Bea sucked in a breath, looking back down to the list on the table in front of her. This was it: the moment she had been waiting for. The girl's ringed pointer finger hit the ten numbers that would change her life forever. Approximately three rings later a woman's voice answered the phone and Bea gulped down the nervousness.

"Hello?" The woman's voice was of a higher pitch but had a honey-like quality.

"Is this Delilah Abel?" Bea could hear the hesitation on the other line; fretting that the woman would hang up on her, Bea continued. "I'm not a telemarketer."

"Then yes, this is she," Delilah let out a short laugh and Bea felt herself smile. "How can I help you?"

"I know that this is completely out of nowhere, but do you remember Aaron and Kaitlin Dwyer?" Bea bit down on the inside of her cheek.

"Of course I do; what does that have to do with anything?" Delilah sounded agitated and Bea winced, thinking the worst.

It's all about gaining up the courage.

"My name is Bea Dwyer… I'm the daughter you carried for them."

::

"How did she react?" Sarah asked as she walked with Bea through the hallway at school. Bea smiled and turned to Sarah, coming to a halt.

"She was shocked and told me that I should be happy with the family I've been given." Sarah's eyebrow rose, what Bea had told her shouldn't have been a happy thing. "But I told her that I couldn't go through life never meeting the woman who gave birth to me. Delilah understood and now we're meeting tomorrow."

"Congrats, but does she know why your mother refused to have you?"

"As far as she knows, my mom is 'infertile.' A better story than 'I would create werewolves' in my opinion." Bea rolled her eyes as she used her fingers to make quotations. "But she shouldn't have any part with this, I'm going to try and keep those lives separate. I shouldn't have anything to do with this either…" Bea whispered to herself as she ducked her head down and frowned.

"Technically, you're not." Sarah offered her friend, hoping it would make Bea feel better.

"I'm just the human who is dragged along because her friends and family are supernatural."

"Maybe there's a far better reason behind it. After all, Benny, Ethan and I were thrown together to defeat Jesse."

"The guy from the drama club?" Bea asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You don't know that whole story, do you?" Bea shook her head and Sarah went on to tell her about what had happened a month and a half prior to where they were now. Sarah was interrupted, however, when their principle's voice went over the intercom.

"Would all sophomores report to the gymnasium; all sophomores to the gymnasium."

"That's my cue." Bea said as she turned to walk away.

"You're a sophomore? I thought you were a freshman like Benny and Ethan," spoke Sarah, who looked as confused as she felt.

"Nope, I'm a sophomore alright. I just really suck at science."

::

"Kill me," Bea said to Laura as she sat down, dropping her messenger bag to her feet. The two were sitting on the bleachers in the gymnasium, awaiting the message their principle was going to give.

"Don't like being in the gym?" Laura asked as she dropped the hood on her sweatshirt, revealing the dark circles under her eyes.

Bea shuddered, "freshman gym horrified me." Turning to look at her, Bea noticed Laura's obvious lack of sleep. "Staying up trying to figure out how to use your powers?"

"You have no idea how hard it is! The slightest twitch in my hand and I could send a spell the wrong way; magic is strenuous work." Laura sighed and allowed her body to fall back against the bleachers. A girl in Bea's art class glared at Laura from her spot above them and moved away.

"Ignore her, too much sugar this morning and not enough sleep." Bea shouted over to the girl, hoping that nothing Laura had said was heard. "I wish I wasn't a part of all this," Laura turned to Bea, listening intently. "Things between me and Benny are going nowhere and I'm trapped because of all this supernatural crap."

"Benny and I," Laura corrected before she sat up and stared at her friend. "It's just another phase in life that we have to go through."

"No, it's a phase that you have to go through. I'm just stuck along for the ride because of the family I was brought into." Bea felt sick once she realized that everything was coming out at that second. "I don't want to be a part of this, I just… can't. I'm human and I- I just wish that I had never liked Benny in the first place." Laura gawked at Bea, not expecting to hear what she had.

"What are you saying, Bea?"

"I'm saying that now that I've realized Benny is just going to be my friend, I'm going to expect nothing more."

"Elaborate, sweet pea." Bea looked up at Laura with a sad expression.

"I'm giving up on him."

"Can you do that? A year after discovering him and pretty much stalking him, can you really just drop him like a hot potato?" Laura couldn't believe that Bea was honestly willing to give up on the guy she had her heart set after.

"I don't know, but I'm sure as hell gonna try."

::

"Ethan!" Ethan ignored the voice of his eager best friend. A piece of paper struck the back of his head but Ethan's eyes remained on the worksheet in front of him. "Ethan!"

"What?" Ethan hissed at Benny, turning in his seat.

"Have you seen Bea today?" Benny asked, leaning forward to whisper to his friend. It was study hall and the both were supposed to be doing just that, studying, but Benny had other plans.

"No, why?" Benny hesitated and Ethan smirked at him. "You're worried about her, aren't you?" When Benny didn't reply, Ethan knew he had his answer. "Do you like her?"

"Of course not!" Benny practically yelled, causing the teacher to shush him. "Sure she's a babe but I'm a ladies man, never to be tied down!" Ethan rolled his eyes while Benny grinned.

"Then why did you look like she crushed your heart when you found out that she kissed Evil-Benny?" Benny bit his tongue and Ethan smiled at him. "Keep telling yourself that you'll never be tied down, we both know that you like her."