Chapter 3 of Fangirls, book two!!!!!!! :D:D

 

Chapter 3 Fear

Meanwhile in Auradon, Mal and Ben were on a pleasant walk. It was a very nice day, and they were trying to induce labor. That’s right. Mal is pregnant. “Ow,” she as they were walking. Ben looked at her. 

“Are you okay?” he asked. Mal nodded.

“Yeah, I think I just need to sit down for a minute,” she said. Ben nodded as they sat down on a park bench. It was all just so nice. Until it wasn’t. Out of nowhere, the skies darken and they hear an ominous evil laugh. Mal looked at Ben, in confusion. But all of the sudden, Ben was screaming and being sucked up into the sky! Mal gasped and screamed his name as went up. Then she heard the evil laugh again and this time, she recognized it. 

“Mad Maddy! You won’t get away this!” she exclaimed. Suddenly, the voice turned angry. 

“You took everything away from me when you sealed off those catacombs. And now, I’m taking something you love!!” and she cackled again. Mal had just had massive contraction but she tried to ignore it.

“Not if I have anything to say about it!” Mal screamed. Mad Maddy scoffed.

“Oh, yeah? Look down!” she exclaimed happily. Mal knew that it couldn’t be good if she sounded happy, but she looked down anyway. The dirt path was drenched in some sort of fluid. Then one powerful contraction drove to sit down. Her water had broken. Mal was freaking out to the point where she crying. She was worried that she couldn’t get Ben back to her in time before he was injured or, killed. 

“No, no please! Please have mercy!” she cried. But Mad Maddy just kept cackling.

 

 

Ben awoke with a start because he been kicked in the leg. In confusion, he looked over at Mal’s side of the bed. He knew immediately what was wrong. She was kicking and thrashing in her sleep, her eyes were shut tight and she was muttering, “No, no please! Please have mercy!”

She must be having some sort of nightmare,

He thought. So, he started to shake her awake. “Mal, wake up,” he said. No luck, she wasn’t waking up. He tried this attempt three more times and she still wasn’t waking up. Ben sighed, but then he had an idea. He had studied his fairy tale history. He knew how to wake a sleeping princess. Or in this case, a queen. So, he gave her a kiss. As soon as he did, her eyes snapped open. But the moment her eyes were open and she saw Ben looking down at her, she started sobbing because it was too much to handle. Ben looked at her in sympathy, sat up, and turned on the lamp. “What’s wrong? Were you having a bad dream?” he asked, even though it was obvious that she was, but he was just being caring. 

“I had the most hideous nightmare!” she cried. Ben held her hand in both of his as she explained her nightmare. She told him about how she was pregnant, and they were on a walk, and they sat down, and then he got sucked up into the sky and that Mad Maddy was going to do something horrible. Ben quieted her down because she was getting worked up about this. “Okay shh, shh” he said soothingly.

“It just felt so real!” Mal sobbed. Ben put his arm around her shoulders.

“I know, but it wasn’t. You’re safe and I’m safe. Mad Maddy isn’t going to come and get you. Or me,” he said softly. Mal nodded, but she was still crying very hard and her breathing was fast and shallow. Ben laid back down and embraced Mal so that she would calm down. She laid her head down on Ben’s chest as she sobbed “Did I mention that I’m in love with you?” he said before he kissed her. He always did that when Mal was scared or sad or any unpleasant emotion really, to make her smile. As always, Mal smiled. 

“Did I mention that I love you too?”. She always responded like that.

 

A couple days after that, Mal started feeling really weird. She was feeling nauseous, her head was hurting, and some foods were sounding down right disgusting to her. Ben told her it was probably just some weird bug that she had to get over. She assumed he was probably right. One day, they had the day off from all their royal duties so, they were sitting in their living room, playing card games. Mal had just told Ben that she did not have any fives, when a sudden jolt of nausea sent her flying towards the nearest bathroom. (They lived in castle, so there were a lot of bathrooms.) “Mal!” Ben yelled after her as she ran. Ben ran after her and just caught her as she was just lifting her head up. Ben’s eyes widened at the sight. “Are you okay?” he asked. Mal shook her head as she wiped her mouth.

“No! It’s the weirdest thing, I’ve been feeling like garbage for days and I- she cut herself off as she had a thought. She suddenly stood up. “Ben, I got to run to the store really quick!” she said as she ran toward where the door was. 

“Okay, are you sure? Do you want me to go with you?” he asked. Mal shook her head. 

“No need! I just have to run to the store,” she said as she walked out the door.

“Okay” he said as the door closed. As soon as she left, he sat down on the couch and he wondered what was going on with her lately.

Mal went to the health center of the little Walmart she was at and bought a pregnancy test. Then, she went to the bathroom to do the test. One line means you’re not pregnant, two lines means you are. She did the test and, two lines. She jumped and let out a little shriek of joy. Then, she washed her hands, she washed the pregnancy test and ran out of the bathroom. Some of the Walmart employees noticed the test in her hand. “Congratulations, your majesty!” they said to her. Mal was still running but she thanked the people. In her haste, she accidently ran into Mad Maddy. 

“Oh! Sorry Maddy! I’m just in a hurry to get home,” she said. Maddy nodded.

“I can see that. Congratulations,” she said. Mal smiled.

“Thank you!” she shouted as she ran off. After she left, Maddy tapped her fingers on her chin. 

“A royal baby, huh?” 

 

Ben was reading a book on the couch, when Mal came running through doors to the living room, screaming with excitement. Ben barely had time to ask what the heck was going on, when Mal practically trampled him in her excitement. “Two lines!” she shrieked. Ben looked bewildered.

“Two lines?” he asked. Mal held up the pregnancy test. The positive pregnancy test.

“Two lines!” she exclaimed again. Ben smiled really big and gasped.

“Two lines!!” he exclaimed back. And then they both were jumping all around the living room and squealing, (They sounded like Lexi!) before Mal finally stopped. Then she called Evie, Jay, Belle, Beast and Hades to come over so they could share the news. Once everyone was there, Mal and Ben told them the happy news.

"Oh, my gosh!!" Evie squealed as she hugged Mal. Mal and Ben started laughing because Belle and Evie were crying.

“Evie, don’t cry,” Mal said, still laughing.

“I can’t help it! My best friend is pregnant!” Evie said. Just as Ben heard that out loud, he started getting a little nervous. But why? Then the thoughts started flooding his head. What if I’m not ready? What if she’s not ready? What if something goes wrong in the delivery room?

He thought. But he didn’t voice these thoughts.