Quirky Meets the Isle [Descendants 2]

Girl Talk Becomes Friend Talk

(Been a hot minute since our quirky princess had a POV. Enjoy!)

Thea's POV:

While Mal chatted with Ben, Carlos asked me, Alek and Lonnie, "You guys okay?"

Lonnie nodded. "Yeah, I'm good."

I gave him a small smile. "I'm okay."

Alek took my hand and squeezed it gently. "I'm glad you're okay."

I smiled at him. "Me too."

Carlos looked between my rescuers. "Nice work out there, Lonnie, Alek! C'mon, Dude." The dog followed him. "Hop in. Ha! Now you listen to me."

"Let's go!" Lonnie said.

Mal waved us over. "C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!"

We climbed inside the limo and Ben turned to Mal. "I'm really sorry that things didn't go like the way you wanted them to."

Mal glanced at him. "As long as you're safe, that's..." She let out a sigh.

"At least I got to see the Isle. They're my people too. Uma helped me see that."

Mal frowned. "Ben, Uma captured you and Thea."

Ben sighed. "She's an angry girl with a bad plan. It's not so different from you when you came to Auradon, Mal."

I nodded. "I can understand anger. Being captured wasn't my idea of a fun time, but I can understand why she's angry."

An uncomfortable silence fell upon us. Dude broke the silence. "Awkward."

Carlos frowned at the dog. "Dude, I know you can talk. But that doesn't always mean you should."

Jay turned to Lonnie. "Here we go! Why don't you stop by practice later?"

Lonnie smirked. "What, in the mood to break some rules?"

Jay shook his head. "No."

When we got back to the school, Lonnie grabbed the swords. "I'll get these back to the gym."

Alek took a few swords. "I'll help."

"Thanks," Jay said.

"See you later," Lonnie replied.

Jane seemed relieved. "Ben, there you are! Cotillion is tonight! Look; this is the stained glass window for Mal. Isn't it beautiful? She's going to love it!"

Ben glanced at Mal. "Do you want to cancel?"

Jane glanced between them. "Um, you know what? I can come back, like really soon."

Ben shook his head. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Now's fine." He turned to Mal. "Do whatever you need to do."

Evie looked at Mal and took her arms as they walked away. "We need to talk. Thea, you can join if you wish. You are our friend."

Mal nodded. "Yeah."

Carlos shook his head. "No."

Evie frowned. "No?"

"You guys are always going off to a huddle, whispering your girl talk stuff or whatever, and Jay and I are tired of it."

Jay glanced at Carlos. "I'm not."

"We're your family too. We've been through a lot. Together. We're not stopping that now. Okay? Everyone sit. Come here... you too." He paused. "I don't know how to start girl talk."

Jay looked at each of us. "What up?"

Mal frowned. "Um, well, I'm a mess. I'm such a mess. I mean, six months ago, I was, you know, stealing candy from babies... and now, everyone wants me to be this Lady of the Court, and I have no idea how to keep up the act."

Carlos gave a small smirk. "Then don't."

Jay frowned. "See, this was dumb."

Evie turned to Mal. "Maybe it wasn't. We are always going to be the kids from the Isle. I tried to forget. I really tried. But those are our roots. And well, we did what we have to do to survive. But it made us who we are. And we're never going to be like anyone else here. And that's okay. That's okay."

Carlos nodded. "And we can't fake it."

"No," Evie answered.

"Yeah, I mean, especially not without my spell book," Mal added. "Sorry, Thea, but it helps."

Carlos focused his gaze on her. "Mal, if Ben doesn't like the real you, he's not the one. That goes for you too, Thea, but I don't think you have to worry about that. Alek seems to like you a lot."

Evie smiled. "I like that."

"Give him a chance."

I turned to Mal. "Despite the faults Ben has, he's a good guy, and I think you know that. I mean, he came to the Isle to try to bring you back because of how much he loves you. I don't want to insinuate anything, but the last time someone did that for my mom, she married him."

Evie smiled and thought for a moment before turning to Mal. "I'm going to make some changes to your dress, and if you're up for it, and only if you're up for it, it'll be waiting for you. Okay?" She then mouthed to me, Carlos and Jay, 'Thank you.'

Carlos stood. "Come on, buddy."

Evie and Carlos walked away and Jay turned to Mal. "Come to Cotillion tonight, all right? If Ben isn't smart enough to love you, and you can't stand another day, I'll drive you back tomorrow myself. Okay?"

I smiled. "Jay, that was really nice of you."

He shrugged. "I don't want my friends to be unhappy."