[Dennis POV]

It's been 10 years since I last saw my friend Winnie. I had to move away from the hotel for school reasons. Now that I'm done with school, my parents and I decided it was time to move back.

"Are you excited to see everyone?" My mom Mavis asked me. We were taking a plane back to Transylvania, and I unfortunately had to sit in between my mom and my dad Johnny.

"Yeah, I guess so." I replied. There was only one person I really wanted to see.

"I think I know who you really want to see." She said in a teasing voice.

"Mom…" I began to say.

"Who are you talking about?" My dad asked.

"My boy's taken a shine to Winnie." She said.

"That was the little werewolf girl, right? That's so cute! My little dude has a crush!" He said.

I gave him an angry look. "Dad, I'm not your little dude anymore!" They both laughed at my reaction. We eventually landed at the airport, where a taxi driver then took us to the hotel. Once we got there, I got out of the backseat.

"Don't forget your bags!" Mom said to me.

"Yeah, I know." I said in an annoyed tone. I went to the trunk and grabbed my bags. I then walked up to the hotel and went inside. The hotel was as lively as ever. There were some new patrons I had never seen before.

'I wonder if Winnie will recognize me.' I thought to myself. My appearance had changed a lot within the last 10 years. I now wore an unbuttoned light blue denim jacket with a white t-shirt underneath. I wore beige dress slacks instead of my cargo shorts and swapped my blue tennis shoes for brown moccasins. I still had my curly red afro hair and my mom's blue eyes.

While talking with some of the patrons, Grandpa noticed I was standing at the entrance and he walked up to me.

"Denisovich my boy, you're back!" He said.

"Yeah, I'm back." I replied putting my bags down. I looked at my grandpa. Nothing about him changed at all.

"You know, Winnie's been waiting for you to come back." He said.

"Has she now?" I asked. This didn't surprise me, since Winnie has had a crush on me ever since we were little kids.

Winnie was talking with some of her friends when she noticed me talking to Grandpa. She got on all fours and dashed toward me, followed by two half vampire, half werewolf teens. I noticed this out of the corner of my eye and before I could react, I was knocked to the ground.

"My zing, you're back!" She said excited. She then started licking me. I was used to this, as Winnie liked to shower me with affection every time she saw me. I also noticed I would get a warm and happy feeling inside me whenever Winnie was around. My parents told me it was normal to feel like this around girls since I was 16 now. She eventually stopped licking me and helped me up.

"Winnie! It's so good to see you!" I said giving her a hug. I got a good look at her. By the way she was dressed, I guessed she was 18. She now wore a pink tank top with a white skull and crossbone design on it, similar to the shirt she used to wear. She also wore a pair of black cargo shorts and replaced her white earring studs with two white earrings at the bottom of her ears. She still wore her studded collar with the pendant on it and had her hair tied in a ponytail instead of pigtails. She also wore red lip gloss. I then looked at the werewolf/vampire boy.

"Crash, it's been too long my friend." I said. Crash was one of my closest friends at the hotel and was a vampire/werewolf hybrid. His little sister Jensine, was also half vampire, half werewolf. They came to live at the hotel 10 years ago when a fire destroyed their home and left them orphans. What set Crash apart from most normal werewolves, was the fact that he had skin on his face instead of fur. Crash was 17 and he wore an unbuttoned black leather jacket with a black long-sleeved shirt underneath. The shirt had a white skull and crossbones design on it, and he wore black finger-less gloves on his paws. His sister was not as much of an outcast, as she looked more human like than werewolf. She was 16 and wore a red dress with a white skirt and only had fur on her arms and legs. I then picked up my bags and went to my room with the three following me.

"Man, it's good to be home." I said landing on my bed. Most of my furniture was still in my room, since we didn't take everything with us. I eventually got up and started unpacking my things.

"So, what was it like living in California?" Crash asked.

"It sucked." I replied. "I was treated like an outcast everywhere I went. Either that, or people were scared of me because of my fangs."

"That's terrible." Jen said. I looked at her.

"Yeah, well at least that won't happen here." I said. After a little bit, Winnie came up to me.

"Wanna hang out later?" She asked.

"Sure." I replied.

"Great!" She said. Jen then left my room. Winnie turned around to follow her, but before going out the door, she turned back around and walked up to me. She gave me a kiss on the lips, which made my face turn bright red.

"I love you Dennis." She said.

"Umm…" I didn't know what to say. It was so unexpected. She then left my room. Crash looked at me in shock.

"Man, I wish girls were like that to me." He said before leaving my room. I stood there for about 10 minutes. I couldn't stop thinking about the kiss.

[A few hours later]

I finished unpacking my things and went to find Winnie. When I found her, we left the hotel and took a walk in the woods. We eventually came to a cliff overlooking the town.

"Winnie, can I ask you something?" I said.

"Sure, what's on your mind?" She replied.

"Why do you like me so much?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"Well, ever since we were little kids, you've called me your "zing" Why?" I asked.

Winnie then walked up to me and wrapped her arms around me.

"I fell in love with you when I first saw you." She said. "I feel like you're the one."

I couldn't believe what she was telling me. It gave me such a happy feeling inside. I wrapped my arms around her as well.

"I have something to tell you." I said. I was starting to feel nervous. It was time to tell Winnie how I really felt about her.

"I don't just love you; I'm in love with you." I said. Winnie gave me a surprised look, but it quickly changed to a smile.

"You…you mean it?" She asked.

I smiled and kissed her. After a bit, she kissed me back. It felt nice having furry arms around my neck. After what seemed like forever, we parted and stared at each other. For about 4 seconds, I saw a pink swirling in her eyes. My eyes also swirled pink. Our expressions changed from happy to shock.

'Did we just zing?' I thought to myself. As if answering my thought, she slowly nodded. We started walking back to the hotel. Winnie leaned her head on my shoulder.

"I love you." She said softly.

"I love you too." I replied.

We eventually came back to the hotel. I couldn't wait to tell everyone what happened.

A/N: I forgot to mention I'll be including some of my own characters in this, but the main focus is Dennis and Winnie's relationship in their teenage years. Until next time, take it easy.