Bam, double update for today! With you guys leaving the reviews, I really wanted to get a couple chapters of this out. Plus, I felt like Chapter 2 wasn't the best, and I didn't want to disappoint you guys. Anyway, I hope you enjoy Chapter 3 of WILTW
Monday Morning, Ben's POV:
It was about 7:30am, and breakfast was beginning, so I made my way to Carlos' dorm room. I wanted to see him before class, and ask what lessons he said, to see if we shared any. I got to the door and knocked, only to hear distant groans and grumbles. Eventually, Carlos opened the door shirtless, and I blushed massively.
"G-Good Morning" I stuttered, staring at his abs, before realising what I was doing, and averting my eyes. "Its breakfast, so I thought I'd come get you" I said, rather nervously at this point.
"Oh, ok. Come in, I just need to shower, and I'll be out" he said, ushering me inside. I sat down on this bed, and watched him grab some clothes and made his way into the bathroom. That's when Jay startled me as he spoke up. "Is that offer for everyone, or just Carlos" he joked, and I blushed deep. "Yeah, it's for everyone" I said, but I think he noticed the disappointment in my voice when I said it.
"I think I'll pass. I'll grab Mal and Evie, and see you at some point in the day" he said, putting his beanie on, and exiting the room.
I sighed with relief. Finally, I could send some time with Carlos, by myself and try to get to know him. Anyway, I sat on the bed for about 5 minutes scrolling through my phone, checking my emails etc., until Carlos exited the bathroom. "Ready?" he asked, and we made our way to the café.
We grabbed some breakfast, and I decided that we would sit at an empty table. "So, what lessons do you have today? And is there anything you need help with?" I asked, digging into my food.
"Well, I've got Maths first, followed by English, then Magical History and finally Remedial Goodness 101" he said, and I chuckled when he said Remedial Goodness 101, as the way he said it sounded like disgust. "Really, we have to take a goodness class?" he moaned, obviously opposed to the idea.
"Come on, it won't be so bad. It's just to help you see what things are like in Auradon" I said, trying to reassure him. I looked down at his plate, to see that he had basically stacked up a load of pancakes, and was drenching them in chocolate sauce. "God, you do like chocolate" I chuckled, nodding to his plate.
"Yeah, there's nothing like it back on the Isle. It's so tasty" he said, pouring more and more of it onto his plate.
"Not to mention unhealthy" I chuckled back, causing him to stare at me.
"And what are you eating, Mr Muscle Man" he joked, nodding to my bowl of Weetabix with some fruit on top.
"Nothing as tasty as yours" I joked back, "But at least I'll stay in shape" I finished, before flexing my arm, showing off my biceps, causing him to chuckle back. A moment of silence fell on the table, but it wasn't awkward, instead we were staring into each other eyes once again, both getting lost in the others. It only lasted a minute or two, before someone dropped a plate, and we snapped out of it, and proceeded to eat our breakfast. We shared small talk, but before long, the bell went. "Well, that's our cue. I'll see you later ok" I said, as we placed our trays on the waste, and made our way to lesson.
Carlos POV:
My first lesson of the day was Maths, and boy did I enjoy it. I loved substituting and solving the equations, and I got a rush every time I got the answer right. The lesson passed rather quickly, and before long, I was making my way to English. I walked into the lesson, and the teacher, Miss Hill, decided to introduce me to the whole class.
"Class, this is the new student Carlos. I want you to treat him with the same respect as you would your friends. Carlos, there's a free seat over there" she said, point to a desk next to Ben. I face lit up, as I made my way over to him. I have to admit, I didn't grasp this lesson as much as I did Maths. We were told to interpret some poems, and luckily I was partnered with Ben. He tried to help me, but I couldn't seem to grasp the concept. Anyway, the whole lesson pretty much continued the same, but by the time the bell went, I was frustrated, and my body language showed this. I was sat with my arms crossed on the table, almost slouching in my seat.
We made our way to lunch, and once again I and Ben sat together. "What's up Carlos? You've seemed down ever since we left English" he asked, with a rather comforting smile that made my insides melt. I felt safe with him, so I decided to answer the question.
"I just can't get it. Surely there must be a right answer! I mean, it can't mean everything!" I said, toying with my food. He placed his hand on mine, and I felt all my worries dissolve. He hand as soft, and warm, and I loved the feeling.
"Don't worry Carlos, I'll help you. I quite enjoy English, so I could tutor you if you wanted" he said, with that adorable smile again. I just blushed. 'Alone time, with Ben?' I thought to myself, and nodded excited by the prospect.
Our little moment was completely ruined when the rest of the gang decided to join us on the table. Ben quickly panicked, and withdrew his hand, and decided to question the other guys. "So, did you enjoy your first few lessons?" he asked, and Jay was the first to speak up. "Yeah, History was alright, but Biology was really interesting! I mean, we were dissecting an animal, and it was really cool" he exclaimed, obviously excited about the lesson.
Evie had Geography, followed by Chemistry, and said that she found it really enjoyable as well. Mal sort of just grumbled something about 'Life without magic' which was a class specifically for the magic users in the school. I believe the words she said were 'condescending' and 'pointless.' Anyway, we all sat and ate lunch together, with Ben and me exchanging sweet glances with each other.
Magical History was alright I suppose, but it wasn't the most exciting thing, and that left me with the last lesson of the day, Remedial Goodness 101.
I got to class about 10 minutes early, and caught Fairy Godmother by surprise. "Oh, Carlos, I didn't see you there. Come in" she said, gesturing to the desks. "You do know that your 10 minutes early right" she said, writing something on the whiteboard.
"Yeah, we finished Magical History early, so I thought I would come straight here. I had nothing else to do" I chuckled, placing my bag beside my desk, and sitting down.
"So Carlos, how do you like Auradon so far?" she asked, still planning the lesson. "Yeah, I'm really enjoying it. All the teachers seem really nice. Plus the food is good" I replied, pulling out some homework from earlier. "Well,I'm glad your enjoying it" she replied, turning away from the board, and giving me a warm smile before she continued. I spent the next 10 minutes completing said homework. It was from Maths, so I completed it pretty quick. Anyway, the bell went, and Mal, Jay and Evie all walked in together. Jay sat to the side of me, and Evie and Mal sat on the desks opposite us. The lesson began, and was an interesting experience.
The lesson proceed as such: The Fairy Godmother kept asking questions with two or three 'wrong' answers and one 'correct.' The answer she as expecting was fairly obvious, especially when I was questions like. "You find a vial of poison. Do you:
A, Pour it in the Kings wine,
B Paint it on an apple
or C Hand it over to the proper authorities." She asked, and everyone raised their hands, well, everyone except Mal.
Jay grabbed hold of my arm, and tried to force in down onto the table. Before he got too far, the Fairy Godmother asked him for the answer, and he stated "C". "Damn, I was gonna say that" I moaned, and he pulled me into a headlock, dragging me onto the top of the table."Aww, but I said it first" he replied, whilst I struggled to remove myself from his arms.
"Boys. Boys!" we heard Fairy Godmother say, and we both turned to look at her. I used this opportunity to free myself from Jay's arms. "I'm going to encourage you to use that energy on the tourney field" she said, pointing at the large field outside.
I was quick to respond. "Oh, we're ok. Whatever that is, I think we'll pass" I said, but she insisted.
You're never going to guess where I am. In the middle of the tourney field, stumbling about. I heard the coach shout "Lost Boy" so I looked at him "Hey. Hey! Hey, you. Lost boy! Put your helmet on. Get out of the kill zone! Come on," he shouted again but I was still confused. I managed to put the helmet on, but that was probably my only success throughout the whole thing. I got tackled to the ground and pelted with the ball a few times, which actually really hurt. This probably lasted for about an hour, before the coach decided to call it a day.
We all huddled together, and the coach turned his attention to Jay. "What do you call that? Cause I call that raw talent, welcome to the team son" he said, patting Jay on the shoulder. Then he turned to me. "Ever heard of band?" he said, causing Jay to chuckle, whilst I had a look of sorrow on my face. I felt someone place a hand on my shoulder, and heard Ben speak up. "I'll work with him coach" he said, and that made me feel slightly better. The coach dismissed everyone, and I turned to Ben.
"God, first English, now this. I'm not on a roll today" I said to him, rather disappointed with myself. He could see how miserable I was, and decided to reassure me. "Don't worry C, you'll get it, and I'll be there to help you" he said, and I quickly noticed the nickname. "So it's C huh. I could get used to that" I replied, chuckling. "Thanks Ben" I said, giving him a small smile, before walking into the changing rooms.
7:30pm:
Jay and I were sat in the dorm room, completing our homework, when we heard Mal and Evie barge in. "You could at least knock" I said, staring at them as they stood at the door panting.
"Sorry, but this is important" Mal said rather sarcastically. Once they had regained their breaths, Mal began. "So, I found Fairy Godmother's daughter, and convinced her ask the Fairy Godmother to use the wand. If she does, then I'm invited, giving me a chance to snag it" she finished, with a massive grin on her face. Jay decided to pipe up.
"Carlos has training with Ben as well, so maybe he could ask about it then. You know, try his plan from the other night" he said, winking at me. I just blushed, whilst Evie and Mal were oblivious to it.
"Perfect. Now we can work from two angles. We are close to getting this wand!" Mal exclaimed, whilst I just continued to do my homework. I was starting to regret this whole plan, and now I've been roped in to getting information. After plotting a little more, Mal and Evie finally left the room, and I decided to get some sleep. Tomorrow was going to be stressful day, with a mentoring session with Ben in the morning, and tourney practise with him later that day.
Tuesday-9:00am. Carlos POV:
The day began as usual, with Ben coming to get me for breakfast. Today I was ready before he got here, so we left as soon as he arrived. We both had a free first, so we decided it would be a perfect time to do some tutoring. However, the whole time I couldn't focus. I knew I needed to get information from him, so I decided it would be best to just ask.
"So what's the deal with all the magical artefacts? I heard someone say something about a museum, and I was curious" I asked, rather randomly, I might add, and he picked up on it.
"What's piqued your interest in that, if I may ask?" he responded, closing the book he was working from.
"Well, it was my Magical History lesson yesterday. We spoke about Fairy Godmother's wand, and Tritons Trident, but apparently they don't use them at all anymore." I said, closing my book as well. 'That was a good recovery' I thought to myself.
"Well, when the kingdoms were united, the King decided it was best if we stopped using magic. He believed that we should learn how to live without it. But on special occasions, they are still used however" he said, and I was quick to respond.
"Like when?" I asked, knowing I had him where I wanted him.
"Well, Triton uses the trident for the Celebration of Auradon Festival, and the Fairy Godmother's wand will be used at my coronation" he said, with a smug smile on his face. I decided to play dumb, asking him about the coronation.
It was all tactical however, I could find out where we were sitting, and where the wand would be. "Your coronation? That's the deal with that anyway?" I asked, playing as innocent as possible.
"Well, it's when I will be crowned the King of Auradon. It's being held at the cathedral and the whole school is invited. Basically, I will walk down the cathedral, and greet the current King and Queen, as well as the Fairy Godmother, and then she will bless me with the wand." He said, rather smugly I will add again.
"And where will we be? Will we be by the front, or what? I want to have a good view of this" I joked, nudging him as I laughed, and luckily he took the bait.
"Unfortunately not. At the front, it's just me, my folks and my partner." He replied, with that sweet smile again, making me melt inside. "Anyway, enough about me. I want to know about you" he said, pulling me out of my trance.
"Me? There's not much to know about me" I replied, getting rather shy. I didn't really like to talk about my past, as I hadn't really had the best experiences. "Come on, there's got to be something interesting you can tell me?" I said, smiling at me once again. God that thing was like a truth serum, because as soon as he smiled, I started to confess little parts about my history.
"Well, I'm the son of Cruella De Vil. I grew up alone with my mother in Hell Hall, and I hated every minute I was on that isle" I admitted, and my expression quickly changed into sadness. "Oh, Carlos I'm so sorry" he said, trying to comfort me, but I knew I needed to be alone. "If you'll excuse me" I said, getting up off the floor. At this point, there was definitely tears streaming down my face.
I made my way out of the library and ran straight for my dorm room. I needed a few moments alone, to recover from my memories. About 5 minutes passed, and I could hear someone at the door.
"Carlos, its Ben. Am I alright to come in?" he asked, and I got up and opened the door. At this point, I wasn't crying anymore, but I was still upset. I made my way back over to the bed, and decided to speak up.
"Ben, I'm sorry about that. I shouldn't have run out on you like that." I confessed, but he quickly joined me on the bed, holding my hands in his own.
"It's fine. I'm sorry I pushed you to answer a question. I should have just let it be" he confessed back, but I shook my head.
"Don't worry about it. You didn't know" I replied. We sat and chatted for a few minutes, before we heard the bell go. "Come on, what's your next lesson?" he asked. "I've got Chemistry" I said, packing my bag, and we made our way out of the room.
"I'll walk you. I've got biology, so I'm not far" he said, with that adorable smile of his. We made our way to my class, and before I went inside he said, "If you want to leave tourney practise tonight, then we can" in a rather sympathetic voice.
"No, it's fine. Besides, according to you, I need to get into shape" I joke back, now fully recovered. "Ok, I'll see you at 3:10" he said, smiling before walking away.
3:10pm-Ben's POV:
The school day pretty much continued as such. Lessons were ok, but I couldn't help but feel guilty over what I had done to Carlos. I only wanted to get to know him better, but instead, I make him cry. I knew I had to make it up to him at some point, but I wasn't quite sure how. Anyway, it reached 3:10pm and the school day had official ended, so I made my way to the changing rooms, only to see Carlos in there as well.
"Ready for training?" I asked, startling the younger boy. "My god Ben, you scared me!" he said, and I just chuckled. I took off my top, right as he turned about and he just stared at my abs. I'm not gonna lie, I had a pretty defined six-pack, and I was rather impressed with myself to be fair.
I could tell that Carlos was impressed as well. I decided to snap him out of his stare by flexing, and he quickly blushed and averted his eyes. I just chuckled, and we continued to get changed.
"Ok, Carlos, we're gonna do some sprint. You ready?" I asked, and he just nodded. I heard some barking coming from behind him, and before long, he had passed me, running at quite some speed. "Sweet" I said, turning around to see him running into the forest around the school, with Dude chasing him. "Carlos? Carlos!" I yelled, chasing after him, whilst he continued to frantically run away, but I lost him as soon as I entered the forest. "Carlos? Carlos?" I kept shouting, hoping to hear a response, and in the distance, I heard a very faint "B-Ben?" followed by barking.
I was able to follow the noise, to find Carlos clinging onto a tree with a fear for his life. "Ben, Ben, get back!" he said, warning me away from Dude.
"Whoa, calm down" I said, slowly walking towards Dude.
"Ben, get back. This thing is a killer! He's gonna chase me down and rip out my throat. This is a vicious, rabid pack animal", he replied, getting closer and closer to the tree each time. I proceeded to pick up Dude, and move him away from Carlos, hoping to ease his suffering a little bit. He eventually let go of the tree, but refused to come down completely.
"Carlos, who told you that?" I asked, rather curious around his 'rabid pack animal' statement.
"My mother. She always told me that dogs are killer that eat boys that don't behave" he replied, still shivering a little bit.
"Carlos, this is Dude, the campus mutt. Come down, I promise I won't let him hurt you" I said, holding Dude in one arm, and offering Carlos my other. With some hesitation, he climbed back down.
"See, he's not that bad. Try petting him" I said, gently stroking Carlos' hand over Dude fur. Carlos' hands were so soft, that I didn't want to let them go. It just felt right, to hold his hand in mine. He looked up at me when he did so, and we stared into each other eyes again, both getting lost in each other's.
"I guess you guys have it pretty rough on the island." I said, still staring into his eyes.
"Yeah. Let's just say we don't get a lot of belly rubs." He responded, causing me to chuckle.
"You're a good boy." I said, without thinking about it, and I blushed massively, still staring into his eyes. I had to find a way to cover it up quickly "I mean, you're a good runner. You're... you're fast, you know" I stammered, hoping he would buy it. He just chuckled, as our little moment continued. It probably lasted another minute, before Dude decided to jump out of my arm, and run back to the tourney field.
Both Carlos and I jumped, and then chuckled. "We should probably head back" I said, extending my arm leading the way. "Thank you, your highness" he joked, bowing before heading back. I quickly joked back. "Hey, it's just Prince Ben. 'Your highness is my father" causing him to chuckle.
We got back to the tourney field, and decided to carry on with a few sprints. That probably lasted 30 minutes, before Carlos decided to challenge me to a race. "Come on Ben, you haven't done much this session. How about we race" he chuckled.
"Game on" I said, laying the equipment on the ground and walking over to him. "First one across the kill zone wins" he said, leading us over to it. "Ok, on three. 1, 2…" I said, but before I could finish, I saw him run off from beside me. "Hey," I shouted, running after him. Of course, he had crossed the kill zone first, but I had a little plan in mind. He stopped at the other side, and was jumping up and down, signalling his celebration.
However, I continued to run at him, and tackled him to the ground. I was able to swap our positions whilst in the air, so I was going to take the brunt of the fall. I didn't want to injury him, but just have a bit of a joke. I landed on my back, and he fell into my stomach, centimetres away from my face. He just pouted whilst we landed, and I responded with "all's fair in love and tourney" winking as I did so. "Besides, you ran off before I finished counting," I said, causing him to chuckle.
He responded with the same sentence. "All's fair in love and tourney" causing me to chuckle this time. At this point, we were staring at each other once again, and my arms were wrapped about his waist, still from the tackle. But it felt so right, so natural.
For some reason, I got some overwhelming feeling to lean in, and I could see he was doing the same. Before anything happened, we heard some muffed voices in the distance. I didn't hear what they said and it wasn't aimed at us, but it was enough for us to let go of each other, and pull ourselves off the ground. "So, let's continue, shall we?" I asked, rather nervously.
Carlos POV:
Practise with Ben ended at about 6:00pm, and I made my way to dinner in the Cafeteria. Ben had a meeting to attend, so unfortunately he could join me today. I was sat by myself for a while, before I was joined by Mal, Jay and Evie. "Oh hey guys, I haven't seen you all day. How have you been?" I asked, generally interested.
"Oh, don't give us that fake crap Carlos." Mal snapped, causing me to sigh. "Don't worry about it, she's mad because her plan with Jane failed" Evie replied. "So, now it's on you Carlos? What did Ben tell you?" Mal asked, rather abruptly I might add. I sighed once again, before telling me everything he told me, and I could see Mal's face light up throughout the whole thing. Evie and Jay were less excited however, with each of them slightly resenting the information.
I finished, and I could see Mal forming a plan in her mind, before speaking up. "Ok, so it's simple. Carlos said that Ben's girlfriend would be at the front with him" she began, but I mumbled "partner" under my breath as she said so. "So, all we need to do is get Ben a new girlfriend" she finished, and I mumbled "partner" under my breath again, but this time, I think Jay heard, as he nudged me under the table. Luckily, no one else did.
"And I need a love spell" she said, pulling her spell book out of her bag. "Here, this is perfect. All we need to do is bake something, and hand it to him."
"A Cookie!" I exclaimed, causing the Cafeteria to go slightly silent, as everyone looked at me. I quickly blushed, as everyone turned away, and continued their own conversations. "Like Ben said the other day. He loves cookies, so he won't be able to resist if we give him one" I finished, and everyone just looked at me.
"Perfect. Meet me in the kitchen at 9:00pm, and we'll start to bake it then." She said, and everyone nodded in agreement.
It hit 9:00pm, and we all gathered in the kitchen, starting to bake the cookie. Mal followed the recipe exactly, but we were stuck on one ingredient, a tear of human sadness. "Let's just chop some onions" Jay suggested, but Evie was quick to shut him down. Something about proteins and what not. Anyway, we all seemed impressed with her, even though we didn't know what she meant.
Anyway, before we could consider it any further, Lonnie burst into the kitchen. She started to talk to Mal, but I didn't pay attention to what she was saying. I was too focus on something else. She looked different, but I couldn't quite figure out what. 'New clothes? Has she put on some make-up?" I thought to myself, however, I was snapped out of it when she dipped her finger into the mixing bowl.
"No!" everyone screamed, and she licked her finger. "What, I'm not gonna double dip" She said, but that as the least of our concerns. Jay decided to hit on her, to see if she was affected by it, but instead she pulled out some chocolate chips from the fridge. "What are those?" Mal asked, and Lonnie went on to explain.
"Chocolate chips? You know, when you're feeling sad" and we all just looked at her. She started to go on about her mother baking cookies for her when she is sad, and asked if we had every experiences it. I believe her words were "Villains love their kid's right?" causing us to look at the ground, with sadness on our faces. "Oh…How awful" she said, with a tear rolling down her face.
Mal was quick to respond, wiping the tear off her face, and dropping it into the mixture. "Well, bummer but we have to get these into the oven. Goodnight, Evil Dream" Mal said, quickly dismissing Lonnie. Lonnie was a bit stunned, but Mal essentially pushed her out of the kitchen, so we could continue with baking.
So I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and we got a few more sweet Benlos moments between the pair of them. So, this chapter ended with the gang making the cookie, so what do you think the next chapter will entail ;).
Anyway, at the moment, there are no new reviews, but if I update this story throughout the week, then it's because you guys have left some more, and I wanted to respond.
Once again, I hope you enjoyed it, and I'll see you on Thursday for Chapter 5 of NTC. I have to admit, that is probably one of my favourite chapters, so I hope you enjoy it as well