A First by VIG Copyright 2002 ©

It was 2:00 P.M. according to the clock on the school wall. Benjamin had only one more hour to complete his math final, and he was only through with half of the exam. He began to wander off in the distance. Sitting in row three Benjamin spotted Valerie Windell. He couldn't stop staring. Before him had to be the most beautiful female he had ever seen.

"Mr. Clark", questioned Mr. Frankyl, his freshman high school math teacher "are you finished with the test?" He looked up from his test to see Mr. Frankyl standing right next to him. "I asked you a question, Mr. Clark. Have you finished the test?"

"No, sir. I still have a few more questions to finish."

"Then do it, and quit staring off into space!"

Benjamin couldn't stay focused on the task at hand. All he could think about was Valerie. His mind began to wander to thoughts of Valerie.

He was standing beside his locker, filling his book bag with a bunch of textbooks, when who should come strolling by, Valerie Windell. "Hi Ben", she called out.

"Um…hi Valerie."

"What are you doing after school?"

"Nothing special, why?"

"A couple of my friends and I are going to the movies after school. Do you want to come?"

"Sure. What movie are you going to see?"

"We're not sure yet, but I'll let you know when we decide."

"I thought you were going out with Neil tonight."

"He has plans."

"He always has plans! I don't think he ever has time to spend one second with you, and you're supposed to be his girlfriend. What kind of fellow companion puts his chick second?"

"Excuse me?"

"I mean you're supposed to be the love of his life, Valerie. You should be his first priority. His school work should be his second priority, right?"

"I am his first priority."

"When the day is done, does he rush home to be with you? Can he not stand the time he spends away from you?"

"That isn't any of your concern how Neil feels about me."

"I'm concerned about you, Valerie, because I don't want Neil to break your heart. I really didn't want to tell you this…"

"Tell me what?"

"Do you know Jane Doyle?"

"Sure. Why?"

"Are you aware of the quantity of time that Neil spends with her?"

"Jane's a good friend of Neil's. She's a nice girl. I don't mind if Neil spends a little time with her."

"A little time sure, but nowadays it seems that she's the only one that Neil's been seeing!"

"That's such bullshit, Ben, and you know it! Neil doesn't spend every waking second with Jane Doyle."

"I don't know. You may not want to turn around right now…"

Strolling toward him were Jane Doyle and Neil Horne hand in hand. "Holy shit!" Valerie cried out.

"Do you see Valerie? Can you finally comprehend? Neil has put you second. Jane Doyle is his first priority. Not you!"

"Who do you think you are to speak for me, Ben Clark? Who died and made you God, huh?" Neil questioned.

"You creep!" Ben Clark cried out. "If you loved Valerie half as much as you claim you do, you'd quit seeing Jane Doyle, if you were an honest guy…"

"We're not seeing each other", Neil screamed. "Jane and I are just friends."

"Sure you're just friends!" Ben screamed out sarcastically. "Tell her how you feel Horne, and tell her now. If you have feelings for Jane Doyle than tell her you'd rather be with her…it isn't fair to lead Valerie on, Neil. End the relationship now if you'd rather be with Jane!"

"Jane and I have been close friends since kindergarten…but that doesn't mean that I want to see her socially."

"Just admit it Horne, you love Doyle, more than Windell. Tell Valerie the truth. Quit leading her on!" Ben Clarke cried out. Neil began to cry.

"I love Valerie, Ben! I wouldn't leave her for Jane."

"I'm sure you wouldn't, darling!" Valerie exclaimed.

"It's such shit, Valerie. Don't believe him! He's lying, Valerie. You'll see. Don't come crying to me when you find him in the arms of Jane Doyle in a deep embrace, cause I might not be there, and you'll see what you could have been missing. I can't stop thinking about you, Valerie. The second I saw you I knew you were the girl for me. You don't see me traipsing around with other females. Do you? All of my time is for you Valerie. I can't vision myself with anyone, but you. Neil wants Jane. It's all about Jane, Valerie! Please believe me!"

"For the second time, there's no romantic relationship between Jane and I, Clark. Jane and I are close friends, and that's it!" Horne cried out.

"He just doesn't realize it yet, Valerie, and when he does, I swear, I'll be here for you Valerie! You'll see, I'll make you feel so special, so loved, and so wanted. You can't hold a candle to Jane Doyle in Neil's book, but you hold a candle in my book, and I hope that you don't forget that fact, Valerie." Benjamin stormed off.

"How could you call this guy, a friend, Valerie?"

"I guess I was wrong about him. I don't know what I could have been thinking to invite Ben Clark to the movies. I'm so sorry, Neil that you had to hear that. I know it's not true. I know that the feelings you have for Jane can't compare to the feelings you share for me."

"Just forget what he says. This guy can't pick up one female, and with that attitude, there's no question why. Benjamin Clark has to be the most ruthless man that ever walked the face of this earth, and not only that, he also happens to be one of the most homeliest men ever created."

"I'm so sorry that some people can be so cruel, Neil."

"What do you have to be sorry for? You didn't do anything."

"It's just that he's all by himself. He has few friends."

"Quit feeling sorry for him, Valerie. It is no wonder why he has few friends, and whoever gave him the idea that I had the hots for Jane Doyle needs to get their head examined."

"I know it's not true, Neil! Just forget about what Ben said. This love for Jane, it's all in Benjamin's head. He's just blowing off steam. Besides I heard Ben talking with Mr. Frankyl about his math grade."

"This guy's in your math class?"

"Yeah, and he's failing horribly!"

"I don't know why that surprises me", Neil exclaimed. "The guy's an absolute screw-up."

Valerie came by later to tell Ben that the plans that she and her friends had to go to the movies that night had been called off.

"Elaine and her boyfriend have some plans, and I have a huge final tomorrow to study for. I just can't!"

"You're seeing Neil tonight. That's why you're canceling the plans, isn't it?"

"Now Ben, just calm down!"

"Please, Valerie. Just come over to my house. Tell Neil, you'll see him tomorrow. I'm sure he'd rather be with Jane Doyle, anyways. He doesn't give a damn about you! Please, just this once! Just give me a chance to show you how much you mean to me!"

"Sorry, Ben. I really can't. Besides I have a final tomorrow that I need to study for!"

"I'm telling you the truth, Valerie. I wouldn't lie to you. Neil Horne is a two timing son of a bitch. He's a low-life."

"Look who's talking about low-life's."

"It's all about you, Valerie. There's nobody else for me. Please, Valerie."

"Sorry, Ben. I've got to hit the books."

"Can't you just put your studying aside for just a couple of hours? Please, just give me a chance."

"I really have to get home and study. See you in September, Ben."

"Wait…Valerie!"

"I'm really in a hurry, Ben. If you'll excuse me." Valerie scurried down the stairs as fast as she could to escape from Ben, when she ran into Neil.

"Whoa! Slow down, Valerie. Why are you in such a hurry?"

"I really got to go, Neil. I'll call you later."

"OK."

"Wait, Valerie. Please, give me a chance!" Ben Clark cried out coming after Valerie down the stairs.

"Where do you think you're going, Clark? Stay away from Valerie. Haven't you got it through your head that she doesn't wish to see you", Neil screamed.

"Just who do you think you are, Horne? Just who do you think you are to criticize, you two timing son of a bitch, huh? First you tell Valerie that you love her, and that she's the only one for you, and then you decide to traipse off with Jane Doyle right behind her back!"

"I'm not seeing Jane socially. I swear, Ben. I'm not."

"Just come clean, Horne. She deserves a little honesty. If you would rather see Jane, than you should tell Valerie the truth!"

"What the hell is wrong with you, Clarke huh? For the fourth time, I do not wish to have a relationship with Jane Doyle, and quit telling Valerie that I do, because its such shit. Jane and I are just friends, and nothing more, and if you ever had any intentions of seeing Valerie, you can forget it, because I can tell you that even if things didn't work out between Valerie and I, and we chose to break up, that you are the last person she would ever want to see socially. She thinks that you are the homeliest fellow that she ever laid eyes on! Stay the hell away from Valerie! This is the last time I hope to have this conversation. I don't want to see you near Valerie, and if you continue to harass her, you will be sorry!"

"Just who do you think you are to talk for her, huh Horne? How do you know how she feels about me? Just who do you think you are, huh? I love her Horne, more than you ever could, and she will be sorry that she trusted you, over me I love her, Neil."

"If you loved her Clark, then you would respect her feelings, and just deal with the fact that she doesn't want to have a relationship with you."

"I can't face that fact, and I know that she'll get hurt if she stays with you! Please, if you want to be with Jane, than just be honest with Valerie, and end the relationship. It isn't fair to lead her on this way! You and Jane would be such a cute couple, and you should be with the one that you truly love."

"I love Valerie, Clark. Now deal with it. She hates your head, but that's her opinion. There's someone for everyone, but I'm sorry to say Clark, that Valerie isn't the one. You're going to have to forget about her."

"She will be so sorry she chose you, Horne! I don't even know what she sees in you! You don't love her! I have no clue why she even stays with you! She deserves so much better than the likes of you, and why she chose to stay with you, is beyond me."

Neil came by Valerie's house later that day.

"I figured that you'd be studying for your English final!"

"Everyone needs a break."

"I just wanted to let you know that I spoke with Benjamin."

"Yeah? And what did you say? I hope you didn't tell him how you feel about his head?"

"I can't help it Valerie. He is such a homely fellow…"

"Neil! That's all he hears. I really would hate to tell him that to his face. Just let it go. It's not like he's competition!"

"I can't stand the guy, Valerie. I don't want him to come anywhere near you because he makes you feel uncomfortable, and I want you to feel secure…Valerie, Jane can not compare to you, no matter what Clark claims. He's a bitter man, that Benjamin Clark, and part of the reason is cause he can't come up with a female companion."

"Well, what about Leanne Snow?"

"Even Leanne Snow wouldn't pick him for a female companion."

"She's another one…who can't be considered for a companion."

"Don't tell her that, Neil. I'm telling you. I don't know what kind of problem she has with her face, all I know is that there's something really wrong with her, she's got some kind of sickness, and we have to keep quiet."

"Do you have any other finals beside the English one tomorrow?"

"Nope. After my English final, I am free for the whole summer, to spend with you. Any suggestions of what we should do this summer?"

"I'll think about it, and get back to you!"

"Mr. Clark", Tony Frankyl said on his way back to his classroom, as Benjamin was cleaning out his locker, "I'd like to schedule a conference for this afternoon. Would you and your parents be able to come in this afternoon?"

"Why? What's the problem, Mr. Frankyl?"

"The school is considering holding you back. The score on your final exam was not as high as I had anticipated. What's gotten into you, Clark? Are you having some problems at home?"

"Maybe I am, but why is that any of your business, Mr. Frankyl?"

"Is there some way that the school can be of some help?"

"Nobody can help me, Mr. Frankyl. Nobody can possibly comprehend what I'm going through. How could they?"

"Would you rather that I call your parents?"

"No, I'll call them, and I'll have them meet you, here, Mr. Frankyl."

"Now, Mr. And Mrs. Clark, this is for Benjamin's own good. We really feel that if we hold him back that it's the correct choice for him."

"How can you say that it's the correct choice? My son is smart enough to go on to tenth grade in September, but because he failed one final, he should be held back? I don't see how that's fair, Mrs. Thompson."

"His other final exam's were lower than the school had anticipated. Repeating freshman year would be the correct choice for him. Now, that's settled."

"Well what about summer school? Couldn't Ben benefit from summer school? We'll have him go over all the areas he struggled with in his math class, so that he can start tenth grade in the fall."

"Fine. We have an eight-week program. If his grade improves, we'll consider letting him take his tenth grade courses, if we see no improvement, we are going to have to hold him back, Mr. Clark. I'm sorry."

Ben strolled by Valerie Windell's house later that same day. An hungry urge overcame him. He couldn't stop thinking about having children with Valerie. She was the perfect choice for him. From the street, Benjamin could see into Valerie's room. She had obviously forgotten to draw the shades, and was changing into her nightgown. She had a sexy body, and her breasts looked fertile. A hungry urge overcame Benjamin as he visualized himself chewing on Valerie Windell's hooters. After slipping on a nightgown, he could see Valerie brushing through her long, beautiful strands of blonde hair. She had such shiny hair, and it was soft and silky. What Benjamin wouldn't do to caress her strands, and be the one to run a brush through her hair.

Benjamin grabbed a ladder from the Windell's garage as Valerie settled down for bed. Then he began climbing up to the window where her bedroom was. He found Valerie cuddled up snuggly in her bed. He climbed into her house, and went to lie down beside her on her bed.

"I just couldn't part from you, no matter how hard I tried Valerie…Neil doesn't cherish you quite as much as I, and it's time that you knew that. Please, Valerie, end the relationship you have with Neil before you get hurt. Say, you'll give me a chance. I know that we could be so happy together." Valerie woke up and began to scream on the top of her lungs. Benjamin covered her mouth with his hands.

"Don't scream, honey. I want you to see how right it is between the two of us. Just give me a chance to show you how much I adore you, starting tonight. Let's make love, Valerie. Don't you want a child, Valerie? Please, say you'll conceive a child with me tonight." Benjamin began to remove Valerie's nightgown and started sucking on her breast. With a free hand, Valerie smacked him across the face.

"What the hell was that for?" Benjamin asked.

"Who the hell do you think you are to come waltzing into my home and start making demands of me, huh? You have to be the final one I'd ever sleep with. I'm calling the police."

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

"Just watch me!" Valerie screamed as she went to reach for the phone. Benjamin took the scissors by Valerie's nightstand and cut the telephone cord in half.

"Get off me!" Valerie screamed.

"Just give me a chance, Valerie! I'll show you just how right it is between the two of us."

"I have to be to at an 8:30 English final, and I need my rest! Go home, Benjamin!"

"Valerie?" Gina Windell called out. "Is something wrong dear? Do I hear someone in there with you?"

"Go back to sleep, mother. I'm okay."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, mother."

"Who's in there with you? Valerie?"

"Nobody." Benjamin heard the door to Valerie's bedroom door open, and hid under the bed. Valerie turned on the television to a horror film being featured on Channel 55.

"I thought I heard somebody…" Mrs. Windell noticed the television set was turned on to a horror film.

"Nobody's here, mother."

"Don't you have a final tomorrow, Valerie?"

"Yes."

"Then I suggest turning the television off, and getting some rest."

"Goodnight, mother."

"See you in the morning, honey." Valerie turned off the television set. As soon as Mrs. Windell left the room, Benjamin got up from under the bed.

"I'm sure you'll do fabulously on the final, Valerie. You're such a smart girl!"

"Leave!" Valerie shrieked.

"You're so beautiful!" Benjamin cried. "Say you'll make love with me tonight."

"I said NO!"

"You'd be such a perfect mother…"

"I said NO!"

"Quit resisting me, Valerie. I love you!" Benjamin stripped Valerie of her nightgown, and began to bite on her hooters with his teeth. "I just want to show you how much."

Benjamin peeled off his pants and underwear letting them fall to the floor, in a pile next to Valerie's nightgown.

"I can't resist you, Valerie."

"Well you're going to have to, Benjamin. SORRY!" Valerie shrieked as she felt Benjamin's scrotum enter her cervix. Then with all the force she had left, Valerie kicked Ben in the chest with her foot. "Get off of me!" she cried out.

"Valerie…", cried out Bert Windell. "Valerie, did I just hear you crying?"

"Go back to bed, father."

"Valerie, your mother and I are concerned about you. Are you all right?"

"I'm fine father, go back to bed."

"Are you sure we can't do anything for you, Valerie?"

"I'm sure, goodnight, father."

"Let us know if we can be of any help, dear." Valerie could hear the door to her folk's bedroom slam shut for the second time.

"Leave, right now! Before my folks find you in here with me, do you understand? Just leave me alone, for once!"

"Can you feel that? Doesn't that feel good? Are you coming yet?" Benjamin cried out. Valerie could feel Benjamin's sperm entering her cervix. She cried out in agony. The feelings she felt right now were far from fabulous.

From the outside veranda, Sid Clark was watching Valerie Windell struggling with his cousin Ben. Sid knew that Ben had the hots for Valerie, but he obviously had no clue how much his cousin cherished Neil Horne's girlfriend. Sid hated his cousin Ben with a passion.

Back in 1993, when Ben was in the tenth grade, Sid humiliated Ben in science class. He stripped Ben off his slacks and underwear in front of the kids, and with a scissors, came close to cutting off his cousin's scrotum.

"You're such an ugly fiend---Benjamin! No woman will ever love you!" Sid was expelled from school. "The females would have to be crazy to have sex with you! It's never going to happen to you!" Sid shrieked out. "You're so ugly that even the craziest and deranged females would hate to have sex with you." Ben was sobbing hysterically. He looked down to find blood pouring out of his scrotum.

"I hate you Sid Clarke!" Ben cried out. "I can't even believe that you are part of my family! I hope you drop dead! You've humiliated me for the final time, Sid. I can't even believe you're my cousin. You should be locked up, and when you are, I'll finally be at peace." Ben's scrotum was sore for weeks after that incident.

Sid came up from behind Ben as his cousin was walking to his car. "So, did she say YES?" Sid questioned Ben. Benjamin cried out. "I couldn't convince her Sid, I tried."

"Figures. You'll never convince a woman to have sex with you, Ben. You are such a screw-up!" Sid cried out.

"It felt so good when my scrotum was in her cervix!" Ben cried out.

"You mean you slept with Valerie Windell?"

"I was just leaving her house as my sperm was entering her cervix! She said she wasn't ready."

"And when she is, I hate to tell you this, cousin, it won't be you she'll come crying to when she's ready to conceive a child."

"She'd be such a perfect mother, Sid."

"Yeah, but you aren't the fellow that she wants to sleep with!"

"I know!" Benjamin cried out stamping his foot. "But when she's ready, whoever she sleeps with will be the most fortunate fellow in the whole world!" Benjamin said smiling on the thought. "What I would kill if that someone was me!"

"You're going to have to face it cousin. It isn't you she's crying for."

Neil stopped by Valerie's house the next day. She was just about to step into her car, when Neil's car pulled by her driveway.

"What are you doing here, Neil?" Valerie asked.

"I came to pick you up for school."

"I'm capable of driving myself there, but thanks anyways."

"I tried calling your house last night, your folks said you were already in bed. Your mother told me you weren't feeling so good last night. Your father said you were crying hysterically. What happened? Is there someway that I can be of some help?"

"Promise you'll keep quiet."

"What the hell happened, baby?"

"Benjamin came to my house last night. I found him in my bed last night."

"What?" Neil screamed. "I told that kid to stay far away from you."

"He won't let this fantasy go about the two of us hooking up."

"Did he try to hurt you?" Valerie kept silent.

"Answer me, Valerie. Did he try to hurt you?"

"He fondled my breasts, and stripped me of my sleeping clothes, and couldn't stop preaching about how cute a couple the two of us could be. Why won't he let this fantasy go that he has about us hooking up? He's absolutely obsessed about conceiving a child with me."

"Well, he's kidding himself, if he thinks that one woman will ever conceive a child with him! He has absolutely lost his marbles! I have no clue how you could just sit there, and say nothing to your parents! Your parents care so much about you. This kid should be locked up in a cell. Why he's still wandering the streets, I'll never know."

"Hi Jane". Ben was standing beside Jane's locker.

"What the hell do you want?"

"We need to talk."

"About what?"

"Neil."

"For the final time, Clark, I do not have feelings for Neil Horne."

"Quit denying it Jane! You should tell Neil how you feel. You may not realize it now, it may take time before you realize just how much you love him…"

"Neil and I are just friends. That's it."

"Are you sure?"

"What business is it of yours anyway?"

"So, you do like him."

"He's a good friend, besides, Valerie's a good friend, and Neil loves her dearly. I'd hate to hurt her feelings."

Neil and Valerie were coming up the stairs right then. "We are going to talk", Neil said pulling Ben aside. "Excuse us, Jane."

"Sure, Neil. What about?"

"Did I or did I not tell you to stay clear of Valerie? She just told me that you showed up to her house last night." Benjamin remained silent. "Is it true?"

"Is it any of your business?"

"Why can't you just face it that my girlfriend does not want to have sex with you. When a woman says NO, that means NO!"

"She'd be such a perfect mother, Neil", Benjamin cried out.

"She is a seventeen year old female. I do not think she is ready to be a mother. I'm sure she'd rather finish high school and go to college first before she decides to settle down with a man and have children, and I'm sure that you are the final one that she would ever consider for a companion. Stay the hell away from Valerie."

"It has to be Valerie, Neil. She's all I ever dream about. I knew it the second I saw her. She'd be such a perfect mother."

"Well, clear the fantasy's from your head, because I can tell you, you are the final one that she'd ever want to sleep with! Do not make me repeat myself again, stay the hell away from Valerie! If I hear that you try to coerce Valerie to have sex with you one more time, you will be sorry!"

ONE WEEK LATER.

Valerie woke up a week later feeling absolutely nauseated. She dashed out of bed and ran to the bathroom as fast as she could. Then she barfed up her guts. She opened up the bathroom cabinet and found a Home Pregnancy Kit. Ten minutes later, the results revealed a positive sign. Valerie began to panic. What would she do? How could she keep the child of this psychopath, and yet how could she kill a child? Being raised as a good Catholic, it would be considered a sin to kill her child. Yet, she was carrying Benjamin's child. If it looked anything like him, it would be absolutely hideous.

Sid Clark just happened to be strolling down Valerie's street that day. He found Valerie sitting on her front porch crying her eyes out.

"Hi, Valerie. What's wrong?" Sid asked.

"I just found out, I'm pregnant!"

"Oh yeah? Who's the fortunate fellow?"

"Your cousin."

"Benjamin?"

"Yes!" Valerie sniffled. "Oh god, Sid. What am I going to do?"

"Do you feel like killing it?"

"Oh god, Sid, how can I? It's my child, and yet, just the concept of carrying Benjamin's child makes me absolutely sick to my stomach!"

"But keep in mind that it's also your child! You'd still love it!"

"I know, but I wasn't ready to have a child yet, Sid, and your cousin, is the last person that I ever had fantasies of sleeping with!"

"I'm sure, but Benjamin would be devastated if you killed his child! Don't forget. That child is a part of him."

"Oh god, Sid. How am I going to sit down and tell Neil? He's going to be frantic!"

"I'm going to ring this bastard's neck!" Neil Horne cried out when Valerie told him that she was pregnant with Benjamin's child. "Who does he think he is to take advantage of you?"

"Neil, calm down."

"How can I stay calm after what that psychopath did to you? This isn't funny. Benjamin has to be stopped. He can't just keep taking advantage of women like this. If a woman says NO, then she means NO!"

"Neil, it's over, and done with!"

"It's far from finished. I don't understand how you could keep quiet about something like this. I don't understand why you didn't call the police."

"I tried, but Benjamin cut the cord to the telephone with a scissors."

"I can't believe this! I just can't believe this!" Neil cried out. "How could you keep quiet about something so horrible, Valerie? This guy could have killed you. Don't you understand? Benjamin doesn't know how to love anyone. Benjamin didn't force you to have sex out of love, its all about power and control!"

"Oh my god, Neil. You can't be serious!" Jane Doyle exclaimed shocked. "When did Valerie find out?"

"She woke up this morning and she felt nauseated. After the rape, Valerie went to the pharmacy and picked up a Home Pregnancy Test, the test just came back positive."

"Has she told her parents that she's pregnant?"

"Not yet. She's scared to."

"Why is she scared? I'm sure that Gina and Bert will understand."

"She feels absolutely humiliated."

"Just be honest with her folks…so that they can plan ahead of time what they'll do when the baby comes!"

Ben received a call from Sid later that day. "Guess what cousin? You're going to be a father!"

"Is Valerie pregnant?"

"Yeah."

"When did you find out?"

"Just this morning. I was taking a stroll down her street, and I found Valerie on her front porch crying hysterically to the likes I've never seen before."

"She should be happy! She's going to have a child! She's going to be a mother! I can't believe this", Benjamin exclaimed smiling.

"You know she's contemplating killing it!"

"She just can't Sid. It's her child for crying out loud, and if I must say, that child will be the sexiest child ever. Has she even considered my feelings before she decides to head to an abortion clinic and kill her baby!"

"Her folks are against killing babies! They'd never allow her to abort the child."

"Good. I'm happy to hear it, because I'd hate to hear that she killed off the sexiest baby alive! She's keeping that child! She'll be a super mother, and I know that if she killed that baby she'd regret it in the years to come."

Gina Windell rapped on Valerie's bedroom door. "Honey, can I come in?" Gina asked Valerie.

"Sure, Mom."

"Neil came by the house a couple of hours ago, and he told me, that someone tried to rape you last night! How come you didn't confide in me last night?"

"I was too frightened!"

"Valerie, I'm your mother! I love you! You know you can always come to me when you have problems. Now, tell me, who hurt you?"

"Mom, I'm in the middle of doing something. Can we talk about this later, please?"

"We're going to talk about this now Valerie. Tell me, who is this guy? We'll call the police, and we can finally put him behind bars. What's his name?"

"Benjamin Clark, all right!" Valerie cried out. "I don't want to talk about this now."

"Valerie, you have to, because your father and I can't help you if you don't talk to us! This is important. Someone snuck into our house last night and tried to hurt you, and I want to know who this guy is, so we can put him away, before he hurts someone else!"

"He's Benjamin Clark, and he has to be the homeliest man in the whole high school, and nobody likes him. All of my friends can't stand him, and I have no clue how Leanne Snow could ever consider him, but I do question myself constantly, how he could consider her. She's a second one who can't be considered for a companion, her sister on the other hand…I heard she's a looker. How envious is Leanne of her sister. What she wouldn't do to be in Molly's shoes. Everyone is "aga" over Molly. She was nominated for homecoming queen, and would you believe this, Molly lost the nomination. I can't believe she lost! She should have been the champion of that homecoming dance. She's certainly prettier than both of the other nominees, Courtney Lawrence and Helen Danning. That Molly Snow, she really has a distorted view about herself. She constantly questions Leanne if she's convinced that her arms are chubby, and of course, Leanne says, they're not, and god forbid if she even gets one pimple on her face, to Molly its as if she has thousands of pimples on her face. That female has the clearest skin of any female I've ever met."

"Jenny…did you hear that Valerie's pregnant?" Tonya asked her.

"No way! You mean Neil and her are having a baby?"

"Jenny", Tonya started crying "Benjamin Clark snuck into Valerie's house, and forced Valerie to have sex with him! Valerie doesn't really want to have this baby."

"Is she going to abort it?" Jenny questioned Tanya.

"Gina and Bert would never allow her to do that, as religious as they are, but I really think she resents the concept of carrying this child!"

"I really feel so sorry for Valerie. Benjamin Clark should be put in the slammer. He can't just keep hurting females like this. I can't believe that we are going to school with an armed and dangerous criminal. That kid has to be stopped."

"Did you hear that the school is considering holding him back? Rumor has it, he failed Mr. Frankyl's math exam, and if he doesn't do well in his summer school courses, than he's going to have to repeat ninth grade."

"Well, if he does, I don't have to worry whether I'll end up in a class with him, cause I'll be taking my junior courses this fall…"