The Fifth VK (book two)

4.

I left Carlos and Jay with Dude. Well, Carlos, Jay was already dead a sleep. I went to my dorm and changed my clothes. [The one in the photo] I left my dorm and saw Ivy and Elias. They were holding hands. Aww. I'm glad last night went well for them. Ivy saw me and tapped Elias to get his attention. He looked at me, and I waved. He ran over to me. "Hey, Y/n." He greets. "I'm glad to see you two together." I wink. He scratches the back of his head and laughs embarrassed. "Yeah, she's great." He takes his backpack off himself. "Here I got you something." He pulls out a box of chocolates. "It's caramel chocolates. Your favorite, right?" He hands me the box. "Yeah, spot on." I give a light laugh. "Thanks. You're a good friend, Elias." I give him a warm smile. "Oh, I doubt that." He says under his breath. I place my hand on his arm. "Elias, please don't beat yourself up for last night. I didn't take it to heart. I promise." He drops his head. "Hey, fall break, will you take me to Arendelle?" He perks up. "I'd love to show you it." My smile returns. "Thanks, you're the best." He steps back from me. "I'm, I'm gonna go back to Ivy." I hold down a laugh. "Go get him tiger." I tease. He runs back to her. Ivy looks at me. I give her a thumb up and blow her a kiss. She blows me a kiss in return. I turned around swiftly, but I stood face to face with Rupert. "OHMY- Rupert, hi." I say. He chuckles. "Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." He stated. We shared a quick kiss. He placed his hands on my arms. "Do you have any plans?" He asks. "Uh, nope. Nothing." He smiles. "How about we go to the enchanted lake? Just the two of us." He caresses one of my arms. I bite my lower lip. "Sure, let's do it." He kissed my cheek. "I'll see you." Before he let's me go, Jay, Carlos, Evie, and Ben come up to us. "Y/n, can we talk?" Evie asks. She looked nervous. They all looked on edge. "Yeah, what's wrong?" I say. "Is everything alright?" Rupert asks, concerned. "Um..." Evie was holding something back. "It's ok, E. You can say it." She looks at Rupert, then at me. "Mal's gone back to the Isle." My heart skipped a beat. "What?"
"Are you sure?" Rupert asks and holds me steady. "Yeah. We're going back to find her. Y/n, we need your help." Evie steps closer to us. Rupert looks at me for an answer. "Yeah, of course." I say. "I'll go too. You guys can use all the help you can get." Rupert offers. I look back at him. "Are you sure? If my mother finds out you're -"
"She won't find out. You guys can use all the help you can get." Rupert defends. I stop to think. I would feel stronger if he went with me, but I was anxious that my mother would put a bounty on him. I sigh. "If you're sure."
"Ok, let's go." Evie says.

"Jay, keys, remote." Ben tosses him. We run down the stairs. "Wait." Evie says. We stop and look at her. "Something's wrong." She gets closer to Ben. She pulls Ben's beenie down. "Oh." Ben says and just looks at her. "There." Evie says. "Shotgun." We hear a voice call behind us. We see Dude. Jay, Evie, Rupert, and Ben look confused. "No, Dude, stay. The Isle is way too dangerous." Dude scoffs. "Did he just... " Ben says. "Talk? Yeah, I know. I'll tell you later." Rupert opens the car door for me. Jay just stands there confused. I grab his arm. "I knew it wasn't a dream." He says as I push him in the car. "Let's go." Ben stated. "Yeah." Evie wispers. Jay turns the car on. "Okay, once we cross the bridge, park under the pier in the old garage. Got it?" Evie instructs. "Got it." Jay says. We drive away. I pull a beenie from my bag. I placed it on Rupert. "You're invisible. Got it?" I remind. He nods. "Got it." I gave him a pair of sunglasses. He takes them. I lean back and sigh. "It's ok. We'll make it." Rupert encourages. He gives me a kiss on my cheek. He gives me one on the other cheek and one on the lips. I hug him. I needed to feel his warmth. The drive was quick, and we parked. We quickly got out. "Ben, Y/n, help me with the tarp." Carlos says. We walk over and throw it over the limo. "It's really weird being back here." Evie wipsers. I link my arm with hers. "We'll get in and get out." Jay ensures. "Jay." Carlos throws another cloth on the limo. We hid the rest of the limo. "Hey, what's in here?" We all look up to see Ben. We run over to him. "You don't want to know." Jay says. "Hey, guys." Carlos says. "Keep it chill, all right? The last thing we need is our parents figuring out we're here." Anxiety grabs my nerves. Rupert held my hand. I look at him. He nods. I steady myself. I nod to him.