Listen To Your Heart

Confused

Jay was confused. And not his normal confused. Like when the teacher talked about complicated math or chemistry. That was Evie's thing, and tourney was his. That and having every girl, except Mal and Evie, swoon over him. Well almost every girl. There was one that evaded his advances like he had the plague. Audrey.

No, he was not crushing on Sleeping Beauty's daughter. Jay never got crushes on girls, because he was a free man who never got tied down, and he never falls in love. But something about the way that Audrey would flip her hair and scoff at him every time he flirted, made him that much more determined to make her swoon. He was a thief by nature and he always wanted what he could never have.

It was a particularly warm day in Auradon when Carlos came up and snapped him out of his daze, to which he realized he had been staring,at none other than of the Princess of Auradon Prep herself. He ditched poor Carlos because he had tourney, leaving him with Jane, a personal favor if you ask him, since Carlos has been crushing on her since they arrived. Jay made a mental note to ask about how it went later, knowing he'd tease Carlos mercilessly, just to see him get worked up.

He finally arrived at the tourney field and made his way to the lockers to change into his tourney clothes. When he stepped out, he noticed that everyone was waiting for him, and that the cheerleaders had already began practicing. Great. He'd have to walk past Audrey. Wait, why was he nervous all of a sudden? He never got nervous. Something was wrong with him. He'd have to ask Evie and Mal later.

As practice began, Jay realized he was out of his element and was completely unfocused. The coach kept yelling at him to get his head in the game, but for some reason Audrey kept finding her way into his brain. Eventually he gave up and went up to the coach.

"Hey coach!" He yelled. " I'm not feeling so hot. Can I leave practice early to rest."

Usually the coach wouldn't let his players leave early, especially with such an important game coming up, but Jay was one of his best players, and he couldn't afford to have Jay not doing his best. "Fine. I think some rest would do you good. It'll refresh you for tomorrow's game. Feel better, the team is counting on you. The iron fist."

Jay laughed at the coaches joke about what he said his first day of practice. He passed the cheerleaders, sending them winks and waves as he walked. Most of them asked him if he was okay, to which he replied he was just tired. As he made his way off the tourney field he turned around for a second to look for Audrey. He noticed she was watching him leave. She looked genuinely concerned about him. He turned around and kept walking. He must of imagined it. There was no way Audrey actually cared about him. Right?
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Jay makes his way to Evie and Mal's dorm, hoping that one if them would be there. Just his luck that he saw Ben returning Mal to her dorm. He internally chuckled at how dorky and uncool Ben was around Mal. She's got him wound around her little finger and she didn't even know it.

"I'll see you tomorrow,okay?" Ben said as he kissed her hand and turned on his heel heading to his dorm. Mal smiled, blushing, and unlocked her dorm.

"Hey Mal!" Jay said. The girl jumped and had to cover her mouth to muffle her scream.

"Seriously," she said angrily. "You guys need to stop doing that! First Carlos, and now you. You guys are gonna give me a heart attack."
Jay just laughed at her reaction. And evaded the punch she threw his way.

"Is there anything you need? Or are you just here to annoy me again?" Mal said, still annoyed. Jay stopped laughing and remembered the reason for his visit.