Babe.

9.

Blanca.

This was such a fucking joke. And as per usual it was all his fault.

"I am going to kill you." I hissed at him as we sat down in the principle's office. 

"Not if I kill you first." Benny snapped back glowering at me. 

"You already tried that!" I shot at him crossing my arms furiously. 

He groaned throwing his hands up in the air, "oh my god get over it would you?" 

"You set me on fire!" I seethed resisting the urge to pummel him. 

"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" Benny protested angrily. 

We'd been working on our chemistry project and this absolute moron hadn't been paying attention with the splint that was supposed to light the Bunsen burner, it ended up brushing against my sleeve and setting it on fire. There was now a black gaping hole in it. Which in turn caused a bit of my hair to catch fire as well. I wanted to rip his head off of his shoulders but I couldn't afford to get suspended over this so I had to contain myself. 

"Well I wouldn't put it past you." I muttered scowling. 

"Drama Queen." 

"Asshole." 

"Bitch." 

"Miss Green, Benny called me fat!" 

"No I DIDN'T!"

"Both of you put a sock in it!" 

Both of us were left simmering in our anger in silence, I must have fucked up big in a previous life to deserve the misfortune of having that idiot as a lab partner. 

The headmaster sat down in his chair shooting us both an unimpressed look, "another argument, really?" 

This was not the first time we'd been called in for one of our fights getting out of hand and it certainly wouldn't be the last. 

"If you got Mr Tenesse to put us with diffrent lab par-." I started. 

The headmaster cut me off, "not a chance. It's not my fault the two of you can't be around each other without one of you trying to kill the other, as a matter of fact this partnership seems like the perfect punishment for yout too." 

I sighed sinking back in my seat, just great. 

"Well done." Benny mocked his voice dripping with sarcasm. 

I huffed, "like you could have done better."

"If you'd given me a chance maybe I would have, but you ruined it." Benny retorted. 

"O-kay." I responded disbelievingly. 

Benny opened his mouth but he was interrupted, "oh grow up, the both of you." Our principle scolded us, "since you obviously weren't listening earlier I'll repeat myself. Both of you have community service detention tomorrow from four till six, together." 

As if my day couldn't get any worse. 

Community service detention was this thing where instead of doing our work in a classroom we had to do menial taska around the school like sweeping the yard or washing dishes or cleaning all of the boards. It sucked, at least normal detention was somewhat productive. This one however was just a waste of time. 

"You're dismissed." 

We both grabbed our things before marching out of the office. I could have screamed. 

Benny.

As per usual Blanca was doing her head in over a minor issue, so what I'd singed her jumper? She was still alive wasn't she? 

Besides I had bigger fish to fry than her little temper tantrums right now. Those fish being I had found my so called girlfriend with her tongue down a bartenders throat last night.

"I hope your happy." Blanca said accusingly packing her bag, unfortunately her locker was directly next to mine. 

"Oh fuck off Blanca." I told her annoyed, I didn't have time for this. 

"You first." She replied shooting me a scathing look before storming off down the hall to the exit. 

I went to the baseball field where I'd told Denise to meet me, I was finally breaking up with her, and to be honest I wasn't half was choked up about it as I'd expected to be. What I was however was pissed off. 

She stood on the field waiting and as soon as she saw me her fake as smile was plastered on and she started twirling her hair. I was so over this, I had been for a while actually but I'd just been too lazy to do anything about it. Luckily Denise had gone and given me the final push. "Hey Benny." 

I rolled my eyes, "cut the bullshit Denise." 

"Look," she started nervously, "about last night-." 

"We're done." I told her ignoring whatever she'd been about to say, "it's over." 

Denise gaped at me, I might as well have grown two heads the way she was looking at me. "You can't be serious." 

"No I'm joking." I deadpanned, "of course I'm serious. You cheated on me! Why the hell would I want to stay with you?" 

"Benny it was an accident." She started, trying desperately to defend herself. 

"An accident?" I drawled disbelievelingly, "so what, you just tripped and fell on his mouth? I must have stupid written on my forehead." 

"Please, come on it was one mistake it didn't even mean anything." She started hastily. 

"I don't care." I told her coldly. 

"But Benny!" Denise whined. 

"I. Don't. Care." I repeated crossing my arms. I was so unbelievably done with this. Done with her. 

Denise narrowed her eyes, "is this about Blanca? Are you leaving me for her?" 

Oh my god she had officially lost her mind, "what is wrong with you? No! I hate Blanca. I'm leaving you because I think you're a shit girlfriend!" 

She scoffed, "I knew it!" Denise exclaimed clearly ignoring everything I'd just told her. "I knew she had you wrapped around her little finger. I knew she wanted you from the beginning!" 

"Are you even hearing what I'm saying?" I asked incredulously, "don't project your insecurities onto me Denise. I don't know why the hell you feel so threatened by her but not everything is about you and Blanca and her trying to show you up. This is about me not wanting to be your boyfriend." 

"LIAR!" She shouted jabbing her finger in the air at me. 

"Get over yourself! I set her on fire today, on purpose!" I shouted back, "do you really think I'd do that to my future girlfriend?" 

That seemed to calm her down, but I didn't care I was already walking away at this point. "You'll never find someone like me again!" Denise called after me. 

"Thank god for that!" I called back. 

And I kid you not a weight I hadn't realised was there lifted right off my shoulders. 

And as for setting Blanca on fire on purpose, I'm not a fucking pyromaniac, that wasn't true. I just said it to shut Denise up and get her off my case. Although I won't pretend the thought hadn't crossed my mind, she infuriated me beyond belief.