evie and i were walking back from dinner to her dorm to hang out a bit before curfew. we were holding hands and laughing at how i tried to get rid of the giant hickey she left me with an ice cube. it did not work and it melted all over my neck. we were outside her dorm room, she was leaning against it and i was on her, leaving kisses on her neck when we heard footsteps. i didn't think much of it till evie whispered, "it's doug." i quickly got off of her and went to stand next to her rather than tower over her, even though we're about the same height.

"hey guys, woah what's that on your neck?" doug approached us. of course he noticed the fucking hickey, damn it evie. "oh nothing, just you know. boyfriend gets crazy sometimes." please believe me. please believe me. "oh, okay... anyways evie i was wondering if you already had a date for the cotillion?" i doubt he believed it but obviously he was more interested in evie, don't blame him though.

"a date for the cotillion? uh yes i do! why do you ask?" was she playing dumb or did she not clearly see that he was trying to ask her to the dance. "oh cool, well goodnight guys. i'll uh, see you guys tomorrow." doug waved as he walked away. okay now i feel bad for him, but then again evie's my girlfriend.

"we should tell him we're together." evie said to me, should we? "would it hurt him if we told him?" i asked. "i think it would hurt more that we hid it for six months." good point.

"at the cotillion, i'll tell everyone about us, i promise." i stuck my pinky finger out, no one ever breaks a pinky promise unless you wanted to loose your pinky. evie rolled her eyes and we pinky promised. what a fucking dork she's dating.

evie opened the door and we walked into an empty room. mal wasn't here yet, but she wasn't at dinner either. i was going to close the door when evie let out a loud "oh my god!" i looked at her confused and worried.

"what's wrong?" i asked. "mal, she left!" she handed me a note that read 'e, i'm so sorry but i don't belong here. tell the others i'll miss them.'

"you don't mean she went back to the isle of the lost, did she?" no but why? what caused her to feel the need to go back? "what do we do?" i asked her. but we didn't have the answer. how are we supposed to get there first of all?

"before we do anything we should see ben, maybe carlos and jay are with him, or maybe he saw her. no but i mean if jay and carlos knew she was leaving they would've said something already. or if anyone saw her leave?"

"evie calm down, we'll get to the bottom of this. i promise just calm down okay. let's go see if ben knows anything, on our way to him call carlos and jay. check in and see if they know anything. tell them to meet us at ben's dorm." i tried to calm her, which kinda worked but she was still really worried.

we ran to ben's dorm and evie called jay and carlos to tell them the news.

we barged into bens room, we didn't even bother knocking. "hey! what the he.. what's wrong?" ben asked putting his phone down. evie didn't say anything but showed him the note mal left. he looked at us confused and lost.

"ben she left, she went back to island. do you have any idea why she might've done this?" evie asked, but why would ben know anything?

"this is my fault! this is my fault! i was such a jerk to her about having her spell book and lying to us. instead of being understanding i yelled at her, i went all beast on her. i have to go apologize, i have to bring her back. i caused her to do this, it's only fair i bring her back!" ben was blaming himself but maybe it was all our faults. i mean we've all been doing our thing and we forgot about mal. then the media was harassing her and she probably just felt alone.

"ben you'll never find her, you need to know the isle and how it works... you have to take me with you!" evie told me, she wasn't asking him, she was telling him. "yes! wait are you sure?" wait what? no, evie is not going back there.

"she's my best friend. and we'll bring the boys too because there's safety in numbers. and none of us are really too popular over there right now."

"thank you." evie cut him off, "but let's get two things straight, you have to promise me that i won't get stuck there again and there's no way you're going looking like that."

"evie wait, i can't let you leave. i'm not going to stop you either, so i'm coming with!" i told her. she turned to look at me. "no, no you're not. it's too dangerous and you'd be putting yourself in risk. i won't let them hurt you." i stepped towards her. "and i won't let them hurt you, i'm sorry but this isn't up to discussion. i'm coming with, plus you'll need help with ben." evie and i laughed as ben wasn't exactly 'bad boy' material.

"okay then, let's go give you two some clothes to change into. we don't want you to stand out more than you should." i tightened my grip on evie's hand and we left ben's room.

soon we were all in evie's room. she had given us a makeover so we looked like we belong on the isle. soon we were off, we had gotten the keys to the limo that got us to the isle.

"jay, keys. remote." ben tossed the keys to jay as we ran down the steps. "wait, something's wrong!" evie said. we all stopped and looked at evie. she went to ben and fixed his beanie. woah.

"shotgun!" someone said. "no dude, stay! the isle is way to dangerous." carlos, was he talking to the dog?

"did he just.." jay looked at dude completely confused. "talk? yeah i know, tell you later." right okay.

"okay, once we cross the bridge park under the pier in the old garage. okay?" evie told ben. woah, we're actually doing this. i held on to evie's hand the whole time, i shouldn't be this nervous but i am. in less than a few minutes we were on the isle of the lost. fuck we were really here... we all got off quickly and i felt evie squeeze my hand harder than i had. "in and out." she whispered. i nodded, as long as we all stayed close together nothing bad would happen. right?

we quickly put tarps over the car to hide it, although anyone could lift them and see what's underneath it. it's not like they turned the car invisible.

"hey guys, keep it chill. the last thing we need is our parents figuring out we're here." carlos reminded evie and jay. evie made ben and i walk in between her and jay. as i looked around, i didn't feel nervous anymore. i felt bad as i looked at the condition the kids are growing up in. i needed to help them as soon as possible. i can't just leave them to grow up here. it isn't fair.

"hey! hey! stop!" i turned around to see two kids trying to take evie's stuff. "just take it." she told them and they ran away with her wallet. i grabbed her hand and smiled at her. she smiled weakly at me and we continued walking.

ben had gotten ahead of the group, oh god. he was looking around taking in his surroundings, he stuck out easily.

"ben stop! this isn't a parade, it's the isle." evie held him back. "keep your hands in your pocket unless you're stealing." jay told him. "you either slouch or strut." carlos added. "and never, never, smile. that goes for you too." evie said to me. babe you love my smile c'mon now.

"don't worry dorks, i know what to do." i told her.

"okay tha-" "no 'thank you's' and drop the 'please' too. just.. chill." evie told ben. he was going to need lots of help.

"carlos you're boyfriends hopeless." jay whispered but it was obvious he wanted us to hear him.

[start playing song here]

[start reading again once song ends]

okay how do they make up songs on the spot? how did they make up a whole ass dance number? is everyone on the isle talented as fuck too? i can't believe i just followed them as they sang a whole song. catchy but whack.

"so much for keeping a low profile." i whispered to evie. "get used to it doll." she quickly pressed a kiss on my cheek. i looked ahead and saw ben was still fucking dancing. he got way to into it. and this bitch just ran into someone. why is my brother such a dork, like i'm one to speak though. 

"hey man hey. hey i know you." he said to ben, we all quickly went up to ben to get him away from the dude. "uh no. don't know you either man." ben said trying to hide his face. "uh yeah, you do." the dude kept repeating.

"come on man. really? dude, i'll give you a hint. my dad is quick, slick and his neck huh?" what was he going on about... "gaston!" i whisper shouted as i realized what he meant. this got me someone stepping on my foot, a sign that said 'shut up'.

"yeah gaston. you-" he stopped as he finally got a good look at us. he looked at us, specially me, and he went from looking at me to the posters on the wall. why does the isle have posters of the cotillion if no one from the isle is going??

"oh you're queen bella! and you're prince ben! and," jay and evie quickly pushed ben and i away from this dude. "and your jay, carlos and evie. hey guys!" he seems so innocent and pure.

we kept walking till jay stopped and grabbed a rock from a garbage lid and threw it to some sign. this lead to a gate being opened up. woah i like that.

evie was about to go up the stairs when ben stopped her. "i should go, this is my fault." evie looked at ben like she knew something he didn't. "alright, all the way up." she told him. "watch her." ben whispered to evie. evie turned to look at me and nodded. as if i needed protection or a nanny.

up the stairs ben went. good luck bro.