choice. If we don't and Maleficent and our parents somehow get off the isle, we will be the first ones they go after. And Mal already told us that he knows his mom would kill him right on the spot. I mentally shake these thoughts out of my head and look over at Doug who is looking at me innocently. He's a very cute guy.

"You..you'd do that for me?" I ask shocked and he smiles at me.

"Of course, that's what friends for" he says with a grin before sliding the book so it't in between us.

"Now tell me what exactly you're not understanding" he orders softly and I giggle at his attempt at being demanding and begin explaining my problem.

Meanwhile

Carlos's POV

I continue walking around the tourney feild sadly and out of the corner of my eye I see Jane approaching me.

"Hey Carlos" she calls out and I turn my head to give her a small smile.

"Hey Jane" I say sadly, remembering how I'd just humiliated myself on the field a few minutes ago.

"Are you ok? You got knocked down pretty hard" she asks concerned.

"Yeah I'm ok, don't worry I'm used to it" I say quietly, giving her a small smile. She frowns and I internally curse myself.

"Life on the isle was pretty rough huh?" she asks gently, and we begin walking around side by side.

"Yeah, let's just say it wasn't exactly easy and peaceful like it is here" I say, not wanting to go into full detail about how horrible the isle is. Suddenly I hear something running towards us and I turn my head to see a small furry brown creature running towards us.

"Ahhh!" I scream before running away towards the woods.

"Carlos?!" I hear Jane call out alarmed between my screams. I continue to run frantically and hear the angry pack animal bark repeatedly as it follows close behind. I run deep into the woods and spot a decent two trunk tree a little distance away. I run to it and climb about five feet up one of the trunks.

"No stop" I say terrified holding out my hand as the beast continues to bark at me.

"Carlos!" I hear Jane call out worriedly.

"Jane? Jane" I say as I see her begin to run towards me.

"Jane help me, this thing is a killer! It's gonna chase me down and rip out my throat. This is a vicious rabid pack animal" I say desperately as I point down at the dog.

"Hey who told you that?" Jane asks, holding one hand up towards me.

"My mother" I say in a 'duh' tone.

"Cruella?" she asks me surprised, lowering her hand.

"She's a dog expert, a dog yellerer" I say while nodding my head, continuing to cling to the tree for dear life. She giggles and I notice one detail I hadn't before in my paniced state.

"Why are you holding him? He's gonna attack you!" I exclaim, closing my eyes so I wouldn't see her get torn to shreds.

"Carlos you've never actually met a dog have you?" she asks gently.

"Of course not" I say quietly, opening my eyes to see the ball of fur totally content in her arms.

"Dude meet Carlos, Carlos this is Dude, he's the campus mutt" she introduces with a smile, and the dog looks up at me innocently while wagging it's tail.

"He doesn't look like a vicious rabid pack animal" I say as I cautiously begin climbing down the tree.

"Geez, you're a good boy aren't you?" I say softly as I move closer to get a better look. I warily reach out to pet him and his tail wags faster as I begin to pet him.

"Would you like to hold him" Jane asks gently and I nod. I wrap my arm around Dude and carefully lift him up, putting my other arm under him as soon as Jane no longer has a hold on him.

"Good boy" I say as I begin bouncing on my heels slightly.

"He likes you" Jane says as Dude begins to turn his head towards me and rub his nose against my chin.

"Not hard to see why though, you're incredible" she says shyly and I smile at her.

"Hey Jane would you maybe like to go hang out with me in my dorm? Mal is out and Jay is spending the night with the team, they're having a pizza party back at Aziz's dorm" I say shyly, hoping she'll say yes and not feeling bad about how I wasn't invited to the get together.

"Yes! I mean yeah that sounds like a lot of fun" she says with a smile.

"Great" I say enthusiastically and we begin walking back towards the school while making small talk about how our day was.