Champagne Coast

005. come back...be here

And this is when the feeling sinks in / I don't wanna miss you like this / Come back, be here

chapter five.
come back...be here

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Lucy quickly sneaked into Lumière's office and dropped the letter on his desk for him to deliver. It had become a ritual for them. He was the only one, plus Mal, who knew that she was writing letters to the son of Captain Hook. He would be against it but the way she looked when she dropped the information let him know that she was very serious about it.

She quickly left the office and attempted to make a run for it but was met with Ben instead. She almost fell and he quickly grabbed her.

"Hey. Are you ok?" Ben said as Lucy regained her balance.

"Yes. Yeah. I'm cool. Are you ok?" Lucy said nervously. Everyone had noticed the girl seemed to be more on edge lately. She refused to talk about it with anyone.

"Yeah. I'm fine. Why were you in Lumière's office?" Ben questioned with furrowed brows.

"Oh, uh, I had to make sure everything was okay with the plan this afternoon." Lucy winked making Ben blush. He was planning to purpose to Mal.

"Speaking of, I'm gonna go meet Mal. Thank you, Lucy." He said guving her a hug before jogging away.

The girl let out a breathe before walking out of the castle and down to the front lawn. She was met with the band and people chatting as they waited for Mal and Ben. She joined Felix who was with Evie, Doug, and the band.

"Here they come." The band started playing as Ben and Mal walked out.  Everyone cheered except for Audrey, Chad, and Audrey's Grandma.

"Bippity-boppity, one, two, one, two. Can everybody here me?" Everyone cheered yet again before Fairy Godmother handed the microphone to Ben.

"What's up, Auradon?" Everyone cheered again, "Thank you. Thank you so much for coming out to welcome our new arrivals. They'll be here soon. It worked out pretty well for the first four."

"Yeah, especially for you." Chad yelled making Audrey snap in his face to shut him up.

"Mal, this is the exact spot we first met not so long ago, I feel like I've known you my whole life. But did I mention, I'm in love with you?" The crowd awed as Doug began to play his guitar, "I met this girl that rocked my world like it's never been it's never been rocked and now I'm living for her and I won't ever stop. I never thought that it could happen to a guy like me but now look at what you've done, you got me down on my knee."

Everyone gasped as Ben bent down on one knee and pulled out a ring. Mal quickly said yes making everyone cheer loudly. Lucy clapped as Felix pulled her into a side hug. Lucy sent him a soft smile. Ben ran down the steps to Jay, Carlos, Felix, and Doug as Mal went for Evie and Lucy.

"What, did you know?" Mal said hugging Evie before moving to Lucy.

"Everything." The two replied at the same time.

"You are going to rock that crown." Lucy said with a wide smile.

"Okay. So I've only done about 1,000 sketches of your wedding dress." Evie said with a wide smile.

"And I've already looked at about a hundred venues." Lucy said with a shrug.

"Plus Belle's already planned an engagement party next week." Evie added looking to Belle who Mal quickly gave a hug too.

"Well, it's a really good thing I said yes." Mal ran to Beast and gave him a hug.

Lucy smiled at them all being happy. She couldn't help but let her mind wonder to the certain Isle boy that had been clouding her thoughts a bit much lately.

"You okay?" Felix snuck up behind her making her jump a bit.

"Yes. Just thinking." She said with a shrug before turning to him. The two had been spending a bit more time together which made people think they were a couple.

"You know, I was serious when I said you could tell me anything." Felix said making Lucy's eyes soften.

"I know." She said grabbing his hand and dragging him closer to the VK's.

"All bow to Her Royal Majesty." Jay said.

"Oh, yes, her Royal Purple-ness." Evie, Jay, Carlos, Lucy, Jane, and Felix bowed for the girl.

"Silence, you annoying peasants." Mal said waving her hand.

"As you wish, my liege." "Your Crankiness." Jay and Carlos said as the purple haired girl walked off. The group laughed.

The VK's plus Lucy, Felix, and Ben piled into the Limo. Felix joined Jay in the front. Lucy was hoping to get a glimpse of Harry.

Lucy stood next to Ben as he talked to people. She kept looking around trying to see if she could spot Harry. She wasn't having any luck until she finally noticed the hook sticking out from behind a wall. She silently snuck away from the group.

"Harry!" She basically jumped him when she saw him. He lifted her in the air.

"Lass." He mumbled holding her close. Even though, he would never admit out loud, he truly did find himself falling for the girl.

"I didn't think you would come." She said leaninng back.

"And miss seeing you? never." He said with a smile.

"I think I could sneak you back. Hide you in the trunk." She said fidgeting with his hook.

"Not yet." He said making her look down.

"One day. I promise." He added using his hook to bring a her chin up.

"Lucy!" She heard making her gasp.

"I'll be back, I promise." She said quickly.

"Till we meet again." He kissed her knuckles before backing up and walking away. She watched him strut away before quickly turning away and going to the limo.

She jumped in a looked out the window. She saw Harry watching the limo leave and smiled.

She was sat next to Dizzy who was raving about Auradon. Dizzy asked Lucy questions if Evie didn't have the answer and Lucy answered each one with delight until she noticed something.

"Hades." Lucy said making the group turn.

"Stop the car. He's trying to escape." The car jolted to a stop and all the older kids jumped out. Felix, Jay, Ben, and Carlos all tried to attack him hut were quickly shoot bu the ember. Lucy stood behind Mal with wide eyes. The girl quickly turned into her dragon form and blew Hades back onto the Isle. Lucy helped Felix get up from the ground.

The group got back into the limo as shaken up. She had feeling that this wasn't gonna end well.

AUTHORS NOTE lowk love this chapter kinda sorta but i have two other books out so if you have chance you should def go check them out!!💖