Mal X Ben: Love

Chapter 18:

Ben's Pov:
Good news is Jay approves of Mal's pregnancy now. Bad news is I was 90% sure my nose was broken. I proceed to walk down to the hospital, attempting to avoid contact with anyone. News will spread fast if someone catches me walking out of Mal's room with a crooked nose. Who knows what kind of rumors will spread then.

I begin to power walk right as I'm getting closer when I hear a familiar voice call my name. It was Fairy Godmother.

"Ben!" She called. "Are you alright dear? You're walking awfully fast to the hospital."

My first instinct was to cover my nose, but not make it obvious.

"I'm fine. Just a small nosebleed", I chuckled, trying not to raise suspense.

She lifted her left eyebrow, as if she didn't believe me. I wouldn't believe me either. I'm a horrible liar.

"Oh really?" Her facial expressions screamed liarrrr. I nodded as I tried to slide past her.

"Yes, Fairly Godmother. I'll go have the doctors look at that right away."

I resumed my power walk up the steps to the hospital door when I felt Fairy Godmother's eyes piercing holes into my back. I ignored it and went to speak to the admission clerk.

Jay's POV:
Okay. Maybe I might have overreacted a little, but, believe it or not, I only want what's best for Mal and Ben. Mostly Mal. I might've overstepped a boundary when I punched her husband in the nose though. I looked over at Mal and saw her smile and glow while she ate her strawberries. She looks like she's at peace. I don't wanna ruin that for her. I just want her to stay cautious.

Mal stood up and brushed her purple dress with her hands. "I'm gonna go fix things with Ben."

"Okay, love you." Evie said, hugging her tight.

"I love you guys too." Mal said, beginning to walk away from us. Just as she was about to disappear into the distance, she turned back around and looked at me. "Oh, and Jay?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for looking out for me."

She turned back around and proceeded to head back to her room.

Mal's POV:
I need to work on communication. It's not good for me to lash out and cause a scene instead of communicating with my husband. It's not good for us or our child.

Our child.

It still feels weird to think of it. Me? A mother? Just the thought of that sends shivers down my spine. I'm not sure if they're good or bad shivers.

I start walking to the hospital, since I figure Ben will be there. During the walk, all I could think of is if I will be anything like my mother to my child. No matter what, I'll do everything in my power to treat my child as if he or she has feelings. Because he or she will, and they deserve to be treated as such.

Inside the hospital, I head straight for the admission's clerk.

"Hello, Queen Mal. Here to see your husband?", she asked, making direct eye contact after flipping through a packet on her desk.

"Yes."

"He's in the reserved room down the hall to the left.", she told me, pointing down the hall with the ink pen in between her fingers.

"Thanks."

I walk down the hall and notice that the eyes of the other patients are on me. I forgot about the chances of rumors being spread about Ben's nose being broken.

Making a left down the hall, I see Ben with a bandage over his nose, sitting on the special chair they provided for him. It had thousands of buttons and cushions on it. Ben looks over at me in the eyes.

"Hey", he said, patting the small place beside him in the chair, indicating for me to sit next to him.

"Hey. I'm sorry for my attitude earlier", I said, sitting beside him and crossing my hands on my lap while looking at the floor. He put his hand under my chin and lifted my face to face his.

"Hey, I understand. It's fine." He stared deep into my eyes. I did the same. His green eyes are alluring. Licking his lips, he leaned in for a kiss. I closed my eyes, but we were interrupted before we could share the kiss.

"Is now a bad time?", said the nurse, who I just realized was standing at the door. Ben and I both pulled away and made eye contact with the nurse. She had lightly tanned skin, piercing blue eyes, which were glaring over and me and Ben, and tight, blonde curls, which fell at her shoulders. She tood there with a clipboard in her navy blue scrubs.

"No. Is my nose broken?", Ben asked, in hope that he can change the subject.

The nurse tapped her pen on the clipboard. "Yes, King Ben, your nose is indeed broken. You also have a tiny bruise underneath your left eye, which, fortunately, isn't really noticeable."

Looking over at his eye, I notice the small, purple bruise. I was too busy about to make out with him that I didn't even notice at first.

"It's going to be fine. As of now, I'm prescribing you pain medication", she said, twisting hee finger in her hair. "Also, I'd be more careful about who I'm around. Whoever did this to you must be a horrible person." She glared over at me in a for a second, but I don't think Ben noticed. I just rolled my eyes. She must've assumed it was me who punched his eye. Because I'm a VK.

"No, no, it was nothing like that," Ben reassured her, "it was an accident back at the castle. I should be more careful when I'm walking.

The nurse rolled her eyes. "Oookaayyy. Anyway, you're free to leave now. Just pick up your medication."

She walked out of the door and into the distance.

"I know she must think I'm the one that hurt you", I said, rolling my eyes, then returning them to meet his gaze.

"Even if she does, I doubt the rumor will get around. The nurses here keep my business confidential." He leaned in and kissed my forehead while rubbing my arm. "Come on, let's go to my room."

A/N : Hey, I'm aware that its been a while since I've updated, and I apologize for that. I'm gonna try my best to update and finish these stories that I started writing years ago. Also, I know this chapter was short. I'm going to try my best to update again this week or next week. I'm going to see how many views this chapter gets, since I'm curious to know how many readers are still here after all this time. I know there most likely won't be many, since this story is a fee years old now. Anyway, thanks for reading!