Before I knew it half an hour had passed and I could hear Evie and Doug enter the emergency department in Auradon General Hospital. I started to feel apprehensive about the conversation; I didn't know what was going to happen - things were tense between us all right now and I really didn't want an argument in hospital.
"They are here" I advised Ben as I heard them a member of staff which room I was in.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" he questioned as he slid his chair closer to me and we gazed into each other's eyes.
"We need to fix things" I advised. "For their sake" I advised as I nodded down to my stomach. "I just think that we all need to be open and honest" I continued. "So we know where we all stand; but I know one thing though-" I stated.
"What?" Ben asked.
"She will never slap me or speak to you like that ever again" I grimaced as the door opened and we both looked over to see Doug enter the room.
"Is ok if we both come in?" he questioned.
"Yes" I answered and I watched as Evie entered the room, with silent tears running down her cheeks.
"Mal I am so sorry!" she exclaimed.
"Yeah" I muttered as I looked down. Yes I may want to make things better between us all; but this didn't mean that I wasn't annoyed with her - because I was!
"Mal-" she started.
"No Evie!" I snapped as I quickly looked up at her and cut her off. "I need you to listen to what I have to say" I urged darkly.
"Ok" she nodded.
"Now I am going to make something very clear-" I started to warn her. "You ever-" I glared at her. "EVER!" I urged and I watched as her eyes widened in shock at this. "Lay another finger on me again you will regret it" I warned her. "I will ruin you" I growled. "And you know I will" I stressed. I never would normally make this threat; but there was no way she would ever lay a finger on me again - I would make sure of it.
"Mal-" she began again.
"Evelyn!" I snapped and everyone froze; I then watched as she slowly nodded at this. "You also will not talk to Ben like that again; do I make myself clear?" I questioned sternly.
"Yes" she confirmed. "Sorry Ben" she offered to him and Ben nodded at this. "Sorry Mal" she urged as she looked over to me and I also nodded.
"Also-" I started. "I have not been treating your twins like they are mine; I don't want them!" I stressed. I needed her to see this; I needed her to understand that me and Ben were not trying to play happy families with their twins. Which in my opinion was quite ludicrous if you asked me! "I have my own children" I reminded her. "Also there is something that I need you both to understand; yes your twins are a priority" I stated. "However I have children and a husband to care for as well. Something that me and Ben didn't want to tell you both is that our relationship is strained due to the fact we are doing this for you" I admitted and I watched as both of their faces dropped in shock.
"You never said" Doug muttered.
"We didn't want to" Ben advised.
"So if I want to spend some time alone with my husband Evie I will" I muttered as I started to calm down. "I don't need to ask your permission" I stressed. "Yes I probably should have told you that we were going out; but-" I started but stopped and threw Ben a glance. He smiled at me before he squeezed my left hand in both of his before I looked back at Evie and Doug.
"Yes?" Evie prompted.
"We wanted to be on our own" I confessed. "And every time we try to be on our own you both are there; we need to set boundaries" I advised. "Last week me and Ben were having a date night and you both just walked into our suite and started making plans for when the baby is born and asking us about what cots you should buy" I stated hoping that they will see how overwhelming they have been.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Evie asked.
"We didn't want to upset you both" Ben answered for the pair of us both.
"I guess we should have said something" I interjected.
"We should have noticed that we were being too much" Doug advised as he looked over to his wife and Evie nodded at this.
"Evie these are your children" I said. "Me and Ben know that you are both excited; we both understand why you acted the way you did" I stated. "But you took things too far today" I advised bluntly.
"I know I did" she agreed. "And Mal I am really sorry" she urged. "I don't know what came over me" she advised and as I looked into her warm brown eyes I decided that I couldn't stay mad at her. She was my sister after all; and now that everyone knows what everyone has been going through I think this situation will surely get better.
"I do" I replied. "Your mother instinct" I added and I watched as a meek smile spread across her face. "I understand how you feel I really do E; but we can't keep going on like this" I added.
"I agree" she smiled as she walked up to the right hand side of my bed. "Friends?" she asked.
"Friends" I confirmed and before I could say or do anything else she pulled me into a tight hug. I let go of Ben's hand and I wrapped my arms around her neck; this had worked out a lot better than I thought it would. Evie was my sister, and yes she may have acted out of turn - but at least I knew that things could now only get better from here.