Elena's POV
It was around 2 o'clock when I heard Benny talking in his sleep "do it,go for it" "I don't want to be involved in this anymore" I went in and woke him up I couldn't stand to hear him like that "it's okay, everything will be fine" I said and he got up and looked at me I gave him a glass of water "I'm sorry I didn't want to wake you up again" he said "you didn't wake me up" I replied he's so sweet I pushed a lock of his hair away from his face so it wouldn't bother him "do you want to tell me what you saw?" I asked him and he looked me in the eyes "it's a long story I don't know where to get it from" he replied "anywhere you want" I said and he thought for a moment "it used to be me in Miami but after I turned 18 I left there because I no longer had anything to keep me there, the picture you saw was me and my sister 14 years ago when she was 5 and I was 16,From the age of 12 I stopped playing chess my dad had died and at 13-14 I was involved in bad (in quotes) groups unfortunately in these groups it was not simple things there were drugs there was alcohol there was exploitation and as time went on I got more involved,our finances were a mess and many times I would sell to have an income,of course whenever there was a tournament with a big prize money I would go and win. But it wasn't the same I did it out of necessity whereas now I play because it makes me happy. One Jackson was a head" "Head?" I asked him "he was well known because he sold quite a bit and he was much more involved and out of Miami, it just so happened one time I owed money and I went to pay it in and the day I was to pay it in he caught me and hit me quite a bit and Jackson came and "saved me" he hit him and told him not to touch me again,of course after that I owed him as he said and since I got involved with him things got worse, many times to do something he wanted he threatened me either with my family or but, he happened to pull a gun on me when I was 16 and I was yelling at him to come put me out of my misery to be your minion and he put it down and said if he wants he can hurt my family, Lizzie my sister and my mom, I felt so angry I just attacked him and hit him and I threatened him that if he hurt either of them I would kill him, I don't know how my sister is today because I lost custody of her 13 years ago, our mom was found dead and someone had to get custody of my sister and the only next of kin was me in court they came up with evidence about me some of it was true and some of it wasn't, a lot of things came out about me at the time like my drug involvement, I hadn't seen her in months and when they brought her into court to talk and she saw me she left the prosecutor's arms and came into my arms saying take me away from them I want to go home I want to stay with you and I didn't talk I just hugged her and of course the prosecutor took her by force from my arms, when they got my sister up to speak for me she spoke the nicest words, they asked her questions like if I was ever aggressive or hit her if I ever looked suspicious about anything if I ever fought with our mom and different questions like that, and she would answer that I was the best brother and that I was always there for her and that I did everything I could to make her happy,my lawyer was telling me that since my sister spoke such kind words and since I had stopped using I would win the court but the judge made a ruling that I was incapable of taking care of her and that I was forbidden to see her again and of course Lizzy understood that this was not a good thing when we came out of court and Lizzy came out they wouldn't even let me say hello but she still left them and came to me sobbing with
She was holding me and wouldn't let go I gave her the same picture as the one you saw and I said you have a brother his name is Benjamin Watts but you call him Benny affectionately don't ever forget me because I'm not going to forget you I said and they took her from my arms" she started crying,Benny Watts one of the top chess players let his shields fall down and talks to me about his life "since your own sister spoke those words about you of course you would win the case, unless there was another witness from your family who spoke negative words about you" I told him and thought I should stop putting the lawyer out of my mind "there was no one else, our relatives after our father's death were gone and my mother had stopped talking to her family years ago".

Benny's POV
After so many years of finally telling someone and I can openly I can talk I know she won't say anything anywhere whenever I talk to her she listens to me intently,she watched every word I said "the case has no statute of limitations if you want I can talk to a friend to open the file and see her you can't have custody of her just like that with no other witnesses to testify against you" she said and looked at me she was squatting on the bed next to me and resting her head on her hand "for now I don't want anything but to talk about it 13 years I've been holding all this and I haven't talked to anyone" I told her
"I'm glad I'm the first" she said and took my hand she intertwined her fingers with mine because it makes me feel what she has done to me and I feel like this, I stood up and got a little more comfortable in my seat and looked at her "thank you" I said "for what?" She asked me "where did you stay" I said and I hugged her I pushed myself into her arms and she hugged me back whispering "I thank you for convincing me to stay" she said
And I threw her back on the bed "what are you doing silly" she said "I'm playing" I said and got on top of her and started tickling her "oh don't ah stop it you're being like haha my best friend" she said laughing "haha tell me about your best friend" I said after I stopped tickling her "he's retarded,I've known him all my life, he taught me how to drive and he sent me here to play in his tournament I didn't really want to come" she said "a big thank you to..." "Logan" "Logan for sending you here to me" I said and he laughed "now will you tell me why you always wear your hair in a bun?" I asked her "mmmmm let me think, no" she said "because I want to know" I said "I don't talk about it because I just don't want to remember it" she said "at least let it down" I said "no I don't let my hair down" she said "how did the red come about?" I asked her "I just wanted to make a change and I thought about dyeing it but I didn't want to dye all my hair so I only dyed the center" she said and undid the braid and left it in a braid "well since you took the braid off now take the braid off" I said "well well well but it's the first and last time" she said and put all her hair down, Her hair was chestnut long to her waist and it was a little frizzy. She fixed it a little bit and
she tried to pull it down a little I took a lock of her face "you're very pretty, like a princess" I said and looked into her eyes her eyes had this light chestnut color and it looked like you could see the whole universe in them, I moved closer to her face and kissed her forehead and hugged her hair so soft I could stroke it all day. "It's getting late" she said and I looked at the clock and it was 3 o'clock:20 but it wasn't enough with her I wanted to stay with her some more "I think we should go to sleep tomorrow we have to wake up" she said and got up from my arms "yes we should" I said and she kissed me on the cheek "good night Benny" she said "good night princess" I said and I lay down and went to sleep

In the morning
Elena's POV
It was 7:30 in the morning and I got up to make coffee and breakfast I put the radio on to play music and little by little I danced as much as I could I didn't want to put pressure on my ankle I grabbed my hair up in a bun again and danced my ankle didn't hurt so much it's been 10 years since then but still I'm not allowed to dance like back then, but now a little bit it doesn't matter yesterday by the Beatles was playing and I did a little dance I felt my ankle hurt a little bit and I stopped "are you hurt?" Benny asked me as he sat in the doorway looking at me " erm not really just having a bit of an ankle issue" I said wishing he hadn't seen me dancing "yeah" he said and came over to me and bent down in front of me and grabbed my ankle and saw the scars from stitches but didn't say anything "it's a little prismatic you can put some ice on it and it will be better later" he said and got up and took the cup of coffee from the counter and sat down on his made up pallet sofa and picked up the book he had up there "around 8:30 to leave if it's to go look for furniture?" He asked me "yes it's a good time,if it is I'll go for a quick shower" I said and went to his room to get out of my suitcase clothes and anything else I needed and of course my neisser with all my toiletries and got two towels from the chair next to it and went to the bathroom, the hot water on my body was incredibly relaxing when I got out I had my hair wrapped up and I had wrapped myself and the towel up I went to Benny's room and got dressed knocked on the door to get in "get in?" He said "yes yes come in I'm ready" I said as I had the rubber band in my mouth and was doing my hair up in a bun in the mirror of the room and Benny came up behind me and looked at me "do I have anything?" I said "yes your hair up, again" he said and gave me a look like he was expecting me to do something new "I just like to get it up in a bun" he said "do you dance?" He said and I got upset "what do you mean?" I said "I'm asking if you dance" he said "all people dance" I said "yes I mean professionally" he said "no of course not where that came from" I said and I picked up my dressing gown from the bed to put it in my suitcase "I don't know maybe the little wonderful dancing you did this morning in my kitchen with steady steps and wonderful movements" he said and I was left staring at the wall thinking of an excuse but I couldn't come up with any perfect ones he discovered me "Okay you got me Mr. Watts" I said "Uh-huh so you dance, you were some kind of ballerina, dancing Oriental?" He asked me with a curious glee "contemporary" I replied "what is that?" He asked me "a type of dance based on ballet but it's lighter and more beautiful to me" I replied " and why did you stop?" He asked me, I don't like this story "I don't talk about it much" I said and went to leave " it's close to 8:30 we have to go slowly" I said and went out into the living room, what makes me feel this way around him, why do I feel so beautiful around him just when he looks at me I want to kiss him
But if I do, it'll be a mistake and I know it'll be my biggest mistake. "Shall we?" He said and came up behind me "yes let's go" I said and walked to the door and we got in the car.
We went to several shops and saw lots of different furniture and he said he needs a new bed and wardrobe and I told him to get a dresser for more space, of course he said he needs to get a couch and another armchair like the one he has because his was taken over by me and a table for the living room and a dining table "have you been dancing since you were a kid?" The questions started "since I was 4" I said "yes" "do you have special costumes?" He asked me "tights bodysuit hair up in a bun and some special slippers so they are called" I said "so that's why you grab your hair up" he said "it helps to do better pirouettes" I said "what are they?" he asked me "turns" I said and I
He looked at me curiously "I'll show you home" I said and he was happy like a little kid "that's all you needed?" I asked him "yes that's it" he replied "good the day after tomorrow they will take them to the new house" I said " good" he said and I walked towards the exit "do you want to go out to eat? The two of us somewhere nice?" he asked me and I thought about it "well but it's on me" I said "no way" he said and we got in his car "welcome to your first chess lesson with Benny Watts" he said and he started asking me questions and I started telling him about the openings we got to a restaurant and we went inside and he took the chess board with him and spread it out for us to play and he told me a lot of mistakes I might have made and he would correct them and show me other moves I could make, we ordered food and we continued to talk about chess and play. He is so beautiful when he is fixing his hair back when he is thinking about what his next move will be,he is nervously playing with his  rings he is wearing,we are looking at each other intensely and when I looked at the clock it was 3:10 it was way past 3:10,and it goes by fast with him but how can it not when you are having a good time with a person.