Chapter Eight: What Did You Do?
"Thoughts?" Erica spun around charmingly in front of Sarah, showing off her fresh outfit bought specifically for the enigmatic Greek that roamed the school. A tight leather top with a low collar was bound to get his attention. Mix that with the pair of extremely tight skinny jeans shaping her perfectly made her that much more confident that today she would get a better reaction out of him!
"You look ridiculous," Sarah said, not impressed with the outfit.
In her opinion, dressing like that to get a guy was going about it all the wrong way. Respectable guys would like you regardless of your attire. If he only cared about her when she wore things that were revealing then he wasn't a considerable match, just a twit. Erica deserved someone who was going to admire her beauty inside and out, not whatever was underneath her clothes. She didn't understand what was so special about this boy going through all of this trouble to impress him. By impression, it was clear what he thought about her and it didn't sound optimistic.
"You won't be saying that when I have arm candy by the end of the day," Erica said, with full intentions of getting the guy no matter what.
"Erica, if he likes you because of how you look now then he isn't worth it. You should try for someone that likes you for you," Sarah said, insisting that her friend looked for a reasonable crush. Even Benny, as much as she hated to admit it, seemed like a better crush than this loser she attempted to captivate.
"Save the mom speech for someone who cares," Erica said, too busy admiring her outfit to actually care for whatever Sarah was telling her. Though it was impossible for her to see her reflection, Erica was positive that she looked absolutely hot! No one could resist a sexy blonde with cleavage, not even a guy who wanted to play hard to get. If he wanted to play games with her, then she was just going to have to play dirty. There was no cheating when it came to the game of love.
"Hey, what's going on with Ethan," Sarah said, her focus now swaying over to the scene of him shaking heavily as he inhaled all of the water from the school. Either Benny had turned him into a mermaid or he was just sick. In her gut, she sensed that this water drinking was much more than meets the eye and she intended to find out what those two morons were up to.
"Who cares?" Erica said, seemingly disinterested. She never cared for the nerds that Sarah was so protective of. Indifferent, that was what she was. They knew she was a vampire, she knew they had some kind of magical powers and that's all she bothered to learn about them. Most of the time she didn't even refer to them by their actual names. What Sarah saw in those twerps was something that'd remain a mystery to her. Perhaps they give her some awesome blood bank.
"I do. I'm gonna find out what's going on," Sarah announced as she began storming over to them like an angry mother.
Benny was adjusting how Ethan was standing when he focused on the infuriated vampire stomping their way. Uh-oh. By the looks of it, she wasn't heading over to give them a friendly Valentine's day greeting.
Benny and Ethan's antics didn't last for more than a couple days usually and considering that they had experienced a similar encounter, it was odd that Ethan had declined. She assumed that Ethan would be ignoring Benny and making him beg for forgiveness, instead she witnessed him glued to his hip and lapping up water like a dehydrated puppy. It was pathetic and cute at the same time.
"H-hey Sarah," Benny said, giving her a sheepish grin and waiting for her to explode.
He messed up. On occasion, Benny had great ideas and it just so happened that this unfortunate one affected Ethan. There was a sneaking suspicion that Sarah liked Ethan, but Benny never mentioned it because he figured she wasn't even aware of the affections. A vampire with a weakened lover. Oops?
"What's wrong with Ethan?" She demanded, not wanting to waste answers with unnecessary talk.
"Nothing sweetheart. Now move along, there's plenty of other people to third wheel with," Ethan snapped, not wanting to lose his Benny's attention from him. They were having such a great conversation before she arrived. If she hadn't rudely interrupted then he would've been able to sneak in a line or two about how kind and adorable his boyfriend looked today. Nooo, she had t o just waltz on in with her perfect hair and captivating features and mess it all up for him! Soon enough she'd keep Benny all for herself. She was too much competition.
Sarah folded her arms and stuck her tongue out against her cheek. Oh, so it was going to be like that was it? Whatever spell he accidentally used on Ethan, it was getting on her last nerve. A jealous Ethan ended up being a rather petty one!
"Benny! You said the spell would wear off by now," Sarah said.
"I know, I know. It should've. Maybe the spell just takes a little more time than the potion," Benny said thoughtfully.
"Well whatever it is, it seems to be making him look awful. You better do something before it gets worse," Sarah warned him.
"There's nothing wrong with me. Maybe mind your own business, tramp," Ethan snarled, disliking when some girl was just ordering Benny around. Clearly he could do that without the help of some girl.
"If you don't do something about this soon, I will," Sarah said, glaring at Benny and refraining from exposing her fangs to the two she was currently furious with.
"Got it, find out what's happening and change Ethan back to his usual socially inept self," Benny waved Sarah away, slightly bothered that he didn't know where to start. There was no way he was mentioning that to Sarah though.
"Ugh," Sarah turned around and slammed her feet to the ground, making the world around her shake with each step, as she headed to Chemistry class. Benny was starting to make it on her list and believe her, no one wanted to be on her list.
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