Mal and Evie's dorm room
"Good morning Mal, And happy birthday!" Evie exclaimed pulling Mal out of her dreams.
"Morning E, and thanks for the wake up call," Mal sighed as she yawned. Evie went into the bathroom to change, while Mal picked out her clothes for the day. About thirty minutes later, they were ready to head out to breakfast before going to their classes. Evie opened the door, but she stopped dead in her tracks.
"Mal, I think there's something you should see," she said excitedly. Mal walked around Evie and stared at what was in front of their door. There was a bouquet of purple roses and a note. She picked up the flowers and began to read the note.
Dear Mal,
I had to leave early this morning to get some of my extra homework done before classes so I won't be joining you for breakfast. I remembered you said it was your birthday, so I decided to get bouquet of beautiful flowers fit for a beautiful girl like you. I hope you have a wonderful birthday, and I'll see you after class.
-My love always and forever, Ben.
Mal was smiling from ear to ear. She walked back into the room, placed the roses on her nightstand, and walked to join Evie at the door. Evie looked at her expecting her to tell her what the note said, but Mal just smiled and said that they had better be going to meet Carlos and Jay for breakfast.
The dining hall
When Mal and Evie walked into the dining hall, they saw Carlos and Jay sitting at their normal table in the corner. They were sloppily eating doughnuts and fruit.
"Boys will be boys," Evie smiled at Mal who laughed and nodded. They sat down to eat breakfast and began to talk about various things. Mal noticed Jay had eaten three doughnuts.
"Jay, aren't you supposed to be on some kind of diet for the tourney team?" She asked him.
"Nah, diets are for wimps, am I right," he exclaimed as he highfived Carlos and gobbled down another doughnut. Mal was sitting across from Evie. She saw Doug walk up behind Evie and she was about to say something, when he put his finger to his lips motioning for her to be quiet. He wrapped his arms around her startling her. She laughed and motioned for him to sit down next to her. He did and she gave him a pec on the lips. Doug's face turned three shades of red, and Jay and Carlos busted out laughing.
"See Mal, that's how it's done," Evie teased her. Mal just shot her a look.
Mal's classes
Soon breakfast was over, and it was time to go to class. All through the day Mal just tried to keep to herself. She was so excited to see Ben, after school, that she could barely concentrate through the day. When her classes were finished, she looked for him under the bleachers, where they usually met after class, but he wasn't there. She smiled and decided he must be in their secret garden. It was a place that only he knew about (because he was king) and there was a special bench there that she thought he might be waiting on. She went in, and looked for him, but he wasn't there either. Puzzled, she decided that he must have gotten caught up with kingly work, and he might be in his office. She walked into his office and saw his secretary Liz working away on her computer.
"Hi Liz," she said.
"Good afternoon Mal, to what do I owe this special treat?" Liz asked.
"Well I was wondering if you had seen Ben. I can't seem to find him anywhere," Mal replied.
"King Benjamin went out to finish up some things, but I'm sure he'll come by your dorm later," Liz reassured her.
"Ok," Mal said as happily as she could. "Goodbye Liz, it was nice talking to you."
