The One That Got Away || Benny Weir

24

After Evelyn left, the boys hear glass shattering in the distance. They turn to see a girl from earlier walk towards them with a bat. "Hey. I was in the neighborhood. Thought I might... swing by!" She swings the bat towards the two, but they quickly back up.

Ethan and Benny exit out the front door, trapping the girl inside. But they halted when two more girls showed up with a jump rope and hockey stick.

"Who are these girls, like, ninjas or something?" Ethan questions.

"Oh, you don't recognize us from the yearbook?" The blonde asks. "The martial arts club?"

"Benny! You potioned martial arts experts!" Ethan screams as he shakes his best friend by the shoulders. The door opens behind them to reveal the previous girl.

Benny runs and hides behind the bushes, now cornered by the two girls.

"Get out here so I can filet you!" The blonde shouts, but the one next to her argues. "You mean so I can strangle him."

The two girls began to argue more with each other before the blonde shoves the black-haired girl.

"Oh no she didn't! You gonna take that?" Benny questions. The girls circle each other and start to fight one another. As they fought, Ethann joined Benny behind the bushes.

"Benny, we have to get out of here, okay?"

"Relax," Benny says. "I'm safe. Two girls, one guy? Instant catfight." His eyes widen once he realized it was now two guys, two girls, a fair fight.

Suddenly, Reagan and Sarah appear in front of the bushes, blocking the boys. They flash their fangs and hisses at the two girls.

"That's my man you've got there." Reagan snarls.

"And the cuter one is mine." Sarah hisses.

"Thank goodness you girls are here!" Benny shouts at them.

"No one is killing him but me," Reagan says, and Benny's smile fades once he heard what she said.

"What?!" The boys exclaim.

The four girls began to fight, which allowed the boys to escape. "Quick, to the Cage of Eternity!"

"What are you doing? We don't even have a key." Benny argues.

"I don't." Ethan shakes his head. "Once I'm in, I don't plan on coming out any time soon. Come on. Hurry up." They enter the cage and locking the door behind them. Suddenly, it became silent.

"Do you hear that?" Ethan asks him, and Benny shakes his head. "I don't hear anything."

"Exactly," Ethan says. "The fight's over and I have a pretty good idea who won."

"We are so dead. Do you think this cage will keep them out?" Benny questions. "Well, we're gonna find out in any--"

Reagan and Sarah grab the bars of the cage, them flashing their fangs. "Come on out, sweetie. I just want to sink my fangs into your neck!" Benny's eyes widen at Reagan's comment.

"How long is this going to last?" Benny questions as more girls appear, surrounding the cage.

"They loved us for about six hours. If your grandma's right, they're gonna hate us for about five more." Ethan explains. The two look at each other in fear.

This will definitely take a while.

*

Benny and Ethan's eyes flutter open, waking up in the cage. They look up to find Reagan, Sarah, and Erica, who had the key to the cage. They scream.

"What do you think we should do?" Sarah questions the two beside her.

"Kill them," Erica responds, Reagan nodding in agreement.

"I thought you said the spell would have worn off by now!" Benny yells at Ethan.

"It did. Now we're just mad at you!" Reagan says, glaring at the boys.

"Guys, look, we are really, really sorry," Benny tells them.

"You should be," Erica smirks. "We still have the key, too."

"Okay, we get it. You guys wanna punish us, totally." Ethan and Benny nod before a voice joined the conversation.

"Not them, loverboys." Evelyn joins Reagan's side. "Me."

*

"Psst, Reagan."

The Sullivan girl's head snaps up to Sarah nudging her side. Sarah motions her head to Benny, who was staring at Reagan, wanting to talk to her.

"Loverboy wants to speak with you," Sarah smirks. Reagan rolls her eyes and hands her friend her lemonade before walking over to Benny.

"As if rubbing your own grandmother's feet wasn't enough." Reagan chuckles as she had her arms crossed. "Is there some other sort of punishment you need for spelling me?"

Benny sighs. "Look, I am truly sorry. I had no right to do that to you or any of the girls at our school. I just--"

"Then why did you, Benny?" Reagan questions.

Benny didn't know what to say. Should he confess everything and pour his heart out to her? Tell her that it's because he's been in love with her since kindergarten. But what if she forever hated him?

"Benny?"

The words just came pouring out. "It was for Ethan." He mentally face-palms. He saw the confused look on Reagan's face, so he continued. "Ethan has been struggling to find the courage to tell Sarah how he felt and that's when I came across the love potion. I shouldn't have gotten you involved. I should've stopped once it got out of hand."

Reagan's heart dropped. Here she thought he was going to tell her how he felt. She wanted to hear those words.

But she didn't.

"O-Oh." She didn't know what to say. "It's alright. No harm no foul. All is forgiven." Reagan nods to herself, turning on her heel to head back to Sarah. She stops before turning her head to Benny. "I'll see you around, Benny."

What she didn't see was Erica and Sarah smacking Benny upside the head, calling him names as he didn't confess his feelings.

But she didn't bother to listen.

As her heart shattered, her hunger returned.