Mal and Evie's room.
Mal woke up and decided to get out of bed and start her day. Evie was already up and working on some early morning sewing. She looked at Mal.
"Mal what's wrong with your eyes?! They're all red and blotchy like you've been crying!" Evie exclaimed.
"I don't want to talk about it," Mal sighed. "I think I'm going to go out for breakfast."
Mal quickly got dressed, and headed out to the dining hall.
Dining hall
Mal got her breakfast and sat down in the corner table alone. She began to eat but was startled when she felt two arms wrap around her. She looked up to see Ben standing there.
"Can we talk?" Ben asked her anxiously.
"There isn't really much to talk about," Mal replied.
"Listen Mal, I didn't mean any of what I said last night," Ben explained.
"Whatever, I need to go," Mal said coldly. She got up, grabbed the rest of her breakfast, and left. Ben was exasperated. He thought he could talk to her and figure it out, but he now knew his harsh words had hurt her more than anything. He needed to do something to win back her trust. He couldn't stand to see her so miserable.
Mal and Evie's room
Mal didn't know what to do. She knew she still shad strong feelings for Ben, but what he had said to her had left her heart torn in what seemed like a billion different pieces. A knock on the door broke her out of her thoughts. Please don't let it be Ben, she thought to herself. She got up to answer the door, and there was Ben.
"I really need to talk to you," Ben sighed sadly.
"We already talked at breakfast. I have nothing to say to you," Mal replied coldly. "I think you should go."
"But Mal I..." He didn't finish his sentence before she pushed him out the door. She grabbed her journal and began to write.
Maybe mom was right. Maybe falling in love is weak. Things sure weren't this complicated when I was evil. Ben keeps trying to talk to me but what do I say to him? Hi! I still love you even though you ripped my heart into a million pieces? I don't know what to do with my life.
Belle and Adam's castle
Ben was at his parents castle hoping to talk with his father. He knew his dad would give him some good advice.
"Hello father," Ben said as he walked into his father's office.
"Ben! To what do I owe this pleasure?" His father asked.
"Dad, I need to talk to you. It's about my relationship with Mal," Ben replied. He went on to tell his father everything that happened the night in his office.
"Benjamin there's something that I have to tell you. I should have told you this a long time ago, before you became king. When I was the beast, I had a very bad temper, and often got angry over the smallest things. Your mother taught me how to love and changed me back to a human. I went to the doctor after I changed to make sure that I was healthy and ok. Although I was physically a human, some of my genetic makeover changed, and I ended up with some of the beast's traits. When you were born, we took you to a doctor who specialized in genetics, to make sure you hadn't inherited any of those beast traits. The doctor told us that you would be fine while you were young, but when you began to grow and go through your teenage years, the traits might pop up. I'm thinking that the night in your office when you yelled at Mal was your first experience as a beast on the inside."
Ben paused to take in everything that his father had just told him. "So you're saying that I won't ever be able to control myself when the beast comes out?"
"Not exactly, it's just that from here on out, it's going to be a lot harder for you to control your emotions. People like Mal can help calm you down," Ben's father explained.
"If I can even get her to talk to me..." Ben muttered.
"Oh come on, that girl loves you a whole lot. All you need to do is explain to her about the traits. I know she'll understand."
"But dad she won't even let me talk to her!" Ben exclaimed.
"Then you'll just have to do something extra special to win her back."
"Thanks dad, I'm really glad I could talk to you. I know exactly what I'm going to do"
To be continued...
