AIP 9

An hour or so later, Ben and Sofia found themselves outside Sofia’s house, as she went to open the door, Ben turned her around and kissed her. She pulled away straight away “w…what are you doing?” She said shaken up.
“I…I dunno…I…I mean…I was kissing you…but…I…I don’t know why. I’m sorry”
“Its...its ok” She said uneasily. Ben was kicking himself inside thinking ‘shit, I can’t believe I did that! I’m so stupid! She doesn’t fancy me!’ Sofia opened the door, and was greeted by 6 faces that she and Ben both recognised, it was Lauren, Corrine, Mark, Paul, Christian and Sofia’s mum Melanie.
“Hey y’all”
“Hey, Sofia Hun, can I talk to you? It’s about your sister.”
“O…ok…”

“Well, we just had a phone call from a hospital in New York, she’s been in a car crash, she is goi..” Before her mom could finish the sentence Sofia had run upstairs and slammed the door. Corrine ran after her and banged on the door “Sof, let me in!”
“GO AWAY!”
“NO, LET ME IN!”
“NO!” Sofia took out one of her CD’s and put it on full blast, it had some Mazza Manson and Kelly Osbourne on it, she put it on whenever she was depressed. Corrine banged on the door again, “Come on Sof, they said she was going to be ok”
“She’s in hospital! Shes not ok!”
Ben walked upstairs and knocked at the door, “Sofia, its Ben, can I come in?”
“No”
“please?”
“Only you?”
“ Yeah only me hun”
“OK then” She said as she opened the door and let him in. Corrine went downstairs feeling kinda confused, she had been best mates with Sofia all her life, but she wanted Ben. “Is she OK?”
“I don’t know, she’ll only talk to Ben”
“Ooh, I smell romance!” Lauren said excitedly.
“No, I don’t, Sofia doesn’t let herself be loved, she pushes people away, you know that”
“Yeah, but Ben might change that!”
Mark, Paul and Christian were standing in the room with Lauren and Corrine hoping Sofia and Ben would come downstairs.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
“Are you ok babe?” Ben asked genuinely worried about Sofia.
“No, no one understands, no one knows, she told me something, and she told me to not tell anyone until she was ready.” Sofia cuddled upto Ben, hoping that he could make all her worries disappear.
“What did she tell you?”
“I’m not allowed to tell you.” Sofia said.
“You can tell me, I won’t tell anyone.”
“S…shes, she’s pregnant.”
“Aww, babe, no wonder you are so cut up about this, aww, hunny you poor thing, I’m sure the baby will be fine” Ben cuddled her tighter and kissed her head, “I promise you, her and the baby, they will both be fine.”
“y...you promise?”
“Yeah, I promise hun”
“Thank you Ben, you’re the best” Sofia said then kissed his cheek softly.
Ben smiled and kept Sofia in his arms, he pulled her really close to him and she rested her head on him, still cuddling him, “shall we let the others know you are OK?”
“Erm…ok then…” Sofia said. Ben picked Sofia up and she laughed, he carried her downstairs, “Ben!! I’m wearing a skirt put me down” Sofia said laughing.
“Oh Shurrup!” Ben said as he walked in the front room
“Put meeeeeee down!! Ben I’m wearing a skirt, plus I’m heavy!” The others stared at Sofia and Ben, it was obvious to them that they both felt something for each other. Ben knew he felt something for Sofia, because he was jealous in the club, he felt whole when they were in the park and he had tried to kiss her, he was determined to get Sofia to feel the same.
“Ben, do you wanna come over for dinner tomorrow? You can meet my lovely daddy! Coz he’s coming!” Sofia asked smiling.
“Yeah, I’d love to come over, and your dress its gorgeous, you should do your exactly hair how you did it earlier in the ‘fashion show’ hehe.” Ben said, his eyes lighting up as he thought about her in that dress.
“Yeah, ok I will!” She said as Ben put her down. “Yay my feet are on the ground!”
Ben laughed and picked her up again, “No they aren’t” He stuck his tongue out at her then giggled.
“I’ll kick ya in the balls!” She said jokingly but Ben put her straight down, Sofia laughed and said “Ha, you don’t seriously think I’d do it do ya?”

“no but u can never be too sure with girls haha”
“oooh…funny Ben! Lets go back to the club! I was enjoying my dance with Jay.”
“No!” Ben said quickly.
“Why not?”

“Just that Jay guy scares me” Ben said not wanting to tell her he fancied her and felt jealous of Jay. Sofia couldn’t help but laugh, Jay was the un-scariest person Sofia knew.
“Err...so, Sof your Ok now?” Corrine asked and Sofia nodded then smiled at Ben, he smiled back and thought to himself, ‘wow she has the most beautiful smile’.
“Ben, its getting late, we’re off, if you need a lift, you gotta come home with us lot now” Mark said, Ben nodded hesitantly not wanting to leave.
“I’ll see you tomorrow Sofia” he said as he hugged her and then gave her a peck on the cheek. She smiled and nodded, then said “thanks Ben, you really helped me” Ben grinned at her then winked then hugged her once more then left with the guys. Sofia smiled to herself, she was so happy, she had just made friends with the most amazing guy. Lauren and Corrine were both curious to find out what had gone on between Ben and Sofia but they thought they’d leave her alone to get some sleep, and they both left and went home.