A/N- Hey, guys! It's me, MBAV fan66!
So, how's the story going for yah, so far? Good? Bad? Or maybe just eh? *shrugs*
Yup! That's right folks! Hannah Price has officially lost her marbles! Lol! She's out to seek revenge against love! Which uh...I'm not entire sure how that's even possible considering it's an...emotion? *makes unsure face, but then just shrugs if off* Oh, well! I guess in the world of MBAV, anything is possible! Am I right?! :D
So, not only does this mysterious amulet cause Hannah to lose it, but it also grants her magical powers, as well?! I have to say, this a LOT more worse of a situation than the evil Hannah copy! Like, at least with her they didn't have to worry about her having magical powers. But now...sheesh! They're gonna have their hands full in defeating her now. Especially, considering this time around it's the real Hannah causing all the chaos and not some fake copy of her! Lol!
Alrighty, then guys and gals! I'll just be shutting on up now, so that you can all enjoy the latest chapter! Enjoy! :D
Love Is To Hate
By: TiredOfBeingNice & MBAV fan66
Chapter 4: Bethan Breakdown
I hated myself for lying to E like that, but I had to. To protect him from Hannah's cruel spell.
Needless, to say though, I wasn't taking it very lightly, either. I was PISSED at Hannah for what she's done.
...Sorry. Heh-heh. My bad for the little slip up with the curse word there, guys.
...Swear jar? What swear jar?...I am not putting a dollar in the swear jar, Ralphy! There's not even one here!...Forget it! You just want my money, Ralphy! You little con artist, you. Maybe you and Ethan's little sister, Jane, should hook up or something because you two would be PERFECT for each other.
...I heard that! Aren't you going to do something, Ralphy's mom? He just swore at me!
...Point taken, Ralphy's mom. I was the one who swore first. Also...you're really scary and big and I really don't feel like dying today, either.
...So, back to what I was saying! Needless, to say I wasn't very happy with the situation I was in the entire time. Especially, when a certain person was making it really difficult for me, too. And I'm not talking about Hannah. Though she was the main reason why I was so ticked, but the person I'm talking about was my very own boyfriend. As he had now turned the tables on me.
The next day, Benny had manage to sneak to school without Ethan to avoid anymore close calls with their lips meeting each other by going in early. Needless to say, the spellmaster wasn't too thrilled about it. He hated getting up earlier than necessary, but he knew that if he waited for Ethan like he normally would on their way to school than surely they would wind up kissing again like they always do to wish each other a good day at school and that they'll miss one another in the classes they don't have together.
He quickly went to his locker and rummaged around in it for the books and supplies he needed. He had to hurry because he knew that soon Ethan would be coming any minute now, after realizing he didn't wait for him this morning.
As he was busy hurrying, a cocky and smug female voice spoke up from behind him. "My! Aren't we in a hurry." they said in a fake innocent tone.
Benny gritted his teeth in anger as he spun around on his heels to face the person speaking, who stood there batting their eyelashes with a sweet and innocent expression on their face. The cheerful smile they gave him then melted into more of a smirk than a smile.
"Trying to avoid a certain someone, I presume?" she said smugly.
"Shut it, Hannah! If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have to be avoiding Ethan like this, just to make sure he doesn't fall under your sick little love spell that you casted on the entire town!" snapped Benny spitefully at her, but all she did was just grin at him pleasantly.
"And poor wittle Bwenny. Who can't tell a soul about it, either," mocked Hannah back teasingly to him in a baby voice, as she started laughing afterwards at him. She went to go pinch his cheeks like old people sometimes do to little kids, but he quickly swatted her hand away as he glared at her. Hannah just continued to laugh in his face, though.
Benny so badly wanted to just blast her to kingdom come for her insult towards him, but didn't. There was too many people around for him to use his magic right now and also, for some strange reason he had this weird feeling that something was seriously off with her. His gaze then slightly went down to the heart shaped necklace that she was wearing, as he remembered it glowing when he had found Hannah in the basement, yesterday. Whatever was up with Hannah he knew that, that necklace must have something to do with it.
"Why are you doing this, Hannah?" asked Benny.
Hannah only shrugged. "Because! Haven't you heard my dear, Benjamin?" she said casually, leaning in a little bit closer to him now. "Love is so overrated." she purred evilly, as she whispered it to him softly with a wicked grin plastered onto her face
Benny stood there with wide eyes, as he just stared ahead. Hannah giggled before putting on the sweet and innocent act once again.
"Anyway, I better go, now! It was nice talking to ya! I'm really glad we had this little chat together, Benny!" she chirped happily with a big smile on his face. "Toodles!" she added before waving bye and turning around to walk away.
Benny stood there seething as he watched her walk away. Furious, he decided to turn around and to finish what he was doing. When he shut his locker door with a bit of a slam he was surprised to find a happy and smiling Ethan standing there. He jumped a little after seeing his boyfriend there, which had caught him off guard. He wasn't expecting him to already be here, so soon. He hoped he had at least a little bit more time to make it to class first, but thanks to that little chat with Hannah just moments ago he supposed he blew it.
'She probably knew he was coming and planned for this to happen.' thought Benny bitterly, as he cursed himself for even falling for her little trick.
"H-hey, there...E! Nice...to see you this fine morning. Eh?" replied Benny a bit nervously, while letting out a small awkward laugh.
Ethan's bright smile then fell as it turned to more of a confused expression instead, at why his boyfriend seemed so nervous all of a sudden.
"Yeah. I guess it is." responded Ethan, a bit skeptical as he raised a curious brow at the taller teen.
"Anyway..." started Ethan slowly before getting to what he wanted to say next. "Where were you this morning?! I waited for like ten minutes for you this morning!" scolded Ethan as he punched Benny in the arm.
Benny winced as he rubbed his arm. "Come on, E! Ten minutes isn't that long of a wait. I think you may be over exaggerating a bit, here." he commented, trying to defend his case.
Ethan crossed his arms and then rolled his eyes at him, knowing that he was right.
"Maybe so." he grumpily admitted before throwing his hands up in the air and getting defensive again. "But you still could've at least called or texted me first, saying that you were heading to school early! The only way I found out and was able to make it here on time still was because I called the house phone and your Grandma had told me that you had already left!" stated Ethan frustratingly to the spellmaster.
Benny gave him perplexed look for a second. "Why didn't you just try my cell?" he asked stupidly.
"I did!" answered Ethan loudly in an obvious tone. "Like five times!"
Benny flinched when he said that. He had forgotten that he had put his phone on silent earlier because he didn't have a good enough excuse yet as to why he's headed to school early without Ethan. Although, he's still yet to of come up with one now. Coming up with good enough lies, er...excuses to tell people takes time, dammit!
Then he remembered how he missed that math test, yesterday after his little run in with 'Crazy Hannah'. "Sorry, about that E." blushed Benny suddenly, as he ducked his head slightly and rubbed the back of it with an embarrassed look on his face. "I guess, I uh...forgot I had it on silent." he confessed modestly, but also shyly, as well, as he tried to make it sound believable.
"Why did you put it on silent? You never put your phone on silent, Benny." asked Ethan curiously while sounding a bit suspicious, too.
"Because um..." stalled Benny nervously, as he tried to come up with something good to say. "The test! Yeah! The math test!" he blurted out suddenly, remembering about using the math test he missed yesterday as an excuse for him ditching his boyfriend this morning. "I was up late last night trying to study for the makeup test that I had to do early this morning before school started. So, I turned my phone off the moment I started studying so that way I wouldn't be disturbed or wind up getting distracted. I guess when I finally went to bed I just sort a...forgot that I had never turned the ringer back on again. Until now that is." he explained, trying to make it believable. He then reached into his pocket to retrieve his phone and pretended to be switching his phone from silent mode back to the ringer, again. He let out a small awkward laugh, as well.
'Please, believe me! Please, believe me! Please!' thought Benny over and over again repeatedly in his head, as he was desperately hoping that Ethan would believe his lie.
"What about the history test you also missed yesterday, too?" asked Ethan curiously.
"That one I'll be...making up after school today." he answered calmly, giving Ethan a somewhat convincing smile.
Ethan glared at him skeptically at first, but then gave in. Deciding to believe him, even if he did seem a bit off, right now. Ethan figured that maybe he was still suffering from that bump on the head from yesterday, after falling down the stairs.
Ethan let out a small sigh and then looked back up at Benny with a smile. "Alrighty, then! Just...next time, make sure to let me know ahead of time that you're heading to school early, B. That way I'm not wasting my time standing around waiting on you." he said sweetly to the spellmaster, while chuckling at the end.
Benny smiled genuinely at him this time. "Sure, E!" he replied happily. On the inside though, Benny was relieved that he had bought it.
Ethan then frowned at his boyfriend. "It's a bummer that you have to stay after school though to take the history test you missed." he stated glumly.
"Oh? Why?" wondered Benny curiously.
"Because I was really hoping that maybe we'd get to spend a bit of quality time together after school today." answered Ethan a bit bashfully with a blush. "So, we can...you know...do stuff while my parents will both be gone later this evening. Which means...I'll have the whole house all to myself for awhile." he then stated suggestively with a cocky grin on his face while speaking in a flirty kind a manner, while drawing imaginary circles on Benny's chest with his finger. "Until about 7:30, that is." he added nonchalantly with a shrug, afterwards.
Benny's cheeks flushed a reddish color hearing Ethan say that. "W-what do you mean? W-where will Mr. and Mrs. M be at, then?" asked Benny flustered, with his face still red.
Ethan giggled at Benny's reaction. "Mom is chaperoning this little dance at Jane's school this evening, that Jane's going to. It won't be over until about 7:30pm and Dad's having to work late, today. Which means no Sarah to babysit and it'll just be little old me alone in that great-big-house of mine." he explained, giving him a flirtatious wink with a smirk.
Hot damn! Did that ever sound good to him! Benny so wanted to be there! It was hard ever getting the place all to themselves, for once. Either Mr. or Mrs. Morgan would be there or Sarah was if Jane was going to be home that night while their gone. He suppose they did have a bit of alone time at his place whenever his grandma wasn't around, but he really didn't trust doing things like that at his house when she wasn't around. For all he knew, she could've spelled his room with some sort of...spying spell or something, that would allow her to check in and see what he was up to! Benny mentally cringed at the thought of that. The thought of her catching them in the act? No way was he taking that risk! He'd be grounded for a MONTH if she ever found out he was having sex in her house, behind her back without notice!
Ethan leaned in closer to Benny's face, smirking. "Maybe if you...finish a bit early then we can still...'hang out,' then at my place?" he said smoothly in a sultry tone, as he moved in for a kiss.
Right before Ethan's lips could touch his, Benny panicked and dashed to the side of Ethan while pointing behind him somewhere while blurting out, "Oh, look! Is that Sarah I see over there?!"
Ethan stood there completely mystified and confused for a second at what just happened, as he blinked a few times before turning to look in the general direction he was pointing at. Only to find that there was no Sarah where he had indicated her to be.
"Uh...sorry, E. I thought it was her, but uh...it must've been someone else who just looked like her. My bad." apologized Benny with a small 'forgive me' smile.
Ethan gave him this annoyed and confused look for a minute before letting it go.
"Well, it's almost time to get to class anyways, B. So..." trailed Ethan happily, now smiling at him. "How about a quick goodbye kiss for your boyfriend then?" he suggested innocently.
"Goodbye kiss? Babe, we have the same first class together. Remember?" pointed out Benny jokingly to Ethan, as he chuckled.
Ethan rolled his. "Fine. Then a 'see ya later' kiss, then!" he corrected sarcastically, but then smiled at him.
As he went in for a kiss (for the second time), the bell rang. Feeling nervous and hearing the bell, Benny quickly jumped on the opportunity to take advantage of it and use it as his scapegoat to get out of yet another kissing attempt from Ethan.
"Oh, no! That's the bell! We uh...better get to class, E! We don't want to be late for math class! Now, do we?!" stated Benny quickly, a bit uneasily.
Ethan unpuckered his lips for the expecting kiss and frowned at the wizard. "Yeah. Ok, B. Whatever you say." he said glumly, feeling a bit hurt about Benny seemingly not wanting to kiss him all of a sudden. He was starting to get the impression that maybe Benny was trying to avoid him for some reason. But why, though?
Benny gave a big wide smile at his reply. "Great! Then let's get going! Shall we?!" he said, taking off in a hurry towards class and leaving Ethan to follow.
Ethan sighed and slowly trudged along behind his boyfriend, who was already out of sight.
See what I mean?! Ethan may not look it, but he's little minx when he wants to be! You try saying no to that! And let me tell you...it's not easy with that sweet and adorable face of his, either!
Needless to say, I felt like crap for what happened that morning. I really did wanted to kiss him! As you know, it's very hard for me to keep my lips off of him. Hehehe!
...It is not gross! You'll be wanting to suck face with your girlfriend or boyfriend all the time, too when you get older! So, get over it!
So, yeah. There was only one thing on my mind for the rest of that day and it wasn't Ethan. Well, ok maybe Ethan was on my mind, but not like you think. In fact, it was more how I had been disappointing him lately and how worried I was about him eventually succumbing to Hannah's spell. A guy like me can only hold out for so long against someone as perfect as, E! Eventually, I'll have no choice, but to break and given in to what we all call teenage hormones and peer pressure! It's no wonder I didn't have an acne outbreak all over my face from all the stress I was under, then!
For the rest of the day, Benny couldn't focus on a single thing. During second period his mind raced with what to do, now. Not to mention how bad he felt about lying to Ethan like that. Not just once, but multiple times already!
'GOD! I hate Hannah Price so much, right now!' he thought bitterly, as he anxiously tapped his pencil against his notebook and bounced his knee out of nerves. 'Out of all the times for her to go...NUTS! She just HAD to choose now! Right when me and E are at a crucial point in our relationship!' he fumed angrily in his head.
'That no good 'little miss perfect' has NO idea how long I've waited for Ethan to give the all clear, since we started dating, for us to take our relationship to the next level!' thought Benny, as he mocked her spitefully with a scowl.
'There has to be away to tell them of what's going on in town!' thought Benny determinedly, as he slammed his fist down on the desk without thinking. The teacher heard the loud noise that his fist had made when angrily colliding with his desk and was quick to scold him for his disruptive action, too. Embarrassed, Benny quickly ducked his head down low and blushed while mumbling a quiet "sorry" her way.
Once the embarrassing moment had passed, he quickly got back to thinking up ways to warn the others about pyscho Hannah. He thought about maybe taking her on himself, but...with that amulet of hers, he had no idea what kind of magic he was going up against. It was powerful, whatever it was and he knew that he didn't stand a chance against it all on his own, either. Not with his current level of magic skills, anyway. He even still had the nasty bruise on his chest to prove it, too after she had used it to practically blast him into tomorrow.
While sitting there thinking, a brilliant idea soon popped into his head. 'I've got it!' he exclaimed inside his head. 'If I can't tell them what's going on, then maybe I can write it, instead!' he thought ideally to himself with pride.
Happy with the idea, Benny immediately started to write down his words in his notebook about Hannah's evil plan. The only problem was...like before when he tried to verbally tell Ethan about it yesterday (only for it to wind up coming out all incoherently, instead) the same thing seemed to be happening again! Everything he wrote down was nothing, but a jumbled mess of letters and words that made no sense at all!
"Ugh!" he sighed out in aggravation, as he gave up and threw his head back while slouching in his chair.
'Of course, the spell she put on me would also forbid me from being able to tell them through handwritten means, as well! Ugh! Stupid sworn to secrecy spell!' he complained frustratingly in his mind. He sat there defeated for a minute longer, until the bell rang. After that he packed up his stuff and headed out of class feeling disappointed, upset, and angry that he failed yet again in outing Hannah to the gang.
After the next period, it was finally lunchtime as everyone piled around their usual lunch tables. Rory was already there seated, as he waved enthusiastically at his two best buds as he saw them approaching with their food trays in hand.
"Hey, Rory!" greeted Ethan, as he and Benny sat down at the table.
"Sup, my bro-migos! How's it hangin'?" greeted back Rory, as he took a big bite out of his cheeseburger, munching on it happily.
Benny just shrugged in response to his question. "Nothin' really. Just sitting here. Chillin' with my favorite boyfriend." he replied smoothly, as he leaned over in Ethan's direction with a sly wink.
Ethan blushed. "Benny!" giggled Ethan bashfully.
"Ugh!" groaned Rory, rolling his eyes at the two. "Lunch just started, you guys. Please don't make me lose mine, already. Will ya?" complained Rory, disgustedly. Not that he was a homophobe or anything. He was super supportive of their newfound relationship together. It was just with all the PDA they sometimes tend to do a lot while in front of him was what he couldn't stand. It was like they rubbing in his face or something that they both have boyfriends and he didn't! Well...in his case it would be a girlfriend, since he didn't swing that way like they did. But still, though! It did get a bit annoying at times!
The two lovebirds just rolled their eyes at him, as they proceed to start eating their lunches. A couple of minutes later, Sarah and Erica both approached their table and took a seat. Erica looked as if she wanted to be anywhere but here, but Sarah had forced her to come with her as she had something really important to tell the boys.
"Guys! Check this out!" she informed a bit anxiously, as she whipped out her phone real quick to scroll to something. She then turned it around and held it out for them to see once she found it.
The boys all leaned over to read over the news article that Sarah had brought up on her phone for them to see.
"A strange and new illness has suddenly broken out across Whitechapel over the past couple of days. Reports have been flying in about people of all ages suddenly falling asleep in odd places all across town. When the authorities tried to wake them, none responded to their attempts, whatsoever. They only remained peaceful, slumbering away in what seems like a never ending slumber. Authorities are baffled my this strange phenomenon and are still investigating the strange case. Until then, all the sleeping victims have been safely transferred to the hospital so that they may be monitor and closely watched." read Ethan, as he had a look of worry on his face.
"Guys...this isn't good." stated Ethan gravely, as he looked at his friends with concern.
"I know! Right!" agreed Sarah, putting her phone away. "We have to do something!"
'Finally! They realize something is a miss in this blasted town!...Again! Took them long enough!' thought Benny exasperatingly in relief and annoyance. "Now all they got to do is just figure out that it's Hannah, who's the one behind it.' he thought hopefully.
"Whatever is going on, sounds like something supernaturally." pointed out Erica airily, as if she didn't really care that much. Which she didn't. "That's right up your geeks alley. You better get on that, then. Eh geek squad?" she then added jokingly, while insulting them. She gave them a cocky smirk afterwards.
Sarah turned to look at Erica with a glare. "We're helping, too, Erica." she told the blonde seriously, earning a groan from her.
"But why?" complained Erica unhappily. "With everyone in town in some sort of magical comatose like state makes hunting down my meals that much more easier! No fighting! No screaming! No chasing! Plus, I wouldn't have to be all sneaky or sly about it, either just to get close to them! I can just walk up to someone who's fast alseep and then just bite them! They're basically ripe for the picking, Sare!" she explained to her best friend, trying to convince her otherwise.
Sarah on the other hand, saw differently as she just continued to stare at Erica hard. "Ugh! Fine!" sighed Erica exasperatingly, throwing her hands up in defeat. "I'm in too, I guess." grumbled an unsatisfied Erica with her arms crossed as she looked away with a pout.
"Great!" cheered Ethan happily with a pleased smile on his face. "My parents will be gone for awhile after school today. So, we can all meet up at my place afterwards and go from there in figuring out what's happening to everybody in town." suggested Ethan, to which everybody agreed. "Oh!" he then exclaimed suddenly out of the blue, as he remembered something. "But B, here will be a little bit late, though. Seeing as he has a history test to makeup after school, today." he informed sweetly, for Benny.
Then Ethan slipped his hand into Benny's, that was resting on the table. He clasped his hand over Benny's so that they were holding hands. Benny smiled dreamily at the touch as a warm feeling ran through him, but when he realized what Ethan was about to do next, when he saw him leaning over as if to kiss him, Benny panicked. He pulled his hand away from his boyfriend's and abruptly stood up on him, suddenly.
"I uh...gotta go to the bathroom! Be right back!" announced Benny urgently before running out of the cafeteria in a hurry, accidently almost bumping into a few people on the way out.
Ethan sighed sadly after Benny's sudden departure. Noticing this, Sarah grew concerned. "Hey, what's wrong, Ethan?" she asked sincerely. "Things not all 'cuddles and kisses' in lovers paradise, huh?" she then added jokingly, trying to lighten his mood some.
Ethan gave her a small smile, but it soon fell as he sighed again. "I'm not sure, really." he answered sullenly.
"Why? What do you mean?" asked Sarah.
"I keep...getting this feeling that maybe Benny's avoiding me for some reason." he replied honestly.
"Avoiding you? What would give you that idea, geek?" wondered Erica, somewhat intrigued.
"Well...as you guys know, both me and Benny haven't done 'it', yet. Mostly because I wasn't quite ready yet to go that far in our relationship with each other. I mean, it's obvious that Benny was, but I was just...too scared and nervous to go through with it. Doing something like is a big step in any relationship. So, I told him that I wanted to wait until I was ready. Which he happily accepted and understood like the perfect guy he is." explained Ethan a bit hesitantly, as he did feel a little bit uncomfortable about telling his friends about all of this. It was a bit personal to him, but he figured that maybe they could help give him some advice on the matter. Or at the very least, help cheer him up a little and to feel more better about it.
"Ok...? So, what's the problem, then?" asked Erica curiously, not getting the point.
"The other day, while he was busy helping his grandma with errands all day, I had got to thinking to myself over the matter. Thinking about what might happen afterwards if we actually did go all the way. Like what our future would be like afterwards, if he decided that I wasn't good enough for him. I didn't want to give my heart and body to him only to end up alone and heartbroken in the end." explained Ethan glumly, wrapping his arms around himself as he shuddered at the thought.
"But then he sent me a video and started messaging me on Instagram about a pug running around for no reason at all and how he could relate to that." he started again, but this time with a warm smile as he lowered his arms. "In the end, he wound up saying something that made my day and life ten times more better." continued Ethan fondly.
"Like what?" wondered Sarah.
"He had said that when we move in with each other, that we're not stepping one foot inside without getting a pug, first." he replied fondly, as his heart fluttered at the thought of it, again. He had a huge smile on his face then.
"Awe!" cooed Sarah and Rory adorably to the seer over what Benny had said to him on Instagram.
Ethan nodded. "That's when I knew that our future was set together. That he had wanted the same thing as I did and plans on having a lifelong future with me, as well. No matter what. Giving me the inspiration that I needed to finally make a decision." he said happily. "So, I told him yesterday that I was finally ready to do 'it' with him." blushed Ethan.
The group's eyes all went wide, but they were all happy for him and yet still confused as to what the problem was.
"So...what? He flat out rejected you, then?" guessed Erica teasingly with a smirk.
"Nooo!" drawled out Ethan incredulously. He couldn't believe she would say something like that to him, but then again Erica did love taking a playful yet spiteful jab at him, Benny, and Rory whenever she could. "In fact, he was thrilled when I had told him, but...then got evasive all of a sudden when I tried to kiss him to celebrate." he explained still trying to wrap his brain around it, but his tone had grown more sadder as he went on.
"Evasive?" repeated Rory perplexingly, scratching his head.
Ethan nodded. "Yeah. He quickly shoved me away, saying that his head still hurt a little. Then when I tried again when he said he was good, he whipped out his phone on me to check it. He said he felt it buzzing and that it was his grandma letting him now that she was here to pick him up."
The vamps had already knew about Benny leaving earlier that day by order of the school nurse after he took a nasty tumble down a flight of stairs, after Ethan telling them that day when they notice that Benny wasn't by his side, like usual. They were all thankful, however, that it wasn't serious or anything and that all he gained from the fall was just a small cut on his head and a nasty bruise on his abdomen. Other than that, he was ok.
"Ok? What's so weird about that?" asked Sarah.
Ethan just shrugged. "Nothing, I guess." he answered a bit unsure by it, as he looked down. "But..." he then began, looking back up again. "He seemed really nervous about something. Like he was scared to kiss me or something?" he said curiously, thinking about it. "I mean, this isn't the first time he's avoiding kissing me! He did it again, this morning after ditching me without notice to go to school early for a makeup math test! And then he just did it again, now! Guys! What am I going to do?! I-I-I'm starting to think that maybe he doesn't love me anymore!" panicked Ethan, as he was on the verge of breaking out into hysterics.
Feeling sorry for the teen, Sarah quickly moved over close to him to envelope him in a comforting hug. She rubbed her hand up and down his back soothingly, as she tried to calm the poor seer down and keep him from making a fool of himself in the middle of the cafeteria.
"Hey, now. It's alright, Ethan. Everything is ok." she said reassuringly in a soothing tone.
"Yeah! You wouldn't want to make fool of yourself by embarrassing yourself even more, dork." commented Erica off handly. Sarah looked over at her with a look that said, 'not helping, Erica.' Getting the message, Erica held her hands up
in defense with a look that said, 'I get it' and backed off with the rude comments for now.
Sarah then went back to comforting the poor boy in her arms. "I'm sure whatever it is that's up with Benny that there's a perfectly reasonable explanation, Ethan." she said sincerely, trying to reassure him. "I mean, this is Benny we're talking about!" she stated as if it was obvious, with a light chuckle afterwards. "What I'm saying is that I highly doubt that he doesn't love you anymore. In fact, you're all he ever thinks about! Ever since you two started dating, he can't keep his hands off of you. Not to mention, his lips, too!" she joked lightly, making the seer laugh a little.
"Yeah! I agree! That and you two have been spending way more time together than you did back when you were just friends, too!" blurted out Rory enthusiastically, nodding. "Unless...he's been busy locking lips with someone else behind your back? Then I'd be worried!" added Rory thoughtfully, as he thought about it.
Ethan shot back out of Sarah's hold to look at her with a worried look on his. "You don't think...he's cheating on me?! Do, you?! Maybe that's why he's been so distant towards me lately?!" questioned Ethan incredulously in fear, as he felt his heart begin to sink.
"Rory!" snapped Sarah harshly at him for even saying that. She then turned back to face a worried Ethan. "Don't listen to him, Ethan." she then said to him, taking his hand in hers and flashing him a warm and reassuring smile. "Listen! Benny Weir loves you very much, Ethan. So, there's no need to worry just because he's avoided kissing you a couple of times. Like I said before, maybe there's a perfectly reasonable explanation behind why he's been so distant towards you, lately. So, there's no need to jump to conclusions, right now." spoke Sarah wholeheartedly, meaning it.
"Yeah! Because if it's one thing I know, it's that the spell dork's love for you will never waver in the least bit. That much I most definitely know." stated Erica, adding in her bit of reassurance to the worried seer, as well. She even gave him an encouraging looking smile, too.
Ethan smiled at Erica's kind words before frowning again. "Then...what am I suppose to do?" he asked sullenly.
"Nothing! Except for talk to him to figure out why he's been acting so strange around you, lately! Duh!" stated Sarah as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, with a sincere smile on her face.
Ethan took a minute to look around the table at his three vampire friends and then smiled fondly at them. He was glad to have friends like them to be there to help back him up whenever things got rough. With his faith in his relationship with Benny restored once again, Ethan agreed not to let it get to him and to talk things over with his spellmaster boyfriend about his odd behavior to get to the bottom of it.
"You know something guys..." started Sarah suddenly after a moment of silence among the group of the friends, as she looked at the two blondes at the table. "You two sure could really work on your reassurance and confidence boosting skills a bit more when it comes to cheering someone up." she quipped to Erica and Rory jokingly, as she gave them both a cocky smirk with her arms crossed.
Erica just rolled her eyes at her best friend's silly little comment, but smiled nonetheless. Soon, they all broke out into laughter over it, as they enjoyed the rest of lunch period together before having to get back to their daily regiment of attending boring classes again.
I'm not gonna lie, but dodging Ethan for the rest of that day wasn't easy. I mean that dude is like a ninja! Always popping up when I least expect it! I think he may be taking ninja lessons from Rory or something.
Anyways, talk he did or more like, interrogate to be more specific. Let's just say, that day I really did wish that I had perfected that invisibility spell, as all I wanted to do was just disappear. I hate it when Ethan gets mad or upset at me over something. And what he had expressed to me that day really made me feel more guiltier, as I would never do something as horrible as cheat on the man I love.
It was finally the end of the day, as students rushed out of their classrooms and to their lockers before heading home. Well...except for one person, that is. As he was busy hiding out in the boys bathroom after the dismissal bell had rung. After hiding out for a good 10 minutes, he decided to make his exit and hopefully sneak to his locker real quick before being discovered by a certain brown haired boyfriend of his.
Benny slowly and cautiously crept through the now practically empty hallways. There were still a few stragglers remaining in some of the halls, but the hallways were pretty much empty. Before turning down the hall that led towards his locker, Benny first pressed his back straight up against the wall like in some spy movie. He then slowly took a peek around the corner to make sure that the coast was clear before quickly whipping back around the corner, panting from his heart nervously pounding against his chest like a drum.
"It's ok, B!" the spellmaster said to himself breathlessly, as he tried to calm his nerves. "He's nowhere in sight. You should be able to get to your locker from here and then quickly make your get away." he deduced reassuringly, thinking that since it's already been like 10 minutes since school ended that Ethan probably would've already started to head home by now.
Ethan knew to leave without him this time because of the little lie he had told him earlier that morning, which turned out that that 'little white lie' he told wasn't so much a lie after all. It had turned out that his history, Mr. G did in fact wanted him to stay after school today to makeup the test he missed, yesterday. Just his luck.
He took in a breath and released it to calm himself before turning around with his hands pressed on the wall this time as he looked back around the corner again. "Perfect! It's still all clear from here." he said softly to himself, smiling with glee. "Boy...I really need to stop talking to myself out loud like this." he frowned, still saying his thoughts out loud instead of in his head like a normal person would.
He quickly shook the thought out of his head and made his move to his locker. He swiftly made his way there and was successful in getting it open, to do what he needed to do. Putting his books up.
When he was finished he gave a little celebratory shout in his head, thinking he was home free...until he closed the locker door to find a familiar cute face staring at him with a cheery smile. Benny jumped when he saw Ethan standing there.
"E-Ethan?! W-what are you still doing here? I thought you would've left by now?" asked Benny in surprise, as he nervously stood there trying not to sweat bullets in front of his boyfriend.
"I would have, but I just wanted to stop by for a bit of alone time with you since the others will be over at my place later to discuss the latest supernatural mystery that's been happening to the townsfolk here, lately." answered Ethan with a shrug, but then flashing Benny a flirty smile his way, too.
Benny was starting to panic on the inside again because he knew that eventually Ethan would try to kiss him again if they were alone, but Benny manage to play it cool on the outside this time and kept it together so Ethan wouldn't grow suspicious of him.
"Awe! That's really, sweet of you, babe!" gushed Benny.
"Yeah! I figured I could at least walk you to Mr. G's class for that makeup test that you're having to stay after for, before heading home. It's the boyfriendliest thing to do!" said Ethan, proudly with a big smile on his face.
"I'm pretty sure 'boyfriendliest' isn't a word, E." chuckled Benny amusingly at his seer boyfriend, only to earn a "really" glare from him. " I mean, uh...Awe! Thanks, E!" stated Benny gratefully to him, after quickly correcting himself. "But you really don't have to do that, you know. I'll be fine on my own. Promise!" he then replied happily, trying to persuade Ethan from his kind gesture.
Sadly for Benny, Ethan wouldn't take no for an answer, as he insisted on it. So, the two made their way down the hall together, walking side by side. There was a bit of an awkward silence between the two, as every now and then Ethan would sneak a quick glance in Benny's direction as if there was something he wanted to ask the spellmaster.
"Hey, Benny?" said Ethan suddenly.
"Hmm?" came Benny's reply to him.
The seer opened his mouth as if about to say something, but then decided against it while shaking his head. "It's...nothing." replied Ethan, simply.
"Ok, E. Whatever you say." replied Benny, off handly as he tried not to let his nerves show on the outside. So, far he was doing really good in not acting suspicious.
Ethan on the other hand, felt a bit sad that Benny didn't press him at least the teeniest bit into getting him to spill his thoughts to him. That was one thing Benny was good at. Reading him and being able to tell when there's something on is mind when he's too afraid to say it out loud to anybody. Sighing, Ethan steeled himself as he decided to make a bold move towards the spellmaster.
Suddenly, Ethan grabbed Benny by the shoulders and pushed him up against the nearest row of lockers, pinning him there while staring at him intensely.
Benny then got really scared of the seer's strange and somewhat aggressive behavior all of a sudden. He expected something like this from bullies, Erica, and even maybe Sarah if he ticked her off enough probably, but never from Ethan. He had a funny idea of where this was leading to and he didn't like it one bit.
"E-Ethan! Wha-" started Benny surprisingly, but was then cut off by a finger being pressed against his lips to silence him.
"Shh!" shushed Ethan softly to him, as his stern expression then became more softer and seductive looking. He took a few steps closer to the trapped spellmaster so that their bodies where closer to one anothers. His hands then slid down from Benny's shoulders to around his waist, where they locked themselves firmly in place. He then smirked at the shocked spellmaster, mischievously.
"You know, my little Benny-bear. It's been quite some time since we've lasted shared a kiss with each other. My lips get awfully lonely when they can't feel yours touching mine." stated Ethan in a husky voice. "How about we change that, hmm? I'm sure you can spare a...couple of minutes for a quick lip-locking before taking that test. Right, Benny?" suggested Ethan flirtingly with an innocent smile on his face.
Benny lost it and started to panic again, as his brain right now felt like mush. He couldn't deny how badly Ethan was turning him on right now and how he really wanted to just give in and kiss the hell out of the short brunette, but he couldn't. Not as long as that evil spell is still in effect. Benny then started to wonder if the reason for Ethan's sudden...lustful desire for him right now, was because he was already under Hannah's spell.
Ethan leaned in, ready to kiss the tall brunette until he felt Benny break free of his hold and move out from under him.
"Yeah, uh...sorry E, but you see...I really ought to be going now. I mean, Mr. G is probably getting tired of waiting on me. So, I really should hurry up and get to his class, now. Maybe uh...later?" replied Benny hesitantly, under the seer's annoyed gaze.
"But later we're meeting up with the vamps to talk about why people are randomly falling in an endless sleep, Benny." reminded Ethan pointedly, as he continue to stare at him skeptically.
"That's right! I uh...forgot." lied Benny. "Then maybe later, later then, eh?" he suggested awkwardly in a timid and hopeful way.
Ethan rolled his eyes, not believing him for one minute.
"Cut the crap, Benny! I know you're lying!" he accused bluntly. "Mr. G isn't even in his classroom right now. I just saw him duck into the men's bathroom like 5 minutes ago before finding you and judging by the look on his face, it looks like he'll be in there for awhile. At least, for another 10 minutes or so, I imagine." he then explained, un-amusingly with a straight face.
'O-kay...So, maybe he's NOT under Hannah's spell, then. Heh-heh.' deduced Benny awkwardly to himself mentally. There was no way Ethan would react like this if he was under her sleeping spell.
"Is that so..." drawled Benny uncomfortably, not sure how to respond to that. "Well, still don't wanna be late, though!" he blurted out enthusiastically, with an awkward laugh afterwards. "Besides, I'm sure the others are already heading over to your place as we speak. And you know with their super speedy vampire speed it won't take long for them to get there. You know how Erica hates waiting." pointed out Benny, trying to lighten his seer boyfriend's mood some.
"Sarah will make sure she won't go anywhere. Plus, they probably went home first to drop off their bags and do whatever they need to do at home, first Benny." replied Ethan, still unhappy like, as his patients was growing very thin with the spellmaster, now.
"Benny!" snapped Ethan, not being able to take it anymore. "Are you avoiding me?!" asked Ethan loudly in frustration.
"Uh..." was all he could say, as he was at a lost for words. Literally. Thanks to that sworn to secrecy spell that Hannah placed on him that's been preventing him from being able to actually tell Ethan why he's been so distant lately. "No?" flinched Benny meekly, although it came out more as a question than a statement.
Ethan's jaw dropped incredulous at the way he said it. "Oh, my god! I can't believe you! You totally are avoiding me!" accused Ethan in disbelief. "Why?!" he exclaimed, with his heart beginning to break as all sort of terrible thoughts began to run through his head again.
Benny's own heart was starting to break too knowing he was the cause for Ethan's pain. He could clearly see it in the seer's eyes how hurt and sad he is right now. Along with a few other emotions, as well, but those two stuck out more it seems.
Forgetting about the dumb secrecy spell that he was under, Benny desperately tried to explain to Ethan about Hannah once again. Sadly, just like last time, everything came out a jumbled mess. Benny quickly slapped his hands over his mouth at the incoherent words that came out of his mouth, cursing himself mentally for forgetting about the stupid spell.
Ethan's surprised expression soon became an angry one, as he stomped his foot angrily on the floor. "Benny! Stop messing around! I'm being serious, here!" shouted Ethan. "Tell me the truth! Why don't you want to be near me?! Or kiss me for that matter!"
"Kiss you? Of course, I want to kiss, E, but-" replied Benny, as he tried to explain himself, but was quickly cut off by Ethan interrupting him.
"Then why haven't you?! Every time I try to you always dodge out of the way right before our lips make contact and then come up with some lame excuse to ditch me, right afterwards!" stated Ethan harshly. "So, what is it about me that you no longer like kissing, anymore?! Am I not that attractive to kiss anymore? Is that it? Is there somebody else that you're involved with? Are you..." ranted Ethan furiously at Benny, as he trailed off with the last of what he was about to say next, not wanting to say it. "Cheating on me behind my back?" he finally said, as he felt himself about ready to cry.
Benny's eyes grew wide at the thought of Ethan thinking he was cheating on him because he didn't find him attractive anymore. He'd never once ever thought that about him! Ethan would always be the most attractive thing he's ever laid eyes on in this world or any other! Ethan was his one and only soul mate! He'd never stop loving him! In fact, all he's ever dreamed about was having a future with Ethan! The whole shebang! Living together in a cute and quaint little house (nothing too fancy, of course) and you can bet they were getting that pug, too! That one was a deal breaker!
He even thought about maybe having kids someday. A couple of adopted rugrats to chase around the house and to yell at everytime they're too loud or rowdy when playing. To embarrass like crazy while out in public or when they're friends are over when they become teenagers. To love and care for, while giving them a loving and supportive place to call home. Benny wanted it all with Ethan and only Ethan!
Lost in his own thoughts, Benny didn't realize that he had yet to say anything to Ethan. Feeling hurt and believing that it he was right, Ethan turned to run away with tears in his eyes. Before he could though, Benny was able to stop him by grabbing his wrist to keep him from leaving.
"Ethan, wait!" called out Benny desperately with a twinge of concern in his voice. He just had to prove to Ethan that he still loved him and that what he thought wasn't true at all. Of course, the moment his hand made contact with Ethan's wrist, Ethan's body went stiff as Ethan's vision suddenly clouded over with a vision.
A vision that showed him Benny accidently stumbling upon Hannah in the school's basement. Then of her hitting him with what look to be a spell of some sort and knocking him out in the process. Then her telling a now awake Benny how he won't be able to tell a soul about what he learned about her because of the sworn to secrecy spell she had just placed on him. Afterwards, he saw Benny stumbling out of the basement in a hurry with a fearful look on his face before the vision finally ended.
Gasping while coming out of it, Ethan looked at Benny in shock, now knowing the reason behind Benny's strange behavior lately. Benny recognized that look right away and knew that Ethan just had a vision. He had a pretty good idea of just what it was that Ethan saw in that vision, too.
"Oh, my god, Benny! That's why you can't tell me what's up with you! Because you literally can't, thanks to that sworn to secrecy spell that Hannah put on you!" stated Ethan in shock.
Benny only nodded shamefully.
"Trust me, E! I want tell you everything about what she's up to, but...I can't. The spell won't let me. I've tried, believe me, and each time it just comes out a jumbled mess of words whether it's verbal or written out. Sometimes, it won't even allow me to say a word at all! Just silence, instead!" he confessed earnestly to him.
Ethan looked at Benny feeling sorry for him and for feeling like a complete and utter idiot for ever doubting Benny's love for him. Now he knows part of the truth. That Hannah is the one responsible for his boyfriend's strange behavior of recent. As for what it is exactly that Benny saw her doing that day was still unclear to him though, but whatever it was she sure didn't want him blabbering it to the others or himself about it.
"I'm so sorry, B!" sniffled Ethan regretfully, as he lunged into Benny's arms, crying.
Benny was a bit surprised by this, but wrapped his arms around him nonetheless. "Why?" asked Benny dumbly in confusion.
"Because here I am accusing you of cheating on me and not loving me anymore because you wouldn't kiss me anymore, when all this time it was Hannah Price who did this to you. Whatever her secret is, she wanted to make sure you didn't tell me or anybody else about it. I'm sure her secret is the reason why you've been so distant lately." explained Ethan emotionally. His tears were tears of happiness, relief, and regret all rolled up into one.
Benny smiled lovingly at Ethan's words, as he pulled him back to place both his hands on Ethan's face. He stared deeply into those chocolate orbs of his with love and honesty, as he spoke.
"Ethan, I love you with all my heart and that will never change. You are my one and only in this world. My past, present, and future. I would never do anything as foolish as cheat on you, E. How can I grow tired of someone as awesome and cool as you are? With that smile of yours, your gorgeous eyes, that adorable laugh you laugh, and just seeing your beautiful face each and everyday of my life. I need you, Ethan Morgan. And I will never give that up for anything in this world because you are my everything. My heart belongs to you and only you, alone." declared Benny as he expressed his true feelings to the one he loves.
Ethan was so happy to hear that, as a huge smile spread across his face. In that moment in time, Ethan wanted nothing more than to kiss the hell outta of him, right then and there. But as he leaned in for the kiss a voice stopped him.
"Uh...E? As much as I would love to kiss you right now, too...I can't." reminded Benny awkwardly, as Ethan stopped halfway in.
Ethan blushed and took a step back, blushing. "Oh, right. Heh-heh. Sorry." he said embarrassingly, rubbing the back of his neck. This time though, he wasn't hurt by Benny not kissing him since he now knows the reason why Benny won't kiss him. Sorta. But what he does know is that it's thanks to Hannah though. Although, it didn't stop him from feeling somewhat a little disappointed by it, though. He really did love kissing the big goofball of a wizard, though.
Then an idea came to Ethan. "Hey, if you're not allowed to tell anyone on the outside, then maybe you can on the inside!" suggested Ethan hintingly, as his face lit up with the idea.
Benny just stood there looking at him with a lost expression on his face, which only made Ethan shake his head at him. Ethan then suddenly reached out to place his hands on Benny's shoulders. When he did his eyes turned their usual white color, but he wasn't having a vision. Instead, he went into Benny's mind so that they can talk.
Benny was taken off guard at first. He's seen Ethan do the "going into people's mind" thing before, but he never had it done to him before. It was all really freaky and cool all at once!
"Whoa!" exclaimed Benny in awe as he looked around in astonishment at his surroundings. "You never done the mind thing to me before! This is awesome!" praised Benny impressively, making the Ethan in his mind giggle.
"Thanks!" said Ethan.
"But..." started Benny, looking back at Ethan now, curiously. "Why are we here?" he asked.
"Well, I figured that since the spell forbid you from speaking out loud to others about Hannah's plan then maybe you can tell someone from inside your own head. Sort a like...thinking or speaking to yourself in your head, you know. Only, this time I'll be in your head to hear your inner thoughts when you speak them!" explained Ethan cheerfully with a smile.
"I get it now!" exclaimed Benny in realization. "And you're right, E! Earlier today, I was able to think about it just fine inside my head! It was only when I tired to say it out loud or put into words on the outside was when I was unable to say anything properly! Good job, E!" he added, then raising his hand for a mental hi-five with his incredibly smart boyfriend, inside his head.
Ethan gladly accepted the gesture and hi-fived him back. "So! Tell me what it is that's so important to Hannah that you can't tell anyone else?" he then asked expectingly.
So, Benny told him everything. At first, Benny was a bit hesitant at first when he began to speak about it. Afraid of the same thing happening from before happening again, but when he continued he found that everything came out just fine and not a jumbled mess this time. He then relaxed as he went on with what he found out about Hannah Price that day in the basement.
Once he was done telling Ethan what Hannah was up to, Ethan was in shock. He'd never imagined her capable of something so...evil, before. Well...except for maybe evil Hannah, that is. You know, the evil double of her that was created from Benny's grandma's camera that he sold to her that one time. But that was different. Evil Hannah was gone now with no way of her ever coming back. Right?
Nonetheless, he's always knew her to be a sweet and kind girl who was really smart and always made perfect grades. But the thought of evil Hannah possibly being back somehow was still a possibility, though. However, when Ethan suggested this to Benny, Benny quickly reassured him that she's not back and that this was the real Hannah at work, this time. As for the reason why, he had no clue on her motives, though. That part was still a mystery to him. That and how she was able to do such magic to begin with when she herself has no magical blood in her family's history, like he does.
Ethan then decided to pull out of Benny's mind and back into reality, again. He stumbled a bit, as he was still getting the hang of going in and out of people's minds, like that. Luckily, Benny was there to catch him. Ethan flashed him a thank you smile, telling him how he still needs practice on that part of his seer powers.
"We need to tell the others what you just told me, Benny." stated Ethan firmly, earning a glare from Benny. "Oh...right. I mean, I'll tell the others what you just told me while in your mind. Since you know...you can't and all, while you're still under that sworn to secrecy spell, thing." reiterated Ethan more better, while blushing embarrassingly.
Benny chuckled, but then checked his watch. When he did his eyes went wide. "Oh, crap! I gotta go, E!" he exclaimed worriedly, in a hurry.
Ethan looked at him oddly in confusion. "What?"
Benny then ducked his head bashfully, as his cheek flushed a bit. "Turns out that I really do have to make up that history test today after school, though. Heh-heh." admitted Benny awkwardly, as he rubbed the back of his neck with an awkard chuckle afterwards. Clearly, this was something they're both fond of doing when under pressure or feeling rather embarrassed while having to admit something. "And I'm sure that Mr. G is probably back from his emergency bathroom break by now! So, he's probably going to kill me for being late, if I don't hurry! I really am sorry for having to ditch you like this, babe! But I gotta go! Like NOW! Bye, E! Love you!" he then apologized right afterwards in a hurry, as he rushed down the hallway.
Ethan couldn't help but to crack a laugh at Benny, as he watched him hurry away and running into one of the hallway trash cans due to walking backwards to blow Ethan a kiss. Ethan then blew one back to him, which he happily caught and pretended to put in his pocket for later. Hey! If they can't kiss for real then an air kiss will just have to do for now! At least, with their lips not touching one another they wouldn't fall under Hannah's kissing spell.
"Love you, too! And good luck!" shouted Ethan encouragingly to Benny, as he rounded the corner and out of sight. Ethan chuckled again and then sighed fondly. He was grateful to know that he still had that big goofball in his life and always will. It felt really good to finally know just what it was that Benny was hiding from him. Or rather, what he wasn't allowed to say that involved Hannah Price.
With that in mind, Ethan turned around to make his way towards the exit and to home. So, that he may rest for a while before the vamps showed up and eventually Benny, as well. He knew that they were in for a long discussion on just why Hannah is doing what she's doing and how to stop to her. Not to mention, how it is that she's able to perform magic, as well. There was a lot to cover and so little time left to uncover it, as most of the town it seems was already under Hannah's kissing spell.
You guys had NO idea how happy I was that Ethan finally now knew why it was I had been so distant towards him lately, every time he wanted to kiss me! I'm just glad that I'm dating somebody who is really smart and clever and thinks outside the box when it's called for. Honestly, if it wasn't for Ethan's seer powers pulling me out of that jam then I'm pretty sure our relationship together would have been terminated for good. I would've died if he ever decided to breakup with up me, all thanks to Hannah Price! Hell! I'd probably come back as a ghost if I did die from a broken heart, just to haunt her behind for ruining my perfect relationship with the guy I love and want to have a life with!
Anyway, Hannah's dirty little secret is now out, nonetheless. At least, to Ethan, that is. But soon it'll also be out to our fangy friends, as well and when it does she better watch out because we'll be coming for her!...Once, we uh...form a plan on how to stop her exactly, first. Heh-heh.
Until then, I first had to survive taking that ridiculously long ass-pirin test on the school's most boring subject EVER! History! Ugh! I thought the history was gonna kill me before a crazy and magically enhanced Hannah could. Needless, to say...I'm never going to get those two really boring (and also very hard) hours of my life back, ever again. Good grief.
A/N- And that's all for now! So, what did you think? Benny feels real guilty about having to lie to Ethan and not being able to kiss him, huh? All because of Hannah's sworn to secrecy spell. But not he can finally relax, as Ethan now knows everything! Thanks to a...bit of...ingenuity. ;)
Now all that's left is to tell the others and to formulate a plan in stopping her! But will it really be that easy stopping her with such a powerful item like The Candle Of The Cursed Kiss, as well as her amulet, at her disposal? Guess you'll all just have to stick around to find out, then! ;D
Until then, I'll be seeing you all in my next chapter, which is chapter 6! :D Byeee! ;D