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Chapter 9 – Party plans
Alex could feel Benny's hand shaking slightly in his. He smiled reassuringly at her and before she could stop him, he opened the door leading to the living room. Chris and Katie were sat on the sofa with knowing looks on their faces. Katie was the first to notice Benny and Alex's linked hands and jumped up punching the air.
"I knew it!" she yelled, almost deafening the other three. Alex rolled his eyes at Katie's enthusiasm.
"What do you know Katie?" he asked innocently. Katie motioned to their hands.
"Come on Alex, don't go acting innocent with me. You and Benny, we're not stupid you know."
"Could have fooled me." Benny said, speaking for the first time since they entered the room. Katie and Chris both glared at her. Benny ignored them and looked at Alex who was laughing at the looks Katie and Chris were shooting Benny.
"Come on then Katie. Prove it. Prove that you're not stupid." Alex challenged.
"Ok then, you and Benny are together, you have been since last night when you both disappeared together and you decided to hide it from us and not tell us." Katie replied.
"Not bad Katie, two out of three." Alex started. Katie looked at him, a confused expression on her face.
"What do you mean two out of three?"
"Well, yes me and Benny are together, and yes we decided not to tell you, but only because we wanted to see how long it would take you to figure it out. However we haven't been together since last night, we've only been together since about half six this morning."
"So you two disappearing upstairs last night was nothing?" she questioned. Alex and Benny both nodded their heads at her. Alex led Benny towards the small armchair next to opposite the sofa and sat down on it, pulling Benny down with him positioning her comfortably on his lap. He wrapped his arms around her and rested his chin on her shoulder. She giggled and turned her head, her lips meeting his for a quick peck. Katie rolled her eyes at the new couple and cleared her throat before the quick peck turned into a full make out session.
"What?" Benny said as she heard Katie.
"Benny, Alex, we love you and everything but we don't want to see you guys making out all the time. Ok?" she said, trying not to laugh at the expression on Alex and Benny's faces.
"That's not fair. We had to put up with it when you and Chris got together. Seriously, you two were practically joined at the mouth for months after you started going out. We had to knock on the door everytime we wanted to come into a room, just in case we were interrupting anything, remember?" Alex said, causing Benny to laugh and Katie and Chris to go bright red.
"Ok, ok. So what are we going to do today?" Katie said, changing the subject.
"Well, we haven't got anything planned. I know, why don't we visit the impact zone later and see everyone. We haven't seen anyone else in like a week." Benny suggested.
"Yeah, sounds like fun, but I'm still on crutches and I really don't feel like going in there with them. Remember when AJ was on his crutches, everyone kept stealing them and running off with them." Chris commented.
"Yeah, you were one of them." Alex pointed out.
"True, he was so annoyed with everyone. It was fun at the time but I don't want anyone doing it to me." Chris said.
"So why don't we invite a load of people over then, have a little party. We can celebrate Benny and Alex finally coming to their senses and realising that they are meant to be together." Katie suggested, "We can invite AJ, Jay, Creed, Robert, James, Taylor, Christy, Daniels, Rhino, Tara, …" Benny interrupted her.
"I thought we were only having a small party, you're inviting basically the whole company."
"Not the whole company, I'm not inviting Angelina, Velvet or Madison, I still don't trust them. Or any of the Mafia, they scare me."
"But you're still inviting everyone except the Beautiful People and the Mafia. Can't we just have a quiet party with only our close friends?" Benny asked.
Yeah, I'm not really in the mood for a big party either. Let's just have Beer Money, Jay and Creed." Chris said, "We'll still have fun, oh and we'll invite Taylor as well. I know you three girls are close. Is that ok?" Katie nodded her head.
"I suppose. Right, we'd better get everything ready. Chris, you text everyone and invite them over. Tell them to be here by six. Benny, you start getting food and drink ready, you know what I'm like, I'll burn it all, Alex you go help her."
"What are you going to do then?" Alex asked.
"Duh, decorations!" Katie said enthusiastically. Benny groaned slightly, the last time Katie had done the decorations for a party the whole house was covered in paper chains and banners, it looked like a five year old had been let loose with a pile of paper and a load of glitter. Katie heard Benny's groan.
"Don't worry, I won't go over the top. Just a few banners and paper chains, I promise." She said.
"Ok, I'm trusting you not to make this place look terrible. Me and Alex are going to the shop to get everything for later. You guys want anything?" she asked. Katie and Chris shook their heads as Benny and Alex got up from their seat and left the house, shutting the door behind them. When she was sure that Benny and Alex had left Katie turned to Chris, a grin on her face.
"Katie, what are you planning?" Chris asked.
"Nothing, seriously for once I'm not planning anything. I'm just thinking."
"Thinking? What about?"
"Alex and Benny, I … they look so happy. I don't think I've ever seen Benny so happy, not since … well in a long time." She said taking in a deep breath. She cuddled closer into Chris who wrapped his arm tightly around her body.
"It's ok Katie. Alex won't do anything to hurt her; he loves her too much to do anything like that. And if he does, which he won't, he knows that he'll have to face us two. He knows that I won't go easy on him and he knows how protective you are over Benny so he won't do anything." Chris said, comforting his girlfriend. She sighed loudly before replying.
"I know he won't, but I worry for her. Chris, you know how vulnerable she is. I just want her to be happy."
"She is happy, she's got a brilliant best friend, a boyfriend that loves her more than he loves himself. I know why you're worrying, but you need to calm down ok?" he said, pulling her closer to him. She calmed herself down and rested her head on Chris's shoulder just as Benny and Alex came into the room, hand in hand, laughing about something.
"You're such an idiot Alex." Benny giggled as she dumped the shopping in the kitchen. As she came back into the living room she noticed Katie snuggled into Chris.
"What's wrong?" she asked as she walked towards the sofa and gave Katie a hug.
"Nothing, I was just having a moment." Benny raised her eyebrows at her.
"Ok. Well, we're going to go do the food, everyone will be here soon." She said as she grabbed Alex's hand and pulled him into the kitchen. Katie looked at her watch.
"Crap! Everyone's going to be here in half an hour and I haven't even started the decorations yet." Katie exclaimed as she jumped up and started running around the room, looking for scrap paper and glue. She quickly gathered a pile of paper and her and Chris got to work creating the decorations for the party. They had only just finished when Benny and Alex emerged from the kitchen.
"Foods done, and all the drinks are out on the table. Where is everyone? You did remember to text them all didn't you Chris?" Alex asked. Chris turned a bright shade of red.
"Of course I did. I'm not that stupid."
"Sabin say what? Am I dreaming or did Chris say that he's not stupid." Benny said, laughing at Chris. A loud knock at the door interrupted them. Benny walked towards the door and opened it revealing the tag teams of Beer Money Incorporated and Lethal Consequences.
"Hey guys." Benny said as she welcomed them into the house. They all went in and sat down in the many seats that were littered around the room. Benny and Alex gave out the drinks and perched themselves in one of the armchairs. All four of the guests noticed this and stared at the new couple.
"What's up with you two then?" Jay Lethal asked. Alex was just about to open his mouth to answer when there was another knock at the door. Benny and Katie instantly jumped up and ran over to the door before opening it to find the small blonde knockout Taylor. Taylor enthusiastically hugged the two girls before following them back into the living room. Katie sat back down next to Chris while Benny placed herself back on Alex's lap. Taylor looked around the room; all the chairs were taken up. She greeted everyone before sitting down on the floor next to the sofa. As soon as Taylor took her seat everyone's eyes travelled back to Benny and Alex.
"So you going to answer the question then?" Consequences Creed asked, smiling at them.
"Well, um … well, me and Benny …" Alex started before trailing off and looking at Benny, his eyes clearing asking for help. Benny rolled her eyes at him before continuing his sentence.
"What Alex is trying to say is that we're a couple." She said, a wide smile on her face. A loud cheer came from the corner where Robert and James were sat.
"About time. We've been waiting for that for years." James shouted. Everyone laughed as Benny and Alex quickly turned shades of red and looked down at the floor in embarrassment. Taylor noticed this and decided to help her friends out.
"Ok guys, let's stop being mean to Benny and Alex. Let's get some food, turn the music up and get the party started!" she said. Everyone, except from Chris rose from their seats and wandered out towards the kitchen to get some food. The small party continued with everyone having a great time. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Alex was closest and opened it. When he saw who it was he stared at them in shock.
"Are you going to let us in then?" Angelina Love asked with an innocent voice, Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne standing next to her.
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