Chapter Two

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Benny and Ethan walked through the front door of school, talking about the recent X-Men comic book.

"Did you see Magneto's new lackey? His mutant power was so cool-"

"Ethan! Benny!" A familiar voice called from behind them. The boys turned to see Sarah walking towards them.

"Hey, Sarah," Ethan said. "What's up?"

"Did your parents give you an envelope this morning?" Sarah asked.

"Yeah," Ethan pulled it out of his backpack. "What is it?"

"It's my advanced payment for this Friday," Sarah grinned and took the envelope offered to her. "I have a date and I need to go shopping for a new outfit."

"Really? Who is it with?" Benny asked.

"Just a swim team guy. I'll see you guys later."

As Sarah walked away, Benny turned to Ethan. "Harsh." He winced as they turned to start walking to their lockers.

"What is?"

"Sarah, going on a date. With a guy that isn't you." Benny elaborated.

"I told you I was over her," Ethan shrugged. "I wasn't lying."

Benny nodded. "Now what girl do you like?" I hope I'm not being too obvious Benny thought.

"I dunno… I don't really like any girls."

Benny did a victory dance in his head. Yes! "That's cool," He said in what he hoped was a calm voice.

"What about you?" Ethan said, trying and failing to open his locker. He grunted when he yanked on the lock. "Can you open this? It's impossible." Benny cast the spell and the lock opened. "Thanks. Do you like anybody? What happened to your crush on Erica?"

"It's pretty obvious that we're not going to be together, considering I like my steaks well done and Erica likes it rare." Ethan snorted at Benny's horrible joke. "Anyway, she gotten really shallow and I don't really like that."

"I thought you wanted any girl that would go out with you."

"What?" Benny frowned. "Maybe before, but not now. I have a more refined taste."

"Oh yeah? Then who's up to your standards now?

"A few people," Benny answered vaguely.

It was Ethan's turn to frown. "I'm your best friend. You can tell me."

"Maybe another time," Benny said and was saved from answering anything else when the bell rang. "Let's go to homeroom."

As they began to walk, Ethan's brow furrowed. Is Benny keeping things from me?

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Sorry E Benny thought. He could tell that Ethan was hurt that he wasn't telling him who he likes. You'll just get freaked out. They were in the last period of the day, English. He could almost feel the looks Ethan was sending him. Benny didn't know if he could keep this up.

He heaved a sigh of relief when the bell rang. Just as he was shoving his stuff inside his backpack, Ethan walked up in front of him. Benny sighed, expecting the third degree.

"You want to come over to my house today?" Ethan asked and Benny blinked.

"Sure, dude…" Benny started before wincing. "Wait, I have a math test tomorrow. I'll fail if I don't do some serious study time."

"I could help."

"Yeah? Are you sure?"

"I'm a Mathlete, remember?" Ethan smiled.

"Well yeah, but I kinda feel bad about not paying you or anything…"

"I'm sure you could find a different method of payment…" Ethan trailed off suggestively and took a step closer. From how close they were, Benny could feel Ethan's breath on his lips and was tempted to lean closer to seal their lips together. Then he remembered they were in a crowded school hallway and took a step back.

Benny cleared his throat awkwardly. "That sounds good. I still need to finish my other homework, so I'll see you at eight?"

Ethan agreed, and the boys headed home.

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I can't believe that worked!

Ethan grinned to himself as he walked home. After Benny told him that he liked someone –no, a few people- at school, he couldn't help but get insanely jealous. His first instinct was to make Benny tell him who he liked and sic Rory or Erica on them, but Ethan realized that wouldn't work. He thought about how genuinely excited Benny was about kissing him the night before, and decided to use that in his favor.

He was kind of embarrassed about doing it right there in the school hallway, but it was definitely worth it to see Benny's expression go from shock to want in the span of two seconds.

Now Ethan wanted to see how fast he could make Benny's face change tonight.

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I can't believe Ethan just came on to me!

It was kind of like a dream come true. Benny got to make out with him last night, and now he got to tonight too, and Ethan wasn't going to be as timid, either? It was perfect. Benny had no idea what brought Ethan's new behavior on, but he was all for it.

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Ethan wanted to be prepared for the next time Benny kissed him.

He glanced at his computer warily. There were probably some sites that explained how to kiss... Just the thought made Ethan blush all the way to his hairline. He really didn't want to do anything embarrassing, but he wanted to be prepared for when Benny would kiss him tonight. Ethan took two steps towards his computer before walking to his window, locking it and shutting it. He didn't need any nosy vampires looking into his bedroom.

Huffing a sigh, he signed onto his computer and opened a browser. His fingers danced over his keyboard as he wondered what to write before deciding on 'how to kiss'. There were some Girly sites, a very embarrassing porn site, and a more uniform looking one. Ethan clicked on the uniform one, and made sure his bedroom door was locked.

There was a section on initiating a kiss, but Ethan skipped passed that one. They were doing pretty good in that area. The next section was about how you should start off with a few slow kisses, then press harder together and 'stack your lips'. Ethan thought about last night. They had just gone straight to stacking, so Benny would be surprised that Ethan knew about the light kisses. Ethan read on with renewed vigor, excited to see what else he could have on Benny.

The next part was where to place your hands. It said not to just put your hands at your sides – which made Ethan blush because that's exactly what he did. It said that putting your hands in your partner's hair was a really sensual move, so he decided he would do that. After that was the part about French kissing, which was where Ethan was the most lost at. The article said to never just keep your tongue limp, so always have it moving around, alternating between shallow and deep motions.

And lastly, there was a part on biting. It seemed kind of odd, so he decided he wasn't going to do it. He looked down at the clock on his screen and read that it was almost eight o' clock. Ethan quickly exited out, and cleared his history.

He was setting up his math stuff on his bed when his mother called out, "Ethan, Benny is here!"

"Okay, mom!" Ethan quickly took on final glance around his room, making sure that everything was in place. He self consciously put some old laundry in his hamper. Then he realized Benny practically lived in this room, and eased up. This would be so bad, would it?

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