Rain flings open Carlos and Jay's dorm door. She slams it shut and leans against it, before locking it, and pacing up and down until she hears the T.V. Carlos is on his laptop looking up 'How to get out of the friend zone?'. 

"Oh, that's sad," Jay reads off the screen

"Shut up," Carlos sinks into his seat. 

"Six months ago, no one thought... the wrong side of the bridge would last. Rain must be counting the days until the Royal Cotillion, when she will officially become a Lady of the Court," Rain grabs the remote and profusely clicks the off turn off button.

"Is this all they show?!" It finally turns off and Rain throws the controller on Jay's bed.

"I mean yeah, they do just play the same new clips on different channels," Audrey says like it's obvious "I used to be on every channel,"

"Yeah, well I'll happily let you take I'll my 10am news slot," Rain mutters, and for once, Audrey can see how affected she is by the press

"Sorry," She's barely heard, but Rain gives her a nod.

Rain attempts to calm her breathing, but it just gets more rapid. The same electric blue flashes in her eyes and she slams them shut and takes some deep breaths before opening them again. The familiar green that matched her mother appears.

"You are not having a good day," Mal tells Rain

"Whoa. Easy, girl," Carlos looks alarmed.

"What?!" Rain storms over to where he's lounged on his bed "You think this is so easy?! You don't have people taking a photo of you every single time you open your mouth to say boo! I mean, it's not that I could even say, 'Boo,' but, you know what I..." Rain can't help the screams that run out of her mouth.

"Okay... maybe I'm a bit much,"

"Sorry..."

"Carlos, don't you ever miss screaming at people and just making them run away from you?" Rain asks, and Carlos can tell she's stressed out of her mind.

"You're thinking of my mother, and I was usually on the other end of that. So, not really. No" Rain feels a pool of guilt and closes her eyes. She didn't mean to shout at Carlos, he definitely didn't deserve it.

"I'm sorry for shouting...You don't - It's just getting a bit too much," Rain feels tears start to come up and covers her face with her hands as she cries. Carlos stands and hugs her tightly, causing Rain to cry harder.

"God, that's a bit embarrassing," Rain mutters "Couldn't you cut this bit out?" she looks over to 'Grace'

"I mean I could of, but there is a point to this whole little situation,"

"What's that then?" Audrey asks

"I haven't thought of an actual reason yet, give me 5 hours," she shrugs

Carlos pulls back and Rain wipes away her tears frantically "hey, it's fine," Carlos smiles "I get it...do you have it?" he asks after and Rain rolls her eyes, a small smile coming to her face.

"I've just had a meltdown and you're asking about some stupid spell?"

"Hey!" Carlos defends "It made you smile!" Rain laughs, reaching into her jacket pocket to grab the star shaped pot which held what Carlos wanted.

A lot of people laugh. They felt terrible for Rain, they were raised with cameras in her face but overnight she became a princess and the King's girlfriend. They were glad to see her and Carlos were still close though, the AK's didn't know what they'd do without their friends.

"Me and Mal made it last night," Just as Rain's about to take something out of the pot, the door opens. And none other than Chad Charming sneaks through. He doesn't notice Rain or Carlos, once the door is shut, Chad chucks the key in the air in triumph before he finally does notice them. Both students and the dog stare at him.

"Hi. Just came to use your 3D printer. Won't be a sec," Chad walks towards said 3D printer in the middle of the room.

"How'd you get a key to my room?" Carlos demands.

"Chad, what the actual hell?" Ben looks at his friend

Chad looks at the key as if thinking of an excuse "Oh, I printed it off last time I was in here," Rain and Carlos look to each other in disbelief.

"That is so creepy!" Doug exclaims

"Uh... you guys were sleeping," Rain can't help but smile,

"Ben, how do we get new locks?" Jay asks, turning to the king, horrified at the thought of Chad coming in in the dead of night.

"I'll get it sorted," he nods, also terrified by his friend.

"Look, I just- Your printer's so much better than mine, and you install these hacks, and everything runs so much smoother than mine and ..." by now Rain's actually laughing.

"Out!" Carlos points to the door, Chad doesn't move "Now!" Chad turns to leave.

"Fine. Fine. Are you..." he gestures to Rain who had a very red face and puffy cheeks, tears still in her eyes "okay?"

"No," Rain smiles slightly, mascara running down her face

Chad nods before going to leave.

Everyone thought Chad was being just a bit sweet, although were still horrified by the sneaking into Carlos and Jay's dorm thing.

"Chad!" Carlos shouts

"What?" he's acting like he's not in the wrong and Rain looks down.

"Leave the key!"

Chad places the key in their line of sight before leaving in quite a dramatic fashion.

"He so has another key," Mal is agreed with by most the room and Chad looks a bit sheepish, even Audrey thought he was insane.

"Rain?"

"Hmmm?" she looks up at Carlos.

"My potion?"

"Oh, yeah, um," She takes it out of the pot and holds it up to him " this is a truth gummy,"

"So, this thing will make me say what I really feel to Jane?" Rain nods

"Perfect," he goes to take it, but Rain moves it away.

"Hold on, though. Are you sure that you want to be taking this? Because this is gonna make you say the truth all the time, no matter what, and the only reason that I'm asking is because I know that if I took this right now, I would get myself sent back to the Isle. Which, it's not that that sounds super unappealing, but you know..." Rain keeps rambling and Carlos just nods.

"Yeah. I'll take my chances, I guess,"

"Okay..." Rain drops her hand down to give the gummy to Carlos, but Dude jumps down just as Carlos is about to take it "Dude!" he jumps up onto the bed.

"Ugh," Rain and Carlos turn around in shock.

"Please tell me I didn't just made Dude talk," Rain closes her eyes and crosses her fingers

"Man, that thing was nasty!" Carlos looks to Rain but she's still staring at Dude.

"I think you did," Ben is also shocked, along with everyone else

"Oh great,"

"And you. You just got to man up," neither of them respond "And while you're at it, scratch my butt,"

"You heard him. Scratch his butt," and with that, Rain takes a sharp turn and leaves Carlos' room.

"Rain! You're just gonna leave me with him?"

"Yep!" Rain rushes away.

"Did you just leave me with that mess?" Carlos asks

"Yep, he's your dog!"

"You made the potion!"

"You asked me to!"

"You two are insane," Evie sighs. 

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a/n: please respond to my a/n in the last chapter please!