Hey my peeps! This is the second one-shot for Ashleigh and Benny. There's not much to say except the fact that this is after all the craziness of the mirror girl in Chapter 22: Mirror/Rorrim. I hope you like it! ~Enjoy! ;)

Ashleigh's P.O.V

It was the next day after the play. I never knew plays could be that complicated! Seriously, that mirror girl should just move on instead of trying to hurt other people and controlling them like she did with Sunday Clovers and Erica. And the thing that made it even more confusing was all the 'moments' as Sarah would call it that me and Benny had. At one moment we were about to kiss, then he's accusing me of dropping the sandbags and keeping secrets, and then he has his arm around me as if we were a couple. It was so confusing. It still is now. I'm not sure whether I enjoyed it or thought it was just plain out weird.

"Hey Ash," I closed my locker door to see Benny leaning up against the lockers with his goofy smile on his face.

"Hey magic boy," I said, using my nickname for him. His smile just grew wider. "Yesterday was so crazy! I'm never doing plays again."

"Yea, but you wanted to watch me remember?" I just rolled my eyes and began walking down the hall. He quickly caught up with me. "But there were some parts of it that I enjoyed." He whispered into my ear. I decided to tease him.

"Oh, so you liked fighting with me?" I said with a playful glare.

"No, I hated it and you know that!" He gave me a 'sorry' look.

"I told you it's okay Benny!" I tried to persuade him. Actually his words still stung in my mind. He said that it was stupid that I kept my secret of becoming a fledgling and that I was scared and weak. I hated the thought of being weak because it made me feel vulnerable. And weak and vulnerable is exactly how I felt when Benny was about to kiss me yesterday. I still don't understand how he does that.

"Ashleigh!" I snapped back to reality when Benny called out my name loudly.

"Huh, what?" I let out. I mentally face-palmed. Now he's going to go all 'sorry that I yelled at you yesterday' again.

"You okay?" He asked and coming closer to me. I could feel my stomach doing somersaults. How does he do this to me? Benny came even closer to me and held my arms above the elbows. "Ashleigh, are you okay?" He asked in a soft voice. My face began heating up at how close he was.

"I…uh…got to go!" I said and sped away as quickly as I could. I skidded to a stop right by Sarah's locker.

"Hey Ash," She said simply as she continued getting books out of her locker.

"Sarah, I need your help. I don't know what's wrong with me." I begged her. She closed her locker and turned in my direction, gesturing for me to go one. "Okay, well I get weird feelings in my stomach when I'm near Benny, I blush when he touches me, and he always makes me feel weak and vulnerable, and you know how much I hate feeling weak and vulnerable!" I waited for Sarah to tell me that nothing was wrong with me. That it's just my crazy imagination. But no, she did the complete opposite. Sarah let out a squeal and smiled at me.

"You like Benny!" She squealed.

"Wait what? No that can't be true!" I said.

"Well, it kind of is." Sarah told me. I let out a groan and hit my head against the lockers.

"I can't believe I almost kissed him yesterday."

"How come I always miss out on you and Benny's moments?" Sarah complained. "You guys would make a cute couple!"

"Nothing is going on between us." I said.

"Oh puh-lease. Oh look, it's your boyfriend and Ethan right over there!" She said and called them over. The two boys walked over and looked at me questioningly.

"Uh…Ash…what are you doing?" Ethan asked.

"Nothing!" I groaned.

"So Benny, are you every going to-"Knowing what Sarah was going to say, I quickly put my hand over her mouth. I could feel my cheeks heating up in embarrassment.

"Going to what?" Benny asked with his eyebrows raised.

"Nothing!" I squeaked out.

"Seriously, enough with the secret keeping Ashleigh." Benny complained. I sent him a glare and walked away. I knew he'd bring that up again but I didn't think he would now.

"Ashleigh?" Benny said, trying to get my attention but I ignored him. If he doesn't respect my privacy then why should I have any respect for him? I'm not going to tell him what Sarah said. And after a while of thinking I realized that I actually might like Benny.

"Ash?" He tried again. "Come on Ash please?" Benny would definitely win for the most annoying person award.

"Ashleigh?" That's it.

"Go bother someone else, go away, Benny!" I snapped at him. Benny let out a deep sigh and grabbed my wrist in a firm grip. I know this sounds cheesy but I felt sparks go up my arm. Benny led me to that control room. The one we were in when we had our fight yesterday. The room's walls were sound proof so I understand why he brought me here again.

"Okay, why are you angry at me again?" Benny asked. I just continued to ignore and looked at my nails. Benny lifted my chin up. "I'm sorry if this is about the whole secret thing, Ash. It's just that I'm worried about you. If there is something wrong that could put you or anyone else in danger then I want to know. I want to be able to protect you Ashleigh. That's why I got angry that you didn't tell me Jesse was back before that dance." I closed my eyes before opening them again.

"I wanted to tell you but Jesse threatened to hurt…you. I was trying to protect you at that time." I explained. Benny smiled and chuckled.

"Well at least we got each other's backs." He said. "I'm there for you if you need me, okay?" I nodded.

"Well, I ran away from you earlier because I was confused with my emotions. I went to Sarah and she made me realize that…" I mumbled the 'I like you' part so it was practically inaudible.

"What was that?" He asked me, coming closer.

"I like you…" I said, still quiet.

"I'm sorry but I can't hear you." Benny said when he was leaning even closer to me. Now he was just playing around with me.

"That I like you!" I repeated, loudly this time. Benny smirked at me as I covered my mouth with my hand.

"Well, Ashleigh, it just so happens…" He paused wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer. My arms snaked around his neck on instinct. "That I like you, too." I smiled and our eyes connected. Just like yesterday, I just fell under the spell of Benny's eyes. This is really happening. And this time there are no interruptions. Benny and I both leaned in until our lips met in a passionate kiss. All of those days of teasing each other or flirting and mixed emotions poured into that one kissed. Everything just felt right…it felt perfect. We pulled apart and smiled.

"You don't know how long I've been waiting to do that." He said.

"You are so cute in that geeky kind of way." I giggled. Benny looked at his watch.

"We still have time to spare before the bell rings so do you want to leave or stay here and…you know…" Benny asked me. I could tell he would much rather stay here and kiss me. But it is so much fun teasing him.

"Okay." I said and gave him a peck on the lips before walking toward the door. I looked back at him while walking to see his face full of confusion and disappointment. Then Benny noticed the smirk I was struggling to hide.

"Come here you little sneak." Benny said with a smile. He grabbed my wrist and spun me around with his arms wrapped around my waist. He placed his lips on mine again as I wrapped my arms around his neck. And I mean it when I say this but this is the perfect way to end a love story. Or at least end my love story.

And that's the end of the second one-shot between Ashleigh and Benny! I hope you liked it. Peace out my peeps! ~Anyways, R&R! ;)

~Mothflight13~