Fox and the Hound [Benny Weir] - ✔️ - EDITING

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Chapter 12 -
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Benny's POV

The scavenge for the coffee was ridiculous. We made a quick pit stop to grab pig brains from the bio lab and hurried back to the staff room. The plan was simple; throw the brain, grab the coffee, and home free.

It went well, at first. Ethan threw the jar and then hurried for the coffee, but one of our teachers had cornered him. He dropped the sample and suddenly I was fighting off a hoard of brain-dead teachers.

I'm sweating, my knees hurt, my arm burns, and I can't breathe;

But I got the damn coffee.

I run down the hall and turn a corner, coming face to face with Ethan, the two of us jumping as we practically fall into one another.

"Benny! Are you ok?"

"Never better!" I exclaim, holding up the large jug and nursing it in my arms. Ethan parts his lips but the two of us squeal (no we don't-) as we turn to be face-to-face with Rory,

"Is that hot chocolate?"

The vampire asks as if Ethan and I didn't just crap our pants-

"Got ya! Guess what I swiped from the teacher's lounge," Rory peeks off his mask and happily holds up the silicone, the disgusting thing loose in his grip, "Higgs took this from me in September."

"Wait," Ethan starts, his mind already firing a million questions an hour, all while I'm too busy still trying to calm my racing heart, "You were in the teacher's lounge?"

"Candy, games, TV, couches," Rory happily lists. Oh my god, this guy does my head in at times...

"Zombies?"

"Really? I just thought they were all really grumpy?"

Ethan sighs, shaking his head and trying to push away Rory's tomfoolery, "Whatever. We have to get this coffee to the chemistry lab."

Ethan takes a step away from me and my stomach turns. I want to follow him, knowing it'd be the smarter thing to do but...

Leave me here.

Go!

"Chemistry? Boring. I'd rather smack some zombies. RV away!" Rory pulls on his mask and speeds down the hall in a flash. Ethan rolls his eyes and pulls at my sleeve,

"We better re-arm," He walks past me and pulls a fire extinguisher from the wall. Thank god for fire stagers I suppose.

I swallow around the building saliva in my throat and cough, shuffling my feet against the floor, "Yeah... Totally. About that. I was going to go back and check on Abigail."

Ethan raises his eyebrow and scoffs with a smile, "Benny, just cause you have a fat crush on her, doesn't mean you need to be with her every second."

"Dude! That's not-" I groan, shaking my head, "She looked like hell, man. I just want to make sure she's ok."