I arrive at the castle just in time for my meeting. I walk into Ben's office to find him and Evie hunched over a document. They appear to be reading every single detail as they don't even hear me come in the room.
" I'm here." I state to get their attention. Their heads shoot up from the paper they were looking at.
" oh Jane, I was worried that you wouldn't be able to make it." Ben says relieved as he puts the document in its file.
" I'm fine. Audrey just tried to stall Chad from coming to meet me for lunch. " I reply, attempting to eliminate any doubt in the room. Ben and Evie just share a look of surprise.
" what! Chad!" Evie exclaimed with a concerned look.
" yeah, why?" I ask confused. Everything with Chad has seemingly been great these past 2 days. I raise an eyebrow at them.
" Ever since you stood up to him he's been plotting a way to get back at you." Ben informs me? " he was talking about it yesterday during Tourney practice.". I just stand there shocked as I place a hand over my mouth.
" what have I done. I got on the bad side of worst AK in all of Auradon. I'm done for." I stutter. I can't stop thinking about what could happen, and then a rock fell into stomach as I realized that Chad would harm Carlos as a way to weaken me.
" He'll try and hurt Carlos , he knows that's my greatest weakness." I reply as I feel a lump in my throat. I sit down as I don't trust myself to remain standing.
" don't worry Jane. Mal, jay, Evie and I will do everything we can to protect you and Carlos." Ben explains as I break down in tears. I just can't believe that Chad faked his change of heart, he made it seem so genuine. I was raised to see the goodness in everybody and now I realize Chad has never had goodness inside of him. Evie crouches down next to me and hugs me.
" Jane, you've got so many people willing to help you. Chad won't be able to lay a finger on you or Carlos if we have a say in it." Evie says as she calms me down.
" thank you, thank you so much." I reply hugging her back. It feels so weird to actually have friends who care about me . Before the VKs arrived the only reason people talked to me was to get the answers to our homework.
" so Jane , have you been able to look at the decorations. They were delivered yesterday." Ben asks, obviously attempting to distract me from the obvious by changing the topic.
" yeah, I was able to make it to the castle this morning. Belle showed me all of them." I reply, playing along. I pull out my planner and open to the notes I've taken for Mal's birthday.
" Remember that Mal doesn't like things that are too over the top." Evie adds with a reassuring smile.
"The decorations we have are simple . We have balloons, streamers, table clothes and a banner, all in a soft purple color. We avoided any type of glitter or bling. Little dizzy actually volunteered to decorate the banner." I explain to Evie to put her mind at ease. She knows Mal the best out of all of us so she's been giving us advice to help us plan this party.
" so tomorrow I'll take Mal out to lunch while you guys, , dizzy ,Jay, Carlos, and Doug will setup and decorate the grand ballroom. " Ben states. I nod in confirmation,
" that's the plan. I'll get ahold of Lumiere tomorrow morning to confirm that he and Mrs. Potts are all ready to cook for the party. The invitations got sent out 2 days ago to the tourney team, Jordan, Ally, Freddie , and the cheerleaders who are friends with Mal." I explain , looking down at my planner to ensure everything is correct.
" thank you for helping me with planning this party. You girls are the reason tomorrow is able to happen." Ben replies as we pull each other into a group hug. I look down at my watch and notice that it's time for Tourney practice. I promised Carlos I'd go watch him practice.
" Ben , Tourney practice is in ten minutes shouldn't you get ready?" I ask as we pull away from the group hug.
" oh yes I do. Shoot I'm going to be late." Ben grumbles as he scrambles to put his paperwork away. " you girls are free to go, I'll let you know if anything about tomorrow changes." Evie and I walk out of the room together. I can't help but think that Chad is going to do something to ruin tomorrow and embarrass me.