Phillips' Sister (Benny Rodriguez)

Chapter Twenty

I woke up on the hard floor of the treehouse. I hated sleeping here because my back would always end up hurting afterward.

All the other boys including Benny were already awake, ignoring my presence. So I decided to just get ready, nothing else for me to do anyway.

The boys were all trying to find ways to get the ball back, but one thing I found weird about the whole thing was that Benny ignored me. No matter how many times i'd speak to him.

Eventually Scotty went home to get supplies that'd help us get the signed baseball back from "the beast" as Squints liked to call it.

"Benny, what did I do? Why are you ignoring me?" I questioned as we were off to the side so none of the boys would hear it.

"You act all interested in me and at this point I can't tell if I'm just some toy to you." He responded, "You kiss me, hold my hand and all this other shit, but you don't wanna put a label on it. At this point I feel like you're either embarrassed of me or just using me for your pleasure. I don't want to be romantic with you and have no meaning behind it."

My heart dropped at his explanation, "Benny, I'm really sorry I make you feel like that, but I promise you that's not what is going on. I'd love to label us, but I'm scared of my brother."

"You've practically hidden me from everybody." He stated, "I genuinely think you're embarrassed of me."

I rolled my eyes and smashed my lips onto his, hoping the boys would see. Just so I could prove to Benny that I'm not embarrassed of him. In any way shape or form.

I slowly broke the kiss and looked over at the boys, "Ewwww!" They all exclaimed.

I laughed at their immature remarks then I looked back at Benny, "I'm not embarrassed of you Benny." He half smiled in response to me. I took a step forward, "Can I be your girlfriend?"

His half smile turned into a real smile, "Yes."

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I was full of joy once I got home. Only bummer was that Small's didn't get his signed baseball back. Which really fucking sucked, I mean that ball was literally signed by the babe himself.

I decided to look on the bright side though, I am now Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez's fucking girlfriend. My mom slowly opened my bedroom door, "Hey Rowan." She was holding onto a cardboard box, "I was going through the attic and I found this box labeled with your name on it." She came over to the chest below my bed and placed the box on it.

"Why were you going through our attic?" I gave her a weird look.

"Your dad asked me too, he said he'd like to get rid of stuff." She explained, "So take what you wanna keep in there and just give me the rest." My mom then left my room. I wish she'd leave the house already.

I opened the flaps of the cardboard box and on top immediately revealed a yankees baseball cap. I brought it into my hands and looked on the inside of the cap, it had the name "Benny Rodriguez" on it. This was the hat I stole from him in 5th grade.

I felt guilty thinking of the memory. I've gotta take it back to him. I couldn't just leave through the front door, so I hopped out the window. I then slowly began to walk to Benny's house.

Once I arrived I knocked on the door, Lucía answered it, "Oh my, hello Rowan. Benny mentioned you two are together now." She warmly smiled.

"Oh, yeah." I smiled back at her. They must be really close.

"Come on in!" She let me inside and I saw Benny, obviously embarrassed, standing right by the kitchen counter.

I went up to him and handed him his old hat, "I found your hat, that I took from you in fifth grade."

He grabbed it softly from my hands, "Holy shit. Thank you Rowan." I could tell how happy he was and it was so sweet.

He brought me into a hug, of course I hugged him back. "Awww." His mom exclaimed. Benny and I let go of each other in embarrassment.

"We're gonna go into my room." Benny said quickly, grabbing my hand leading me to his bed room. He closed the door behind him and plopped down on his bed.

I slowly went over to his bed and sat down next to him. "Thank you for giving me my hat back Rowan." He stated.

"It's no problem Benny." I laughed. Benny put his hand on the side of my neck and kissed me, he broke the kiss, but turned his head the other way kissing me again. He began to just let his lips move with mine. These kisses were fast and messy. We were moving quickly and the next thing I knew, I was straddled on his lap while his arms were around my waist.

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