READ THIS A/N: Dear reader, this chapter is a sad one. I repeat A SAD CHAPTER IS HEADING YOUR WAY. Just want you to be prepared.
Updated: 06/15/2012
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His eyes felt heavy as he forced them open, only to be greeted with darkness. As his eyes adjusted, he saw Erica standing over him, a sadistic smile on her face. Next to her was Sarah, who wore a forced grin on her face. He tried to move, but found that he couldn't. He could clearly see that he wasn't being forced down, just that his body seemed paralyzed.
He tried to speak, but no words would come.
"What's wrong? Feeling a little…stuck?" she asked, mock sympathy soaking her voice. He glared at her, and she smirked back. "Yeah, that happens," she snickered as she stepped closer. "I've been waiting for this, ever since Sarah made the mistake of saving your life. You smelled so tempting. How I didn't attack you right then and there, I'll never know."
"W…hy…" he managed to croak out, eyes shifting between her and Sarah, who stood back quietly, just watching him.
"Why?" she asked, pouting at him. "I'll tell you, because you won't make it out of here alive." As she said this, he saw the glint of her fangs in the dim light. "I'm going to kill you. Because I was supposed to hit you down with my car. Why Benny ever got in the way, I'll never know. He's the one who told me to kill you in the first place."
"B-Benny?" he asked, a slight stutter in his voice.
"Yes, Benny. He told me to do this. Asked me. Said scum like you shouldn't be allowed to live."
"He didn't really say that," Sarah said. " He just said he didn't understand people like him. He didn't really say for us to kill him…" her voice trailed off as Erica glared at her.
"He didn't have to. He implied it, which is enough for me!" she hissed at the dark-haired girl, who shook her head sadly. Erica smiled and turned back to Ethan. "Any last requests?" He looked at Sarah, who had taken a step back and had a spaced out look in her eyes as she looked at the ground. He looked back at Erica, his eyes sad.
He opened his mouth, but no words would come out. Shaking his head, he closed his eyes.
Then a quiet laugh was heard, a quick sting, some pressure, but no pain. He felt sleep consume him, engulf him. A small smile found his lips as he mumbled out "I love you Benny," and drifted off.
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Benny looked at the clock mounted to the hospital wall. It was about 20 minutes until visiting hours were over. He was hoping Ethan would come visit him again, that way he could try to apologize once again.
Even though Ethan hated his guts, he wanted to apologize for all the pain he caused him.
So, when the door to his room opened, he prayed it was Ethan.
He was wrong.
"You fuckin' jackass!" Rory screamed, tears running down his face. Benny had never seen Rory cry, not even when he was human. "How could you? How could you do this?"
"Do what?" he asked, sitting up some in the bed. Rory looked at him like he was crazy.
"Do what? ! ? You had Erica kill Ethan! Ethan's dead! Because of you!"
"Ethan's…dead?" he asked quietly, not believing what he heard. Sarah entered the room then, silent and teary eyed.
"I tried to stop Erica. But she was insistent that you wanted him dead. I tried to save him after she was done. He… he was still breathing. I thought I could save him somehow. But he h-had lost too much blood. I'm sorry Benny."
" ! That's impossible. Ethan… he can't be dead!"
"His last words were a mumbled "I love you Benny." He's gone," she said, wiping at her eyes even though tears continued to fall.
"How could you let Erica do that?" he asked her as his own eyes began to tear up.
"She… she put me into a trance I think. I had tried to speak up, saying you didn't want this to happen… And she looked at me, with this intense look, and suddenly I couldn't move, I couldn't speak. I had to watch him die, without being able to help him. It was one thing to embarrass him, but to kill him? No, I can't even kill rats without feeling guilty."
"Where's Erica?"
"Gone. Fled town once she thought Ethan was dead."
"Oh God," he gasped out, tears falling freely now. "Ethan's dead… And it's my fault… No!"
"We should go," Sarah said, tugging on Rory's arm. Rory shook her free and walked over till he was right next to Benny's bed.
"You should be dead. Not him. He never did anything to you except love you. You pushed him away, treated him like he meant nothing. I loved him. I wanted to be with him. But he only saw you; Only wanted you."
"I loved him back, but I was too late; I realized it too late," Benny said, and Rory frowned as he saw the honesty in the hazel tear filled eyes.
"I've never hated you more than I have at this moment." Rory left the room then, and Sarah wiped her eyes before standing next to Benny.
"I wish I could've saved him."
"I know."
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Just re-reading this makes my eyes want to tear up.
Once again, BETHAN FOR LIFE!
-JustMe133
