"I just can't believe this would happen." Juliet Morgan told the cops "I don't know why they'd run away."
The police officer sighed, to him it was an open and shut case "Isn't it obvious?"
"No, I don't think so." Mrs. Morgan looked puzzled.
David Morgan was a little more able to read between the lines..."They weren't in love...she's the babysitter."
Benny and Erica chose that exact moment to walk down the stairs, done looking for an answer in Ethan's room.
"Actually, that's a false statement." Benny said.
The cop shook his head, "Just as I suspected...this isn't really a case for the police."
Erica looked like she was about to lose her temper and Benny could tell she was also a bit hungry "Our friends are missing...if you won't do anything about it I'll..."
"Don't," Benny hissed.
"Why?"
"That cop looks like he's ready to snap handcuffs on somebody."
"I could drain him before he'd have a chance." Erica hissed.
"Which would end up all over the papers and in the media and ruin the secret of vampires existence."
"Fine," Erica sighed, "but you're never any fun."
The officer apparently had decided that the disappearance wasn't worth investigating and had left by the time they were done whispering.
"What were you two whispering about?" Mrs. Morgan asked.
"Ethan and Sarah running away." Benny lied.
"Even if they wanted to be together, it's so unlike them." Erica added.
"Are you sure they were..." Mr. Morgan began only to be cut off by the loud slam of a car door outside.
"I wonder who that is?" Benny asked.
"Sarah's parents," Mr. Morgan responded.
"We should leave then." Erica whispered to Benny.
"Why?"
"Because Sarah's mom makes me look like a nice person."
"She can't be that bad. Sarah is..." Benny was cut off mid sentence as an African American woman entered the house practically slamming the door in her husband's face.
"This is all your son's fault! Our daughter would never run off without being forced to do so!"
Both Morgans looked like they weren't sure what to say and Sarah's father wore an expression that looked like a mixture of sadness, likely over the disappearance, and embarrassment, over his wife's outburst.
"Umm, our son..." Mrs. Morgan began only to realize any argument would probably prove fruitless. So far, Benny had provided the best reason on why Ethan and Sarah had run away together and even that didn't make much sense to the adults.
Sarah's father decided to take the silence to attempt to make introductions "I'm sorry, my wife's just angry about the police refusing to help. I'm Louis Fox, and this is Camille...we're Sarah's parents." he extended his hand for Mr. Morgan to shake.
"I'm David, this is Juliet. We're so sorry about your daughter."
Camille seemed to be done screaming but she didn't accept Mrs. Morgan's handshake either.
"We're not sure how this could have happened." Mr. Morgan said.
"The police seem to think they're just typical teenager lovers who decided they couldn't stand being apart."
"But it doesn't make sense." Louis placed his hands in his pockets..."Sarah didn't talk about having a boyfriend."
"Neither did Ethan..." Mrs. Morgan added "I mean he never mentioned having a girlfriend."
"According to Benny and Erica they were going out though." Mr. Morgan added.
"I suppose teens now days confide in their friends more than their parents." Louis added.
"Hasn't it always been that way?" all of the adults except for Camille laughed.
"But why now, what caused them to act now?" Mrs. Morgan wondered.
"I think they umm" Benny had felt the need to try to justify his friends' actions but couldn't quite complete his sentence since he wasn't sure exactly what had happened either so Erica stepped in to help.
"Thought that nobody would approve of the whole babysitter/client romantic relationship."
"But Sarah is Jane's sitter, not Ethan's..." Mrs. Morgan began "although it probably wouldn't have looked too good."
"Not for our daughter..." Camille mumbled and Benny and Erica exchanged worried glances afraid that things were about to go really sour. However, the Morgan's ignored the comment.
Before anything else could be said, Rory burst through the door. "I think I left my jacket up in Ethan's room."
"I'll get it for you." Benny turned to walk towards the bedroom door, wanting to get Rory out of the house as quickly as possible because he suddenly had a bad feeling in his gut.
"Great, so have you figured out if them running away had anything to do with them being vampires?" Rory said excitedly apparently not noticing the adults.
"Rory," Erica hissed.
"Vampires?" Mr. Morgan asked.
"Umm, don't listen to him...he probably inhaled some paint." Benny laughed.
"No, I didn't...I'm one too. See." and then before anyone could stop him Rory smiled, fangs fully visible.
I really disliked this chapter because I feel like it's too short and the whole calling Ethan's parents by their last names and Sarah's by their first names is awkward although I used it because I'm still getting a feel for the OCs. Anyway, I hope you guys disagree with me.