I was walking by myself when someone jumped on me. I see, today is the day I die, huh. Well, so be it.

"Bella! Hello, your majesty." The person on me said. Ah, a familiar voice. It was Lonnie, daughter of Mulan.

"Hey girl, what's up?" I asked as she got off of me. "Have you seen Jane? She has a new hairstyle. I asked how and where cause her hair was short but now it's long. She said Mal, as in daughter of Maleficent, used magic on her. She also said she was going to their dorm to talk, and so I was wondering... Could you please come with me. I really want new and better hair than what I have. Please, please come with me!" Lonnie spoke so fast that I could only understand so much.

"Yeah, I don't see why not." It was nice to hear that Mal and Jane became friends, they both need some. "Great! Let's go!" Lonnie grabbed my hand and began running. I seem to be such an easy person to drag as everyone does it with ease.

Soon we arrived at their dorm and much to our surprise the door was wide opened. Lonnie still knocked on it, I guess that's just common decency.

"Hey, guys! I'm Lonnie. My moms Mulan?" Lonnie introduced herself, almost expecting them to know who she was. No one said anything, not even a hi. "No? Anyways, I love what you've done with Jane's hair. I know you hate us, and well you're evil, but do you think you could do mine?" She asked them. I have mixed feelings about everything she just said though. However, I did look over at Jane who's hair was styled in a new way which made her seem like a whole new person.

"Why would I do that for you?" Mal asked, which was valid. We shouldn't force them to do anything they don't want too, although we are making them take a class they don't want to take... Hmm.

"I'll pay you fifty dollars." Lonnie took out a bag of coins, woah she was ready I see.

"Good answer," Evie said getting up and taking the bag. I looked over and realized she was doing homework, Chad's homework I assume. God, I really want to punch him...

"I need to buy more material. Let's see, I'm thinking... We need to lose the bangs, maybe some layers, and some highlights." Evie looked over Lonnie's hair.

"Yeah, yeah, I want it cool. Like Mal's." Lonnie pointed at mal. "Really? The split ends too?" I let out a laugh, which I quickly covered up as a cough as Mal looked over at me.

Mal agreed after she and Evie shared a look. Obviously she didn't want to do this as she let out a groan. She got up to grab her spellbook, which I don't think anyone is allowed to have really. I mean if she's using it for good, who am I to judge?

"Beware, forswear. Replace the old with cool hair." I made sure to keep that one mind, maybe we're all capable of doing magic and don't need to be related to a witch or a fairy. It's just a theory, I hope we're all capable of magic.

When I turned back to look at Lonnie, she had brand new hair. It wasn't necessarily cool, but it was an upgrade I suppose. She doesn't look like a little girl anymore at least.

Lonnie walked over to the mirror in the room and the girls followed.

"I know, I know. It looks like a mop on your head. You know what? Let's cut it off, layer it." Evie began but Lonnie quickly cut in. "No, no. I love it!" She continued to admire herself in the mirror. "You do?" Evie asked. Again, I let out a laugh which I had to cover up as to not be rude.

Then, Lonnie ripped a part of her skirt. What?

"Now I'm cool." Well, not to be rude or anything, but I'm trying too hard to not laugh. Jane went to stand next to Lonnie and followed in her footsteps. She ripped part of her dress. I guess here in Auradon, anything can be classified as cool if it seems to break small rules. I really shouldn't find this funny, I mean they could just buy 'cooler' clothes. Or steal some if they really want to be cool.

"What did I just do? Mom's going to kill me!" Jane's face was full of shock and that was it. I started laughing, and I shouldn't have. Mother taught me better than this, but I couldn't help it. I'm not making fun of them really, it's just funny in a way.

"What? Do you want 'cool' hair too?" Mal asked turning to face me. I looked at her and I just continued to laugh.

"No!" Evie said out loud. I stopped laughing and looked up at her, did something happen? "I mean, no, Bella already has such nice, pretty, cool hair."

Oh no, I can feel my face heat up.

"Thanks, Evie, you have really cool, pretty hair too." I tucked a strand of hair behind my ear. I faced a different direction so Evie wouldn't see me blush, but Mal saw me. She looked at me confused, then a smirk spread across her face. Fuck, did I really out myself that easily?

"Yeah, and she's also really pretty. So her hair compliments her already beautiful features, right Evie?" Mal said turning to look at Evie.

Evie, please say no.

"Well of course! I mean her mom is Belle, and her name is Bella. Both names mean beauty. It's only logical that anyone named Belle or Bella have natural beauty." Evie explained not looking up from Chad's homework.

"And what do you think Bella? Look at Evie, and I mean really look at Evie, tell me what makes her beautiful," Mal smirked as she faced me. Oh God, my stomach hurts now. I slightly hugged myself as I turned to look at Evie. Lonnie and Jane were still in the room but they were still focused on admiring themselves in the mirror. Evie stopped working on Chad's work and turned to face Mal and me.

"Go on Bella, you can be honest," Mal was waiting for me to say something, oh God, why must you do this.

I looked at Evie and I tried so hard not to blush even more. I looked at her face and examined it. You can do this Bella, don't gay panic. Don't gay panic.

"Blue really is your color. It makes your beauty pop out, stand out more than other girls. Your lips are plump, and red really makes them stand out. You also have really nice eyebrows. Anyone could get lost in your brown eyes. Your features are symmetrical. You really are the fairest of them all." I felt my eyes begin to tear up, and I quickly looked down so if I did start crying from embarrassment no one would see.

"Aww, thank you! You're such a great friend!" Evie said and I felt someone wrap their arms around me. It was Evie. My face began to burn even more and I felt so weak, I shouldn't but I do. Someone kill me.

"Y-You're welcome, but I should be heading out soon. I have work to finish and stuff." I spoke up as Evie let go of me. "Yeah, we should be heading out too, thank you so much Mal! You're awesome!" Lonnie and Jane finally looked away from the mirror.

"Bye girls." Evie waved as we all left their dorm.

"Thank you so much Bella for coming with me! I'll see you later." I waved goodbye as Lonnie and Jane walked off in the opposite direction. "Bye," I said back which came out more like a whisper.

I wasn't lying when I said my stomach was hurting. and I also wasn't lying when I said I was ready to cry. I'm glad Evie didn't take what I said the wrong way, I don't want her to think I like her. I mean, I do but she doesn't have to know.

God, I was ready to barf. I ran to my room, I wanted to hide in there forever honestly. If Evie doesn't know I like her, Mal certainly does. I know I like girls, but this is my first time actually liking a girl, here at Auradon. It's always some celebrity, never a friend. Plus, I just met Evie!

I got to my room but someone was outside my door. I don't want to talk to anyone really, but they saw me.

And it was Ben... I can't ignore him, he's my brother.

"Bella! Just the person I wanted to see. Can we talk?" As much as I wanted to say no, go inside and cry, I said yes.

"Of course, come on in." I opened my door and walked in. I was so ready to just jump into my bed and have a good old cry.

Ben closed the door and made sure the windows were closed?

"It's about the guy." Was all he said before sitting down. I pushed all my feelings down and sat next to Ben. Time to be a good sister.

"I called him a good boy, can you believe that?! And I wasn't going to say I was talking about Dude because I wasn't talking about Dude. And now it's too late to say anything about it." Oh boy, he's more hopeless than I am.

"Well, I mean as long as he doesn't bring it up you're good. Or you can let time pass by and you two will laugh about it ya know. Who's this guy anyway?" I asked.

Ben blushed. "No... I uh... Look, I'll say who it is. Only because, one, if I don't tell someone I might end up telling everyone. Two, I might get over him and move on to some other dude." Ben explained. "Woah look at you, you're going to break so many hearts." I poked his cheek which made him laugh.

"It's... Carlos." He whispered. Oh, so we both like vk's. Our parents will have a heart attack if they find out.

"Oh you know, I can see you two as a thing. He's short and you're tall, perfect fit ya know." I laughed, maybe Ben does have a shot. I mean, why would Carlos and Jay ask me if gay people are okay here in Auradon if they weren't gay, or bi.

Ben and I continued to talk for a few minutes before he said he had to do some things before dinner. I walked him to the door to say goodbye when I decided to say something before I closed the door on him.

"Just so you know, I like girls. Okay, bye!" With that, I quickly closed the door. I waited by the door for a few seconds, maybe he didn't hear me?

"And just so you know, I love you and would never judge you!" I heard him say from the other side. I smiled, my nervousness washed away.

"Go away, dork."
"Look who's talking."

Once I heard footsteps disappearing in the distance, I walked over to my bed and laid down.

My stomach doesn't hurt anymore, and I don't want to cry either. Thank God.

[Word Count: 1925]
[Edited: June 1st, 2020]