hey I was so touched by the reviews you guys left on the last chapter of Just the right garden: I prefer Lilacs to Posies 2. I love the stories where Simon gets turned into some sort of vampire or there's a play where he really wants the part so he can be closer to Jeanette. So I combined them and added a bit of Vinny for flavor! SO if you like flamin' yon simonette romance stories, then you're gonna love this!

Simon sighed and left the note he had just written on the bed sheets. He hopped out the window to the roof then climbed down the gutter to his yard. He smiled to himself and thought, ' This is just what I need.' and ran off.

Halfway through the forest he heard rustling in the leaves. 'It could be the boar. . . Okay gonna run faster now!' Simon quickened his pace. Soon he felt a sharp pain on his neck but ignored it because he felt the boar right on his trail. He felt the boar ram his horns against his back hoping to trip him, but his adrenaline went against it and he ran faster.

Almost there and he was panting now, the boar was still behind him, at least less than five feet and he looked to the east hoping for the sunrise to chase the boar back to his den, but no such thing something better happened; he ran into a tree.

"Mom, let me in! Please!" He called. The door was opened and Vinny appeared inside,

"Simon! What are you doing here in this time of night?" Simon looked around urgently and spotted the boar,

"I promise to tell you later if you let me in!" he pointed to the boar behind him and Vinny nodded, letting Simon come in the door way. Simon shut the door quickly behind him and pressed his back to the door. he was panting heavily and felt like he was going to throw up.

"Simon, there's something on your neck. Let me help you get it off." Vinny said once the boar had left. Simon nodded tiredly and Vinny pulled the thing off of Simon's neck.

"A bat, imagine that. It's mouth is red, how long has it been on you?" Vinny asked. Simon sighed,

"A few hours." Vinny gasped and motioned for Simon to sit down.

"It was sucking you're blood Simon. Vampire bats like chipmunk blood!" Simon sighed and said,

"Well then I must be an all-you-can-eat-buffet for 'em. I really didn't care until you saw it." The laughed together and Vinny sent Simon to bed with some orange juice.

The next morning Simon and Vinny were sitting at the the table, talking over breakfast.

"You look very handsome this morning."

"Thanks mom." Simon said. But thought she was simply being kind. Simon actually quite fine and extremely handsome. He had no after sleepy look, and his hair was darker and shinier than usual, he hadn't even brushed it.

"So how come you came over without your brothers? Not that it isn't a pleasant surprise to have you over."

"I needed to get away. And I needed some advice."

"What's wrong?"

"You could say the same thing for any middle child, I suppose."

"Let me guess; You feel uh, insignificant in comparison to your brothers?"

"Yep."

"You're being beat up at school and forced to do their homework?"

"uh huh."

"And no matter how hard you try you can't tell that little Jeanette you love her?"

"How the heck did you do that?" Simon asked astonished.

"I know my son." Vinny replied. And they laughed and talked about things other than Simon's problems at home to get his mind off of it.

"You know, there's this play I want to get the lead in at school. I want Jeanette to get the female lead. I think we'd get closer if she did. But Alvin and Brittany. . ."

"Forget him for a moment. Do you know the play?"

"Yeah I read the book and gave the director the idea this year."

"Do you know the part and has Jeanette read it too?"

"I know the part by heart, and Jeanette read it with me she backed my up on the idea."

"Okay we are going back to Alvin and Brittany. Do they have any clue about the plot or the characters that they want?"

"No, not an idea in the least!" Simon said reassured then thought a moment and said,

"But Jeanette is too shy to even try for the lead. . . "

"NO! Don't go down like that! If you convince her she will try out! She likes you too, sweetheart. She came over one weekend to talk to me about you!"

"Really?" Simon said reassured again. Vinny nodded recalling the event,

"She said that sometimes she'd go to bed thinking of way she could get you to notice her as something more than just a best friend."

Simon smiled and said,

"Thank you so much mom! Do you need me to do anything around the house?"

The next day Simon headed home. On his way back he felt the Boar on his back again. As he breathed heavily behind him Simon became annoyed. He turned to the Boar a few feet behind him and said,

"If you want me, come and get me!" and the boar charged. Simon smiled and grabbed the boar's tusks as he ran past. And then he lifted him up with one hand and tossed him to the side. Simon smiled and then realized what strength he had shown and continued on his way.

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