Fate's Gift

Chapter 7: Prince Charming Jr.

The scene changed to Evie and Doug in chemistry class. Evie was staring dreamily at Chad, who wasn't paying attention to the teacher, and asked Doug if he was in line for a throne. Anywhere in line.

"Walk away!" One of the girls in the audience warned.

"Run away! Avoid at all costs!" Another shouted.

Cinderella turned to Chad, her eyes dark. "What did you do?" She demanded, as Chad sunk into his seat.

"Nothing," Chad mumbled.

"Chadwick Charming!"

"Why does it matter?" Chad asked. "It's no big deal."

"NO BIG DEAL?" Ebba stood up abruptly, "You're a two-timing jerk who manipulated a bunch of girls to do your homework for you!"

"WHAT?" Kit and Ella both exclaimed. Chad was even deeper in his seat, as more and more girls spoke up after Ebba.

"Took me on a date only to-"

"-math homework for three weeks! Three weeks!"

"And you never called back-"

A shrill whistle was heard throughout the room, and the goddess of the Underworld stepped forward, looking around at the previously shouting girls. "While I agree that what this boy did was wrong, now is not the time to share all the stories." She told the girls, before grinning, "Although what you talk about at breaks is up to you."

The girls started to sit, most throwing glares at the prince, and Ella leaned forward to hiss in Chad's ear. "We will be discussing this later."

With a sigh, Doug explained who Chad was, and Evie visibly perked up at the mention of Cinderella.

"I look up to her," Evie said quietly as questioning gazes turned her way. "I grew up similarly."

In the back, Snow White's chest started to tighten. She began to wonder if perhaps Grimhilde and Evie's relationship wasn't as good as she first thought it was.

"Chad inherited the charm, but not a lot of there, there. Know what I mean?"

"Hey!" Chad protested, while snickers were heard throughout the room.

"Well, he's not wrong!" Someone called out, making the prince scowl more.

The chemistry teacher, Mr. Deley, called on Evie. He implied that this was just a review for her, and asked her what the average weight of silver is.

"Does he always act like that?" Tiana asked Tyrone, who was currently taking chemistry.

"Rude? Yeah." Tyrone said. "He's a kiss up to most of the princes. He doesn't like me though," He added, "Because I called him out on it once. Got send to the headmistress for that."

Naveen sighed, "So that's what that was about." He remembered the phone call from Fairy Godmother, but all that had been said was that Tyrone had been rude to a teacher. His son wasn't generally like that, but it was the start of the school year and he had assumed that it was stress related. No other incidents came, and honestly he and Tiana had forgotten about it.

"He's also sexist." Teresa added, with an unusual scowl on her face. "You should have seen the shouting match that he and Violet got into last year."

Her parents shared a concerned look, as did other parents in the room. Mulan and Merida were both fuming as their daughters told them more stories about the chemistry teacher and his treatment of females in his class.

In the front, Fairy Godmother frowned. She had been hearing more and more complaints about Mr. Deley recently, and from what she was seeing and hearing now, things were worse than she had originally thought.