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Chapter 1: Rumors Fly
Two Weeks Earlier…
"Hi Ethan." A familiar petite brunette leans against a locker next to him with a dejected sigh.
"Hi Sara. Something wrong?" Jamming a couple books into his bag, Ethan closes his locker and looks over at his friend.
"Not really." Shrugging a shoulder, Sarah straightens up and adjusts the strap of the bag on her shoulder. "You ready to go?"
"Yep. Benny is supposed to be waiting for us at your car." He points to the wide front doors of their high school. They walk down the hall side by side discussing one of Sarah's chemistry assignments and laughing over the antics of one of the girls that managed to turn both of her hands a bright purple. Ethan steps ahead of Sarah at the doors and opens one wide for her to walk through before following her out.
"He is so sweet." A girl with curly brown hair remarks to her friends while standing just outside and watching Ethan and Sarah. "A real gentleman."
"Do you think they are dating?" Another with bright red braids asks the group at large.
"Of course they're dating. They are always together." A blonde responds, shaking her head.
"But I've never even seen them hold hands, except for that one weird day, and she's like three years older than him." The first girl argues.
"What's age matter when you are in love?" The redhead asks. "Maybe they don't believe in PDAs. They are both kind of straight arrows, ya know."
"Well, I hope it's only a rumor. I wouldn't mind a shot at him." The first girl smiles mischievously.
"He's kind of geeky, isn't he?" The blonde asks skeptically.
"Geeky is hot." The redhead responds with a dreamy sigh.
"If you say so." Shaking her head the blonde walks away with her friends following.
"Did you hear those girls?" Eyebrows draw together in a scowl, Sarah looks up at Ethan.
"Not really." Ethan shrugs. "I heard one of them saying they think some guy is sweet. I don't have super vampire hearing, remember? Why?"
"Never mind." Sarah walks over to her car with Ethan following. "Hey Benny." She greets the lanky teen leaning against her car.
"Hello Hotness." Smirking, Benny winks and opens the door to climb into the back seat. "Ready to roll?"
"Yeah." Used to Benny's playful flirting, Sarah ignores it and slides into the driver seat while Ethan walks around to sit in the passenger seat next to her.
"You're babysitting at my house tonight, right?" Turning to look at her, Ethan smiles when Sarah nods her head in agreement. "Great! I got a movie for us to watch."
"Which one and who all are coming over to watch it?" Sarah asks, still a little distracted thinking about what those girls said.
"Red Riding Hood." Ethan grins. "Benny is coming over and probably Rory. You can invite Erica if you want."
"Erica has a date tonight." Rolling her eyes, Sarah pulls the car up next to Ethan's house. "Or dinner. It's hard to tell with her."
"She's gorgeous enough that I don't think the guys care if she bites them." Benny laughs as he runs up to the front door and walks in without knocking.
Ethan and Sarah follow more slowly and, at the door, Ethan once again opens it for her. Sarah walks through, a worried expression on her face. "Are you sure there isn't something bothering you?" Ethan asks, studying her face. Sarah shakes her head, unwilling to talk about it yet. "Well, I know what will make you feel better." He grabs her hand and starts to pull her into the kitchen. Sarah gasps at the contact of his hand with hers, barely registering the glazed look in his eyes.
"Ethan?" She places her other hand on their joined hands when she realizes what is happening. "Ethan, what do you see?"
"I saw…" A shudder runs through his body as he refocuses on her face. "I saw you attacking some girls."
"What girls?" Eyes wide, Sarah shakes the hand she's holding as if it will make him answer quicker. "Were they evil?"
"I don't know." Turning around, Ethan pulls Sarah along behind him into the kitchen where they see Benny sitting at the counter studying his spell book. "They must have been since you don't feed on humans. My visions are annoyingly lacking in details."
"Had another vision, huh?" Benny asks, not bothering to look up as he sips his soda and flips a page. "What was it this time? Another werewolf? Evil spirits? Mummies?"
"Teenage girls." Ethan replies sardonically. "For some reason, Sarah is going to be fighting them in the near future."
"Ooh! Chick fight!" Eyes lighting up, Benny grins at his best friend and runs a hand through his ruffled brown hair. "Who are the babes and what have they done?"
"No clue." Ethan shakes his head and moves over to the counter to grab the plate of fresh chocolate chip cookies. Looking back, he finds Benny staring at him and Sarah. "What?"
"Why are you holding hands?" Raising an eyebrow, Benny smirks at them. "Should I leave so you two can have some alone time?" Looking down at their joined hands, Sarah and Ethan jump apart quickly, blushing and causing Benny to laugh.
"I was bringing Sarah into the kitchen for some of Mom's homemade cookies." Ethan hands a couple to Sarah with an apologetic smile. "She's upset about something and I thought they would make her feel a little better."
"What are you upset about, Babe?" Distracted, Benny looks over at his friend in concern. "You're not having trouble controlling your thirst, are you? Cause I am not on tonight's menu. I can call Grandma for another dose of the blood substitute if you need a fix."
"It's not that." Sighing, Sarah plops down on a stool next to Benny with her elbows on the counter and her chin on her hands. "I've just been hearing stuff around school thanks to my enhanced hearing and I'm not sure what to do about it, if anything ."
"What kind of stuff?" Ethan leans against the counter next to her and takes a big bite out of a cookie.
Taking a deep breath, Sarah winces at what she's about to say. "Stuff about us."
"What?" Cookie bits fly everywhere as Ethan chokes out the single word. Grabbing a napkin, he wipes off his mouth and faces her. "Stuff about us? As in you and me?" Sarah nods her head, refusing to look at him. "What kind of stuff?"
"That we're a couple." Sarah finally looks back up at him with a meager half smile. "Apparently we are the talk of the school and you are the object of more than one girl's fancy. That's what those girls after school were talking about."
"Why have I not heard any of this?" Voice cracking slightly, Ethan looks over at Benny. "Have you heard anything?"
"Sure." Seeing their incredulous looks, Benny rolls his eyes and leans back in his seat. "Come on. What did you expect when you spend most of your free time together?"
"You hang out with us too." Ethan waves a hand up and down at his friend for emphasis. "Why me and not you?"
"You're joking right?" Laughing, Benny stands up to refill his cup. Seeing their confusion, he laughs again. "Let's go into the living room."
Leading the way, Benny sits at one end of the large couch. Ethan sits down in chair across from him while Sarah sits down on the floor next to Ethan and leans against the armrest. Laughing again, Benny leans forward and rests his elbows on his knees with his fingers laced in front of him.
"This is exactly my point." Pointing at his two friends, Benny continues. "You two practically live in each other's pockets and you don't even notice it. When the three of us are together, like now, you two always gravitate next to each other. Where one is, the other is not far behind, even in school. There was never any danger of anyone adding me into the mix, no matter how awesome I am."
"But it's not true." Sarah points between herself and Ethan. "We aren't dating."
"Aren't you?" Leaning back against the cushions, Benny folds his hands over his waist. "Do you watch movies together? Between and after classes, do you meet up at each other's lockers? It sounds an awful lot like dating, at least to everyone else. Then there was that whole love potion fiasco which probably didn't help the matter." He pauses for a moment as a thought occurs to him. "I do find it interesting that under the influence of the potion you chose Ethan."
"I didn't have a choice." Standing up, Sarah walks over to Benny and smacks him on the side of the head. "You had Erica sprits herself with your love potion and it got on me."
"True and I've already apologized for that and paid my dues, but that wasn't my point. The love potion had both of our pheromones in it. You should have been infatuated with both of us to some degree as the rest of the girls were but you weren't. You didn't even look twice at me, which was rather insulting I might add." Benny glares playfully at her. "In point of fact, you only saw Ethan. Since no one knows that you were under a spell, this added to the rumor."
"Maybe I can see where you're coming from." Ethan concedes and starts to grin. "I also find it interesting that under the influence of the potion, Erica chose you. She never even considered me."
"She did, didn't she?" Eyes wide, Benny almost slides off the couch in shock before he catches himself and puts on an arrogant smirk as he pops his collar. "But then, how could she resist this kind of perfection? I am magically delicious after all."
"Let's just forget about it, okay?" Before the guys can answer Sarah, the front door opens and Ethan's parents walk in with his little sister, Jane.
"Hello Sarah." Ethan's mom says as she hangs up her coat. "You're here early, but that works out great. We wanted to leave a little earlier than usual. Tonight we're taking a couples cooking class. The earlier we get there the better chance we'll have of getting into the Taste of Chocolate group. Last month we were late and ended up in the group making spinach noodles."
"Tasty." Sarah remarks. "Leave whenever you want. I'm not going anywhere."
"Great! My taste buds thank you." With that, Ethan's parents hurry upstairs to change and rush out the door with his mother yelling over her shoulder. "I left money on the counter if you want to order pizza."
"Awesomeness." Benny reaches for his cell phone and presses a button on his speed dial. "Hey, it's me. I'm next door and we need an extra large meaty pizza with extra cheese, extra meat and absolutely no garlic. You have thirty minutes and I will be timing you. Engage!" Putting the phone down, he sets the timer on his watch gleefully. Suddenly, Benny feels a strange tingling sensation sweep across him and vibrate through the air. "Did you guys feel that?"
"Feel what?" Sarah asks as she watches Jane set up the dance video game.
"Who are you and what are you doing in my house?" Jumping up, Ethan stares suspiciously at Sarah.
"Ha ha. Very funny Ethan." Sarah smacks his arm.
"I'm not joking." Ethan crosses his arms and studies her. "I have no idea who you are but you better leave before Lindsay gets here. She's the jealous type and you are way too pretty."
"Who's Lindsay?" Sarah looks over at Benny but he just shrugs his shoulders. "Ethan, who's Lindsay? What is going on?"
"My girlfriend." Ethan's eyes get glassy and he walks to the front door and looks out the window. "She'll be here any minute."
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