Okayyyy! Here's Part 2! So I have an idea. I think I'm gonna, or at least I kinda want to, make this a full story so if you liked it, let me know! Edit: this is Ben's suit but with a teal undershirt instead of white.

Top Floor
Ben's Dorm
9:00 AM
Thursday 
April 2nd

Ben's POV:
I woke up and remembered the previous day's events. Joshua betrayed Erica. Erica came and told me she liked me. I asked her to prom. She agreed. 

Damn that was a busy day.

I started to move when I realized Erica was, laying in bed next to me? With her arms around me? I then remembered that we had laid down and just talked and she fell asleep. So I'd tucked her in and laid down to sleep as well.

Oh boy is she in for a surprise when she wakes up. She is gonna kill me. Shoot.

I rubbed her back. She jumped.

"What the- where am I?" She asked groggily.

"Erica, please don't kill me. It's Ben. Last night you came in and told me about what happened. We were talking and you fell asleep. So I tucked you in and went to bed. I almost brought you to your room but didn't want to wake you up. So I let you sleep here. I hope that was okay?" She smiled.

"Thank you, and yes it was fine. I understand. Now, let's get ready for breakfast." I nodded and walked to the bathroom. I changed, brushed my teeth, and fixed my hair.

"Your turn." She giggled. 

"And how do you presume I do that? My clothes are in my room."

"Here. Just wear these for now." I handed her a t-shirt and some gray sweatpants. She smiled. She looked like she wanted to ask me something. "What's up?"

"Can I- wear one of your hoodies?" I smiled.

"How could I say no to my girlfriend?" She blushed and I smiled. "Grab whatever one you want." She hugged me and went to grab a sweatshirt. She came back wearing a green and blue one and a huge smile on her face. I laughed put my arm around her and took her hand as we walked to breakfast.

We were just talking and laughing when we walked into the lunchroom and right past Joshua. Erica looked upset like it still hurt to see the guy who treated her so poorly. And I'm sure it did. I squeezed her hand and smiled when she looked up at me.

"Just ignore him. If he so much as talks to you I'll beat him up." She giggled and I smiled.

"Hey loser!" We turned around and saw that it was Joshua who spoke. We kept walking. He followed. "That's my girlfriend! She needs me." Now Erica looked, pardon my language, pissed.

"I MOST CERTAINLY AM NOT. AND I DO NOT-" I looked at her. She took a deep breath and nodded.

"She is not your girlfriend. What about Emily?"

"She left me!"

"Good."

"Erica is my girlfriend and I would appreciate it if you leave her alone.

"You treated her like she was nothing and could be replaced. But she is my everything and definitely can't be replaced. She is the most amazing girl I've ever met and she deserves way better than a jerk like you. And because of your stupidity, she is now my girlfriend and I will treat her like the amazing strong person she is. And I'm sorry if you can't see that. But the point is, she's not your anything. And she doesn't need anyone. The only reason she's letting me stand up for her is because she trusts me and is willing to let me defend her. But just know, she could defend herself just as well, if not better. She is my best friend and girlfriend and I suggest, for your sake, you leave us alone." She looked up at me and smiled. 

And to further prove our point, she kissed me. It was short but amazing. Joshua looked furious. 

We started to walk away when he put his hand on my shoulder and spun him around. Erica stepped to the side and smiled. She nodded and waved toward him. He tried to punch me. I caught his fist and wrenched his arm behind his back. Everyone winced as they heard it crack. It was definitely broken. He groaned. I flipped him over and started to walk away. But he just wouldn't give up.

"Where are you going you little punk? Stop running! Come back here and fight like a man!"

"Let's get things straight, I'm not a punk and I'm not running. And I'm more of a man than you'll ever be. I'm just giving you a second chance though you don't deserve it. We all know I'm better. At the end of this, you'll be the one bleeding broken on the floor as I walk away just fine."

"OOOOOH!" The crowd chorused.

"How much you wanna bet?"

"I don't need to. And I reeeally don't wanna do this." 

"You scared?"

"No, I'm just not a violent person, but you are pushing my buttons. Don't make me do this."

He tried to kick me but I jumped over his leg. I balled up my fists.

"I'm warning you. Last chance before I break every bone in your body. Twice." I spat. He laughed and tried to sweep my legs again. 

He hit my leg and I didn't flinch. I punched him in the face as hard as I could. His nose started to bleed and his eye started to swell. I kicked him in the stomach and he doubled over. I swept his legs out from under him and he crumpled to the ground. He still tried to get up.

"I'll give you one thing, you just don't know when to give UP." I grunted as he kicked me in the shin.

That was it. I grabbed him by the throat. I pulled him up and held him against the wall with one hand.

"I warned you. Didn't I? Now see how easy that was? You better leave us alone. Got it?"

"In your DREAMS." He laughed and tried again to sweep my legs. Again. He didn't seem to realized I knew what he was doing every time. Or maybe he just didn't know what to do. I still don't know. I kicked his leg as hard as I could and everyone could hear a snap as it broke. He screamed in pain and tried to grab his leg. I stared him straight in the face. He punched me and I felt it. But I didn't show it. I tasted blood and realized he had split it open. I felt blood running down my lip. He had given me a matching bloody nose. He struck again. It hit my eye. I winced a little and punched him directly in the eye. 

"Awww man! Now it's uneven."

I switched hands that was holding him up and punched his other eye.

"There we go! Much better."

"You are a pathetic excuse for a person. Now let me and my girlfriend go."

"Takes one to know one, doesn't it. And I believe you are mistaken. Is he mistaken!?!" The crowd screamed yesses. "You just don't get it do you? She doesn't like you anymore. And you didn't listen. I told you this would happen. I have a cut on my lip, a black eye, and a bloody nose while you have a bloody nose and two broken bones, along with many bruises and two black eyes. I told you I didn't want this. All you had to do was stop trying to pick a fight." He groaned. "For future reference, if you're gonna start a fight, don't start one you have no chance of winning."

I dropped him and he lay crumpled, bleeding, and broken just as I'd said. There was silence. Everyone burst into cheers. Clearly, hardly anybody liked him because he was an unfaithful jerk. 

"Ben! Ben! Ben! Ben! Ben!" I smiled and bowed. 

Erica walked over and kicked him in the stomach as she passed Joshua. She hugged me. 

"Thank you. That was the most fun I've had in awhile." I smiled.

"No problem." We smiled and started for the serving area."You can all go back to your meals now!" Everyone laughed and obliged. We grabbed our food and sat down by our friends.

Mike was first to ask. "So you're finally together?" We nodded. "Congrats guys!" We smiled and we all talked for a while.

"Will Joshua Hallal and Benjamin Ripley bring one person to the Principal's office immediately?" 

There was a chorus of 'Good luck Ben!'s and "I'll vouch for you!'s Erica and I walked that way along with Joshua and his only friend.

A few minutes later we were sitting there. They were explaining what happened to Cyrus and Alexander, as the Principal was a complete and total idiot. Me and my friends even called him 'The Idiot.' 

Cyrus looked to us. "So, what happened?"

I explained and Erica smiled. "I even have proof. I videoed it since Joshua wouldn't leave us alone and I predicted it might lead to a fight."

"That's my girl!" Cyrus grinned. He watched it and smiled. "Sorry Joshua, but their version is the truth. I'm afraid you are expelled effective immediately after you recover in the infirmary. As for your friend, he egged you on and we have footage of him doing stuff previously, which we just hadn't addressed yet, is also expelled."

"But he beat me up! That's so unfair! What about them?"

"Is it? He gave you numerous warnings and tried to back away, but you persisted. He only did it out of self defense while you started it. And, like Ben said, don't start fights you know you can't win. It's like you were asking to get beat up! I believe it wasn't his fault so he has no punishment. He handled it better than I would have. You hit me and I would have instantly fought back. But he waited and tried to avoid it. So good job Ben." 

I was amazed. Cyrus Hale just complimented me.

"Thank you sir. That means a lot." 

He called the nurses in to take care of them. When they were gone he clapped me on the back. You've improved a ton. I'm proud. I would say don't hurt my granddaughter but judging by the way you talked to Joshua I don't think I have to worry as much. I'm gonna be honest, I don't like this but I know it's Erica's decision, not mine. Treat her well son."

"Thank you sir. I will. I promise." 

"Erica, take him to your dorm and fix him up."

"Okay, thanks grandpa!"

We walked to her room in silence, holding hands. 

"Hey, thanks for recording it. You really saved me with that. It was really smart. Sorry it got a little messy though. I promise I'm not usually like that."

"No problem. And don't worry, it's okay. I honestly thought it was kinda hot how protective you were. And you are like that. But not in a bad way. You protect the people you care about by trying do avoid a fight but you'll do whatever it takes. It's one of the reasons I like you. But it is definitely not a bad thing." I blushed. Like a lot.

"Thanks. What did he mean by fix me up though? I feel fine." She laughed. 

"You don't look so good. Well that's not true, you look adorable but fierce and tough. But you have a black eye, a bloody nose, and a split lip. You need to get cleaned up." 

I shrugged and followed her. We went in and she told me to sit down on her bed. She came back with a first aid kit and wet towels. And a mirror. She held it up to my face.

Damn.

"I-"

"Come here." 

"Okay."

I moved over and she sat in her desk chair across from me. She handed me ice and told me to hold it on my eye. Then she gave me some kleenexes to stop my nose bleed. We waited a few minutes until it did. My eye had stopped swelling and was just black now. She wiped my face with one and then dabbed my lip with another towel.

"You really did a number to Joshua. Thanks." I nodded. "Okay we have two options I can hold the towel to it as we watch a show or I can stitch-"

"First one." I blurted. She raised her eyebrow and looked suspicious. "I'm- scared of needles." I muttered.

"But it will-" I looked at her and pleaded.

"Please. Don't." She sighed. 

"Okay. Side B?" I nodded. 

An hour later it ended and she looked at my lip. 

"The bleeding has stopped. Be careful, but I think you're fine." She gave me the mirror and I looked way better.

"Wow. I look way better. Thank you."

"No problem." 

"What time is it?"

"4:00 PM" 

"That means we-"

"Missed our classes for today. Yes, we did."

"Tape 2?" She nodded. All this talk of tapes means the next episode of 13 Reasons Why, in case you didn't know.

We laid on her bed watching it happily and we watched them until we fell asleep.

What I remember better than the fight was how soft and gentle she was when she was taking care of me and helping me get cleaned up. It was one of the best days of my life.

Wow, okay, like I said, if you like it let me know cuz I kinda wanna make this it's own little short story and add to the beginning and end to make it longer. Laterrr!