Listen To Your Heart

Sweeter Than Chocolate

Carlos stepped onto the lush green grass of the courtyard at Auradon Prep. He scanned the area to look for his friends to sit and eat his lunch. He sighed in frustration, finding them to be nowhere to be seen.

Just as he was about to accept defeat, he spotted Mal at one of the back tables, that was blocked from his line of vision. She was reading the spell book in her hands intently. She was so lost in her own little world, she didn't hear her friend

"Hey Mal, lunch?" Carlos greeted. Mal jumped, startled by the sudden appearance of the De Vil boy.

"Oh, Carlos, it's just you." She let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding. "You scared me!" She smacked him on his head. Carlos laughed.

" So lunch?"

" Um, no. Sorry, but I promised Ben that I'd attend a picnic with him and his parents, so I can't. But tomorrow, okay?" Mal apologized.

" Sure, whatever. Hurry,your king awaits." Carlos teased, bowing. Mal blushed and pushed him, as he burst out laughing.

"Later hater!"she yelled over her shoulder, seeking out her boyfriend.

Carlos was still laughing as he caught sight of Evie and Jay at another table. He walked over, noticing the headmistress's daughter sitting there, too.

"Hey guys!" He greeted.

" Hi Carlos! Bye Carlos!" Evie said excitedly.

"Really? You're ditching us, too? Carlos said. Then his frown turned into a smirk. "So what, you're gonna meet up with your boyfriend? Gonna go and 'study' with Doug?"

"I wish. Besides he's not my boyfriend, yet. I mean, he hasn't asked me out yet. After he snubbed us, I was really upset and things got awkward and after the coronation, I don't even know what we are. But if you must know, I'm tutoring some younger kids at the library and Doug has a study group." Evie turned on her heel in the direction of the library, eating an apple Doug had given her earlier.

"Well Jay, I guess it's just us," Carlos said as he set down his tray. Jay was staring at Audrey, who was sitting across the courtyard with her prissy princess friends. Carlos snapped in his face to bring him out of his daze. "Jay! Lunch?"

"Sorry man,I can't." Jay said. " I already ate and have to go to tourney practice earlier today because we have a big game this Friday. But I'll see you later, ok?"

"Yeah whatever. See, these crazy practices are exactly why I quit. That and I was tired of being  used as a human dummy." Jay laughed and then ran up to the other guys as they walked towards the tourney field.

Carlos sighed. Now he had to eat by himself. He looked around. There was barely anybody left because after lunch it's free period. He looked over to his right and saw Fairy Godmother's daughter sitting by herself at the end of the table. He got up and set his tray next to hers.

"Hey. Is this seat taken?"Carlos smiled at her, hoping she'd say no. He remembered her because Mal gave her a makeover as part of their plan to steal Fairy Godmother's wand. He found her intriguing, ever since she walked into their remedial goodness class. He remembered feeling kind of bad for her because she was so scared of them and Jay laughing at her.

"Um, no. You can sit there if you like.." She said timidly. Carlos knew she wasn't scared of him anymore, she was just REALLY painfully shy.

"Jane, is it?" She nodded her head as he sat down to enjoy his lunch. He always thought she was kind of pretty, even with the disaster that was her hair. However, on closer inspection, he realized that her hair was magically fixed, again. "Mal spelled your hair?"