As soon as AP Chemistry finished, Erica took Benny by the arm and dragged him into the theater. Benny tried to resist her pull, but with no luck. Her vampire strenght made her a way stronger than the struggling boy. As much as he twisted , pulled, and jerked his arm, he wasn't getting free.

As soon as the got to the theater, Benny questioned her. "What the hell do you want?"

"Benny, I need to talk to you about Delilah."

"I don't wanna talk to you about Delilah. Look, I have like a class to get to and-"

"Benny! This is important! More important than your stupid class!"

"Nothing can be more important than English."

Erica rolled her eyes. "Benny! This is! So please listen to me!"

"I don't want to listen to you trash my girlfriend just because you don't like her."

"It's more than me not liking her. It's-"

"OH REALLY NOW ERICA?! ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU DON'T HATE HER BECAUSE YOUR JEALOUS?!" Right now Benny's voice was up 20 decibels. "I KNOW WHAT YOU DO ERICA! YOU JUST WANT EVERY GUY TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU! AND I WAS STUPID ENOUGH TO BE ONE OF YOUR PAWNS! ISN'T IT FUNNY HOW RIGHT AFTER I STARTED DATING DELILAH YOU STARTED BEING NICE TO ME?! YOU JUST WANT YOUR PAWN BACK!" Benny's throat hurt from screaming and tears were coming out of both his and Erica's eyes. "You just want your pawn back," he said in barely a whisper. There was just silence. Erica was speechless and Benny was just pacing around in cicles, combing his fimgers through his hair. Both wore distraught looks.

"Benny," Erica managed to croak out. "Do you really think that's true?" Benny turned away from her face. He knew she was crying because of her cracking voice. And he couldn't bear to see her cry because of him.

"Give me one reason I shouldn't think it's true. That's something that Erica would do. Because this 'new' Erica, she just doesn't give a damn. She isn't afraid to rip out people's hearts. The new Erica doesn't care about anyone. So why would she care about me?"

"Benny-"

He turned to face her. "Erica, save it. I hate this façade of yours."

Erica went from sad to enraged. "Oh, so your trying to tell me you don't like me this way?! YOU ONLY STARTED PAYING ATTENTION TO ME BECAUSE I CHANGED! NO ONE LIKED THE OLD, DORKY ERICA JONES! NOT EVEN SARAH. SARAH AT LEAST HAD A LIFE BEYOND ME! BEFORE MY TRANSFORMATION, YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW MY NAME! YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I LIKED YOU!"

"You...you liked me?"

"Yes, Benny. But you didn't like me. Because your just like the rest of them, shallow. All you care about is my looks. You never even liked me for me. Look, I'm done here. Have fun with you pixie girl."

Erica started to leave but Benny took hold of her arm. She could of broken free if she wanted to, but she wanted to here what he had to say.

"Erica...you really think that? I've like you ever since the first time I saw you. And I'm not talking about the new you. I'm talking about the geeky Erica in my AP Algebra class who was the smartest girl in the class. The same Erica who spent the majority of lunch in the library and would buy a brownie almost everyday after school. The same Erica who's favorite colors were light pink and baby blue and would wear those colors almost everyday. The same Erica who needed 3.25 glasses. The same Erica who spent her weekends doing charity work in the nursing home while everyone else was at parties because that was the nursing home her great aunt, who she had a strong connection with, went to before she died. And the nursing home was so nice to her that she decided to help out. That was the Erica I fell for. I hate this new cover you have. I miss the old Erica. A lot. And all I wanna do is bring her out. I know she's still in there. And all I want is her. Look, I've tried to forget about you, but I can't because...I just can't give up on us. Even though I know there is no hope for us. I don't know...I just think I can get the old Erica out. Guess I was wrong."

"Benny...why...how...?"

"The old Erica was beautiful in everything she did. She was sweet, kindhearted, and would do anything to help anyone."

"How do you know?! You don't even know the old Erica!"

"You mean...you don't even remember?"

"Remember what?"

"Us."

"Benny, there was never an us."

Benny shook his head. "I knew it. I knew it."

"Knew what?"

"HOW COULD YOU FORGET?!" Erica could tell Benny was now enraged. He was screaming again and he looked like he was about to cry. "If you forgot...maybe there is none of the old Erica in there."

"Benny, what did I forget?" Erica whispered. Suddenly, Benny's lips crashed againsr hers. Erica was pretty sure she lost consciousness during the kiss. Because the world around her disappeared. She thought about absolutely nothing. She just felt...her whole body was tingly. She was pretty sure her heart was exploding- but not once. She felt like it was exploding over and over again. All she felt was... kiss deepened and Benny pushed her against the wall. If Erica felt amazing, Benny felt even better. All he felt was happiness. Pure happiness. Both didn't want it to end but it had to. There lips parted and as soon as they did, memories flashed back in Erica's head at an erratic pace. She stood there, taking all the memories in. Benny left the room, seeing her not reacting.

"Wait- Benny!" she yelled. "I remember!" And she ran after him.


Hello loves :). This chapter was way more intense than my other ones, and Erica and Benny more OOC. After this chapter, everything takes an unexpected turn. Hope you liked it :).