Spy School : Operation FunJungle

Chapter 3

Location: 35,000 feet in the air
Time: 4:56 am
POV: Ben

(Skipped boarding the jet because that's boring)

I woke up to the sound of someone yelling "MOMMM" obviously embarrassed about something. I slowly got up and out of the jet room, I fell asleep and walked to the bathroom. I got into the bathroom brushed my hair and teeth and splashed some cold water on my face. J walked out to see a cherry red Erica and Catherine grinning "uh... Hey, guys" I said "Oh hello Benjamin! I and Erica were just talking about you" Catherine exclaimed, and I didn't even know it was possible but Erica turned impossibly redder than before.

I blushed a bit too and thought What are they talking about? "Um... What's for breakfast?" I asked trying to sound casual "Ah yes I figured you may be hungry when you woke up so I brought some homemade blueberry muffins and some tea if you want Benjamin," She said sounding a lot like my mom "Oh okay thanks," I said "No worries Benjamin, I've always thought of you as a son or maybe a son in law," Catherine said which made me and Erica blushed profoundly. I quickly walked away to the small kitchenette on the plane and grabbed a blueberry muffin from the container in the fridge.

     As I was halfway done eating my muffin Erica walked over to me and said embarrassedly "Ben, I may have told my mother about what happened at Vail and in Panama" I dropped my muffin in shock. "U-uh why?" I asked shocked still "I-I just couldn't keep it a secret anymore she kept asking what's going in between is and I just let the secret out," She said redder than a tomato. "Uhm well, so how did she react to i-it?" I asked nervously "She um said she is very happy for me and I..." Halfway through saying the second part of the sentence she just ran off leaving me star-struck in the kitchenette.

After that incident, I just went back to my room and looked for the books I packed. Then I realized something How did I grab the wrong bag? I thought to myself. Then I realized something else, It was Erica's bag. God this is gonna be awkward I said to myself. I grabbed Erica's bag and walked over to her room. Then like typical Erica fashion, she pulled me into her room before I could even knock. "Hi Ben," Erica said nice which was anti-Erica-like. "Oh uh hi Erica um I must have grabbed your bag by mistake, here you go," I said handing her the bag. "Oh thanks, Ben" Erica replied sweetly, and then she handed another bag "This must be yours then" "Yeah it probably is-" I said trailing off. Then I noticed that Erica has some blood on her hands. I grabbed Erica's wrist and pulled up her sleeve and just as I did it Erica pulled away from her arm in pain. "Oh god, Erica" I gasped "It's nothing Ben" "You call that nothing! Those cuts go all the way up to your arm" "Ben please it's nothing". Then to my surprise and delight, I embraced Erica in a tight hug not letting her away.

"Erica," I said, "I know you're not okay, please it hurts me knowing that you're hurting yourself". She started to cry into my shoulder "I-it sucks to be known as the Ice Queen no one knows me as you d-do, they all think I'm an outcast" She cried. "You aren't an outcast Erica, and I promise you that, your my friend,  Mike's friend, and even Zoe's friend," I said trying to cheer her up. "R-really y-you mean that?" She questioned "I mean every last word". "Thanks, Ben," Erica said wiping away her tears "Anytime Erica, anytime," I said and was about to leave. "Also Ben" "Yeah?" "You're one of kind" and after she said that.
Erica Hale kissed me.

A/N
Why are all my things will Erica depressing :( Also hope you enjoyed it!