Screaming Colors || Erica Jones

15. magical tree? what is this, pixie hollow?

[die, pod: season 1, episode 10]
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       "Are you two weeding the school lawn right?" Serena asked as she walked up to Ethan and Benny, who were sitting on the bright grass in front of White Chapel High. "Did you nerds actually get detention for once? I mean, besides the time that the supply closet broke and you all blamed me."

Ethan blinked as he drove his hand-held shovel back into the dirt. "Weren't you the one that broke all of the supplies with your banshee scream?" he asked.

Serena frowned, "You're focusing on the wrong details here, Ethan. What the hell are you guys doing?"

"We got detention because of our ghost alarm prank," Benny said quickly before turning back to Ethan. "Oh, man, that earwax was epic! I'm serious, I couldn't get the earbud out. It was like it yanked it back in!"

Ethan looked away from Serena and over at Benny. "Earwax can't do that, Benny," he told his friend as Serena's noise scrunched up in disgust.

"Hence my unease, but that explains why my charm fell on deaf ears," Benny said before chucking a pile of weeds in front of him.

Serena shook her head, "You two are disgusting, I hope you know that," she whispered under her breath.

"Well, maybe the girl was just ignoring you like all the others?" Ethan offered, ignoring Serena's comment.

Benny glared at him, "If they're running from you, they're not ignoring you!" he insisted

Serena was about to comment when Sarah strolled up to the three of them. "Hey guys!" she said cheerily. "Getting punished for your ghost alarm thing, huh?"

"Oh my god, Sarah, please save me from these two. Benny is talking about earwax," Serena hissed.

"Actually since you are probably gonna be a lot more helpful than Serena here, can I ask you a question?" Benny said, rotating on the grass so that he was looking at Sarah. "Do girls have way more earwax than guys? Is it a puberty thing?"

"Do guys have fewer brain cells?" Sarah retorted. "Or is it just a Benny thing?"

Serena instantly exploded into a fit of laughter. "Sarah, have I ever told you how much I love you? Seriously, you are my favorite person here. You wanna go hang out, we can ditch these losers," she said gesturing to the two boys on the ground.

Sarah nodded, "Yeah sure, it beats having to hang out with Erica. She's kind of obsessed with this metal band right now? And honestly, I'm sick of hearing about it," she said as the two of them walked away from the lawn.

Serena raised her eyebrow, "Is it called Single Tear?" she asked casually. "Wes has been trying to get me to listen to them for like ever. Normally, I would but I've never really been a fan of metal music like that. I'm more of a Paramore girl if you catch my drift."