Benj thankfully got off his awful carpool ride with Ruby, spotting his two friends getting off the bus. He wrapped an arm around each of them. "Gentlemen. Ready for the best year of our lives?" He ignored the sarcastic remark from Connor.
The conversation flowed as normal - or as normal as it could get with three dorky fifteen year olds. Until Koosh arrived.
Kayvon's truck pulled in, the two dramatically exiting the vehicle. He threw a used cigarette onto the floor, Danah doing the same but with a discarded pack of chips.
Once greeted, the older Koosh sibling punched his younger brother twice on the shoulder upon hearing his friends greet him by the name he apparently 'didn't earn' yet.
After laughing it off, Danah brought up a party. Benj lit up at the word. "My parents out of town and yours truly is hosting a massive rager. Five kegs, sickass dj. Insane dong-to-puss ratio. Shit's gonna be fucking lit."
The friend group gave him blank looks. "How are you gonna pull that off? We're your only friends." Benj pointed out. "My brother is helping." He softly confessed.
"Ohhh." They all said. "So it's Kayvon's party." Connor said decidedly. "That sounds terrifying. Are freshman even allowed?" Eddie asked, being the only sensible one in the group.
"Fuck no! But I'm VIP, and you clits are my three plus ones."
"That's plus three, you fucking idiot." Connor corrected matter-of-factly.
"Two and a half if we count your shrimpy ass." Danah insulted as if he wasn't more shrimpy than Connor. The boy pushed the curly headed boy backwards, resulting in a fit of hits from the both of them.
"Fuck you man!" Eddie broke them up while Benj stood across from all of them.
"That's perfect. That's when I'll make my move." He said confidently. This put the commotion to a stop, all of his friends looking at him like he was crazy and then letting out exasperated sighs.
"Ah, man. What happened to starting fresh?"
"Bailey's great but she's a sophomore, man. It's never gonna happen." Connor told him straight up. "I am starting fresh. I'm not talking about Bailey."
The boys raised their eyebrows in interest. Benj finally moved on? "You aren't? Finally, man. I was getting sick of hearing her name." The smallest of their group said.
"So then, who is it?" Eddie continued.
After a dramatic pause, the boy smiled.
"Rosalie."
Their faces dropped once more. "Seriously, Benj? Are you incapable of having a crush on someone actually in your league?"
The Nielsen boy's smile faded and he looked at them confused. "What? What's wrong with Rosalie?"
He spent the rest of the summer since that night coming to terms with his feelings. Now, she was all he could think about.
"You have a better chance with Bailey than you do with Rosalie, dude. Everyone likes Rosalie. She probably has people from all grades throwing themselves at her." Eddie once again being the most logical one of the group, was honest with him.
"Exactly." Koosh added. "My brother had something on and off with her. She let him down easy but man, he was whipped for her."
The group gave each other looks. If Kayvon — a popular junior — couldn't pull a girl, Benj definitely couldn't.
"But for real man, she's one of the most liked people in the school. There's no way she'd go for a freshman." Connor spoke again. "When did this happen anyway? I thought Rosalie was just your sister's friend."
"I don't know, it all happened so fast. We were always close but it feels different now. I think it's cause I'm grown up, more mature." The last part made the boys snicker at him.
"Okay but seriously, something happened over the summer that makes me think I really have a shot with her."
They all expectantly looked at him to continue. "One night I couldn't sleep, so I went downstairs to make a snack. And when I looked over, Bailey and Rosalie were hanging out in the kitchen-"
"You had a threesome!" Koosh exclaimed, stepping back. His hands landed on his head out of shock - getting judgemental looks from all of them. He rested his hands on Eddie and Connor's shoulder, which he shrugged off.
"What? No! Wanna hear the story or not?" Benj shot back frustratedly. "Sorry, I just got a little excited."
"I played it cool and we talked back and forth for a while. For some reason Rosalie was really quiet, but I made her laugh a lot and shit." He subconsciously smiled when he pictured her laughing.
"Then Bailey went to bed but Rosalie stayed. So she suggested we go to my room and watch a movie like we used to-"
"And you fucked her?" Koosh interrupted again, a stupid grin on his face.
Connor hit him upside on the head. "Shut up and let the man speak."
"No. We spent most of the night watching how to train your dragon and then we both fell asleep cuddling." Benj smiled proudly.
"It was like a rom-com, man. Everything in my head finally clicked. How could I be so blind? I was so in love with her and I didn't even know."
"She was right in front of me the whole time."
They had mixed reactions. "Dude! You had a sophomore in your bed. That's some gangster shit bro." Danah applauded, it being that only part of the story that he was interested in.
Connor rolled his eyes. "You watched a DreamWorks movie together and that's what makes you think she'd get with you?"
Eddie backed him up on that. "Yeah, man. The cuddling is cute and all but it's still a stretch bro. She's kind, pretty and a sophomore. That's an insane combo." He shook his head.
"You guys had to be there. For the first time, she saw me as a man."
"An adult man."
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