𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝟏 {𝐉𝐚𝐲}

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

"I had the Grape pie." Ella laughed "Oh, cool. Um, uh--" Jay and I walked up and I lace my arm through his while Jay put his hands on his shoulder "Smooth." We mock in sync leading Carlos away "Oh! I have to actually talk to Gia. I'll catch up later." I tell Jay and he nods before pecking my lips "Love you!" He called out as him and Carlos walked away "Love you more!"

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THE NEXT DAY IM SITTING ON EVIES BED working on my laptop and making a phone call while she's working on chads caps for cotillion. "Mhm, yes. No! Okay Gia and Holden are to be seen in Arandelle for brunch with Elsa and Anna. While Mal and Ben have to be in Olympus with Hercules and Meg. Did you catch that William?" The schedule writer tried arguing with me about how to do my job

"William don't argue with me, please? I'm tired, I still have about twenty other things to plan, and ima till managing being a gymnast through it all. So please, just write it down on the schedule so we can have a good week!" I say with a gritted smile , even though William can't see that because we're on the phone

      "Write away Royal advisor Evangeline!" He said through the phone with an extra bite on my title before hanging up. And I chuck my phone to the bed "Someone's cranky today." Chad mumbles , I whip my finger up and use my magic to shut him up "Chad, you have five seconds to stop talking before I cut off all circulation to your brain, mkay?" I ask looking over my shoulder and seeing Chad nodding frantically, I put my finger down and he starts breathing dramatically— for the record I didn't stop his breathing , I simply made him stop talking — yes there is a difference.

I stand off the bed and stretch my back before leaning on the bedpost "What about peacock feathers? Yeah, I bet you nobody's gonna have those at Cotillion." Chad speaks trying very, very hard to stick out

Evie stops sewing for a second and stand up leaning back "Chad, when I look at you, all I can think of is... "king."" Evie complimented and Chad let out a gasp of appreciation "And fake fur... Uh-huh. ...fake fur says it all." She runs her hands along the fur outline of Chad's cape

"Loud and clear" Doug agreed and I turned my head to him "Your gonna be the most noticed prince at cotillion." I wink at him and he nods sternly

     I hear a knock on the door and I look over my shoulder to see Jay in his fencing uniform "Amphitheater in five." Jay told Chad with a bored expression. "Babe!" I exclaimed before jogging over to him. I wrap my hands around his neck while his slicks around my waist before he inter locks them , I stood on my tippy toes and pressed a kiss to his lips

"I haven't seen you all day." He said with a small fake pout "I know, I've been dealing with everything. It's so tiring." I explained to Jay "How about I take your mind off of things later? Take you out." Jay said with a smile and one crept on my face "Really?" I ask and he nods really "Yes , Gelly. Really."

"Why did the coach make him captain instead of me? I'm obviously better. 'King Chad,' though. I do rather like that. You know who else would like that?" Chad asked. Jay and I shared a look

"Who?" Evie asked, although everyone knew what the answer would be. "Audrey."

"She would." Evie false assured him.
I chuckled, before howling in laughter before trying to hide it in Jay's Chest

"Chad, let's go." Jay rolled his eyes again, wanting the prince to hurry up.

"I'm coming. Yeah. Oh. It-- I--" Chad stumbled fighting back tears "Wait!" I called out to Jay "Yes Gelly?" He questions with a raised brow "Walk me to practice?" I ask grabbing my bag knowing the answer "Come on." He told me grabbing my hand, and pulling me along

Jay ended up dropping me off at the gym before bolting off to the theater and I start taking off my warmup suit. "Your on bars first." Leila winced pointing at the bar section "You're kidding." I scoff with a disbelieving smile when coach appears next to me — Mulan. "Eva! Your on Bars first, you need to work on that cast to handstand." She pats my shoulder walking off

I stare at the back of her head wide eyed "She knows I hate bars, why is she trying to torture me!" I exclaimed dramatically making Leila laugh "She's not torturing you, E. She's simply making you better, and trying to advance you to 10. You're almost perfect everything else. Vault, floor, beam! You just struggle heavily on bars. Last meet you got a 8.1." My best friend points out making me wince "Dont remind me, that was beyond embarrassing." I pinch my nose.

Leila places a reassuring hand on my shoulder "It's mainly the power of your swings. It's not really ... there. Work on that and your technique and you've got it." Leila advises being one of the best gymnast on bars . I take a deep breath before smiling at her and I walk and put on my hand grips and walk to the bars. Against my will.

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AFTER PRACTICE IM SITTING at my desk, which is covered in three binders. One for my advisor things, one for cotillion planning, and one for schedules and dates. My door creaks open and Jay walks in holding a basket. I turn around and brush my curls out of my face

I smile at him and he walks over and places the basket on my already stacked desk "Was that smart, babe?" I raise an eyebrow . He leans one arm on my desk and tilts his head with a smirk "Probably not." He shrugged "Look in the basket." He nudged his head

I look at him suspiciously before standing up and leaning over the basket. I see a cute little green Dino stuffy, I pick it up and give Jay a pout filled smile, "Keep looking." I see a tuba wear container filled with beignets , another filled with Jambalaya soup, a whole lot of apple juice, and a green fluffy blanket. "This is so thoughtful— why did you do this?" I ask Jay sincerely dropping my hands at my side

He walks up to me and takes the containers out of my hands and places them on my desk before pulling me into his body by my waist "Because, you deserve it. You've been working yourself to the max. You deserve a little you time, and 'you' time... equals 'we' time." He flirted

I let out a laugh and grabbed his face with both my hands "Thank you, I've been running myself dry. I needed this thank you so much." I move the containers to the side "And I'll store this in my mini fridge, while you and I, do something a little more fun." I wink at Jay and he smiles.