Hi Everybody! I know it's been a little while. Okay it's been a long while, but I've been really busy lately. I had actually finished this chapter about two weeks ago but wanted to edit it before I put it online. I didn't get a chance to until about a week later and ended up rewriting it because I wan't that happy with it. I know this chapter is short but I promise they will get longer! I just wanted to get this out there because I know you guys have been waiting for it. Anyway enjoy :) Just to remind you I do not own MBSAV.

Chapter 19: It's Not a Date

"She didn't say it was a date," I told Benny as we walked into the cafeteria.

"Yeah, but she didn't say it wasn't," he replied.

"If I remember correctly, she said her and a bunch of friends were going." I looked around to find Ethan and the others. They were together at a table in the back right hand corner of the cafeteria.

"That could mean a double, or even a triple date," He said as we sat down at the table. I sat between Ethan and Miss Sunshine, Erica. Rory, Benny and Sarah sat across from us. "Either way, I know she likes me … thanks to you."

I sighed. "Thanks to me…"

"Who likes you?" Sarah chimed in.

"Della," he answered practically dancing in his seat. "We have a date tomorrow."

"No way!" Rory said in his usual excited tone.

"She likes you?" Erica exclaimed.

"Wait a minute," Ethan said with his nose scrunched in confusion and his eyes wide in shock. "You asked Della out?"

"Not in so many words," Benny mumbled trying to avoid having to admit that he was the askee not the asker.

"Not in any words," I said. "Della asked Benny. And it's not a date."

"Yes it is," he spoke with his voice slightly louder.

"No it's not," I raised my voice a little more than he did.

"Yes it is!"

"No it's not!"

"Yes it is!"

"No it's-" I cut myself off when I realized that we were both yelling loud enough for the rest of the cafeteria to hear. I sat awkwardly for a second until I decided to announce to the rest of the students, "Nothing to see here. Carry on." The Caf slowly started building back up with chatter. I turned back to Benny my face still a little red from embarrassment and noticed an odd, suspicious look on Sarah's face. I ignored it and lowered my voice a little over a whisper while glaring at Benny. "No it's not. And if you're so sure, why don't you ask her yourself."

"Well maybe I will," Benny glared back. He took his time standing up. He cracked his knuckles in his hands and shook in preparation (or stalling depending on one's opinion).

"Are you gonna stand there all day?" I asked. "Or do you want to admit that I'm right."

"You've know me for ten years," he smirked. "I'll never let you be right about anything."

Benny walked over to the other table practically shaking in his boots (or should I say converses because that's what he was actually wearing?). Everyone at the table watched intently as Benny tapped on Della's shoulder and scratched the back of his head while he spoke to her. After about a minute, Benny sat down next to her with a huge grin spread across his face. He glanced over at me and stuck his tongue out. I rolled my eyes as he turned back to Della. I watched her giggle at probably one of his many lame flirting attempts that she, for whatever reason, thought was cute. I didn't know why at that point, but my blood began to boil.

"Parker, I know that look," Ethan said.

I whipped my head around to face him. "What?"

"You're getting angry," he replied. "You know what Benny's grandma said."

I did remember. I didn't want to get too emotional if I didn't want my powers going out of control again. I took a deep breath before getting up. "I'm gonna get out of here and go for a walk before class starts to calm myself down."

"I'll come with you," Sarah stood up as well.

"You don't have to," I said. Looking back on it, I really didn't know Sarah that well. It's not that I didn't want to, but we had just met and we only had one class together, not to mention with all the crazy stuff going on around me, I didn't really have time to stop and get to know her.

"I want to," she smiled sweetly.

"Okay,". We walked out of the cafeteria in silence, but the second we got out into the hallway she opened her mouth.

"So…" she was trying to find the words to say. Eventually she decided to burst through the awkwardness and blurt it out. "I saw the way you were looking at him."

"Who?"

"Benny," she replied looking me dead in the eye. "And can I say just that green is not your color."

"I'm not jealous," I exclaimed with a small crack breaking in my voice. "I have nothing to be jealous of. Benny and I are barely friends and I could care less about who he goes out with." In my head I could feel my conscious screaming out, "You're wrong! You're lying!"

"Deny it all you want," Sarah said as we reached my locker. "I saw what I saw."

I opened my it and grabbed a few books before saying, "What about you?"

"What about me?"

I shut my locker with a sigh, "You and Ethan."

I could see the blush creeping up her face as I mentioned my brother's name. "There's nothing going on between me and Ethan," she lied. "We're just really good friends."

"You see how I look at Benny," I started. "And yet you don't see how Ethan looks at you." I shrugged before walking away from her. "Kind of strange don't you think?"

After the talk I had with Sarah, I had no choice but to avoid her and Erica during Gym class. Then again, I'm always trying to avoid Erica. I get that she's a vampire and there blood thirsty beings, but she just seems angry all the time.

Benny had spent the entire last period texting Della underneath his desk. With every text message his smile grew to the point where I just wanted to slap it off his face. Every time I felt the slightest bit of anger pulsating through me, I pinched my arm, to remind myself about my "Monster Within."

The final bell rang and I was relieved to finally go home. That is until I looked over to Benny who had his backpack on and was waiting for me. "Detention, right," I mumbled.

"Actually Grandma managed to get you out of it," Benny said.

"How?"

He looked around at the students exiting the room and got closer to me whispering, "She mentioned a spell." As he removed the closeness between us, I nodded in understandment. "I unfortunately do have to go to detention, even though the whole food fight mess was your fault to begin with." He mumbled the last bit with a small smirk on his face.

"It was not!" I smiled back.

"You threw food first," he crossed his arms.

"True but you didn't have to retaliate," I said.

In that moment. That one small moment. We just looked at each other. He grinned and grinned back. I'd never had that kind of argument with him before, where no one won and no one cared who was right or wrong, or who could out do the other. It was almost as if I was having fun with Benny Weir. Where I could just be myself with Benny Weir.

We laughed the moment off and I said as I walked out of the classroom, "I'll see you later. Have fun in detention."

As I reached the doorway he said, "Have fun bein' an animal!"

I'll be honest, I don't think this is my best chapter so far but I hope to have the next chapter up by next week and I'm going to delve deeper into Parker's powers and her relationship with Benny. Anyway, even though I'm not a huge fan of this chapter, I hope you like it, and thank you so much for reading!