STRANGE [ben chilwell]

IX

23rd March 2022
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Sofias ankle was still sprained so Ben had been helping her with everything.

If you can think of it, he was helping her.

He was even sleeping on her couch so that if in the night something happened he was right there to help her.

Ben had made Sofia her morning cup of tea and he brought it to her like he did most mornings.

When he walked in he saw that she was still asleep so he left it in the side and went to leave her room but as he was, she started to speak.

"Thank you Benny." She turns over, smiles and sits up slowly.

"Your welcome." He beams as he sits in the bed next to her and rests his hand on her lap. "How are you feeling this morning?"

"I'm fine, my ankle hurts a little though." She admits and Ben looks instantly worried.

"Well we can go back to the-"

"No, it's fine." She cuts him off and chuckled. "It just aches that's all."

"You still need to rest it." He looks serious which makes Sofia laugh. "I'm being serious."

"I know, it's just funny." She starts laughing even more which cracks a smile into Bens face.

They sat there and spoke whilst she drank her drink and until they wanted to get ready for the day.

Tonight, Ben was going out with mason and he asked if it was ok multiple times with Sofia and she of course wasn't bothered.

Sofia was 32+6 weeks pregnant so doing things herself was getting quite difficult and with a sprained ankle, everything was so much more difficult.

"What do you want to do today?" Ben asked Sofia whilst they finished eating their simple breakfast that he had made them.

"I don't mind." She smiles and lies on her bed as she relaxes against the headboard.

"Well I have a delivery but we can do something after." Sofia wanted to know what the delivery but she didn't want to sound rude or nosey so she left it.

"Of course, why don't we go out for lunch?" Sofia suggested hoping that it would be a date even if they are both denying their feelings.

Ben agreed and took the plates into her kitchen so he could clean them and as he did all he thought about was Sofia.

But particularly about if he wanted to be bold and ask her to be his or if he should leave it until the baby had arrived.

A few hours later, Bens packages had arrived and he took them all to the spare room in Sofias apartment which she had planned to make a nursery.

"What are you doing? That's the nursery." Sofia hobbled to meet ben and started to giggle.

"I know, that's why there in here."

"What do you mean?" Sofia was so confused on what he meant but when he opened a packed and there was an instruction pack for a cot.

"I bought everything you need apart from clothes." Sofia was shocked that someone would do something like this for her.

"Thank you so much." She threw her arm around his shoulders and bens wrapped his arms around her waist and rested on her lower back.

"Your welcome baby." Sofia loved being in bens arms.

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Ben had a good time when he went out with mason but he just wants to go home and cuddle close to Sofia. 

He had never the confidence to stroll into her room and cuddle close to her but when Ben had a few drinks in him, he had all the confidence.

He stumbled into Sofias apartment trying to be as quiet as possible but for Ben that wasn't very quiet.

They had been messaging most the night so he knew that she had went to sleep but that wasn't going to stop him.

He took his shoes off and got into his pyjama pants before getting into Sofias bed and laying next to her.

Ben was only slightly drunk so he would remember in the morning but he would have no regrets.

Sofia felt the bed dip beside her which confused her as she didn't have any pets but when she felt someone's warm hand wrap around her waist, she knew it was Ben and she didn't mind at all.

The truth was lately, Sofia wanted to be in arms more and more and even found herself day dreaming about him.

She slowly turns over, pretending that she doesn't know that he's there, so when she turns to see him, she slightly jumps but then relaxes in his arms again.

"Sorry did I wake you?" Sofia knew Ben was drunk by the tone of his voice but she just hoped that he wouldn't regret what he was doing.

"No, don't worry." She lay on his naked chest and soaked up every second because she thought the next day he would either forget or pretend that it never happened.

"I really like you, you know that?"

"How do you like me when I'm 8 months pregnant with my rapists baby?" Sofia meant just as a friend but Ben was looking at her with pure love in his eyes even if he was drunk.

"Because your spectacular, your not broken and this baby is still yours. No matter who the father is."

Sofia doesn't know how to reply so she doesn't and a few minutes later, she feels herself falling asleep.

"I love you." Ben whispers thinking she's fast asleep but she wasn't.

Sofia smiles before sleep takes over her.