Faking It [REWORKING '23]

chapter 1o

chapter ten
love
- vocalpeter and katwritings
this is the last chapter before the
epilogue.
blegh

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[Rotten Trio]
[Third Person]

Carlos had been walking around the courtyard, on the phone and complaining. Jay had seen him do this a lot recently, bickering and having that sassy look to him. He found it oddly cute to watch his ex ( was he really an ex? ) show dominance to someone.

"Get anything?" Mal asked from her spot on the branch, Evie hidden in the bush to his right. He only shook his head, continuing to watch as Carlos ended he call and began walking away.

"Jane, come on," he whispered, seeing the shy girl walk out from her spot behind the vending machines and approach Carlos. All three VK's mouthed the words, 'Where have you been,' just as Jane did.

He snarled, actually snarled at the girl, before tugging behind her ear to pull her extensions out. Jane gasped, and shrieked as he undid her bow and walked off with it between his fingers.

"Where was this villainy back at the Isle?" Mal muttered, hopping down the tree and walked out from their hiding spot. Evie was still in shock at his behaviour, never had she seen him so.. bad.

"Probably lost with all his confidence," Jay coughed, taking lead and walking to follow Carlos. They needed to know where he was staying, no one actually knew where his new dorm had been located, besides Fairy Godmother, but she wouldn't tell them anything.

Mal quickly redid Jane's spell, the girl's hair going back to being curly and long down her shoulders. She beamed at Mal, running over to follow the three of them as they trailed Carlos and his large fur coat.

They took many laps around the regular dorm hall, watching him enter different rooms and exit with different things. No one saw him pick the locks, as he's done it multiple times before. He'd walk in, grab what he needed and then stuff it in his heavy bag before leaving to the next room.

The four of them had grown bored seeing him walk around they forgot to keep watch of him as he turned down the hallway and downstairs to his own dorm. Mal was the first to notice. He wasn't in any rooms when they checked, or anywhere in the halls.

The black suited boy had slipped away from them for the sixth time that week. How he did? No one knew.

"You let him get away!" Mal accused, pointing her leather clad finger at Jay, who seemed offended.

"You're the one on the opposite end! You let him slip you by!" He huffed, glowering at her with his arms crossed around his chest.

"What seems to be the problem children?" Fairy Godmother asked, appearing from the bathroom across the hall. She smiled at Jane before looking at the other three.

"We were trying to look for Carlos, he hasn't been around for -,"

"Months?" The woman said almost rudely. Her happy smile turned to a frown and then a scold at the others. "If you kids would learn respect than maybe he'd let you find him."

"Mom, how do you know about this?" Jane asked, looking up at her with shock and embarrassment. She hadn't been the closest to Carlos, but she was just as bad as the others.

"I've spent my days with the poor boy during the long school year. When you all went out to your Summer Bash Ball, he and I had or discussions in the library and the lounge," FGM explained. "But never you mind that, what is it that you must ask him of?"