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"Would you like a hot hors d'oeuvre?" Rain picks one up to feed to Ben.

"Yes, please," he takes the whole thing from Rain's hand into his mouth and Rain smiles slightly "Mmm!" he closes his eyes to appreciate the taste "This is the best thing I've ever had,"

"So, you like it?" Rain's smile drops for a bit.

"Oh, come on, you did not cook all that!" Jay shouts

"No, I have a feeling I didn't," Rain sinks back in her seat a bit, realising she's slowly been moving closer to Evie.

"I more than like it. I..." Ben reaches to grab one of the foods laid out. "Uh... mmm-- so like it," Rain laughs in relief "Beef ragout?"

"Yeah,"

"This is amazing. Not even a strawberry in sight!" Rolling her eyes, Rain tries to contain another smile, but feels her lips turn upward anyway.

"Did I surprise you?"

"Oh, yeah, you surprised me. This is every single dish Mrs. Potts made for my parents," he continues eating through his sentences "What did it take you? Three days?"

"You know, don't even ask me," Rain laughs,

"It is painfully obvious you found a spell for this," Lonnie laughs a bit

"Yeah," Ben changes his position so he's leaning on the table, looking into Rain's eyes." Well, it means a lot that you stopped and did all this for me. Especially with all the craziness you've been put through," he takes her hand and everyone can see the guilt in Rain's eyes.

"This feels wrong," Evie admits

"What do you mean?" Carlos looks over to her on the sofa

"We shouldn't be watching all this private stuff," Evie shrugs a bit, shaking off her discomfort "It's wrong,"

"I agree," Rain nods "So I'm not going to," she grabs a cushion from behind her and crosses her legs on the sofa, slamming her face into the pillow before blindly searching for one to pass to Ben who does the same.

"I've missed you," Ben admits and Rain smiles, red dusting her cheeks. Ben moves his hand to play with the red part of Rain's hair, then he cups her chin "We don't get much time to be just us anymore,"

"I know," She moves her hand to wipe some food off Ben's lips.

"You can't take me anywhere, right?" Rain raises her eyebrow but can't help the laugh that bubbles up at the reference to their first date.

"Do you have a," Ben licks his lips "Do you have a napkin or something?"

"I think so, let me check," Rain goes to get them from the basket, very quickly. "I think they're near the bottom..." Rain is clearly panicking as Ben also looks "I can grab them, honestly," It's too late, Ben's pulled out his girlfriend's spell book.

"Actual things are happening," Evie nudges Rain and she looks up, seeing Ben holding her spell book.

"Y'know what Ben, you stay hiding in that pillow," A few people laugh but Ben looks up anyway, seeing the same thing.

"What's this?" he asks and Rain stops in her tracks.

"I - I actually threw it in there so I'd remember to take it to the museum -" she tries to lie as her panic takes over and the leather book opens with a creak.

"You're not getting out of this one hun," Evie shakes her head and Rain squirms in her seat.

"I'm gonna hide," she scoots fully next to Evie and leans on her knees. Evie laughs, but senses her anxiety and discomfort, stroking her hands through Rain's hair.

"'Speed reading' spell," Ben reads as he starts flicking through the pages where post-it notes are stuck with extra spells.

"'Reverse time' spell. 'Cooking' spell," Rain avoids eye contact and stares at the table in shame.

Ben slams the book shut and Rain jumps "And I was giving you props for fitting in so well, for doing your best,"

"I -" Rain can't respond properly,

"Are you even going to say anything?! Ben asks and Rain takes a deep breath. With no response, Ben stands with a sharp kick to the table "Why would you - Why would you do this? Why would you lie?"

"Calm it down a bit!" Mal leans forward and looks to Ben, not used to seeing this anger from him. Evie side eyes him while she does a loose braid in Rain's hair.

Rain was still hiding; she could hear what was happening and didn't want to see it.

"Ben, it has been so hard for me," Rain admits quietly, looking up at her boyfriend.

"Yes! Some things are hard! Do you think learning to be king has been easy for me?"

"No! Of course not!" Rain stands, not responding to the raise in voice well.

"I thought we were doing this together!"

"Ben, we are in this together" Rain reaches out to him

"We never had any fight like this," Audrey crosses her legs smugly

"Not the time," Lonnie mutters

"Can you shut up?" Jay defends Rain

"But we're not, Rain. We're not." He keeps stuttering during his rapid hand movements "You've been keeping secrets and lying to me. I thought we were done with that," Rain tries to protest but he just keeps going "This isn't the Isle of the Lost, Rain," Rain's gaze hardens, she could barely believe he'd said that. Ben turns.

"Yeah. Believe me Ben, I know that!" She turns around, placing her hands on the banister as she takes deep breaths "There's no need to be cruel..."

"Then why are you doing this?" Ben's voice softens slightly.

"I tried to tell you Ben!" Rain turns "But...Every time I tried you would look at me like you are now...I didn't want to let you down; I didn't want to let anyone down..."

"I-" Ben tries to interrupt, but it's Rain's turn to talk

"Because..." Rain struggles to get the words out "Everyone wants me to fit in. I've tried to bring it up, but I just get ignored every time! People just want me to be perfect, to blend in and be a 'prissy pink princess'," Rain puts her hands up and uses quotations for a reference only she or the VK's would know.

"She has been obviously struggling this whole time," Jane starts "None of us noticed though. She's right,"

Ben looks down in shame, watching this, it's clear as day. How hadn't he noticed in the 'movie'?

"And I'm not, okay? I'm not one of those pretty pink princesses, Ben. I'm not one of those ladies from the Court. I'm a big fake!" Rain tries to quieten her voice.

"I'm fake! This is fake!" she gestures to the meal laid out "This is fake," Rain presents her outfit " I don't even like how I look anymore!" Rain leans over the table to take her spell book back, she flips through it, opening it to the right page.

"' Take this feast, this sumptuous meal, return it back to what is real'," with a click of her fingers, burgundy sparkles and smoke clear up the food, leaving only a glass of water and a sandwich "This is who I really am. It's a surprisingly accurate metaphor!" Rain slams her book shut and starts walking towards the school

"Rain..." Ben tries to stop her with his arm

"No! No," she pushes past him "don't touch me!"

"Peanut butter and jelly is my favourite!" Rain drowns his voice out by clashing her boots against the wood with more determination.

"Well, I think that bits over," Evie says quietly and Rain sits up, adjusting her t-shirt and hair.

"Are we just gonna gloss over that and not talk about it?" Lonnie questions

"Yep!" Rain responds, ignoring the stare Ben was giving her.

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The next scene shows Rain back in Isle style clothing, tears streaming down her face. One of her old leather jackets is on, and the other clothes are ones made by Evie from back on the Isle. Her boots have paint splattered on them and the choker she once stole from her mother is on her neck. Yet, the necklace everyone saw earlier is still wrapped around her neck. They watch her tuck it under her shirt.

"Damn, you're really going old-school," Carlos mutters.

Rain grabs the keys to the bike Ben gifted her and locks her door, everyone watches her enter Mal and Evie's dorm.

She takes out a note from her pocket and places it on Evie's desk, a tear falls down and Rain's surname's ink is shown smudged. Looking down at the beast ring on her right hand, Rain takes a moment before taking it off.

"Oh," Lonnie mutters "That's actual breaking up territory,"

Rain leans into Evie again, embarrassed that everyone was watching future her have a breakdown. Her hand is dangling on her right side though and she feels Ben take it gently. She gives it a gentle squeeze as thanks, but still can't look at him.

Rain takes one last look at herself in Evie's mirror. Her eyes are red and bloodshot, and definitely looks like she's been crying.

"Let's blow this popsicle stand,".

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"Come one, why isn't this thing organised," Rain's still crying as she yet again rapidly flicks through her spell book. It seems she finds the right spell though.

"'Noble steed, proud and fair, you shall take me anywhere'," Rain puts the book back and starts up the engine of the bike. "Please work," she looks up at the sky.

Then she's off, laughing a bit as she rides across the water to the Isle.

"Did you use the bike your boyfriend gifted you hours earlier to run away back to the Isle without saying goodbye?"

"Yep Doug, I think I did," Rain sighs "God that is impulsive. Why am I doing this?" she gestures to the screen.

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As the bike's engine roars, everyone is shown Rain riding through the streets of the Isle while people run and scream. Rain stops at a poster of her and Ben, he has an eyepatch on, and Rain's face is crossed off with the words 'good girl'. Rain rips it off the wall and crumbles it in her hands.

"No one's very creative with their vandalism anymore," Mal sighs "Honestly, maybe we need to go back to bring some colour and fun back,"

Parking the bike, Rain walks around to a staircase. Grabbing a rock, Rain smirks as she throws it at a 'danger; flying rocks' sign. She laughs a little at it before smirking as she walks up the steps.

"Well, this is awkward," Rain mutters. "This is way less fun than watching the first movie. I mean, I don't like what's happening,". 

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