"So how's it going with you and Jane?" Jay asked Carlos as they sat in their room after Tourny practice

"Pretty good" Carlos said smirking

"Dude you're blushing" Jay said laughing at him

"It's just weird, you know?" Carlos said scratching Dude's belly.

"What do you mean?"

"Jane's great and i love spending time with her but at the same time, I don't know what I'm doing. She hugs me and it's literally the greatest feeling ever"

"Carlos and Jane sitting in a tree. g" Jay said laughing

"Whatever, at least i told her how I feel. You said a few months ago before cotillian you were gonna dance with all the girls and you were practically attached to Lonnie" Carlos said

"Was not"

"Dude you were. Why don't you tell her how you feel"

"What? I don't have feelings for her" Jay said trying to change the subject

"It's fine if you do" Carlos said

"Yea well at least I don't show more affection to a dog than I do a person" Jay said

"Um ouch" Carlos said

"Sorry" Jay said fumbling the open textbook sitting in front of him

"Jay you like Lonnie and believe me i know how hard it is to tell someone that you care about them but I think she feels the same way, she's pretty great"

"What if she doesn't? Jay asked worriedly

"Then she's not the one for you, man. We never knew what these feelings were until we came here, it's all new still" Carlos said

"What if I'm not who she thinks I am?" Jay asked closing his book and laying back on his bed

"You two have been spending a lot of time together, she knows your from the Isle, I mean I think she's handled it pretty well"

"Yea and what happens when she finds out the real stuff, the hard stuff, the stuff that still bothers us?" Jay asked

"I thought you were doing ok?" Carlos asked

"I do most days, but some days. God some days Mal just pisses me off. She tells Ben what she wants to tell him but the rest of us have to keep it a secret unless Mal says's it first"

"You tell her any of this?" Carlos asked

"Nope" Jay said

"Maybe you should, I want to Jane more too. She doesn't get why I thank her after every hug. I just don't know how to not be appreciative of them"

"How much has Evie told Doug?" Jay asked

"Not much, we all promised Mal we wouldn't discuss it"

"I don't think I can carry these secrets any more. Lonnie will come up and surprise me and the other day I almost spun around and knocked her to the ground. If she hadn't talked when she walked up behind me, I probably would've hit her. I'm just used to having to watch my back"

"Always be ready to fight" Carlos said

"I would never forgive myself if i hurt her" Jay said

"You tell her to stop sneaking up on you?"

"Sorta but it was more like I don't like this but I think she seemed a little hurt" Jay said

"Jane doesn't get why I stiffen when she hugs me, it always takes me a second to realize it's not a bad thing"

"Can i be honest with you?" Jay asked Carlos

"Yea, I'm always here for you. Dude go to Jay" Carlos said pointing to Jay's bed.

"I don't think it's fair to Lonnie to tell her I have these feelings for her when I don't know what these feelings are, I don't know if I'm capable of it" Jay said while looking away from Carlos and scratching Dude's belly.

"I get that, the way I feel about Jane is different from how I feel about the three of you or my mother"

"Well I would hope so" Jay snarked

Carlos rolled his eyes before he continued.

"Look were're always gonna be the kids of the Isle, the kids of villains. We can choose good and we can be Auardon kids now but at the same time, the Isle is what made us, us for good and bad. I think it's time we tell the people we want about the Isle. Our own baggage, we don't need to spill each other's crap"

"Good luck convincing Mal, she can be a real dragon bitch sometimes" Jay said

Before Carlos could say anything, Evie barged in.

"Knock much?" Jay asked

"It's the middle of the afternoon" Evie said rolling her eyes

"What's with you?" Carlos asked

"Did Doug hurt you?" Jay asked getting defensive

"What? No" Evie said calming Jay down

"Can I sleep in here tonight?" Evie asked

"You having night terrors again?" Jay asked softly

"Sometimes, but no. I'm pissed at Mal" Evie said

"Here we go" Jay said, hating when him and Carlos got in the middle of the girl's drama

"Doug, he surprised me today with breakfast and when I opened the door I didn't have any makeup on and my hair wasn't done. I was in old pajamas, not the new ones and he saw me like that"

"And?" Jay asked

"AND HE SAW ME WITHOUT MAKEUP" Evie said

"Evie, if Doug doesn't like you without makeup and just waking up from bed then he doesn't deserve you" Carlos said

"You know that line of advice is not always gonna work Carlos" Evie said

"Evie we all know how crazy about you Doug is, I'm sure that he didn't care"

"He told me I looked beautiful" Evie said looking down

"Yea nope, not talking to Lonnie. Too confusing" Jay said grabbing his sword to polish it

"What" Evie asked spinning back to him

"Another story" Carlos said waving Jay off "So you're mad at Mal because Doug saw you without makeup and said you looked beautiful?" He added confused

"Ugh" Evie groaned

"I'm lost with Jay" Carlos said and Jay nodded along

"My mom always told me I wasn't beautiful enough to let a boy see me without makeup, what if Doug breaks up with me?" Evie asked in a small voice

Carlos and Jay knew this should have been Mal's territory but ever since Carlos decided him and Jay should be apart of girl talk, the girls shared everything with them and Carlos realized somethings were better left between them.

"Evie, you're the fairest of them all, makeup or no makeup, you're beautiful" Carlos said putting a hand on her knee

"You can't let what your mom used to tell you, affect you here. If Doug doesn't think you're pretty enough I will personally see that he gets his ass kicked" Jay said hugging her

"Thanks" Evie said hugging him tightly back

"I just wish we could escape our parents. We're an ocean away and here I am still stuck with my mother's messed up thoughts"

"Evie, the way she talked to you was abusive, I know it's hard to accept. I don't think any of us have accepted what happened to us" Carlos said looking at Jay

"Most days I'm an Auradon girl but then some days I still hear my mother's voice telling me everything that's wrong about me" Evie said wiping her eyes.

"So what happened after he said you were beautiful?" Jay asked

"I slammed the door in his face, Mal came out of the bathroom and I told her that I wanted to tell Doug about the Isle but she said I couldn't" Evie said looking down

"See" Jay practically yelled to Carlos

"What?" Evie asked

"Jay feels like he can't tell Lonnie about the feelings he doesn't understand without explaining more about his past" Carlos said

"Why don't you put it into an e-mail blast to the whole school" Jay said annoyed

"Guys, Mal might not know she's doing it and she might honestly be doing it to try and protect us but her trying to control us is only hurting us" Carlos said "We gotta tell her we need to talk"

"Um when have you ever stood up to Mal?" Jay asked

"I'm working on not being the scared pupping of the group"

"Who would've thought it would take living here for Carlos to grow a pair and stand up for himself.

"I don't think we can move past it if we keep ignoring what happened to us" Carlos said

"I agree" Evie said

"Me too" Jay said

"So what do we do?" Jay asked

"Call Mal over" Carlos said pulling out his phone

"No we all promised that we wouldn't talk about the Isle unless we needed to" Mal said, hands on her hips

"Yea Mal and we need to" Jay said

"No we don't I tell Ben what he needs to know. I'm a lady of the court, I can't have other people knowing what actually happened" Mal said

"God Mal, listen to yourself. You tell Ben, people can't know your past because your on the court. It's not always about you Mal" Jay said

"What I think Jay meant was that somehow you determined that you can tell Ben about the Isle to explain why you are the way you are but we promised you that we wouldn't and it's not healthy. We can't explain why Jay can't tell Lonnie how he feels, or why I stiffen every time Jane hugs me and then i hug her for much longer than is normal or why Evie doesn't want to be seen without makeup" Carlos said

"Don't you get it M, we try to make everything seem fine but we all have scars. Emotional and physcial and I get we all want them to come out on our own terms and we have to be careful who we trust but I don't think I can keep the act up"

"E" Mal said before Jay cut in again

"Mal we're not a gang anymore, we get to finally just be friends. We don't have to constantly bail each other out of trouble. You're not this big leader anymore. You said it yourself, you're a lady of the court now" Jay said

"Excuse me, my mother is the most evil" Mal said offended

"Yea and now she's a tiny Lizard, so how did that work out for her?" Jay yelled

Mal stood there stunned, it had been awhile since anyone challenged her. Even though none of them wanted to steal Fair Godmother's wand, they all still had her back.

"What you don't want to be friends any more?" Mal asked

"No Mal, we all still need each other. We're family. I just mean..." Jay said before drifting off

"Mean what?" Mal asked sarcastically

"He means that you might have ruled the Isle and it's no secret we all followed your lead as little kids because your mother was the most evil so it made you the leader but somewhere along the way we became more than just a gang of kids running around a grimy Island. We were friends and a family long before we came here. We all saw each other for our strengths and helped each other with our weaknesses. Admit it Mal, Jay's had to bail your ass out of trouble more times than any of us can count but because people feared your mother more and just didn't like his father he needed that protection" Carlos said stepping back from Mal

"Carlos?" Mal asked shocked that he went back at her

"He's not the little puppy of the group any more" Evie said smiling

"Fine Jay, you want to be leader of the group. Go for it" Mal said

"Mal that's not what I meant" Jay yelled

"You have it all figured out? You're in Auradon now and don't need to protected from your daddy?"

"Mal you're out of line" Evie yelled

"Mal come on, physically Jay took a big brunt of the Isle, if he needs to talk you gotta let him" Carlos said gently

"I still remember the night you cried and begged me to get my mother to get your father to stop hitting you"

"MAL" Evie yelled

Jay backed up against the wall quietly looked at Mal.

"I've always had your back Mal, I'm asking you as my friend and as my family to let me talk to at least Lonnie about what I went though on the Isle. I won't share any of your guyses stuff but I can't tell her how I feel without telling her where I'm from" Jay said gently looking away

"You want to take over, just go for it" Mal said storming out

"Well that could have went better" Dude said

"Dude" The three yelled at him

"Guys I know you're both hurt but there's gotta be a reason Mal doesn't want to talk about it"

"And just like that Carlos is back" Jay said

"No I'm gonna go find her and make her tell me why she doesn't want us to talk about it" Carlos said walking out of the room

"You always said the stuff your dad did wasn't that bad" Evie said gently leading Jay back to the bed

"I didn't want you to know how bad it was and look at me like I couldn't protect you. I figured if you and Carlos knew you wouldn't want to be friends with me anymore because I would not have been able to protect you" Jay said looking down at his hands

Evie tilted his head up to meet hers. "I would never have thought that, Jay" Evie said hugging him

Jay tightened before he wrapped his arms around Evie's stomach and hugged her tightly.

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