Unexpected Wake-ups

Mal awoke with a smile on her face, the sun was streaming into the room and the birds were chirping. It was as different from an Isle wakeup as possible and that made her ecstatic. She looked over to see Evie still asleep.

Mal had always been an early riser. One the Isle, it had been out of necessity. But in Auradon, she enjoyed waking up early just for the novelty. And to put some extra time into her art. Today, however, she had different plans.

Taking care not to wake Evie up, Mal got ready for the day in her customary purple outfit. Getting out of the dorm, she visited the kitchens first, picking up two of the muffins she had baked the night before. She then made her way to the most exclusive dorm in the school. Ben's dorm.

Ben's dorm was in a different part of the school, having been a master bedroom of the castle before it was converted. Ben didn't often stay there, choosing to go back to Castle Beast at the end of the day with consideration to his kingly duties. But last night had been a rare occasion. He had been too tired to go back and ended up staying at the dorm. Giving Mal the opportunity to finally visit.

As she stood in front of the dorm room door, muffins in hand, the purple-haired girl hesitated for half a second before knocking. There was a groggy 'Come in' from the other side of the door and she entered.

The room looked like something out of a brochure. It certainly looked very royal. And neat. Like unnaturally neat. There was not a single speck of dust anywhere and everything was set to perfection. From the books on the study table to the folded clothes from the previous day. Mal also noticed a pot of brewed black coffee in a fancy coffee machine that was on another table, and walked over to it, silently setting down the muffins. She then walked over the King-size bed where Ben slept peacefully.

He was on his side with the blanket tucked snugly under his chin and a tiny frown on his obviously cute face.

Mal leaned down, close to his face to whisper in his ear, "Ben. Ben." No response. So, she decided to poke him in the shoulder. One poke. Two pokes. A slight twitch on the face. This was getting ridiculous. Everyone else she knew would have jumped out of bed by now. It was time for drastic measures.

Mal moved to the end of her bed grasped the blanket tightly. Then, using all her strength, she pulled it off Ben.

The first thing she noticed was that he slept in nothing but his boxers. So, obviously she spent the next few minutes staring at him as he got up in surprise and stretched while still in bed. He was still unaware that she was there. Mal watched on in amusement as he made his way to the coffee, still with his eyes closed and poured himself a cup. Apparently, it was a habit. He didn't even wonder for a moment about who woke him up!

"Ben."

The King of Auradon jumped up, careful with his coffee mug and turned to see his girlfriend laughing at him.

"Well, your majesty, you might want to start paying more attention in the mornings," Mal remarked playfully.

Ben still seemed to be in a trance and replied in a way that was unlike him, "I don't know. If this is what being unaware gets me, I might have to make it a habit."

"Oh, I think it was more of a gift for me than it was for you," Mal retorted, pointedly looking him up and down.

The King looked down at himself and blushed scarlet, just realizing that he was standing half-naked in front of his girlfriend. He shuffled awkwardly, wanting to cover himself up but not sure how to do it. He couldn't very well jump back in his bed.

The purple haired girl just rolled her eyes, "Come one, Ben. You went swimming on our first date, you had no problems stripping down then."

Ben chuckled awkwardly, "Yeah. Right."

"Anyway, I brought you muffins. They're blueberry."

All of his hesitations vanished as Ben took notice of the delicious looking muffins. As he scarfed one down, he said to his girlfriend, "Honestly Mal, if all your wake-ups are like this, I might have to sleep here more often."

"Shut up and eat your muffin, you dork."

And that is it. I don't have a proper ending for this one, just a scene that was in my head. Hope you enjoyed.

-clicheluver