Weekend Exuberance
[Mal and Evie's hotel room. 8:30 am]
Mal's POV
The next morning arrived and for some reason I thought it was Saturday, when really it was Friday. You know how you sometimes get mixed up in the days? I was feeling just that. After using the bathroom, I got dressed and walked to the lobby to see what was for breakfast. After not seeing much, I got myself a bagel as well as a cup of coffee for me and Evie. As I was heading back to the elevator, I stopped at a small stand by a desk that had pamphlets of different attractions and places in Vancouver. I took some pamphlets of the places that interested me the most. And then I grabbed a newspaper, might as well know what's going on around here, and lastly I saw a small stack of papers that had house listings on them. Perfect.
But I got to thinking and we agreed to start house hunting, but for now, I think it's best to put it on hold. Just through the weekend at least. I want to spend some good quality time with Evie. I grabbed a housing paper and took all of that and the coffees and the bagel and returned back to the room. When I walked in the bedroom, Evie was sitting on the edge of the bed, trying to wake up.
"Morning, E." I said.
"Hi, morning, M." Evie said.
I gave Evie a kiss on the cheek and handed her a cup.
"Here, coffee." I said.
"Aw, thanks."
After watching Evie take a small sip, I took my clothes off and replaced them with my nightdress. Then I sat closely next to Evie and we drank our coffee together while splitting the bagel. Afterwards, Evie wanted us to take a shower. It was a good idea. We hadn't taken one since we left Auradon. So we got in the shower and took turns putting soap on each other and kissed many times. But as we were engaged in another kiss, Evie's phone was heard ringing in the bedroom.
"Just leave it." I said.
"No, Mal. It's most likely Carlos." Evie said.
"Oh, well I guess you better get it." I said.
"Yeah, I'll be right back." Evie said.
She stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her and quickly walked out of the bathroom. A few minutes later, she came back into the bathroom, took off the towel and joined me back in the shower.
"So what's up?" I asked.
"Carlos said we can all webchat on Sunday." Evie replied.
"Sunday?"
"Yeah. I was hoping for today or tomorrow. But he said that him and Jay have tourney practice afterschool today and a game tomorrow. And Lonnie is busy with a Swords and Shields practice today as well and Jane has something going on with her mom on Saturday. But everyone is free on Sunday." Evie explained.
"Well, okay. We would want them to continue on with their lives." I said.
"Indeed. Now, where were we?"
"Right here."
I closed the curtain and gave Evie a nice french kiss.
"Oh, baby." Evie moaned.
"Yeah, you like that?" I asked.
"Yes."
I smiled and pulled Evie into a hug.
"I love you." I said.
"I love you, too."
After the hug, we rinsed our bodies and I turned off the water. I opened the curtain and got out of the tub first, but turned back to it and reached my arm out for Evie to grab. Evie smiled at the gesture and happily grabbed my hand so she can step over the tub.
"That's really nice of you, Mal. But you know you don't have to." Evie said.
"I do. But I figured since we're basically starting a new beginning, in a new place and will eventually have a new home, I thought I should change a few things about myself." I said.
And I meant it. I haven't said this before, but I'm planning a couple changes with myself. Not only on how I am, but also how I'll look. I'll explain more later.
"Alright. But don't change yourself too much. Remember, I love you for who you are. You're perfect to me." Evie said.
"I know." I said.
"Okay. Let's dry ourselves off and get ready. We got a nice day ahead of us." Evie said.
"Yes, Evie."
We dried each other off with a towel and did everything we needed to. After finishing, Evie first suggested we should wear our bikinis under our clothes, but then decided we can put them on when we get to the yacht. I happily went along with that. We got dressed and put our shoes on and were ready for the day. Evie microwaved us some sausage egg and cheese biscuits and we ate them on the couch in the next room over.
This hotel room is so cool. After eating, Evie put our bikinis in the blue tote bag with a red salmon fish she bought at a shop when we went up the mountain in Auradon. Never did go back up there. But anyway, Evie said there were towels packed in the yacht that were from our former dorm room, so we didn't need to buy any. She put a bag of chips in the tote bag along with a couple small bottles of soda she bought from the grocery store. After we grabbed what I needed, I grabbed the car keys and let Evie walk out first before me.
Before arriving at the harbor, Evie told me she needs to stop at Elegance Industries so she can tell Gabriella she accepts the job. I didn't know where it was, but Evie navigated me to it. When we got there, I was amazed by the looks of the building. The architecture, the landscape, wow.
"Stay here, baby. I shouldn't be too long." Evie said.
"No worries, E. I'll be here." I said.
Evie gave me a kiss before getting out of the car.
Evie's POV
When I walked inside, I was greeted by the receptionist, Gia.
"Hello!" she said.
"Hi!" I said.
Gia, a girl who looked to be in her early twenties with green eyes and long blonde hair.
"What can I do for you?" she asked.
"I'd like to speak with Gabriella, please." I said.
"Is that Evie I hear?" asked a female voice.
I turned to my right and saw Gabriella walking up to us.
"Miss Gabriella." I said.
"Please, just Gabriella. In fact, you can call me Gabi." she said.
"Really?" I asked.
"Of course! Everyone here does. I'm only called Gabriella when I'm dealing with other business people or I'm meeting someone new. So call me Gabi."
"Okay...Gabi. I'd like to talk to you please." I said.
"Sure. Let's talk in this conference room." Gabi said as she pointed to a room nearby.
"Okay." I said.
Just when we were about to start walking, Mal came running in.
"Evie!" she called.
When she saw me, she ran up to me.
"Thank goodness I easily found you." she said.
"M, what's going on?" I asked.
"There's this guy. And he came knocking on my window. Then he told me to get out of the car and I felt like he was going to attack me so I made a run for it in here and-"
"Okay, Mal, slow down. What are you saying?" I asked.
"I'm sorry, but who is she?" Gabi asked.
"She's my girlfriend." I replied.
"Oh, she's the one you mentioned?" Gabi asked.
"Yes." I replied.
Just then, a security guard came running in the building and immediately noticed Mal.
"There you are!" he exclaimed.
"Is there a problem?" Gabi asked.
"That girl was acting suspicious in the parking lot."
"How was I acting suspicious? I was only sitting in the car!" Mal said.
"It's okay. She's with us. You may return back to your post." Gabi said to the guard.
"If you say so, ma'am."
After the security guard left, Mal sighed heavily.
"Thank god." she said.
"So what's your name?" Gabi asked her.
"Mal."
"Mal? That's a nice name. I don't always hear that name. I'm Gabi. I'm the executive here."
"So you're the person Evie's talked about?"
"I am. But may I say, I love your purple hair. " Gabi said.
"Oh, thanks."
"The dark purple, it's a nice tone."
"Well thanks. I'm glad you like it."
I walked over to Mal and put my hands on her shoulders.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"I am." Mal replied.
"Okay. How about you take a seat in one of those nice chairs over there while I talk to Gabi? Okay?"
"Okay, Evie." Mal said.
After following Gabi to the conference room, I told her that I happily accept the job offer. She was most delighted to hear that and asked when I can start and I told her as early as Monday. I followed her to her office to sign and fill out the documents she made. However, when it asked for an address, I was hesitant to tell her that Mal and I just moved here and were living in a hotel room, but I told her anyway. Surprisingly, she was alright with that and told me to just write down the hotel's address down. But luckily she didn't ask where we moved from.
Not too much later, I met Mal in the entrance and told her we can leave. We got back in the car and were on our way to the harbor.
"I told her I can start on Monday." I said.
"This Monday?" Mal asked.
"Yes. I told her that's the soonest I can start. That way, you and I have the weekend together." I said.
"That's nice. Thanks, Evie."
"You're welcome."
I had Mal stop at a nice fast food restaurant and get us two delicious looking cheeseburgers to go along with the chips and soda I brought. After we received them, I had to stop Mal from trying to take a bite out of one. It was funny though. I'd say it was around twenty minutes later when we arrived at our yacht. We grabbed our stuff from the car and walked to the boat.
[Burrard Inlet. 11:55 am]
Evie's POV
As soon as we were out in the water, far enough from civilization, Mal and and went down to the cabin, took our clothes off, and wore our new bikinis. We laid closely on the bow of the boat, with our backs on it, looking up at the beautiful blue sky.
"E?" Mal said.
"Yes, M?"
"I love you."
"Aw, I love you too."
Mal moved herself on top of me and laid on me, only hugging me. I rubbed her back while giving her some kisses.
"This is nice, isn't it?" I asked.
"It is. I see now why you wanted to do this." Mal said.
After Mal felt her stomach growl, she got up and grabbed our lunch from the cabin and brought it back. We sat crisscross from each other, eating our lunch. It was so relaxing and for the first time in a long time, I noticed Mal starting to become herself again. I believed her depression was finally fading away and she truly was becoming happy again. It was a wonderful sight to me and it brought me some relief.
I got a text message later. It was Gabi, sending me a website link to my schedule. My first day is Monday at eight am. I work five days that week. With Wednesday and Saturday as my day off and having seven and eight hour days.
After eating, we spent the rest of the day, relaxing on the yacht and we even had sex on the bow. Which wasn't surprising. We knew it was going to happen, but we were glad. It was wonderful. We took our time pleasing each other until we both hit our climax which felt amazing. We put our bikinis back on and laid on the bow, only listening to the sounds of the water. Mal fell asleep on me, but I didn't mind, I held her close to me as she was sleeping. Her purple hair shined in the sunlight, as did my blue hair.
I let Mal sleep until I noticed a red spot on her arm. She was starting to get sunburned. Dang, I forgot to buy sunscreen. Seriously? Aren't I supposed to think of everything? Oh well. Since her skin is a little more fairer than mine, I didn't want her to get more burned so I woke her up and had her come down to the cabin.
"Evie, the sun's warmth felt so good." Mal complained.
"I know. But it's for your own good, baby." I said.
"Well, you know everything." Mal said.
"Mostly." I said.
A strange noise was heard. A sound of hissing air. Then more was heard, one after another. I looked out the window and gasped.
"Mal, come look!" I said.
Mal walked over to me and was looking at was I was looking at. A large group of killer whales.
"Wow. They must be really popular around here." she said.
"I think so." I said.
All of a sudden, those whales gave me an idea. I didn't know what we should do tomorrow, but now I do.
"I got an idea. Those whales do interest me. What do you think of them?" I asked.
"They are kind of cool. I like the white patches on them. And the way they look, it is cool." Mal replied.
"I looked through the brochures you picked up from the hotel's lobby and I saw one for whale watching." I said.
"You did? Huh, must of grabbed that by mistake."
"I don't think it was. I think it was meant to be."
"Where are you going with this?" Mal asked.
"Hush. Tomorrow, how about we go on a whale watching tour? I heard that killer whales are quite interesting animals and I'm sure someone like you would even be interested in learning about them." I said.
Mal shown a quick smirk.
"I guess I would be. Alright, E. Sounds good to me." she said.
"Awesome." I said.
We stayed on the boat until sunset. Taking a nap in the cabin for a few hours, until we got ourselves dressed. I let Mal drive the boat back to the harbor. And the happiness in her face made me smile.
The next afternoon, Mal and I arrived at the whale watching office and bought tickets thirty minutes before a boat was scheduled to leave. Perfect timing. It ended up costing about four hundred dollars, which made Mal a little uneasy, but I told her it'll be worth it. And boy was it. After some preparations, we boarded the large vessel and headed to the Canadian Gulf Islands. The whole trip was magnificent. Not only did we see a group of killer whales, possibly the same group from yesterday, but we also saw seals, some dolphins and even a large eagle. But those killer whales was the main attraction.
We had someone take a picture of Mal and I with some killer whales in the background to send to our family. And the picture turned out perfect. I took many pictures myself with my phone and including a selfie of Mal and I with some killer whales in the background. The trip lasted four hours. Best four hours ever. I had so much fun and Mal did as well. After we returned back, I bought Mal a cute plush killer whale from the gift shop. Oh, who knew that whale watching would be an interest to VKs? We'll definitely be doing that again. A unique thing for Mal and I to do together.
[Mal and Evie's hotel room. 9:14 am]
Mal's POV
It was now Sunday, and Evie and I woke up to Evie's phone ringing. It was Carlos calling asking if it was a good time to webchat. Evie told him we'll be ready in thirty minutes. We got dressed and were looking our best. I was a little nervous, but also excited. Evie opened her laptop, did a couple things and before we knew it, we saw Carlos, Jay, Lonnie and Jane on the screen. It was so nice to see them again.
"Hi guys!" Evie said.
"Hi!" they said as they smile and waved.
It truly was nice to see them again. I felt like I could cry, but it was a happy feeling.
"How are you two?" Jane asked.
"We're great!" Evie replied.
"Yeah, we're in Vancouver." I said.
"Yeah, Carlos told us that. How is it there?" Lonnie asked.
"It's wonderful." Evie replied.
"Believe it or not, it's more than what Auradon has to offer." I said.
"Really? That good?" Lonnie asked.
"Oh yes. It's really nice." I said.
"Tell us all that's happened." Carlos said.
"Well, it took us two days to get here. We just spent those days enjoying each other's company. But the first day here was really something." Evie said.
"Tell us!" Jay said.
"You want to tell them?" Evie asked me.
"Sure. When we got here, we came across this harbor to dock our yacht at. Evie bribed a man with a hundred and fifty dollars to dock it there for two days. After that, we rented a car but then Evie got us pulled over by speeding." I said.
"Uh oh." Carlos said.
"You guys got a speeding ticket on your first day?" Jane asked.
"No. Not at all." I replied.
The four had a surprised look on their face.
"Really?" Lonnie asked.
"How?" asked Jay.
"Evie flirted with the cop." I replied.
The boys laughed a bit.
"That's our Evie." Carlos said.
"How? Tell us, please." Jay said.
"Evie was wearing a low cut blue tank top under her jacket..." I began.
"Oh, I can see where this is going." Lonnie said.
"As she was telling the cop she didn't realize she was speeding, she slowly unzipped her jacket and pushed it aside and her bra straps were untucked, resting on her shoulders."
Everyone had a smile on their face as I was explaining.
"And her cleavage was easily seen and we could tell the cop was starting to get turned on by Evie. He had a hard time focusing and after a couple of different positions that allowed Evie to expose herself a little more, the cop let her go with a warning." I said.
The boys laughed and the girls smiled.
"That's awesome!" Jay said.
"You still got your touch, Evie." Carlos said.
"Indeed. It's a gift, that's for sure." Evie said.
"What else happened?" Lonnie asked.
"Well, we're in this amazing hotel room." Evie said.
Evie got up and brought the laptop with her and turned it around and walked with it around the room, showing it to them. Afterwards, she returned back to the bed with me.
"That is one cool room." Carlos said.
"It is. Cooler than our former dorm room." I said.
"And worth the money too. Five nights for just under four hundred dollars. It's the cheapest we could find, but yet it's not cheap looking or run cheaply." Evie said.
"Nice." Jay said.
"Anything else exciting?" Jane asked.
"There has to be more." Lonnie said.
"Oh yeah. When we decided to eat out at a nice restaurant to celebrate, two guys stopped us and this one guy, James, had an interest in Evie. He tried to get her to have a drink with him, but when he kept getting denied, he tried to take us along with his buddy." I said.
"They tried to kidnap you?" Lonnie asked.
"Yep." I replied.
"How did you get out of that?" Carlos asked.
"These two other people, a man and a woman, saved us." I replied.
"Really?" Carlos asked.
"Who?" Jay asked.
"They called themselves pirates. And they actually are." Evie replied.
"Pirates?" Carlos asked.
"Yeah. But not like the pirates we know. These two were completely different." I said.
"Marvelous and Luka were their names." Evie said.
"Wow. Unique names." Lonnie said.
"Indeed. After they saved us, Evie invited them to have dinner with us. And that was pretty much our day." I said.
"And the next day, when I was out getting breakfast for us, I got a job." Evie said.
"A job?" Jane asked.
"Let me guess. Something to do with fashion?" Jay asked.
"Oh, how did you know?" Evie asked sarcastically.
"Her first day is tomorrow, and it's at a really nice looking building. Very fancy looking. And her pay will be great too" I said.
"Yep. I will be the personal assistant to an executive of a major clothing business. It's bizarre. I still can't believe it, but I truly think it was meant to happen." Evie said.
"I think so too. But that's great. Then you'll be able to afford a house." Lonnie said.
"Have you two started looking yet?" Carlos asked.
"Not yet. But while Evie's at work tomorrow, I'm going to be on the internet searching for listings." I replied.
"Nice." Carlos said.
"One more thing. We went whale watching yesterday." Evie said.
"Whale watching?" Jay asked.
"I know. It's something that a VK wouldn't ever do. But it was pretty cool." I said.
"We saw a lot of killer whales during the time we spent here so far. And they're such beautiful creatures. We learned a lot about them and took lots of pictures. There's a couple pictures I'll send to you guys. But it was amazing." Evie said.
"Nice!" Lonnie said.
"I'm glad you two are having a good time." Carlos said.
"What you've told me has really helped. Thank you, Carlos." I said.
"Of course. You both are our sisters. Now and forever." Carlos said.
"Us six are our own family." Evie said.
"Absolutely." Jane said.
"Even beyond the end of our lives." Lonnie said.
"And we're proud of it." Jay said.
It was so comforting to hear all that. It truly was.
"So, I'm afraid to ask this, but what did you mean when you said "a lot has happened since you left"? What's been going on?" I asked.
"Well, I guess it's not a lot, in quantity, but it's big." Carlos said.
"Tell us." Evie said.
"Your speculation was right, Evie. The morning you left, at eight, Ben and a couple of his guards showed up at your dorm." Carlos said.
"Oh no." Evie said.
"After not finding you and seeing all your belongings gone, they came to us and started asking where you were." Jay said.
"What did you tell them?" I asked.
"We didn't know where you were." Jay said.
"Yes. We acted like we didn't know. And we acted so good, Ben believed us." Carlos said.
"We even fooled Audrey." Jay said.
"Audrey?" I asked.
"Yep. She was mad. She really was. Mostly at you, Mal. She believed that you kidnapped Evie and are dragging her around Auradon with all your belongings." Carlos said.
"Forcing Evie to be with you." Lonnie added.
I scoffed.
"Just as expected from Audrey." I said.
"And now there's an APB out on you, Mal." Jane said.
"Seriously?" I asked.
"Ben told the other kingdoms to keep an eye out for you and now there's a reward for turning you in." Jay said.
"Really? How much of a reward?" I asked.
"Since you're highly wanted, let's just say you have a price on your head. One hundred thousand dollars." Carlos said.
I almost choked in my mouth from hearing that.
"Seriously?" Evie asked as I coughed a little.
"Assaulting Audrey is a serious crime, I guess." Carlos said.
"I guess so." I said.
"And since you'll most likely never come back, I think that reward will gradually increase." Lonnie said.
"Probably." I said.
"Not only that, but Ben is charging you for the crimes you did when you were spelled." Jay said.
"I knew he never forgave me. He hates me just like all the others." I said.
"No doubt it's a mess back there." Evie said.
"It kind of is. School's still normal, but there are many people worried about you, Evie. Especially since you're not around to make dresses for the dances and such anymore." Jay said.
"Well, that's what they get for not forgiving Mal. They reject her, they lose me." Evie said.
Well said, Evie.
"But on the positive end, we miss you, but we're glad to see you again and are happy for you both." Jane said.
"Thank you. We're glad to see you guys too." I said.
We talked for a little bit more, mainly the four telling us how things are going with them and what they've been up to. Then after running out of things to talk about, it was time to say goodbye.
"It was really nice seeing you guys again." I said.
"It was nice seeing you both as well." Carlos said.
"If you ever want to talk to us, any of us, don't hesitate to let us know. We maybe a little busy with school, but we'll be more than happy and willing to make time for you." Lonnie said.
What she had just said warmed my heart. This is the best family I could ever ask for.
"Thank you. That means a lot." I said.
"We love you, Mal. And we love you, Evie. Very much." Jane said.
"We love you guys too." Evie said.
"And we'll talk again. I'm still keeping my promise to you, Mal." Jay said.
I smiled.
"Looking forward to it." I said.
"Goodbye." Carlos said.
"Bye!" everyone else said as they smiled and waved.
Evie and I smiled and waved back.
"Bye!" we both said.
Carlos ended the call and Evie closed her laptop.
"That was really nice." Evie said.
"It was." I said.
"How do you feel?" Evie asked.
"Really good. I feel...really happy." I said.
"I know. I noticed it yesterday. You're becoming yourself again, and I'm really glad for you."
"Thanks, E."
We relaxed the rest of the day. Watching tv and laying in bed, close to one another. The last four days were really fun. But now, Evie goes to work tomorrow, and I need to start some work myself. It's time to begin to look for a house. While Evie's away, I'll spend the day on the internet looking endlessly at multitudes of housing listings. And little did I know, I'll soon find some great houses to choose from. The upcoming events are going to be so exciting.