Book 1: Another Iife | Malvie

Chapter 5: Rotten to the Core

~Evie's POV
Ah chemistry. Lets just say, I was in no way focused enough at this time to learn about atomic weights of the atoms on the Periodic table. Well at least not with the sight of Chad Charming sitting in front of Doug and I."Any chance he's in line for a throne?Anywhere in line?"

"Chad. Prince Charming,Jr. Cinderella's son. Chad inherited the charm, but not a lot there,know what I mean?"Doug explained.

"Looks like there there to me."We must've been awfully chatty, that Mr. Delay caught on.

Before I could wrap my head back into reality, Mr. Delay called on me. "Evie. Perhaps this is just a review for you. So tell me,what is the average atomic weight of silver?"

"Atomic weight?"I asked,all eyes were now on me."Uh;well,not very much. I mean,it's an atom right?"I joked around, but Delay called me to the board anyway.

I ruffled my hair, and walked up to the board; the piece of chalk in my one hand,and mirror hidden in my other I went on,"Let's see. How do I find the average atomic weight of silver?That would be 106.905 times .5200,plus 108.905 times .4800,which Mr. Delay would give us 107.9 amu."

"I forget. It was a mistake to underestimate.."Delay started.

"A villain?"I finished,sitting back down at my seat beside Doug."Don't make it again."

~Carlos POV~
A little while later, I found myself on the field working tourney drills with Ben, very much scared out of my mind."Okay. Carlos,we're going to do some sprints. Are you ready?"Ben asked.

Suddenly a dog chased after me. Ben tried to call after me to stop,but with a full on adrenalin rush, my feet just kept going into the nearby woods and up a tree before Ben had caught up to me. He picked up the dog in his hands, before coming to a full stop. "Ben,help me! This thing is a killer! He's gonna chase me down and rip out my throat. This is a vicious, rabid pack animal!"

"Who told you that?"Ben asked."Cruella?"

I nodded."She's a dog expert. A dog yellerer. Why are you holding him? He's gonna attack you!"

"Carlos,you've never actually met a dog, have you?"Ben asked.

I shook my head, slowly stepping down from the tree. "Well no, of course not."

"Dude,meet Carlos. Carlos,this is Dude. He's the campus mutt."Ben said, and I slowly reached out,petting him.

"He doesn't look like a vicious rabid pack animal."Ben smiled,placed Dude into my arm."Jeez.You're a good boy,aren't you? You're a good boy."

"I guess you guys had it pretty rough on the island."Ben said, sighing sadly.

"Yeah. Let's just say we don't get a lot of belly rubs."I admitted,sitting with Dude on a nearby tree stump.

"Good boy."Ben stopped, then started again,correcting his previous word choice."I mean,you're a good runner. You're..you're fast,you know. Listen, I'm gonna give you guys some space,yeah?You guys get to know each other and just, you know, come find me when you're done,okay?" I nodded and Ben ran off. "Oh and Ben!"

He stopped,yelling back."YEAH!"

I smiled, hugging Dude tightly. "Thank you, thank you for everything."