Boarding Schools, Secrets, and Jerks 2 by Alyza Slaton (life changing books .txt) 📕

"Oh." He nodded, typing our names in Pursing my lips, I grabbed my ball and began walking to the lane.

I smirked over my shoulder at him, "We'll see."

After Bowling.

Hiding my smirk, I glanced over at Benji. His face was set in a grimace, his hands deep in his pocket. 

"Benji, it's not that big a deal. You suck at bowling. Get over it." I bit my bottom lip, holding back a laugh

He kept his eyes on the ground, a stubborn look on his face as we stopped in front of the counter again.

The blonde slowly walked up to us again, "What can I help you guys with?"

"Two wrist bands for go-cars, please." I smiled, pinching Benji's side

Jumping, he glared at me as he pulled his wallet out, "How much?"

She looked between us and muttered, Fifteen dollars." He pulled out a twenty and gave it to her, holding his wrist out impatiently. She quickly grabbed a wrist band and put it on him, putting mine on after.

Stalking off, Benji headed towards the door. Rolling my eyes at his dramatics, I followed. 

"Benjamin." I said, jogging to catch up to him, "Is it really his big of a deal?" I asked, looking up at him

He sighed, "No, but you got cocky and made me mad."

I gaped at him, "How? I just told you to get over it. It's not my fault you suck." 

"Grrr." He mumbled, wrapping his arm around my shoulder

Chuckling, I walked up to the line filled with people waiting to get a go-car. Benji stood behind me, leaning against the rail, biting his bottom lip nervously.

"What's wrong?" I asked, frowning up at him

"Is this safe for pregnant women?" He asked, looking around as if he was expecting someone to answer him

Rolling my eyes, I smiled at him, "I'm sure it is. It's not bumper cars, Benji."

"I don't know." He said uneasily, "Just don't tell Kyle or Easton about this."

I laughed, "Easton wouldn't hurt you. Kyle might." 

"How is everything between you two?" He asked as we moved up in the line

Shrugging, I wrapped my arms around myself. "We're meeting up Friday to talk."

"He wants to get back together?" He asked, shoving his hands in his pockets

"I don't know. Probably but I'm just not ready to. Ya know?" I said, taking a deep breath

Benji nodded, "Yeah, I understand. He hurt you but at the same time, in his mind you hurt him that night, too."

"He shouldn't have gotten hurt or mad. It wasn't my intention to, either. But if I could prevent drama, why wouldn't I?" I question, showing the guy my wristband before walking through the turn-y thing

Benji followed, running to a red go-car, a wide grin on his face. "You're going down."

Getting into a purple one, I rolled my eyes. "Don't think because you tried to make me feel guilty about bowling that I'm going to go easy on you."

He rolled his eyes, "I'm naturally a better driver than you."

I grumbled, putting the waist belt on. The guy came by, checking everyone's belt then we were off. Benji beat me, he is a better driver. Only because he's a werewolf, though! He has good reflexes.

"What do you want to do now?" Benji asked, steering me towards the car

"Food." I mumbled, opening the passenger side door before sliding in

Benji chuckled, nodding his head as he shut the door. He walked around and got in the drivers seat.

"Where to?" He asked, staring the car

"You choose this time." I said, putting my seat belt on

"There's this nice restaurant on the beach. Wanna go there?" He looked over at me, backing out of the parking space

I nodded, "Sure."

Pulling onto the road, he sped off. I turned the music on and grinned as Cher Lloyd's song came on.

Nodding my head, I nudged Benji.

"Who is this girl?" Benji asked, turning the radio down

"Cher Lloyd. She's from the UK." I grinned creepily, "I love the UK."

Benji looked at me, frowning. "...Ok."

Smiling at him, I widened my eyes. He glanced at me before shoving his hand in my face, glaring.

"Don't stare at me like that." He growled, making me laugh loudly as I pushed his hand away

"Loser." I muttered, a small smirk on my lips

He growled lowly, looking away from me as a smile lit up his face. Sighing, I leaned against the window and closed my eyes.

"Kelsey." Benji sang, poking my nose

Opening my eyes, I looked up at him to see him staring down at me. I sat up, unbuckling my seat belt. Benji grabbed my hand, helping me out of the car. Rubbing my eyes, I looked around and saw the beach. I grinned, shutting my door as I took s deep breath, smelling the salt water.

"Come on. They're clearing a table for us now." Benji said, setting his hand on the small of my back

We walked up to the restaurant and Benji held the door open for me. I smiled, walking in. The restaurant was a little warm but not blazing hot. There was chatter all around, laughing booming through the place. A waiter came up, holding two menus and a wide grin.

"Your table is right this way." He said, leading us to the tableBenji and I followed him and sat down in the booth, grabbing the menus the guy held out to us. 

"What can I get you guys to drink?" He asked, looking between us with soft brown eyes

"Kelsey?" Benji asked, lifting his eyes from the menu

"Do you guys have strawberry milk shakes?" I asked, looking up at him

"We do. Small, medium, or large?" He questioned, looking down at me patiently

"Medium, please." I grinned, biting my bottom lip in anticipation for the shake

He nodded, "What about you?"

"Just a coke." Benji said, glancing at me

"Okay, I'll be back with those and get your order." He grinned, walking away with a bounce in his step

I looked after him, surprised at his happiness. Looking away, my eyes slid to Benji and I saw him looking at his hands that were tracing the table.

"Benji." I murmured as he said, "Kelsey."

"Uhh, you first." I said, crossing my leg over my knee under the table

"I know this is a lot to ask, seeing as you've done nothing to Aliyah but..." He hesitated and I arched a brow, looking at him expectantly

Just as he opened his mouth to speak again, our waiter came with our drinks. He set them down and pulled out his notepad, "You guys ready to order?"

"No, sorry." I said, "Can you give us a few minutes?" 

"Sure." He nodded, bouncing away once again

"He must really love his job." Benji muttered, taking a sip of his coke

I nodded, "So, what were you going say?"

He shook his head, "Never mind. Later maybe."

Biting the inside of my cheek to stop me from talking, I nodded and grabbed my shake, putting the straw in it. I took a gulp and looked at Benji to see him looking at his phone.

"Who ya textin'?" I asked, not really caring who he was texting, just starting conversation

"Aliyah." He said, setting his phone to the side, "She wants me to come home. To talk." He groaned, burying his head in his hands. "Anyway, let's see what we're going to eat."

Pushing it off for the moment, I picked up thee menu and lifted it in front of my face, my eyes scanning the food choices. Settling on the hamburger and fries, I put my menu down as the bouncy guy came back, once again smiling.

"Ready?" 

Benji looked at me before looking back down at his phone.

"Yeah, I'll just have the bacon burger with fries. No mayonnaise, please." I said, pushing my menu to the end of the table

He wrote down on his sheet and looked at Benji.

"Umm...The sea food platter, please." He said, blindly pushing his menu to the guy as he was too focused on his phone

The menu fell to the food and the guy picked it up, grabbing mine. He threw me a sympathetic look before walking away.

"If you want to go, you can." I said, sliding my shake over to me

Benji shook his head, slowly set his phone down as he looked at me, his eyes scanning my face before he sighed. "I'm sorry."

I shrugged, "It's fine. Really though, if you want to go, go. I told you that I wasn't going to come between the two of you again."

"You're not." He smiled softly, "I told her I was spending the day with you. The whole day, not half."

Releasing a breath, I leaned back in my seat, narrowing my eyes on him. He awkwardly took a drink of his soda and avoided my eyes.

"Stop it!" He whined, a chuckled escaping his lips

Laughing, I sat up in my seat and shook my head, "Why do you look so guilty?"

"I'm not." He said quickly, shaking his head jerkily

"You know you can tell me anything." I said, setting my hand over his briefly

He chewed on his bottom lip, blue eyes wary. Sighing, he closed his eyes lightly, "I just...feel bad. Aliyah wants me to do things that I just can't."

"Like what?" I asked softly

"Stay away from you for instance." He growled, "And even though I've told her time after time that I can't, she won't stop."

Biting the inside of my cheek, I thought about what to say, "It's impossible for you to stay away from me for a long time? You talked to my parents or Dec about this?"

"No, they're still away on vacation but I talked to Declan and he told me what I already knew. If I choose to stay away from you, kind of like you did with me, I wouldn't feel any loss but you would. Also, yes, I can't be away from you." He groaned

Our waiter came by with our food, "Sorry for the wait." He smiled, setting our food in front of us

"Thank you." I grinned, eager to eat

"Thanks." Benji nodded

"You're welcome." He chirped, "If you need anything, call me."

Benji and I began eating in comfortable silence. After eating, we ordered desert and left the restaurant.

"What time is it?" I asked as we walked back to the car

"Almost eight." Benji said, wrapping his arm around my shoulder as he tried to steer me to the beachI slid from his hold, shaking my head.

"We both need to get home."

Sighing, he nodded and pulled the keys from his pocket, walking to the car. I trailed behind, taking in his tense posture. Unlocking the car, he held the passenger side door for me and I got in, buckling up. Benji shut the door and walked around the car to the drivers side. He got in and started the car, backing out and onto the road. We got to the condo quickly and I unbuckled my seat belt, leaning over to give Benji a hug.

"Thanks for today. I really needed it." I smiled as he wrapped his arms around me

"Thank you." He whispered, giving me a squeeze, "I'll see you soon."

"Yeah, and...good luck." I frowned, pulling away from me

"She's just so difficult." He groaned

I gave him a sad smile, "Bye, Benji."

"Bye." He smiled

Getting out, I shut the door behind me and walked up the path to the front door. I pulled my keys out of my pocket and stuck them in the door, turning the key. Walking in, I shut and locked the door behind me as I began taking my shoes off.

"Kelsey? That you?" Talon came into veiw, holding a mug, "How was your day with Benjamin?" He asked, sipping his drink lightly

"It was fun." I smiled, setting my keys down as I ran a hand through my hair, "Everyone else asleep?" 

"Except Easton and I. The girls have been in their rooms all day. They were scared you'd come home early." He chuckled, wrapping his arm around my waist as he pulled me to the living room

Easton looked up as we walked in and gave me a smile, "Was it fun?"

I nodded, tucking my feet under me as I sat down. "It was a lot of fun. How was your guys' day? School