"Hey, y'all, I gotta run," Uma proclaimed randomly in the middle of the girls' hangout time. Mal, Evie, Audrey, and Jane immediately looked at her strangely.
"Why?" Jane questioned cluelessly, and Uma started to open her mouth, but was swiftly interrupted by Evie's sudden addition to Jane's wonderance.
"What's wrong?" Evie asked, furrowing her brow as she gazed at Uma worriedly.
"Oh, no, nothing's wrong. I've just got a meeting I've got to get to, so, um... See you later!" Uma called as she quickly made a run for the door. The girls all watched, completely dumbfounded as they took in her departure.
"What is going on with her lately?" Mal asked, disturbing the quiet surrounding them. Evie looked at her with a slight shrug, still looking quite concerned.
"I have no idea, but it's starting to get annoying. I don't get to spend much time with her anymore," Audrey mumbled the last part, but everyone looked at her swiftly, very much hearing the declaration.
"And she's inconveniencing all of us!" Audrey swiftly added, trying to cover up the effect of her last statement, and the girls just eyed her skeptically, knowing precisely what she meant.
"I really do wonder what could be going on," Mal curiously voiced, and Evie sighed.
"Maybe she's going on dates with Harry," Evie suggested, and Audrey shook her head quickly.
"But why wouldn't she tell us? It's not like it's some big secret that they're over the moon for each other," Audrey immediately shot down the idea, and Evie nodded, looking down at her boots as she leaned forward on the couch.
"I think she's trying to keep something bad from us."
"Like what?" Jane questioned, leaning forward with her interest as she waited for Audrey to give her ultimate answer. Audrey confidently gazed at her, starting to speak, but quickly pausing as she realized that she really did not have an answer. Audrey quite honestly could not see Uma doing anything bad, but that was almost the only explanation for why Uma would not tell any of them exactly what she was up to.
"Like... Well, I don't know what, but it's certainly something!" Audrey claimed, trying to make herself look a little less clueless about the entire thing. After all, it was really aggravating that Uma had not been telling her anything, and it actually even somewhat hurt the princess's feelings.
"Yeah, and I'll bet she's been abducted by aliens, and they've switched her mind with one of their own as they plot to take over the world," Mal stated dramatically, and Jane's eyes widened to ridiculously large proportions.
"That must be it!!!" Jane proclaimed, completely bumfuzzled and terrified at the thought. Mal rolled her eyes.
"Seriously, girls, this is ridiculous. Uma's just knee-deep in her own business. It's probably got something to do with Harry or Gil," Mal explained in slight exasperation. Evie sighed, looking at her somewhat worriedly.
"Heck, it could be something to do with Jade!" Mal pointed out, gesturing unconcernedly. At those words, Evie's eyes suddenly widened.
"Oh, I almost forgot! I've got to go and get Jade some food from the shelter. I told Uma that I would since she's been so busy with... whatever it is lately," Evie stood up, heading for her purse hanging by the door. The other girls just looked at her and hesitantly stood up, following her.
"Why the shelter? Don't they just keep and get rid of mutts?" Audrey asked.
"They also sell food and accessories to raise money for keeping the cats and dogs," Evie expressed but not without a slight glare in Audrey's direction as Evie well-remembered the time that she herself had spent in the shelter when she had been magically turned into a dog.

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