Didn't Know I Could Feel Like This
Summary: Takes place after the movie of 'Descendants' it's been about a year since Mal and her friends defeated her mother Maleficent and everything seems great for Mal and her friends. Mal and Ben are stronger than ever, Evie and Doug are as cute as ever with their study sessions and small kisses, Jay and Audrey who had their fights on and off but, always managed to make up each time ...sometimes longer while Carlos and Jane are hiding their relationships but, what if they had to do a senior project and neither of them are liking who they are partnered with… well half of the class anyway mostly Mal and her friends. Obviously this is Jay x Mal story. See how Mal and her friends try to get along and discovered new feelings for their new partner as husband and wife and what about the main couples (Ben x Mal, Jay x Audrey, Doug x Evie and Carlos and Jane? Will they be stay together or more importantly can they survive with each other while hidden secrets that are going to be revealed especially for Mal. And maybe even find some new romance in the midst of it all. Jay and Mal (obviously) Carlos and Evie, Doug and Jane, Ben and Ashley (OC) Chad and Melody (OC), Hunter (OC) and Lonnie, Sean (OC) and Audrey. And what happens when Mal, Evie, Lonnie, Audrey and Jane have more than one baby? This isn't a typical 'Baby Project' you can say it adds a bit of a magic for the 'Descendant kids'
Prologue
Mal's P.O.V.
It's been six months almost a year since the coronation. My friends and I just decided to be good not evil by not following our parent's footsteps which gave the results of my mother turning herself into a lizard after the spell I been practicing I had a feeling I would be using it for emergencies when it comes with my mother. I'm not even sure how I felt about the whole situation but, I do know is that I do care about Ben a lot. I love him but, of course there's this other part that's holding me back … Ben is going to be a king soon right after he graduates which people assume I would be the 'Queen to be' which I'm not even sure how I feel about that. I'm not ready to get married but, of course people don't see that considering they still think of me 'as evil' like my mother… even though my friends and I saved them from my mother's wrath. They should be thanking us not … holding a grudge that my mother did 50 years ago.
In fact, Ben and I decided to go slow on our relationship which was amazing well. I love Ben and he knows that I never been loved before and he understood that. He knew beforehand and it's one of the things that I love about him. He's an understanding guy and that scares me. I been so deep into my thoughts doing my homework until I heard a 'ding' it was a text from Ben. I smiled at this as he asks me if I wanted to hang out today. I bit my bottom lip nervously before I can answer that's when Evie walked into our dorm room humming to herself that I didn't even notice I was near the edge of the bed until you heard a thump. It hurt like hell since I made a painful groan.
Evie blinked her eyes noticing me on the floor and rushed to my side helping me up.
"Oh my gosh Mal, are you alright?" Evie asked.
"Yeah… yeah I'm fine," I answered quickly making sure to put my stamina up "What's up?"
"Not much just got back from the library with Doug and I was just wondering if you wanted to hang out with Jay and Carlos in their room apparently Jay bought a new video game and wanted us to try it out," Evie began to say rambling on and on about the video game pausing for a moment before she continued to talk "Unless you got plans with Ben then it's totally fine," she quickly added.
I opened and closed my mouth a few times almost like a fish would do before I made a decision that I'll hang out with Ben next time since it's been awhile since I hung out with the guys since they're always in practice or with their girlfriends and verse versa since I knew he's going to be busy being the 'king to be' soon "Nah I'm free let me just let Ben know I'm sure he's fine with it," I told her.
Evie nodded at this "Okay sure," she says putting her stuff down pausing for a moment "So how are you and Ben doing?" she asked curiously.
"We're… good…" I answered leaving her to raise her eyebrows at me noticing my tone.
"Uh oh you got that look…" Evie accused me.
"What look I don't get a look," I asked a bit offended.
"Yes you do. You got the 'I don't know what to do with my boyfriend,' look or the 'I'm so confuse,' look," Evie began to say pausing for a moment "Mal I thought you love Ben?" she asked.
"I do love Ben," I told her quickly.
"Mal you know you can tell me anything right?" Evie asked softly.
I sighed at this leave it to Evie to figure that out quickly than I thought; I mean she is my best friend so I guess it counts as well. I didn't answer her back though considering I kept looking at the window with a distant look on my face.
"Mal… what is it?" Evie asked noticing my distress expression on my face.
"I…I don't know…" I began to say crossing my arms against my chest pausing for a moment "I just feel like… everyone expects me to be with Ben after high school… to be the 'queen to be' which I'm not even sure if I'm ready for that," I explained.
Evie furrowed her eyebrows at me listening to me speak "You know I love Ben a lot don't you?" I asked.
"Of course I mean this is the first time you ever been really happy besides with us anyway," Evie answered.
"Well yeah you guys are my best friends…no one asked what I wanted… my mom expected me to be just like her and that plan backfired …" I began to say holding back my tears inside although my voice was a bit hoarse "I just… what if I don't want to be the queen…to rule the kingdom I'm not exactly a princess," she explained.
"Ben's a prince and if you get married you'd be the queen while he's the king," Evie pointed out.
Evie listened to me ramble and ramble about Ben which she's a good listener and told me that I should talk to Ben about it. I debated on this for quite some time and shrugged it off thinking it was probably jitters or something.
"So what do you think I should do with Ben?" Mal asked.
"Well it could be just jitters Mal and if you still feel that way you should tell Ben I'm sure he'll understand," Evie assured me.
"Yeah you're probably right," I whispered that was when I heard another 'ding' it was a text from Carlos. He was wondering if we're still coming over. I texted him quickly that we're on our way soon which he gave me a smile and thumps up 'awesome you'll love this game Mal it's really fun,' and shook my head knowing how Carlos was.
"Was that Ben?" Evie asked after being silent listening to me ramble about Ben.
"Nah it's just Carlos. He's just wondering if we're still hanging out later tonight." I asked.
"Oh right we should get going. Carlos got this new video games that I wanted us to try out come on," Evie replied dragging me along after gathering her purse while I grabbed mine which was mixed colors of purple and green.
"Hey E…" I started to say where I grabbed the spell book since I don't trust most of the girls here in Auradon except Lonnie, Jane, Ashely, Melody and Cassie. They're the only girls that Evie and I get along with, sometimes with Audrey too "Yeah Mal?" Evie asked turning to me.
"Thanks for listening back there. I feel a lot better talking about you with this," I whispered.
"Of course Mal you know you can tell me anything Mal. Besides like I said before I'm sure Ben will understand. He's like the most understanding person in Auradon at least from what I heard anyway," Evie explained.
I nodded at this knowing that's true. Ben is an understanding person like that turning left heading to the guy's dorm which was the other side of the castle and turned to Evie once more.
"So how are you and Doug doing?" I asked.
"Well actually we- "Evie began to say where we bumped into Chad and Audrey; things been extra tensed between us since Chad debated to help us but, in our surprise he helped us gather Evie's stuff but, that didn't mean I didn't appreciate what he said to Evie back in 'Family Day' even though he was the one that acted like a total dickhead in the first place "You should watch where you going?" I growled protectively towards my best friend Evie as I helped her with her stuff.
Audrey was about to answer but, Chad cut her off bending down to help "Sorry about that it was my fault I didn't see you guys," he apologized leaving me and Evie to stare at him in disbelief but, I still felt suspicious towards him though.
"It's… it's fine…" Evie murmured under her breath, that's when Doug and his friends (Barry, Seth, Lionel, and Paul) were passing through the courtyard noticing us in front of Chad and Audrey that he rushed over to his girlfriend Evie's side.
"Well actually we- "Evie began to say where we bumped into Chad and Audrey; things been extra tensed between us since Chad debated to help us but, in our surprise he helped us gather Evie's stuff but, that didn't mean I didn't appreciate what he said to Evie back in 'Family Day' even though he was the one that acted like a total dickhead in the first place "You should watch where you going?" I growled protectively towards my best friend Evie as I helped her with her stuff.
Audrey was about to answer but, Chad cut her off bending down to help "Sorry about that it was my fault I didn't see you guys," he apologized leaving me and Evie to stare at him in disbelief but, I still felt suspicious towards him though.
"It's… it's fine…" Evie murmured under her breath, that's when Doug and his friends (Barry, Robbie, Lionel, and Paul) were passing through the courtyard noticing us in front of Chad and Audrey that he rushed over to his girlfriend Evie's side.
"Evie are you and Mal okay" Dough asked glaring at Chad while Audrey kept her mouth shut knowing it's going to cause another argument between her and her boyfriend Jay who just happens to be best friends with both Mal and Evie so she has to get along with them for his sake.
"Yes I'm fine Doug thank you," Evie replied with a smile leaving him to nod at this.
"Are you sure?" Robbie asked.
"Yeah we're sure thanks Robbie," Mal told him with a smile.
"So where are you guys heading too anyway?" Lionel asked ignoring the fact that Audrey and Chad were there since they're sworn enemies with one another because of how Chad treated his little sister to do his homework.
Evie and Mal looked at each other with a shrug "Oh we're just heading to meet up with the guys Jay and Carlos later," Mal answered.
"You mind if we walked with you guys just in case there's any…" Doug began to say glaring at both Chad and Audrey who shifted uncomfortable at this "Trouble… along the way," he asked.
"Yeah you can never know what kind of trouble you can get into," Barry asked glaring at Chad because for one thing he's one the reasons why he and Iris aren't together anymore. He never did forgive Chad for what he did to ruin their friendship with Iris who just happened to be his girlfriend at the time but, now they aren't talking because of the damage between (a/n: Iris cheated on Barry with Chad but, learned that he was using Iris to get back at his ex-girlfriend Jeannette-it caused a lot of problems for everyone if it wasn't for Caitlin his current girlfriend; Barry probably wouldn't be able to move on)
"That's sweet guys but, we can handle it thank you," Evie whispered softly leaving Doug to nod at this knowing she didn't want him to get hurt.
"Well just holler if you need anything. We better get going or else my brother Hunter blows a gasket case," Lionel answered waving bye at his friends as they dragged Chad by the collar with Audrey following suit who started to argue with Doug but, with one icy look from Barry, Robbie and Lionel she kept her mouth shut so neither of the girls heard what they said.
"You okay E?" Mal whispered.
Evie kept rubbing her arm with a small smile "Yeah I'm fine… let's just go to Jay's and Carlos room huh? It's starting to get cold," she asked.
"Yeah let's go," I told her as we both wrapped one arm to another heading to the guy's dorm room.
"Did he hurt you?" I asked protectively towards Evie.
"It's nothing but, a small tiny bruise no biggie," Evie assured me.
Nobody's P.O.V.
Mal stared at her best friend Evie at first but, let it go because if anything Chad did apologize but, that didn't mean she wasn't suspicious towards the guy so they continued their way to meet with Jay and Carlos.
"If he hurts you again don't hesitate to let me know E. that wasn't right on what he did back there despite how he apologized to us mostly you anyway," Mal answered.
"I know but, you heard him Mal he did apologize to us," Evie whispered.
"Yeah maybe…" Mal whispered as she knocked the door of Jay's and Carlos dorm room. All they can hear was some muffled sounds where they heard the tv pause then heard the door unlock and there was Carlos greeting them.
"Oh hey guys," Carlos greeted them with a smile letting the girls inside that he noticed that Evie kept rubbing her right arm "You okay Evie?" he asked.
"Yeah it's just when we were meeting you guys we bumped into Chad and Audrey along the way," Mal laying down on the edge of Jay's bed at least that's what she always assumed anyway which Jay noticed this "Oh and what happen?" he asked noticing her tone.
"Well Chad bumped into me and my stuff fell down so Mal and I went to grab my stuff …" Evie began to say with a shrug but, that didn't stop her from rubbing her arm though "Jay don't even worry about it he apologized," she quickly added.
"He apologized," Carlos and Jay blankly stared at her.
"I had the same reaction and it's true he did apologize so … I guess he's okay." Mal shrugged at this.
"And what about Audrey?" Jay asked turning to Mal from his chair.
"Actually she just stood their quiet I wouldn't worry about it," Evie quickly added.
"Are you sure…?" Jay slowly said this.
"Positive besides it doesn't even hurt," Evie assured him.
Jay was about to protest but, stood quiet "Alright if you say so ..." he replied returning to his homework.
"What are you doing anyway?" Mal asked curiously.
"Not much… just decided to take a break and look through homework," Jay began to say pausing for a moment turning to Mal once more "Hey Mal did you manage to finish the English homework with Mr. Parks yet?" he asked.
"I did… I just happen to have it here inside my backpack," Mal began to say grabbing her binder which was purple was her signature heart and had photo strips of her and Ben along with her friends. The people she cared about. Jay noticed this but, didn't say much he just smiled at the funny faces that he and Mal did "Here you go," she replied passing the homework to Jay.
"Thanks I just wanted to see if I get it right that's all," Jay answered.
"Happy to help," Mal told him looking around the room and got curious "Did you change the wall paper or something?" she asked.
"Carlos did most of the work with Doug and his friends" Jay began to say pausing for a moment noticing that Mal was staring at the wall paper curiously "Apparently since we're starting a new semester in a couple of weeks we might as well change the wall paper too," he explained.
"Doesn't the school usually do that though?" Evie asked.
"They do… but, since Ben is the 'new king to be' there's going to be some changes around here. He even told us that he's planning on changing both girls and guy's dorms from wall paper before next semester which we have a couple of months but, he insisted that we changed it and even baby proof the room or something. Hunter even asked why would we baby proof our rooms. We were all confuse when he said that which Ben wouldn't answer. He just said that it was part of a project for school and left us more confuse," he explained then turned to Mal "Do you know what's he talking about?" he asked.
"Why ask me?" Mal asked eating strawberries from her bag.
Jay's P.O.V.
"Well considering your Ben's girlfriend wouldn't you … know?" I asked.
Mal considered this as she ate her strawberries slowly I might add. It's like in slow motion when she ate this and-what am I doing? I can't think like that. Mal's my best friend who I consider as a sister and I don't think that way about her do … I? No way think about Audrey your girlfriend well ex-girlfriend now. we got a huge argument and not talking anymore. it's a bit of a sour subject for me to talk about.
"Actually…" Mal began to say realizing something turning away facing the window still "I haven't seen him since this morning so I haven't even heard about it and what project are you talking about?" she asked.
"Beats me you're his girlfriend," I asked.
Mal looked offended by this "Just because Ben and I are together that doesn't mean I have to know everything Jay…" she began to say leaving me to stare at her with a blank look "Besides he's the new King… even he has his limits when it comes with that stuff…" she says with a huff sitting next to Evie while they (Evie and Carlos) noticed the tension and kept looking back and forth by this.
"Look I'm sorry it was just a question I didn't mean to get you all offended by this," I told her.
Mal shrugged in response "Whatever… I'm going to take a walk… I'll see you at the room E… "she answered ignoring my question which left Evie about to protest but, before she can say anything Mal was already gone leaving us dumbfounded by this.
"What…" Carlos kept looking back and forth between us "What just happen?" he blurted out.
Evie bit her bottom lip nervously looking between Carlos and myself then back at where Mal disappeared. I can tell she was a bit torn so she kept quiet.
"What I say" I asked.
Evie sighed at this "It's girls stuff?" she says looking at her small mirror leaving me to raise my eyebrow at her.
"Girl stuff…" I slowly said this.
Evie nodded at this "Yep," she says.
"Girl stuff," I repeated this.
"Yes Jay girl stuff. Considering me and Mal are both girls," Evie slowly said this as if I was a kid not knowing this.
"Evie I always known you and Mal were girls no need to explain that to me. You know what I mean and don't you dare deny what I'm talking about," I argued back feeling a bit offended that would make her think I don't know about them being girls.
Evie sighed at this "Yeah I know… she's just dealing with stuff…that's all," she says.
"And…." Carlos moving his hand for Evie to continue but, she got confuse.
"And what?" Evie asked.
Carlos hit his head on the pillow "Never mind Evie," he says.
"Evie … seriously what's up with her?" I asked moving my chair facing Evie.
Evie bit her bottom lip nervously "Well… I'm not really sure if I should say…" who quickly looked away from us which made me raise my eyebrow at her knowing my look "Seriously Jay it's nothing … she'll tell us when she's ready I'm sure of it," she assured me.
"You sure… it's not like she and Ben got in a fight right?" I asked playfully.
(No answer from Evie) ...
"Right…?" I asked.
"Um..." Evie began to say feel a bit uncomfortable from both Jay and Carlos who slowly circled her like prey "Maybe they did… maybe they didn't either way… it's not our business to pry unless it was really, really, really, necessary," she whispered.
I don't know why but, I felt a bit offended by that comment so I just got quiet while Carlos decided to speak up between us "So … since Mal decided not to play why don't we play this game huh?" he asked.
"Sure…" Evie smiled at this noticing a small bruise on her arm "What kind of game did you get anyway Jay?" she asked trying to ease the tension in the room.
"Mario Kart 10. It's the newest version and has every character from Disney racing against one another," I explained.
"Really that seems cool," Evie curiously asked.
"It is here you can be the ocean blue controller Evie," Carlos offered.
Evie smiled "Thanks Carlos," she says.
"Don't worry about it," Carlos smiled hiding his blush turning to me seeing as I was still doing homework at the moment "Hey Jay you should come play with us?" he offered.
I debated at this looking at my homework but, it wasn't due in two weeks. I mean I could always do it later so I decided to play video games with my friends.
"Sure why the hell not," I answered.
{Later that day… at the other side of the Auradon Prep… Mal grabbed something out of her backpack which was a small glass which held a small lizard (cough*her mother Maleficent*cough) looking angrier then before-Mal just fed her some food which was crickets….it looked a bit disturbing watching her mother eat those but, considering she's a lizard she wasn't sure what to think} …
Nobody's P.O.V.
"Well I hope your happy Mother…." Mal starts to say putting the glass case down next to her while she held her knees together looking really confuse and sad "I know your disappointment in me… that's all I ever was to you… disappointment…. always expecting to be just like you even though we both know I'm not … you said that I'm weak just like my father… even though half of the time I never believed it … until now… everyone expects me to be the next queen and I'm not even sure I'm ready for that…" she whispered.
(No answer) …
"I wish I can meet my birth father… even though you hardly talk about him except that he's weak … being nice … and all that…" Mal whispered looking at the lizard and made another sad huff "Why can't you tell me about him… was he that horrible … to be that nice… being nice isn't that bad … I know that now but, I deserve to know about my birth father don't I…" she asked.
Of course the lizard just stared at her eating her crickets that left Mal made a weird face watching her mother eat insects. It made her shiver just thinking about it and didn't answer her because lizards can't talk at least for her anyway "Well fine be that way… with any luck you probably be Diablo's dinner or something for all I care," Mal whispered.
Again the lizard didn't answer "I wish we were close mother and I know you love me in your own way… but, sometimes I feel like you don't even love me at all as your daughter… and that hurts more than I can even imagine…" she began to say in low tones holding back her tears "I wish Logan was here…" she whispered as she looked at her new phone that Ben gave her and her friends. It was purple and green the exact shade of color that she was looking for; she dialed the one person who would know how it feels to not be loved by a parent sort of.
"Hello? …" a scruffy guy answered.
"Logan…" Mal hesitated at this.
"Who is this..." the scruffy guy asked.
"It's me … Mal…" Mal whispered.
"Mal … is that really you…" Logan answered as she heard some noises in the background "Is something wrong?" he asked.
~*~End of Prologue~*~
I'm sure you're probably wondering whose Logan? Don't worry he's going to be a huge part in Mal's life and you'll just have to wait and find out who is this Logan? There's a few hints here and there. Don't forget to read and review ^_^