*Jodie's P.O.V*
"Remember... Hale, level 3... The battle plan I sent you?" Benny said breathlessly as we continued to run, "Evasive manuvers. Alpha 5 star delta 6. Engage!" He started stepping from side to side, until he tripped over a huge plant pot and hit the ground. Idiot. "You missed the pattern." He panted as we rushed over to him.
"Sometimes I just skim your emails." Ethan admitted.
"Same here." I confessed.
"Fair enough." Benny said, as I helped him up.
"What's your problem?!" Sarah came out of nowhere, causing us all to scream. I clung onto Benny as we stepped backwards.
"Hold on! If you eat us, that would so not be cool!" Really, Ethan? That's what you're gonna say to a vampire who's about to suck us dry?!
"If I wanted to eat you, I would've done it by now." Sarah said. Was that supposed to make us feel better...?
"See?! She's gonna eat us, we're doomed!" Benny cried.
"No, no! I just wanna talk to you guys!" She said.
"Demon of the night, be gone!" Ethan yelled, grabbing two sticks and putting them in the shape of a cross.
"Guys, whatever you saw, it's not what it looks like!" Sarah said.
"You're a freaking vampire! Who eats animals and drinks their blood!" Ethan exclaimed.
"Okay, so it is kind of what it looks like, but..."
"I'm warning you. I had garlic bread for lunch and I am not afraid to use my breath." Benny said.
"Would you both just shut up!" Me and Sarah yelled.
"Look, let's hear what she has to say. And then we'll decide whether to blast her with holy water or not." I said.
"Listen, I'm just a normal girl, okay? Or at least I was until I got bit by my crummy ex-boyfriend." She explained, "I'm technically still a fledgling, until I drink human blood, which I really don't want to do, so..."
"So, what happens if you don't drink human blood?" I asked curiously.
"My mortal body will die. I have to figure out how to stop this thing before that happens, or at least stop it from happening to more people like Erica." She said.
"So, you're sure this isn't some stupid thing for that Dusk movie?" Benny asked.
"I wish." She scoffed. We could here growling in the distance, which only made me more nervous. "C'mon, let's get out of here. I'm not the only one feeding tonight. I'll get you three home and if I'm lucky I'll find Erica before it's too late." And we all started walking home.
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We arrived home, where Jane was watching the Dusk III trailer with a bowl of ice cream and Benny's grandma was asleep on the armchair.
"About time. I'm so bored. Grandma passed out five songs ago and she has, like, zero boom-boom-pow. Can we please play now?" Jane whined to Sarah, walking over to us.
"Sorry, but I gotta go." Sarah apologised, pulling me, Ethan and Benny into the hallway, "Okay, just be careful, and don't tell anyone about, you know."
"Yeah, I'm cool." Ethan said.
"Yeah, my lips are sealed. And no one believe anything Benny says anyway, so..." I joked, earning a light punch in the arm from Benny. To be honest, I thought it was funny, but Sarah didn't seem to appreciate it.
"I'm serious, okay? And whatever you do, do not invite a vampire into your house. It's your only safe haven." She said.
"Got it. Thanks." Ethan said. And with that, she left. Then the doorbell rang.
"Man, the pizza dude it's so late!" Benny grinned, walking up to the door. "Come on in, Bro. Aw, Man, this is gonna taste so much better, 'cause it's free!"
"Yeah, I'm so hungry. I am just dying for a bite!" I said, as we all gathered around the pizza box.
"So am I." The pizza guy said. We all looked at him, to see that he now had fangs and yellow eyes. Oh no...
He hissed and we all screamed. Jane was absolutely terrified, hiding her face in Ethan's jacket.
"Ethan!" She squeaked.
"It's okay, Jane, he's just playing a game, you know?" Ethan tried to calm her down.
"Yeah, a game. Whoever tells me where Sarah is first, spends less time screaming." The pizza guy said.
"Can I play?" Sarah asked, suddenly appearing in front of us.
"YES!" We all screamed.
"Jesse got tired of waiting, so he sent me to come get you." The pizza guy said, advancing on us.
"Guess you are just the delivery boy, after all." Sarah shot back.
"At least I know who's side I'm on, Fledgling." He said.
"Okay, um, can I just grab a slice while you do your whole Vampire trash talk thing?" Benny asked.
"Benny!" Ethan hissed, but I already knew what Benny was up to.
"No, Ethan, let him have some pizza. If he's gonna have a blast meal, let him have the Italiano Deluxe." I said, as Benny opened the box. Ethan then caught on.
"Right, the Italiano Deluxe, with extra garlic!" Ethan said, as Benny ran at the pizza guy and burnt him with the pizza. The pizza guy hissed in pain as we all legged it upstairs, and into the safety of Ethan's room. We could hear Sarah fighting downstairs, but it didn't sound too good.
"I don't think she's winning." Ethan said, as we pressed our backs to the door.
"Of course she's not winning! She's not a real vampire yet!" Benny said.
"She's a vampire?!" Jane asked from her spot on Ethan's bed. We all looked at each other for an excuse. "Why is the pizza guy acting all crazy?!"
"Uh, he's just upset about not getting paid. He'll be fine." I lied. I mean, I couldn't exactly tell her that he's a vampire who wants to drink our blood and kill us, could I?
"I'm calling Mom and Dad." Jane said, clearly not buying my excuse.
"No! Please, you have to trust us on this one!" Ethan said, as we tried to take the phone from her. Jane snatched it out of our reach with a smirk.
"You both make my bed for a whole two weeks." She said.
"Deal!" We both said, and she handed us the phone.
"Thank you!" I said, as we both rushed over to the door and helped Benny keep it closed.
"Someone's coming!" Ethan said when we heard footsteps.
"Quick, get the bed!" I said. We pushed the bed in front of the door, which I was quite proud of, since us geeks don't have a lot of strength.
"Let me in, hurry!" Sarah yelled. Dammit!
We groaned and pushed the bed away from the door, letting her in.
"Where is he? What happened?" I asked.
"Let's just say I introduced him to some of your Mom's good silverware." Sarah said. Ouch... "What do you have for weapons?" She asked, since we didn't have long before the pizza guy came up here.
"Um... I don't know..." Ethan mumbled as the three of us started looking around the room for weapons.
"What about this?" I suggested, holding up Ethan's debating trophy.
"A debating trophy?!" Sarah yelled.
"It's the pointiest!" I defended.
"Hey, we could make a stake out of this!" Benny said, holding up Ethan's hockey stick.
"No, no, no, no, no, that is autographed!" Ethan said, grabbing the hockey stick.
"By who?" Benny looked at the stick, "Ryan Seacrest?! Really?!"
"When did you meet Ryan Seacrest?!" I asked in surprise.
"Remember last year when we went to-"
"Bigger issues here, guys!" Sarah interrupted us, still holding the door shut. Me and Benny helped Sarah, while Ethan continued to look for weapons.
"These are perfect! Sharp and wooden!" Ethan exclaimed, walking over with...pencils.
"You know we're not fighting vampire squirrels, right Bro?" I said. Ethan rolled his eyes. Suddenly, we heard footsteps.
"Guys, he's coming! Hurry!" Sarah yelled. Suddenly, the pizza guy started trying to break down the door.
"Did anyone ever tell you, you're a really bad babysitter?" I said to Sarah.
"I'm new at this!" She protested. The phone started ringing, and I let go of the door to answer it, in case it was Mom and Dad.
"Don't answer it!" Sarah yelled at me. I ignored her and answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Jodie? Yeah, yeah, hi Honey, it's Mom."
"Uh, hey, Ma." I said nervously, rushing over to help Benny and Sarah.
"Yeah, sweetie, could you put the sitter on please?" She asked.
"Uh, she can't really talk right now..."
"Jodie, now is not a good time to argue with me. Could you just please put her on." Mom snapped. I don't know why she's all frazzled, we're the ones battling vampires!
"She wants to talk to you." I said, handing the phone to Sarah. She took it, while me, Ethan and Benny kept the door shut. Suddenly, the pizza a guy managed to punch through the door. We all screamed, while I grabbed the debating trophy and stuck it through his hand. That only distracted him for a few seconds, but that was enough time for us to jump out the window. We ran across the backyard, but then the pizza guys jumped in front of us. We screamed and stepped back. The pizza guy growled and was about to attack, when Sarah came out of nowhere and staked him through the heart. I covered Jane's eyes, not wanting her to get nightmares for a week.
"Okay, she might be a lousy babysitter, but that was the bomb!" Benny yelled as Sarah smirked in victory.