One Of A Kind

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One Of A Kind

Chapter Fourteen

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~ Sage Preston's POV ~

Embarrassment flooded my body as the door to Benjamin's house opened up. A pretty looking blonde girl answered the door.

She was much shorter than me, kind of my mom's height and had bright blue eyes. Her features were soft and she smiled up at me politely.

"Can I help you?" Even her voice was sweet.

I didn't really know what to say. I knew she wasn't one of Benjamin's siblings. I've seen pictures of them. Who was she?

"Is Benjamin home?" I questioned quietly.

"Yeah but he's in the shower right now. I'm Maria. Do you want to come in and wait?" Maria smiled at me.

That's when it hit me. Maria Beth Powel. Viewpoint is a small town that gossips and I remember Charlie and Piper gossiping about their break up last year.

"No! I just wanted to check if he was okay! Um bye!" I spun around on my heels and rushed down the pathway. Luck was not on my side because I slipped on a patch of ice and landed right on my butt.

"Woah! Sage are you okay?" I cringed as I heard Benjamin's voice come from behind me and 2 sets of feet coming towards me.

"Yeah, yeah I'm good. Hey" I mumbled as Maria Beth and Benjamin helped me up.

"You sure? I got your texts but I was at dinner with Maria and her family" All day? "What's up? Do you want to come in? Maria was about to leave-"

"No! No! I'm okay!" I forced out a laugh and ignored all the things I was feeling. "Uhm I was just worried? You usually don't not text back and" I laughed awkwardly. "I just wanted to check if you were sick or something. I was actually on my way to a party and decided to stop by"

"Chris Mayer's party?" Benjamin furrowed his eyebrows.

"Yeah! Me and, and uhm Charlie were going to crash it! Why do you think I look like this?" I laughed pathetically.

"Yeah you look good. Maria and I were gonna stop by the party later so we'll see you there?" Benjamin smiled at me and I forced a smile on my lips.

"Yeah! See you then" I waved awkwardly and rushed over to my car.

I drove down the Westview streets and I felt my body start shaking and my cheeks started getting wet. Was I crying? Why was I crying?

I drove a few more miles before I made myself pull over. My head was foggy and I couldn't see straight in the snow. I wasn't going to make my parents go through another accident on this road.

I felt the sobs rack through my body and I couldn't understand why.

Benjamin wasn't that important to me. He was just my friend and he had only become my friend recently. It's not like I had feelings for him. I didn't even believe in love. He was just a guy that annoyed me enough to become my friend. Like Charlie. He was just like Charlie... but Charlie never took my problems seriously. Charlie never took me for drives at night when I was upset or took me skating.

Well that's a lie, I went skating with Charlie alot but most times we would end up on the floor bleeding, not kissing.

Maybe I was upset because Benjamin was the only guy that I had ever kissed outside a game of spin the bottle or 7 minutes in heaven. The chemicals in my head are the problem. They were making me feel... jealous. But why?!?!