A Christmas Wish Come True
Author: Kara Murphy
Rating: PG
Summary: Ben is with Paula and he is starting to get sick of her, realising that he is still in love with Bron. The stabbing never occurs and it’s Christmas time.
Bron awoke early on Tuesday morning; the left side of her bed was empty as it had been for months now. It had been that way since she told him about Andy.
The morning and the nights were the hardest. Going to sleep knowing that he would be next to some one else, making love to someone that wasn’t her. The thought was almost too much to handle. The worst thing was she had no one to blame but herself. It was her decision to lie to him, then to tell him the truth, god she was stupid.
This part of the year was normally her favourite time, happiness and warmth everywhere, everywhere except inside her heart. All she wanted for Christmas was him back. What she didn’t know was that there was another woman not so far away wishing the same thing.
Ben had two women that wanted him yet there was only one that he loved. Lately he didn’t even like the other one, she had really got on his nerves every little thing that she did annoyed him. There would only be one woman for him he just hoped that it wouldn’t be too late to get her back.
Paula also lay awake hating the world and everyone in it. The person at the top of that list was Bron and although she didn’t know it she had managed to take Ben away from her. He had admitted last night that he was still in love with her and things couldn’t work out between him and Paula. He apologised and then asked her if they could still be friend’s, god how lame could he get.
Bron’s shift went surprisingly fast considering that it was the day before Christmas. This was mostly due to the fact that Paula called in sick, this was a good thing as Bron didn’t have to look at Paula with that smug look on her face, knowing that her and Ben would be spending Christmas together and she would be all alone.
As she arrived home that afternoon she noticed that there was someone sitting on her front steps and as she drove the car in the driveway she could tell that it was Ben. Her heart started to beat faster as she got out and headed over to him. What could he possibly be doing here? No matter how much she tried she couldn’t answer that question in side her head.
“Ben” Bron started unsure of what to actually say, “What are you doing here?”
“Um I came to talk to you… but if this is a bad time for you then I came back…”
“No it’s fine” she quickly cut him off she didn’t want him to leave. “ C’mon lets go inside.” She said as she opened the door and led him in gesturing for him to sit down. “Um is there anything that I can get you a drink or something?”
“No thanks I’m fine.” Ben said. Bron could tell by his body language that he was nervous. What ever he had to tell her must have been huge. “Bron can you please come and sit down, there is something very important that I need to talk to you about.”
She didn’t answer just came over and sat next to Ben wondering what he had to tell her.
“First of all I would like to say that I’m sorry for all of the hurt I have caused you, but you ripped out my heart when you told me that you slept with another man. I’m not trying to make excuses for what I did to you but ever since we have been apart I have realised that I can’t live without you, and to tell the truth I don’t want to. I love you Bron I always have and always will love you.”
Bron was speechless she had no idea what to do or say. She wasn’t sure if she wanted to hug him and tell him that she loved him too or slap him hard across the face. She didn’t even realise that she was crying until she heard Ben’s voice and felt his hand brushing the tears away. It was at this time that she decided on her plan of attack.
“Oh Ben I’m so sorry I never meant to hurt you I love you so much an…” Bron was cut of by Ben pressing his lips against Bron’s in what was an extremely passionate kiss letting out the built up emotions of the last few months. Bron found herself kissing him back just as enthusiastically and leading him in to her bedroom where she firmly shut the door.
Hours later the two laid there arm in arm with their eye’s closed thinking about what had just happed when Ben said “Merry Christmas Sweetheart” Bron looked over at the clock to see it flick over to 12:00 “Merry Christmas to you too. I love you Ben” She said as she snuggled in closer and he replied by wrapping his arms tighter around her and saying “I love you too Bron”. It turned out that this was her favourite time of the year and this Christmas was no exception. They had both received the best gift that anyone could ever want. A Christmas wish come true.