AIP 6

Ben looked at her then read the piece of paper: MY perfect guy would be tall, sweet and good-looking.
He would have the most gorgeous blue eyes.
He’d have hair just like James’ except it would be brown not blond. (James’ hair was in the style of curtains, and he had been Sofia’s first real crush)
His favourite colour would be blue just like me, and if I’m really lucky it would be marine blue not just blue.
He’d like animals, especially dogs, because dogs are cuter than cats…although cats are cute too!
He’d have a lot in common with me!
He would love music and dance, because he has to accept that I want to be a singer.
He’d be kind and caring.
He’d be sensitive and romantic
and He’d adore his family.

Ben looked back down at the paper then at Sofia, shocked.
“Cor, I cant believe you did that” Sofia said looking at the floor
“Sorry” She said
Sofia shrugged and Ben looked at her
“You wrote that when you were nine?”
Sofia knodded, “we did it coz we didn’t want our perfect guy to exist, coz nobody is perfect, so we described our perfect guy, coz if nobody is perfect then he shouldn’t exist, so technically, you’re not meant to exist.”
Ben raised an eyebrow and then looked at her again, “why didn’t you wanna find your perfect guy?”
“I don’t wanna fall in love” Sofia said looking at the ground.
“Why not?”

“Coz, I don’t wanna make the same mistake my mom did, I don’t wanna fall in love then get a divorce and brake up my family, I don’t want my children to have to live with me on weekdays and with their dad on weekends.” Sofia said now sounding broken, her whole mood had changed from being bubbly and happy, to being totally lost and upset.
“My parents are divorced too, I don’t even see my dad, but that doesn’t mean I don’t wanna fall in love, you gotta remember that love is friendship, friendship is life, life is love” Ben looked at her, he knew what he said had, had an affect on her.
“How old were you when they split?” Sofia asked
“I was just a baby, I dunno, I don’t remember” The others sensed that it would be better to leave Ben and Sofia to talk and they left the room.

“My parent’s should have split when I was a baby, it wudda been better, because, they fought a lot and it hurt me and my sister, my dad would get drunk and become abusive, my mom was always depressed, its not a nice thing to see.” Sofia had tears welling up in her eyes, talking about her family had always been hard for her. Ben felt he should comfort her and he put his arm around her, “Hey, c’mon, it’s over now tho right?” Sofia knodded weakly, and even tho she had only just met Ben, she felt she had known him a lifetime.
“It’s weird you know, when you walked in that door you really stood out, I dunno what it was but there was something about you that I liked, and now all this has happened and it seems like I’ve known you forever” Ben said to her.
“I guess I kinda feel the same, I mean I feel like I’ve known you a lifetime.”
Ben smiled and hugged her, “So, I’m your perfect lad am I?” He said expecting her to deny it, “yeah, the only perfect guy living, hmmm, you’re not meant to exist!” She said.
“Well, your pretty perfect yourself, well except the whole not wanting to fall in love business, I don’t think I like that, I think I’m gonna have to change your mind on that” He said smiling. “I reckon you already have, what you said really has opened my eyes I guess, I mean I’m not the only one whose parents aren’t still together, right?” She said,
“Right” Ben said smiling warmly, his eyes shining, Sofia looked at him and felt like she had found her angel.
“Seeing as the others have gone, do you wanna hang out?” Sofia said
“Yeah cool” Ben said.
Sofia and Ben both stood up and walked out of the room, bumping into Tim and Vicky on their way out.
“Hello, Ben and Sofia” Tim said smiling.
“Hiyah Tim” Ben said
“Hi” Sofia said,
“Where are you both off to?” Vicky asked
“We are just gonna hang out because some stuff happened and the other guys went off with her mates so we thought we’d chill together” Ben replied.
“Ooh…what was that stuff then?” Tim said with a wink.
“No…nothing like that, just we got talking and we started talking about a sensitive topic, but Ben had the same experience so they left me and him to talk alone” Sofia said.
“Ah, right ok, well we are off to our lovely homes, do you want a lift anywhere?” Tim said.
“Ben, do u wanna hang out at my house?” Sofia asked.
“Yeah k, Vicky, Tim will one of you drop us to Sofia’s house?”
“Sure”
“thanks” Ben, said.
“Anytime” Vicky said.
Sofia gave Vicky her address and they were soon in the car on their way to her house.