Just something short for fun. One quote a day. YFCXXxxxx

"When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and she's not easy to spot; she's really funny, and she makes you laugh, and she has perfect hair."
― Taylor Swift

Maleficent waited. She looked at her watch. Stefan was late again. She sighed and picked up her handbag, retreating towards the door of the fancy restaurant. Looking around she felt so lonely, at every table there seemed to be a couple. Holding hands or smiling fondly at each other. She gritted her teeth, she didn't even ask him to pay for their date…just to come and enjoy being together for once. She should have known it was too much to ask for in the first place.

Walking out she collided with a young blonde woman, her handbag dropped on the floor and the girl bent down to retrieve it, apologising profusely. Then she stopped, no, her heart stopped. Her insides seemed to melt at the sight of that bright smiling face.

'Oh, I'm so sorry…I was just stopping by to say sorry on my dad's behalf to his girlfriend, do you see her? Tall, brown hair, sharp cheekbones….oh,' the girl stopped abruptly, brushing pale strands out of her eyes.

A moment of silence.

'…are you Maleficent?'

'Yes,' she breathed quietly, taking her handbag slowly from the younger woman's hands, letting her fingers briefly linger on her pulse point.

'Oh. Sorry…' the girl shook her head, 'My dad's such a jerk.'

'No it's fine,' Maleficent tried to make it sound like it was nothing. Just another of life's disappoints she had the luck to meet.

'I kind of feel responsible on my dad's behalf. You know it's horrible the way he dates women. He doesn't seem to realise they're real people,' here the blonde trailed off, 'I'm Aurora by the way.'

'Aurora like the princess? 'Maleficent smiled, taking the blonde's hand in her own, 'did you come here by car?'

'Um, actually I caught a bus but I walked most of the way.'

'Well then would you like to use mine?'