The Mountain

[Mal and Evie's dorm room. 10:25 am]

Evie's POV

The next morning, I woke up to Mal still laying on me. Last night really tired her out. But I'm glad it happened. I mean, I'm glad I did what I did with her, but I'm also glad she got tired out and slept peacefully. Ever since her nightmare, I've worried about her having another one.

"Mal, wake up, baby." I said as I rubbed her back.

Mal opened her eyes and looked up at me.

"Hi. Good morning." I said.

"Good morning." Mal said.

Mal yawned and stretched before getting off of me and laid closely next to me. She peeked under the blanket and saw that we were both still naked.

"Wow. I can't believe last night happened." she said.

"Yeah? Well, I'm glad you had a great time." I said.

"I did. But, I never did do you." she said.

"That's alright, Mal. All I wanted was to please you. And I did."

"But it's only right if I-"

"Mal, we're going to be doing it again. So don't worry about it. You'll get your chance to please your princess." I said.

Mal smiled.

"Thanks, Evie." she said.

"You're welcome, baby."

We kissed a couple of times before I got out of bed. Mal sat up and admired my body. I blushed a little as she continued to look at me.

"Why do you keep looking at me?" I asked as I touched my hair.

Mal got up and hugged me.

"Because, I'm trying to take in all your beauty. You're so desirable." she said as she rubbed my back.

I softly laughed and rubbed her back as well.

"Well, we should probably clean ourselves up." I said.

"Yeah, we probably should." she said.

We let go from each other and I started to walk to the bathroom. But then I stopped halfway there and turned to Mal.

"Would you like to join me?" I asked.

"In the shower?" Mal asked.

"Yes."

I loved the look on Mal's face.

"I'd love to." she said.

I began to walk to the bathroom. But before we went inside, I walked over to the door of our room and made sure it was locked. We always lock it anyway, but I felt I needed to double check. After checking and feeling fine, Mal and I walked into the bathroom and I closed the door behind us. I then started the shower and set the water to the right temperature. After it was set, I signaled Mal to get in. After we were both in, I closed the shower curtain and we both hugged as the water was spraying on us. It felt so relaxing.

"What was that one part in your other dream? We had sex in the bathtub?" I asked.

"Yeah." she replied.

I smirked. Which was a nice sight to Mal since I rarely do that.

"We should try that sometime." I said.

"Yes, yes we should." she said.

We took turns putting soap on each others body. And it felt really nice. Especially the way Mal was putting soap on me. I just simply put soap on her. But Mal was not only doing that to me, but also touching me in the, well, down there, at the same time. I see what she's doing though. She wants to please me because I pleased her last night. And I loved it. Anyway, we spent about half an hour in the shower, which we shouldn't have, but we didn't care. Afterwards, we dried ourselves off, applied some makeup and stuff, brushed our hair, and lastly got dressed.

Mal's POV

"Well, how was that for a start to your morning?" Evie asked.

"Very nice. I wouldn't mind doing this every morning." I replied.

"Good. Me too." Evie said.

We kissed a few times before heading out of the bathroom. My stomach growled a little.

"I hear you, Mal. Let's get our shoes on and get some breakfast." Evie said as she sat on the side of her bed.

"But, Evie, it's almost noon. There's not going to be anything there." I said.

"Oh yeah." Evie said.

"And since school is out, there's not going to be lunch." I said.

"Yeah, I forgot all about that." Evie said.

I sat next to Evie and thought. The only place we can get food right now is in the city. Which gave me an idea. Remember back when I planned on taking Evie to the mountain and was going to ask her how she likes it? Well, since Evie now knows about my dream, there's no sense in that. But we can still go there.

"Evie?"

"Yes, Mal?"

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

"What's that?"

"Let's go to the mountain." I said

"The mountain? Why there?" Evie asked.

"Because, well, a few weeks ago, I had planned on taking you to the mountain. To the forest there, to see how well you would like it. And if you did, I thought that you might be alright living where I dreamt us to be."

Evie smiled and patted me on the shoulders.

"I see, baby. Well in that case, let's go." she said.

"Really?" I asked.

"Yeah! We'll make a day of it. We'll go to the city to have a snack, then we'll buy more food and pack it and we'll have a meal there. It'll be great." she said.

Nice. I like the sound of this. But there was one thing I was over looking.

"What's wrong?" Evie asked.

"How are we going to get there?" I asked.

"Get there?" Evie asked.

"Yeah, to the mountain. It's a long way from here. Too long for a walk." I said.

Evie thought for a moment, then came up with a solution.

"A scooter. Yes, we'll rent one of those electric scooters for the day." she said.

"But we'll have to pay for that." I said.

Evie got up and walked over to her desk and opened a drawer. She took out a red box and opened it. Inside was the money she had received from the dresses she made. But I've never seen it until now. I walked over to Evie and gasped as I saw how much Evie had.

"Oh my god, Evie. How much do you have?" I asked.

"Over two thousand." she replied.

"Wow." I said.

"I have all this, and for some time I didn't know what to do with all this. But I have a reason now." she said.

"What's that?" I asked.

"Our future house." she said.

After hearing that, I hugged Evie tightly.

"Thank you, Evie." I said.

"Sure thing, baby. You know, after going to that website Carlos told you about, I found that homes are not that cheap. Especially where you would like to be."

"Yeah, Carlos told me that."

"But, if I save enough for a big down payment, I think our mortgage would be affordable. The more you put down, the less you would need to pay off."

Evie took a hundred and fifty dollars from the box and put the box away and closed the drawer.

"This will be more than enough for today. Here, you hold onto it for me." Evie said as she handed me the cash.

"Okay, cool." I said as I took it.

We put our shoes on, put on our jackets and grabbed our phones. Like we'll need them. There's hardly going to be any reception on the mountain. But that's just how we all are these days. I put the cash in a zipper pocket on my jacket and we headed off.

After we arrived at the city, we went to a small shop and bought some food. We also bought a tote bag to hold the food in. The tote bag was blue with a picture of a red salmon fish on it. I asked Evie why that one and she told me she loved the blue and thought the salmon fish was cute. Okay, whatever. We rented our scooter from another shop and were on our way. All that ended up costing us ninety dollars. But it was worth it. Evie had me drive us there. I thought nothing of it, but the reason why she wanted me to drive was so she can give me kisses on my neck. It was kind of hard to ignore her kisses. But we arrived at the mountain about forty minutes later.

[The Mountain. 1:45 pm]

Mal's POV

After traveling eight miles up the mountain, we saw a perfect spot to stop at. A small campground area that had a view of the ocean. It was cold, but the smell of pine trees was in the air and it was nice.

"This is perfect. Just look at this beautiful view." Evie said as she put the tote bag on a picnic table.

"It is nice." I said.

"So, are you hungry?" Evie asked.

"I am actually." I replied.

"Me too. Let's eat."

I walked over to the table and sat down and watched Evie as she took the food out of the tote bag. A turkey and cheese submarine sandwich, two small bottles of soda and two small bags of chips was what she got. We sat across from each other at the table and occasionally smiled at each other as we ate.

"What?" Evie asked.

"I don't know. This is nice though." I said.

"It is." Evie said.

After we ate, we decided to go for a walk. We held hands as we walked along a trail. As we were, I started thinking a little more about my dream.

"I might as well ask. Since I was planning to anyway." I said.

"What's that?" Evie asked.

"How would you feel about living in a setting like this?" I asked.

"Well, I do like forests. It's so peaceful and very pretty. So, I wouldn't mind." Evie replied.

"Okay."

"How do you feel about them?"

"I like it. I feel the same way. It's peaceful and pretty. I think we would be happy." I said.

"I think so too. But may I ask, why Canada?" Evie asked.

That is a very good question. I truly do not know.

"I don't know. When I saw pictures online, I kinda...fell in love with it." I said.

"And to think you used to hate nice things." Evie said.

I laughed.

"Yeah. I can't believe it. But I guess it's who I am now." I said.

"And I love you for who you are." Evie said.

She kissed my hand and we continued on our walk. We walked along another trail that had a better view of the ocean. We saw many birds and butterflies, as well as a couple deer. An hour later, Evie and I were still on the same trail. We stopped and rested on some grass while enjoying the relaxing sounds and view of a small creek. Evie took out her phone and snapped a photo of me by the creek.

"What's that for?" I asked.

"The scrapbook." she replied.

"Oh, yeah. But why?" I asked.

"Because, when we're older we can look back at the great memories we had here."

I shrugged. It's not something I would do, but I understand why. It's good that Evie thinks of these kind of things, because who knows? Sometime in the future I may want to revisit this time, but I can't really because I don't have anything to reflect back on.

"You're a wonderful person, Evie." I said.

Evie smiled and kissed me on the forehead.

"So are you." she said.

Evie took another photo of me, then I took some photos of her. After a few more minutes of looking at the creek, we decided to walk back to the beginning of the trail and walk along another one. As we were walking back, we were admiring the ocean view again. However, when we got close to the end of the trail, I didn't see that a big rock was in my way. Evie tried to warn me, but it was too late. My foot got caught on the rock and I tripped and fell over the rock. Evie rushed to my aid, desperately wondering if I'm okay. I laid on the ground and felt pain in my left hand and knee. As I fell, I fell to the right, since the rock was on the left side of the trail. I was lucky, next to the left side of the rock was a dirt hill that had a bunch more rocks.

"Are you okay, Mal?" Evie asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay." I replied.

I groaned and looked at the palm of my left hand and saw many small cuts and most of them were bleeding a little. I looked down at my knee and saw parts of my pants in the area was ripped and I was able to see some small cuts and blood there as well.

"Oh, baby. I don't have anything I can give you." Evie said.

"It's okay, Evie. I'll be alright." I said.

"Okay. But we'll need to treat it right away."

"Are you saying that we should leave now?" I asked.

"Well, you don't need to get an infection. I'll drive us back." Evie replied.

I sighed. Evie is right. Well, so much for our trip to the mountain. Evie knew what I was thinking. She tried to comfort me by rubbing my shoulders.

"I'm sorry, baby. But it's alright. We had a good time here today. We'll come back again. I promise." she said.

"Okay, Evie. But let me sit here for a little bit. Until I feel I can walk." I said.

"That's alright." Evie said.

Evie sat on the ground next to me and rested her head on my right shoulder while holding my right hand. I looked out at the ocean until something caught my eye on the hill down below. Something that was sparkling in the sunlight.

"Hey, Evie, what's that?" I asked as I pointed it out to her.

Evie noticed it as well.

"I don't know." she said.

"Go get it." I said.

"Okay."

Evie walked back down and grabbed the shining object. She returned back and showed it to me.

"It's some kind of rock. But I've never seen one like this before." Evie said as she handed it to me.

If it was some kind of exotic rock, Evie would know. But it wasn't. This rock was purple in color, and I immediately gained interest in it.

"Wow, it's pretty." I said.

"It sure is. And it's your color. It's like it was made for you." Evie said.

If only Evie knew she was right. Because that rock was made for me. I should have never asked Evie to get it. Because this rock was created by my mother. When the Isle's barrier was temporarily broken, my mother placed this rock here as a backup plan in case her conquering didn't work out at Ben's coronation. Which we know it didn't. This rock was meant to be found by me.

And later it's powers will have a bad effect on me. I know, as if enough hasn't happened to me already. However, as strange as this sounds, after the effects of the rock dissipates on me, it helps me finally achieve my dream. Not really in the best way. But shortly after the new school year, it happens.

Anyway, Evie took the rock and put it in her tote bag. After telling her that I felt I can walk again, she helped me up to my feet. I felt better after sitting down and was able to walk back down the trail without any trouble. Evie drove us down the mountain and back into the city. We returned the scooter and walked back to our dorm room. Evie treated my hand wound first. After she washed it, which made it sting like hell, she put some antibiotic on it and bandage it up. She then had me take my pants off so she can treat the cuts on my knee. But we discovered there were more cuts along my leg. Evie cleaned and treated each one of them anyway. She had me wear a pair of one of her short shorts for the remainder of the day and told me she thinks I can wear long pants again the next day.

"Thank you, Evie. I never tell you how much I appreciate you." I said.

"No, you do. Just not in so many words." Evie said.

"Well, thank you anyway." I said.

"You're very welcome, baby." she said.

We walked over to Evie's bed and sat at the edge of it. We sat in silence until I realized something.

"Hey, Evie?"

"Yeah?"

"About last night."

"What about it?"

"Did you plan all that?"

Evie laughed.

"You finally figured it out? I was wondering how long it was going to take you." Evie said.

"I just now thought of it." I said.

"Well, yeah. I did plan it all. I started thinking about it when we were eating breakfast. I wanted it to be a surprise. So after breakfast, I texted Carlos and asked him if he could keep you occupied while I went to the city to get the food and stuff and complete the surprise." she said.

"So when Carlos came to the door, it was all an act?"

"Yeah, but I knew it would be alright. He was the best person to ask, and the best to keep you busy. Heck, I might ask him to babysit you once in a while."

"Funny." I said.

Evie laughed a little more.

"So what did you two do?" she asked.

"Talked, played some video games. Mostly games. He got me into this one game where I couldn't stop playing it." I said.

"Was Jay there?"

"No, he was with Lonnie somewhere. It was just Carlos and myself. But I did have a good time."

"Well, I'm glad you did. See, you're alright with it. And you got the best night you've had in a long time." Evie said.

"You got that right." I said.

We laid in her bed and cuddled while enjoying each others company. Even though our trip came to a quick end, I did enjoy it. And I'm glad Evie did as well.