At breakfast the next day, Sue was eating her food in her room, while Reed was sitting at the counter. Johnny looked at him once he got out of his room and a smile tugged at his face. He looked at Ben's door, which was still closed.
"Hey, Reed!" Johnny greeted happily, sitting down in the stool next to Reed's. Reed looked at Johnny with a raised eyebrow.
"Why are you so happy today?" Reed asked, getting back to watching the TV. Johnny shrugged happily.
"I don't know," Johnny answered, also looking at the TV. Then he looked at Reed and said, "Why shouldn't I be?"
"...I don't know." Reed looked at him confusedly, taking his eyes off of the TV. Then he peered over at Sue's door, which was still closed, and moaned in frustration.
"What? What is it?" Johnny asked hurriedly, turning around quickly. A little bit too quickly, because he ended up falling off the chair and landing on the ground with a thud. Reed looked at him for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Ouch," Johnny said, resting on his elbows. He looked up at Reed and frowned. "Shut up. T-That was an accident."
"A stupid mistake, more like it," a voice mumbled. Johnny turned around to find Ben peering at him, his arms crossed and a frown planted on his face. Reed looked at Johnny, then at Ben, then stared back at the TV and shook his head.
"What are you doing here?" Johnny asked in a quiet, yet hushed tone to Ben. Ben looked bewildered.
"ME? I live here, too, you know!" Ben cried loudly, causing Reed to jump.
"Ah, you guys, I'll, uh, eat in my room," Reed said, jumping off the stool. "Well, actually, never mind. I'll just... go in my room."
After Reed disappeared inside his room, Johnny asked, "What are you doing?" Ben looked shocked for a moment, then shook his head frustratedly, knowing that he shouldn't even answer that question.
"What am I doing? Johnny, what are you doing?" Ben asked. Then a smile crept on his face. "NO. Oh my... You are not doing what I think you're doing, right? No, wait. Yes you are! You little snitch!"
"Hey, if I wanna win, then I'll do whatever I can to win," Johnny said, trying to hide his nervousness in a brave tone. He scrambled to one side of the counter nervously, while Ben was on the other side, gripping the edges.
"You're trying to get Reed to change his mind aren't you?" Ben asked, frowning. "Then after you do that, you'll go to Sue, your own sister!"
"...Maybe," Johnny said, after a pause. "But hey, Wide Load, it's not my fault I can be sneaky sometimes! Have you looked in a mirror lately? Maybe it never occured to you that I can be a snitch when I want to, and you can't!"
"That's it," Ben said in a lone and angry tone.
"C'mon, Big Guy," Johnny teased, nodding his head towards Ben. "You're pretty damn big, so you could just rip through this freaking counter if you want to. Why not?"
"Because," Ben said, gripping the edges tighter. He knew that Johnny was trying to lure him to his level of stupidness. "I'm not going to fall for your stupid pranks, jokes, and teasing. So you might as well quit."
"Chicken," Johnny said, scoffing. He got out from behind the counter and started to walk to his room. Ben rolled his eyes.
"You can be embarassing sometimes," Ben said, smirking. "No, wait, never mind. What am I saying? You're ALWAYS embarrasing."
"Heck, say that in the mirror, then you WOULDN'T be lying," Johnny said, glaring at Ben. "That is, if you could hear yourself. I mean, your ears are, like, under all that rock or something!"
"Shut. Up," Ben growled.
"Whoa, looks like someone made the Big Bad Wolf - Rock - angry," Johnny said, shaking his head.
"Hey-," Ben started to say, but got interrupted when Sue opened her door and stepped out. She looked around angrily for Reed, then had a look of satisfaction when she noticed he wasn't there. Ben looked at Johnny with a determined expression, and Johnny returned it with a look of confusion.
"Hey, uh, Sue," Ben said. "What are you looking for?"
"Or who?" Johnny asked, jumping in. Sue shot him a cold glare. "What did I do? Jeez."
"Shut up," Ben mumbled to Johnny, not bothering to look at him. Johnny eyed Ben in disbelief.
"Hey! I could tell you the same thing!" Johnny cried back. Then he covered his mouth and started to walk slowly to his room once Sue looked over at him with a confused face. Johnny smiled back at her sheepishly, and she shook her head and turned back around. He ran to his room and slammed it behind him. Ben rolled his eyes and realized he had to do a lot better to win that bet.
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"Yeah, I guess you are right, Ben," Sue said, smiling. "I guess I got off on the wrong start today, huh?"
"Yeah," Ben said, chuckling. Sue nodded knowingly and stood up to go to her room, after saying a quick 'thanks'. Ben looked over at Johnny, and flashed him a grin. Johnny scowled angrily and slowly closed his door.
