Will You Be Mine?

Chapter 13

"Don't keep him waiting. Go!" Sarah said as she pushed me down the hall.

When I got to the door I felt more nervous than ever.

When I opened the door and when he saw me he instantly smiled.

"You look very beautiful." He said as he handed me white flowers.

"Thanks. Not bad yourself." I said

He was wearing a black suit with a purple shirt and white tie.

Well wearing purple wasn't planned.

"Ready?" He asked

I just nodded and we headed toward his car.

I got in when he opened the door.

"So where are we going?" I asked after he got in.

"You'll see." With a grin on his face.

"So how was school?" He asked

"Pretty boring. People hanging out with their own groups. I can tell you now, I am more then ready to graduate!"

"You don't like school?"

"It's not that I don't like it, I am just ready to be finished."

"Right, I understand, I was kind of the same way. So, tell me about yourself." Ben said

"Um, what do you want to know?"

"Anything you want to tell me."

Well he's different than others, and I'm perfectly fine with that.

"Well I grew up in Washington, not the best place because there's really nothing a kid can do without parents watching over you. I came to live in Indiana at age 10 and my brother was 3. I didn't really have many friends and I still don't because I'm the shy type of person. Then five years later I lost my brother and dad. My mom is still having a hard time dealing with it and so she drinks every other night and I have to help her through it because she can't. That's about it to my boring life." I said

"I don't think mine is any better. I grew up here in Indiana and I didn't really do much with my life. I went to school came home and hung out with family. I only had one friend but he died in a car crash. I was really close to a cousin of mine, but all that changed a year and a half ago. The person who took those pictures of us was my cousin Erin and someone helped him but that's not why I dislike him. We took him in to help him get back on his feet because he lost his job and so he lost his house. We let him stay with us. He knew that we also had family problems because my dad fell sick with cancer and it was spreading fast and so we did a charity thing that my band raised money off of from our tickets and the contests we did and we raised about 5 grand. That was to go to my dad. Well all of that changed when Erin stole the money." He paused

Why would he, of all people do that?

"So when he took the money he ran with it. Then my dad died soon after he left."

"I'm so sorry. How did you guys find out that he took it?"

"We put it in the bank and when we were to get it out the person said that it wasn't there. We don't know how he got ahold of it but he did. After my dad died my mom wasn't taking it so well and she got really depressed and she got sick and she passed away soon after my dad did."

I thought I had it bad.

"Do you have any siblings?"

"Yes. I have a brother but he's 30 and has a family. He doesn't update with me as much so I don't know where he is. He changes his number a lot."