When my eyes started to slowly open I couldn't stop a large grin spread across my face as my mind showed me the actions of last night - starting from going out shopping with Belle to mine and Ben's love making well into the night. Yes I wished that the confrontation with the press didn't happen; but I knew that with time it would quickly pass as they moved onto something else - I was just dreading seeing the papers this morning!
I listened to Ben, who was still lying behind me, to see if I could tell if he was asleep or not. After lying silently for a few seconds I could tell by his light snore and slow breathing that he was still in a peaceful slumber. Not wanting to wake Ben up I then snuggled back into my pillow and I looked over the my bedside clock to see that it was now half seven. So I made the decision to just lie cuddled into Ben; as it I knew it wouldn't belong before he too would awake for a brand new day together as a newly engaged couple.
As predicted it only took another half an hour before Ben slowly woke up; however I think he expected me to be asleep - given the look of surprise that was on his face when he noticed that I was awake. Afterwards it didn't take very long for me to spin around in his arms and crush my lips against his; we happily make out until our alarms went off - causing us to unwilling untangle ourselves from each other, so we could get ready for our day.
Me and Ben then enjoyed a brief shower together; which didn't amount to anything more than cuddling. But this felt just right being in Ben''s arms; it always did - and would never ever want it any other way. I loved being on my own with Ben like this; and I wasn't just talking about the sex. I just liked being on my own with Ben, where we could just be Ben and Mal. We didn't have to watch our words or actions; we were free to just be ourselves with each other - which was something that we both very much wanted.
"Here they are" I heard Belle say happily as me and Ben walked hand in hand into the main ballroom to have breakfast.
"Morning" me and Ben said together as Ben pulled my seat out for me. I quickly dropped into it; before I felt him slowly put it in. I then watched as he pulled his chair out before dropping into it, on my right hand side.
"Thank you" I said to him, and I watched as a warm smile spread across his face.
"Hello Sleeping Beauty" I heard Adam tease.
"Hello Adam" I chuckled as I looked over to him. "I'm guessing me falling asleep last night was a little bit of a running joke" I joked.
"Yes" he chuckled back. "But only out of love" he advised with a smile.
"I know" I smiled back. "Thank you for last night; it meant a great deal to me" I admitted and I watched them both throw a very loving look at me. "To both of us' I quickly amended as I looked over to Ben.
"You're very welcome" Adam replied; causing me and Ben to both look over to him.
"Me and Adam appreciated it for our engagement" Belle interjected. "So we thought that you would; given that your relationship is so public" she stated.
"Tell me about it" I sighed. "I openly welcome the days when we may get a little bit more privacy" I teased.
"Chance would be a fine thing!" Ben exclaimed, and all four of us burst out laughing. I then watched as Mrs Potts walked up to the pair of us and placed mine and Ben's breakfasts in front of us. "Thank you" Ben said.
"Thank you" I repeated.
"You're very welcome" Mrs Potts answered fondly. "Tea or coffee with your orange juice?" She enquired.
"Coffee" Ben replied.
"Coffee" I nodded.
"Ok" Mrs Potts said, before she quickly turned and left the room.
"So what is your plans for today?" Belle questioned.
"Well I'm back to work" Ben said as he pulled a disgruntled face.
"Well you knew you would be going back at one point" I giggled.
"Yes" he sighed. "Too soon for my liking" he stated sadly.
"Well you are the King of Auradon" I reminded him. "Your Kingdom needs you" I added.
"I know" he sighed again. "What are you going to do?" He enquired, obviously taking the spotlight from the fact that he was going back to work this morning.
"I have some painting and sketching that I need to do" I said. "Requests and what not" I added.
"I see" he noted. "Sounds like you will be busy" he teased.
"Well you know where I will be" I sang happily.
"Yes" he stated. "In your new painting room" he stated proudly and I couldn't stop but smiling at this. When I moved into mine and Ben's new suite Ben told me that one of the rooms in our suite was going to be my painting room. I told him that I didn't need a painting room; but he insisted - as he believed that I would want my own space.
"I still have to set somethings up" I reminded him.
"Ok" he nodded back in response. "Well like you said I will know where to find you" he repeated with a warm smile. "As no doubt you will get lost in what you are doing and let time run away from you" he laughed.
"More than likely" I chuckled back. We all then went on to have a lovely family breakfast together before we looked at the morning papers; and I didn't know how I felt by some of the article titles:
KING'S FIANCÉ LASHES OUT AT PRESS DURING AMBUSH! By Samuel Martin, The Auradon Mail.
Yesterday Dame Faery was saw enjoying a shopping trip with her soon to be mother in law; however things took a turn for the worse towards the end of their trip.
Queen Elder Belle Adams left the next Queen of Auradon to go into Bernice's Boutique; it was at this point when a group of reporters approached Dame Faery. When the reporters quickly surrounded her the King's consort fell to the floor; Dame Faery quickly stumbled to her feet and shouted at the surrounding supporters.
The reporters were shocked by this behaviour, as Dame Faery has always shown to be a very mild mannered person since arriving in Auradon. Questions have appeared in the fore front of the reporters minds - whether Dame Faery is hiding a terrible temper? Only time will tell, I guess.
DAME FAERY REVEALS VERY LIMITED INFO ABOUT UPCOMING ROYAL WEDDING! By Charlie Simpson, Auradon Times.
During a conversation with a group of reporters yesterday Dame Faery revealed very limited information about her upcoming wedding with the King of Auradon; and what she had revealed has only made us wanting more!
Dame Faery revealed that she and King Ben do have a wedding date in mind; and this shows the Kingdom of Auradon that a Royal wedding could be coming sooner than expected. However given the fact that the couple have been together just over three and a half years.
The pair have had their up and downs over their relationship; but they have only gone from strength to strength - a most recent example would be the recent trial. (Which details have yet to be revealed, all that has been revealed to the Kingdom is that there was a plot against King Ben and his consort).
Numerous questions are no doubt in peoples minds over the details of the upcoming royal wedding; and sadly for us all we are going to have to wait for King Ben and Dame Faery announce their plans for their special day.
THE NEXT QUEEN OF AURADON INJURED DURING CONVERSATION WITH PRESS! By Penelope Wyatt, Auradon Daily.
Yesterday in a freak accident during a conversation Dame Faery fell over when she was approached by a group of very eager reporters. However in the proceeds of approaching the Dame she quickly retreated back against a wall near to Bernice's Bouquet; and she fell to the floor.
Dame Mal then quickly climbed back to her feet; however as she called for the press to step back anyone could tell that she was very annoyed. She did, however, quickly return to her normally mild mannered affair before answering a few brief questions.
Dame Faery did confirm that she and King Ben had a wedding date in mind; and in fact that she wasn't pregnant. The group of reporters then noted how off hand Dame Faery seemed when questioned on the designer of her wedding dress. Speculations had already been made for Dame Grimhilde to design the dress - maybe this is not the case?
However before she could be questioned further, her driver appeared and escorted her to her car - with the Dame obviously painfully limping along the way.
CONSORT GIVES LIMITED INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING NUPTIALS! By Lara Thompson, Auradon Star.
During a conversation with the press yesterday Dame Faery was very eager to reveal that she and King Ben have a wedding day in mind. I think I am not the only one who is very eagerly awaiting this information; as we haven't had a royal wedding in years - and their wedding is going to be the one to watch!
She did in fact also confirm the fact that she wasn't pregnant; which also makes recent rumours lie dead at the waste side. It hasn't gone unnoticed at the fact that some of the comments from well wishers on the pair's social media that fan have speculated that the consort is pregnant. This was probably imagined due to the pairs very young age; even though the couple of been together for just over three and a half years.
When questioned on her wedding dress Dame Faery stated that she couldn't reveal anything about this as it hadn't been discussed yet. However readers of the Auradon Star will probably think that Dame Grimhilde is the official wedding dress designer, but Dame Faery is unable to announce this as of yet. Given the history for the Queen of Auradon wedding dresses it is known that a series of dress designers are looked at before any decisions as made by the soon to be Queen.
Dame Faery was then guided away by her driver to her car, but it didn't go unnoticed that the Dame wasn't injury free from her fall moments before. Everyone from the Auradon Star wants to pass on their well wishes and apologises to the Dame - as no one wanted her to get hurt.
After reading the articles I had mixed feelings on them; of course I was happy that I hadn't announced too much. But what really concerned me was the comments about the temper I was 'supposedly' hiding. I hated the fact that I was now being looked at for hiding parts of my personality; and I felt an unsettling unease start to fill my stomach. As I knew that when members of the 'Order' read these articles I knew that they were probably going to think that they were right; and had been very justified in their actions. I could only hope that when Ben released them from their current punishments that they weren't about to start back up again - as I truly believed that we had all been through enough as it is!
I then excused myself to go and start setting up my painting room in mine and Ben''s suite. I knew which room I wanted to use but for me to be able to have the space that I needed I knew that I was going to have to move the couches and coffee tables first - which was probably was going to take up most of my morning.
When I walked into my new painting room I took in the sight before me. I was now in a large living room; that was covered in dark blue wallpaper with a gold border. On two of the four walls there were bookcases that fell from the ceiling to the floor; and was filled with multi-coloured books. On the wall opposite to me it was a wall of glass with the doors that ran onto the balcony that swept around the castle on this floor. Finally on the last wall there was a currently unlit fire in a stone fireplace that was surrounded by a gold and glass coffee table with dark blue leather couches. And on the ceiling there was three large chandeliers that will light up the room when lit.
I then thought about how I wanted my room to be; but I decided that I needed to set up multiple stations; but for me to do this the couches and the coffee table was going to be needed to moved against a wall until I could get someone to help me move them to another room. So with this thought in mind I put some music on my phone and I rested it against the fireplace; I then started to walk towards the furniture so I could behind to get to work.
After pushing all of the couches and the coffee table against the wall closest to the door I then rolled up the mats and placed them down onto the couches. I then noted that Ben and Belle must have had all my painting things were sent in her - including all of the painting supplies that I had bought yesterday. I let a large grin spread across my face as I took a step towards them - very eager to get things sorted so I would be able to start on the list of projects that I currently had.
Before I knew it I had four stations set up ready; I had dust sheets lying on the floors of each station to help protect the floor. I also had see through pieces of material hanging in between the stations for segregation. I had decided to place the projects for Ben's surprise the furthest away from the door - as I knew that Ben might come in here at one point and I didn't want to ruin the surprise. The other two easels I had planned to do the paintings that I had in mind for King Peter and King Quasimodo.
I had was just about to set up my pens, pencils and paints in each session before I heard someone shout out my name, which made me pull one brow up in confusion. What was Hayley doing up here?
"Dame Faery!" I heard her call again, causing me to leave the room and walk into the living room of our suite.
"Hayley?" I smiled as my eyes landed on Ben's assistant. "Is everything ok?" I enquired politely as I started to wonder why she had come to find me.
"Yes" she nodded as I stood in front of her. "I have a message for you" she explained. "Your Majesty told me where to find you" she smiled politely.
"Oh" I muttered. "What was the message?" I asked.
"Here" he replied as she handed me a post it note. "Doctor Tennant Limited has rang" he confirmed.
"Right?" I said slowly as I pulled one brow up at her. "Did he say what they wanted?" I stated in confusion.
"Doctor Tennant rang himself" she said.
"Did he?" I questioned in shock. "Yes, he said he received your application" she concluded.
"My application?" I repeated slowly. "Oh" I muttered to myself as the penny finally dropped. "OH!" I exclaimed. After having my conversation with Fairy Godmother about apprenticeships and internships I applied for two companies. However given Doctor Tennant's reputation for only taking on the best of the best I didn't hold my hopes very high - even though it would be an absolute honour to work with him. Everyone that Doctor Tennant had taken under his wing had made a name for themselves; of course I knew that I already had a name for myself as I was with Ben. But I wanted to still be able to do my own thing - even if it did go against the grain for a Queen to do this. "I forgot about that" I told her. "In all honesty I thought that as I hadn't heard anything it was a no" I finished before pursing my lips together.
"I see" she noted.
"Did he say anything else?" I asked.
"No" she said. "Just that he wanted to discuss it, with you" she added. "And you alone" she smiled again.
"I see" I nodded at this. "Thank you" I said.
"You're very welcome" she answered and she turned to leave.
"Oh Hayley-" I quickly began as a thought quickly came to me.
"Yes?" She replied.
"Could you do me a favour?" I enquired.
"Of course" she smiled.
"Could you ring Madam Kield's office for me please?" I asked. "I want to set up a meeting with her" I added.
"Of course" she repeated. "I'll do that now" she advised.
"Thank you" I repeated.
"You're welcome" she answered; and I watched as she quickly turned and left the room.
After standing in silence for a few seconds I then turned and walked back into my painting room and started heading towards my phone, which was still playing music from my fireplace. I picked my phone up and knocked the music off and I stared at the note that Hayley had just given me. I didn't know how to feel about this I really didn't; at the time of submitting my application I wanted to learn more about the music industry. But now that I was now back from the tour; I had so much work to do. I actually didn't know if I had the time to do this anymore. However before I let myself get ahead of myself I decided to ring Doctor Tennant Limited to find out all of the information before I made a decision.
"Doctor Tennant Limited Rose speaking, do you know the extension number for the person or department?" I heard a sweet voice enquire as the line opened.
"Yes" I answered as I looked down at the piece of paper that was in my hands. "Extension 0001" I advised.
"Oh" she muttered. "I see" she added. "Give me two seconds, who shall I say that is speaking?" she enquired polietluy.
"Dame Faery" I replied.
"What?" she asked, and I couldn't help but note that she wasn't able to keep the surprise out of her voice.
"Dame Faery" I repeated.
"Hello" she answered, still in shock.
"Hello" I said happily.
"I thought I would never ever get to speak to you" she said in awe. "Oh-" she said cutting herself off. "Never mind that now, I'll put you through now" she advised.
"Thank you" I managed to say to her before the line cut out and a quick upbeat hold music started to play down the phone.
"Hello Dame Faery" I heard a deep voice answer. "Thank you for responding to my call" he added happily. "You were very prompt" he noted.
"Hello Doctor Tennant" I replied. "Thank you for considering me" I offered.
"I haven't just considered you" he advised. "I am getting in touch with you to accept your application" he announced.
"What?" I asked in confusion. "Really?" I urged. "Thank you, thank you soo much" I added as I started to fall into a high. I really couldn't believe that he accepted my application; he only took on two people each term - so this in it's self was a very very big deal.
"You're very welcome" he said. "Your application was very compelling, which put you into the top ten" he explained. "But what put you over the rest was that dance routine you and your friends did" he advised.
"Oh" I muttered. "Rotten to the Core" I added.
"Yes" he confirmed. "I liked it" he advised. "I liked it a lot" he added.
"Thank you" I thanked him. "Me and my family liked it too, apparently a lot of other people did as well" I stated as I remembered Carlos coming to tell me, Evie and Jay what had happened when we were on tour.
"Yes they did" he chuckled. "Anyway-" he began, obviously wanting to change the subject. "Back to your application-" he continued. "I'm guessing that you might want some time to think about it; but I have some infomation about the internship I would need you to know" he stated.
"Ok" I nodded. "What do you need me to know?" I enquired.
"The internship will begin on the third of September and will run until the thirtyeth of November, your timetable will be Monday to Wednesday every week" he continued to explain. "However I know you already have a very busy schedule; so I am willing to work with that" he offered.
"Ok" I nodded again. "Thank you" I answered as I started to think about how this timetable could work with my already busy schedule.
"You will work with the other candidate on three projects where I will teach you everything about the industry-" he stated as he broke me out of my train ofo thought. "And at the end you both could be offered a job in my company depending on the work you submit on your projects" he stated.
"Right" I noted. "That's quite an honour; thank you for giving me the opportunity" I replied. "I'll let you know in a couple of days, if that is ok?" I offered.
"That is perfectly fine" he answered. "I know that your schedule is busy; giving your upcoming wedding" he continued. "Congratulations by the way" he finished happily.
"Thank you very much Doctor Tennant" I answered earnestly. "That means a lot" I stated.
"You're very welcome" he said. "Goodbye Dame Faery" he finished.
"Goodbye Doctor Tennant" I said; and I heard a beep which told me that he had just ended our call. As I let my arm drop back down to my side I then took in the situation that I currently found myself in; I was over the moon that I had been accepted onto an internship with Doctor Tennant. It was just my work load that concerned me; so with this thought in mind I started to leave our suite to go and find Ben - to see if he could shed any light on what I could do.