Chapter 1:

Recognition and Reconnection

Em's POV

I lifted up my head and looked him in the eyes, I could tell that even with the burns he recognized me immediately. "Emily?" Ethan asked, shocked.

"Yup. Nice to see you again." I said, sarcasm dripping from my fangs.

"Rory let her go!" Rory did but I was still too weak to stand.

"What?!" Sarah yelled, confused.

"Sarah trust me if Benny saw this it would kill him!" Ethan said, trying to make her see reason.

"What would kill me?" Benny asked, just coming back into the image.

"Um, how much of that did you hear?" Ethan asked, hoping he didn't hear who it was.

"The part about if I saw something it would kill me." Benny admitted.

"Look Benny why don't you go back inside." Trying to get him to go away.

"Because what could be so horrible that I shouldn't see it?" Benny asked, trying to fight reason with reason.

He walked around and I tucked my head to my chest, and this is where the story really begins.

"Benny don't!" Ethan yells, but it's too late Benny is already in front of me.

"Who is this?!" Benny screams at Ethan.

"Hi Benny." I say as I lift my head up.

"Emily?" Benny asks as he sits down, well more so falls down. "Ethan what did you do!"

"Nothing." Ethan says, defending himself. Though it's slightly false.

"Nothing! Right, you never do anything it's always someone else's fault!"

"Benny, calm down." I say gently as I could

"Calm down!" Benny shouts as he stands up. "You disappeared, gone, no one could find you! Now all of sudden you're back and want me to calm down?"

"Yes." I answer "Please?"

"Fine."

"Does someone want to tell me what's going on?" Sarah asks.

"Sarah this is Emily. She and Benny were a thing for a while, well a long time actually." Ethan says.

"Wait Benny had a girlfriend?" Sarah asks

"Yeah until she disappeared after seventh grade!" Benny yells at me.

"Look Benny hate me all you want but I did it to protect you."

"How does leaving without a word protect someone he was crushed, he didn't talk for most of the year!" Ethan screams. "And this is Benny we're talking about!"

"Did you see what I did?!" I yell back "That's how you protect someone!"

"Wait so the end of seventh grade, you- you went vamp?" Benny asks

"Yes." I answer. Lie.

"So why are you here?" Ethan asks.

"Give me your hand and I will show you." Ethan flinches and looks confused. "You have your powers right? I mean you're the seer and Benny's the spell master then I'm a psychic."

"What?" Ethan asks "When did you figure it out?"

"When my powers showed up." I say just like I do to everyone, but they've known me for years maybe I could them the truth about me and when my powers actually showed up, no, because they won't believe me anyway. "So roughly around the middle of seventh grade." Lie.

"Oh." Benny and Ethan say together.

"Ethan please." I say as nicely as I can. He comes over, he must know I'm weak "Stop don't come any closer." He stops and puts out his hand and I take it, and I'm so pathetically weak that it hurts to do this simple move. I give him my hand and a few seconds later I can tell he's having a vision.

"Whoa." Ethan says he almost falls over "Uh sorry Emily I don't think we can do that, not only to you but to Benny as well."

. "So what did you see?" Benny asks, as he asks I shake my head to Ethan.

"Um just what literally just happened." Ethan says

"Really there's nothing extra?" Benny asks

"No." Ethan replies shortly, his way of covering up a lie.

"Really? Then what's with the 'I don't think we can do that' comment." Benny says

"Benny, she wants us to kill her." Ethan says

"What! Why?" Benny asks, not understanding.

"Benny, look I can't be trusted, I almost killed you!"

"Em, I don't care." Benny says, genuine.

"Well I do!" I shout at him. With my anger subsiding, I talk instead of scream at him. "Benny, you don't seem to under-." Benny grabbed me by the hand pulled me up and we kissed, it had been almost two years since we kissed and so much has changed since then but yet the kiss was so familiar. Then he released. "stand that I could kill you."

"Don't put negative spin on this." Benny says. "Benny how do I not put a negative spin on this?" I ask, "by the way could you move your hand?"

"Why?" Benny asks as he moves his hand slowly trying not to hurt me

"It might be because Ethan dumped a gallon of holy water on me."

"Yeah sorry about that." Ethan apologizes "but the burns are gone."

"Yeah on my face and arms unfortunately not on my back plus now I'm weak, thanks."

"Hey Benny you still going to be a loser and go to the dance by yourself?" Rory asks, mocking Benny.

"A dance?" I ask, shocked.

"Um, Em would you like to go to the Fly off to The Moon Dance with me?" Benny asks, almost sounding shy.

"I guess." I respond not quite sure how this will pan out.

"Thanks." He says, pulling his signature smile.