Mal's POV
"Say it again" Ben whispers as we slow dance, basking in the feeling of being in each other's arms again.
"I love you" I whisper, leaning in so our forheads touch.
"Again" he sighs happily, leaning forward to nuzzle against my cheek. I giggle and nuzzle him back before rubbing my nose against his.
"I love you" I repeat before pecking him on the lips sweetly. As I begin to move away he deepens the kiss, and his grip on my waist tightens. I kiss back eagerly, not willing to deny him anything else tonight.
"I love you" he pants after we break away for air.
"I'm so sorry I left you" I say apologetically, nuzzling his neck.
"No don't apologize, it was all my fault. I should've realized sooner that you were under so much pressure" he protests, shaking his head.
"Still if it weren't for me you never would've been captured" I say regretfully. Everything that happened tonight was my fault, and I'll never forgive myself for putting Ben in danger again.
"I don't care about that, I went there for you and I knew there was a possibility something would happen" he says softly.
"Ben" I say softly before removing my right hand from around his neck and putting it on his chest, right over his heart.
"I love you Mal, I'd do anything for you" he says honestly, putting one of his hands over mine and entwining our fingers. He lifts my hand and kisses the back of it, his lips brushing against the cool metal of his ring before letting my hand go.
"I love you too, it was so hard for me to let you go when you went to my hideout. Even though in my heart I thought it was what was best for you" I murmer, remembering how my heart dropped as he was begging for me to not give up on us, and how badly I wanted to take it all back when he looked at me heartbroken.
"What's best for me is for us to stay together, please don't ever push me away again" he pleads, brushing some hair away from my eyes.
"I won't, I promise" I whisper before kissing his cheek. He pulls me closer and buries his face in my neck, causing me to smile. I reach up and stroke the hair at the back of his head affectionately.
"I missed you" he mumbles before brushing his lips against my neck, causing me to shudder at the sensation.
"I missed you too Ben" I sniffle, continuing to stroke his hair lovingly.
"I don't like it when we fight" he says, moving his head away to look at me.
"I don't like it either" I sigh, moving so our forheads are touching again.
"Let's make a promise to each other right now, that no matter how angry we get at each other we'll aways talk it out" he says softly before kissing my forhead.
"It's a deal" I immediately agree. He smiles at me and takes my hand before leading us over to our friends. Jane and Carlos are slow dancing and Jane has her head nuzzled against Carlos's chest while he whispers something to her with a big smile on his face. They're so cute together, and I'm so happy Carlos finally found someone that'll give him all the love in the world. He deserves it after all of the pain and suffering Cruella caused him. Jay and Lonnie are standing by the railing and Jay has his arms wrapped around Lonnie protectively as they continue their conversation with big goofy smiles on their faces, not taking their eyes off of each other. Jay has always protected us on the isle, he is also one of my oldest friends. I'm happy he can finally relax and focus on his own happiness, rather than our group's well being. Evie and Doug are dancing the night away, and I doubt they're going to separate anytime soon. I'm glad Evie finally realized she doesn't need a prince to be happy, and she doesn't need to play dumb to get love.
"Looks like everyone got their happy ending tonight" I say with a grin as we reach Jay and Lonnie. Jay smiles at us and let's go of Lonnie to pull me into an embrace.
"I take it I don't need to steal the limo again tomorrow?" he whispers to me with a smile as we break our hug, and I smile back while shaking my head no. Out of the corner of my eye I see Ben frown, he heard what Jay said.
"Good" Jay says with a smile as he goes back to Lonnie and continues their origional embrace.
"Thank you for convincing me to come tonight" I say gratefully, taking Ben's hand and giving him a small smile.
"Anytime" Jay says with a smile before Lonnie leads him to Carlos and Jane.
"Why would he need to steal the limo again? We're all here" Ben says confused.
"Jay promised me that if I was still unhappy here after cotillion he'd take me back to the isle tomorrow himself" I explain quietly, letting go of his hand to put both of mine on the railing. I look out at the isle and feel a pang of sadness when I realize that Gil and Harry are on their own now. Uma is now locked out of the isle and they're probably waiting for her right now, unaware she won't be coming back.
"Do you still want to go back?" he asks sadly, hugging me from behind and burying his face in my neck.
"No, of course not" I promise him, removing one hand from the railing to put it over his arm.
"Were you trying to leave before my present was revealed?" he mumbles.
"Yes" I say quietly.
"Promise me you'll never leave like that again, I don't think my heart could take it if you did" he says as he rests his chin on my shoulder.
"I promise, I love you too much to leave you again" I say lovingly before turning my head and kissing his temple.
"That's my girl" he says lovingly, hugging me tighter.
"Ben" I say after a moment of silence. I can't stop thinking of Harry and Gil being alone on the isle. When we were little we were pretty close, it was when Uma came into the picture that we grew apart. Especially when I almost drowned and she did nothing to help, the next day I dumped a bucket of shrimp on her and that's how our rivalry started. Even though we were barely friends anymore, as the years went by Gil would still say hi to me everytime he saw me, we'd even have a bit of small talk every now and then. Even Harry would chat with me for a while until Uma had corrupted him when we were 13.
"Yes love?" he says contently.
"Can you do me a favor?" I ask warily, not sure how he'd respond to my request.
"Of course, what is it Mal?" he says sweetly.
"There are two guys on the isle that I care about, we were very close when we were younger and I was wondering if you'd be willing to bring them here" I say hopefully.
"Of course! The more the merrier, who are they?" he asks curiously.
"Harry and Gil" I answer.
"We were good friends when we were kids, we grew apart when Uma came into the picture. And now I can't stop thinking about how they're on their own now, probably waiting for her to come back even though she can't" I quickly explain before he can say anything.
"I think that's a wonderful idea" he says before kissing my cheek.
"Really?" I ask hopefully.
"Really. I'll be right back and have them be picked up with Dizzy" he says with a grin. He kisses my cheek one more time before letting me go and walking off to arrange the trip to pick them up. I smile and look back at the isle, I can't wait for them to get here. I already know Gil is going to love it, he's always so bubbly and get's excited over the simplest things. Harry will probably love it too, I think it will just take him some time to adjust.
"So I heard the good news, Gil and Harry will be joining us soon" Evie says as she comes to stand beside me, and looks out at the isle.
"Yeah, I don't like the idea of them being all alone there" I say.
"I felt the same way when you told me that I couldn't stay on the isle with you* she says quietly.
"I would've been fine Evie, I can take care of myself" I chuckle.
"I know that...but you would've been lonely" she says softly.
"I don't mind being alone E, but considering I'm here can we stop talking about this?" I ask hopefully, feeling uncomfortable with this converstation.
"Sure" she agrees.
"Soon there will be more of us in Auradon" I say contently.
"Can't wait" Jay says as he comes to stand at my other side.
"Yeah, this place just gets more interesting by the minute" Carlos says as he comes to stand beside Evie.
"I hope Auradon is ready for another taste of evil" I say amusedly and we all laugh as we look out at our little island in the distance.
A/N: Hey guys this is my second Descendants fanfic and I have to say I'm falling in love with the characters, let me know if I should keep this as a one shot or turn it into an actual story :)