What I Want

Chapter 13: I Won't Hurt You

Around 1 or so, Ben had called the royal jeweler on their way up to his room after lunch with his parents. The jeweler said he'd be there in about 10 minutes. That gave Ben and Mal time to relax a bit. However, they had decided that wasn't what they wanted right now. With the stress of Dr. Facilier's visit, they needed some way to dispel their nervous energy. In their mind, the best way to do that was with a steamy make out session. They just couldn't keep their hands off each other. Hormones were raging between the two of them, and they absolutely could not help themselves. Ben and Mal knew how irrational it was to be doing this right now, but neither really cared. It made them happy. It didn't take very long to rid each of their shirts. Ben was just working on the clasp of Mal's bra when they heard the sound of someone knocking on the door, startling them. They looked over at the clock to see it had actually been 20 minutes since Ben had called the jeweler. Time flew right past them.

"Be right there!" Ben shouted, his and Mal's cheeks burning bright red from almost getting caught. They both groaned when Mal rolled off of him. Ben didn't know how he was going to get through this with his little friend trying to poke through his pants, and boy was it painful. He hoped this wouldn't take too long. After putting their shirts back on and straightening themselves out, Ben went to open the door to see the jeweler standing there, a sorry look on his face.

"I'm so sorry I'm late," the jeweler said timidly,"traffic was heavier than I expected."

"No worries," replied Ben,"there was no rush. Please, come in. What is your name by the way? I don't believe we've met."

"No we haven't. My name is David. Now then, what can I do for you two?"

Ben grabbed Mal's hand lovingly and looked into her eyes, which were radiating with joy. They were really happy to be together. He also noticed her cheeks were still slightly red. It almost made him laugh, but he didn't want David asking why he was laughing.

"Mal and I engaged. We would like to figure out what kind of ring we want."

"Ok. First I need to size both of your fingers. That shouldn't take long though."

It really didn't. Ben gave his hand to the jeweler and it only took him seconds to measure with his tools. However, when the jeweler took Mal's hand, something began to bother Ben. He didn't like any man touching his fiancée in anyway, even in an innocent way, especially after what happened in the past. Even though the measuring took mere seconds, it felt like an eternity to Ben. He wanted the jeweler's hand off Mal as soon as possible. His face was a little flushed, a bit of beastly anger growing inside him, at least until David finally released Mal's hand and turned away to write something down. Mal looked up at Ben and could see the slight anger in Ben's eyes. She hadn't seen him so angry before. He had no reason to be, at least, not one that she could think of. She decided she would ask him about it later.

"Now that I have your ring sizes," David began,"I can make just about anything you like with any color. Here's a catalog. I'll let you look through it."

Ben took the catalog hesitantly, knowing how irrationally possessive he was being of Mal. He knew David meant nothing by his touch, but it still bothered him. He shook his head a little to snap himself out of his angry thoughts and began to thumb through the catalog, not showing it to Mal, because he wanted to surprise her with his choice. There were thousands of different shapes and styles, but one stood out to him. It had a simple gold band with three jewels, one on each side of a much larger one. The two side jewels had options for colors and the large one could be any shape they wanted. After whispering in David's ear to go with a round cut diamond and green gemstones on each side of it, representing both of their eye colors, David turned away to calculate the price and to create a digital version of the ring on the laptop he brought with him. Once he had created it, he turned the computer to Ben and Mal, happy that Ben chose one of the pricer ones because he'd make more money. When Mal saw the ring, it took her breath away. It was absolutely beautiful. She couldn't have imagined a piece of jewelry could look so stunning. Her mother had taught her that jewelry was only meant to be stolen and sold for money and had no sentimental value and couldn't be beautiful. This ring was proof of how wrong Maleficent was. However, when Mal saw the price, she was horrified.