Content warning for smut, swearing and lemons in this chapter.

After spending another hour in the club our whole group then decided that we were going to go back to Auradon Castle for some more drinks. And to be completely honest I just wanted to leave so me and Ben could try and put what had happened with Stanley behind us - for tonight at least.

On the way home I could tell by the looks that Evie, Jay and Carlos kept throwing in my direction that they wanted to speak to me about what had just happened. I didn't know how to feel about this; it was bad enough that I had to have this conversation with Ben. I just hoped that I was going to be able to leave this conversation until the morning - but something was telling me that this wasn't going to be the case. As I knew that at least Ben was going to bring up what had had happened with Stanley - unfortunately.

After a very quiet ride back to Auradon Castle we then all went back to our suite to go and get changed into some lazy clothes. I couldn't help but smile at the fact that everyone was stumbling around, tipsy - it would appear that our friends had had a good night. And I could also see the Az and Freddie were still talking, laughing and joking; which was very nice to see. All I wanted was for them was for them to both be happy; so fingers crossed they could have the happiness that me and Ben have - as the both deserved this.

"Mal" I heard Ben say after we had just gotten changed into my dark purple sleep vest and dark purple sweats.

"Aha" I stated not looking up and I finished wiping my make up off my face.

"Mal look at me" he advised and I slowly looked up at him to see him wearing his dark blue sleep vest and shorts.

"Yes?" I said slowly; and I could see by the look in his eyes that he wanted to talk about what had just happened.

"Come here" he advised as he patted the bed next to him on his right hand side. I quickly nodded at him and threw my make-up wipe in the nearby bin before I walked up to our bed and I sat next to him. We then quickly cuddled together and I sighed as his arms wrapped around me.

"Hmmm" I hummed. "Just what I need" I smiled as I looked up at him. "Well not quite but you know what I mean" I winked at him.

"Yeah" he smiled. "Not long before you can ride your Beast" he flirted.

"Yeah" I smirked at him. "But that probably won't happen for a while yet" I sighed. "The night is still long" I reminded him.

"Yes" he said as he pursed his lips together. "Unfortunately" he sighed which caused me to giggle at him. We then fell into silence and I watched as he gazed into my eyes I could tell that he was in deep thought and I knew that he was probably thinking about what happened tonight. I knew how this had affected Ben so I decided to give him this time to think so I cuddled back into his chest.

"Mal" he muttered finally breaking the silence.

"Yes?" I answered as I looked back up at him.

"I know you probably don't want to talk about-" he started.

"Not really, no" I admitted. "Can we talk about it in the morning?" I questioned. "I just want to concentrate on being with you and our friends, mainly with you though" I explained.

"Ok" he smiled; and I could tell by his eyes that he would prefer to talk about it now.

"I know you want to talk about it now" I advised. "But I just don't want to think about it right now" I explained. "Even though I know that Evie, Jay and Carlos probably want to talk to me about it as well" I sighed.

"Probably" he agreed. "But you don't have to" he offered.

"Well I want you to be first person that I talk about it with" I advised. "So I promise that you will be the first person I talk about this with' I added.

"Thanks" he smiled. "I appreciate that" he stated.

"I knew you would" I smiled weakly back. I watched as Ben opened his mouth to say something but stopped when we both heard a knock on the door.

"Come in!" He shouted and we both watched as the door opened and Evie, Jay and Carlos all entered the room.

"We just wanted to make sure that you are ok" Carlos advised as Jay closed the door behind them.

"Yeah" I replied. "Course I am" I urged as my mind spitefully started to show me what had happened with Stanley. I then started to think about the backlash for both Ben and me in the morning; I know that Adam and Belle weren't going to be impressed at all - never mind the council or the press.

"How did that even happen?" Evie asked, causing me to sigh.

"What?" Jay asked for the three of them.

"Mal was just saying that she didn't want to talk about it" Ben answered for me.

"Why?" Evie asked in confusion.

"I don't want to think about it" I admitted. "I just didn't want to make it a bigger thing than it always is" I urged.

"Mal with all due respect-" Jay began. "The fact that you slapped him and Ben knocked him to the ground; it is going to be a big deal" he stressed. "The press caught it" he reminded me.

"You know I slapped him?" I asked in confusion.

"Yes" Ben answered. "I was making my way to you with Jay when we left the toilet" he explained. "When we walked out of the toilet we saw you slap him" he stated.

"I see" I nodded as I pushed my lips together. By the looks of it my plan to tell Ben back at Auradon Castle was never going to happen; I didn't really know how to feel about that.

"So we know it was bad" Jay urged.

"Fine" I sighed. "If I talk about it now I don't want the others to know about it" I urged. "It's embarrassing enough as it is" I stressed and I felt Ben's arms tighten around me as I took a couple of deep breaths to steady myself. "Conceal our actions from this world, so our words and promises can't be retold" I chanted.

"What?" Carlos asked in confusion.

"Silencing spell' Evie answered for me and Carlos and Jay nodded at this.

"I don't want the others to know" I urged. "So please lock that door" I stressed. "So no one can walk in" I added.

"Ok" Carlos nodded as he quickly locked the door. I then watched as the four them looked at me and I took a couple of deep breaths to steady myself. I had to resist the urge to shudder as my mind took me back to me walking onto the balcony after Ben had excused himself to go to the toilet.

Thankfully I was able to tell my family quickly but the conversation didn't go without its problems. Ben held me tightly throughout the conversation and during certain parts of the conversations he held me even tighter. I knew that hearing what Stanley said to me was going to be difficult for Ben to hear and I didn't want to drag this conversation out. When the comments about our bedroom antics flared up I couldn't help but note that Ben growled at this. I made a mental note to talk privately about this to Ben later - as this was something that shouldn't be in front of my family.

Evie, Jay and Carlos's reactions was also difficult to see; of course they were shocked and they couldn't believe some of the comments that Stanley told me. When Carlos asked what had happened to Stanley Ben advised that his security team will have passed him onto the police and the police will ring in the morning to find out what Ben wanted to do.

Jay and Carlos threatened that if they ever saw Stanley again they would make sure that Stanley would never come near me. I quickly told them not to do anything; as I didn't want to antagonise him to start making more drama for me or Ben. It was then at this point that Ben interjected that Jay and Carlos didn't need to do anything as he was taking care of it. When questioned on this Ben stated that even though he knew that I could deal with things he was going to give me my own security team, with Jeffery leading it. I asked whether this was necessary and Ben told me yes - and I decided to not fight him on this.

We then discussed the amount of backlash that this situation has caused and Ben sighed. He then told us that he knew that it was going to be all over the news in the morning; and he knew that both his parents and the council were going to need an explanation and he would give it. This caused me to sigh; I didn't mind discussing this with Adam and Belle. What annoyed me was the fact that the council needed to also be explained to - something that I knew for a fine fact I was never ever going to get used to.

"Well that was very awkward" I stated after Evie, Jay and Carlos left to give me and Ben a few moments together before we re-joined the rest of our group.

"Yes" he answered as he stroked my hair with his left hand.

"Are we both going to get into a lot of trouble?" I questioned sadly.

"Well it isn't going to look good that I punched him" he answered before he pursed his lips together. "But the fact that I was defending you-" he began. "And anyone can see why you slapped him; I don't want you to worry about this Mal" he urged. "Yes there is going to be a big drama about it; but no one in their right mind would react differently" he concluded.

"I know" I muttered as I rested my head against his right shoulder. "I just don't want to make you any trouble" I stressed. "Well any more that I have already have" I quickly added.

"Mal-" Ben started and I slowly looked up at him. "You are not causing me any trouble; other people are" he advised and I noted that he looked upset at this - which was very understandable. "I know that you didn't want him like that" he muttered. "I just hate the fact he tried; and how he was being forceful with you" he added and I heard his voice break at the end.

"Hey!" I exclaimed as I cupped the right hand side of his face with my right hand. "Ben he was never going to get me out of that club" I urged. "Jeffrey got to us" I reminded him.

"I know he did" he said. "Something I am very thankful for" he clarified. "I just hate what he said; and how disrespectful he was to you" he sighed sadly.

"Ben please?" I begged as I swept some hair behind his right ear. "Let's not dwell on what didn't happen" I urged. "I know that your parents and probably the council are going to need to know; but I don't mind that" I advised. "What I mind is what we both think, what you think" I pressed.

"Mal I only want you to be safe and happy" he urged.

"And I am" I replied. "I am with you" I smiled.

"But you weren't when he had his hands on you" he stated.

"Ben you went to the toilet" I answered.

"Yes" he nodded. "And he waited" he stressed.

"Yes but we stopped him" I reminded.

"Yes we did" he advised as he tightened his arms around me as we watched our bedroom door open again and Evie appeared.

"Oh" she muttered as we both looked at her.

"Everyone is ready" she advised. "Unless you want to go to bed" she suggested. "Everyone will understand" she meekly smiled.

"What do you want to do?" Ben asked me as we both looked at each other.

"I don't mind" I answered. "However-" I began as felt his fingers start to trace circular patterns on my side. "I do think spending time with the others might take our minds of it" I suggested. "But if you want to just go to bed that's fine as well I am quite tired" I continued.

"Me too" he smiled meekly. "But let's go see the others" he added.

"Evie we will be out in a minute" I advised.

"Ok" she nodded before she quickly left the room, closing the door behind her.

"I love you Dragon" he smiled as he cupped my face in both of his hands.

"I love you too Beast" I replied lovingly as I brushed my nose against his before I pressed a brief kiss against his lips.

"Come on then" he smiled as we pulled away. "Let's not keep everyone waiting" he added with a weak smile.

"No" I teased. "Let's not" I advised as we both untangled our arms from each other and we slowly stood up. I then let Ben lead me from the room by the hand and when we looked around the main living space to see all of our friends waiting for us.

"Hello everyone" Ben called and I couldn't help notice the concern on their faces. "I know you are all concerned; but try not to be" he continued. "There is nothing that we can do about it now" he stated. "But please understand that we don't want to talk about it, not now" he advised and everyone nodded in agreement to this. " Thank you" Ben said. "Now let's continue with our celebrations" he smiled and Jay turned on the stereo so the room filled with music. Me and Ben then threw each other a look before he span me around using his right hand and we started dancing slowly to the music. Yes the morning was going to be messy; but right now I wanted to spend time with my Beast and our friends.

After me and Ben finished dancing Mrs Potts and some of her staff appeared and brought some more food and drinks in. We thanked her for coming in this late; and she dismissed this - apparently she loved to help us. She had decided to make us fries, burgers and hot dogs as she thought that we would appreciate this type of food considering the amount of alcohol that we had drank. After a short while she come in with some garlic breads and various types of pizza and she stated that she wanted to make sure that we were all well fed - which we all laughed and chuckled at.

We then played some drinking games; which only levelled up our intoxicated level even higher. For the first game we split into two teams (boys vs girls) and we were all allocated five shots each; the aim if the game was to do kind of like a relay which started with Freddie and we all took our turns to drink the shots. We ended up only playing this game twice as the shots were starting to go to our heads which only made the next game even funnier.

The second drinking game we tried was called flip cup; again we stuck to the same teams and we stood at opposite sides of the long Buffett table that Mrs Potts had set up. We then moved our full plastic blue and yellow drink ups to the edge of the table. Az then shouted go and we then all done the relay race again by quickly downing our drinks; however when we were finished with our drinks we had to the place the cup on the edge of the table and flip it upside down before the other person could go. Well this game took a long time to do; as given the fact that we were all drunk flipping a cup over was more problematic than it sounded.

After we were all finished playing flip cup Chad then suggested that we played truth or dare and thankfully everyone stated that they all weren't in the mood for this particular game. And surely it should have been understandable why - that game always tended to end up in someone arguing with someone or a truth to be revealed that shouldn't be.

Me and Ben were currently dancing to a song that I hadn't even heard of but this didn't matter as I was in my Beast's arms. The sexual tension between us was definitely building up and somewhere in the middle of dancing we started making out. When we pulled away we saw that the rest of our group was either chatting amongst themselves or if they were a couple they two were drunkenly making out. Me and Ben then chuckled before looking back at each other and our eager lips quickly found each other's once more; when we heard some of our friends trying to talk to us we broke apart and they told us that they were going to go to bed. We wished them goodnight and when Ben looked at me I couldn't help but notice the playful look on Ben's very drunk face. I then winked at him and he winked back - both of us full well knowing what is going to happen as soon as we closed our bedroom doors behind us.

"Thankfully your spell is already up" Ben chuckled as he closed and locked the doors after us after we said our drunken good nights to the rest of our group.

"Yes" I chuckled back.

"So my lady?" He sang smoothly.

"Yes your Majesty" I sang back innocently.

"I think you said you wanted to ride me?" He teased smugly as he tilted his head to the side slightly.

"That is just an understatement my love" I purred before I quickly walked up to him and I cupped the back of his head as my lips crushed against his. Me and Ben started to messily make out; with our hands roaming boldly over each other's bodies. When I felt Ben's right hand capture my left breast I couldn't help but moan loudly against his lips. Ben then quickly pulled his lips away from mine and he started to lace kisses up and down the right hand side of my neck causing me to groan. So I started to mirror his actions and I felt his left arm snake around my waist and he held me closely against him. As the minutes started to tick by we broke apart when the need to breath quickly came to us when me and Ben rested our foreheads against each other's I then noticed that I started to feel dizzy as the room started to spin but I quickly pushed this away.

Ben's lips then founds mine once more and before I knew it I felt him push me onto my back. I chuckled against his lips at the fact due to both my current drunken nature and how I unobservant I was normally when making out with Ben I hadn't even realised that he had picked me up and carried me to bed. Again we continued to kiss with our hands roaming over each other's bodies and I moaned loudly against as I felt Ben's thumbs against my hips making small circling patterns.

We broke apart again to settle ourselves onto our pillows and I smirked at Ben as he slowly climbed on top of me. I grinned as I started to run my fingers through his hair as he brushed his nose against mine and I couldn't help but revealing at the fact that I loved his weight on top of me.

Our lips and hands returned back to their old patterns and before we both knew it we were both naked; with Ben looking very smugly down at me.

"Oh Ben" I breathed before he winked at me. He then readjusted himself slightly and before I could say or do anything I felt his fingers part my folds and I arched my back as he slide one finger into me.

"OH FUCK!" I screamed as I felt his hot lips start to tease my left breast as he started to work his finger against me. I felt him lightly nip his lips against my nipple as he quickly slid another finger into me. I then moaned harshly as my fingers interlocked into his hair - causing him to hiss as he gave my other breast the same attention.

Ben then started to quicken his fingers against me; causing me pant as I felt the knot of lust in my stomach tighten as my core begged for release. I kept arching my back up and grinded myself against his hand and I whimper in disappointment when he pulled his mouth from my skin as his fingers suddenly slowed down.

"Baby let me do the work" he slurred as he slowly worked his fingers against me. "You will enjoy it" he grinned, and I nodded at this and I felt him slide down further and his lips and tongue started to sweep against the bottom of my stomach.

As if he knew what I really needed he quickly winked at me and dropped in between my legs and crushed his lips against my clit.

"FUCKING HELL!" I screamed out as the waves of pleasure that I had been feeling suddenly increased. "OH!" I groaned. "JUST LIKE THAT BEAST!" I cried as he continued his passionate movements against me. I then felt him slow down which made me pull one brow up in confusion at him but I stopped as he harshly started to suck on my exposed and very willing clit. I felt his fingers do slow, lazy circles before they quickened again for a few moments before they slowly down again. All the while he was doing this his fingers curled and touched a sensitive spot inside of me which made me cry out and pant - making me numb to being able to question what he was doing to my very welling body.

He kept doing this until my body was suddenly assaulted by a wave of pleasure and I screamed out his name. As I hit my peak I involuntarily wrapped my thighs around his head, trapping him as I came down from my high as I regulated my breathing as the world continued to spin.

When I felt like I had enough energy to move my legs I moved my legs and watched as he lifted his head up and he had a smug grin on his face. I couldn't help but giggle at the fact that he watched me come down from my high - what he just very purposely caused!

Ben then quickly jumped up my body and crushed my lips against his and as he did this I slowly dragged my hands down his body. I pulled away from him and winked at him before I took him in both of my hands causing his to gasp.

"OH!" He groaned as he rested his head against my right shoulder as I slowly started to stroke his hardening member. I started to press kisses on the side of his head as I snuggled my face into his hair as my hands quickened against him. When the need for Ben became too much to bear I suddenly pulled my hands away, causing Ben to look up at me in disappointment.

Instead of answering him I winked at him before shoving him onto his back and I quickly straddled him. I then quickly guided him to me and I quickly pushed down, and we both gasped and moaned loudly as Ben fully entered me.

I then quickly started to move quickly against Ben and I felt his hands tighten around my waist as my slid onto the bottom of his stomach. As I continued to ride him I loved watching him reacting to me; and when this became too much to bear I leant down and pressed a long and loving kiss against his lips.

When I pulled away I started to grind and ride him harder; causing him to slide deeper into me - making us both moan and groan at the new sensation. I felt Ben's hands captured both of my buttocks as I continued my actions against him; I then groaned loudly as he quickly spanked my right buttock as he started to kiss my neck.

After we had been like this for a few moments I then sat up straight as he spanked my left buttock. I then chuckled down at him and he winked at me before he also sat up straight.

I continued to pant, moan and groan as I felt his arms snake around my waist as he started to abruptly thrust upwards. This was causing a new sensation and we both moaned, panted and groaned loudly as we continued to work harder against each other as our releases was getting nearer and nearer.

I felt Ben's mouth start to roam over my chest as he started to give my breasts attention by flicking, sucking and lightly biting my nipples. As he did this I started to feel his impressive and girthy member start to throb inside of me so I rested my head against his left shoulder as my core started to burn relentlessly. I then felt Ben pull his mouth and hands from my breasts as he snuggled his head against mine as his arms wrapped around my waist once more.

"OH MAL!" He shouted as he abruptly continued to thrust into me.

"OH BEN!" I shouted back. "Fuck me!" I screamed.

"That's what I am doing" he groaned before he roared as he spilled himself into me as I also became undone. I felt myself tighten around him as we both started to come down from our highs. I felt Ben's rib cage start to heave against mine as we both tried to regulate our breathing. We held each other tightly as we calmed our breathing down; and when our breathing returned to normal I then rolled off Ben - and we both whimpered when Ben slid out of me.

We both then looked at each other and we burst out laughing as we cuddled together and pulled the covers around us - both of us very happy with the actions that had just ensued between us both.