The park in Auradon
"Ben!" Mal screamed as she went tumbling to the ground.
He had indeed kept his promise he made to her on her birthday, and taken her to go rollerblading, but it wasn't going so well for Mal. He skid over to her and held out his hand to help her up. She smiled, and he began to laugh.
"Not so coordinated on you feet miss evil?" He teased.
"I may not be coordinated but I'm not as clumsy as you," she smirked right back.
Ben laughed. "Maybe I should keep my hands on your waste the whole time so you don't fall."
"You flirt," she laughed. "Come on I'll race you to the water fountain in the middle of the park."
It was on. Ben beat her by a mile because she fell three seconds after she began, but she laughed it off anyway.
"What was that about having your hands on my waste?" She asked him laughing.
Ben placed his hands on her hips and began to guide her around. She did much better. Soon the both became tired and decided to call it a day. They sat down on a park bench to take off their skates.
Mal and Evie's dorm
Ben walked Mal back to her dorm. Both of them had had a great time skating, and were laughing all the way down the hallway.
"Bye Mal, wish me luck, because now I have to go back to my office and finish my paperwork."
"Bye Ben, and good luck," she smiled.
He leaned in and kissed her. Finally they parted. He gave her a little wave, and she watched him leave. Mal opened the door to her room, and found Evie sewing. (As usual) Evie looked at her.
"Oh my gosh! Your lipstick is smudged!"
Mal turned bright red.
"You finally kissed him," she sighed happily.
"Actually, our first kiss was last night after everyone else left the party," Mal corrected.
"Why didn't you tell me!?" Evie asked sounding exasperated.
"You never asked," Mal smirked and walked into the bathroom to get ready for bed.
Ben's office
Ben was extremely stressed because he had so much work to do. Luckily he had finished all of his homework earlier, so that was out of the way. He stared at the huge stack of papers that had piled up on his desk. It was overwhelming. There were so many petitions he had to approve and so many bills and budget plans he had to authorize. It seemed like as much work as he got done one day, he had twice as much to finish the next day. Just then there was a knock on his door.
"What do you need now Liz," he said.
"Do I look like Your secretary," Mal said laughing.
"Sorry Mal, I just didn't expect you to be here... Are you in your pajamas?" He asked.
"No, I just wear purple and green polka dotted outfits and bunny slippers every day," she laughed.
Even as stressed as he was Mal made him happy and calmed him down.
"What are you doing here, it's getting late," Ben stated.
"Well you told me that you had a lot of work to do so I thought I'd come help you," She explained.
He smiled at her offer. "I'm glad you came to help but I'm not sure how much of this you would understand,".
She walked over to the overwhelming stack on his desk. "Why don't you start by sorting all of these papers into smaller piles of what you need to go through so it won't be in one big stack. It'll look like less work and will be less stressful," she said smiling.
Ben was amazed. He decided that he liked having Mal working next to him. She calmed him down enough to get things done.
"You go through this stack because they need your signature, and I'll go through the ones that don't need a signature. About 90 minutes later, the papers on his desk were all organized and gone through.
"Thank you for everything Mal, I don't know how I would have been able to do it without you," Ben said.
"No problem," Mal said smiling.
"Why don't I walk you back to your dorm for the second time tonight," Ben smiled.
Mal and Evie's dorm
"Thanks again Mal," Ben said.
"Your welcome," Mal replied.
He kissed her and she kissed back this time bringing more passion into it. They lingered there for almost a minute before Mal pulled away. Both of them were breathless after such an amazing kiss.
"Goodnight Mal, I love you," Ben whispered.
"Goodnight Ben," Mal replied.
She watched Ben walk away and then walked into her own dorm to find Evie fast asleep. She climbed into bed and fell into a deep sleep.
