Benny expected Ethan to be more excited about this news, but his friend was just settled into his seat, staring up at him. "I think we should discuss this with Sarah," Ethan finally said, opening his bag of chips.

"Fine. Let's go do that, now." Benny motioned for Ethan to get up from his chair, but instead Ethan continued to eat.

"I'm hungry."

"The funny thing about every item of food on your tray is, it's portable. Take it with you, and we'll go find Sarah to see what she thinks about my revelation."

Taking his bag of chips and apple with him, Ethan gave Benny the evil eye before begrudgingly following pursuit.

"Are you going to the dance with anyone on Saturday?" Sarah sat at her desk doodling, while Erica twirled her long, blonde hair in her fingers.

"Are you kidding? All the geeks in this school aren't worthy of my time," Erica yawned dramatically. "What about you?"

Sarah shrugged, still finding the subject of boys a touchy one, considering the product of her last relationship turned her into a vampire. "I was thinking of going with a friend, maybe."

"Wait, you don't mean that little geek you babysit, right?" Erica raised her eyebrows at Sarah, winding her up.

Before Sarah had a chance to answer, she turned her head and saw Benny and Ethan peering in through the door. They seemed to be signalling for her to come out of class, but her lip-reading abilities were questionable. Regardless, she raised her hand and asked, "May I be excused?"

The teacher gave her a hall pass, and she left the classroom with her stuff, not knowing how long this could take. Once in the hallway, she noticed Benny wouldn't stop pacing. "What's with him? Did he eat a pound of sugar again?"

"I wish it were that simple," Ethan mumbled, taking a bite from his apple.

"Ethan, tell her exactly everything about the vision that you told me. Then I'll give her my theory," Benny said, walking back and forth with his hand on his chin.

It took less than a minute for Ethan to explain his vision, but it took Benny at least five to calm down long enough to share his side of things.

By the end of it, Sarah looked pensive. "Okay, first I'm gonna need you to stop pacing. I feel like I'm burning calories just looking at you," she directed towards Benny, who stopped walking abruptly, but instead began to tap his finger against his leg. "I guess that'll have to do. I don't see why I always have to make the plans, but here's what we'll do. Ethan and I will do some research on the matter. You, however," she said, poking Benny in the chest, "need to continue acting normal...well, as normal as you can be, around Fayette. She's still a girl. And for some reason, she seems to like your company."

"So you believe me?" Benny looked hopeful.

Not wanting to let him down, Sarah gave a weak smile. "I think you're onto something, but until Ethan and I find out more about this, don't freak out."

Feeling a bit more hopeful, Benny gave his signature wide grin. "Well, I better get to class. Thank you both."

Once he was out of earshot, Ethan regarded Sarah for a moment before saying, "Thank you. I think this situation is a little strange for him. But what you did was nice."

"Ah, don't mention it. I guess I should probably stop by your house later, so we can go through the books and try to see if there's any information that may help us figure this out."

"Yeah, sure. That sounds fine. Um, I suppose I'll see you later."

Sarah remained motionless for a moment, a look of contemplation upon her face, before she finally headed off down the hall, not even bothering to return to class.

Benny had it all planned out how he would deal with Fayette in science. Since the discussion with Sarah and Ethan, he'd written and rewritten the same note about twenty times, not sure how to get all the words exactly right. Thankfully, right before the bell rang for science, he perfected it.

'Good, I'll just set it on her desk once she walks in, and then we'll talk after class. Simple,' he thought.

Fayette practically glided in the room, wearing a light blue dress and a flower headband in her hair. She smiled at Benny, who was stricken with a new plan to give her the note he'd so perfectly constructed, though it would completely go against Sarah's wishes to act normal.

Digging through his backpack, he found the book he needed. Making sure no one saw, he muttered a few words under his breath while holding the note in his right hand. Quickly, it disappeared, and with a blue flash reappeared on Fayette's desk. He heard a small gasp behind him, already aware of who it could be and why.

He waited until the end of class, right as the bell rang for the end of the day, before he turned around to see Fayette. He expected her to look happy. Relieved. Maybe even a little smitten.

Instead, her eyes were focused on one spot on the blackboard, and as the whole class left, she remained seated.

Once everyone had gone, she grabbed her bag and in one fluid motion, stood up and took hold of Benny's hand, dragging him out of the classroom. Fayette pinned him against the wall, pointing one finger on his chest, and eyed Benny closely. "Explain yourself," she said, an intense look on her face.