Chapter 15
586 Words
Tee's POV
Ben ran out of the deadheads and stood in front of us. His face stained with dirt and tears, he looked like he had just had a major mental breakdown. He stood there in front of us, clenching his fists and almost growling. "You!" He spat as his eyes swivelled to me. "What is up with you Ben?" I enquired desperately. "It's all your fault" He screeched and broke down into tears. I felt sorry for him and bent down and patted him. He suddenly flipped me over on my back. His nails dug painful into my shoulders and angry tears were running down his cheeks. I thought it was all over when someone shoved Ben off, so he was lying quite a way from me on his side. I looked up at the powerful 'shover' and saw Gally. "What makes you think I'm your best friend shank!" He yelled and punched Ben square in the face so he was lying there, motionless. Not dead, unconscious. "Lift his shirt Gally" Alby commanded.
I gasped in horror when I saw that Ben's chest was splattered with a mixture of dark blue and scarlet veins all running to a black wound on the left side of his chest. I had a horrible feeling I knew what this meant. Gally scooped me up into his strong arms and held me quietly whilst I sniffed and looked at Ben, he looked awful. It was all my fault. I started sobbing. "It's alright, I've got you.." he muttered into my shoulder. I saw Ben being dragged away. Staring at me icily all the way. "What will happen to him?" I asked Gally. "He'll probably be banished, he's been stung" he said hanging his head. I know this was hard for Gally as him and Ben were close.
I leapt up. "But I am fine" I insisted. "Nevertheless, he broke one of our most important rules, twice" he pointed out. "But it doesn't make sense" he muttered to himself. "We can't just get rid of him" I persisted. Gally looked at me, he shook his head in return. "We can't make any exceptions, not to mention he upset Rachel, he must of said something to her" he exclaimed. Come to think of it where was Rachel? "s**t, I'd better go and find her, stay here with Ben and ler me know what happens" I told him, Gally nodded back. I got up and went to find her, worrying as to where she had gone so suddenly.
When I finally found her she was huddled outside one of the huts. "Rachel, don't worry, it'll be fine, it's al-" I started. I paused and realised she was full out sobbing. "Oh rach, are you ok?" I bent down and rubbed her back, trying my best to comfort her. She looked up, her face red and damp. "You don't understand!" She cried hysterically and broke down again. "Rach, he's been stung, there's nothing we can do for him" I said softly. "No, listen!" she said, trying to regain her breath in between sobs. She paused before speaking again. "Me and Ben were more than friends, and I, I- oh for f***s sake!" she exclaimed and once again began to sob hysterically. I pulled her into a hug and she cried into my shoulder. She didn't need to say anymore, I understood what she meant.
Unfortunately, this had made everything so much worse, I didn't know how Rachel was going to cope with this...
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