Me: Heyy, everybody!! Okay, I am writing my FIRST collection of one-shots ever, and I'm so psyched!! I haven't been this happy about something in a while… well, besides the premiere of The Final Battle when Gwen and Kevin kissed :) But, yeah, believe it or not, this moment is high up there on my list of happy moments. LOL. Okay, I am SOOO off topic. HA. Well, my first fic in the collection is based off of a HYSTERICAL event that occurred recently in my life with my cousin who has ADHD and just started taking meds for it. NOTE: If you yourself have ADHD, then please don't get offended by this fic, I'm not poking fun at people with ADHD, I'm only poking fun at Benji, because… ya know, THAT'S what I do!! So please, please don't take it personally, and no, I am most definitely NOT judgmental, my cousin has it, and he's a brilliant kid, he's the smartest kid in the 8th grade, and I respect him greatly. Okay, so that's basically all I have to say. And there WILL be a part two to this; I have a lot to write!! Haha, Enjoy!!
Nobody's POV:
It was a Saturday afternoon, and believe it or not, the one and only thing Ben was interested in doing was his homework. This only occurred after taking his new medication for people with ADHD who wanted to focus on not-so-pleasant tasks, of course. Ben sighed; this was DEFINITELY a first for him… wanting to do his homework. He had already ignored at least 7 calls from Julie, and 3 calls from Gwen and Kevin.
"Ben, do you want to go out on a date tonight?"
Nope, sorry, Jules. Was he completely and utterly annoyed? Yes. Was he going to get up and respond? No.
He continued typing.
Seconds later:
"Ben, we're fighting Vilgax!! Get your lazy ass down here and help out for a change, or he'll take over the PLANET!!!!"
Ben had laughed ALOT and even fell out of his computer chair in mid-type when he had heard this one. Who did Kevin think he was?? Fight Vilgax? Hell, no!! He had homework!
HELLO!?!?! H-O-M-E-Y-W-O-R-K-E-Y!! His mind responded to Kevin's angry message.
Those 10 unwanted, unread voicemails waiting longingly in his voice mailbox for him were ringing over and over again in his mind, until Ben's irritation had drove him to grow an urge to smash his brain to bits with a mallet, silencing the messages for good.
Yeah, like I'm THAT stupid… Ben rolled his eyes…
And… continued typing. ALL he could do was keep his eyes glued on the screen, they wouldn't go ANYWHERE else. He was a prisoner to his body.
"Dammit!!" Ben shouted, bringing his fist down hard on the table as he remembered one of the major highlights of his life. Sumo Slammers: The Epic Battle was premiering in FIVE minutes, and all Ben could do was type about the eating habits of starfish. Oh, yeah. On top of that, the medication had made Ben lose his appetite. Meaning NO chili fries. OR smoothies.
He wanted to die.
"Okay, I'm just going to have to force my mind to think of something besides doing homework." Ben though out loud. "That should work… no problem."
Silently, Ben shut his eyes closed and concentrated hard on smoothies. Carrot and Liver, Mint and Sausage, Turnip and Raspberry…
He licked his lips, and then began chanting: "Smoothies, smoothies, smoothies, smoothies, smoothies, smoothies, smoothies, smoothies, smoothies, SMOOTHIESSS!!"
And… his mind forced him back to doing his homework like a little girl forcing her daddy to buy her a lollipop.
"Ahhhhhhh!!" He screeched out in frustration. He threw himself down on his knees and thrust his hands up in the air in anger. "Why, why, WHY???? Why, do you do this to me??!! WHY?!?!" Benji bellowed.
It was then that Ben heard the footsteps. They were approaching from outside; slowly, painfully gaining speed. Closer, and closer and closer…
Ben wondered if hallucinations were one of the many side-effects from the medication.
His meds might force him to type a report, but they could NOT deny him his safety. Head first; Ben dove behind the bookshelf, copying the exact moves of the escaping villain from some old superhero flick.
"Ow." He muttered, hitting his head on the wood floor.
Ben jolted up to a sitting position, and awaited his enemies with devout alertness. NOBODY got by the famous Ben Tennyson. Nobody.
Quick Ben, think!! You need a plan… keep in mind, what would Kenko and Ishyama do? Ben wondered in his mind, never forgetting his two favorite sumo slammer wrestlers.
The anticipating brunette vowed to leap out from his hiding place once his enemy was close enough, and pounce on them, putting an end to their advancing. Trying to stay calm, Ben listened to the footsteps and began his countdown for throwing himself at the intruder.
Five...............
Four............
Three.......
Two…..
One...
Screeching like a howler monkey and waving his arms around wildly in the air, Ben lunged out from behind the bookshelf and threw himself onto his enemy. The horror-struck, red-headed intruder let out a deafening, blood-curdling scream as she was knocked to the floor by the crazy brunette maniac.
In total triumph, Ben looked down upon his enemy to see that it was none other than… Gwen.
"Oh… shit." Ben mumbled, slowly rolling off the girl he had just squashed like pancake.
Gwen, not yet knowing who her attacker was, scrambled up from the wooden floor-boards and darted out the front door with such intensity you would have guessed it was raining designer clothing.
Kevin watched with a completely perplexed look on his face as his girlfriend sprinted down the sidewalk and away from Ben's house, screaming at the top of her lungs. He slowly and carefully tip-toed through the front door to find Benji sitting on his computer… typing?
"Just out of curiosity…" The dark-eyed teen said coolly, leaning back against the wall. "What are you doing?"
"Typing a report." Ben replied, not taking his eyes off the computer screen.
"A report…." Kevin said shocked.
"Yep. A report on starfish. Hey, did you know that they poop out of their mouth when they're depressed or angry?"
Kevin COULDN'T believe it. His mouth dropped open wide enough to stick an entire fist in it. BEN…READING: two words that contradict each other. It was so scary... so utterly frightening…
And with that, Kevin sprinted out the front door like a man trying to escape death.
"IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!!" HE SCREAMED. "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!
Ben remained there, sitting, his eyes glued to the screen. He scratched his head. His brain throbbed with confusion, giving him the biggest headache the world had ever seen. It was a completely normal response for Gwen to run off screaming like a little girl, he would have too if someone had ambushed him like that for no reason. But Kevin? Ben was sure he would have heard of grosser things in the Null Void than pooping out of your mouth.
Ben's mind was spinning around and around like a record, and it gave him the horrible thought that it just MIGHT explode.
"Oh, man, am I on some fucked up pills." He groaned, clutching his head.
Me: Hahahahaha, oh you have NO idea how much fun that was to write!! And I'm not even done yet, there's still part 2 to look forward to!! :) In part two you can expect shopping for baby strollers, Ben jumping out the window, and mangos. :P Yep. MANGOS. LOL okay, so that's all for now!! Wow, I really made this very, very long… I promise the next one will be shorter!! Haha kay, I'm officially done!! PEACE OUT!! :P Andd please don't forget to R & R!! bye!!
