Descendants 1: A New Story

Part 7: Love and Video Chats

Mal sat on her bed in her dorm room as Evie continued to apply make up onto her best friend readying her for her date with Ben, something she did not know how to feel about. Meanwhile, Henry sat aside doing his homework for class as he continued to write in his notebook. Mal sat with a false smile fore her friend when really show found it super irritating.

"Okay, easy on the blush. I don't wanna scare him away. Not that I could." Mal responded pushing evils hand away. Henry opened his mouth still looking at his notebook, ready to respond with a witty remark, but Mal pointed her finger at him stopping him. "One remark, and I'm coming over and punching you in your eye." She said strictly, as he closed his mouth going back to his homework.

Evie went back to applying more blush onto Mal's face. "Please. My mom taught me how to apply blush before I could talk. Always upward strokes." She said before putting the brush down and grabbing her lip gloss.

"My mom was never really big on makeup tips. I never had a sister..... just an annoying brother." She said looking to her side to her brother who still wrote in his notebook who let out a scoff.

"Meh, you love me." He said not glancing at his sister as she just rolled her eyes thinking how she really hated her brother sometimes.

Evie just chuckled at the brother-sister bantering going on with her two best friends "Well now you do. We're gonna need all the family we can get if we don't pull this off. My mother's not a barrel of laughs when she doesn't get her way. Look at Snow White." She said.

There was a pause in the convo, as Henry and Mal looked at each other, concerned by her wording on how she described her mother. Henry cleared his throw closing his notebook. "You're afraid of your mother Evie, aren't you?" He asked showing some concern in his voice.

Evie paused for a sec before responding looking at him "Sometimes." She then looked back and forth between Henry and Mal, "Are you guys afraid of your mom?" She asked

Henry just simply looked the other way, he'd never admit it but his mom terrified him. He knew his mom favorited his sister way more than him. "I'd uhmmm..... I'd rather not comment." He said hiding how he felt. Evie just stared at him feeling really bad for him, she saw he was afraid of her.

Mal however had to give it some thought before she answered. "I just really want her to be proud of me. She gets so angry with me when I disappoint her. And.... Yeah she's my mom, so I know she loves me in her own way." She explained to Evie.

Henry just scoffed as he heard her response. "Maybe join the club. I've been a disappointment in mom's eyes since I was born. Face it, it's impossible to make that witch happy." Henry said with frustration in his voice talking about his mom. Mal looked at him mad he was insulting their mom, but Evie looked at him with a pained look on her face feeling bad for him.

"That 'witch' is our mom. And you wouldn't be a disappointment in her eyes if you just applied yourself like me" Mal said at Henry

"You don't apply yourself, you just do what she says like a dumb puppet!" Henry retorted back. Normally it would be just a small banter between the two, but Evie realized there was malice in this.

"Okay moving on. Come see." Evie said trying to end the argument, pulling Mal to her feet and to the mirror.

Henry just patted his knees as he stood up with his textbook. "Well, it's been a time in a half, but I got a tutoring session to go to." He said as he walked to the door.

The girls turned to look  at him confused as to what he just said, "Did you just say tutoring session?" Mal asked making sure she heard him correctly.

Henry just stopped dead in his tracks as he realized what he said, looking like a kid who got caught stealing from a cookie jar. "I-I-I-I meant..... TOURNEY session.... Uh with Jay and Carlos. You know.... Guy support." He quickly said flexing his arm giving a little growl as he did. The girls just looked at him confused even more, making Henry frantically look side to side. "COMING GUYS!" He said quickly rushing out the room.