Friends Day Out

[Mal and Evie's dorm room. 8:28 am]

Mal's POV

After reminiscing about our first day together, I resumed thinking about what Evie and I should do today. I paced around the room again, and wandered over to a table that had Evie's sewing machine. I noticed a notepad sitting off to the side. Written on it was a list.

"Looks like she needs more material." I said.

That gave me the idea of what we should do. We'll go to Auradon city. Perfect. I got myself freshened up and dressed, then left the room to get breakfast. As I was walking to the cafeteria, my mind all of a sudden, started thinking about my dream. Great, that's just what I need to think about right now. I can't do anything for a while. All I can do is just fantasize about it. I arrived at the cafeteria and grabbed two plates. On them, I put some scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage and toast. But as I was doing that, I noticed a poster on the wall saying something about final exams.

That gave me an idea. Not about tests, but summer break. It will start in a few weeks, and Evie and I haven't done any planning on what we should do. We can go to the mountain. And the forests surrounding it. And I'll be able to see how much Evie would like that. And if she does, then she would be alright living where I dreamt us living in. However, as my mind was still on my dream, I stepped back and accidentally bumped into someone. I snapped out of my thought and turned around, only to see Audrey glaring at me. I seen that I also accidentally spilled orange juice onto her.

"Oh my god! I am so sorry Audrey." I said.

"Save it, Mal! You did this on purpose!" she said.

"No, I didn't! Honest! I was deeply thinking about something and wasn't paying attention. I'm really sorry." I said.

Audrey scoffed.

"Well, you're lucky this isn't the dress I was planning to wear today. What are you doing here anyway? Doesn't Evie usually get your breakfast?"

"I thought I would surprise her." I said.

"Why? Is there some kind of anniversary?"

"No."

"Then why are you here?"

"I just thought I'd be nice."

Audrey laughed.

"Yeah, okay, Mal. Whatever you say. But 'nice' isn't in your vocabulary."

"It is too! I thought I've been doing really good lately."

Audrey rolled her eyes. It hurts me to know that she may never accept me. All because of my mother, of course. Then Audrey said something that really got me.

"You know, I'm really amazed that Evie has been with you this long."

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked.

"Oh don't take it that way. I'm just saying that I'm amazed that Evie has been with you this long. How long, about a year?"

"Yeah, but Evie loves me very much. So of course it's been almost a year. Soon, it will be a whole year. Then two years. Three years and eventually ten years. Evie and I will be together for the rest of our lives." I said firmly.

I grabbed the plates and began walking to the exit.

"But one day, Mal. One day, your relationship with Evie will end." Audrey said.

I stopped and turned around.

"Excuse me?" I said.

"You heard me." she said.

"I did. But what do you mean? Are you planning to do something to us?" I asked.

"No, not at all. But I'm sure that one day, Evie will grow tired of you and will want to part from you. Besides, she deserves better anyway." she said.

I glared at her then left. When I got back to the dorm, I saw Evie in the bathroom, dressed and brushing her hair.

"Oh there you are. Morning, baby." she said.

"Morning." I said as I put the plates down on the table.

"Oh, you got us food. Thanks, Mal. You're so sweet."

What Audrey said bothered me a little. But I shook it off. She doesn't know how Evie and I really are. Evie truly loves and appreciates me. She loves me for who I am. And I can't see her ever getting tired of me.

"I thought I'd surprise you with a breakfast in bed sort of thing." I said.

Evie smiled.

"You're so sweet, Mal."

She got back into her bed.

"We can still have breakfast in bed. Bring it over." she said.

I grabbed the plates as well as some utensils, and sat next to her on the bed. After we ate our food, we held each other closely.

"That was really good. And nice of you, Mal. We should definitely do this more often." Evie said.

"Yeah. I know what we should do today." I said.

"Oh? What's that?"

"Let's go to the city."

"The city?"

"Yeah. We'll look around. Besides, you need more sewing material anyway, right?" I asked.

"Yes. I'm planning to make both of us a really nice nightdress." she said.

"What's wrong with what we wear, and well, don't wear, to bed?" I asked.

For the last few nights, Evie and I have been sleeping shirtless.

"Nothing, but, I thought we should change it up. Add a little more sexiness to it." Evie replied with a wink.

I smiled.

"Whatever you want to do, Evie." I said.

We kissed and left the room. As we got to the main lobby, we saw Jay and Carlos.

"Hey, guys!" I said.

"Hey, Mal. Hey, Evie." said Jay.

"Hi." said Carlos.

"What's up?" I asked.

"Oh, we're just chillin'. Trying to think of what to do today." said Jay.

"Yeah." said Carlos.

"Don't you guys normally play video games?" I asked.

"Yeah, but we kind of wanted to do something different today." Jay replied.

"Where are you two going?" asked Carlos.

"Oh, Evie and I are going to Auradon city." I replied.

"Ooh, can we come with you?" Carlos asked.

"Yeah, can we?" Jay asked.

"Sure!" I said.

I should've asked Evie what she thought first, cause she didn't like the sound of Jay and Carlos coming along. I looked at Evie, who had a distraught expression.

"What?" I asked.

"This is our day to spend together." she said.

Yeah, I definitely felt bad now.

"Oh, well if you two are having a date there, then we won't interfere." said Jay.

"No. No, I wasn't even thinking about having a date today. Neither was Evie. Were you, Evie?" I asked.

"No, but I wasn't planning on having anyone join us." she said.

"Neither was I. But we should have them come with us. It's been a while since the four of us did something together. We are our own family after all." I said.

Evie sighed, but she agreed with me.

"Alright. I mean, we did have two nice dates in the last two days, so I guess having them with us today will be alright." Evie said.

"That's my girl." I said.

I kissed Evie on the cheek and held her hand. I looked at the guys.

"Alright, shall we go?" I asked.

"Certainly." Jay replied.

As we were about to start walking, we heard a voice call to us.

"Hey, guys!"

It was Lonnie.

"Hi, Lonnie." we all said.

"Whatcha up to?" she asked.

"We're going to Auradon City." said Carlos.

"Oh nice! Can I come with you?" Lonnie asked.

"Sure. If that's alright with you, Evie." I said.

"Of course!" said Evie.

"Great. Anyone else want to join us?" I asked aloud, even though us five were the only ones around.

We all laughed and left the building.

[Auradon City. 9:43 am]

Mal's POV

After a good amount of walking, we arrived at the city. It was a little busy, but not much. We stopped outside of the fabric store.

"Do you want to get what you need?" I asked Evie.

"No, not now. I'll get them when we start heading back." Evie said.

"Okay."

We continued walking down the street and all agreed to shop when we're about to head back to the dorms. We walked around for quite a while until we got to the end of the street. I saw a dirt road and started walking down it.

"Mal, where are you going?" Evie asked.

"I just want to explore." I replied.

The others happily followed. Evie sighed and followed anyway. We reached the end of the dirt road and saw a junkyard. But this junkyard was unlike an ordinary one. Everything was organized.

"Wow." I said.

I wanted to check it out. I approached the entrance. There was a chain linked fence surrounding it. I grabbed the fence.

"Mal, you better not be doing what I think you are." Evie said.

I scoffed.

"Oh come on, Evie. Where's your sense of adventure?" I asked.

"Trespassing is not my idea of adventuring." she said.

I looked around and didn't see any sign that states "No Trespassing". So I guess it's a green light for me. I climbed up and over the fence. Jay and Carlos followed, along with Lonnie. Evie didn't move. I looked at her through the fence.

"Climb, Evie." I said.

"What? Are you serious? You think I would like to be in a place like this?" Evie asked.

I smiled at her.

"You should, this place is amazing!" I said.

Evie sighed, but climbed over the fence. I kissed her afterwards.

"I love you." I said.

She tried her best to resist me, but she couldn't. Not surprised. We walked around and were very impressed on how well the place was organized.

"Who do you think runs this place?" asked Carlos.

"I have no clue, but this place is amazing." said Lonnie.

I looked at Evie. She seemed to be tense. I rubbed her back to try to calm her down.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Nothing. It's just...I don't think we're allowed here." she said.

"There was no sign stating that no one is allowed here." I said.

"Yeah, but still.."

"Evie, relax. If anything happens, I will take all the blame. It was my idea anyway. So relax and let yourself have some fun."

"This isn't really my idea of fun."

I laughed a little.

"The roles are switched now." I said.

"What?" Evie asked.

"Before it was you trying to get me to relax. Now I'm trying to get you to relax." I replied.

Evie smiled.

"Yeah, I guess so. Okay, Mal. I'll let it go." she said.

We kissed and saw Jay and Carlos each pick up a metal pole and started to have a sword fight with them.

"Guys, be careful." Evie said.

I looked at Evie.

"Just don't want them to get hurt." Evie said, blushing a little.

I smiled and laughed.

"I'm glad you are the way you are, Evie." I said.

Evie smiled. Jay and Carlos were really making a lot of noise with the metal poles.

"You guys might want to keep it down." said Lonnie.

"Yeah since we don't need to alert anyone here of our presence." said Evie.

"Hey! What are you kids doing here?!" a voiced yelled.

So much for that. We all turned and saw an old man running towards us.

"Great. Now who is this old geezer?" I said.

Evie lightly hit me in the arm.

"Mal, that's not nice." she said.

"You think so? Well explain that guy running towards us with a pipe wrench in his hand." said Lonnie.

The old man was getting closer and closer. Jay and Carlos quickly threw the metal pipes aside.

"This normally doesn't happen here. We're still in Auradon, right?" asked Lonnie.

"Yeah, but how did this guy get here?" asked Carlos.

"No matter. We have to leave." said Evie.

The old man was no farther than twenty feet away from us.

"Damn it! Let's split up and run! Make your way to the exit! He can't chase all of us at once!" I said.

We all ran in different directions. Even though we were getting chased by a crazy old man armed with a pipe wrench, this was very exciting to me. Unfortunately, more exciting to me than everyone else. We all made our way to the exit. We climbed over the fence and ran away from the yard as quickly as we could. We slowed down once we were close to the city. We sat down and rested.

"Nice going, Mal. Let's hope he didn't recognize us." said Evie.

"He didn't. He never said our names. Besides, I should be more worried than all of you since I am the most distinguishable." I said.

"Really?" Evie asked.

"Let's not worry about that. Mal is right. He never said our names or even said "Hey I know you!" so therefore he must not know us. But, let's not do that again." said Lonnie.

"Agreed. I'm so tired now." said Carlos.

"Alright. But didn't you guys enjoy that? The excitement! The thrill! Oh, it makes me feel so happy!" I said cheerfully.

"Well, that's our Mal." said Lonnie.

"Indeed." said Evie.

After resting for a little longer we walked back to the city. When we got there, we checked out all the stores and seen lots of nice things. Us VKs felt a little spoiled. We didn't really have nice things like this on the Isle. Carlos and Jay bought themselves a couple of video games. Lonnie bought a hip hop cd, and I didn't buy anything. I didn't see anything I needed. We stopped at the fabrics store last. Lonnie, Jay, and Carlos stayed outside while Evie and I went inside. As Evie was getting the things on her list, I looked around. I was impressed by the options you get for sewing. Not just sewing, but I saw stuff you can use for knitting, crocheting, and crafting. It's amazing, but too complicated for me. Evie then walked over to me.

"You should try it sometime. It's really quite fun." she said.

I laughed a little.

"No, thanks, Evie. It's too complicated for me." I said.

"You've never even tried. I'll show you sometime. You'll see." she said.

I wasn't going to argue with her. Besides, it would be good for us to do something like that together anyway. You know, have a hobby together. Evie paid for her stuff and signaled me over to the exit. We both left and later the five of us arrived back at the dorms.

"Well, even though we got chased, I still had fun. You're right, Mal. It was exciting." said Lonnie.

"Thanks, Lonnie." I said.

"Thanks for letting me come along. I've been wanting to get this cd for quite a while."

"Yeah, sure thing."

"Alright, see ya!" Lonnie said as she began to walk away.

"Bye, Lonnie." We all said.

"What a great day so far. What are you two going to do for the rest of the day?" I asked Jay and Carlos.

"We're going to play our new games." said Carlos.

"Yeah. I can't wait to kick his butt." said Jay.

"Alright, you have fun with that." I said.

"Oh I will." said Jay.

"Hey!" said Carlos.

"Later." I said.

"Later." said Jay.

I grabbed Evie's hand and we walked back to our dorm room.