Hey guys, I hope you liked the first chapter. My plan for this story is to try and post a chapter every single day of December leading up until Christmas. I started writing this story mid-November so I could have enough time to do this. I'm sorry in advance if I miss a couple of days but the intention is there. Like I said in the previous chapter; the length of chapters are going to vary. Much love RSD xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo.

*Mal's POV*

01/12/2015

"Why does Ben want to see us?" Jay asked me as he sat down on my bed.

"I have no idea" I answered as I sat down next to him.

"He's been acting strange since last week; I'm actually starting to get worried" I admitted.

"Well what happened before he started to act strange?" Evie asked.

"I saw him last Thursday and he told me that he couldn't wait to spend our first Christmas together and he got upset when I told him that I didn't even know what Christmas was" I advised as I looked at Evie, Jay and Carlos.

"You don't know?" Evie asked.

"Why would I?" I asked bluntly.

"Any happy occasions were banned in my house" I added bitterly.

"Did any of you have Christmas?"I asked hoping that I wasn't the only one.

"My mother explained to me what it was and she would give me something once a year" Evie explained.

"We never actually knew when the date was but she tried to keep the date consistent. However it was always something she could use against me" she added sadly.

"Jay?" I asked.

"My father mentioned something about it; but he thought it was a stupid affair; unless you were given something expensive or useful that he could sell" Jay explained nervously as he looked down to the ground.

"Carlos?" I asked as I looked at him.

"My mother also mentioned Christmas's that she has had in the past but we didn't celebrate it; if I am honest I don't really understand it. But that might be down to the fact when my mother spoke about it it would then remind her of her fur coats that she lost" Carlos explained.

"I see" I said as I looked down to the floor; so I was the only one that didn't know about Christmas. However this isn't very surprising my mother was Mistress of Evil after all and she hated any joyous occasion so why would she mention it?

"Mal are you ok?" Evie asked as she walked up to my bed and sat down.

"Yeah; it's just hard sometimes when I realise how much my mother hasn't told me" I sighed as I started to fidget with my fingernails. I looked up at Evie and she wrapped her arm around my shoulder and I rested my head against her shoulder. We all sat in silence for a few seconds before we heard a knock on the door.

"I'll get it" Carlos called out as I sat up straight. I knew that it would be Ben and I didn't want him to think that there was something wrong. I looked at Jay and he smiled at me and playfully shoved me and I playfully shoved him back as Carlos opened the door.

"Hello Ben" I heard Carlos say as Ben walked into mine and Evie's dorm with a bag in his hand. I pulled one brow up in confusion; what on earth was in the bag? You'll find out soon enough I thought to myself.

"Hello" Ben said cheerily to us all.

"Hey" we all chorused as he sat at my computer desk.

"Why are we here dude?" Jay asked as he stood up and crossed his arms across his chest as he leant against my bedpost.

"I want to talk to you all about your Christmas plans" he advised as he looked at us all.

"Oh" Carlos said.

"Right" Evie said slowly.

"This again" I whined.

"Yes Mal this again" Ben stated as he looked at me.

"I don't know whether Mal has told you but last week I found out that she doesn't know what Christmas is and I wanted to know whether that was the same for the rest of you?" he asked as he looked at us all.

"My mother mentioned it but we didn't celebrate it" Carlos informed him.

"Same with my father" Jay added.

"Evie?" Ben questioned.

"My mother has told me about it and she would give me a gift once a year; but the whole thing still confuses me" she advised.

"I see" Ben said as he nodded his head.

"Well I wanted to invite the four of you to mine for Christmas this year" he offered happily.

"Really?" Jay asked as his eyes widened.

"Yeah; I kinda want to make this Christmas special for you guys" Ben said as a large smile spread across his face.

"I want to show you all what Christmas is all about; so every day for the next month we will do something" he added when no one answered him.

"Moving on" he said.

"As it is Monday the first of December today you start off with an advent calendar" he advised.

"A what?" Jay asked as he pulled one brow up.

"I'll show you" he said and he pulled four rectangular boxes out of the bag. He turned the first one over and showed us; on the front of it there was a picture of a fireplace and trees with presents underneath it with decorations on it.

"Every day you open the little windows and you get a little chocolate" he explained.

"Why?" Carlos asked.

"It counts down to Christmas day" Ben said as he looked up at us.

"Everyone has one" he stated.

"Do you?" Evie asked.

"Yeah; mines at home" he said with a smile.

"So here you go" he said and he handed us all one. I looked at mine and I tilted my head to the side as I looked closer at it. I liked the idea of it but this whole Christmas thing still felt strange to me.

"Mal are you ok?" Ben asked which made me look up at him.

"Yeah" I answered.

"It just seems weird that's all" I admitted.

"Ok" Ben said.

"Well you'll get used to it" he offered.

"Will I?" I asked as I pulled one brow up. I don't know whether I was going to get used to this; there were still a lot of things in Auradon that I thought I might not get used to.

"Yeah" Ben confirmed.

"I'll make sure you love Christmas just as much as I do" he promised with a smile that started to fill me with confidence. Maybe having Christmas with Ben wasn't going to be such a bad thing after all.