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Mal stopped outside her apartment door and turned to Evie, "I'm sorry it's a mess." She put the key in the door and pushed it open. The blonde let the taller woman walk in first. They stood the living room, awkwardly looking around.

"Um, so this is the living room." Mal walked forward a little bit. "That's the kitchen. Sorry it's so small."

"That's okay," Evie told her. "I don't really cook much anymore."

"Right," Mal said, walking further into the apartment. "So that's my room and that's Macie's." She pointed to the 2 rooms across from each other. "Oh and that's the bathroom." Mal lead her in and switched on the light. "I got you a toothbrush, toothpaste and hairbrush. I didn't know what kind of shampoo and conditioner you used now so I got what you used when we were younger." Mal pointed to the 2 bottles on the edge of the tub.

"Wow." Evie stuttered, "thank you. You didn't have to do that."

Mal smiled, "Don't worry about it."

The girls looked at each other for a moment before Mal decided to continue with the tour.

"I put Macie in with me so you can have her room. I'm sorry I don't have more than an inflatable mattress right now." Mal chewed at her lip. She felt like a jacked up tour guide. She hated people in her home. It made her uneasy.

"The air mattress is fine. Thank you. You didn't have to move Macie though. I could've slept on the couch." Evie gestured towards the sofa in the living room. "It looks comfy."

"It is but a bed is better. Even if it's an air one. Macie usually ends up in my bed anyway in the middle of the night. She likes to be near me when I'm at home." Mal shrugged and headed back to the kitchen. "I have my own bathroom so don't worry about taking too long in the shower or anything."

Evie nodded, following her caretaker into the small kitchen.

Mal grabbed two bottles of water out of the fridge and offered one to the blue haired girl. They each sat down at the kitchen table and awkwardly looked around the room again. Evie noticed all the toys in the living room.

"Where's Macie? She can be here when I'm here..." Evie trailed off sadly.

"Yes," Mal laughed, "I know she can. She's with her Aunt Chloe. They will be home in a little bit. I figured it would be easier to get you settled without a toddler asking you a thousand questions."

"Right," Evie giggled. "So who's Chloe? Is she your girlfriend?"

Mal almost spit out her water, "oh, no definitely not." She grabbed a napkin and wiped her face. "She's just one of my best friends. She's known Macie since she was born and keeps her a lot when I work."

Mal could see the slight pain in Evie's eyes at the words 'best friend.' "That's really great, Mal. It looks like you've managed a pretty good life for yourself." Evie took a sip of her water, continuing to look around. The blonde saw her gaze shift to the pictures on the bookshelf. "Have you talked to the boys lately?"

Mal shook her head, "no, I stopped talking to them not look after you and I split. Last I heard, Carlos was in school to be a vet and Jay owned a pawn shop. That was a year or so ago though."

"Oh." Quiet engulfed the girls again. "So do you have a boyfriend?"

Mal chucked at this. Evie had always been convinced they needed princes to be happy. "Yeah, I don't really do dating," she used her fingers as quotations on the last word. 'Or guys for that matter,' Mal thought. She didn't say it out loud though. That was a conversation for another day.

"I guess you're pretty busy with your job and kid, huh?"

Mal nodded, drinking even more of her water. Her throat was so dry. "Yeah, I don't get a lot of time to just hang out. When I do, there's usually a toddler attached."

"Can I ask who the dad is?" Evie asked her.

"You can, but it doesn't mean I'll tell you." Mal narrowed her eyes at the other woman, causing Evie's eyes to go big in embarrassment. "I'm just kidding." Evie let out a sign of relief. "I don't have a clue who he was. I don't remember the night at all. It's all completely gone."

"Wow."

Mal just nodded. Silence encroached yet again. The blonde had no idea what to say or how to talk to Evie anymore. It had been so easy when they lived together. Now it was like a stranger was sitting across from her.

"So have you been doing since I saw you years ago?" Mal asked, trying to break the silence.

"Drugs," Evie simply answered.

Mal laughed, "Yes I know that. What else?"

Evie glanced down at her hands. She missed the gloves she used to wear. "That's about it, honestly. I've done a lot of drugs, a few questionable things for drugs and hung out with drug dealers."

Mal nodded. "I understand. What about your mom? Do you ever see her? I saw her a couple times when I was living on the Isle."

Evie shook her head, "No. The last time I saw her I was stealing her money. She has no desire to see me again."

"Surely a villain could understand desperation." Mal told her with a smile, trying to make Evie feel better.

"You would think." Evie replied. "What about your mom? Is she still a lizard?"

Mal laughed and walked over to a shelf in the living room. There sat Maleficent in her reptile tank. "She would've loved to hear Macie call her Grandma." Mal laughed.

"Oh I'm sure you encourage that, don't you?" Evie giggled, walking over to the lizard.

"Maybe a little bit." Mal smiled.

"Can you imagine her face? I'm sure she would've insisted on being called something "younger sounding" like Gigi."

"And I would still encourage grandma," Mal scrunched up her nose and laughed.

Mal walked over to the couch and flipped on the tv. After a few seconds, Evie joined her. "I don't think there is anything good one, sadly." Mal flipped through the channels before landing on Family Guy.

"Oh, I like this show," Evie smiled.

The pair sat and watched tv for the next hour, letting themselves loosen up around each other again.

Knock knock

"Oh, that must be Chloe," Mal smiled, getting up to answer the door. "Hi, baby," she smiled at her child, quickly picking her up. "Hey, Chlo." Chloe waved. "Thanks, again."

"Anytime," Chloe replied. "I gotta run. I'll see you later." With that, she turned on her heels and walked away.

"Blue!" Macie suddenly exclaimed, wiggling down from her moms hip and going straight to the couch to touch Evie's long, blue locks.

Evie jumped a little, startled at the tiny child's movements "Hi, I'm Evie."

"Eeeeeeeeeeevvvvvie." Macie drew out her name, while still twirling her fingers in Evie's hair.

"Macie, leave her hair alone." Mal told her.

Macie looked at her mom, then back to Evie before looking back at her mom again, clearly debating what she was going to do."

"Why don't you show Evie your Elsa doll?" Mal asked her.

Macie nodded, "okay" before taking off into her bedroom, returning moments later with not only Elsa, but Anna, Sven and Olaf too. She brought her toys over to her new best friend. "Elsa." She shoved the toy into Evie's face."

"Wow, I love her blonde hair," Evie feigned enthusiasm over the toys. "She would look better with purple though," Evie looked up at Mal.

Mal felt her heart flutter just a little at the comment. Evie had always loved Mal's purple hair. It was one of the reasons she had dyed it blonde in the first place.

"What would you guys like for dinner?" Mal asked, heading into the kitchen. She could feel her eyes glowing a little but she had no idea why. She wasn't a fan of Macie seeing her eyes like that.

"Cheese!" Macie yelled, excitedly.

"Okay. Mac and Cheese for you!" Mal laughed, her eyes cooling back down. "Would you like Mac and cheese too, Evie?"

Evie shrugged, "Sure. As long as its not hospital food, I'm all game."

"Speaking of," Mal said as she started to boil the water. "How are you feeling? Still shaking?"

"A little. I'm a little lightheaded but nothing major." Evie smiled at Macie who was making Anna and Elsa talk to each other in whatever made up language toddlers use.

"That'll calm down more over the next couple days." Mal smiled.

It wasn't long before the water started to boil and Mal added in the pasta. While she waited for it to cook, she watched her old friend play so effortlessly with her daughter. She knew full well that Evie would have rough patches while getting sober but seeing her now reminded Mal of the old Evie. She one who had always had her heart. The Evie she had loved but would never tell a soul about.

Once the pasta was cooked, Mal drained it and mixed in the cheese. She portioned it out for the 3 girls and threw the dishes in the sink. "Dinner time," Mal placed the 2 dishes on the table and put Macie's on her high chair. The toddler ran over and raised her arms so her mom could put her into her seat.

"Cheese!" Macie laughed before picking up the pasta with her fingers. Mal rolled her eyes before sitting down with Evie at the table.

"So why did you decide to be a nurse?" Evie asked after taking a bite of her food.

Mal shrugged, "I figured daughter of Maleficent was bad long enough. Might as well help people or something."

"I'm not entirely sure you were ever as 'bad' as you think you were," Evie rolled her eyes.

"I told candy from babies!" Mal snarked back.

"Oh right, of course," Evie laughed, rolling her eyes.

"Shut up," Mal laughed.

"Mama," Macie suddenly said. Both girls looked over at the toddler and laughed even more. Macie had cheese all over her face.

"Oh my," Evie laughed.

Mal got up and grabbed a towel and wiped her daughters face. "All done for you," Mal took the child out of her seat.

"I'll be right back, Evie. I gotta go get her changed and in bed."

Evie nodded, still picking at her dinner. Now that she had quiet, her brain was racing. All she could think about was how much she wanted a fix. She was happy to be with Mal and her daughter but she was struggling to stay focused on anything else. All Evie wanted to do with convince Mal that she was getting better. Evie still hadn't decided whether she actually wanted to get better. She had had such a bad few years that thinking about it just made her want coke more.

"Evie?" Mal said, snapping in front of Evie's face, trying to pull her out of her daydream.

"Huh?" Evie asked, her eyes focusing on the blonde.

"I asked if you were tired." Mal repeated herself.

Evie nodded, "Yeah I am." The blonde watched the girl for a moment but Evie didn't move. "Mal?"

"Yeah?" Mal asked, her eyebrow raised.

"Can I maybe sleep with you tonight? I know you moved Macie's bed in with you and everything but I'm kind of freaked out." Evie's said all of this very quickly and Mal struggled to keep up.

"You can sleep with me," Mal shrugged, "just remember that Macie will eventually climb into bed with us."

Evie nodded silently.

"Evie?" Mal asked as the blue haired girl started off into space.

"Yeah?" Evie shook her head and smiled.

"Are you okay? Do you need to talk?" Mal asked, sitting back down at the table, picking at her now cold Mac and cheese.

"Yeah, of course." Evie told her, fooling neither of them.

"It'll get better. I promise you. I know how badly you want that coke right now. I get it. You have to fight this though."

Evie nodded. "Yeah. I know."

Mal got up and cleared the dishes. She picked up Evie's bag and held out her hand. "Come on. You can use my shower. Macie is asleep in her bed so we should be good for a few hours at least." Mal smiled.

Evie took her hand and nodded. "Thank you. It's just for tonight. I promise."

"Like I said, if you want tiny, stinky feet in your face, that's on you." Mal laughed as she led Evie into her bedroom so they could finally put an end to such a long day.