MONDAY AFTER SCHOOL, BENNY'S POV

"Erica? Erica?" I called quietly, stretching out her name. The teachers met after school on Mondays, and I didn't intend on getting detention for disrupting their meeting. I turned around and looked for her, backing down the hall.

"Hey!" Someone snapped angrily. I turned around, afraid to see the person I just bumped in to.

He was tall. That's all I really noticed before he punched me in the jaw.

While I was lying on the ground, I heard him storm off. "Erica…" I murmured again. I closed my eyes, putting my hands on my stomach. Yeah, I was being dramatic. But my face hurt, and it was good excuse to take a nap. Suddenly, two soft hands were next to my own on my stomach.

"Oh, Ben, are you okay? I feel so bad. I heard you calling, but I was turning in my English paper late- you have abs?"

I laughed. "Help me up." Erica stood and grabbed my hand, yanking me up.

"Benny, I feel so bad! I just-" She put her hands on my cheeks and leaned in, kissing my jawline on the left side of my face. She pulled back and looked at me.

"So, I know Sarah's at Ethan's tonight, and we've been blowing both of them off. So if you wanted to, we could go…" Erica looked at me.

I sighed happily. "You're perfect." Erica blinked at my words, then pressed her lips to mine. I brought my hands to her waist and pulled her closer, deepening the kiss.

"Someone's going to see us…" I breathed.

"I don't care," She replied.

ETHAN'S POV

"Sarah, help me find Benny." I said after chemistry ended. Erica had bolted the second class ended. Sarah sighed as she dropped the last of her books in her bag.

"Help me find Erica after?" She asked. I nodded. "She had an English paper she was turning in late," Sarah explained as she led me towards the English wing.

I stepped in line with her. "And I don't know where -whoa." We had just reached the end of the hall, and the sight around the corner made me freeze.

"What?" Sarah hissed, peeking around the corner. "Oh my gosh!" She grabbed my backpack and yanked my back around the corner.

"Benny and Erica are secretly dating!" I blurted. "What do we do?"

"Bust them," Sarah said. She grabbed my hand. In a second, we were around the corner and standing in front of Benny and Erica.

"Benny?" I asked. Making sure it wasn't Evil Benny, back from the toilet. Or an otherwise impaired version of him.

He pulled away from Erica, sighing. "That's my name." He turned to look at me.

"Oh, well. Were you done sucking face, or should we leave?" Sarah said.

"Hey, Ethan," Erica asked, ignoring Sarah. "Um, can me and Benny still come to the thing at your house?"

"Thing?" I asked.

"With Sarah. Or…" Something dawned on Erica. Her eyes widened. "If it's a date, I'm sorry. I'll make Benny take me to the movies."

"What?" Benny said, at the same time Sarah said, "It actually is a date."

I looked at her incredulously. "It is?"

"Yes, Ethan." She looked at the same shocked look on Benny's face. "I just love my Ethan!" She gushed falsely. "Gotta go." She grabbed my hand again, pulling my away with vampire speed.

"Sarah, what -"

"Shut up, or I'll bite you."

Well, okay.