A/N - Hi guys, thank you for your patience for waiting for these chapters to be published. Hope you enjoy! Much love RSD xoxo.

As I walked back into the room I put my bag back at the foot of his bed; and I walked towards the left hand side of Ben's bed. I pulled the covers back and slowly climbed into his bed. I rolled onto my side and snuggled into the pillow a little bit more to make myself comfortable. I closed my eyes and let my mind wander on a few thoughts that had been sticking in my mind today.

I pushed the recent conversation with Ben away and let my mind settle onto another matter that was troubling my mind. Should I just follow my heart and take a career in art? Drawing and painting all day did seem like the dream job; but could I do it for the rest of my life? Ben said I could always change later; but was this ok? I didn't know how long I had been lying thinking before Ben came in; but when he did he gave me a shock.

"Sorry Mal, I didn't know you were asleep" he said as he turned the main light off; the only light in the room was the lamp on the bedside cabinet next to me.

"I wasn't asleep; I was just thinking" I advised as I rolled onto my back.

"Ah right, I was going to say. I'm going to get a complex if you do keep falling asleep on me all the time" he joked.

"That was accidental Ben" I replied.

Ben wouldn't let this go; I knew it was only a joke but he did mention it everytime I was very tired when I was with him.

"It wasn't my fault that I fell asleep. You must have taken too long in the shower" I joked.

"Humph!" Ben said sarcastically.

"And anyway you could have woken me up" I advised like the many times before.

"You looked so peaceful; I would have felt bad waking you up" he said with a small smile.

I rolled my eyes at this; Ben knew that if he woke me up I would have been fine with it.

"You best get here quick while I'm still awake" I replied back sarcastically.

Ben didn't need to be told twice; he quickly checked that the door was locked and then he made a running jump for the bed. I moved out of the way as I was used to him doing this and was greeted with a cheeky smile when he turned to face me.

"So what were you thinking about?" he asked as he pulled back the covers and got in next to me.

"Usual" I said.

"I don't know why you are stressing so much for. Do whatever makes you feel happy" he said as he moved closer to me.

"I'm just thinking about my options that's all" I advised as he balanced himself on his elbow lying next to me.

"Which are?" he asked as he looked down at me. We had already had this conversation hundreds of times; however I kept changing my mind on what I want to do.

"The usual - artist, but I thought I could be a writer" I said slowly. I wasn't lying it was an idea that I had thought about.

"Ok" was Ben's response.

"Do you know what I think?" he said after a few moments.

"What?" I asked prompting him.

"Everytime we have this conversation your options change apart from artist. Why don't you just do that?" he asked as he reached over stroked my face.

"It's my favourite hobby, I don't know whether doing it all of the time would ruin it for me" I explained.

"Only one way to find out" he said with a smile.

"I suppose" I agreed. I had another meeting coming up with the fairy godmother soon so I would discuss this with her then.

"Mal?" Ben asked snapping me out of my daydream.

"Ben?" I answered back in the same tone.

"You know you have nothing to worry about" he said watching me.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Whatever you do you will always be my amazing and beautiful girlfriend" he said with a smile.

"You're such a romantic" I said happily.

"I try to be" he said moving his hand from my face and wrapping his arm around my waist.

"Well you succeeded" I said reaching up to stroke his face.

"Good" he answered as he moved his face closer to mine.

He brushed his nose against mine and kissed my lips. The kiss was slow and passionate and we started to move our heads slowly together to deepen the kiss. When the need to breath came we broke apart for a couple of seconds before our lips crushed together again. I moved my hands up into his hair and I felt his arm tighten around my waist as his other hand found the top of my back keeping me pressed against him. When we broke apart for the second time Ben grinned at me as our gazes still burnt into one another.

"I'm not going to get any sleep tonight if you keep distracting me like that" I said.

"Oh really?" Ben asked pulling a cheeky grin.

"Really" I stated pulling one eye brow up suggestively.

"I hope you realise that you are going to get all the blame tomorrow when I'm in a ratty mood" I stated with a smile.

"Oh well if I'm getting the blame anyway" he said offhandedly before crushing his lips against mine once more.

Our faces moved slowly against each other; I smiled against his lips as I felt his tongue sweep across my lip. I automatically opened my mouth; and I felt his tongue slide against mine. I moved my hands up into his hair and his hand cupped the small of my back and pulled me closer to him. I moved onto my side a little bit and wrapped my right leg around his waist. I don't know how long we were kissing like this but when we broke our faces away from each other Ben was now lying on top of me.

"Well how did this happen?" I said sarcastically.

"I have no idea" Ben answered back in the same tone.

We lay at this for a while in silence just staring at each other. I noticed that Ben wasn't just looking at me; he looked like he was in deep thought.

"What are you thinking about?" I asked as I watched him.

"Just thinking" he muttered after a couple of moments.

"About..." I prompted.

"You. Me. Us" he said still looking down at me.

"Well that clears things up...slightly" I answered back pulling one brow up suggestively. He laughed slightly before smiling down at me.

"I don't think you realise how much you mean to me Mal" he whispered.

"I think I have an insight as you tell me all of the time" I laughed.

"I guess I do, but I still don't think that shows you" he explained.

"Ben I know you love me, like you know I love you" I explained as I stroked the back of his neck. A smile spread across his face; Ben slowly stroked his nose against mine before pecking my lips.

"I know, but when I'm not with you I can't help but think of very little apart from you. When I am with you I wish time would stop forever as I don't want to be apart from you" Ben said slowly.

"When did you turn all sloppy?" I asked sarcastically.

"I mean it Mal. I have had other girlfriends before you; you know that. But I have never felt like this before" Ben said as his tone started to turn serious.

"I know Ben, this is very different to anything I've experienced as well" I explained as I was stroking small circular patterns on his neck.

"Ben we both have pasts; but it is what is happening here and now that is important" I added seriously.

He smiled down at me and I felt him drag his fingertips down my side until he got to my hip. The tingling feeling made my body jolt up and bump into him which he knew it would. He then moved his hand to my hip and pulled me closer.

"What happened to just cuddling?" I joked.

"I don't know was that ever just going to happen?" Ben joked back.

"Probably not" I admitted. Ben laughed at my response.

"I can't help it if I can't keep my hands off you" he said grinning.

"Hmmmm, I suppose I can't blame you as I have the same struggle" I said as I moved my hands from around his neck and ran my hands over his chest. His gaze dropped to my hands and then slowly returned to my face.

"I didn't realise that it was that problematic for you" he flirted.

"Yeah I spend quite a lot of time struggling with it" I said as my hands moved up and captured the collar of his t-shirt.

I pulled his face closer to mine and went to kiss him but at the last minute I kissed his cheek and then started to work my way down towards his jaw. I heard his breathing change as I trailed kisses down his neck. I stopped kissing his neck and slowly brushed my nose up his neck and then looked up at him. I saw his eyes darken and a grin spread across my face. I loved having this effect on Ben; I knew how he felt as I equally felt this way when he teased me like this.

"Two can play at this game" he said cheekily as he started to kiss my cheek and then down to my jaw. As my breathing hitched my mind drifted off all my other concerns and concentrated on Ben. My wonderful, beautiful Ben.

When I woke up the next morning the first thing I did was grin at the sight that I saw. Ben was cuddled into my chest; after teasing each other for a while we lay and talked for what seemed like hours. When the night got on I couldn't even remember what we were talking about; but I honestly didn't care. I loved my late night conversations with Ben - we could talk about anything and I would still love it.

I glanced to the clock that was stood on Ben's bedstand and stifled a groan as I didn't want to wake Ben. I couldn't believe that it was 0548 - why did my body think it was appropriate to wake up after what - four hours sleep! Today was going to be long I thought to myself. I stoked the top of Ben's back and Ben readjusted himself by moving closer to me; which caused me to smile even more. God I loved him so much; even though I knew that I would probably never see him for ages after the college year finished. I know that we would both find this hard but it would be worth it.

I kept stroking his back for a short while before Ben moved his head down a little bit.

"Morning" he said into my chest.

"Morning" I answered back to him as I glanced back to the clock - it was now 0610. We probably would have to get up around 0715 so we both have enough time for both of us to get ready for our day.

"What time is it?" I heard Ben ask.

"It's six ten" I answered back.

I hear him grunt back in response. We lay like this for a couple of seconds before Ben pushed down on his arms so he was now looking down at me. I watched as he started to smile down at me.

"At least we get some unexpected time together. I was half expecting to have to carry you to shower due to being so tired" he joked.

"Ha ha" I answered back sarcastically.

"I definitely didn't expect you to be awake" he joked.

"Me neither" I stated.

"What time did you wake up?" he asked.

"At 0548" I whined.

"Ouch! Someone's going to be tired all day" Ben laughed.

"Yes and I can just hear all the innuendos from Evie now" I replied sarcastically.

"Why do you let anything like that bother you?" Ben said resting himself up on his elbows.

"I don't know, I guess that what we do I see that as private between you and me. It's already a big deal for me to be like that with you without any further embarrassment" I admitted.

"I see, well I can understand what you mean. What we get up to is no one's business apart from ours" he said with a wink.

"I'm glad you understand" I said pulling him down towards me.

"Someone's awake for this time of morning" Ben joked as his face was inches away from mine.

"I know I best make use of it" I answered before quickly kissing him. I felt Ben's hands move to the back of my legs and he wrapped them around his waist.

"Let's change things a little bit shall we?' he said with a cheeky grin.

Next thing I knew he span us round so I was now on top of him. My eyes widened at the shock of the abrupt movement but after a couple of moments a small laugh left my mouth.

"I forgot that you are a smooth mover" I said laughing.

"Yeah, baby" he said as he started to knead the lower part of my back with his hands.

This caused me to sit up and look down at him as his fingers start to push down harder on my back; I bite down on my lip to stifle a moan as I rested my hands on his chest.

"Hmmmm that feels good" I closed my eyes and groaned as he started to work up my back.

"I'm glad you like it" he laughed. I involuntarily started to grind against him in reaction to him massaging my back.

"It seems like I'm not the only one" I laughed back as I opened my eyes and looked down at him.

"Can you blame me? My beautiful girlfriend sitting on top of me, looking down at me like that" he stated as he started to bite his lip.

"I suppose I'd be worried if I didn't get this reaction" I said suggestively.

"Well you have nothing to worry about" Ben said reassuringly.

"Good" I muttered as his fingers were still kneading my back.

"That's really distracting you know" I said closing my eyes again.

"Is it really?" I heard him say huskily.

"You know it is" I muttered back as I tried not to moan.

His fingers suddenly stopped and dropped to my hips; this caused my eyes to snap open. I saw Ben looking up at me seductively; I bit my lip and lowered myself down towards him as our gazes burned into one another and we finished off what we started last night.

"Well that was unexpected" I advised as I was brushing my teeth.

"Yes but very wanted" he said as he wrapped his arms around my waist.

He slowly moved my hair that was lying on my shoulder and kissed my collarbone. It sent a shiver down my spine and I couldn't help but involuntarily take a deep breath.

"You don't agree?" he asked sarcastically watching my reaction in the mirror.

"I think my reaction not too long ago will answer that question?" I said as I raised one brow suggestively. This made him kiss my collar bone again which sent another shiver down my spine. I rested my head against his shoulder and bit down on my lip.

"Hmmmm, don't. You just got dressed; I may not let you leave" he muttered into my hair.

"Is that a threat Ben?" I asked slowly as I turned around to look at him.

"Maybe, maybe not" he said lowering his face to mine.

"Will you please put a shirt on?" I breathed at him when his lips came close to mine.

"Why?" he breathed as he rubbed his lips against mine before quickly kissing me.

"It's distracting me" I whispered.

"Maybe that was my intention" he said with a grin.

"Like you said last night Ben, two can play at this game" I said flirting with him.

"Oh really?" he said flirting back.

"Really?" I advised as I ran my hands down his chest slowly; I watched his eyes drop as he saw me continue to run my fingers down to his sides.

I stopped and watched as his gaze snapped back to my face; I pulled one brow up then I slowly moved my hands to his thighs and squeezed his thighs. I smirked as I watched him take a deep breath and then I began to drag my hands back slowly towards to his sides; my hands were now on his hips and then I suddenly left go. He pulled me closer to kiss me and I moved my lips out of the way. His lips caught my cheek and I grinned as I turned around and saw the look on his face.

"Mal you're driving me crazy!" he breathed as he rested his head against my shoulder.

"Maybe that was my intention" I said quoting him.

"I may have deserved that" he said into my shoulder.

"Go and have your shower; I'll wait for you in there" I advised as I turned to walk away.

"No you don't" he said in a husky tone and then pulled me to him.

He gripped my waist and pulled it taught to his so I couldn't move. His hand held the small of my back in place whilst the other found my hair. His lips captured mine abruptly and started to move against my lips. The kiss slowed down and our face started to move slowly against each other. My hands found the back of his neck and pulled him closer to me. Again we broke apart for a second to take a deep breath before crushing our lips together again. We broke apart after a while breathless and I rested my forehead against Ben's.

"Happy with yourself?" I breathed to which he nodded.

"But in all seriousness I could do this all day, but we need to be ready to leave soon" I advised sadly.

"Darn you with your words of reason" he stated before quickly pecking my lips.

He quickly dropped his boxers and then jumped into the shower. I packed my things together as I heard the shower turn on.

I laughed at his reaction and then left the room to sort my things out; I walked around the room and picked my clothes up off the floor that had been flung there earlier this morning. I blushed at the vivid memory as I remembered Ben pulling my t-shirt off; but then my face broke out into a wide smile.

After I had collected all of my things together, put them in my bag and finished getting ready; I pulled a book out of my bag, sat on Ben's bed and started to read it to pass the time whilst I was waiting for him to get ready. After reading nearly a chapter in my book I saw out of the corner of my eye him leaving the bathroom.

"Have you made yourself comfy enough?" he laughed as he picked up a clean shirt from his wardrobe.

"I think so" I answered back as I put my bookmark in and closed the book with a small snap.

"Nice to know" he said as he pulled his trousers on.

"What tie?" he asked as he picked up his bright yellow and blue ties.

"Yellow, cos you are wearing a white shirt and no doubt be taking your blue blazer with you" I advised as I climbed off his bed.

"Always the fashion guru" he joked as he started to tie his tie.

"I share a dorm with Evie it was bound to rub off at some stage" I laughed as I stood up to put the book back into my bag. When I turned around I noticed that he was now on the bed putting his shoes and socks on.

"Quick mover" I laughed as he reached over for his crown and put it on.

"Don't you know it" he grinned as he stood up and walked towards me.

"I wish we didn't have to leave this room" he said sadly as he picked up his blazer and quickly put it on.

"Me neither but I don't think I can keep my king away from his kingdom" I said sadly as I placed my hands on his chest.

"I suppose" he answered back as he wrapped his arms around my waist.

He quickly kissed me and I responded back to the kiss. When we broke away I couldn't help but smile up at him; Ben smiled back down at me with my favourite smile.

"I think I best take you back to your dorm, Evie of all people will want to know where you are" he joked as he released me.

I went to pick my bag up but noticed that he already had it in his hand. He noticed the look on my face but ignored it as he threw it over his shoulder with his bag as well.

"I've already got it" he stated cheekily.

I laughed and rolled my eyes at him and he put his hand in mine.

"Come on then, let's see what the world has in store for us today" he said as he unlocked his door and lead me out of his dorm.

Additional A/N - No major change, just some corrections of spelling and grammar errors - 05/02/2016.