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*Evie's POV*

After speaking to Sam I then went and spent a couple of hours with Mal and she was just as bad as Sam warned me. She tried to hide the fact that something was wrong but I can always tell with Mal. I didn't push her too much as I now knew what was going on.

When I made my excuses to leave I invited both Sam and Mal to mine and Doug's flat for dinner. Well that was the plan anyway. What Mal didn't know is that there would be another guest there; and this time she would speak to him whether she liked it or not. I did feel bad for interfering but Mal couldn't go back to college without knowing the truth.

So with this in mind I decided to ring Ben on the way home in a taxi to get the first part of mine and Sam's plan into action.

"Hi Evie" I heard Ben say down the phone. I knew that he would probably be thinking that I was ringing him to ask about his conversation with Mal last night. But at this point in time I didn't need to know about it; I just needed to speak to him to get him to come around my flat.

"Hi Ben" I answered.

"Is everything ok?" He asked.

"No not really" I lied.

"What do you mean?" He questioned.

"Are you free this evening? I need to speak to you" I said sadly.

"Why what's wrong?" Ben questioned again.

"I would prefer to speak in person Ben" I answered back sadly.

"I don't know Evie. I'm really busy today" he said sadly.

"Please Ben. I need to speak to someone; I need your advice on a personal problem. Ben I don't want to say very much over the phone but I really need to speak to you" I said and I made sure I let my voice break in certain places, especially towards the end.

"I don't meant to sound rude Evie but isn't there anyone else you could speak to?" he said sighing down the phone. I know that Ben can be stubborn but I was going to need to dig my heels in to get him to come around to my flat. I couldn't let Mal down; it wasn't an option.

"Everyone is busy and anyway you have helped me through so much in the past" I said sadly.

"Please Ben" I begged.

"I need to speak to you" I pressed hoping that my tone of voice would persuade him.

"Where's Doug?" he asked.

'He's working" I advised. In all honesty Doug was working and I knew that he wouldn't be home till late so I knew that I would have plenty of time to get Mal and Ben talking.

"Like always" he laughed.

"Please Ben?" I begged again.

"Ok" he said after a few seconds of silence.

"When's best for you?" He asked.

"Around five or six. I know you will have things to do today so it can wait until then" I advised.

"Yeah, that should be ok" Ben replied.

"We could have a meal I'll make you something?" I offered.

"Ok" he said. I grinned to myself as I was successful; I couldn't wait to text Sam when I got home to tell him that the plan was working.

"Yeah I need to get out of these four walls" he added.

"See you soon" I said happily.

"See you soon" he answered back.

"Thanks Ben" I added.

"Yeah" he replied before I hung up.

It was now half five and I knew I had to be quick; Mal and Sam were coming over around six so I had to give Ben enough information to make him stay and talk to Mal. I heard a knock at the door and smiled as I knew that Ben had now arrived.

"Hi" I said as I opened the door.

"Hi" he replied as he stepped into my flat.

"So what's wrong Evie?" he quickly asked as he walked over to my sofa.

"Quick to the punch Ben" I laughed as he sat down.

"Yes well you wouldn't tell me earlier on" he stated as I sat down next to him.

"I still don't understand why you couldn't just speak to me over the phone" he added.

"Yes well it's important" I pressed.

"Ok" he said. I took a deep breath to steady myself as I knew that Ben was going to be mad at me for getting involved but I knew that there was still something between him and Mal. And I wasn't about to let that slip if both of them still wanted to be together.

"Please don't be mad at me" I said slowly as I started to wince.

"Why?" he asked as he pulled up one brown in confusion. Here goes I said to myself.

"The personal problem it's not mine" I admitted.

"What do you mean?" he questioned.

"It's Mal's" I stated. I watched as his face went blank at me saying Mal's name and his body went rigid.

"What's wrong with Mal?" he asked after a couple of minutes of silence with neither of us saying anything.

"Ben you and Mal were both acting strange yesterday" I noted. I watched as Ben pursed his lips together and he looked down at the floor.

"Is this what this is all about? Me and Mal?" he asked angrily.

"Evie there is no me and Mal anymore!" he snapped.

"She saw to that!" he spat.

"What do you mean?" I questioned.

"She's moved on" he said still not looking at me.

"I bet she didn't expect me to come last night did she? I saw that she was surprised; she dropped that guy's hand like electric when she saw me" he noted angrily.

"Ben" I said as I was about to correct him.

"No Evie I loved her" he said sadly.

"Loved?" I questioned.

"Yeah" he confirmed.

"Yes we haven't seen each other for just over a year but I will always care about Mal" he said as he finally looked up but he still didn't look at me.

"I'm happy that she has found someone" he said as he looked at me. I watched as he let his head drop down again. I placed my hand on his shoulder and I knew that it would have been hard for Ben to see Mal holding Sam's hand. However his reaction confirmed that there was still something there and I needed to keep Ben here so he could speak to Mal.

"Ben" I started again.

"No Evie don't" he begged.

"Please" he said as I opened my mouth to speak again.

"I better go" he said and he went to stand up.

"No Ben" I said as I quickly put my hand on his arm.

"Please stay for dinner" I begged. I watched as he looked at me and pulled one brow up.

"Please" I begged. There was no way that I was going to let Ben leave when I knew that Mal was going to be here in fifteen minutes.

"Ok I will" he said sighing. I decided that I was going to have to use a different tactic. I was going to have to supply Ben will a little bit more information to keep him here and to help Mal later on. I was still going to stick to my promise to Sam earlier on and not tell him everything; just enough to get him to talk to Mal.

"Ben I need to tell you something" I started nervously.

"Yes" he said.

"You know when you were speaking to Mal yesterday?" I asked.

"This again" he said sighing.

"Please bare with me Ben" I begged.

"Then I promise I'll leave it" I negotiated.

"Ok" he said nodding.

"What about when me and Mal were speaking yesterday?" he asked.

"Ben Mal was trying to tell you something" I advised. I watched as his eyes widened slightly in reaction to me saying this.

"What was she trying to tell me?" he questioned.

"That needs to come from Mal" I stated.

"All I am going to say is Mal only came home for a couple of reasons and one of those was to speak to you" I advised.

"To speak to me?" he asked incredulously. I watched as I saw a glint in his eye and I could tell that he was happy about this but then it quickly disappeared. I knew what he was thinking - would Mal want to speak to him after the way he walked away from her?

"She probably wanted to tell me all about her new friend" he said bitterly as he looked back down at the floor.

"Ben please" I begged.

"Jay told me last night that Mal hasn't told you about them two" he said sadly as he looked back at me.

"It's not what you think Ben" I stated.

"What is it then?" he asked.

"Ben please to speak to Mal, she needs to explain to you" I pressed.

"I don't know Evie; everything seems so certain" he dismissed.

"It doesn't" I countered.

"I know you know something" he pressed.

"Tell me please" he begged.

"You need to speak to her" I pressed again which made him sigh.

"Fine" he finally said.

"I'll speak to her" he replied.

"That's if she wants to speak to me; after the way I acted" he said sadly as he started to fidget with his nails.

"She will" I said trying to reassure him.

"Hopefully" he added. I looked at the clock on the wall and it was nearly six o'clock which meant that Mal would nearly be here. I had to hide Ben for a few minutes so I could explain to her; before she kicked off.

"Ben will you do me a favour while I go and sort dinner out?" I asked as I nervously looked back at him.

"Yeah" he said politely.

"I've lost my phone in the spare room will you help me look for it please?" I asked as I pointed to the door.

"Yeah" he repeated as he got up.

"Thanks I think it might have fallen behind the bookshelf" I admitted as I cringed. I knew that moving the bookshelf would take a few minutes - just the right amount of time to get Mal in there.

"How's it got there?" he asked incredulously as he walked to the room.

"Accident" I nervously laughed.

"Ok Evie" he said as he went into the room. I slowly closed the door after him and smiled to myself as I heard a knock on the door.