After leaving Ben, Adam and Belle we slowly and surely walked into mine and Ben's rooms in the central wing in Auradon Castle; thankfully after Uma, Harry, Ursula and Gil were sent back to the Isle Ben had his staff return our rooms back to the way they were before this whole sorry mess started. It felt reassuring to her back in my rooms with Ben; however there were more and more changes being added slowly as Edward's things were now getting also moved into our rooms. Me and Ben had decided that we also wanted to buy things together for Edward; but there was also some things that I had bought that Ben wanted to change. Like a better cot, Moses's basket, pram and some baby clothes - as they had been his when he was a baby, which I found absolutely adorable that he was handing them down.
Now that I was on my own with my family I knew that they were going to want to speak about what had happened; I actually thought this would have happened before now but now I could see what they had done. They had given me and Ben the time that we both needed; and this was something that made me love them even more. And as they are my family I knew that they deserved to know why I had done what I had done and how I had been over the last few months of me being missing.
I told them about how I felt when I discovered I was pregnant; and how I tried to tell Ben but Uma came into the room. It was at this point they questioned why I didn't tell them; as thy stated that they could have kept me safe. I allowed myself to think of this and yes part of me liked the sound of that; however as an afterthought I knew I had done the right thing. If Ben was looking for me he probably would expect Evie, Jay and Carlos to help him and I felt that he would become suspicious if they kept disappearing. This would in turn put our baby at risk as eventually Ben would find out which would mean that Uma would have done - and this was something that I couldn't risk. Edward was far too important to me. Even though this probably would have meant that when after situation over who was the baby's father to Uma's baby was resolved this would have meant that me and Ben would have reunited sooner. We do discuss this at great length but this particular conversation ended with us all agreeing to disagree.
I then told them about everything else that I had done - changing my appearance to buy things, going to doctor's appointments and changing the cottage for me and Edward. This then made them question how I couldn't have known about Uma and I told them that I turned my phone off and made sure that I didn't go near anything on the internet that would link to Ben or Uma. I told them that when I went shopping for things I made sure that I didn't look at anything that would link to Ben or Uma in anyway. When they asked me why I had chosen to do this I told them that I couldn't bear to see that Ben was the father or that he had married Uma - even if it wasn't the case. I was too scared to see if I had lost Ben - I just couldn't bear the heart break.
They then asked when I had planned to come back; and this was something that I still struggled with. I told them that I had planned coming back so many times; but every time I would try to leave the cottage I would get so scared of Uma trying to hurt Edward it would make me run back into the cottage. It was at this point when Jay asked did I ever think I would came back; and I told him that I wanted to. And I would like to have thought at some point I would have came back - before the baby was born, even if it meant that Uma had to find out.
Thankfully the conversation then moved on to what they have been doing since I had left; and this made my heart break. They had told me that since Ben told them that I had left they had spent the last few months looking for me. They said that they started on the Isle of the Lost, before returning to Auradon and scaling every inch of the kingdom numerous times. I started to feel selfish; I knew that they would have looked for me. I should have put more in place when I left; I should have left them a letter! As I started to mentally kick myself hey quickly reassured me that they knew why that I had done what I did - they just hoped that I would never do it again. I stressed that I wasn't going to - I had no reason to leave. And I knew that it was going to take time for both Ben and our families to believe me - but I would prove this to them.
Evie then excitedly told me about my wedding dress that she had made for me; she advised that she had to make some changes - given how far along in my pregnancy I was. I couldn't have a heavy dress with underskirts or anything elaborate; but I loved the wedding dress that she was making for me. It was such a pretty white and light cotton dress that dropped to just a few inches passed my knees. It had stunning ivory lace sheer sleeves and a romantic v shaped neckline. Thankfully it was a dress that didn't need much doing to it when my bump got any bigger; which I knew that was going to probably happen - the way that Edward was currently growing.
We then all decided to watch The Big Bang Theory; as we cuddled together on the couch. As Carlos pulled a very large fleece throw over us I couldn't help but smile at the fact that I was back with my family. I nearly didn't have this but I knew one thing for sure - I wasn't given them, Edward or Ben up for nothing or no one ever again!
After watching four episodes I started to feel tired so I told my family that I was going to have a short nap; so with this I quickly excused myself and walked into mine and Ben's bedroom. However before I closed the door I watched as my family all left our rooms - each of them smiling happily at me that we were all finally back together.