"Here they are!" I heard Adam say happily as me and Ben walked hand in hand into the main private dining room in Auradon Castle. "The newly married couple" he grinned.
"Hello" me and Ben said together as Ben dropped my hand as we stood next to our seats. Ben then pulled my seat out for me and I sat down in it as I offered him a loving smile. After I had sat down Ben pushed my chair in a little bit before he quickly pulled his out on my right hand side before dropping into it.
"I don't think we need to ask what your plans are" Belle smiled at the pair of us.
"No," I replied. "However-" I added. "Ben won't tell me where we are going" I told them as I pulled a face at this.
"That is because it is a surprise" he winked at me.
"Well I very much look forward to it" I winked back at him, and I heard Belle chuckle at the pair of us - which made me look over to my mother-in-law.
"What?" I questioned.
"It's just nice to see you and Ben together," she told us. "Finally!" she quickly added excitedly.
"What is that supposed to mean Mother?" Ben asked.
"Well you both have been through so much-" she began to explain. "Yes it has been hard for the pair of you, for everyone involved, in fact" she continued. "But we all have got through this, everyone-" she said. "Especially you two can now start living your lives together" she finished partly.
"Well-" Ben interjected. "That is partly true," he nodded.
"What do you mean?" Adam questioned.
"Well this whole mess won't be over until the trial is over" Ben explained. "And I feel a little uneasy about it," he admitted, which caused me to look down.
"How?" I heard Belle ask, which made me look up at them.
"The amount of evidence against them is overwhelming," Adam added.
"I know" Ben nodded once more. "But there is still always a risk that the jury will find them not innocent" he stated. "Or even a hung jury" he sighed before pursing his lips together.
"Ben-" I began. "Try not to think like that," I said as I slid my right hand into his left under the table. "Your father is right, the amount of evidence is damning" I urged. "There is no way they can get away with this" I stated profoundly.
"I know," he answered. "I keep telling myself that," he advised.
"Let's talk about something else," Belle stated, obviously trying to change the subject. "Today needs to be a happy day!" she exclaimed as she clasped her hands together excitedly. "The start of your honeymoon!" she sang cheerily.
"Yes" I meekly smiled. In all honesty I couldn't wait to get away from the world and just be Ben and Mal for a change; a period of time where we could just be ourselves without the world watching us. Saying that if the world was watching us they probably were going to be alarmed at the amount of sex that me and Ben were probably about to have; but this was really no business apart from mine and Ben's. I did, however, know that due to Ben's nightmares and what he has just said that there may be times where he would be distracted in parts. But I promised myself that I was going to help him through everything and anything that came his way, as I know that he would do for me without question.
Thankfully we quickly moved on to having a loving family breakfast with my now-in laws; I liked having private family moments like this. However I put this down to the fact that there was a point in my life where family, husband and babies next ever crossed my mind; but now that it had I would never ever want things any different.
After we had our breakfasts me and Ben then returned back to our suite to go and pack the last remaining things that we needed for our honeymoon. Ben still was remaining tight lipped about where we were going and I had decided to not question him any further - he obviously had put in a lot of thought into it so I didn't want to ruin it for him.
When everything was packed Ben then asked Chip to come and help with our bags; I told Ben that I could manage but Ben quickly told me no. Apparently he didn't want me to lift anything; I went to dismiss this but by the look in his eyes I decided against it. He wanted to make sure that me and our baby were ok; and who was I to fight him on this.
As I followed Ben and Chip out of our suite; I started to feel really excited; this was it! The start of mine and Ben's honeymoon; and I couldn't wait to see what Ben had in store for the two of us.
