Ethan found Benny sitting in the kitchen indulging in a large bag of small marshmallows. The look on his face suggested that talking to him at that moment would not be wise. Ethan turned to face Rory and gave a small smile.
"Could you run and find Sarah. I think she might be able to help with Benny, that or get the marshmallows away from him." Rory nodded his head.
"Sure thing. Rory Vampire Ninja is on the case." And just like that he had poofed into nothingness. Ethan was about to engage Benny in a conversation when there was a knock at the door. He walked quickly down the hall and grabbed the door handle.
"Wow Rory I'm imp- you're not Rory." Jill stood in the door and shook her head.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not Rory. Anyway, I came to talk to Benny. Kitchen?" Ethan nodded and watched as she walked back to where Benny was shoving marshmallow after marshmallow into his mouth, slowly counting as he went. Jill laughed lightly and sat down at the counter.
"216, what's you're record?" Benny glared at her and stood, spitting the marshmallows into the trash, he placed the bag back in the cupboard and attempted to head up the stairs to Ethan's room. Ethan blocked his path and guided him back to the island counter.
"Come on, you two haven't seen each other in forever, the least you can do is have a conversation. Right Benny?" Benny hmphed but did not attempt to get up again. Jill glanced back and forth between the two boys and smiled.
"So, how have you been? Doing anything interesting? Anything exciting?" Benny gave a dark grin and opened his mouth to speak only to realize that he had to keep all of what they had been doing a secret. He closed his mouth and slumped against the counter.
"No just a bunch of nerd stuff, ya' know, video games, Star Trek marathons, live action vampire slaying role play." He growled as he grabbed an apple from the bowl on the counter and took a bite. Jill nodded and glanced at Ethan.
"Really, live action vampire slaying role play? How does that go?" Ethan gave a weak smile.
"Oh its, thrilling." He mumbled. At that moment the doorbell rang and he gasped with joy. Ethan bolted to the door and flung it open, happy to see Sarah standing there.
"What's up?" she asked walking through the door and heading to kitchen. She entered and saw Jill and froze. Jill turned and smiled.
"You must be Sarah, I'm Jill." Jill held out her hand but Sarah didn't move. Ethan came around and looked at her in the face. Nothing seemed wrong, she just looked, shocked. Sarah smiled lightly and finally shook Jill's hand.
"Well, I think you two need some cousin time. Ethan, your room, let's go." Sarah dragged him out of the kitchen and up the stairs almost faster than his legs could carry him. Once they were in his room she took a deep breath and sighed, sliding down the door as she did. Ethan just stared at her.
"Something wrong?" she glanced up at him and nodded.
"Yeah, it smelled, weird in the kitchen, like two opposing perfumes were being sprayed over and over again. It kind of reminded me of what Benny's house smells like, except stronger. I think, it's the smell of magic." Ethan shrugged.
"Yeah, Benny probably smells like that." Sarah shook her head as she stood and moved to Ethan's bed.
"No this was new, it smelled like it was coming from Jill." Ethan laughed lightly.
"You don't think Jill as magic do you?" Sarah shrugged and was about to respond when Benny's girlish scream reached them from the kitchen.