Chapter 2
~~~~ Dustin's P.O.V. ~~~~
I woke up to the smell of pancakes and bacon. Bacon. The food of the gods. I stretch and take the covers off… Wait… Where am I? Am I at the house? I look around and see that I'm right. I try getting up but my laziness overcomes me and I flop back down on the bed. I hear laughing and I jump. I see Benny.
"Lazy?" I nod and blush a little. Hopefully he doesn't notice.
"Cmon. Lets head downstairs. Ethan is making bacon." He sounded excited so I decided to oblige. I got out of bed sluggishly.
"You're so cute." I heard him say under his breath. Really? I look like a monster in the morning. We head downstairs and I smile. Ethan looks at me, a little scared.
"Are you okay now?" He asked hesitantly. I nodded.
"Yea sorry. I let my anger get out of hand. I'm sorry." He smiled.
"It's fine." He put a bunch of food on a plate and handed it to me. I was drooling. I decided that I had to do something but I don't know what… Oh wait. A hug. I put the plate on the counter and I hug him tightly.
"Thank you so much for everything. I'm sorry I put you through so much." I whispered in his ear.
"It's okay really." He replied back to me. I pulled away and he was blushing. Guess he's not used to hugs.
"Hey. Where's my hug? I'm the one who carried you home." Benny complained, sitting on the counter.
"Yea yea. Whatever." I smiled a little bit and hugged him. Then, I may regret this but I figured it's a nice thing to do, I kissed him on the cheek. I grabbed my plate full of food and left him there while I ate like a slob.
"I think I broke him." I giggled. Ethan nodded.
"I think you did."
"Did you? But.. Why? How? What? Huh?" He looked so confused but he was also blushing like a tomato.
"You carried me home and comforted me." I explain in a 'duh' tone.
"But. You willingly kissed me. On the cheek! ME!" He said. I nodded.
"Uh huh. And?" He ran his hand through his hair.
"Benny and i aren't necessarily popular with the girls. We're the outcasts of the school." He explained.
"Really. But you guys are such sweethearts." I said while biting into my bacon. They both blushed even more and I laughed slightly.
"No girl ever gives us compliments so sorry if we're awkward right now." Ethan explains.
"It's cool. Now I'm gonna go watch Lord Of The Rings." I take the plate into the living room and turn on the tv. I put in my disc, put it in, and I watch it. I think the boys were still freaking out a little, but whateveh. About an hour or so later of me eating slowly and watching the movie, I finished my food and went into the kitchen so wash my plate. Ethan and Benny were talking about something and I guess I interrupted.
"Oh hey Dustin." Benny said.
"Hey." I began washing my plate.
"You don't have to do that." Ethan said coming up next to me.
"It's fine. I want to." I said. He nodded and then looked at his watch.
"Dammit! We're gonna be late for school."
"I didn't think there was school today." I said as I put my plate to dry.
"There was a delay." Benny said.
"Okay then. I'm going to go take a shower and get ready." I ran upstairs and got into the shower first.
"Cmon Dustin!" Ethan said banging on the door.
"Ya snooze ya lose buddy boy." I said. I took a 5 minute shower and wrapped myself in a towel.
"It's all yours Ethan." I said. He looked at me.
"You take a fast shower." He said. I shrug. Then I walk to his room.
"Wait! Dustin don't-" I opened his door to see Benny on his bed reading his spells. He looked up and blushed. I did too.
"S-Sorry." I said and I closed the door and walked over to Ethan.
"I forgot he was in there." He explained. I nodded.
"Let me get changed in here." I walked into the bathroom and got dressed into a shirt that has 'Mischief Managed' written on it and skinny jeans with combat boots. I walked out and Ethan walked in the bathroom. I went to our room and saw Benny with a blush still on his face.
"Sorry bout that. Ethan didn't warn me that you were in here." He nodded.
"It's fine." I got out my blow dryer and began to dry my hair. I kept flipping it upside down and to the side. By the time I was down, it was puffy. Ethan came out of the shower with wet hair.
"Use this." I handed him the blow dryer and went back into the bathroom. I brought eyeliner and red lipstick.
"You don't need that." Benny said. I jumped at his voice. I shrugged.
"It brings out my eyes and lips." He nodded.
"So who did you blue makeup that made your eyes look small?" He cringed slightly.
"My mother." I said. I was finished with my makeup and turned to Benny.
"See? Black eye makeup equal big, blue eyes. Red lipstick draws attention to my lips." I explained. He look surprised.
"What is this sorcery?" He asked.
"Makeup. Girls cake this stuff on to look like me sometimes." I say. I fluff up my hair and put on a leather jacket.
"There. How do I look?" I asked the boys.
"Hot." They both said. I smiled.
"Thanks guys." I grabbed my bag and then we all left.
When we got to school, I realized I made a mistake. Everyone stared at me. Guys especially. Then I saw a guy who looked like the guy I met on the plane.
"Oh yea Dustin this is our friend-" I cut him off.
"Rory." I say. Benny nodded then stopped.
"You know him."
Hey! You're that girl from the plane!" He came running and hugged me. I tensed at the hug and patted his back awkwardly.
"Yea."
"Wait.. Rory why were you on a plane?"
"California is far away and I wanted to swim in the ocean." He said excitedly. Ethan and Benny nodded.
"He watched me play videogames the entire time." I say. Then a jock comes up and shove Benny and Ethan into the locker. What?
"Hey!" I yelled at him.
"What? Hey. Sup cutie." He does an eyebrow dance. I roll my eyes and scoff.
"What the hell was that? Why would you push my friends into a locker? They did nothing to you." I say, crossing my arms. He laughs.
"You're friends with these nerds?"
"Yes and if you would happen to see my shirt, you would know that I'm a nerd too." I growled.
"New girl's got a bite. I like it." He bit his lip and I almost puked.
"You're disgusting. Go find a slut who will actually fall for you." I said.
"Cmon guys." I grabbed their hands and we walked away. Ethan paused and his eyes went white for a little bit and he returned to normal.
"You're a werewolf?" He asked. I nodded.
"I was planning on telling you sometime later on though. I'm only half." I say. We head to our first class.
"Wait. Can we just talk about how awesome that was? Like seriously!" Benny said and I smiled.
"Well I don't like it when people hurt my friends." He hugs me and Ethan joins in.
"Wait. Where's Rory?"
"Probably went off somewhere." Ethan said. I nodded.
"Alright." The class was soooooo boring, I almost died. Once the bell rang, I was out. I ran to my locker to get some food. My mom has this form saying that I had some disease that makes me lose nutrients in meat so I have to constantly eat meat. So I keep jerky in my locker. I grabbed out the bag and took it to my next class, which happened to be with Ethan.
"Hey. What's up with the jerky?" I looked at him with a poker face.
"Seriously man? Werewolf. I get hungry faster than everyone so I need to carry it around so I don't eat people." I say. He nods. We enter the classroom and there were mainly guys. I looked at Ethan with confusion.
"This is a pretty high math class and not many girls in this school are that smart." He explains. I nod and take my seat. The teacher notices me.
"Hello are you new?" I nod. Please don't have me go up there, please don't have me go up there.
"Well come on up and introduce yourself." I sigh. Dammit. I stand up and hide behind my hair. Ethan looked confused but I hate speaking in front of people, well a lot of people. I tucked my hair behind my ear.
"Hi. I'm Dustin and I moved here from California."
"Any questions?" The teacher asks. I sigh when every guy's hand goes up. I choose the one closest to me.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" He asked. My cheeks light up. What do I say. I look to Ethan for help. He shrugs, uh oh. I'm panicking. I don't think I just blurt out an answer.
"Yes."
"Who is it?" Ethan looks surprised. He points to himself and I shake my head. I don't want rumors to start. He writes in his notebook 'Benny?' I contemplate it in my head. I guess that would work.
"Benny." I say. The guy looks at me.
"Really. You're dating that nerd?" I nod.
"Alright. Ask more questions in your free time. Let's get started." I rush back to my seat and Ethan questions me through note.
'Why Benny?'
'Rumors. If they somehow find out we're living in the same house, I figured it would be a disaster. Plus I could always say we're cousins.'
'Makes sense. But why not Rory?'
'Benny would be easier because I think I would get annoyed with Rory too fast.'
'Wait. So you're actually gonna pretend to date Benny?'
'Yea. It's gonna reach him eventually so...' Ethan never passed the note back. I guess we're done. Class ends soon enough and we meet up with Benny. Some guys pat him on the back and he looks confused. One guy comes up.
"You're a lucky man Benny." Then walks away. I feel so bad now.
"Okay you guys have some explaining to do." He says looking between both of us.
"You're right that did spread fast." Ethan said.
"I know high school." I replied.
"Explain?" Benny said. I looked down at my feet and played with the hem of my shirt.
"Well.. Ya see. I may have kinda accidently said you were my boyfriend so the guys in the class wouldn't bombard me with questions." I blushed.
"She didn't want them to ask her out so she said she was dating you."
"Why couldn't you say you were dating Ethan? He was in the room. But I am flattered you would choose me." He winked at me and I looked away again.
"I was, but then I figured that since we're roommates, someone's bound to find out and assume things. I figured we could pass as cousins and Rory's kinda annoying and may tell…" I explained. He nodded and the guy from earlier came up, looking mad.
"So. I hear you're dating the new girl. The girl that I was gonna date." Wait what? They called dibs?
"Too late. You snooze you lose." Benny said. The jock shoved him into a locker. I shoved him.
"Hey! I'm not property! Didn't I reject you before, asshole!" I say.
"I don't hit girls, but you're asking for it." Someone has issues. He came at me and I ducked. He tripped over me. His face turned red with rage.
"What? Can't handle being beaten by a girl?" I yell to him. "Guys run. He will pummel you two. I can hold him back. Just get to class." They nodded and ran. I cracked my knuckles. He came at me like a bull, blind rage I see. I grabbed his fist and kicked his balls. I'm happy that I have extra strength from being part wolf. He fell and I went to my class, satisfied. When I entered class, the teacher glared at me.
"Pass?" I froze. I didn't have a pass! Well…
"I'm sorry. I got lost on the way, I'm new here." The teacher looked at me.
"Dustin Williams?" I nodded.
"Sit in between Ethan and Benny." I nodded and went to them. They wrote on a piece of paper. More notes.
'What happened?' Ethan asked.
'Kicked him where the sun don't shine.'
'Ouch. Remind me to never tick you off.' That was Benny. I laughed and then quickly slapped my hand over my mouth. The teacher glared and I offered a smile. She sighed and turned back to what she was doing.
Lunch time arrives and two girls come to us. One with blond hair that's really pretty and one with brown hair who was also wicked pretty.
"You're dating Benny?" They both asked. I smiled sheepishly.
"Yeah."
"Dustin, this is Sarah and Erica. Our friends." I nod.
"Can we tell them?" He nods.
"Well. It's just something I said so I wouldn't get harassed with guys asking me to date them."
"So you're pretending?" Erica asked. I nodded.
"Yurp."
"You know people are going to eventually ask you guys to kiss to 'prove your relationship.' Right?" Sarah said. I bit my lip.
"Nope. Not at all." Soon enough, Rory comes up.
"You're dating Benny?" He asked. I nodded.
"Yup." I said. He looked at us suspiciously. Benny hugged me around the waist and kissed my cheek. I feel the blood rush to my cheeks and everyone looks surprised. Rory smiled.
"Well dude, you scored." They fist bumped and Rory walked away. Benny had red cheeks too.
"You guys are actually really adorable together." Sarah said with a smile. I hid behind my bangs. Benny smiled at that. Erica smirked.
"Well. Cheerleading tryouts start soon. Ciao." She says.
"Should we be worried?" Ethan asked. Sarah nodded.
"Yup."
"Maybe I can help?" I say shyly. Damn you Benny, bringing out my shy side and all.
"There's only one way you can help." Ethan said. Benny smirked. That's never good.
"You have to join the cheerleading squad." Dammit. I sigh.
"But I've never worn a skirt." I say. Benny looks at me.
"Seriously? Never?"
"My dad and I were always agile, even now I am and skirts make me feel violated." I say, my cheeks flaring up again.
"Well. We're not gonna change their mind so lets go." She took my wrist and I looked at the boys with pleading eyes and a puppy dog face. They gave me a thumbs up.
Sarah and I got dressed and the boys were waiting outside. The outfits were really tight and I don't feel right. Sarah walks out and the boys are shocked. I peek my head out.
"Do I really have to go?" Sarah sighs and takes my hand. She drags me out and I get a few whistles from guys passing. Ethan and Benny are speechless.
"You. Well. Uh. Wow." Benny tried to speak and Ethan just stayed quiet.
"Let's go before any other guys see us."
"But. Sarah, Ah!" She pulled me to the gym. The head cheerleader looked at me.
"Let's see what you got, newbie." I gulped and looked back at Benny. He gave me a thumbs up. I groaned and she had us do a complicated routine. I got on the team, unfortunately. Somehow and I don't really wanna know, but Ethan got on the team and Benny didn't. Weird. Oh well. After practice, the head cheerleader, which I found out her name is Stephanie, told us to go shower and looked at Ethan. I smiled a little. He followed us into the showers.
"Seriously? Get out." Sarah said.
"Wait I had a vision." Ethan said.
"So did I and I can't unsee it." I said and put my hands over my eyes.
"No seriously."
"We can talk after you take a shower." Sarah said.
"Well if you insist." He starts walking. I push him out the door.
"At home." We both say. He walks out and we shower and change.
"I feel much better now that I'm wearing pants." Sarah nodded.
"Agreed." We meet up with the boys at Ethan's house.
"So what was your vision?" I ask. He starts talking but I space out, thinking about our routine. It's weird and doesn't seem right. I think more on it when someone snaps their fingers in front of my face and I see Benny wicked close. I yelped and jumped back. I fell off the bed. Where's Sarah? I guess she had to go.
"What?" I asked.
"You spaced out. We asked you what you thought of his vision." Benny said and he helped me up.
"Well, I wasn't paying attention. I was thinking about our cheer. It's weird and doesn't sound right. Think about it." I say.
"She's right." Ethan says. He tells our cheer to Benny and he looks in his spellbook.
"Oh and guess what?" I say remembering something.
"What?" The girls wanted to have a party thing tonight. So. Benny. We're still going with the story of we're dating, so you need to be there, listening to what we're talking about. Okay? And they won't question it." I say laying on the bed.
"Really?" Ethan asked. Benny smiled.
"Yes. You have to pretend that both of you are up here and come down occasionally. Ethan. You have to say that we live really close so you came early to help set up."
"What about Jane?"
"I'll take care of her now go." I say. I go to her room and knock on the door.
"Jane?" She opens the door.
"Yes?"
"I need you to do Ethan and I a favor and I promise I'll hang out with you on friday and I'll dye your hair." I say. She nods.
"Fine." I explain the situation to her and soon enough everyone arrives.
"Sarah. Stephanie's a witch." I say.
"Oh cmon. I know she's mean but she's really nice. As long as you're not ugly." She says. She's under a spell. Great. A couple minutes later, Benny comes down. the girls scrunch up their faces in disgust.
"What's he doing here?" Stephanie asked. He noticed us.
"Hey girls. Babe." He wraps his arms around my waist and kisses my cheek. I blush.
"He's hanging with my cousin, Ethan." I say.
"I forgot he was here since I was setting up." I say. They nod. Yes! They buy it.
"I came down to get some snacks." He explained and leaned up against the doorway. I saw him place a bug. Sweet! This is so professional.
"Well, it's girls only, so get him out." She said. I pouted.
"Fine." I say.
"Well. I guess I'll go." Benny kissed my forehead and the girls awed. I blushed even more. He heads into the kitchen and when he passes us again he winks at me.
"You guys are so adorable!" Sarah and Erica say. The girls agreed. I blush and Ethan is loving my humiliation. We've become close like siblings. Plus it's gonna be payback since I always tease him about Sarah.
"Pillow fight!" Someone screams.
"What were we doing?" Ethan is mesmerized.
"We were going to stop Stephanie because she's gonna take the souls of the entire student body at tomorrows pep rally," I say, slowly becoming mesmerized. I tried to fight it.
"Tomorrow is hours away." He says.
"Cmon! Dustin, Veronica!" Sarah throws us pillows and I laugh and we join in.
I woke up on the bed in Benny's arms. Then Ethan wakes up, and Benny too.
"Morning babe." He replies. Woah. His morning voice is cute.
"M-Morning." He smiles. I look over at Ethan and he is covered in stickers and has pink nails. I giggle.
"Dude. Your nails are pink." I burst out laughing and Benny does too. I takes off the stickers and I do the same.
"Let me go get nail polish remover." I said. Then Benny's grandma came in with pom poms for Ethan and I. We were working out a plan to try and get rid I Stephanie. Benny told us the spell and we recited it to memorize it. I got changed into my cheer outfit and Ethan put his in his bag.
"Let's do this." We ride to school on the bus and we enter the gym, bouncing around and Benny smiles at me. I smile too. Then we start the spell.
"Ethan! We need to start the reversal spell!" He nods and we start the counterspell.
"Back off geeks! I've waited so long for this!" Everyone passes out.
"It's not working!" I say.
"Push your pom poms towards Sarah!" We try to break the spell. Sarah steps out and everyone comes to while we're on the ground from the blast. Stephanie is… Old. Gross.
"I think I'm done with cheerleading." Sarah says.
"Ditto." I say.
"Yes. Plus all you end up with are saggy pom poms." Grandma says.
"Grandma." Benny groans. He puts his arm around my shoulder and we all laugh.
~~~~ A few months later ~~~~
I rush into Ethan's room with a huge smile.
"Ethan! Guess What!" I scream. Benny smiles and kisses my forehead. I blush.
"We aren't in school ya know." I say. He laughs.
"I know but it calms you down." I pout and he ruffles my hair.
"What is it?" Ethan turns around.
"My mom and I are officially moved into our house!" Ethan smiles.
"That's great!" Benny frowns.
"But I just got used to having her live here." Benny complains. I shove him slightly.
"Oh hush! I'll still be here a lot since I hate that house. It practically shouts haunted." I say. They laugh at my overreaction. I smile.
"Well I gotta pack." I grab all of clothes and start packing. Ethan unhooks my xbox. Benny grabs my stuff that I left in the bathroom. Once I'm done they look a little sad.
"Cmon guys. Don't look so sad. Why don't we go check out my house?" They lit up.
"Sure." Ethan says. We head over to my house, and Benny decided to have me ride on his handlebars because it would be quicker. I blushed but still got on. We were soon in front of my house and we went in.
"So I have the biggest room with my own bathroom." I say. I run up the stairs and into my room.
"It's not decorated?" Benny says questioning my actions.
"Nah. I'm probably gonna still spend most of my time over Ethan's house." I say as I plop down on my bed. Benny and Ethan sit on either side of me.
"Really? How come?" Ethan asks.
"Simple. I hate my mom and this could be my little hideout for when I want to be alone." I said.
"Well. I better get to bed soon, you guys should too." I say. I hug Ethan and Benny.
"Sleep well." Benny says and they walk out. Welp. Better go take a enough, I find myself in my bed, about to fall asleep.
I wake up in the morning. Today is gonna be a lazy day. I get out my Gryffindor sweatpants and Star Wars t-shirt. I put my hair up in a sloppy bun and put a batman bow in my hair. I'm too lazy for makeup, so I put on my shoes, grab an apple, and meet up with Ethan and Benny.
"Lazy day?" They ask. I nod and take a bite out of the apple. By the time the bus comes, I finished my apple, so I throw it out on the bus. We get to school and all of the guys are excited for something. I push ahead of everyone and see that there is a blood drive going on. Oh jeez. I feel myself becoming pale along with Ethan.
"Needles?" I ask and he nods.
"Wait. You're scared of needles too?" Benny asks and I bite my lip and hide behind him.
"I want to give me blood but I'm terrified of needles." I say as I peek out from behind him. Benny brings me to where he can see me.
"Listen. It's fine. I'll be right there with you okay?" He says. I nod.
"Next?" The young nurse says. Benny drags me over to the seat. He hold my hand as she pulls out the needle. I start to get scared.
"Hey. Hey. Look at me okay? Don't look at her look at me alright?" He says. I nod and look at him, I actually feel bad for pretending to be his girlfriend. It's torturing me because I have developed a crush on him. I know how cliche that may seem but it's true. The nurse draws my blood and she looks disgusted.
"Ew." I look at her.
"What?" I'm so confused.
"You're a mutt." She growls. Then she hisses. A low growl erupts in my throat. So she's a vampire.
"Annie." The other nurse says. She places my blood in a different pile than everyone else's and points to the door.
"Out." I glare. I take a cookie though and I hand it to Sarah. This must be killing her. Yea I found out she was a vampire along with Erica and Rory because Rory spilled it. I'm just glad we get along. Benny takes me to Ethan.
"They're vampires." They both say.
"Wait. I only know because the younger one called me a mutt and then hissed at me. How do you know?" I asked.
"I did some research." Ethan said. I nod.
"Alright. Seems legit." We were walking in the halls when I heard Rory and Erica talking. I stop the guys.
"Wait. They're planning something." They look around the corner and I hear what they're saying. Ethan and Benny looked at me.
"They're planning to steal the truck. But aren't vamps just as protective as wolves are?" I asked. They nodded.
"We gotta somehow be able to track them." Ethan says.
"Idea!" I say. Benny laughs.
"I love it when you do that." I smile and blush.
"What's your idea?" Ethan asks.
"Well I was thinking that I could distract him with something and you guys can place a tracker on him." I say. Benny nods.
"I approve." I laugh slightly.
"Let's do this."
Jeez where could he be? I've been looking for Rory and I finally spot him.
"Rory!" I call with a smile.
"Oh hey Dustin. What's up?"
"I was wondering, who would win in a fight? Thor or Hulk?" He gives me a 'seriously' face. I shrug.
"Thor would totally win. He's a god! Hulk is just this doofus in short shorts. At least try to make it challenging next time."
"Sorry man." I pat his shoulder and wave goodbye to him. I head back to Ethan and Benny. He starts up the tracker and we wait.
"Guys, I gotta go do something." Ethan says. I wonder. Benny puts his arm around me and I move closer to him. I lay my head on his chest. If only I could tell him how I felt!
"So there's a full moon soon. What are you going to do?" Benny asks. For the past couple of months, they've stayed with me through the full moons. They give me food and give me clothes afterwards. I shrug.
"Probably do what I did when I was in California. Stay in my room until I change back." Benny sighed.
"I'm not gonna let you do that." He said. I looked up at him.
"What do you mean?"
"You can go over to Ethan's house. It's kind of a tradition now. Plus you shouldn't be alone." He said. I kiss his cheek and hug him tightly.
"You're so sweet! Thank you so much!" I say. He smiles and hugs me back.
"Anything for you." He whispers. I blush and then I see Rory move.
"Benny?" I pull away and he does too. "What is Rory doing behind the school?" I ask. He shrugs.
"Let's go find out." He says. We see that Sarah and Ethan are already there. Benny looked at the tracker.
"So Rory is either flying-" He started.
"Or on that truck." Ethan said with a gulp.
"Let's go save that doofus." I say. Everyone laughs and track him to an abandoned warehouse. (Sorry if I get things wrong, I don't remember the episodes word from word.)
"Let's kick some vampire butt!" I say. They hiss at me as I enter.
"Aw. Are we afraid of a wittle doggy?" I say. Sarah comes next to me and hisses.
"Let our friends go."
"I don't think so." Sarah and I look at eachother then we start fighting. Benny and Ethan are going to try and free Rory and Erica while we're fighting them. Something happened and it happened fast. I guess now's not a good time to be thinking about the moon. But Ethan ended up giving away a pint of his blood and the vamps left.
"Well. That was interesting." I say. They all nod and we head to Ethan's house.