My Strange Addiction➳ Carlos De Vil

Found

My joy was cut short when Ben bumped inyo Gil, Gaston's son.  If anyone could recognize Ben, it was Gil.  "Hey, man," Ben casually says.  We rush to his side and try to steer him away."  "Hey!  Hey, I know you!"  Ben shakes his head, "Uh, no. Don't know you either, man."  Gil doesn't quit, "Uh, yeah, you do.  Come on, man.  Really? Huh? Dude,I'll give you a hint. My dad is quick, slick and his neck...is incredibly thick."  Ben keeps playing dumb, but Gil isn't buying it.  "Come on, man..."  Gil pauses and we follow his eyes to a poster.  It shows Ben and Mal, but someone added hornes and a pitchfork to Ben.  We're dead.

Gil looks from us to the poster and back.  "You're King Ben!"  Soooooo dead.  We drag Ben away as Gil identifies me, Evie, Carlos, and Jay.  We take Ben to Mal's old hideout.  I slightly grimace, "Good luck."  Ben nods and goes up the stairs.

A few minutes later, Ben comes back.  "So? Where's Mal?" Evie asks.  "She's not coming back."  Ben glumily mumbles and walks by us.  "What? I'll talk to her."  Evie pulls down a horn we used to communicate, "M?  Mal, it's Evie. Let me just talk to you for a second. Mal, come on."  Mal yells, "Go away!"  Jay puts his hand on Evie's arm, "Let's give her a couple of hours to cool off."  I hiss, "We don't have a couple hours.  We need to get out of here before someone else recognizes Ben!"  Carlos pipes up, "Ummm...guys?  Speaking of Ben...where is he?"  My mouth drops and Evie whispers to an approaching figure, "Ben? Ben!"  We sigh in relief.  Jay says, "Ben, don't scare us like that."

"Don't scare you?"  My blood boils and I clench my fists.  Him.  Harry freaking Hook.  "But that's my specialty."  Evie snaps, "Harry."  Jay asks, "What did you do with Ben?"  Harry looks around, "Oh, uh, we nicked him. Mm-hmm. Yeah. And if you want to see him again, have Mal come to the Chip Shoppe tonight. Alone. Uma wants a little visit."  Harry sneers at Jay, "Aw, Jay. Seems like you've lost your touch."  Jay steps closer and I hold him back, "Hey! Jay! Hey!  It's not worth it."

Harry gazes at me, smiling, "Ahhh...my sweet little Hatter."  I hiss at him and snarl through clenched teeth, "I am not yours, Harry.  Not anymore."  Harry giggles and yelps like a dog at Carlos, who looks annoyed yet uneasy.  He walks away and I groan loudly in annoyance.

I can't believe I used to date the lowlife, sea weasel.

I loved Harry, as much as I hate to admit it.  He was sweet, funny, oh so dashing, and I freaking loved his accent.  But one day, as I was cruising the streets with Celia and Gwen- Madame Gothel's daughter- I saw Harry flirting with Uma.  Like, he was a centimeter away from kissing her.  I heard rumors about it, but this was the first time I ever witnessed it.  That was the moment I hated Uma and Harry.

I shooed Uma off and I did what all of us VKs do.

I broke into song and dance with Celia and Gwen to tell him off.

Wait a minute

Every time you're near

My body's getting reckless

Hope I don't regret this

Wait a minute

The way you make me feel

I can't keep my focus

It's too much to resist

I'm over being under your spell

It keeps blinding me

Was too blind to see, yeah

I'm not the only one that you tell

That I'm the only one

But my heart keeps telling me the perfect lie

You rip me up with every last goodbye

I don't wanna say forever

It's just another now or never

So heart don't let me trust these butterflies

I don't trust these butterflies

'Cause they fool me every time

Wait a minute

You want another try

Like the time before

Then a million more

Wait a minute

I'm ready to fly

No need to read your mind

I can read the signs

I'm over being under your spell

It keeps blinding me

Was too blind to see, yeah

I'm not the only one that you tell

That I'm the only one

But my heart keeps telling me the perfect lie

You rip me up with every last goodbye

I don't wanna say forever

It's just another now or never

So heart don't let me trust these butterflies

I don't trust these butterflies

'Cause they fool me every time

You wanna catch me before I'm gone

But I'm already there

Yeah, I'm already there

You wanna stop me from moving on

But I'm already there

Yeah, I'm already there

My heart keeps telling me the perfect lie

You rip me up with every last goodbye

I don't wanna say forever

It's just another now or never

So heart don't let me trust these butterflies

I don't trust these butterflies

'Cause they fool me every time