High School Years

The Talk

Next day...
Ben's POV
Today is a normal Saturday morning. But in a few hours, I'm going to tell Mal that I'm in love with her.
Yeah you guys might think I'm taking it to far, but I'm a different person, I'm really outgoing.
I woke up early, and jumped right into the shower.
I took forever, because I wanted to smell good.
After the shower, I put some regular clothes on.
Then I fixed my hair really nice. Then I was ready.
"Mom. I'm going to head out" as I walked to the door

"Okay sweetie, be safe"
I walked out the door and went to the dorms.
When I made it to the dorms, I knocked on Mal's and Evie's room.
"Coming" Evie said
She opened the door.
"Oh hey Ben"

"Hey Evie. Is Mal here?" I asked

"She actually left to look for you"

"Oh no, where did she go?"

"She went to the garden"

"Okay thanks"
I ran off to find Mal.
I went to the side of the building.
I got to the garden and I immediately saw her.
Mal's POV
I was looking at some flowers waiting for Ben. I saw a purple flower, I was about to rip it off of the stem.
"Hey Mal" A soft voice said
I quickly turned around
"Hi Ben" as I smiled
He walked closer to me.
"What are you doing?" he asked

"I was just admiring these beautiful flowers"

"Ah yes, they are beautiful"

"So what did you want to talk about?" I asked

"Oh yeah. Well I wanted to tell you something. And it's been on my mind for a few weeks now"
I nodded with a confused face.
"What are you trying to say?" I asked

"Well this might be awkward"

"I'm okay with awkward" as I smiled
He smiled nervously.
"Are you okay?" I asked
He was very hesitant
"Uhhh, to be honest Mal, I'm not okay"

"Can you tell me why?"

"Actually yes I can"
"Mal, I'm in love with you. I can't get you out of head. I think about you all the time, every second of the day. I don't care about where you came from or how you look. I am so in love. I would literally do anything for you to get to notice me. And that day when I asked you for your notes, because I wasn't paying attention, well it was because I was thinking about you. And that day when I got hit hard at practice, it was because I saw you laughing and smiling, and it made me smile. I know I'm throwing this all into your face, but Mal it's true, I really like you and I can't stop thinking about you"
I was in shock. I didn't have words.
"Ben" I said
His smiled faded.
Then I smiled at him.
"Benjamin. I like you too" I said
He smiled back.
"Are you serious?" as he smiled more
I nodded
"Yeah"
He got really excited
"Can I hug you?" he asked

"Yes you can"
He hugged me. I felt so wanted when he did. I embraced his hug and I wrapped my arms around his neck.
We hugged for a long long long time, not saying anything.
"Can we hang out more?" he suddenly asked

"Yes we can"
We were still hugging. Then we finally let go.
"I can't believe this" he said smiling
I laughed
"It's still morning. Have you eaten yet?" he asked

"No. I kinda woke up late"
He laughed
"Come on, I will get you some food"

"Ben you don't have to do that"

"I don't have too, I'm going too" as he held out his hand
I grabbed his hand. Then I smiled at him.
We walk out of the garden, holding hands. Ben didn't want to ask me out yet. He wanted to take it step by step.
We walked to his favorite restaurant. Which was called The Waffle House.
The server set us down at a table.
"Goodmorning Prince Ben and his beautiful lady" the man said
Ben smiled really widely.
"Goodmorning good sir" Ben said