Ava groaned in frustration as she continued to try and get in contact with her little brother. Carlos had just taken off again without telling her and now he wasn't answering her phone calls. It had been a few days since she had even seen or heard from him and she was extremely worried now.

    "Carlos De Vil Jalali! Answer your dang phone right now!" Ava pretty much screamed out through the phone as she was angry and worried. Her brother wasn't answering her calls and she couldn't handle it anymore.

     She couldn't lose another person. She had just lost her boyfriend after someone had killed him and she was so heartbroken and full of grief as she had loved him. Carlos not answering his phone was not helping and neither was Mal's constant crying.

     She couldn't believe she was thinking this, but she really wished that Carlos and Mal hadn't shown up. She was perfectly fine living her life and now here she was a college student trying to raise a super difficult toddler and a rebel teenager that just keeps taking off. On top of the fact that her boyfriend had just died and she was grieving.

     Ava just continued to sob as she continued to down the drinks trying to numb the pain as she couldn't stop thinking about Nolan as she had loved him and now he was gone. She hadn't been doing anything, but drink and cry and she would have forgotten Mal was even there if the toddler didn't keep reminding her with her annoying cries.

     The small toddler that had been trying to keep her distance from Ava just walked over to her when she saw Ava crying. The toddler didn't understand why Ava was crying, but she didn't like it even though she still wasn't that comfortable with her.

     Mal just got up from her "room" which was really just a spot that she had claimed as her safe spot as she still hadn't completely trusted Ava yet. She just walked over to the sobbing young adult as she didn't understand why Ava was crying.

     The young toddler just walked over to Ava and wiped her tears away with her tiny fingers  like she always did with Carlos whenever he would cry. And Carlos cried a lot while they were in Auradon, but he never told her why, but she didn't care.

      "No cwy!" The toddler told Ava with a cute little smile making Ava just look at the toddler as she grabbed her and just held her close to her as Mal was all she had left at this point and that was the first time Mal had come to her other than to cry for something that she wanted.

      Mal just giggled as she looked at Ava. It was the first time she was really getting any affection from someone other than Carlos and she actually liked it. Mal just snuggled up close to her and decided to test her limits. "I wob you Aba," the small toddler told her big sister as she snuggled up closer to her and fell asleep on her.

       Ava just let out a small smile as she held her sister. She was finally feeling loved by her sister and for once she wasn't alone as she had her baby sister. And the small girl was so much work, but at least she knew that Mal loved her now as she had been thinking with the way Mal acted with her that Mal hated her.

         It was the first time in days that Mal had even come out of her little corner in the other room other than to cry for a bottle of milk and some strawberries as Mal only ate strawberries and nothing else and Ava had been too depressed to even care.

         After about an hour of Ava just sitting on the floor holding the sleeping toddler her door opened and Carlos came in with some girl. Carlos just smiled at her as if he hadn't just been gone for days as he went to the other room with the girl.

       Ava just immediately placed Mal on her bed and created a little barrier with pillows, so she wouldn't fall off the bed as she quickly got up and went to the other room to lecture her little brother. "Oh hey what's up Ava," Carlos told his sister casually as if he hadn't just taken off for days without even talking to her.

       Ava just looked at her brother in disbelief. "Carlos don't hey me where were you? And why did you not even answer any of my calls? And who is this? You can't just bring random girls here," Ava screamed out as she had been worried sick about her little brother and he just comes back in acting like everything was just normal.

          Carlos just rolls his eyes as he looks at Ava. "Relax Ava I went to Auradon to get the last remaining stuff that I left since we left in a hurry like her carseat and I'm having them bring her crib over too and Dude's kennel. And this isn't just some random girl, this is Jane, she's my um friend," Carlos told his sister as he looked at Jane and blushed making Jane do the same.

          Ava just sighed as she looked at her little brother. "Okay that's fine, but you should have told me first and you should have answered my calls. You're still a teenager and I'm still in charge of you. You had me worried sick," Ava told Carlos who just rolled his eyes again as he had been on his own for two years and didn't need Ava to treat him like some baby.

          "Yeah, yeah whatever Ava. Anyway I just came here to tell you that Jane is moving in with us. And also I need you to enroll us in school," Carlos told his big sister making Ava look at him like he was insane.

          "What! Carlos, she is not moving in here! I'm not even supposed to be having you and Mal here, but I talked to them and they have given me an exception since I'm your guardian, but Jane is not moving in here! And I will enroll you in school and only you. Jane's parents can enroll her themselves if they want to," Ava told her brother, making Carlos groan as he looked at her.

          "Ugh Ava you are so unfair. Jane wants a fresh start from Auradon, but her mom is the headmistress at Auradon Prep. Please Ava, she's like my only friend and you owe me for doing your job for two years!" Carlos told his big sister, making Ava roll her eyes as she pointed to the toddler cuddling with her baby bottle as she was upset at her brother for trying to act like he was such a better older sibling then she was when it was clear that he didn't know what he was doing.

            "Oh yeah because you've done such a great job with it! She still drinks from a baby bottle and sucks on a pacifier! And you dyed her hair! Plus she only eats strawberries and nothing else! Yeah you're real sibling of the year," Ava told her brother sarcastically making Carlos look at her in offence as she had no room to talk.

             "Oh look who's talking! You left us! You left a 12 year old kid to raise a newborn! Yeah I made some mistakes, but I'm a kid! I don't know what I'm doing, but at least I was trying! I didn't just dump her on someone else because I wanted to be free! Come on Jane we're leaving! And I'm taking Mal with me," Carlos screamed out as he went and picked up the sleeping two year old immediately waking her up and making her cry.

               "Cawos nigh nigh!" The toddler cried out as she was sleeping and he just woke her up. Carlos just sighed as he looked at his baby sister. "Mal we're leaving," Carlos told the toddler who just shook her head no. "No Cawos I wike id hewew. I no wanna weabe. Cawos say hewew," the young girl told her other brother making Carlos groan in frustration as he put the toddler back down on the bed and the small girl cuddled up with her dragon and fell back to sleep while still sucking on her pacifier.

            "Fine Mal you can stay here, but Jane and I are leaving. I'll still come and see you, but I won't be living with you anymore," Carlos told his baby sister as he grabbed Jane's hand and tried to leave with her, but Ava just pulled him back. "Carlos, you can't just leave I'm still in charge of you," Ava practically screamed out as she wasn't in the mood to be dealing with her rebel brother and she liked it better when he was younger and still did what she said.

              Carlos just released himself from Ava's grip. "I'm just going out for a walk, so I can clear my head. I'll be right back "mom" come on Jane," Carlos told Ava with an attitude as he left with Jane to go clear his head as he wasn't over what she had done to them. She was supposed to be their older sister and she just threw him and Mal to someone else and completely forgot about them for almost three years.

              He had to stop being a kid, so he could raise his baby sister and keep her safe. He didn't get to hang out with friends and do after school clubs or sports. He had to hurry back home so he could protect his baby sister from Jay's cruel girlfriend that found joy in making Mal cry and it took him months to get Mal to even start talking past the normal age that babies start talking as she was afraid of getting an owie as she liked to call it.

              And he remembered exactly what it was like when she said her first word. It had shocked him and it made him cry.

                                                               Flashback

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    "Come on Mal. You can do it Carlos. Come on Carlos. Say Carlos, Mal," The almost fourteen year old old told his almost two year old baby sister. He had been trying for months now to get Mal to start talking as he was starting to worry about her development as most babies were already saying a bunch of words by her age and Mal still wasn't saying anything.

    Jane just smiled as she looked at her friend. "Carlos, maybe that's just too complicated for her to say. Try something easier," Jane told her friend with a smile as she loved how caring he was and she loved that he was being such a good big brother and pretty much raising his baby sister on his own.

    Carlos just smiled at his friend that he secretly had a crush on. "Yeah maybe you're right Jane," Carlos told his friend, but was interrupted when the small baby looked over at him and smiled while pointing at him.

    "Dada!" The young one year old screamed out while pointing at Carlos and reaching towards him in her car seat. Carlos just looked at his sister in shock and then looked over at his friend as he unbuckled her and picked her up as they had been stopped in the car while waiting on Jay who had gone in the store to go get more cigarettes and told him to stay in the car with Mal and Jane was coming over to study.

     "Did... Did she just... ? Did she just call me dada," Carlos asked his friend in shock as tears began to fall down his face as he realized that Mal thought he was her dad and that made him remember his actual dad and how much he actually missed him as Carlos hadn't been thinking much about his parents, but hearing his baby sister call him dada just reminded him that he was probably never going to see his dad again and Mal was never going to see her actual dad. He had been holding onto the hope that maybe his parents would come back someday, but hearing Mal call him dada just really hit him. His parents were actually gone and his big sister had left them too. He was in charge now and he needed to step up more and become more than just Mal's big brother as he was all she had left.

      Before Carlos could realize what was happening the small one year old was wiping away his tears with her small fingers. "Dada," the small girl told him with a small smile as she wiped away his tears. Carlos just smiled at his baby sister as he hugged her. "Yeah Mal I'm here. It's okay," Carlos told his baby sister as he just held her and she curled up close to him, but before she could fall asleep she looked at Jane and smiled at her as well.

     "Mama!" The small girl screamed out while looking at Jane making Jane freeze as she was way too young for kids, but when she saw the small girl reach for her she just sat down by Carlos and smiled at him and the now sleeping baby.

       Carlos just gave his friend a nervous smile while he blushed. "Thanks for helping me and thanks for not running off when she called you mama. I'm sorry she did that," Carlos told his friend nervously, just making Jane smile as she grabbed his hand.

      "It's okay Carlos and I know you're going through a lot right now. She's sleeping just let it out. I want to help," Jane told her friend, just making Carlos break down crying as Jane held him as he just completely broke down, telling her about everything he's been through and how much he wanted his big sister to be there for him and Mal.

                                                             Flashback ends

     Carlos was brought out of his memory by Jane who was looking at him in concern as he had started to cry again without realizing it. "Hey are you okay," Jane asked her friend as she had seen him crying and she knew that Carlos loved his big sister and hated fighting with her, but he was still not over the fact that she had left him behind.

     Carlos just wiped his tears away as he smiled a bit at Jane. "Yeah I'm fine I just hate that she left us too. And I know she cares about us, but it's just hard for me to trust her again. I trusted her a few years ago and she just sent us away. I'm just scared that she's going to throw us out again and I'm going to be on my own with Mal as we don't even have a home anymore since we can't go back to Auradon," Carlos told his friend and Jane just nodded at him sadly as they sat down on a park bench and they just held each other.

      "I know Carlos, but I can tell that she cares about you and Mal. That's why she yelled at you. She wants to be a better sister, but you have to try too. Now come on let's go back to your sister's dorm and then in the morning I will go back to Auradon. I want to stay here with you, but I can't leave my mom behind and I don't want you to lose your sisters over me," Jane told her friend who just nodded his head as he was finally calmed down.

        "Yeah you're right Jane let's go back. I need to apologize to my sister and yeah you need to go home. I would love to still see you everyday, but you're right you need to go home. I'm going to miss you though," Carlos told his friend who just blushed and nodded her head.   "Yeah me too, but we can still keep in contact and I can come visit," Jane told Carlos as they walked back to the dorm.