Chapter Twenty Seven
A/N: I do not own anything other than my OCs when they come out to play. Everything else belongs to Disney.
Yep, another Chad/Ginny chapter! I had a plan. My brain said 'forget that plan' thus here we are. I swear at some point I'll get back on track to major plot points like the Bal wedding and other cute moments.
Right, I had someone ask about the outtakes—yes I will still be doing those. Just maybe not right away. I'm juggling three stories right now you guys, and on the tightrope of avoiding burn out. Though if anyone wants to write one shots of the moments I've left out of the stories, go right ahead! :D
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Cassandra chuckled as she walked up to Ginny, the smaller raven haired girl sitting on the steps of Auradon Prep as if she was waiting for someone.
"Your month's done," she whispered in her ear and Ginny jumped slightly, clearly not expecting her sister to bee there.
"Cass! What…what did you say?"
"I said your month's done," Cassandra told here with a fond smile. "If you wanted to, you could go back to the Isle. A deal's a deal."
Ginny bit her lip. She wasn't going to lie and say she didn't miss the Isle but…there was so much she'd miss here if she left. Evan and Ruby's morning hijinks for instance, Queen Rapunzel treating here like another sister and making her whatever dress she desired, the way the 'Charmed Ones', as Chad called his sisters, had readily brought her into the fold…Chad.
"Oh…" Ginny said softly, looking over at Cass. "Time flies, I didn't realize…"
Cassandra gave Ginny a small smile. "That it does. For what it's worth, I'm glad you're staying."
"I didn't say I was!"
"No, but you would have told me the minute your month was over if you wanted to leave. It's actually been about two months and you never said a word."
Ginny shrugged. "Listen Cass, can we discuss this later? Chad wanted to introduce me to his parents today—."
"Say no more," Cassandra said with a slight smirk.
"Cass! It's not like that!" Ginny exclaimed but before she could say anything more, she could hear Chad's voice in the distance with the familiar bark of his golden retriever puppy.
"Go on," Cassandra said. "I'm just glad you found a reason to stay Gin. From what King Ben told me, he's a good guy."
What? Of course she inquired around after seeing Ginny spend so much time with the Charming Prince at King Ben's engagement party. She wasn't going to have her sister be hurt!
"Cass, it's not like that!"
"Well whatever it's like, you're still staying. That's all I can ask for."
"It's under discussion…but it's likely that I'll stay," Ginny said, her voice a near whisper as Chad walked up.
"Gin, am I interrupting?" Chad asked as Bruno wagged his tail upon seeing Ginny.
"No, no, we were just wrapping up," Ginny said as she gave him a smile. A smile that Chad readily returned as Cassandra gave her sister a knowing smile before glaring slightly at Chad.
You hurt her and I've got enough weapons to make you cry at the very sight of them!
"It's just sister talk, I'm sure you're familiar with it," Ginny teased gently.
"I've got three sisters. You bet I'm familiar with it," Chad said with a chuckle.
"Exactly," Ginny nodded as they made their way to Chad's car. It was funny but Ginny found that Chad never really acted the way you'd think a Prince would act. For one thing, he drove himself. That wasn't exactly something you'd expect of a royal. For another, his dog went with him everywhere. Not that Ginny had a problem with Bruno but it was just another thing that almost seemed out of the ordinary for a royal of Auradon.
"Okay, so just to let you know, dad's probably in the kitchen," Chad said as they got to the castle. He parked the car and almost sprinted around to get Ginny's door, causing her to chuckle slightly.
"You know I can get my own door?"
Chad shrugged. "It's not how I was raised."
Ginny couldn't help but give him a small smile. "So…what's your dad making?"
"Some kind of cookies I think. Want to go check it out?"
"Yeah!"
"Come on," Chad said as they headed inside the castle, Bruno trotting along side them with a doggy grin on his face.
"Hey dad, what're you making?" Chad asked as they walked into the kitchen.
"Double chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips," Kit said. "And yes Chad, you can lick the spoon."
Chad grinned as Kit handed him the spoon.
"Oh, do you want to share?" Chad asked Ginny, holding the spoon out to her and missing Kit's knowing smile. "I'll just use my finger, I won't actually lick it."
"…sure. Is it nice?"
"Of course! Though dad's baking usually is. Try it and if you really don't like it it's fine, it just means more for me."
Ginny smiled and took a scoop from the spoon with her finger, putting it in her mouth. Whoa! That's good, it's almost as good as what Raps makes!
"This is good," she said and Chad grinned, causing Kit to smile. Ginny noticed and smiled shyly, giving him a small curtsy.
"You don't need to do that," Kit said. "Any friend of the kids' is a friend of their mother and mine."
"Well thank you your highness," Ginny said, her voice soft. She was always a bit nervous about when the next shoe was going to drop. "It's nice to meet you."
"It's nice to meet you too and there's no need for titles," Kit told her. "It's not a formal situation."
"Yes sir."
"Besides if it was a formal situation, dad'd be using his full name right dad?" Chad asked with a small smirk.
"Chad, don't you dare…"
"Okay, okay, King Christopher Rupert Windermere Vladimir Carl Alexander Francois Reginald Lancelot Herman Gregory James Charming."
Kit sighed as Ginny smothered a giggle. "Don't make me ground you Chadwick."
"Yes dad. Sorry dad."
Ginny giggled again as Kit smiled. He had to say, he liked this friend of Chad's. She was different but that was good. She seemed good for Chad—plus the girls liked her too. It was definitely a more relaxed atmosphere, no one felt like they had to defend anyone.
"Where's mom, dad?"
"She's…good question," Kit said. Ella? Where are you? I'd like to be able to answer our son's question!
"Yes dear?" Cinderella asked as she walked into the kitchen.
"Ah there you are," Kit grinned as he saw her. "Chad was asking after you."
"I was just doing a bit of laundry," Cinderella said, stealing a bit of batter from the bowl.
Ginny fought to keep the stunned expression off her face but she knew she'd failed. A royal doing her own laundry?
"I may have been the daughter of a lord but I was a scullery maid when Kit married me," Cinderella said with a small smile, seeing the look on Ginny's face.
"Oh, right…" Ginny said softly with a small smile.
"So what are we up to?" Cinderella asked.
"Well dear, I was baking and I guess the smell of the batter lured our son and his friend in here," Kit chuckled, gently teasing his wife.
"It smells good," Ginny said.
"Why thank you," Kit said with a smile.
"Always is dad," Chad added and Kit went over and wrapped him up in a hug.
This is what I want, to see you with a smile on your face again, he thought. After everything…I know you bounced back a little after you got Bruno but you seem to really like Ginny. She's good for you.
"Dear, you might want to put the cookies in the oven," Cinderella said gently, as if reminding him it might be a good idea to not embarrass their son.
"Right," Kit nodded and quickly put the tray of cookies in. "So any fun plans you two?"
"I was going to take Gin to see the horses," Chad said. "If that's okay?"
"Why wouldn't it be?" Cinderella asked.
Ginny smiled slightly. "So that's your motive?"
"I don't have a motive, I just like having you around," Chad said with a shrug.
"Oh," Ginny said softly.
Oh dear Gods my son is clueless, Kit thought as he took the cookies out of the oven. Really. She likes you Chad. Don't you lose her. She's a sweet girl.
"Have I introduced you to my horse yet?" Chad asked.
"Probably but I wouldn't mind another introduction," Ginny told him. Chad grinned and grabbed her hand, leading her to the stables; Bruno following along with a grin on his face. Thankfully his sisters were with their boyfriends or with Hadie so there wouldn't be any knowing smiles…
"Hey Ginny!"
Damn it! I forgot about Ava!
"Hey Ava," Ginny said with a smile as Chad's step cousin came down the stairs.
"I thought you had plans?" Chad asked.
"With who? Your sisters all have plans of their own and as much as I love my brother, spending more than an allotted thirty minutes with him at times makes me want to tear out my own hair," Ava told him. "But I see I'm interrupting something…"
"Yes. You are."
"Okay. Guess I'm getting the first cookie then," Ava said with a smirk as she walked off. Chad sighed but shook his head. It was a worthy sacrifice for time alone with Ginny.
Ginny couldn't help but smile as she walked into the stables. She loved it here—the horses were gorgeous and Chad always seemed a bit more relaxed.
"Hey bud," Chad said, going over to a brown horse and patting him on the nose. The brown horse whinnied in response causing Ginny to grin.
"That's him?"
"Yep this is Arthur," Chad nodded. "Arthur, meet Ginny."
Ginny smiled as she walked up, letting him snuffle at her before stroking his nose. "Nice to meet you Arthur."
She couldn't help the small chuckle as Arthur snorted lightly at her touch as if he was saying 'thank you'.
"He's beautiful," she told Chad.
"Thanks," Chad said with a small smile. "He's a good boy, he puts up with me no matter what even if I tend to spend more time with Bruno nowadays. As long as I give him carrots, he seems to like me."
Ginny giggled slightly causing Chad to grin. He liked hearing her laugh. Of course, the other horses started to get jealous as they started whinnying.
"Okay, okay," Chad said as he shook his head. "Settle down you all. Eowyn, why am I not surprised you started them up? You are Kitty in horse form."
Eowyn whinnied in what sounded like amusement.
"What are the other's names?" Ginny asked, smiling as Chad rolled up his sleeves and started to feed them.
"The black one's Raven, she's Lucy's. Eowyn, as I said, is the chestnut with the blonde mane and tail—she's Kitty's. And the palomino and gold one is Mirabelle, she's Alex's."
"They're gorgeous," Ginny said as she walked over to the other horses, giggling a little as Eowyn sniffed at her, as if judging what kind of a human she was. "Hello. You're very pretty."
Eowyn nickered softly, an almost pleased look on her face. Raven snorted causing Ginny to smile.
"Coming, coming."
Raven snuffled her keenly. "Yeah, we match don't we? We both have black hair."
"Very nice look," Chad said, teasing her slightly.
"Why thank you. I'm quite fond of it," Ginny teased back.
Mirabelle snorted before Chad could say anything back. "Looks like you're doing the rounds," he said, shaking his head.
"I don't mind," Ginny told him. "It's nice to meet them all. They're so friendly. I never knew horses were like this."
"There aren't horses on the Isle?" Chad asked.
"Nope. The closest thing would be the Coachman's donkeys."
"Huh. Well horses are pretty friendly if you treat 'em right," Chad told her. "It's all about trust. Both for the horse and the human."
Ginny smiled. "So…you and your sisters all have horses?"
"Yeah, our family's quite horse oriented. Mom and dad have had horses their whole lives and the four of us, well we were taught to ride pretty much as soon as we could sit up," Chad told her.
"Nice. I just really had the donkeys on the Isle but Cass can ride," Ginny told him. "She used to ride all the time with Raps…I mean Queen Rapunzel."
"Well…if you'd ever like to…I could teach you how to ride," Chad offered.
"Maybe," Ginny said softly, not noticing how Chad had closed the distance between them until he plucked a strand of straw from her hair.
Bruno shook his head and nudged the back of Chad's knees with his head. Honestly his pet was hopeless—he clearly liked this mate of his so why not do whatever humans do to secure a mate?
"Bruno!"
"He seems determined to have us interact," Ginny chuckled as she backed up a bit. Not because she wants to but because she didn't want to send the wrong idea to Chad. Auradon was different than the Isle.
"Chad! Ginny! If you guys want any cookies, come before the girls descend upon them!" Kit called.
"Coming dad!" Chad called back and chuckled. "Come on, when the girls go to town on the cookies, we're lucky to get any remaining."
Ginny smiled as Chad took her hand once more and led her back to the kitchen.
Bruno snorted before trotting after them. Hey, it was a start.