Chapter 8:

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Saturday October 12th 1973 8:00am
I woke up to the sound of my alarm, I was confused but then remembered that I probably accidentally set it the night before thinking that I had school today. I tried to go back to sleep but couldn't so I decided to get up and make breakfast. I walked downstairs where I found Eric in the kitchen pouring froot loops into a bowl. He turned around and looked like he'd seen a ghost.
I looked at him with a confused expression, slowly turned to look behind me and then slowly turned back to look at him, still confused. "...what?" my voice sounded croaky.
"Why are you awake so early?" He laughed. I however, was not laughing. I was mad about my alarm waking me up and then not being able to go back to sleep afterwards and I made sure he knew it. He was looking at me waiting for a response to his question. I glared at him with a straight face.
"Okay" He turned around and finished making his bowl of froot loops and ran past me screaming. I rolled my eyes and made my own breakfast.
10am
By now I was slightly less grumpy and more awake than I was when I had first woken up. Me and Benny had made plans to go to the sandlot with Ivy and Marcus. Me and Ivy would just sit and watch of course, it wasn't really our thing. I was reading Nancy drew when I heard the phone ring, I was going to pick up but Eric beat me to it.
"Hello?" he sighed and put the phone out, towards me, "for you"
I put my book down and ran over. "Hello?"
"Hey mel" it was Ivy. "Do you wanna come over before we meet the boys?"
"Okay, sure, I'll walk over now, byee"
"Byee"
At Ivanna s
I was greeted at the door by Mrs Stevenson. "Hello Melina, how have you been?"
"I've been okay thank you, you?" I was polite but eager to get to Ivy.
"Yes I've been okay thank you, Ivy should be in her room" she smiled.
"Thank you" I smiled back and made my way upstairs. When I got to ivys room I didn't bother knocking, neither of us ever did with each other.
"Hey whore" she said as I dropped onto the bed.
"Slut" I replied.
It was silent for a while until we heard the phone ring downstairs.
"Melina!" Mrs Stevenson yelled. I looked at Ivy confused, but made my way downstairs anyway.
Mrs Stevenson stood with the phone out for me , "it's for you" she whispered.
I took the phone and she left the room, "Hello?"
"Hey Mel, I just called your house and Eric said you'd be here" it was Benny.
"Oh, hey Benny, what's up?"
"I'm with Marcus, we were just wondering what time you two wanted to go out?"
I played with the telephone wire and sat on the counter, "Umm, one sec... IVY!!"
"Jesus Christ Mel" Benny said.
"Cry about it" I said , then Ivy came downstairs. We all mutually agreed on meeting at Ivys in half an hour.
30 mins later
Marcus and Ivy had already made themselves comfortable on her bed whilst me and Benny stood awkwardly in the corner. She did have a sofa in her room though which Benny went and sat on. I went over to sit next to him but before I could, he pulled me onto his lap. I sat sideways to that I could see him and put my arms around his shoulders, his around my waist.
"So, what time do u actually want to go out" I asked.
"Half an hour maybe, but I honestly don't think that we'll ever be able to separate those two" he laughed and we both looked over at Ivy and Marcus who had their tongues down each others throats. I giggled and looked back at Benny, "Gross".
After forty minutes of whatever all that was we finally started walking to the sandlot, it was boiling and we were all sweating like crazy.
"Are you guys sure you want to play baseball in this heat?" I asked the boys, using my hand as a shield from the sun.
"Yeah, I dunno Benny, it's at least 90 degrees" Marcus said, already warm out from walking.
"We're playing." Benny said adamantly. He was obsessed with baseball, it was probably his main priority in life, and hot weather wasn't going to change that. We got to the gates and  started walking over to all the other boys. They were sat in the dugout, this pissed Benny off. I heard him sigh and mutter something under his breath.
"Get up!" He almost yelled, his raspy voice made it sexy though 😩😩.
"Benny ," Squints stood up, a Dr Pepper can in one hand, "it's 93 fucking degrees"
"Yeah, Benny man, it's too hot to play baseball." Kenny said , fanning himself with a Yankee cap.
"I don't care, get the fuck up, let's play" He seemed genuinely angry.
"Benny it's hot, give them a break" I touched his arm.
He moved his arm away, "Stay out of this Melina" he said in an angry tone, he never called me that. Everyone looked at each other in shock, some of the boys laughing.
"Okay" I sounded pathetic.
"Get up." He said again, he didn't want to give up.
"No, Benny" Marcus said as he sat next to the other boys, me and Ivy followed and Marcus put his arm around her. I however, sat alone, not saying a word , still annoyed that he'd spoken to me like that.
"Whatever, fuck you" he threw his bat on the ground and walked off, eventually out of the gate.
"Geez Melina, you really pissed him off huh?" Michael said jokingly.
I just looked at the ground, kicking the rocks under my feet, too upset to say anything. I shrugged.

The boys and I spent the next few hours laughing and joking, having the occasional argument that ended in a water fight, Ivy and Marcus spent it making out obvs. Then we all spotted someone walking over , Benny. When he got near everyone quietened down , still talking though. He came and sat next to me and everyone eventually got loud again. He touched my hand and stroked it with his thumb. I snatched my hand away, just like he'd done to me. I wasn't the type of person to let things go easily, even if it was something as petty as this.
He leaned back in his chair and sighed loudly, "I'm sorry, Mel."
"Ok" I didn't even look at him. I wasn't actually mad, I just liked the sexual tension 😋.
"I am, honestly. I just got mad, I didn't mean to take it out on you" he leaned forwards so that his face was next to mine. I turned to look at him , brushed a small piece of hair out of his face and gave him a soft smile. "It's fine Benny" I held his face and gently kissed his lips.
"It's not, I won't let it happen again I promise." He pulled me onto his lap for the second time today and rested his chin on my shoulder occasionally kissing my neck.
"Gross" Marcus said looking at us, I thought he was joking but he looked serious .
"Are you kidding Marcus?" Benny said, "you and Ivanna can't keep your hands off each other"
"Whatever" he slumped into his chair. Ivy rolled he eyes.
I looked at her weird, "What's your problem?"
"He's rude" she said talking about Benny. I heard him laugh underneath me.
"How?" I asked.
"I need to talk to you, let's go on a walk." She said grabbing my arm before I had a chance to reply.
We got our of the gates and started walking down the street.
"What's up ?" I asked.
"I need to be honest with you Mel.." she looked me in the eyes.
"Go on.." I was beyond confused.
"I don't like Benny, he's no good for you"
"What the fuck are you talking about Ivy ?" I stopped walking.
"Even Marcus says he doesn't like him anymore, and to be honest, I think he's changing you"
"You think that Benny is changing me?!?" I yelled.
"Yeah I do" She said in the most annoying tone.
"You do everything Marcus tells you too, and you've stopped talking to me, you're always with him, I wasn't even mad about it but the fact that you're trying to say that Benny's controlling is beyond me Ivanna."
"Okay well if you feel that way about my boyfriend then maybe we shouldn't even be friends anymore" As I processed what she was saying, I felt tears prick my eyes.
I looked at the ground, "Ok, fine, whatever" Ivy had changed, I had noticed already but always pushed the thought out of my mind. It was already dark out. We walked back to the sandlot in silence, tears rolling down my face. I made sure to wipe them when I sat back down next to Benny, but it was obvious that I had been crying.
He looked at me, "What's up?"
"Can we go home?" I whispered. He nodded, stood up and held my hand.
"Bye guys" Benny said.
When we got out of the gate, Benny stopped. I was looking at the ground. I felt pathetic but i was still in shock that all of this had happened out of the blue. Benny put his hand under my chin and lifted my face so that I was looking at him. "What happened?" He said wiping my tears. As we were walking down the street , I explained all that Ivy had said to me.
"Marcus did seem off with me recently," Benny said, " but we've got each other, we don't need them"
His words made my heart feel warm. I loved him. I knew I did. He noticed I was shivering and took off his crewneck and he helped me into it.
"Thank you" I said holding his hand.
We eventually got to my house and as we walked in, I noticed a note on the counter top.

"Me and Donna went to the cabin with Jackie and Kelso, we'll be home tomorrow night. Love, Eric :)"

Me and Benny read it at the same time and both had the same idea.
"Stay, for real this time" I said. He smiled and nodded.
"Let me go to mine and get some stuff, I'll be back in a few" he said.
"Okay" I hugged him and he kissed me on the cheek and headed out of the door.
I went upstairs, washed my face, brushed my teeth and put on pj shorts under Benny's sweater. I got into Bed and put tv on when I heard the door shut. Benny came in and got under the covers holding me tightly. I was tired and still upset about Ivy, but somehow Benny seemed to make everything better. I buried my head in his chest and he turned the tv off. I was drifting off to sleep.
"Mel" He whispered.
"Mhm" was all I could manage.
"I love you"
"I love you too"


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