A/N: Hey, there everybody! It's me, MBAV fan66! :D And look! I actually managed to get this up before the month ended! Yay, me! :D I've been busting my butt in getting this done finally before the month's end. I just want to get at least one chapter of this story posted a month. You know? I hate keeping you guys waiting for too long. So, sorry for the wait. :)

Things are getting interesting now in BOM, huh?! Ethan finds out that he's adopted and that his birth last name is Black. Meaning he is related to Jesse somehow. But could Ethan be right about being a descendant of Horace Black? Or is there more to the story, that meets the eye? ;D And how will this effect Ethan's and Sarah's relationship with each other, once she finds out that Ethan is related to her evil ex-boyfriend? Well, stay tuned to find out! As chapter 7 will be spilling some of the deets, right here! :D (Keyword, being 'some' here. You'll see, once you finish the chapter.)

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The next day, Ethan was hanging out by Benny's locker with Rory there beside him. He had just finished explaining everything to his two geeky friends about what all he found out about himself last night. Including, his encounter with Jesse. Needless to say, the two geeks were speechless.

"No, way! You're related to Jesse?!" blurted out Rory loudly/incredulously to the seer.

"Shh! Would you keep it down?!" hushed Ethan immediately, before whisper yelling at him anxiously. He didn't want the whole school to know!

Rory mumbled a quick 'sorry' to him, making the seer then sigh disappointedly.

"So, is it true? And you're not just pulling our legs, here? You're really related to that jerkwad of a vampire?" questioned Benny then, in a more quieter tone. He was a bit skeptical at first, but he wanted to be sure that this wasn't some sort of prank being pulled on him by Ethan or something.

Ethan had a glum look on his face, as he answered him. "I wish it was just a joke. But sadly...it's not." answered Ethan disappointedly.

Now, the spellmaster was convinced. Judging by his best friend's expression and answer, he knew that Ethan was telling the truth and that it was no joke, either. He felt bad for the poor guy. No one should have to be related to an evil jerk like Jesse.

"Dude. I'm so sorry." replied Benny sympathetically, as he placed a comforting hand on the seer's shoulder.

"Yeah, well...on the bright side, though. I'm only a distant relative of his. Not an immediate one, like he claims. So, I suppose that's not so bad." stated Ethan a bit more confidently now, as he gave a little shrug. The idea of being a distant relative of Jesse's, rather than an immediate one, did help him feel somewhat better about it, though. But he still disliked having any blood relations to the bastard, though.

"But are you sure you're just a descendant of his and not really his brother somehow?" wondered Rory curiously.

"Oh, yeah! I'm positive about it!" replied Ethan confidently, as he nodded. "I mean, think about it. For one, we really don't know a whole lot about Reverend Horace Black back in the day when he used to be the town's church leader." he started to explain.

"You mean cult leader." corrected Benny, interrupting Ethan and his explanation.

Ethan gave the spellmaster an annoyed/stern look then for his rude little interruption. Benny looked back at him with a clueless response then, not know what he did wrong. "What?! It's true! He was the town's cult leader, back then! Who went around posing as the town's church leader, at the time!" he said in defense.

Ethan just rolled his eyes, then, before continuing. "As I was saying." he said, getting back to what he was getting at while putting some emphasis on the word 'saying' as he shot a glare in Benny's direction for a brief second or two. "We really don't know much about the past Jesse's personal life, back then. Like who his parents were or whether he had any brothers and sisters. Or what his life was like growing up as a kid." continued Ethan, more relaxed now as he went on with his theory.

Rory and Benny both gave this some thought and agreed with him on that. They really didn't know much about Jesse's past. Er um...Reverend Horace Black, that is. All they knew about the guy was that he was an evil cult leader of a bunch of bloodthirsty vampires and that's it.

"E's, right. We don't know much about him, except for what we learned in that book that Sarah found in the library, that one time." stated Benny in agreement.

"Exactly! And for all we know, he might've had a brother or sister, that we didn't know about who was never turned into a vampire and got to live out his or her days as a human until the day they died!" pointed out Ethan a bit enthusiastically.

"So...you're thinking that maybe this unknown relative to his, could possibly be your however many greats grandparent, instead?!" exclaimed Rory astonishingly, as he pieced together where Ethan was getting at.

Ethan nodded in agreement.

"But wait, dude! You said that your parents had told you that your original last name was Black, right?" questioned Benny curiously, to which Ethan gave a small (and slightly curious) 'yeah' to as confirmation. "Then, the unknown mystery sibling of Horace Black must've been a guy, then! Meaning, he had a brother!" exclaimed Benny in realization. "Since...you know, the guy always gets to keep his last name whenever you get married." he then added more calmly, now with a small half shrug at the end.

"Dude! That means Jesse's your however many great, grand-uncle, then! No, way!" exclaimed Rory shockingly, although maybe a bit too loudly for Ethan's liking. As once again, he was quickly shushed/scolded for being too loud by Ethan.

"So...does that mean, he was lying when he told you that you two were brothers, then?" wondered Benny curiously.

"Yup! He has to be! I mean, it's the only logical explanation I can think of since he's a 200-year-old vampire and I'm just a 15-year-old human teenager. The math just doesn't add up right, if what he was saying has any truth to it. So, he has to be lying!" replied Ethan confidently.

"But...why would Jesse wanna lie about something like that?" wondered Benny in confusion.

Ethan gave a clueless shrug. "I don't know! This Jesse we're talking about! It's probably just all...part of his evil plan or something to throw me off, so he can get to Sarah, probably?!" he guessed uncertainly. Then his eyes went wide, as he let out a small gasp at the realization of something. "Oh, my gosh! That's right! Sarah!" he exclaimed worrisomely.

Now, Benny and Rory were confused by their friend's sudden response, as they both just looked at each other with a confused expression on their faces before looking back at him.

Ethan then anxiously looked at both of his friends with a look of worry and fear in his eyes. "Guys! Whatever you do, you can't tell Sarah about this! Not yet, at least!" begged Ethan frantically to his friends in worry.

"But why?" wondered Rory curiously.

"Yeah, E?! I'm sure she'd like to know about all of this, too?" suggested Benny curiously, as well.

Ethan quickly shook his head 'no' at that. "No, way! Because if she finds out that I'm related to Jesse in any way, shape, or form then..." he began to explain a bit worrisomely, before then pausing for a second to look down in shame and guilt at the reason he didn't want to her to know. "She'll probably start to see me in a different light and won't want anything to do with me, either. Out of fear that I'm just like him, all because he and I are relatives." he explained sullenly.

"But you and Jesse are distant relatives! Not immediate ones!" pointed out Rory obviously, in a serious like manner.

But Ethan still refused to cheer up any. "It doesn't matter. The fact remains, that we're still related, though. By blood. And there's no shaking that." he said downheartedly to his friend, as he dismissed Rory's statement.

"Yeah, but, E! You seriously don't think Sarah would shun you, just because you and Jesse share the same blood?! Do you?! I mean...Sarah would never be so closeminded and heartless to ever do something like that!" doubted Benny strongly, as he didn't believe that Sarah would ever hate Ethan and would refuse to want to have anything to do with him, either. Just because he's her evil ex's many greats grandnephew.

Ethan gave Benny's words some thought. "You really think so?" questioned Ethan skeptically, as he looked at his wizard friend.

To which, Benny smiled and nodded confidently, too. "Of course, E!"

Rory agreed, too. No way, would Sarah ever act like that! Maybe Erica, though...? But not Sarah! She was just too nice of a person to ever hate someone just because they're related to a major jerkface, like Jesse!

"We've known Sarah for a while, now. And I know, she would never think the worse about someone just because of their family ties without getting to know them, first. Sarah knows that everyone is different and that we all don't act a certain way, just because someone in our family tree was evil. Just because they did bad things doesn't mean we'll wind up that way ourselves, too. It's all about the choices we make, that determines what kind of person we are in life, E." assured Benny wholeheartedly and sincerely to Ethan, with a kind smile on his face. "Plus, Sarah could never hate you, Ethan." he then added charmingly but with a bit of hinting in his tone.

Rory nodded his head vigorously to that, agreeing with what the spellmaster had said. "Yeah! I agree! You two were meant for each other!" he then blurted out cheerfully.

Hearing their words of encouragement did help Ethan feel a bit better, now. But he was still a bit afraid of telling Sarah about his and Jesse's family ties with one another. And how she'll react to it, too. But Ethan knew that they were right and he had to tell her eventually. Before Jesse probably did it. Knowing that smug bastard, he'd probably jump at the chance to ambush Sarah with the news before he can even tell her, himself. Just to cause tension between him and Sarah. No way, was he going to let Jesse cause more problems between them than he already has!

"You know what? You guys are right! I have to tell her!" exclaimed Ethan more confidently now. "Before Jesse does!"

Rory and Benny smiled proudly at this and agreed with the seer wholeheartedly. Though...they were a little confused about the last part, that is. Wondering how exactly, Jesse fit into him telling Sarah about their family connection?

"Uh...yeah!" whooped Benny encouragingly but instead it came out a bit uncertain and unenthusiastic like. "Tell me again, how Jesse fits into you telling Sarah, first, that is?" he then questioned curiously in confusion.

"Cause, if he's able to tell her first before I can, then no doubt he'll tell her the lie about us being brothers rather than the truth about us actually being great great great great grandnephew and granduncle! Duh?!" explained Ethan, as if it was obvious.

Both Rory and Benny then nodded, as they got it, now.

"Plus, he'll probably try to use Sarah's anger at me for not telling her sooner about all this, against me, somehow, too." added in Ethan reasonably.

"So, uh...when are you planning on breaking the news to her, then?" asked Rory.

"Tonight." answered Ethan. "Sarah's suppose to be coming over to babysit Jane, tonight. So, I'll tell her then." he said. "Until then, don't say a word to her. Got it?!" he then said/ordered sternly at them.

"Got it!" exclaimed Rory seriously. "Yes, sir!" exclaimed Benny seriously along with Rory, at the same time, as they both gave a solider like salute to their seer friend. Acting silly, but at the same time also being very serious, as well.

Ethan just shook his head with a slight smile on his face then, in response to his two weirdo friends. Then the bell rang, which caused the boys to head to class.


It was now much later in the day and Ethan's parents were heading out on their usual Friday night date night, like always. Now that Sarah was there.

Not too long after Sarah's arrival, Rory and Benny had both showed up there, too. Ready for some geeky video gaming action! The boys all headed upstairs, while Sarah remained downstairs with Jane to watch a movie or two with some popcorn to munch on.

A little way into the first movie, Sarah had at point texted Erica asking if she had wanted to come over and hang out with while she babysat. But sadly, Erica quickly shot that down. Saying she'd rather die than go hang out at Nerd King's house with a bunch of dorks and a little girl. Then Erica told her about how she had a date herself to go on, tonight, anyway. So, she couldn't. Sarah understood and replied back that she wished her luck on her date and to try not to kill the poor guy, too. Sarah knew that more than likely this date was just another one of her 'dinner dates' to bag a meal. She often wondered if Erica's ever been on an actual normal date before, since becoming a vampire. As in, a date that didn't involve her sinking her fangs into the poor guy's neck at the end of it, that is!


Meanwhile, upstairs with the guys, about 3 hours later.

"Awe, come on, man! That's totally bogus! I so had that guy!" yelled out Benny frustratingly, as he threw his hands up in the air. Then he reached over to grab a bag of potato chips and started munching unhappily on them.

"Chill, B! We'll get him next time!" stated Ethan reassuringly to his best friend. "Assuming, that is, someone can stick to the plan and stop using the rocket launcher to takeout the enemies along with his own men. Then maybe we'd stand a chance!" he then pointed out/stressed sarcastically, as he cast an accusing glare towards Rory's direction.

"What?! I can't help it! The rocket launcher is wicked cool!" defended Rory surprisingly.

"Not when you wind up blowing me up in the process, it's not!" argued back Ethan heatedly.

"Yeah, Rory! I agree with E, on this one!" stated Benny. "The rocket launcher is a cool weapon to use, but not in a battle like this one, right now! It's more better suited when we're going up against the boss or a massive swarm of enemies coming at us from all sides! Not when we're only going up against a small group of enemies in a confined space!" he explained to the blonde.

"Whatever dudes. If it makes you happy then I'll stop using the rocket launcher." grumbled Rory unhappily, as he crossed his arms and looked away. "Lame-os." he then mumbled quietly to himself, referring to Ethan and Benny. But sadly, Benny slightly heard him say something.

"What was that dude?" asked Benny suddenly, as he gave him this suspicious look after just barely hearing the vampire mumble something under his breath. He didn't quite hear it, but he knew he had said something, though.

Rory quickly sat up straight with a nervous like look on his face, at that. "Um...nothing!" he quickly said, while trying to act calm and giving a somewhat nervous laugh at the end before taking a drink of his soda. Though, Benny just kept on eyeing him suspiciously afterward for a minute longer.

"Anyway, how about we take a quick break first, huh? I'm starting to get a bit stiff from all this sitting we've been doing. Plus, my hands are starting hurt, too." suggested Ethan, then.

Rory and Benny both agreed with the seer on taking a little break from gaming, real quick. They all put down their controllers and then stood up and stretched for a bit.

"This is a perfect time for me to dig into the critter snack that I brought, real quick! I'm starving!" declared Rory happily, as he went over to his backpack and pulled out a little plastic terrarium container (like the ones people usually tend to use to keep insects in as pets) that had a live rat in it.

Ethan and Benny both stared at the vampire with wide eyes in shock. "Is that the squeaking sound I kept hearing all this time?!" asked Ethan incredulously to the vampire.

"Yup! It sure is!" beamed Rory proudly, as he showed off his snack to the two. "I caught him earlier before heading on over here! Just in case, I might get hungry while I'm here! So, that way, I won't have to stop the fun early, just to leave to grab a little snack to eat if the old blood craving hits!" he explained brightly, before opening the lid and reaching down inside to pick up the rat.

Rory's fangs instantly popped out, as he then bit into the rat and drank it's blood.

The two humans in the room immediately looked away from the gross sight, with gagging and disgusted expressions on their faces.

"Dude! Did you have to do that in front of us?" commented Benny in disgust, as he looked away.

"Yeah, man! It's totally gross for us humans to see!" agreed Ethan strongly, while also looking away in disgust, as well.

Rory quickly finished sucking the rat dry then, before placing it back into the container to dispose of it later. He then looked at them with a small blush on his face. "Sorry, guys." he said apologetically to them. "Besides, how is watching me bite into a rat any different than me biting into a human, anyway?" he then challenged them.

Once it was safe to look back at Rory, again, Ethan answered him. "Because rats are gross and carry all sorts of diseases and illnesses that are harmful to us humans! Don't you realize where rats like to live?! In sewers and dumpsters, Rory!" he explained expressively, while still slightly grossed out about it. "Eating rats just isn't something we humans like to eat."

"That's so not true! I've heard in some countries there are people who do eat rats! And they're human like you are!" fired back Rory in a matter-of-factly kinda way.

"Ok, fine! Then MOST humans, who are at least civilized, don't eat rats, Rory!" argued back Ethan, correctively. "Besides, it's the rat's meat they eat. Not their blood!" he then jeered pointedly at him, before grimacing at the thought of anybody wanting to ever consume anything that comes from a rat.

Rory just rolled his eyes at him.

"Yeah! And besides, it's still kinda gross either way, dude. I mean, it's still blood you're drinking! NO human likes to drink blood, man!" added Benny informatively, agreeing with his best friend on this one.

Rory gave it some more thought, before realizing that they were probably right. Before becoming a vampire himself, he used to think blood-drinking was gross and unsanitary, too. Just like they did. Not to mention, it also tasted really gross back then, as well, when he was human. So, sorta got where they were coming from, at least.

"Ok, guys. You have a point." sighed Rory defeatedly and also feeling a bit guilty for being so inconsiderate towards his only two human friends in the world and their take on the whole 'blood-drinking' thing. "I'm sorry. Next time I'll take my rat somewhere more private to feast upon when you're around." he then apologized.

This pleased the two humans in the room, as they reluctantly watched the vampire place the container with the dead rat in it back into his bag, again. They would have gone back to eating their human snacks again, but after witnessing Rory draining a rat dry in front of them they had quickly lost their appetite for the junk food for a while.

"Maybe you should go wash your hands, Rory?" suggested Ethan uneasily (still thinking about the possible diseased rat he had earlier). Ethan really didn't want to risk catching anything after accidentally touching something that Rory's possibly contaminated hands might've touched before he did.

But before the vampire could do what was requested of him, there was a small knock at Ethan's bedroom door. The boys all turned their attention towards the door then, to see it slowly being opened up a bit and Sarah poking her head in.

"Hey, guys! I just now put Jane to bed. So, please try and keep it down a bit. Ok?" informed Sarah politely to them, in a slight whispering tone.

"Sure thing, Sarah." replied Ethan back with a smile.

Sarah returned the smile with one of her own before slipping back out the door and quietly closing it behind her.

Once she was gone, Ethan turned around to find both his friends just staring at him with this smug and knowing like look on their faces. "What?" questioned Ethan cluelessly at them, as he had no idea why they had those expressions on their faces for.

"Oh, you know what." replied/hinted Benny teasingly with a slight nod of his head.

"I do?" replied Ethan perplexingly.

"Oh, come on, bro! Now, is the perfect time to go down there and talk to Sarah, E!" exclaimed Benny exuberantly, but not too loudly, though.

"Yeah, man! Jane's gone to bed, which means Sarah is downstairs alone. The perfect opportunity to go talk to her, man!" agreed Rory in the same manner.

This made Ethan's cheeks burn a little from embarrassment from what they're implying. "Talk to her? About what, exactly?!" asked Ethan cluelessly, though he was mainly just playing dumb with them, now. He knew exactly what they were talking about. It was just that he didn't want to do it, is all.

Benny rolled his eyes. "About you being related to Jesse! Duh! Remember? You said you'd tell her tonight while she's over babysitting!" he said sarcastically in an obvious tone.

"Yeah, but...do I have to?" asked Ethan meekly with a blush.

"Dude! You said it yourself! It's best if she hears it coming from you rather than from the mouth of the devil himself! Aka, Jesse!" stated the spellmaster condescendingly. "He'll just...wind up spinning the truth in his favor, somehow, to make you look bad!"

Knowing he was right, Ethan gave in with a heavy sigh. "Ugh! Fine! I'll tell her, now." he complained/grumbled unhappily.

This brought a big smile to Benny's face. "Excellent, then!" he cheered while slapping a hand on his best friend's shoulder. "And while you're at it, you can also man up and tell her how you really feel about her, too!" he added brightly, as he forcibly led (more like shoved) Ethan towards the door.

"Wait?! What?!" exclaimed Ethan in surprise, as he also had this look of confusion on his face, as well.

"You heard me, Romeo!" replied Benny, ignoring the seer's protest. He then pushed him out the door, while standing there facing the seer with a supportive smile on his face. Rory was standing right there behind, also with a big cheesy and supportive grin on his face, as well.

"But! But! What about you guys?!" sputtered Ethan nervously still, as he stood there like a 'deer in headlights'.

"Don't worry about us, E! Rory and I will be sure to stay up here and out of the way, while you go and woo her with your nerdy charm!" replied Benny brightly, with Rory nodding in the background while flashing two thumbs up.

"But...but..." stuttered Ethan speechlessly, still not sure about doing this.

"I have faith you, young one! Now, get down there and go her, tiger!" encouraged Benny proudly to him with a wink. "I believe in you!" he said, right before shutting the door in Ethan's face.

Ethan just stood there dumbfounded by what just happened, as he just stared at his bedroom door incredulously.

"I'm gonna kill those two for this." he then sighed in discontentment, after snapping out of his stupor.

Ethan then turned around to face the hallway and stairs more. A sense of dread and uneasiness now overcame him, suddenly, at what he was about to do. He knew Sarah needed to know about his family relation to Jesse, as soon as possible. But as for how he felt about her? THAT he wasn't so sure about revealing to her, just yet, exactly. Especially, once he tells her about him and Jesse being related.

Taking a deep breath, he made his way to the stairs.


Once Ethan made it to the bottom of the stairs, he froze for a moment. Watching as Sarah tidied up the living room a bit, before taking a seat on the couch and grabbing the remote to aimlessly flick through the tv channels for something to watch. Ethan was in awe of her beauty. Even now, while she wore nothing more than just a simple nice blouse and blue jeans. To him, she'd always look beautiful. Even she was wearing a burlap sack! She'd still make it look fashionable with her good looks!

After taking a few more seconds to stand there admiring the girl he loves, Ethan swallowed the nervous lump he had in his throat, as he prepared to get what he had to say to her over with.

"H-Hey, Sarah? Can I...talk to you, for a second?" he asked her hesitantly, gaining the girl's attention.

Sarah casually turned off the tv then, when she heard Ethan's voice speaking up to her. She then turned to face him better and smiled warmly at him, then. "Sure, Ethan! What did you want to talk to me about?" she inquired sweetly to him.

Ethan came up to the couch and took a seat next to her on it. "There's uh...something I need to tell you about. Something...that I just found out about, yesterday." he said rather nervously.

"Ok...? What?" she then asked him concernedly, with a slight uncertain expression on her face.

"Well, um...you see...uh? I'm kinda afraid to tell you, though." stalled Ethan ashamedly.

"Why?" questioned Sarah.

Ethan hesitated for a moment, before answering. "Because...I'm afraid of how you'll react once I do."

"Ethan. I'm your friend and you can tell me anything. You know that right?" replied Sarah sweetly to him with a smile. She patiently waited for Ethan's response, to which he simply nodded to. "I promise, I won't overreact to whatever it is you have to tell me." she then said reassuringly.

Ethan sat there silently at first, thinking about what Sarah just said to him. "Ok." replied Ethan, deciding to believe to her. He took a deep breath first before beginning. "You see, last night while on my way home from Benny's. I um...ran into someone. Someone who...we all thought we'd never see again." explained Ethan reluctantly.

This piqued Sarah's curiosity, now. As she looked at him with a slightly concerned and curious expression on her face. "Who?" she asked curiously and cautiously.

Ethan gave her this look that said, 'you're not gonna like it, once I do tell you.' But he told her anyway. "Jesse." he said.

Sarah's eyes shot open widely at that. "Jesse?! Really?! You mean he's back?!" she said incredulously in shock.

Ethan slowly nodded as conformation to her surprised questions. "But he said that he wasn't back for you, though." he then informed her.

Now, Sarah was confused. "He's not?" she said questionably, to which the seer simply shook his head sadly back at her. "Then why IS he back, then?" she asked him.

Ethan looked down at his hands then, as he answered her, sullenly. "For me, apparently."

"Why? For revenge?" asked Sarah curiously.

Ethan shook his head. "No. He said that he wasn't back for revenge or anything like that." he answered, dreading having to tell her the real reason for Jesse's return as he fell silent, now

Sarah could tell that Ethan didn't want to tell her, but she needed to know. "Ethan. Tell me. I need to know." she said earnestly in a gentle tone.

"He said...he said...that he was back for me because...we're...brothers." struggled Ethan nervously, but eventually he was able to get it all out.

Sarah couldn't help but gasp shockingly at what he just told her. "Brothers?! But...but...how?!" questioned Sarah incredulously.

"I don't know? But...I think he's just lying about it to get under my skin, somehow." Ethan simply answered. "No! I know he must be lying! It's just not physically possible! Or logical, for that matter." he then stated boldly and more confidently, this time.

"You're right! Jesse's just being his lying jerky-self, as usual. I mean, there's no way you're related to someone as cold and...calculating, as he is." agreed Sarah strongly, shaking her head amusingly at the end with a small smile to match.

Ethan's demeanor once again deflated back into it's quiet and shameful appearance. As he looked down, sullenly. "Actually...Jesse and I are related, though." he confessed glumly.

Sarah's head then snapped in his direction, as her expression quickly changed to that of a confused and intrigued one. "Ethan, what are you talking about, exactly?" she asked him with a quirked up brow.

"Well...when I got home that night, after my run-in with Jesse, I decided to ask my parents whether or not if I was adopted." replied Ethan.

"And...what did they say?" she asked slowly.

"That...it was true. I'm adopted." he replied, shamefully.

Sarah's eyes went wide with surprise at that. "So...you're not really their son, then?" she asked curiously, wanting to make sure she got it right.

Ethan shook his head 'no' downheartedly for his reply.

Sarah gasped while covering her mouth in shock. "Oh, Ethan." she said sympathetically, as she felt great remorse for the poor boy. Not being able to help herself, Sarah hugged Ethan out of remorse.

This brought a small blush on the seer's face, as he felt his heart go a flutter at the close contact between him and the ever-gorgeous Sarah. Unfortunately, though, the hug had ended all too quickly to Ethan's liking.

Sarah leaned back at looked at the boy out of curiosity, now. "But...I don't get it? How does this make you and him related, though?" she then asked.

"Apparently, when my parents had adopted me, they had my last name changed to theirs." he answered.

"Ok...so what was your given last name originally, then?" she then asked, not liking what the answer might be.

"Black." replied Ethan ruefully.

Now, Sarah regretted ever asking. She was stunned to learn that Ethan's last name was originally Black. The same last name as Jesse's.

"Wait! Wait! Wait!" repeated Sarah doubtfully, as she shook her head vigorously in denial and confusion at what Ethan had just told her. "How is that like...even possible?! Jesse is a really old vampire and your just a teenager?! Who's human, I might add! No way, are two brothers! It's just not possible!" she stated incredulously, refusing to believe that Ethan and Jesse are brothers.

"That's where the lie is!" pointed out Ethan suddenly, answering her. Sarah looked at him perplexing then for him explain. So, he did. "You see, last night I got to thinking about it and had remembered something!" he started to explain eagerly to Sarah. "That night during the lunar eclipse. Jesse had said something to me! He said, 'Funny, how they name streets after what they tore down to build them. This used to be an orchard. One of my favorite spots, until your idiot ancestors burned my flock alive.'" Ethan recited, as he told Sarah exactly word-from-word what it was that Jesse had said to him that night before she had shown to help.

Sarah looked at Ethan attentively, while carefully listening to the seer. She nodded to show that she got it. So, Ethan continued. "When I had remembered that, the word 'ancestors' immediately stuck out to me." he said to her.

"Ok? So...what does that have to do with you two not being brothers, after all?" she asked confusedly.

"Well, for one, we don't know a whole lot about who Jesse is! Background-wise! Like, who his parents were and if he had any siblings back then, too!" pointed out Ethan excitedly, which got Sarah a bit amped up, as well.

"I get it, now! You're saying it's possible that maybe he had a sibling back then, who you're related, too! An ancestor, if you will!" exclaimed Sarah brightly, as she caught on to what Ethan was saying.

"Exactly!" exclaimed back Ethan quickly with excitement. "It's the only way for any of this makes sense! I MUST be a distant relative of Jesse's sibling! Meaning, I'm Jesse's 4 times great-grandnephew!" he blurted out exuberantly.

That did make much more sense on how it is they're related! Now, it all made sense to Sarah!

Sarah then leaned back on the couch, as if she was exhausted or something and let out a sigh. "Of course! Leave it to my evil ex of a boyfriend, to wanna play mind games with us. He's such a jerk!" she said disappointedly with a bit of bitterness in her tone, as she laid/sat there staring up at the ceiling. Wishing that Jesse would stop trying to ruin their lives and just move on, already!

Ethan frowned at her reaction, as he was reminded once again just how much Sarah's dislikes Jesse. Even though, he and Jesse may not be closely related, Ethan still worried that she might begin to hate or hold a grudge against him, too. Granted, he never really done anything to hurt her, like Jesse did. But still...the thought of Sarah no longing liking him anymore, scared the poor teen.

"Now, she probably doesn't want anything to do with me, anymore." thought Ethan sadly to himself, as he looked at his hands with a sullen and worried expression on his face.

Sarah then looked over in Ethan's direction. She noticed the worried and somewhat sad expression on his face. She frowned at the sight, as she became concerned for the poor boy all of sudden. "Hey, is something wrong, Ethan? You look a little...upset, about something." asked Sarah concernedly to the teen, as she sat back up to face him more now.

"It's...nothing. Really." replied Ethan reluctantly, as he just simply shook his head while remaining to look down at his hands in a sullen manner.

But Sarah wasn't buying it. "Ethan." she said to him in a stern but also kind tone, as he looked at him.

This made Ethan glance over in her direction real quick. He could see the concern shining back in her eyes, which made him feel even worse now. He didn't like it when Sarah felt disappointed with him. He then looked back down at his lap, again.

Sarah saw him clamming up in silence. So, she placed a gentle hand over his in the hopes of comforting him in some way.

Ethan felt his heart do a backflip inside his chest at the gesture but he still struggled in wanting to tell her, though. But...he did.

"I'm worried that...know that we know that I'm related to Jesse in someway, that...you might...begin to hate or resent me because of that. Thinking that...just because Jesse and I are family that...it also means that I'm the same evil psychopath as he is. That I'll eventually begin to start acting more like him. Leaving you not wanting to be my friend anymore. Which, I would really hate to happen because...I really care about you." confessed Ethan downheartedly in shame and guilt. He dreaded what she would say next.

But to Sarah, this came as a surprise to her. She could never hate or ever want anything to do with him! He means too much to her, too! "Ethan, I could hate or resent you just because you're related to Jesse! You're my friend! And would never want to change that, either!" she said reassuringly to him in a sympathetic kinda way.

"You say that now, but...what if in time that'll all change? And you start to see me in a different light and then start to despise me because of my family ties with Jesse?" questioned Ethan worriedly in desperation.

"I won't." replied Sarah earnestly. "Because...I...I...really like you, Ethan." she said bashfully, as she stumbled over in getting the words out a bit.

Ethan's head shot up at that when he realized what Sarah just confessed to him. He looked over in her direction with a shocked expression on his face, as he saw the girl sitting there with her head down a bit and a darken blush spread across her face, too.

"Y-y-you what, now?!" stuttered Ethan stupidly in shock, as his voice cracked a little.

Now, Sarah was the one squirming in her seat nervously. "I said that...I really like you, Ethan." she repeated timidly in a shy manner.

"As in...?" inquired Ethan curiously, as he trailed off and left the sentence opened for her to finish it. He wanted to make sure he got what she was saying, right. Though, he did feel a little bit dumb for asking, though.

"As in...I might have developed a bit of a...crush on you." she answered embarrassingly, but meaning it.

This totally threw Ethan for a loop. He was not expecting this! That's for sure! Now, he started blushing. "I see."

"But I totally understand if you don't feel the same back that I do about you, though!" stated Sarah quickly back then in a hurry.

"Actually...it's ok." replied Ethan slowly while nodding his head in a daze, as he was still in shock from learning that Sarah has a crush on him, too. He'd probably would have fainted too, if it wasn't for the fact that it would've made him look like a fool in front of her.

Sarah was surprised by Ethan's reaction a little bit, as she stared back at him incredulously. "You are?!" she asked.

Ethan nodded again, but this more bashfully. He guessed it was now or never to tell her. So, he did. "Uh-huh. You see...I've always had a crush on you, too, Sarah. Since day one, when we first met in the cafeteria on the first day of school. It was like...love at first sight for me when I had accidentally bumped into you and spilled my food all over your shirt, that day. Which...I really am sorry about, by the way." he confessed shyly and modestly with a blush.

Sarah shrugged and then smiled at the seer. "It's ok, really. I was able to get the stain out, anyway. No worries." she replied cheerfully. "And uh...I kinda might've already known about you having a crush on me, too. Well, more like a hunch, really." she then confessed embarrassingly with a small blush of her own.

"You did?!" exclaimed Ethan in surprise.

"Yup! I could tell just by the way you would react sometimes when around me. The shyness. The jittery nerves. Not being able to look me in the eyes sometimes when it's just you and me around. How protective you get over me sometimes when you think I'm in danger. How you try to impress me sometimes by trying to be all cool and stuff, when clearly you're not. Which I like by the way. How geeky you are sometimes, I mean." she explained honestly, as she listed off some of the instances that gave her some idea that he might like her. She got a little bashful there at the end, though, when she mentioned how she liked his geekiness.

"Oh! And then there was that time when I first showed up at your house to babysit and instantly ran back up the stairs once you saw that it was me! Only to come back down a few minutes later wearing a completely different outfit and some cologne, too! That one was an obvious giveaway." she then recalled in realization, as that memory popped up in her mind. Giving a small amusing giggle at the end. "You know, I think you ever only wore cologne like...maybe twice, since I've known you? That time and then again when right before Benny tricked me and Erica into trying out that fake Dusk perfume, which turned out to be a love potion that he created himself. That made me, her, and every girl in school fall madly in love with you two. Only to then turn around and completely hate your guts and wanted you two dead, later on. Thank goodness, the effects of the potion eventually wore off, though." mused Sarah thoughtfully, as she thought about it fondly with a warm smile.

"Wow! I didn't know...my crush on you was that obvious." stated Ethan astonishingly before then looking away embarrassingly. "Well...maybe I did. Just a little, though. But I thought for sure it wasn't that obvious to you, though! You always acted so..." he then said rationally in a calm and somewhat embarrassed tone. He didn't finish his last sentence, due to him being afraid that if he said the word that came to mind that it might offend Sarah.

But Sarah knew where he was going with it and finished his sentence for him. "Oblivious to it?" she said with a small giggle and smile. "Yeah! Well...I'm a really good actor." joked Sarah, playfully.

This made Ethan smile. "So, um...how come you never acknowledge you already knowing about my crush on you sooner, then?" he then asked.

"Because...then I'd have to acknowledge my own feelings about liking you, too." confessed Sarah with a frown. "And...I just wasn't ready for that, yet. Not while I was still trying to figure out the whole fledgling thing. Though...now, I guess I'm trying to figure out the whole full vampire thing, huh?" she explained some more.

"So, how long have you been crushing on me for, anyway?" asked Ethan curiously.

Sarah gave a little shrug first before replying. "Not long, I suppose? Or maybe...I've always had one on you near the beginning? Like, not at first sight, kinda thing with you. But um...maybe a couple of months into our friendship, I did?" she answered uncertainly, as she tried to piece it all together in her mind. Though, all she got in return was a very confused look from Ethan.

Sarah shook her head, to help clear her mind as she continued explaining. "Ok! You see, in the beginning after we became friends, I had felt nothing for you romantically. And then eventually, there were these...weird maybe awkward moments between you and me, that sorta...had me stopping to think for a minute because on the inside I felt strange. Like a...good kinda strange. But I would either, just ignore it and move on or I'd just play it off as an awkward moment between friends."

"Ok, so when was it that it finally hit you that you liked me, then?" wondered Ethan.

Sarah then scrunched up her face, as she thought about it. "Not until...the dance, really." she answered truthfully, once she remembered. "When I saw that Jesse had bitten you, my heart instantly dropped. I became so paralyzed with fear and concern for you that...it felt as if my world was about to end at that very moment, seeing you like that." explained Sarah wholeheartedly, as she had a look of guilt on her face. There's a bit of silence from her then, after that.

"But then you...saved me, by sucking out the venom." replied Ethan then, as he said what she couldn't with a remorseful expression on his face.

Sarah nodded. "I couldn't just let you become one of us, too, Ethan. It's one thing for me to be a vampire, but...for you to suffer the same fate as me, just because my evil ex wanted to spite me? I could never live with myself, for that." she said glumly but honestly, too. "I didn't want your life to be ripped away from you without a choice, like it was with me and the others."

Ethan then took Sarah's hand into his and used his other hand to gently lift Sarah's chin, so that she'd look into his warm and kind eyes. He had a loving smile on his face as he spoke. "And that's one of the reasons why I like you, Sarah. Rather than being selfish and inconsiderate, you chose to be selfless and compassionate, instead, that night. By thinking about me and my future rather than you're own. And I'll always be grateful for that, too." he lovingly said to her. "That day when I spilled my lunch on your shirt and then you showing up at my house to babysit, later that day? I think...well, I think it was destiny throwing us together, saying 'you two belong together'. I know it might sound silly but...I think you're my soulmate, Sarah." he said earnestly to her, feeling a bit embarrassed there at the end as he removed his hand from her chin and blushed a little while saying it. But he meant every word of it, though.

This made Sarah smile. "He has no idea how cute and romantic he can be, sometimes. Huh?" she thought fondly to herself while admiring his handsome face a little.

Having Sarah look at him like that made Ethan feel bashful now. "Since we both now know that we have crushes on each other. Sarah, w-would y-you like to...um...g-go out...on a...d-d-da-da-" said Ethan nervously, as he fumbled over his words to ask her out on a date but ended short once he heard her giggling amusingly at him.

Sarah giggled, seeing how nervous he was in asking her out. So, she decided to say the words for him, instead. Plus, it's fun finishing each other's sentences, sometimes. It makes them feel...even closer, somehow. "On a date with you?" she finished for him sweetly. "Sure. I'd love that." replied Sarah sincerely back to him with a smile.

Ethan smiled joyously then and fist-pumped the air in excitement. Once he realized what he just did, he felt rather embarrassed by his reaction to Sarah saying yes to a date and ducked his head a bit with a blush. "I mean uh...ok! Yeah! Cool!" he then said calmly, as he tried to play it cool and collected in front of her. But of course, it was obvious how embarrassed and awkward he felt about it, though.

This only made the vampire giggle with amusement at Ethan's response, as she found it adorable. Hearing Sarah's angelic laugh only made Ethan smile fondly at her, then.

Before the two knew it, they found each other staring endlessly into the other's gorgeous eyes. And then from there, they began to slowly lean into each other until their lips met in a kiss.

The kiss was passionate and yet, sweet at the same time. With both teens gladly enjoying it and the wonderful feeling it gave them on the inside, too.

But sadly, all good things must come to end. As the doorbell had rung suddenly, interrupting the intimate moment between the two. They both pulled back and looked at the door with a curious expression on their faces.

"Who on Earth could that be at this hour?" wondered Sarah curiously, though secretly she wanted to hurt whoever was on the other side of the door for ruining their perfect moment together.

"Don't know?" replied Ethan with a shrug, also hating the person on the other side who dared to interrupt their kiss together.

"Where you or your parents or the fellas expecting anybody, then?" asked Sarah then, as she turned back around to face Ethan.

Again, Ethan shook his head. "No. We're not. At least...not that I know of, anyway?" he replied. Then he got up from his spot on the couch and began to make his way over towards the door. "Maybe Benny and Rory got hungry and ordered a pizza?" he guessed amusingly then.

"Hungry? But I thought you guys had a bunch of junk food upstairs in your room to pig out on?" pointed out Sarah in confusion, as she watched him walk towards the door.

Ethan placed his hand on the doorknob but didn't turn it, yet. As he turned to look back at Sarah with an amused smirk on his face. "You know, how Benny is. Once he's hit with one of his pizza cravings, then nothing can satisfy it. Not even tons of junk food. The only thing that will is, of course, pizza." he said informatively to her, in a sarcastic and smug way.

Sarah laughed. "Yeah, you're probably right!" she laughed. "Sometimes, I wonder where he puts it all!" she then stated jokingly with another small laugh.

Ethan smiled at her before then facing the door, unlocking it, and then opening it. Only for his cheery smile to instantly fall, as he was met by someone he really didn't want to see.

Standing there outside at the door was Jesse. Who had this big friendly smile on his face. "Baby brother! It's so nice to see you, again! How you've been?!" greeted Jesse cheerfully and brightly.

Though Ethan wasn't fooled. He could clearly see that the over friendliness was all fake and just an act. Ethan just glared at him with a scowl, half tempted to just slam the door shut in his face. Before Ethan could say anything back to him, he suddenly felt a woosh of wind come up behind him and a threatening hiss soon after. It was Sarah, who had super sped on over behind him.

"What are you doing here, Jesse?!" asked/demanded Sarah angrily to her evil ex, as she had her fangs out and eyes turned yellow.

"Well, for once I'm not here for you, sweetheart. So, you can relax." replied Jesse charmingly with a hint of smugness added in, as he gave her a wink.

Sarah hissed at him again and this time was about ready to lunge at him for that little remark, but was quickly held back by Ethan raising an arm in front of her to stop her. He didn't want her doing anything rash. Just yet, that is.

"So, why are you here?" questioned Ethan cautiously, obviously not trusting the guy.

"I just thought that we should talk, is all. You know, brother-to-brother. Besides, I've given you enough time already to let the fact of us being brothers sink-in. I think it's time for us to finally catch up. Don't you think, little bro?" answered Jesse collectedly with a slight sense of playful teasing.

"Can it with the 'little brother' crap already, Jesse! Will yah?! I might believe you about us actually being related part, but as for the brother part? No way! I know for a FACT that you're not my brother!" scoffed Ethan heatedly back in defense.

"Oh?!" mused Jesse intriguingly, with a look to match. "So, I see that you asked about your adoption then to your parents then, eh? Well, that's good." he stated impressively in a calm manner. "And I'm sure they must've confirmed what I've been saying all this time, then? Hmm?" he then asked.

"Yeah! I did!" spat Ethan back at the vampire. "My last name may have been Black before they changed it, but nowhere on my adoption papers did it say I had any siblings, though!" he pointed out snappily.

"So, you've seen them, huh?" replied Jesse, intriguingly.

"Not at first when I had asked last night whether or not I was adopted and they had told me everything, but...this morning before school they had shown me them! And I absolutely saw on the papers where siblings were listed at on it that it had 'none' listed!" explained Ethan a little disheartened at first but then quickly regained his confidence once more, again when speaking to the evil vampire.

"So, you were just lying, Jesse! Like you always do!" added Sarah bitterly.

Then Jesse brought a hand up to his chin as if thinking something over deeply. "I see..." he said intriguingly with a smug smirk on his face, as if he knew something they didn't. "Well, apparently, the papers must've been tampered with, then." commented Jesse smugly.

Sarah just rolled her eyes at that. "Oh, yeah? By who then?" she demanded in an annoyed manner, as she decided to play along.

Jesse just grinned widely at her. "I'm afraid that this is a family matter between me and Ethan here, my dear sweet lovely Sarah. Which means that this doesn't concern you in the least bit." he stated back to her in a matter-of-factly tone. "Now, if you'll excuse me. Me and my darling little baby bro here need to talk. Alone. So, why don't you run along now and go do what the Morgans are paying you to do, which is babysitting their little girl." mocked Jesse to Sarah then in a condescending way, as he waved his hand as if shooing her along with that cocky smirk of his.

This made Sarah angry, as she hissed at him again. But clearly, Jesse wasn't phased by Sarah's little threats towards him. He then turned to face Ethan with a kind smile on his face. "If you don't mind, Ethan, I'd like to get our little chat over with, now. So, if you'd just kindly invite me in, then we can get started. We have a lot to catch up on." stated Jesse charmingly, again.

"As if he'd ever invite you in, Jesse!" spat Sarah defensively with disdain and venom in her voice at her evil ex-boyfriend.

Jesse gasped a fake hurt/stunted expression, as he placed a hand over his heart but then he smiled smugly at her again. "Why? Am I...interrupting, something between you two?" replied Jesse mockingly but also innocently, as well. Smirking his usual cocky and smug smile at them.

Neither, Ethan or Sarah said a word back to him at that, as they tried their best to remain unphased by what he just said to them. But Jesse was observant, as he noticed the slight change of color on their faces. Clearly, indicating that he was intruding on something between them, after all. And he had his guesses, as to what, too. Making his smile grow even more.

"You know, you two. Silence can speak volumes sometimes." teased Jesse casually to the two, but also in a hinting sorta way, too. But Ethan and Sarah still remained quiet, though. Although, this time they couldn't help but look away a little, as the blush on their faces darkened a little. "Fine! Whatever! Have it your way! If I can't come in to talk, then how about...," he then blew off casually, seeing as they weren't about to let him anytime soon. But as he drew out his final sentence, he grinned devilishly suddenly right before finishing it. "we just talk out here, then, instead? Eh, little brother?" he finished smugly then.

Right after he said that, Jesse then used his vampire speed to quickly grab Ethan by his arm (ignoring the searing and burning pain he felt on his own from crossing the house's threshold without permission first) and yanked him outside through the doorway. Ethan let out a tiny yelp of surprise at the evil vampire's move, as he was pulled out of the house in the blink of an eye.

Once Ethan was out, Jesse then immediately used his vampire telekinesis power to blow Sarah back further into the house, before she could come after them. Then the door quickly slammed shut with the same power being used on it and locked itself.


A/N: Holy, ba-geezus! What an ending to a very intense chapter, huh?! Lol! I wonder what's gonna happen with Ethan, since he's been kidnapped by Jesse?!

And I'm sure all you Etharah fans out there are probably screaming right about now because feelings have now been confessed and a kiss was shared between the two! Making them an item, now! Eek! XD

And how great of friends are Rory and Benny, huh? Encouraging their dear friend Ethan to go downstairs and confront Sarah about his feelings for her. That and urging him to tell Sarah about the whole 'family relation' thing to Jesse, as well.

So, I know that I (probably once again) promised you all that this chapter will be the one that will explain the whole brothers' thing between Jesse and Ethan. But...as you can see, it's not. Once again, that'll have to wait until the next chapter. Sorry. :( Please, don't hurt me for it, though! I'm...fragile. *sniffles a couple of times, while cowering in fear*

It's just that I had to end it here because as usual, the chapter got away from me again in length. And the explanation part of Jesse's and Ethan's past would have been long, as well. So, I thought it best to just save that for the next chapter, instead, rather than making this one a super long chapter. I hope you all understand and can forgive me. I'm such a terrible author to you guys. *looks down in shame with pouty face* :P

Anyway, that's it for now! I hope every body has a safe and happy Halloween tomorrow! Until next time, I'll be seeing you all around! Bye! ;D