My Other Half (Descendants 2 fanfic)

Chapter 5

Aurodon
Jay POV

I don't even know who I am anymore. I probably stop a million times a day and wonder about Lani, and hope Dad isn't being a monster towards her. Or literally anyone. She probably hates me now, and that hurts like hell. I've tried to contact her, but there's been no word. But that's probably my fault, I chose good, I chose to stay here, take the easy way out. I wasn't thinking about her when I made that decision. Now, Mal is nearly becoming a Lady of the Court, Evie has her fashion line up and running, I guess I'm practically a heartbreaker sports star and Carlos is my wingman, but also Dude's best friend. But I don't know if I want all of this. I miss causing mischief and not playing by the rules, and only doing things for me....and Lani. All this team stuff really went to my head. I'm going crazy.

"Jay?" I look up, broken free from my delusional thoughts. Lonnie smiles at me. "Earth to Jay?!"
"Sorry Lonnie." I smile.
"What's on your mind?" she asks me.
"Nothing, just thinking about cotillion." I lie smoothly. That's one thing I still can do, lie. I think it's in my blood.
"Oh, I know right? It's all that anyone is talking about these days." Lonnie replies.
"Hey Lonnie, I'll see you after practise maybe? I just need to get some air." I say.
"Oh sure." she smiles and waves. I walk away from her and head out of the locker room. What on earth is wrong with me? I need to talk to the gang, I think I am going crazy.

"What do you mean you think you want to go back to the old ways?" Evie asks.
"I don't know! I just feel so confined here. Like, ugh!! I don't even know." I say, flopping onto Mal's bed.
"I think I know how you feel. I am getting so fed up with having to behave like a perfect princess all the time!" she says. Evie just shakes her head.
"Guys! We're in Aurodon now! We have limitless possibilities to do and be who and what we want. Let's just put the past in the past, okay?" Mal and I share a look. It wasn't okay, but there was no point arguing. Evie just didn't get it and I know Carlos was too scared to say anything.
"You know what? I think I might go get some rest. I'll see ya tomorrow." I say. I get up and leave before they say anything.

Walking down the corridor I start to think about the Isle. Man, it would be nice even just for one day to cause a fuss, make a mess, be evil. Of course that was too much to ask any Aurodon born hero. Maybe I would have to take matters into my own hands. Maybe I could arrange a trip. I would be safe, stay out of trouble, but still let loose. My father would lose it if he saw me. I shake my head as I open my dorm room door. What am I thinking? I rub my eyes and look into the room. Chad is standing in front of Carlos' 3D printer.
"Chad?" I ask. He jumps and turns around to face me slowly.
"Jay! Uh, hi!"
"What are you doing? And how did you get in here?" I ask.
"Oh, well, you know. Carlos' printer is just so much better then mine because of all the cool hacks and ooh! It's ready!" He opens up the printed and pulls out what looks like an action-figure. I raise an eyebrow.
"It's a 'Chad action-figure'." He says.
"Just get out." I say gesturing for him to leave."
"Fine." He says.
"Chad." I say, noticing him grabbing a key off the table.
"What?" He spits.
"Leave the key." I say. He dramatically takes the key out from his pocket and puts on top of a stack of books. He marches out the room and I shake my head and close the door, locking it. I jump into bed, feeling a lot more exhausted now, and hope that these feelings start to subside.

Mal marches into our dorm in the morning, the buzz of reporters lingering outside to take a shot of the soon to be lady of the court. I could tell she was frazzled. She started to pace the room before her eyes lit up to a rich emerald and she sighed in frustration.
"Woah, you okay?" I ask.
"Does it look like I'm okay?" She shouted.
"Okay, easy girl." Carlos said.
"What? You think this is easy? You try to step foot outside for five seconds without having a reporter in your face and a camera flashing at you!" She screamed. "Don't you just want to be normal? To go back? Or just scream at people and make them run away from you?"
Yes. I think to myself.
"Mal, you're think of my mother, and I was usually on the receiving end of that, so no, not really." Carlos says. Mal sighs and looks at me, but I don't say anything. The crowd of reporters seemed to have simmered down. There wasn't much noise.
"Do you guys want to go to class now?" I ask. Mal nods and Carlos gets up to follow us. I open the door and step outside. There doesn't seem to be any reporters. "Okay, coast is clear." We step out of the room and walk to class. I have 'History of Pirates, Mermaids and other sea creatures' now with Mal. Maybe I might get a chance to speak with her.

"What is up with you Jay?" Mal whispers. The class is a buzz with noise and Mr Danforth is correcting papers.
"I don't know. Lately I've just been feeling like Aurodon isn't my rock anymore. I feel split." I say.
"You don't think it's Lani, do you?" Mal asks.
"Maybe. Maybe not. I might just have had enough of this life, maybe I'm craving something bad." I say. The possibilities were limitless.
"Well. I don't think I can do this anymore. Nobody seems to understand, not even Ben. I need his support and he isn't there and I.." She trails off. "I want to go back."
"To the Isle?" I ask.
"Yes to the Isle." She says.
"Maybe we could wait. Just until tomorrow." I say.
"Okay. Tomorrow." She says.

Mal burst into my room crying. I had a backpack on my back and my leather jacket on. It felt good to slip back into the leather, like I was putting on a second layer of skin. It made me feel bad already. But Mal coming in looking a mess made my tough demeanour shake.
"I....I can't do this. We need to go." She sobs.
"Where's your stuff?" I ask.
"My room. We need to hurry." She says. I think I had everything I needed so I followed Mal out of the room and into hers. Evie, thankfully, wasn't there, so Mal packed a bag, wiping her eyes and grabbed her purple jacket. She went to the glass case and pulled out her mother and placed her into a box with holes in it. Mal grabbed her spell book from the table and quickly scribbled and note.
"Can you put 'Jay' on the end?" I ask. I had completely forgot to write one.
"Sure." She mumbles. She pts the pen down after a few minutes and we run outside. Mal has parked her purple bike just outside the dorms and her and I boarded on the back. We rode far away from Aurodon Prep, way to the waters edge. The Isle was in clear view and the sight of it made me tingle with excitement. Mal got out her spell book and opened it up to a page.
"Noble steed tall and fair, you shall take me anywhere." She said. Mal put the spell book back in her bag and turned to me. "Ready?"
"As I'll ever be." I say. She takes off and the bike clues over the water. I laugh a little sad we travel over the water. We pass the barrier and the energy suddenly feels different. It's because there isn't any magic; I think to myself. We drive down the narrow streets. Posters of Mal and Ben decorate the Isle and have graffiti sprayed over them. Devil horns and red eyes. Scribbled our faces and words. Mal parks the bike and pulls one off the wall. She has devil horns and a devils tail in this one. She screws in up into a ball, throws it over her shoulder, and continues to ride.

Home sweet home.
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Hope you enjoy this POV change. I thought it would be nice to mix in some of Jay's thoughts.
Thanks!