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

Club 23 - Chapter IV - The Conversation


So another day passed and Esmeralda was feeling kinda down since she barely saw any of her friends today. The only person she saw was Megara because she was walking past the bookstore. She was walking home and decided to check her phone like usual (either that are on the park benches or reading a book) when she saw a text notification on her screen from Phoebus

"Hey Esme, what's up," said the notification

Esmeralda jolted slightly when she got the text, she didn't know if she wanted to respond because she hadn't seen him the whole day or dismiss it because he didn't approach her to say hello

She texts back, "Oh now all of a sudden you want to talk to me!"

"Woah, woah", Phoebus responds "Wait… do you think that I was avoiding you the whole day"

"Sorta"

"Well that's not the case, you see me, Flynn, Quasi, and Poca were all talking about interesting things and Flynn showed us to the supply closet"

"And showed you his glitter collection"

"Yes…how do you know about the glitter collection?"

"Because he showed it to me and Meg a week prior…lol"

"Oh, you think this one is going to be a success?"

"Knowing Flynn, probably not"

"Aye, don't underestimate him I think that he has something special up his sleeve this time"

"Only time will tell"

"That is true, Esme, that is true"

"So, is that all? Is that the reason we haven't spoken today"

"Umm, that and I had to study a lot, important test coming up, don't want to fail it,"

"Ah yes, Phoebus the bookworm, you know you and Belle probably would be a cute pairing"

"Really you think so?"

"I mean blue is you guys' color, you're both bookworms, and you both tie your hair in ponytails and wear glasses"

"Uh huh, so I see, have you been seeing people lately?"

"Like who Phoebs, I'm like with you six all the time?"

"cough…Naveen…cough"


"Oh my goodness, don't get me started on him"

"Well, why not? he didn't do anything bad to you, or did he, cause you know us"

"No, this is not a call to give him a beating, it's just that we are just on and off, I flirt with him one day, flirts with me back, and then the next day we just don't talk"

"Hmm, so would you say that you guys are friends?"

"Overall, yes"

"With benefits?" Phoebus sends the smirk emoji right after

"Phoebus!, if I had the technology I would smack across the face right now!" Esmeralda responds then after the crying laughing and surprised blush face emoji

"What is just a question, I'm sorry if that offended you, it was a joke?"

"Phoebus, I was kidding, I knew that you were joking, but to be serious for a bit, it has"

"Oh"

"Yeah, I mean I don't really like how every time we interact with each other it's always flirting, always trying to one-up each other, you know"

"I understand"

"It's like I feel more natural talking to guys like you, Ali, Quasi, and Flynn, it's like I don't have to flirt with you in normal conversations"

She waits a little while for Phoebus' response, but he doesn't text back. On Phoebus' side, he right now is pondering over the conversation they just had. He doesn't know what to think, he's just taking this information as it is right now. On Esmeralda's side, she's waiting patiently for his response. These seconds are being to feel like hours because they had a great back-and-forth exchange. Esmeralda decides it's time to break the silence.

"Um…hello, Phoebus you still there"

Phoebus sees his phone light up and decides to respond to the notification

"Um, yeah I'm still, sorry a sorta blanked out"

"It's fine, so you excited about bowling this weekend!"

"You bet, I can't wait, haven't been in a while"

"I know me too, I heard the place had good food…so yeah main reason why I'm going"

"I thought you were going on a diet because of your dance club"

"Yea, but you know, cheat day"

"Honestly I don't know why you went on that diet anyway, you look perfectly fine to me"

"Aww, flattering", she puts a smiling blushing face emoji, "but I need to stay in shape, especially these legs."

"I get it, I've been trying to build more leg muscle too."

"Maybe we could workout together some time, invite whoever is interested"

"I'll like that"


Suddenly Quasimodo texts Phoebus a picture of his Disney Castle carving and are in the early stages of it. He then starts to text Phoebus

"Top secret stuff going on right now, do not mention this to anybody, especially Aladdin and Flynn"

"Is it cool if I show Esmeralda?"

"Yeah sure, Esme won't tell"

Phoebus uploads Quasi's picture to Esmeralda to get her reaction

"Check out Quasi's carving, cool right!"

"Very, he really is going into detail with that one"

"Yeah, he told me not to tell Ali or Flynn about it"

"Yeah makes sense, Ali is starting to keep things under wraps a bit better now, as for Flynn…well, let's just say he can't keep a secret to save his life lol"

"Lmao, true, remember when he told Poca we were doing a surprise birthday party for her"

"Oh my gosh, me and Meg worked hours for that party, we both probably didn't talk to him for like a few days, it was like our life's work back then"

"Or the time we were going to surprise Ali with a PlayStation, and then Flynn tells him the day prior he was getting it"

"All I'm going to say is that if there is a surprise, Flynn's got a way to spoil it"

"He's a good guy, I love the man so much"

"Me too, I mean when today wasn't my day, he's always there to cheer me up with his antics"

"He literally lives his life like an open book"

"I aspire to be like that one day, I just know I'll never be like that"

"Esme, what are you talking about, you know the outfits you wear, I could never do that"

"Well one I can't imagine the things I wear on a daily basis to look good on you"

"Hey, who says that can't pull off a good skirt and a tank top"

"Oh my…please get this image of you wearing my clothes out of my head"

Phoebus texts in a mocking tone, "Well, sorry it's stuck there forever, haha"

"Whatever lol", she responds back, "Anyway, can't wait for another day of hard work, meaning can't wait to sleep in all my classes"

"Which is all of them"


"Basically yea, I got get some rest for tomorrow, and as fun it has been Phoebus, talking to you much longer isn't gonna be in help"

"I get it, have we been talking for this long? weren't you walking home?"

"Yep"

"And where are you now?"

"In some shorts ready to crash for the night"

"Damn really, my goodness it has been a long, LONG, long night, I'll give you some rest, and in the process give myself some sleep"

"As you should, it's been a nice, night Phoebs"

"Night Esme, see you tomorrow, hopefully"

"You too, hopefully"

They both got off their phones and slept for tonight waiting for the challenges and the triumphs of tomorrow, Phoebus decided to take one more glance at his phone and looked back on all the text messages he and Esmeralda had. He looked up at the ceiling and said to himself silently

"Hmm…that was nice"


Hey everybody...I'm back! hope y'all are glad to see me...So, what did you think of the long conversation between Esmeralda and Phoebus, leave a review in the review section of this story, as well as what do you think of everything overall. New episode of Disney's Saturday Takeover is coming this Saturday, so stay tuned for that. Next chapter of this story is coming next Thursday, so stay on the lookout for that as well. Make sure you leave me a review and like the story if you do. Thank you :)

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