Roses and Hooks /// Harry Hook

Chapter 20: Rage and Hatred

3rd POV

The last person to get in the limo is Mal, who sits next to Ben awkwardly. Jay sits in the front and starts the car. He sees Harry come running down an alley, having had to take the long way since Mal had kicked the bridge into the water. Jay didn't feel like being completely gutted into pieces by a hook, so he drove off leaving a screaming Harry behind, throwing things at the car.

"I'm sorry that things didn't go the way you wanted them to." Ben tells Mal as she tries to stop the nosebleed that Rose had given her twice. The tiny girl could pack a punch, she'd give her that. Mal never expected she'd have to find out just how much of a punch herself, however.

"I mean, as long as you're safe." Mal says, trying to hide how much she's hurting. In the span of a day, she's managed to run away, end her relationship, get in a fight with pirates, and then shatter her best friend. Who is currently slouched next to Evie.

"Well, at least I got to see the Isle. They're my people, too. Uma and Rose helped me see that." Ben tells her, looking at his sister. He also didn't want to take her away. He had been really skeptical at first, but after seeing Harry and his sister run around on the ship, laughing and playing, he knew that's where his sister belonged. He could see that, despite their madness and tempers, they brought out the soft sides in each other. He also noticed that Harry only looks at Rose that way, and no one else.

"Ben. Uma kidnapped you." Mal tells him, trying to get him to see her side. She didn't mention Rose because the girl is a sore subject for all of them, especially after seeing her break into pieces and fight so hard to get back to Harry.

"She's an angry girl with a bad plan. That wasn't so different from you when you got to Auradon." Mal's shocked and offended. If Rose had been awake, she'd have been proud of him for that. He's finally starting to see what she had been talking about all along, and he's starting to try to make a difference again.

Several minutes go by, and Carlos raises his hand to get everyone's attention. Of course, he's the only one to be thinking rationally between the whole group as he voices the one question that none of them had stopped to think about.

"Uh, not to cause alarm or anything, but, uh...what do we do when she wakes up and hates us all?" Carlos asks, pointing to the pirate girl in the seat next to him. Mal's eyes widen and they all look at each other. She hadn't thought that far, only worrying about getting her and Ben away. She didn't even think about how angry the girl will be, and after what she saw, she'll admit she's afraid of the damage they had potentially caused.

"Uh, I didn't actually think we'd get her away, so..." Mal says, and Carlos stares at her while Evie's jaw drops. This did not bode well for the small group seeing as the rumors on the Isle suggests that when pulled apart, Harry and Rose become homicidally insane.

"So, you mean to tell me that you caused a fight, kidnapped a girl who clearly didn't want to be taken all while shattering her heart in the process? Seriously? Thanks, Mal. You probably killed what little sanity Harry brought to her." Evie snaps, shocking everyone. Carlos and Ben agree with her, and they nod their head to say that. Mal shakes her head, not believing that everyone is turning on her.

"Awkward." Dude says.

"Dude, just because you can talk, doesn't mean you should." Carlos tells his dog and looks out the window. Please, whatever god that's listening, please don't let Rose completely lose it on them.

Rose POV

My eyes feel heavy as I lift them, my vision slowly clearing. I'm in the back of the limo, and I watch as is passes the barrier. Pain in my chest explodes as I realize that they actually took me from Harry. That I'm stuck in Auradon once again. The one place I hate to be, and never wanted to return to.

The car stops and we all get out, the others eyeing me cautiously as I get out behind them. Not like I can do anything at the current moment. I'm in hell, and there isn't anything that can fix this because I know they'll never leave me alone after all of this. I close my eyes and lean against the car, going into my head and ignoring them completely.

Why did they have to be this cruel? I thought they wanted to be good, and yet they did something that their parents would do. This would be the part of my mom's story where Gaston has her locked away in the town while he goes to kill my dad. Only, there's no lock and I'm not living a fairy tale where I can break free and race off to save my pirate. I'll never be free again.

"I'm sorry." I hear quietly next to me, and I look out of the corner of my eye to see Evie looking at me with tears in her eyes. "I didn't know. I would've let you stay on the Isle, or at least tried to help stop them from taking you." She tells me, and I just stare at her.

Is she being genuine, or is this just another trick? Does she actually care, or is she just trying to save herself? I've seen the crew do it with Harry several times. I can still feel the weight of my necklace under my shirt, and I vow to never let them take it from me. I'll die first.

Evie sighs and walks back over to Mal, grabbing her and walking away. Carlos grabs my arm and drags me behind them, Jay following. I can see the worry in their faces because I haven't said or done anything. I've stayed silent, and I'm never silent. However, I have nothing to say to them seeing as they clearly don't care about anyone but themselves. They obviously don't care about me or my feelings at all.

"No, stop." The two turn to look at Carlos. "You guys are always running off to do whatever, but we're your family, too. So, sit. Everyone sit." He drops to the ground, pulling me with him. The others follow hesitantly, and soon, we're all in a circle. Great, can I go home now? "I don't actually know how to start girl talk."

The four of them chuckle, and I wrap my arms around my legs, laying my head on my knees. I look out at the Isle, and I can feel myself breaking more and more. No more laughing while Gil tries to inhale every piece of food he can find. No more laughing with Uma as we scare people and help momma with the Shop. No more momma telling me that it's ok to be who I am, no matter what. And Harry...I squeeze my eyes shut and try to block it out. Just the thought of him brings a whole new wave of pain.

"Um, well. I'm a mess. I'm such a disastrous mess. I mean, a little over six months ago, we were tearing up the Isle together, and now...now I have to be this perfect princess. And I have no idea how to do that and keep up the act." Then do what I told you weeks ago and stop. Stop being fake. My brother loves you for you, not for whatever fake version you want. I roll my eyes and look at the waves of the ocean, thinking about just leaving altogether. I wonder if I could leave on my yacht and never come back.

"Then don't. We're always going to be those kids from the Isle. Those are our roots, but we're also from Auradon. We have roots here too. So, all we can do is be ourselves because we can't be anybody else." Carlos says, and I nearly snort. Good luck getting through to her. She's more stubborn than Uma.

"I like that." Evie says, smiling. They all look at me and I just ignore them. What do they want me to say? That I'm happy to be back? That I wanted to leave everyone I love and trust to come back to this pit of snakes? Thank you?! I can feel my temper start to rise again, but I force it down. I refuse to give them the satisfaction of knowing that they can affect me. I hate them with everything I have, and I'm willing to wait until I can have my chance to show them just how much.