A/N: I hope you enjoyed that little taste of the world of Disney Descendants that I am planning to create. I have already written this story in my head so I know exactly where I want to take this story so I hope you like it. So here goes, hold on your hats!
"If only it was that easy" I told myself as I looked down at my school work. My mind was still questioning what path to take. I don't know why I was being so responsible and anxious about making this decision; I used to be a risk taker and reckless. Now look at me I was struggling to make probably one of the biggest decisions that I was ever going to make. Why was this such a hard decision?
"You ok Mal?" I heard a voice say which caused my glance to snap up to Ben, who I didn't even realise had just walked into my dorm.
"Yeah, why do you ask?" I asked raising an eyebrow at him. Ben could read me like a book, so I bet he knew already what was on my mind.
"Just by the look that you had on your face it looked like something was bothering you" he said with his tone dripping with uncertainty as he shut my dorm door.
"It's nothing really I'm just thinking about what to do after college" I replied with a sigh as I threw my pen down.
"Again?" he joked as he walked over to my bed and sat down on the edge of it.
'Yes" I said sarcastically before smiling at him.
"Well there is no rush Mal" he said trying to reassure me.
"It seems as if there is Ben, there's only three month left" I stated back.
"Well just because most people know what they want to do doesn't mean that it is a bad thing that you haven't decided yet" he answered with my favourite smile.
"I guess it's just that the fact that my mother already had my life planned before I could walk makes it so hard for me. She never asked me what I wanted she just told me how it was going to happen and that was the end of it; and I never questioned her. At the time that's all I knew and that's all I expected my life would be. Now the decision is actually mine to make..." I explained watching his reaction.
What stopped me talking was the look that Ben now had on his face. I knew that Ben loved me for who I am but any mention of me being a villain child or my past made him go quiet; it was always a bit of a sore point for him.
"That may have been the case but you made the decision not to follow that path" he replied taking my hand in his and he gave it a gentle squeeze. In response to this I automatically squeezed his hand back and smiled again at him.
"Yeah but you are biased as you have always thought I was good" I said slowly.
"Well you are; most of the time" he said with a wink.
"Ben!" I shrieked as I slapped his hand.
"I always knew you had a bad girl complex" I said sarcastically.
"Well only you would know about that" he said suggestively.
"Hmmm I suppose" I answered back.
"You suppose?" he questioned as he reached over to my hip and started to tickle my side; that happened to be exposed due to my top riding up slightly as I was lying on my bed.
He started to slowly trace patterns on my hip and I jerked out of the way due to the shiver going through my body. He smiled at this and I looked up at him and rolled my eyes. I let his hand go, pushed up off the bed so I could sit up, span around on the bed and moved closer to him so I was now facing him.
"In all seriousness though that decision was slightly easier" I joked as I pulled my top down slightly.
"Too change your positon on the bed just so you could be closer to me?" he joked.
"No...well yes that. But choosing good over evil" I explained. Ben's grin got bigger at this response.
"Well you had the right influence" he said winking at me. I shook my head at this; I knew he was trying to make me laugh and distract me; which he was close to doing.
"Really I thought that particular decision would have been a lot harder given that your mother was there at the time" he added sarcastically before laughing slightly.
"I guess that would be a matter of opinion" I laughed back, ignoring the sore point which was now in the conversation - my mother. Ben then moved the hair that had landed in my face in the abrupt manner of spinning around on my bed.
"Oh really?" he answered back suggestively.
"Really" I replied before moving my face closer to his.
I saw Ben's gaze drop to my lips before locking his gaze with mine and bringing his face closer. Our faces were only inches apart and I could feel his breath on my face. I stopped moving towards him so I could tell him something.
"However..." I started which caused him to stop and pull one brow up in confusion.
"However?" he repeated to confirm his confusion.
"There is one decision that was very easy to make, involuntary infact" I whispered to him.
"Which was?" he asked as he put his right hand on the right side of my face as started stroke my cheek slowly.
"Falling in love with you" I admitted which caused a grin to automatically spread across his face. Ben knew that love was something that I had difficulty to understand so me saying things like that made him very happy.
"Same to you, my beautiful girlfriend" he whispered before quickly capturing his lips with mine. The kiss was slow and passionate and as my hands found his hair he pulled away with a grin still on his face.
"I love you" he whispered as he readjusted his crown which I had knocked slightly to the side.
"I love you too" I whispered back before quickly kissing his lips again.
"Glad to hear it" he joked as he pulled away.
"Well how could I lie to the King of Auradon?" I asked sarcastically.
"I would like to hope you wouldn't" he said trying to turn his tone serious but it was hard to take him serious with the grin he had on his face.
"As if I ever could" I said sliding my hands down to his chest.
"Good" he said as he snaked his arm around my waist.
"Was there anything you wanted in particular?" I asked changing the subject.
"Just wanted to see you, is that a crime?" he asked as he pulled me closer.
"No it's not a crime, but you would know that" I joked.
"Yes I guess I am very informed about things like that" he said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes.
"I haven't seen you all day - not even in passing. Last night I didn't get to see you for very long; well apart from the two hours under the watchful eyes of my parents" he said sarcastically.
"Which I don't think really counts" he added.
"Well at least it is still time together, even though we weren't on our own" I replied.
"I think the last time we actually spent any proper time together that was for longer than one hour was five days ago" he explained after a few moments of silence as he stroked the right side of my face again.
"I knew that as the end of the college year was getting closer we were both going to get busier. Especially you" I answered trying to reassure him.
Ben was adamant that him being king wouldn't interfere with our relationship but I knew there would be times when it would and I didn't mind. When I met Ben I knew he was going to be king so I came to terms with it very quickly.
"I know but I still want to make time for you as well" he whispered.
"And you do" I quickly stated as I brushed my nose against his.
"Where did I get you from? You are the most perfect girlfriend, most girls would get annoyed at the lack of time we have been spending together recently" he muttered.
"Yes well that's the problem Ben, I'm not like most girls" I replied sarcastically.
"I know and that's why I love you" he said grinning before kissing my lips again.
Again this kiss was slow but after a while I tightened my grip on his blazer and pulled him closer to me to deepen the kiss. We kissed like this for what felt like hours but we broke away when the need to breathe became apparent.
"Someone's missed me" Ben breathed.
"Always" I said pulling him closer for a hug. I rested my head on his shoulder and stroked his chest slowly with my hand.
"I wish we could have more time together" he said taking my hand from his chest and squeezing it.
"And we will, we both knew that you becoming king wasn't going to be easy" I explained into his chest.
"I know but it still doesn't stop me feeling guilty Mal" he stated.
This made me pull away from him and look up at him. I looked into his eyes and I started to see the guilt surface. I couldn't have him feeling this way; as it was not something neither one of us could control.
"There is no need for you to feel guilty Ben" I stated.
"I knew that you were going to be king when I first met you and I understood that. It just makes the time that we do have together more valuable" I quickly added as he opened his mouth to speak.
'I love you for you, as my boyfriend and the amazing king that you are. There is no reason for you to feel guilty about it" I also added trying to make sure that I was reassuring him. It seemed to work as the grin got bigger.
"I didn't know you felt so strongly about it" he joked.
"I do; me and you being together means the world to me. You being king was always going to be a part of it" I said snuggling back into his shoulder.
"Mal I don't think I ever give you enough credit. You know I think that you are amazing and when I think I get a good measure of you, you always seem to surprise me" he said into my hair as he started to stroke my shoulder.
"Yes well I do like to keep you on your toes" I joked which made him laugh back in response to this.
"Yes you do that" he said still laughing.
"Good" I replied smugly.
"When's the next time I am going to see you?" I asked changing the subject.
"Well you'll probably see me in passing tomorrow and if I have any spare time I could see you tomorrow night before I go to a meeting. If not it might not be for a couple of days" he advised sadly.
"Hmmmm" was my response. Ben squeezed my shoulder trying to reassure me, yes I am patient with Ben's royal commitments but it still didn't stop me missing him.
"Unless..." I started after a few moments as I pulled away to look at him.
"Unless..." he repeated.
"You could just stay over. I mean as long as you have nothing else planned this evening" I said with a grin.
"Stay over" he repeated slowly. He then pulled up one eyebrow up suggestively.
"Yeah, but not for that" I pointed out abruptly which made Ben drop his eyebrow.
I felt the heat strike my cheeks quickly and I partly wished that I was still cuddling into his shoulder to hide my embarrassment. I don't know why I was reacting this way, of course me and Ben had been intimate together as we have been a couple for nearly three years now. Of course it means something to the both of us, but I guess that it was just the whole aspect of love that still felt new to me every now and again - even now after all this time.
"Just to cuddle" I clarified.
"Yeah I know, I was only winding you up" he said laughing.
"Ben!" I stated shoving him.
"Sorry love" he said before reaching forward to kiss the top of my head.
"Yeah I'll stay over. However I hope you know that we will probably have to get up early though so we can both get ready" he advised.
"That doesn't bother me" I lied. It didn't bother me at the moment but getting up in the morning would be a different matter. I would hate the fact I would be up earlier that I normally would be but the time I spent with Ben would be totally worth it.
"However..." he started.
"However..." I repeated looking up at him.
"It probably would be better if we went to my room, I don't really want another awkward encounter with Evie" he advised as his cheeks started to go a shade of pink.
"Benjamin, you're not embarrassed!" I giggled at him. In all fairness to him at the time I was embarrassed but I didn't expect anyone to walk in on me and Ben whilst we were lying on my bed. We both thought we locked the door - obviously we didn't.
"She didn't see anything" I advised.
"Well I still feel embarrassed and guilty" he said pulling his lower lip out slightly.
"I don't see why, we have walked in accidently when she and Doug were..." I stopped before my mind brought too much of the memory to the forefront of my mind.
"I know but I don't want anyone to see you or me like that" Ben replied.
"Well it was an accident" I replied remembering Evie's face when she saw me and Ben on my bed together.
"And anyway she only saw you on top of me without your shirt on so it wasn't anything too bad" I added as a smile started to spread across my face at the memory.
"Well if she came in half an hour later, it might have been a different story" he said as he started to smirk.
"Well she wasn't half an hour later" I said brushing my nose against his. He went in to kiss me and I moved my head to the side to stop the kiss to tease him. His lips caught my cheek and I smiled then turned my head to look at him.
"And even if she was half an hour later, we would have been under the duvet by then. So she wouldn't have seen anything" I added with a wink.
"I love how confident you are with that fact" he laughed before quickly kissing my lips.
"Someone has to be" I answered back before quickly kissing him back.
I smiled at him as we pulled away and returned my glance back to all the papers that were flung across my bed; even more so now due to my abrupt manner of getting up. I rolled my eyes at them and let go of Ben and moved so I could start putting them into a somewhat organised pile.
"Leave them" he whined as he tried to grab my hands. I quickly moved my hands out of the way and quickly collected them. As he had failed to grab my hands he grabbed my sides instead and started to tickle them.
"Ben!" I shrieked at the shock as I dropped the pieces of papers that I was holding. I turned to see him grinning at me; he continued to tickle me until I writhed back towards him. I rested my back against him and his lips found my neck.
"You're not playing fair" I whined. This caused him to move closer to my ear before whispering.
"When did I say I was ever going to play fair?"
I grunted at this as my head rolled back against his shoulder as he tickled my side again.
"Ben stop!" I whined as I moved my head to the left so I was now looking away from him. This exposed my neck so he planted a kiss on my neck which sent shivers down my spine.
"Someone has missed me" I breathed as he moved his kisses further down moving towards my collarbone.
"'Always" he said against my skin.
"Must you always tease me like this?" I whispered which finally made him stop kissing my neck to look at me.
"Well you tease me all of the time" he said slowly.
"How?" I asked turning to look at him. I didn't know whether I agreed with that. I haven't seen Ben properly for ages so I couldn't see how I had been teasing him recently.
"Do you not realise how hard it is seeing you from afar and not being able to come and see you?" he asked.
"That's me teasing you?' I laughed.
"Yes, seeing you walk around college without me just makes me think about when we are together" he stated.
"I fail to see how that is me teasing you; just because your mind goes into the gutter when you see me" I said as I pulled one brown up suggestively.
"Well I think it is" he joked before capturing my lips. He started to deepen the kiss but then I pulled away; if he thought that was me teasing him - then I would show him how much I could really tease him.
"Hmmm, well I didn't know seeing me from afar was such a problem for you" I said slowly.
"At times it can be if I can't get anywhere near you" he said huskily.
"I'll have to remember that next time" I said flirting.
"Why?" he asked slowly.
"You'll just have to wait and find out" I flirted with him.
"No spill" he urged. I shook my head at him and then smirked at him.
"Why spoil the surprise?" I teased.
He pulled my face close to his and brushed his nose against mine. I quickly kissed him and then pulled away from him.
"You know exactly what you are doing" he stated.
"Obviously" I answered back as I smiled up at him as our faces were only inches apart.
I quickly kissed him and as I did this I moved my left hand to the side of his face. He responded to this by mimicking my actions and put his hand on the left hand side of my neck. Focus Mal, I told myself and I pulled away from him.
"What's wrong?" he asked at the abrupt nature of me pulling away from him.
"Nothing" I said winking at him.
"Mal stop teasing me, you know you can't win" he flirted.
"Oh really? Want to put a bet on that?" I flirted back before quickly kissing him. He went to pull me closer to him but I pushed away from him. He pouted at me which only made me laugh at him.
"I think I best go pack a bag if I'm staying with you tonight" I said starting to move away from him. I cast a glance at him and noticed that his eyes had darkened.
"It's getting late" I added.
"I guess it is" Ben advised before quickly kissing my lips before moving his arm away from me so I could get up.
"Well think of it this way, the sooner I pack my bag the sooner we can go to your dorm" I said getting up and walking to my wardrobe.
"Always so rational" I heard Ben joke as I crouched down to pull clothes out and put them into my bag.
"Well someone has to be" I called out. I heard him laugh but he didn't say anything else.
I quickly packed everything into my bag, I felt Ben's gaze on me the whole time. After I was finished I closed the bag and slowly turned around to look at him.
"Ready?" he asked as he got up off my bed.
"Yeah" I said as a thought started to float into my mind.
Was there something wrong with Ben? He seemed happy enough but there was something in my gut telling me that there was something bothering him. Was I right? I pushed this thought from my head as he walked up to me and took my hand in his.
"Pass me your bag" he said as he reached for my bag that I had just flung over my shoulder.
"Ben" I stated as looking at him sternly.
Ben always had this obsession of carrying my bag for me whenever he could. I knew he was doing it merely for chivalry but it was totally unnecessary.
"Please" he said as he pulled a mockingly sad face.
"Really?" I said sarcastically. To this he nodded and I rolled my eyes in response and then handed him my bag. He quickly flung it around his shoulder and then grinned at me.
"Let's go" he said smiling as he started to lead me from the room.
"Someone's keen" I said laughing.
"Always if it is anything to do with you" he replied.
"You know how to make a girl feel loved Ben you really do" I answered.
"Well I try" he replied smugly.
As we left the dorm I pulled mine and Evie's door to a close and we started to walk down the corridor hand in hand. There weren't as many eyes on us as we done this; people had got used to the fact me and Ben were a couple. After the coronation people watched us all of the time but we ignored them - which believe me was so hard when you were used to scowling at people and telling them to go away.
As Ben was king he had his own dorm in college, which had its benefits at times if we wanted some privacy. Sometimes we went back to Auradon castle but sometimes his mother or father would appear unexpectedly. I tried to push this thought away as we walked down the corridor in silence. However the longer we walked in silence the worse the feeling in my stomach that was telling me something was wrong.
As we started to walk down the stairs we bumped into Evie and Doug.
"Hi, where are you going?" Evie asked as her eyes immediately noticed that my bag was slung across Ben's shoulder.
"I'm going to stay with Ben tonight" I told her.
"Oh really" she said suggestively.
"Yes I am" I said emphasizing the word 'yes'.
"Ok" was all she said before starting to giggle.
"Evie, please don't" I whined. To this she put her hand over her mouth to stifle the giggle. Evie always found it easier than me to talk about love and to show public signs of affection.
"Ok, Mal" she answered back sarcastically.
"Well we will leave you to it" she said smiling as she started to lead Doug away from us.
"We will talk tomorrow" she said as she started to walk away from us.
"O...k" I said with the tone of my voice dripping with uncertainty.
"But there is nothing to talk about" I called after her.
"Whatever!" I heard her shout down the staircase. I shook my head and we started to continue to walk down the staircase.
"I bet that will be an interesting conversation tomorrow" Ben laughed.
"More than likely" I muttered rolling my eyes
"Ben?" I asked trying to change the conversation. Hopefully there is nothing wrong I thought to myself. I turned to look at Ben hoping that I would find out what was wrong; at least if I was wrong I would be able to get some reassurance.
"Yes?" I heard him ask.
"Is there something wrong? It's just you've been a little bit quiet" I asked him as I started to watch him out of the corner of my eye. I watched as I saw him take a deep breath before looking at me.
"You can read me like a book" he stated.
"Yes, I would worry if I couldn't after the amount of time that we have been together" I said trying to be light hearted about it.
"Best two years ever" Ben said grinning.
"I can't dispute that" I agreed as the grin on my face got wider.
"Good" he said as he squeezed my hand.
"Neither can I" he added still smiling at me.
"So..." I prompted slowly after a couple more moments in silence.
"So..." he repeated.
"Ben, what is wrong? The more you try to change the subject the more worried I am starting to get" I explained as I watched his face.
Ben's face turned into a blank state and then he came to an abrupt stop in the middle of the corridor. He turned slowly towards me and pulled me closer.
"Can we talk about this when we are in private?" he whispered as he looked around to see if there were people around us.
"Erm yeah" I said sounding confused.
"It's nothing you need to worry about, I think. It's just its not common knowledge yet and I don't want anyone to know about it yet" he explained as he started to smile.
"Ah right, ok" I answered as I started to feel a little bit better about the situation.
"Try not to worry" he advised as he brought his face closer to me.
"I'll try" I whispered as I moved up on my tip toes to move closer to Ben.
"Good" he whispered before quickly kissing my lips.
"Let's go then" Ben said as he moved away from me. I shook my head to dispel any thoughts that were starting to form in my head as he started to lead me down the corridor towards his dorm.
Additional A/N - No major changes to this chapter, only some minor grammar errors have been corrected - 05/02/2016.
