Chapter 115 - Friends.... With Benifits?!

Saphira

"Yuk, does that mean the drama between you and Benjamin will start again?" Zachary asked me as we sat at our kitchen table. I made a face at him.

"What makes you say that?" I asked him. Zachary frowned. "Oh come on, you must of heard that there is problem in paradise." He shrugged.

"There never was any drama between us. We just loved each other, that's all." I complained. "You must have memory loss." Zach said drawing a picture on his textbook. We were supposed to study together today, but I didn't feel like doing that.

"He said I could see him before he went back to Saudi Arabia." I said licking the spoon. There was still some strawberry ice-cream on it.

"Why would you want that?!" Zach said irritated. I shrugged. "I love him." I said in truth. "I never saw why you were so in to him. He wasn't all that special. I mean without being a King and all. Although back then, we didn't even know he was a prince." Zach said.

He was being jealous again, but I told him that I did not feel the same way about him. Not in that way at least, he was bestfriend material. If I had a say in it, I never wanted to lose him.

"I don't understand a single thing this chapter is supposed to teach us." Zach said in frustration, while he was staring at our biology book. I  sighed. "I am not that smart either." I laughed. Zachary's green eyes were dancing, as he looked at me.

"I have got an idea." He smiled. I cocked my head to the side. "What is it?" I asked. I closed the book with a dramatic thud and stood up. "We my dear." He said as he offered me his hand. "Are going to the carnival down-town." He mused.

I frowned, but took his hand anyway. "We are going to fail if we do that!" I said narrowing my eyes at him. "Ugh.. We only live once, right?" He said and spun me around.

I chuckled at his enthusiasm. "Mhhh…" I said pretending to ponder my decision. "Alright then." I said as I padded him on the shoulder. Zachary suddenly grabbed me by the waist, picked me up and flipped me over his shoulder, caveman style.

I laughed really loud. Zachary carried me through the front door and put me down before his B&W. "Madam." He said as he opened my door and I got in.

I connected my phone to his car radio and put a good song on and started to sing along. Zachary grinned at me when he put his seatbelt on.

"Maybe we could eat out tonight." He said driving off our property. "Sounds like a good plan." I agreed. "What would you want to eat?" He asked me. "Ooohhh…" I said as I already tasted taco's in my mouth. "Mexican!" I cheered. Zachary searched for my mom's number on his dashboard

"Hey mom." Zachary said to my mom. Why he always called het that way was beyond me. my mom seemed fine with it though.

"Hey Zach." Mom mused. "Is it alright that I take Saph out to eat tonight?" He asked. "Sure thing." My mom answered. There wasn't much She would ever deny him. "Is Saph with you now?" Mom questioned.

"Hi mom." I said, letting her know I was there as well.

Jasmine

I felt horrible all day. Yes I wanted him, but not with the same conditions. Something needed to change. I needed to know that Ben would never touch another woman.

I did not really know how to gain that trust. I never really realized how much it affected me that Benjamin slept with a kitchen maid, while we clearly had a thing for each other. I felt so betrayed at that time. But Benjamin was right; I did not have a claim on him back then, but I could have right now.

He was mine.

I blew out sharply. "What's wrong Jazz?" My brother in-law asked while he was flipping through channels. "It's nothing." I shrugged. Daniel turned the TV off and looked at me.

"Talk to me." He said. "No, it's okay." I told him. "No it's not." He said. "Tell me, what has he done now?" Daniel sighed.

I breathed out sharply. "He dropped on one knee today after we found out we were having twins." I said. Dan frowned. "But you are already married." He said confused. "Yes.. but separated." I said.

"Fair enough." He said. "What happened next," He questioned. "Because this sounds like his was just being romantic." Daniel said as shifted on the couch.

"It's just that we fought about a woman he had slept with before and-" I did not know how to continue.

I saw that Daniel frowned. "Between you and me." He said coming a little closer. "Benjamin is in love with you." He whispered. "Madly so." He added with a smile.

I pouted my lips.

He cocked his head to the side. "I had even once accused you of being a witch." He laughed. "What do you mean." I said and stroke my belly. "It seemed like you had put a spell on him. Everything he does revolves around you. He can't seem to think of anything else." Daniel shrugged. "I have never seem him like this." Dan said softly.

Naïma was taking a nap, so we were extra quiet.

"I don't want a relationship with him now, but I don't want him to be with anyone else either." I said stumbling om my words. Dan chuckled. "You cant's have it all." He mused. "Or you can." He wickedly smiled.

"How?!" I asked. "As friends with benefits." He said nodding as if to say he found it a good idea. "Friends with what?" I said. "You know." He said meaningfully.

I frowned. Daniel sighed. "That is not a topic I am going to discuss with you. But you can watch a movie on Netflix about it if you want." He said.

I twitched my lips. "Okay.." I said unsure of what I was getting in to.