Hey everyone! Today was very uneventful, besides me writing the next chapter anyways. I hope you enjoy this one, because it's quite funny and I hope I make you laugh as much as I laughed while writing it :) thank you and please comment your thoughts!

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I woke up early that morning around 4, which was unusual because it was a Saturday. I was supposed to sleep in, but somehow going back to bed seemed near impossible.

There was a text from Ben on my phone.

Ben- I feel awful

I couldn't help but smile at the thought of Ben feeling the effects of yesterday, no matter how rude and selfish that may sound. I texted back almost instantly.

  Me - I'll be over in a few

I quickly changed into leggings and a long-sleeve shirt before climbing out of my window. As soon as I tumbled into Ben's room I could instantly tell how horrible he felt just by looking at him. He was laying in bed with a bucket by the side of him, his hair was a completely mess that somehow didn't effect how attractive he looked.  He mumbled something that I couldn't quite understand.

"Well, you did it to yourself " I said while letting out a chuckle and sitting down in the swirly chair. I swirled around and turned on his computer.

   "Yeah, well you don't have to remind me"  Ben said with an exhausted expression. I started to search the web for one of my favorite internet games - one that I only played when I was by myself or with Ben.

Papas fritas Hot dogaria

Okay, it sounds stupid but basically all you do is make fake hot dogs for fake costumers, and believe it or not - it could be addictive sometimes.

If anyone is wondering, it's on the lamest website name possible.

Coolmathgames.com

"You've got to be kidding me. You're playing that stupid game again?" Ben chuckled.  I swirled around as fast as I could manage with a serious and sincere expression on my face.

     "Yes. I'm on level 21" I said. "And look! I just unlocked the sweet relish" I exclaimed. Ben laughed and climbed out of bed slowly while gripping his heavy head. 

    "Seriously, I'm only on level... 29" Ben smirked and grabbed the other swirly chair from the side. He pulled it up besides mine and sat down.

   "Whatever" I said while a smile invaded my face.  I started to laugh suddenly because we were seniors playing a stupid game, but this game was something more than that.  In some respects, this game helped bond our friendship years ago. It made us closer because we knew we could be ourselves when we were together.

We didn't have to worry about judgement and stereotypes.

We weren't afraid to be ourself. And I guess that's why I loved moments like these, moments when we completely let go of who everyone thinks we are.

           "It's going to take a while for you to catch up with my hot dog making skills" Ben said while reaching into the mini fridge beside his desk and pulling out two juice boxes. He handed me the other one.

   "Oh and you're just going to sit and watch me fail while sipping a cherry flavored juice box?" I questioned. Ben looked at me and nodded.

"Well I might as well enjoy your pain if you are sitting here enjoying mine" Ben remarked. I was caught red-handed and I wasn't going to deny it. I threw my hands up dramatically and acted surprised.

"You caught me" I surrendered. Ben smiled and threw his empty juice box away. I heard footsteps hurdling up the stairs and I instantly knew who it was when they barged through the door. Peyton squealed and ran towards me with outstretched arms. It was no secret that Peyton liked me, and her love was something I much adored. I picked her up in my lap so she could see the game display on the computer, which she instantly declared that she wanted to play too.

We let her.

Often times I wished that Mason could be younger, so then Mason and Peyton could become as best friends as Ben and I are. Sadly our moms didn't plan their pregnancies together, so therefore there was nothing we could do about it.

"Do you want to go somewhere tonight?" Ben asked as we watched Peyton crush level 22. I looked at him as the various possibilities ran through my mind.

    "Sky-diving?" I questioned with a look of doubt.

"What? Of course not. You know I don't prefer heights" Ben chuckled. I couldn't help but laugh because he didn't remember what he had said last night.

       "Well you sure didn't care about heights last night, or about getting herpes" I commented with a grin of Ben's defeat. That made me happy to completely roast him in his own house.

  "What are herpes?" Peyton questioned in her sweet innocent voice. I was utterly alarmed as I covered my mouth, I completely forgot that she was here. Ben started cracking up laughing like he didn't care about the fake answer I had to lie about.

    "Herpes are something that Libs has, its special kind of jewelry she wears a lot" Ben said slyly. He smirked at me as Peyton nodded, taking in the false information Ben had just given her.  I scoffed and gave Ben the evilest glare I could manage.

    "So she got the herpes from you? Because you gave that necklace to her for her birthday" Peyton replied innocently. She crossed her arms and smiled in triumph that she placed the puzzle pieces together. Meanwhile, Ben was in shock that his sister was so smart. Of course, I was too but I was more than happy to see Ben's plan back-fire. 

We started to laugh louder than  a volcano erupting, and eventually Peyton joined in on the joke she knew nothing about - which ultimately, only made us laugh louder.

"Peyton, moms calling you" Ben said randomly. I didn't hear his mom say anything but when Peyton climbed off the chair and out of the room I knew he just made up that lie to make her leave.

   "And for your information I don't have herpes" Ben said while shutting down the computer. 

   "Well neither do I! And besides, if you're hanging out with Reagan than you're bound to get the disease sooner than later"  I said honestly. Ben glared at me. And it was the glare that he gave me when he claimed defeat, when he knew I was right.

  "Okay, you may be right, but she's hot" Ben said just the same. "Anyway, are you up for going fishing?" He asked cheerfully. All the disappointment that was building up in my chest earlier soon faded and I was left with a confused self.

  "You don't even like fishing" I said cautiously while giving him a curious stare.

   He shrugged and walked out the door.

Naturally, I followed.

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In less than a hour we were sitting by the riverside of Saint Paul's river. It was one of the most typical fishing spots in the summer, but right now it was almost completely deserted besides for us and the fish we weren't going to catch.

The weather was cool, but warm at the same time as Ben plopped the end of the line into the lake. He had grabbed some of their old fishing poles from the garage, although it looked as if he didn't know how to use it very well.

"Okay you look like a complete idiot right now" I said while looking at Ben. I was sitting in the grass next to him as he pretended to know what he was doing.

"And whys that" Ben questioned without a care in the world. I smiled.

"One, you are dressed like a typically jock who hates fishing. Two, everyone knows that you don't like fishing and 3, you didn't even put a worm at the end of your line." I said helplessly. Ben laughed and laughed like I said that for his pure amusement. Although hearing him so happy only made me smile.

"Alright, you caught me. I really only came so I could go swimming" Ben said naturally. He stood up and threw his fishing pole to the side carelessly. I stood there and watched because for a pure second I thought he was joking.

He apparently wasn't.

He unbuckled his jeans slowly and slid them down his legs. If I had to be completely honest I was scared to death that he would change right in front of me, but he must've came prepared because his swimming trunks were on under his jeans. He then swiftly discarded his shirt to reveal the chest every girl has grown to adore.

I still sat there dumbfounded because I definitely didn't bring a bathing suit with me. But Ben seemed like he cared less as he jumped into the river at full speed, which caused a big splash to spatter on my clothes. Great.

"Are you coming in or not?" Ben asked while swimming up and down stream. I contemplated what I was going to do... I remembered one time when I was younger I went swimming in my underwear and a long shirt, but for some reason I wasn't ready to get my new long sleeve shirt from PINK wet. Especially with pond water. 

"But I don't have a bathing suit" I insisted. Ben didn't seem convinced.

"Just wear that" He said like it was no big deal.

"Are you kidding?!? There's no way I'm getting this brand new shirt wet and ruined!!" I yelled. Ben chuckled and seemingly unphased by my yelling.

"It's gets wet when it goes through the washing machine. I don't see the problem" Ben insisted. Ultimately you could conclude that he was clueless about the woman species.  I glared at him as he started swimming closer to the muddy edge.

              "Jeez, you're such a girl" Ben teased. I gave a displeasing look at the Ben that was swimming closer to the shore. I started to back away at knowing his true intentions but that didn't seem to matter. As soon as he climbed out is when I started to get cautious. I started backing up to the trees like he was an ax-murderer and I was the victim.

  "Stay away" I insisted while putting my hands out in front of me. But somehow no matter how serious the situation seemed, I couldn't help but chuckle when Ben spoke.

  Suddenly he grabbed my waist and I was lifted off the ground. I latched my hand around the nearest tree branch and held on for dear life, but suddenly it snapped and I was left hanging on to a detached little branch.

   "Damn it!!" I yelled as I got closer and closer to the waters edge. And suddenly I was thrown into the air like a light rag doll, and before I knew it I felt the river water surround me.  I felt Ben's splash beside me and for a moment I wasn't even concerned about my shirt getting wet.     As soon as I surfaced I started splashing Ben furiously in attempt to earn payback. It didn't seem to effect him.

        I swam to the edge where a perfect log was positioned. It had a few jagged edges, but I did my best to hoist myself up on the log and hopefully into dry ground. I was just about to touch the bank when a familiar sound of a

rrrrriiiiippppppp

Sounded through the air. A big, gigantic hole was in the bottom half of my shirt while a thorn branch was hanging on a thread.

"Fuckkkk" I screamed and scrambling for my ruined shirt. Threads of fabric were hanging off wildly, and I was mentally crying. And for a moment I was almost sure that real tears would fall from my cheeks..

"Why does this happen to me" I yelled in agony. Ben laughed and I spun around to glare at him. He instantly stopped and climbed out of the water farther down the bank.

"Just calm down.." he said while holding his hands out like he was taming a wild tiger. I scoffed and rolled my eyes while standing with my arms crossed and a hole as big as my head in the bottom of my shirt.

"You can't possibly expect me to calm down?!" I screamed while waving my hands around. Ben grabbed them and held them at my sides, of course he was way stronger than me, so it was no use to even try to punch him in the face.

"I'll buy you a new one. I pinky promise" Ben said while holding out his pinky. I grabbed it in mine and I couldn't help but smile. How did I get so lucky to have him as my best friend?