Chapter 5: Meeting the Girl
About an hour later that day, Chip came back with the girl named Lilly. Like Belle, Lilly was very beautiful, and she was very nice. Chip closed the door and she asked kindly, "So, um, where's Bennett?" He looked around and said, "Probably in his room. Please follow me." He walked upstairs with Lilly following him. When they reached his door, Chip told Lilly, "Okay, there's something about Bennett that I want you to know." Lilly smiled and he said, "He's a beast. Like an actual beast." Lilly gasped and asked, "Really?" Chip nodded and she bit her lip. She said, "Well, that's okay. I want to meet him anyway." Chip knocked on the door and Bennett asked, "Yes?" Lilly was a little scared by the sound of his voice, but she felt confident enough to meet him. Chip said, "Bennett, it's me and Lilly." Bennett said, "I'm coming." Lilly took a breath and then Bennett opened the door. Immediately, Bennett and Lilly looked at each other. Bennett smiled and said, "Hi." Lilly smiled and said, "H-Hi." From downstairs, Adam, Belle, Lumiere, Cogsworth, and Mrs. Potts were watching them. Belle whispered to Adam, "What do you think she's thinking?" Adam replied, "I don't know. Hopefully something good." Then Bennett told Lilly, "Uh, you can come in my room." Lilly smiled and Bennett let her in. He told Chip, "Thank you, Chip." Chip smiled and bowed and he walked downstairs. Bennett shut the door and Chip gave all of them downstairs a thumbs up. Adam said, "I can't believe he's actually doing this." Belle said, "Yeah, I know. I feel like yesterday he came to this world. Now he's grown-up and trying to love someone." Then Adam gave her a kiss on her forehead. Upstairs, Bennett and Lilly sat on his bed. Lilly asked, "So, um, how long have you been a beast?" Bennett said, "I'm under a spell. I've been under it since my 13th birthday." Lilly said, "Oh. How old are you?" Bennett said, "I'm 18. How old are you?" Lilly smiled and said, "I'm 18, too." Bennett said, "Wow. You look younger than that." Lilly laughed and asked, "What do you like to do?" Bennett sighed and said, "I honestly like hanging here. I can't leave here because of the spell. What do you do?" Lilly said, "Well, I live by myself in college. My dad just recently passed away. I like to read and roam around town." Bennett said, "Oh, I'm sorry about your father. You actually sound like my mom when she was younger. She loved to read, and her mom passed away. She said that she always had this guy chasing her and he kept proposing to her, but she denied it." Lilly sighed and said, "Yeah. This jerk in my town keeps asking me out and forcing me to marry him. His name's Keegan, and I don't like him at all. Everyone in the town does besides me and my mom. He says that he loves me, but I don't love him." Bennett said, "Oh, yeah. I don't like people who are like that." Lilly said, "You know, for a beast, you're actually kind of cute. You're really nice. I like people like that." Bennett smiled happily and asked, "So, you kind of like me so far?" Lilly nodded and said, "Yeah. You're better than Keegan and everybody else in town." Bennett said, "Thank you. I already like you because you're nice to me unlike anyone else and your beautiful." Lilly smiled and said, "Thank you." Then they looked in each other's eyes. About 5 seconds later, Lilly said, "Um, I'm sorry, but I have to go home. My mom wanted me back before sunset." Bennett said, "Oh, okay. I'll walk you out." Lilly smiled at him and so did he. He opened the door and walked her downstairs to the door. She turned around and said, "Thanks for having me. I really enjoyed my time here." Bennett smiled and said, "No problem. You can come back anytime." Lilly said, "I'll definitely be back." Bennett said, "Awesome!" She waved and he waved, and then she left. Bennett happily closed the door and turned around smiling. He sighed happily, and then his parents came up to him. Bennett said, "Oh hey." Adam said, "I'm very proud of you, Bennett. You're growing up and you're making adult choices." Bennett asked smiling, "I am?" Belle said, "Of course you are. See what happens when the girl comes here and sees your habitat? She's already starting to like you." Bennett said, "Yeah… I already love her. Just 20 minutes together and I already love her." Adam asked, "What is she like?" Bennett said, "She's beautiful, nice, and she appreciates who I am instead of running away. Basically, like you guys." The couple smiled at each other and Belle said, "Yeah. Just like us." Then Bennett told them, "I love you guys." They told him at the same time, "We love you, too." Then, Bennett ran up to them and hugged them happily. They hugged him back; It was obvious that Bennett loved Lilly already, and Lilly is starting to love him. Maybe she can help him break the spell.