Risk || Benj Nielsen

03.

"are you sure we're not too early?" eddie asked as him, benj, olivia and connor walked up to koosh's gate.

"nah. koosh said come for the vip pregame." connor told him as benj pressed a button on koosh's gate to get buzzed in.

olivia was wearing a white mini dress with blue flowers on and her nike airforce's. her hair was pulled back in a half down half up style, held together with a claw clip.

koosh's voice came through on the intercom, "hello?"

"hey, koosh." benj bent down to speak to him.

at the mention of his name, the group could hear a whack and koosh yelling in pain.

"sorry." benj apologised, "danah."

"come around the side." the gates opened and the group walked in together.

there were only a few people at the house so far as they walked into koosh's back yard. the boy came round to meet them.

"hey, guys." he greeted, his voice sounding defeated as he rubbed his shoulder.

"damn. katrina aurienna is here?" eddie and connor watched as katrina downed a beer.

"jesus! she's like a wild animal." connor commented.

however, koosh still sounded upset, "bad news, guys. kayvon says i can only have one plus-one. however, i managed to negotiate, he said i can have one plus-one, but olivia can stay."

"you're kidding me, right?" benj said as his jaw dropped at the news.

"he says the party's gonna have enough pussy without... you pussies." after koosh finished, his brother turned around.

"is it done?" he asked.

"i'm doing it." koosh turned back to his friends, "sorry, guys. my bad."

"'your bad'? all week it's been 'my party, my party.' you can't even get three fucking plus-ones. oh fuck! now i'm doing it." connor rambled on.

"guys, i don't mean to be dramatic, but if i don't get with bailey tonight, i'll kill myself." benj dramatically stated.

olivia scoffed as eddie said, "hey, hey, come on."

"i need this. this might be my only chance. i'll do anything." benj begged.

eddie shrugged, "it's yours. honestly, i'm relieved."

"whoa, whoa, whoa! not so fast. connor?" koosh looked to the shorter boy.

he glared at koosh, "what?"

"benj here says he'll do anything. care to best that offer?" koosh suggested

"go fuck yourself." was connor's answer, "i hope someone drowns in the pool and they sue your family. let's go, eddie."

the two began leaving, "wait. i'm confused." olivia spoke up, "how come i'm just allowed in?"

"because you're a girl. and you're normal." connor and eddie scoffed at koosh's answer.

olivia said, "wow, sexist much?"

connor and eddie left the other three and koosh swung an arm around benj, "i'm glad it's you." he spoke to his friend, "wanna see something cool?"

"sure." benj said and koosh led him and olivia into the house.

koosh took them up the stairs into a room which has two computer monitors and loads of devices in.

"what is this?" benj asked as olivia's eyebrows furrowed at the stranger sight.

"well, you know how kayvon's pushing me to realise my full potential?" koosh begins his explanation.

olivia cuts in and says, "he abuses you."

the boy turns to her, "it's all love." he defends, "i just need to do something legendary for him to respect me. so i'm gonna hook up with a senior."

"no you're not." benj laughs and olivia places a hand to her mouth to contain her smile.

"oh, but i am." koosh corrects, "see, your meet-cute idea inspired me, but the only problem is it leaves too much up to fate."

"i don't love where this is going." olivia sighs, shifting her wait onto her left foot, making her body lean closer to benj.

"think about it. guys are always scheming to get girls i movies. they spy on them or dress up like chicks to steal their secrets. i saw, like, six different movies where a guy convinces a girl with amnesia she's his wife." koosh goes off on a rant.

"whatever. explain this." benj points to their computers behind the boy.

"ah. that's how i remove fate from the equation." koosh begins as benj and olivia bend down to discover koosh is using cameras to spy on people from afar, "from here, i can zero in on a hot senior, pierce her with cupid's arrow, and convince her to hook up with me."

"that sounds... very creepy." olivia shakes her head as koosh whips his head to face her.

"creepy? it's the same thing benj's doing, only better." koosh defends.

olivia answers with, "i didn't say the thing benj's doing wasn't creepy. it is." benj is now looking at the girl.

he grows defensive, "well, my thing with bailey isn't the same."

"how is this different?" koosh asks.

"bailey's my soulmate. you don't even know your girl yet." benj explains and olivia scoffs.

"oh, i suppose it'd be better if i stalked her for years?" koosh argues and olivia places herself on the sofa behind them, not wanting to be apart of what she started.

"i don't stalk her. i love her." benj defended.

"such a fine line, isn't it?" olivia sighed as the pair continued their argument.

"okay, i'm outta here. i'm going to the party." benj turned to leave and olivia went to stand up, also not wanting to be associated with koosh's plan.

however, koosh scoffed, "i wouldn't do that if i were you." benj stopped in his tracks and turned to his friend, "you only get one chance to make an entrance, and you wanna waste it when there's barely anyone here?"

olivia looked at benj as they debated koosh's suggestion before benj said, "fine." and olivia lay back down on the couch, "but i do not support this."

"i can live with that." koosh nodded and took out his phone, positioning it so both olivia and benj were in frame, "say cheese."

he put the photo on his instagram story captioning it 'calm before the 🌧️"

this was going to be....interesting.