Author's Note: This is kinda random, but I was thinking of changing the face claim for toddler Mal in this story and I was wondering if you would prefer for me to keep her the same or change it.

This is the face claim now

This is the one of thinking of changing it to.
Anyway please let me know which one you think fits better and sorry for this randomness now onto the story.

   Ava smiled as she looked at her friend Dylan who she had asked to come help her with her fashion show that she was a part of to show off her designs. It had been a few hours since they had left the track field and it was now late at night.

    Carlos was studying for Chemistry in the other room as Ava found out he had a test coming up and immediately made him drop everything to study for it. And the small toddler was "sleeping" in her crib.

    Ava had put Mal to bed a while ago, but the toddler was just playing with her toys and not sleeping. "I want you to come on stage during the finale with your chello and I want you shredding something amazing. And leading my models down the runway like your the pied piper or something," Ava told her friend as she was trying to plan her part for the fashion show and she knew her friend was a really good musician.

     Dylan smiled as he looked at his new friend. "You don't want my chello you want," Dylan told Ava as he clicked on the picture of an electric violin making Ava smile as she looked at it. Just as Ava was going to respond Carlos came in.

     "Ava we have a problem Mal won't sleep like at all! I can't study because all I hear is her talking to her toys and singing the baby shark song." Carlos told his big sister who groaned as she looked at Dylan.

     "I'll be right back! I'm so sorry! I know you're probably busy tonight and this is delaying things," Ava told Dylan who had to hold back a laugh as he nodded. "Yeah it's fine I get it,"  Dylan told Ava who nodded as she ran to the crib.

      "Okay Mal am I going to have to move the crib by my bed, so I know when you're actually sleeping?" Ava asked the toddler who giggled as she held up her dragon. "Woaw! Mama pway wif me!" The small two year old told Ava making her sigh as she hated that fact that Mal never slept.

       Ever since Mal and Carlos had come back she was barely getting any time for sleep. "Mal we can play in the morning. It's late," Ava told the toddler who just started crying. "Pway! Pway! Pway! I no nigh nigh! No nigh nigh!" The small toddler screamed out at the top of her lungs.

     "See! I can't study like this Ava! I'm going to fail another test because she won't go to sleep," Carlos told Ava in frustration making her sigh as she gave up. "Relax I'm getting her! Now if you fail you have no excuse! Alright Mal come on you can sit with me," Ava told the toddler as she grabbed her from the crib making the toddler calm down as she giggled

     "I'm back and I brought a little helper," Ava told Dylan playfully, making him laugh as he looked at the two year old that had Ava wrapped around her tiny finger. "Okay well back to what we were talking about before... no Mal don't touch the ipad! I'm so sorry!" Ava told Dylan as she was trying to talk to him about what she wanted him to help her with for her fashion show, but she kept getting distracted by the toddler.

      Dylan just laughed again as he looked at the innocent little girl. "Nah it's fine Ava, so what were you saying," Dylan asked his friend as he could see she was stressed. They were all stressed with going to BHU, but Ava was definitely struggling more now that she was raising a toddler and a teenager.

      "Okay good and I was just confused because I didn't know you played the violin," Ava told Dylan as she bounded her leg a little making Mal giggle. Dylan just smiled. "If it has four strings and a bo then yeah of course. You can rent it too is that in your budget," Dylan told Ava who looked at the price as she internally sighed. That was a lot of extra money and she was already struggling now with trying to provide for three people one in which was a toddler which required more, but her friend did agree to help her and she did want the fashion show to go well.

      This fashion show could make or break her career and now that she was basically a mom she needed her career to take off, so she could keep providing for Mal and Carlos. "Yeah I'll just figure out a way to cover it somehow," Ava told Dylan who just nodded nervously. "So did you think about what Alison said," Dylan asked his friend, trying to change the subject.

      After they had gone to the track field they went to Alison's where she told them that sharing secrets can keep friends close and recommended that they share their secrets with each other.

      Ava just nodded as she looked at Dylan. "You mean about telling each other everything," Ava asked her friend, making him nod. ""Yeah," Dylan quietly told Ava as he was nervous. Ava just nodded. "Yeah you go first," Ava told Dylan as she rocked a little trying to put the toddler to sleep.

      Dylan just sighed as he knew his secret would crush Ava. Dylan didn't want to do that. "I made a mistake that I'm always going to regret," Dylan told Ava who nodded as she understood where he was coming from.

      She had made a huge mistake that she was probably always going to regret as well. She basically abandoned her siblings and made them fend for themselves. And she didn't even try to help or keep in contact with them.

      She was always going to regret doing that even now when she had them back. "If you tell me what it is I won't judge you," Ava told Dylan hoping to get closer with him and help him, but Dylan knew if he told Ava he would hurt her and end their new friendship.

        "Not tonight I have to find a way to tell someone else first," Dylan told Ava who just nodded. She was a little hurt that her friend didn't trust her enough to tell her his secret, but she understood where he was coming from.

       "Okay I can respect that. Anyway it's getting kind of late. I'm going to see if I can try to put this adorable trouble maker to bed one more time before I go to the student union to help Caitlin. You're coming right," Ava told Dylan as they had agreed to be there as backup for Caitlin while she was talking to Mason.

       Dylan just nodded as he looked at the time. "Yeah I gotta do something first, but I should meet up with you two later. And good luck getting her to bed. I'll see you later," Dylan told Ava as he quickly left to go back to his dorm.

      Once Dylan left Ava looked at the toddler. "Okay I let you stay up a little longer are you ready to sleep now," Ava asked the toddler who shook her head no. "No! No wanna! I say wif you," the small girl told Ava who sighed as she had to go to the student union to help backup her friend and she was planning on leaving Mal with Carlos.

       "Mal come on it's late and you get really cranky when you don't sleep," Ava told the toddler who just started crying again. "Okay fine, but if I'm taking you I'm taking Carlos too. Carlos!" Ava screamed out making the young boy put down his ipad that he was using to study on.

       "Yeah what's going on," Carlos asked Ava who threw his shoes at him. "Put these on and grab your Ipad that you're studying on! I have to do something at the student union and you're coming with me! I don't trust that you will study if I leave you here by yourself," Ava told Carlos who groaned.

        "Ava it's late!" Carlos whined out making Ava roll her eyes as she picked up Mal's dragon and blanket that she cleaned and handed it to the toddler who just grabbed the items as she pointed to her bottle and pacifier. And yes Mal had gone backwards. She used her sippy cup for about a week before she stopped demanding her bottle again, but Ava honestly didn't care anymore.

       Ava just nodded as she grabbed the bottle and pacifier as she quickly filled up the bottle and handed it to the toddler who began to drink it.

     "I don't care Carlos! You should have thought of that when you decided to fail Chemistry.   If you were actually passing then I would probably trust you to stay here and study, but you're not and I don't. I don't want to hear anymore complaining. You should be lucky I'm letting you stay at Auradon Prep. Now let's go!" Ava told her little brother sternly, making him groan as he grabbed his stuff and followed Ava to the student union while the toddler was just clinging to Ava and smiling while drinking from her bottle peacefully.