Chapter 5
Oh my god. He is so dead. Benny spilled soda on my favorite shirt.
"Benny. I am give you 5 seconds to run." I say. He smiles nervously.
"Sorry?"
"Sorry ain't gonna cut it Buddy boy!" He looks like he's going to say something, but he ends up running instead. Smart boy.
"Do you really have to chase him like that?"
"Ethan. You don't understand. This is my favorite shirt. Limited edition. Never to be in stores again." I say, stretching. I don't wanna pull anything. Ethan's eyes widen.
"Okay. I get it. Just try not to kill him alright?" Okay so it's been about a day. When we got back to Ethan's house, we hung out and watched a movie. Now it's Saturday and Benny tripped causing him to spill soda all over my favorite shirt. Now you're caught up and I can go hurt him.
After my stretches, I run out of the house. His bike is gone. He's smart, but really dumb. It's fine though because he makes up for it by being cute. Anyway. Once in outside, I smell the air. His scent ends up leading me to his grandma's house. I knock on the door.
"Hi Benny's grandma. Is he here? I need to hurt him for this." I show her my shirt.
"Well I can get that stain out dear." She said. I shrugged.
"I know but he still has to pay." She leans closer to me.
"He's out back hiding In the shed." She whispered. I thank her and run out to the shed. I kick the door open and he screams.
"I told you to run, not hide." I smirk. He tries to get out of it.
"Now now Wolfy. No need to become upset. My grandma told me she can get out the stain." He says.
"I know." I pounced on him and put him in a headlock. We get out of the shed and I see Ethan and sarah. They burst out laughing.
"I would have expected you two to kiss and makeup." Sarah said. I shrugged.
"But what would be the fun in that?" I say laughing. I give him a noogie.
"Ow ow ow." Benny says. I smiled.
"Are you ever going to spill something on me again?" I questioned.
"No."
"Are you gonna hide when I say run?"
"No." I smirk and let him go. He stands up straight and rubs his neck.
"Man you're strong." He says.
"Half wolf." I say. "Well let's get this stain out." I say, walking into his house. I suddenly stop and he bumps into me.
"What?" He asks. I kiss his cheek.
"And that's for trying to see if you can get it out. Even if it is by asking your grandma." I say with a laugh. We meet up with her.
"Did you get him?" She asks. Benny pouts. "I'll take that as a yes. But come here. Let's get that stain out sweetie." I walk over to her. She says some stuff and the stain comes right out.
"Cool! Thank you Grandma!" I hug her and Benny grabs my hand. He drags me out and we end up at Ethan's house.
"And we're here why?" I asked. He smiled.
"What? I can't play video games with my best friend at my other best friend's house?" He said. I rolled my eyes.
"Alright. Whatever." Benny knocked on Ethan's door and then we went in.
"Ready to play some games?" Benny said. Ethan and I sat down at the desk.
"I play winner." I say. Benny smirked.
"Which will totally be me." I laughed.
"In your dreams." Ethan said. Oh this was gonna be good. Jane came in the room.
"Hey Dustin. Can you dye my hair like you promised?" She asked.
"Sure." I say. Ethan paused the game and looked at me like I was insane.
"You can't dye her hair! My parents will flip!" He screamed. I put my hand over his mouth.
"Hush child." Benny laughed. "It's temporary." Then I grabbed Jane's hand. We went to the kitchen.
"You got any sugar free kool-aid and conditioner?" I asked.
"Yea. I'll grab conditioner and the kool-aid is somewhere." She said before going upstairs. I eventually found red kool-aid. Then I made the dye when she returned.
"I'm only going to do the underneath layer, alright?" I said, starting to pin up her hair.
"Alright." She seemed happy. We went into the living room so she could watch tv while I'm dying her hair. She turned on Dusk.
"Ew. Why this?" I said, starting to put the dye on her hair.
"It's a good story." I rolled my eyes.
"Mhm. Sure." I said sarcastically. After I finished, I put on Lord of The Rings.
"This is a great story." I said leaning back.
"But it's nerdy." She said. I growl at her.
"It's a good story." We were about an hour into the movie when I decided to wash the dye out of her hair. It turned out good. I heard yelling upstairs.
"I'm gonna go see what those goofballs are up to." Jane was busy admiring her new hair. When I entered, Benny was dancing and Ethan looked mad.
"Alright. Guess I'm facing Benny." I say. Ethan get up and flops on to his bed.
"One point. I lost by one point." He said. I giggled.
"Alright. Then I'll win." Benny smiled.
"That's cute babe, but I'm gonna win."
"Oh yea?" Are we going to make another bet? Because I'm pretty sure that's where it's headed.
"Yea. Wanna bet on it?" Ethan got up.
"Why the bets guys?"
"Well E. I'm a werewolf and it's in my nature to win. I'm very competitive." I explained. He nodded.
"And I'm just competitive." Benny said sitting down. I sit down next to him and we start it up.
"What's the bet this time?" We start killing the zombies. We were playing black ops 2.
"If I win you have to be my slave for a day. If you win I'll be yours." We paused and shook on it. Then we played a while. The only reason I know it was a long time was because Ethan had enough time to go out with Sarah for half an hour, clean his room, organize his closet, and watch a movie. I ended up winning.
"HA! IN YOUR FACE BENNY BOY!" I said. He pouted.
"One point." Ethan came in.
"Now you know how I feel." I was doing a victory dance. They laughed at me.
"What?"
"That's the weirdest victory dance ever." Benny said. I pouted.
"Well I dare you to come up with one." I said. Benny just hugged me.
"Don't be like that Wolfy." I smirked. I started to tickle him.
"Noo! Don't do this!" Benny said through laughter. Once I was finished we both laughed at how ridiculous this was.
"Well, slave. You are my ride tomorrow. Okay?" He looked confused.
"Wait…Tomorrow? I thought it was going to be for today?" Oh yea we played until the next day. I forgot to mention that.
"Yes tomorrow." I said and smirked. He pouted.
"Why?"
"Cuz I wanna humiliate you. What are friends for?" I said while messing up his hair.
"Hey!" He said while fixing up his hair.
"Benny! Dustin! Breakfast!" Ethan's mom called.
"Food!" We both said and raced downstairs. We both fought over a seat at the counter since it was the last seat. I ended up getting it.
"No fair! You have super strength!" Benny said. I smirked and stuck my tongue out at him.
"Too bad." I say. Ethan, Jane, and his mom laugh at our behavior.
"If I didn't know better I would think that you two were dating." His mom said. I blushed and Beny did too.
"You have no idea." Ethan said laughing.
"Oh hush Ethan." I said glaring at him. He kept laughing.
"I'm gonna get you." I said. He looked a little scared. I put my arm around his neck and had him in a headlock. I laugh and give him noogies.
"How do you like them apples." Now it was Benny's turn to laugh. Then his mo set a plate out in front of me and I released him.
"Glad to know that you all get along so well." His mom said. We all laughed at that. Then I ate the food she prepared for me and let Benny sit down. I sat on the counter and ate some more bacon.
"You couldn't have done that in the first place?" Benny asked. I shrugged.
"I'm lazy." I said. We both smiled at each other. Jane and her mom went off somewhere.
"Ethan you should have seen it! I totally wrecked him."
"Shut up Wolfy! It was one point." I smirked.
"I still beat you." I said getting up in his face. Since he was sitting down we were eye level, then he stood up and I looked up at him.
"No fair. Don't use your height like that." I glared. He smiled.
"Well if you can use your super strength on me then I can use my height on you." He looked proud of himself. We just stood there, me glaring at him and him smiling at me.
"Just date already." Ethan said. I blushed. Benny smirked, then he grabbed both of my hands.
"Alright. Dustin, would you do the honor of being my girlfriend?"
"Sure." I said. He smiled and then kissed me, and I kissed back.
"Ug get a room guys." We pulled away.
"Geez Ethan. It's just a little peck." I said with a smirk.
"Whatever." He said. I ruffled up his hair.
"I better get going. My mom was going to talk to me about something today." I said. Benny hugged me.
"See you tomorrow?" I hugged him back and nodded.
"Yup. But tomorrow you're my slave. Mwhahaha." Then I kissed his cheek and skipped out the door.
"See ya~" Then I went home. I wonder what she wants to talk about. Once I get home, I'm as loud as I can be.
"MOM! I'M HOME!" She looks at me. I see her emerge from the kitchen. She has tears in her eyes.
"We have to go back." She said. I looked at her.
"What. What do you mean we have to go back?" I sounded snobby but I love it here.
"My brother just died. We need to attend his funeral." She said. Wait.. Her brother? The one that barely liked me? Oh hell to the no.
"No." I say.
"What do you mean, 'no'?" She was getting angry and I was too.
"I'm not going. How did he even die?" I asked. My arms were crossed in defiance.
"He got hit." I scoffed.
"He was probably drunk."
"Don't you talk about him like that!" She raised her voice a little. Guess we're yelling now.
"Oh yea? Wanna bet! I bet he was hit because he was drunk and they couldn't break in time because his stupid ass couldn't see straight!" I yelled. She came over and smacked me.
"I don't want to hear another word out of you young lady. We are moving back to California, whether you like it or not." I stood there.
"So now you want to move back." I say. My anger was rising.
"Yes. He is my brother." This got me angry.
"He's your brother?! THAT'S THE EXCUSE IT'S BECAUSE HE'S YOUR BROTHER! HOW ABOUT WHEN YOUR HUSBAND DIED! HOW COME YOU DIDN'T WANT TO STAY THEN HUH? I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE HERE! I WOULD RATHER LIVE WITH ETHAN THEN YOU!" I ran out of the house.
"DUSTIN YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!"
"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE! YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER!" I knew I hit a nerve, but I couldn't help it. I just ran. I couldn't stop, I just ran. There is no way she's taking me with her. I can't let it happen, I won't let it happen. Soon enough, I'm back at Ethan's house. I knocked on the door and then the tears came. Ethan opened the door.
"Hey Dustin. Woah.. What happened?" I fell into his arms. The tears didn't stop.
"Come on. Benny's upstairs." Ethan helped me in and we went up the stairs to his room. When we entered his room, I was engulfed by Benny's arms.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Ethan helped him lead me to the bed. I just cried on his chest.
"Shh. It's okay. Calm down. We want to help okay?" He whispered in my ear. I tried to calm myself down and he rubbed circles on my back. Once I calmed myself down, I tell them.
"My mom wants to move back to California because her alcoholic brother died in an accident. I had asked her why she didn't want to stay after dad died. She smacked me. She tried to get me to go back, but I yelled back telling her that she's not my mother." Tears came again. Benny held me tighter.
"Where are you going to go?"
"I told her that I would rather live here than with her." I said, my voice was muffled since I was hiding my face in his chest.
"Well. She's probably going to be here soon." Ethan said. I nodded. Benny leaned down to my ear.
"Everything is going to be fine. You're not going to go with her." He whispered. He's too sweet.
"Thank you Benny. For everything." I looked up at him and kissed him softly. Ethan smiled at me.
"We will do everything for you to stay." I pull away from Benny and hug Ethan.
"Thank you so much too Ethan." I kissed his forehead and he inhales deeply. I look at him and he's having a vision.
"E?" Benny asks. He waves his hand in front of Ethan and his eyes return to normal.
"Woah." He looked really nervous and confused.
"E? What did you see?" I asked.
"I-I saw you and your mother fighting. I heard everything too, which is weird since I don't usually hear things in visions. And I saw.. I saw your dad, they were fighting. I don't know about what but then I saw you turn wolf and you were in so much pain, but I saw someone on the bed with you. It looked like your father." He said.
"So… He's with me?" I asked. He nodded. He's probably always been with me. They both hugged me when we heard knocking on the door.
"That's her." I was getting nervous. What if she hit me again? My cheek still stings from the last one she did.
"So my mom will let her in. Go to where you went the first night you were here. Benny, go with her." We both nodded and I hugged him again.
"Thank you so much Ethan. I owe you." Then Benny and I left through the window.
"Cmon!" Benny said. We both ran into the woods. We ran until we couldn't run anymore, then we collapsed on the ground by a tree. I hugged him and he hugged me back.
"Will he text you when we can come back?" I asked. He nodded.
"He should. So… After you yelled at her, she smacked you?" Benny asked. I pulled away from him.
"Yea. It still stings." He held my chin and looked at it.
"Looks like it."
"Benny. I'm scared." My voice cracks. He looks at me.
"Well, I am too." He must be thinking 'how can she be scared. She's practically fearless.' But I'm really not. I'm always scared that I would have to leave here, and now it's true and I don't want to leave. Benny pulled me into his lap and wrapped his arms around me.
"What's gonna happen to me?" I looked up at him.
"I'm not sure." He says. Then his phone goes off.
"That's Ethan. He said that she left and she's going to the park." He stands up and he helps me up.
"Want a piggyback ride?" He asks with a smile.
"Sure." He bent down and I got home his back. Then we started trying to make each other laugh. Then he kept pretending to drop me and I got terrified each time. When we were close to Ethan's house, he let me get off.
"You didn't think I'd actually drop you, did you?" I rolled my eyes at him.
"Whatever." Then we climbed into Ethan's room.
"Sup man." I said. He jumped slightly.
"Hey. What took you guys so long?" Ethan asked.
"We were just talking and messing around." Benny said and he hugged me from behind.
"Can I stay here tonight?" I asked him.
"Yea. Let's go explain to my mom what's going on." So that's what we did. His mom let me stay and she said I could live there! She's so nice. Then his dad decided to fire my mom since she isn't coming back. That shocked her and I grabbed my stuff in the middle of the night and moved in with Ethan.
"Tomorrow, you are my slave." I said to Benny, before he left.
"Yea yea, don't remind me." He said.
"Night Caster." I kissed him softly. After we pulled away, he kissed my forehead.
"Night Wolfy." He said, then he left. I went back to Ethan's room, which is considered ours again.
"Night Ethan. Thanks again." I hugged him and he hugged me tightly.
"No problem Dustin." Then we went to bed.
~ At School ~
School. It was fun because Benny took me to school. I rode on his handlebars.
"I need to go to my locker okay?" He said.
"Alright." Then we went to our lockers. Once I got my stuff, Benny was by my side and taking my books.
"Oh. Thanks." I said. He smiled and we met up with Ethan.
"Hey E." I said. He waved and then we saw the coach taking out the only trophy this school has ever won. Ethan held it and then his pants fell. Oh my god. I laughed. He has rocket ship underwear. He's never gonna live this down. Hahaha. He explained to us that it was because of the coach from 30 years ago hasn't moved on.
"So you have to win a trophy?" I asked. He nodded.
"Is this ghost here?" Benny asked. Then his hair got messed up. I laughed.
"I guess he is." I said and helped Benny fix his hair.
"Yea. They're dating." Ethan said. Guess he's talking to the ghost. Then Ethan's jaw dropped.
"That's mean. He's my friend, and she is too." He said.
"What did the ghost coach say?" I asked him. Benny wrapped his arms around my waist and I blushed.
"He said, 'Why would a pretty girl like you hang out with nerds like us, and why are you fixing his hair, are they dating or something?'" Ethan said.
"Rude." I said.
"I'm going to join the wrestling team." Ethan said. I looked at him.
"Dude! You're going to die!" Then I hugged him. "I can't have my brother die." I said with a pouty face. Benny laughed.
"Babe. You're overreacting." I looked at him.
"Sure I am." Then I let go of Ethan.
"Cmon slave. We need to help Ethan train." I said, then I grabbed Ethan's collar. This is going to be an interesting.