I do not own these characters. Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Hercules, and Tangled are all property of Disney. I write for fun.

Club 23 - Chapter VI - The Joke

Ah Naveen…, what can't we say about him. If he really wanted, he could probably get any girl at Disney. The thing about him was that he personally wasn't exactly ideal for he could be a bit harsh sometimes when he approaches people. However, the way he talks…smooth, real smooth. Flynn would probably see him as an associate to the main group just because of his interactions with Esmeralda. Anyway he now approaches the group and about to start his regular…conversations, with the "group."

"Greetings!...um what are y'all called again?" said Naveen

Flynn, like a proud leader, even though their friend group doesn't have a leader says, "Well my good sir, we are Club 23!"

"Huh", blurts Naveen, "Interesting name, sounds pretty cool though"

"Yes!", Flynn blurts out in excitement, "Told you it wasn't a stupid name" The whole table looks at Flynn with blank expressions on their face

"Whatever" says Flynn while Naveen moves from his view while he looking back at the group

"Where that guy go?", say Flynn, Naveen then moved his attention to Esmeralda

"Hello Gorgeous", said Naveen, "Your makeup looks extra beautiful today, but when has it not"

Esmeralda turns to him, "Naveen, you know I don't wear makeup"

"I know, you look beautiful every day," Naveen said with a sauve tone in his voice, this makes Esmeralda blush a little. He then shifts his attention to the rest of the group.

"So, how is everybody else?"

"Good", says Megara who was speaking for herself, but probably the rest of the group

"Good, Megara, really?", said Naveen who had sort of a puzzled look on his face

"First off…ew, don't call me that" said Megara slightly irritated

"Well why not, I think it's a beautiful name", said Naveen proudly

"Well…that's not how it works Naveen, rather prefer Meg"

"Well okay then…Meg, so gorgeous (talking to Esmeralda), you have any plans this weekend?"

"Actually I do, me and Phoebus were going to hit the gym", says Esmeralda, while Phoebus wasn't really trying to pay attention to Naveen's tactics. He was actually having a little side talk with Quasimodo, that was until Naveen brought him in the conversation.

"Ahh Phoebus, right forgot about him, where is he?"

"Literally right next to her dude", said Phoebus with the most deadpan face ever.

"So, how's life been treating you?", said Naveen smiling, pulling another trick for Esmeralda to notice

"Um I've been okay, you know how school is, a bunch of work"

"Ah yes, work…something I don't really care about" Naveen says nonchalantly

"Um…maybe you should", said Phoebus with a puzzled look on his face, "Like, aren't you worried about passing classes?"

"Hey, trust me, man, I'll be fine, so you two are going to the gym on Saturday right?"

"Yea, Esmeralda said she was going to work on her leg muscles, whereas I am going to work on well…leg muscles"

"Leg muscles, hmm, leg muscles, Esmeralda's leg muscles, hmmm", Naveen thought to himself. I don't know why you need to work on your leg muscles gorgeous, their killer anyway", said Naveen out loud with Esmeralda smiling back at him

"I'm flattered", she says, "but, I need to strengthen these legs when dance club comes back and running"

"Hmm dance club, can't imagine how your body moves on the floor", said Naveen who came in a whisper to Esmeralda, she was now getting tingles and Naveen comes in and wraps his shoulder around her and looked at her with a loving gaze. Esmeralda can feel the connection with him as they lock eyes, oh how he loves those green eyes she has. Phoebus is watching all of this and doesn't know what to do. He thinks what's best for him is just to stay put and not start a scene. Quasimodo is in the background and notices all of this going on and decides he doesn't want his friend to feel vulnerable. So what he does, he decides to lighten the mood, in Quasimodo's way of course.


"Hey", Quasimodo taps on his friend's shoulder and whispers to him, "How long do you think this staring contest is going to last?"

Phoebus laughs a little, "Don't know probably until our lunch is over, "he then laughs again"

Quasimodo starts to make him feel better, but he's not done. Pocahontas and Aladdin, who are watching Esmeralda and Naveen right in front of them, are getting a little bored of Naveen's usual antics. Quasimodo then leans over to the pair and tells them the joke.

"Hey, who do you think is winning the staring contest, my money's on Esmeralda", Pocahontas and Aladdin laugh and then responded

"If I were a betting man, probably Naveen", said Aladdin

"No way, Esmeralda, she's got those eyes that you can get totally lost in", said Pocahontas who jokingly leans over Aladdin's shoulder affectionately. The four begin to laugh and Megara overhears their conversation and leans over to Quasimodo

"Y'know, they could probably do this all day, just imagine, like them not noticing the sun go down and be like, 'wait…we've been like this the entire day!' " This then makes Quasimodo laugh and he then whispers it to the rest of the group

"Guys, Meg just told me that Esme and Naveen are probably going to be like that for the entire day" They all laugh even more. Flynn is starting to notice the laughing and what's to know what it's about

"Wait, what's so funny and before you tell me, is it something I did?"

"No Flynn", says Pocahontas "Look" she points in the direction of Esmeralda and Naveen that are still flirting back and forth and staring at each other's eyes"

"Ohhhhhhh, yeah? what's up with that, looks like they're trying to steal each other's minds, and getting some twisted pleasure out of it"

"Yeah it's probably his kink", says Quasimodo responding to Flynn, which makes everybody laugh loudly now"

"OMG Quasi", says Pocahontas, "I can– I can– can't talk hahahaha" She's laughing hysterically, holding on to Aladdin for dear life.

"But imagine if that were true though, hahahaha", says Aladdin who can barely speak. In fact, everybody can barely speak. Quasimodo didn't think that one little joke could make all the difference, but here we are. People are banging their hands on the table hard, a little too hard for Esmeralda and Naveen to finally notice the chaos that is the group table at the moment

"What the…", says Naveen which is the only thing he blurts out

"What the…is right", says Esmeralda who now notices her friends laughing, hysterically, but doesn't know why

"Um, Y'all!", Esmeralda raises her voice so the group could hear her, and they eventually stopped laughing and do listen to what she had to say


"What the hell are you all laughing like a pack of hyenas?"

"Girl, you missed a lot", said Megara

"A whole lot", said Flynn

"Umm…well in that case, should I look forward to talking to you soon", said Naveen

"Um…sure", said Esmeralda with a smile of uncertainty because what went down today

Naveen leaves and it's time for the rest of the group to go through the second part of the day, with more boring classes…yay! Well after a long day of exhaustion, the group goes home for the day. As Quasimodo is walking home, getting ready to work some more on his carving of Disney Castle, Esmeralda tries to stop him from walking.

"Quasi", she says, doesn't work; he keeps walking. "Quasi", she speaks louder and keeps walking. The third time a charm, "Quasimodo!", he stops, turns around, and notices her with a serious look in her eye.

"Hey Esmeralda!", he puts on his best smile, "What's up"

"Can we walk and talk?"

"Um…sure", he says as he looks puzzled trying to figure out why Esmeralda is acting this way

As the two walked, Esmeralda breaks the silence

"So…lunch…pretty interesting today"

"Yep it sure was", he says with full confidence, thinking of how he made the group laugh

"You guys had a pretty good time, what was the buzz all about?"

Quasimodo stopped briefly, thinking about how Esmeralda was left out of the whole joke, I mean it was to poke fun at Naveen, but it kinda involved her too. Quasimodo is now thinking that Esmeralda is going to get irritated with him since her whole demeanor is not how she normally acts

"Promise you won't be upset", he looks up at her

"Quasi, what is this about?", she looks at him puzzled

Welp, here it goes. "So remember you were having a "conversation" with Naveen

"Yes, you could call it that, a conversation"

"And how he was staring at your eyes"

Esmeralda instantly gets tingles thinking about that, "Yea"

"Well, I made a joke about a staring contest and how long it was going to be between you and Naveen and other jokes about how it was going to last the whole day and how you were going to steal each other's souls and how that was kink"

"What!", she said, baffled at everything, especially that last part.

"Yep, now you know, sorry that I didn't tell you sooner" he turned away from her, hoping not to see her reaction. Out of nowhere, she starts busting out laughing, Quasimodo turns around

"Wait…you're not mad", he says perplexed

"Hahahaha, of course not, Quasi, that was funny, didn't really feel like a staring contest, since we were both blinking," she says and then leans over and gives Quasimodo a hug. "Quasi, you're my best friend forever, I don't care if it was a stupid joke, I thought it was something bad, you had me nervous"

Quasi then hugs her back, "Esme, I'm sorry I made you feel that way, I'll let you know if I'm ever going to do something like that again, sorry once again"

She smiles, "It's fine"

He smiles back, "it's it fine for me to walk you home?"

She giggles slightly, "Yes, you may"

Esmeralda then wraps her hand across Quasimodo's arm and they walk away. Quasi looks at her and whispers to himself

"Man, what a day"


Wow, who knew that Quasimodo had jokes, huh...maybe he was doing Phoebus a little favor to cheer him up. Anyway, what do you all think, leave a review in the review section as well as what you all think about the story as a whole. Disney's Saturday Takeover comes back on July 22 and a new installment of this series comes next Thursday, July 20. Hope you all liked this chapter if you did let me know in the reviews and make sure you leave a like if you enjoy the story so far. Thank You :)

I do not own these characters. Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Hercules, and Tangled are all property of Disney. I write for fun.