Disney Taken Over

The Balcony

Chapter 27

I opened up the doors to my room's balcony, the cool ocean breeze wrapping me up. The full moon shone down on my kingdom, and onto the dark waves of the ocean. I watched as the water pulled in and out of the shore, bringing seaweed and various other creatures with it.

I have always felt calmed by the sea, and watching it helped keep my mind off of Aladdin. For some reason, I couldn't stop myself from liking him. It's a pretty bad problem, me liking him and all. I mean, I'm a queen! I'm supposed to have my emotions in check... I'm supposed to be perfect.

If only I had never seen Eric kissing Mara; I would have still loved him with all my heart if not for that. Things would have been so much simpler!

I placed my chin on the cool stone, struggling to come up with a way to cope with my dumb feelings for Aladdin. Maybe I should just go back to the ocean and hide in my dad's palace for the rest of my life. That seemed like the best option right now.

I groaned and pulled on my red hair, tugging at the long strands. The door to my room opened and I turned, expecting to see Eric. After all, this was his room too, and it's not like he would sleep on the beach- though I would have liked to see that.

"What do you want?" I started to speak, my voice bitter until I realized who it was. "Oh... hello." I managed a small smile, as I looked at Aladdin, his arms raised in surrender.

"Whoa- I have never heard you talk like that." he whistled, a sly grin creeping onto his face. "Remind me to never kiss that Mara girl." he plopped onto my bed, sitting on the very foot of it. There goes the notion of me keeping my mind off of Aladdin.

"Not amused." I crossed my arms, trying my very best to hide the smile that was threatening to come out. "Why are you even here? Not that I mind!" I quickly fixed, biting my lip.

He shrugged and looked at me with those gorgeous brown eyes, his smile faltering for a moment. I had never thought brown eyes could be this beautiful until I met Aladdin.

They seemed to melt like chocolate in the dim lighting of my room, dark but still shining somehow. Tired- but lively.

"I guess I just couldn't sleep."

"And you came here?"

"Yup." We were silent for a moment, the awkwardness beginning to settle in as I stood there while Aladdin sat on my bed. Aladdin cleared his throat after a good fifteen seconds of quiet, and began to speak again. "So why are you still up?" he asked, patting the spot next to him.

I sat down on the spot he had gestured to, the soft mattress crinkling under my weight. "I was thinking about Eric." I half lied, my voice barely above a whisper. Like I would ever tell him that I was thinking about him. Not in a million years.

"That jerk?" Aladdin scoffed his brows furrowing. "You shouldn't waste your precious thoughts on him."

"Aren't you one of his best friends?" As grateful as I was for his comforts, I was a bit surprised at how quickly he was able to turn around and completely hate on Eric.

"I'm not friends with anyone who breaks your heart." he declared, his jaw set firmly. My heart practically melted, and I sighed. Oh dear Walt I was in it bad now. "Did you just sigh?" Aladdin grinned goofily, his eyes sparkling.

"No!" I squeaked, jumping up. Aladdin got up along with me, pointing at me accusingly.

"You definitely did! Ariel- did you just sigh at something I said?" I was about to defend myself when I was cut off by him speaking. "Nope, no need to say more, I already know you did." His stupidly handsome grin was stuck to his stupidly cute face, and I blushed.

"I sighed because I'm tired that's all- and that wasn't even a sigh. That was obviously a yawn." I crossed my arms, sticking my tongue out at Aladdin, who was still holding my little slip in expressions over me.

"If you say so. Though I can't blame you for sighing," his voice suddenly dropped as he took on a more 'macho' tone, flexing and winking at me dramatically. "I'm pretty hot." I laughed at this, and his jaw dropped.

"How dare you laugh at my beauty! At my hotness!" He threw up his arms, and I stifled another giggle, covering my mouth with my hand.

"Oh I'm terribly sorry, you see sir, I just can't contain my giggles at such a marvelous sight." I batted my lashes at him, going along with whatever he was doing. I could be the Bimbette's to his Gaston.

Aladdin's face scrunched up in deep thought as he mulled over what I said. "Well I guess I can forgive you," he flexed yet again, taking a stance that was absolutely hilarious. I felt the urge to laugh once more at his ridiculous expression. "I couldn't be angry at such a pretty girl for too long." He winked, and I giggled, the hormonal half of me actually floored by his comment.

"Oh well thank goodness! If you were mad at me for too long, I very well may die!" I exaggerated every bit of what I said, bringing my hand to my forehead to add a bit more of the flair I was trying to get out.

Aladdin chuckled at this, and he grabbed my other hand, spinning me around so we now stood outside on the balcony.

"Well I- I- I" and before Aladdin could say whatever he was going to say, he burst out into a complete fit of laughter, and we both were on the floor, holding in our stomachs as if our lungs would burst out of our bodies from all the chuckling.

We both calmed down after what seemed like hours of breaking down and laughing, and I wiped the tears from my eyes.

We leaned against the slim stone bars of the balcony, sitting there in joy despite the cold breeze that struck me to the bone. I turned to look at Aladdin in the pale moonlight, who was red and out of breath.

"I haven't laughed like that in such a long time." I murmured, the smile on my mouth slowly fading away as the reality of my situation began to settle in again around me. I was sitting in a palace that was likely to be destroyed by the Big Three, next to a taken man who I was slowly falling in love with, in a kingdom that my cheating husband ruled.

"Me neither," Aladdin mumbled back, his chest rising and falling in time with the sounds of the ocean crashing onto the beach. Another silence fell between us, but this time it wasn't awkward. I realized that this moment right here- it felt right.

It felt right.

Everything was perfect at this very moment, despite the fact that everything was supposed to be wrong. It wasn't. Things were supposed to be falling apart for me, but here in the night, with Aladdin, everything was falling perfectly in place for me.

Without thinking, I curled my pale fingers around his darker ones, holding his perfectly coarse hands in mine. They were hardened from years on the street, unlike Eric's softer hands, which had been pampered from the very beginning of his life.

"I don't think I have ever been happier." I admitted, my voice soft as I gazed into his eyes, that were darker than the night sky right now.

"Me neither."

And then he leaned in, and our lips met as he kissed me.

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