𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 - carlos de vil ✔︎

17.

I RAN through the tunnel and to the limo where Carlos was holding the door open. I threw my sword into the trunk before hopping into the car, Carlos beside me. We waited a short moment before the ones who left joined us. I was sitting beside the white-haired boy, Dude in my lap.

"You okay?" Carlos whispered in my ear.

"I'm fine, Carlos. Are you okay?" I reassured him, rubbing his arm softly.

"Yup, not a scratch." He grinned as the broken-up couple began to talk.

"I'm really sorry that things didn't go the way you wanted them to." Ben apologized sadly.

"I mean... as long as you're safe, that's..." Mal shrugged not knowing where her sentence was headed.

"Well, I mean, at least I got to see the Isle. They're my people, too. Uma helped me see that." He explained, looking at the floor of the vehicle.

"How could you only realize that now? After six months of being king." I scoffed as Carlos kissed my templed, attempting to calm me down, which worked.

"Ben, Uma captured you." M looked at him like he was stupid.

"She's an angry girl with a bad plan... That's not so different from when you came to Auradon, Mal." We all stared at him in disbelief, he had basically just insulted her.

"Awkward." Dude interrupted the silence, making Evie gasp quietly.

"Dude, we know you can talk, doesn't mean you should." I whispered quietly, scratching behind his ear.

"Here we go!" I heard Jay announce from the driver's seat with Lonnie, we were about to cross the bridge. I chuckled to myself, feeling my powers come back fully.

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It was already the middle of the day over here in Auradon. We strode down the field, people giving us confused looks, sort of.

"I'll get these back to the gym." Lonnie stated.

"Thanks." Jay nodded and she left.

I saw Jane pull Ben aside as I chatted with Carlos again. "Do you think Cotillion still gonna happen?"

"Kinda too late to cancel now." He shrugged with Dude in his arms.

I smiled to myself, thinking back to the moment of her date and how gorgeous Mal looked, finally admitting to herself, she wasn't hideous. "Mhm... So, who are you taking to it?"

"You'll find out.. soon enough." Carlos left me with those words after pecking my cheek, and going over to talk with Jay.

I trudged over to Evie, "We should have a talk with Mal, just to know how she's doing and stuff."

"You're right." She nodded and gently pulled Mal over to us once Ben was done talking with her. "We need to talk."

"Yeah..." M agreed quietly while both of us walked on each side of her.

"No." I heard the voice of Carlos say behind us. We all swiftly turned around, all equally confused.

"No?" Evie repeated.

"What?" I furrowed my brows at him.

"You guys are always going off in a huddle, whispering your girl-talk stuff or whatever, and Jay and I are tired of it." He explained, Dude being held by him still.

"I-I'm not." Jay shrugged.

"We're your family, too. We've been through a lot. Together. I'm not stopping that now..Everyone sit. Come on." The boy ordered, planting himself in the grass. I chuckled to myself as the dog came over to me in my lap after we all sat down as requested.

"I don't know how to start girl talk." He stated awkwardly and I giggled at his effort.

"What up?" Jay tried and we all laughed lightly.

"Um..well... I'm a mess. I'm such a mess..." She nervously chuckled nervously as I held her hand. "I mean, six months ago, I was, you know stealing candy from babies. And now, everybody wants me to be this Lady of the Court, and I have no idea how to keep up the act."

"Then don't." Carlos and I both said, and we locked eyes, smiling at one another.

"See? This was dumb." Jay began standing up.

"Sit your ass down, Jay." I ordered, and he exhaled loudly, coming back down with a thud.

"Maybe it wasn't. We're always gonna be the kids from the Isle. I tried to forget it, I really tried." Evie sighed, holding Mal's other hand.

"But..we can't. It's our roots, it made us who we are today. We stole and fought our way around..to survive. And we've never been or are gonna be normal and that's fine." I explained, running a hand through my hair.

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

"No." Eve shook her head.

"Yeah, I mean, especially without my spell book." M spoke up after a bit.

"Well, if Ben doesn't love the real you, then he's not the one." De Vil said.

"I like that." Evie shook her head.

"Give him a chance."

"We're gonna make some changes to your dress, and if you're up for it, only if you're up for it, it'll be waiting for you, okay?" E smiled gently, glancing at me signalling that I was going to help her again.

Eve and I both hugged her before standing up. I stood up with Dude in my arms, then gave him to the boy. "Thanks, white hair."

He chuckled as I kissed his cheek, walking off with E.

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I finished aiding Evie with Mal's dress for tonight and was just taking a stroll around outside, on the phone with Lonnie. I changed a while ago and now wore a plain baggy green hoodie and a white tennis skirt, paired with gold jewelry and my black booties. "So, did you get on the team?"

"No.." I heard her say sadly.

"What?" I furrowed my brows, eyes wide.

"I'm the captain!" She squealed loudly, so loud I removed the phone from my ear.

"Congratulations! See, he always listens to me." I smirked, rolling my eyes even though she couldn't see it. Suddenly, Carlos had run in front of me.

"Esme! Esme! Hey, hey! Uh.." He yelled, catching my attention.

"Oh, hey, white hair. How's the new captain?" I asked, cocking a brow while showing him my phone which showed Lonnie's name at the top, revealing the fact I was on the phone with her.

"Um..she's great, I'm really happy for her. Anyway-"

"I know right? I had to talk to Jay for him to do it and he did. No idea why, but he always listens to m-" I shrugged,

"Esme." He held both of my shoulders to stop me from talking.

"Carlos..?" I repeated like him as I always did, cocking a brow.

"Will y-you go to Cotillion w-with me?" He stuttered and I froze with a blank expression. After a moment of me being frozen, he sighed, looking glum at my response, which was nothing. "You know what, whatever, it's, like, fine.."

Carlos turned around and began to leave before I grabbed his wrist, spinning him to face me, and smashing my lips onto his. By now I had hung up on Lonnie, shoving the device in my front pocket. My hands were cupping his jaw as he unconsciously went to my waist. Subsequently, we pulled apart for air. He stared down at me, both our cheeks red.

"Yes, I'll go with you and maybe we can be something more after that." I smirked, pecking his lips again.

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