A/N: Pool party for Mal's birthday, what do you guys think? So the smut continues. Happy reading!

Content warning for smut and lemons.


Mal's POV

I was beginning to wake up. I felt so warm. I didn't usually sleep this warm. As I began to roll over, I remembered where I was and realized why I was so warm. I turned over and looked at Ben, who was still sleeping soundly beside me. I smiled, thinking back to the events of last night. It wasn't candlelight and roses, but it was perfect. He was perfect.

I looked at the clock and saw that it was nearly eight in the morning. I stretched my body and realized that I felt a little sore. Mostly in my legs. I quietly slid out of bed to go to the bathroom. I used the bathroom and quickly brushed my teeth before heading back out. I tiptoed back to bed climbing back in. I rolled onto my left side, propping my head on my hand to look at Ben. His hair was getting longer and I itched to run my fingers through it but I didn't want to wake him up. I was enjoying looking at him. He was laying on his back with his right hand resting on his stomach and his left arm over his head. His face was turned toward me and it almost looked like there was a hint of a smile on his face. He moved slightly pulling his left knee up, making a soft humming noise, his hand sliding up to his chest. I wondered if he was dreaming. He turned his head, this time making that deep growling sound he makes when he his turned on. The sound instantly turned me on. If he was dreaming it was a very good dream I thought.

I smirked as an idea hit me. Lets see if I can make his dreams come true I thought. I lifted myself up bracing myself on my left hand. I placed my right hand on his stomach and slowly pushed it down under the sheets. As I stroked my hand over his manhood, still covered by his boxers, I realized he was already getting hard. I hope he was dreaming about me. I continued to stroke him over his boxers.

"Mal" I heard him moan out softly. I looked at his face but it looked like he was still asleep. My actions were working me up. I wanted him. It was time he woke up. I leaned down pressing my lips to his warm skin where his neck and shoulder meet. He didn't move. I slid my lips down over his collarbone to his chest, kissing his nipple. I heard him moan lightly again as his nipple hardened, but he still wasn't waking up. I moved my mouth to his other nipple giving it the same attention. This time I gave it a little nip with my teeth before soothing it with my tongue. I felt his hand come down to my head. Finally I thought. I lifted my head to look at him. His eyes where barley open.

"Good morning" I said moving back up to press my lips to his.

"Mmmh, the best morning" he said with a grin when I pulled back.

"It seemed like you were dreaming and the sounds that you were making were turning me on" I flirted, smiling down at him. "I figured I would see if I could make your dreams come true." I pressed my lips back to his. I felt him wrap his arms around me and before I knew it he was rolling us over so he was now on top of me. He seductively rubbed himself against me causing me to moan out.

"Real life is so much better than any dream" he said before kissing me again. He reached down and grabbed my thigh pulling it up along his side. I hissed in pain and he instantly pulled back.

"Are you ok? Did I hurt you?" he asked, lifting his weight off me a little bit.

"I'm fine. My legs are just a little sore" I told him. "Probably form the workout I got in that chair last night" I said ginning at him, running my hands along his sides. "Nothing a long, hot bath won't fix." He went to move off of me, but I stopped him by wrapping my legs around him.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"Mal, I don't want to hurt you and I kinda need to use the bathroom" he said to me. He leaned down and pecked my lips. I let him go and watched as he pulled away and slid out of bed making his way to the bathroom. I heard the water turn on in the bathroom. After about five minutes he came back out. He didn't climb back in bed though. Instead he walked over to the closet.

"What are you doing?" I asked, sitting up to look at him. I still wanted him and it looked like he was going to get dressed.

"Seeing what I have to wear. I haven't used my dorm in a while, so I don't know what clothes I have here" he said, sliding hangers.

I felt disappointment wash over me. I wanted him and it had seemed like he was on the same page until he found out I was sore and now he was going to get dressed. I wanted him to take clothes off, not put clothes on. I thought for a moment as he was rummaging through the closet. How can I convince him to come back to bed? An idea hit me.

"Here, you can wear this" I said, as I threw his tourney shirt, that I had just pulled off, at him. I watched him turn and catch it just in time. He looked at what I had just tossed to him before looking up at me. I was sitting up in bed leaning back on my hands, topless, in nothing but panties. I didn't know how sexy this was, but it felt sexy. I watched his eyes travel over me. I could clearly see what the sight of me was doing to him. He wanted me too. I rubbed my legs together, trying to relieve the ache of want building up.

"I want you" I said simply. "And by the looks of it, you want me too."

"I always want you, but I don't want to hurt you" he said softly.

"It's just sore muscles" I told him. "It just means you will have to do all the work this time" I said flirtatiously, smiling at him. I could see him debating his want and my want against the idea of hurting me in his head. I thought he could use a little encouraging, so I reached down and pulled my panties off, tossing them on the floor. "Now there is even less work to do" I said.

That did the trick. He tossed his tourney shirt to the floor and made his way to the bed. I laid back, dropping my knees open to give him room, as he crawled up the bed and over me.

"You are insatiable" he said, his voice husky with lust.

"Now that I have had all of you, I can't get enough" I said back before he pushed his lips to mine, kissing me passionately. I cupped the back of his head and kissed him back with just as much passion. I sucked his bottom lip seductively and heard him groan. He pushed himself against and me the friction felt exquisite.

"Uuhhh" I moaned. I felt sensitive, like I could burst at anytime. Ben tore his mouth from mine and trailed his lips down to my breast. He suck in my nipple and I lifted my hips trying to get friction where I needed it most. Ben lifted himself slightly running his hand down my body until he reached my center. He ran his fingers through my folds as his lips traveled back up the side of my neck. I cried out again as he circled my clit with his fingers.

"So wet. Do I turn you on baby?" he breathed in my ear. He was a talker and I was finding that I liked it.

"You know you do" I said, breathing faster now. I needed him and I needed him now. I didn't want this to be over before feeling him inside me again. "I need you now" I breath, as I frantically reached down, trying to push his boxers down. He pulled back and pushed them down and off before settling over me again. I felt him hard against my center, so I rolled my hips just right and he easily slid into me. I sighed in sweet relief.

"So impatient" Ben chuckled, pushing in the rest of the way slowly. He began to thrust in and out at a slow and steady pace. He felt so good inside me. I thought about how the feeling of having him inside me changed so quickly from an odd intrusion that first time, to something I now craved. Something that felt incredible.

He kissed along my shoulder and collarbone, running his hand along my side and up to caress my breast. I ran my fingers through his hair. He lifted his head and our eyes met. There it was again. That feeling of falling in love. This wasn't just sex. He was truly making love to me. He lifted his hand to the side of my face.

"I love you" he said in a breathy voice. He must be feeling the same way I am.

"I love you too" I breathed out.

He leaned down and kissed me. He began rotating his hips causing me to moan out. I felt the build up of my approaching orgasm and needed more.

"Oh god Ben, I need…."I breathed out, on the edge of orgasm and just needing that push to get me there.

"Tell me what you need baby" he said nipping the side of my neck slightly.

"I need to come. Make me come Ben, please" I panted. He lifted his body, pushing his knees under my thighs and lifting my hips. He was now hitting that amazing spot inside me and I knew I wouldn't last long now. One of his hands gripped my hip while the other stroked up and down my torso and over my breasts.

"Come for me baby" he encouraged as he stroked his thumb lightly over my sensitive clit.

"Oh god, I'm coming. I'm coming" I moaned out, gripping the pillow my head was on, my hips pushing up toward his. My orgasm washed over me in waves. I felt him pulsing inside me as he came also. He leaned his body back down on me, burying his face in my neck. I reached up running my fingers through the back of his hair as we tried to control our breathing. We laid like this for a while, just holding each other.

"Feeling you come has got to be the best feeling in the world" he said, lifting up to look at me with a smile. I giggled.

"Even better than coming yourself?" I asked.

"That is a very close second" he said as he slowly pulled out of me. I whimpered at the loss.

"We should probably get moving" he said pecking my lips before climbing out of bed. "I'm going to go clean up. I will be quick" he said heading to the bathroom. I went to my bag pulling out my clothes and make-up bag. He came back out of the bathroom and smiled at me, holding his hand out towards the bathroom. "It's all yours my lady" he said and I laughed at him and headed into the bathroom to clean up.

I cleaned up quickly and got dressed, brushing my hair and putting on some light make-up. I stepped back out to find that Ben had made the bed and got dressed. Ben was wearing a light blue sweater and the jeans he was wearing yesterday. He was sitting on the bed pulling on some socks when he looked up and noticed me. I smiled at him and walked over to my bag to put my make-up bag back in it. He walked up behind me and wrapped his arms around me, kissing my cheek.

"How are you feeling?" he asked. I turned in his arms, placing my hands on his chest and looked up at him. I sighed.

"Sad that we have to leave this perfect blissful bubble and return to the real world" I said, rubbing my hands up his chest, over his shoulders and down his arms. He chuckled.

"Me too, but I meant physically" he inquired.

"Well my legs are still sore, which I didn't even notice when you had your hands all over me" I told him teasingly. "But other than that I feel fine. Maybe even more relaxed than usual" I said and he smiled at me. "I'm sure the relaxed feeling will change if your parents start questioning us."

"I hope that doesn't happen, though I'm almost certain my mom knows. I don't think she would make it the topic of conversation, though she may have told dad and he may say something" he said with a sigh.

"Well we will just have to cross our fingers" I said. "How do you feel?" I asked him and watched a big smile spread across his face.

"I feel amazing" he said, his fingers stroking the small of my back. "Waking up to you is the best. I wish I could do it every day" he said leaning down to kiss me softly.

"Me too" I said leaning my forehead against his. Just then my phone began to ring. I stepped away from him and looked at my phone to see who it was.

"Evie" I said holding my phone up for him to see. I forgot all about texting her back.

"Go ahead and answer it" he said. I quickly swiped to answer.

"Hey E. Sorry I didn't text you back" I said to her quickly.

"Hey I just wanted to check in and see how everything went" she was talking fast so I knew she was interested to hear my news.

"It went fine" I said. I watched Ben make a face. He knit his brow but was smirking at the same time. He walked past me and stood behind me

"Just fine? Was it that bad?" she asked. I could hear the curiosity in her voice.

"NO!" I exclaimed. I didn't want her to get the wrong idea but it just seemed strange to talk about it in front of Ben. Even though he knew everything that happened, obviously, and he told me he didn't mind if I talked about this stuff with Evie, but it just felt weird.

"So how was it then?" Evie asked, as I felt Ben pull me back into him, bringing his mouth to my neck and skating his lips along my skin.

"I think it was better than fine" he whispered in my ear before kissing my neck. I moaned out softly.

"OH MY GOD! You're not doing it right now are you?" I heard Evie screech into the phone. Ben must of heard it too, because he pulled away, laughing.

"No Evie! Why would I answer the phone if I was?" I asked her rhetorically. "Listen we are about to head to the castle. Can I call you back later?" I asked her.

"Ok, but I want all the juicy details" she said.

"Fine. I'll talk to you later" I said.

"Bye" she said back before I hung up the phone.

I turned to look at Ben and he pulled me back to him with a smirk on his face.

"I can't believe she actually thought I would do that while on the phone with her" I said a little incredulously. Ben just laughed.

"Let me guess, she wants all the details" he stated.

"Something like that" I said smiling at him.

"I know guys talk about sex a lot and I always wondered if girls do too" he said inquisitively.

"Girls talk about sex. I don't know if it is considered a lot, but when the topic comes up, we do talk" I informed him. "I won't tell her everything, if that's what you're worried about."

"I don't mind if you talk to Evie about us. I trust her" he said. I reached up and cupped his face, kissing him lovingly for a moment before pulling back.

"We should probably go. We need to run by my dorm so I can grab my gifts for everyone" I said to him. Ben sighed but let me go stepping away from me. We grabbed our stuff and he took my hand as we left his dorm.


We stopped by my dorm and I had to dodge all the questions Ben kept asking about the Christmas presents. I reminded him that he had less than twenty-four hours to wait and then he will know what he got. Ben drove us back to the castle. Holding my hand the whole way there. He parked and brought my hand up to his lips, kissing it.

"I love you" he said sincerely.

"I love you" I said back, leaning over the center console to kiss him sweetly.

When we enter the castle it was so quiet. I think I had gotten use to there being so many people here over the last two weeks. Lue approached us from who knows where.

"I'll take your things Lady Mal" he said and I gave him all my bags.

"Do you happen to know where my parents are?" Ben asked him.

"They were in the sitting room last I knew" Lue said.

"Thanks" Ben said and grabbed my hand again as we headed in the direction of the sitting room. When we walked in we were surprised to only see Belle reading a book as usual.

"Hey" Ben said alerting her of our presence before going over and kissing her cheek. "Where's dad?" he asked.

"He went to binge watch some show he is trying to talk me into watching about royalty. I get enough of all that in real life." Belle said and I just laughed.

"I've been waiting for you guys to get here. I wanted to see if Mal wanted to make cookies with me before lunch" she said looking at me.

"Of course" I said smiling at her.

"Well, I'll go hang out with dad I guess" he said. He turned and pulled me to him and gave me a slow loving kiss. We have kissed in front of his parents before, but I was feeling a touch embarrassed this time simply because Ben thought his mom knew about us having sex.

"I'll see you later" he said stroking his thumb across my cheek. I smiled at him and grabbed his hand. I held his hand as he began walking away until space separated us. I watched him until he stepped out of the room then turned to Belle, who seemed to be watching us intently. She smiled at me knowingly. I felt my cheeks heat slightly as I smiled back.

"Well shall we head to the kitchen?" she asked and I nodded and followed her out of the sitting room and to the kitchen. We walked into the kitchen. I expected to see Mrs. Potts but she wasn't there.

"Where's Mrs. Potts?" I asked as Belle walked over to the pantry and started pulling out the things we needed to make cookies.

"Chip made it home for Christmas, so she is spending time with him" Belle told me. "We will all have Christmas dinner together tomorrow" she smiled at me.

"So what kind of cookies are we making?" I asked trying to keep the conversation moving.

"Sugar cookies. We can decorate them when they cool" she said holding up tubes of icing. We got started on the cookies in silence. We each rolled out a section of cookie dough and grabbed the cookie cutters to start cutting out the cookies.

"So did Ben find his gift?" she asked me, breaking the silence.

"He did" I answered. I felt myself flush. I wasn't sure where she was going to go with this. She said she didn't expect me to tell her if and when Ben and I have sex, but I knew if she asked I would be honest.

"I should probably tell you that I kinda figured out what your gift was" she said not really beating around the bush. I looked at her. She didn't look upset or anything but I didn't really expect her too.

"Ben told me that he thought that you knew" I said to her, as I continued cutting cookies.

"So…..how are you feeling?" she asked me, a look of motherly concern on her face. I thought about how to answer her.

"Physically? I feel a little sore to be honest" I said. She laughed.

"Yes it can be quite the work out sometimes. Take a hot bath with some epsom salts and you should feel back to normal in no time" she suggested. "So how do you feel emotionally?" she asked. It took me a moment to answer

"It's hard to put into words. It's like you said, I feel so much closer to him, like I'm tied to him in some way. I had moment where I felt like I was falling in love with him all over again" I said.

"That can happen often and sometimes it has nothing to do with having sex. I find myself falling in love with Adam from time to time and sometimes he can be on the other side of the room and I just look at him and I'm struck by it. I think that is just how true love works" she said staring off a little bit. I was sure she was thinking about Adam. I smiled. If that was how true love worked, I liked it.

"So did you tell Adam?" I asked her.

"Not yet, but I'm sure if Ben doesn't confide in him, he will figure it out soon enough" she said. I wondered how he would figure it out.

She dropped the subject after that and we chatted easily about Christmas and all the gossip that was going around since the Christmas Ball. We had lots of fun decorating the cookies once they had baked and cooled.


After we had lunch I excused myself to go take a bath. I went to the suite that I am usually in when I stay here. Now that everyone was gone, I figured I would be back in there. I walked in and looked around for my things but they weren't there. Maybe Lue went ahead and put them in the room next to Ben's since that is where I stayed last. I made my way to the room and walked in but my things weren't there either. I guess I would have to ask where I was going to be staying. I stepped back out into the hallway just as Ben was stepping out of his room.

"Hey do you know where I will be staying? My things aren't in any of the rooms I usually stay in." I said to him.

"That's because they are in my room" he said.

"Why are they in your room?" I asked. I hope he didn't think that now that we have slept together that we should flaunt it.

"I have no idea. I was coming to look for you to see if you knew what was going on. Not that I don't want you to stay with me or anything. I figured the best we were going to get was that you would be next door again" he said. Just then Lue turned the corner walking down the hall.

"Hey Lue" Ben called to him.

"Yes Your Majesty?" he said coming over yo us.

"Lady Mal's thing are in my room, do you know why?" Ben asked him.

"Queen Belle told me that Lady Mal will be staying with you from now on" he said matter-of-factly.

"Ok. Thanks Lue" Ben said and Lue bowed his head to Ben and made his way back down the hallway.

"I was thinking she knew before, but I definitely think she knows now" Ben said.

"She does" I informed him. He looked at me a little concerned. "She told me she figured it out."

"She isn't upset or anything is she?" he asked as we walked into his room and he shut the door.

"Well for one, I don't think she would let us share a room if she was, and two she didn't seem upset at all when we talked about it. She just asked how I was" I told him. "She even advised I take an epsom salts bath for my sore muscles."

"Well I guess she didn't tell dad. He has been acting completely normal, and I know from the last time sex came up, he would ask me about it if he knew" Be said sitting in the chair at the foot of his bed.

"She said if you didn't tell him that he would probably figure it out. With me staying in your room with you I think there is no way he wouldn't be able to figure it out" I said.

"I guess I should probably talk to him. I don't want there to be a big blow up if he finds out some other way" he said.

"Well I'm going to get a bath, so you can go talk to him while I'm in the tub" I said. Ben stood and walked over to me, grabbing my waist and pulling me to him.

"Are you sure you don't need any help?" he flirted.

"And you called me insatiable" I laughed.

"You are the one who said you are open to doing it in places that don't have beds" he said, lightly pressing his lips to neck. I felt him suck slightly.

"You better not mark me" I said breathy, his touch affecting me like it always does. He pulled back and looked at me with a smile.

"I won't. At least not where anyone can see" he said. Now that his mouth wasn't on me, my senses were coming back to me.

"Go talk to your dad. We can pick this up later. We have all the time in the world to have adventurous sex" I said pushing on his chest lightly. He leaned in and kissed my lips softly.

"Wish me luck" he said with a chuckle. "There is some epsom salt under the sink in the bathroom" he told me as he stepped away.

"Good luck" I said with a giggle and watched him leave the room.


Ben's POV

I went in search of my dad and found him back in the theater room. He was just about to start another episode of the show he has been watching.

"He son. You want to join me for the next episode?" he asked when I walked in.

"No. I couldn't really get into it earlier" I said. "I just wanted to talk to you about something."

"Is everything alright?" he asked getting concerned right away.

"Everything is fine" I said smiling to reassure him. "It's just that I have something I wanted to tell you before you found out some other way."

"Ben you're not really convincing me that everything is fine" he said to me. I laughed. He always jumped to the worst conclusion.

"It is. It's just personal, that's all" I said to him. "Mal and I have….uhh...well...we had sex. I didn't want mom to have to tell you or anything" I told him. He just looked at me and didn't say anything. The silence was starting to make me uncomfortable.

"Dad say something" I said.

"So your mother knows?" he asked. He sounded unusually calm.

"Yes. I have no idea how she knew but she knew it was going to happen before I did" I said. Dad gave me a confused look.

"How is that possible?" he asked.

"Well Mal arranged a scavenger hunt for me to find a 'Christmas gift'" I said signing quotations with my hands. "She asked mom to give me the first clue and she also got the spare key to my dorm from mom. I guess mom just put two and two together. She is quicker than I am" I said with a chuckle.

"Yes your mother is very perceptive" dad said with a smile. He was quiet for a few more minutes. "So you were careful?" he asked.

"Yes. Mal actually got on birth control after the whole love bite thing and talking to mom" I informed him. He nodded.

"Well I kinda thought it was going to happen sooner than it did and I'm glad you felt you could tell me" he said to me.

"So you're not freaked out about it? I mean, it seemed like you were going to have a panic attack when you thought we had already done it a couple months ago" I said.

"Your mother talked me off that ledge" he said with a chuckle. "She reminded me that all we can do is make sure you were educated in safe sex and to be open with you. Besides Mal is so caught up on making sure she doesn't ruin you in any way, so I know she would make smart decisions. You guys love each other. It's only natural that you two have progressed to a more physical relationship." Just then mom walked into the theater room.

"Hey what are you two up to?" she asked, walking in and giving dad a kiss.

"Ben was just filling me in on the progression of his relationship with Mal" he told her. He made it seem like we were discussing the last council meeting or something. It was such a change from how he was a couple months ago.

"I already talked to Mal" she said giving me a small smile. "Well I wanted to see if you guys were up to ordering pizza for dinner. I gave Mrs. Potts the night off to spend with Chip. I thought maybe we could open our Christmas Eve presents and have dinner and watch Christmas movies tonight" she suggested.

"That sounds like a perfect way to spend Christmas Eve" dad said pulling mom down into his lap. I figured that was my cue to leave.

"Uh, I'm just going to let Mal know what the plans are for this evening" I said, standing and leaving the room as they started making lovey eyes at each other.


We had a great evening hanging out with my parents in our new Christmas pajamas. Mal wound up falling asleep on the couch while we were watching The Santa Clause. I carried her up to my room and to bed.

"Ben" she mumbled out as I pulled the covers over her.

"Shhh just sleep" I whispered to her, kissing her head as she drifted back to sleep. I climbed into bed pulling her to me. This was the best Christmas I had ever had and it wasn't even Christmas day yet. I closed my eyes and relished the feeling of falling asleep with Mal in my arms. I wish I could do this every night for the rest of my life.


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