"I'm sorry I ruined the date," Ethan apologized to Sarah for what was probably the millionth time since they got back to Ethan's house.

"I had worse first dates," Sarah laughed.

"Well, do you wanna try it again sometime?" he asked. "I don't think we'd have to worry about Jesse."

"Does next Saturday work for you?" Sarah asked.

"Yeah, I think so. I'll think of something for us to do," Ethan laughed, sending a small jolt of pain through his bruised rib. The potion Benny's grandma gave him hadn't fixed all the pain.

"Thank," Sarah said softly.

Ethan was puzzled. "For what? For ruining our date and helping kill your ex-boyfriend?"

"For defending me," she blushed. "That was, really sweet."

"Oh, it was nothing," Ethan said.

"Nothing? You can barely breathe without being in pain. That was far from nothing," Sarah insisted.

"Well, I'd do anything to protect you," Ethan mentally slapped himself in the face. Did he seriously just say that?

"You're a good guy," Sarah said. She looked up at the clock, which read 11:30. "Well, it's getting late. I should probably get going, but I'll see you in school, and when I babysit Jane, and

on our date next Saturday," she grinned.

Ethan, wanting to be a gentleman walked Sarah to the door. "Again, I'm really sorry."

"It's okay," Sarah smiled, Ethan loved her smile.

Ethan leaned his face closer to Sarah's, and without even realizing it, gave her a kiss on the cheek. Sarah blushed. "Well..uh...see you Monday," he stuttered.

"Yeah...Monday...school," Sarah stuttered. She walked out to her car, and spent the entire drive home grinning. She could still feel Ethan's lips on her cheek.

After Sarah and Ethan had left, Erica turned to Benny. "So, what do you want to do now?" she asked, looking around the room.

"You actually want to stay here... at my house... with the guy who had to beg you to go out on a date with him?" Benny asked, slightly suspicious. In truth, he was excited that she had stayed, but the way she acted made it seem like she didn't have any feelings for him, and that hurt.

"Yes...Benny." she strained, almost calling him a dork. He got up from the couch and motioned for Erica to follow him upstairs.

They entered Benny's room, which surprisingly, was actually clean for once. Before the date, Benny had been so nervous that he just started randomly cleaning up his room. Now he was quite glad that he'd done that.

"Wanna play some video games?" Benny asked. After he said that though, he immediately regretted it. What girl would want to play video games?

"No way, dork." she replied.

"Dork?" Benny was hurt. All night, Erica hadn't called him a dork, but now suddenly she was being rude. "You used to be one, you know." he mumbled under his breath. Erica heard him.

"WHAT?!" she yelled. Benny winced at the volume of her voice, but he forced himself not to fear her. Erica was acting very rudely, and Benny had to call her out on that.

"I said it! You used to be a dork! You treat my friends and I like garbage because we're dorks but before you got fangs you were just like us! What? Now just because you can drink blood and fly and have super strength means you can be awful to everyone?" Benny responded.

Erica was taken aback- no one had ever confronted her so strongly before. She was about to say something but Benny continued his rant.

"I liked you when you were a dork. And I continued liking you when you became a vampire because I hoped somewhere, deep down, that dorky part of you was still there. Now I think I'm just wasting my time." said Benny, folding his arms and flinging himself onto his bed.

Erica paused for a moment, trying to process all of what Benny had just said. The vampiress had hated being a dork. She thought that no one liked her back when she was a dork. She had begun to hate herself, even, until she was transformed into a vampire and became one of the most popular girls in school.

Benny sat up and looked at Erica. "You can leave whenever you want." he told her glumly.

Erica walked towards Benny's bed and sat down next to him. "But what if I don't want to leave?" she asked him.

Benny's face lit up. "Well, that'd be okay with me." He grinned and Erica grinned back.

"You, know, it's not that easy for me to express my feelings..." Erica began. "You need to hear this, though. I really like you, Benny. A lot. And I know you feel the same way."

Benny didn't even have time to react to what she said. The vampiress leaned forward and kissed him. "That's to prove I really do like you." she said.

Benny blushed. Suddenly, Erica glanced at the clock on her phone and moaned. "Ugh, it's almost my curfew. Sorry, Benny, but I have to go now."

"That's alright. So, want to go out on another date? Whenever you want, of course." Benny asked as they both stood up.

"How about tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow?" he asked. "W-well, s-sure Erica!" Benny realized he stuttered and felt embarrassed. So this is how Ethan felt whenever he talked to Sarah.

Erica turned to go, but Benny grabbed her arm. "Wait. There's one last thing I have to do." he said. He came closer to her and kissed her. "Goodnight." Benny smiled.

"Bye. Can't wait for our date tomorrow." the vampiress said. Then she turned towards his door and in an instant, she was gone.

"So, how was Erica tonight?" Ethan asked on a video chat after Sarah had left.

"Uh, it was fine, Erica was fine," he blushed. "We just talked and you know, stuff."

Ethan had known Benny for years, so he certainly knew his best friend was hiding something. "What kind of stuff?" he asked.

"Like, stuff people do on a date," Benny shrugged.

"Okay... Well I kissed Sarah on the cheek before she left. What did you and Erica do? Did you kiss her on the cheek or anything?" Ethan was still clearly trying to get information from his friend.

"Well," Benny grinned, knowing he couldn't keep his secret for long. "Um, Erica kissed me, and then I kissed her, and then that was it."

Ethan didn't have to say anything. Just the look on his face told Benny that he was jealous. "I'm going out on another date with Sarah next Saturday. I bet you and Erica aren't having another date."

"We are, it's tomorrow," Benny admitted.

Ethan was even more jealous. "W-well, Sarah called me a good guy!" he announced. He was trying to look for ways to make Benny jealous of him. This was one of the last chances he had.

"Erica said she liked me a lot," Benny said. "Then she kissed me." Was this seriously becoming a contest?

"Oh." Ethan said. "Oh" was not a good indicator of Ethan's happiness. "Oh" meant he was upset and didn't want to show it. Benny was becoming aware of just how jealous Ethan was.

"We aren't seriously fighting about who's date was better are we? Come on E, the date started with a vampire battle."

"I didn't see you trying to protect Erica at all during that fight. I was flung against a wall just because I wanted Sarah to be safe." he retorted. Ethan was still mad.

"I was busy killing the vampire minions!" the spellmaster explained.

"That's not a good enough reason. I'd do anything to make sure Sarah was safe. Even risk being attacked by vampire minions."

"Jumping in front of them unarmed wasn't enough of a risk?" Benny asked.

"You weren't completely unarmed. You're a spellmaster. I just had to rely on what little strength I had. It's not like being a seer is all that helpful."

"You really think I'm good enough at magic to use spells in battle. I was smart enough not to make everything worse by mispronouncing a spell, or pointing at the wrong person. You know I still haven't figured out the powers!" Benny said defensively.

Ethan heard a knock on his door and turned around. "One second!" he called. Turning back to his computer screen, he said "Listen, Benny, this whole argument is kind of stupid, so can we just not fight anymore? It's not worth fighting over jealousy."

"Yeah this is stupid, let's just both enjoy that fact that we might have girlfriends."

"Exactly. I'll talk to you tomorrow, B." Ethan said, ending the video chat. He stood up and walked over to his door, opening it. He expected it to be his parents, but instead, he saw Sarah.

"S-Sarah- what are you doing here?" he asked. Ethan moved out of her way so she could enter his room.

"I forgot something." she said simply.

"And what would that be?" Ethan responded.

She leaned forward and kissed him. Ethan was shocked at first but kissed her back.

"Wow." they both said in unison.

"I've gotta go for real now." Sarah said. "Bye Ethan, see you Monday."

"Y-yeah s-s-see you then." he stuttered. He waited until Sarah left and then shut his door.

Right before he went to sleep, he recalled the kiss with Sarah he'd just had, and whispered "I win, Benny."

-The End-