Watch and Learn

Chapter 13

Evie combed through her purse while in her chemistry classroom, clearly searching for something. The rest of the class is busy working or taking notes.

"Looking for something?" Mr. Deley asked, holding up the Evil Queen's mirror, as Chad slowly lifted up his head. "Thank you Chad. It's gratifying to see someone still respects the honor code."

"How did you get Evie's mirror?" Kitty asked, turning to her older brother.

"None of your business," Chad shot back. However, his refusal to answer was noticed by both his mother and father.

"Chad Charming, you will answer," Cinderella said, glaring slightly at her son.

"I saw it in her bag when I was borrowing a pencil," Chad shrugged. "She shouldn't have had it in class, it's cheating."

"So you stole it?"

"I was doing everyone a favor. It wasn't fair to everyone else who studied if she could just look up the answer."

"Oh and how about all the guys you paid to take the test for you while you were 'sick'?" Kitty shot back. "And let's not forget about all the girls you got to do your homework.

"Also isn't stealing against the rules at Auradon Prep?" Jay asked. "You're not any better than us even if you're stealing from us."

Chad gave Evie a smug look.

"It will be my recommendation that you are expelled."

"What?!" Mal exclaimed, turning to Evie. "You never told me about that!"

"I forgot," Evie said, looking sheepish. "Your date with Ben was more pressing."

"Next time something like this happens, you tell me," Mal told her, grabbing Evie's hand.

"Mr. Deley, I..." Evie quickly tried to come up with an explanation.

"But that's not fair!" Doug chimed in. "Obviously she wasn't cheating since she didn't have that...whatever it is."

"Thank you Doug," Ben said and Mal sighed softly, her shoulders sagging in relief. The teacher would trust Doug's word at least.

"It's called a magic mir—"

"You're not helping. Stop. Maybe she needed another pencil."

"Actually, I was—"

"Really, don't help. Please." Doug pleaded and then turned back to the teacher. "Please."

"I'm with Doug on this one," Eugene muttered.

"She's frightened," Aladdin muttered back. "I bet you weren't that great of a smooth talker when you first started out."

"Well, if you can pass this test, I'll return your property and let the matter drop," Mr. Deley said, giving in despite his wish for Evie to be expelled.

"And I would have rejected the proposal to have her expelled," Fairy Godmother told the room. "First off, this would have been Evie's first offense that I would be aware of so expulsion would be too strict. Also, knowing that the teacher said this before a test would have meant that the result of said test would have been based off of a student not mentally prepared for the test."

"Thank you Fairy Godmother," Evie said, giving the headmistress a kind smile.

"Hey, did you ever get your mirror back?" Evan asked.

"Yeah, I did," Evie nodded. "I keep it in my room now, only using it if I need help on homework—and that's only for a last resort."

"Evie, if you want, Doug and I have a study group," Ben said, looking over at his girlfriend's best friend. "Tuesdays and Thursdays, if you want to join."