Love And Planning

[Auradon Prep. 10:36 am]

Mal's POV

Monday arrived. And after our second class ended, I had a strong urge to use the bathroom. I ran to the nearest one as fast as I could. And I just made it. As I was drying my hands after washing them, Evie walked in.

"Hey, Evie." I said.

"Hi, baby. How are you?" asked Evie.

"I'm good. How are you?" I asked.

"I'm also good."

"Oh that's good."

I watched as Evie checked herself out in the mirror.

"You always look beautiful, Evie." I said.

"I know. I just like looking at myself in the mirror." she said.

"You and your mirrors." I said.

Evie smiled.

"I hope the mirror doesn't mind this." I said.

"What do you mean?" Evie asked.

I went up to Evie and kissed her. Evie blushed. I then grabbed Evie's hands and kissed her some more. I figured it was alright since we were the only ones in the bathroom. We kissed until Evie's back was up against a wall. I looked to my right and saw the largest stall. I smiled as I looked at it.

"What?" Evie asked.

I playfully shoved Evie into the stall and closed the stall door behind me as I walked in.

"Mal, what are you doing?" Evie asked.

"Shut up and kiss me." I said.

Evie softly smiled. I could tell she was liking this. We held each other closely as we kissed each other many times on the lips. Evie quietly moaned as I kissed her numerous times on both sides of her neck. Pleasing my girl makes me feel proud of myself. I kissed her once more on the neck before I stopped and looked at her. I looked down at her pants and saw she was wearing a black belt with gold sparkly bits on it.

"You like it? I designed it myself." Evie said.

"I do like it. But it's not really what I was looking at." I replied.

"Oh. Do I have something on my pants?" Evie asked as she looked at them.

"No, Evie. You look great." I said.

I grabbed her belt and unhooked it. Then I unbuttoned her pants and began to pull them down before Evie grabbed my hands to stop me.

"Mal! What are you doing?!" Evie asked.

She was shocked to see what I was doing.

"Come on, Evie. I just want to look at it." I said.

"Look at what?" Evie asked.

"You know...It."

Evie gasped as she realized my meaning. I smirked as I unbuttoned my pants.

"Here, I'll show you mine."

"No!" Evie exclaimed, a little too loudly.

She grabbed my arms to make me stop. Evie buttoned her pants and fastened her belt.

"Mal, I told you. You need to wait a little longer." she said.

"Why? I've waited for quite awhile." I said.

"I know, but please stay with me. I want our first time to be perfect. So let's not spoil the surprise. Okay?"

I sighed.

"Okay." I said.

I hated having to wait, but I'm sure she would make it a thing to remember. She's my princess, and I don't dare object to her. Evie buttoned my pants and gave me a kiss.

"However, I did like this stunt you did. Shoving me into the stall to kiss me." she said.

"I'm glad you liked it. I might do it again sometime." I said.

"Looking forward to it." Evie said.

We kissed one more time before I opened the stall door. I walked out first and saw Audrey walking in. She looked at me calmly. She didn't seem to hate me, but of course, she doesn't like me either.

"Hello, Mal."

"Hello, Audrey."

Audrey's eyes widened when she saw Evie walk out of the same stall. I laughed.

"Well, you caught us with our pants down." I said, kinda giving away what we were trying to do.

Audrey looked at me, a little horrified.

"That's a figure of speech." I said.

"I know! But...I don't need to know what you two were doing in the same stall." she said.

"Oh, we weren't doing anything bad. We were just-"

"Hey, it's okay! Who you share a stall with and what you do in there is totally none of my business."

Audrey turned around and quickly left. Evie and I quietly laughed.

"I think that's one thing she'll keep to herself." Evie said.

We walked out of the bathroom and saw that we were late to class. Ten minutes late, but at the moment neither of us didn't care.

"Bye, Mal." she said.

"Bye, Evie. See you at lunch." I said.

"Yeah."

We went our separate ways to class. Lunch came an hour later, and we ate together as usual and then went back to class. After the last class, I went to my locker to put my books away. But as I opened my locker. I piece of paper fell out. I grabbed it and looked at it. It was a note from Evie.

"Mal, come to the chemistry room afterschool. Love, Evie."

It's afterschool right now. I better go. I put my books away, closed the locker and quickly walked to the chemistry room. When I arrived in the room, I saw Evie working on an experiment.

"Hi, Evie." I said.

"Oh, hey, Mal." Evie said as she was pouring some kind of liquid into a flask.

I kissed her on the cheek and sat at the table across from her.

"So, what am I doing here?" I asked.

"I thought you might like to spend some time with me." Evie replied.

"I spend a lot of time with you. What are you talking about?"

"Oh yeah. Well, I forgot to tell you that I wasn't going to be at the dorm afterschool, so therefore I wrote that note for you."

"You could've just sent me a text." I said.

"I know, but I thought it would be cute to write a note for you." Evie said.

"Of course you did."

I continued to watch Evie mix liquids with different liquids until when she combined two flasks of liquid into one flask, a red cloud poofed into the air.

"Impeccable." Evie said.

"So do you feel ready for the exam?" I asked.

"I do. I know I'm going to pass this. However, I've been thinking, you should take chemistry with me next school year." Evie said.

"Oh no, that's okay. It seems too complicated for me." I said.

"You said the same thing about sewing. All you need is for someone to teach you. And I'm your perfect teacher."

"I don't know, Evie."

"Just think about it. We still have one more week before the term is over, and to turn in your application for the classes you want to take next term. It would be nice to have a class with you again. We haven't had one at all this year."

"Okay, I'll think about it."

Evie walked over to me and kissed me.

"Thank you, Mal."

We later returned back to our dorm and finished our homework and ate dinner. Afterwards we got ready for bed, made some love, and fell asleep. But sometime during the eleven o'clock hour, I woke up to a knock at the door. Thinking that someone must've accidentally knocked on the wrong door, which I don't know how that is possible since Evie's business logo is on the outside of our door, I thought nothing of it. Until there was another knocking at the door. Can't be a mistake now. I looked at Evie, who was still asleep. Deep sleeper sometimes. I carefully got out of bed, making sure I don't wake her. I walked to the door and opened it. Carlos was at the door.

"Carlos?" I said quietly.

"Hi, Mal." he said quietly.

"Hi. What-what are you doing here at this time?" I asked.

"Mal, I know it's late-"

"Yeah, very."

"But I figured this is the best time. Because I got some info for you." he said.

"About what?" I asked.

"Your dream."

At least this was a good reason. I'm going to lose sleep time, but it will be worth it.

"Really?" I asked.

"Yeah. Come with me." Carlos said.

"Okay, I'll be right back out." I said.

I closed the door and quickly, but quietly, put my shoes on. I looked at myself in the mirror. Luckily, I was wearing a shirt when I answered the door. Cause I didn't realize it until just then. I straightened my hair a little and left the room. I walked with Carlos down the hallway.

"So what you got?" I asked.

"Some ideas." Carlos replied.

"Helpful." I said, sarcastically.

Carlos led me to a small room that had a table and some chairs. Setup like a meeting room. Which is fitting since this is business we're doing. Carlos followed me in the room and closed the door. Carlos opened his laptop which was sitting on the table when we got there. I sat in the chair next to the laptop. Carlos sat next to me.

"Okay, Mal. Let's start with the first main problem you got." he said.

"Evie's business?" I asked.

"No." Carlos replied.

"Huh?"

"No. Mal you have two main problems. The first is if Evie even wants to leave Auradon. The second is Evie's business. But let's start with the first. Has Evie shown any signs that she would like to leave or is even interested in living in a home of her own?"

"She has actually. Last week when we had dinner one night, she told me that if we ever did have our own place, she wouldn't mind being the homemaker. She also said that it didn't have to be a castle, just a really nice house. However, she never did say where she would like to live." I explained.

"Okay, wow." Carlos said.

"What?" I asked.

"This is going to be a lot easier than I thought." he said.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, if Evie said that her home doesn't have to be a castle and based on what you just said, then that first problem is taken care of."

"Okay. But what about Evie's business?"

"If Evie said, she wouldn't mind being a homemaker, then her business can thrive." Carlos said.

"How?" I asked.

"Online." Carlos replied.

"Online?"

"Yes! Mal, it's simple. She could not only receive orders from the girls here in Auradon, but from anyone upto the entire world." Carlos said.

"The entire world?"

"Listen to me, Mal. She's got her own website. But if she were to promote her website outside of Auradon and her reputation of what she created here, there would be so many more customers she can get and think of all that money she would make. Think about it, she gets so many orders, she-"

"Would get so overwhelmed. Carlos, she's only one girl. And I can't really help out. She said she can teach me, but she's had years of experience. But it doesn't change that she's only one person. She wouldn't be able to handle all that." I said.

"But let's say she saves enough to open her own establishment. She would be able to hire people with the same knowledge to help make the dresses and stuff, who knows? Maybe her little business could one day become a huge company. Online retail is where a lot of people are going these days. Mal, Evie's business is no longer a problem."

I sighed. Trying to take in everything Carlos has told me.

"Wow. I never would have thought of that. But let's not think about promoting her website to the entire world right now. I just want a life with Evie. Just her and I. So let's keep things where we're going to be." I said.

"In Canada?" Carlos asked.

"Yeah. But now I'm back to the first problem. What if she doesn't want to move that far from here? Canada is in a different part of the world. I mean, I guess it doesn't have to be Canada. It could be somewhere else. I just chose Canada because the pictures I saw online look similar to my dream." I said.

"I can't help you with that part. That would be on Evie. One things for sure, you two would be better with a second income. And that's where you would have to go out and work."

"I would do anything to make this a reality. Anything for Evie." I said.

"Even doing things that are the opposite of you?" Carlos asked.

"I would do anything I can."

I rested my head on the table. A little bothered, and feeling a little depressed for some reason. I guess I'm nervous on the fact if Evie would like to move so far away. Auradon is our home, and our family and friends are here. With my head still laying on the table, I spaced out until I felt Carlos rubbing my back.

"What are you thinking?" he asked.

"Evie. If Canada doesn't sound appealing to her, I will consider another location. Honestly, I don't even know what's there myself. I haven't been doing any research." I said.

"I guess that's why I'm here." Carlos said.

Carlos moved his laptop to me and on the screen was a tourist website describing some information about Canada.

"It's a place I wouldn't mind visiting myself. They got a cool looking aquarium, some nice nature parks I'm sure Evie would love, and some interesting historic buildings."

"What about the cities?"

Carlos did a search on his computer and showed me a picture of a city surrounded by lots of water.

"Whoa." I exclaimed as I looked at the picture.

"For Evie's style, I recommend Vancouver. But their mortgage rates are on the high end. And you two would need something easy to start with."

"Plus it's not near a forest. But that's a city worth visiting. I can tell Evie would instantly fall in love with the view." I said.

I then yawned heavily.

"We'll stop here for now. I'll keep looking for the best city for you." said Carlos.

"Thank you, Carlos, so much. This really means a lot to me. And you do as well." I said.

"Just simply a little brother helping out his big sister."

"No, you're a little more than that."

We hugged before I kissed him on the cheek.

"Good night, Carlos." I said.

"Good night, Mal." he said.

I left and returned to the dorm room. Evie was still asleep. I took off my shirt and shoes and carefully laid back into bed. I looked at Evie and smiled. Not quite ready to tell her, but definitely a lot closer than before.

I know it's been a long journey so far. But this is something you can't really rush. However, after the carnival, that's when things will be put in motion. However, little did I know, after Evie knows about my dream, two bad things will happen to me. The second thing will put my dream in jeopardy. But it won't completely stop me from achieving my goal. In fact, the events that are to follow, will help me even more.