Listen To Your Heart

Misunderstanding

Prom 12:34 p.m.

Evie was currently trying to read a book in the commons, picking at her salad. She kept glancing up at Doug at another table talking to Crystal. Evie rolled her eyes. Crystal was practically throwing herself at him and he was as oblivious as ever. Evie had to fight herself to not throw a book at her. She sighed and continued trying to read her book. But it was easier said than done. She couldn't help but judge how Crystal didn't pluck her brows, her lipstick was on her teeth, and Evie could smell her cheap perfume from where she was sitting. Evie loved apples, but Crystal's sickeningly sweet perfume could give a skunk a run for its money.

Crystal was giving Doug an earful as the poor boy tried to enjoy his pasta and study. He looked very uncomfortable with her closeness and disregarded the blatant flirting as just a friendly gesture. Evie sighed. For a nerd, he was pretty dense. He obviously doesn't know how to tell if a girl likes him. Evie thought she had made it pretty obvious she liked him, but her signs must have been misread. And she was pretty sure Doug liked her back, ever since he met her. But maybe he just moved on to someone better. Why would he pick a villain's kid when he could have Crystal White? The girl was rolling around in money, was decently pretty, and Snow White and Dopey were BFFs. She was just the smart girl he hung out with. At least they were still friends. That, she supposed, she could live with.

Suddenly she screamed when someone came up behind her and put a hand on her shoulder. She grabbed their hand and flipped them on the ground. She turned to see who she attacked. There,lying in the hard ground, was a very hurt Jay.

"Oh my gosh! Jay!" She exclaimed, helping him up. "I didn't know it was you."

"Remember to never sneak up on you," Jay groaned. He took her hand and hoisted himself up.He then proceeded to sit on the bench, wincing in pain.

Evie giggled nervously. "Yeah....sorry. I didn't mean for that to happen. You just scared me. You want some lunch?"

"No, I'm not hungry," Jay spat. Evie looked offended, until she realized the anger wasn't directed at her. He was seething and glaring at Audrey and Florian eating lunch together at a table across the commons. Audrey was giggling and hugging Florian. Florian was flashing his signature smile, hugging her right back. Jay practically had steam coming out of his ears. Safe to say Evie felt the same way about Doug and Crystal.

"Um..Jay aware you okay?"

"Yeah. Fine. You just bruised me a little. Why do you ask?"

Evie rolled her eyes and put he hands on her hips. "That's not what I'm talking about," she said, pointing to Audrey.

"Look, I'm fine, okay?"

"You sure?"

Jay sighed. "I'm positive. Besides we have a lot to do."

"We do?"

"My makeover.."

"You still want to do that?"

"Yeah.I want to continue my makeover, you know...since I ran away," Jay laughed.

Evie giggled. "Yeah, I was pretty sure you were never gonna talk to me agin. Sorry about your hair, but when I said complete makeover, I meant complete makeover ."

Jay chuckled. "Nah, it's cool. It looks great and it's the first step to my plan."

"What plan?"

"Get a new look, stroke my ego and get a whole new swagger."

Evie rolled her eyes. "Okay? You've officially lost it. But I guess this is a good distraction." She stops because Crystal laughed obnoxiously loud. "I'm this close to chucking my lunch at Crystal." Jay laughed. Evie sighed and looked down at the floor, close to tears. She looked up at Doug and Crystal, who were adamantly talking about something. Jay noticed her crying and wiped a tear off her face.

"Hey. Don't cry over that jerk. There's other guys. And as your unofficial older brother, I will punch whoever hurts you right in the feelings."

Evie laughed, wiping her tears with Jay's red beanie. "Unofficial older brother? You're only like 3 months older than me. And I'm still older than Mal. By like a month." She pouted, crossing her arms over her chest. Jay laughed, grabbed her hand and headed towards  the girl dorms.

"Come on! We got a lot of work to do!" He yelled, laughing. Evie giggled and ran with him, glad to have a great friend like him. Their yelling and running drew the attention of all the students eating lunch in the commons, including Audrey and Jay. Audrey clenched her teeth, excused herself from the table and ran away to her room, practically in tears and she didn't even know why. Doug sat dejectedly, not paying attention to anything Crystal was saying.

He couldn't believe it. Jay and Evie. Together. Holding hands. Flirting. He should've known. He didn't ask her out, so someone was bound to take her. Not that she was interested in him. She made that pretty clear when she encouraged him to go to prom with Crystal. How did he compare to Jay? He didn't. Jay was the coolest guy in school, a tourney champion, and one of her best friends. He was the geek in the marching band, who couldn't even tell her how he feels.

Doug sighed. He turned his attention back to Crystal. But he couldn't help but look back at Jay and Evie's retreating figures. They were holding hands and chasing each other. He wished he had that kind of relationship with her. Maybe they were supposed to be just friends. He didn't want to ruin that because he decided to have feelings for her. She's a great friend, and that's all she'll ever be.

"Doug, are you even listening to me?" Crystal asked ,annoyed.

"I'm sorry, what?" Doug asked.

Crystal rolled her eyes. "I was saying that I'm excited for prom today. Have you gotten your tux, yet?"

Doug nodded. "Yeah I got the burgundy one that you said matched your gold dress."

Crystal rolled her eyes again and huffed. "Didn't you get my text message? I told you I changed my dress to hot pink. You have to get the white tux now so we look cute together! Gosh, Doug can you get anything right?" She playfully punched him in the arm, so he knew she was kidding. She had a tendency to overdramatize things to joke around. "But seriously, white tux!" She shooed him away to get his tux situation fixed.

Doug got up and left towards his room, to get his suit and exchange it. Hopefully it wasn't too late. It was too late for other things, but there was nothing he could do about it now. Evie had Jay and he was happy with Crystal. Everything was right with the works and everything is like it's supposed to be.

Right?