*well here is the chapter you've all been waiting for. This is where you find out what's going on with Benji, a lot of you think he's in love with Jesse or Beca, now you get to find out ;)*
Benji POV
I knew why Jesse asked me to come play video games with him. It was hard to resist my best friend especially when he was in the state he was. Beca had asked him to talk to me, find out what was wrong with me. I was ready to tell him. I was upset, even angry at him. I felt betrayed. He used to come running to me with everything, now we barely spoke. I sat next to him, letting him win at the racing game that I normally enjoyed so much. Once he'd won for the billionth time he put the controller down and turned to face me.
"Benji, you need to talk to me, Beca is worried sick about you and she isn't going to let it drop until you spill. So go on, get whatever is on your chest off." He said, he sounded serious, even concerned.
"You wanna know what's wrong Jess? Well here it is, that girl is special. She is one in a million. I'd do anything for her, I'd do anything for you. You guys are the only family I really have now. You and me, I thought we were brothers. Brothers tell each other stuff, like proposing." Standing up I paced around. "with that sort of thing, I expected you to come to me first, especially since I'd been there for Beca so much while you were out. She deserves something better than what your offering. It hurt that you didn't come to me first, considering how close we were meant to be." I was trying to focus all my anger on the fact that he hadn't told me, his best friend, first about the proposal. It was part of the reason, I wasn't lying. But the other part, somewhere along the line I'd fallen for Beca, no I didn't love her as such. But I cared so deeply about her that if things carried on, soon enough I would. I hoped he hadn't picked up on it.
"Do you have feelings for Beca?" he questioned. Fuck. He'd understood.
"Yeah maybe I do. But only because I'm the one she runs to when you fuck up, I'm the shoulder to cry on when you're not around." I screamed back at him. I was sure that if he could he would be on his feet ready to floor me. I was secretly glad he was in a wheelchair right now.
"You son of a bitch Benji. You're meant to be my best friend. You stand there and preach about how we're like brothers, annoyed that I didn't tell you first, yet you've fallen for my girl? Real smooth Ben, real fucking smooth." He was pissed, proper and utterly pissed.
Jesse POV
I wanted to punch him. In fact I wanted to kill him. How dare he fall for my girl, MY Beca. I trusted him around her, now I didn't want him anywhere near her.
"She encouraged it!" he retaliated back. What was he saying? I knew Beca, she was faithful, that I didn't doubt.
"What did you just say?"
"You heard me, she encouraged it. All the cuddling while you were unconscious. Falling asleep in my arms most nights when you were in hospital, the amount she cares for me, the kisses on my head. She encouraged it, if she'd just stayed away it would never have got this far!" he explained.
"She was upset! You were her friend, comforting her. What else was she supposed to do? Beca is a caring person, of course she'd care about a friend like you!" I wanted to punch him. If only I could reach. I leaned up and with my good arm I grabbed his shirt and pulled him down. I was a lot stronger than him and easily threw him to the floor, even if I was in a chair. As he tried to get up I kicked him with my good leg, then again and again. Suddenly my chair was being pulled back and Benji was left lying on the floor, coughing and spluttering.
"Jesse, what the fuck are you doing?" Uni asked as the others helped Benji to his feet.
"What am I doing? He's the one going after Beca. First Joey, then Luke now him." I spat. I was fuming.
"Benji is it true?" I heard her voice, it was shaky. Even if I couldn't see her right now, I could picture the look on he face, her eyes would be filling up and shock would be plastered on her face. I glanced back at Benji who was sitting on the sofa. He said nothing but just nodded. I wondered what Beca would do now. I heard a little sob come from her, then I heard her footsteps getting louder. Expecting her to come to me, my heart broke a little when she went straight to Benji.
"Benji, listen I know its hard, but you have to understand that we were never going to happen. I'm sorry if it was me that made you think this, but I love Jesse, with all my heart. I don't want to lose you as a friend, you mean to much to me." She explained. My heart could beat normally again, for a split second I thought she was going to leave me for him. She stood up and walked over to me. Grabbing my hand she squeezed it reassuringly before taking the handles of my chair and wheeling me away. I'd won the girl, but overall I felt lost. I'd just lost the best friend I'd ever had. Truth was, I felt pain and loss, not hate and anger than I should be feeling. Sure it was there aswell, but it was being taken over by sadness now. I could only hope things would work out in time. Hope.
*well here it is guys! i thought i should get it up tonight since im out tomorrow night and might not get a chance to write or upload tomorrow! please tell me what you think, its not exactly what you guys thought but pretty close. if im honest i didnt know what was on Benji's mind till i read your reviews ;) i hadnt thought of an idea when i wrote in the last 2 chapters. please review and let me know what you think!*
