Truth Or Fiction

One Hundred and Fourteen

Belle held back a sigh as she unfurled the scroll. She had to be honest, she wasn't sure she wanted to know what would happen in the future now.

The four of them arrived at the front door of Ben's castle, the purple smoke fading from view.

"Everyone okay?" Mal asked and then paused as she did a headcount. "Hold on, I'll be right back."

"Ah ba ba young lady, where are you going alone?" Hades asked.

"Where are you going?" Uma exclaimed but Mal didn't answer as she enveloped herself in another cloud of purple smoke. Thankfully she seemed to be gone only five minutes as the cloud returned. When it faded from view, Uma shook her head in amusement.

"Of course you brought Estelle," she chuckled.

"I honestly can't believe we left without him," Malinda shook her head.

"Hey, if we need to track down Freddy, he's got the nose for the job," Mal shrugged. "Now let's go. We're burning cloud."

"I'm never going to get used to hearing that instead of 'burning daylight'," Akiho shook his head.

Uma nodded and the five of them made their way into Ben's castle, Mal rushing down the hall ahead of the others. Only Estelle was able to keep pace with her.

"...Mal is the epitome of small but mighty," Jay said.

"Ben? Ben?!"

"Mal! We're in here," Beast said as he opened the door to Ben's office, poking his head out.

Mal sighed in relief as they made their way into Ben's office, Jay closing the door behind them.

"Smart idea Jay," Emir said, his voice low.

"Ben!" Mal exclaimed, rushing toward him.

"Mal!" Ben sighed in relief and made his way toward her. The two met each other in the middle, almost slamming their lips into each other as they met. They completely forgot that they had an audience of their parents and friends as Uma, Jay, Harry, and Estelle had followed Mal into the office.

"Well...this got awkward," Abby said, making a slight face. Was she happy her brother had someone he was so comfortable displaying affection to so publicly? Of course she was. That didn't mean she wanted to read about it!

Is it me or is there a slight possessive edge to Ben's kiss? Mal thought. It was almost as if it was screaming 'mine'. Then again, there was a relieved edge to Mal's kiss, as if she was telling him thank the Gods you're alright. Not that Ben wasn't sending her those vibes as well.

Oh yeah there was an edge alright not that he didn't have a reason, Malinda thought.

"Ahem," Jay coughed after about five minutes of the rest of them awkwardly standing there as Mal and Ben kissed.

"I'm not hearing this," Hades shook his head.

"Cap'n, as glad as we all are that Benny's alright, we really don't have time for this," Harry chimed in before adding with a slight mutter, "also we really don't want to see that."

"Since when do you call me 'cap'n' Harry?" Mal asked. "I'm co-captain. You only call Uma 'cap'n'."

Mal was like a third sister to him and if someone had told Mal years ago that she would run straight for the King of Auradon's arms and kiss him, she would have told Harry to pitch them from the docks.