A Bully for Nellie

Hello fellow fanfictioners and crazy people everywhere, I am NelliethePieAngel and IIII… am a hamburger, I better face up to the facts. I'm a hamburger, yes I am. Okay, not really. That's actually the beginning of a funny song that I love called "You're A Hamburger" by The Vestibules. I am The Queen of Craziness though; my friend Katie dubbed me with that name as I did with her name, The Queen of Darkness. So, enough randomblabberingpickles, business now. I am here with chapter 7. I have not forgotten about the other story as I always say, I just have a HORRIBLE case of writers block with that story. So I'm giving more attention to this story. So, on we go.

A now 16 year old Nellie Black was busy enjoying a sunny and warm day at the park with Benjamin, who over the years since they'd met had become the closest of friends. She climbed a tall tree and sat down on a strong and sturdy branch. "Come on up Ben, the views amazing!" Ben looked up at her and shook his head quickly. "Awww, what's wong Benny. Is lil Benny Barker afwaid of the big scawy twee?" Benjamin sneered at her and ran for the tree. He grabbed hold of each branch her could find until he finally reached Nellie. "See Ben, it's not scary at all."

Ben nodded, "I know that Nell, I just… I didn't want to get hurt if I tried and fell." Nellie chuckled and looked at him with a face of disbelief. After sitting there and spying on everyone in the park for a while they decided to give up on that and try to swing area. They raced to the swings and began going back and forth, higher and higher. Until finally, Nellie made another move that made Benjamin freak out. Benjamin was so caught up in swinging; he forgot that Nellie was with him until her saw that the swing next to him was empty. "Nellie, Nellie where are you?"

He looked down to see Nellie holding onto the post that was supporting part of the swing set. "Jeez Ben, you scare much too easily. You try it now, just get as high as you can, then push yourself off and jump. Don't worry, you'll land on your feet, I promise." He did as she said and it ended as she said. The sun was beginning to set and Ben saw Nellie frown. "Don't worry Nell; we can come back here tomorrow." Nellie smiled and they walked off towards home.

The next day was just as beautiful as the one before, so once again, the two of them found themselves at the park. They were running around doing basically nothing specific when Nellie suddenly ran into a figure that had his back to her. Benjamin turned around at the sound of her falling and clenched his teeth. Unfortunately, the person Nellie had just run into also just happened to be one of the most horrible boys to live on Fleet Street. He teased and chased the younger children (and not in any fun way), he taunted girls of any age. He pushed, he shoved, and he did pretty much anything a normal bully would do. He even stole all of the goodies any of the younger boys and girls had on them, even if he didn't like it. And by looking at not only how tall he was but how round he was, there was no wonder why the neighborhood kids called him "Big Al" behind his back. Then simply called him Albert to his face." Nellie was stunned, she'd seen tall people of course, her father was one. This boy seemed to have the shape body of the lowest part of a snowman's body. Benjamin came over and helped Nellie to her feet. "Albert, come on. She didn't mean to. We were running and she just wasn't looking."

Big Al turned to him. "Well maybe she should've been looking." Then he looked at Nellie and spat particles of both food and spit as he said "Watch it next time." Then as they were turning away from him he called out. "Wait, I know you Barker. Who are you though, besides the girl who ran into me and could've made me choke on my candy bar?"

Nellie just stared at him than began to speak. "Nellie Black, nice to uh, meet you. I'm sorry that I ran into you like that."

Albert nodded and said "Albert Lovett, not so nice for me. Hey wait, I think my parents are friends with your parents. I heard about you, you're that orphan girl the Blacks adopted." Nellie smiled and nodded. "Yeah, they're nice people. They have to be in order to have adopted some ugly orphan girl who runs into people." Ben tried to intervene but Albert pushed him away. "He, can't you see I'm talking to someone here Barker? So, I heard why you're an orphan. Mummy didn't want you huh? You don't even know who your dad is, and mum abandoned you to look for him. You were unwanted, no one loved you and no one does now because you're an ugly, filthy ORPHAN!"

Ben pushed Albert to the ground. "Stop that Albert, she's not ugly and she's not filthy. And I know that Mr. and Mrs. Black care for her a lot, they're really nice, you said so herself. They do care about and love her, so what right do you bloody have to say that? What do you know?" Albert made a low growling sound like a dog ready to attack and grabbing hold of Ben's ankles, pulled him to the ground. Nellie gasped and went to help her best friend up, but Big Al got to her fist and pushed her to the grassy ground. He smirked, walked a bit and bent down to grab some dirt that some kid had used to build an ant hill. He turned to Nellie and drew his arm back, Nellie hid her face and rolled out of the way, making the dirt just barely miss her. She got up and helped Ben up as well, then they ran off as Albert ran after them screaming "Yeah, run! Run you ugly, unwanted orphan!"

During the walk home Nellie began to feel the urge to cry. "He's right, she didn't love me. I mean, she did for those years and then, she just went after 'im. Big Al's right Ben, I am an unwanted ugly orphan."

Ben shook his head. "Maybe she did that to find him and convince him to come back, maybe she wanted him to see you. I'm sure she loved you, even though I wasn't there. You can't be unwanted, because if you were then you would still be at the workhouse. And The Black's wouldn't adopt a child if they weren't going to love them. He reached into his pocket and gave her a handkerchief to wipe her eyes with. "My mom gave it to me, makes me wash my face with it before I come in the house. She doesn't like messes. I didn't get too dirty today though, so it's all clean." Nellie giggled and wiped her eyes. "Ummm, and, you're not ugly. He kept saying that you were. Uhh, but you're not." He looked to the side that she wasn't on and said quietly "Actually, you're, you're rather p-p-p-…"

"Pretty?" Benjamin turned to look at her and saw a small blush appear on her. They both ignored the awkward moment and continued to walk home very quietly.

So there you have it folks, chapter 7. So, what do you think? Good? Bad? Magenta? What do you think of Albert so far? I think he's a jerk and he should be dipped in wax like Vincent Malloy's aunt. And what of Nellie and Benjamin, maybe a teenage crush starting up there for both of them? Amelia-Actually, I just noticed something at the end of the chapter there. Let's just hope that Lucy's not a corpse. Me: Uh, yeah. Let's hope not. *Note to audience only.* Bad joke. So that's about it for this. And now on a side note, I'd like to make a torturous scream out. HAPPY HALLOWEEN, hope it's hauntingly and horrifically happy! =}D What are everyone's plans? I'm going to a haunted hayride and haunted houses attraction tonight and going to the mall for some candy the stores are giving out. Then going to do some trick-or-treating with my friend Amelia, yes we still do it. Forget about the Klondike bar, what would you do for some free candy? What are you all costuming as; leave your answers in your reviews. As you know, I'm Lizzie Borden and she is being a zombie Geisha. So remember, reviews are admired and loved, and well as demanded. Or I'll send my Zobknats out to get the reviews for me, if you know what I mean! Har har har. This is Lizzie Borden, I mean, NelliethePieAngel signing off. P.S. I think Amelia's getting too obsessed with me being Lizzie for Halloween; she actually called me Lizzie last night. And I wasn't wearing my costume. XD