Ethan walked quickly through the halls. He was sure she would be at her locker, she never missed a day of school, she cared too much to let something like eternity stop her. As he rounded the corner he breathed a sigh of relief. Standing in front of her locker was the ever gorgeous Sarah, who, sense her blood infusion, appeared even more effervescent than usual. He saw her nostrils flare and she glanced up at him. For a moment, a look of sadness crossed her face. Ethan swallowed and walked up to her. This was his fault. If he had seen Jesse bite him or not let him get close enough to or had Erica suck out the poison, he never wanted this for Sarah.

"Hey." Hey? Was that the best her could do? She gave a weak smile and turned to leave. He reached out to grab her arm, to make her stop when the vision slammed into is mind. This one was different from any of the others he had had before. Multiply images flashed through his mind. There was Benny, Rory, and Erica all in the same place, Sarah Glancing down at a piece of paper, what looked like lightning and himself. The last image lingered, he was looking in a mirror and smiled.

"Okay, the next few days are gonna be tough but just remember, this is saving the world. And if you do it right, it will cure her. Good luck." The future him snapped out of existence and he blinked. Sarah was waving her hand in front of his face.

"I think you've got a new record, at least a minute and a half." Ethan focused on her and smiled. He grabbed her by the shoulders and spun in a circle, all the while laughing.

"We are gonna cure you!" He finally said as she dragged him to a halt. The look on her face was somewhere between shock, awe and fear. He knew that she was thinking it would be great to be cured but what if it didn't happen. He was going to assure her that it would be alright when Benny appeared around the corner.

"Bad news, awful news, horrible news!" Sarah and Ethan gave each other confused glances as Benny moaned. Sarah bit at the subject.

"What's wrong?" her voice sounded quietly, not wanting to draw attention of passerby's. Benny hit his head against the lockers and moaned again.

"She's coming. Grandma just told me. Her plane lands in T minus five hours. An after school surprise. Why her?" he continued to bang his head against the wall. Ethan and Sarah glanced at each other again.

"Who?" they chorused. Benny turned and leaned against the lockers. His eyes squinted at the opposite wall.

"My cousin." He sneered, "Miss America." Ethan had heard of this cousin.

"Jan?"

"Jill."

"Jill?" Ethan amended. "What's wrong with her?" Benny swiveled his gaze onto Ethan and glared.

"Always, always she has one upped me. I get a gerbil, she gets a pony, I get a bike, she gets a moped, I win gamer of the year, she meets William Shatner. Always!" Sarah smiled and patted him on the back.

"Yeah, but you're a spell master, sorta, she can't beat that!" Benny's face lit up.

"You're right! She can't –" his face fell and he glared at Sarah. "Except I can't tell her that!" he shouted in annoyance and walked down the hall towards class. Sarah and Ethan watched him go.

"Let's go to class." Ethan mumbled. And so the went.