Hey guys, I just wanted to make you aware that this chapter is something that I have been sitting on for a while - in fact I wrote this chapter in 2015. So I really can't wait to see what you think of this chapter, I hope you enjoy it. Much love, RSD xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo.
After me and Ben collected our bags from my car in the garage in Auradon Castle we then walked into the main hall to see Adam and Belle waiting for us.
"Oh hey you two!" Belle exclaimed as she walked quickly towards us.
"Hey Adam" I said happily as Ben fist pumped his father hello. "Hey Belle" I added as Belle pulled Ben into a side hug.
"Are you both ok?" She asked as she stepped away from Ben.
"Yes" I confirmed.
"I will admit that it has been very quiet here without you two" Adam teased.
"Hey!" Ben exclaimed. "What is that meant to mean?" He asked.
"Well there's been no morning wake up calls due to you two pranking each other" he laughed.
"No" I replied. "But that hasn't happened in a while" I reminded them.
"And I hope that it isn't about to start happening again" Belle advised in mock seriousness.
"Well you are in the right wing we are in the central wing" Ben grinned at this. Now that me and Ben had returned back to Auradon Castle we were going to move into the central wing of the castle so we could have our own space. And as part of me and Ben having space Adam and Belle had moved into the right wing so they could also have their own space away from the world and us so they could have their own privacy.
"Yes" Adam stated. "But still" he continued which reminded me of all the times they had walked into either mine or Ben's bedroom in the past to see why we were shouting at each other after a prank.
"We will try and not wake you up" I promised for the pair of us.
"Thanks Mal" he replied with the same warm smile that tends to spread across Ben's face.
"So did you have a lovely weekend?" Belle interjected.
"Yes" Ben nodded. "It was nice to just Be Ben and Mal" he added.
"Yeah" I agreed and when I looked at Ben I saw that he was looking at me lovingly.
"Adam?" I started as I looked over to him.
"Yes Mal" he replied.
"Have our exam results arrived yet?" I questioned eagerly which caused both Adam and Belle to chuckle.
"No" he replied. "No they haven't" he added.
"But when they are here we will make sure you two are the first to know" Belle interjected.
"Thanks" I smiled.
"Nervous Mal?" Belle questioned in concern.
"A little bit Belle" I admitted.
"I'm sure that you will have done better than you think" she reassured me.
"I told her that" Ben piped up.
"No one likes a no it all Benny" I teased.
"It's not being a no it all if it is the truth" he pressed with a cute smile on his face.
"I can't be sarcastic with you when you are being that cute" I stated causing everyone to laugh at me.
"Let's get our bags upstairs" Ben said as he nodded towards the stairs.
"Ok" I replied.
"See you later" me and Ben said together.
"See you later" Adam and Belle repeated before me and Ben turned around and started to make our way towards the main staircase and mine and Ben's central suite in the castle.
After unpacking our bags Ben then told me that there was some paperwork that he needed to catch up on; I nodded at this and told him that I was going to go into the rose gardens and maybe sketch or even take some photos. I knew that there was no point in stressing over my exam results now but I couldn't help it so I thought that I would try and calm my nerves with my favourite past time.
I settled myself under one of the oak trees in the gardens and it didn't take me very long to get settled and at ease as I started to sketch the scene in front of me. I loved how the sun cascaded through the trees and lit up the gardens in such a serene way which filled me with a peaceful calm serenity which made my mind clear as I let myself get lost into my sketch as I awaited for my exam results.
"Here you are" I heard Ben say. I turned around to see him next walking towards me with a smile on his face, with something hidden behind his back.
"Yeah you knew I was going to draw" I stated as I put down my pencil as I watched as he dropped down onto the floor next to me.
"Guess what I have got?" He asked excitedly as he continued to hide something behind his back.
"What?" I asked as he held up two A4 dark yellow envelopes up. "They are here!" I exclaimed.
"Yes he smiled as he handed me my envelope. I turned the envelope over and stared at writing that was on the label:
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
FOR THE ATTENTION OF DAME MALECIFENT BERTHA FAERY, KNIGHT OF THE HOUSE OF BEAST
"Did they really need to put my full name on" I whined which made Ben laugh.
"Yeah look at mine" he said and he held his up.
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
FOR THE ATTENTION OF HRH BENJAMIN FLORIAN ADAMS OF AURADON
"Yours doesn't look that bad" I told him. I stared at the envelope for few seconds and started to bite down on my lip. This was it; what if I hadn't done enough?
"Mal are you ok?" Ben asked starting to sound worried.
"Yeah I'm just nervous that's all" I answered back and I put the envelope down on the ground in front of me.
"You not going to open it?" He asked as I also placed my sketch books back next to the bag that I brought down with me.
"Yeah but in a moment" I replied.
"Come here" he told me and he quickly knelt up and crawled behind me.
"Ben what are you doing?" I asked; and he sat behind me and placed his legs next to mine.
"I'm sitting behind you" he answered back.
"Erm, why?" I asked slowly.
"So I can cuddle you" he answered back as he slid his arms around my waist.
"You could have still hugged me sitting next to me" I laughed.
"I know, but this is better" he replied as he placed his chin on my shoulder.
"Won't your parents want you to open this with them? You know as it's a special moment and all" I asked as I reached over and picked his envelope up that he had dropped in the movement of moving to sit behind me.
"Probably; but I want to open it when it's just you and me" he told me slowly. I turned to look at him and he lifted his head up and looked at me.
"It can be added to the list of our special moments together" he told me with a smile.
"Of opening our exam results together?" I asked slowly in confusion.
"Yeah" he replied.
"That list must be getting very long" I said happily.
"Yeah, just like the list of my favourite memories with you" he said and he quickly kissed my left cheek.
"Ok, you first" I said as I rested myself against him.
"Why not you?" He laughed.
"Too nervous" I admitted.
"You have nothing to be worried about" he advised as he stroked my forearms with his hands.
"We will see" I replied.
"Why not together?" He asked me as I handed him his envelope.
"Part of it being a special moment is celebrating our individual achievements not just as a couple" I advised with a smile.
"Smooth work nerd" he laughed; and he turned the envelope over in his hands and quickly opened it. "Let's see what we have here" he said as he pulled a lot of paper out of the envelope.
"You'll have done brilliantly" I told him happily.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence" he answered as he started to unfold the papers.
"Always" I stated; and turned my face to kiss his right cheek which made him smile.
"Right all these papers looks like a break down; I can look at them later" he said as he quickly found the piece of paper on top with all his final grades on:
Name: HRH Benjamin Florian Adams of Auradon
Date of birth: 14/05/2000
Centre number: 508281
Candidate number: 074428
Final Auradon Level Syllabus and Syllabus Module Results:
Advanced Goodness 101 - A*
Advanced Monarchy - A*
Bad fairies - A*
Chemistry - B
Dance - A
Dragon Anatomy - A
Enchanted Forestry - A*
History of Auradon - A
Mathematics - B
Talking animal translation - B
Chivalry - A*
Heroism - A*
"So all that revising with your study buddy helped then?" I teased as I rested my head against his neck.
"It would appear so" he laughed.
"I still think it's funny that you got an A* in bad fairies last year" I said laughing.
"Well I happen to be an expert" he stated. "I wonder how that happened" he joked which made me laugh. "I think I may have had some help from you" he said and he kissed the top of my head.
"Congratulations!" I said excitedly.
"Thanks babe" he said and he pulled me into a tight hug. "Now your turn nerd" he muttered as he quickly slid his results back into his envelope before he snuggled his face into my bright locks. I took a deep breath and picked the envelope up and slowly turned it over in my hands and slowly opened the envelope.
"You have nothing to worry about" Ben repeated as he placed his chin back onto my shoulder. I turned my head and quickly kissed his head as I pulled the papers out of the envelope. This made him tighten his arms around my waist as I gulped in apprehension.
"Do your worst" I muttered; and then looked at the same familiar piece of paper that Ben had just been looking at:
Name: Dame Maleficent Bertha Faery, House of the Knight of Beast
Date of birth: 31/12/1999
Centre number: 508281
Candidate number: 074448
Final Auradon Level Syllabus and Syllabus Module Results:
Advanced Goodness 101 - A*
Advanced Monarchy - A*
Art - A*
Bad fairies - A*
Chemistry - B
Dance - A*
Dragon Anatomy - A*
Enchanted Forestry - A
History of Auradon -A
Mathematics - B
Story Telling - A*
Talking animal translation - A
"Wow!" I answered in disbelief as I looked at my grades.
"You've done better than you thought" I heard Ben say. When I continued to stare down on my grades I was filled with absolute shock. I had done it; all that hard work had been worth it. "Mal" I heard Ben say which made me finally take my eyes away from my results. "I'm so proud of you" he told me as he looked into my eyes.
"Likewise" I replied as my face broke out into a big grin. Ben grinned back and he quickly kissed me. I kissed him back for a few moments but as Ben was behind me it made kissing him the way I wanted to very difficult.
"I would hate to say I told you so" he joked after we broke away.
"Go on say it" I teased as I turned my head and put my papers back into my envelope.
"No I don't think I need to say it" he replied as I put my envelope on top of his, which was lying next to us and I closed my bag.
"Why not?" I asked as I turned to look at him.
"Because why would I tease you about something that I had every confidence in?" He asked slowly.
"I have no idea" I said confused.
"Well at the time I was telling you that you would be fine as you kept doubting yourself and I had every confidence in you. You need to believe in yourself and your capabilities a lot more Mal" he explained slowly.
"Aww Ben" I replied.
"You mean a lot to me; I'm not going to let you think that you aren't anything less than perfect" he told me.
"You always think I'm perfect" I replied rolling my eyes.
"That is because you are" he told me as he moved his left arm from my waist and cupped the right hand side of my neck and he started to slowly stoke my neck.
"I love you so much Ben" I muttered.
"I love you so much as well Mal" he muttered back. I moved my head to the right and took his hand from my neck and kissed his promise ring on his finger.
"I had every confidence in you as well" I said as I stared at the promise ring that I had given him.
"I know you always do" he answered back happily.
"And I always will" I advised him and I felt his arm tighten around my waist. "You know what I need to do now" I told him as I opened my bag and started to rummage around.
What?" He asked as he watched me pull my camera out of my bag.
"I need to get a photo of this special moment" I said turning to him and smiling.
"I see, so a private photoshoot with me?" he teased.
"Something like that yeah" I teased as I turned the camera on, removed the lens cap and then quickly altered the mode on it.
"Serious face or goofy?" He asked me as I turned the camera over in my hands so the camera was now facing us.
"Well I would like at least one nice one" I said turning to look at him. I stared into his eyes for a couple of seconds and then pressed the shutter release. I watched as Ben's eyes widened at the shock but still gazed into my eyes. "Like that" I said laughing. "But we can still take goofy ones as well" I said as I brought the camera back towards me and pressed the play button to look at the picture that I had just taken. I smiled at the photo of me and Ben staring into each other's eyes.
"I like that one" Ben said as he looked down at it.
"Same here" I said looking away from it to look at him. I then watched as he looked up at me and smiled at me.
"What?" He asked after I stared at him for a few moments.
"Nothing, just thinking" I said moving my gaze back to my camera.
"About?" He prompted. I looked at him and bit on my lip which made his smile bigger.
"Just thinking about how much of a perfect and supportive boyfriend you are" I admitted.
"Aww Mally" he cooed as he brushed his nose against mine.
"Give me a second Ben" I stated as I knew what was probably about to happen.
"What?" He asked as he threw a look of confusion.
"I'm just putting my camera down" I stated as I rested it down next to my bag.
"As I know that we are about to get distracted" I flirted as I pulled my right brow up suggestively.
"Are we now?" He purred.
"Don't you know it" I flirted against huskily.
"Maybe" he chuckled as I slowly slid my arms around his neck as I shuffled around slightly.
"Oh just come here Ben" I chuckled.
"Wha-" he managed to get out before my lips crushed against his. We then fell into a very long and loving making out session with our hands roaming over each other's bodies; however before we could get too riled up we broke apart and smiled at each other.
"Photo time?" Ben asked as we cuddled back together with him sitting behind me just like before.
"Yes Ben" I nodded as I picked my camera up and pointed the camera at us. "Let's take some photos" I grinned and I started we started making poses as I kept pressing the shutter button. The next few minutes was then filled with us taking many photos which included me and Ben pulling numerous funny fancies, smiling, kissing, cuddling and Ben tickling me and kissing my cheek. And when we both looked through them after we had finished taking them we both were very happy with the fact that we had documented yet another special private moment that would always be between us two.
"Mal" I heard Ben say as I was cuddled into his chest. After talking photos I had put my camera back into my bag and we had readjusted ourselves so we were more comfortable - which was perfect for me as I loved been cuddled into my Beast.
"Yes Ben" I replied.
"Are you happy with your results?" He questioned causing me to look up at him.
"Yes" I confirmed. "I'm very happy with mine" I added. "To be honest-" I began. "I am a little bit disappointed with Chem and Maths; but I've never really been good at them subjects" I sighed.
"Hey!" He exclaimed as he took my right hand from his chest and he interlocked them with the fingers on his left hand. "A B is still very good" he smiled.
"True" I agreed. "What about you?" I questioned. "Are you happy with your grades?" I added.
"Yes" he nodded. "Very happy with them" he added. "I actually did better than I thought I was going to do" he said as he snuggled his face into my hair before pressing a kiss against the top of my head.
"Good" I replied. "I am very proud of you my Beastie King" I smiled fondly.
"And I am very proud of you my soon to be Dragon Queen" he grinned as he bumped his nose against mine.
"Should we go and tell your parents?" I questioned knowing that Adam and Belle would want to know how the pair of us got on - mainly Ben.
"In a little while" he answered.
"Is something wrong?" I questioned in concern.
"No" he said. "I just want to enjoy this moment a little bit more" he advised.
"Ok baby" I smiled before I cuddled back into his chest. We both then cuddled together before we chatted aimlessly before I packed all of my things together; we then both walked hand in hand back to Auradon Castle with our results in our hands - so we could share the news of our long awaiting exam results.