Wicked Heart Beat - A Listen To Your Heart Book

A Secret

Carlos was having happy, peaceful dreams until he felt a foreign weight on his chest and someone whispered in his ear. Thinking it was his imagination, he went back to sleep.

Evie groaned. She kept whispering his name, but Carlos would not wake up. Mal wasn't having any luck with Jay either. The girls caught each other's gaze and had an idea. Soon enough both of them were jumping on their friends' beds screaming their names at the top of their lungs.

"Carlos!"

"Jay!"

"CARLOS!"

"JAY!"'

"Ok I'm up!" Jay yelled, rolling out of bed. He stuck his tongue out at them and went to the bathroom. Carlos still was laying on his bed with a pillow over his head.

Evie got down and started yelling in his ear. That only made Carlos groan and start hitting her head, messing up her hair."Does this thing have a snooze button?"

Even scoffed and fixed her hair. Then she took a hold of Carlos's leg while Mal got the other and they pulled Carlos off his bed. He landed with a hard thud to the floor.

"Ow!" He whined, getting off the floor. He rubbed his sore butt and sat on his bed, wincing. He threw one of his pillows at Mal who expertly dodged it."What was that for?"

"Hey,it's not our fault you disappeared last night and overslept." Mal said matter of factly.

"Yeah, speaking of which, where did you go?" Evie asked. "You and Jay weren't in your rooms after the dance ended."

"We already know that Jay was having a screaming match with Audrey, like he'd ever win," Mal laughed.

"I heard that!" Jay said from the bathroom.

Mal and Evie laughed. "I know!" Mal yelled back.

"And she didn't win!" Jay yelled.

Carlos just rolled his eyes. "Get over it Jay!" They didn't have to see him, to know Jay was pouting in the shower.

"So Carlos," Evie started. "Where did you go?"

Carlos fidgeted, putting on his shirt."Why do you want to know?"

"Ooh, he's hiding something!" Evie squealed.

"It's nothing," Carlos said, getting annoyed.

"Carlos-" Mal started. But she was interrupted when her cellphone rang. "Hold on. Hello?"

"Who is it?" Evie asked.

Mal mouthed 'Ben'. "Yeah okay. We're on our way."

"What was that about?" Jay said. He finished getting dressed and was styling his hair. "Evie I wasn't a fan of this short hair at first but I gotta admit it's a lot easier to maintain."

"Thank you." Evie said like it was obvious that she was right.

"Guys," Mal spoke up. "It's 10:47. The tourney game starts at 11:00. We're late.!"

"What!" Carlos yelled.

"Yeah," Evie said. "That's why we were trying to wake you guys up! Today is Saturday! Today is the tourney championship game!"

"Oh snap!" Jay yelled. He and Carlos rushed around their room getting dressed, Jay trying to find his uniform while Carlos looked for a clean pair of pants. Evie and Mal just watched in amusement as the boys rampaged their already filthy room looking for something semi clean. Eventually Jay found his jersey and Carlos found some shorts to change out of his pajamas. In 5 minutes they were ready to go.

The four friends made their way down the hall of the boy dorms when Ben bounded their way with Chad and Lonnie. "There you are Jay! We've been waiting for you. We've got five minutes to make it to the tourney field!"

"Oh my gosh! Let's go!" Jay said. All three tourney players ran to the field while the rest of their friends decided to just walk there. Evie couldn't exactly run in her heels.

"Jay has got to get his head in the game. We're down one player because Ali got punched in his face and has a black eye." Lonnie said. Carlos gulped, hoping his friends wouldn't catch on.

"What?" Evie said concerned. "What happened?"

"Supposedly he said he walked into a pole, but no one is buying it." Lonnie continued. "Fairy Godmother thinks he got into a fight and he won't tell her who else was involved. Whoever did hit him is going to be in a lot of trouble."

"Wait a minute!" Mal said, stopping and snapping her fingers. "Carlos! You never told us where you went last night!"

"Ugh. You're still on that?" Carlos groaned.

"Yes," Evie answered. "Now spill!"

"Fine," Carlos grumbled. "You're going to find out eventually. Do you guys know what happened yesterday with Jane?"

"Omg! Yes!" Lonnie exclaimed. "Ali is such a jerk for what he did to her!"

"What did he do? Mal asked.

Carlos sighed. "Well, Annabelle dumped me when we got to Prom and Jane caught Ali and her making out. She ran away crying and I followed her to her 'secret cove' and comforted her because I was feeling pretty low myself after being dumped. Nothing else happened.

"Really?" Evie asked incredulously. "Ali is a bigger jerk than Chad! No offense Lonnie.

"None taken."

"Hold up," Mal said, confused. "Carlos, are you the one who punched Ali?"

"No..."

"Then why are your knuckles bruised?" Evie pointed out.

"Okay fine, I punched Ali and gave him a black eye!" Carlos admitted. "But he deserved it for making Jane cry."

"Seems like you're getting awfully upset on Jane's behalf," Lonnie smirked. "Is there a particular reason why?"

"What! No!" Carlos lied.

"Way to go Carlos!" Mal cheered. "Didn't know that you had that in you. I've never been prouder." She pretends to wipe tears away and fanned herself. "My baby's growing up."

"And you say I'm dramatic," Evie said, flipping her hair over her shoulder.

"Guys, do you think I'll get in trouble?" Carlos asked, worried.

"I'm pretty sure if you explain to Fairy Godmother what happened, she'll understand," Lonnie said.

"I hope you're right."

"I always am."

"Carlos, did anything else happen yesterday?" Evie asked, suspicious.

They finally made it to the tourney field where the game was already 10 minutes in and Auradon had scored a point. Carlos devised a plan to ditch the girls for no further questioning. "Nope. Gotta run. I need to use the little boys room!"

The girls watched him as he ran towards the back of the stadium, where the bathrooms were. They made their way to the bleachers to watch the tourney game.

But Evie wasn't convinced. Carlos was hiding something. There was something that happened yesterday that Carlos wasn't admitting and she was going to find out what.