A/N - Hey guys, I know this probably doesn't mean much to you now as at the point that I am writing this chapter you probably won't appreciate how much I have let this story take over my life. Sorry for sounding like a broken record! Much love RSD xoxoxo.

As I woke up after our late night conversation I couldn't help but grin at the memory. The fact that Ben had come to see me was totes the best thing ever and I loved him even more for it. Even though I knew the next time I would probably see him would be our date at the weekend. I knew that I could deal with that; I had to - there was no way that I could keep pulling him away from his royal duties just because I was upset or that I just wanted to see him. Our date at the end of the week would give me something to look forward to and it would pull me through the rest of the week - come on I knew that I could wait three or four days to see him. Three or four days was nothing compared to three weeks without Ben.

But right now I was going to enjoy the fact that he was with right me now; and I was snuggled into his chest. I moved my head up off his chest and looked at my bedside clock and then realised that it was now 0515; brilliant I thought to myself and I snuggled back into his chest.

"You ok?" I heard Ben say; obviously I didn't move careful enough to not wake him up.

"Yeah sorry I was just checking the time. I didn't mean to wake you up" I said into his chest.

"As long as it's you it's ok" he said laughing.

"Who else would be waking you up in bed?" I joked.

"No one, but when I'm asleep alone in my dorm or at home it would surprise you at how active other people are when you are trying to sleep" he laughed.

"Tell me about it, has no one ever heard of a lie in?" I joked as I stroked the middle of his chest where my hand had been lying against most of the night.

"That feels nice" he observed and I grunted back in response.

I flung my head back and looked up at him. He looked down at me and his green eyes burned into mine.

"I love waking up next to you, it's like the best feeling ever" he said smiling at me.

"I know, if I could do this every morning believe me I would" I said laughing.

"I'll remember that" he said and he kissed the top of my head.

"Will you now?" I teased as I looked up at him.

"Yes I will, because let's face it there is going to be one point in our lives where we wake up next to each other every day" he replied as he slowly stroked my face.

"I know, and I for one can't wait" I answered happily.

"Really, you love to get me into bed" he flirted.

"Of course" I flirted back.

"What girl wouldn't want the King of Auradon in her bed?" I added.

"I don't care what other girls want; only you" he replied and then he yawned.

"You better get back to sleep, otherwise you are going to be tired" I said.

"I'll be fine, I'll just go to bed early tomorrow night" he advised as he moved his left hand to my hip.

"Really? So I don't even have a goodnight phone call to look forward to" I laughed.

"Of course you do, it might just be earlier than usual" he laughed and he tickled my side. I crushed my lips against his and pulled away after a few moments of kissing. I snuggled back into his chest and I felt his arms pull me closer to him.

"I can't wait for things to calm down after college; then at least we won't have to go very long without seeing each other properly" he said.

"I know it will make a nice change not just sitting next to you in class or walking past and saying hello" I said as I pushed myself up so my chin was now balanced on his chest so I was now looking up at him.

"Most definitely" he laughed.

"I forgot to ask last night..." I started.

"Let me guess I was distracting you so you couldn't ask" he joked as he cut me off.

"Something like that" I laughed.

"Go on" he encouraged.

"What did you want to do at the weekend?" I asked.

"Well what I was planning was, please feel free to change anything" he said.

"Right" I replied as continued to watch him.

"Well I was going to pick you up around four and then we'll go on our date. You could then stay over mine and we'll stay together until I bring you back on Sunday evening?" he suggested. He watched my face to see if that is what I would want - of course it is!

"Sounds perfect!" I stated grinning up at him.

"A near enough full weekend with you" I grinned at him.

"Something to look forward to" he stated grinning and winking at me.

"Yes!" I stated and moved my face to his and abruptly kissed him.

If we weren't going to go to sleep then I was going to keep cuddling and kissing him. I don't know how long we were kissing for but when we broke away we were both breathing rapidly.

"You caught me off guard there" he accused as he tried to slow his breathing down.

"You say that like it's a bad thing" I stated before quickly pecking his lips.

"It's not" he whispered and pulled me closer for another kiss.

When he pulled away he smiled down at me; he started to drag his fingers down my back. I arched my back into him as the shiver went down my spine.

"Somebody's very happy this morning" he stated happily.

"Well I have had a Ben overload over the last twenty four hours, so can you blame me?" I answered back happily.

"No I suppose I can't as I have been having a Mal overload as well" he laughed.

"Sound's contagious" I laughed and kissed him for a few seconds more.

"It does doesn't it?" he joked.

"Oh well I guess we best stay in quarantine" he joked and quickly kissed my cheek.

"Don't tease me like that" I warned.

"Well I could tease you other ways" he offered with a wink.

"Oh really" I said sarcastically.

"I hope you're not going to be all words no action" I joked.

I watched as his face spread into a smirk and then he pulled my face to his; we kissed quickly like this and then I felt his hands start to move around my waist. Whilst one held the small of my back I felt his right hand capture the back on my thigh; he then abruptly moved it so I now had my leg wrapped around his waist. We broke away for a couple of seconds before he captured my lips once more and pulled my closer to him. As we kissed I then felt him push me down and I let him and when I broke away from him he was on top of me.

"All words no action?" he asked sarcastically breathlessly.

"Hmmmm" I responded as I wrapped my arms around his neck.

He then reached for my left hand with his right and looked down at it. A smile spread across his face and then he brought my hand to his lips, he never took his eyes off mine but then he kissed the promise ring he had given me.

"Mine" he whispered as his gaze still didn't break from mine. I quickly grabbed his left hand and mimicked his actions.

"Mine" I said as I pulled my lips away from the promise ring that I had given him.

He smiled down to me with my favourite crooked grin and then brought his lips back down to mine. I wrapped my legs tighter around his waist and the last thought that was going through my mind was that no matter what bothered me or situation that came my way it was going to be ok; as I had Ben to go through it with me - no matter what.

"You'll have to hurry up cos Evie will be back soon" I said as I watched Ben get up out of bed and walked towards me with nothing more on than his boxers.

"Yes but that's not for a while yet" he purred as he wrapped his arms around me.

"Did you have to get dressed already?" he whined.

"Yes, but that doesn't mean that I wanted to" I flirted with him.

"Oh really?" he flirted back.

"Well yes, we were saying we should be staying in quarantine" I joked as I wrapped my arms around his neck.

"So we really shouldn't be leaving the room" I laughed.

"No we shouldn't" he said as his tone turned husky.

"Anyway at least you'll see me for two hours on Friday afternoon" I suggested as I changed the subject as I knew what would happen if I let the previous conversation continue.

"Friday afternoon?" he asked.

"Ben how could you forget?" I asked raising one brow up questioningly.

"Ah dance class" he said clicking on.

"Yeah it will probably me more practice for our final" I added.

"At least it's a couple exam" I said before kissing his lips.

"Hmmm I know" he said before quickly pecking my lips.

"As if I needed to have another reason to have my hands on my girl" he whispered.

"Ben!" I stated which caused him to wink at me.

"Go and get ready" I said laughing at him.

He grabbed my left hand and took it in his and dropped his other hand to my waist. I slid my hand to his shoulder and looked up at him.

"And one..." he started and we started to waltz around the room.

We had been practicing this as one of our pieces so I let him lead me around the room happily. He grinned down at me.

"Happy with yourself?" I asked and then he stopped he left go off my left hand and used my other hand to spin me around. He then kissed my hand, let go of it and then bowed to me. I laughed as I curtsied to him and then I shook my head.

"You're such a romantic" I flirted.

"Well I try" he flirted back and with this he walked into the bathroom.

I watched as he threw his boxers to the floor and then jumped into the shower. I took a glance around the room and decided that I needed to tidy it a little bit before Evie came back; and by tidy I meant move Ben's things together and collect the clothes that were flung across the room. I opened the curtains first and squinted when the morning light came into the room; as I walked towards my bed I turned the bedside lamp off. As I picked up three items of clothing I heard a knock at the door. My head snapped up and looked at the door; I dropped the clothing on the floor and went to the bathroom door.

"What's wrong?" I heard Ben ask.

"Someone is at the door, it might be Evie" I quickly stated; as I closed the door I heard him laugh.

I walked to the door and I slowly unlocked it and I opened it and saw Evie smiling at me.

"You took your time didn't you?" she stated as she walked into the room. I closed the door after her and turned to watch her put her bag on her bed.

"Are you feeling any better?" I heard her ask and then I noticed her gaze fall upon Ben's rucksack.

"You didn't take very long did you?" she said looking up at me with a grin.

"Erm..." I started.

"Is this why you were soooo keen for me to go and see Doug last night?" she asked laughing as she put her hands on her hips.

"No, it wasn't like that" I stated.

"Well..." she started.

"How was it?" she asked cheekily.

I walked towards my bed and picked up the clothes that I had dropped and needed to pick up along the way.

"After you left Ben rang me and when he knew that I had been upset he came to see me" I explained.

"He worried me senseless doing it though" I added hoping that this would stop her teasing me for a little bit.

"How?" she said as her tone turned serious.

"Well he said he would ring me back in fifteen minutes; he didn't. Instead he turned up here thirty five minutes later" I stated.

"I can see how that would have worried you" she answered.

"Speaking of which did you have a good night with Doug?" I asked forcing the subject onto her and Doug rather than me and Ben. I watched as her face spread into an excited grin and then she jumped onto her bed.

"It was amazing; David wasn't there as I knew he wouldn't be" she giggled.

"Erm Mal" I heard Ben shout from the bathroom. Both me and Evie started to grin and giggle at each other.

"Hang on" I shouted as I grabbed Ben's bag and walked to the bathroom door.

I opened the door with only enough room for my hand and Ben's bag to go through; he quickly took it and I withdrew my arm then closed the door.

"What were you saying?" I said bringing the conversation back.

"I was about to say that I had an amazing night with Doug before your other half realised he was stranded in the bathroom" she said giggling.

"Ah right" I said but then I set off giggling with her - now Ben couldn't wind me up over this as it had happened to him now as well.

"Speaking of Doug where is he?" I asked as I stopped giggling.

"I left him to get ready; I told him that I wanted to make sure that you were ok. As you weren't answering any of my texts" she advised.

"But I can now see why" she teased.

"Sorry" I said as I walked over to my phone and looked at it. She was right there were three texts from her:

"M, how are you feeling? I feel bad for making you think about you mother. I'm soooo sorry. E xxxx".

"M, I know you are probably on the phone to Ben but please will you just text me back so I know that you are ok please? E xxxx".

"It's getting late so I can only imagine that you have fell asleep, speak to you tomorrow hun. E xxxx".

"Don't worry about it E, neither you or I can help the fact that you have a better relationship with your mother than me" I advised her.

"I'm happy that you were able to improve your relationship with you mother. But please don't think you can't speak of her around me in fear of upsetting me" I said to her. She walked up to me and pulled me into a hug.

"There was once a time when I would ask who are you and what have you done with Mal" she joked.

"I know" I answered back.

She pulled away and put both her hands on both of my shoulders.

"You know where I am if you ever need to talk" she said smiling.

"I know" I repeated.

"As you know where I am if you ever need to talk" I added.

"Defo!" she agreed.

"But in all seriousness do you feel better?" she asked turning her tone serious.

"Yes I do, I talked it all through with Ben" I replied.

"Well if anyone is going to make you feel better it's going to be Ben" she said winking at me.

"Not like that" I stated sternly.

"Whatever" she muttered and then walked away from me to get her things sorted.

"And both your clothes just flew to the floor now did it?" she teased.

"Well...no" I admitted as I didn't know what else to say.

"Calm down M, I'm only teasing you" she teased.

"At times you know I wish you wouldn't" I muttered.

"I know but that us what we both do - wind each other up. I can recall you winding me up quite a bit when you and Ben walked in on me and Doug..." she started.

"Whoa! Let's not get into this again" I laughed.

"You were winding me up when you caught me and Ben... and at least we weren't doing anything that bad" I muttered as I cast a look towards the bathroom door. Both me and Evie shared a look and then we both started laughing.

"What's so funny?" Ben asked as he walked out of the bathroom. He was now wearing his white shirt, blue trousers and was pulling his shoes and socks out of his bag.

"Oh nothing just girl stuff" Evie dismissed as she winked at me.

"I see" he said as he sat on my bed and started to pull his socks on.

I sat down next to him and rested my head on his shoulder. I watched as Evie sorted her things out and as Ben put his shoes on; when he had just done this I felt an arm wrap around my waist. I felt him kiss the top of my head which caused me to smile.

"You want me to leave the room?" I heard Evie joke.

"No I don't think that will be needed" Ben laughed.

"Hi Evie" Ben said smiling.

"Hi Ben" she laughed.

"Sorry about..." he started.

"Don't mention it" she said cutting him off.

"It would seem that there is always someone getting caught in this dorm" she laughed.

"Yes it would seem that way" he answered back. I moved my head off his shoulder and turned my face to look at him.

"Next time remember you bag" I teased.

"Well I wasn't expecting Evie to be so early" he said looking in Evie's direction; which made her laugh.

"Sorry" she said sarcastically and with this she walked into the bathroom and shut the door.

"Thanks again" I said to Ben which made him look back at me.

"For what?" he asked as he took my right hand in his left hand.

"Coming to see me, you really didn't need to" I said smiling.

"Anytime, you know I'm there for you always" he said grinning.

"As I know that you are always there for me" he added.

"Just try and stop me" I flirted and then I reached forward to kiss him quickly.

"As if I ever could" he said before he quickly kissed me.

After we pulled away from each other we stared at each other for a couple of seconds grinning at each other. Ben then pulled a fully goofy face that made me laugh.

"I love you you goof" I said happily.

"I love you too" he replied with the same tone of happiness.

He let go of my hand and cupped my face and started to slowly stroke the side of my face. I couldn't help but smile at him. He smiled back and he kissed me again but this time it wasn't just a quick kiss; I knew his intention as he cupped my face. Our lips slowly moved together and my hand dropped to his leg and I squeezed it. I heard him grunt in response to this which made me smile against his lips. After a while I heard a cough and I broke my lips apart from Ben's abruptly.

"Sorry to interrupt but do you want me to leave you guys alone?" she asked awkwardly.

"Sorry Evie" both me and Ben said at the same time. I saw Ben look at my bedside clock and he sighed.

"I best get going anyway" he said sadly and he looked sadly at me.

I pouted back at him. He untangled his arm from around my waist and I watched as he threw the rest of his things back into his bag.

"I guess I'll see you both later" he said getting up from my bed.

I stood up with him and dragged my hands through my hair to smooth it down. Ben smiled as he watched me and stepped towards me; he put his on hand on my hip and then quickly kissed my lips.

"Love you" he said and then he went to turn away to walk away.

"Love you too" I answered back happily which made him turn to look at me.

He took one long look at me and then walked away from me.

"See you later Evie" he said as he walked past her.

"See you later Ben" she replied.

"I'll text you" he said to me as he opened the door.

"I'll look forward to it" I answered back and he winked back at me.

As I watched the door close after him I turned away from Evie to hide any further embarrassment and I started to cringe at how unobservant I can get when I am with Ben.

Additional A/N - no major changes to this chapter; just some spelling and grammar corrections - 07/02/2016.