Chapter 11. "What happened?"

Jill

I wake up to what I think is a migraine. "ugh." I say as I stir in my bed. Wait. This doesn't feel like my bed. It's way more comfy. It doesn't smell like my bed either. Its like a minty and almost like a forest smell. But, I'm still hugging my stuffed animal so maybe this is my bed. I open my eyes and I am not hugging my stuffed animal I'M HUGGING A PERSON and this is NOT my room nor my bed.

I don't scream not wanting to wake up this person. I attempt to get out of bed but as soon as I let go of the person they just turn and hug me back like I was doing before and this time I scream. "Ah! Don't touch me!" I scream at the person.

 I look at them and they look familiar. "Hey it's me, don't worry," they say. It's just Ben. "Wait why am I here? And why does my head hurt so much? Did you kidnap me and then drug me?" I ask still confused. "What? No, you just got wasted on accident last night. Then you told me you didn't want to go back to your house so then you stayed here and then you didn't want to sleep in the guest room so you slept here. I promise we didn't do anything." He says.

"Oh. How did I get wasted? I just remembered so a girl gave me a Rice Krispie and then I forgot everything. Oh shoot, I forgot. I really did get wasted then. What?! I'm not supposed to be drinking at 16!" I pace around the room biting my nails.

 "Hey, just chill okay. It's over now." He comes out of the bathroom and hands me Advil and a glass of water. "There. Take it, it'll help with your headache. You should be lucky that you don't have to deal with this alone." he says. "Yeah, sorry thanks," I say swallowing the pills and I find my glasses on his nightstand. 

"You hungry?" he asks. I turn around to respond and he's just shirtless and showing off his abs. As usual, I choke on my water in surprise. "Oh *cough* my can you *cough* put on a shirt," I say to him somehow getting the words out. "What? Can't handle this?" he says smirking. "No! It's just gross. Jeez, why do I keep choking on things, I wonder what's next am I right." 

Ben just starts laughing while going downstairs. "What?" I ask confused as to why he was laughing. "Oh, uh nothing you just said something funny." He says clearing his voice. I go and try to think about what he meant and then boom. It comes to me. "Eww! What the heck Ben." I laugh at him. "You so innocent that it's funny," he says. I laugh again and go to sit on the couch. 

"So, what do you want for breakfast?" He says opening the fridge. "I don't care really," I say. I look over at their clock on the wall and it's 10:30 am. "You want to omelets?" Ben asks. "Sure. I don't care what you put on it, just no ketchup please." I say. "Okay." he takes out the eggs and the rest of the ingredients. 

"Your house is nice. Its really big for just three people." I say trying to break the tension. "Thanks, yeah its pretty big but it sucks just being the only one here you know?" He says. "Yeah I get it. Hey, if anything you've got you friends to hang out with at least. My mom doesn't let me go out with my friends unless their parent is there." I say laying on the couch and staring at the ceiling. "Why's that?" He asks. I shrug. 

"They just care you know. But, I'm just used to it because its been like that ever since. They also have that typical boyfriend rule where its like 'no boyfriends until after college' or whatever. I don't care much because that'll probably never happen to me, or I just don't I'll be ready." I sit up and look at him cooking. "Yeah that sucks you know, but at least you got to hang out with us all week and I'm glad your trying to make the most of it," he says. He finishes cooking and sets them out on the table which I soon go over to.

"Thank you for taking care of me, no one's ever done this before," I say taking a bite out of the omelet. "Also, this is a great omelet," I say. "Thanks, and I'm glad to help you. If you need me just call, text, or even just come here if anything." he chuckles. He takes a look at the clock. "My parents won't be back from the airport by three so I guess I could drop you off now," Ben says taking our plates. and putting them in the sink. "Oh okay," I say.

" I can help with the dishes. You already cooked and cared for me so I have to do something." I say heading to the sink. "No, you don't have to, this isn't your house," he says. "Come on, I don't want to look lazy to you," I say. At this point we are just arguing on who's going to do the dishes.

"Fine, how about this, I wash and you dry," I say. "Deal." He says putting out his hand. I shake it and say "Deal.". I start the water and grab the sponge. "Can we get some music at least?" I ask. "Sure. What song?" he asks to lean on the counter. "Tyler, The Creator," I say. "Alex-a, play songs by Tyler, The Creator," he says weirdly. "What? Cat got your tongue?" I say to him laughing. "Ahah, yeah.." he says. Something seems off but I shrug it off as soon as the music starts playing.

We soon finish washing and drying the dishes which didn't take too long. "Alright, ready for me to drop you off?" He asks. "Yep,"  I say sighing. "What's wrong?" He asks. "Nothing, Its just that this week went by so fast and I don't want it to end you know?" I say looking up at him. "Yeah,  I hate how the best weeks go by the fastest," he says as we walk out the door.

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"Thanks for dropping me off and for taking care of me while I was drunk. Never going to a party again" I say to Ben as he parks in front of my house. "No problem, tell you, parents, I said hi when they arrive tomorrow," he says as I get out the car. "I will," I say. "Bye Ben!" I yell to him from the front door. "Bye Jill!" I he says waving.

I walk into my house and I get greeted by my sister. "Oh! Hi." I say awkwardly at her. "Hey." She says taking a sip out of her coffee. She looks scary. "Uhm why do you look so scary?" I ask her. "Didn't you say you slept over at Dani's house?" She says. "Uhm- yes.." I say putting my jacket in the laundry basket. "Then why did Ben drop you off?" she says. Oh, shoot. I know what I have to do. "We all went out for breakfast and he dropped off Dani first." I lie. "Okay. You stink by the way. Why didn't you just shower at Dani's place?" She questions again. "I was too tired and forgot." I shrug.

"Party too hard?" She says laughing. "Ahaha...yep," I say walking off to the bathroom.

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A/N: This was kind of a short chapter so yeah. I didn't know what I wanted to write, to be honest. I feel like this book is going to be short but also when I write I add a lot of things so IDK. ANywHo there's your little One Bed Trope so I hoped you liked it. I was doing my homework at the same time and I don't want to check this. So please correct me if I make any mistakes.

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