The Protected One

N o M o r e

I woke up to a loud, constant ringing sound.

I sighed and saw that it was my phone.

I picked it up to see 3 missed calls from Sophia Alice.

I sat up immediately and checked the time.

School ended 20 minutes ago.

I texted her and told her to cover for me.

I sighed and look over beside me.

Benjamin was still sleeping so I shook him awake.

"Ben, get up. School ended 20 minutes ago." I say.

He got up from the bed and ran a hand through his messy hair.

"I'm sorry. Here I'll drive you home." He says.

"No don't worry about it. I'll text Sierra that way my brothers won't get suspicious." I say.

He nods his head okay.

"I'll get your clothes from the dryer," He says walking out.

"Thank you." I mutter with a smile.

I grab my phone to text Sierra, and when I'm done Benjamin is already in the room with my dried clothes.

I grab my clothes and go into the bathroom to change.

I step out of the bathroom, but Benjamin was no longer in the room.

I looked around his room, but he wasn't there.

"Ben? I called out.

He didn't answer.

I got out of his room and walked towards the rest of the doors.

I opened the first door, and it was a girly room.

It was decorated in Grey and Blue, with occasional gold here and there.

He obviously wasn't there.

The next door was a library type.

The room was just filled with books and files and a computer.

There were 4 huge shelves that were color coded .

One shelf was filled with Blue and Black books, the next with Black and Red, the next with Black and Yellow.

Weird.

By the shelves was the computer and a printer.

With multiple drawers.

I just closed the door and made my way to the last room down the hall.

I placed my hand on the door and began to twist the knob when I heard my name being called.

I almost jumped out of my skin.

I turned around to see it was Ben.

"What are you doing?" His blue eyes looking at me intensely.

"I was looking for you. I came out the bathroom and you are gone." I said.

"Oh." He says.

"Sierra's down stairs." He says never taking his eyes away from me.

"Oh, good! I say making my way downstairs.

Once we reach the bottom I hand him his sweatshirt back.

"Thank you for bringing me here." I say.

"No problem." He smiles flashing me his pearly whites.