Ben sat quietly and stared out the window. His pale face suddenly lightened up. Followed by boing, boing, boing and a fist trusted into the cold air. The sterile room was filled with happiness after days of silence and sadness. Creek, creek, creek the door opened and out popped a head. Quietly Ben tip toed out of his hospital room. He looked alright for a teenage boy who’s in the hospital. That wasn't always the case and Ben isn't a teenager. Ben’s a lonesome eleven year old boy. As a person very interested in Ben, I have always found his actions very carefully plotted, but one of them wasn't Ben lived a very happy life with his parents until one day when he was five, his father died from a car accident. “You have to be a good sport” was the only thing Ben remembers his father telling him. Three years later Ben’s mother married another man. Ben respected that man a lot and played sports with him like his father did. Ben was in fourth grade that year; he skipped first grade and third grade. Although he was missing a part of his family he excels in school and sports. A few more years passed, “Dad! Dad! Look what I got!” “That’s great son!” , their relationship still maintained the same happy one. Ben’s in eighth grade now, where all the trouble began. Step, step, step, *Silence* cricket *Silence*, “Surprise!” thump, thump, thump, the beating of the heart just went wild, eyes wide open, aware of everything in the surrounding, Ben was truthfully scared and caught off guard. Not surprising, it was very early in the morning anyways. With his quick reactions Ben realize his parents were yelling surprise at him, but why, why so early in the morning? “You can tell him” said Ben’s mother, “Um…okay….how should I say this?” There was a long pause. Finally Ben’s step-father said “Well, Ben, you know we love you a lot right?” “Yes” Ben relied. “Son, your mom and I, no, you’re going to have a new sibling!” Ben’s parents were grinning, but Ben was quiet. After a moment of thinking Ben came up with “That’s great!, am I going to have a baby brother or sister?” As time went on and the days passed one by one Ben was getting teased and bullied in school. There were rumors going around about Ben’s step-father being a gangster and there were other ones too that kills the heart. Ben was a very intelligent child who was known as the genius in his school and he was star athlete, so many other students are very jealous of him. Although he’s was famously known in his school, many people don’t know Ben’s personal-self, all they know is this image they project onto him. Time went on and the bullying increased. One day, during school time in Ben’s house drip, drip, drip was discovered by the mother. She searched all over the house, and found Ben lying in the bath tub filled with blood and water. “Ahhhh” her tear filled eyes were wide open. Pitch dark, then light slowly travels into his eyes, later many questions sprouted into his brain. Years later, Ben’s lips are in a crescent shape accompanied with sparkling eyes. He is about twenty-eight now, happily married and has his own family.
~THE END~
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