It had been a month since Evie's coronation, meaning Mal was 34 weeks (seven and a half months) along and Audrey had found out she was around 8 weeks. The brunette hadn't told anyone about the baby yet but she had told their friends and her family of their engagement. Mal was lounging around in Evie's dorm room, waiting for the blue haired girl and their friends to finish with their lesson so they could go shopping. They had made it a tradition of sorts to have a girly shopping day once a week. It made a nice change of pace for Mal since she was now only at school for two days a week. Today (Monday) was one of the days she had free which was one of the reasons she had arrived at Auradon Prep an hour early. What she wasn't expecting was half hour before she knew the girls would be free a knock sounded at the door.
"Come in!" Mal called out to whoever was there. She was a little confused as to who it would be but couldn't help but smile as a familiar brunette walked in the door. "Hey Audrey, what are you doing here so early?" The purple haired girl asked as the brunette princess walked in and sat next to her.
Audrey sighed as she sat next to the purplette, thankful she hadn't had any morning sickness yet so no one had found out. Her and Jay wanted to wait until they had at least told Audrey's family. "My last class was cancelled so I thought I'd come and give you this." She said before handing a pink and burgundy envelope to the purple haired girl.
Mal quickly opened the envelope pulling out a matching invitation. She quickly read it before raising an eyebrow at the brunette. "You're having your engagement party this weekend? What's the rush?" She joked with Audrey, slipping invitation back into the envelope.
The brunette teen shrugged but for the first time since having the flu she felt sick again. Trying to force herself not to throw up she turned to face the purple haired girl, "We discussed it and decided we don't want to wait ages." Audrey would have explained further but she quickly stood and ran into the en-suite bathroom in Evie's room.
Confused Mal slowly stood and moved towards the closed door, frowning at the sound of vomiting coming from inside. The purplette lightly knocked on the door lightly, calling out to her friend "Audrey? You okay?" The teen didn't hear a response all she heard was more vomiting sounds and she hoped Audrey didn't have the flu again. She had gotten that bad with it last month Jay had to take her to the hospital, she hoped that wasn't happening again. "Audrey!?" She called out to the brunette inside the bathroom once the vomiting noises stopped.
When Audrey didn't respond the young Queen entered the bathroom, seeing Audrey currently stood at the sink washing her face. "You okay?" She asked the brunette again, closing the door for privacy in case Evie came back early. "You're not getting the flu again are you?" The princess shook her head at the purplette in response, confusing the girl even more. "Then what's going on?" She questioned.
It was then that Audrey finally turned to face the purple haired Queen. "Okay, I'll tell you, I need someone other than Jay I can talk to about it but please don't freak out on me. Yeah?" Mal nodded in response to the brunette, confused and nervous about what the princess was about to tell her. Audrey took a deep breath and briefly looked at the floor befire turning back to the purplette. "Erm... I'm pregnant." The brunette princess said, hoping that Mal would take the news well. She didn't want the purple haired teen to think that she had gotten pregnant to take the attention away from Mal, it had purely been an accident.
When Audrey didn't get a response from her friend she turned and found the purple haired girl smiling brightly at her. A confused expression came over her face as Mal leant forward and pulled the girl into a tight embrace. "That's amazing Audrey, I'm so happy for you." She told the brunette.
"Really?" She questioned the purplette, not fully believing her reaction.
"Of course." Mal stated at she leant back. "What's with the face?" She asked. She had no idea why the pregnant brunette would react this way. She didn't know why the brunette looked so worried, concerned and confused.
Audrey couldn't stop a sigh escaping her lips at Mal's question. "I guess I thought you wouldn't like the idea of me being pregnant. I thought you would think I was trying to take the spotlight off of you and I didn't want anything to come between us. I think of you as a sister and I couldn't care arguing with you again." She explained, tears gathering in her eyes as she did. What she didn't notice was the disbelieving look on Mal face and the tears gathering in the purplette's own eyes.
Gently Mal took the tanned princess' hands in her own, locking her tear filled green eyes onto Audrey's tear filled brown ones. "I would never think that, Audrey." The purplette stated, squeezing the girls hands in her own. "You're like a sister to me as well and I would never go back to arguing with you. Honestly, I'm happy for you and Jay. Haven't you told your parents yet?" She asked realizing Audrey had mentioned needing someone to talk to.
The brunette shook her head. "Absolutely not. They would either force me to get rid of the baby and when I refused my Grammie would find a way to get me thrown out of the castle. I don't have anywhere else to go and I'm dreading telling them, Mal. What do I do?" The girl asked her friend.
It was clear to see that Audrey was terrified of her parents finding out and Mal couldn't help but relate to how she was feeling, even though her worries completely idiotic and unfounded. The purple haired teen settled for rolling her eyes at the brunette. "Really Audrey?" She asked, but didn't give the girl a chance to respond before continuing. "Even if your Grammie was to do that, do you think any of us would see you homeless like that?" Mal questioned.
Audrey shrugged a little, not really knowing what to say to her friend. If she was honest the thought that one of them would take her in, if it came to that, hadn't crossed her mind at all. "I don't know." the pregnant brunette muttered.
"Honestly, Audrey." Mal exclaimed, shocked she would think they would leave her on her own. Even if she wasn't pregnant and got thrown out they would help her. "You're our family. We will always be there to help you, no matter what okay?" She said. Audrey leant forward and pulled the purplette into a tight hug, silently showing her thanks at the statement. "Would you like me to be there with you and Jay when you tell your family? Maybe Ben as well? For a bit of moral support?" She questioned as the brunette leant back from the embrace a little.
"Yes please." The brunette responded. "I was planning on telling them the day after the engagement party. A little more support there for me and Jay would be great." Audrey told Mal, who smiled and nodded in return. She would have said more but at that moment the dorm room door opened and the rest o the girls walked into the room. The two pregnant teens discretely wiped their eyes before turning to face Evie, Ellie, Kristin, Jane, Freddie, Holly and Lonnie. "Ready to go?" The princess asked the group. Once they all nodded the two pregnant royals stood from the bed and the group of teens headed out for the afternoon.
After visiting various stores and Mal buying things for the twins, with the purplette sneaking various white baby items into her things she bought, the heavily pregnant teen was now relaxing in her's and Ben's bedroom. She had yet to unpack the things she had bought, they were in a pile in the corner of the room. But Mal was exhausted and refused to move from where she was laid on the bed, unless absolutely necessary. The purple haired teen didn't even move as she saw Ben enter their room, she just smiled at her husband.
"Long day?" He asked as he took in her drooping eyes and the way her hand was gently resting on her swollen stomach. She didn't even respond verbally, she merely nodded her head at him. It brought a smile to his face to see this. Until she remembered she had to talk to him about the weekend and slowly shuffled into a sitting position.
"Ben? Can I talk to you for a second?" She asked him and the young King immediately became worried about his wife and unborn children. His worry showed straight away on his face and Mal quickly spoke again. "It's nothing bad, I promise. It's about this weekend." He nodded his response and sat next to his wife, turning to give her his full attention. "So Audrey and Jay are having their engagement party on Saturday. Audrey gave me the invite today." The purplette told her husband.
Ben couldn't help but be shocked at how ast they were having it. "Wow! They in a rush or something?" He joked, laughing lightly. But he stopped as soon as he noticed the serious expression on his pregnant wife's face. "What aren't I getting yet?" He asked her.
Mal turned to fully face him before responding. "They're having it that soon because Audrey's pregnant." She told him and she could see the happiness filter onto his face.
"That's great! I'm happy for them." Ben exclaimed.
"Yeah, but here's the thing." Mal said, Ben's face suddenly turning serious as he looked at his purplette. "Her family doesn't know. She hasn't told anyone but me, Jay and now you know." She stated, locking her eyes onto his. "I've said we will be there with them when they tell her family. They're planning it the day after their engagement party and I said we would be there to support them. Audrey is worried they will get mad and possibly kick her out." The young royal explained to her husband, hoping he would understand and agree.
Nodding Ben said "No worries. We'll be there." Mal let out a breath she hadn't been aware she was holding. She was beyond happy Ben had agreed and she didn't need to persuade him. The mother-to-be smiled and felt her eyes begin to droop again. Ben couldn't help but grin at the mother of his children. "Come on, let's lay down for a while before dinner." He said. Both of them laid down, Ben behind Mal with his arm arounf her waist. His hand resting on her stomach. Within minutes the two of them were fast asleep, not a care in the world. Both young royals dreaming of their future and their babies.
Author's Note: Hope you guys like this chapter. It's hard to think that this time last year I uploaded the first chapter to this story and now I only have four/five more chapter till it is finished. I never thought it would get the response it has gotten and I want to thank everyone who had followed, favorited and reviewed this story. Please review and let me know what you think x