Fan Fiction ❯ The Reality of Ben ❯ Prologue ( Prologue )

Prologue

 

The sound of an angry mother is not something someone would ideally want to wake up to, but that's what I found myself doing at five in the morning. The shrill tone of my mother's voice rang through the house. It sounded vaguely like, “Dear Lord, what in the world is that doing in here!” I could tell it was going to be a hellish day.

 

I decided that the chances of me going back to sleep were slim, so I groggily pulled on some clothes and went downstairs to see what was going on. There was one of the most gruesome sights I had ever witnessed. Lying on the floor was a blood-soaked, decapitated rabbit. It turns out that one of the B's had dragged it in through the doggy door in the middle of the night. The B's were my four psychopath Wheaton terriers that I fondly named Bailey, Bella, Boo, and Bea. Trying to ignore the bloody mess in the kitchen, I grabbed a pop-tart and ate it in the den.

 

Thirty minutes later I started my car and attempted to leave for early band practice. My mom grabbed my arm and started to say, “Lori,” she only called me that when she had bad news, “your father and I have decided to relocate to Kansas City.”

 

I shrugged her off and shot her a glare. Not an angry glare, just a frustrated one. “Whatever you want, Mama,” I finally resolved. Then I got in my car and left for school. “Moving again! What am I supposed to do with them Ben?” I said to myself as I parked my car in the crowded high school lot. I saw my best friends Mitchell and Monica in the space next to mine.

 

“Guess what! Monica had sex with your imaginary boyfriend!” Mitch shouted through the glass of their car window. There was a horrified look on Monica's face. It looked like she was afraid I would kill her.

 

“Ben is not imaginary! He's real! I just… I just haven't met him yet! Well, I thought I saw him at the supermarket once, but I'm not sure,” I said seriously. Mitch snorted and got out of the car.

 

The first half of the day was dreary as always. Take a nap and visit Ben during health, get a coffee at break and take another nap during trig. It was the same old monotonous routine, except that I had what my mother said to me this morning on my mind. I was anticipating seeing my friends at lunch, because I knew that they would take my moving harder than I was. Despite my worries, the morning came and went. I soon found myself at the same lunch table my friends and I sat at every day of our Sophomore year.

 

As soon as the twelve of us sat down together, I yelled for silence. As my attempts failed I got more frustrated. “Why the hell can't you all be quiet for a minute?!” I shouted when I finally snapped. That shut them up nicely so I could talk in a normal voice. I continued with my announcement. “So my mom told me this morning that we're moving to Kansas City,” I said bluntly.

 

Almost immediately Olivia started sobbing big crocodile tears. “Why would you do that Lorraine? Zach and Monica are both moving, and Nicole and Walid already left! Why are you leaving, too?” she choked. Laurie soon joined her in tears, followed quickly two other girls, Courtney and Ari.

 

I didn't know what to do. Zach was the quickest into action and proceeded to devour whatever food the girls had in front of them. I followed suit, not knowing how this would help, but Zach knew everything and if he was eating their food, it must help somehow. Ari noticed right away, and was so distracted in protecting her food that she stopped crying. The other girls reacted to a similar extent and soon no one was sobbing.

 

The rest of the period was relatively quiet, until Monica said, “God, I can't believe we're all being split up like this.” Mitchell nodded somberly, and Laurie rested her head against my shoulder. Olivia cuddled against Laurie and I wrapped my arms around them both. The next few months were going to be long ones, but we were going to make good of them.

 

 

 

A/N

I hope you guys like it! The plotline isn't set up at all, and moving isn't really part of the plot either. It's a bit short, but it's a prologue, so it's supposed to be short, I guess. I know the whole imaginary boyfriend/Ben thing was kind of confusing, but it will be explained in the next chapter, I swear. I know this is going to be really good, and I have most of it written out. Please, please, please review. They make me very happy, and I am more motivated write! So yeah… REVIEW!!! ^does a review dance^