Yay, new chapter time!

Hope ya'll like it!

Updated:12/31/2013

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Dr. Bishop sat there, a look of utter shock on her face as her pen hovered over her notepad.

"Benny, what do you mean by that?" Benny shook his head, his face mirroring hers; he seemed to be shocked by what he had said as well.

"I…I don't know," he said, getting up. "I have to go."

"Benny! Benjamin come back here!" she called out, but the teen was gone.

…

Benny stood in the hallway, leaning against some lockers, his chest heaving as he tried to catch his breath.

"Yo Ben! What you doing here so early man?" a voice asked as a hand slapped down onto his shoulder. He looked up and met the blue eyes of one of his teammates.

"Hey Travis," he said, slapping hands with his friend. "No reason," he said with a nonchalant shrug, easily falling back into popular jock mode.

"How was your weekend man?" Travis asked, running a hand through his spiked-up blonde hair; Travis was as tall as Benny, with dark blue eyes and light blonde hair; he was slightly muscular with a lean frame.

"Awful. I had to spend it with…ugh," Benny said in clear disgust. Travis nodded in understanding.

"That's gotta suck. That nerd didn't give you no trouble did he?"

"Nah, but he did say something weird to me…" Benny muttered, remembering the words his old friend had muttered to him.

"And what was that?"

"He said 'they made me do it you know.' Any idea what he meant by that?" Benny asked, surprised to see Travis's smile drop from his face. "Man, you okay?"

"Yeah. I just… I forgot I had a paper due. I gotta go. See you later Ben." Benny watched as Travis turned around and quickly walked away from him.

"Yeah, later."

'That was weird,' Benny thought as he turned to head to his locker. He stopped walking though as he saw Lucas walk into the school, his hands in his pockets. Benny felt an intense rage course through him at the sight of him. His hands balled into fists as he moved towards him. Lucas saw him coming and just stared him down.

"What do you want?" Benny glared at him and he glared back, neither looking away; finally, Benny moved. Quickly, he grabbed Lucas's wrist and pushed the slightly smaller teen into a nearby storage closet. He threw down his back and shoved him against the wall before he aimed a fist at his face. Lucas gasped at the contact briefly before Benny began to pummel him. After about ten minutes, he stopped and just stared at the other teen who was now sitting against the wall, breathing heavily through his mouth; blood flowed from his nose, which was black and blue, covered in bruises. Benny didn't know what had come over him, but something had. Lucas just watched him, eyes wary.

"Beating me up won't bring him back to you ya know," he muttered, watching as Benny gritted his teeth at him in aggravation before he reached for his wrist. With one quick turn, Lucas let out a loud, pain-filled cry as burning, agonizing pain shot down his arm. Benny let the limp arm go as he watched Lucas hold back tears.

"I know."

Lucas watched him leave and waited a couple of minutes before he dug out his phone with his good hand and hit number 1 on his speed-dial.

"Luc?"

"E… help."

…

Ethan ran into the school, ignoring the weird looks he was getting as he threw open the door to the closet near his locker. He shook his head as he saw Lucas, who gave him a sad smile.

"Hey…E," he said slowly, holding one arm closer to his body as he attempted to sit up a bit more.

"Luc… did he do this?" Lucas shrugged, wincing as he did so. "Lucas."

"E… don't." Ethan pulled out his phone and quickly called 911. Once he was off the phone with them, he called Rory, who hurried over to them.

"Ror, stay with Lucas. I'll be back in a few minutes." Rory and Lucas watched Ethan walk out into the hallway; students were starting to gather, peeking into the closet and gasping at the sight of Lucas. Ethan moved calmly through the hallways, only stopping when he spotted Benny, who was talking to one of his teammates that Ethan easily recognized.

Right now, he didn't care though. With a determined look on his face, he approached Benny, who turned to look at him.

"E."

"Benny, what the fuck were you thinking?!" he cried out, pushing him against the lockers; he saw Benny's teammate move towards him but then back-off as Benny waved his hand. He just eyed Ethan, who looked angrier than he had ever seen him. Ethan pushed him again, and he winced when his head connected with the lockers. Ethan then directed a punch at his nose, a dark bruise forming already. "I hate you. So much." Benny just slumped there, watching him. "Leave my friends alone, and stay the fuck away from me. I hate you!" He punched him one more time before he finally pulled back. Benny watched as Ethan turned to look at his friend. "I hope you're happy with what you've done," he said softly, face blank. With a blank look at Benny, he turned and walked away, hearing Benny speak finally.

"Travis, what did he mean?"

Ethan shook his head as he made his way back to Lucas, who was being helped up by Rory. As he stared at his two friends, he realized something.

Benny hadn't fought back this time.

…

Later that day, Ethan walked into Lucas's hospital room; he frowned at the neon blue cast that covered his friend's arm from his wrist to his elbow.

"He got you good huh?" he said softly as he sat down next to him. Lucas shrugged and fell back against his pillows. "How long you gotta stay here?"

"Just overnight; luckily the broken arm was the worst of the damage." Ethan let his eyes roam over his friend's face, looking at the bruises that covered it.

"That's good…" Lucas grinned and shifted a bit so he could look at him.

"I heard you kicked his ass." Now Ethan shrugged, making Lucas chuckle.

"You're in a pretty good mood considering you got your arm broken today."

"You're here with me. I wanna enjoy my time with you before you and him become friends again."

"That's not gonna happen," Ethan said, getting up and moving to sit on the side with Lucas's good arm. He reached for Lucas's hand, making him grin sadly. "After what he did to you… I don't think I could ever forgive him."

"I mean that much to you?" he asked weakly, surprised by the fear he felt as Ethan looked him in the eyes.

"Yeah, you do." Ethan leaned over and pressed a soft kiss to Lucas's lips; Lucas sat there in surprise as Ethan smiled at him. Lucas shook his head and smiled back.

"You're crazy E."

"I know."

…

-Gasp!- I know that probably raised some questions.

How will Ethan and Lucas's relationship progress now?

Will Benny's 'friend' tell him what Ethan meant?

What does this all mean for Benny and Ethan?

We'll see, won't we?

See you soon & have a safe and happy new year.

-JustMe133