Benny's POV
Dad and I are woken up by the sound of our phones. His is an alarm, while mine's a notification.
"Dadddyyyyy she posted us on Instagram." I groan as I put my phone back down. And yes, when I'm feeling cute, I call my father Daddy.
I remember the day I first called him Dad. He cried. We were all crying. It was a sweet moment.
I was 11 😂
"Who posted us?" He asks me, getting up.
"Mom posted a picture of us sleeping before she left for work this morning." I say lazily.
"Come on, Benny, get up." Dad says.
"But it's so earlyyyyy," I groan.
"Don't you remember what today is, though?" He asks.
........
Nope. No clue.
"It's Monday. The worse day of the week."
"It's also the day we look for Opal's birthday present." He says
Me being my half asleep self, I misunderstood that and thought today was her birthday, so I go flying out of the bed.
"Oh my gosh did I miss her birthday!?"
"No, kiddo, we're going to pick her present up." Dad laughs. Wow... I really am asleep.
I—eventually—get dressed and my breakfast eaten so we can go.
I'm getting her a pretty necklace with a heart locket on it. Or at least, I want to. She had one and she said it broke, so I want to get her another one.
On my way to the jewelry shop—Dad gave me the rest of the money I needed, so he stayed home to help with Alexis—I pass Phillips—or Jonah.
"Hey, Benny, have you seen my bike?"
"You can ride a bike?" I ask.
He stares at me.
"I haven't seen it, man." I say.
"Hey, get out of the way you little punks!" We hear someone yell.
I turn around to be greeted by Dawson and Bryson Myers. I hate them.
"What do you want." I ask in a sharp tone.
"We want you to move so Ethan can get by on his new bike." Bryson smirks.
His girlfriend, Leah, has a little brother named Ethan. He's adopted.
"Give me back my bike!" Jonah shouts from behind me.
"Make us." Dawson smirks.
"Give it back." I say.
"Aw, look at little Benny standing up for his boyfriend." Ethan smirks.
"Yeah. He's a boy and he's my friend. Any other realizations?" I ask.
"Here's a realization. You're still in our way." Leah pops her gum as she talks.
"At least we weren't adopted." Jonah snaps.
Aw man. Good one.
"At least my parents got to choose me. Yours just had accidents and got stuck with you." Ethan laughs.
Wow. I gotta admit, that was pretty good.
"Hey, ya wanna hear something cool?" I ask.
"Sure, why not." Dawson says.
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Let Me Be The One // Benny Rodriguez // COMPLETED
Random--- "Can you say something in Spanish for me?" "...Tienes hermosos ojos." --- I don't own anything in this story. I just added in my own people and made my own plot One more thing! Philips isn't the bad guy in this story. They have some background...
