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So the last chapter may or may not have been sad. But fear not! This chapter will be wo- better! Thank you for all of your views for all of the previous chapters. I hope you'll enjoy this once as much as you did with the last one(s)! (If you did enjoy them, thanks :D)

Chapter 7 [A date]

Carlos POV

I walked to my class, feeling relieved that I didn't need to be carried like a bride anymore, and happy to continue my classes. I was walking towards my Chemistry class, when I bumped into Doug while on my way. He said, "I'm so sorry C, I was too busy reading this book" I looked at the book he was reading, it was more of a pamplet. I looked at his hand as if it was signaling something to someone, before I could turn around to look, I was picked up by someone.

It was Ben. Ben had picked me up in a bridal position, again. I yelled, "Ben put me down!" which caused some students to slow down and giggle at what's happening. Ben said, "I'll carry you to Chemistry class. Then to the cafeteria afterwards". I said, "I guess I'll have to learn to get used to this. Fortunately for me, I have Biology and Remedial Goodness 101 later, so you won't be able to carry me to the cafeteria" playfully sticking my tongue out.

"Then I'll wait for your classes to finish to carry you again" he answered jokingly. "Ok you two lovebirds, we need to hurry otherwise we're late" Doug said breaking the romantic moment between us. I sighed as Ben carried me to Chemistry class. He even stopped when students tried to take pictures for poses. "Ben stop we're gonna be late!" I exclaimed on the 6th stop, slightly irritated.

Ben picked up his speed and we finally reached our class with 10 minutes to spare, he gently put me down on my seat and gave me a peck on the forehead. I smiled and blush. After about 2 hours of messing around with Auradon's particles and creating weird substances, Ben finally came up with something. Ben decided to test it on me by 'accidentally' tripping and splashing the pink substance all over me.

In a poof, I became little pup. He exclaimed, "Now you're really my puppy-prince!" laughing. Everyone soon followed, even Ms. Parc. I tried to talk, but only managed to bark menacingly. And by menacingly, I meant cutely.

Ben basically carried me, as a little puppy that looks like a younger and smaller version of Dude, all the way over to Biology. The teacher asked if he brought a subject in to dissect today, which made me shiver and whine in fear. Ben exclaimed, "Oh, no no no, this is Carlos. I accidentally turned him into this in Chemistry". The teacher laughed then said, "I guess he will sit on this table today", pointing at the table all the way at the front, which is basically the teacher's table.

Then it was Remedial Goodness 101 class. Fairy Godmother ran over to pet me, which felt reaaaalllyyy good, specially when she scratched under my chin. She asked, "Ben, is this Dude's baby?". Ben explained everything to her, then she just let out a light chuckle.

When Mal, Evie and Jay arrived, they just laughed at me. Mal stated, "Awwwh, look at this precious little thing! Aren't you a good puppy? Yes you are!". I was extremely annoyed by this, now I know how Dude feels when I do that to him.

I had to sit through RG101, not being able to answer any questions at all mainly cuz' I couldn't speak. Ben became my replacement for the day, I could tell he was amused when he saw my friends get some answers wrong. I glared at him menacingly when he almost laughed. I could tell that scared him a little bit.

I thought to myself, 'Maybe I could use this to my advantage'. Then it was time for lunch, when we got to the cafeteria, I saw Lonnie and Jane waiting for us. Lonnie asked, "Whose the little mutt?". Ben was about to answer that question, but then the effect wore off. Poof, in a puff of pink smoke, I returned to my previous form, and Ben dropped me on the ground. "Ouch!" I exclaimed.

"I'm sorry" Ben said laughing while helping me up. I said to him, in an angry tone, "I'll find another partner in Chemistry class next time". When he heard that, his face turned from laughing to scared, thinking I was serious. I was about to join Lonnie and Jane on their table before I felt a hand grab my leg, I turned around surprised, to say the least, that Ben had kneel'ed down, pleading.

He pleaded, "Please Carlos, please! Don't replace me with another person as your Chemistry partner please!" repeatedly pleading. Some students stopped and either gawked or gasped. I pretended to turn around to ignore him and walk away, then he pleaded even louder, now his voice cracking almost as if he was crying.

I knew that was the limit for my little joke, I instantly kneel'ed down and helped him up. I said, relax, "I was joking for flops sake!". Some of the students laughed as I wiped away one of the tears that escaped from his eyes. His face turned from pleading sad, to utterly confused. I said again, "I was kidding okay, I'd never replace you".

We sat down with Jane and Lonnie, with Lonnie commenting, "What was that all about?". I shook my head and looked at Ben who was still wiping away some tears, then said "Nothing" smiling. Now I know Ben's feelings for me are truly real.

Then all of a sudden, Mal and Evie appeared behind me, pinning me down. I shrieked, "Guys what the heck are you doing?" I felt two more hands grabbing me, realizing they were Jane and Lonnie's. I saw Jay and Doug walking into the cafeteria in suits, now really confused. Ben said grinning, "This is my revenge for what you made me do in front of everyone, smiling". I was scared at this point. Ben signaled the cafeteria lady, and she turned off the lights and used the blinds to magically close all the windows, effectively leaving the room all dark, and all of the students including me confused.

I yelled in the darkness, "Ben what are you doing?!". I only heard some students whisper confused. Then suddenly, I heard Ben yell,

Gimme a beat!

and music came in afterwards.

The spotlights, which I didn't even know was on the ceilings, turned on and focused on the now suited Ben, in his usual Blue blazer, instead with a crown on the back now.

Did I mention? I'm in love with you!

And did I mention? There's nothing I can do.

And I happen to say I think of you every day but let me shout it out loud, if that's okay.

Yeayh!

I met this boy who rocked my world like it's never been rocked.

I leaned up helplessly as the four girls held me down, being stronger than me. The only thing I can do is listen to him sing and hope he doesn't do anything crazy at the end. The students were cheering and some were dancing to his beat.

My love for you is ridiculous, I never knew, [who knew?]

That it could 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!]

The song went on for about a minute and half, before Ben walked closer to me and the spotlight now focusing on both of us,

And I will give my kingdom up for just one kiss!

He sang before slowly leaning in to kiss. Sweat dribbled down from my forehead, my face now as red as an apple. But I leaned in to return the kiss, and soon the gap between our lips were sealed. We would've made out if the students didn't cheer for us.

They clapped as we separated our lips. He then asked me, still talking through the microphone, "Carlos, will you go out on a date with me?"

I initially answered, "No" while crossing my arms. Everyone, including my friends gasped, then I saw Ben's face frown, as he blinked away the tears. He was about to say something, before I grabbed the microphone.

Then I said, "Yes, Ben, I will go out on a date with you!" happily. He let some tears fall off his face as he pumped the air and yelled "Yes!" happily. Thank goodness he didn't yell into the microphone. He picked me up and spun me around like a flippin baby, I said to him, "Ben, stop" as my face had a green tint to it. He immediately stopped and put me back down.

Some students, clapped, some cheered, and some did both.

After things had finally turned back to normal, Evie exclaimed in a cheering and almost maniac toned voice, "Great! I'll start on your suit right at this instant!" then she bolted for her room. I looked at Mal and she just shrugged, never seeing Evie so crazy before.

Ben's POV

I was getting ready for my date, which was only 30 minutes away. Finally, after so many tears shed, we're finally getting a happily ever after, hopefully. That night, I decided to wear something different.

I wore a bright blue blazer with a golden crown behind it, sleeves lined in gold and golden patterns on my shoulder. My mother came in, and asked, "Are you going out on a date?".

I nodded, and she said as if knowing Carlos was my date, "Oh you don't need to go out then, you can just invite him over". I was surprised she knew, she smiled as she closed the door and let me continue my preparation.

~That Night~

I picked up Carlos at the school with my motorbike. I was speechless when I saw how dashing he looked in his red, white and black suit, I blushed a little it, then smiled when he exclaimed, "This is one sweet ride!".

We drove so fast, everything started to get become blurry. Carlos yelled, "Ben will you please slow down for flips sake?!". Then I slowed down and stopped, then said "We're here". I watched his eyes open slowly, then go wide when he saw that we were at my castle.

We walked up the stairs. On the way up, Carlos hissed at me, "I thought you said we were going to a restaurant". I smiled at him. He was about to say something when he completely stopped in his tracks and bowed down. I looked and saw King Beast and Queen Belle, my parents, standing in front of us.

Dad said, "You don't have to bow down to us, you're family now". Carlos answered, "All the more reason to do it" and smiled. I saw mom smile before I invited everyone inside.

In the dining room was a long table. Almost as long as the tourney field. Almost. Dad sat down on the middle, with mom to his left and us to his right. Dad asked Carlos, "Carlos how are you?". Carlos beamed a smile and answered, "I'm fine, no, better after that night".

Mom said, "We're so glad to have you as family now. Carlos, may I ask something?". Carlos nodded, signaling her to continue. She asked, "How did you get all those scars and marks on your body when you were in the infirmary?".

Carlos' POV

I looked down at the table, frowned and my eyes felt teary. I saw a single teardrop fall on the table. Belle said, "Oh... I'm sorry...". I said, "It's okay, it's about time for me to tell someone about that anyway."

I continued, "I got them from my mother. Back on the Isle, love was forbidden. All kinds of love were frowned upon, even parental love. Cruella never saw me as her son, she saw me as her slave. Every day, I did the chores, fluffed her furs, washed her clothes, rubbed her bunions and so. But it was never enough. When I accidentally ruin 1 of her millions of fur, she'd whip me endlessly all night, give me no food, then leave me in a closet filled with fur traps. But that's all in the past now, and I'm kinda glad Ben invited us to live in Auradon. If he didn't, I wouldn't have survived, and died never finding my true love...". Ben let out a terrifying low growl under his breath on my last sentence.

I watched as Belle cried into Beasts' shoulder, and Beasts' face showing signs of sympathy. I thought to myself, 'Oh no, I made the queen cry, I guess I'm going back to the isle after all...'. I apologized to her, she asked, "You did nothing wrong, you suffered, but yet you still apologized to me. Why?". I answered her, "I made you cry so I figured I would... apologize". She smiled at me, with tears still coming down her face.

The food finally arrived, I looked at the wide variety of food I've never even seen or heard of in my entire life. I didn't know what to do, so I just stared at it. Ben snapped me out of my trance, asking "Carlos, aren't you gonna eat?".

I said to him, "I don't know what to eat... I've never even seen any of this. All we used to eat at the Isle were either rotten, moldy or wormy. Never this fancy..."

Ben choked when I said wormy, and I saw Belle's eyes getting teary again. 'Not again... Bye Ben...', I thought as Ben finally recovered. He said, "Here, I'll pick some out for you". As he took my plate and took some of the fancy food from the table. My eyes widened as my tongue was taken to heaven. I had to fight my inner self to not pig out at the food, fortunately for me, this time, I won. At least I thought I won.

As soon as I finished my plate of food, a large contraption in a box was brought onto our table by a waiter. Ben whispered, "I have a surprise for you my puppy-prince". He signaled the waiter to lift the box, that's when my inner self won. I yelled, "Chocolate!", jumped out of my seat and ran towards it. I basically pigged out on it and dipped a lot of strawberries in it.

After about 30 seconds, my thoughts regrouped. I remembered where I was and halted. I saw the look of 'did he really just do that' on the face of King Beast. I ran over, kneel'ed down and apologized frantically. He just laughed and handed me a tissue. Belle and Ben also laughed as I wiped away the chocolate. I said quietly, "I'm sorry..." before Ben decided to pull me out to the balcony.

The night time view of Auradon Prep was beautiful from his castle. I enjoyed the view for a few more minutes before Ben offered to take me back.

Ben gave me a goodnight kiss on the forehead before I went into my room.

I head a voice asking, "How was the date?". That made me jump, before I turned on the lights. I saw Jay smiling at me, spotting a killer 6-pack. Lonnie was next to him, with the bed-sheet up her torso. She waved at me. I said awkwardly, "I'm just gonna take a walk outside now..." before I turned the lights back off and ran outside.

I took a walk outside, under the beautiful moonlight. There were some beautiful glowing flowers on the ground. As I walked around the beautifully lit tourney field, I couldn't help but feel like I was being watched. Then I heard the sounds of leaves crushing, as if someone just ran into the forest. That was my cue to run.

I turned around to run, only to be surprised by Ben who yelled "Boo!" at me. I stumbled backwards and tripped on my back. "Ben, what the heck? How many times are you gonna do that?" I said to him with an annoyed tone as he clutched his stomach laughing. He helped me up and we slowly walked back to our room. We talked on the way there.

"So what did your parents think of me?" I asked nervously. Ben answered truthfully, "They loved you Carlos, specially after your little speech". I sighed, relieved. I said to him, "I thought I'd be sent back after I made your mother cry". Ben assured me, "I'd never let them send you back, pup.".

He continued to ask, "Why aren't you in your room?". I said to him, "Well... Jay was doing it with Lonnie, so I figured I'd come and take a walk". He replied saying, "Why don't you sleep in my room tonight?". My eyes widened, "Can I? My beastly-prince?" I asked teasingly. He gave me a kiss on my forehead, then said "Of course you can, pup" and smiled.

We walked towards his room, when I went in my eyes widened. It was twice the size of our room, had a king sized bed, couches and a television. His wardrobe was huge, and his bathroom was fit for a king. He leaned down and whispered, "Impressed?", I just nodded.

I went to sit down on the couch, thinking I'd be sleeping on it instead of the bed. He asked, "Where do you think you're sleeping?". I said, "On this couch".

He insisted, "No, you're sleeping on the bed. With me.". I blushed crazily, then shook my head, "No thanks".

He insisted again, then said in a firm tone, "Carlos, you're sleeping on this bed, with me, tonight". I shivered. Then I crossed my arms then said in a childish voice, "No". It went silent for a few seconds.

Ben started counting, "One". I initially ignored him. I thought to myself 'not again...'

He continued, "Two". Now I'm getting nervous, clearly there's more he can do to me than vice versa.

He said in an even firmer tone, "Three". There was a moment of silence between us. Then I felt myself being picked, again, like a bride. I tried to wiggle and free myself, while screaming, "Ben put me down!". He just smiled at me then laid me down on his bed. I couldn't help but sink into it.

It was 2x more comfortable than any bed I've slept on my whole life. I was just blushing like a mad man, thinking about what just happened, and happy that no one saw that.

Ben laid down behind me then cuddled with me. He whispered in my ears, "Good night, my puppy prince". I answered "Night, my boyish-beast". Before we both fell asleep in a cuddling position.

Aaand that's all. Their first date went smoothly, Carlos ends up sleeping with Ben after being picked up like a bride, again.

But what was that that ran into the forest while Carlos was alone?

Could it be Chad? But isn't Chad locked up in the Auradon Dungeon? Could be, or not. ;)

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, thank you for reading