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a/n: as much as i wish i did, i do not own descendants or any of these characters. i do take requests though!

important notes at the end. :)

CH 2: A Mending in the Process

It was a Thursday afternoon at Auradon Prep. School was over and the students milled around the quad picnicking, breaking into song, or watching the Tourney players practice. Evie sat at a table alone as she sketched a new dress design that would fit Mal perfectly. The Evil Princess sighed contently as she drew away, well that was before an unwanted presence made himself present at the table.

"Evie! Just the person I was looking for." He said as he took a seat next to her.

"Prince.. Ahem.. King Ben." She greeted him, not so subtly shutting her notebook and gracefully putting it in her bag, revealing her homework underneath. Evie promised herself to be kind to the new King. After all, he was dating Mal, and he was somewhat sort of on good terms with Jay and Carlos, she would nice to him for them, the people whom she considered family. Evie smiled at him once more before skimming over her page of notes and continuing from where she left off.

"Doing homework, I see." He said, looking over to her page of complicated symbols. He took note that she was in a higher math than he was.

"Looks like it right?" Her voice was an overly sweet, the kind of tone you'd use on a child who didn't understand why they got their toy taken away.

"Y-You're art is beautiful." He said with a strained smile. Evie raised an eyebrow took notice on the way he walked on eggshells around her. She liked having the King of Auradon stuttering at her presence. "We have a wonderful arts and crafts program if—"

"What are you doing here, Ben?" The bluenette asked with a tilted head as she set down her pencil. She was a bit annoyed, but intrigued as well. He looked lost, kind of like a puppy.

The prince on the other hand was a bit at shock with the honey laced hostility of her voice. She regarded him with a look of slight distaste and a bit of boredom, no one really treated him that way. "I mean— it's not like we're friends," she said before chuckling, "and I'd hardly consider us acquaintances either." She paused to look at her nails, then her eyes met his. Her gaze made him uncomfortable, as if she could see right through him and read his most discrete and inner most thoughts. "So, Ben. Why exactly are you here?"

"I… Well...You see, I just..." He faltered, chuckling nervously as he watched her eyes narrow. Man, this girl was intense. She smirked at him as if she knew she was making him nervous. Ben cleared his throat. "I-I just wanted to get to know you better, you seem like an amazing person."

She furrowed her eyebrows in the slightest and let out another chuckle. "Thanks." And that was all she said. Evie went back to her homework and continued on as if Ben hadn't existed. A good five minutes passed before, he cleared his throat again. The blue-haired villain halted her writing and shut her eyes, as if she were telling herself to stay calm. "With all due respect, Ben. I'm trying to finish my homework. What more do you need to say to me?"

"I-I just want to talk."

She scanned his face and decided that he looked genuine, so she fought down her irritation. "Fine."

It was a small moment before he regained his composure. "How are you and Doug?" He asked. She slightly narrowed her eyes as her expression briefly darkened as if he'd offended her. But Evie answered his question none the less.

"Doug is sweet but, he's major vanilla." She rolled her eyes to exaggerate. "But it's kind of cute, I guess. You and him are kind of similar in that way." But then she shook her head, "I seriously don't get how Mal deals with your sweetness and kindness and all, but then again." she scrutinizes him, looking him up and down. "She does have you wearing jeans instead of dress pants. So maybe she's rubbing off on you, huh?"

But then she sighed, looking a bit somber. "I want things to work between Doug and I, but— he's just too nice." She bowed her head and looked at her hands. "I lived on the Isle, for fuck sakes," she said before letting out a breathy laugh. Ben flinched as the dirty word left her mouth, praying that Evie didn't notice… but she did and scoffed softly, shaking her head at how pathetic Auradon kids could be. "I'm used to things being hard and difficult, though it is a little nicer when things aren't like that, but easy's boring."

Ben nodded, "So, who's around that's not vanilla, as you say."

And then Evie tensed, looking at him again the same way she did before, scrutinizing him. The bluenette then packed her things and stood up.

"Please. As if I'd tell you." She tilted her head and sweet smile played on her lips before she spun around and made her way to the tourney field.

Ben was hurt by her words, but then realized that Evie had every right to treat him that way. He was dating her best friend and he was on the team with Jay and Carlos. He spoke to everyone on a daily basis but her. Not to mention he did laugh a bit when Audrey insulted Evie's royal status, not only that, but he didn't do a single thing about Chad and how he disrespected her at the Family Day brunch.

He would make things better by apologizing and hopefully she'd hate him a little less.

A/N: I just wanna say that this is NOT a ben/evie pairing(and it won't turn into one), i just felt that throughout the movie he hardly interacted with her, and he did laugh when audrey insulted her royal status. So i'm guessing that evie probably doesn't like him that much, but pushes down her irritation b/c he's friends with her friends.

what are your thoughts on this prompt? do you agree with me or no? let me know in the reviews! also, when you request, please be a little specific on what you want to happen!

also-

i am currently working on:

- evie and snow white (5% done)

- the vks opening up about life on the isle during family day. (60% done)