Listen To Your Heart

The Apology

Carlos was fidgeting in his tux. His eyes were scanning his surroundings looking for something in particular. He saw Ben and Mal chatting with King Beast and Queen Belle. Audrey was having an intense stare off with Jay, while Evie just stared heartbroken at Doug and Crystal dancing. Doug was an exceptionally good dancer, Carlos noted. Sure enough, Evie had enough and dragged Jay to the dance floor. Not surprisingly Audrey dragged poor Florian by his collar, his drink spilling to the floor.

Carlos turned back to his previous task but realized that Jane had yet to arrive to the dance. It had only been 20 minutes, but the dance was in full swing and Jane was never one to be late. Annabelle finally returned from gossiping with her friends in the bathroom.

"Want to dance?" She asked.

"Sure," he nodded.

They made their way to the dance floor just as the DJ put on a slow song. Carlos felt a little awkward because he'd never danced with a girl to a slow song and he wasn't sure how to approach the subject. Annabelle  looked impatient at him, waiting for him to take her hand, but he just stood there, unsure of what to do.

"Carlos, what are you waiting for?" She asked. "Haven't you ever danced with a girl before?"

He stayed silent and she already knew his answer. She was about to reply when there was a collective gasp around them. They both looked to where everyone else was and Carlos had to do a double take. At the top of the balcony stood Jane wearing his coat over the most gorgeous dress he'd ever seen. Ali was currently helping her with her coat and the couple walked down the steps. But all Carlos could do was stare at how beautiful Jane looked.

His date was aware of his lack of attention. "Carlos!" Annabelle yelled." Carlos I'm over here!"

"Hmm, what?" Carlos said, snapped out of his reverie

"I can't believe it," Annabelle said with disgust. "I go through all the trouble of stealing Jane's dress of course you're still in love with her! Well guess what? I'm dumping you. Have a good life!" She turned on her heel and walked over to where some of her friends were.

Carlos just stood there dazed as to what had just happened. Him in love with Jane? Annabelle was crazy! And now he didn't have a date. He made his way to his table and decide to drown his sorrow with chocolate.
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Mal was looking around, anxious. Ben noticed this and they excused themselves from his parents. They made their way to the lunch table when Ben spoke up. "Mal what is the matter with you?"

Mal looked at him mischievously. "Nothing..." She replied. Ben frowned, knowing she was up to something.

"Mal..-"

"Everything's ready Mal," Chad said walking up to them. "We're just waiting for your signal."

"Ok great!" Mal said making her way to the stage, with an nervous Chad and confused Ben at her heels.

She got up and grabbed a microphone from the DJ. "Hello Auradon!" She yelled, receiving applause. "How's everybody doing? Well as a special treat we have the one and only Chad Charming performing a song!"

Chad got up on stage and was met with a lot of booing. He took the microphone from Mal and prepared for the worst. "Okay,okay. I know I may have done some things in the past and most of the female population probably hates me. And for that I'm sorry." There was s murmur across the audience of disbelief at Chad Charming apologizing. "If I have ever lied to you, cheated on you, used you, taken advantage of you, I truly am sorry. The villain's kids could change and I want to as well. Especially because there's this girl that makes me want to change. This song is for her."

Everyone stood in silence as he reached for his guitar and began strumming. Mal just smirked  while Ben stood intrigued at the idea of Chad singing.

"Ooh oh oh
Ooh oh oh
Ooh oh yeah

Standing under moonlight
on the other side of where
I should be

While you're dancing and laughing
Oh how I wish that were me

And I'm staring, not caring
Cuz I can't take my eyes off of you

And you're happy without me
Like  I always knew

I know, I made you cry
I know I broke you're heart
I know I can't take it back
I know you found love
I know you moved on
But could you give me one more chance?

Because you're crazy beautiful
And you drive me wild
And there's something so amazing
About the way that you smile
And when I see you with him
It kills me inside
No matter how hard I try
I just can't get you out of my mind

Standing in the corner
on the other of where I belong

I don't blame you for not forgiving
Everything that I've done wrong

I've made mistakes, I say I've changed
But you still don't believe it

But here I am in front of you
Trying to give you a reason

I know I made you hurt
I know I don't deserve you
I know I can't take everything back
I know you probably hate me
I know you want me to leave
But here I am asking for one more chance

Because you're crazy beautiful
And you drive me wild
And there's something so amazing
About the way that you smile
And when I see you with him
It kills me inside
But no matter how hard I try
I just can't get you out f my mind

And you're crazy wonderful
The way that you are
And there's no other like you
Because you have my heart
And here I am taking
A shot in the dark
So can you forgive
Can we restart?"

Chad made his way towards Lonnie singing the chorus softly.

"Because you're crazy beautiful
And you drive me wild
And there's something so amazing
About the way that you smile
And when I see you without me
It kills me inside
And no matter how hard I try
I just can't get you out of my mind."

Chad stood in front of a shocked Lonnie: the entire room was silent, waiting intently.

"Wow,"was all she could say.

"Lonnie, I'm so sorry for everything," Chad apologized. "Could you find it your heart to forgive me."

"Yeah," she said, hugging him.

"In that case, would you give me the honor of being my prom date?" Chad asked holding out a rose to her. Lonnie gasped.

"Yes!"

"She said yes!" Chad yelled. The room erupted in applause and hollering. Chad led Lonnie to the dance floor as the DJ started playing music.

Mal laughed and smiled at her two happy friends. Ben took her hand and led her to a table.

"Mal, did you have something to do with what happened?" Ben asked his girlfriend.

"What, no. This was all his idea, but he asked for my help. I couldn't just say no," Mal said. "Besides they make such a cute couple." She pointed to where Chad was spinning Lonnie and they were happily dancing. Ben smiled at his friends new found happiness.

"Well, okay. But promise me that you won't interfere anymore."

"I promise."

"Okay, well I'm going to go dance with my mom."

"Okay, hurry back." Ben left to find Belle. Mal smirked to herself. "Step one: complete."