Truth Or Fiction

Chapter Fifty Two

Phillip sighed as he unfurled his scroll. "I think a break is definitely in our near future."

"Maybe even a rest," Aurora nodded.

The next day came faster than Ben had expected it to.

Time flies...especially if you don't want it to, Belle thought with a sad smile.

Honestly, he didn't even remember falling asleep but he must have as he awoke with his stomach in knots. It was the day he had been looking forward to and yet dreading for months...his coronation day.

"Would you say you're feeling elated or gassy?" Akiho asked with a small grin, trying to alleviate some of the worry from his best friend.

Anna sighed and shook her head. "Of all the references to make, he chooses that one."

"He's your son," Kristoff chuckled.

Okay, nothing to worry about, he thought as he started to get ready. Just getting coronated in front of the entire kingdom. Breathe. You've been preparing for this for sixteen years. You can do this. It's just kneeling in front of Fairy Godmother, my mom and my dad; saying one line. There's no way I can mess that up.

"So...how'd you mess it up?" Jay asked, looking over at Benji.

"What do you...?"

"You just invoked Murphey's Law there," Rose said. "Everything that can go wrong will go wrong."

He shook his head, trying to stamp down the nerves that were building up inside him. He needed to talk to someone soon otherwise he'd be a jittery mess come Coronation. Okay, so coronation's not for a few hours. Why don't we see what Chip is up to? He's usually good at being a calming voice.

"That is true," Lucas smiled. Chip was the one their girls went to if they needed someone to calm them down. On the flipside, if they needed someone who could provide a way to logically fix their problem, they went to him.

Ben pulled out his phone and quickly dialed up Chip's number. He listened to the ringing of the other line and couldn't help but hope that Chip would be available to pick up.

"You need me, I'm there Benji," Chip said.

"Hey Benji! What's up?" Chip's chipper voice sounded thought the phone. "How're you feeling?"

"Nervous. Very nervous," Ben told him, seeing no reason to lie to the man who was his brother in all but blood.

"You know, considering it's Auradon post the creation of the Isle, is there much reason to be nervous?" Evan asked. "I mean when my mother was crowned Princess of Corona, she had her coronation crashed by Lady Cane and her followers and had to fight them off as they tried to imprison guests including my grandfather. I doubt anything as exciting will happen this go around."

"Yes and we're happy about that," Rapunzel said but sighed. She'd forgotten about Lady Cane—and really the reason she'd crashed her coronation was to get revenge on her father being thrown in jail after Mother Gothel had kidnapped Rapunzel. Going that hard on punishment...that could breed resentment and possibly cause someone to act out in revenge.

She hoped that wasn't going to be the case at Ben's coronation.

"Completely understandable."

"But I mean should I be nervous? I'm only kneeling and saying one line. Really Fairy Godmother's doing all the work."