A Good Hiding (complete)

Chapter 15

Chapter 15 - Stacey

Ben walked into the kitchen where Stacey was standing with a cup of tea wrapped up in her hands, she looked over and saw he looked a little tense. she felt guilty at what she was putting him and his parents through.

She should probably go home later and try and convince Ben to let her stay there, she didn't want to be a burden and she really needed to go and see to Lennox.

"whatcha thinking about Stace?" Ben asked as he snatched the cup from her hands downing the contents.

"AAHHH Shit!" he cried

"Thats hot baby, you shouldn't drink it so fast" she stated a little smirk pulling at her lips.

Ben was always doing this, snatching her drinks or snacks out of her hands before she can even try and defend it. There was a six month period when he was fifteen where he stopped because he was afraid of what he would get.

He was afraid because that last time he had stole her chocolate bar and ran all around his house untill he managed to escape stacey he locked himself under the stairs in the little cleaning cupboard. Once inside he took a big bite out of the chocolate and began to chew, after he swallowed he looked at the chocolate bar to see what it was because he didn't really like it all that much.

When he noticed it was a Snickers he panicked, He was extremely allergic to nuts.

He opened the door to see Stacey leaning against the oppisite wall looking smug and then her eyes widened and she said.

"Shit you ate some didn't you? Hazel?"

Bens mom came running into the hall to see what had Stacey worked up when she turned to see her son she gasped and ran for his prescribed medication that would be stored in the family bathroom.

Stacey led him through the hallway and into the lounge and sat him down on the sofa.

His face was swollen and he was struggling to breath, tears rolled down Staceys cheeks as she watched her best friend suffer because he was too much of an idiot.

Hazel came into the room looking flushed.

"Help me lay him down and take down his trousers" she ordered Stacey.

Together the pair lay his limp body along the sofa and pulled down his trousers and Hazel injected his thigh with his medication. They pulled his trousers back up and Hazel dashed to the phone and called for an ambulance.

Ben was out cold now and Stacey was worried she knew he was allergic to nuts but she never expected anything like this. She felt guilty for not saying that it contained nuts but she never expected him to just eat it without checking, from now on she would avoid nuts like the plague to help kepp her best friend safe.

When the ambulance arrived they loaded him in and took him to the hospital, he was released the next day but he was still a little swollen. When he got home Stacey was waiting on his door step, she got up and ran into his arms a soon as he was out of the car.

He promised her he would stop stealing her snacks because 'She would be the death of him' this earned him an elbow in the ribs and silent treatment for all of ten minutes.

"Real funny baby, you should do stand up" Ben replied to stacey pouting

"Well come on Ben, It never ends well when you steal food from me."

"Because you. Are. Evil."he stated as he kissed each cheek and then her nose.

"Hang on a minute how am i the evil one when you, you take away my treats?" she asked him

"Because" he simply said

"Because what?"

"just because" he answered with a shrug of his shoulders.

"What ever, are we gong out anytime today or what?"

"Yeah , sure, did you speak to my mom?"

"No, I haven't seen her"

"Oh well we can speak to her later, lets go get your Job back"

"Oh yeah, You still need to explain that one to me" she groaned, Jake had really messed with her life all she had ever done was try to please him and love him, what did he want from her because he obviously had never loved her.

"Stop" Ben cupped her face and bent down to look into her emerald eyes, he saw her pain looking back at him and he could feel it.

"Don't think about him, I will sort this, he will pay"

She only nodded that was all she could manage she knew if she tried to speak she would break down again.

She was happy her and Ben were now together, but she was also hurting over Jake. She had loved him, well she thought it was love but now, now she knew it was fear even knowing this she still found herself wishing he had loved her even just a little or else the last two years of her life had been for nothing, if that was the case then why?

Why would he stay with her for two years? She had no money, no home and no family.

What did he want from her?

She needed answers and she needed them soon, there was only one person that she was going to get them from.

Jake.