Mal's POV
I walked into my dorm room after a long day. I just needed time to think. Ever since the coronation things have been going very well. It's just that I'm worried about how things are progressing in my relationship with Ben. Things are going great but I'm just nervous that it isn't going to work out the way I want it to. Ben has told me he loves me probably a billion times (even if he was under a love spell) but I can't seem to work up the courage to tell him I love him too. Is it because I don't really know what love is? He said he would show me how to love and he's done an amazing job, but I'm just not sure if I'm ready for this kind of pressure. I have never been in a serious relationship before (or any relationship at all) because things back on the island were so different from the way things are here in Auradon. Ben has also tried to kiss me a few times but I always turn away and change the subject. I guess I'm just scared to actually kiss someone because no one has ever kissed me ever before. Not even my own mother. I am especially scared to kiss the king of Auradon! Because he's the King! If I kissed him then it might start to look bad because he has to be a role model for his people. Ben is an amazing person. I have never met anyone like him ever before. I love spending time with him because he makes me laugh and whenever he's around I get little butterflies in the pit of my stomach. Is this what love feels like? Then another thought crept into my head. My 17 birthday was coming up soon. Birthdays were never a big deal back on the island. My mother used to tell me that my birthday was just a celebration of me one step closer to becoming as evil as her. We never really did anything special. Once for my birthday, Jay gave me an orange cinnamon roll he had stolen from a bakery, but that is the only birthday present I had ever gotten in my entire life. I heard that birthdays are a big deal here in Auradon. Jane had her birthday two days after the coronation and her mother threw her a huge surprise party with balloons and presents and cake. It must be nice to have a mother who would go through so much trouble for her daughter. I briefly wondered if Ben was planning anything for my birthday. I told him my birthday was on Friday so he might be planning a party... As I sat on my bed and thought about these things I heard the door open and I looked up to see Evie walk in.
"Hey, what's up?" She asked me.
"Oh nothing, just doing some thinking," I replied.
Ben's POV
I sat at my desk and stared at the massive stack of paperwork I had to go through. Being King is a lot harder than it looks, I thought. My father makes it look easy but it certainly is not. I decided to take a break and grab some coffee before getting back to my work. My mind began to wander to the thought of a certain lavender haired girl. My girl. I wish Mal could understand how much I love her. I know she is new to the concept of love but it seems like she is purposely trying to drive me crazy with how much she doesn't know. She has never told me that she loves me, but I understand that it is usually harder for girls to let out their true feelings. (Especially for the daughter of a villain) I know that she had a rough childhood on the island but she is tough on the outside. I also know that she is sensitive on the inside. That's why I try to treat her with as much kindness and love as possible. She has never kissed me. There have been many nights where I walk her back to her dorm after our date, and I try to kiss her goodnight, but instead she just turns her head and says goodnight and heads inside. I wonder if she is scared to kiss me. Is it because she has never been kissed before, or because she is scared it will look bad for my kingly figure? It drives me crazy! I want to kiss her so badly! I want to feel her lips on mine. She won't even let me kiss her on the cheek! I just have to learn self control. I love her way too much to ever pressure her to do something she is not comfortable with. Witch reminds me, on one of our next dates I have to teach her how to swim. She mentioned to me that her birthday was on Friday so I want to plan something for her. I know birthdays were never a big thing on the island where she grew up, and that's why I want to give her the best birthday she has ever had. But she knows me too well and I know she thinks I'm going to plan a big party. Maybe I will plan something for later in the evening so she won't expect it. I kept thinking about my beautiful Mal and how to plan the party when I heard my secretary Liz talking to me on the intercom.
"Kind Benjamin how are you going on all of that paperwork?" She asked me.
I sighed and told her "I just stopped to get a cup of coffee but I'm going to get working on the district plan for the Auradon elementary school."
And back to work I went.
