Princess (Harry Hook x Fem!Reader x Evie)

Part 3

(the following day)

My brother and I walk towards Audrey and Chad.

"Hey, those kids are trouble." Chad says as he points to the vks.

"Come on, Chad. Give them a chance." Ben says to him.

Audrey scoffs. "No offense, Bennybear, you're just too trusting. Look, I know your mom fell in love with a big nasty beast who turned out to be a prince. But with my mom, the evil fairy was just the evil fairy." She gestures with her head to Mal and whispers "That girl's mother."

I roll my eyes. Ben shrugs his shoulders and says, "I think you're wrong about them."

"We'll see you later." I say to them and grab Ben's arm. We walk towards Mal.

"Hey!" We greet her. Ben leaning against the lockers, wanting to look cool. I think he kinda has a thing for Mal, even though he's in a relationship with Audrey.

"How was your first day?" He asks her.

"Super." She responds.

"You should really think about taking this talent off the locker and into art class." He says to her, looking at the graffiti on her locker. "I could uh, sign you up. What do you think?"

Jane walks past us and squeals as she sees Mal, picking up her pace a bit. Mal looks at her and then turns back to Ben. "Way to take all the fun out of it."

For real. Ben's been bothering me about that too, saying I should pick the art class because I'm good at drawing stuff. I always respond the same thing. 'Then it becomes a requirement and I would have to draw a specific thing. That takes the fun out of it.'

They look each other in the eyes and then she turns and walks away. Ben stares after her. I chuckle. Yeah, he definitely likes her.

~

Ben knocks on Mal's dorm door. She opens it. He seems a bit nervous.

"Hey, Mal." He greets her. I just give her a nod. He seems a bit dazed so I just continue for him.

"We didn't see you guys today, so we were just wondering if you have any questions or anything that you needed." I smile at the group.

"Not that I know of." Mal turns her head to the others, seeing if they need anything. They just shake their head.

"Okay. Alright. Well, if you need anything, just uh-" Ben's saying as he takes a few steps back and starts to walk away.

"-Oh. Wait!" She says. Ben turns back to her again. "Uhm, is it true that we all get to go to your coronation?"

"Yeah, the whole school goes." He smiles at her.

"Wow. That is beyond exciting." Ben smiles even more. "Do you think it's a possibility that the four of us could stand in the front row next to the Fairy Godmother, just so we could soak up all that goodness?"

"I wish you could. Up front it's just me, Y/n, my folks and my girlfriend." Ah, so he does remember he has a girlfriend, huh?

"And your girlfriend?"

"Yeah. I'm sorry."

Mal looks down a second and then smiles. "Okay. Thanks, byee!!"

"Oh, but, no, there's plenty of-" The door closes.

Ben sighs. I chuckle. Then he offers me his arm and we walk away.

~time skip to the following day

Ben and I are putting some books in our lockers, they're next to each other.

Audrey comes up to us. "Do you think they actually paid for those?" She gestures to the group of girls that got their hair done by Mal. "She did it to Jane's hair too and Fairy Godmother is not happy about it."

"What's the harm?" I ask her.

"It's gateway magic. Sure, it starts with the hair. Next thing you know, it's the lips and the legs and the clothes and then everybody looks good and then where will I be?!"

"Listen, Audrey..." Ben begins.

"I will see you at the game after my dress-fitting for the coronation, okay?"

"Okay."

She smiles and gives him a kiss on the cheek. "Bye, Bennyboo."

I hear a locker close a bit hard so I turn and see Mal.

"Hey, Bennyboo!" I laugh. Ben turns towards her.

"Hey." He smiles at her.

"I just made a batch of cookies. Double chocolate chip. Do you want one?" That question is very much not aimed at me so I just stay quiet.

"Uh, I've got a big game. I don't eat before a big game. But thank you so, so much. Thank you. Next time. Next time." He turns to walk away.

"No, yeah. I completely understand. 'Be careful of treats offered by kids of villains.'"

"No, no, no, no."

"No, I'm sure every kid in Auradon knows that."

"No, no that's not it. No, no, no. I really do.. I have.." I laugh. Could you say 'no' more than that?

"No, I get it. You're cautious. That's smart. Oh, well.. More for me then I guess." She says, bringing the cookie to her mouth.

"No, no. Hey." Ben snatches it and takes a bite. I swear if he says 'no' one more time I'm gonna punch him. "See that? Totally trust you. Totally."

"How are they?" She asks.

"They're good. They're great! They're amazing!" He giggles. I raise my brows and smile. He's *giggling*. I don't think they know I'm still standing here so I just sneak away, leaving them alone.