Sorry for the long wait but I actually have a reason I was in the hospital for a while and I forgot to save the chapter so my mom accidentally deleted the whole thing , but now I´m back and I hope you enjoy this chapter that has helped me with please check out her stories they are awesome.
-Last time on Love never dies:
"She's such a wierdo, screaming like she was going to be murdered in the middle of homeroom. There must be something wrong with that girl." I just thought they were being mean, but I couldn´t help but kinda agree with them something was definitely wrong with Mal, I just didn´t know what.
Ben's pov
We arrived at History and the teacher had yet to come, so I looked around and tried to see where I could sit that was relatively close to the siblings, as they were my only friends so far and all the seats were divided in two (or in the back three). I glanced at the siblings and saw them move to the back. I followed them and saw that Evie and Mal sat down in the seat in front of the three seats, where the male siblings where sitting. I asked them if anybody was sitting next to them and found out no one was. I sat down and looked through my bag for my books. When I found them I sat back up and talked with the siblings for a bit before the teacher came and said that we were doing a group project that would be presented in one to two months. We were allowed to choose our own groups, but we had to draw the subject from a hat. I hesitantly looked at the quartet and asked if I could be in a group with them, they turned to each other for a second before nodding. Carlos then went to the teacher and told him/her who were in his group, drew a subject out of the hat and returned to his seat. Mal looked at him and asked what subject we got. He opened the note and it said 'Criminals: the hero or the villains' "Alright I guess we can work with that" Jay said and the others and I nodded. We had the rest of the lesson to plan the project and we all agreed that we could work on it after school. "Wait. If we are going to work after school, where should we go? My place or yours?" I asked, secretly hoping we would not go to my place, as I don't want dad to scare them away from me. They started mumbling between each other and after a little while, Mal shyly asked "Maybe we could take turns? First your place then ours how does that sound?" I thought about it and I agreed I could just call mom and ask her to keep dad away long enough so we could get to my room. She looked relived for some reason and we sat and just talked until the bell rang for lunch, we all packed our bags and rose from our seats. We walked towards the lunchroom, it had big doors that led outside, and went into the lunch line. We all chose our food, well I had my apple and sandwich so I just chose a drink, and walked outside, to a bench placed under a tree where we sat down and started eating. After she finished, Mal picked up a notepad and started drawing while Evie played with her hair. Jay, Carlos and I just sat and talked. Then they became quiet and I heard someone clearing their throat behind me. I turned around and saw Audrey, an old family friend. I did not really like her because she was so bossy. "Benny boo what are you doing?" She asked. "What does it look like? I'm eating lunch with my friends." She looked at them and scrunched her nose. "I see… Well do you want to hang out after school? I haven't gotten to spend any time with you recently." She batted her eyelashes and pouted "Sorry Audrey, I can't. I'm going to work on a group project with my friends after school. Maybe another time?" She looked at me shocked and just walked away. I breathed out in relief. I really didn't want to hang out with her she was super bossy and always called me stupid nicknames like.. "Benny boo? What the Lucifer is that for nickname?" Jay said and they all started laughing. I felt my cheeks starting to heat up and I looked the other way embarrassed. Then, I felt a hand on my arm and turned to see Mal staring at me. "Are you alright? We didn't mean to upset you, it just sounded funny." How can someone be so sweet? Not just in looks but in personality too. I think I will enjoy being friends with these people. "Yeah! I'm alright just a little embarrassed." I said with a small smile. She smiled back and when the others had calmed down we sat and talked, then I saw Evie slip something to Mal that she quickly put in her bag the bell rang and I checked my schedule. "I have gym now do any of you have it?" Jay and Carlos nodded while Evie and Mal shook their heads. " No, we have music class now, but we have art together later" Evie said. "Oh alright I guess we´ll see you later then?" I said as me and the boys were about to walk away, they nodded and waved goodbye. When we arrived to the locker room we changed clothes and walked out to the field, there the coach/gym teacher had divided the field in two. "We have two sports to choose between today, volleyball or football,I will come and choose team captains and they will divide teams you have one minute to decide what you want to play then we will begin." Me, Jay and Carlos walked over to the football side where they were starting to discuss teams. The coach came over and pointed at Jay and another guy he called … , he had light brown hair and brown eyes, he looked kinda arrogant,( and when he was called by the coach he was flirting with a few girls) Coach just sighed at him and said they were team captains. He and Jay began saying names and the person they called went to their side, Jay quickly called Carlos and me to his team. Then when the last person was selected we began playing.
Mal´s POV
After History ended we went to the cafeteria to get lunch, Ben already had a packed lunch so he just chose a drink. I chose a turkey sandwich, orange juice, strawberries and chocolate. Then we walked outside and sat underneath a tree on a bench, after I ate all my lunch I picked up my notepad and started drawing a picture of me and my siblings, I drew it as if I never was sick and we were all happy and not struggling to pay for my medication. Evie started to braid my hair into a type of crown braid but she allowed some of my hair to fall free so she just braided the top of my head. The guys were talking and laughing, then I saw her…Audrey Charmé, my number one tormentor in school (aside from one other person) I stopped drawing and then Carlos saw her and became quiet and we all just stared at her, Ben looked at us then he turned around when she cleared her throat. "Benny boo what are you doing?" She asked, Ben didn´t see it but she sent me a disgusted look. "What does it look like? I'm eating lunch with my friends." He answered, she looked at us and scrunched her nose. "I see… Well do you want to hang out after school? I haven't gotten to spend any time with you recently." She batted her eyelashes and pouted, thinking she looked so innocent. "Sorry Audrey, I can't. I'm going to work on a group project with my friends after school. Maybe another time?" She looked shocked that someone just had rejected her and just walked away. Ben breathed out in relief. He seemed to be thinking about something when Jay said. "Benny boo? What the Lucifer is that for nickname?" We all started laughing. I saw his cheeks become red and he looked the other way embarrassed. I carefully placed a hand on his arm and he turned to look at me. "Are you alright? We didn't mean to upset you, it just sounded funny." I said with worry clear in my eyes, I didn´t mean to embarrass him we just thought it sounded funny how she called him Benny boo. "Yeah! I'm alright just a little embarrassed." He said with a small smile. I smiled back and when the others had calmed down we sat and talked, then Evie slipped me my pills that I quickly put in my bag so Ben wouldn´t see them and start asking questions, the bell rang and Ben checked his schedule. "I have gym now do any of you have it?" He asked, Jay and Carlos nodded while me and Evie shook our heads. " No, we have music class now, but we have art together later" Evie said. "Oh alright I guess we´ll see you later then?" He said as they were about to walk away, we nodded and waved goodbye. Once the boys were out of sight, I took the bottle packet out of my bag along with a bottle of water. 'Ok you can do this. Just quickly take these stupid pills and be done with it.' My brain told me. I tried to finish it in one go but I just couldn't. The taste was disgusting and left me choking each time. Evie rubbed my back as I tried to catch my breath. I managed to gulp the pills down in two tries. There were just to many that were too big to be done at once. As soon as I was ready, we both got up and made our way to the music room. When we arrived to music we sat down in the back today we were going to begin on something new and I was super excited. Mrs. Jasmine walked inside and the class quieted down. " Alright everyone, today we are starting something new you are going to pick a theme from the bowl and then individually write chords and lyrics that matches the theme you got. We will work on this for three months as it takes time to write and compose and we don´t have so many lessons, form a line and pick a note, say to me what you got and get started. No switching themes understood?" She said in a serious voice. We all nodded or said yes and walked into the line. When it was my turn I got the stupidest theme ever, struggle. How was I supposed to write a song about that? I showed Mrs. Jasmine and she wrote it down. I went back to my seat and started thinking about which instrument I would use, I felt secure with piano and guitar but I think I will chose the piano as I´ve played it longer than the guitar. I turned to Evie "Which instrument are you going to use?" I asked her, " I think I will use a guitar, maybe a violin I´m not sure." I smiled at her then I walked to the front. "Mrs. Jasmine? May I go to the piano room and get started." I asked her, she looked at me and smiled, "Sure honey you can take your sister with you just in case, take your things with you so you don´t have to run back here before the next class." I smiled at her and went to get Evie and my bag. As we went out of the room, I heard whispers. Mrs. Jasmine normally made us leave our bags in the main class if we ever wanted to go to another room to practice to make sure we didn't skip school. The teachers in the school knew about me so they made exceptions but that didn't stop any rumors from spreading. I could swear I heard someone mutter "teacher's pet" as we stepped out the door. I'm pretty sure Evie heard it too as she tensed when I heard it. I just shook my head, telling her to ignore it and we walked towards the piano room just a bit down the hall When we arrived I sat down and warmed up on the piano while Evie started humming and do some homework. After a few minutes, I started playing a song called "Good Enough" by Cimorelli. A Few bars into the song, I started singing along. When I started singing everything else disappeared. I wasn't sick, I wasn't in school I was in my own world…
I don't know why he left but he's been gone for seven months
There's a tension in the air that's not so fun
Mom's been losing weight, I can tell she's not okay
I wonder if it's my fault he went away
I feel like I'm drowning
I feel like I'm broken
I've been ripped down the middle
I am ripped down the middle
My house is a war zone
My life is a battle
And I'm stuck in the middle
I am stuck in the middle
Whatever I did, I would take it all back
I'd circle the world to get back what we had
Tell me what must I do to deserve your love
Is there any way I'll ever be good enough?
Is there any way I'll ever be good enough?
I don't know why he left but I don't think he's coming back
Relationships don't come easy to me
I never learned how to love or how to stay when things get rough
How can you know something you've never seen?
I feel like a hurricane
My heart is breaking
It's been ripped down the middle
I am ripped down the middle
I feel like a lost cause
All I ever do is screw up
Ever since I was little I've been ripped down the middle
Whatever I did, I would take it all back
I'd circle the world to get back what we had
Tell me what must I do to deserve your love
Is there any way I'll ever be good enough?
Is there any way I'll ever be good enough?
I've spent my life trying to hide all of my weakness from everyone
I try so hard to play the part, cover all my scars
But it's never enough
No it's never enough
Whatever I did, I would take it all back
I'd circle the world for you Mom and Dad
Tell me what must I do to deserve your love
Is there any way I'll ever be good enough?
Is there any way I'll ever be good enough?
Is there anything in this world that I could do?
Is there any way I'll ever be
Maybe I'm already
Good enough
I really liked this song most of it kind of represented me and my life, it was almost scary how alike it was in some places. When I finished the last tone I realized that I wasn´t alone anymore. Well Evie was still there but who I saw beside her made me freeze up.