Chapter Fifteen: Hungry Vampire

Colorfully lit around the school, strobed lights directed Sarah's way to the parking lot. Couples decked up were holding hands happily, exchanging kisses and laughing as they entered the building. Freshmen and seniors were arguing in one corner outside and a girl had just slapped her presumably boyfriend for whatever reason. The school itself wasn't large, but it was a good size for their small town. It was the largest school in the district come to think of it.

"Woah, chicks can get so catty," Benny observed as he witnessed two sophomore girls screaming at each other with a tall blonde male in between them. Though this could be from the spell, high school girls were also way full of drama.

"Meow," Ethan mocked, looking over where Benny was and seeing the girls begin to slap each other like idiots. He didn't get that; girl fights. They either slapped each other senseless and cried when an earring was ripped out or they screamed and called each other extremely nasty names. At least once a semester there was some kind of fight, the one that the whole school would talk about for three weeks and then forget when new drama emerged to the surface. High school was full of petty arguments that no one but the people involved cared about.

"Let's stay focused here. Benny, you kiss Ethan and put it into the potion," Sarah started to say as she tried to find parking in this madhouse parking lot.

Sarah was not as nonchalant about the situation as the boys seemed to be. They handled pressure, usually, very well. On the other hand, Sarah was not nearly as relaxed. The main goal was to get on task, complete the task, and be able to sleep for the rest of the night not worrying about what troubles the night. It seemed like every where she turned, there was a problem she had to fix. Whether that was because of the nerds being idiots or monsters deciding to take matters into their own hands, she always was caught up in the middle of it. In truth, she felt some responsibility to take care of this little town considering she was one of the few with the power to do so. Curse her good heart.

"And then I pour it in the punch and everyone is saved, I got it. Chillax," Benny interrupted.

After they were able to make up from the fight, Benny was less stressed and easily became himself again. He figured most of the reason he was anxious was because he couldn't get a handle of Ethan, who was apparently dying each minute they spent not kissing. The spell probably affected him mildly in some way too. It was better now. There was a plan, he was informed of everything, and now he could just be careless Benny that everyone ignored whenever he said something inappropriate for a given situation. Where would the world be without his terrible humor?

"We got this, I hope," Ethan said, watching as she whipped into an empty parking space and jolted in surprise at the sudden stop.

"Yeah, let's hope," Sarah murmured to herself, having a strong sense that there was more than meets the eye behind those large doors.

The gang were on their way inside the building, walking down the hall. Just as Benny was about to mentally prepare himself for his quick kiss with Ethan, everyone turned their heads at the loud sound of someone hissing. And they all knew who it was too, Erica.

"There's no point in running pretty boy," Erica said as she was pressing Erastus against a dark corner in a hallway that wasn't lit up. This was a part of the school that wasn't supposed to be occupied, therefore giving her the perfect opportunity to grab some fast food before heading in to party all night long. The high off sexy fresh blood was going to make this Valentine's Day dance that much more fun! The only problem was that Erastus was more of a fighter than she expected.

"Let him go Erica," Sarah demanded from the end of the hall, trying to remind herself that this wasn't Erica but the Erica that was under a lovesick spell. She had to intervene. Benny and Ethan followed her, though Ethan was slower than the other two, and stared her down as she cocked her head to see the intruders interrupting.

"I'm sorry. I don't remember asking for a waiter, let alone three," Erica snapped, slamming Erastus' wrists against the wall and sticking them there. Her orbs glowed a bright yellow and long sharp fangs popped from the top of her mouth, revealing themselves as she hissed them a warning to back off. Her love was going to be with her for all of eternity after this and no one could stop her.

"Erica, this isn't you," Sarah said, desperately trying to talk some sense into her best friend. She crept up to her, still twenty feet away when a rush of air smacked her in the face.

"If you want to come closer to my woman's dinner, you're going to have to get through me first," Rory declared, putting himself between the two vampires and getting into a fighting stance.

Meanwhile, Ethan and Benny were thirty feet away and distraught with what to do. Rory was under the spell too, making it significantly more difficult to defeat Erica with no weapons. Sarah was strong, but so was Erica. Defending would be tricky, yet Ethan had faith that they could pull it off.

"Great, just what I need. Count Dorkula to the rescue," Erica said in an annoyed tone. She made sure to keep Erastus in her grip. To keep Erastus from escaping, she'd have to let Rory fight for her. This was going to be one fast fight.

"Anything for you my sweets," Rory said with his eyelashes fluttering, turning his head to Erica and giving her a dopey grin.

"Oh no, Rory's here. Whatever will I do," Sarah said sarcastically.

Before he even had time to react, she high kicked him in the face. He grabbed his face and hissed at her, attempting to hit her back and missing as she stepped to the side.

"Benny, go with Ethan. I got this," Sarah told him.

Benny looked curious at the scene and gave it a weird look. "Okay..." He said as he and Ethan slowly backed away by fifteen feet now, the fight being harder to see in such cruddy lighting.