Author's note: Well here it is, the final chapter. The proposal! Every Bal fan's favorite scene in the movie. I can't take credit for the proposal just the going ons and inner monologues that happen around it. Happy Reading!

Content Warning for smut and lemons.

(Edited 11/25 to fit better in my timeline of stories)

Friday

Mal's POV

Evie and I got to Auradon Prep just after lunch time to get ready for the celebration. We are planning to leave to get the new kids at three. People will start arriving for the celebration around two but Ben said we would head out, so he can give his little speech, at two thirty. We had over an hour to get ready.

"Ben said to use the royal office to get ready because our old dorms went to new students" I told Evie. The royal office was located in the back of the castle. It was a large space that was sometimes used for conferences. It had doors leading to a large balcony that spread the length of the back wall and had stairs leading down to the back lawn. The sea just beyond it.

"OK well lets get you in your dress then we can do your hair and make-up." Evie said as we walked in. She got ready before we left, saying she wanted to focus on me because this was going to be televised. I learned long ago not to argue with Evie when it came to getting ready for events.

It was a little after two when Evie finished up with me. She was texting someone again. She had been texting nearly the whole time we have been here. "Who are you texting so much?" I finally asked her.

"Doug. He is already down in the courtyard with the band. He said there is already a crowd forming" she said looking back down at her phone. "Would you mind if I went down now to wait with everyone?" she asked.

"Not at all. Ben texted earlier and told me to wait here for him." I looked over at the clock to check the time. "He should be here soon."

"Ok well I'll see you out there" she said skipping to the door. She seemed super excited. Probably because she gets to introduce Dizzy to our new life. I turned to the balcony doors and saw the binoculars sitting on a table. I grabbed them and headed out to the balcony to wait and see if I could spot anything suspicious.

Meanwhile...

Ben's POV

I woke up earlier than I needed to and have been on edge ever since. I just got a text from Evie saying they had just arrived at the school so it was safe to head over. Everyone was meeting me in the front courtyard in fifteen minutes to go over everything. I reached into my pocket closing my hand around the small box. It was almost time I thought as I headed out.

Everyone was waiting for me when I got there. "Ok lets get this show on the road" I said smiling at them.

"How are you feeling bro?" Jay asked.

"A little nervous but mostly excited. I can't believe we have been able to keep this a secret" I answered.

"OK the bubble machines are all set up and ready to go" Carlos said walking up to us. The band was walking out and Fairy God mother was showing them where they will stand. Doug walked over to us.

"So what's the plan chief?" he asked.

I looked around at the space we were standing in in front of the stage. This is where all of them will be standing. "Well let's not have everyone standing together. I think that would look suspicious" I began. "Evie should be with Doug by the band" I said and saw Doug take out his phone and start texting. "Maybe Carlos and Jane can stand on the other side and Jay can be on the other side of them."

"I will be right next to the stage. I will do the mic check and then hand it over to you" Fairy Godmother said to me.

"Ok well lets run through the song and we will see if we need to add anything" I said. We ran through the song once and it seemed a little bland. "It needs something."

"Maybe some background vocals" Jane said. "Go through it again and I will show you what I mean." We went through it and Jane threw in some oooohs. The others joined in and it sounded perfect.

"Ok so everyone can move over by Doug when I say 'Did I mention that I'm in love with you' and he will start playing" I said to everyone. They all nodded.

"I've been keeping Evie updated so she's all good" Doug told me and I nodded. I notice a few people starting to arrive so I needed to head in. "Evie just said Mal is ready and waiting. Evie is on her way down now" Doug said.

"OK well it's almost showtime. I'll see you guys in a bit" I said smiling at them and left to head inside.

I walked in and saw Mal out on the balcony. I snuck up behind her, grabbing her waist. She let out a cute squeal and turned to me.

"Not a tentacle in site" she said looking back out to the sea. I looked out at what she was looking at.

"I think if Uma was up to something, we'd know by now" I said looking back at her.

"No. Ben, I know how villains think. And I don't trust Uma as far as I can throw her. She's gonna wait until our defenses are down and then that's when she's gonna strike" she said with a cute disgruntled face. "I really wish I had time to go do a dragon fly over cause I can go so much higher" she said in a pouty voice, picking up the binoculars she was using.

"Well you can't be everywhere at once" I told her grabbing the binoculars from her. "Besides I got your back" I said looking up to the guards on the battlement. "Now come on. Everyone's waiting for us" I said as I went to lead her but she stopped me.

"Wait. You're getting more guards?" she asked.

"I'm getting more guards" I said grabbing her hands. "Now breath" I said trying to calm her. She took a deep breath and I took one too. The nerves were creeping up on me. "Now come on"

"Ok" she breathed and we headed back in. I reached into my pocket, fingering the ring box again. We walked down the stairs to head out the front door. I realized I was on Mal's right side, so I switched to her left, grabbing her hand and lacing our fingers together. She gave me a funny look but didn't say anything. I grabbed my crown from Lumiere, who gave me a huge smile.

"Ready?" I asked her.

"Yep" she answered. Smiling brightly as we walked out and waved to the crowd.

Mal's POV

I heard the band start playing when we walked up and I smiled and waved as we made our way to the stage. Ben held my hand as I stepped up on stage first, heading to the front to step down. Fairy Godmother stopped me telling me to stay on the stage.

"Bippity Boppity one two one two. Can everybody hear me?" Fairy Godmother said into the microphone before turning and handing it to Ben. Sometimes Ben would run speeches by me just to see what I thought but he hadn't told me anything about what he was planning on saying today, so I was going to be hearing it for the first time as well. I just hoped he didn't expect me to speak.

"Thank you Fairy Godmother" he said. He gave a little nervous chuckle. "What's up Auradon!" he said and the crowd cheered. He was so well loved by his kingdom. "Thank you. Thank you so much for coming out to welcome our new arrivals. They'll be here soon." he pause for a moment. "It worked out pretty well for the first four."

Ben turned to me grabbing my hand. "Mal, this is the exact spot we first met not so long ago" he said. I was a little confused. Was he going to want me to say something. "I feel like I've known you my whole life. Did I mention...I'm in love with you" he said taking a couple steps back. I heard music and looked down and saw Doug playing guitar and my friends gathering.

"Oh" I said putting my hands to my mouth when I realized Ben was going to sing to me. "I met this girl who rocked my world like it's never been rocked" he sang as he grabbed my waist. "And now I'm living just for her and I won't ever stop" he began turning us. I just embraced the cute moment he was creating. "I never thought that it could happen to a guy like me" he sang to me. This was such a sweet gesture. I reached up to cup his face and looked down to everyone to see what their reaction to his singing was. I had no idea where he was going with this but it was cute."But now look at what you've done..." I turned back to him and saw him kneeling. "...you got me down on my knee."

I realized what was happening as I watched him pull a box from his pocket and felt myself immediately get emotional. I lifted my hands to my mouth.

"Mal, it's you and me. It's you and me forever. Will you marry me?" he asked opening the box to reveal a beautiful ring. "Will you be my queen?" I gasped as I looked at the ring and then at him.

"Yes" my voice raspy with emotion. I heard the crowd cheer as Ben stood and slid the ring on my finger. I couldn't believe it. I wanted to throw myself at him. "Oh my..." I started grabbing the side of his face with my right hand. He must have been feeling the same way as me because he cut me off, pressing his lips to mine, pulling me firmly to him, leaning me back a little with the force of his kiss. When we broke apart I noticed all the bubbles. We looked out at our friends and family and they all looked overjoyed. I wonder if they knew Ben was doing this.

I turned back to Ben kissing him again. Letting my left hand stroke his hair at his neck while I stoked his face with my right hand. " I love you so much" he said to me.

"I love you" I said back to him still in shock. I let go of him so we could go see our friends and family. The guys embraced Ben as I ran down the steps to Evie. "What? Did you know?" I asked hugging her.

"Everything" she said. "You are gonna rock that crown" she said cupping the side of my face. I couldn't believe she was able keep this from me. "Ok so I've only done about a thousand sketches of your wedding dress and... Belle's already planned an engagement party next weeeek" She sang the last word bringing my attention to Ben's parents and the fact that it seemed that everyone knew this was happening except me.

"It's a really good thing I said yes!" I teased turning to them.

"Hugs! Hi." Adam said and I skipped over hugging him. I moved over to hug Belle.

"I finally get a daughter" as she embraced me. I pulled back holding her hands. She has taught me so much and has been the mother I have needed.

"I love you Belle" I told her.

"Ah, I love you" she said back. I moved over to hug Fairy Godmother.

"Oh sweetie! I'm so happy for you both" she said as I felt Ben beside me.

"Thank you so much Fairy Godmother" I heard Ben say as I finally looked at my ring. I was certain Ben had it made. It was perfect and so was he. He leaned in to her. "I think she liked it."

"Bippity Boppity you betcha" Fairy Godmother said back and we all laughed.

The boys then teased me. As I stepped away from them I was approached by Audrey. "Congratulations." she said, grabbing my left hand. I smiled hoping that's all she had to say but didn't count on it. "You won him fair and square" she continued. "Oh wait no you didn't. You spelled Ben to destroy all of Auradon" I felt my face fall, shocked. How did she know about that? "Touching story for the grandkids"

"Ok let's do this" I heard Ben say. I took a breath. If I was going to be queen I needed to act like it.

"Speaking of kids, we have some kids waiting on us, so..." I reached up and touched her arm in a friendly way. "If you'll excuse me" I finished and walked away from her. I don't know how she knew about the spell I put on Ben when we first started dating, and it worried me a bit.

I hugged everyone again before climbing into the limo. I was determined not to let Audrey ruin this day for me. I looked at my ring again and couldn't help but smile. Ben then climbed in sitting beside me. I turned to him reaching up to cup his face. "I can't believe this" I said before pushing my lips to his. I felt his right hand reach up to my face and he deepened the kiss sliding his tongue past my lips.

"Ahem, you guys might want to save that kind of celebrating for later" we heard Carlos say and we broke apart. We both sat back in our seats and Ben took my hand, lacing our fingers together like he just needed to touch me in some way.

"So did everyone know?" I asked looking at all of them.

"Yeah. I needed all the help I could get, although I was worried with everyone knowing, there might have been a greater risk of you finding out" Ben said. "And apparently it got close a couple times" he said smiling at the others.

"Really? When? I had no clue" I asked looking at everyone.

"You came in while I was doing a sketch of your wedding dress" Evie said.

"You mean the sketch that you were doing last weekend that you said was potentially a big design that you weren't asked to do?" I inquired with a smile.

"That's the one. I was so panicked. Especially when you asked to see it" Evie said smiling and I heard Ben chuckle.

"Luckily I'm planning Jane's birthday or I wouldn't have had a good cover for why I had all those bubbles too" Carlos chimed in.

"And the main reason I forgot to tell you about Triton's Bay was because your ring came in the day I arranged that meeting and all I could think about after that was proposing to you" Ben said leaning over to give me a sweet kiss.

"So you guys have known about this all week?" I looked at them again.

"Well Ben has been thinking about this for a couple months and he let me in on it when he started to design your ring a little over a month ago, but everyone else found out last Saturday" Evie informed me. I looked at Ben again. I couldn't believe it.

"You've known you wanted to marry me for months?" I squeezed his hand a bit.

"No. I've known I wanted to marry you since our first date. I just decided a couple months ago that it was a good time to ask" he said sincerely. I kissed him again. I loved him so much.

"Hey now!" Carlos said and we broke apart again.

"Sorry. I can't help it. He keeps saying the best things" I said smiling. I snuggled into him until we got to the Isle.

Ben's POV

We were on our way back from the Isle. The fight with Hades took a toll on Mal and she fell asleep before we even got across the bridge. I just got off the phone with my father and everyone was looking at me questioningly.

"The celebration is over. Everyone panicked when Hades tried to escape" I told them. "We will drop all of you guys off at your place. Mal and I will meet with my parents in the morning" I looked over at Mal leaning against my right shoulder. My arm was across her lap and her hands were wrapped around my arm. If it wasn't for her, Hades would have escaped. She was so important to me but she proved just how important she is to this kingdom. She was going to make one hell of a queen.

It was dark by the time we made it back to the castle. "Mal. Wake up baby. We're home" I called out to her giving her a gentle shake. Her eyes fluttered open and I could tell she was a little disoriented.

"Where is everybody?" she asked looking around.

"We dropped them off at home. The celebration ended early. I thought you might want to stay with me" I said hoping she wanted to stay.

"Of course I want to stay" she said and leaned in to kiss me. It was a quick kiss before we exited the limo and went inside.

"Why don't you head up to my room and I will have Mrs. Potts put together some dinner for us and we can eat up there" I suggested. She nodded and turned to the stairs. I headed to kitchen.

"Hello dear!" Mrs. Potts said coming up to me and kissing both my cheeks. "I hear congratulations are in order! I'm so thrilled. Mal is such a dear girl."

I smiled at her joy in my news. "Thank you. She is something special that's for sure" I said to her. Mal meant everything to me and I knew this kingdom would benefit from having her as their queen.

"Now how can I help you?" Mrs. Potts asked me.

"I was wondering if I could get a dinner tray for us to eat upstairs?" I asked. She immediately made us two dinner plates and I grabbed a couple of waters from the fridge and placed them on the tray with the food. "Thank you so much Mrs. Potts" I said grabbing the tray and heading out.

I walked into the room and Mal was nowhere to be seen. Her dress however was draped over a chair and I noticed the bathroom door was cracked. I set the tray down on the table and took off my blazer and waist coat, throwing them over the chair with Mal's dress. I took my crown off setting it in the chair. I toed off my shoes and walked up to the bathroom door and heard the water shut off as I knocked letting the door push open. Mal was in the bath. Her hair was piled on top of her head and her arms were resting on the edge of the tub. "Hey. I brought dinner." She opened her eyes and looked up at me standing in the doorway. "Just some chicken caesar wraps and fresh fruit so you can take your time in here if you want" I told her. She smiled at me.

"Join me?" she asked. How could I say no to that. I pulled my shirt from my pants and began undoing the buttons. I removed my shirt tossing it into the dry clean hamper. I turned back and saw her staring. The look on her face told me I was turning her on and I wasn't even trying to. I smiled. I loved when I could read her. I unbuckled my belt and pants, pushing them down along with my boxers. She sat up, pulling herself forward so I could slide in behind her. I dropped down into the warm water, leaning back and draping my arms over the edge of the tub. She slid back between my legs, leaning back against my chest. I leaned my head back and closed my eyes. She was so relaxed against me it relaxed me as well. We sat in silence for a while. "What are you thinking?" she asked.

"Mmh" I pulled my head up. "Just how relaxed you are making me feel right now. I feel like If we sat here like this for too long I could fall asleep" I answered her. She let out a little giggle.

"I wouldn't want that" she said. She leaned up to grab the sponge and body wash, getting the sponge nice and sudsy before handing it to me. "Wash my back?" she asked. I kissed her back before I ran the sponge across her back not missing a spot. "Mmmm that feels so good" she said. I finished up rinsing out the sponge and using it to rinse her back. She took the sponge and washed the rest of herself. She turned to me placing a sweet kiss on my lips. "Today was the best day of my life" she said in a hushed voice. Looking at me intently."I don't want what happened at the Isle to dampen our time together tonight."

"Ok" I said and I leaned in and kissed her again. She pulled away before we could get carried away.

"I have a surprise for you" she said with a sly smile. "Why don't you finish taking a bath and I will go get it ready."

"Ok but I think I am going to jump in the shower instead" I said. I watched her step out of the tub and wrap a towel around her. I stepped out and turned the shower on. "Sure you don't want to join me in here?" I teased, wiggling my eyebrows at her. She chuckled and shook her head.

"Don't be too long" she said as she walked out of the bathroom still wrapped in the towel.

I took my shower, trying not rush too much in case she needed time to get her surprise ready. I wondered what it could be and why she even wanted to give me a surprise. I dried off and wrapped the towel around my waist. When I walked out I noticed Mal had turned off all the lights except a couple of wall sconces, leaving the room dim, but casting a warm glow. She was sitting in the middle of the bed wearing a lavender silk robe. The chair that sat at the foot of my bed was pulled out and now faced the bed.

"Sit" she said pointing at the chair. I wasn't sure what exactly was going on. Was I going to get a lap dance, I thought to myself. I smiled at the idea as I sat. It ran through my mind that maybe I should put something on but then I thought if I was getting a lap dance there would be no point in that cause I knew how that would end.

"I'm thinking I'm going to like this surprise" I said smirking at her. She hadn't moved from her spot on the bed.

"I can guarantee you will like it" she said smiling at me. "Well I was thinking while I was in the bath that I wanted to give you something special. Something intimate." I wasn't quite sure what she was talking about. We obviously shared our first time together a while ago.

"Umm Mal, I think you already gave that to me a while ago" I said to her. She laughed at that.

"No silly. Though that was special and intimate" she said happily. "This is something you told me you would like not too long ago." I was still confused. She sat waiting for me to catch on. I thought for a minute. What is something intimate that I asked for? Then it hit me and I knew what she was going to do.

"Really?" I asked.

"Really. I wonder how long you are going to be able to sit there and watch" she smirked and slowly and seductively pulled the sash of her robe letting it drop open then pulling it off and tossing it to the floor. She had a beautiful body. She slid back until she was leaning back against the pillows. I rested my elbow on the arm of the chair, resting my chin on my hand, willing my body to stay calm so I could enjoy this. Her eyes closed as she lightly dragged her fingers up her torso and cupped her breasts. She gave them a gentle squeeze before she ran each of her middle fingers around and over her hard nipples. I could feel myself getting hard. I took a deep breath. She wasn't done yet and I wanted to watch her all the way through.

She opened her eyes to look at me as she pulled her bottom lip between her teeth. I was just in a towel so I knew she knew what this was doing to me. I figured I would give her a little something, so I reached down and cupped myself through my towel, rubbing myself to relieve some of the pressure. I heard her moan softly as she moved her right hand down her body to her center. She bent her right knee up to the side, opening herself a bit. Her eyes fell closed again and I watch as she used her middle and ring finger to circle her sensitive nub. Her breathing accelerated and she slid her fingers lower sliding them inside her. I groaned involuntarily. I could see her glistening wetness. She began writhing as she worked her fingers in and out, while dragging her thumb over her clit every now and then. She kept letting out little moans. I could tell by the sounds she was making that she was getting close.

I was fighting an internal battle in my head. I wanted to touch her so bad but I also wanted to watch her make herself come. Her back began to arch as she was hit with her orgasm. My name falling from her lips. She laid there trying to catch her breath and I couldn't sit here anymore. I got up letting my towel drop as I climbed up the bed . I nudged her legs apart with my knees and hovered over her. She looked up at me with a shy smile.

"That was the sexiest thing I have ever seen" I told her my voice husky with lust and I lowered my body to hers.

"I can't believe you sat there as long as you did" she said to me, reaching her hand up to the back of my neck, running her fingers through my hair and pulling me down for a kiss. I pulled back and just stared into her eyes. She smiled. "What are you thinking about?" she asked.

"Just how awesome my fiancé is" I kissed the side of her neck. "And how much I want to make love to my fiancé" I said between kisses.

"I love hearing you call me that" she said with a smile. I smiled back and returned my lips to hers, kissing her slowly. I pulled my lips from hers letting them trail down her throat, across her collarbone toward her breast. I ran my tongue around her beaded nipple then sucked it in. I gave the same attention to her other breast before she reached down cupping my face and pulling me back up to her. "I want my fiancé to make love to me" she said to me. I reached down to guide myself to her opening, pushing in slowly. She was so warm and wet. She hummed in pleasure.

"Mmmh baby you feel so good" I said in her ear. I felt her wrap he legs around me, pushing her heels into my ass. I pushed up on my hands. I wanted to see her. She was so beautiful, with her face flushed with pleasure. I suddenly felt so hungry for her. I wanted to see her and touch her. I reached under her and rolled over, pulling her on top of me, never leaving her. I gripped her hips as she sat upright. "You're so beautiful" I said as she started rolling her hips against me, her hands pressed against my chest. I watched her face change. She began lifting and dropping down against me. More for my pleasure than hers. She was amazing. I felt the overwhelming feeling to tell her how good she was making me feel. "Oh god baby. You make me feel so good" I grunted. I looked down to see our bodies sliding against each other. It was so hot and I felt myself inch closer. I needed her to get there with me. I sat up clutching her. I pressed my lips to hers in a fiery kiss.

"I love you" she said against my lips. I reached down gripping her ass, helping her move against me. I wanted her to come with me and I was so close.

"I love you" I replied. "Only you. Forever!" I said her body moving more erratically with her approaching orgasm. "Come" I urged. "Come with me." I felt her tighten around me as she threw her head back.

"Ohhh Ben" She called out as she came, squeezing me, milking my own orgasm. It was bliss. She continued to move slowly, dragging out both of our orgasms. Her head dropped back forward and I reached up cupping her face to kiss her softly. She stopped moving and we tried to catch our breath. She wrapped her arms around my neck, hugging me tightly. I wrapped my arms around her back holding on to her also. "I don't ever want to move" she said in my ear. I pulled back to look at her and smiled.

"We have forever."

THE END

So did anyone else wonder how Audrey knew that Mal spelled Ben? Outside of the core four and Ben, she is the only other character to mention it. You would think if everyone else knew it would have been a bigger deal. Anyhow it gives me something to explore in future stories possibly :) I hope you liked this story even though I couldn't make it too dramatic for our couple since we all knew how the proposal was going to go. I do have a new story up called Holidays, so go check it out. I will be updating it regularly. Thanks to all my regular reviewers, you know who you are. I love reading what you all think and it inspires me to write more. Thanks again for reading.

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