*Ben's POV*
Two weeks have passed since Uma, Harry and Ursula all returned back to the Isle and I still hadn't found Mal - which was really worrying. The whole Kingdom knew that I wasn't the father to Uma's baby, that it was just a plot to get Uma on the throne. I had made sure that it continued to run all over the news and press; and I knew that people were probably getting sick of hearing about this. But I needed to find Mal; and I wouldn't stop until she was safe and sound back at home.
But what concerned me was the fact that Mal was still nowhere to be found - which was really worrying me. She told me that she didn't blame me for this situation; she stated that I was innocent in all of this and she had been right - I wasn't Ursula's father. And since the first ever broadcast of the truth I have been watching the doors of every room that I was in hoping that she was just about to walk in. I was searching for her through every window that I passed; every street, field and passageway that I went through. My heart was full of pain, sorrow and I craved seeing my soul mate and my one true love.
As I was searching for Mal I had two questions on my mind; first of all, of course, was where was Mal. Second of all I was questioning what actually happened between me and Uma - and thankfully I didn't have to wait very long for an answer on the later.
On the morning of Uma leaving she asked to speak to me; at first I fought against her request but apparently she stressed to Chip that I would want to hear what she had to say. So with a heavy heart I walked into what used to be Mal's room to find her holding her daughter in a chair by the unlit fire, with Harry sitting by her side.
What confused me was that she asked for Harry to leave the room, when he questioned her on this she stated that they had given me enough disrespect. She then urged that that thinks that she had caused enough problems for me and Mal; so with this in mind Harry reluctantly left the room - but not before glaring at me for a few seconds.
My conversation with Uma helped me in some regards wherein I got some of the answers that I needed. As at first apologised for her actions; which I valued; but if she only wanted to apologise then I was going to leave as I needed to go and find Mal. She then went to stop me; as apparently she wasn't finished. She then told me that she wanted me to know that we never slept together which made me sigh in relief. It meant that I did in fact lose my virginity to Mal - just how it was meant to be. I told her that I valued the fact that she finally told the truth and our conversation ended with me wishing her, Ursula, Harry well. Even though I was sending them to the Isle; but I had arranged for whatever they needed for the baby went with them.
*Mal's POV*
Time wasn't on my side; the weeks were going for too quick for my liking. The cottage was finished; and every time that I left the cottage to go food or baby shopping I continued to change my appearance. As I knew that Ben would be still looking for me; and to make sure that I could get the money that I needed I keep teleporting to different cash points over the kingdom so he was unable to trace me.
I had attempted to tell Ben about our own little one countless times; however as soon as I stepped out of the magical barrier around the cottage I would panic and then run back into the cottage. I couldn't bare anything happening to our little one; and I had to protect them. However I was still torturing myself over how I was going to tell Ben about our baby. I wanted him to know - and I needed to be quick about this as I knew that my baby was going to be born within the next couple of months.
I still hadn't turned either of my phones back on; and when I did go onto the internet I was very careful to make sure that I didn't see anything that would link to Ben or Uma. Even though part of me wanted to know whether Ben had fathered her baby; but I decided against this as if they had gotten married this was going to be too much for me to deal with.
Doctor Cameron still continued to ring me; I did answer a couple of times but as soon as he mentioned Ben I would hang up. I felt bad for doing this; and I knew that I would never ever be able to deal with Ben marrying Uma and having a child with her. And stupid as it sounds I wanted to try and delay this for as long as I could. Which was probably wishful thinking on my part.