Hello, and Welcome back to Chapter 4 of WILTW. So, I wanted to thank you all again for the massive support this story is getting, it is honestly making my day. This is where the story starts to get a little juicy, as we all know what happens at the tourney game ;). Anyway, I hope you enjoy, and I'll see you at the end :) Oh, and I dont condone any of the language used in this chapter.

Wednesday, 11:30pm-Ben's POV:
Today was the day of the big game against the Sherwood Forest Falcons. I was stood at my locker, when I heard someone approach, and I turned to see Mal stood there. "Oh hey Mal. What's up?" I asked, noticing the plastic bag in her hand.

"I just made a batch of chocolate chip cookies" she replied, holding a bag in front of my face. "Carlos said that you love cookies, so I didn't know if you wanted one" she said, pulling it out of the bag, and waving it around in the air. I caught the scent of it, and boy did it smell amazing!

"Sure, I would love one!" I said, trying to hide my excitement. She handed me the cookie, and as I bit into it, but could help but think about what she said. How Carlos mentioned it to her, how he knew I loved cookies. Before long, all I could think about was Carlos. He cute smile, his adorable freckles, and how sweet and kind he was.

I heard Jay approach from behind, and he asked "How you feeling bro?" and I couldn't contain my love for that boy. I saw him approach from behind Mal, and just ran up to him, and pulled him into the biggest hug ever.

"I feel like I was to sing his name! Carl…" I began, but Mal was quick to cover my mouth. Carlos tried to pull himself away from me, but I couldn't let go. "Ben, you're hurting me" I heard him mutter, and I let off slightly, still holding him in a hug.

"Carlos, I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. I would never intend to hurt you. I'm so sorry" I said to him frantically, hoping, begging that he would forgive me.

"Well, I didn't expect this, but it could work" I heard Mal mutter from behind, but I was too in love to care what she meant. I felt Jay rest his hand on my shoulder, and he said "Come on, we have a game to get to", trying to pull me away from Carlos. I struggled back, not letting the smaller boy out of my arms, but eventually I had to give up.

"Can Carlos come too? I mean, he is on the team right?" I asked, hoping the answer would be yes. "Sure, I'll come" I heard Carlos respond, as he started to walk in front of me. All I could focus on was him, and he perfect he was. The way he walked, his voice, and his god damn perky ass!

We made our way into the changing rooms, and I couldn't help but stare at Carlos. He was perfect, just perfect. 'After the game. I'll confess my love for him. In front of everyone, so they all know he is mine!' I thought to myself. "Ben!" I heard someone say, snapping me out of my trance. "Its show time" I heard, and looked up to see Chad stood over me. "Yeah, of course" I said, getting onto my feet, and heading outside.

The game started as usual, except I saw that Carlos and Jay were benched. The whole game, I couldn't focus on what I was doing, but more on Carlos. He looked so disappointed on the bench, and I just wanted to take care of him. To assure him it was ok, and he would do great. Anyway, the match only had 5 minutes left, and the coach decided to call a little break. At the moment, we were at a tie. The coach decided to substitute Jay in, but left Carlos sat on the bench, and I was having none of it.

"Coach, why does Carlos play as well?" I asked, but Carlos was quick to reject the idea. "No, no I'm fine." He said, shaking his head. "Come on C. We've been practising! You're really good! I believe in you!" I said to him, and saw his face light up. "Ok, I'll play" he said, and the coach placed him on the field. At first, it was a bit rough, but before long, we were working as a team.

Jay passed the ball to me, and Carlos managed to tackle someone to the ground. I headed for the goal, and went to score but the goal keeper blocked it. We all retreated back, and started again. Jay started off with the ball, but passed it to me. I managed to get through the kill zone, and could see Carlos and Jay getting through as well. I passed the ball back to Jay. Jay slammed the ball into Carlos' shield, causing it to shoot up into the air. I heard Carlos shout my name, as the ball came back down, and I slammed it into the back of the net!

"Prince Ben has won it!" I heard the announcer say, but I couldn't focus on that at the moment. I ran up to him, grabbed the mic, and made my way onto the disc launcher. "Excuse me. Excuse me. Can I have your attention, please? There's something I'd like to say." I said causing the whole place to go completely quiet. This was my chance

"Give me a C!" I shouted, acting it out, causing everyone to follow.

"Give me an A!" I screamed, and everyone followed my actions.

"Give me an R! L! O! S!" I finally screamed, and everyone followed once again.

"What does that spell" I screamed, and everyone screamed "Carlos" back. "I can't hear you!" I yelled, and everyone screamed "CARLOS" even louder. At this point, my eyes turn to him, and I could see how deeply he was blushing. "I love you Carlos. Did I mention that?" I said, slowly approaching him. "Give me a beat!" I continued, pointing towards Doug, and he was more than happy to comply. "Uno, dos, tres, quatro" he screamed, and I started to sing.

"Did I mention? That I'm in love with you?
Did I mention? There's nothing I can do
And did I happen to say I dream of you every day
But let me shout it out loud
If that's okay-ay-ay (Hey!)
If that's okay (Hey!)

I met this guy that rocked my world, Like it's never been rocked
And now I'm living just for him, And I won't ever stop
I never thought it can happen to a guy like me
But now look at what you've done, You got down on my knees

Because my love for you is ridiculous, I never knew (Who knew?)

That it can be like this. My love for you is ridiculous.
My love is R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S! (R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S!)
It's (RIDICULOUS!) Just (RIDICULOUS!)
And I would give my kingdom for just one kiss"

The song lasted for another few verses, and the whole time, Carlos was down on his knees, with his face in his hands. A few times he looked up at me, and in those moments, my heart just melted. His adorable, chocolate eyes staring at me, and I could see that he had the biggest smile on his face, although we didn't want to show it. The song finished, and I pulled him to his feet. "I love you Carlos, Did I mention that?" I asked, as I pulled him into the biggest hug. "Carlos, will you do me the honour of going to coronation with me?" I asked, holding his hands in my own.

"Of Course I will Ben!" he screamed into the mic, and the whole crowd erupted into a massive cheer. "Come on, lovebirds, the whole team is waiting for you" I heard Jay say, pulling us back towards the group. The coach handed Jay the trophy, and we all lifted our star player into the air. The crowd continued to cheer and even started to chant "Jay, Jay, Jay" over and over again. At this moment in time, everything was perfect.

Carlos' POV:
After the match, the whole lot of us headed for the Cafeteria for dinner. Ben literally clung off me the whole time, until we reached the table. "Wait here C, I'll grab us some food" I heard him say, and whimper as he let go of my arm. That's when Mal spoke up, and broke the moment. "This is perfect. He is so infatuated with you, you could make him do anything. Now all you need to do Carlos is to play along until coronation. Then you can snag the wand, and we'll be out of here" she said, grinning at her evil plan. Evie and Jay nodded along, rather reluctantly, as did I.

Ben returned with two trays worth of food, and the one he handed to me was loaded with chocolate, and I mean loaded. There was about 10 chocolate bars, 10 packets of chocolate sauce, and one of the bowls containing chocolate desserts off the side. "Jeez Ben, that's a lot of chocolate" I heard Evie joke, but Ben was too in love to realise that she was joking.

"I tried to get as much chocolate as I could, to try and a show you how much I love you. But this still isn't enough" I heard Ben mutter, with a rather sad tone in his voice. "Don't worry Ben, I know how much you love me" I said back, and could hear Mal fake retching in the background. Evie thought it was cute, whilst Jay just chuckled.

Ben then gasped. "My god. I've forgotten the drinks. I'm so sorry Carlos. I'll be right back" he said, panicking and running back to the queue. Mal piped up again. "God, you don't need to take it that far" she joked, and I just stuttered in my response.

Jay quickly helped out. "He needs to make it believable, if we want the plan to work" he said, resting his arm around my neck. Ben was quick to return, and remove Jay's arm from my neck, placing his own around it. Ben let out a low growl to Jay, with scared him pretty effectively.

"Ok, he's yours man." Jay said, jokingly. We sat and ate dinner together, and before long, it was time to head back to the dorms. Ben walked me all the way back to mine, but decided to speak up once we reached the door. "Goodnight C. I'll pick you up in the morning, and we can have breakfast together before class ok?" he asked rather nervously, but I quickly settled his nerves. "Of course Ben. I'll see you in the morning" I replied, pulling him into a hug. We must have stayed like that for 5 minutes, before he saw Jay approaching the door.

"Ok, lovebirds. Its curfew" he joked, and I heard Ben whimper as he let go. He waved goodbye as he made his way back to his dorm. Which to be fair, was only a couple of doors down from ours. I headed into the dorm room, and decided to get into bed. It had been a long day after all, and I can imagine that it wasn't going to get any easier.

However, I couldn't get to sleep. Jay was still up, probably finishing some homework due for tomorrow, and I couldn't stop thinking about everything that was going on. I decided to confer with Jay. "Jay, can I tell you something. But you promise you have to keep it a secret ok?" I asked, and I could see Jay raise his head, and look over to me. "Have you ever thought about just living here? And you know being happy?" I asked, and I could see he was thinking about it. I decided to speak up again. "I mean, it's not that bad here. The food is really good, everyone is so nice, and school is really fun" I said, trying to justify my thought process.

"I see where you're coming from Carlos." he replied, and I was slightly hopeful at his response. "But we can't let down our parents. They're relying on us" he finished, with a sigh of disappointment. I knew he didn't mean it, but it was true. Our parents were depending on us, and it wouldn't end well if we let them down. God, for all we know, we might be sent back to the Isle after the coronation, and if we returned without the wand, they would not be impressed.

"You're right Jay. I'm sorry" I said, rather disappointed as well.

"But hey, that doesn't mean that we shouldn't enjoy it while we have the chance" he finished winking at me, causing me to chuckle.

"Yeah, I suppose you're right. Goodnight Jay."

"Goodnight C" he replied, and I quickly fell asleep.

Thursday Morning 7:30am-Ben's POV:
As usual, I was making my way to Carlos' room, ready to pick him up for breakfast. I was so excited, I just wanted to spend every moment with him. However, walking down to his room was an experience. Some people walked up and congratulated me, well everyone did, expect for one boy in particular. "Morning Chad" I said, approaching him the hall way.

"Well, if it isn't the school's faggot. Going to get your boyfriend?" he snickered, which caused me some pain.

"Why are you being so mean? I haven't done anything to upset you, have it?" I asked, trying to hide my emotions from him. I felt like I could break down, after what he had said.

"Well, for a start, that little runt is your boyfriend" he said, and before long, I saw Audrey approach from behind. "Morning babe." She said to Chad, kissing him on the cheek. "Ben" she said rather coldly to me, and I could see she wasn't happy. "What are you talking about" she asked, and Chad was quick to pipe up.

"Just how pathetic Ben is, with his new boyfriend" he said laughing, whilst Audrey just stared at the floor. She was obviously uncomfortable with what was being said.

"Why, you sound jealous Chad?" I mocked back, before turning to Audrey. "Really, him?" I asked, and she just smiled at me, but I could see the pain behind it. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get my Boyfriend" I said, placing extra emphasis on 'Boyfriend' as I barged past Chad. I could hear him shouting something behind me, but I decided to ignore it. 'What a dick' I thought to myself as I knocked on Carlos' door.

Breakfast proceeded as usual, with me going to get us some food. Carlos offered, but I insisted I would do it. We finally agreed that he would get lunch for us both. "So C, are you ready for another tutoring session" I asked, causing everyone on the table to look at him. He blushed deeply, and clarified.

"Ben's been helping me with English" he replied, causing Evie and Lonnie to exchange an "aww." Mal just scoffed, as usual. "Anyway, we have a free first, so I didn't know if you wanted to continue?" I asked, and Carlos nodded.

"Yeah, we have English later, so it would be nice to be prepared" he replied, and my face lit up. 'More alone time with Carlos. This is great!' I thought to myself, and my excitement was obviously showing, as I had the biggest smile on my face, and even Lonnie laughed at me this time. "Calm down there Ben" she joked.

Audrey's POV:
I was sat with Chad, Doug and Jane for breakfast, and my attention kept being drawn to Ben and Carlos. But, I didn't feel resentment for them, more happiness. The pair of them looked perfect for each other, as if it was meant to be. When Ben broke up with me, I thought about what he had said. It was almost one of those epiphany moments.

I was self-obsessed, god I didn't even know what optional subjects Ben was doing, and I did belittle the villain kids. I was there for the first moment they arrived, and instead of trying to make them welcome, I argued and fought with them, just to show how much 'better' I was than then.

Anyway, that was beside the point. Chad started to grumble something under his breath, which quickly caught my attention. "Me? Jealous? Of that faggot. I don't think so" he grumbled, playing with the food on his plate.

"Chad, stop using that word. It's awful" I replied, catching his attention.

"I don't know why you're defending him. He broke up with you! So he could be with that runt!" he snapped, and I'm not gonna lie, it really hurt.

"Ok, so maybe he did. But I've learnt to respect his decision Chad!" I snapped back. "That's it. We're done. I can't deal with your constant bullying and belittling towards the other students. You, Chad, will end up with no one, and it will be your own fault" I finished, standing up and walking away from him. I could see Doug and Jane follow, and we made our way outside.

"He's a villain. A FUCKING VILLAIN" Chad shouted behind, but we all just ignored him, not providing him with the attention he wanted.

Carlos' POV:
The bell went, signalling the beginning of first lesson, and to be honest, I never liked this bit. Within seconds, everyone in the cafeteria would be on their feet, each trying to reach one of the three exits and stopping at nothing to get there. With me being as small as I was, it was easy for me to get barged and pushed about, so I always tried to stay seated for a bit long.

"Come on C, the bell's gone! We need to go!" Ben said, jumping up from his seat, and grabbing onto my wrist.

"Maybe, we could wait for a few minutes. I mean, we do have a free after all" I replied, with a rather nervous look and tone.

Ben was quick to notice. "Sure, that's fine." He said, smiling as he sat back down. "What's up?" he asked, with that truth smile again. 'God damn him!' I thought to myself.

"Nothing, it's just I don't like leaving when everyone else does. I get really anxious, and it's easy for me to get pushed about" I admitted to him, staring into his lovely emerald eyes. He pulled me into a deep hug.

"Thank you for being honest with me C. I'll remember that next time" he whispered into my ear. By the time we had finished hugging, the cafeteria was completely empty, so we made our way to the library.

It was quiet like usual and we managed to grab one of the private rooms on the third floor. "So, what do you want to start with? The books, or the poems?" he asked, pulling everything out of his bag.

"Err, let's start with the books, since that's what we are doing later" I responded, and I saw Ben reach of the cheesiest one out of them all. "Really, Romeo and Juliet?" I asked, as he picked it up.

"Come on, I thought it would be cute. We could act it out and that" he teased, being all dramatic as usual. I finally conceded, allowing him to begin. "Ok, so I'll read Romeo and you read Juliet" he said, and I just looked at him, with that 'really' look. Anyway, it went about as well as you can imagine. I had absolutely no clue what they were saying, with it basically being written in a different language, whereas Ben seemed to nail it every time.

Half an hour probably passed, and I was fed up already. "I just don't get it" I said, throwing the book to the ground. "It doesn't make any sense. Like, I get the basic premise of what is happening, but I can't tell what they are saying" I exclaimed, before slouching into a seat. Ben just chuckled, and stared at me. "What?" I snapped at him, still frustrated with myself.

"Has anyone ever told you that you look adorable when you pout?" he said, placing his hand on my own and all of my anger disappeared. "God, it's like you have a super power" I said to him, chuckling.

"If you don't want to continue, then we can do something else" he asked, and I just nodded. "Thanks, and I'm sorry for shouting like that." I replied, pulling a chemistry book out of my bag. I had a lesson later that day, so I wanted to do a bit of pre-reading. For the rest of the day, I'd managed to calm down. Chemistry was a fun as usual, and I managed to ace everything within the lesson. English was still frustrating, but with Ben's help, I managed to grasp some of the basic concepts of what certain words meant.

We spent after school together, hanging out in my dorm room We chilled, played some video games, and completed some homework that we gotten today. This time I was able to get my own back on Ben. Well, when I say it like that it sounds mean, but what I mean is that he was stuck on some Maths homework, so I was able to help for once. It was when we were chilling, watching TV, that he decided to ask a question.

"Hey, C. I was wondering if you maybe wanted to go on a date with me this weekend?" he said, twiddling his thumbs, but staring into my eyes at the same time.

"Sure, I'd love too" I replied, taking his hands into my own, calming his nerves. "It sounds perfect" I finished, still staring into his eyes. He started to lean in towards me, and I started to lean back, but before we could kiss, I heard the door slam open, and Jay walked in. Ben and I quickly jumped, and let go of each other. Jay chuckled to himself, before speaking up. "Sorry, I should have knocked" he said, making his way over to the desk. Ben got all flustered, and said "I better be going. I'll see you tomorrow ok?" getting up of the couch, and making his way out of the room.

"So, what did I miss?" Jay asked, in a rather mocking tone I might add. You know, when someone bats their eyelids and such.

"Nothing, it's nothing" I said, pulling myself of the couch, and making my way to the bed.

"Come on C, I'm only joking. And I'm sorry for interrupting your little moment." He said, his tone changing from mocking to sympathy. "Ben asked me on a date, this weekend" I replied. "Carlos, that's gre…" he began, but I interrupted him

"But, I'm scared about going." I finally confessed to Jay, as I lied on my bed, staring up at the ceiling.

"And what are you exact scared of?" Jay asked, sitting beside me.

"Falling in love" I responded, sighing. "It's just, Ben is so in love with me, but it's only because of the potion. And it's fairly obvious that I'm into him, and I don't have spells on me." I said, sitting up on the bed, with a few stray tears rolling down my face. "I can't risk falling in love with him, because when the Villains invade, everything going to change" I finally admitted, breaking down fully.

Jay started to comfort me, and I think he realised what I was trying to say. "Carlos, I'm going to be honest with you ok, but you have to promise not to tell anyone" he said, still comforting me. "Hey, that's my line" I joked back to him.

He took a deep breath, before continuing. "I've been seeing Lonnie in my free time and I know how you feel. And to be perfectly honest, I've been having reservations about the whole plan as well. I mean, it's not bad here in Auradon." He began, smiling down at me. "But we need to find a way to convince Mal and Evie ok? If we back out, but they continue to proceed with it, then we are as dead as everyone else here" he finished, and what he was saying was true to be fair.

If Evie or Mal got the wand in the end, and managed to break the barrier, then we would be dead. Whether we were their kids or not. "Ok, you're right." I said, nodding back to him.

"Now, I suggest you get some sleep, and go on that date with Ben. Like I said, make the most of it while you can. Maybe he will fall in love with you as well, even without the spell" Jay responded, causing me to lighten up a bit.

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow. Goodnight Jay" I said, as he got up off the bed, and made his way over to the desk. "Goodnight C" he responded, and I was quick to fall asleep.

Friday was a pretty normal day. Well apart from breakfast. As usual, Ben collected me at 7:30am for breakfast, and as usual we sat with Mal, Evie, Jay and Lonnie. Lonnie and Ben had pretty much become a permanent addition to the group, and today we welcomed three more. We were all sat chatting, when we saw Doug, Jane and Audrey approach us.

"Hey guys, mind if we join you?" We heard Audrey ask, and Lonnie was quick to respond. "Yeah, that's fine" she said, while the rest of us just looked at each other. Again, Audrey was the only one to speak up, but this time, she addressed only Ben. "Ben, I would like to apologise for what Chad said to you yesterday. It was completely rude, and insensitive, and I'm sorry if he caused you to experience any sadness." She said, her voice, calm and collected.

"Thank you Audrey, and don't worry about it. You didn't do anything wrong" Ben said, smiling back, but I could feel him grabbing my hand under the table. I gave him a look, questioning what she was on about, and he whispered, "Don't worry, I'll explain later", and in response I nodded. She then turned her attention to Mal and Evie. 'God, it's like she's going around the table' I thought to myself, as she began. "Mal, Evie, I'm sorry for what I said when we first met. It was wrong of me to assume anything about you, and it was wrong of me to shoot you down like I did."

Evie was the first to chime up."It's fine. I understand it was a difficult moment for everyone, and I also said somethings I wasn't proud of. So let's just say water under the bridge hey?" She responded, whilst Mal just scoffed. Audrey nodded, and we continued our conversation as normal. To be honest, it was nice spending time with some other people. Other than that, nothing really exciting or interesting happened.

So, I hope yo enjoyed this chapter. So, Ben was finally spelled, and fell in love with Carlos, who would have guessed? And I'll give you a little spoiler, next chapter is the infamous date! Oh, I wonder what will happen? Oh Wait, I know ;) Also, I decided Jay would be the first person to choose Auradon. It made sense, since in the movie he questioned it before Mal gave Ben the cookie.

Another thing I should point out, I'm going on a field trip with Uni until Thursday evening, so Now the Commoner Chapter 7 won't be uploaded until Friday. I'm so sorry :( It's also why this was uploaded on Sunday night, for me at least.

Again, thank you so much for the review left in the last chapter! You guys have been leaving lots of reviews, and I really go appreciate it. As you can probably tell, the italics are the reviews, and the bold is my response :)

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Love it! Thank you so much, and I'm glad people are enjoying it! I hope you guys are keeping up with each chapter, and liking where this is going.

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I like this story. Hardly anyone writes about Ben and Carlos, and the ones I found are really short, or really good but not completed. So glad you added this story into the fandom. Keep it up. Thank you, and you'll be relieved to hear that the story is completed on my computer, all 70,234 words so we have a while to go. Also, you know me, and I like to put a small twist on things. I couldn't decide how to finish this story, so I wrote two. The first one I upload will be the official ending, and the other will be a alternative one. I thought that would be interesting to do. :D