Mal woke up in the morning to the sound of banging on the door. "Princess Audrey! Time to wake up!" Mal rolled her eyes. She keeps forgetting this nightmare was real. Mal rolled off the bed and into the bathroom to shower for the day.
Instead of taking a quick shower, Mal just stood there letting the water hit Audrey's body and waited until the water would get cold to start doing anything. She took the time to think about a selfless act. "What is it? And what does that mean exactly? Do I have to do something selfless?" Mal felt the water become a bit colder, so she washed her hair and body rapidly.
Stepping out of the shower Mal used a pink, fluffy towel to dry herself up. Her face patted, her upper body patted dry and her torso. Mal sat on a little bench in front of a mirror and began patting dry her feet and legs. When she reached her upper legs, her thighs, she noticed something on her, er, Audrey's inner thighs. She studied there for a moment and looked at the other thigh. Still there too.
"Well, I guess I should be a little bit nicer to her." Mal said aloud as she finished drying up.
Once done she grabbed some makeup I can't believe I'm still doing this crap for her! And just added some eyeliner, mascara and some stuff that matched Audrey's skin tone and added that on too. Mal left the room and ran back into Audrey's room and looked for clothes. It was pretty hot out. Not burning hot, but a little more hot than warm. Shorts kind of day. Mal pulled out a pair of cut off ripped jean shorts, a black tank top, a (disgusting pink) leather jacket and a pair of (disgusting) pink sneakers.
By the time Mal was dressed, threw on some bracelets, earrings and a cool silver coin necklace she found hidden in a drawer, Mal was all set to play Audrey again.
Over at the school, Audrey walked into the room after showering down at the girls bathroom, finding Evie waking up in her bed. "You woke up early, M."
"Uh, yeah. Couldn't sleep much last night." 'Mal' said to Evie.
"You didn't scream either."
"Uh, yeah. No nightmares tonight."
"So you all set for the date tonight?" Evie asked grabbing her batherobe.
Date? What date? She assumed Ben and 'Mal' were going on a date. "Yeah, I'm so excited to see Benny Boo." She knew that the dragon used her nickname for Ben, on Ben.
"Ben and Doug said they'll come get us around seven."
"Alright cool." Audrey said. Evie then left the room and Audrey threw her stuff down on the bed and began looking for something to wear. "All she wears is stupid black and purple." She dug through some more until she saw something that looked...decent. A black dress with tiny red polka dots, black skulls and pink bows. "I seriously need to update her wardrobe...hey! There we go!"
Audrey got dressed and examined herself in the mirror. "That dragon seriously needs to get tan," Audrey said as she pulled out a gray cardigan. "At least there's a tiny bit more of color." She threw that on. She put on a pair of black heel boots to give her some height. Suddenly, a random idea emerged from her mind as she observed her short, purple hair.
"Beware foreswear, replace the old with beautiful, longer hair." She said and pointed to her head. The short, purple hair was now longer. Her new, longer purple hair ended right under her chest/mid-back length. "Pretty!" She touched her soft, long hair and admired it.
Audrey left the bedroom to head to the breakfast area. She was busy admiring her long hair, that she didn't bother to look up and watch where she was going. She and someone else bumped into one another, knocking Audrey to the ground.
"Oh, sorry Mal!" An older male voice said.
Audrey looked up and saw it was Aziz. "Oh, uh...no problem."
Aziz helped 'Mal' up from the ground, noticing her outfit and hair. "Uh, nice dress?"
"Thank you!" She smiled sweetly.
"But what's with the hair? It's longer?"
"I'm, uh, trying longer hair style."
"Oh cool," He smiled. "Hey Mal, have you seen...Chad? I'm looking for him."
"No, I haven't been out of my room all morning." Audrey replied. "But if I see him, I'll let him know you're looking for him."
"Great. Thank you, Mal!" Aziz smiled. "Catch you later."
"Bye." Audrey waved to Aziz. Once he was gone, Audrey released a huge breathe. "Whoo. Close one."
At the castle where Audrey lived, Mal had jogged into the dining room to try and eat something. However upon entering the dining room, Prudence was there. "Princess Audrey, how many times have I told you about running?"
"Sorry. I'm, uh, running late for school."
"A princess never oversleeps. Just because the queen slept for a couple of days, it does not mean her daughter has the same right." Prudence told her.
Well a good morning to you too, your royal early bird named Prudence. I thought Bertha was bad. "I'm sorry."
"Well...AUDRINA!?" Prudence screamed at the top of her lungs, like a bloody murderer just stabbed her. "WHAT...WHAT ARE YOU...WEARING?"
Mal looked down at her clothes. "It's hot out, so I put this on."
"No." Prudence said. "No, no, no, no, no! You will go back upstairs after breakfast and change into something else. I'll have someone set up an outfit for you today."
Whatever. I'll sneak out. Mal just nodded though. "Yes Ma'me."
Mal sat down at the table and a silver plate came before her. Scrambled eggs, toast with grape jelly and pieces of strawberries on the side. Spotting the strawberries Mal went for one, then it was ripped from her. "Prudence?"
"Oh dares to try and poison you?" Prudence said sternly. "The cook knows for a fact that you break out in rashes if you eat a single strawberry!" She then turned to go yell at the cook.
Mal quickly said, "No, Prudence!" She stopped in pace. "I, um, I asked him to pack strawberries for a snack...for Jane."
"A snack?"
"For Jane. I told her we had these...good looking strawberries and she wanted to taste them." Mal said, hoping Prudence would believe 'Audrey'. "I forgot my lunch money yesterday too, and Jane shared her lunch with me. I asked the cook last night to give me some tomorrow but I guess I didn't word it exactly. Please don't get mad at him for my mistake."
Prudence eyeballed the young, brunette princess before smiling. "Very well. Mistakes like that happen. Just please remember your lunch money and remember to word your words correctly. Just skip the strawberries."
"Sure will." Mal said, then given a look. "I mean, uh, yes ma'me." Prudence left the room. "Aw, I miss strawberries." Mal poked the strawberry with a spoon. She then gulped down her eggs and toast and her glass of milk and orange juice. Oops, maybe a little too quick. Mal felt her stomach turning.
She stood up and ran out of the dining room to the closest bathroom. She slammed the door behind her and she threw up in the toilet. Her entire breakfast was up in the toilet. "Ew, that's gross." She admitted and flushed the toilet.
"Princess Audrey? Princess Audrey?"
"I am not dealing with that Prudence woman again." Mal stood up and she left the bathroom, running to the front door. A woman handed her the pink backpack and Mal said, "Thank you, Cecelia." And ran out the door. She didn't notice it of course, but Cecelia smiled.
"UGH! Stupid dragon's stomach!" Audrey roared as she threw up in the school bathroom. She didn't eat too much, just a waffle with strawberries and raspberry syrup and a glass of orange juice. She hurled again into the toilet.
"M? Are you okay, sweetie?" Evie's gentle voice spoke.
"Fine...E... (vomit sound)...Just...(vomit sound)...not agreeing today... (vomit sound)...I'll be fine." Audrey replied through each throw up.
"Well OK. I'll be outside."
"OK E." Audrey said, flushing the toilet. She sat on the ground and rubbed her sweaty, pale head. Her clammy hands felt gross and Audrey could smell her own, gross breathe. "I need a breathe mint. Or three bottles of it from this vomit." She muttered to herself.
Audrey stood up and left the bathroom to wash her hands and rinse her mouth. The door opened and Evie poked her head in. "M, Ben's out here."
"Oh, uh, okay. One second." She said. But seconds after Evie left, Ben walked in. "Is Ben short for Benita?" She laughed.
"Funny." Ben said, pressing a cool hand on 'Mal's forehead. "You feel a bit warm. Do you want to take some tylenol before class?"
"Nah, I'll work this cold off." Audrey said. "Maybe just take a nap after class."
"But you have science class after math."
Wow, I guess we never discussed classes. "Uh, right. Well, maybe after lunch."
Ben smiled warmly at her. "Alright. Just take it easy today," He held his hand out for her to take. "I'll walk you to class."
"Okay."
Mal left the castle in a rush, just wanting to get to the school and meet up with Audrey asap. She turned the corner of the gate and ran into someone, falling over. "Damn it!"
"Sorry Audrey," Aziz voice spoke up. "Here." He got her on her feet. "Are you hurt?"
"No, I'm fine." 'Audrey' told him, brushing the dirt off her shirt. "Just trying to get to the school."
"I borrowed Bobby's car," Aziz pointed to the blue buggy car. "I know it's not the best, but he was only one who offered to lend me the keys to a pickup. Oh, and I need to grab bagels on the way to the school so it doesn't look like I just took his car for a joy ride."
"Uh, sure. Sounds...fine." Mal said. Her stomach roared. "I literally just threw up."
"Oh," Aziz face became concerned. "Here, I think I have something in my backpack," He dug around for a couple of moments before pulling a banana out. "I stole this back from Abu."
"Thanks." Mal said and bit into her. Oh gosh, this is so good! Mal shoved the thing into her mouth and chomped.
Aziz roared a laugh. "Well, someone likes to shove long, hard things in her mouth!"
Mal, understanding what he meant, slapped him.
"Hey, sorry!" Aziz laughed again. "Don't shove it down your throat. You'll...choke on it." He laughed again. Mal rolled her brown eyes. "I know, what sort of prince acts like this? A street rat!" Aziz laughed again.
Mal smiled at his humor and laughed. She heard her phone buzzing and saw it was Audrey calling her. "Hey, I'll meet you in the car." Mal said.
"Alright, see you in the car."