Hi Guys, and welcome back to Chapter 5 of WILTW. I'm so excited to post this chapter, and I really hope you enjoy it, so I'm not going to say much!

Saturday 11:20am-Ben's POV:
'Ok, am I forgetting anything?' I thought, patting myself down. 'I've got my phone, my keys, my wallet, and the helmets are on the floor. Lonnie text a photo through showing me that the picnic was all set up, and it looked perfect. Just breathe Ben, breathe' I thought to myself, as I knocked on Carlos' door. "It's open" I heard him shout, and I walked in on him fixing his hair in the mirror, he looked absolutely stunning.

"H-hey, you ready to go?" I managed to ask, staring at him, and he just chuckled.

"Yeah, where are we going exactly? And do I need to bring anything?" he asked, finishing up what he was doing.

"Firstly, that's a surprise, and secondly, you'll need this, but nothing else. I've got it all covered" I said, handing him a small helmet from the ground.

"A helmet hey? We're not practising tourney are we?" he joked, taking it from my hand, and placing it on his head. I led him outside, to where I had parked my bike, and placed my own helmet on. "What's this?" he asked, walking around it, with that cute puzzled look on his face.

"It's my bike. It's how we are going to get to this special location of ours" I joked back, before sitting down on it. "So, you sit behind me, and make sure to wrap your arms around my waist ok? I don't need you falling off" I joked once again. I could see he was sceptical at first, but I quickly reassured him. "Don't worry C. I'll drive safe. I would never do anything to put you in danger" I said, patting to the space behind me.

I felt him get on the bike, and wrap his arms around my waist, with his head, well more helmet, snuggling into my back. I pulled off slowly from the school, and made my way to the enchanted lake. The journey took about 10 minutes, and by the end of it, I could hear Carlos cheering, and yelling from the back of the bike. "WOOOO!" I heard his scream, as went round one of the corners. I just chuckled, falling further and further in love with him as he did so.

We arrived at the lake, and we made our through the forest, to one of the old bridges crossing the river. As soon as we reached it, he started to protest "Nah, Nah ah" he said, shaking his head.

"What? What's wrong?" I asked, curious about his immediate protests.

"I don't do bridges. I had a bad experience with one once, so never again!" he said, pacing up and down in front of it.

"C, you have to trust me. I've crossed this bridge plenty of times, it's completely safe" I reassured, stepping onto it myself.

"This does not look safe. It looks old and rotten. As soon as I step onto it, it will collapse. I know whats it's thinking" He replied, which got me rather curious, but I knew this date relied on him crossing the bridge.

"Come on, I'll hold your hand the entire way, and there's chocolate waiting for you" I teased, and eventually he gave up.

"Fine, but I'm placing my life in your hands. And if I die, I'm coming back to haunt you" he said, taking my hand in his, and slowly stepping onto the bridge. Once we were finally across, I decided to question him on it. "So, what was this bad experience you had?" I asked, still holding his hand.

"It's just, a group of us went on a bridge once, and we didn't have the best time. We…had to pass a test to cross it, and it almost didn't go to well" he replied, but it was a rather vague answer. He was obviously sceptical about giving up the details, so I didn't want to push further. I continued to lead him down the stony path, making sure he didn't slip, and I decided to ask him a few more questions. "So, tell me something about yourself that you've never told anyone" I asked, causing him to look at me.

"Well, I was probably one the only villains on the Isle that enjoyed school. I've liked learning ever since I was a little kid, and I suppose that's when I started to invent things." He said, smiling back at me, but I was curious about what he meant. "Things like what?" I asked, and he was quick to respond.

"Well, Mal decided to host a party at my house once, and then left me to clean it all up. So I invented an automatic broom, which I called the 'Broomba'. It helped me clean up, before my mum got home" he finished, obviously impressed by his own invention.

"That's pretty cool. You know, I could sign you up for an engineering class at the school? They could help further this passion of yours" I suggested, and I saw his face light up.

"Really, oh, that would be perfect! Thank you!" he exclaimed, pulling me into a hug. I hugged him back, and then we continued to walk down the path. We were getting close, so I asked him to cover his eyes. "Why? No one's gonna jump out of me are they?" he asked, and I hope he was joking, but there was a hint of fear in his voice.

"No, but I want it to be a surprise for when you first see it" I said, guiding him down the path. "You can open them now" I said, and he was met with a beautiful lake, which glistened under the sun. There was an ivy covered platform, with columns surrounding it, some that were crumbling. There were beautiful rock formations, and the cliffs that surrounded the lake, each with their own individual features.

"Ben, this place is beautiful" he said, slowly walking towards it, still taking in all the features.

"Not as beautiful as you" I said, walking up behind him, and guiding him down to platform. I started to unpack the basket, pulling out all different types of food. I had made us some sandwiches, packed a few bags of crisps, some chocolate bars, and even managed to bake some cookies. There was some healthy stuff too, I had packed some strawberries, as well as blueberries, and some grapes.

I could see that Carlos was pondering something, and I was hoping that he liked everything. "What's wrong, don't you like it?" I asked, cupping his face into my hands.

"No, it's absolutely perfect. It's just, not even a week ago, I was on the Isle of the Lost, fighting every day to survive, and now I'm here in Auradon, with you" he said, a stray tear rolling down his face. "Ben, can I ask you a question?" he said, rather sceptically. I just looked at him, and silently told him to continue. "What if it's all a dream? What if this isn't real, and I'm going to wake up back there?" he said, now fully crying.

"Carlos, I can assure you that this is not a dream. All of this is completely real. My love for you is completely real, and I will never let anything happen to you" I said to him, pulling him into a hug.

Quick Carlos POV:
"My love for you is completely real and I will never let anything happen to you" Ben said, and that made me cry even more. 'But it's not. It's just because of some stupid potion' I thought to myself, as he pulled me into a hug.

Ben's POV:
"Now come on, let's dig in" I said, pulling out of the hug. We both had a sandwich, and a bag of crisps. We shared out the fruit, and Carlos went straight for the chocolate, whilst I grabbed the cookies. We both giggled when our hands touched each other in the basket, and proceeded to pull out the food. We sat and chatted for about 5 more minutes, then I decided it was time to swim. "Hey, do you wanna jump of that rock with me?" I asked, and Carlos just gave me the look.

"I'm good thanks. Besides, I don't know how to swim" he confessed to me, and I was completely confused.

"But you live on an island?" I questioned back, and he was quick to respond. "Yeah, with a barrier around it" he said, rolling his eyes. "I suppose I can stay in the shallow bit" he said, and I started to strip off.

"I packed you some swimming trunks" I said, throwing the pair towards him. "What, you want me to get changed here?" he said, and I chuckled.

"I'll give you some privacy for now. But I want at least a kiss as a payment for this date" I joked, winking at him as I walked off.

I made my way up onto the rocks, and readied myself on the edge. I looked down at the platform to see Carlos stood there, his shirtless body exposed to the sunlight. I wolf whistled at him, and he just blushed. "Go on then, I'm waiting" I heard him shout, and I chuckled in return. I let out a mighty roar before jumping off the cliff. I heard him shout "WOOOO!" as I hit the water, but to be honest, it felt more like hitting a brick wall.

I got a weird sensation, almost as if my mind was completely my own again. I resurfaced to see Carlos was still changing on the platform, so I knew I had some time to gather my thoughts. I swam over to one of the out cropping's, and pulled myself out of the water.

'They spelled me! They used a love spell on me! I trusted them, and they spelled me!' My mind began to race. 'This was just part of some sick plan, and of course I fell victim to it. Wait, does that mean that Carlos doesn't really love me? Is he just part of this sick game that they are all playing?' My mind continuing to race. But I kept swapping between positive and negative emotions. The main event it flicked back to was the incident on the tourney field. 'He definitely leaned in as well.' I thought to myself. 'Not to mention all the times we stared into each other's eyes. And this was before the potion.' My mind continued to wander.

That's when I heard him shouting my name "Ben? BEN!" I heard, his voice getting more frantic with every shout. 'Ok, for now, I'll just stick with it, and see where this goes' I thought to myself. As I dove back into the water, I saw a glowing rock at the bottom of the lake. I swam down and grabbed it, and by the time I had reached Carlos, he was waist deep, still able to touch the bottom, but he was flailing his arms about. I swam beneath him, grabbing him bridal style and placed him back onto the platform. He was quick to speak up.

"Ben, oh my god, Ben are you ok? I saw you jump into the water, but when I turned back around, you were gone. I thought you had drowned" he said, pulling me into a big hug. "Please don't do that to me again, you scared the life out of me!" he finished, pulling out of the hug.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." I replied, pulling myself out of the water, and back onto the platform.

"Wait, I thought we were gonna swim together?" he said, with a tone of disappointment in his voice.

"I mean, if you still want to, we can. I just wasn't sure if that's what you wanted" I said, staring him in the eyes. Once again, I melted into them, and he was doing the same back to me.

"Yeah, I'd like to. I was hoping you could teach me" he replied, walking over to the water. We probably spent an hour in the water together, with me teaching Carlos how to swim, and it definitely calmed my thought process. He was enjoying himself, and I think his feeling towards me were genuine. He finally decided to call it a day, after he had grasped the basic concept, but he wouldn't give up until he had.

We climbed back onto the platform, and I decided to question him on it. "C, can I ask you a question?" I said, rather hesitantly.

"Of course, you can ask. If whether or not I answer that depends" he said, drying himself off with the towel.

"I've noticed that you don't like to be bad at things. Like today, you wouldn't give up, until you had mastered one of the strokes. It's the same with English, you seem to get frustrated when you can't grasp what they are trying to say. Why is that?" I finally asked, with enough courage. I could see he was thinking about his answer, and he let out a sigh, before he responded.

"I guess it's due to the Isle." He began, but then pondered what he was going to say next.

"If you don't want to answer you don't have to" I said, trying to reassure him, but he was quick to continue.

"No, I thinks it's time I opened up about it anyway. When I was growing up, my mother got me to do all the chores around the house and brush her furs down every day. If I ruined one ever so slightly, she would get really mad." He said, and I could see he was getting teary. I placed his hands in my own, and he continued. "Normally, it would start with a beating. She would whip me for a solid 10 minutes before throwing me into my bedroom with no food. But I say bedroom very lightly, as it was just the closet where the kept her fur traps." He continued, and by this point, he was sobbing into my arms.

"Oh, C. I'm so sorry" I said, pulling him into me tighter, but he continued anyway.

"If I wasn't in my house, I was on the street, fighting to survive, and to survive, you needed to be the best. I learnt that lesson one day in particular. I was heading back home with some food I had taken from the barges, when some of the older kids stopped me. I tried to run, but before I got far, they tackled me to the ground, and started to beat me. I tried to fight back, but as you can see, I'm not the strongest of people. Luckily Jay was in the area, and managed to help me escape. From that day on, I vowed to be the best at everything, so that never happened again" he finally finished.

By this point, I was still holding him tight into my chest, whilst he was sobbing into it. "Carlos, thank you for telling me this, I know it was difficult for you. But I promise, I will never let anything like that happen to you again. I will be there to protect you ok" I said, tears now streaming down my face. At this point, I was sure he couldn't be faking it. He truly loved me, otherwise he wouldn't have shared that with me. "Carlos, I love you so much. Did I mention that?" I said, and I could see he chuckled at my sentence.

"Only when you sung to me" he smiled back, wiping the tears from eyes. Then he spoke up again. "I think I love you too, but I don't know what love feels like" he confessed, looking deep into my eyes. I stared back into his, and I got lost in them again, they were just so beautiful.

"Ben, can I try something?" I heard him ask, rather nervously. I was wondering where this was going to go, so I just nodded to him. Before long, he was leaning into me, and I only had a split second to react, although really, I didn't have any second thoughts. I leaned towards him, and before long, our lips met in the most passionate and exciting kiss. I leaned back, pulling him down on top of me, and we must have laid there for at least a minute or two. He pulled back for air, and I was first to speak up, "Wow, that was amazing" I said, holding his waist in my hands.

"Yeah, although that was my first kiss, so I have nothing to compare it too" he replied, blushing slightly.

"Wanna do it again?" I asked with a smirk, resulting in him slamming his lips into mine. This one was more passionate, with both of us fighting for dominance. I was able to come out on top, exploring every inch of his mouth, whilst my hands slowly made their way from his waist, and grabbed onto his tight ass. I could see his hands, one hand groping my pecs, and the other working its way down, feeling every single one of my abs. I pulled out of the kiss, and moaned at the feeling.

"You like that huh?" he joked, before trailing kisses down my neck, as I continued to moan his name, "O-Oh, C-Carlos" I panted, experiencing pleasure that I never had before. Before long, he had found the sensitive spot on my neck. He sucked and nibbled on it gently, leaving a dark blue and purple mark. With all my strength, I flipped us, and proceeded to do the same to him.

"This is revenge for what you did" I whispered, with a deep and alluring voice, before finding the sensitive spot on his neck. It wasn't difficult to find, as I heard him moan "F-Fuck, Ben" when I had found it. I followed what he did, sucking and biting at the spot forming a love-bite. But leaving one wasn't enough, I left a trail of them down his neck, before making my way down his body, to his nipples. I started to tug and nibble on one of them with my mouth, whilst I toyed with the other one using my hands. "O-Oh, Fuck!" I heard him moan, making sure that they were red-raw before I left them. I travelled down to his abs, tracing every crevice with my tongue, causing him to moan again.

However, before I could travel down to his growing bulge, I heard him speak up. "Ben, can we not do this now?" he asked, with a rather serious tone suddenly. I complied, pulling myself off his body, and decided to question him on it.

"What's wrong C? Weren't you enjoying it?" I asked, which caused him to shake his head.

"No, it was amazing, but we can't do this" he replied, sighing. I could tell what he was thinking. He thought I was still under the love spell, and he didn't want to make me do anything that I wouldn't normally do.

"Well, should we get changed and make our way back, or do you want to spend some more time here?" I asked, passing him his clothes.

"Let's head back. I think I've had enough fun for one day" he said, with a slight sigh at the end. I know what that meant, he enjoyed spending the day with me, but he thought it wasn't the real me. We got changed and made our way back to my bike. It look us less time to cross the bridge, but he was still a bit sceptical. This time, I offered to give him a piggy back, and ran across the bridge, with him on my back.

The whole way back to the school, my mind was racing. 'How long have I been under that spell?' And my mind flicked back to one moment in particular. The moment Mal gave me the cookie before the tourney game. 'Wednesday? I've been spelled since Wednesday! How could I be so naive. I need to walk to someone about this. I need to clear my head' I thought, planning what I would do when we got back to the school.

When we got back to the school, I walked him back to his room. "I'll see you tomorrow ok?" I said, smiling.

"Yeah, I'll see you for breakfast" he replied, slightly forcing a smile, before going to shut door.

"Oh wait!" I shouted, grabbing hold of the handle, trying to stop if from closing. "I found this, and thought you'd like it." I said, pulling the rock form my pocket.

"Oh wow, that's lovely. Thank you Ben. I'll see you tomorrow ok?" he replied, taking the rock from my and shutting the door.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket, and quickly text Lonnie, 'Hey, can we talk again? Same place as last time?' and she was quick to respond. 'Sure, I'll meet you there'. I made my way into the forest, and was happy to see Lonnie had arrived first. "Ben, how was the date!" she said, jumping up from the log she was sat on.

"It was interesting" I said, walking over to her, and sitting down. "So, we shared the picnic together, and decided to go for a swim" I began, staring at the floor the whole time. "So, I decided to jump of the cliff, trying to impress Carlos. When I hit the water…" I sighed, looking up at Lonnie who was awaiting what I would say next. "Carlos' love spell washed off" I finished, with a tear strolling down my face.

"A love spell?!" Lonnie exclaimed, pulling me into a hug.

"But, it didn't stop there. He was calling out my name when I disappeared under the water, claiming he was really scared I was hurt. I then taught him to swim, and he shared stuff some about the Isle, which was kinda personal" I continued, and by this point, Lonnie had stood up, and was pacing back and forth. "Then?" she asked, still pacing up and down.

"Then, we kinda made out, and left these" I said, pulling down the collar of my shirt, showing her the love bites. "Did you? You know" she said, and I quickly caught on to what she had to say. "No, no. He stopped it before we went too far." I replied, still looking down at the floor

"He?" Lonnie repeated. "Yeah. I think he feels guilty. He doesn't want me to do anything, cause he thinks I'm still under the spell, and it wouldn't be the 'real me'" I said, placing quotations around 'real me'. Lonnie was quick to respond.

"Ben, they spelled you! And you're defending him?" she questioned, curious by my thought process.

"I think he genuinely loves me Lonnie. But he thinks that I'm just under his spell, but I love him too. I'm not going to say anything though. I want to see where they planned to go with this. At least I'll be fully aware of what is going on. I'll just have to 'play the part'" I finished, chuckling.

"Ok, I agree. Continue to act like you're under the spell. But be careful Ben. We don't need anything happening. You're coronation is in two weeks." She said, sitting back down next to me, and placing her hand on my back. "And I'll be there every step of the way, ok?" she said reassuringly.

"Thank you Lonnie, and can we keep this a secret. I don't need any more embarrassment. God, I sung in front of the whole school for god sakes." I said, standing up, and making our way back.

"Yeah, and it was very impressive" she joked, nudging me in the side before running off, causing me to chase her.

Carlos POV:
I shut the door on Ben, and just sighed as I walked over to the bed placing the rock in my pocket. "What up, Carlos? Didn't you enjoy the date?" I heard Jay ask from the desk.

"No, that's the problem. It was perfect. We ate together, and he taught me how to swim, and then we chatted about the Isle. Like I said, it was perfect." I said, sighing as I walked over to the bed.

"I feel like you're not telling me the whole story" Jay said, walking over to me and joining me on the bed.

"Ok, so we kinda did some stuff, but I had to stop it, before it got too far." I admitted to him, taking my shirt off, and showing him the love bits. As soon as I did, almost like magic, Evie burst through the door. "Carlos, I've been looking for y…" she began, before starting at the bruises on my neck. "Oh my god. Did you get into a fight?" She asked, walking over to me, but she quickly realised what they were. "Carlos, are those…love bites" she said, staring at them intently. "God, you're taking this whole thing a bit far aren't you" she joked, before her eyes visibly widened.

I just jumped onto my bed, well face planted really, but it was too late as she had already clicked. "Carlos, do you…" she began, but I decided it was easier to be straight (ha-ha) with her at this point.

"I'm gay ok?" I said, but it was rather muffled by the pillow. She definitely heard what I had said, and sat next to me, placing her hand on my leg.

"C, I'm so proud of you for telling me." She said, with a soft and soothing voice. I managed to roll over, facing both her and Jay.

"Would you be able to help me cover these up in the morning? I don't want anyone to see" I asked, and Evie nodded.

"Now, I think we need to talk about how you got them" she added. I explain the whole date to the pair of them. From first getting on the bike, to finally getting off. "I think I love him. But, I know he doesn't love me back. It's only because of the potion" I admitted to them. "He has made this whole experience both pleasurable and miserable." I added, tears now streaming down my face. "Evie, can I admit something to you?" I asked, causing her to nod. "I want to stay in Auradon. I don't want to free the Villains. I love it here, and I don't want it to end" I finally confessed to her.

She shook her head. "Neither do me. I fell in love with this place the moment I first arrived. I fell in love with the dorm, I fell in love with the food, and I fell in love with the subjects. I didn't want to tell anyone, but I got a B+ on a test in Chemistry, and it was the happiest I've ever been. It made me realise that I'm more than just a pretty face." She confessed, causing Jay and I to smile.

"Well, now we just need to convince Mal" Jay joked, causing us to chuckle.

"Anyway, I'll let you get some rest. I'll be round in the morning at 8:30, to help cover those up. When Ben comes for breakfast, I'll offer to cover his up as well." She said, getting up from the bed. "Goodnight guys" she finished, exiting the room.

"Night E" Jay and I said in synchrony. I laid back down on the bed, reviewing the days events. Before long, I had fallen asleep.

Sooooo, the spell washed away, shocker! But Ben decided not to say anything to Carlos! A lot of stuff I have read resulted in Ben flipping out about being spelled, but I wanted to do something different with it, hence him pretending. Also, Carlos finally told Ben about the Isle, and Evie has also decided that she doesn't want the villains to be free. SO MUCH PLOT DEVELOPMENT!

Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter, and leave a review telling me what you think is going to happen next. I'll give you a hint, dinner is involved, and it's a pretty long chapter. Again, thank you so much for the support of the story, I'm so glad you are enjoying it, and hearing back from you is amazing.

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Anyway, see you Thursday, for chapter 8 of NTC. TTFN