imagines ◦benny rodriguez / luis mendoza

should've knocked ◦ benny rodriguez

"Race you to your front porch?" She questioned with a tinge of playfulness in her eyes. The tan boy beside her cocked an eyebrow and chuckled. "You're on big shot." She smirked and stood beside him, preparing herself for one of their many, many races. "Okay, one..." she began, he just smirked to himself, already feeling victorious. "two..." she continued. "aaaaand.... Oh wait!" She interrupted her countdown, causing the boy to abruptly stop, tripping forward. Her laughter seemed to echo throughout the silence of the nighttime that filled their neighborhood.

The boy groaned, throwing his head back. "I hate when you do that."

She giggled, taking the hat he wore and placed it backwards on her head. He raised his eyebrows in approval. "Looks good on you, hot stuff. But Gracie, why'd you stop the race I was about to smoke you in?" He asked, admiring the girl from his spot on the pavement. She smirked, twirling a piece of her hair around her finger. "I actually just wanted to give you permission." she stated, walking in circles around the boy on the ground. He cocked an eyebrow in confusion. "Permission to what?" he asked, giving her the satisfaction she was looking for. She looked at him and smiled proudly. "Permission to look at my ass... for when I'm beating you!" She shouted before taking off, sprinting toward his house.

"What! Are you kidding!" She heard him shout before the sound of his feet began to run quickly after hers. "I do that without permission anyways!" He added, quickly catching up to her and grabbing her sides.

She screeched as he lifted her up and spun her around, before setting her down behind him. Of course he would pull something like that, he knew her weakness was being "tazed" as they called it.

She rolled her eyes and giggled to herself before jogging over to his front porch where the boy sat on the steps. He smiled victoriously, before standing up on the first step. "I win." He stated and took his hat off of her head, putting it back on his. She looked up at him and frowned. "No fair Benny, You tazed me!" She complained, playfully punching his chest. He smirked to himself before grabbing her hands from his chest, and moved them behind his neck. "Eh, you had it coming." He said, his eyes raking down her body.

He removed his hands from her forearms and placed them around her waist pulling her closer, removing any space between them.

"Did I?" she questioned, staring daringly at his lips. He smirked, taking in her features and lightly bit his lip. "Mhm." he answered.

"I'm curious Benjamin Rodriquez, what else do I have coming?" She whispered lowly in his ear, as if somebody else could hear. She heard him swallow and successfully smiled to herself and met his eyes again. And she wasn't surprised to find that his focus was anywhere but her eyes. She knew what he wanted.

She placed a hand on his jaw, slowly moving in. Right as she felt his breathe on her lips, a light flicked on above them. The two looked up and the boy groaned, rolling his eyes. She giggled at his annoyance. This had happened way too many times.

"Benny is that you?" His mothers calm voiced called, and the teens quickly separated. "Yeah Ma, we were just coming in." He lied, giving the girl beside him a questioning look and she held a hand over her mouth to hold in her laughter.

The screen door opened and the boy's mother appeared, smiling at the two. "Well c'mon! it's getting late and I don't want you two roaming the streets ." Grace smiled at Benny's motherly actions.

It had always been that way. Ever since they were little. His mother had always cared for grace like she was her own child. After all, the two had been best friends for longer than either of them could remember.... And yes, that is what they were calling it.

Sure, they'd mess around occasionally, but they did everything together. And being a teenager, messing around is a part of growing up. Of course nobody else knew of this little secret of theirs. All of their friends were big mouths, and probably wouldn't understand anyway. And the last thing they needed was to be teased about being a couple, because they were far from that.