Descendants Fanfiction Collection

Free Space

Summary: Carlos helps Jane through her mother ignoring her, and Jane finds that it's quite nice to have someone who unconditionally listens to her. Shameless Jarlos fluff.

   Jane headed down the sidewalk, sighing deeply as she couldn't quite shake the feeling of sadness that seemed to pervade her every sense. She was headed to the coffee shop that her and Carlos were supposed to meet at for their date today, but her previous excitement for this occasion was significantly dampened by recent happenings.

It was actually an ongoing saga of events that continued to happen.

And it was all surrounding her mother.

Of course, Jane loved her mother, but Fairy Godmother, despite her seemingly perfect ways, could sometimes be severely frustrating in her way of getting caught up in things and ignoring or forgetting what was most important in life.

Like Jane.

And when it happened, no matter how used to it that Jane was, it still hurt the girl's feelings terribly. And she knew her mother didn't mean to, but that didn't particularly make her feel any better. She just wished that Fairy Godmother would remember her own daughter a little more often.

Before she could contemplate this much longer, she had arrived at the coffee shop where she knew Carlos was sitting inside waiting. She took a deep breath, trying to compose herself so that she could hide most of her unhappiness.

She then pushed the door and walked inside. She looked around the shop, and before long, she spotted Carlos sitting at a table and waving to her. She couldn't help but smile at him despite her feelings. He always did manage to cheer her up even when she felt terrible.

Jane headed over to join him, and before she could pull her chair out, he hopped out of his own quickly.

"Here, let me!" Carlos eagerly told her before freezing and staring at her with wide eyes as he realized how loud that came out. Jane just giggled in reply to him.

"I mean, uh... May I?" Carlos questioned, and Jane easily nodded, giving him permission. The smile returned to his face as he headed to her side of the table and pulled out her chair. She sat down carefully, and he pushed her chair in before returning to his seat.

"Thank you," Jane expressed, and he nodded happily. However, after a moment, he looked at her somewhat strangely, narrowing his eyes. She just smiled in return, hoping to maybe throw him off track as Audrey so often discussed doing with boys.

Immediately, he returned her expression and started conversation. Jane couldn't help but feel a small hint of confidence. She must have thrown him off. After all, she was taught by the best.

But she did feel just a bit bad for it. She hated deceiving him, but she didn't want to upset him or make their date anything but wonderful.

"Did you get here okay?" he asked, and she nodded.

"Yeah. It's only a little ways away from me and Mom's place, so it wasn't too far of a walk," Jane returned, trying to muster some of her usual happiness that she ordinarily had when she addressed him.

"I can't wait to be sixteen. I'll get a real driver's license instead of this stupid learner's permit, and then I can pick you up and take you to our dates," Carlos explained before stopping and looking at her somewhat shyly.

"Well... If that's what you want, I mean..."

"Oh, yeah, it'd be wonderful to be picked up," Jane assured him, trying to make him feel a bit better. However, she still sounded somewhat unhappy, despite her best efforts, and he looked at her strangely.