the electronic letter (mevie//malvie)

epilogue

Evie opens her eyes, basking in the Los Angeles sunlight as the horrid sound of her alarm clock went on and on. She groans, turning it off before hitting her head again on the pillows.

It's been a month since she left. Left Auradon and went to Los Angeles.

A month since she tried running after Mal but she was too afraid that maybe, just maybe, Mal doesn't love her anymore. So the moment the cab arrived, she took a look at her scholarship offers and did the unthinkable. She accepts her offer from UCLA and didn't turn back.

It's been the fifth time she dreamt about her. It's like her brain doesn't want her to forget.

"Hey, Uma, how are you?" Mal asks as she opens her curtains, smiling at the sight of New York City. Uma chuckles, "So, you're in New York, huh?" She teases, making Mal laugh a little, "Yeah."

It was funny how she even ended up here. Or maybe it hurts but you know her, she uses humor as her fucking defence mechanism. Her coping mechanism. The way she moves on.

She came back for Evie because the moment she stepped foot on Fairy Academy, dear Lucifer she knew something wasn't right. So she took her Vespa, drove herself back to Auradon for two hours just to arrive knowing that Evie left.

No one knew where she went, no one knew when she left. No one knew if she was coming back so Mal went back to Auroria. Took everything she owned and drove herself to the airport. Unaware that she and Evie were just two gates away as she accepted her offer in Midtown.

"How does New York sound to you?" She asks the Sea Witch who could be heard choking at whatever the hell she was eating. "What do you fucking mean?" She retorts, recovering from what just happened. "I'm asking you to come here."

"Hey, Auds." Evie chirps as she walks inside the coffeeshop, getting in line while Audrey hums a reply, "I was walking in LA and suddenly, I thought to myself. How about I ask you to come with me?"

The princess drops whatever she was holding, Evie was sure that her mouth was agape. "You want me to what?" She shrieks, Evie cringes, removing her phone from her ear before talking to the princess again. "Stay with me in LA."

They didn't ask for each other. Mal didn't even think of Evie.

They had their time and it didn't end well and there's nothing they could even do about it.

Maybe Auradon wasn't a place of 'Happily Ever After' all along.