I know present to you the first official chapter of Polar Opposites. Just a little note that any horizontal lines indicate a transition to a new scene/setting. Hope you enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I own my OC Ben Ferris. All other characters from LiS belong to DONTNOD Entertainment.
Chapter 1: First Night on Campus
"Ben!" Someone shouted on the other side of Ben's door followed by a series of loud knocks.
Ben had been disturbed from his peaceful slumber. His room was pitch black and he had no idea who was calling his name. He checked for the time on his phone he placed right next to him while he slept. It was 8:42 PM. Did he really just sleep for nearly five hours?
Ben once again heard the shouting voice calling him and he was more awake to recognize it as Zach's.
"It's open." Ben replied in a groggy voice.
"You better not be whackin off in there dude." Zach said jokingly as he slowly opened the door to Ben's room. He then flicked the light switch on to rid the room of darkness.
"Are you sleeping? This early on a Friday night?" Zach asked
"I was just getting up anyway since I had you as my alarm." Ben told his new co-captain sarcastically.
"Well then get dressed so we can split man. We've got some serious hell to raise tonight." Zach urged him.
"Oh, that's right. Do you even know where this Helix Club Party is anyway?" Ben asked.
"Vortex Club." Zach corrected him "And yeah, this chick named Juliet just messaged me the location." He said as he reassured Ben.
"Well, let's not waste any time then." said Ben as he changed into one of his V-neck t-shirts.
As the two left Ben's room and exited the boy's dorm building, they were reunited with several more members of the Bigfoots and began to make their way over to the party.
Once they finally got there, Ben was starting to wonder if they would even get in with a squad of all dudes and not one single girl. He had been to plenty of parties from when he attended his old high school before coming to Blackwell, so he knew the only way to get in was if you had an even girl to guy ratio.
"So you actually think we'll get in?" Ben brought up. He wasn't sure which one he was more concerned about: getting in, or the fact that this party was being held at the school's swimming pool of all places.
"Just relax bro." Said Logan Robertson, another player on the team, to Ben. "All we just have to do is say that were friends with Nathan." He mentioned
Ben was first in line out of all of his teammates and first to see if what Logan said would work. He stepped up and made eye contact with the guy standing at the door, who was probably five feet and three inches tall and looked nothing like a bouncer. Ben could easily push the guy aside if he wanted to.
"We're friends with Nathan." He said confidently. After all, the worst that could happen was if the guy didn't let them in. But to Ben's surprise, it had actually worked. The Vortex Club party bouncer had actually stepped to the side to let them in.
Ben had been awestruck by the sight of the room as he had first stepped in. It was so vibrant and filled with an atmosphere he had never seen before. Ben had heard just how filthy rich Nathan Prescott, the most popular kid at Blackwell, was. But to be able to afford a professional DJ, an abundant supply of alcohol and snacks for everyone, and even a so-called VIP area for fully fledged Vortex Club members, he had to be paying for all of this out of his family's pockets.
As Ben had looked around, still in amazement of how the school's swimming pool had been transformed into a night club venue, he was caught off guard by the sound of a familiar voice.
"Ben, hey." As he turned around to see who was calling him, it was Dana Ward, one of his best friends since kindergarten and the only other person he knew that would also be attending Blackwell.
"What's up Dana? Fancy running into you here." Ben said to her in joy to see her. He hadn't seen her all summer since he had been working and while he had football camp going on for the past two weeks, she had also moved in early, but for Cheer Camp. Dana was known for always being so outgoing and bubbly all of the time, which was why she was the model cheerleader.
"You look good." she said to him, insinuating on how they hadn't seen each other since their previous school year ended. "And bigger." She added acknowledging his new physique which she knew was for football.
"How's football going?" she asked knowing that was one of the reasons why he was at Blackwell.
"We just finished football camp today". Ben stated "And I'm one of the captains this year." He added
"Oh my God, no way." she said in amazement. She leaned over to hug Ben as she knew him long enough to know that someone like him deserved such a title.
"So you're joining the Vortex club right?" Dana asked him with excitement. "Please say yes!"
"I mean, if there's parties like this thrown every weekend by the richest kid in Arcadia Bay, count me in." Ben proudly stated.
"Yes! Parties are so your thing anyway" Dana replied with joy.
"Come on, this way." She demanded as she grabbed Ben's hand pulling him to the VIP section. "I'm sure Nathan and the other members have been dying to meet you. I told them all about you."
As they passed through the curtains with big letters painted on them that spelt "VIP", Ben was greeted by several new faces he had yet to meet. Among them was a guy with brown hair wearing a red bomber jacket with a white buttoned up shirt underneath, navy blue chinos, and a pair of brown loafers. This kid had some expensive taste in fashion and was approaching Ben to great him.
"You're Ben Ferris right?" he asked shaking Ben's hand.
"Yep, that's me. The only Ben Ferris here at Blackwell anyway." Ben stated with confidence.
"I like your style" he said as he chuckled at Ben's response "Name's Nathan Prescott." he said finally introducing himself.
"I'm sure you've heard that both of our dad's know each other". Nathan added to their conversation.
"Of course" Ben replied sharply "Your dad made that large donation to the Bigfoots just this summer. My dad used it to get new equipment for the whole team this year."
"Yeah well, the Prescott family is just the gift that keeps on giving, for most people that is." Nathan boasted.
"But enough talk about family members." He then interrupted. "Your cute friend Dana told me a lot about you, and I think you'd make a perfect addition to the Vortex Club." He said as if he was beginning to toss a sales pitch at Ben about the perks of joining. "So, are you in?" He firmly asked as he handed Ben a full red solo cup of beer poured from the keg in the room.
"Did you even have to ask? Of course I'm in bro." Said Ben with extreme enthusiasm.
"Now that's what I like to hear." Nathan replied with satisfaction, having another football player added to the exclusive group.
The two then clinked their solo cups of beer to resemble a toast to the new friendship that they had just formed.
"Hey, shots are on me" Nathan shouted to get everyone in the small VIP room's attention. They all began to circle around the counter as Nathan pulled out a large bottle of Ciroc.
Just as Ben made his way over to the counter, a girl with short cropped blonde hair walked to the counter, standing right next to Ben. She wore a pink long sleeve blouse with a yellow skirt and black nylons, complete with a pair of penny loafers. They were obviously the most expensive set of women's designer clothing Ben had ever seen. He started to think for a second that she and Nathan were probably related.
"The Vortex Club just takes some time getting used to." She said as she seemed like she was trying to start a small conversation with Ben. "Everyone here will be your best friend by the end of next week." She assured him.
"Well alright! At least I don't have to worry about being a complete loner these first few days." Ben joked to keep the conversation going with her.
The girl simply looked at him with her green eyes, giving him a sincere smile and facing the bar to accept her poured shot from Nathan.
Ben took his filled shot glass from the counter of the bar and once everyone had theirs in their hand, they lifted their shots in the air as if they were about to perform some kind of blood ritual practiced by a cult.
"To the Vortex Club!" Nathan shouted.
"To the Vortex Club!" Everyone else around the bar repeated. They then proceed to down their shots and hold them down while fighting the after-burn that came with it.
"I'm Ben, by the way." Ben said to the girl still standing next to him as he almost forgot to introduce himself.
"Victoria Chase." The girl said happily as she saw how Ben was trying to continue their conversation. "So Ben, you wanna, get out of here and head someplace else?" She asked nonchalantly
"Define 'someplace else'." he said, wanting to know what she had in mine.
She paused for a brief second and gave a little smirk just before answering Ben's question and finally saying,
"My room."
Ben knew that this was way too forward for a girl he had just met for only two minutes, but he asked himself how often this happens to students at Blackwell on the first weekend. So he decided to just go with it.
"Sounds like a plan" he said to her. Ben loved parties, but part of him wanted to leave for the sake of interacting with another student at Blackwell, who wasn't a sweaty gross football player that he had spent an entire two weeks on campus with.
Victoria had opened the door to her room with her key letting in Ben right after her.
"You've got quite the set up" Ben stated as he rotated around the center of her room observing everything. He had noticed her large white couch, plasma screen HD TV. And three large posters of herself hanging up on the wall next to her bed. One poster was a picture of Victoria in what looked like a track and field uniform, followed by one of her in a two piece swimsuit standing on a boardwalk at a beach, and the last was here in a winter pullover with her hands running through her short pixie haircut. Ben was starting to get the feeling that Victoria shouted "narcissist".
"Cool if I put on some music?" Victoria asked politely
"Sure, I don't mind" Ben replied to her as he was amazed by one poster in her room in particular. "When you said your last name was Chase back at the party, it took me a while to realize that you were related to the owners of the Chase Space."
"Oh yeah! They're my parents" She explained as she turned on her stereo to play some music, as the first song that came on was William Davies' All Eyes on Me. "They have some of the most famous galleries there. I'm hoping to submit one of my own works of art to them one day. Maybe a few other galleries around the round to."
"Well hey, maybe your work will make it into the art books some day too." Ben added to lift up her spirits.
"Tell me Ben, what's your fascination?" Victoria asked him with such curiosity.
"Football." Ben replied not knowing what else to say.
"No, not that." She said in an almost impatient manner. "What I mean is, what specific study is it that brought you here to Blackwell? You must have some kind of interest in the arts to be taking about my family's gallery."
"Acting." He stated timidly. He was surprised to have the confidence to tell her this, as it was something he didn't share with a lot of people.
"Oh, so you're an actor then?" Victoria asked as she smiled. "Have you ever performed?"
"I only had this one small part in a play in the third grade. Besides that, I've just read a couple of monologues from Shakespeare's works in school. I'm taking a Drama class here and might join the actual drama club. But I'd still have to see how much time football takes out of my schedule." Ben said as he divulged all of this to her.
"So have you ever done a kiss scene before?" Victoria asked him in somewhat of a very flirtatious tone.
Ben was confused by her question. He had already told her that he only performed once in his entire life. "No, I said was only in just one…"
As he turned to face Victoria to finish his sentence, he was unable to as her lips ended up meeting his. She placed one of her hands on the back of Ben's head, making sure that he couldn't back away. She started to advance on him even more, having her tongue reach into his mouth and meet his. This girl had great taste in fashion and art. It was no question that she knew how to French kiss too.
Ben didn't even pull away from her once. He felt that he didn't really have a reason to though. It wasn't like he had a girlfriend that he was cheating on, or that Victoria had drugged him at the party and lured him back to her room to have her way with him. Everything felt completely normal about this moment. For Ben, he felt that he may have actually had a lot to look forward to here at Blackwell just by how his first night was going right now. He and Victoria's lips still did not separate from each other and all of a sudden, he started to feel something below his head.
It was Victoria's hand underneath his shirt, feeling up his rippled abs and slowly working its way up to grasp his pectorals. When she had had her fun there, she brought both of her hands down to start unbuckling Ben's belt. He could tell that she was still drunk as she was struggling to get his belt off, so he decided to just do it himself. Ben was clearly having some fun himself, and he knew that it was about to be an even longer night than he had expected.