"You look really nervous" he noted breaking the silence.

"That's because I am" I confirmed. We both fell into silence once more and we both looked at each other nervously before I decided that the best way was to just come out with it. "Ben I don't know how you are going to react" I stated. "And it is partly my fault" I finished as I looked down as my nerves started to get the better of me once more.

"What is?" I heard him ask and I couldn't help but sigh at this question. "Mal whatever has happened we will get through it together" I heard him say and I slowly brought my eyes back up to his face to be greeted my a warm and reassuring smile.

"I'm so glad to hear you say that" I muttered before biting down on my bottom lip.

"Mal tell me what is going on I am really worrying here" he begged. "I can't help you through this until you do" he stressed.

"Ok" I nodded before I took a couple of deep breaths to steady myself before I finally spoke. "I'm pregnant" I announced.

"What?" he asked in shock.

"I'm pregnant" I repeated.

"How can you be pregnant?" he questioned in disbelief.

"Well since we got engaged Ben we have been very active" I reminded him.

"Yes" he nodded. "When did this happen? The night of our engagement?" he quickly pressed and I knew what he was thinking. When me and Ben had sex for the first time I told him that he didn't need to wear a condom due to the fact that I was already on contraception; afterwards we always used condoms to be doubly safe - but it would appear that something must have went array at some point.

"No" I confirmed. "Due to the dates of it, it looks like it happened when we spent the weekend in your lodge-" I started to explain. "I can't really say which time it was" I added as I smirked at the memory of that weekend came to the forefront of my mind. "But it was definitely was some point that weekend" I finished.

"I see" he noted. "When did you find out?" he questioned.

"Shortly after coming home after you were taken" I advised.

"Ok" he meekly nodded. "Does anyone else know?" He asked.

"Yes" I confirmed. "Doctor Cameron, for obvious reasons" I stated. "Evie" I muttered as I hoped that he wouldn't be upset at that he wasn't the first person to know - like he should have been.

"I should have known" he replied before he pursed his lips together.

"Are you upset with that?" I urged.

"No" I replied. "I know you would need to speak to her" he stated.

"Well she found out accidentality; I was kind of freaking out at the time" I stressed.

"I can imagine" he meekly smiled.

"So what do you think?" I dared ask; as I noted that he hadn't really commented on whether he was happy or not.

"Mal I love you-" he began lovingly. "And yes our baby has came along sooner than I would have liked; but I wouldn't change anything" he smiled happily.

"Really?" I asked incredulously. I couldn't believe how calm he was being about this! Over the last week as he lay unconscious in the bed I had envisioned every possibly scenario that could have happened; and yes I had secretly hoped for this but I knew there was a chance that he might be mad. By the looks of it me suffering with the guilt and this secret had all been for nothing; but there was no way that I could have dismissed either of them as unimportant. Me and Ben needed to have these conversations; they were going to play as part of our healing process, both on our own and as a couple.

"Yes" he urged. "You are my soul mate Mal" he said profoundly that made all the unease in my stomach start to ebb away from me. "And I love you so much" he reminded me.

"I love you soo much to" I grinned.

"Come here you" he teased as he opened his arms out to me. "I need a cuddle" he stated.

"Ben there's not much room" I stated as I gestured towards his single hospital bed.

"I'll move" he offered; but when he moved slightly to the left he was suddenly met with a wave of pain. "Ow!" he cried out in pain.

"No you won't!" I exclaimed as I got to my feet. "Stop!" I stressed. "I've had an idea" I added as I quickly swept my right hand to the left and I watched as Ben's bed moved away from me and changed into a double bed. I then swept my right hand to the left again and another pillow appeared on the left hand side of the bed and Ben's bedding changed from single to double bedding. "Better?" I asked as Ben was now lying on the left hand side of the bed.

"Better" he grinned at me as I kicked my shoes off and slid them under the bed. I then climbed onto the right hand side of the bed and pulled the covers back; me and Ben then cuddled together - with me lying on my left side and against his right side as carefully as I could. I felt him awkwardly wrap his right arm around me; and I tried to see in his face and eyes whether I was hurting him but he didn't show anything. "All I need is you Mal" he said as I looked up at him. "And our baby" he added proudly.

"You're not mad?" I muttered.

"Why should I be?" he questioned as he shrugged. "It's both our fault; so I have no reason to be mad" he continued. "However Mal-" he started.

"Yes?" I prompted.

"It makes me want to marry you even more" he confessed.

"I thought it might" I returned. "So let's get married baby!" I exclaimed before I started giggling. I then watched as a large grin spread across his face before he slowly and carefully pushed himself forward to press a brief kiss against the top of my head. We then cuddled together in silence; with both of us very content with the conversations that we had just had. I felt like I was walking on cloud nine; I had made sure that the love of my life was saved, had a baby on the way and at some stage today I was going to marry my best friend. I couldn't wait to spend the rest of my life with Ben; I knew that as long as we had each other we could get through anything - this situation was testament to that.