Across my memory | Ben Beast

chapter twenty - family

Ana spluttered as she reached the surface, she was held by Ben who looked at her worriedly.

"You alright? You were down there for about 2 minutes."

Ana breathed heavily, trying to catch her breath. "Y-Yeah, I-I'm okay..." She told him, trying not to freak out from what happened.

Ben sighed, pressing a kiss on her forehead. "I don't know what I'll do if your hurt."

"I'm alright..." She tried to reassure him, her face on his neck, pressing her body close to him.

Ben smiled softly, even though she clung onto him tightly, he had his arm around her, hugging her back.

After a few minutes, she finally calmed down, she moved her face away from his neck and looked to his eyes.

"You know, I got you something." Ben pulled a shiny rock from his short pocket. "It's a rock."

Ana chuckled, tilting her head. "Really?" She asked as her boyfriend handed her the rock. "What am I supposed to do with it?"

"You make a wish and throw it back on the lake."

Ana closed her eyes, a faint smile on her lips.

I wish moments like this with Ben never end.

She wished before throwing the rock back on the lake.

Ana bit her lip as she looked into his eyes, feeling insecure. "I don't deserve you..." She smiled, sadly.

Ben scoffed. "You do, you deserve me, it's me who don't deserve you."

She rolled her eyes, not believing him. "You're a prince, Ben... and I'm... me."

"I love you alright?" Ben told her for the thousandth time. "I told you that I loved you... how about you? Do you love me too?" He asked the question that Ana had avoided days ago.

But now, It felt so right... to be in his arms.

Right there in the middle of the lake, soaked to the bone with the wind chilling them slightly.

Ana looked intently into his eyes and smiled.

"I do... I love you, Ben."

Ben laughed, happiness overflowing him. "You don't know how happy I am." He spun around the water, still holding her.

Staring at each other with so much love, Ben leaned down, connecting their lips in a soft kiss.

His lips were soft against hers, she closed her eyes, treasuring the moment.

She shifted her head slightly, deepening the kiss, causing the prince smile against her lips.

When they pulled away, they both whispered the phrase, they mean so much.

"I love you..."

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After their date, the couple grew even more inseparable, clinging onto each other like love sick fools.

Ben's coronation was in two days, to say Ana was growing nervous was an understatement.

She knew the VKs had a plan and didn't bother to include her or tell her about it.