the fighter | john bender ✅

Chapter 9: " Poor Baby."

Bender's P.O.V

It's been forever since me and Lui have been high, but hell it's feelin' great right now. We're all sitting in a circle just laughing our asses of at who knows what while Andrew went somewhere with his own blunt. Claire tries to breath it in but goes too fast, making her cough it out, making Brian laugh as he tries to eat the smoke.

" Chicks, cannot hold der smoke! That's what it is!"

" Do you know how popular I am? I'm so popular, everybody loves me so much, at this school...."

I see Lui roll her eyes as I state, " Poor baby." I try to give Brian a high five but he falls over before I could, making us laugh hysterically. Andrew then emerges from the map room filled with smoke. He inhales another puff before dancing wildly, taking off his clothes throughout it until he's down to a tank top. He screams at the top of his lungs, making the glass door shatter.

We all look in shock before Lui speaks. " Looks like he probably won't go to that meeting." I start laughing as I lean onto her, my weight against her.

" You're something, you know that Sweets?"

" Yep," she states, her voice almost bland. I look at her and see her eyes aren't red, and she just seems normal. I just wave it off though, thinking it's 'cause I'm high. I begin laughing again, before going over to Claire and sitting beside her, her laughing with me.

Lui's P.O.V

After Andrew's little show, Bender went with Princess, her looking through his wallet, as Bender looks through her purse. Jockey and Brian sitting with Allison talking, as I try to sleep on one of the tables beside Bender, my arm underneath my head as the other is on my stomach.

I open one eye slightly, seeing Bender brushing his teeth with Princess's cosmetic brush. I bite my bottom lip, making sure a laugh doesn't escape through my lips, before closing my eye again, trying to sleep.

" Are all these your girlfriends?" Princess questions, making my ears perks, but still pretend to be asleep.

" Some of them..."

" What about the others?"

" Well, some I consider girlfriends and some...I just consider..."

" Consider what?"

" Whether or not, I wanna hang out with them...."

" You don't believe in just one guy, one girl?" I feel myself more and more intrigued by what he'll say, since he's been acting more...'touchy' all day. Of course though, he tries to side-step it.

" How come you got so much shit in your purse?"

" How come you got so many girlfriends?"

" I asked you first..."

" I dunno.... I guess I never throw anything away."

" Neither do I..." I feel my heart shatter, if that makes sense. Or explode or drown in sadness and pain, yet this bitch still continues.

" How come you don't have her photo in there?"

" Martin? She's not like them."

" You sure? They way you've been acting with her today seems otherwise, Plus you don't even know her name. Like Andrew said, she could disappear and nobody would care." I feel my rage become stronger as he doesn't respond, making me give up sleeping.

I get up and walk past them up the stairs, feeling there eyes on me. I walk into on of the conference rooms, closing the door behind me. Little light seeps in through the crack, desperate to radiate the room. I sit down on the table, slowly leaning back until the table hits my back with a quiet thud.

" Why did I even bother with him?" I question, yet only coming out as a whimper as I feel my tears creating trails down my face. I hear the door open slowly before closing again. I don't bother looking up, knowing who it is by the sound of boots against the carpet.

Bender's P.O.V

" Luis."

" Fuck off John."

" I need to talk. Look I didn't mean-" She sits up quickly and hops off the table before speaking, cutting me off.

" Fuck. Off. I should've never trusted you. Could leave this school and you wouldn't give a shit. Oh wait you would, because you couldn't add another girl to your list of girls you've fucked!" she states, her voice rising with each step she takes towards me, making myself face to face with her.

" I just wanted her to stop trying to hit on me. The girls mean nothing to me. I'm sorry I didn't respond, I was just shocked she said that. I'm sorry," I plead, my words interwoven with guilt and pain.

" Doesn't matter, I was never yours. Just go add her to the list." She walks around me, turning the knob opening the door before I close it behind her. I grab her waist, spinning her around before making her back hit the door. I keep one hand on her hip as the other is moved to be beside her face, keeping myself steady.

" I want you to be mine. I want all of you, just more than your body Luis Martin. I'm not lying about, I can promise you that," I speak only above a whisper. I see her search my eyes, as if trying to find something, but finding nothing in her search. " God I've loved you since I've first laid eyes on you Lui. I've tried to get that feeling with other girls but I've felt nothing. You give me this feeling without even trying."

She doesn't answer me, only has an expressionless face I can't read this time. ' Idiot, course she wouldn't love you.' " I guess I know my answer," I state, pushing myself off the door as I look down at my feet. I then feel her hands grab my collar, pulling me towards her and my lips crashing on something soft. As soon as I figure out what it was, she pulls back, cheeks red and everything.

" Sorry, guess you didn't-" I interrupt her with another kiss, making her give a small squeal. After a moment she moves her lips with mine, her arms around my neck, as mine are around her waist, playing with the holes of her belt loops. I pull myself closer if that's even possible, making her whole back be against the wall. She tugs on my hair slightly, making a grunt escape my lips and into our kiss. I feel her smirk against my lips, as she does it again, getting the same reaction. I smirk myself and as slid one of my hands down her back before grabbing her ass, making her letting out a gasp as I slid my tongue into her mouth, making her give a slight moan. We both fight for dominance but never find out who wins since we both pull away and lean our foreheads against each other, taking in deep breaths as we're connected by the saliva between us.

" I love you too Handsome." I smile at the old nickname, knowing it'll stay.

" C'mon, let's go before they think they did something more," I state. I hear her whine, only making me chuckle. " Like I said before Sweets, we can finish it later when we get out." Even though there's barely any light I see her face slightly heating up, making me chuckle. I kiss her cheek before opening the door, pulling her with me, happier than ever, knowing she is as well.