WILLOW, ben florian ( COMPLETED )

23 | The Proposal

Once the peers caught sight of the royal couple, they whooped and hollered for them and the marching band began to play. As they passed the other students, Willow was sure to greet them with a pleasing smile. Rapunzel and Flynn were amongst the students. Rapunzel placed a hand on her stomach that was now formed into a baby bump. She was five months along. Flynn and Rapunzel waved to Willow who blew them a kiss in return.

Audrey, Chad, and Queen Leah stood in the crowd, looking rather unpleased with the situation as they did since Ben and Willow first got together. No one expected them to last this long. It's been eight months.

Ben and Willow were led to a stage in the middle of everyone where they would stand wave for the time being. Jay, Carlos, and Jane, stood together on one side while Mal, Rey, and Evie stood on the other side. The music had stopped, "Bippity-boppity, one, two, one, two," Godmother says into the microphone, testing that it was working, "Can everybody hear me?" Everyone cheered in response.

"Ben," Godmother handed the microphone over to the King who took it with pleasure, "Thank you, Fairy Godmother," he says and then looks to the crowd, "What's up, Auradon?"

Once again, the people cheered. "Thank you. Thank you so much for coming out to welcome our new arrivals," he says, placing a hand on Willows lower back, "They'll be here soon. It worked out pretty well for the first five." A week had come and gone since they recruited their five new VK's and it was finally the day they went to get them.

"Yeah! Especially for you." Chad snorted. Audrey snapped her fingers in his face, "Really funny," she commented, sarcastically and dropped her hand. Ben turned to Willow and took her hand into his. She tilted her head and smiled at him, lovingly, "Willow, this is the exact spot we first met not so long ago," he stared into her eyes. And for a moment, it felt like it was only them, "I feel like I've known you my whole life," he smiled.

He backed away from her, "But did I mention, I'm in love with you?" Furrowing her eyebrows, she turned to look when a guitar began to play. Doug was at the bottom of the stage with Evie and her other friends. She chuckles softly and covers her mouth with both hands. She felt super flustered in that moment.

"I met this girl who rocked my world like it's never been rocked," Ben sung softly as he stepped back up to Willow and took her hand into his empty one, "And now I'm living just for her and I won't ever stop," he used her hand and twirled her around making her laugh and giggle as he slipped an arm around her waist, "I never thought that it could happen to a guy like me," he pulled his arm away as she placed a hand against his cheek, looking away at the crowd with a wide smile on her face, "but now look at what you've done," she turned back to look at him and watched as he slowly knelt to the ground, "you got me down on my knee."

Rey was there to get the microphone from Ben so he could properly pull out the ring from his pocket. Her mouth dropped and she covered it with both hands once again as tears filled her eyes. "Willow, it's you and me," he said, "You and me forever. I want to continue to rewrite the stars with you. Will you marry me?" He opened the small box and revealed the most beautiful ring Willow had ever seen. It was a yellow sapphire ring that was made in gold.

She gasps and squeezed her eyes shut, trying to stop the tears from falling as she fell to her knees to meet his height. "Will you be my queen?" he added.

"No!" they heard Audrey scream but the King and future queen ignored her. To them, it was only them there in that moment in time. She cupped his cheeks and nodded, while grinning, "Yes!"

Everyone cheered and applauded for the newly engaged couple. Ben slipped the ring onto her finger and grabbed her waist, pulling her closer, kissing her softly but passionately. She wrapped her arms around his neck, holding him there tightly as she kissed him back. After a moment, they stood up and embraced each other.

Carlos and Adam managed to chest bump which resulted in Carlos realizing what he had just done and immediately apologize, but Adam was completely okay with it.

Willow and Ben pulled away from the embrace and leaned their foreheads against each other. Both of them were crying tears of joy. "Oh, God, I love you." he says and picks her up by the waist, spinning her around.

In the crowd, the only people who were not happy for the couple was Audrey and her grandmother. "A lifetime of plans, gone," Queen Leah said, crossing her arms over her chest. She turned toward Audrey who no longer had brown hair but light pink and blue, "Our family status, gone. Audrey, you were supposed to be his Queen, and you let him slip through your fingers. Your mother could hold onto a prince in her sleep."

"Don't you think I feel bad enough already, Grammy?" Audrey asked her grandmother, fuming of anger and embarrassment. She then overheard girls talking about Willow becoming their queen and she turned around, "You'd really rather have a VK on the throne than me? What is wrong with you, people?" she turned back toward Willow and Ben.

Willow placed a soft kiss on his lips as they were pulled away by their friends. Mal was pulled into a group hug by Evie and Mal as Ben was pulled into a hug by each of his own friends; Rey, Carlos, Jay, and Doug.

"Did you guys know?" Willow asks.

"Everything," they nodded. Willow wipes the tears from her cheeks. "You are gonna rock that crown," Evie tells her, her voice genuine, "Okay, so i've only done about a thousand sketches of your wedding dress, and Belle and Rapunzel have already planned an engagement party next week."

    Just as Evie said this, Rapunzel, Flynn, Belle and Adam walked up. Willow turned toward them, "Well, it's a really good thing I said yes." she grins. Adam gives her a heartwarming hug. Belle was next and she hugged Willow tightly, "I finally get a daughter!"

    Willow pulled back and pulled Rapunzel and Flynn into a group hug. "He had to ask for my permission," Flynn told her, glancing up at Ben who had also joined the group to speak with his mother and father. Willow giggled and looked in between the three of them while Adam was talking with Ben, "I love you guys."

    "We love you." Belle says, placing a hand over her heart. Fairy Godmother approached them and Willow hugged her next, "Oh, sweetie. I'm so happy for you both." she says as they pull away. Willow stepped back next to Ben and stared down at the ring on her finger in awe.

    "Thank you, Fairy Godmother," says Ben, placing an arm around her waist as he leans into Godmother saying, "I think she liked it."

    "Bippity-boppity, you betcha." Godmother winked at Ben who laughed alongside Willow. She placed a hand on his chest as they turned to face the VK's alongside Rey and Jane. "All bow to Her Royal Majesty," Jay says and dramatically bows.

    "Stop you're embarrassing me." Willow grins and shakes her hand, waving as she walked away to greet other guests who had come. "As you wish my liege," Rey called out after her.

    "Your crankiness." Carlos joked.

    Still looking over her shoulder at her friends, she didn't notice Audrey walk up to her. She grabbed her wrist tightly and made Willow face her. The brunette grunted at the sudden jerk and froze when she came face to face with the princess. "Congratulations," says Audrey. Willow smiled fakely as Audrey let go of her wrist, "You won him fair and square. Oh, wait, no you didn't," Willow's mouth slightly dropped, "You spelled Ben to destroy all of Auradon. Touching story for the grandkids."

     On any other day, Willow would have completely dominated Audrey in her game but today was such a special day for all the VK's, especially Willow who was engaged! "Okay, let's do this!" they heard Ben say as he fist bumped Carlos.

    Willow cleared her throat looking back at Audrey, "Speaking of kids, we have some kids waiting on us. So . . ." Willow places her hand on Audrey's arm and she smiles softly, ". . . if you'll excuse me." Willow then turned on her heel and walked away toward her fiancee and friends.

    As she approached Ben, she placed a kiss against his lips and smiled at him. Audrey watched their interaction with anger. She was supposed to be Queen. Then, the VK's and Ben got into the limousine and headed toward the Isle of the Lost.