Me and Ben then sat up straight and waited for the rest of our family to return back to us so we could all leave together. We heard a knock on the door and Ben answered; and when the door opened we watched as Adam, Belle, Evie, Jay and Carlos all entered the room, with Evie closing the door behind them.

We all quickly discussed what had just been disclosed during the trial as me and Ben packed our things away and tidied things up; they all stated that what surprised them the most was Chad's testimony. I couldn't do anything but agree with this as I couldn't believe what Chad had just said; but saying that I couldn't believe anything that had just happened today, but I believe that was wishful thinking.


We walked out of the courthouse in near enough silence with the press shouting and calling out to us and frantically taking photos. Me and Ben climbed into the limousine and slid along the end and cuddled back together; given the fact that we were about to drop off Evie, Jay and Carlos we made sure that they were able to get out of the limousine easily. We knew that the press were going to follow us home; so we wanted to try and attempt not to add any further drama to this already volatile situation that me and Ben found ourselves in.


"So what are you wanting to do this evening?" Adam asked me and Ben and the limousine as we were on our way home to Auradon Castle.

"I was actually thinking-" Ben started as he looked down at me.

"Yes Ben?" I prompted as I meekly smiled up at him.

"That me and Mal have a meal in our suite" he advised as he looked at his parents. "And just have the evening to ourselves" he shrugged.

"I see," Belle noted.

"Is that ok?" he asked his parents, and I could tell by the looks in their eyes that they were probably hoping that Ben had suggested something else.

"Of course it is" Adam smiled as Belle nodded at us both.

"Is that ok with you?" Ben asked as he looked down at me.

"Of course" I answered. "If I'm being honest-" I started. "Today has been really tiring for me, so a lazy night with you is exactly what I want" I added lovingly before I pressed a kiss against my husband's left cheek.

"What are you going to do?" Ben asked his parents as we cuddled together.

"A lazy evening like you" Belle answered. "Mal is right," she added. "This has been tiring for us all" she nodded.

"I'm struggling with this all if I am being honest" Adam interjected.

"How so?" I questioned.

"Having to sit there-" Adam started. "With no malice on my face" he sighed. "When what I really want to do is jump down at them-" he growled as he balled his fists up.

"Adam" Belle warned him.

"Sorry" he quickly apologised.

"I get that Adam" Belle offered. "I really do, I'm struggling too" she admitted.

"At least you get a shot at them" I teased.

"Hey!" Ben exclaimed. "Don't give my wife any encouragement" he teased as he smiled down at me. "I don't like you fighting" he pouted.

"It was for your life Benny" I told him.

"Yes" he nodded. "But hopefully we are not going to be in this position again" he offered.

"Of course not!" I exclaimed. "Because you are looked after by a Dragon '' I advised and I watched as something changed in his eyes which told me that he was remembering when I changed into a dragon for the first time in front of him. Admittedly I had done it another two times during our honeymoon; but that is because Ben asked to see our egg; which was something that I had been very happy to do for him. I liked that me and Ben could share this together; and it felt like Ben could be more involved in our pregnancy than he normally would have been. "And nothing is going to get past me," I told him sternly.

"Don't I believe it baby" he said as he snuggled his face into my hair before he pressed a kiss against the top of my head. The limousine then went quiet and stayed quiet for the rest of the journey home; I secretly couldn't wait to get to the privacy of the central wing in Auradon Castle. Only then could me and Ben be away from prying eyes watching our every move to be allowed to seek some solace and peace from our current turmoil.


When I climbed out of the limousine when we arrived at Auradon Castle I walked straight into the mail hall; I heard Ben, Adam and Belle follow me in and I stood still at the bottom of the main staircase.

"See you both in the morning" I said as I looked over to Adam and Belle as Ben slid his right hand into my left.

"See you" they answered together.

"Night" Ben called and I then let him lead me up the stairs. As I got to the top of the stairs I started to feel excited to spend some time with Ben; after spending the day as His Majesty and Mrs Adams it was going to be nice to just be Ben and Mal - and I knew that we were both going to savour every moment.