Once Upon a Time

Chapter 3

~ Third person pov ~

Evie was frozen in place as she watched Deuce fight off the delinquents. He had never seen Deuce so angry before.

Delinquent A:" This guy's outta his mind!"

Delinquent B: "Bwah! L-let's get outta here!"

Deuce: "Next time you eat an egg, you better apologize a hundred times, you buncha chumps!"

Evie : " wow, Deuce calm down, what happened? I've never seen you like this before"

Deuce: "I did it again, didn't I...? ARGH! I was dead-set on becoming an honor student this time, too!"

Deuce: "When I was in middle school, I was pretty wild.
I cut school all the time and got in fights.
I called my teachers names, hung out with bullies, bleached my hair...
I blasted around tight curves on my Magic Wheel...
I'd show off my magic to kids who couldn't use it yet... I was a total punk."

Evie : " that explains a lot"

Deuce: "But one night, I saw my mom talking on the phone to my grandma. She was trying to hide from me, but I saw her, and I could tell she was in tears.
She was saying how she must have been a horrible mom, and that maybe she never should have tried to raise me by herself.
That had nothin' to do with it! She hadn't done anything wrong. It was all me.
When the carriage came to take me to Night Raven College, she was so happy for me.
I decided then and there that this time, I wouldn't do anything to make her cry.
This time, I'd become an honor student - someone she could be proud of.
And I already messed it all up!"

Evie : " so i'm not into all this feelings but... i think you can be a good student. And it doesn't matter that you got angry, I mean, who doesn't? and I was truly glad of it when I saw you crush them. Also Those eggs weren't the type that hatch."

Deuce: "Wha- WHAAAAAT?! Are you kidding me?!"

Kitchen

Ace: "Ah, you're finally back! Took ya long enough."

Trey: "Let's get this tart-y started!"

Evie : "um, Trey can you teach me how to make a tart?"

Trey : " of course! Came here"

Evie walked over to Trey's side and started making every move he was making. He started to struggle when he had to do the stuffing. Trey understood and approached her. He went behind her and took her hands. Evie was slightly taller than him so Tray's face was on her neck. Evie's blush rivaled a tomato.

He took her hands and started moving them properly to achieve the filling. "try not to put too much because it will come out during the baking" he whispered in her ear making her blush even more.

"now, try it yourself" he said and moved away from her.

Trey: "Okay, now we just sprinkle on a little powdered sugar, and..."

Grim & Ace: " Finished!"

Deuce: "Fin...ished..."

Ace: "Did something happen to him while you were shopping?"

Evie : " let him work through this one himself."

Deuce:" For sixteen years, I was so sure..."

Ace: " Yeah, whatever. I'm pretty beat. Making tarts sure takes it outta you."

Cater: "Hey fam! You look wrecked. Are the tarts done? Ooh, those look sooo cute!
Lemme snap a quick pic for Magicam!"

Ace: "What, NOW you decide to show up?"