Always by your side - a Descendants story (Bal)

Chapter 11

Mal's POV

Ben was at a emergency meeting with the council, I had to be there too, but I felt sick again. I really wanted to go though, but he insisted me to stay in bed after I had to throw up this morning.

So I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling. It was for the umpteenth time that I had to throw up in the morning.

I suddenly really had to go to the toilet, again. I ran to the bathroom. When I was done, I had to throw up once again.

It was weird. I had a bad feeling about this whole situation. Maybe I had a disease or something.

I decided to search on the internet for symptoms. I scrolled down and saw all kinds of things that could be wrong, but then I saw "pregnancy". My heart stood still for a second. I couldn't be, could I? We had only did it once. But, yeah, then it was indeed possible.

I was totally going crazy right now. What if I was pregnant? Ben's parents would be more mad than they had ever been! But maybe I wasn't even pregnant. How could I even know what was wrong with me?

I walked to the bathroom, searching in all cabinets, until I found a pregnancy test.

I read how it worked. I was shaking of fear. What if it was positive? My life would be over. I was done then. Running away wouldn't work this time cause there was an actual human growing inside me. But maybe I wasn't even pregnant, then I would be worrying about nothing.

After a while the test was ready. I didn't want to look at it, but I had to. I looked at the white stick, it said positive. Wait, it said positive?! Oh no no no no. What do I do now?! I can't tell anyone!

Tears were falling down my cheek. I blew it. I was only queen for two weeks and I already blew it.

I heard the front door open. I quickly wiped away my tears and ran to the bed, pretending to be asleep. I heard the bedroom door open and Ben walking in. He walked to the bed and laid beside me, strailing my hair.

I opened my eyes.

'Are you feeling better?' he asked me.

'Yeah, I feel totally fine,' I lied to him.

I felt guilty though, lying to him. I felt even worse. But I couldn't tell him, that would ruin everything.

'So, you wanna grab some lunch?' he asked.

'Oh yeah, sure,' I said, faking a smile.

'Alright, let's go then,' Ben said.

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Mal's POV

Six weeks went by since the "incident". I was doing a little better. I had been to the doctor and everything seemed fine. Except for the doctor, no one else knew about it. He had promised to keep it a secret and I really hoped he would keep his word.

I was now two and a half months pregnant, so you could see a little bump appear. I wore oversized clothes to hide it, really afraid of someone noticing it.

I didn't wanna think about anyone knowing it, especially Ben, so I avoided hugs, and basically physical contact in general.

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Harry's POV

We were hiding behind the bushes in the corner of the garden. We knew Mal was often in the garden, all on herself. Then she sat in the corner of the garden on a bench for a while.

I remembered when she lived back on the Isle, the time when we weren't enemies. That were good times. We always used to sneak off, just the two of us. We even were in a secret relationship for a few months.

The times we hid in small alley's, and then talked, laughed like we never did in public. I even remembered our first kiss. But we both changed a lot since then. When she became friends with Evie, Jay and Carlos, we grew apart more and more.

That time was hard for me, but I had also my own, well, friends. So I moved on, but every time I see her, I think back to that time and still miss it a little.

'Harry! Can't you just pay attention for once. We are here for our plan, remember?' Uma snapped at me, getting me out of my thoughts.

I looked up and remembered what we were even here for. Then I saw her walking in our direction.

'It's time,' Uma said evilly.

Mal walked to the bench. But before she could sit down, I jumped out of the bushes grabbed her tightly and covered her mouth, so she wouldn't be able to scream. 

I had one hand around her, but it felt weird. Her belly felt well, kinda, bigger than usual. But... it couldn't be, right?

Before I could think further about it, Gil ran up to us and put a sack over her, while Uma left a note on the bench.

'Now, go!' Uma shouted and we ran off, back to our hiding place.

When we arrived, we threw her into the basement. I was a little concerned, but I didn't show it of course. I would go talk to her when everyone was asleep. Just to make things sure.

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Ben's POV

It was dinner time. We sat at our usual table, but Mal wasn't there yet. I was concerned about her, she has been acting weird lately. She has been aloof; she was everyday in the garden, you could barely make contact with her, socially as well as physically, and she hasn't worn purple for weeks. The only things she was wearing were oversized shirts, which wasn't her style at all.

She just wasn't herself lately. And now she wasn't even at dinner, although she had been eating a lot these weeks.

'Has anyone seen Mal somewhere? I haven't seen her in a while,' I said.

'The last time I saw her, was in geography,' Carlos said with full mouth.

'I saw her going outside after school. I went to the study center to study with Doug and after that I haven't seen her anymore,' Evie said looking at Carlos with disgust.

'Maybe she's in the garden,' Jane suggested.

'Still? She is often in the garden, but not 'till 8pm,' Lonnie said, getting a little nervous.

'She's probably coming any minute,' Doug assured us.

'I hope so,' I said still concerned.

I knew there was something bothering her lately, but everytime I asked, she said she was fine. And I knew that wasn't true, but she got irritated every time I tried to dug deeper. So then I just let it rest.

Every minute that passed, I got more concerned. I couldn't get any food down my throat.

Where is she...?

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Mal's POV

I was really scared. I sat in a dark, cold, moist room in God knows where. And I wasn't only afraid for myself. I didn't know how it was going with me, nor with the one I was caring inside me.

I placed my hand on my belly and let a few tears fall down. I've become so soft in Auradon and now that I am pregnant I feel even more vulnerable and weak. I don't like to feel like this.

Luckily no one knew about my secret, then everyone would probably be concerned about me. And I don't need people to look out for me.

Maybe Harry had felt it when he captured me. If he knew they would know my weakness. I was afraid, but I wouldn't let anything happen to us.

I wanted to stand up, but I felt a sudden surge in my side and fell down to the ground. I was too weak to stand up, let alone escape from this place.

More tears were falling down as I sat against the wall. How would I ever get out of here?