Author's Note
So, this fic was written roughly a year ago with a friend of mine that I met in the MBAV fandom, Baily. I intended to put it on 's site right after we finished it, but I never really got a chance to, and then school got in the way and I forgot about uploading it until quite recently. You can find me on Tumblr as mbavfan, and Baily on Tumblr as lifeaccordingtobaily. Hope you like it!
~mbavfan
"So, how was hanging out with your babysitter on Friday?" Benny asked Ethan, a smug expression on his face.
"She's not my babysitter, she's Jane's." Ethan argued. "We only watched a movie and Jane fell asleep in the middle of it, so Sarah put Jane to bed and we finished watching the movie. There wasn't enough time for another one; Sarah and I just sat on the couch and talked until Mom and Dad got back." Ethan explained, dialing his combination and opening his locker to grab some books he needed for the first class of the day.
"Did you two canoodle?" Benny inquired; smirking when he saw Ethan's reddened face.
"No." Ethan replied, somewhat angrily. Ethan couldn't stay mad at Benny for long, though, so he sighed and shut his locker, turning towards Benny. "I just wish I had the nerve to ask Sarah out. Whenever I try to ask her out on a date, my brain freezes and I look like an idiot so I walk away." he said.
"Let me put a spell on you, dude. I read this great spell in one of Grandma's books that gives you courage!" Benny exclaimed.
"No way. Your spells always mess up somehow and I'm not ready for you to use magic on my love life. Enough about Sarah and I, what about Erica? I see you still haven't asked her out yet." Ethan responded, happy he was finally able to change the subject.
Benny paused for a moment, trying to think of what to say. Ethan had won this round. "I'll ask her out...eventually." Benny said after a few minutes.
"Yeah, right, you're just going to try to flirt with her at school and then go home so you can stare at the pictures of her you have hidden under your mattress." Ethan hissed.
"Dude! Not cool! You promised you wouldn't talk about that!" Benny whispered as he and Ethan began to walk towards their first period class.
Ethan just smiled and kept walking. They walked in silence for a while, until Benny got a great idea and slapped Ethan on the arm in excitement.
"Ouch! What was that for?" Ethan asked while rubbing his arm.
"I just got the greatest idea ever! We ask Sarah and Erica out at the same time and go on a date together!" Benny exclaimed.
"So, kind of like a double date?"
"Exactly, E! A double date! Genius! And no magic required!"
"That could work." Ethan mused, secretly bubbling with excitement.
"Then it's decided!" Benny announced. They weren't able to continue their conversation, though, because they walked into class and the bell rang. They didn't sit near each other, so they'd have to do more planning at lunch.
"There she is, go ask her out," Benny pointed to Sarah, who was on the other side of the cafeteria.
Ethan pushed his friend's arm back into his lap. "Don't point! And I'll ask her out later."
Benny smiled. "Oh, ask her out later huh? Need to be somewhere more private?"
"No, I just need some time to prepare myself," Ethan said sheepishly.
Rory crept up behind the boys, as slowly as he could. Touching them both lightly on the shoulder he said, "So, what's up dudes?"
Ethan jumped, knocking over his milk. "Rory! What was that?"
Rory appeared in front of the boys startling them once again. "Oh, just me being a vampire ninja."
"Well, would you cut it out?" Benny passed Ethan some of his napkins.
"So, Ethan is asking who out?" Rory asked placing his tray on the table, and sitting down in one of the plastic red chairs. "It better not be Della, or you'll be dead," he said, anger brewing in his eyes. "Well, technically you'll be undead, but either way, it won't be pretty."
"Relax," Benny laughed. "It's Sarah, you should know that. We made a deal that E here would ask Sarah out, if I'd ask Erica out. We're planning a double date."
Rory let out a sigh of relief, "Oh, I guess, I should've known it was Sarah. That's a good idea though."
"So, you like Della now?" Ethan asked. "I thought you'd never be over Betty." Benny had to stifle a laugh, but luckily Rory didn't notice.
"Betty was just okay. Della is prettier!" Rory exclaimed. "I'm going to try asking her out soon."
"Woah, there, Rory, don't make it look like you're too eager." Benny advised, knowing if Rory asked Della out now she'd say no and he'd have to run to Ethan and him for comfort.
"I guess you're right." Rory responded. "When is Ethan asking Sarah out?"
"He was supposed to ask her out now, but he's being a scaredy-cat." Benny answered, glaring at Ethan who was staring at his tray. Ethan looked up at Benny.
"Well, you never said when you're asking Erica out. You go first!" Ethan said.
"Fine. Watch and learn, E," Benny announced, rising from his seat and marching over towards Erica's table. Sarah was nowhere to be seen, which was good, since Benny wanted Ethan to ask Sarah out without her knowing about the double date.
The boys watched as Benny strolled over to the table. He was pretending he had all the confidence in the world, but his act quickly faded when Erica looked up at him. "Can I help you, loser?"
"Hi," he stammered, trying to swallow the lump in his throat. "I was uh, wondering if maybe you wanted to go out with me this Saturday? Ethan was planning on asking Sarah, we were gonna make it a double date..." he trailed off.
"Haven't I told you this before, I don't go out with geeks," the blonde said sternly.
Benny tried not to notice the awkward looks he was getting from Erica's friends. "Please," he said softly. "Can't you just give me a chance?"
Erica sighed, "Where are we going?"
"Uh, we were thinking the movies," he said slowly, not sure how she'd feel about the idea.
"Sure why not," she shrugged; a chorus of awww's coming from her friends.
Benny blushed, a warm feeling spreading through his body. "Wait? So you'll go?"
"Yes, I'll go. Now leave before I change my mind."
"Okay, I'll call you later," Benny said quickly before rushing back to his friends, a huge smile on his face.
"How'd it go?" Ethan asked, hoping Erica said yes so he could ask Sarah out.
"Great. She was just so happy that I asked her out. She immediately said she'd come." Benny lied.
Ethan seemed to be satisfied with this answer, but Rory knew better.
"Oh really?" he asked. "From what I heard with my super Vampire Ninja abilities, she turned you down at first and you had to beg her to go."
"Well..."Benny began. He realized he couldn't avoid this, so he admitted Rory was right.
The lunch bell suddenly rang, and Ethan grabbed his books. "Sarah is coming over to babysit today, I'll ask her then." he told the two boys before rushing off to class.
