We'd reached my bunker, and found Kit and Whitney snogging on the couch.
Kit wore a white collared shirt and brown shorts, while Whitney wore a long dress with red roses on it. When they saw us they quickly slid to either ends of the couch and switched the television on.
I went to get the first aid kit to check Ben out for injuries. "What do you need the kit for? Did one of you hurt yourself?" Kit looked alarmed.
"No." I responded calmly. "Ben just, umm, fell twenty feet from a tree, attempting to grab his shirt, which a bird had grabbed off the ground and tried to use for it's nest."
"Oh. Okay. Do you want some help?"
"No!" I responded too fast. "We're good, thanks."
Whitney eyed Ben and then stared in shock. "Whitney? What's up?" Kit asked.
"Nothing, it's just that, is it illegal for sixteen year old boys to get that, umm, muscly?" Oh god Whitney! Seriously?
"Ben just works out a lot." I responded, a little too fondly.
"Oh. Okay." Whitney turned her attention to the television with Kit, watching the news. We all sat down on the floor to the right of the couch, far enough back so they adults couldn't see us, but so we could still see the television.
Ben sat facing it, and I sat to the left of him, and Hi then Shelton to the right. Firstly I checked his back. There were a few scratches from the sticks in the sea they were stirring up, but nothing major. I moved to his front.
While feeling him over, I could tell he was fighting the urge to lift me onto his lap and have a snogging contest right there and then. While feeling his shoulders, arms and chest, I wasn't entirely sure, if everything when it's right place. His muscles are so hard, it could've been a bone sticking up. "You enjoying yourself?" he asked.
I blushed. I actually was a bit. I whispered into his ear, "Yep." I smiled. "Are all your bones in the right place? Cause to be honest, I can't really tell." He chuckled and felt himself over quickly.
"Yeah. All bones in their sockets." "Well, that's good! Cause I wouldn't be happy if I had to push them back into their sockets!"
"Neither would I!" We started getting flirty again. Hi cleared his throat. We snapped back and shut up.
"Thanks." Ben whispered to Hi.
He nodded a formal 'you're welcome.' Oh brother. The television got turned up.
"Hey! What the hell?!" I asked Kit.
"Look!" He replied pointing at the screen. We all gasped at once.
'And now for the most astonishing story for the day, Teenager VS Shark. A young man and his three friends were having a swim on Morris Island beach only a little while ago, when a half grown Great White decided to have some lunch. Well, it tried. This video was taken on the iPhone of a man who works at LIRI, on Loggerhead Island. His name will not be revealed for his protection. Sadly, there is no sound, but we have managed to work out what happened.' The video started to play, with the voice of the man speaking along. 'The Great White swam towards the boy and a girl, who then started running towards the shore. The boy threw the girl onto the shore, where two other boys helped her up then secured her, as she tried to get back to the other one, still in the water.'
The screen showed me yelling to Ben, then him turning around and looking at us. 'He then did something no one's seen anyone do in a long time. He hit the shark in the snout and climbed onto its back. We believe here, that the boy did a miracle and snapped the sharks jaw. This was believed to have rendered the shark unconscious, and the boy started his way back to the shore. But, the shark woke up and the boy barely got a warning before the shark attacked. The girl yelled, and that was the warning. He then got swept under the water and his friends were freaking out on the beach. When he remerged the tail and dorsal fin had been torn off. No one quite knows how he did this, but I'm gonna start lifting weights so I can do that if I need to. The final surprise was when he managed to lift a 250 pound shark from the water and chuck it into the water ten metres away. When the hero finally retreated from the water he was met with hugs from two of his friends who gave him high fives and a bro hug, as they say these days.'
Oh crap. Someone filmed me and Ben. 'The girl we now figure, is his girlfriend, as when he ran over to her, got a reward.' The video then showed me and Ben kissing on the beach, then the four of us running towards the forest. The video was blurred, which was helpful, so I sighed quietly in relief. 'Even though the blurred picture, we have identified the teenagers.' Oh hell. The hero of the day, is sixteen year old Benjamin Blue. The girlfriend, we presume, is fourteen year old, Victoria Brennan. And the other two, are fifteen year old Hiram Stolowitzski, and Shelton Devers. Congrats to you all, especially young Ben Blue! That's all for tonight. To see the video again, just log onto our website and click on the link. Thank you.'
Kit turned the television off. I got up and the boys followed. We walked next to the television and stood just before the wall, where both Kit and Whitney stared at us with shocked faces. I thought Whitney was gonna faint.
"Falling out of a tree, huh?" Kit looked at Ben, who then grabbed my hand. "To be truthful, Kit, I didn't think you'd believe me, if I told you I beat up a shark, and came away with no serious injuries." Ben confessed.
Whitney swooped in. "Oh my god! I-I don't know what to say!" She turned to me. "Tory! Is that true, what they said on the news?! He's your boyfriend? I thought that maybe you and Jason-" Whitney cut herself off.
She was staring at Ben, and suddenly slid over and cuddled into Kit. She looked terrified. I turned to face Ben. He had that look in eyes again. He looked like Mount Vesuvius, ready to erupt. He was mad at the mention of Jason's name. And especially at the fact Whitney had begun to fantasise about me and him. He looked down at me and I stared into his eyes, willing him to calm down. It wasn't working. He was gonna flare!