Scanning through the crowds, Benji searched everywhere for Stephen. He was getting even more agitated every second that he didn’t see him. Turning a corner, he recognized someone. It was the tall brunette that had passed by earlier, waving to Stephen. He only saw her back, but knew it was the same girl. Not soon after Benji had spotted the girl, he had spotted Stephen. The two were engaged in a heavy make-out session.

    

Benji didn’t bother saying a word. He pushed the girl aside, and much to Stephen’s shock, Benji landed a quick punch to his jaw. Not hesitating, Benji punched him again, causing Stephen’s lip to bleed. Stephen wiped his mouth and saw the blood smeared across his arm.

 

The two began exchanging hits as a small crowd formed around them. Nobody interfered and no words were said between Stephen and Benji. The girl had run off into the crowd and was returning with two men from Security. Benji noticed them before Stephen and punched Stephen one last time in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Stephen doubled over on the ground, grasping his stomach as Benji walked away. The crowd slowed security down a bit and Benji knew that they would catch up to him sooner or later. He glanced back and noticed that the guards had stopped to assist Stephen.

 

Back at the First Aid Center, Emma had finally awakened. Joel and Paul were still waiting outside when Benji came back. His nose and his lips were bleeding and the bone above his eyebrow had a small cut across it, which was also bleeding.

 

“What the hell Benji?! What happened?” Joel wondered, walking up to Benji.

 

Benji pushed past Joel, not saying a word. He walked into the First Aid room and a paramedic noticed the bloody boy. “Hey. Let me help you.” They called to him.

 

Benji disregarded the voice and walked over to the cot Emma was still sitting on, sipping water. Emma noticed him and looked up at him in surprise, “Oh my gosh Benji! What happened?” Without saying a word, Benji sat down and hugged her tighter than he ever had.

 

As he continued to hug her, he whispered in her ear, “I’m so glad you are okay.” She pulled away from his grasp and looked him in the eyes. “Benj, I’m ok! You are the one bleeding!” She wiped her finger along his bottom lip and held it up for Benji to see the blood.

 

“Oh… I am bleeding.” He said smiling. Emma smiled back at him and he hugged her again.

 

“Hey, I’m going to have to ask you to have a seat over here.” The paramedic cut in, tapping Benji on the shoulder. “We need to get you cleaned up.”

 

Benji obeyed them and sat in the chair that was on the opposite side of Emma’s cot. While he was being tended to, Stephen was assisted into the room by the two security guards, in worse shape than Benji had been when he had walked in. Stephen noticed Benji and started freaking out, “That’s him!! That’s the bastard who came up and started hitting me!” he told security.

 

Emma looked up and then looked over at Benji. “What the hell Benji?! What did you do to him?” She stood up and threw her water cup at Benji. He kept trying to say something but it only came out in stutters. He was utterly confused. “I can’t believe you Benjamin.”

 

She walked out of the room before anyone could stop her, Roxi hot on her heels.

 

“Joel? What the hell happened?” Roxi questioned him.

 

“I dunno! He was standing here, started walking away, I tried to stop him but he just told me to back off! And then he comes back all bloody, totally ignores me and then Stephen is carried in, in even worse condition!” Joel confessed.

 

“Oh my gosh. What did he do? I can’t believe him!!” Emma raged.

 

“I’m sure Benji didn’t go pick a fight with Stephen just for the hell of it Em.” Paul tried to assure her. “He must have had a motive or something!”

 

“Whatever. I want to go home.” She replied.

 

“But it’s not even over yet!” Roxi mentioned.

 

“I don’t care. I’m leaving. I’m calling my dad, you can stay, I really don’t care. I’m sick of this.” With that Emma walked off into the distance towards a payphone where she called her dad to pick her up.

 

Joel entered the First Aid room and was quickly shooed out by a female paramedic. The security guards were questioning Benji and Stephen was obviously acting more hurt that he truly was. “He just came and hit me! For no reason. I swear!!!” he kept repeating. The guards told him to stop talking and continued to question Benji who was completely in shock. Everything had happened too fast.

 

Benji was later released from the room, as well as Stephen. They each went their separate ways, Benji to Roxi, Joel, and Paul, and Stephen off in the distance in search of the brown-haired girl.

 

(a/n: I just randomly made that chapter up on the spot. Haha. But hey! It’s something. Don’t you all just want to beat Stephen up yourself? I do! The title is from the AFI song. Because there is blood in this chapter and I just so happened to be listening to that song! Okay… onward!!!! please sign the guestbook)