Once again, I am so sorry for the late updates. It's just hard to find time to sit down and write. This chapter is something that isn't shown in the movie (see, I told you there would be some like that) and there will be more like it. Considering that this is only halfway through the movie, I'd say that this is halfway through the story. Hopefully, I'll finish it by the time they make a sequel... I'm kidding, I'll update whenever I can. I hope you enjoy this chapter :)
After the cookies were made, Mal threw all of them in the trash except for one ("Just a safety precaution," she had told them), the one she would give to Ben. As they cleaned up the kitchen she relayed her plan to them,
"Okay, so after classes, Ben is usually at his locker. I'll have the cookie inside my own locker so he'll be right nearby me. I want all of you to meet me there as soon as you can. We'll give him the cookie then, before the big tourney game," She explained. "Got it?"
They all agreed.
"Okay," Mal said as they exited the kitchen and entered the hallway to return to their dorms. "We'll see you boys tomorrow."
She and Evie sped ahead of them and turned the corner to return to the girls' dormitories. Carlos waved them off and then turned back to Jay.
"Do you think this will work?" Jay asked him as they began their own journey back.
"Of course it will. Mal came up with it," Carlos reassured him. There was no doubt in his mind that any plan of Mal's would fail.
"Yeah," Jay nodded, sticking his hands in his pockets as they walked. "Yeah, I guess you're right."
The remainder of their walk was in comfortable silence. Carlos didn't mind walking beside Jay at all; it was kind of nice. On the island, he and Jay were usually running through the streets or Jay was dragging Carlos along by his shirt collar. He would never say it out loud to Jay, in fear of weirding him out, but Carlos really enjoyed just walking. He mentally cursed himself for yet again enjoying Auradon more than the Isle of the Lost.
They had almost reached the hall leading towards the boys' dormitories, weaving past people in the main hallway, when Carlos heard someone shouting his name. He paused and turned around to check if he had imagined it. Jay noticed he stopped walking and paused as well.
"Carlos! Hey!"
Running down the hall directly at him was Maria, the girl from his science class. Ever since the girl sat down beside him on his first day, they had formed some kind of friendship. She was funny and smart and Carlos had taken a liking to her.
"Maria? Uh, hi, what's up?" Carlos furrowed his eyebrows, wondering why she was calling after him.
Her blonde hair was tied up in a ponytail and bounced when she made an abrupt stop in front of him. And by abrupt, she nearly knocked him over so Carlos had to steady her. Maria was a little clumsy.
"I saw you walking down the hall and I wanted to say hi," Maria said grinning. She noticed Jay standing awkwardly behind him and said, "Who's this?"
Carlos turned and saw Jay looking awkward and slightly angry? He couldn't quite place it.
"This is Jay, my um-," and well, Carlos wasn't sure what to call Jay. Were they friends? Acquaintances? People who worked together on the Isle to do evil things?
"Roommate." Carlos finished lamely. "Jay this is Maria, my lab partner."
Maria offered her hand and Jay looked at it warily before shaking it and nodding to her.
"Well, I would consider us friends but, lap partners it is, I guess," Maria said.
Silence fell and Carlos could feel the awkwardness seeping between them. He wasn't even sure why it was awkward. Jay would probably really like Maria if he got to know her. Carlos could already picture the conversation though. Jay blatantly saying "I don't do 'friends'" and that would be the end of that.
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His Choice
Fanfiction/Shaking his head quickly, Carlos tried to rid those thoughts from his mind. It was weird and wrong, everyone told him that. But Carlos couldn't help it when Jay looked at him and his heart skipped a beat. It was one thing to do something bad, but i...
