Finding Our New Home

[Mal and Evie's hotel room. 6:25 am]

Evie's POV

Today is my first day at my new job and I'm super stoked. I just finished taking a shower, but now I'm having a hard time deciding what to wear. I need to wear something that'll make a good impression. I wrapped a towel around myself and lined up my tops on the side of the bed.

"Damn, why is this so difficult?" I said while scratching my head.

I bought too many good shirts at the mall, that's for sure. And having the shirts I made in Auradon? It's too much. I need another opinion. And who better to ask than my love? I tiptoed over to Mal and gently shook her. It didn't take much for her to open her eyes. When she did, she smiled at me.

"Hey." she said.

"Hi. Have you been up?" I asked.

"For a little bit." Mal replied.

"Oh, okay. Well, can you help me? I can't figure out what to wear."

"Sure."

Mal sat up and crawled over to the side of the bed where I have my shirts lined up.

"What are you trying to go for?" Mal asked while straightening her nightdress on herself.

"Something that'll make a great impression." I replied.

"A great impression? Why? You already impressed Gabi the first time you met her. What more are you trying to do?"

I sighed. Mal might be onto something.

"You're right. Am I overthinking this?" I asked.

"You're just nervous. That's all."

Mal jumped off the bed and gave me a kiss.

"Will you pick something out for me?" I asked.

"Sure." Mal replied with a cute smile.

She unwrapped my towel and let it fall to the floor. After picking a bra and panties for me, I put them on. Mal picked out a pair of black jeans. This pair was really nice and comfy. After I put them on, I put my black shoes on and together with the pants, they stopped just above the ankle, leaving some skin exposed between them and my shoes making it a nice look. And for the top, Mal chose me to wear a black lace short sleeve shirt. The shirt was a v-neck, with lace at the v-neck, as well as at the sleeves.

"Wow, you look beautiful, Evie." Mal said.

"I guess black is starting to become more of my thing now, huh?" I asked.

"I think so. You look beautiful." Mal said.

"Thanks."

"Just needs a couple more things." Mal said.

I tilted my head in curiosity as Mal went through my suitcase. She pulled out a black box and removed the top. I smiled as I knew what she grabbed: my heart and crown necklace. Mal put the necklace on me as well as a silver bracelet on my left hand.

"There, now you're ready." Mal said.

"Thanks, M. What would I do without you?" I said.

We hugged each other tightly. After the hug, I grabbed Mal by her legs and she made a cute squeal as I lifted her up onto the bed. I got on top of her and we kissed many times.

"You gonna be alright?" I asked her.

"I will." Mal said.

"Okay. I know this isn't going to be easy for you. It'll be hard for me. Leaving you by yourself again. But like I said, this isn't going to be anything like it was back in Auradon. You have lots of fun things here to do. And you can leave whenever you want. Go out for a walk, go eat, whatever. And I'll call you when I'm on lunch. So you'll be okay, right?" I asked.

"Evie, I'm a big girl. I'll be fine. Not trying to sound mean, but you're going to have to learn to not worry so much about me. We're not in Auradon anymore. There's no one here who can get to me. I'm safe and I'm fine." Mal said.

"Yes, but-"

"Hey, I'm not worrying. You and I are a special couple. You know we can get through anything and we can do anything."

Mal really is changing like she said she is. Don't get me wrong, I'm not implying it's a bad change, it's just, it'll take me some time to get used to, or adapt to it.

"You're right, Mal. Like you said, being here is a new beginning. And you are a big girl. You're my big girl." I said.

Mal smiled and nodded.

"Okay, let's have something to eat. I'm hungry." I said.

"Me too."

I microwaved us some sausage biscuits and we ate them together on the sofa. Mal sat on my lap with her legs stretched across the sofa. I lifted her dress up a bit to reveal her thighs and saw she was wearing a pair of bright purple panties. I admired her nice body, and I'm grateful that I have this beauty in my life.

"You're going to look for houses while I'm gone?" I asked as I rubbed her thighs.

"I am." Mal replied.

"Well, hopefully you'll find something." I said.

"I hope so too."

I grabbed my phone out of my jacket pocket and saw it was about time for me to leave.

"I better go." I said.

"Okay." Mal said while getting off me.

She helped me off the sofa and gave me a kiss.

"Hey, if you decide to go out, our money is hidden in my suitcase in the red box. So feel free to take what you need. I should get us a bank account though." I said.

"Another matter for another time. You have a great first day, Evie."

"I'm sure I will."

I brushed my teeth real quick before meeting Mal at the door. We kissed a few times, each one long and passionate. We gave each other a big hug before Mal handed me my purse and car keys and opened the door for me.

"Bye, baby. I Iove you." I said.

"I love you too, sweetness. Bye."

"Bye."

[Elegance Industries. 8:00 am]

Evie's POV

The commute to work surprisingly wasn't bad. I got there five minutes before and was greeted by Gia who showed me the way to the breakroom where there was an assigned locker for me to put my stuff. It was a good size locker. I took my jacket off, folded it, and placed it in the locker along with my purse and car keys.

I locked it up and headed back to Gia. She just finished putting me into the system when I returned back and she showed me how to clock in. Afterwards, Gia got a call from Gabi saying that she wants me to meet her in her office. After walking to her office, I knocked on the open door.

"Evie! Hello, good morning." Gabi said.

"Hi, Gabi. Good morning." I said.

"First day. Are you ready?" Gabi asked.

"I am."

"Great! There's so much that needs to be done, but for now, I'll give you the easy tasks until I can get a chance to teach you things in more detail." Gabi said.

"Okay. Just tell me what to do." I said.

Gabi walked to the side of the room where there was a table by a window. She picked up five white cardboard tubes and handed them to me.

"These need to be delivered to the developers on the second floor. Take the elevator that's towards the front and go to the second floor. The name and the office number of the addressee is on the label of each of those tubes. You shouldn't have any problems with that. When your done, come back to me." Gabi said.

"Okay." I said.

I left Gabi's office and headed down the hallway. Gabi's office was located near the end of the building. I walked towards the front and approached the elevator. I pressed the up button and the doors opened immediately. After arriving on the second floor, I was amazed. It's hard to describe, there's so much.

Lots of white and fancy finishes. Everything was clean and organized. And nothing seemed cramped and cluttered. Just wide open spaces, but yet none of the open space was wasted. The right side wall was all black, while the left side had a white finish. I guess I can describe it. Like I said, lots of white. White desks, tables and chairs. But the floor were grey tiles. There were some expensive high tech computers too. This floor was basically used by the designers. A floor a part of me wishes to work in, but I'm happy with the position I'm in.

Everyone seems very nice. I was greeted a lot. Everyone seemed to know I was new and who I was. I got a lot of "hey, you're Evie" or "Evie, right?" And I was given their names. It felt like a nicer environment than Auradon had. Of course when I first arrived there, I wasn't given this nice treatment like I'm getting here. But that's in the past. I can see it now. Elegant Industries is my place.

I delivered the tubes with no problems at all and returned back to Gabi. For the remainder of the day she showed me how to do different things like answer emails and invoices. I delivered papers and a few more packages to different people on the first and second floor. But mostly stayed with her as I did some clerical work with her.

[Mal and Evie's hotel room. 11:07 am]

Mal's POV

I was lying on the bed, with a bag of chips and a soda bottle beside me with Evie's laptop in front of me. I was on the website that Carlos told me about a long time ago when we were at the school carnival. He was right, homes in Vancouver itself are very expensive. I saw listings of homes that were high as forty million dollars. No lie. But that home had seven bedrooms. Why would we buy that when there's a home we can buy for about twenty eight million dollars that has twelve bedrooms? But we don't need a freaking mansion. We just need something small, yet exquisite for our first home.

I focused my search on the south side of the city. On the other side of Vancouver harbor. And homes there have a lot more affordable price range. However, the homes didn't look very pleasing to me. I know, we can't exactly afford what I dreamed about, but I was hoping for something a little bit better. After twenty minutes spent going through twelve listings, I started to come across some homes that didn't look too bad. And I was liking what I was seeing.

I found some homes that were two and three bedrooms with two baths priced no more than three hundred thousand dollars. That's more like it. With Evie's high paying job, we could easily afford the payments. I researched some more info on a mortgage and I have a better understanding on how that works. If we can get approved for a loan for three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, then we have a great chance of getting a home because there will plenty of homes to choose from. I'll wait until Evie gets back to do that.

After a little while longer of looking at the listings, I started to feel tired and felt like taking a nap. So I saved the webpage I was on and closed the computer and went to sleep. I thought I heard my phone ringing, but was too sleepy to think about it anymore. Four hours later, I was awaken by a concerned Evie.

"Mal, are you okay?" she asked as I woke up.

"What? Yeah, I'm fine, Evie."

I rubbed my eyes and laid on my back. Evie was practically on top of me, rubbing my legs, giving me kisses and hugs.

"You didn't answer my calls." she said.

"I thought I heard the phone ring, but I was too sleepy to get up and answer it." I said.

"I was worried." Evie said as she laid herself on me.

"I'm sorry, Evie. But I'm okay. Honest." I said.

"Okay."

"So, tell me. How was your first day?" I asked.

"It was great! I really think I'm going to enjoy working there. I had a good time and really learned quite a lot." Evie said.

"That's good. I'm glad you had a great day."

"Me too. So, what did you do? Did you find us a home?" Evie asked as she jumped on the bed and sat next to me.

"I found some homes worth checking out. And the prices aren't bad. I found a good amount of homes that were no higher than three hundred thousand dollars." I said.

"Okay, that sounds great. Can you show me?"

"Of course."

I grabbed the laptop and opened it back up.

"Fuck!" I exclaimed as I saw the webpage link expired.

Great, now I'll have to search for it all over again.

"Easy, Mal. While you're looking, I'm going to get something to eat. Would you like anything?" Evie asked.

"Whatever you're having is fine." I replied.

"Okay."

Evie went to the small little kitchen and opened the mini fridge to pick something out. It didn't take long for me to find the page I was at because the website saved my search. Evie heated some chicken nuggets and joined me back on the bed with a plate of them. I showed Evie the listings I found and she was impressed by them like I was. After showing them to her, we noticed that all the houses that interested us has the same realtor. A woman named Kelsey.

"I'm going to give her a call and see if we can get a showing to these homes on Wednesday." Evie said.

"Sounds good." I said.

Evie called the number and was soon connected to the realtor. She told her that she was interested in some homes and would like a showing. The realtor asked if Evie can send her an email of the addresses of the homes and Evie said okay. After Evie does that, the realtor will get back with a time to meet.

Evie was given the email and after the call, we had to create one since neither one of us had email. Well, Evie wasn't going to use the one she used for her business. After we created one, we sent the addresses of the homes and were told that we can meet up at ten in the morning on Wednesday. Afterwards, Evie and I were very excited.

"You dream is getting closer and closer to coming true." Evie said.

"Indeed. But I realized it's not just my dream. It's our future together." I said.

"Agreed." Evie said as she pulled me into a hug.