Sarah's POV
After I left Benny's Grandma, I didn't know where to go. I didn't have ties to any of the magical world, and I was sure you couldn't just yell out to the wind and they would come to you, so I got creative. I went to find Erica.
I searched all of the city until I found Erica in a dark, depressing alley with a dead body at her feet.
"You want a bite?" Erica asked, flashing her fangs. Her yellow hair was thrown over her soulder in a way where I knew she was expecting someone.
"No, thanks, I've already had dinner," I said and she shrugged.
"Suit yourself, but he was definately a keeper," she said. I looked at the face of the dead boy. I remembered him from geometry class. He sat beside me.
"Erica," I said sternly. "Think about this boy's parents, sister, brother, dog! What will they do when they find their son missing?" I asked. She rolled her eyes and continued to eat her meal.
"Who cares? His mom is gone and his... you know, if your not going to eat yummy delicious blood, then that is your problem, but you can't tell me not to eat!" she yelled. I just started at her pitifully. I didn't want her to be this way when she grew up; thinking she could get things without consequences.
"Who's coming to meet you?"I asked. She looked up at me and smiled. The red blood had stained her teeth, and I could smell the deliciousness of the body from here.
"Promise you can keep a secret?" she asked. I nodded, but silently wondered what I was getting myself into.
"Jesse is back, and we're dating!" she yelled excitedly. And then it hit me. Everything was suddenly oh-so-clear.
Jesse was the one who had taken over Benny's mind, and was trying to get him to kill Ethan, so he could get back at me for a) dumping him and 2) not becoming a full vampire on command. And he was dating Erica so that he could know what I was doing 24/7 without arousing suspicion.
"What?" I asked quietly.
"Jesse's back!" she said a little bit louder. I had figured out the puzzle, and now I had to go and tell Ethan. I faked I smiled and hugged her standing up.
"That's great!" I lied. And quickly came up with the closest escape route. "I actually have to go," I said, trying not to sound too fake(like that was ever going to happen).
"Okay, and Sarah?" Erica asked lightly. "I know after you and Jesse had a rough ending that you didn't want to talk about him, but thank you for being supportive. It means a lot to me," she said, and started back on her meal again. I thought about that as I ran to Ethan's house.
I couldn't turn Jesse in, not after Erica tells me something like that. It would be like asking a boy if your friend likes him and he really said yes, but you told your friend no because you hated him. But, Ethan would know what to do.
When I arrived at Ethan's, I heard a grunt and a really girly scream. I pounded on the door.
"Ethan! Ethan, let me in!" but nobody came to the door. In fact, after I yelled, all noises had stopped. I pounded on the door with my right shoulder. I felt a distant pain, but rammed my small body against the door again anyway. This time, the door flew open, and I wished I hadn't even come at all.
On the floor bleeding furiously was Ethan. His eyes had whited over in a vision, and he was shivering. Jane was at the top of the stairs, also bleeding, but unconciounce. I looked around to see who had done this when I saw a sloppy note next to Ethan.
Dear Poor Darling Sarah,
You can save only one human. You can save lover-boy here, or you could save the little girl, but you can't save both. So, I'll be watching. But you only have a short amount of time before they both die anyway, so chop chop.
Love,
Jesse
I stared at the note and acted so fast that I was blurry even to a vampire. I knelt to Ethan and suck as much of the venom as I could muster, and left his immune system to fight the rest. Then I went to Jane, who was pale and almost dead. I sucked a bunch of the venom out, but Jesse was right, I couldn't save both, and I didn't.
As I sucked, Jane was only getting paler, and then I felt her blood go cold. There was still some warmth, but the blood also stopped moving. I seperated my mouth from Jesse's bite. Jane opened her pretty blue eyes at me, but she was a different girl now.
She was a vampire.