Author's Note: I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and please let me know what you guys thought. And I hope you guys are excited for the next chapter as I will be getting more into the drama that comes with Perfectionists as I wanted to do a few sibling bonding chapters in between all the drama, but I promise the next chapter will be getting back into the drama.

    "Cawos! You ba!" The small toddler screamed out excitedly as she went running to the booth that her big brother was sitting at. Carlos just laughed as he picked up his happy baby sister. "Yeah I am back!" Carlos told the toddler who just giggled and hugged him tightly.

      Ava just sighed when she realized that Mal hadn't even acknowledged her again and Carlos was barely even looking at her. She thought she had made progress, but it seems like all of that went away the second Mal saw Carlos again.

       Just as Ava was just going to leave as Carlos clearly had Mal situated Mal reached out and pulled her back. "Aba no weabe! Sa!" The small girl told her big sister as she didn't want Ava to leave.

        Ava just smiled as she realized that Mal hadn't forgotten her, making her feel happy as she just sat down at the booth with Carlos and Mal. "Okay Mal I'm staying, but I have to get us lunch, so I'll be right back," Ava told the toddler who just smiled and nodded.

         "Otay Aba!" The small girl told her sister and Ava smiled as she got up to go order food. Once Ava left Carlos looked at Mal as he noticed she had a sippy cup with her and he didn't see Mal's bottle. "Mal what's that," Carlos asked his sister as it looked too good to be true.

           He had been trying for at least a year to get Mal off of the bottle and Ava could do it in a few weeks. Mal just smiled as she looked at her big brother. "Id sip cup! Wook id pupwl an id hab dwagins on id! Wook!" The young two year old told her brother as she held up her new sippy cup that she had now fallen in love with.

           Carlos just smiled as he watched his sister drink from the sippy cup, but his happiness soon turned into sadness as he realized the real reason he had been hesitant to get rid of Mal's bottle and even the binky. Getting rid of those things would mean his baby sister wasn't a baby anymore and he didn't like that thought.

            He had been basically raising her since she was a newborn and he knows that Mal is still just a toddler and still really young, but she wasn't a baby anymore. She was growing up and that made him sad. He never understood why people would always get sad over stuff like that until he basically became a dad.

              Mal was also now running around in the play area while he was just sitting in the booth trying not to cry and he knew it was ridiculous, but he couldn't help himself. When Ava came back she noticed Carlos and immediately placed the food down as she looked at her little brother.

              "Hey Carlos what's wrong? You look like you're about to cry? Is everything okay," Ava asked her little brother in concern. Carlos just nodded as he looked at Mal's sippy cup that she left on the table when she ran off to go play. "Yeah it's just that um you got rid of her bottle," Carlos told Ava while trying to hold back his sadness.

                 He knew Mal needed to stop using the bottle, but it still didn't make the feeling of sadness go away. Ava just smiled as she looked at Carlos. "Sort of it's a process. I got her to want a sippy cup, but I haven't gotten rid of the bottle completely yet, but I'm about to," Ava told her brother and before Carlos knew it he was crying.

                  Ava had no clue what was happening, but she just held him and let him cry on her. Finally after a few more minutes of Carlos crying he calmed down and Ava just gave him a concerned look as Carlos didn't cry very often at least he didn't use to.

                    "Hey it's okay. Do you want to tell me what happened?" Ava asked her little brother who just wiped away his remaining tears. "I can't, it's embarrassing," Carlos told Ava who just sighed as she looked at Carlos. "Hey come on I'm your big sister you can trust me. Remember when we were younger. We were inseparable," Ava told her brother who just smiled a bit as he remembered those days to when they were younger and he had practically worshipped his sister. They were a team even though Ava was six years older than him.

                        He trusted her with everything and she had trusted him with everything too. They were the Jalali siblings and they really were an inseparable team. He just sighed as he wiped away more tears realizing that his reminiscing was making him cry again.

                       "It's just that um Ava everythings changing. I mean we barely even talk anymore. We don't even have parents. I'm a teenager now and Mal she's not a baby anymore. She's growing up and I don't like it. I know it's so stupid to be crying over this kinda stuff especially since she's only two and still really young, but I just can't help it," Carlos told his big sister and before he knew it Ava was crying too as his words hit deep. Carlos was right about all of it.

                         Mal finished playing in the playground and came over to find both Ava and Carlos holding each other and crying. The small toddler just looked at them in confusion, but turned her focus away as she just looked at the food as she was hungry.

                        She just picked up a nugget and bit into it. Mal smiled when she liked the taste as she began to keep eating it. "Dis gow!" The small girl screamed out immediately making Carlos and Ava stop crying as they looked over to see the toddler eating real food.

                         "Oh my gosh! She's eating! She's eating real food!" Carlos screamed out immediately making Mal put the food down as she looked at her big brother. "No yell!" The small toddler told her big brother and Ava just laughed as she looked at Mal who was actually eating real food.

                           "Okay I'm getting a sense of deja vu," Ava told her brother, making him laugh as he remembered what Ava was referring to. Mal just looked at her sister in confusion of the word. "Wa da?" The small girl asked her sister who just smiled. "Mal Deja vu is when something feels like it's happened before," Ava told the toddler who just nodded.

                             "Mal we are feeling it now because two years ago when you were a baby we went to a restaurant like this and we couldn't get you to drink your formula, but then you finally did and we celebrated and it's just like this," Carlos told his baby sister as he was enjoying the feeling of being a family again with his sisters. It was a nice feeling to just be the brother again.

                             After another hour of them eating and Mal playing in the play area again while Ava and Carlos caught up with each other they decided to go back to Ava's dorm. When they got back Carlos smiled when he saw the boxes outside the door.

                              "Oh awesome our stuff arrived! Yes the playpen is here too!" Carlos screamed out excitedly as he got the playpen out and set it up in Mal's "room" as he picked her up from Ava as Mal had fallen asleep in the car as it was her nap time.

                                He then placed Mal into the playpen as he carefully moved away from the "room" careful not to wake up Mal. Once he was sure that they were safe Carlos just flopped down on Ava's bed. "Man it feels so good to have her in a playpen.  I feel so much better now," Carlos told Ava, making her laugh a bit as she had to agree.

                              "Yeah well this dorm still isn't safe though. Come on I need your help, so we can toddler proof this place if Mal is going to be living here. We gotta protect our baby sister! And once we're done we can discuss what to do about your schooling since we have to get you into a school," Ava told her brother who just laughed and rolled his eyes.

                                "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on we can talk about that boring stuff later! Now let's protect our baby sister!" Carlos told his big sister as he was so happy. He was finally getting to be a carefree teenager and he loved the feeling, so much. 

                                   Ava just laughed a little as she looked at her brother. She had really missed him and she was so happy that he was back. She began to get upset though when she realized that she had another memorial for Nolan she would have to go to later at night. She really didn't want to go, but she had to keep up their stupid "perfect posse" and now more than ever as Dana was back.

                                    Carlos noticed that his big sister was no longer smiling and she looked really sad. "Hey Ava what's wrong?" Carlos asked his big sister in concern Ava just immediately put on a fake smile as she didn't want Carlos to worry.

                                    "Nothing I was just remembering that school starts again tomorrow and I don't know what to do about Mal," Ava half lied to her brother as she actually was worried about that as Carlos would be in school since she was planning on signing him up in the morning for whichever school he decided on, but Mal was too young for school. However that was not her main concern as her main concern was the fact that she could possibly go to jail and lose her siblings all because Dana was back and clearly after her again.

                                       Carlos just nodded as he looked at Ava and Ava sighed a bit in relief as he had bought it. "Yeah I get that. I think there is a daycare that you can take her to. I've been doing research and according to the internet there is this really great daycare really close to here and it's not that expensive," Carlos told Ava and she smiled at the information as it actually was helpful.

                                       "Okay great! Well that's all settled! Now let's toddler proof the dorm," Ava told her brother trying to distract him from the real issue. She would just wait for Carlos to fall asleep, down some drinks, and then she would go to the memorial for her secret boyfriend. He didn't even have to know it was happening.

                                       Carlos just laughed. "Yeah! This is going to be fun! I love toddler proofing. I know it's weird, but I really loved doing it back in Auradon," Carlos told his sister who just smiled as she looked at her brother and handed him a bag.

                                      "Okay good because this is going to take a while, so I'm glad you're excited," Ava told Carlos who just laughed as he grabbed the items as he began to open them up, so they could toddler proof the dorm and make the dorm feel more like home for Carlos and Mal.