4.

Chip flipped through the little library book, trying to figure out why Needy would be looking at this. She had never really been religious but she hadn't been into satanic things. He flipped through the table of contents and then found his way to the first chapter: 'possession.'

"What to expect if someone has been possessed. Rapid mood shifts..." Chip whispered to himself. 'That doesn't sound right,' he thought. He flipped through the book and sighed. He set the book on the floor and lay back on his bed. He shut his eyes and started thinking. He was furious that Jennifer had bumped into him after Needy had broken up with him. She smiled at him rather smugly and he knew she saw the tears racing down his cheeks. The memory alone was enough to make him blush.

Chip stormed into Needy's house and found candles on the floor, a man in a black robe stood in the middle of the lit candles, muttering something in a foreign language. Chip called out and the hooded figure speaking took off his hood and chip was face to face with himself. He backed away, only to bump into Jennifer. He saw she was wearing a straight jacket and foaming at the mouth and screamed. Another figure stepped out of the shadows and Chip was relieved to see it was Needy. He tried to explain the situation to her but she opened her mouth and wailed in an inhumane way. Chip tripped over his feet in his nervous state as he tried to run from the house. He picked himself up off the ground and stared slack jawed as Needy shifted from human form to a monster. She came towards him in a feline like stalk and he tripped again, knocking several lit candles sideways. The house went up in flames immediately.

Chip sat up, breathing hard. He had fallen asleep. He looked around, disorientated he scanned the room looking for his clock. He realized he had only been asleep for an hour and felt much better.

Jennifer and Needy sat giggling on Jennifer's bed. "Jennifer," Needy whined as Jennifer tickled her. She grinned and stopped. She wrapped her arms around the blonde girl and pulled her into her lap.

"Sorry. You're just so cute. I love hearing your laugh and seeing your smile," the raven haired girl said softly, as she kissed her on the back of the head.

"Jen?"

"Mmm."

"What are we doing?"

"Well, right now we're lying here."

"No, goof. I mean, you kiss me in public, you hold my hand, we call our dates dates...what are we doing? Are we going 'public' or whatever?"

"Did you want to?"

Needy shrugged. "it doesn't matter to me as long as we know what we're doing. I mean...neither of us has ever really made it official."

"Needy will you be my girlfriend?" Jennifer said. "Officially."

Needy laughed. "Of course."

Jennifer grinned. "Good. I was worried for a minute." She leaned in and kissed her official girlfriend and giggled. "We should spend a weekend all alone."

Needy pulled back. "We do that every weekend." Ever since the two had started dealing with the demon together, Jennifer had stopped going to parties all the time. She still went occasionally and hung out with other people but for the most part she had spent every moment with Needy.

"No, dork. I mean like spend a weekend at a breakfast and bed place and be all in love and shit."

"When you put it like that, how can I resist?"

Jennifer rolled her eyes. "Come on, what do you say?"

"I say yes, but let's do it over winter break."

"Oh I like that idea! We could go to a cutesy little ski place. And rent a cabin. And make a fire and be all cute."

"See, now that sweeps me off my feet much faster." Needy kissed her.

"Would you want to make it a week?"

Needy pulled away for a second time. The gleam in her deep blue eyes sent thrills down her spine and and made her nervous. "Maybe," she answered. "We'll see. I don't know what my mom wants to do over break."

Jennifer smiled and bit her lip, trying to suppress the big toothy grin trying to break free. She felt a little silly for being so excited for their plans.