Hey guys, thank you for your patience for waiting for me to get this chapter to you; I'm now juggling writing five stories (including this one) so I might take it a while to get them to you. Much love RSD xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox.
*Mal's POV*
I let a couple of weeks go by since Ben decided to put hot sauce in my food and over this time I thought of how to get him back; and an idea came to me. However I had to plan it right and thankfully luck was on my side.
Ben was going out on a night out with the guys as he rarely was able to do this; and to be honest I was a little bit wary of him going out without me. I knew that other girls looked at him and thought that I wasn't good enough for him. So after some thought I decided to use this to my advantage; of course I know that Ben would never cheat on me or even look at anyone else.
This prank was planned so perfectly; because due to not seeing Ben on Saturday I was going to see him in Sunday instead. So on Sunday morning I quietly teleported into Ben's bathroom and I picked up a hand towel and placed it under the tap. I rinsed it out a little bit and then snuck into Ben's bedroom.
When my eyes landed on Ben I grinned at what I saw; Ben was lying on his back with his arms exposed so it was going to make this prank really easy.
As I stood next to his bed I placed the spray can of deep heat on the side and slid my hand into my pocket I pulled out the fake tattoo that I had made earlier on of some random girl's name and I slowly placed it onto Ben's left forearm. I froze as Ben stirred in his sleep but then sighed to myself as he didn't wake up.
I then pushed down the transfer down little bit and then pushed the damp washcloth against the tattoo for ten seconds. I then slowly pulled the washcloth away and placed it on the side; I then slowly pulled the back of the transfer away and grinned when I saw that it has worked. I then placed the rubbish in my pocket and picked up the deep heat. Please don't wake up I thought to myself as I quickly sprayed the tattoo. God he must have had a lot to drink I thought to myself as I admired my handy work. As I slowly stepped back I picked up the washcloth and stepped away from Ben and before I walked into the bathroom I smiled at myself. You definitely didn't see this one coming Florian I thought to myself as I teleported back into my bathroom with a smirk on my face.
"Hello Mal" I heard Belle say as I walked into the entrance hall.
"Hello Belle" I replied politely.
"Is Ben up yet?" I asked.
"I think so; even though he did get in quite late last night" she advised.
"I guessed by some of the texts I was getting" I laughed.
"Is it ok if I go up and see him?" I asked.
"Yeah that should be ok" Belle said and I walked towards the staircase and quickly walked up them. I knew that Ben was up as he text me when he woke up; however I could tell that something was worrying him. I knew that he would be worrying that he has someone's name tattooed on him and he knew that I wasn't going to like it.
"Hey" I said in a sing-song voice.
"Hey" he said as he suddenly turned around and I noted that he looked startled.
"Feeling rough?" I teased as I walked into his bedroom.
"You could say that" he said as he itched the back of his head with his left hand and it was at this point when I noticed that he was wearing a thin dark blue jumper.
"Is something wrong Ben?" I asked as I sat on his bed and watched him.
"No" he said as he turned and looked at me.
"Should there be?" He asked as he sat down next to me.
"I don't think so" I said as I pulled one brow up.
"You just seem on edge" I advised as I reached over and slid my hand into his.
"Do I?" He asked nervously. I had to resist the urge to laugh at him; I knew that he would be panicking inside his head as he was thinking I was going to be upset when I saw his 'tattoo'. Well if this happened in really I would be upset; but because I was the one that did it I knew better. However I had the experience of getting people to believe me so I knew the performance that I was about to do would startle Ben and it would make us even in our prank war.
"Oh" he said as his eyes widened.
"It's probably because of the headache" he quickly said as he nervously looked down.
"I see" I replied.
"So a day in then?" I asked hopefully.
"Erm" he said.
"Yeah" he said as he looked up at me and smiled at me. However the smile didn't look right; it didn't quite reach his eyes. I started to feel guilty for doing this prank; I could tell that he was really panicking and I knew that he was worrying about how I was going to react.
"Ben what's wrong?" I asked.
"Do you not want to spend time with me?" I asked sadly.
"No I do" he urged.
"It doesn't look like it; I thought you would be excited to see me as we haven't seen each other properly for nearly a week" I stated.
"I am" he pressed.
"Then what's wrong?" I questioned.
"Nothing" he replied as he squeezed my hand.
"I'm sorry I'm being weird love" he said.
"I'm not used to drinking" he laughed. I suddenly felt bad for him and wanted to give him a hug.
"Come here Ben" I said as I opened my arms and he slid closer to me and he wrapped his arms around me.
"Want some cuddle time?" I asked into his shoulder as he rested his head on my right shoulder.
"Yeah" he confirmed.
"Well let's get more comfortable" I said as I pulled away. I slowly stood up and shrugged out of my jacket and slid my shoes off before I climbed onto the bed; I slid my phone out of my pocket and placed it next to me and watched as Ben did the same.
"Aren't you warm with that jumper on?" I asked as I slid next to him and snuggled into his chest.
"No" he answered nervously which made me look up at him.
"Ben you're sweating" I noted.
"I'm fine" he said dismissively.
"Come on" I stated as I pulled away from him.
"Take it off" I stated as I slid my hands onto the bottom of the jumper so I could help him remove the jumper.
"No thank you" he said as he pulled me back to him so he could prevent me from pulling the jumper off him.
"Ben why are you acting so weird for?" I asked as I pulled one brow up in mock confusion.
"I'm not" he disagreed.
"You are" I pressed.
"Let me make it up to you" he said and he used two fingers to push the point of my chin up so he could press his lips against mine. I fell into the kiss instantly and I felt Ben's hand drop from my face and both arms captured my waist. Me and Ben fell into a series of long and loving kisses; but if I didn't know better I would have thought there is something wrong. As the guilt started to build up I decided to move this prank along a little bit so I dropped my hands from his neck and dropped them to his chest. As Ben started to deepen the kiss for the fourth time I then slid my hands down his arms and as I pulled them back up his arms I purposely made sure my hands 'accidently' caught his jumper so his sleeves slid up a little bit. I felt Ben freeze and we broke apart and he quickly tried to pull his sleeve down; however unfortunately for him I had seen the tattoo.
"What is that?" I asked as I grabbed Ben's arm. He went to pull his arm away but I tightened my grip on his wrist and abruptly pulled his sleeve up so I could have a better look.
"Ben" I said as my eyes widened and I pretended to start to panic.
"Who's Sarah?" I asked slowly.
"Erm" he said slowly.
"Is there something you want to tell me Ben?" I asked as I looked up at him.
"Erm" he repeated.
"Ben have you cheated on me?" I dared to ask him.
"No I don't think so" he said nervously as he looked down.
"You don't think so?" I asked incredulously.
"Well it's a good thing that you are so certain isn't it?" I spat as I flung his arm back at him.
"Ben" I said as I made my voice break.
"I'm going to go" I said as I turned to climb off the bed.
"Mal" he pleaded as he tried to pull me back to him.
"No Ben I never thought you would do this to me" I said as I let fake tears build up in my eyes.
"Mal I don't remember what happened last night; I know I had a drink last night. Obviously more than I thought because I don't remember any girl called Sarah or getting this done" he begged as tears started to build up in his eyes as well.
"Well something must have happened Ben; you wouldn't have got that otherwise" I said as I pulled away from him as he tried to get me to stay with him.
"Mal I don't know what to say; apart from I'm sorry" he said as his voice broke.
"So am I Ben" I said sadly as I looked away from him.
"What is that supposed to mean?" he asked as his voice went up a pitch as he panicked.
"I don't know how I feel about this Ben" I stated.
"It's breaking my heart" I admitted as I looked away from him.
"Mal" he stated as he tried to pull me back into a hug.
"No don't" I said pulling myself out of his arms.
"That doesn't feel right" I said sadly as I looked down.
"Mal" he said and I stole a look up at him and he looked broken.
"Don't" I warned him as he tried to slide his hand into mine; he looked down as he pulled his hand back and I started to regret doing this prank.
"Mal I don't think anything happened" he muttered.
"That's the thing you don't really know do you?" I asked darkly.
"No I don't" he agreed.
"Mal" he said after a few minutes of us sitting in silence.
"What?" I asked.
"Where does this leave us?" he asked as he finally looked up at me and he wiped some stray tears that were starting to flow down his cheeks.
"I don't know Ben" I said shaking my head.
"You know what I can't understand" I stated.
"What?" he questioned sadly.
"You don't even have my name tattooed on you and you go get drunk and get some sluts name tattooed on you" I spat.
"Mal I'm sorry" he repeated.
"I can't lose you; I really can't. If something has happened I am so sorry Mal and I will do anything to make it right" he said and he slid his hand into mine and this time I let him do this.
"I promise" he urged as he stared into my eyes.
"I don't know" I said as I wiped my eyes free from tears.
"Please Mal?" he begged.
"Ok" I muttered.
"I'm sure we can talk about it" I added.
"Yeah" he agreed and he looked a little bit happier now that I was willingly to speak to him about it. As I looked at Ben I decided that it was time to end this prank as he had suffered long enough; I just had to make sure I was quick to run.
"Hang on Ben" I said.
"What?" he said as his eyes widened.
"I'm going to get a tissue from the bathroom" I said as I pointed to my face.
"Ok" he said and he reluctantly let me slid off the bed and quickly walked into bathroom. I picked up another washcloth and rinsed it with water and drained it a little bit and then walked back into the room.
"What's that for?" Ben asked as I sat next to him on the bed.
"Your arm" I said pointed at it.
"Have you cleaned it yet?" I asked as I pulled the sleeve up again.
"Yeah" he confirmed as he reached over for the washcloth.
"Let me" I stated and I pressed the washcloth against his skin.
"Careful it's still burning" he said as he winced.
"I know it is" I said. We sat in silence for a couple of seconds before Ben finally broke the silence.
"How do you know that it is still burning?" he asked. I slowly looked up at him and resisted the urge to laugh at him,
"Because I did this" I said as I shifted myself as I knew that I needed to run when he finally clicked on.
"You what?" he asked incredulously.
"Watch" I said and I scrubbed the tattoo and when I pulled the wash cloth away part of the tattoo had come away.
"MAL!" Ben roared and I jumped away from him.
"Got you!" I stated cheekily as I ran to the other side of his bedroom so the couch was now between me and Ben.
"Come here you" he stated as he jumped off his bed and started to run after me.
"Just you wait until I get my hands on you" he warned me sternly.
"You'll what?" I teased as we started to slowly circle the couch as I was trying to keep away from Ben as he was trying to catch me.
"Grrr" he growled at me.
"Just admit it I got you" I laughed.
"No" he snapped.
"1 - 1" I teased.
"It's a draw" I stated smugly.
"Grr" he growled and he ran at me and I had to duck and spin away from him as he nearly caught me.
"So close yet so far" I teased.
"Grrr" I heard him growl for the third time. Ben ran at me and I tried to jump away from him however this time I felt Ben's arms capture my waist as he pulled me to him.
"You were saying" he stated smugly as he picked me up and started to carry me towards his bed.
"Hmph" I puffed as he threw me onto the bed and I quickly rolled onto my back and shuffled up the bed.
"I will admit you had me there Mal; I thought I was going to lose you" he said sadly as he climbed on top of me.
"Sorry" I said as I pouted.
"But surely you know I love you and I'm not going anywhere" I said as we both adjusted ourselves on the bed so we could get more comfortable.
"I love you too" he stated as he smiled down at me.
"And I'm not going anywhere or doing anything with anyone else" he said as he placed both of his hands at either side of my head.
"Good" I stated smugly.
"Because you are mine" I said as I wrapped my arms around his neck.
"And you are mine" he said as he brought his face closer to mine.
"Oh and Mal" Ben said as he started to stare into my eyes.
"Yes Ben" I said smiling as I was happy that Ben had calmed down and wasn't too mad at me.
"If I get anyone's name tattooed on me it will be yours" he stated lovingly.
"It better be" I stated which made Ben chuckle. Ben pressed his lips to mine and we both fell into a make out session that only ended when his mother came in and awkwardly told us that our dinner was ready. When we turned to look at each other again we grinned at each other; yes I pranked Ben but I knew that deep down he would never cheat on me. We both loved each other very much and this is how it was going to stay.