hay guyzzz

its another MBAV fanfic!:D

i took a request from Rachel and did a Benny/Erica story.

i hope you guys like it, i'm a big fan of Berica also!3

(even though i'm in love with Atticus Dean Mitchell, i'll let Kate Todd of the hook fer nao. ;D)

leave any requests/challenges in the reviews and i'll try my best to get a story for ya.

enjoy,

-TangoMaxx

She Ate My Heart.

It was not a fun week for Benny. Ethan was out on a family road trip to Florida with his family and Sarah was taking a school trip to Spain, leaving him with nothing to do for a whole seven days. School was (more of) a drag, and on Saturday night, he didn't have anyone to go laser-tagging with. He considered making a clone of Ethan with the new clone spell that he learned, but he needed some of Ethan's DNA and he was NOT about to go in Ethan's house and steal his deodorant. Again. That one time in 7th grade was far too traumatizing.
The amateur spellcaster paced back and forth in his room. He pulled out a notepad and a stubby pencil and wrote down his options for who he could hang out with.

Rory? ...yeah I'll pass
the cashier from gamestop... what. he's pretty cool
Erica

Benny thought hard about the last two choices and which of them would be better for his health. He knew that Erica would probably stake herself before hanging out with Benny, but he had always wanted to give it a shot. Besides, they didn't even need to date if she didn't want to. They could just be friends.

He dialed Erica's number and waited.

"Hey, what's up?" Erica's voice answered.

Benny cleared his throat. "Uh, hey Erica. It's me."

She groaned. "Benny? Why are you calling me?"

"I take it you don't have caller ID..." he muttered.

"I only gave you my number for emergencies only."

"I know, I know, but Ethan's on a vacation and Sarah's on a school trip, so I didn't have anyone to hang out with. And I was wondering if you wanted to go to the arcade for some laser tag." He chucked nervously.

"What makes you think I'd want to hang out with the likes of you?" she scoffed.

"Well you're obviously not doing anything right now."

She was silent for a while. "Alright, fine. But just because I'm a nice person and you don't have any friends." She hung up.

Benny smiled. "Alright, see you there."

*at the arcade*

Benny could hardly see Erica in the dark of the arcade, despite all the flashing lights emitting from games. He barely had enough light to see her face.

"Alright dork, what are we gonna do?" Erica sighed, looking around with crossed arms and a sour look on her face.

"Well I was thinking some laser tag, but if you're up for it..." Benny winked jokingly. Erica bared her fangs.

"I'm not here for my own entertainment. Your sob story was the only interesting thing happening at the current time, so don't feel like you're all special." She rolled her eyes.

"Oh, of course," he smiled and gestured to the entrance of the laser tag room. "After you, milady."

The girl at the register handed them two vests and two guns. She recited the rules in a bland tone, indicating she had done this all night.
Benny slipped on his vest and slung the gun over his shoulder to help Erica, who was obviously struggling with this new concept. He taught her how to shoot the gun and the whole game plan he had come up with. "Are you ready?" he smiled at her as they entered the arena. He could tell she was nervous.

"Please, I eat dorks like you for breakfast."

"No kidding."

They ran out into the open, narrowly dodging blasts from enemies' guns. Of course it was easy for Erica, but since Benny had experience in the field, it was no problem for him either.

"Flank left, I'll distract him from the front. When I give you the signal, finish him!" Benny yelled at Erica across the room. She nodded and the play began.

Benny ran screaming at the teenage boy who had been repeatedly attacking them and dodged past his lasers as he swiftly delivered a blow to the chest. "Erica! Now!"

Erica swooped in, shooting at the perpetrator violently, laughing the cruelest laugh Benny had ever heard her laugh. Once it was game over for the other boy, Benny and Erica moved on to more people, hunting them down like pro snipers.

And amidst all the shooting and mist and strobe lights, they had begun to form something. It wasn't a relationship, but it wasn't exactly close enough to be a friendship. They just felt completely in tune with each other as they stalked hopeless victims in the dark.

Suddenly, Benny was on the floor, a throbbing pain in his head. He looked up to see a group of boys, dirty smirks on their faces, with their guns pointed directly at his chest. "Well well well," the tallest one said. "So you're the one who's been taking out our guys. I guess it's time to show you a lesson, eh? Die, mortal!" He was about to pull the trigger when he disappeared. Benny got up as fast as he could, looking around him and swinging his gun around like an idiot. Erica stepped out of the darkness, dragging the boy by his ear.

"Looking for something?" she smiled as she let the boy's ear go. He squealed and ran away, cursing at them.

"You didn't have to do that. I had them under control." he muttered as he dusted himself off.

"Yeah, the way you were nearly crying on the ground, you totally had him on the ropes."

A loud beeping noise indicated closing time. "Alright people, out! Closing time! Dump your vests in the cart and hand the guns to me!" The lady from the register yelled over intercom.

Benny and Erica filed into the line, following orders. Once they were outside, they checked their scores. Number one on the rankings!

Benny jumped up and down, he had never gotten so high of a ranking before! Erica laughed at his stupidity as they walked out of the laser tag room.

"Admit it, you had fun." Benny looked at her.

Erica almost blushed. "Let's just say I've missed being a dork," she looked back at him. "Thanks."

He smiled. "Gotta hand it to me, I'm pretty good when it comes to date locations, eh?"

"Don't push it, geek."

A little boy ran in front of them before they could leave.

"Hey mister! You've got a really pretty girlfriend!" he said to Benny. "You should kiss her!"

Benny turned red as he looked over to Erica. She was even more red.

"No, he's not-"

"Aw, do ya hear that, cutie pie? He thinks you're pretty!" he said loudly as he put his arm around her.

Erica smiled. "How sweet of you!" She wrapped her arms around Benny and planted a big kiss on his cheek.

The little boy giggled and ran away. As soon as he left Erica untangled herself from his grasp.

You could say Benny nearly fainted.

Erica gave him the death stare. "This never happened, and it will never happen again. It was for the kid. If you mention it, I'll have you for dinner."

"Right, for the kid," Benny slurred. "I can always count on you to fulfill little boy's fantasies. Including mine."

Erica rolled her eyes. "Last kiss you'll ever get." she muttered.

"Excuses, Erica, excuses. You can't resist the Benny!"