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Benjamin Masters
Chapter Six
The Necklace
Ben moved his breakfast and put his head on the table then groaned.
"What's up, my friend?" Derek asked sitting down in front of him.
"You're my friend?" Ben asked glaring at him.
"You Ok?" Derek asked ignoring his statement.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Ben sighed.
Then Ben looked around.
"Where are the girls?" Ben asked.
"I don't know, I guess they're still in their room. I called Stacy this morning, and she didn't pick up, maybe they didn't get much sleep." Derek answered.
Ben sighed and hit his head on the table.
"You want to talk about it?" Derek asked.
"Not to you." Ben snapped.
"Well then... I'm getting a roommate." Derek said.
"Do you know who it is?" Ben asked.
"I think he's name's Foley..." Derek mumbled thinking.
Ben started laughing.
"What's so funny?"
"...I don't think I should tell you." Ben answered after he stopped.
Derek glared at him.
"So when's he moving in?" Ben asked changing the subject somewhat.
"Later today."
"Good luck." Ben said standing up.
"Why say that?" Derek asked him.
"You're going to need it." He said before walking away.
Ben walked to Stacy and Sam's room.
"Heya, Ben." Stacy said when he opened the door.
"How do you always know when it's me?" Ben asked.
"Cause you're the only one who opens the door quietly." She answered turning her computer off.
"Did you just wake up? Derek said he called you earlier, but you didn't answer." Ben asked sitting down on Stacy's bed.
"I just didn't feel like talking to him. Don't tell him that though, ok?" Stacy said.
"Scout's honor." Ben answered.
"You were a Boy Scout?" Stacy asked surprised.
"Heck no, it's just an expression." Ben answered.
"So, where is Sam?" Ben asked.
"She went to help her friend Tucker move in." Stacy answered.
Ben started laughing again.
"What's funny?" Stacy asked.
"Tucker's moving into Derek's room."
"Seriously?" Stacy asked starting to laugh.
Ben nodded.
"That's not good..." Stacy said.
"I'm bored." Ben said lying down.
"Then go to class." Stacy said staring at him.
"I don't have any classes right now." Ben said sighing.
Stacy looked at Ben. It looked like he was starting to sink through her bed.
"Ben! You're sinking!" She exclaimed grabbing his arm and pulling him up.
"That hasn't happened in a while." Ben said standing up.
"What in the Hell made you do that?" Stacy asked.
"I ran out of medicine, and I'm not used to having my powers back. I can control the occasional outbreaks of ghostliness pretty well, but sometimes I can't." Ben explained.
"Well, when are you going to be able to get some more?" Stacy said.
"It's gonna be a few days." Ben said rubbing the back of his head.
"What about Sam?" Stacy asked.
"What about me what?" Sam asked from the doorway.
Ben eyes went wide then he turned to Sam. She laughed.
"Don't worry, whatever you were talking about is still a secret, I just got here." She said.
Ben sighed with relief.
"But seriously... What about me?" Sam asked.
"It's nothing." Stacy answered.
"So, is Tucker moved in?" Ben asked trying to get Sam off subject.
"Yeah, he's even starting classes today." Sam said giving up on her question.
"What's his first class?" Stacy asked.
"I think it's athletics..." Sam answered.
"Oh, great!" Ben said sarcastically.
"I thought you already had that class." Sam said.
"Vlad made him get two of them, he didn't think he was "strong" enough." Stacy said laughing.
"And of course, my mom agreed." Ben grumbled.
"Why do you hate Tucker so much?" Sam asked.
"I don't hate him, I just don't like him... at all." Ben answered.
"You'd like him better if you just gave him a chance."Sam said.
"I doubt it, he keeps on giving me strange looks." Ben said.
"Well maybe you should talk to him about it, tell him it bothers you?" Sam suggested.
Ben sighed then looked at his watch.
"Well, it's athletics time." He said going over to the door.
He tried to open the door, but his hand went straight through the knob.
"Heh, heh... yeah..." he said quietly trying to open it again. This time it worked and he opened the door.
"Later, Ladies!" He said waving behind him.
"What is this a repeat of the 9th grade?" Ben groaned looking at his hand.
Then he got to the gym and walked into the boy's locker room.
Tucker was by his locker.
"Of course he got the locker next to mine. How delightful." He said walking over to Tucker.
Ben sighed as he laid his head on his locker.
"If you start looking at me again, I swear, I'm going to punch you in the face." Ben said.
'That can't be Danny... Even though he does act a lot like him sometimes, well at least Sam thinks he does, but there's no way... Sam just be in one of her "Danny" ruts again...' Tucker thought as he watched Ben get his shoes out of his locker, sit down on the bench, and put them on.
"Dude! What the Hell!" Ben shouted.
"I can look where ever I want." Tucker snapped.
Ben walked over to Tucker and grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him up of the ground. Unlike Ben who had grown a lot since high school, Tucker didn't seem to have grown at all.
"Not at me!" He said glaring at him.
"Dude! Put me down!" Tucker said kicking Ben in the leg.
Ben dropped Tucker and while he wasn't expecting it, Tucker punched him in the stomach.
Ben held his stomach for a few seconds, then looked up at Tucker.
'I can't hurt him too bad... He used to be my best friend...' He thought.
Ben glared at Tucker. Then he punched him in the jaw.
Tucker stepped back, then sooner than expected he kicked Ben in the stomach.
"I'm not going to let my ass get kicked by you." Ben said punching Tucker in the chest.
Tucker grabbed Ben by the shirt and pulled him over to the left making him fall.
Ben looked down.
"You ripped my favorite shirt!" He said before kicking Tucker from the ground.
Tucker fell back and didn't move.
"Wait a minute..." Ben said quietly feeling around his neck.
His eyes went wide as he realized that his necklace wasn't there.
"Where is it!" He screamed.
He started looking for it...
Then he found it...
Where did he find it?
...Tucker was holding it.
"What is this?" Tucker asked looking at it.
"...This is the DP symbol Sam designed..." Tucker said quietly.
Tucker looked at Ben.
"Danny?"
Ben looked at the ground.
"You were here the whole time..." He spat out.
Ben didn't say anything.
"You were here the whole time and Sam didn't know!" Tucker yelled.
Again Ben didn't answer.
"Do you have any idea how bad the Hell you put Sam through is!" Tucker continued.
Ben didn't answer.
"She loved you, man! Do you have any heart left!" Tucker yelled.
Tucker looked at the boy, he hadn't said anything the entire time.
'Is he crying?' He thought.
"I'm telling Sam. I can't let you keep on doing this." Tucker said clutching the necklace and putting it into his pocket.
"Tuck! No! Please!" Ben screamed scrambling up from his sitting position.
Tucker saw that tears were running down his face.
"Give me a good reason why I shouldn't." Tucker said glaring at him.
Ben grabbed Tucker's shirt.
"Don't...please..." He cried.
"You're not going to. And she has to know, 'Ben'." Tucker spat.
Ben let go of Tucker's shirt and Tucker left the room.
"No." Ben sobbed sitting down on the bench with his face in his hands.
He lookedwith sadnessat the gold ring on his finger.
"...Sam."
End Chapter Six
This chapter was hard to write, hopefully, it ended up ok. It was so annoying, because I had finally finished it and our power went off for a few seconds and I hadn't saved it since Ben/Danny had gotten to Sam and Stacy's room. -cries- my fingers hurt... The part at the end with Tucker and Ben/Danny is a bit shorter and less heartfelt than it was the first time, and for that I'm sorry.
You know? I was looking back and... This story is nothing like the summary... whoops... Sorry...
Thanks for reading!
-MattsLittleSister