Hey Guys sorry for being gone for basically 2 weeks. I had an important essay due that took up a lot of my time. So You are getting two chapters today! Hope you enjoy!


I stood off to the side as family day started. Leon had stressed a lot over this because he really wanted to surprise his father with it. It paid off because it looked amazing with everything set up. I had only seen parts of it when I helped him so even I didn't know what the finished product was supposed to look like beforehand. Guess he wanted to surprise everyone not just his father. But it was mostly for his father. I heard music start playing and moved so I could see what Leon had been talking about with such excitement for the past few days. His tribute to his father, a new version of Be Our Guest.

Leon and Ben

Ma cherie Mademoiselle
It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure
That we welcome you tonight
And now, we invite you to relax
Let us pull up a chair (Yeah)
As the dining room proudly presents
Your dinner!

Ben and Leon walked together in a line with other students, including Doug, Lonnie, Chad and Audrey with napkins on their arms. They made it to front past everyone and Ben bowed somewhat to his parents.

All

Be our guest, be our guest
Put our service to the test
Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie
And we'll provide the rest (That's right)

Everyone behind started on their own dance. Stopping when Ben and Leon turned back to them. Though it seemed Doug wasn't entirely versed in the dance they were supposed to be doing. Which made Evie smile.

Soup du jour
Hot hors d'oeuvres (Uh-huh, come on)
Why, we only live to serve (Whoo!)
Try the grey stuff (All right)
It's delicious!
Don't believe me?
Ask the dishes (Yeah)

Ben and Leon tossed the napkins on their arms off to the side were girls caught them as the students behind them sang. All the guys then moved forwards to join them and Doug started to beatbox as they danced.

Boys

They can sing, sing, sing
They can dance, dance, dance
After all, Miss, this is France! (Uh-huh)
And the dinner here is never, never second best!
Come on

Go on, unfold your menu
Go on, take a glance and then you'll (Alright)
Be our guest

Be our guest
Be our guest, yeah, yeah
Come on, yeah, be our guest, guest, yeah, yeah

We walked up looking over the courtyard filled with families as they continued their performance. Leon had planned the event and worked on the number as practice for taking over his father's job once Ben was crowned.

Girls

Beef ragout
Cheese soufflé
Pie and pudding en flambé, flambé
We'll prepare and serve with flair
A culinary cabaret!
(Sounds so good)

The girls had moved past the guys and started their own mini performance as we walked down and around everything that was set up. I saw Leon move up the front with Ben once again.

Ben and Luc

You're alone
And you're scared
But the banquet's all prepared (It's all prepared)
No one's gloomy or complaining
While the flatware's entertaining

Ben then moved back so Leon was standing in front of everyone. He spotted me and smirked winking and I realized this was his father's biggest part in the original song the part he was most excited about. The main surprise for his father.

Leon
We tell jokes (Jokes)
I do tricks! (Tricks)
With my fellow candlesticks
And it's all in perfect taste
That you can bet (Yeah)

I smiled as he moved back to join everyone else and the number continued. Everyone singing and dancing with Ben and Luc in the front.

Come on and lift your glass
You've won your own free pass
To be our guest
If you're stressed
It's fine dining we suggest!
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Yeah
Yeah, come on
Be our guest
Be our guest, come on, come on
Be our guest

The number finished and I clapped smiling at Leon who was beaming with pride before he bowed and gained more cheers. I saw Evie take Dude and Carlos attack a table with chocolate, Jay joining him. I saw Luc walking towards us and meet him halfway.

"Did you like it?" He asked and I smiled nodding.

"It was amazing, you`re dad definitely loved it! Worth working with Audrey and Chad I'd say." I teased and he laughed smiling he took my hand and started leading me off.

"Where are we going?" I questioned him and he turned to give me reassuring smile.

"My family wants to meet you." He said and I choked on my breath making him chuckle.

"Relax, they know who your father is and they don't care. I also may have spoken a lot about how smart you are. "He said and I rubbed my neck.

"It's not that big of a deal that Im smart." I said and he scoffed rolling his eyes.

"Ma chasseresse, you`re brilliant. Smarter than half of the kids here in Auradon. That's something." He said and lead me into a slightly more secluded area. I saw an older woman who looked extremely kind, a young man with dirty blonde hair a few years older than us most likely, a young woman with dark brown hair and curvy figure. Along with a man who looked extremely similar to Leon, probably Lumiere and finally a man with I think a toupee but something told me I shouldn't mention it. The older woman was the first to notice us walking up.

"Everyone I would like to meet Gabi. Gabi this is my family. My godmother Mrs. Potts and her son Chip." He gestured to the older women and blonde-haired boy who smiled at me brightly.

"My Uncle Cogsworth he's the majordomo of the castle. "He gestured to the man with the toupee who nodded his head at me.

"And finally, my parents, My father Lumiere and my mother Fifi. My sisters are busy at school so they couldn't come." He introduced and I smiled at them waving my hand. Suddenly I was pulled into a hug.

"Oh, aren't you just the prettiest thing! You even prettier than Leonce described." Mrs. Potts spoke with a thick British accent. I flushed and looked to Leon who shrugged.

"Mom don't kill the poor girl." Chip spoke up and I was released to breath only for a second being I was being pulled into another hug. This time by Fifi who was talking about how beautiful I was and how happy she was Leon was finally seemed to be settling because I was the first girlfriend he had taken to meet them. Though she called Luc by a nickname `Mon Petit candelabre` or my Little candelabra. I noticed Leon flushed and smirked chuckling.

"Guess mom`s give embarrassing nicknames over here too." I said and Luc turned to me wide eyed like he was wondering if I knew what she had just called him or had just assumed by his expression.

"Alors vous etes son petit candelabre hein?" I questioned and his face turned bright red and everyone went silent.

"You speak French?" He exclaimed his voice cracking and I laughed covering my mouth.

"It`s my first language. My mama taught me." I told him and he covered his face with his hands.

"You were waiting for this!" He said and I smiled.

"If it makes you feel better I made that choice when we first meet. You happened to speak French, not many people on the Isle can so I decided to take the chance on something like this happening." I said and he glared at me, but no heat and his face was still a bright red so it wouldn't have mattered if there was anyway. His family started to laugh and he groaned.

"It's bad enough I'm still called that and you can actually understand it come on!" He groaned before his father pulled him into a hug lifting him into the air. Lumiere started going off in French singing his son`s praises for how proud he was of him for planning this and how good the performance was. I smiled because this is what he wanted, to make his father proud. Leon flushed even more and had a smile of pride on his face.H is mother finally released me and Cogsworth held out a hand which I took it shaking it. Lumiere finally released Leon and I heard a bark. I turned to see Carlos and Dude.

"Mal invited us to play croquet and have lunch with Ben and his family. Want to come?" He asked.

"We can go. I need to get back at Ben for beating me last time." Leon said and grabbed my hand we followed after Carlos before I could get a word out.

"Bye Mrs. Potts, Chip, Uncle Cogsworth. Love you Papa, Mama see you later!" Leon called to them as we walked away.

"Embarrassed? "I questioned and he glared at me again.

"So, do you know how to play Croquet? "He asked and I shook my head and he threw an arm around my shoulders.

"You`ll do fine it's not hard. "He assured me as we got to where the others were.