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eviesmyspiritanimal · 5 years

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Girl’s Trip Part 8

Summary: Evie, Mal, Uma, Audrey, and Jane go on a road trip to the beach for a three-day weekend. Evie’s driving and has road rage, Uma constantly pesters Audrey, Mal thinks it’s all kind of funny, and Jane’s wide-eyed and lovably clueless as usual. Friendship and family feels.

“You’re being brought in for questioning because you five are the last people that were spotted on the video cameras at the Jify-Journey before a robbery occurred,” the officer informed them in his idiotic-sounding voice, as he shoved them toward the police car.

Evie furrowed her brow, remembering the crappy little gas station from the day before. She climbed in the vehicle without a word, not feeling like arguing with him after how she had reacted to Mal.

The truth was that Mal had struck a chord inside of her, and a very sensitive one at that. Ever since the tire went flat, nothing had went right. Everyone was constantly bickering about something and everywhere they stopped was a disgusting hole.

Evie felt terribly guilty about everything, and she felt awful for making Mal feel bad. She wasn’t upset with Mal at all, and if everyone else wasn’t listening she’d eagerly apologize and try to make up with her.

“Sir, I am the Queen of Auradon,” Mal sassily responded to the cop, and he raised an eyebrow at her.

“And I’m Princess Audrey of Auroria!” Audrey added desperately.

“I’m the daughter of the Fairy Godmother!” Jane fearfully explained.

“I’m an innocent hitchhiker?” Uma tried with a wide grin.

“I’ve seen the Queen of Auradon on the television. She’s way prettier than you and can turn into a dragon,” the police officer informed Mal with a sneer, and pushed her in the car.

“Let me out, and I’ll show you just how I do it,” Mal told her. The cop rolled his eyes and he turned to the other three that were standing there near the car.

“As for the rest of you lot, I don’t believe a word you’re saying. You criminal types are full of lies,” he pointed out and Uma, Audrey, and Jane reluctantly got into the police car.

Mal suppressed a groan as the man started to get into the driver’s seat.

“Idiot Cinderellasburg officer,” Mal mumbled under her breath, leaning in nearby Uma. The dark-skinned girl nodded her head in agreement as she gave the man a nasty look.

The policeman started to drive and Mal stared at him through the rearview mirror, her eyes glowing green as she tried to silently communicate her identity. When he finally saw her magic, the man looked at her in a discombobulated sort of way and he gasped.

“You sorceress! That’s against the law, too, and you’re really gonna get in trouble for that!” the cop exclaimed and went a little faster in the direction of the police station lockdown.

Mal growled quietly in pure frustration. The people of Cinderellasburg were just like their rulers Prince Charming, Cinderella, and Chad- total and complete morons.

The drive was oddly short, and the cop soon had them walking through the doors of the police station.

“Hey, Barney! You drag in them there perps that were robbing the Jify-Journey?” a receptionist at the front desk questioned. Officer Barney, as he was apparently named, heartily nodded in return as he sent them on through the door that led to the lockdown area.

“Sure enough! I caught ‘em speeding and that’s when I found out that they were wanted for questioning about that robbery!” he proudly announced.

Mal walked in the front, followed by Evie, then Uma, Audrey just behind the pirate, and Jane at the back of the line.

They filed into the barred cage that was open and the policeman shut the gate, locking it securely behind them.

“Stick your hands through the slit here and I’ll uncuff you,” he instructed, and they all complied. Mal rolled her eyes, resisting the urge to turn into a dragon right in front of him. He probably just wouldn’t understand, and he’d freak out even more over her “sorcery.”

Mal was the first to be released and she let out a sigh of relief, rubbing at her wrists as she headed over to the bench nearby and sat down heavily.

She silently watched Barney through the bars, thinking of how horribly that everything had gone so far. Uma joined Mal, plopping down next to the purple-haired girl with a sigh. Audrey simply remained standing, staring at the ground with an almost traumatized expression.

Evie sat nearby Mal, burying her face in her hands. Mal glanced over at her sadly before returning her gaze to Jane.

“Hey, can I make a call?” Jane questioned before he could uncuff her and the cop looked at her strangely before apparently deciding she was harmless enough.

“Fine. I guess,” he granted, and Jane left the cell, offering Mal a thumbs-up when Barney wasn’t looking, and Mal knew that she was going to call Ben or one of the boys to get them to come save them.

Uma furrowed her brow, not sure what to talk about, and resorted to watching Audrey as she paced the floor in a complete frenzy.

“Great! I’m in jail! What will the kingdom think? What will Grammy think? What will my parents think?” Audrey questioned under her breath, her eyes wide with the panic as she hurried around.

“I’m going to go talk to her,” Uma glanced back at Mal and informed her, overcame by some sense of sympathy for her favorite victim to pester.

Uma got to her feet and stepped into Audrey’s line of pacing. As soon as she turned around, Uma grabbed Audrey’s arms to keep her from running into the pirate.

“Hey, it’s going to be alright,” Uma assured her in that calm manner that she had. Audrey furrowed her brow and Uma could see she didn’t really believe her. Uma sighed in resignation, mentally preparing herself to express her emotions a little better as she let go of the princess’s upper arms.

“Look, Audrey. I know I’ve made things tough for you, and I know I’ve been a total pain in the butt this whole trip.”

“You haven’t been a pain in the butt,” Audrey protested suddenly, her eyes laser-focused on Uma’s. The dark-skinned girl tilted her head to the side, more than a little surprised by this development.

“Really? Because you sure didn’t seem to care for my-”

“Uma, this has been the nicest road trip of my entire life. You annoyed me horridly in the beginning, but I started to actually enjoy our banter once I realized,” Audrey trailed off, swallowing hard at the realization that she was about to reveal these deeply hidden insecurities. “Once I realized that it made me feel like for the first time that I was part of a group.”

Uma’s expression softened somehow after the pink princess had said that. Uma hesitantly placed a hand on Audrey’s shoulder.

“Nobody should feel left out. I know what that feels like on a very personal level. I was left out of Mal’s gang, I was left out of the invitation to Auradon, and I was left out of the land of Auradon itself,” Uma explained uncomfortably. Audrey smiled softly at her.

“I guess we got more in common than we thought, eh, Pirate Ship?” Audrey asked, puffing up with pride at her use of Uma’s joke. Uma stared blankly at her for a minute before laughing at her.

“Yeah, I guess so, Princess,” Uma told her, squeezing her shoulder tightly.

Mal shook her head slightly, watching the two of them. Mal let out a breath in a sigh. However, Evie suddenly nudged her shoulder, clearing her throat quietly and successfully drawing the faerie from her reverie. Mal looked over at the other girl, surprise laced in her expression.

“I’m sorry, M. I shouldn’t have gotten so mad about that guy. Otherwise, we might not be here now,” Evie apologized, and Mal sensed just how close to tears Evie was.

Mal wasted no time in drawing Evie into a hug, the bluenette’s chin resting on Mal’s head as the smaller girl leaned into her trustingly. Evie moved into her just as heavily and Mal closed her eyes in the enjoyment of having her sister so near to her.

“It’s okay. It’s a total coincidence that this happened,” Mal reassured her soothingly and Evie’s shoulders shook in a silent sob. Mal stroked her back comfortingly and she felt moisture fall onto her forehead. Evie’s throat moved against her nose in a swallow as she started to speak.

“This whole trip has just gone wrong. Charlene’s tire went flat, we stopped at a crappy gas station that was robbed after we came, we stayed at an absolutely atrocious motel, and now my stupid anger issues on the road landed us all in jail,” Evie whined, biting her lip hard in an attempt to keep the warble out of her voice.

“And the whole trip was my idea,” Evie added quietly.

Mal squeezed her tighter.

“Hang on just a second,” Uma’s voice suddenly piped up, and Evie’s bloodshot, tear-filled gaze slowly shifted to study the pirate.

“I happened to have fun fixing Charlene’s tire. That was really cool to get to experience something like that with you guys. It was mostly Mal that helped, but you know what I mean,” Uma shrugged but Evie offered a watery smile in return, obviously touched by Uma’s statement.

“And the crappy gas station had tons of candy and Jane won five dollars, which she was absolutely ecstatic about,” Mal informed against the smooth skin of Evie’s neck where she had her face pressed into in the midst of her embrace.

“The motel wasn’t that bad. The look on your face was hilarious when you thought Mal and Uma were the elderly twins,” Audrey told her, sharing a wide grin with Uma as they chuckled at Evie’s expense.

“And like I said, us getting arrested isn’t your fault. There was no way to know what could happen,” Mal comforted her, pulling away to look into the bluenette’s eyes.

“To be honest, I’ve had a blast,” Uma expressed.

“Evie, sincerely from the bottom of my heart, thank you for taking us on this trip,” Audrey thanked, and Evie felt a real smile coming upon her face as she nodded, opening her arm for Audrey to give her a hug. The pink princess tilted her head sweetly and quickly entered Evie’s embrace.

Mal raised an eyebrow, opening her free arm to Uma who was currently standing awkwardly by herself and watching the group hug.

“You ain’t serious,” Uma groaned, but Mal could see the desire to accept Mal’s unasked request.

Mal flexed her fingers, encouraging the pirate to come over and join them.

Uma sighed in exasperation, but Mal noticed the hidden grin that she had when Mal’s and Audrey’s arms wrapped around her, successfully bringing her into the action.

Mal didn’t know what in the world that they were going to do about the jail situation, but she knew that for now, everything was alright.

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