Evil Hearts - A Listen To Your Heart Book

Renewal

Mal sighed with relief when her teacher dismissed the class. Her hand was sore after the massive amount of notes she had to write. Most of it was stuff she already knew, but she write notes anyway because she was already in hot water with Mrs. Wellington.

She gathered her belongings and was about to leave when her sketchbook fell. Her drawings, paintings, and sketches flew all over  the room.

"What a joke," the same girl from earlier smirked.

"Okay what is your problem- uh-"

"Tessa."

"Right," Mal sighed. "Look I don't mean to start anything but-"

"Enough!" Mrs. Wellington reprimanded. "Clean up this mess immediately." With that she turned on her heel and left the room.

Tessa knelt down to tear a page away from Mal who was scrambling to gather her belongings. She had to admit, the VK had talent, but there was no way she was going to let Mal take her coveted spot in the art showcase.

"Mess is putting it lightly," Tessa smirked. "I've seen children draw better than this." She crumpled it up and threw it in the garbage bin.

"What are you doing?" Mal demanded as she made a dash for the bin.

"Oops," Tessa laughed.

Mal's eyes lit up green. "I really don't appreciate your attitude. If you don't leave me alone I'll-"

"You'll what?" Tessa smiled. "Hurt me? Last time I checked you're a VK and you have certain conditions you must follow or was the whole choosing good just for the cameras?"

"You're not from Auradon, are you?"

"No, I live in the countryside with my mother. But we definitely watched the televised spectacle that was the coronation," Tessa laughed. "I mean, if it wasn't for Ben being your boyfriend you'd have to be as neat as a pin."

"Um, actually Ben and I aren't dating," Mal answered awkwardly.

Tessa smirked. "Well then, you have a lot to worry about. You can't do anything to me, because if you do, you'll be shipped off right back to the Isle, and you don't want that, do you?"

Mal looked at the floor. "No," she replied softly.

Tessa laughed. "That's what I thought." She left Mal alone to ponder if she really had been getting special treatment because of Ben.
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Jay panted as he finished carrying Audrey up the hillside. She may not be heavy but climbing up the steep ground could easily make it feel like he was carrying someone double her size.

"Jay, are we there yet?" Audrey asked. "It's getting dark. We've been walking around for hours and still nothing but trees."

Jay rolled his eyes. "Yeah you must be so exhausted."

"Don't be snarky."

"Sorry but I really tired. The town shouldn't be much farther. So stop your complaining and just let me do my thing."

Audrey huffed. "Whatever."

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"Guys it's getting late," Evie said. "The sun is setting and Jay and Audrey are still nowhere to be found."

"Go Jay!" Chad joked. Lonnie elbowed him. "Ow."

"Maybe Evie's right," Carlos spoke up. "What if something happened to them."

"Considering neither one of them know their way around the forest, it is very likely they got lost," Doug deduced.

"Well it's too late to look for them now," Ben said. "First thing tomorrow morning we'll set out to look for them."