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Benjamin Malone Jr.: is better known by the shortening of Ben Jr. - Benji, and is the eldest of Bennie and Marnie's kids. He was an only child for much of his early days, and his mother doted on him. At first, his father was an active and loving parent, and they seemed to be the perfect little family.

By the time he was a child, things had definitely changed, though, and not for the better. He had learned to avoid his father's quick temper, and Benji spent more and more time outside the house with a group of boys that became known as "the Kleptos".

By the time they were teens, they had basically taken over a local establishment and convinced the owners to turn it into a teenage rebel's paradise. Woe to any other people who showed up, though, as the club was quick to cause mischief and torture any person they felt didn't belong there.

By this time, you see, Benji and his friends were grade "A" bullies. Benji had channeled his feelings of inferiority from his father's treatment of him into retaliating on the world around him. He wasn't about to talk back to his dad (unless pride dictated he do it in front of his friends) - but everyone else was fair game in his mind.

The club stayed together because they had an unwritten rule to be friendly amongst themselves, and as the became teens, some of the boys started noticing girls and bringing them into the club, too. Benji wasn't about to tell anyone, but he had a terrible crush on a friend's girl, Shaylee. What this will do to his close relationship to his friend, Cade, is anyone's guess.

Also in the club were brothers Jack and Ryan, who were always vying for the blonde dancer, Emily's attention. Which one would she pick, or would she stay wrapped up in her dream dancing career?

Lastly, there was the sweethearts Jay and Rita, who seemed nigh inseparable. Benji hated the fact that he seemed to have lost his best friend, Jay, to a GIRL... but so far, he hadn't made any waves about it. How long would that last with the jealousy already seething? Time will tell...

(Stay tuned, tomorrow we meet the next kid!)

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