Listen To Your Heart

Guts

Evie smiled, seeing Chad finally happy and dancing away with Lonnie. But her smile faded when she saw Crystal nuzzled into Doug's neck, slow dancing. Jay noticed and squeezed her hand to try to comfort her. But he was upset too at Audrey and Florian dancing.

He looked for his little buddy, Carlos and spotted him across the room, moping. He left Evie with Lonnie, who just sat down because her heels were killing her. He made his way to Carlos, who sat alone in the corner.

"Yo, Carlos! My man! What are you doing all the way over here? Where's your date? Uh, Bellanna?" He asked.

"Annabelle," Carlos corrected. He sighed. "Uh, she dumped me."

"What! Why?"

"Cuz she thinks I have a thing for Jane," Carlos said. He shifted uncomfortably in his seat and glanced over to where Ali and Jane were talking and laughing. His fists subconsciously curled into fists, and Jay noticed.

"Well do you?" Jay asked, smirking.

"Well...I don't really know," Carlos lied.

"Ha! That's such a lie! Ok. Look, I'm no expert or anything or a girl, but I feel like there's more here than what you're telling." Jay said. "What did you do that Hannabet thought that?"

"Annabelle," Carlos corrected, again. "Well, when Jane walked in, dude, it was like time stopped. She looked amazing! And you know what? I don't think I've ever felt like this before. And seeing her with Ali just gave me this gross feeling in my stomach. What do you think?"

Jay burst into laughter. "Oh my gosh dude! You totally have a thing for Jane. You always have. And it just took her to have another guy to make you realize it."

Carlos frowned. "What! No I don't like her anymore. I mean, I did have a crush on her before but those feelings are gone. And I'm happy for her and Ali."

"Dude-"

"You know what? I gotta go pee. Be right back." Carlos swiftly got up and went to the bathroom avoiding any further conversation.
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Mal was getting frustrated about her friends. Jay and Evie were moping around and so were Audrey and Doug. None of them were happy with their date choice. Enough was enough! She loved Ben and all, but she had to meddle, because nothing was happening on its own. She saw that Ben was talking to guests and doing his kingly duties. Perfect.

She went toward the stage and whispered something to the DJ. He nodded and handed her a mic. She got up on the stage and tried I get everyone's attention. "Hey everyone! Who's having a blast?" A collective cheer answered. "Great! Well I think we should switch things up! So I want the all the guys to ask a girl he didn't come with to dance!"

She got down from the stage and was greeted by Chad. "Care to dance as a thank you for your help?"

Mal giggled. "I'd love to." She looked over and saw Ben dancing with his mom.

Across the room, Doug looked nervously between Evie and Crystal. He wanted to talk to Evie so bad but he didn't know how or what to even talk about. They hadn't talked for a couple days and that the most they've gone without talking ever. He almost screamed when he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Doug," Crystal said. "We need to talk."

"About what?" Doug asked, curious. He had no idea of what he'd done wrong. "Did I do something?"

"No," Crystal answered. "Well actually yes."

"What do you mean?"

"I know you wanted to go with Evie to prom."

"What!"

"You like her Doug, don't you?"

Doug was stunned. How did she know? "Well... yes. Is it obvious?"

Crystal smiled. "Um, yeah. You've been staring at her since we got here. And not just today, either."

Doug blushed a deep shade of red. "I'm sorry."

"About what?"

"Everything."

"Doug, why didn't you just ask Evie to prom in the first place?" Crystal asked.

"Well I was going to," Doug said. "And then you asked me. Besides Evie doesn't even like me like that."

"How do you know that? Have you asked her?"

"Not exactly. But when I asked her thoughts about me going to prom with you, she was excited for me and said that we belong together."

"Aww. Doug! Doug, you are so stupid!" Crystal yelled, smacking him. Doug was startled by her outburst. "She just said that because she was hurt and wanted you to be happy! She's selfless. She'd sacrifice her own happiness for your happily ever after!"

"I really don't think she like me like that," Doug sighed. "We're just really good friends."

"Well I think you should at least tell her how you feel."

"How would I do that? Just randomly go up to her and say 'Evie I've loved you since your first day at Auradon!' I think that comes off a little strong."

Crystal rolled her eyes. Seriously Doug over thought things way too much. "Just kiss her!"

"What? How?"

"Just do it!"

"You know I can't 'just do it' !"

"Ok, well at least ask her to dance."

"Ok fine." He started heading in Evie's direction. But he turned his head back to Crystal. "Are you sure you're okay?"

Crystal laughed. "Yeah, dork. No hard feelings. There's other fish in the sea. Now go get your girl!"