BEHIND THE SCENES ♔ ❪ BEN HARDY. ❫

xvi. BENNY BOY

『 REAL LIFE 』

"Wow," Ben breathed out when he stared at the blue-head girl that was walking towards Lucy. Joe turned to look at him with a confused face, following his gaze when he came upon Leilani. "Just wow."

"You've got it bad Benny Boy," Joe smirked, placing his hands on his hips. "You like her?"

"I simply find her attractive, Joe," Ben answered, looking at the man next to him. "Why? A guy can't be friends with a girl?"

"They can," Joe said. "But, it's just that you both have to kiss and you are going to get married and have a child in the movie that I was expecting you to just get on your knees and beg her to go out with you."

"No. I just see her as a friend," Ben shrugged before he jumped back when Roger slapped a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, Roger."

Joe smiled at the man and Roger smiled back. The drummed turned to look at Ben, who was trying not to stare at Leilani who passed by him. Roger spoke up. "Something's troubling your mind. What's wrong?"

Ben faked a smile. "Nothing's wrong."

"That sentence that just came out of your mouth right now is such bullshit," Roger commented, crossing his arms as he arched an eyebrow. "Now tell me what you think of Leilani?"

"W—what?" Ben stuttered out as Joe tried to snicker as quietly as he could. "How—stop doing that! You've been doing that for the last couple of days where you just guess what's bothering me and it's creepy."

"I just simply notice the things that not a lot notice," Roger chuckled. "But you're thinking about that girl right there Ben and you're not making it very hard for a person to know what you are thinking."

"Fine," Ben sighed before he mumbled shamelessly. "Her body. She looks nice... in that dress and, ugh, it's making me think of all the stuff that I wanna do but that's disrespectful. There. I said it and I regret it because it's not nice to just think about any girl like that. If a girl feels comfortable in her body that she's willing to wear a dress that she knows she looks good on, she should without having to have men that can't control themselves just make her uncomfortable and ruin it for he—"

Joe stopped the man as he ranted on. "Ben calm down. We get it."

"So how do you think Leilani looks today?"

"Beautiful," Ben answered, taking a drink from hsi cup as he looked at the girl while doing so. "I mean she always does but... She's just breathtaking every day."

"So you do have a crush on her?" Joe asked, his smirk appearing again.

"No," Ben scoffed, rubbing his forehead.

"Why don't you just admit it that you do?" Joe questioned, crossing his arms.

"Because I'm already seeing someone else!" Ben exclaimed. The two in front of him looked at him with a shocked face. "And it's already worse that I'm thinking about these thoughts when I'm seeing someone and... I feel dirty."

"Ben why didn't you tell us?"

"I was going to bring her but... Yeah," Ben answered awkwardly, shifting from one foot to another. "Don't tell anyone, please?"

Roger and Joe looked at each other before they looked at the man standing in front of him. "Fine."

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"Gisele," Roger immediately rushed to his wife as soon as he saw her. "Our plan is not worth it anymore. Literally not worth it."

"Why?" Gisele frowned, staring at the drummer. "Is it bad? Like the bad that will make just cry or is it good? Like the nice that will make me laugh and just feel happy. Please tell me it's good. I need good news right now after I got told that Freddie won't make it for my birthday."

Roger felt his heart speed up. He winced as he spoke. "It's bad. Ben has a girlfriend. Well, he's seeing someone."

Gisele looked at him. "You're kidding, right? You're just telling me this so you can later tell me that Leilani and Ben are together, right?"

"Gisele," Roger shook his head. "He's seeing someone angel."

"Well guess we're the worst matchmakers out there aren't we?" Gisele sighed, sitting down. "I need advice."

She stood up and Roger followed after. "Where are you going?"

"Going to see someone that has been there."