in this moment, carlos realised how truly lucky he was to have someone like cordelia always by his side. although, it was unclear what exactly they were he was just grateful to have her and he felt like the luckiest guy in the world.
snapping him out of his thoughts, the loud sound of the metal guard door opened to reveal mal with a sad expression on her face. they all huddled together, to begin taking about what they were going to do about uma.
"there's no way we're gonna give uma the wand." evie said, watching as mal paced back and forth in distress. "we can't just let her destroy auradon."
"if uma doesn't get the wand, then ben is toast guys." carlos added, his face resting in his palms.
"great, so.." evie began. "we're gonna give uma out of all people, the wand." she spoke quickly, looking between all her friends.
"do we have another choice?" jay interjected, raising his hands up in defeat.
before they could argue any futher, mal interrupted with an idea. "wait! you guys!" mal pointed towards carlos and jay. "your 3D printer!"
"a phony wand?" cordelia chimed in, with an eyebrow raised.
"yes!" mal confirmed excitedly.
"in my sleep." carlos finished, nodding in agreement feeling a little silly for taking him so long to come up with the conclusion.
"and the second uma tests it, she'll know it's fake." evie said, feeling defeated while pointing out the potential risk.
"well, okay, so then we just get ben out really fast." mal exclaimed. "we need some kind of diversion."
"smoke bombs." jay announced, his friends nodding in agreement.
"that's perfect. i'll get the chemicals i need from lady tremaine's place. that could work." evie beamed, walking towards mal and complementing her new hair. "oh, and sick hair, by the way. evil step mum seriously stepped up her game."
"okay, do you want to know something?" mal smiled, running a hand through her hair. "dizzy did this."
"little dizzy? shut up!"
"i know. i'm like, loving it." as the two girls caught up, jay, carlos and cordelia all sat in silence. while jay and carlos looked a little annoyed, cordelia couldn't help but smile as they reconnected.
"it's like a lot tighter."
"i'm really proud of her."
carlos cleared his throat, the two girls heads snapping towards him. "hello?"
"right." evie said, as mal clapped her hands together.
"carlos, jay and cordelia you meet us at pirates bay. no later than noon." mal declared, the three nodding. "and you guys, losing.. is not an option. cause we're rotten.."
"to the core." the four vk's finished, except for cordelia who just laughed softly.
~
carlos and cordelia walked hand in hand back to the limo, seeking comfort with each other's presence. they rushed to take the tarps off and all quickly assemble into the limo. jay jumped into the drivers seat, while carlos and cordelia jumped into the back.
cordelia ran a hand through her hair, the events from just mere hours ago running through her mind. she closed her eyes and laid her head back against the window. "come here." carlos motioned for her to turn, so her back was facing him.
she decided not to question it and agree, turning around. he took her waist length hair and began brushing through it with the small foldable hair brush that was in the girls pocket. "do you want to talk about what happened now?"
