Bal: a King and his queen

Maurice

*the next day they both got up bright and early and met at the front gates where the car was but Ben had made a few arrangements of his own, not a single Royal guard or Royal anything, he was going to be a close to a simple regular citizen of Auradon as he could get, starting with driving his girlfriend to his grandfathers for their week away, he took her suitcase from her and put them both in the boot before they got in off they set, it was an hour drive as he had moved a little further away after his daughters wedding so they settled in for the drive*
Mal: you excited to see him?
Ben: I think so
Mal: you think so?
Ben: I haven't seen him in a really long time, what if he's upset about that or he doesn't like who I grew up to be
Mal: he didn't seem like that when I talked to him
Ben: I know but I guess I'm just nervous
Mal: who couldn't love the man you are now? I know I love everything about you even the things you hate about yourself and I cannot think for a second why anyone else wouldn't
*she places her hand on his knee, he looks at it for a second before taking it in him and placing a gentle kiss upon it and keeping on driving*
Mal: but it'll be nice to just be in a little town as a normal couple for a week
Ben: yeah, be nice to just be two normal people for a few days, we can go out for walks and other stuff that normal people do
Mal: they have a really great art store down here, they have some awesome stuff I can't get anywhere else
Ben: good I was planning on treating you to a major shopping trip
Mal: you don't have to
Ben: normal boyfriends buy things for their girlfriends, this week I'm just Ben, no King just Ben, I intend to be the normal guy that I sometimes wish I was
Mal: I'm glad you're not a normal guy because you wouldn't be you if you were, we wouldn't have met if you were
Ben: true
Mal: can we listen to some music?
Ben: sure play whatever you like
Mal: okay
*she turns on some music and they just have a nice trip until an hour later they arrive, Ben pulls up in the drive and they find his grandfather come out to greet them*
Maurice: Ben!
Ben: hi gramps
Maurice: and you must be Mal!
Mal: that's me, it's lovely to meet you
*maurice gave Ben a big hug which Ben awkwardly reciprocated, he then pulled Mal in for one too*
Maurice: come on come in everything's ready for you
*ben gets the bags out of the car, Mal goes to take hers but he pulls it out of the way*
Ben: uh uhh
Mal: whatever
*they follow Maurice inside and he leads them to their room*
Maurice: here we are, now lunch will be ready in half an hour okay?
Mal: that's great, thank you mr. uh
Maurice: call me Maurice dear
Mal: of course, thank you Maurice
Maurice: you are very welcome dear
*he leaves them, closing the door behind him as he goes*
Mal: I hope you don't mind I told him we could share
Ben: mind? Of course not, I'm going to very much so enjoy sleeping with you wrapped up in my arms for the next week
Mal: good, now come on let's unpack a bit before lunch
Ben: alright, but by unpack you mean?
Mal: I tell you where to put things and you put them there
Ben: okay then got it
Mal: good good