Morning came and Evie stretch in her bed, as usual, she turned to say good morning to Mal just to remember the girl had gone away for the weekend with Ben. Evie was so happy for her friend since they had arrived at Auradon she knew things were going to be great for all of them sure at first it was difficult but things got better with time.

She got ready for the day even though it was Saturday she had been asked to come help in the daycare, it seemed there was a daylong conference for the teachers at Auradon Prep and they needed extra help. After showering and changing into something more comfortable she went to look for Cora, she had to knock a couple of times before the girl appeared before her with an exhausted expression on her face.

"What happened to you?" Evie asked moving to the side when the other girl move to walked out of the room closing the door behind her.

While walking to the cafeteria, Cora told Evie about how Lonnie had been fighting with Jay on the phone all night long. It started with a phone call and then it turned into Lonnie angry texting him but saying everything out loud. She even commented on the things she and he wrote to each other, Cora had been patient with her but even when she told the girl that she needed to keep it down Lonnie would only lower her voice a little and then go back at it again. By 4 am she was even telling Cora how awful Jay was and trying to make her take her side, suddenly an hour later there was a knock on their door and an infuriated and tired Carlos appeared to follow by an annoyed Jay.

Cora proceeded to tell Evie about how she and Carlos were witnesses to the dumbest fight ever and then the reconciliation, sadly Carlos had a place to run to but she had to basically spray the couple with cold water to cool them off while she was in the room. Evie hug Cora and motion her to a table while she gathered breakfast for both of them when Evie finally made it to the table Cora was asleep so she just ate in silent. Just before she finished her meal, Zohu walked into the cafeteria and went straight toward their table and asked Evie what was going on with Cora, after that he went for some food and came back with a tray full of food for him and a smoothie for Evie.

They talked while he ate and Evie told him about her plans at the daycare. "I think is really cool that you are doing that. I have never said this to any of you but I'm really impress of how amazing and thoughtful you all are, I'm honestly glad that you guys have the opportunity to be in a safe environment where you can show how remarkable you truly are."

She was touched by his words and also the sincerity that was clearly shown on his face, she thanked him and wonder if a lot of people would actually see that they indeed were worthy of living in Auradon. Just then Cora snorted making both teenagers laugh. "You know you are pretty cool about Lonnie and Jay being together. I would think that you would be like Ryder and be uncomfortable knowing your sister and her boyfriend were well you know."

Zohu shrug and explained to Evie that he didn't like the way Lonnie and Jay were acting about getting into the physical part of their relationship so soon but he respected Lonnie's judgement above all. Also, it would be hypocritical of him to judge when he and Cora had already explore that part of their relationship although they had waited longer to get there. "Now about Ryder, I like him he is a good guy but he doesn't understand that there are limits when the people he cares about are in what he deems a dangerous situation or a just a situation he doesn't like. Like for example Mal and Ben, I think those two are going to be together for the rest of their lives and it is important that they start to work things out by themselves. I'm not saying that if they need help, we shouldn't help but he thinks they should have some time apart to work things out, I mean how are they supposed to fix things if they don't talk about them, right?"

While he continued to explain what he thought was some issues about Ryder's behavior Evie was in awe of how mature Zohu was, of course, she noticed he was handsome before but now she got why Cora was so in love with him. Zohu was someone that was not afraid to say what he thought but would never impose his visions of things on anybody. Also, he truly was happy for Ben and Mal and the opportunity they were taking by dating again. Suddenly she noticed he was looking at her in silence "Did I bored you?. You seemed to be somewhere else."

"No, I'm sorry. Is just that I think you are right and I'm happy to see that more people see things like me and well Cora. When we went on the trip and suddenly the guys told us we were staying I was wondering what would had happen if Ben hadn't talked to Mal. And then what happened after Ben and Cora came back how they were like let's just leave, they didn't think about giving them time to talk. Can I tell you a secret? Only me, Cora and Queen Belle know this so please don't say anything".

Zhou's expression turned serious and he suddenly started looking around as to check if anyone was near them, once he was satisfied nobody was near he made a motion for Evie to tell him. After she had explained what had happened last night, a smile appeared on his face and he congratulated her on the plan. He then turned to give a sleepy Cora a kiss on her forehead, Evie saw the other girl stir a little and smile while still sleeping and wondered how many times he had kissed the girl while she slept. Yes, Evie was fine not being in a relationship right now but she hoped to someday find something like what Cora and Zohu or Mal and Ben had.

After a quick look at the cafeteria watch, she noticed she was going to be late for the daycare, Zohu was needed into a special training for seniors courses but was going to blow it off so he could take care of Cora. Evie knew how important those classes were for the boy that dreamed of being in the emperor's guard so she told him to carry Cora to the daycare and put her into a special room they had for nap time. Both said their goodbyes and Evie spent the rest of her morning playing with the kids, thankfully by nap time Cora had already woke up and helped Evie by reading the kids a book while the other girl went for a bathroom break. Once all the children finally slept the two girls were walking out of the room when Evie's phone rang and she launch herself at it answering the call while checking that all the kids were still asleep.

Ryder´s voice came strong through the speaker asking Evie where they were, she was about to tell him when Cora started to signal her to hang the phone and so she did without saying anything else. "Why did I just do that?"

"Because he is searching for all of us, well most certainly he is searching for you and Mal. I'm guessing he is not going to call her because he is afraid she'll tell him off like she is being doing since the date incident. The second you tell him you are here he is going to come and then he is going to start asking where Mal is." Evie's eye grew twice their size, she hadn't consider telling the boys, well except for Zohu, where Mal was but she was sure that Ryder was going to do something when he found out. Let's be honest the boy didn't like Mal and Ben spending time alone in a room he most certainly would freak if he knew of the weekend get away.

Evie's phone rang again and she hit ignore while asking Cora what they were going to do. "We are going to ignore him because as much as he thinks he is Mal's older brother he is not so he can go and find a hobby to kill his time. Honestly, we should just find him a girlfriend but I would feel sorry for the girl."

Cora was right Ryder wasn't Mal's and Evie's older brother but Carlos and Jay were their family and they should know. She sent a quick text to them telling them to meet her at the daycare at 6:30 pm but not to tell the others because they needed to talk about something, Evie was sure that Carlos would respond quickly but knowing Jay he probably was with Lonnie otherwise occupied. To her surprise both boys answer quickly and at 6:30 pm they were knocking the daycare door, Cora greeted them and they looked taken aback to see her there.

The girl walked them to a room where Evie was preparing snack time and left the three friends to talked. Both boys looked at the snacks and smile shouting "Food!" instantly going for it making Evie laugh, she had anticipated that so she had already separated an amount for them and was more than happy to let them eat while she told them about Mal's weekend with Ben. The boys listen to everything they said and nodding even smiling a little when Evie told them how the couple was probably back together by now and how happy Mal sounded on her call earlier.

"I think is awesome that they are back together but I don't get why the secrecy about it. They are going to come back and be a couple in front of everybody so why shouldn't people know?" Carlos was a little sad that they weren't involved in the weekend plans but he understood at the end, however, the need to keep it quiet confuse him.

Jay finished his juice while Carlos was talking and was about to get more food when he suddenly understood why Evie send the text. "Is it because of the others? I mean for what you told us Cora and Zohu know, I know that Lonnie doesn't but I get it. I mean I love her but keeping secrets isn't exactly her forte, so I guess you are worried about Ryder and Azis, right?"

Evie nod and went on to explained her fears and to her surprise both boys looked annoyed. Finally, Cora knock on the door asking Evie to please come help her with some kids, the four friends went into the other room and manage to create an activity were all the children were occupied. Then they gather in the front of the class and continue to talk.

"Look, I like Ryder. He is a cool guy but he is not going to mess with Mal's and Ben's relationship, I get that is awkward to think that your sister is going to be with a guy but I'm sure Ben is not going to force Mal into anything she doesn't feel comfortable with. I'm sorry Cora I know Ryder is your brother but he needs to grow up." Jay finished saying this looking really serious and then proceed to put five cookies into his mouth breaking the aura of maturity that had surrounded him a second ago making the others chuckle at his antics.

Later that day when the daycare closed the four friends walked to the cafeteria where Lonnie and Zohu were waiting for them. They went for their food first taking their time trying to see what looked good, the selection of food on the weekends always made the boys happy and the girls always had a good time watching taking their food so seriously. Finally, they all went to the table where brother and sister were laughing about something at their phones and quickly joined them telling them about their day excluding of course the conversation about Ryder.

A couple of minutes later a very pissed off Ryder with a serious Azis appeared at the cafeteria doors and once they found the group walked straight towards where Evie was sitting. "Why did you hang up on me Evie? And then you turned off you phone. Where is Mal?"

The people at the tables near them started to stare trying to see what was going on, Evie told Ryder and Azis to sit down but Ryder shook his head "We also went looking for Ben and it seemed the King is not in town for the weekend. So I'm asking again Evie where is Mal?"

With that last statement, the people on the tables near them turned their full attention toward them completely and Evie just knew that Ryder had crossed a line. Jay stood up and told Ryder that Mal was sick and to sit down the way he said while the look he gave the guy made it perfectly clear that it he either sit or he was going to make him sit. Ryder stood quiet but when Jay made a move to go towards him Azis made his friend sit, the other tables were still whispering and there was no way the news were not going to spread.

The boy was about to talked again but Carlos told him to shut up and showed him how every table was looking at them now while they whisper. "Do you actually don't realize what you are causing?"

For the first time since he entered the cafeteria, he noticed what was happening and although he felt bad, he told them that he was also Mal's friend and he had the right to know what was going on with her. How come nobody else was worry about her well-being, honestly how much do they really know Ben. Evie turned toward him and call him an ass and then stood and walked away followed by the rest of them leaving Ryder and Azis alone in the cafeteria.

Suddenly Audrey was coming their way and Ryder groan, this day suck so much! "Did Mal went away with Ben?!"

Azis denied it and told her that Mal was sick and to back off, he then took Ryder by the arm and both boys walked out of the cafeteria followed by Audrey screaming at them demanding to know the truth. She gave up after screaming at them all the way to the boy dorms and started her way to the girl dorms, Azis send Evie a text telling her what had happened. Evie read the text minutes before someone bang on her door repeatedly.

Evie with the helped of Mal's book had turned Cora's blonde hair into a purple version which the girl was excited about and when the frantic knocks came Cora run to the bed and got under the covers. Evie took a deep breath and opened it to find a livid Audrey trying to push the door but Evie was having nothing of that. Audrey still made it in enough to see the purple hair but still she was not happy with that. Finally, Evie pushed her out of the room while the other girl continued to shout to Mal to show herself and kept it up for a while until she either gave up or lost her voice Evie wasn't sure which one happened but she was not going to open the door to see.

After an hour, she put Cora's hair back to her original stated and the girl went to her room to change, Evie took the chance to change too and then her phone beep. She read Mal's message and finally this day was worth it!. Evie call Mal and then Cora knock on the door and they were all freaking out until Mal hang up and she wondered if it was Karma for hanging up on Ryder but there was no way she would be punished for that.

Cora and Evie were talking for a little while and then Mal called her again and she had to tell her about the day and she could hear Mal worrying about what Audrey would do. Yes, she was excited to be with Ben again but she wasn't sure she wanted everyone to know right now. "Hey, Mal?. Please don't go back to freak out about your relationship ok? You are happy now, remember?"

They ended the call with a hopeful Mal and Cora and Evie smiled while going to sleep, that night Cora was staying with Evie in case Audrey came back.

"Cora?"

"Yes, Evie?"

"Your brother is a moron."

"I know."

Both girls started laughing and finally fall asleep. Far away in a quite town Mal lay on her bed wondering what would happen to her and Ben when they went back to Auradon. She stood and was going downstairs and, of course, the second she was opening her door Mrs. Kirk appeared wondering what was going on with her. Mal chuckled a little and told the woman she just wanted water while closing her door behind her, Mrs. Kirk seemed really sleepy so she just said ok and went back to her room.

Mal turned to say goodbye and then she notice Ben's door wasn't completely closed and she decided to go for it, she walked slowly into his room. With the help of the waste basket she pushed the door so it appeared close from the outside and then went to stand next to Ben's bed, he looked so peaceful that it made her smile. She whispered his name a couple of times but nothing, Mal push him a little trying to make room for her in his bed until he finally open his eyes and asked her if he was dreaming. "No, now move before I change my mind."

Ben hug her from behind loving having here with him. He started giving her little kisses on her shoulder for a while then he gently move her hair and started to kiss from her shoulder to her neck loving the little noises she would make when he kiss a particular spot she seemed to enjoy. His hand began to move making small circles in the space between her top and her shorts when suddenly they heard a door open and freeze if Mrs. Kirk found them they were going to be in serious problems. The voice of Mr. Kirk mumbling about his need of sleep and why he needed to check on teenagers fill the silence and then he was gone, thank god he didn't care enough to actually check on them. Ben was definitely going to make some of his proposal real just as a thank you for this.

Mal turned towards Ben and both of them sigh in relieve, Ben then notice that she seemed worried and he wondered if it had to do anything with what was happening before the interruption and so he asked her. She smiled at his concerned face, he was so adorable sometimes "Is not that, I like what happen."

Ben smiled and both teen blush but he asked her what was wrong again and so she told him everything that Evie said about what was going on in Auradon. "Things are not going to be easy Mal but we are stronger than any problem that could present itself. We love each other let's not forget that ok?"

She smiled at him and they started to kiss but again things began to escalate quickly and finally Mal gently push Ben away. "I should probably go back to my bed, ok? See you tomorrow."

He nodded giving her a quick kiss on the cheek. "Sleep well Mal and don't worry ok?. I would walk you but I prefer not to test our luck with Mrs. Kirk waking at any minute to check on us."

Mal smiled and went into her room with a huge grin on her face, she was sure she was going to have awesome dreams that night and all thanks to her king.

Notes

Hiiii, Again i'm sorry I'm uploading right now because I'm having some issues with my internet so I just finish this chapter I hope you like it.