"Do you want help, Audrey?" I ask her as she carries an overreacting Chad.

"No! Not from the likes of you, anyways." Audrey sniffs. We finally get to the nurse's office and she sets Chad down on a cot.

The nurse comes in. "Oh, dear. Hello Ellie! Audrey. Chad." She says stiffly. She has good taste in people, and she hates Audrey and Chad. 

Audrey rolls her eyes and flips her ponytail over her yellow shirt. "A new VK kid hit Chad for no reason. I think he's okay, but you need to check him." She frets. 

I clear my throat. "Carlos hit Chad because he did this to me." I hold out my arm. The nurse glares at Chad.

"Mr. Charming, you're fine. You can leave now with Miss Audrey. Ellie, your arm will be fine, just give me one minute."

She comes back with a cloth and wipes away the little bit of blood that's left. She smiles and rubs my arm. "Those will go away in a bit. But were any teachers there for the scene?"

"Coach was." I grumble. "But Chad's one of his star players."

She watches Audrey help Chad off the cot and out the door. I can practically hear the fake pain in Chad's voice as he admits he probably won't be able to go to practice today. I roll my eyes and cover the marks up with my gloves.

"Thanks anyway." I say. "I'm going to go change for class."

The nurse smiles and nods.

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I walk out of the locker room and glance around a few times. I see Mal and Evie by Mal's locker. Mal's locker has a huge purple-and-green Maleficent shadow with "long live evil" written in it. I walk over. On my way, Evie sees me and nudges Mal, who turns around in surprise.

"Nice locker." I tell her. "You really have a talent!"

She smiles. "So do you. I heard about what happened on the field."

"Which part?" I ask. 

She grins wickedly. "All of it."

I groan. "Ugh. So you've now heard of my temper?"

She pats my shoulder. "Yup. Almost like us, kinda."

Evie breaks in. "She means she likes you. That's as close as she'll get, so I'd take it."

I beam. Hey, they're villains. But I'll take it! Somebody finally doesn't think my powers are awful things that should be gone. Even Jane does, but she won't tell me to my face.

Then Audrey, Chad, and Ben come out.

Audrey's giving a laugh that sounds like a foghorn, then she stops. 

"Those kids are trouble." Chad whispers. Please, like we can't hear. I squeeze my eyes shut like I can block him out. Mal taps me.

"Don't close your eyes." She orders. "Listen. Build up the anger so you can get them back later."

Evie winks at me. "Again, that's as close as you'll get to an you're a good person. Bye Mal." Evie walks off. Mal waves her away then goes back to her locker. 

"C'mon Chad. Give them a chance. Ellie too." Ben says. "They're not bad kids."

Audrey snorts. "No offense, Bennybear, you're just too trusting! Look, I know your mom fell in love with a big nasty Beast who turned out to be a prince. But with my mom? The Evil Fairy was just the Evil Fairy. That girl's mother." She whispers. "And Ellie! Using her powers on Chad! None of them can be trusted!"

"I think you're wrong about them." Ben says stubbornly. "I'll see you later."

Audrey sighs and starts to walk away. I decide I'm done.

"Bye Mal. See you later, I guess." I say. 

She smiles. "Bye Ellie. And don't listen to them. They're jerks, but not as big of jerks as us. We'll get them back."

For some reason, that makes me want to laugh. But she said us. Did she mean Evie, Jay, and Carlos? Or was she including me?

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"Any chance he's in line for a throne? Anywhere in line?" Evie asks Doug and I. She stares dreamily at Chad.

I sigh. Doug answers for me. "Chad. Prince Charming Jr. Cinderella's son? Chad inherited the charm, but not a lot of... there, there, know what I mean?"

I snort. "Charm? No way. I still have marks on my arm!"

Evie ignores me. "Looks like there, there to me." She sighs. Pick somebody else for a crush, Evie! Anyone else!

"Evie!" Mr. Deley interrupts. "Perhaps this is just review for you. So tell me, what is the average atomic weight of silver?"

Evie sits up straight. "Atomic weight? Well, uh, not very much, I mean, it's an atom, right?" She tries, laughing nervously. I groan inside. 

Mr. Deley doesn't look impressed. He waves for her to come up to the board and she grabs something from her purse first. She walks to the board and takes a piece of chalk. 

"Let's see. How do I find the average atomic weight of silver?" She asks out loud. I'm praying inside that she knows what she's doing. Mr. Deley loves kids making fools of themselves.

"That would be 106.905 times 5200, plus 108.905, times 4800, which, Mr. Deley, would give us 107.9. Amu." Evie says smugly. 

"Amu?" Doug whispers. 

Mr Deley glares. "I forget. Always a mistake to underestimate--"

"A villain?" Evie says, turning back around so fast her hair flips in his face. "Don't make it again." She tosses the chalk and he catches it. 

Evie walks back to her seat. As she passes Chad, he hands a slip of paper to her. I watch curiously as she unfolds it at her seat then glances up at him and nods. They both go down on one hand and stare at each other. Only I see Doug doing the same thing, but with a grumpy expression. 

Oh, boy. Dopey's kid with a crush on Evil Queen's kid? Not gonna end well, especially with Chad planning something. 

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"OK! Carlos, we're gonna do some sprints. You ready?" I yell at him. He's bent down ready to run across the field and he nods. 

I start the timer and Carlos takes off running before I can say go. He shoots past me, screaming his head off. "AH! Ah, no NO wait! WAIT! No! AAAH!" he starts swinging his arms around like that'll make him go faster.

"YES!" I say when he passes me. That's the fastest yet! But he keeps going, screaming his so hard his voice cracks. 

"Carlos? Carlos!" I start to chase after him. I see a little brown fur ball chasing him. Dude? I follow them into the woods to find Carlos climbing up a tree. Dude has him cornered and is barking his tiny lungs out. "CARLOS!" I yell. 

"Ellie? Ellie?" Carlos calls. "Ellie, help me! This thing is a killer!" He points at Dude. I hold the squirmy dog back. "He's gonna chase me down and rip out my throat! This is a vicious, rabid pack animal!"

"Hey! Who told you that?" I ask. I pick Dude up and hold him close. 

"My mother." Carlos says.

"Cruella?"

"She's a dog expert. A dog yellerer." Carlos explains, still hugging the tree. "WHY ARE YOU HOLDING HIM?? HE'S GONNA ATTACK YOU!"

I laugh. "Carlos, you've never actually met a dog, have you?"

"Of course not." he says.

"Dude? Meet Carlos." I make Dude wave his little paw. "Carlos, this is Dude. He's the campus mutt."

"He doesn't look like a vicious rabid pack animal..." Carlos admits, climbing down. "Jeez. You're a good boy, aren't you?" He hesitantly pets Dude's head. I hand Dude over and Carlos takes him without complaint. "You're a good boy." Carlos says. 

I watch sadly. "I guess you guys have it pretty rough on the island."

"Yeah." Carlos pets Dude. "Let's just say we don't get a lot of belly rubs."

I pat Carlos' shoulder. "Good boy. I mean," my face flames. "You're a good runner. You're fast, you know."

"Oh. Yeah. Thank you, yeah." Carlos says.

"Listen, I'm gonna give you guys some space." I tell him and Dude. "Yeah? You guys get to know each other, and just...you know, come find me when you're done. Okay? See you later."

 "See you out there." Carlos says, sitting down on a trunk. He pets Dude. "Hi. Hi. Oh!" He almost jumps when Dude licks his cheek. "Thank you."

I smile. Dude brings the best in everyone.

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Sorry to end it here, but I gotta focus on school more! I'll hopefully update more later this week, but please for the few people who read this, please comment on what you think! I love feedback!