Ben's POV
The scary movie we watched was boring. Serial killers aren't scary. It was a old, cheesy movie. I guess everyone else thought so too except for Sophie and Lauren. The first time Lauren got scared, she hugged up on Masky's waist. He was confused and started blushing with his hands behind his head. He laid propped up against the wall sleeping after the movie was over. Lauren fell asleep half an hour after him because I guess she was still scared. During the time she was awake, she would talk to Sophie or play on her phone.
I looked at Yasmîn curled into a ball. She reminded me of a cat.
"Slendy could make you a cat creepypasta." I chuckled.
"Who could make me a what?" Yasmîn sat up quickly and stared in my eyes.
"Uh. Nothing." Why did I say that out loud? "I don't even know what I said."
"Okay then." she cheerfully got up and walked into the kitchen. I stood up and realized that my shirt was missing. Where the hell did it go?
"Hey. Do you know where my-"
"Shirt is?" Yasmîn giggled. She stepped out from behind the counter and there it was.
"How did you get that?" I smirked.
"You gave it to me last night." She told me.
"I don't remember that." I was probably still smirking.
"Well you did, Ben." she laughed. "You want it back?"
"Please. That's the only shirt I brought." I laughed.
Yasmîn's POV
"Then you're going to have to catch me for it." What was I doing? This was a childish game. But before I could stop, Ben was already after me. I laughed as he chased me into the bathroom. I closed the door and backed up.
"You can't get me." I teased him.
"Oh, I can't?" I backed into him. What the fuck?
"How did you get in here?" I was confused.
"I had my way. Now let me have my shirt." He smirked.
"Fine." I started taking it off, and Ben's eyes got big.
"Calm down. I have a shirt under this." I gave him his shirt and stuck out my tongue like a child. He laughed and picked me up over his shoulder.
"What are you doing, Ben?" I laughed.
"I'm taking you 'hostage',princess." he replied.
"Ooh. And where am I supposed to be held hostage?" I asked.
"To the park." he put me down and put his shirt on. He trapped me against the wall and leaned in for a kiss.
"Ahem." a fake cough interrupted. EJ. "I believe she belongs to me."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Ben looked at him in anger. He started going towards him. EJ just had this menacing grin sprawled across his face. I pulled on Ben's arm. Ben looked at me. That was the perfect opportunity for EJ to throw a punch at Ben. Ben slammed into the close wall and fell to the ground.
"EJ! Stop!" I screamed as EJ kicked Ben's side. He kicked at him again. But this time, Ben grabbed his ankle and pulled it. That brought EJ down. Ben got on top of him and started beating the hell out of him. I ran out to find the other guys.
I looked around and saw them all at the park.
"Guys! Help!" I screamed at them. The guys jumped off of the playground and came running followed by Hope.
"What's going on?" Jeff asked as I fell to the ground crying. He walked in the clubhouse to see them fighting.
"What the fuck, guys?" That's all I heard from Jeff before the door closed. Hope sat next to me and calmed me down.
"What the hell happened?" she asked me.
"Well Ben and I were playing around. Then EJ comes over towards us and starts fighting with Ben. It was all over me." I choked on my tears. I was a mess.
"Oh my god." she sounded shocked.
"Where are Lauren and Sophie?" I asked.
"They stayed there, the lazy ass bitches." she glared in their direction. I sighed. Jeff came out and pushed EJ out.
"You need to fucking grow up, EJ!" Jeff screamed at him. "You're almost 18."
"I don't need advice from you!" He yelled back. There were people staring.
"Guys. Let's go inside." I suggested. "I don't want to bring attention towards us."
We went inside. I saw Ben. His right cheek had a huge bruise from when EJ punched him first. I didn't get to see EJ's face. I ran over to Ben who was laying on the couch.
"Ben? Are you okay?" I asked him.
"I'm fine." he spoke through his teeth. He wouldn't look at me.
"Ben, are you mad at me?" I asked. He didn't answer. I wanted to cry. Did he find out about last night? I ran into the bathroom and locked the door. I knew I screwed up. I sat on the ground and cried. Someone knocked on the door.
"Hey. You okay?"
"Please go away." I whispered.
"No." He spoke.
"Jeff. I'm fine." I told him.
"Then get out here and let me see if you're okay." He said.
"Fine." I mumbled. I got up and looked in the mirror. I wiped my smearing makeup and held back my tears. I'm good at that. I opened the door and looked at Jeff.
"Aw. Come here little kitten." He hugged me. I was surprised.
"Why did you call me kitten?" I asked him.
"Because you remind me of a little cat." Jeff replied. "Now come here."
He pushed me towards the door. We went outside. We talked for a long time.
"So where did EJ go?" I asked.
"Probably went back home." he answered. I sighed.
"Are you okay now?" he asked.
"Not really." I looked away.
"What's wrong?" he asked me.
"When I went to talk to Ben, he wouldn't look at me. And he spoke to me in a stern voice." I explained.
"That's because I told him about what you did last night." EJ stepped out of the bushes.
"Why the hell would you do that?"I screamed at him.
"You're the one messing with both of us, baby." he laughed. I rolled my eyes.
"What is he talking about?" Jeff asked me. I looked down.
"We had an incident last night." EJ smirked. He walked over and sat next to me. I froze.
"What happened?" Jeff asked.
"We were both outside, I went to pull her up from the ground. I pulled her too hard and she fell on top of me. So I kissed her since I had the chance." EJ looked down to his feet still smirking. I think he was laughing. "Why does it matter? Ben doesn't like her anymore anyways."
I could feel the sadness in me. I sat there blankly. Crying inside. That's the worst feeling. It's like you want to cry but no tears come out. So the sadness just rushed inside me. My heart ached because of it. I felt like I was falling back into my depression. I wanted to completely disappear. This is when I realized I really do love Ben.
Ben's pov
Why? Why did she do this to me? I loved her first. No. She didn't do this. It was EJ. He did this. He wasn't always a close friend. He was always a frenemy.
Yasmîn came up to me earlier. I was still thinking about what EJ said to me. I didn't know how to respond to her. Still mad at EJ, I guess I answered her. She ran off into the bathroom. I could see the tears forming in her eyes. It wasn't her fault. I had to talk to her.
Yasmîn's pov
I had calmed down a bit. Hope came outside with Jeff and I. They kept comforting me. Sophie and Lauren went home. Masky and Hoodie were inside with Ben. I had no idea where EJ went. Hope went back inside to eat something leaving Jeff and I.
"So I need your help with something." Jeff whispered.
"With what?" I asked. He looked around for someone.
"So. Um. What would be the best way to ask Hope to go out with me?" he shyly asked.
"I thought you guys were already dating." I awkwardly mumbled.
"Really?" he was shocked.
"You guys seem like you are." I said. He laughed nervously.
"So how the hell am I gonna do this?" he laughed.
"Okay. So she is really easy to please. Like you can take her on a date to the park, and she would be perfectly good with it. Oh and get her a flower or something." I hinted to him.
"I have an idea." his face lit up. Seriously though? They're really not dating?
"Lemme hear it." I said.
"So. You're going to go to the park with her. I'm going to be there, but she won't know. You guys sit on the swings, and I come up behind her and hug her from behind." he planned.
"She's gonna freak out on you." I interrupted.
"It's okay." he shrugged. "Okay. How about before I hug her, you fist bump me." he smiled.
"I feel like we're going to become best friends, Jeff." I told him.
"Why you say that?" he asked.
"Because, bro, you seem epic as fuck." I told him.
"You better believe I'm epic as fuck." he laughed.
Hope came outside and sat back down in between us. We would lean back secretly and fist bump each other behind her back.
Ben's pov
I walked around the clubhouse looking for Yasmîn. Hope walked out and I could see Yasmîn through the small window. I walked out to see Jeff, Hope, and Yasmîn sitting outside together.
"Hey Yasmîn. Listen. I'm really sorry about the way I was acting towards you earlier and-" she wasn't listening. Nobody was listening to me. I walked out in front of them. They were all talking. It was as if they couldn't see me. As I walked towards Yasmîn, EJ steps in front of me and picks up Yasmîn. He kissed her. It looked like she kissed him back. It hurt me horribly. I stormed back inside angrily.
How could she do this to me? How could EJ do this to me? They betrayed me and forgot about me too. No. I was going to go back out and get her back. I don't care what it takes.
I started to walk towards the door.
"BEN?" I heard a voice.
"He-hello? B-BEN?" a different voice spoke.
I looked around. Then I was shaken.
I woke up to Masky and Hoodie hovering over me.
"BEN?" Masky spoke. I sat up. I felt hot and angry.
"Oh my Zalgo. It was just a dream." I whispered.
"Are you okay?" Jeff asked pushing Masky and Hoodie out of the way.
"Uh yeah. Where's Yasmîn?" I asked quickly.
"She's outside." He pointed to the door with his thumb. I jumped off the couch and headed outside. I opened the door. I didn't see her anywhere. I looked around the corner of the building. She was on the playground talking to Hope.
"Yasmîn!" I said to myself. I ran to the playground.
"Uh I think someone's here to see you." Hope told Yasmîn.
"I'm gonna go find Jeff."Hope hopped off of the playset. Yasmîn looked away from me.
Yasmîn's POV
What did he want? He said he didn't like me anymore. Besides. EJ was right behind the rock climbing wall playing around with rocks.
"Listen, Yasmîn. I didn't mean to talk to you like that. I was still trying to take in what EJ had said to me. I wasn't thinking about anything that I was saying."
I jumped off the playset and walked up to him. He looked at me right in the eyes. Yeah. He was sorry. His eyes were nearly in tears, but I could tell. Wow, he's really sensitive, isn't he? I realized I was staring at him for a while. I looked away in embarrassment. He put his hand on my waist which surprised me. Confused, I looked up.
"Hey. Please forgive me?" he requested.
"As long as you forgive me first." I smiled. He grabbed my waist with both hands and kissed me softly. And how would I describe Ben? Gentle, Jealous, Sweet? Maybe. This is only the beginning. I don't know the most about him, but I'm gonna know more.
