After the coronation a few weeks back, Ben invited Mal to dinner with his parents to clear things up (and to show them Mal is a great girlfriend). The servants prepared dinner for the four of them while Ben worried about what would happen. He paced around the dining room, keeping his eyes on the table. Occasionally, he would stop and fix whatever looked wrong. Mrs. Potts came out from the kitchen and walked to the dining room table with a plate full of sweets. When she saw Ben there, she knew what he was thinking. She set down the plate of sweets and turned to the young king.

"Nervous, Ben?" Mrs. Potts asked.

"I don't want things to go wrong like last time," Ben answered.

"You're worrying too much. I'm sure your parents will love Mal," Mrs. Potts reassured.

Ben smiled. Just then, the door bell rang. A servant was going to get it, but Ben yelled, "I got it!" and rushed to the door. He opened it and was glad to see Mal looking gorgeous as always. But he was surprised to see that Evie, Jay, and Carlos were with her.

"Hi, Mal. You look beautiful," Ben said.

"Thanks. You don't mind if my friends join, right?" Mal asked, pointing to Evie, Jay, and Carlos.

"Uh, nope. Not at all. Come in, you guys," Ben said, gesturing for them to come inside the castle.

Evie, Jay, and Carlos looked around the castle, amazed by how beautiful it was. While those three were busy, Ben came up to Mal with a question.

"Why are they here?" Ben asked. "Not that I don't want them here. I just thought it was just going to be us and my parents."

"Don't worry. You won't even notice they're there," Mal replied.

"Yeah, but this was for you to meet my parents. Again," Ben stated.

"Well, you date me, you date them, too," Mal joked.

Ben couldn't help but laugh. "Alright then," he said.

He lead her to the dining room where Evie, Jay, and Carlos had already went to. The boys were drooling over the delicious-looking food before them, and Evie was admiring the beautiful decorations in the room.

Just then, Cogsworth entered the dining room. He approached the teens with an announcement.

"Ben, your parents will be here in a moment," Cogsworth informed in that British accent of his.

He looked at Evie and started walking over to greet the girl, and held out his hand for her and slightly bowed.

"I believe this is the Mal I keep hearing about. Such a lovely, beautiful young lady," Cogsworth said, thinking Evie was Mal.

Evie giggled and looked over at Mal and Ben, trying to ignore Jay and Carlos' stifles of laughter.

"Actually, Cogsworth, that's Evie. This is Mal," Ben corrected, moving Mal up to be visible to the butler.

"Oh," Cogsworth said. "I apologize for my mistake. She seems very nice as well."

Mal smirked at Ben, as if to tell him she wasn't angry. A moment had passed and Belle and Adam walked into the room, their arms linked together like always.

"Hello, Ben. Mal," Belle greeted sweetly.

"Hi," Mal replied back.

"Oh, your friends are here," Belle said, noticing the three extra heads in the room.

"Yeah, they wanted to come. It's alright, right?" Mal asked.

"Of course. Any friend of our son's girlfriend is...welcome here anytime," Adam answered.

"Well, let's eat. I heard Mrs. Potts made her famous raspberry scones," Ben stated, pulling up a chair to sit on.

They all sat at the table. Their appetizers came and they began eating that. While Jay and Carlos scarfed down their food and Evie occasionally scolding them for their bad manners, Mal, Ben, Belle, and Adam talked. As they were finishing dessert, their conversation kept going.

"You two raised such a nice son. I'm really glad I met him," Mal complimented.

"And we're glad he found a nice girl like you," Belle replied.

"You know, personality-wise, you could hardly tell Maleficent is your mother with you being good and all," Adam commented.

Carlos snorted, trying to hold in his laughter. Everyone turned to him. Evie, who was sitting beside him, kicked his foot to make him stop.

"What's so funny?" Ben asked.

"Nothing," Jay said quickly.

Mal smiled and chuckled nervously. Belle and Adam thought nothing of it, and moved the conversation along with another topic.

"Out of curiosity, who did Maleficent marry?" Belle asked.

"Oh, um, I don't know. Some guy," Mal answered.

"Some guy? You mean you don't know who your father is?" Belle asked.

"Yeah, my mom doesn't like to talk about him," Mal replied.

"My mom's the same. She goes crazy when I ask her about my father," Carlos added.

"Mine, too. Except, she doesn't go crazy. Instead, she completely changes the subject," Evie stated.

"They all probably killed them," Jay joked.

"Oh, so your dad probably killed your mom then, Jay?" Mal asked.

"Ha ha," Jay replied flatly.

Belle looked quite concerned about what they were saying. She stood up, taking her husband with her.

"Excuse us," she said before walking away, Adam being dragged along.

They went out to the hallway, out of earshot, before Belle started talking.

"Did you hear them? Mal, Carlos, and Evie didn't have a father and Jay didn't have a mother around," Belle said.

"What's so bad about that? I know plenty of kids with single parents," Adam stated.

"Yeah, but they all have parents who are villains. Who knows what they've done to them?" Belle asked rhetorically.

"Belle, you're worrying too much. They're perfectly fine without a paternal, or in Jay's case, a maternal parent," Adam said.

"We need to be their parents for them," Belle declared.

"No, we don't," Adam protested.

"Yes, we do. And you are going to play along if you want to go golfing on Tuesday," Belle threatened.

Adam sighed, knowing how stubborn his wife can be, and walked with her to where the teens were now, which was in the main living room area. Evie, Carlos, and Jay were minding their own business, while Mal and Ben talked, supposedly about the dinner. Belle nudged Adam and directed her eyes towards Mal as if to tell him to talk to her. He sighed and did what he was told. Belle then approached Jay, wanting to be his motherly figure.

"Hello, Jay," Belle greeted sweetly.

"Oh, hey," Jay replied.

"Enjoying your time in Auradon?" Belle asked.

"Yeah. It's a great new home," Jay answered.

"I'm glad you like it. And you're welcome to come here anytime," Belle said.

"Um...thanks," Jay said.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, Adam and Mal (and a side of Ben) had a quite interesting conversation.

"I'm sure your parenting skills are great," Mal complimented.

"Considering your son is amazing," Ben joked.

"Well, um, my, uh...daughter...I actually consider Belle to be responsible for...uh, Ben," Adam stuttered.

"Daughter?" Mal asked, feeling uncomfortable.

"I told you this wasn't a good idea," Adam said to Belle.

"What wasn't a good idea?" Ben asked.

Belle took a few steps closer to the three, ready to explain.

"We were trying to be your parent figures since you didn't have a father around like your friends," she told them.

"You don't have to do that," Mal stated.

"I-I know. It just felt like something right to do," Belle replied.

"Well, if you're acting as their parents, where's the other three?" Ben asked.

Their eyes widened as soon as they found Mal's friends weren't in the living room with them anymore. It was a big castle. It would be hard to find them in such a big castle.

xXx

Loud noises came from the kitchen. Jay and Carlos were jousting with mops and metal pots on their heads, riding on those little serving tray carts. Evie watched them while playing with Sultan, the royal dog that was previously a footstool while under the Enchantress' curse. The maids and cooks were nowhere in sight. Carlos fixed his metal pot helmet before facing Jay again.

"Charge!" they both shouted, charging at each other with their mops.

"What are you guys doing in here?!" Mal shouted.

The boys stopped and looked to see an angry Mal standing at the doorway of the kitchen. Evie looked up and felt kinda guilty for the mess they've made in the kitchen.

"Uh, hey, Mal. Glad to see you're enjoying your night," Carlos said in attempt to be casual.

Jay let his mop drop to the floor and smiled innocently.

"I can't believe you would do something like this! You two are so immature!" Mal exclaimed before turning to Evie. "And you didn't stop them?!"

"I was distracted by the dog," Evie admitted, holding up Sultan. "Isn't he cute?"

Mal sighed in disgust. She turned to Belle and Adam.

"You really don't want to be our parents. This, this is why," Mal said, glancing to the mess they've made in the kitchen.

"Well, I for one, am offended," Carlos declared.

"Yeah. They can't act like our parents, but you can?"Jay asked.

"What?" Mal asked.

"No offense, Mal, but you kinda act like you're our mom," Evie explained.

"I don't act like a mom to you guys," Mal disagreed.

"Whatever you say," Jay said. "Mom."

Mal growled.

"Run," Carlos squeaked.

He and Jay dashed off out of the kitchen from another door. Mal looked at Evie menacingly. Evie glanced back and forth between the door the boys exited and a scary Mal. She chuckled nervously before darting out of the kitchen, following the boys.

I hope you guys liked that. I wasn't too great with the Belle and Adam trying to act like their parents part, but in my defense, I don't know how they could act parent-y. Next up is a Jay/Jordan pairing.