"Dude, we should hit up that party. I'm serious, what if it's like the last party we went to, which, might I remind you, was the same party that Rory got bitten at?"
Benny Weir was rambling. Like always. Ethan Morgan sighed. The two were sitting in Biology, but the teacher, Mr. Yawnyoo, had not arrived yet.
"Benny," Ethan said quietly, "I don't feel like going to some party."
"Have you not been listening? There could be supernatural things there. Or hot chicks. Or supernatural hot chicks!"
Ethan shushed his friend, and it was Benny's turn to sigh. "Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed today!" Benny announced.
"Somebody has a headache," Ethan corrected him. To illustrate his point, he brought his hands up to his head and began massaging his temples.
"Somebody needs to visit the school nurse." Benny pointed to Ethan with a slight smirk.
"Somebody needs to take a hint and be quiet!" Ethan snapped.
Benny tossed his hands up in the air in surrender. His lip pouted a bit. He hated it when Ethan was in a bad mood. But he respected his best friend's request and remained quiet throughout the entire lesson that day, which was about the anatomy of a flower. Benny had to bite back remarks about why the hell he was supposed to care about the parts of a flower. Mr. Yawnyoo even passed out flowers to everyone, so they could examine for themselves the various parts.
"Is it really that bad?" Benny questioned as the two exited class and were walking towards their lockers.
"I'll be fine," Ethan replied. "I'm going to go home and get some rest this afternoon."
"Rest? Who needs rest?" Sarah had come up behind Ethan and was just joining in on the conversation.
"Mr. Grumpy-Pants right here!" Benny blurted out.
"I'm not that grumpy!" Ethan defended himself.
"That right there just shows you are grumpy. Only a grumpy person gets mad when someone accuses them of being grumpy."
"Maybe you're the grumpy one." Ethan crossed his arms.
"Grumpy people do that too. They play the blame game."
Sarah rolled her eyes. "Ugh, you are both so childish! I'll see you guys later." She brushed past them still shaking her head.
"See what you did?" Ethan immediately said.
"Oh, me? That was my doing? Really? No, dude!" The two argued all the way to their next class.
By the end of the school day, Ethan was still holding his head. "I'll drive," Benny offered so that Ethan could rest on the ride home.
"You sure you're okay man?" Benny asked as they pulled into his driveway.
"I'm sure." Ethan gave a half smile. The two stepped out of the car.
"Alright...go...take a nap or something. Take some pain medication too." Benny advised.
"Will do!" Ethan said, then added, "I'm fine."
Benny took his word for it, but was a little concerned as he walked next door to his own house. This wasn't the first headache that Ethan had complained about lately.