BEN's Music Box: Chapter 3 (BENxJeff)

Jane removed the knife from Jeff's chest. Smiling as Jeff cried out in pain, taking his last breath. She has won.

"Jeff? You out here?"

Jane jumped, someone was coming. She got up and started to run, but it was too late, she was caught.

"Jane, what are you-JEFF!!" Hoodie screamed. He ran up to Jeff, checking his palse, but there was none. He looked up at Jane, who was already running. He ran after her, trying to follow her through the dark woods, but she was no where to be seen. Hoodie had lost her.

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"Where...is Jane?" BEN growled.

Hoodie sighed. "I'm sorry BEN, she escaped. We sent a search party, but they can't find her."

BEN wiped the remaining blood tears from his face, and walked past Hoodie. Closing the door behind him.

"Where are you going?" Hoodie asked.

BEN didn't answer. He knew that if he spoke, he would sound weak. He would sound like he was giving up. He knew he wouldn't find Jane. And if he did, he wouldn't be able to catch her. BEN was fast, but not as fast as Jane.

BEN walked up to the bar, taking a seat. Placing his face in his arms, which were crossed on the counter. He was crying again, but he didn't want to show it.

Masky turned around, jumping when he saw BEN. He didn't hear him come in. Masky walked up to him slowly, knowing what happened to Jeff, he felt terrible. He felt worse knowing what he said to BEN not that long ago. "H-hey BEN...you want anything? It's on me..."

BEN lifted his head, whipping some of his tears away. Not saying anything.

Masky's heart dropped. He felt so bad for BEN. Jeff was the love of his life, and now he was gone. "Listen BEN...I'm sorry about what I said earlier. I didn't mean it. It just, sorta, slipped out. I'm really sorry."

"It's f-fine." BEN replied. "I-It's just that..."

"What is it, BEN?" Masky asked.

BEN sniffed, as a blood tear dripped onto the bar. Staining the marble counter. "B-BEN is getting lonely..."

Masky gasped. One of the worst of his phrases. He walked around the bar, and pulled BEN into a hug.

BEN accepted the tender embrace, making Masky's cloths red from his tears. This went on for about 20 seconds, until someone busted the front doors open, causing the two boys to separate.

Jane looked back and forth frantically, jumping when she saw BEN and Masky. She didn't know what to do, she was being chased by the search party, and now she was cornered. She needed an exit, some way to escape, but there was no way out.

BEN's eyes turned red, not from his drugs, but out of anger. "You..." he growled.

"What, pipsqueak?" she snapped.

"You shouldn't have done that..." he sniffed. He pulled out his knife, it was from Jeff. It was his gift from their first anniversary.

Jane smirked, and dashed upstairs.

"GET BACK HERE YOU B*TCH!!" BEN yelled. He ran after her, with Masky close behind. 'Hoodie's still upstairs, he'll catch her,' he thought. He continued to run, preparing his knife.

Jane was at the top. The only way out was down. 'There's a window...' she thought. 'I could jump...but, would I survive?'

Hoodie jumped on Jane, pinning her down, not allowing her to move. "I got you this time," he said. He watched as she struggled to move, but he was stronger than her.

BEN finally got to the top. "Damn, why are there so many stairs?" he complained. When he saw Jane, his eyes turned red again, and he charged at her with his knife. Until Masky grabbed him around his arms. "LET ME GO!! SHE NEEDS TO PAY!!! SHE KILLed him..." BEN sniffed before blood streamed down his face. He really missed Jeff. He didn't care how much he cried, it just showed how much he cared.

Jane laughed. "You're so pathetic, BEN. No wonder Jeff ran into the woods. I bet he was only trying to get away from you. I bet he never even loved you."

"YOU'RE LYING!!" he yelled. BEN struggled to get out of Masky's hold, but he couldn't. Masky was stronger than him. "I'M GONNA KILL HER!! I'M GONNA KILL HER!!!!"

"Pencilneck!" called Masky.

She peered around the corner. "What is it, Masky?" she asked, before flinching at the sight of BEN. "What's wrong with him?!"

"There's no time to explain! Just go to BEN's room and grab his music box! It's under his bed," Masky responded.

Ms. P nodded and headed to BEN's room. She looked under his bed, and grabbed the music box. She ran back, and stood next to BEN before turning it slowly.

"I'M GOING TO F*Cking........I'm going to..." BEN calmed down, and began to slip out of Masky's hands before lying down on the floor. He wasn't asleep, but he was getting there.

Jane laughed again. "Wow, he still falls asleep from a MUSIC BOX?!" she seemed to not have the ability to stop laughing. However, she did when Hoodie tightened his grip on her wrists.

"Shut up you bastard," he said. "We're sending you to Lord Zalgo for your punishment."

Jane's eyes widened. She was sentenced to three months of torture for choking Jeff enough to make him pass out. But for killing him, who knows how bad it will be!

BEN fell asleep to the sound of Jane begging for mercy. Also to the sound of his music box. Ms. P ended up carrying him to his room. He dreamed of Jeff. He took BEN's hand and they went through time, through their future, and through their relationship. Soon, Jeff took him to a beach. Sitting on a bench, watching the sunset. BEN thought it was way too real to be a dream. He looked into Jeff's unblinking eyes, "How is this happening, you're..." his words trailed off. He didn't want to say it again.

Jeff put his arm around BEN. "It's ok, little buddy," he said. "I'm here now." Jeff whipped a tear off of BEN's cheek, before kissing him on the same spot.

BEN smiled a sad smile. "I want this moment to last forever," he said.

Jeff smiled. "It can," he said taking a hold of BEN's hands. "You just have to wake up."

BEN flinched. "W-what?"

"Just wake up BEN," he whispered. "Just wake up."

As night came upon them, Jeff faded into the darkness. "Jeff! No, don't go!"

BEN jumped awake. He frantically looked back and forth, searching for his loved one. But he wasn't here. He wasn't here at all. BEN put his hands in his face, and sobbed to himself.

Ms. P entered the room. "What's wrong, BEN?" she asked.

"H-he was here, I saw him," he said.

She walked up to BEN and comforted him until he fell asleep. She played the music box so nightmares wouldn't haunt him. "Oh BEN, you need to get over this a some point." She got up, and exited the room.

BEN still dreamt of Jeff, but this time it lasted.