Bal: it starts with me & you

Sorry

*it was almost three hours later, Mal was propped up in bed, three pillows under her knee, nursing Mason, she had had to let one of the nurses take Bella into the nursery to be away from her because she was so mad that she'd have frightened Bella if the infant had been able to sense it, she was fuming, trying to calm down as she stroked her son's back gently, she was very close to completely numb from the painkillers she'd been given as Mason's hand ran up and down the section of her chest the was exposed to his, absent minded as he took his feed, he'd just finished and began to settle down against his mother, beginning to fall asleep as the door burst open and Ben rushed in, clearly having heard about the incident*
Ben: MAL! Mal thank god you're okay, I'm so sor....
Mal: don't even, just don't talk to me, I don't want to hear it, I really don't
Ben: Mal...
Mal: please just go, I don't want to know
Ben: Mal please, I'm sorry
Mal: I DONT CARE!
Ben: MAL!
Mal: WHAT?! Do you have ANY idea how embarrassing it was for you to just run off and leave me stood there ALONE with all your family?! AND just left with the twins BY MYSELF, I tried to go after you to make sure you were okay! THATS WHY THIS HAPPENED!
*she gestured to her heavily wrapped up knee, he looked at it and could instantly see it must have been pretty bad from how wrapped up it was, that was no simple strapping up just to be safe*
Ben: I didn't mean for you to come after me!
Mal: you thought I was just gonna let you go?!
Ben: I don't know!
Mal: YOU LEFT ME STOOD IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ALL KNEW MY MOTHER MURDERED YOUR DAD, DO YOU KNOW HOW TERRIFYING THAT IS?! I COULDNT STAY THERE BY MYSELF! THEYRE YOUR FAMILY BEN! NOT MINE!
Ben: they're your family now too, that's what happens you marry someone
Mal: no Ben, that is YOUR mother and YOUR grandparents, my family is the woman who KILLED your father, in that moment I am NOT their family, I am the daughter of the woman who did that, don't make the mistake of thinking anything else, I mean that's why you didn't tell me they were going to the funeral until the last minute isn't it?
Ben: Mal no
Mal: I really don't care anyway, just leave me alone, I can't deal with you right now
Ben: I RAN OFF I GET IT! YOU DO IT ALL THE TIME!
Mal: how dare you, it is NOT the same thing
Ben: why? When you can't take something you run, that's what you do, I did it one time
Mal: I have never run off over something like that and for your information, I've tried my hardest to stop and to stay instead, I haven't run off since the day I told you I was pregnant, and that day my hormones were everywhere because I was yanno CARRYING YOUR TWINS, so don't even try me
Ben: I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that
Mal: no you shouldn't have
Ben: Mal please, forgive me
*he knelt down at her bedside and tried to take her hand but she snatched it away*
Mal: don't touch me, I don't want to do something I'll regret
Ben: you wouldn't hurt me
Mal: I wouldn't bet on that right now
*ben sat beside her on the bed and took her into his arms, she daughter his grip, screaming and crying in anger, she was so mad at him that it hurt, she was just so mad at everything, he gripped into her tightly and held her close as she caught him and eventually the wriggling and fighting him and scream all turned to sobbing in his arms*
Mal: YOU'RE ALL I HAVE! YOU'RE THE ONE PERSON WHOS ALWAYS ON MY SIDE! HOW COULD YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE WITH THEM!
Ben: shhh, shhhh, I'm sorry baby, I'm sorry
Mal: I...need...you
*she cried through gut wrenching sobs, she cried her heart out in that moment and in all honesty he cried too, they both have in to all the emotions that they had been drowning in, finally they both began to calm down and each felt a lot better for having let it all out*
Mal: ow, Ben you're pulling my hair
Ben: no I'm not
Mal: you are
Ben: umm, no, it's someone else
Mal: wha....oh
*she looked down and saw Mason, very much awake, yanking at the purple locks he'd managed to get a hold of*
Mal: why can't he do that to you instead?
Ben: well firstly because you've got long hair and I don't
Mal: ugh
Ben: and second, he can't see proper objects yet, it's all just an unfocused blur of colours remember? So the bright purple blob in front of him is probably quite intriguing for him
*Mal smiled as he tugged on her hair, she kissed his forehead gently then carefully took his hand away from her hair and let him grab her finger instead, watching him fiddle with it curiously, she couldn't help smiling*
Ben: how bad was it?
Mal: I don't really know, apparently I tore something or whatever when clicked my knee awkwardly and it wasn't a clean tear or whatever but they magicked it back together which is great so I'll be good as new in a couple of days, it's just wrapped up to stop it getting really inflamed, so yanno, I'll be fine to use crutches by tomorrow and it won't take more than a week to heal up properly
Ben: magic? I thought they didn't do that unless that had to?
Mal: I don't know, they just did it so yeah
Ben: I wasn't intending you to come after me
Mal: you always come after me, I just assumed that was what you were supposed to do
Ben: I know running was a stupid thing to do but I just couldn't deal with what they were saying, not today
Mal: that was why your mother told you not to get into it with them
Ben: I know
Mal: do you think they were telling the truth?
Ben: why would they bother lying?
Mal: what are you gonna do then?
Ben: I don't know, I mean if they really did try and fix things then that makes my parents massive hypocrites, rejecting you and then begging for forgiveness when they changed their minds, how could they even do that in the first place if it happened to them?
Mal: I don't know, I'm not good at family stuff, I'm sorry
Ben: thank you for going today, I know you didn't want to
Mal: you were right, I had to go, you'd have done the same for me
Ben: and I will be, remember? We're going over to spread your mother's ashes in a few days
Mal: not quite the equivalent honey but thank you for arranging that for me
Ben: of course
*he kissed her forehead gently, causing her to smile in response, it was just then he noticed there was someone missing*
Ben: we have a daughter as well, where is she?
Mal: ah uhm, one of their nurses kinda had to take her away cuz I was a little bit furious and she was a little bit frightened
Ben: ah, and are you still furious or can she come back?
Mal: I haven't decided yet
Ben: oh haven't you
*he leant over a bit and slowly kissed her, making it last a good few moments for such a delicate kiss*
Ben: how about now?
Mal: hmmm I reckon I might still be just a little bit mad
Ben: oh really?
*he held himself up with one arm while using his other hand to cover Mason's innocent little eyes as he and Mal started to makeout, the infant could in fact only see splodges of colour as Ben had said but Ben figure it was probably better if he had no possible idea that the splodge that was his father currently had his tongue down the throats of the spoldge that was his mother, young parents, not good at keeping their hands off each other, could end up going terribly wrong one day*

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I was looking at this at 800 words and was like, this is pretty much done but now it's 1400 words so idk how that happened whoops 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ OH WELL LOOK ITS ANOTHER UPDATE LOVE ME Xoxo