Ben The Cat's Links
Catie is so different from Ben. She's so damn cheerful and active, he doesn't understand how she does it. Even when they were back in Japan when she was being bullied by the other students in their class, she always had a smile on her face and not once did she ever retaliate. That was something that Ben admired about her but at the same time drove him up a wall. Ben was a loner himself, by choice so the fact that Catie tried so hard to be friendly to the awful people they were surrounded by made him go out of his way to show her at least some kindness, cause no one else was going too. He's grown to really like Catie and that scares him. He's never had any friends (again by choice) so he's not sure how to handle the feelings he has for her. Does he tell her? What if she rejects him? That would crush him more than anything. Damn it! This is exactly why he doesn't get involved with others!....Still even if she did reject him, he would never regret befriending her. She.....she was the best thing in his life.
They say opposites attract and that's certainly true for Catie. Ben is lazy, always grumpy, doesn't have a care in the world for his appearance, and would much rather lay on the couch, playing video games then be outside. Despite this he was the only person Catie clicked with back at her old school in Japan. He was the only one who didn't bully her or look at her like she didn't belong. He always went out of his way to do nice things for Catie even though he always complained about it when he did so, but it meant so much to Catie, more then he'd probably ever realize. Catie loves being outdoors and all but it's nice having someone to lay back and hang out with every once in awhile. Still it wouldn't kill him to smile every once in awhile.