third person p.o.v

ben looked at himself in the mirror, he was meeting carlos' mom today. cruella de vil, if she doesn't scare you no evil thing will. ben tried not to look worried, he didn't want to worry carlos but he was a tad bit scared. carlos has told him about growing up with her as a mother, it wasn't pretty to say the least. what if she tried to hurt carlos in front of him?

"hey, you ready? the others are waiting for us." carlos poked his head in through the door to peak in. ben turned to look at his fiancé and smiled. 'try not to look so worried.' ben thought to himself as he walked towards the door. "woah you look amazing," carlos said as he caressed ben's face. "but i miss the beard." ben had decided to shave it off, completely forgetting how much carlos loved it.

"it'll grow back, i promise i won't shave it when it does." ben leaned in for a kiss but carlos moves his head. "not until it grows back benny boo." ben raised his hand in defeat and closed his bedroom door. carlos took his hand and they rushed down the stairs to meet up with their friends. they were all going on a little field trip to meet the vk's parents.

the parents weren't exactly allowed the leave the isle, unless they really showed change. so far, only a few agreed to see past their evil ways and move on. such people consisted of dr. facilier, he actually opened up a new arcade in auradon so he can spend more time with celia. another villain, well sidekick, was lefou. he apologized to belle and adam, saying he didn't realize how crazy gaston was until it was too late. now he's living in auradon happily, and some have said he even got himself a boyfriend.

some villains, like cruella, the evil queen, jafar, couldn't get over themselves and try to show change. they were hopeless cases, and if they didn't want to change then no one was going to force them.

"dude, are you sure you want to come?" carlos asked as dude ran up to him and ben. "i'm terrified." carlos laughed and picked him up. dude was coming, whether carlos likes it or not.

"ready to impress your mother in law?" mal asked as ben and carlos met up with them outside the castle. ben gave her thumbs up but she could tell he was nervous. who wouldn't though, they were all nervous to meet the parents.

"we're here! sorry we're late, we were busy." evie yelled as she and bella ran towards their friends who were getting in the limo. jay shook his head and waited for the couple to reach the car before getting in. "busy, yeah right." he mumbled which earned him a slap on the shoulder from evie.

"are you wearing snow whites color scheme to make a first impression or are you really that stupid?" ben asked as he saw what his sister was wearing. carlos slapped his hand and mumbled a 'be nice.' bella simply flipped him off and took a seat.

"ben, be a dear and learn about fashion before commenting on someone else's clothing. you look like the carpet your parents have in the library." everyone gasped at evie's remark until they realized she was right, all this boy wore was blue and yellow. the color scheme for almost everything in the castle.

"e!" mal couldn't say much as she laughed, she tried to stop but every time she looked at ben all she could see was a curtain or a carpet that resembled what his parents had decorated the castle with. "what? we're going to be family, it's fine." bella nodded in agreement and wrapped her arm around evie's waist.

"so, you guys nervous? any questions we can answer for you?" mal asked taking candy from the candy tray in front of them. "where's uma?" asked carlos as he noticed there was a certain sea witch missing. "she went over for the isle this morning, she still helps around the kitchen in her moms shop. i'm meeting her there." carlos nodded and joined mal in enjoying the sweets laid out for them.

"so b, nervous about meeting e.q?" mal asked as she passes a bowl of candy to the drivers side for gil and jay to enjoy. bella thought about it for a second before answer.

"not really, but ask me once we get there." evie squeezed her hand to reassure her everything was going to be okay. evie was nervous to see her mom though, she promised to bring home a prince. her mom never expressed disgust towards gay people, but there's a first for everything. 'i doubt she'll accept this but what do i care, i'm happy with bella and nothing she says can change that.' evie thought as she watched her friends joke around and tease one another.

after a while they arrived to their destination, they were back on the isle and ready to meet some parents.

"okay so we'll meet back here in about an hour and a half?" jay asked as he looked down at his watch. the others nodded in agreement and went their separate ways.

carlos kept ben close to him as to make sure he wasn't taken again. carlos didn't really know how to introduce ben to his mother. or how he's going to face her after being gone for months. hopefully she doesn't act out and try to hurt them, or dude for that matter.

ben looked at all the warning signs, 'keep out', 'turn around and fuck off' and 'one more step and she'll skin you alive' she must really like to her privacy or someone's warning them to not go near her. ben recognized some of the hand writing to be carlos', he had such pretty handwriting.

"okay just up there, be careful. you could fall, and we don't want you to hurt that pretty little face of yours." carlos looked at the entrance he made that went up to his room. he would've gone through the main entrance but he was so used to this way that he couldn't bring himself to do it any other way. weird.

carlos went up first, with dude under his arm as he learned how to climb up using only one hand. it was a challenge, but a work out so it evened out. the window was open, his mother never went into his room so of course she wasn't going to close it when he left. carlos climbed through the window and placed dude on the ground before turning around to help ben in.

"are we sure she's not going to kill us for breaking in?" dude asked as he looked around carlos' room. carlos shushed the dog and walked towards the door. the door was really a curtain, cruella took his door as punishment. "mom?" carlos asked moving the curtain to look out.

"carlos?" her voice and shuffling could be heard from another room. carlos looked back at ben and motioned him to follow him, slowly. "you came back for mommy! oh now i have someone to touch up my roots, fluff my furs and scrape the buneons off my feet!" carlos faked a gag as he walked through the small apartment.

"and you brought me a new toy! and the prince? i'm sure he'll make a beautiful fur coat, he can become a beast like his father right?" carlos and ben stopped as cruella entered the living room, which was also connected to small shabby kitchen.

"mother please, i came to see you. after all, i am your son." ben used his leg to hide dude as the dog didn't seem to be moving from his petrified state. "hmm." cruella took a seat on the couch which was ripped in certain areas, but since cruella was a fashionista she tried to cover it all up by making things match.

carlos slowly walked towards the couch to stand in front of his mother. he was fidgety as he tried to find a way to catch his mother up on what happened since he left.

"so, i brought ben with me today because i thought you two should meet." cruella looked over at ben and looked him up and down before looking back at carlos. "you see, we're engaged. we're not here for your approval, or your blessing. i'm to marry him, and i just thought it'd be nice if he could meet you as i've met his family." cruella was quite, she was processing the news.

"well, i always knew you were different than the other boys here. you were too close to that jay boy for my liking, at least you did good by getting yourself a piece of royalty." ben didn't know how to react to what she had said. how close were carlos and jay before they met? he shouldn't worry about that now right? was she calling her son a gold digger?

"mother please, i'm not with ben because of his royal status. i love him, and if you find it in you to open up to change... well then we'll save you a place at our wedding." cruella shook her head annd mumbled an 'ill think about it.'

"i'm not scared of you!" everyone's attention went to dude as he spoke, looking away from cruella. "he talks!?" cruella asked, the last thing she wanted in life was to have a talking dog near her. "yeah! and i bite too so watch out." dude still wasn't looking at her but he spoke like he was.

"is that all? wait don't tell me, you have a baby on the way too?" cruella asked sarcastically, though she didn't want to hear a yes from her son, she didn't want to be a grandma yet. she was still 'young'.

"no, we do not." carlos looked over at ben to see if he wanted to say anything. ben didn't know what to say, he thought he did, but after she suggested he would make a great fur coat if he turned to a beast... his mind kind of shut off. it's not like he was going to thank her for bringing carlos to life, she would probably go and complain about carlos. ben didn't want to put carlos through that.

"i'm delighted to have your son in my life, and i can't wait to marry him." was all ben could say before his mind went blank again.

**

evie looked at herself in the hand mirror once more before opening the door to her old home. it was quiet, almost empty. evie didn't have siblings so if it was quiet her mother was probably sleeping.

"who's there!?" ah so she wasn't sleeping. evie walked in with bella right behind her, she closed the door before alerting her mom she was there. evie walked in a bit more before announcing her presence.

"mom?" she was here but no where to be seen. "evie!" the evil queen walked out of a room farther in the back, she probably wasn't expecting company today as she looked like she just woke up. evie didn't move towards her mom, instead she made her come to her.

"evie, my little evilette. so, did you bring home a prince like you promised mommy?" she caressed evie's face completely ignoring bella's presence. evie felt nervous as her mother caressed her face. she had learned to love herself, that she didn't have to starve herself or change her face to make someone love her. however, her mother had a way to bring that crashing down in a matter of seconds.

"no, but i do have someone i want you to meet. this is bella, my fiancée." evie stepped back and grabbed a hold of bella's hand. the evil queen observed bella up and down, taking all her features in.

"hmm, at least we know who the pretty one is in the relationship." she mumbled as she crossed her arms. of course evie and bella were able to hear her as she wasn't that far from them. 'well she's not wrong.' bella thought to herself, evie was way out of her league.

"mother be nice, she is your queen after all." this sparked her attention. evie didn't bring a prince home, she brought a queen. 'oh think of the castle!' she thought as she plastered on a fake smile.

"i knew you looked familiar! oh evie, you made mommy very proud. you're going to be a queen." evie smiled at her mother's enthusiasm, but questioned if she really meant it or not.

"yeah, but that's not the important part here mom. i'm getting married, and i thought you should meet my bride before we do." evie was starting to regret bringing bella, her mother hadn't changed and she wasn't going to anytime soon so why bother coming.

"nice to meet you ma'am." bella extended her free hand for the evil queen to shake. she looked at it in disgust before shaking bella's hand. "so, your parents must not be happy with you dating a villains kid i assume?" she asked retreating her hand. 'of course they are, because they're too good for us.' she thought as she waited for bella to respond.

"no they're fine with our relationship. actually, they love evie." this wasn't the response she wanted. "even with who her mother is?" evie rolled her eyes, obviously her mother wanted to try to start something. unbelievable. "well yeah, they know to separate the two."

"is that all you came for? to tell me my daughter is 'better' than me? if so, you can just leave." bella furrowed her eyes brows, she didn't mean to offend her...

"look, i thought it'd be a good idea to come see you after being gone so long. clearly i was wrong, now if you're just going to be mean to bella then forget we even came. also, don't bother trying to show up to the wedding because you're uninvited. i can't believe i even thought you'd change, bella we're leaving. goodbye mother." evie didn't even bother waiting for her mother to respond, she didn't have to put up with her nonsense anymore. she dragged bella out of the place she had to call him and slammed the door. to make a statement of course.

**

evie and bella were in bella's room laying in bed as a movie played on the tv. they stopped paying attention to it as they cuddled, bella was playing with evie's hair as she began to fall asleep. after they had left the former queen's home, evie was moody. she became irritated with everyone for any small thing. it wasn't her fault, her mother's attitude had ticked her off. she was mad at herself than at anyone to else.

"are you staying the night or do you want me to give you a ride back to your place?" bella yawned as she paused the movie. "are you kicking me out?" evie asked jokingly. bella smiled and held on to evie tighter. "of course not, mi casa es tu casa." bella kissed the top of her head and closed her eyes. she was ready to go to sleep and forget about all the responsibilities she had the next day.

"mi amor, sabes que te amo verdad? eres la flor más hermosa en todo el reino." bella scoffed not accepting the compliment. "have you seen yourself? it's like the gods sculpted you themselves." evie shook her head at the compliment. "not even, i mean you? a whole goddess, i'm not worthy of your love." they continued to throw compliments at each other until they couldn't think of any more.

evie felt her fiancées breathing on her, bella had fallen asleep. she couldn't help but admire her as she stood up to turn off the tv and grab a blanket for them. bella looked flawless even when sleeping, her chest rising up and down slowly and her mouth twitching up as she smiled in her sleep. evie turned the tv off and placed the remotes on the dresser. as she did she took notice of the picture bella had on framed.

it was the two of them laughing as were covered in chocolate. her and bella were making brownies when the mixer got out of control and chocolate got everywhere. they were screaming as they tried to turn the machine off but nothing they did stopped it. their screaming had gotten the attention of ben and so he walked in to see who was screaming like a little girl. once he walked in, he whipped out his phone and began recording instead of helping. it wasn't until bella found the cord and she unplugged it that the machine stopped causing a ruckus. ben stopped recording and began to poke fun of the two girls. they tried to act annoyed but eventually they agreed with him and began to laugh at themselves too. before ben he snapped picture of the girls without them noticing, he thought it would make bella feel embarrassed and childish but she loved it. she loved it so much she framed it.

"oh i love her so much." evie set the frame down and went back ti bed wth bella. she laid down and threw the blanket over them. she admired the sleeping girl as she began to drift off to sleep too. 'i can't believe i got lucky enough to meet you.' evie thought as she felt the sleep overpowering her. the two girls fell asleep curling up to one another, almost forming a heart with their bodies.

ah to be young and in love.