Closet Case

(22)

"Soph, do you know where Tomas lives" I ask.

"I heard he moved into his old place so, yes" she says. I nod and drive to the address she gives me. We get to Tomas' house and see Carson's car. We get out of the car and knock on the front door. A few moments later the door opens.

"Sophia?" Tomas asks.

"Sup, douchebag" she fake smiles.

"Where's Ben?" I ask.

"Not here" he shrugs.

"Dude, that's my car. I let him take it earlier" Carson says.

"Oh. You must be Carson and Parker. Brother and.....friend? Right?" Tomas asks.

"Shut up, you know exactly who they are. Let us in or tell Ben to come to the door" Soph says.

"He's taking a shower. He was a little.....messy" he says looking me straight in the eye and smirking.

"Tommy, I know we were friends for awhile but if you don't let me in, we're gonna have problems" she says.

"Look, I'll tell him his friends want to talk to him but if he doesn't want to talk to you guys, there's nothing I can do"

"I'll make him talk. I'm his best friend, I have best friend power"

"You made that up when you were 6. That's not gonna work"

"I used it a week ago to get him to bring me a pizza"

"Really?"

"Yeah, he complained about it for like half an hour" I say.

"Fine, Sophia, you can try to talk to him but you two need to stay out here. I'm not sure how being around two of his bullies would make him feel after what happened earlier"

"What happened earlier?" Carson asks.

"A few panic attacks" Tomas shrugs.

"He doesn't have those anymore" I say.

"Guess something triggered one. Sophia, come on in" he says stepping out of the way to let her on.

"I'll be right back" she says and goes into the house.

Sophia POV

I walk to the bathroom and open the door. I go over to the shower and pull open the curtain.

"Tomas, I'm tired. I don't want- SOPHIA WHAT THE FUCK?!" He shrieks.

"Calm down. Get dressed and meet me in the living room" I say and go to the living room and sit on the couch.

"Can I get you something to eat? Drink?" Tomas asks.

"Knowing you, you'd probably poison it" I say.

"What is your problem, Sophia?"

"Would you like alphabetical order, in the order it happened, or just start naming things off?"

"Oh my God, you haven't changed one bit"

"No, actually I have. I can see you're massive dick now"

"What did I do?"

"First of all, you slept with Ben when you know he has a boyfriend"

"He was upset. I was making him feel better"

"Mhm. Sure"

"Soph. What's up?" Ben asks pulling a shirt over his stomach when he enters the room.

"We're going home, ok?" I say.

"Why?"

"Because you're being an asshole and you need to explain yourself"

"Ben. This is what I was telling you" Tomas says.

"Why would she keep up an act for that long?" Ben asks.

"I don't know" he shrugs.

"Ben, whatever he's talking about, it's not an act. You know I love you more than anyone. Right?" I ask.

"I'll call you later" He says to Tomas.

"Ben-" he says.

"Tomas. She's my best friend" he says and follows me out to Carson car. I get in the driver seat and he's gets in passenger. We follow Parker and Carson back to Ben and Carson's house. We go inside and sit in the living room. Ben and Parker are sitting on opposite sides of the room.

"What the fuck, Ben?" Carson asks.

"What?" Ben asks.

"You heard me"

"We were just hanging out"

"Bullshit. I heard you!" Parker says.

"You slept with Bree. I forgave you" Ben says.

"We weren't together. Oh, and since when do you bottom?"

"I-I don't" he says looking away from everyone.

"Ben, what happened?" I ask.

"I don't wanna talk about it" he shrugs.

"Did Tomas-"

"No! He didn't do anything wrong"

"Ben, tell me what happened. You're the one who said no secrets and no lies, ever" Parker says.

".....he didn't do anything wrong" Ben says softly.

"Ben!" He almost yells making Ben jump. Ben pulls his knees up to his chest. He's done that since he was little whenever he's scared. Mostly when he thinks someone's gonna hurt him, he did that a lot when his dad would yell at him.

"Parker" I warn.

"No, I refuse to believe that he would willingly cheat on me" he says, not quieting his voice.

Ben's POV

"Parker!" Sophia yells. I put my head on my knees and close my eyes.

Flashback to a few hours ago

"How are you this fucking dumb, Ben?! Do you honestly think they give a fuck about you?! They don't! Nobody gives a shit if you die or not! Now get on the bed" Tomas yells at me.

"I love Parker, Tomas. The kiss was a mistake" I say standing up. He knees me in the stomach and I double over in pain.

"You know you want me, Benny. Get on the bed, you know I'm the only one who ever want you like this ever again" he says. I turn around and crawl on to the bed.

End flashback

I didn't realize I was crying until I feel an arm go around my shoulders and another hand wipe away the tears. It's Sophia.

"Benji, what did he do?" Parker pleads in a quiet voice.