It's been about a week since the other VKs arrived to Auradon. So far nothing insane has happened. Carlos has been avoiding Gil, Uma and Harry are acting innocent and sweet, and Queenie has been struting around, catching the attention of many guys. The Rotten Four and AKs are worried and suspicious of their intentions.
"They've been here for a week and haven't attempted anything. I can't help but have my guard up at all waking moments. It's the isle all over again. What are we going to do?" Evie asks during lunch on day 8. She's been going over every possible plan in her head and doesn't like the result of any.
"Maybe they're trying to change their ways. I mean, nothing has happened since the first day." Ben says, shrugging his shoulders. Mal pinches his cheek.
"Aww BennyBear. That's real cute, you are still trying to be optimistic. But seriously. They are still the same jackasses they were before."
"I can't help but be scared that at any moment I'm gonna be alone with Gil. He's been trying all week to talk to me. Thankfully, I got Jay to scare him away. It's funny. I thought me punching him would make him quit, but Gil was never the smartest person on the Isle." Carlos says. He had been cornered on day 3 by Gil, which followed by Jay punching him in the gut and threatening him.
"And Queenie is worse than me when I got here. She keeps prancing around like she owns the place. And she attracted the whole single population of males, and some taken guys as well." Evie says, taking a clance at Chad.
"What? Me? I haven't even looked in her! Okay, maybe once. I'm sorry! Wasn't my fault. I'm not the only taken guy looking at a new VK." Chad says defensively. Audrey looks at him shocked. "You looked at Queenie! UGH!" She says, before stomping off. "Thanks alot Evie. Audrey come back!" He runs off after her.
"Wait, he said another taken guy was looking at another person. Which one of you is it?" Lonnie says. The kids look around each of the guys. "C'mon guys. Own up. We won't get mad." Evie says.
"It wasn't me, Evie. I promise you that. Uma scares me and Queenie is not my type." Doug tells her. "It wasn't me. I've been avoiding Harry, and Uma is always with him. I haven't seen Queenie since the first day." Ben says. "All I wanna do to any of them is punch them in the face. So no. I may be a flirt, but I stopped that when I started dating Carlos." Jays shares. The group looks at Carlos. He has his head down and won't meet anyone's eye. "Carlos? You alright? It wasn't you right? Chad was jsut trying to not get in trouble with Audrey, right?" Jay asks him. Carlos looks up. "I wasn't looking in the way you think. I was merely observing." He shrugs his shoulders.
Mal looks at him, confused. "You're flamingly gay so you weren't looking at Queenie or Uma. And you hate Gil. So that only leaves..." She gasps. Carlos looks back at the ground. "Yeah. I promise that it wasn't like that. I was caught off guard. You remember, right Mal? We used to talk about how attractive he was before I got with Gil. I honestly forgot what he looked like. So when he first stepped out, I observed." He explains, quickly, his gaze switching to Jay halfway through his speech.
Jay crosses his arms. "Mhm. The only reason I'm not reacting like Audrey is because 1) he IS extemely hot and 2) because this is your first strike. So Mr. DeVil, don't let me hear you made this mistake again. Now if you don't mind coming with me. We have some business to take care of in our room." He grabs Carlos and drags him away. "Why does he always do that? We all know what they're doing." Ben says.
They all laugh. "I gotta go to my locker before Life Skills without Magic. Jane, can you tell Ms. Merryweather that I'm on my way and I'll be there as soon as I can?" Mal asks Jane. "Sure. You're one of her favorites so I don't think she'll mind." She says skipping away. "Need me to come with?" Ben asks. She shakes her head, then leans up and kisses him on the cheek. "I'll be fine. See you after class though." She walks off to her locker.
She puts in the combination and reaches in to grab a notebook. "Well, well, well. Look who we have here. The princess is by herself. How you doing baby? Miss me?" Harry comes up behind her. She rolls her eyes. "Go away Harry. Shouldn't you be in Remedial Goodness?" She closes her locker and turns around. "Aww. Is that any way to talk to your boyfriend?" He says. "How stupid are you? I've told you so many times. WE ARE OVER!" She yells at him. He growls and pushes her up against the lockers. "You better watch that mouth. I can think of many other uses for it. Now, I'm telling you what's gonna happen. You'll let this little silly dream of yours die, and come back to the Isle with me." He explains to her, stroking her cheek. She spits on him. "I'll never go back with you." He wipes the spit off his face. "Silly girl. You'll regret that." He says, before slapping her with the non-hook hand.
She gasps, the impact making her head turn. When she turns her head back to face him, she is met with lips against hers. She tries to push him off, but he pins her hands to the lockers. He kisses her for a few minutes before he's ripped from her. Mal sinks down the lockers and puts her head in her knees. She only looks up when she hears a body get slammed against the locker beside her. She sees Ben pinning Harry against the locker, sneering in his face. "What the fuck do you think you were doing?! Never touch, look or even think about her ever again or you'll regret it." Harry actually has the nerve to smirk. "When are you going to get out of this stupid dream land? She belongs to me and always will." Ben growls, like actually growls, like an animal. It equally scares and turns Mal on. Well that is until she sees that Harry is on the ground and Ben is punching and kicking him. She's up like a light. "Ben stop. He's not worth it. You're the king and this'll look really bad if anyone sees you like this. C'mon." She pulls on his shirt. He looks at her. "That's it. C'mon. I'm fine. Everything is fine. Let's go. Walk me to class. Then you go to your meeting. Okay. Leave him there. He's pathetic and this is what he wants." She pulls his hand over so she can pick up her books, then drags him away.
"I don't know what happened. I saw him kissing you and lost it. I guess my dad's anger was passed down to me. I'm so sorry Mal. I'll make sure he never does that to you again. He'll be back on the isle before anyone even notices he's gone." He says. "No Ben. He'll claim that he didn't do anything evil, which he technically didn't, so you can't send him back. It's okay. C'mon." They come to a stop outside her class. "Now go. Off to your next meeting. I'll see you after classes at our meetup spot." She kisses his cheek and enters the classroom. "Mal! You are almost 15 minutes late for class! You better have a really good excuse!" Merryweather screamed at her. "I stopped at my locker and went to the bathroom. Was it really 15 minutes? I didn't even notice." She said as she went to her seat beside Jane. Merryweather turned her back to the class to continue writing on the board.
"Now why were you really late?" Jane whispers to Mal. She shrugs, doodling in her notebook. She remains silent for most of the class and keeps drawing in her notebook. Jane keeps looking over at her, worriedly. "Ms. Merryweather, can I please talk to Mal in the hallway?" She asks the fairy. Merryweather looks at Mal then nods her head. Jane grabs Mal's arm and takes her to the hallway. "Okay. It's just me and you. Now what's up?" Mal looks around her. "Jane, I can't talk about this right now. I'll tell you everyone else what happened after classes. I promise. I just don't wanna explain it more than once." She walks back into the class and takes her seat. 'I hope the other VKs are okay.' Jane thinks before walking back into the class.