The Dog Beside Her

Chapter 11☆

Alexis's POV

Well, we didn’t complete the worksheets, so I had to go back right? Truthfully, it was quite fun going there. It is the most interesting that has been happening during the past week. Probably due to the slacking at home.

So I’m now walking there and it takes me less than 5 minutes.  I wasn’t even nervous or anything as I knew what to expect. Ringing on the doorbell, I waited patiently. The thing was, there was no reply or anything. He couldn’t be sleeping…it’s already afternoon.

Then, I realised why.

At the backyard, Benjamin was kneeling on the grass, tending to some flowers. He was wearing a striped blue shirt and some pair of blue-black jeans. And I just realised how his hair appears brown under the sun. In fact, he actually looked kind of hot. Oh Alexis, why are you judging him like that? And that was when Benjamin noticed my presence. I froze. What if he could read my mind? It must’ve been my hormones. Stupid hormones. He waved at me in a way of beckoning me over. I walked slowly and I noticed he was tending to his flowers. There was also this fancy pot of flowers that were so pretty! They were white in colour and it looked pretty healthy... Guess Benjamin was pretty good in gardening.

“Hey your gardening skills are pretty good,��?I commented, kneeling beside him and observing the flowers.

“Aww thanks, I spent a lot of time in it,��?he replied, stroking the stem of one of the flowers. “I come here when I’m stressed, so it is really well-tended,��?“I can see that,��?I lightly commented. It was quite amazing how healthy these plants were, it shows the dedication Benjamin gave to them and how stressed-up he really is.

Then, he stood up and brushing off the dirt from his hands, motioned me to get into the house. “Come on make yourself welcome. You don’t have to stand down there like I’m gonna eat you up,��?he cried when he saw me walking really slowly behind. “But��?I’m suspicious,��?I replied quietly, before laughing at my lame (I know) joke.

So, we started, this time progressing a lot more. By the end, I managed to finish my side of the interview. Now it was his turn to interview me. “Can we have a break first? I’m hungry,��?he whined. I rolled my eyes at his childishness. “Lemme go to your kitchen, what do you have?��?I jumped from my seat and ran to the kitchen. The kitchen was pretty clean, but, there were condoms sprawled all over the floor. Shock. I estimated, about 10 of them. Probably someone was too anxious and thus didn’t clean up the mess.

“Benjamin,��?I called out.

“Yeah?��?he shouted from the living room.

“Are you still a virgin?��?

Silence. Ah-ha! It was him! I knew it. Just then, I could hear his footsteps approaching.

“What do you-��?he stopped halfway when he realised what I’ve discovered. Flustered, he shouted,��?Oh god I’m innocent! It is not me! Not me! I’m still a virgin, ok?��?lt;/p>

Amused, I replied, ”Then whose condoms do they belong to?��?