"Ok," Ethan petted the younger girls head and walked into the kitchen.

Mae fixed her glasses and tried to comb black her hair with her hands, "What is up with you guys and my hair?" she asked, half annoyed and half amused.

Sarah shrugged her shoulders and sunk herself deeper into the couch, trying to find a comfortable position, "I don't know! Your hair is just fun to play with."

Mae gave up her effort to fix it and turned on the TV. "My hair is straight."

"Exactly," the vampire smiled. She looked at the direction Ethan went wondering what was taking him so long. The movie was already starting!

After a few minutes, Mae noticed that her cousin had not said another word. She looked over her shoulder and saw Sarah with a blank look. She followed the direction of her eyes and giggled, "I know you like him, Ate."

Sarah shook her head slightly and snapped out of her little world. "No, I don't!" she objected, crossing her arms instead of messing up the girl's hair again; something Mae was thankful for.

Mae narrowed her eyes. "You're blushing!" she teased. "Don't think I'm so easily fooled, Ate. I know you too well."

"Mae, I'm two and a half years older than the guy." Sarah desperately searched for an excuse.

"So what? Selena Gomez is dating Justin Bieber ain't she? She's older than him by about that much and that doesn't stop her."

The pre-teen had a point. Age really did not matter once you get older. Then again, Sarah is not going to get any older; she's stuck as a seventeen-year-old for the rest of eternity. Well unless, they find a cure; but that seemed hopeless since she was a full vampire now. Still, she can't like him! That would be weird. They are just friends and nothing more; at least, for now.

Ethan unsteadily walked in the dark room with a huge bowl of popcorn, soda and cups; his showing up ended the girl's conversation. He wobbled around, trying not to drop anything before sitting himself next to Sarah. He placed everything on the table, poured some soda into the blue cup, and handed it to Mae.

She shook her head, "I'm fine. I don't drink soda."

"Don't drink soda, what?" Ethan laughed. That was a first. Who doesn't drink soda?

"Yeah, I never liked it, never will," she stuck out her tongue. "I don't like the bubbles. Plus, it's just not healthy!"

"Well, suite yourself," he handed the cup to Sarah.

"Thanks," she muttered. At some point during Mae and Ethan's extremely short conversation, she went back into own little world. She subconsciously took a sip and spit it out. "What is this?"

"Soda?" Ethan replied, whipping off the droplets of soda particles that landed on his arms. Mae was doing the same.

"Oh, yeah huh?" Sarah said dumbly and placed the cup on the coffee table; there was nothing else she could say anyway.

Mae grabbed a pillow and sat herself down on the floor. Seeing puzzled looks on the older teens' faces, she smiled, "I'm going to leave you guys to your canoodling."

The two blushed. Ethan stuttered out random words in embarrassment, "C-c-canoodling? That is the last thing I want to do with Sarah!"

Mae looked up intently at the boy. Sarah had the same questioning look on her face. Ethan realize what he said could be interpreted as a tad bit offensive and stuttered some more, "W-well not the last thing. Uh-h…"

Sarah rolled her eyes and ignored it; she subconsciously sat closer to her nerd. The girl sitting on the floor giggled quietly. Those two were just too cute together! Mae made a mental note to get those two to admit they liked each other.

The movie ended, leaving the trio bored again. Noticing that no one was bursting through the doors, Sarah asked, "Where's Benny and Rory?"

Ethan thought for a second trying to remember where they were. Then it came to him, "Benny is spell bound to his house. He got in trouble with grandma; something about messing with the forces of nature again. Rory? I think he said something about a secret mission Erica sent him off to do."

"Rory is so gullible," Sarah laughed, shaking her head. "When will her ever learn?"

"What about Erica?"

Sarah sighed, "Same old, same old. If anything, she's probably eating one of her boyfriends right now."

Mae looked at them confused, "Spell bound? Forces of nature? Eating one of her boyfriends? What?"

Ethan and Sarah looked at the forgotten child. Realizing they made a mistake, they tried to think of something to tell the girl.

"They are just, uh, metaphors?" Sarah forced a laugh. Her lie sounded more like a question than a statement. She hoped that Mae would just take it.

"Yeah," Ethan continued. "What I meant was that Benny was grounded for trying to…" he tried to think of an excuse, "make life?"

Sarah hit his arm. Ethan continued realizing that the excuse was not sufficient, "in the microwave. He almost blew up the house…"

Mae nodded, still a bit suspicious. "What about 'eating one of her boyfriends'?"

Sarah looked around hoping that God would give her something to say. "She's," she started, then came up with something logical. "She's kissing him. That's it, just kissing."

"Mmmkay," Mae made a small smile. Those answers were good enough for her, but still. She knew there was something up by the faces the two teens were making.

The said teens sighed in relief, but were surprised when Mae pulled the two of them up effortlessly. They didn't know she possessed such strength. Mae, not taking notice said, "So what's for dinner?"

"I don't know," Ethan replied. "Want to order pizza?"

They all walked into the kitchen. "Na, that's boring! Why don't I cook something?" Mae opened the fridge and crouched down. Sarah and Ethan were astounded to see the girl literally sniffing around. "Hmm, I could use this, and this. Oh, and this!"

Random vegetables and other foods were being tossed up into the air and surprisingly landed on the table. The two teens turned to each other to see the same looks on each other's faces. They shrugged it off and decided that nothing out of the ordinary.

Grabbing a pot, Mae filled it with water and let it boil. On the other side of the stove, chopped onions were left to caramelize in olive oil.

"She can cook?" Ethan asked in amazement. He couldn't cook and he's older than her.

"Yeah, remember she had to cook because her dad didn't, but I didn't know that she cooks like a pro. Wow!" Sarah had to admit. She was impressed, but that was nothing new. The young lady she knew since the girl was born always had something new going on.

Mae was all over the kitchen, chopping this, boiling that; it was like watching a cooking show. Yet, the weird thing was Mae was sniffing everything. Sarah and Ethan sniffed the air to see what it was, but nothing. It smelled really good. Apparently good was not enough. Again, Mae sniffed and she made a face, "Something is missing."

Ethan leaned over to whisper in Sarah's ear, "She can tell all that by smelling it?"

The caramel skinned girl looked puzzled, "I'm not sure. I've never seen a cook do that, at least not like that. I mean, just look at her now!"

Mae's head was inside one of the cupboards. It was evident that she was literally sniffing around. "Ah!" she exclaimed when she took out her head. She was holding a little salt-shaker like thing filled with a spice that neither Ethan nor Sarah could identify. Mae gave it one more sniff to make sure that it was what she was looking for. She nodded her head and sprinkles some on top of her dish.

"What's that?" Ethan's little sister was walking towards them.

"It's dinner, Jane," Ethan smile. "Oh and this is Mae, Sarah's cousin."

"Hi," Jane said to the older girl.

"How goes it?" Mae smiled back. She grabbed four dishes and stuffed them with food. Of course, presentation was everything. She placed one piece of garlic bread on top of the pasta, then a piece of parsley on top of that. It looked beautiful.

"Wow!" They all said.

The girl giggled, "Dig in!"

Each of them took a bite. Mae looked satisfied with her creation while Sarah, Ethan, and Jane's eyes opened wide.

"This is—," Sarah started before taking another bite.

"Amazing!" Jane stabbed the noodles, if that was even possible, and stuffed it in her mouth.

"Even better than Sarah's cooking," Ethan teased, only to receive a punch on his back. Caught off guard, he gagged on his food and glared at the vampire.

"Hey!" she laughed and turned towards Mae, "It is really good Mae. How come you don't cook that often for me?"

"Eh," Mae replied through a mouthful of food.

After everyone was done eating, Ethan washed the dishes. "Isn't this supposed to be your job?"

Sarah narrowed her eyes, "Shut up. I had to put Jane to sleep." She redirected her attention to Mae who was sitting on a stool. "Come on kiddo, time for you to get ready for bed too."

"Aww, but its only 10 o'clock!" Mae protested as she picked herself up.

Sarah laughed. The girl may be getting older, she may be getting taller, but she still is the same innocent, childish little kid. "You know that we will end up staying up until 5 in the morning just talking."

"Very true," Mae got off her seat, defeated. She walked up the stairs with Ethan and Sarah following behind her.

"Nighty night," Mae said before running off into the guest bedroom, dragging Sarah with her.

"Goodnight you two," Ethan turned the other direction to go to his room. There was something fishy about what happened to Mae's dad, and the same could go for the way Mae was acting. Maybe Benny could help him figure out what.

All clean and ready for sleep, Mae jumped onto the bed. She crawled around in a circle before laying herself down, all comfy.

"Ooo-kay?" Sarah said, confused with the girls weird habits. She climbed into bed with her.

"Hmm?" Mae asked.

"It's nothing."

Mae nodded, "So, what 'cha want to do?"

"I don't know. You?"

"Let's make a video for YouTube, liked we used to!" Mae smiled grabbing a camera out of her green bag.

Sarah laughed nervously. She hoped that Mae wouldn't notice, "Um— let's not. I don't feel like it."

Mae tilted her head, "Well okay." She thought for a second. "What about playing with some make-up? You told me last time that you'd show me how to put it."

Sarah thought for a second, and then shook her head. If they did that, mirrors will be involved, and nothing good could come out of that. Mae can't know that she's a vampire, period, "Not today, Mae."

The girl frowned, "Is there something wrong, Ate? You're acting kind of weird"

"I'm not the only one," she muttered, thinking about Mae's previous actions. It was almost like she was a—

"Werewolf," Benny said.

Ethan shook his head, looking at the computer. "Not possible!"

"Why not?" he asked.

"Well, let's see. First of all she's so sweet."

"So that should mean that she's not a werewolf? Not all werewolves are vicious." Benny emphasized vicious by opening his mouth, trying to show his "fangs" and making claw gestures with his hands.

Ethan gave his best friend and un-amused look. He thought for a second, then said, "If she was a werewolf, how come Sarah and her get along so well?"

"Well there are cousins, right?" Benny stated matter-of-factly, "and, they are girls."

"Ok, but what about her dad?" he asked remembering that her dad was part of the issue. "How come he got hurt by something, but whatever it was didn't hurt her."

"I don't know!" Benny shook his head, "Aren't you supposed to be the smart one?"

"Thanks, you're a lot of help. It just doesn't add up."

"Dude, she sniffs everything, she crawls around liked a dog, she has super power strength. Face it, Mae's a werewolf. I mean think about it. You said that she was in the hospital last week with really bad injuries right?"

Ethan nodded.

"Well, if she isn't something supernatural, how else could she have healed so fast? Injuries like that don't take a week to heal."

"Well technically, she's not fully healed. She's still a bit unsteady with how she walks. Still looks like she's in a lot of pain," his eyes were looking off into space. He will never understand how anyone could hurt a girl as sweet as her. Worse, he hates seeing Sarah so upset about it.

"Why are you even so concerned for this girl?" Benny teased. "I mean, you just met her like five hours ago."

Ethan ignored the remark. Sure, Mae was cute and closer to his age than Sarah, but she is just too innocent. Besides, Mae is his "little sister" in their world and that's all they will be. Benny wasn't there for that anyway. "She's Sarah's little cousin, Benny! And if anything, she's like Sarah's little sister; so it's my duty to be concerned."

"Ok, but you have to face it," Benny rolled his eyes; "she is a werewolf."

Ethan glared at him, "Look, I can't believe it. How in the world could she have turned into one? She didn't live in Whitechapel until now. "

"Well ask her yourself then!" Benny threw his arms up in the air in frustration.

"I can't, I promised Sarah that I wouldn't tell her about the supernatural." Ethan sighed, running his hands through his dark hair. Why do things have to be so complicated after their first battle with Jesse? "She wants to keep away from danger."

"If she's a werewolf, she is in danger! Do you know what could happen to her if she got herself mixed up with something? If you really care for her and you want to keep you promise to Sarah to keep this girl safe," he sighed, "you must tell Sarah that she's a werewolf."

"She is not a werewolf."

"Dude, if you really don't want to believe me, just use your seeing powers on her tomorrow. You'll see that I'm right." Benny pointed his finger at him, pretending to poke Ethan on the chest. (Weird how people always do that… when obviously, you can't poke them through the screen.)

"Sure you are, Benny," Ethan rolled his eyes.

"Ouch! Your sarcasm hurts me!" Benny laughed at his fail to act hurt. He turned around to hear foot steps behind him. "Sorry, but I have to go, Grandma alert!"

The screen went black. Ethan sighed and turned off his computer. He changed into a clean black shirt and jumped into bed. It doesn't make sense. Mae wasn't from around here so how could something have turned her into a werewolf. Besides, it's not like she's not aggressive or anything. Then again, all the weird things that she has been doing…

"It doesn't make sense," he whispered before falling into deep sleep.

Mae turned to Sarah; she was asleep. She sat still for another few minutes before moving to open the window. A light breeze blew in. Mae took a deep breath and sighed. Summer was coming; she could smell it in the air, literally.

She reached up to close the window again, but flinched as pain ran through her arm. She grabbed it and tried to put pressure on it, hoping that it would go away; but it was useless. Tears started to form in her eyes again.

She looked up and saw the moon shining in the clear night sky. It was a shaped like a crescent. When she always love the moon, and she still does; but now, it also brought her pain. She wanted the full moon to never come, but it was inevitable. It would come, and of course on her birthday. She didn't want it to happen again; memories filled her mind. Sure she was trying to protect herself, but the when the full moon came out, it took over her body and she lost control. No, it can't happen. Not here; she didn't want to hurt anyone again, especially Sarah. She was the only who hasn't left her in her life.

Ate Sarah is the only one I have left now. Mae thought.

Sarah heard the Mae sniffling and stood up a bit. "Hmmm? What's wrong, Mae?" she yawned; the sleepiness could be heard in her voice.

Mae was taken back in surprise. She quickly wiped her face, "It's nothing."

"It's nothing," she repeated, her voice fading in the breeze.

Sarah pulled her down and held her close. "You know you can tell me anything right? That's what I'm here for."

Mae remained silent. Everything was moving too fast; the world was moving too fast. She felt like she couldn't keep up. Everything's changing and she could not comprehend it.

She shook her head, not wanting to bother her cousin. She took a small breath and replied in a soft voice, "I know. Thank you, Ate."

So this is just filler-in chapter. Just some more details about me here. Well my Character me I mean. Still very sad, but it is supposed to be a sad/happy story! :P So yeah hope you like it. Again, I upload more on my deviantartart account .com/. Thanks again for reviews. Please, If you haven't REVIEW. They let me know what you guys like and what you wanna see in the next chapters. So please please please, REVIEW! Thanks :3