A/N: I felt bad about the last chapter, so I decided to something I hope will make up for it. In this chapter, Benji is finally going to be introduced. I was going to wait a few more chapters, but I decided to go ahead and do it. I hope you guys enjoy 'Teen Years' chapter five!

Victor always hated being in the apartment by himself when it was dark out. He was used to being by himself for a few hours while he waited for his dads to get off work, but when it was dark out the silence was suffocating. Bram had already left for work, and Simon was still going to be in the hospital till the next day's afternoon.

After he ate breakfast, the silence and darkness had become too much. So he sent Felix a text, saying he would pick him up from his apartment today. There was a bus going to his end of town that was leaving in ten minutes. He had learned from Felix that the commute to school from his place was half an hour, so he had to get to his apartment early.

He walked to the bus station and waited for his bus to arrive. The bus arrived about ten minutes later. He showed the driver his ticket and then sat down near the front of the bus. A man sat beside him right before the bus left.

Once the bus arrived at his stop, he walked off the bus groggily. He didn't sleep well the last night because of the events of the previous day. He slowly made his way to the elevator and clicked the button for Felix's floor. He had only seen the outside of his apartment once, but he remembered it well.

Victor knocked on the door. Felix opened the door, but only enough were Victor could only see Felix. "Vic, what are you doing here?" Felix asked. "I was about to head to your place so we can ride to school together."

"I decided I'd come to pick you up for a change," Victor said. "My dads aren't in the apartment this morning, and I got lonely. Are you almost ready?"

"Yeah, just let me grab my bag," Felix said. He shut the door and Victor waited for him. Once he had his bookbag, they started to head out of the building. "Why didn't you respond to my texts yesterday? Me, Mia, and Lake went to that Brasstown Coffee Shop and played Among Us."

"I'm sorry for not responding to your texts," Victor apologized. "Yesterday was pretty hectic for me."

"What happened?" Felix asked. A part of Victor wanted to air out all of his problems to Felix. It would be nice to have a shoulder to lean on and get a classic Felix Weston hug. On the other hand, but he didn't want to worry Felix with his problems.

"I'm not ready to talk about it," Victor said, before biting the inside of his cheek. They then climbed aboard the school bus and sat near the back. The sun was about halfway up by this point.

"I heard a new boy is transferring to our school today," Felix said.

"Is it really a new kid if it's the second day of school?" Victor asked

"Yeah, but my uncle works for the school," Felix explained. "He was enrolled only yesterday."

Victor nods and leans his head against the window. The bus starts to move as Victor drifts off into slumber.

Felix saw the new boy for the first time during lunch. He was sitting with Derek, a junior who was known for being kinda a douche. "That's Benjamin Campbell," Felix whispered. "But he's telling everyone to call him Benji."

Victor nods and decides to introduce himself. He walks over, but when he's in front of him, he becomes tongue twisted. "Can I help you?" Benji said.

"I just wanted to say welcome to the school, and I'm Victor Spier," he said. He then quickly walked back over to his table.