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*Mal's POV*
02/12/2015
It was now the day after Ben had given me my advent calendar; we were all eager to know what we were going to do today however Ben and the rest of our friends had decided amongst themselves that it was a surprise. All we knew that it was after school and Ben had just told us to make sure we wore hat, scarfs, coats and gloves. Throughout the day I tried to get it out of Ben but he was still not letting us know.
"Someone is very impatient" Ben teased as we were all sat in his limousine.
"Well you won't tell us where we are going" I said sarcastically.
"Well that is because it is a surprise" he laughed as he slid his hand into mine.
"We are nearly there" he advised as he looked out of the window.
"Ok" I looked out of the window as well and I noticed that we were heading towards Auradon City Centre but that didn't help me – we could be going anywhere.
"You are going to love this" Doug told Evie.
"Am I?" she asked nervously.
"Yeah" he answered politely.
"Ok; I'll take your word for it" she said with her trademark smile.
"I can't wait to see your faces" Jane said.
"I don't know whether that is a good thing or a bad thing" Carlos answered nervously.
"It's a good thing" Jane confirmed.
"Ok" Carlos said nervously as he cast a look in mine, Jay's and Evie's direction. The limousine pulled to a stop and I noticed that Ben was now grinning.
"Let's get this show on the road" he said as the door opened and he let go of my hand so he could get out of the limousine. We all got out of the car and when I did my eyes widened in shock. We were now in Auradon City Centre in the main square in the outside part of the shopping centre. There were crowds of people already waiting and when they noticed that we were there they all started cheering; Ben started waving happily at them as he slid his hand back into mine. As my eyes took in the scene again I also noticed that a large green tree had been placed in the middle of the square.
"Ben" I said nervously as Ben started to lead me towards his parents.
"Don't worry; you'll be fine" he stated happily.
"Hello Mal" Belle and Adam said together.
"Hello" I replied.
"You excited?" Belle asked.
"For what?" I asked eagerly as I knew I was about to find out what was happening.
"We are here as Ben is going to turn the city Christmas lights on; Adam did it last year but now as Ben is king this is his job now" she advised.
"Ah" I said slowly as I finally clicked on to what was happening.
"Well let's get this show on the road" Ben said excitedly as his parents started to walk up some stairs towards a platform above the crowd.
"Come on Mal" Ben said as he started to lead me towards the platform.
"What?" I asked as I started to panic.
"You are coming with me" he advised.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because you are my girlfriend" he advised as he took in my nervous and panicked state.
"Yes" I confirmed.
"And you attend events like this with me" he advised with a smile as he stepped towards me so he could reassure me.
"Oh" I said as I realised what he wanted me to do.
"It's ok; you just need to stand next to my parents" he said as he stroked my cheek slowly.
"Oh what about the others?" I said as I turned around and looked at the rest of our friends.
"They are going to stand over there" he said and I noticed that they were already huddled into a little group away from the crowd. Evie waved at me as she linked Doug's arm and I smiled back.
"I see" I replied as I looked back at Ben.
"We are ready for you your majesty" a member of council staff told Ben.
"Thank you" Ben said and I let him lead me up the stairs until we were stood next to his parents.
"There's no need to be nervous Mal" Adam said politely as I stood next to Adam and Belle.
"Thank you Adam" I replied with a nervous smile.
"But I can't help it" I admitted; Belle slid her hand into mine and gave it a light squeeze. I smiled at her and watched as Ben stepped forward towards a mikestand and box with a big red button on it.
"Hello Auradon!" Ben roared which made the crowd cheer, roar and clap louder.
"It is my absolute pleasure to light up Auradon this year and I am over the moon to see you all here to share this occasion with me" he called out happily.
"Christmas has always been my favourite time of the year; so I hope that together we can take this moment and really make it something special" he stated as he looked out to the crowd.
"So with this being said; countdown with me and we can start our festivities!" he shouted excitedly.
"TEN!" we all chanted.
"NINE!"
"EIGHT!"
"SEVEN!"
"SIX!"
"FIVE!"
"FOUR!"
"THREE!"
"TWO!"
"ONE!"
I then saw as Ben pressed his hand down on the red button and then the whole square lit up in an assortment of lights. The crowd cheered and clapped and we were now all in awe as we looked at the lights. Between the lampposts there were multi-coloured lights and on the lampposts there were rope lights in the various shapes of bells, presents, Christmas trees, some man with a red hat on and something that looked like a horse with branches on its head. The big Christmas tree in the middle of the square was now fully lit up with an assortment of multi-coloured lights that were now twinkling in a pattern with each other.
"What do you think?" Ben asked as he stepped behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist.
"Ben they are beautiful" I muttered as I looked at the lights again as he rested his chin on my shoulder.
"You've seen nothing yet Princess" he stated happily as he tightened his arms around my waist.
"What do you me-?" I started to ask but was cut off by a loud explosion. My eyes widened in shock as the sky lit up and a blue and yellow firework exploded into the sky. As more bright and colourful fireworks filled the sky I couldn't help but smile; Ben wanted to show me what Christmas was and so far I liked it.
