SUNSHINE POV
Benny had been gone for hours, and the sun was now setting. I barely knew the town anyways and I had gotten lost twice while looking for him, I had gone to the ball diamond asking if they had seen him run by but that only got me some very dry and rude comments back.
I assumed that Benny hadn't been found, his car which was parked on another street had been moved and a large part of me was sure that he had taken off.
I was glad, the police seemed uninterested in the case, but that didn't mean they weren't going to look for him, Benny needed to leave Florida.
Clara's car wasn't in the driveway but she was actually gone when I had gotten home, where she went I was unsure but I didn't really care.
For a fleeting moment I panicked and thought she had gone to the police station because they had found Benny but I quickly forgot about it when I saw Benny sitting on the couch in my living room.
"Jesus Benny." I sighed hugging him tightly. "I thought you left, or they might have found you."
"Nah, I just drove out of town for a few hours."
I hugged him tightly once more, the daylights had been scared out of me when I saw those police officers and I hadn't actually believed he was okay until he was in my arms. I pulled away holding him at arms length and sighed. "You have to go."
Pain was evident in his eyes but he nodded. "I know." His hand brushed my hair behind my ear in a tender gesture. "I just can't believe I have to leave you again."
"I wish I could go with you."
He kissed me then, this kiss was filled with grief and. . . .Lust. He was demanding, he was strong and powerful, claiming my lips as his and only his again and again.
Hands strong on my back he held me flush to his strong hard body, his hands travelled up my sides ghosting over the sides of my breasts and up to my neck.
At length he pulled away, a shaky breath leaving his lips, the wrapped around me picking me up so my legs wrapped around his waist, carrying me up to the bedroom. There was a raw need in
his eyes, but there was also a question in there as well.
His hand reached down to mine, interlocking our fingers together he let his thoughts pour all over his face.
Biting my lip I nodded, and Benny kissed me again, his arms pulled me up wrapping my legs around his waist, as he carried me to the bedroom.
We laid together, a tangled mess of sheets and limbs. It had been painful and messy and uncoordinated, but it had been passionate, perfect and I had to admit, a lot of fun.
"My mom always told me to wait till marriage. . . I don't really remember why." Benny teased admiring our hands locked together. I laughed and shifted to fully face him.
"I love you."
"I love you too." He whispered kissing me softly. "I really don't want to have to leave now."
"Was this the perfect scenario you were picturing in your head?" Benny smiled and shook his head.
"No, but I'm not complaining."
"Me neither."
In way everything had changed, Benny and I had always been together in our hearts and souls, but now we were connected with our bodies. I felt an even stronger connection with him that I didn't feel was even possible.
However, at the same time nothing had changed, he was still Benny, I was still Toni and we were still in a pretty messed up situation. Benny was going to go home and I was going to stay here until my birthday and then we would be together.
"Are you okay?" I hadn't noticed that I had been staring at the ceiling for probably a few minutes.
I looked at his far too handsome face and forced a smile, "Yeah, just thinking."
"About?" He pressed, propping up on one elbow.
"Just how different things are going to be when I get back, you know?"
"Nothing's gonna change."
"The sandlot team will be all but gone, I think you, myself and Ham might be the only ones sticking around."
"They'll come back, and in the meantime we can still play ball, at least you'll be home." I smiled at him and nodded, I just wish it wasn't going to take so long. Benny played with my fingers,
his mind was obviously as distant as mine was and he was just as broken up about the situation as I was. "I should probably go."
"No." He laughed at my childish tone and pulled me into a kiss.
"I hope you don't think I'm fucking and running." He teased kissing my nose. "But I don't want Clara to come home and find me."
"I know." And I really did understand why he had to go, I just really didn't want him to. With one more kiss he was up and attempting to get dressed.
There was no denying how hot Benny was, part of me almost felt bad for not allowing the girls to even have a chance with Benny. We met when we were just becoming interested in girls and boys and we had been together since. I never had eyes for another boy, and the only other boy I had kissed was Phillips but that was always against my will.
Benny never seemed to care for other girls either, something that baffled me, there were many girls interested in him and made it blatantly obvious at school. The reason it baffled me was because I could have very easily became his friend rather than his girlfriend, at the age of twelve it was surprising that he didn't like more girly girls like Yeah yeah.
I watched him dress, hard muscles working to put on his clothing and I blushed thinking about how those muscles had worked on me.
I swung myself off the bed and began to dress myself, my legs wobbled and I had to grasp my desk for balance.
"Whoa, I didn't hurt you did I?" Benny asked coming up behind me.
I shook my head laughing. "No Benny, I know I told you it hurt at first but I'm fine. You didn't hurt me, quite the opposite actually."
That stupid sly grin popped up on his face again. "I healed you?"
"Shut up you know what I meant." Ignoring the bra I slid my shirt on quickly along with my jeans. I felt Benny's arms wrap around me from behind.
"I love you. I don't want to go."
"I know." I turned in his arms to give him a quick kiss, I glanced at the clock on the wall and eyes widened and quickly pulled away from him. "Is that the time?"
It was eight o'clock, Clara was MIA these days but she always came home around this time of night. "You gotta go, now."
"Okay." He nodded but his face showed that it was the last thing on earth he wanted to do. We walked together to his truck down the street, he hopped into the truck the window rolled down he looked at me. "I really wish you were coming with me."
"I do to, say hi to the guys for me." I told him.
"You can do it yourself, believe me they're all dying to talk to you. Though I do think, that they think I'm coming back with you."
It broke my heart, leaving Benny was hard but it was just as hard to leave all seven of my best friends behind. "I love you Benny. See you soon?"
"I love you too." His lips captured mine in another kiss.
It wasn't as hard this time, we had the chance to say goodbye, and there was a promise made that we were going to be together again. Knowing that could get me through until my birthday but
it still wasn't an easy goodbye.
Something felt different this time when we parted, we weren't broken, we were untied, we were a lot stronger than Clara or this messed up situation.
But I still couldn't believe that I was watching him fade into the distance for the second time.
Authors Note: I apologize sincerely if this wasn't the heated and passionate moment that you were expecting. But there's a reason for that, with the future events to come the fact that their first time felt almost casual will bring more dimension to the story. I promos that there are more heated moments to come, but you need to remember that I wrote Benny and Sunshine's relationship over the course of 5 years for a reason. I wanted them to be connected emotionally before they were together physically.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter, things are gonna get dramatic soon. Happy reading!