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*Ben's POV*


I was running up the stairs to Mal's dorm building; please be there I pleaded to myself. Please! I know I shouldn't have snapped or shouted at Mal; she only cared about me; she was right I shouldn't have taken it out on her.

"Mal!" I said as I started hammering on the door.

"Mal!" I shouted as I banged harder.

"Come on let's talk about this" I called out and sighed in relief when the door opened but then my face dropped when I saw Evie standing there.

"Evie?" I quickly asked.

"Is Mal there?" I asked hoping that she was going to tell me that Mal was safely in their dorm.

"No" she said sadly as she shook her head that made her blue curls bounce.

"Ben what's happened?" she asked as she stepped aside so I could walk into Mal's and Evie's college dorm.

"Erm" I said nervously as she closed the door behind me.

"Me and Mal have had an argument but it seemed different" I advised as I turned to look at her.

"Different?" Evie questioned.

"Yeah" I confirmed.

"Mal seemed distracted somehow" I explained.

"Normally when we argue we talk afterwards and things are ok but she had this look in her eye; she threw this at me" I said as I lifted my hand up and showed Evie my little finger, which was currently holding Mal's promise ring.

"Her promise ring?" Evie said as her eyes widened.

"Yeah" I said sadly.

"I asked her bluntly why she had come to see me; I know it hurt her but I didn't expect her to throw this at me and leave me the way she did" I said as I looked away from Evie. Right now I was mentally kicking myself; I know I was in the wrong but Mal's sudden departure left me astounded. Why would Mal suddenly leave and not tell anyone what was wrong? The fact that she had done this worried me; me and Mal would normally talk about everything and anything - or so I thought!

"Evie" I started as my eyes quickly flew around Mal's side of the room. I noticed that it was bare - like Mal had never been there.

"Where's Mal's things?" I asked slowly.

"With Mal" Evie stated.

"What?" I asked as I turned to look at her.

"Ben Mal's gone" Evie said sadly and I could see that tears were starting to form in her eyes.

"What?" I asked as my face dropped. I felt as if my world had been torn in two; Mal had completely disappeared and she had left without a trace. I then remembered the last words that she had said to me 'Be careful what you wish for Ben".

"She left a note" I heard Evie say which broke me out of me train of thought.

"Let me see" I said before taking the note away from Evie and quickly reading it.

"She needs time to think" I said quoting what she had written.

"Think about what?" I asked looking up at Evie.

"I don't know; I was hoping that you would know" Evie stated.

"Ben what was your argument about?" Evie quickly asked.

"Nothing really; I snapped at her and she shouted at me for it" I started to explain.

"I know we have been rowing a lot lately mainly about my work but nothing to make Mal leave like this" I said as I pointed towards Mal's now empty dorm.

"Ben I'm worried" Evie said as she sat on her bed.

"So am I Evie" I admitted.

"I'm going to try and ring her" I said as I pulled my phone out.

"She'll only knock you onto voicemail" Evie said in a sing-song voice which told me that she had already tried.


"Hi it's Mal, leave a message-"


"Darn" I said as I cut her voicemail off.

"I'm going to text her; there is something else going on I know it" I said as I quickly text her. Hopefully she would read it as she obviously wasn't ready to talk to anyone.


"Mal I know I shouldn't have snapped at you or said what I said. I am really sorry. However I feel like there is something else going on, please come back so we can talk about it. I love you and I want to fix this. Ben xxxxxxxxxxxxx".


"Well I know she has read it" I said after I noticed that she had read my text after a few seconds.

"She's going to choose not to answer though" I said sighing as I let my head drop as I sat on her bed.

"I'll try ringing again" I said as if I was talking to myself as Evie was still sitting quiet on her bed. I could tell that she was crying but she was trying to hide it from me so I decided not to draw too much attention to her.


"Hi it's Mal, leave a message-"


"Come on Mal!" I said angrily as I cut off her voicemail again.

"Evie I am really worried; Mal seemed different. I've never seen her like this" I said as I felt a lump start to form in my throat. The thought that I might have actually lost Mal was really starting to scare me.

"I don't know what to say Ben; Mal isn't the type of person to run away from her problems" Evie said as she tried ringing Mal again.

"I know" I said as I sighed as I realised that Mal had turned off her find my friend's app in case we tried to use that to find her.

"That tells me that there is something really wrong" I added as I interlocked my fingers in front of me.

"Mal where are you?" I asked out loud as I started to think where on earth Mal could have gone. I needed to find her there was no question about that; but where on earth would Mal go?