*Author's Note*
Hey guys, finally, he said is the next chapter. Sorry for the delay. My office 365 cocked up a few days ago and did nothing not sycn the updated word onto one drive so I have rewrite also eighty percent of this chapter. Took a little time to write everything again but I finally did it! Hooray! Enjoy! :)
And Thank you to my beta (legend fanatic) for helping me with my story.
Disney's Descendants : Good is the New Bad
Disclaimer: I own nothing at all, well, except my OC.
Spoilers: Well, the movie and a little of the prequel novel.
Summer Carnival – Saturday Evening
Ben and Mal along with Doug and Evie have chosen to try the Ferris wheel first. Ben and Mal sat in their capsule quietly as they enjoyed the view. Ben could not stand the silence and reached out for his girlfriend's hand. They have not spoken since they have returned to Auradon Pep due to Ben's busy royal duties and Mal's preparation for the Carnival with Jane.
Mal felt someone's arm touching her hand so she looked down to her hand before following the trail of the hand up to Ben's face.
Both started at each other for a few seconds before they burst into laughter together.
"I missed you, Mal." Ben whispered as he wrapped an arm around her and pulled her into his arms to kiss her hair.
"Mal, if it was the proposal, it's ok if you think it's too early to talk about marriage. I totally understand." Ben informed after not hearing Mal say anything for five minutes.
"Did you know Belle came over to my dorm room this morning?" Mal rested her head on his chest to hear his steady heart beat suddenly going very fast.
Ben shook his head at her even though Mal could not see, she could feel his chest moved.
"She told me that you haven't been yourself lately. She had gotten worried about you so she asked you what happened and you told her about what happened at the lake at the Summer Palace. She also shared with me that that was the spot that Adam proposed to her."
Ben chuckled as he continued to listen quietly.
"I told her that I felt the proposal was more of fulfilling your royal duties then to actually get married and be together. Belle helped me see that you're not one to follow rules blindly. You will always chose to listen to your heart and instantly I knew why you asked me the question now. Ben, I know I don't really show affections easily but..."
Ben let her go as Mal release her arms around Ben's waist to sit up.
"I love you, Ben. I would love to marry you." Mal expressed as she pecked Ben's cheeks.
Ben widened his eyes at shock at her. "Did my ears just deceive me or did you just say yes?"
Mal giggled a little before clearing her throat, wiping off the smile on her face and gave Ben her best I-am-serious face.
"You did not hear me wrong, I said yes."
Ben froze for a few seconds looking at the beautiful purple-haired girl in front of her before shouting "YOU SAID YES!" as he wrapped his arms around her.
Mal giggled as she felt herself being pulled into a warm embrace for a few second before she felt a warm, soft lips covering hers.
As the two got deeper in the kiss, behind them, fireworks started to go off in the sky.
"Finally! After a long day, we can finally enjoy our time together."
Evie was sitting in their capsule with her head on Doug's shoulder as they enjoy the fireworks. None of them said anything, they just sat together as they enjoy the company of each other.
"Yeah, I know. I had no idea that the drive would have such an overwhelming response. Looks like the people of Auradon aren't so sensitive towards the Island anymore."
"I am really grateful that people here are willing to help the people of the Island. I'm sure my mom will be very happy with all the new cosmetics I'm getting her."
Doug chuckled under his breath, who would have thought that Evie would chose to send back cosmetics to her mother instead of actual food and clothes.
"Did you enjoy your first summer in Auradon?" Doug asked as he wrapped an arm around his girlfriends to hold her closer.
"Let's say that it was definitely better than I would have imagine. Just please don't ever bring me to a picnic around the candles in the woods in the night again."
Evie and Doug chuckled together as the thought of their date in the enchanted forest came into mind. Doug tried to do something romantic for his girlfriend so he prepared a picnic under the stars in the woods with candles and rose pedals around it but he did not expect it to be so cold that when he removed his jacket to warm Evie that it push over one of the candles and almost instantly the picnic blanket caught on fire. The two of them only managed to get off the blanket before hurting themselves but the jacket Evie made for Doug was sacrificed.
"Will you ever let me live that down? I was trying to do something romantic for you." Doug groaned a he rubbed his forehead with his free hand.
"Doug, you never have to change anything for me. I love you the way you are. I know you and romantic don't mix well even long before we started to date."
Doug froze for a second before sitting up to look at his girlfriend.
"You did?"
All of a sudden, he had a very bad feeling about what Evie was going to say to him.
Evie giggled as she revealed, "Jean warned me about you during the party for Ben's coronation."
Doug groaned as he buried his face into his hands. Jean, the girl who had gotten a broken arm from going on a date with him.
"It's okay, Doug. I think it's cute that you are trying besides, I think it pretty obvious that the reason I was with you was not because of that."
"Thanks, Evie." Doug said as he planted a kiss on her forehead.
A few days later,
Ben's Dormitory – Thursday Night
"Jayden, please help me past this to Cogsworth and tell him to hand these over to the dwarfs." Ben informed as he handed a thick file to his assistant. "And you are done for the day. See you tomorrow."
"Most definitely, your majesty. See you at the Castle tomorrow evening." Jayden replied as he extended his arm.
Ben let out a sign as he rubbed his sore neck. He looked up and was greeted by the scene of a beautiful purple-haired girl laying on his bed on her tummy. She seemed to be humming to herself as she drew something onto a sketch book.
A smile curved on his lips as he watched her. He knew he could never grow tired of this scene. If this was the future that was awaiting for him, he couldn't wait for it to happen. They did not really cross the line yet, even after their secret engagement because he knew Mal deserve the wait. He loves her so much that he does not want to pressure her. Bit by bit, Ben lost the interest in attending his duties so he got up and walked over and sat down beside her.
"You done with your work?" Mal felt the bed move so she sat up.
"Is it a bore to you?" Ben asked as he rubbed her shoulder.
Mal smiled and shook her head at him.
"I know you have to attend to the people of Auradon first. I don't blame you."
"Thanks for being so understanding." Ben looked towards the clock handing over the wall of the fireplace in his room. "It's time to send you back to your room. Even if school doesn't start until next week but that doesn't mean we do not have to follow Fairy Godmother's curfew."
Mal turned and caught a glimpse at the time before turning her eyes back to her boyfriend-turned-fiance, "It's fine, Ben. I can walk back myself. You still have a lot of work to do. You need to rest too."
"I need a break too and you are definitely the best excuse for that." Ben said as he sat up to straighten his clothes before offering his hand. "Shall we?"
Mal chuckled as she shook her head. "You're an idiot."
"And you're the fiancé of an idiot. Looks like you're stuck with me for life." Ben flashed her his best evil grin.
Mal chuckled deeper as she rest her hand on his.
"Do you think we should tell our friends about our engagement?" Mal asked as they walked down the halls of Auardon Prep.
"I want to share the news with my parents first if you don't mind waiting for another few days." Ben answered.
Mal shrugged her shoulder before nodding her head.
"Sure, since we are going back to the Castle for the weekend anyways. We can tell them then and we will break the news to my mom, Evie, Jay and Carlos next."
"Anything you say, my love."
Kitchen – Late Friday Morning
Ben had been looking for Mal for the whole morning after he woke up and didn't see her at the Dining Hall. He tried to ask Evie if she knew where Mal went but the blue-haired girl shrugged and informed him that Mal as long gone when she woke up.
After asking everyone he could think off who might know where Mal was, Ben finally realized that there was only one place that he had not looked at yet.
Ben opened the door of the kitchen of Auradon Prep and saw his purple-haired fiancé wearing an apron with flour on her cheeks as she was busy vigorously stirring the mixture in a big metal bowl.
"There you are."
Mal jumped a little and shot her head towards the sound to find her fiancé looking at her with a worried-filled face.
"You scared me."
"Why did you not tell anyone where you are? I was looking for you all morning." Ben expressed with a worried tone.
"I left you a text this morning that I was in the Kitchen." Mal replied with an innocent and puzzled face.
Ben stood still by the door, dumbfounded.
"Yo… You… You did?" Ben quickly reached into his pocket to look for his phone before pulling it out to check that he had one unread message sent to him at 8:20am in the morning from Mal, informing him that she would be in the Kitchen if he needed her.
His jaw dropped shortly before reading the message another few more times. He looked up to a slight frustrated Mal.
"Hehe, I'm sorry. I didn't check my phone." Ben said.
Mal rolled her eyes before chuckling and shaking her head at him.
Ben looked at his fiancé as she continued what she was doing for a few seconds before walking forward and hopped onto the kitchen counter beside her.
"What are you doing that is so important that you just had to miss your breakfast?" Ben asked, quietly.
"I did not skip breakfast." Mal corrected. "I made myself some pancakes before I started baking and I was baking for Belle."
"Mom?"
"She was the one that helped me make up my mind to say yes to your big ask. She also shared with me that she had been waiting to try my cookies and cakes ever since you shared with them how good my cookies are." Mal informed as she fired a look of accusation at him.
"And they are." Ben replied. "I can't help myself."
"But you don't have to eat every single of them, do you?" Mal expressed. "I distinctly remember giving you some cookies to bring back home a few weeks ago."
"Hey, you said 'bring back', you didn't say who they were for." Ben expressed with a cheesy smile.
"Benjamin Florian." Mal ordered.
"Yes, my lady?"
"Put this into the oven for me." Mal pointed at the baking tray in front of her.
"Yes, mam."
The two of them spend the next hour packing the baked goods when Evie, Jay and Carlos popped their head from the door.
"There you are." Evie said as they walked into the kitchen.
"We have been looking for the both of you." Jay added.
"What's wrong?" Ben voiced.
"Fairy Godmother needed us in her office a-sap." Carlos informed as he rubbed Dude's belly.
"Oh." Mal turned to her fiancé. "Will you be ok with the rest?" Ben nodded in reply. "Alright, I'll be back soon." Mal learned forward and planted a kiss on his cheeks before removing her apron and walking out of the kitchen with her friends behind her.
Fairy Godmother's Headmistress Office – Friday Afternoon
"Come in." Fairy Godmother's voice submerged from within the room after a knock was heard.
"Oh, good. You're all here. I'm sure the four of you know that school will be starting on Monday. Carlos will be joining you three in Senior Year due to his results."
Mal, Evie and Jay turned to give Carlos a smirk, causing Carlos to blush a little. The three of them had always known that even though Carlos is two years younger, he has always been the smartest among them. Not to mention, Carlo's machine was the reason the four of them became friends, well, part of a reason, at least.
"I'm sure Ben shared with you that you four will be the study buddy or a guide for the new transfer students. Have you guys talk it out about who will be your buddy?"
"Carlos and I are thinking of budding up with the Gastons since their room will be next to ours and it will be more convenient if they need any help on, you know, guys stuff." Jay interrupted before Mal and Evie could say anything, with Carlos nodding his head to support Jay's words.
"I'm fine with that if Mal and Evie is." Fairy Godmother diverted her attention to the two girls who in return gave a nod. "Well, that was faster than expected. Alright, let's move on to…"
While Fairy Godmother started to explain some things to take note of, Mal turned and gave her surrogate brothers a smile to thank them for their sweet gesture as Evie reached out a hand to grab Mal's slight shaking hands to calm her down.
"…the welcome community will be pretty much the same as before when you kids first came to Auradon. The only thing different that they will be introduced to the school by you guys. I'll leave their class schedules and books in their dormitory and you guys will be sharing some lessons with them since they will be joining Auradon as seniors. My door will be open if you guys need anything. That should be all. Enjoy your weekend kids and I'll see you on Monday at 8."
"Thank you, Fairy Godmother. Hope you have a great weekend too." Mal said before turning around to head for the door with the rest behind them.
"Oh and Mal." Fairy Godmother called out just as they were at the door. "Our magic lesson will resume on every Wednesday during free period."
"Noted."
With that, the four of them disappeared out of the door to enjoy their last few days of vacation before school starts.
Read on to see Adam and Belle's reaction when Ben and Mal announce their engagement and also the part that most of you have been waiting for, the first day of for the new transfers.
Please read and tell me what you think :)
~ xoxo, Bella