Chapter 4
Benny was still trying to come up with plans on how to make me eat the soup. I kept my mouth closed, stubbornly. He would never win this. He tried two things so far, acting like I'm a baby and doing the airplane thing, and where he tries to get me to talk. I can see the gears in his head going. He has on his concentration face. It's where his brows are furrowed and he bites the inside of his cheek. It's kinda cute, but I can't lose this bet. It's not in my nature to lose. He soon smiles and looks at me. Probably another plan that's gonna fail. I was currently laying on the couch and looking at him with amusement. What is he up to now?
"I'm gonna win." He said. I gave him a 'hell to the no' sassy face. He smiled at me and I crossed my arms. I narrowed my eyes at him. Benny Weir, what are you up to. I sat up and we stared at eachother for a while, seeing which one would win this staring contest. I won and smiled. He pouted slightly.
"Well if you don't to eat the soup that Ethan prepared for you then I will." He took the bowl in his hands. Really? Well played Weir. Well played. I feel bad now, but this is a bet.
"Mmmm. He even added in bacon bits." Benny got a spoonful and I could see the bits. I was pretty much drooling at this point. He smelled it. I walked over to him and growled. He jumped back into his chair and I smirked. I was practically pinning him to the chair. Then he went on listing the ingredients.
"It has all of your favorites you know. Rabbit, lamb, beef, pork." He said.
"Listen Weir, I do-" He cut me off by putting the spoonful in my mouth. But I pinned him. I glared at him, and took the spoon out of my mouth.
"That was so not cool. I was in the middle of a se-" Another spoonful. I rolled my eyes. Where did he get the second spoon from? I looked around and saw 3 bowls of soup. Oh. I took the second spoon out of my mouth. He took them both, and ate a spoonful himself.
"That is really good. You should try some more." Benny said smirking, happy with his victory. I, on the other hand, was a sore loser. I sat down in front of the tv, ignoring him.
"Oh cmon. I'm trying to help you get better." He said, while walking over to me. He sat down next to me and dipped the spoon into the bowl. He made airplane noise and I giggled. I can't really be mad at him for long. Plus, I could always plan a revenge. I opened my mouth and he smiled as I ate the soup. He ended up feeding me the rest of the soup, stealing a few spoonfuls himself. Ethan ended up coming in.
"Who won?" I guess he heard everything that went on. Guess he found our gameroom/basement.
"Don't remind me." I groaned.
"I did." Benny said. He turned to me. "Which means that you, my dear wolf, owe me a date." He smiled cheekily. Why does he have to do that?
"When?" I asked.
"Huh?" He looked a little taken aback.
"You said I owe you a date. When is it?" I asked. He thought for a moment or two.
"How about next week, friday. Be ready by 6:30. Kay babe?" He said with a wink. I blushed and pouted.
"Fine." He hugged me.
"Stop with the pouty face. You know you'll love it." He's getting cocky, but I know he's just happy.
"Fine. But leave me be. I wanna sleep." I say, while proceeding to flop on the couch. Benny puts a blanket on me, kisses my forehead, and whispers,
"Night Wolfy. Sweet dreams." I can't deny that it gave me shivers. He has such an effect on me, it's not fair. I soon fall asleep.
~ On Thursday ~
I'm all better! I'm waiting for Benny and Ethan outside of the yearbook room. They wanted to use avatars as yearbook photos, which would be awesome! They came out of the room looking sad.
"Way to go Benny." Ethan said. I walked over to them, tilting my head to the side and whimpering slightly.
"What's wrong?"
"Benny sold Hannah Price an old camera and now she's using that to take pictures instead of avatars." Ethan explained.
"How was I suppose to know she would use it for that? Plus it was an easy 20 bucks." He said, taking out the money. I smiled slightly.
"Well. We better get to class." I say and we all head to class.
After classes, we hang out in the lounge, and Hannah walks on one side of the hall.
"I love that skirt it's so pretty." She says and walks away.
"Heads." Benny says. I guess he had explained his theory about girls to Ethan. Then, on the opposite hallway, we see her slap some guy's books out of his hands.
"Oops. Did I do that?" Then she walks away laughing maniacally.
"Tails."
"Good luck bro." I said.
Later on we encounter Tails Hannah and she chucks something at Rory.
"That's at least 3 points!... Anyone else want a piece of this?" She looks around and spots us. I glare at her and I wasn't paying attention to what she was saying. For some reason, she emptied Benny's lunch on him.
"Oops." I can't stop myself. I guess that the moon is out in the daytime today. I punch her jaw.
"Stay away from my boyfriend." I growl at her. She glares at me. We have a staring match until Benny pulls me away.
"Cmon. She's not worth it Wolfy." I walk away with them, but not before letting out a low growl. Enough to scare her.
"I gotta go do something. You guys go on." Benny says. We nod and start walking away, then he grabs my wrist.
"Not you, yet." He smiled. I hugged him and kissed his cheek, he kissed my forehead.
"Catch up soon yea?" I asked. He smirked and nodded. I caught up with Ethan. I wonder what he's up to. I shrug my shoulders and we head towards Ethan's house. Soon after us starting the math homework, I hear banging on the door. We look at eachother. I look at my phone and I see a text.
'Had to train with grandma. Meet you guys later?' Benny said in the text.
"Benny?" Ethan asked. Wait. What? I walk to the front.
"Oh. You're here too. I'm still surprised he got a babe like you to fake date him." Benny said. But this couldn't be, he carried himself differently than Benny did and he had a toothpick. He didn't smell like him either, it was more of a faded smell. He smirks.
"You've realized it haven't you." He grabbed my chin with one hand and pulled me closer with his other. "Clever, clever girl. I wonder if those lips feel as soft as they look." He smirked. Not Benny. Nope. I turned my head to the side and the Evil Benny sighed. "Oh well. I will get that kiss." He winked at me and turned to Ethan.
"We're making an army. I dare you to try and stop us." With that, he left. Oh jeez, what has Benny gotten us into.
Benny spilled to his grandma about the camera and she explained everything. I have to admit, I spaced out. I was thinking about what Evil Benny said. He was making an army? How would he be able to achieve that? Benny and I ended up crashing on the floor with papers sprawled everywhere and Ethan was covered in papers too. Homework and magic don't go well together. I groan and smile slightly seeing as I woke up first. I head into the bathroom and get dressed. Yearbook pictures are today. I kinda want a snack, I better go back home to get my jerky. I end up at school around the same time that Evil Benny enters. He looks at me, I know what he was thinking too, and I don't like it.
"Hey babe. Looking beautiful, as usual." I'm happy I know how to act because I was disgusted with this guy. I smile and he wraps his arms around my shoulders.
"Hey, let me go do my makeup okay? I forgot to do it, babe." I say, making sure to say it in a mocking tone. He looked at me suspiciously. Ug, he probably realized I was gonna tell Benny. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed his cheek. Then I swayed my hips as I walked into the bathroom. I called Ethan and Benny right away.
"Guys? Listen. Evil Benny is here. Guys. Shut up. No, shut up let me explain. I'll hang out with Evil Benny and you can just track my phone. I will try to keep his hands off of me until then, okay? Bye guys." I hung up before they could object. I smiled and put on my makeup, it was a rush job, but looked like I spent a while on it. I walked out and saw Evil B leaning against the lockers.
"Hey babe. What took you so long?"
"Well you can't rush perfection." I say while flipping my hair to the side. If there's any part of Benny in there, he will go crazy. Benny's always had a thing for scented shampoos. Evil B looked mesmerized and then followed me. I got a text from Ethan saying that we need to corner him since he still has the negative. Really? Why me. Ugggggg. I shove Evil B into the nearest bathroom.
"Moving fast are we?" He smirked. I wanted to puke.
"Nope. Just wanted some alone time." I said smiling. The real Benny comes in and I moved out of the way, just in time for Benny to pin Evil B. They were fighting and I wanted to help, but they told me before that I shouldn't interfere.
"Take it!" Benny said. He was holding out the negative, and Evil B was choking him. I take it and Evil B gets off of Benny and goes after me. I throw it into the toilet when Evil B pins me. Benny runs over and flushes it, getting rid of Evil B. Ethan comes in.
"Are you guys okay?" I nod. Benny looks traumatized.
"I'm gonna need some time." He said. Poor guy, had to flush himself down the toilet. I run up and hug him. He hugs me back. I notice that his once tense body had calmed down and I looked up at him.
"We make a pretty good team Caster." I say. He smiled and I mirror it.
"That we do Wolfy." I guess everyone was in there because Sarah, Ethan, and Erica yelled,
"Kiss already!" We both blushed and looked away. Erica sighs.
"Do I have to do everything myself?" She walked over to us and pushed our heads together. Our lips smashed together since she was strong and then we pulled away, looking like tomatoes. Benny spoke up first.
"Did you really have to smash us together like that? It hurt. And I could have done it myself ya know." He said to Erica.
"Well you were taking a while and I got impatient." Erica replied. Benny glared at her and she hisses. He jumps and then smiles sheepishly. I laugh.
"Jeez guys. Haha. Anyway, now that that's over, I'm hungry." We all walk out of the bathroom.
"Dustin, you're always hungry." Sarah says.
"Yup!" I say. Everyone laughs. The last bell rings and Benny hugs me from behind.
"Don't forget about our date tonight." He whispers in my ear. I smile shyly.
"I won't." Benny spots the go-cart that Evil B had rented.
"Dude! Evil me rented a go-cart!" He hops in and Ethan grabs his bike. They ride down the street and I think that they will take turns. Oh well. I ride home on the bus.
When I got home, I got bombarded with questions.
"Who was in your room when you were sick? Why was there a boy here without my permission and why was he in the same bed as you?" I sighed. I should have expected this.
"They helped me get better and I had nightmares. You weren't here so he helped me alright?" I stomp upstairs. "Now if you'd excuse me, I have to get ready for my date." I go the rest on the way to my room and slam my door. Stupid mom, always getting worked up over everything. I wish my dad was here. I walk over to my ipod and play "We so Fly" from a movie called Radio Rebel. (Pretend he wasn't in that movie x3 )
It was a great song to get ready to and helped boost my confidence a little. I got a text after I was done getting ready from Benny.
'Meet me at Ethan's house. Sarah wants to do your hair.' He said. Well, good thing I was too lazy to do my hair. I grab a skateboard that I bought a little bit ago and rode to Ethan's house. It's not like I was wearing a dress, it was skinny jeans so I'm good. I was wearing a shirt that said 'I solemnly swear I am up to no good' with a batman hair bow that held my hair back a little and combat boots with makeup. I arrived at Ethan's house in no time and knocked on the door in a rhythm from 'We so fly.' He opened it and led me to his room. Erica and Sarah were there with a blow dryer, crimper, straightener, and curler. I guess they were gonna try and figure out what looked best with my outfit. They pulled me in the room and shut the door. Erica walked around me, looking up and down.
"Curl." They said at the same time. Erica took out my bow and brushed out my hair. She sprayed something on my hair and then started curling it. She grabbed two strands of hair, pulled them to the back, and had my bow hold it. When I looked in the mirror, I smiled. I had loose curls and my bangs were styled back. It looked really great.
"Thanks guys." I say. They hug back.
"No problem. Plus, we wanted to ask why you agreed to go on a date with him." Erica said.
"Well it was a bet and that's all you need to know."
"Glad to know we could help." Sarah said. Then they shoved me out of the door.
"Hey!" They giggled and I had to walk down the stairs. When I looked up and saw Benny looking at me with eyes wide and jaw on the floor, I blushed. Ethan pleaded me to come down and I did.
"Hi Caster. Looking good." I say. He was wearing his usual outfit, so I decided to be funny.
"Hi Wolfy. And right back at you." We laughed. He held out his arm.
"Shall we go?"
"We shall."
"And don't ditch me this time okay?" I laughed.
"I promise." He ended up having Ethan drive us somewhere, but he wanted to blindfold me. I don't know why, but he wanted to surprise me. I heard the car stop, and the car door open. I was hesitant to get out, but Benny pulled me out. I stumbled into his arms and he chuckled.
"Are you falling for me Wolfy?" Cheesy. But that's Benny for you.
"In your dreams Caster." I said in the same tone as him. He laughed and led me somewhere. We were walking for a while, and I smelled forest.
"Here we are. You can take off your blindfold now." I did as he said and the scene laid out in front of me was beautiful. There was a blanket laid out with a picnic basket and there were fireflies everywhere with lanterns. There was no moon tonight, so it was pretty dark.
"Oh Benny, it's beautiful." I hugged him and he hugged back. This boy is full of surprises.
"Glad you like it." He took my hand and led me over. Ethan left so we could have our date. We sat down on the blanket and he unpacked the basket.
"Meat Lovers sandwich for the lady."He handed me a huge sandwich with load of meat. "And a BLT for me." He took out a sandwich. We both unwrapped it. I devoured mine and he finished a little bit after me. He took out two sodas. I drank some.
"So. Caster. What now?" I asked. He shrugged.
"20 questions?" I nod.
"Alright." After that we asked questions about each other like favorite color, food, movie, etc.
"Why do you hate your mom?" He asked. We were laying down, looking at the stars. I propped myself up on my elbows and turned to him.
"She's never there for me. She didn't help me when my father died, she never helps me with my homework, and we moved so far away so now I can't visit him. I was the only one who visited him anyway… She just stopped caring. I don't like it how she cares at random times and how she feels the need to explain why I behave the way I do because my father died. Sometimes I wish she would have died instead, but she still feeds me and gives me a roof over my head…" I say. He looks at me.
"Well. Like I said before. Ethan and I are here for you." He opens his arms and he hugs me. I hug him back. Then we start sharing stories of when we were younger.
"Oh and when I first found out my powers, I tried impressing a girl by bringing her dead dog back to life. Somehow, it touched a bunch of other dead animals and they got possessed by demons and came after us." I laughed.
"Idiot. Jeez. Just to impress a girl?" He laughed.
"Just to impress a girl." We were sitting up now. Benny took out his phone.
"It's getting late. We should probably clean up now."
"But I was having such a great time." I ended up helping him clean up anyways. Once we were done, I hugged him.
"I had so much fun Benny. We should do this again sometime." I said, looking up at him. Then we pulled apart. Benny started fidgeting, so something must be on his mind.
"Hey. What's up?" I asked him.
"Do you want to possibly have a first kiss take two?" He asked blushing. My cheeks lit up and I nodded, not really wanting to speak. Benny smiled and cupped my cheeks. He leaned in and we kissed. I felt a surge of electricity go through me and I kissed him back. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he moved his hands down to my waist. Our lips moved in sync and someone (Ethan) beeped their horn. We broke apart and I blushed. I think I looked like a human tomato. Benny smiled at me. I grabbed the basket and he grabbed the blanket. We walked to the car and put the stuff in back. I got in the front.
"Sup man." I said.
"What were you guys doing? I texted Benny like 5 minutes ago that I was here." He turned around to face us.
"We were cleaning up." Benny said.
"Yea, cleaning up." I said, smirking.