When I walked into my old room in Auradon Castle I closed the door, locked it and stood against it. I was so close to telling Ben and Uma then took that opportunity away from me. I let silent tears flow down my cheeks as I slid done the door and dropped to my knees; I guess this is what I deserve - for every evil thing I have ever done in my life. People like me don't have happily ever afters; we were meant to suffer for everything that we had done. I could only hope that I could try and build a life for me and my little one; they deserved that!

I knew that at one point I would tell Ben but for the time being I thought it was better if I left. Yes it would hurt Ben but I knew I had to be selfish at the moment. If Uma found out that I was pregnant she could target me and my baby and this wasn't something that I could ever risk. They were my world and I would do anything and everything to protect them - even if it meant that I had to give up the love of my life.

After crying for what felt like a very tortured eternity I heard fast footsteps start to head towards me; before someone tried to open my door. I then heard a worried sigh before I heard a knock on the door.

"Mal please let me in!" I heard Ben beg. "I need to see you" he advised and I sighed. I felt so conflicted; part of me wanted to stay and support Ben through this; however a new problem had entered my mind.

Regardless whether Ben was the father to Uma's baby I had to leave and protect our baby. If Ben was the father to Uma's baby she wouldn't want my baby getting in the way of her's; as she wasn't going to want a contender for the crown of Auradon. If Ben wasn't the father she wasn't going to want my baby in the way; she might try to hurt me or the baby. Me she could hurt all she wanted; but there was no way that I could let anything happen to mine and Ben's baby.

After hearing Ben beg and plead for a few minutes I slowly stood up before I turned around and unlocked the door. As I walked towards the foot of my bed I heard the door open; and I looked down at the floor. I couldn't bear to look at Ben at the moment.

"Mal" I heard him say as he quickly closed and locked the door behind him.

"Yes?" I muttered as my back was still to him.

"I'm really sorry about that" he urged as he walked up to me and he stood on my right hand side.

"Don't be" I sighed as I slowly looked up at him to see the broken look on his face, which broke my heart even further. "You have a lot to arrange with Uma" I added as I pursed my lips together. "Apparently" I muttered.

"No!" He exclaimed. "Not until I know the truth" he urged; and I could see the fear in his usually calm leaf green eyes.

"The truth" I repeated. "Yeah" I nodded. "I suppose you do" I agreed as I pursed my lips together.

"Mal come here" he said and before I could say or do anything he pulled me into a hug. I couldn't help but sigh against his right shoulder; I felt like this was the first time in weeks that we were alone. I pushed away the feeling of being selfish; I needed to be selfish right now. Me and Ben needed this time together; as there was a chance that time alone with Ben was going to come to an abrupt end. If Ben was the baby's father Uma was going to keep pushing him to get rid of me; and I knew that Ben would never do this - but I think if I stayed due to the stress I would end up leaving any way.

"I love you" I heard him say over my shoulder. "I only want you" he added. "I wish this wasn't happening" he sighed as he snuggled his face into my hair.

"Me too Ben" I replied as I wrapped my arms around his neck. "But we are going to need to come to terms that you might have to marry Uma" I sighed sadly.

"I can't Mal" he urged as he pulled away and looked down at me. "I really can't" he stressed.

"I know Ben" I replied as I cupped his face in both of my hands. "I don't want you to marry her either; but you might have to" I stated as I bite down on my bottom lip. "And it's killing me" I admitted.

"Hey!" He exclaimed as he pulled me back to him; and I snuggled back into him. "Let's try not and think about that" I heard him say.

"Very hard not to Ben" I muttered. "It's everywhere we look" I said as tears started to fill into my eyes. "We can't do anything without anyone mentioning it; I've seen how people have started looking at me" I advised. This was the truth; everywhere me and Ben went we were constantly reminded that we may be on borrowed time. Also as more time passed I kept catching people looking at me a funny way; like they pitied and felt sorry for me - which was something that I had grown up fighting against this.

"Ignore them" he advised as he pulled away and looked down at me.

"Very hard not to Ben" I said as I pulled my hands away from him and I wiped away the tears that was trying to ambush me. "I love you" I smiled meekly.

"And I love you" he replied happily. "Anyway enough on that-" he started as he obviously was trying to change the subject.

"Right?" I prompted as I pulled one brow up in confusion as I dropped my hands onto his chest.

"You were saying something" he reminded me. "Before Uma came in" he added.

"Oh" I muttered as I started to fall into panic. "That" I said as I started to feel like a coward. Yes Ben needed to know; but I didn't want him to find out like this. I didn't know what to do right now; and it was completely messing with my head. Yes I would tell Ben eventually; but right now I was consumed at the fact that I had to protect our baby - even from Ben.

"Erm" I said as I started to think about what I could say to cover what I was actually going to tell him. "I was just wondering whether we could spend some time together tonight" I advised. "Just you and me" I added. "We haven't seen much of each other recently" I smiled up at him.

"No" he smiled. "No we haven't; I would like that" he advised; and I felt his arms tighten around my waist.

"I just hope Uma doesn't interrupt" I advised.

"She wouldn't dare!" he urged before he pressed a brief kiss against my lips. We then cuddled together and enjoyed the silence of just being together; we then decided what we wanted to do with our evening. Yes I still knew that I would have to leave for a short time; but I think having an evening with Ben is what we both needed. I just hoped that Ben would forgive me - eventually.