"Mal-" I heard Ben say after I dropped into my seat after our short cuddle in silence. I then looked over to him; and when I did this I could see that there was something on his mind - and I didn't know how or what to think about it. "There is something that I want to do; but I need to know how you feel about it" he advised.

"Ok?" I said in confusion as I pulled one brow up at him in confusion. "What do you want to do?" I questioned.

"I want you to marry me" he told me.

"What?" I exclaimed. What did this mean? We were already engaged; unless he thought that this situation had somehow tarnished our engagement somehow? "Ben we are already engaged" I reminded him. "I am going to marry you still; this situation hasn't changed anything on my side of things" I stated. "Unless-" I began. "Have you-" I began.

"No!" he exclaimed cutting me off. "You don't understand" he stated. "This situation hasn't changed anything apart from one thing" he said.

"Which is?" I questioned as my stomach bubbled nervously.

"I want you to marry me" he repeated. "Today" he clarified.

"Today?" I repeated in further confusion. "Why?" I asked.

"After everything that has happened I want you to be my wife" he stressed. "I want to start living our lives together" he added.

"And we are Ben" I told him happily. I got why he felt that way; but there was no rush. Me and Ben were now safe; and this was the main thing. It didn't get matter when we got married; what mattered was that we were together and Ben was going to get better. "We need to wait until you are better" I advised.

"No!" he exclaimed as he shook his head stiffly. "Mal please?" he begged. "If you really don't want to then I won't force the issue any more" he offered. "But please?" he pressed; and I began to think about what Ben was asking me. Even without this situation there was nothing more than I wanted to be Ben's wife - so why was I fighting him on his premise? I just didn't want him to stress out and get overwhelmed - given his current weakened state.

"Why do you want to do this?" I questioned; trying to understand his point of view.

"I want you to be my wife" he said happily.

"And it isn't enough that I'm your fiancé?" I returned.

"Yes" he muttered. "Yes of course it is; but I would be happier with you being my wife" he advised.

"But don't you need a state wedding?" I questioned as my mind started to show me how certain members of Ben's council were probably going to react hen they found out that me and Ben married secretly; and one family in particular was going to cause more drama. Yes Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip were actually the nicest two out of the bunch; they were happy to create a relationship with me - something I valued and appreciated very much. It was Audrey and Queen Leah that would have the problem; no doubt they would try to cause a scene and claim that our marriage was invalid. But to be honest I was past caring what they thought - I could only imagine their added reaction when they found out I was pregnant!

"Yes" he confirmed. "But we can treat that as a renewal of our vows" he suggested dismissively.

"Someone has thought this out" I teased.

"Yes" he grinned. "So what do you think?" he asked and as I watched as apprehension entered his eyes I came to a decision.

"I think-" I began.

"Yes?" he prompted.

"That I don't have the heart to say no to you" I said as I lifted his right hand up pressed a kiss against his palm. "Let's do it" I smiled as he cupped his hand around the left hand side of my face.

"Really?" he said slowly. "You don't feel forced" he offered and I smiled at this Of course I didn't feel forced; but what made me love Ben even more was the fact that he asked me this. It showed me that he did in fact love me; and wanted to be me for me. However I knew that this might change when I told him about our baby.

"No" I answered as I shook my head. "If I am being honest-" I continued but stopped myself when I decided that it was time to tell him about our little one.

"Yes?" he prompted me.

"I want to be your wife" I announced and I watched as a large grin spread across his face. "However-" I started and I saw his face drop. "There is something that I need to tell you; before we get married" I stated. "In case you change your mind" I offered.

"Right?" he asked slowly as his face fell into confusion. "Why don't I like the look of this? There is nothing that would make me change my mind" he noted out loud.

"You probably don't" I agreed with him. "I just don't know how you are going to react" I clarified.

"Well that doesn't make me worry" he said sarcastically as we both fell into an awkward silence once more; I knew that Ben loved me. And that he wanted to marry me; but this didn't stop my stomach from continuing to bubble and burn in apprehension at how Ben was going to take the news that he was now in fact a father.