Another sunny day in Auradon Prep and Mal was smiling thinking of how amazing was her life since she returned from the magical weekend with Ben, she couldn't believe how lucky she was. Finishing getting ready for class she made her way to the cafeteria wondering where her best friend was, it was weird waking up with Evie gone but she guess the girl probably had things to do. Once at the cafeteria, she noticed that the only table available was one where Alexandra was eating alone and her friends were nowhere to be found with a sigh she went to sit with the girl.

After asking her if it was ok to join her and before she could ask the girl what was new Audrey sat next to Alexandra and both girls smile at each other. Mal was about to go away when Alexandra started telling Mal that it was great that the three of them could finally spend some time together. The other girl nod and turned to Mal with a smile making her feel uncomfortable, she couldn't deny though that she was intrigued by this "What exactly would that be?"

Audrey smile again at Mal's confusion "Mal all three here have been with Ben so we thought that it would be great if we could give you some pointers of how to act."

That was it she didn't need to hear anymore and honestly she was shocked that Alexandra was ok with talking to her like that. The last thing she knew Alexandra disliked Audrey as much the rest of them so what exactly was going on here?, Mal went to her first class and again not one of her friends were there. She went the rest of the day from class to class with no friends but constant little comments, or advice, as the princesses said.

"Ben likes to feel appreciated."

"Is important to show him that you listen to what he says."

"The enchanted lake is his favorite place to go."

"He really likes to see his girlfriend as early as possible, so he can wish them a good day."

As the hour pass, the advice started getting more personal until finally it was time for dinner and after thousands of unanswered texts to her friends asking them where they were Mal decided that she was not going out of her room for the rest of the day. The girl went into her bathroom to change but couldn't stop how annoyed she was with all the information the other girls had given her that day. So many things that she thought were special between her and Ben had instantly lost it magic when the princesses mention them as standard Ben's behavior. She walked out of the bathroom just to find Alexandra sitting in Evie's bed. "Mal I understand that you are probably tired of hearing our advices but trust me is for the best. Don't you have anything you wonder about my relationship with Ben?.

The purple hair fairy looked down and sat on her bed nodding. "I'll admit that I do wonder about it sometimes. When Ben and I started dating he was so naïve, the first time we kiss was incredible but part of it was because I could feel that he was nervous. The two of us were discovering what to do at the same time, but now I feel like he is miles away from me in that department. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed his touch, his kisses, everything about him but I wonder how did he get so much wiser, so much secure."

Alexandra looked at Mal like she was about to tell her that her biggest fears about what transpire between Ben and her were true. Mal avoided looking at her again by looking at her feet. Was she about to tell her that they had already explore everything that was to explore between a couple like Lonnie and Jay had, sure she was sure that she was Ben's first real kiss but was Alexandra his other first.

Mal wondered why the girl kept quiet for so long so she raised her eyes to tell her to speak before she goes insane but the girl was no longer there. She frantically stood looking for her, calling her name but no response came, she was about to go out of the room to search for her but when she opened the door a bright light blind her. The next moment she opened her eyes and she was in her bed at Mrs. Kirk house breathing heavily, it was just a nightmare. She raised from her bed asking herself what hour it was.

Her phone was out of charge so she tossed it on her bed making a mental note to charge it later, she opened her door and noticed all the other doors open she walked to Ben's room and found it empty. Nonetheless she walked in and went to stand next to his luggage, he was always so well behave of course he had already picked all his things and had made his bed. She went back to her room and change getting ready for the rest of the day, reluctantly putting her bag together and wishing that she didn't need to go back to school so soon.

Walking into the living room she saw Mrs. Kirk sitting at a little desk writing something, Mal clear her throat making the older woman turned to her with a smile. "Oh Mal, you are finally awake. I was starting to get worry to be honest but I didn't want to impose a time for you to wake up, I'm sure you were tired."

Mal thanked the older woman and asked her what time it was. Mrs. Kirk told her that it was one pm, it seemed that Ben had woken up at 8 and after waiting for her he had agreed to go with Mr. Kirk to finalize some plans of some of the projects they had talked about yesterday night. Mal could see that Mrs. Kirk was annoyed but that, by the way, she was making some comments about how rude her husband was acting. Although remembering last night she was sure that Ben was making and effort to help Mr. Kirk as a thank you for not discovering them which made the girl blush and the older woman look at her with a confused look.

Both women went into the kitchen to get Mal something to eat and end up eating lunch together and talking about all the different places around the kingdom that she should travel and see. "Is important for a young lady to travel Mal. You should get to know all the places and things the world has to offer when you are young and have no real obligations."

Mal thought about what the older woman said and wonder if she would be able to actually travel, the only reason she was outside of Auradon was because Ben had given her the chance to go away with him. Sure she also went away with her friends but she didn't want to always have to rely on other people to see the world. After lunch Mrs. Kirk gave Mal a book she used when she was younger that show different places to visit, it was her favorite traveling guide and Mal could see little annotations on some pages and at the end of the book there were some messages from friends.

She started to read the book imagining that she could actually go to some of the places in the future, she started making a little list of places she would like to go and what would she like to see in each when she felt someone sitting beside her and looking over her shoulder. "What are you doing?"

Mal turned to looked at Ben and smile giving him a quick kiss on the lips. "I missed you. Where have you being all morning?"

He proceeded to tell her about how Mr. Kirk had wake him up unnoticed by his wife of course and basically drag him to visit some other sites. Mal laughed when Ben yawn and snuggled to her side while asking again what was she doing, she started to tell him about what Mrs. Kirk told her about traveling and how she had been reading her old guide. After a telling him about the different places she wished to visit but wasn't sure she was ever going to be able too, she turned and saw Ben sleeping with his head thrown back and mouth open. Mal wished she had her phone now so she could take a pic for posterity. However, she just laughed at her boyfriend and continue to write her list.

Mrs. Kirk came minutes later and helped Mal to laid Ben on the couch given the girl a chance to move. "I guess this is not how you plan to spend your last day here."

Mal turned to see her boyfriend snoring on the couch and chuckle "Honestly no, but just being here with him and away from school makes it a win for me."

Together they went outside and Mrs. Kirk took Mal on a little walked that end in a small waterfall. The fairy smiled and turned to asked the older woman about the history of this place and notice that she was handing her notebooks and some colors. "I was hoping you would like this place enough to want to draw it."

After finishing her drawing of the waterfall, Mal decided to paint some other places she had seen on this trip showing them to Mrs. Kirk after finishing them so she could tell her the names. Almost two hours later the sound of a car disturb the peace and quiet of the waterfall and Mal turned to see Ben getting out of a car with Mr. Kirk. "I'm sorry that I felt asleep Mal. Please forgive me I didn't mean too."

"It's ok Ben. I had a great time with Mrs. Kirk and looked I pretty much finish drawing everything I wanted from the trip." She showed him the drawings of the different places they had seen on the journey making him smile. Ben especially like the one of the Romeo and Juliet garden and asked her to make one for him too which she promised to do. All of them went to town and Mr. and Mrs. Kirk left Mal and Ben alone to wonder around while they went to do some groceries.

Ben stomach started to make some noises which made Mal laughed at him and suggest that they should probably go find him something to eat. The dinner was out of the question so they search for a little restaurant and the boy order a lot of food again making her girlfriend laugh at him. "I'm still growing Mal so stop teasing me about how much I eat ok?."

He then proceed to kiss her, she assumed it was going to be an innocent peck but after a couple of seconds, she could feel Ben trying to deepen the kiss and decided to go for it but suddenly what happen in her dreams came to mind and she pushed him away. Ben looked taken aback by her actions, she didn't give him a chance to say anything and excuse herself telling him she needed to go to the bathroom.

Looking at herself in the mirror she tried to get herself together making the memories of her dream go away once she was satisfied with it, she breathe deeply telling herself that she could handle it, it was just a dream. Mal walked out of the bathroom and saw Ben sitting at the table with his huge order in front of him just staring at it. Just great he was going to ask her what was going on and she didn't want to tell him about the dream, it was embarrassing for her to tell him what she was worried about. She was going to walk towards him but at the last second decided to go out of the restaurant to try and think of an excuse for what she had done, not that it was something wrong with stopping him from kissing her but the way she did it was not the best.

She sat on a little bench for a while when she felt someone sitting next to her and she started to feel really nervous, what was she going to say to Ben. All of a sudden a strange voice came from her side while a hand tried to take hers "What is a beautiful girl like you doing here alone?"

Mal turned and saw a guy with short brown hair that probably was her age giving her a sly smile apparently trying to look cool. He then proceeded to tell her a bunch of cheesy pickup lines that reminded her of what Jay used to say to the girls he wanted to hook up with on the island. The guy confused her shock with approval and took her hand giving her a kiss on it. "Chase Smith is my name. Now tell me beautiful what is yours?"

A voice came from behind her making her cringed "Her name is Mal."

Ben stood a couple of steps behind the bench with his fist clench and a stern look in his eyes, she saw a little red in them and she recognize that he was trying to stay calm but was starting to fail. "Thanks, dude, but we are having a private conversation here so just go away ok?

Mal stood trying to take her hand away from Chase but the guy wouldn't let go of it, Ben looked furious so she just stood on the guys feet making him yelp and making him let go of her hand. "Ben I just needed a little air and….."

"Hey, why did you do that little witch!." Chase took a step towards her and Mal turned to confront the guy her eyes full green making the guy take a step back.

"Look pal, I didn't give you permission to touch me so how about you go away before I show you how much of a witch I can be." Mal stood at her complete high, which wasn't a lot compare to the guy but still he seemed nervous.

A couple of guys stood behind Chase trying to intimidate her but she didn't make a move, one of them attempt to take a step towards her but Ben was at her side in a second and he took another step putting himself between Mal and the guys. "I think she made it clear that she didn't want you near her."

"You need to step back this has nothing to do with you." One of the guys tried to push him but Ben didn't move, the guy repeated the action, this time, putting more force but still Ben didn't move. The three guys look at each other and Mal could see that they were getting ready to fight Ben.

She tried to remember any spell that she could think that would help them, why did she have to go out of the restaurant. Mal put her hand on Ben's shoulder and she could feel the rage coming from him, she was sure his eyes were red. "Ben we should go back to the restaurant."

"Oh look at the little witch she is trying to help her friend. Go on Ben, go back to the restaurant and let us talk to her alone." Chase said while looking at Ben like he was a little kid, once he notice the boy didn't move he decided that it was time to show him that he shouldn't mess with three guys when his only backup was a little girl.

From that moment on everything happen like a blur, one second Chase and one of the guys tried to push Ben to the ground while the other obviously was going to go for Mal. The next moment Ben had punch both men to the ground and had his hand on Chase's neck putting enough pressure on it making it hard for the boy to breathe. "Listen well because I'm just going to say this once, got it?. You and your friends are going to apologize to her right now. Then you'll go away and you will never talk to her or even think about her again understand? Because if you do I'll find you."

Ben let go of Chase and the boy started to cough, the three boys help each other to stand and then without taking their eyes of Ben mutter apologies to Mal and then walked away from the couple as fast as they could. Mal looked around and saw that the street was empty and she sighed grateful that they wouldn't need to explain what happened to anyone, she then turned to see if someone of the restaurant came out and saw two elderly ladies looking at them. The women took a step toward them looking at Ben that stood still looking the other way completely unaware of their presence and then whispered to Mal "You have a winner their young lady. That was really something, those Smith brothers deserve what they got."

With that, they went away and Mal remembered where she heard that last name before, the little flirt she met the first day was the little brother of those guys?. She shook her head and went to touch Ben on his shoulder but he move away from her hand and she felt horrible. Ben turned and saw the unshed tears in Mal's eyes "I'm sorry Mal. I didn't mean to scare you is just that when I saw you with that guy I just couldn't control myself and then he called you a witch and I just…"

"I'm sorry this happen I just came here for air and then that idiot started talking to me." She felt some tears rolling down her cheeks she had been so scare that something could have happen to him. Ben took her face in his hand and gently clean them with his thumb trying to sooth her.

They stare into each other eyes until the waiter for the restaurant came out and asked Ben if he was going to want his food to go, before he could answer Mal told him that they would be going back in a second. "I'm not really hungry anymore Mal. This day definitely is nothing like I thought it would be."

Mal took Ben's hand in hers and kiss it making him smile. "Well, we still have a couple of hours left so let's change this day for the better. First we need to feed you and I'll also want something to eat all these threating people made me hungry."

That made Ben laugh out loud and with that they went in a eat while making small talk about what they should do the rest of the day. After finishing, they walk hand in hand stopping at some shops in one Ben tried to buy Mal a bracelet but she insisted that it was too expensive. "You know I'm a king and I can afford to buy you nice things, right?"

The fairy playfully pushed him telling him to get over it, she didn't want him to buy her things she just wanted to spend time with him which made the boy smile. He truly love Mal with all his heart, he was tempted to kiss her but after the way she pushed him at the restaurant, Ben was sure that he had crossed a line that made her uncomfortable so no more kissing until Mal was the one making the first move. After a couple of stores, they went to see some sites and at the end of the afternoon they found Mr. and Mrs. Kirk waiting for them outside the train station with their bags.

"I check the schedules and the train is going to be a little late so how about we all go in and wait for it in our private lounge area." Mr. Kirk guided them to a beautiful room with snacks and computers and once again he started to tell Ben about some prospects they had seen early that day. The boy chuckle but agree to discuss some points with him giving Mal and apologetic look which the girl returned with a wink and a laugh.

Mrs. Kirk, on the other hand, seemed to be ready to murder her husband so Mal took the opportunity to distract the older woman by telling her what happen between Ben and the Smith brothers. "Oh my goodness I can believe those boys. I'm happy you guys are ok and is good that someone has finally stopped them, they used to be such good kids but now they are acting out."

Mal nod and a thought came to her mind. "How come Ben's security didn't intervene? I remember seeing them at the train station."

The older woman started laughing and told Mal that those guys were just decoys so that Ben security guards would leave them alone while being in town. "Give me a break Mal he is the son of Beast and you are the daughter of Maleficent. How much security do you two really need?"

An hour later the two teenagers were on their way back to Auradon with a little lunch that Mrs. Kirk had prepared for them which Ben was starting to eat making Mal laugh. "What? I'm still growing Mal. I need to eat."

"Sure, you can eat my share too don't worry," She answered still laughing at how excited the boy was with all the food the older woman had pack for them. Ben finished eating his sandwich while shaking his head, telling her that she needed to eat too, he didn't want her to starve. Mal noticed that he had a little salsa on his cheek and she clean it for him making the boy blush, they stare at each other for a while. True to his word Ben was about to look away when Mal made the first move and started to kiss him.

It was a slow and sweet kiss and he was more than grateful that she finally had made a move so he control himself and keep the same pace of the kiss, neither of them wanting to break the moment but, in the end, the need for air won over them. He was tempted to kiss her again but again he stop himself if she wasn't ready he was not going to ruin this and so he went back to looked at the food. Mal looked at him wondering why was he acting so cold with her and then what happen between them at the restaurant came to her mind and she knew what was going on with him.

"Hey Ben?" the boy turned and the second his lips were near her she attack him with a hungry kiss, it was completely different to the last one. Their tongues started to fight for dominance and both teenagers moan into the kiss, Ben was struggling to keep his hands to himself but the second he felt Mal's hands bringing him near her, he lost it. Again the need for air made them stop and both of them looked at each other trying to control their breathing, Mal took the opportunity to tell Ben to forget about what happened at the restaurant and the boy nodded.

After they share a few kisses they decided to get to sleep, they were going to arrived early in the morning and were expected to go to class so they definitely needed to rest. Mal snuggled against Ben and after wishing each other goodnight they fall asleep wishing for this moment to last forever.

Notes

Hey! I hope you like this chapter..thanks for reading