A Best Friend's Greed

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A/N: This chapter starts out with the group at 5 years of age.


Chapter 1 (Three Friends)

Freddie sat in his classroom, surrounded by four or five other students in the kindergarten class. "Can I have that juice if you don't finish it, Freddie?" A girl asked. Freddie smiled and handed the girl the juice box, he didn't really want it, his mother had put it in there for his lunch and he didn't like the flavor. "Thank you, Freddie!"

"Don't mention it," Freddie said with a polite smile. Freddie was actually one of the most popular kids in the class, he had just about everything that he could possibly want. He actually had one other best friend, his name was Jake Krandal, and both of them were very popular in the class. They weren't hugely popular, but everyone knew them.

"Hey, let me through!" Jake exclaimed as he pushed through the students. Freddie smiled at Jake as his friend took the seat next to his. "Hey Freddie, I was just outside and I saw this one kid in our class talking to this older kid that I think is in the fifth grade or something." Freddie raised his eyebrow and looked over.

"So?" Jake sighed and crossed his arms, what he saw was the older kid trying to take away some of the money the kid had. The kid had been holding on to that money as though it was his life, he did look like he needed some help. "Was he in trouble, if he was, why didn't you help him?"

"I'm too scared to take on an older kid." Freddie rolled his eyes and sighed, he would be afraid to take on an older kid as well, but sometimes it was necessary. "I think the kid being picked on is…Jonah Brown, I think that's who it was." Freddie's eyes widened slightly and he glanced over at Jake, he actually recognized Jonah's name, he knew almost all the students.

"Are you sure? I hear Jonah is poor, or something to that extent…" Jake nodded and crossed his arms over.

"The older kid was trying to take some money from him." Freddie sighed and slowly stood up, he figured he had to help Jonah out somehow. Jake raised his eyebrow and Freddie stared at him. "What are you doing, Freddie?"

"Come on, Jake, get up and let's go see if we can help…" Jake's face paled slightly and Freddie chuckled lightly. "Don't be afraid, he's our classmate, he needs our help." Jake hesitated for a moment and figured he would go, but before he could even move, Freddie grabbed his wrist and pulled him up.

"I was getting up!" Freddie rolled his eyes and walked out of the classroom with Jake, Jake pointed down the hall, they walked in that direction until they saw Jonah Brown being bullied on by an older student.

"I said give me that money!" The bully shouted as he shoved Jonah to the floor. Jonah was crying slightly as he clasped his money close to his chest, he was making sure not to let go of that money, for fear of death if he did.

"No! It's my money, I found it!" Freddie raised his eyebrow and looked at Jake, he gestured for Jake to go find a teacher. Jake nodded and ran off as Freddie spotted the bully punch Jonah in the face. "Ouch, leave me alone!" Freddie growled and hurried over, he pushed the bully to the side and stood in front of Jake.

"He said for you to leave him alone!" Freddie exclaimed. The bully raised his eyebrow and Freddie narrowed his eyes. "That money isn't yours, you can go find your own money elsewhere."

"Who do you think you are?" The bully asked. "Why would you protect this scumbag, he's worthless and will probably bring pain to anyone that knows him." Freddie crossed his arms and scowled, Jonah looked at Freddie in confusion, almost wondering why he was helping him. He looked over to see Jake running toward them with a teacher.

"Freddie, I got a teacher!" Jake called out as he ran next to Freddie and Jake, the bully looked up at the teacher and frowned.

"Terrance, why were you picking on this student?" The teacher asked. "Come with me!" The bully sighed and followed the teacher off, Freddie and Jake then helped Jonah up.

"Are you okay?" Freddie asked while Jonah looked at his hands, he saw that he lost his dollar and frantically started looking around. "Did you lose your money?" Freddie looked over and saw a dollar bill stuck to the teacher's shoe, he frowned and Jonah watched on. "It's okay, I have some money…my mom usually gives me money so after school I can go to the candy shop and get a snack, but I don't need to go today." Freddie smiled as he pulled a dollar bill from his pocket and handed it to Jonah.

"T-Thanks," Jonah said quietly. He stared at the dollar and then looked up at Freddie. "You're nice to me, why?" Freddie shrugged and Jake merely smiled.

"We thought you could use some help," Jake responded. "I'm Jake Krandal and this is Freddie Benson, we know you from in our class." Jonah nodded in response, he recognized them, he just never talked to them or anyone else for that matter.

"So Jonah, what's your story?" Freddie asked with a grin. "Tell us a little about you!" Jonah raised his eyebrow and looked at Freddie, shocked that he was actually interested in him. It was the first time that anyone seemed to be interested in his life or anything, his eyes nearly watered to think that Freddie must be so nice.

"It must be nice to be you," Jonah said while looking at the dollar Freddie had given him. "I'm an orphan…and I don't get money a lot…I miss my mom and dad, they died a long time ago." Freddie tilted his head to the side and Jonah let out a sniffle. "I don't have anything…"

"You don't have anything, like anything at all?" Jonah shook his head and Freddie looked at Jake, he then smiled and looked over at Jonah. "Hey, we'll be your friends, and then you can have some friends to spend time with, that's assuming you have time to spend with us." Jonah grinned and looked at Freddie.

"Really, you mean it? You actually want to be my friend?" Freddie tapped his chin and took a good look at Jonah. His hair was ruffled and his clothes were slightly dirty, they would have to fix that.

"Of course I mean it!" Freddie looked over at Jake and smiled. "What do you think?"

"Yeah, I'm all for it, he seems like a good person," Jake said with a smile. "What could possibly go wrong?" Freddie chuckled and patted Jonah on the back, it seemed like the start of a new friendship. "Yeah Jonah, you, me and Freddie will be like the three musketeers!" Freddie chuckled and nodded his head in response, even though he wasn't sure about that name.

"Yeah, but first things first, we should definitely get you to meet my mom after school!"

"Is she nice?" Jonah asked in a quiet voice. Freddie grinned and nodded his head once more, Jonah smiled at Freddie and looked over at a clock. "I think we should go to class…" Freddie casually glanced at the clock and gasped, they needed to hurry back to class or they'd be marked tardy.

"Yeah, let's go!" Freddie rushed off to the classroom with Jake and Jonah following closely behind, Jonah watched Freddie and smiled.

"He's so cool...Jake seems nice too…I wonder what his family life will be like!"

-NEW SCENE-

"Mom, I'm home!" Freddie called out as he stepped into his home and watched as Mrs. Della Benson walked into the room. She smiled at him and glanced over to see Jake and Jonah walking into the room, she raised her eyebrow as she looked over Jonah. "Oh, this is our new friend, Jonah Brown!"

"I see, and is there some reason he doesn't look well?" Della asked while tapping her chin. "Jonah, do your parents clean you up regularly?" Jonah looked to the ground and Della raised her eyebrow, Freddie decided to speak up at that point.

"He doesn't have a mom or dad, he lives at the orphanage." Della gasped and placed her hand over her mouth, she swiftly ran toward Jonah and took his wrist.

"You don't have any parents, Jonah?" Jonah nodded and Della let out a small sigh. "Jonah, I guess if you're Freddie's friend, I can offer you to visit whenever."

"Really, you mean I can come here whenever I want?" Jonah asked with bright eyes and a wide smile. Della crossed her arms and tilted her head slightly.

"Well obviously not whenever, but just when Freddie or I am around…In fact, think of this place as a second home if you want to do so."

"You mean it? I can really do that?" Della shrugged and smiled softly, she looked over at Freddie who was staring at Jake, Jake was playing a video game on a game console. Jonah looked at the game and smiled, he actually didn't really have a game or a television where he was at, so that was definitely something that intrigued him.

"I see you looking at that game, but first we need to get you cleaned up before you can think of playing." Jonah looked over at Della and sighed, he didn't mind getting cleaned up, he looked like a wreck. "I think I'll let you borrow some of Freddie's clothes, but if you want, you and I can go to the store later and find proper clothes for you…that is, if you don't already have good clothes at the orphanage."

"No, the clothes they have there aren't all that great actually."

"I see, well follow me and I'll run a warm bath for you." Jonah smiled and followed Della out of the room, Freddie grinned at his newfound friend and then quickly hurried over to the game that Jake was playing.

"Dude, I don't think you can beat me," Jake said with a slight laugh. Freddie raised his eyebrow and picked up a controller, he was sure he could beat Jake at the game. "So, you think Jonah's going to be our friend now?"

"Yeah, I like him, I think he's fun to be around." Jake hummed slightly and looked over at Freddie.

"Hey, just a question, but do you ever think about your dad?" Freddie glanced toward the ground and shrugged. His dad was gone, he pretty much left, and he was dead as far as Freddie was concerned.

"I don't know, so let's just play!" Jake smiled and nodded as he continued pressing buttons on the controller.


That's it for the first chapter, they will be older by the second chapter, and so forth. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and hope you'll enjoy the story as it goes.