Dawnstar94 - No problem, I just like it when at least one person reviews so I have some feedback to work on before I post the next chapter. Don't worry about the bitchy PE teacher, I don't have to do PE anymore and my mum totally pwned her at Parent's Evening.

So, Hermy-wa and Wooshy-wo's plan failed the first time. Let's see how they do this time round. And also, hope you won't get too mad at me for what happens to Benny. I put some of my own feelings at being teased by various classmates into it.

"That was an epic fail" stated Mercutio, lacing up his skating boots at the ice skating rink.

"I told you!" Benvolio added, as he laced up his "Couldn't Romeo come?"

"Nope. But Hermy-wa will be here shortly. Rose is coming too, right?"

"You've been hanging out with Hermia a lot lately, haven't you?"

"Yep. Why, don't you like her?"

"She's ok. A bit scary sometimes"

"Scary?"

"Like when she hit on me!"

"She hits on everyone. Don't flatter yourself"

Benvolio shook his head, looking at his friend's black eye. To add insult to injury, Benvolio had later witnessed both Tybalt and Rosaline behind his dad's nightclub, making out. In short, life sucked for them. After being joined by Hermia and Rose they skated onto the rink. Benvolio slipped up several times, and Mercutio had to pull him around a few times.

"Isn't that Livia?" asked Hermia, pointing.

"Who?"

"Livia. Juliet's cousin. Rosaline's sister. And she's with...Gabriel. Yuck"

"He's not that bad" interrupted Rose "He's quite sweet actually. I should go and say hello"

"Don't. I don't want him hanging around with us. He's the most stupidest, ridiculous person that ever lived. He looks and acts like a girl. He sucks" said Hermia.

"He doesn't suck!"

"He does!" goaded Hermia "In fact, I heard a rumour he's not male or female, but both!"

Mercutio roared with laughter "Ha! We ought to ask him if it's true! I bet we can get him to do the screechy thing he does when he's angry"

"How DARE you!" imitated Hermia.

Rose looked disgusted at Hermia, and then back at Benvolio.

"Stop it, all of you" insisted Benvolio "Rose, go and say hello to him if you want too. But don't stay too long, because there's Tybalt and Rosaline up in the stands. They're all friends now after Gabriel paid Tybalt to beat up the football captain guy David and I don't want to get into trouble with Tybalt. Look at Mercutio's black eye!"

"Whatever, Bennykins! Me and Hermy-wa want to do some lifts now. So looks like you'll have to skate unassisted. Cha cha!"

Mercutio and Hermia glided away in circles. They started getting closer to Gabriel just to wind up Benvolio, before starting to do the lifts. Hermia pulled a face at Tybalt and stuck her middle fingers up whilst in the air at him.

Benvolio turned to Rose "Shall we skate for a bit?"

Neither of them were any good, and just spent the time clinging to the side. When this song, one that Benvolio didn't like very much, something called 'I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend To Dance' played, Gabriel skated past.

"Why, hello Rose! Fancy seeing you here"

"Gabriel!" exclaimed Rose happily "Fancy seeing you too! What are you up too?"

"I'm out with my friends and my sisters, only Rosaline didn't want to skate so she's sitting with Tybalt. I've just been twirling Juno and Livia around. Have you met Juno, Rose? I should introduce you too him sometime. He's my best friend"

"I haven't met him yet. Maybe you should. Your friends sound really cool"

"Unfortunately, Lavinia's not here today" said Gabriel "So I can't introduce you to her"

"Rose, I'm hungry. Do you want to go and get some food in a minute?" interrupted Benvolio, hoping to get rid of Gabriel.

"You go. I want to talk to Gabriel for a bit and go and meet Juno" said Rose.

"I thought Juno was the name of a pregnant girl" Benvolio added.

"Shut up" snapped Gabriel "I thought Benvolio was the name of an apathetic loser who wets the bed?"

"What did you just say?" gasped Benvolio.

"Bye" sang Gabriel, skating off with Rose following. Benvolio stood like a gormless idiot with his mouth hanging open for a bit, before hurrying away to the men's loos. Hermia and Mercutio had disappeared, so he just locked himself in a cubicle. He sat with his head leant on the wall, reading all the rude rhymes. Once he recognised, as Mercutio had written it when they were ten. Before Romeo had started with this 'in love' nonsense and girls were never a major problem.

He didn't know how long he sat there for. But it was a while before he heard Mercutio come in and start calling for him.

"Benny? You in here? I have something awesome to show you!"

Then he heard a female voice.

"Yeah! Ben-Ben, come see it!"

Benvolio opened the door.

"There you are!" exclaimed Mercutio "Guess what, guess what?"

"What?" sighed Benvolio, washing his hands.

"We caught them! Tybalt and Rosaline! We filmed it, and we're showing it to Romeo!" Mercutio screamed with excitement.

"Ha ha! She'll never shove me down the stairs again!" cackled Hermia.

"What is it with you?" snapped Benvolio. Mercutio and Hermia both blinked "I mean, Romeo's always obsessed with girls, and you are both just obsessed with messing around with Tybalt. Suppose I don't want to listen to Romeo talk about girls or have to mess around with Tybalt? Suppose I actually want to spend some meaningful time with people who are meant to be my friends when I need them? I'm going home"

He threw a paper towel in the trashcan and stormed out. Gabriel and Rose had left. It was like a knife to the heart to know that she'd left without him, and with another boy. Benvolio had thought they'd been really close as a couple. They'd started off as friends, and it was just their emotional intimacy that he could never get enough of. He'd never really been able to talk to his dad as much as he had with her, especially on the subject of his late mother. And now, all that, was it gone?

"Benny! Benny boy!" called Mercutio.

"You're so insensitive!" Benvolio cried back. In that moment, he couldn't stand Mercutio. It was Mercutio who freaked his girlfriend out and then did stupid things when Benvolio was upset. And Romeo was so self-centred and uncaring. If Benvolio's head dropped off, but Romeo had been scratched by a cat, well, guess who'd get all the attention. Romeo, of course. He kept running, and would his bad luck have it, he bumped into Tybalt Capulet.

"Yo, Tin Grin, how's it hanging!" yelled Tybalt after him as he sped up. Benvolio gasped. How had Tybalt heard that nickname? It was true Gabriel had been shouting it at him a few times, but...

"Hey, Tin Grin, I asked you a question! It's polite to answer you know!" Tybalt continued to yell. Tybalt's gang jeered along with him, and Benvolio heard Rosaline cackle.

"Well, I should expect he's more used to hearing his new name!" sang Gabriel, prancing out from the middle of the crowd.

"Oh yeah, what was it again, Gabriel, bruv?"

"Hmm...I think it was Wet-Bed-Volio!" Gabriel shouted. Tybalt's group spluttered with laughter, none as loud as Tybalt himself.

"Bye, bye Wet-Bed-Volio!" Tybalt jeered "Go wash your sheets like a good little boy!"

Benvolio flushed red. Some other people who he didn't know were giggling at him. Humiliation trickled down his body like someone had just soaked him with water. He tried to move away from the encounter, but they just shouted louder. He couldn't escape the stigma of their laughter. Gabriel was screaming abuse like nobodies business, and Tybalt was laughing. Laughing and laughing like no tomorrow.