I love all the Christmas songs and decorations that are playing and being set up.

Also as a side note, if any of you watched The Wiz Live! the other night, wasn't it amazing!? Brava to the cast!


28: The Report.

Ben arrived back at Auradon Prep just as the wind had picked up at the heighest speed and the rain was now downing pouring harder than ever. It was almost impossible to see what was in front of you. Ben ran into one of the main buildings that all the students and teachers were to sleep in tonight. That was how bad the storm was going to be and all the teachers and Fairy Godmother decided to have all the students in one place to keep all of them protected.

Ben was greeted with a warm towel and blanket and a lecture of Audrey about how he's going to make everyone sick because he "could make it here on time and didn't even think about how everyone was going to be sick now!" Though Jay laughed at Audrey and told her she'd still find a way to achieve the perfect attendance award.

Ben found Carlos and Dude and Jane all huddled together with Doug and Evie cuddled together with both their blankets warming them. Ben sat next to them and dried off. "Have any of you heard from Mal?"

"No. I haven't seen her in a few days either." Evie said.

"The last time I saw her she was in her room," Carlos spoke up. "She seemed upset about something."

Ben nodded. "I saw her that night too, Valentine's Day. We were talking and she became upset."

"What about?" Jane asked.

"I'm... not sure." Ben said. It's not that he wanted to lie to them, but not the truth either. This was his and Mal's personal life together as a couple. "We just were talking and she became upset."

"Well I say she's hiding something." Chad butted in. "She probably has a secret like everyone else in this school."

"Chad you have no secret. Everyone here knows that you are a player and cheat on girls." Doug said.

"I do to have sercrets in this school and I know a lot of them too." Chad said. "None of which you know about. Any of you."

Suddenly Audrey's voice came up as she walked to the group. "You weren't potty trained until you were eight."

"No! I stopped peeing in the bed when I was eight!" Chad yelled, then realized what had just happened. "Damn it!"

Everyone had a good laugh, including Ben. That did make him feel better but he wishes Mal was still here. It's been three days. He sighed, he knew what he had to do. He excused himself from the group an stood up to go find Fairy Godmother.

Ben found her as she checked off things on a check list. "Fairy Godmother?"

"Yes Ben?" She asked with a smile. "Are you warming up?"

"Yes, I'm warming up." He answered. "Fairy Godmother, Mal isn't here."

"Oh is she back in her dorm still? Or another part of the school? I'll send someone out to get her here back to safety."

"No, she's not here at the school at all."

"What do you mean?" Fairy Godmother asked.

"I mean... she's gone." Ben said. "She's been gone for a few days. I've looked for her and I waited for her to show up on her own time, but she hasn't shown up."

"And you are reporting her now?"

"Like I said I thought she would show up." Ben said. "Maybe she's lost or she's been hurt."

"Okay." Fairy Godmother said. "We can't do anything right now, but we will release a missng persons report for Mal to be found."

"OK." Ben said. "Thank you."

Ben returned to the group and joined in a story Doug was telling them about his father and his uncles. Though Ben was there, his mind and his heart was with Mal.