A Million Thoughts In My Head
Mal was sitting in the shadows of the trees next to the enchanted lake as she doodled at the top of her homework sheet for goodness class due to her boredom. She was drawing her signature dragon heart insignia when she suddenly rolled her eyes,
"Why are you spying on me?" she asked in an irritated tone before carrying on and Ben smiled amazed over her shoulder at her drawing,
"Sorry….. I just wanted to see how first day in goodness class went" he explained kindly,
"Boring" she answered simply and he nodded with an awkward smile,
"Right….. Cool" he said and she rolled her eyes to herself. Ben admired her drawing once more,
"Who taught you to draw?" he asked and she paused and became silent and he sat next to her,
"Maybe you got your artistic skills from your Mom" he suggested and Mal laughed,
"My mom more of the take over the world type than the drawing type" she said as she continued with her sketch and Ben smiled brightly,
"Well maybe you got it from your dad then" he said and Mal suddenly frowned and Ben's expression soon matched hers,
"Mal?... What's the matter?" he asked gently and she sighed, closing her eyes sadly before looking at him,
"I don't know who my father is" she said simply and Ben frowned at her,
"Didn't your mom ever….?" He began but she shook her head,
"I asked when I was younger but she refused to ever tell me about him… One of the many examples of how she is pure evil" she said with a sad smile but Ben still frowned and placed a sympathetic hand over her own but she pulled away slowly and she was quiet for a moment before smiling softly to herself,
"Sometimes….. I imagine what he would be like… Sometimes I like to think that I'm like him" she said gently and Ben smiled softly as he listened,
"That's what your insignia represents isn't it?" he asked with a kind, gentle tone and she nodded as she looked at her drawing,
"Yeah….. Two dragons forming a heart" she admitted quietly before looking at him,
"Can I tell you a secret?" she asked and he nodded quickly,
"Of course" he said kindly and she smiled gently to herself,
"… I think about my dad all the time" she said gently before looking back at her dragon heart insignia.