This chapter was much shorter, but I think it went good, albeit a bit dramatic. In my defense, I'm a sucker for drama, and well, I'm sorry if this came out wrong. So very sorry.

No pov

Ethan watched Benny in silence. There were so many things he wanted to say, but all was put to a pause when he gasped.

"You hand! Are you okay?" Benny looked down at his hand and smiled at him.

"Fine. Really." Benny tried to look encouraging and smiled. Ethan for his part, watched him for a second before taking a hold of Benny's hand gently. Benny gasped in pain and pulled away quickly.

"Sorry." Ethan said embarrassed. Benny shook his head.

"Don't worry about it."

Both boys sit in silence, Ethan's earlier words already forgotten. Benny didn't even worry about it because he caught Ethan looking at the bruise in his hand.

"It's fine, E. I swear." Benny said and put his hand on his side, attempting to hide it. Ethan gave him a worried smile.

"It looks painful. Rory's always been a little slow in controlling his super strength." Ethan said. Benny nodded. Ethan looked down and didn't meet Benny's eyes after that. He kept thinking about what Sarah had said earlier, when she had first gotten him.

"Where are we going?" Ethan asked, as they both walked down the street from his house. Sarah had told him to go somewhere with her, to trust her. Ethan did, and so now he was here, walking in the cold, night Friday air.

Sarah sighed and stopped then faced him. "Ethan, you have to talk to Benny. Tell him the truth." She said earnestly.

"What?" Ethan blushed beet red. "Did you tell him how I felt?" Ethan said shocked, stepping closer. "Is that what you two were talking about before he started to avoid me?" Ethan suddenly felt really embarrassed.

"No! Ethan, I didn't tell him about your feelings for him. I promised I wouldn't remember?" She sighed and looked at Ethan desperately. "Ethan, man up already!" Ethan looked at her shocked and felt a bit hurt. Sarah sighed. "I'm sorry, it's just..." She bit her lip. "...he said something to me. He said that I got in the way of your friendship, of you guys."

"He really said that?" Ethan stared at her. He didn't know how to feel. Angry at Benny for what he had said, or angry at himself for making Benny say that in the first place.

"It's fine, really." Benny said, subconsciously touching his bruise.

Ethan sighed. "Benny, I-I wanted to say sorry." He began. Benny gave him a shocked look, one he decided to overlook and he continued. "I've been spending a lot of time with Sarah and I noticed something," Ethan watched Benny. Benny looked at him with a closed expression. "The more you became busy the more obvious it was that I missed you." Ethan flushed embarrassed. "What I'm trying to say is that, I'm spending so much time with Sarah, lately, and I'm sorry if I've ignored you." He looked Benny right in the eyes. "I'm so sorry, you're my best friend. When Sarah told me how you felt, I just..." He sighed and scratched the back of his neck nervously. "I honestly didn't know what to think. And when she told me what you said to her...because of me...I'm sorry Benny, I didn't know. But listen, it wasn't her fault, it was just...my fault. I'm sorry, Benny."

This was a perfectly good apology, but Benny, in his embarrassment, and because Sarah was mentioned, he only heard one thing beneath all those words: I know you like me, I know you blame Sarah, and I honestly didn't know you felt that way. Sorry, I don't feel the same way.

"I..." Benny laughed dryly. "You know what, don't even worry about it. I was out of line with my more recent feelings. Don't blame yourself."

"No, Benny. Listen-"

Benny shook his head and sighed. "I knew it was stupid of me to feel the way that I felt. I mean, I don't compare to her, Ethan! You know how that feels? I don't even stand a chance!" Benny shouted, cheeks red as a beet.

Ethan stared at Benny, open-mouthed, before he stood up and half-glared at him.

"Benny, calm down." Ethan said.

Benny shook his head and stood up and went to the other side of the corner.

"You know what, I'm through with listening to people and vampires telling me what to do for a night, I'm out of here." With these words, Benny began to chant his latest practice spell to transport from one place to another, and soon he was gone and Ethan was the only one left in the cage.

"Benny? BENNY!" Ethan screamed, but there was nowhere there anymore. He was all alone. He sighed and dropped to his knees, holding on to the bars. This turned out to be such a great Friday night.

Yep. Short. Kind of melodramatic.

I'm not very happy with it. Sorry.