Mine (Unedited) (Discontinued?)

Chapter 12

It turned out when BEN said later, he meant a month later. Kendra had completely forgotten about the gift when he suddenly shoved a brightly wrapped box in her face. Blinking in surprise, Kendra looked up from her art pad and stared at the present.

"BEN, what-?"

"Open it!"

She looked at the colorful box for a long moment, then hesitantly grabbed it after putting her charcoal pencil down. With another glance at a grinning BEN, I began to slowly unwrap the brightly colored box. When it was completely void of paper, she quickly realized that it was going to be a piece of jewelry. She opened the dark velvet blue box, and sucked in a breath of admiration.

What she saw was a beautiful green necklace. She stared at it in awe, gently picking it up and setting the box down. Kendra looked up at BEN in astonishment, wondering what had made him think to buy her such a beautiful necklace. He swirled his finger once, motioning for her to turn the teardrop shaped rock that hung from the heavy chain. She did, reading the message engraved on the silver several times.

You are the Zelda to my Link. Forever and always, Ben.

"BEN this is so sweet, and so beautiful. You didn't have to get me this."

"I got for you last month, remember? I wanted to wait until we'd been dating for at least a month so it wouldn't be too soon for you or anything. Do you want me to put it on you?"

"Yes, please. That would be wonderful."

As BEN was clasping the necklace into place, Jeff entered the sun room to see Kendra holding her red hair to the side. She smiled softly at him, fingering the gem around her neck. When BEN finished, Kendra fixed her hair then continued to admire the necklace.

She was so distracted, she didn't notice the glare he shot at BEN. She didn't pay attention to anything until the piece of jewelry was harshly yanked off of her neck. Kendra gasped, her neck stinging in pain as she looked up. She glared when she saw Jeff clutching her necklace in his fist.

"What the /hell/, Jeff!? That was probably expensive!" she shouted in anger, reaching for the broken jewelry.

Jeff pulled his hand away from hers, glaring at the engraving furiously. The next thing he knew, he threw it in the lit fireplace across the room.

"No!" Kendra shrieked, lunging after it only to be stopped by Jeff.

"Let me go, you ass! I have to get it out before it's ruined! She screamed at him, struggling in his iron grip.

He obliged, dropping her. She glared angrily.

"What the fuck made you decide to ruin the sweetest thing I have ever been given?"

Jeff shrugged. "It looked ugly," he lied smoothly, but ended up having to stumble back when BEN lunged at him with clear murderous intent.

"ENOUGH!" boomed a voice so full of anger, everyone froze. Slenderman appeared, the fury he was feeling rolling off in waves.

"Jeffrey! Benjamin! Both of you are to leave until I can think of a proper consequence to suit your actions. Do not leave your rooms until then, do you understand?"

Neither answered, but both left grudgingly. They glared at each other as they walked. Kendra watched the boys until she couldn't see them anymore. After staring a moment longer, she looked at a seething Slenderman.

"Do you have any idea what Jeff's problem is?" she asked softly, careful  not to anger him further.

"Jealousy. He is being a pathetic child, because of jealousy."

Kendra frowned, confusing etching into her face. "Why would he be jealous?"

Slender looked at her, his anger calming a fraction. "That, I do not know. He could either still view you as his, or he could have grown actual feelings for you. Either way, his actions are pathetic and need to stop."

"Then why is BEN getting in trouble?"

"He is viewing violence as the only answer to his situation, and while normally I wouldn't care, the yelling is getting on my nerves and I don't want anything broken."

She nodded, then remembered the necklace Jeff threw in the fire. She looked at the flames hopelessly, knowing there would be no way of retrieving it since the fire never died. She deflated, looking at the floor now.

"I apologize for the necklace. If you would like, I could make Jeff's punishment be to do your bidding for a period of time."

Slender's suggestion actually brought a smile to her face. "That sounds really tempting, actually."

"Then I'll keep it in mind."

After a moment of silence, Kendra was surrounded by long arms. She looked at Slender in surprise from the sudden awkward hug. Soon, she smiled and gave him a small hug of her own.