The Enemy's Daughter

~Love Spell~

CHAPTER 7

After curfew, the villain kids snuck down to the kitchen to make cookies which is the love spell.
"All right. It says that we still need one tear, and I never cry," Mal says as she reads from the spell book. Gabby is standing between Mal and Evie as she mixes the dough.
"Let's just chop up some onions," Carlos says as if it would solve everything.
"No. It says that we need one tear of human sadness," Gabby tells him while Mal nods in agreement.
"And this love potion gets the best reviews, so we have to follow it exactly," Mal says really wanting this to work.
"A tear's a tear," Jay says.
"That's not true, Jay. They both have antibodies and enzymes, but an emotional tear has more protein-based hormones than a reflex tear," Evie explains causing Gabby to look at her in shock.
"Listen to you," Gabby says causing Evie to smile.
"Yeah, I knew that," Jay says as if he didn't mess up.
"Did not," Carlos argues.
"Yeah, I did," Jay says quickly.
"There you are, Mal!" Lonnie says as she rushes into the room causing Mal to quickly cover the book with a napkin. "I was looking for you. You know, all the girls want you to do their hair? Midnight snack, huh? What you guys making?"
"Nothing special. Just cookies," Gabby answers her.
"Oh, no, no!" They all say as she dips a finger into the dough.
"What? I'm not gonna double dip," Lonnie says as she eats the dough.
"Feel anything?" Evie asks her.
"Yeah, like maybe it might be missing something?" Mal adds.
"Hey, there," Jay says charmingly as he stands in front of Lonnie.
"It could use some chips," Lonnie answers as she walks away from Jay.
"Chips?" Jay asks as Lonnie opens the refrigerator.
"And those are?" Gabby asks relieved that nothing happened to Lonnie.
"Chocolate chips. Just the most important food group," Lonnie answers as she walks over to them with a bowl that has small pieces of chocolate in it. "Wait, didn't your moms ever make you guys, like, chocolate chip cookies?" Lonnie adds some to the dough but they all look at her in shock from what she is saying.
"Like, when you're feeling sad, and they're fresh from the oven, with a big old glass of milk, and she just makes you laugh and puts everything into perspective and..." The shock quickly turns into looks of sadness. "why are you all looking at me like that?"
"It's just different where we're from," Gabby tells Lonnie as she tries not to think about her father.
"Yeah, I know. I just, you know, I thought... Even villains love their kids," Lonnie says causing them all to look down sadly. "Oh... How awful." Lonnie grabs Mal's hand before a tear starts to roll down her face.
"Yeah, well, big bummer," Gabby says as she swipes the tear into the cookie dough. "but we have to get these into the oven, so thank you so much for coming by. Really, really have a good night. I'll see you tomorrow. Evil dreams." Mal pushes Lonnie out the door as Gabby mixes the dough.
"Okay, boys, cookie sheet," Mal says. "Evie, oven." They get the cookies baked before going to bed.
The next day Mal and Gabby follow Ben and Audrey onto the balcony where the lockers are.
"Look, It's Mal and Gabby! Hi, Gabby! Love my hair, Mal!" The girls below the balcony call as they see the girls above them. Jay then walks up to Mal and Gabby who are at their lockers.
"Are you feeling kind of weird about this? I mean, It's not so bad here, you know," Jay says with a dreamy smile. Gabby would never admit it but she feels the same.
"Are you insane? Long live evil! You're mean! You're awful! You're bad news! Snap out of it!" Mal says before snapping in his face.
"Thanks, Mal. I needed that," Jay says before walking over to the balcony. Gabby starts going through her locker while she listens to Jay, Ben, and Audrey.
"Do you think they actually paid for those?" Audrey asks Ben.
"Oh, hello. The name's Jay. You all going to the tourney game tonight?" Jay asks the girls below him. "Keep a lookout for number eight, all right? Scoring the winning goal."
"She did it to Jane's hair, too, and fairy godmother's not happy about it," Audrey explains causing Gabby to roll her eyes.
"What's the harm?" Ben asks her.
"It's gateway magic! Sure, it starts with the hair. Next thing you know it's the lips and the legs and the clothes and then everybody looks good and then... where will I be?" Audrey explains causing Gabby to once again roll her eyes.
"Listen, Audrey..." Ben tries.
"I will see you at the game after my dress-fitting for the coronation, okay?" Audrey says. "Bye, Bennyboo." Audrey gives Ben an air kiss before she walks away. Gabby grabs the cookie out of her locker.
"Hey, Bennyboo!" Gabby says sarcastically as she closes her locker and faces him.
"Hey," Ben says with a smile as he walks over to her.
"I just made a batch of cookies. Double chocolate chip, do you want one?" Gabby asks him with a smile as she holds up the bagged cookie.
"Oh, I, uh, I've got a big game. I don't eat before a big game. But thank you so, so much. Thank you. Next time. Next time," Ben says before trying to walk away.
"No, yeah. I completely understand," Gabby says causing him to stop. "Be careful of treats offered by kids of villains."
"No, no, no," Ben tries.
"No, I'm sure every kid in Auradon knows that," Gabby says. "Especially since our families are sworn enemies."
"No, that's not it. No, no, no, I...I really do..." Ben tries to fix the conversation.
"No, I get it. You're cautious. That's smart," Gabby says with a smile before taking the cookie out of the bag. "Oh, well, more for me, I guess."
"No, no. Hey..." Ben says as Gabby goes to take a bite of the cookie but he takes it away from her and takes a bite. "see that? Totally trust you. Totally." Gabby smiles before glancing at the other VK's, who start making their way over.
"How are they?" Gabby asks.
"They're good. They're great! They're amazing! They're, uh... I mean, they're chewy and, and you know, they... is that walnuts?" Ben says with a few chuckles and Gabby nods. "I love walnuts. I mean, uh, you know, the...The chocolate... The... the chocolate... The chocolate chips are... I'm sorry. Um... Uh, they're... They're warm and soft. And they're sweet... Gabby, have you always had those little golden flecks in your eyes?" Ben goes to take another bite but Gabby takes the cookie back before putting it back in the bag and handing it to Mal.
"How you feeling, bro?" Jay asks Ben as he grabs his shoulders.
"I feel... I feel... I feel like... Like singing your name. Gabby! Gabby!" Ben says before he tries to start singing but Gabby quickly covers his mouth. Jay then quickly drags him off to the game.