Author's Note: This was originally part of chapter 10, but I thought it was getting too long.

The next day, since it was Friday, Benny and I stayed after school to work on our song. It was turning out really good! Benny was walking me home when my phone rings. "Hello?" I answer. It was Mom. "Hey Sweetie, Dad and I are gonna go out. Where are you?" "Benny's walking me home." "Ok. We won't be home till sometime in the morning. Will you be ok if we're not home?" I rolled my eyes. "Yes, Mom, I'll be fine." "Ok. Love you." "Love you too." "Bye." We hung up.

"Sooo, what's up?" Benny asked as I put my phone back in my pocket. "Mom and Dad are gonna be somewhere till tomorrow morning." "Where?" "I don't know, I didn't ask." "Ohhh ok." "Yeah so I guess it's just us tonight. What do you wanna do? Hang out at my house?" "Sure why not." We got to my house and sat down on the swinging bench on the front porch. We sat there and looked up at the stars.

After a while, I looked up at Benny and smiled. He noticed and looked at me. "What?" he asked. I replied, "I think you're really cute." I snuggled closer to him. He smiled and put his arms around me. "Well, then I think you're pretty." He kissed my cheek. I looked back up at him, smiling. I wish he gave me more than a kiss on the cheek. He looked back at me. When I looked into his dark green eyes, I could tell he was thinking the same thing. We both leaned in and just when our lips were inches away, there was this shrill, ear-ripping scream.

We jumped and pulled away. "What the heck was that?" I asked, kinda ticked off. Benny shook his head. "I don't know but we should probably check it out." He took my hand and we ran to where we heard the scream. I shook my sleeve and a stake came out. I've kept one in my sleeve ever since my first day here.

We were shocked to see Ariana on the sidewalk, clutching her wrist, gasping for air. "Ariana!" Benny and I shouted in unison as we ran to her side. She let out another piercing scream. Benny knelt down next to her and grabbed her wrist. It was gushing blood from what looked like a vampire bite. "Oh man, she got bit!" he said.

She was still gasping and screaming. "Ari, Ariana, look at me!" She turned her head a little towards him. "Be-Benny…h-help m-me!" She spit out. "Jade, get some gauze from my bag!" I dropped the stake and dug into Benny's bag until I found some. I gave it to him and he pressed it against Ariana's arm.

She then passed out. Benny picked her up and we ran to his house. He lie her down on the couch. I just looked at Benny with amazement. "I didn't know you were THAT strong." He looked at me and smiled. "Neither did I. But then again, she was pretty light." "True…" I knelt down next to the couch. "Do you think she's a vampire?" Benny shook his head. "Not exactly…she'd be a fledgling." I looked at him. "What's a fledgling?" "A fledgling is a vampire that hasn't drunk human blood yet."

Ariana kinda turned a bit. Benny and I backed away scared. "Well…maybe who ever bit her didn't put venom in her." "There's only one way to find out. Go get a knife from the kitchen." I gave Benny a shocked look. "Excuse me?" "Just get one and stay in the kitchen."

I hesitated at first but then did what he said. I went into the kitchen and got a knife. "Now…when I say so, cut your arm an-" "WHAT! NO!" "Jade, trust me. If she wakes up, I'll hold her back and I'll use a spell to heal your arm." He looked me in the eyes and added, "I promise." I nodded. "Ok."

I held the knife on my arm, being careful not to cut it just yet. Benny grabbed his spell book and flipped through it, and then he stopped and ran his finger down the page until he found the right spell. I was scared. He got ready, looked at me, and nodded. I took a deep breath and sank the knife in my arm. I sucked in a sharp breath.

Ariana's eyes flashed open and she ran my way. She exposed her fangs and hissed at me as Benny held her back. Ariana's irises were a bright pinkish-purple. I was losing feeling in my arm. I dropped the knife. "Benny, just do the spell! Hurry!" His hand pointed to my arm. "Repairus vitalius." A plasma beam shot out of his hand like it did when Jesse attacked me. The slice disappeared without a trace. No blood, no scar, nothing. And also I got the feeling back.

The second my arm healed, Ariana's eyes went back to normal but she still had her fangs out. She put her hand to her head. "Whoa! What just happened?" I explained. "You got bit." "By a vampire?" Benny rolled his eyes and said with obvious sarcasm, "Noooo, you got bit by a bird!" Then he said, "Yes, you got bit by a vampire!"

I wasn't very happy with how Benny snapped at her. "Benny!" "Sorry! I'm just ticked off that my little sister is a blood sucking demon because of some idiot!" I looked at Ariana. "Wait…Ari, what's the last thing you remember before you got bit?"

She retracted her fangs. "Umm…well…I-I was walking home and…some guy-" I cut her off. "What did he look like?" "He had…ummm…about your color hair and he seemed taller than you, but a little shorter than Benny. And had greenish-hazel eyes…but they changed to yellow as he bit me." I gasped. "Oh my god…" "What?" "What did he sound like?" "I don't know but he looked your age. Sounded kinda weird I guess." I started pacing and put my hands on my face. "Oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god!"

Benny and Ariana looked confused. "What?" I just kept pacing. Benny put his hand on my shoulder. "Babe, what's wrong?" I stopped pacing. "Benny, it's Jathan! Jesse musta bit him and told Jathan to bite Ariana!" He looked furious. Which to me was actually kinda hot. Benny kicked the wall with rage then winced in pain.

"Who's Jathan?" Ariana asked. "He's my stupid ex-boyfriend." I said as I rolled my eyes. "If we EVER see his face again, I swear to god I'm gonna stake him through the heart!" Benny said angrily. Ariana looked like she was gonna try to attack me again.

I backed away slowly. "Uhhh…Benny…" He turned and saw the same crazed look in her eyes as I did. He pointed at me. "Jade, stay here," Then at Ariana. "And Ariana, don't you even THINK about biting her! I'll be right back." I nodded. "O-ok…but please hurry…" He ran down the hall then came back with nearly five bottles of what looked like blood.

"Ewww! What is that?" Ariana and I asked. "Substitute blood. It's not real so it'll get rid of your blood cravings without turning you into a full-fledged vampire." He said and handed one out the Ariana. She looked at it and her fangs came back out. "Well then in THAT case, gimme that!" She ripped the cap off and chugged it within like, two minutes. Benny and I looked at her with grossed out looks on our faces.

She noticed our stares. "What?" She had blood all over her fangs. I pointed awkwardly at her teeth. "You uhh…got stuff on your uhhh…f-fangs." "Oh…" She wiped them off with the back of her hand. Benny took his phone out. "I'm gonna ask Sarah to come over." "Why?" Ariana asked. "So she can watch you tonight and to teach you how to control your cravings." "Benny, why do I need to be watched?" "Because vampires don't sleep and no offense, but I don't really trust you staying up all night without someone making sure you don't bite us in our sleep."

She just rolled her eyes and opened another bottle of substitute. Benny caught her. "And go easy on that! Save some for Sarah." He took it away from her. "Hello?" I heard Sarah's voice on the other end.

"Hey Sarah, it's Benny. Can you come over and watch Ariana for me?" "Why?" "It's a long story." "Benny, I can't. I'm over at Ethan's babysitting Jane." "Oh yeah…" "Why do you need me there?" "Because she got bit and I need someone to stay up with her." "SHE GOT BIT!" Sarah shouted so loud, Benny took his phone off his ear and cringed. He put it back to his ear. "Yeah. She's a fledgling now." "Ok, I'll be there in a sec. Bye."

Then the doorbell rang before Benny could even hang up. We all looked over at the door. "Wow…THAT was fast." I said as I got the door. "Hey Sarah." "Hey Jade." She came in and goes to the kitchen. "When did you get bit?" she asked Ariana. "About ten minutes ago." she answered.

While Sarah and Ariana talked, Benny and I sat down on the couch. "NOT the way to end the day!" I said. Benny nodded. "You got THAT right!" We watched T.V. while the girls went upstairs. After a while, Benny said, "Alone at last." I looked up at him. "What are talking about? Sarah and Ariana are upstairs." I thought about it, and then it clicked. I started to smile. "Ohhhhh, I see where you're going with this."

We leaned in like earlier but then pulled away when we heard someone coming downstairs. It was Sarah. "Hey, I'm gonna go back over to Ethan's to check on Jane. Ari's in her room." Benny and I nodded. "Ok. Take your time." He said. "Please." I said under my breath.

Sarah left. Benny looked at me. "Now where were we?" We leaned in again, but this time, Ariana stopped us by screaming from upstairs. "Ugh! You have GOT to be kidding me!" I groaned. We went to Ariana's room to find her staring at her mirror in horror. "What's wrong?" I asked.

Her eyes were still big. "M-my reflection…i-it's gone." Benny and I got behind Ariana. She was right, we were behind her, but only Benny and I showed up in it. "Whoa!" We said. Ariana looked like she was about to cry. "Benny…" "Yeah?" "Can fledglings cry?" "Awwww, Ari. Come here, kiddo." I watched as Benny squeezed his sister. She sounded like she was sobbing. I was getting choked up at the sight. I gave Ariana a hug too.

Sarah came back a few minutes later. It was getting late. Benny and I were on the couch. I could tell he was getting tired and so was I. "Do you think your gramma will care if I spend the night here?" I yawned. He yawned too. Then said, "I don't know…she normally doesn't trust me with a lot of things, but I think she trusts me enough to know we won't do anything we're not supposed to." "Honestly, I'm too tired to care. I'm staying here whether I'm allowed or not."

"That's fine with me." "And also because I don't feel like getting up. You're nice and warm." I said smiling. He smiled too. He reached above us for a blanket. He lie it on us and put his arms back around me. I drifted to sleep in his arms.

Author's Note: I know what you're all thinking…LONGEST CHAPTER EVER! I had a lot of ideas and I didn't know how I could split it into another chapter. Hope you liked it. I personally liked the end. Chapter 12 coming soon!