F O U N D

my arms and legs, they get in the way.

PRE-CHAPTER TRIGGER WARNING!!!!-this is a chapter where ben uses pain meds in an unhealthy amount, where he ends up using it more for the high than the pain from his leg. if any one needs, i will gladly do a "recap" at the beginning of the next part so if you get triggered by this subject, you won't have to read it but can still read my story :) also, very important-if you're struggling like ben in his chapter, please reach out to anyone-including me if you don't have anyone there to help you, i will gladly try my best to comfort you :) and as i said at the end of the last chapter, i am sixteen so im not 13 or 20 writing about teenagers kissin and using pain meds-this story is not for young audiences so i apologize if that includes you 

The shock on both the boys faces said enough when they pulled away from each other. "So...you don't hate me?" Kenji asked, rubbing the back of his neck.

"No. I kissed you just now to show that I haven't started having feelings for you these last few days and that I'm actually immensely homophobic." Ben said sarcastically, kenji made a chuckle-mostly of relief. Kenji stood up from the cold tile floor, helping Ben up. Kenji led the way out, Ben behind him. Little did he know, Ben grabbed an orange bottle of post-surgery painkillers hiding behind a box of bandages.  

When Kenji swung the door open,  everyone was asleep and him and ben decided to join them all. Where as yaz and sammy shared a bed, and darius and brooklynn shared  bed, ben didn't want to bother kenji and started to set up a makeshift bed on the floor.

"What are you doing?"Kenji asked, eyeing Ben's movements. 

"I was-I was just setting up a place to sleep..." He stammered as Kenji sat down on the right side of his bed, giving ben a fake dirty look.

"So we can kiss, but you can't sleep in the same bed..?" He cocked an eyebrow, and Ben quietly moved his pillow and sherpa blanket onto Kenji's bed with a slight red tint covering his cheeks and the very tip of his nose. Both boys layed down and Ben waited until he heard Kenji's light snoring to get up and tiptoe to the bathroom. He locked the door and sat at the edge of the bathtub, staring at the bottle in his shaking hands.

"Please help me..."

The next morning, Ben woke up, closer to Kenji then when he fell asleep the night before. And for once, since being on Isla Nublar, he wasn't in excruciating pain. He smiled slightly, kid of happy even though he'd never be the kind of person to do what he did, to just self prescribe medicine. Ben didn't even like taking tylenol for headaches. Yasmina was sprawled out on another of the three beds, and Ben assumed the others were most likely on the patio or in the kitchens. Be got up, the pain in his leg suddenly coming back. He didn't take the pain medicine out from his hiding spot on the floor behind the headboard. He wanted to try to stick this out. He limped toward the patio and opened the sliding door, not seeing Darius, Brooklynn, or Sammy-however, he was met with a beautiful sunrise. It was one of those picture you couldn't believe was real, with fluffy clouds and a sky that looks like cotton candy. After admiring the view, he made his way to the kitchens, where he was met with the three teenagers he was looking for. 

"Hey Ben." Brooklynn said, an evil smile littering her face. Ben made a kind of scared face. 

"Uhm...hi?" He chuckled, sitting down at a table, and taking a napkin to doodle on. 

"So...how did you sleep?" Sammy asked, making Ben's head perk up and Darius spit out a sip of orange juice.

"Uh it was fine, how did you sleep?" Ben said, focusing back on his napkin and pen, where he made circular outlines, as a base for Bumpy's shell.

"Oh well, me and Yaz had an amazing night cuddling after i carried her bridal style through the hotel." Sammy chuckled, Ben not actually thinking about her comment.

"Sounds fun." Ben murmured, sticking his tongue out a little in some sort of way to help him concentrate on the small bumps and ridges of bumpy's back. Clearly, he didn't realize she was mocking him and Kenji.

"What is up my dudes? Kenji has arrived!" Kenji walked through the double doors made of metal that were kept open. "Soo, chef Brooklynn-what have you made for your majesty's breakfast?"

"Boy, you might have chefs at your house, but unless I'm getting paid, I'm not gonna be one of them." Everyone in the room giggled at Brooklynn's sudden accent, except for Kenji of course. Conversation erupted again, and Ben and Kenji eyes each other from different sides of the room, smiling.

"it's nice to feel a glimpse of safe, but I think three of us should go check the south docks. See if any ferries have come back." Darius suggested, the group chilling in their hotel room. 

"I can go." Ben offered, knowing damn well he could barley walk to the hotel's exit alone, but he wanted to prove he was strong, that even though he's hurt-he's still there for the team.

"Ben that's a terrible idea."Yasmina said, an empathetic look spread across her face.

"I'm okay now though, it doesn't hurt-"

"ben, I agree with Yaz honestly-it's not we don't think you're strong or anything, it's just that we all know you're still hurting, and we don't wanna risk anything." Kenji said, putting a hand gently on Ben's shoulder. With an understanding look, Ben nodded in agreement. 

"...so Brooklynn, Sammy and myself will all go-Yaz, Kenji, and Ben you should stay just incase anything happens." Darius said, using his very common hand movements. 

And so, the three ventured out with the handy taser staffs, and along their way  to the south dock they had found what looks like an accident. Two of the staff trucks were crashed head-on into each other.  One was from the genetics wing and the other-the very first campsite of Camp Cretaceous. It was Dave and Roxie's truck, Brooklynn sped towards it as the other two looked through the genetics truck. For Sammy and Darius, they came in clutch with a whole box of Cliff protein bars. And Brooklynn, thankfully, didn't find bloodied up Dave and Roxie, instead she had found another taser staff, with the word Roxie carved into it. Brooklynn pressed the red button and it worked. She showed the other two and they went upon their quest to find the south dock. 

"So...Ben...Kenji. How was your night last night?" Yaz said, smirk on her face.

"Wha-what do you mean?" Kenji asked, him and Ben both perked up. 

"Oh just, wondering if Ben found anything to help his leg." She continued, gesturing to the now lightly stained bandage on Ben's calf. 

"oh uhm, no there was nothing." ben smiled, going back to the bracelet he was making with loose threads from his khaki shorts. Despite her joking aura, Yaz had a tiny bit of a sad expression come across her face. As a top rank high-school track sprinter, she knew that pain can really suck, especially when there's nothing you have to help. 

"So-" Kenji interveind, "How was it sharing a bed with texas last night?" He laughed, elbowing Ben. A light red tint brushed along Ben's porcelain face as he laughed along. 

"One in the morning I wake up, and she's spooning me. Am I complaining? No." Yaz smirked, chuckling along with the boys. Yaz was very much a lesbian, and everyone supported her and he little thing for the bi-curious Sammy.  Their laughs calmed down as the three who were out and about came in, panting. 

"Nothing. All the boats...

they left."

.pretty shrexy lil cliffhanger for ya :) once again, if the medicine thing with Ben triggers you, please reach out and i'll gladly do a recap next chapter.