They Say I'm Home |Jay x Reader|

Chapter Twenty-Three, Love

"Mal, I wish I had time to explain," Ben said before turning his attention towards the stairs.

Uma apparead behind Lumière. She was wearing a turquoise gown decorated with seashells and starfishes, her turquoise hair was tied into a bun at the top of her head. Mal gaped as she watched Uma walk towards the steps. A series of gasps and murmurs travelled through the crowd as they noticed the newcomer.

Y/N felt her eyes flash yellow again and her headache seemed to magically disappear as she laid eyes on Uma. She looked over to Nakoa and his parents and held up two fingers above her hip signalling to them that Uma was the second magic presence she sensed. She turned her attention over to Genie and gave him a firm nod, telling him that Uma's the intruder. Genie gave her a small smile and double thumbs up before motioning towards her eyes.

Y/N closed her eyes and took a deep breath - feeling herself calm down and her eyes changing back to their E/C colour before opening them again. As she opened her eyes she was disgusted by the scene she saw in front of her. Ben on one knee kissing his ring - Mal's ring - that was on Uma's hand. Her eyes widened as she felt her mouth run dry and she could only be imagining what Mal felt at the moment.

Ben travelled to the Isle, got kidnapped by pirates, fought pirates and survived just so that he could see Mal again and apologize - maybe even bring her home. But here he was, down on one knee kissing the ring on another girl's hand.

She looked over at Mal and saw her broken - shattered even. Her mouth was agape as she looked at the newly formed 'couple'.

Y/N glared at them before taking a step forward as she cracked her knuckles, "I'm willing to serve my time."

Jay's eyes widened as he noticed Y/N's attempt to walk towards Uma and Ben and quickly acted. He grabbed her by both of her biceps and pulled her back in towards him, her back pressed up against his chest.

"Not so fast," he said, "Mal gets the first punch," he quickly added when he saw the glare Y/N sent him.

Uma giggled as she took Ben's hand and they both walked towards Mal.

"Sorry. It all happened so fast. Something happened to me when I was on the Isle with Uma," Ben looked at Uma, "A connection," he added as Uma eagerly nodded her head with a grin on her face.

That's a lie, Y/N thought to herself as she looked at the trio.

She was with Ben the entire time and every time he had the chance to talk with Uma she was right there with him. Y/N's brows furrowed in confusion. A connection? Why did that word, that meaning, that feeling seem so familiar to her? She felt it with Harry when she was on the Isle. She knew exactly what Ben was talking about and she hated it.

"What are you saying?" Mal asked as she shook her head slightly and looked down at the floor.

"I'm saying-"

"It was love," Uma cut him off as she giggled.

Y/N pressed her lips into a thin line. Another lie. Ben was probably under some kind of spell. There was no way he was in love with Uma. He was willing to travel to Isle for her without hesitation from what she's heard.

Her eyes widened. Mal left her spellbook on the Isle, Uma is here, there are two magical presences on the ship and one of them was coming from Ben. He was spelled and if she was right it was a love spell. It would make perfect sense when you'd put all the clues and evidence together.

Poor Ben, he just can't seem to catch a break from love spells.

"It was," Uma added as her smile only seemed to get bigger and brighter. "I just," she turned to face Ben, "I realized how alike Ben and I are, you know."