A/N: So here we are 14 chapters in Benny's Baby, probably one of the longest (in fact I'm pretty sure it is) fanfic I've ever written, now there's something I need to tell you about this chapter, but I'll wait until the end. I'm surprised some of you didn't pick up on the hints I've planted throughout the previous chapter, you were all too busy focusing on the main event to see one hidden underneath it, or maybe you just didn't put much thought into it? Hmmm...

Read on, don't forget to read the A/N at the bottom, and please leave a review! Enjoy!

Benny's Baby

Chapter 14: We Are The Impossible Family

Benny groaned as the darkness gave way to pain. Everything about him was sore, everything about his existence suddenly hurt, was this really what happened when you died? He slowly opened his eyes and could make nothing out in the blurry white color that made his world. He felt someone touch his shoulder and call out something but it was drowned out as the darkness began to take hold again. He closed his eyes and felt the lightlessness of sleep take him away.

When he awoke again he kept his eyes closed and chose to listen to the sounds that made the blank world. There was the constant sound of machines beeping, what seemed to be birds singing, and finally the sound of people as the spoke to one another. The sound of another voice was warming, and relaxing For what seemed like an eternity he listened to their voices, as they faded in and out.

"She's in the… again. Is it possible… getting sick?" He knew that voice anywhere, it had to be Ethan.

"...just over-eating. I mean I would if... brought me an unlimited..." That must've been Sarah.

"But you don't get nauseous... you get..."

"No, vampires don't… its impossible… She's… just worried. I still can't… did that. At least Eric is… and healthy."

"I can. He's… his son. But are you sure Erica can't be… because…."

The voices faded into the darkness as Benny felt the world slip away once more. When he came back things felt clearer, more alive than before. He opened his eyes and little by little things came into focus, a white room, an open window, and those annoying florescent lights. He turned his head and smiled as he heard a familiar voice call out to him.

"You're awake!" Slowly the figure came into focus, and after a moment he realized Erica was sitting in a chair next to his bed. She held Eric in her lap who waved his arms back and forth. Benny smiled and slowly reached out for her only to stop when she placed her hand on his.

"Relax; Doctor G said he expects you to be sore for the next few weeks, you basically ran your body through the equivalent of sixteen years of exercise with that spell."

"I did?" His voice was groggy and barely above a whisper. Erica shifted Eric and held up cup with a straw in front of him, he gratefully took a sip.

"You've been unconscious for almost two weeks," said Erica as she placed the cup to the side table. "At first you weren't breathing and we… we all thought you were going to die. I wanted to bite you, turn you… but it was Ethan who stopped me and saved you. He used his telepathy to cut off the connection between you and Eric. It turns out the amount of energy you gave your son was enough to fix him, but not enough to kill you."

"But he's fine?"

"He's healthy as ever, since your Grandma's been here most of the time Eric's been staying with me and my parents. I told them everything, about being a vampire, you being a Spellmaster, and that we're both parents to a child who shouldn't exist."

"You did?" asked Benny nervously. "I thought we agreed to wait to tell them together."

"Things changed," said Erica with a sad smile. "At that point there wasn't much choice."

"Are they mad?"

"Mad, no? Disappointed you didn't wait until we were out to school to try it, a little. Anyway Eric's been just as worried about you as I have, he knows when it's time to visit you and if we're even a few minutes behind schedule he begins to cry. You're going to be so proud when you get out of here and see him crawling around like a little professional."

"He's crawling?"

"Yeah, you had us so worried," said Erica as she scooted closer. Eric reached out for Benny and began to sniffle as he fidgeted in her arms. "Do you think you can hold him?"

Benny nodded and did his best to sit upright in the bed. Erica sat on the edge of the mattress and gently placed Eric in the crook of his arm; Benny winced at the sudden weight and then smiled as he secured his son in his arms.

"Hey buddy, I'm glad to see your ok."

"Da-da!" said Eric gleefully as he looked up at him. Benny looked at his son and then back at Erica who looked just as shocked as he did. They shared a smile before laughing.

"Did our son just talk?" asked Benny excitedly.

"Yeah, yeah he did," said Erica. Her excitement quickly faded as she suddenly looked uncomfortable.

"Are you ok?" asked Benny noticing the subtle change. "What's wrong?"

"You're the one who's been in the coma for two weeks, and you're worried about me?" She rolled her eyes. "I'm fine, Annie, you know the vampire nurse, has been getting me blood while you were here, and I think I had a little too much."

"You ate too much?"

At the mention of eating she covered her mouth and quickly rushed out of the room. Benny looked down at Eric who looked up at him with a confused expression.

"Leave it to your mom to eat too much, oh well. Come on little guy say it again, say da-da."

"Benny you're finally awake!" said Ethan with a smile as he took a seat by the bed. "Took you long enough, I was afraid you weren't ever going to get up."

"Be honest with me E, how much homework have I missed?"

"Well…." Ethan lifted up a spare backpack and set it on the chair next to him. "You missed a lot, almost two and a half weeks of school. Not including the extra half week Doctor G wants to keep you around for."

Benny sighed and looked at the backpack with strange combination of anger and sadness.

"Don't worry I'll be here to help you catch up, it's really easy I'll stop by every day after school."

"Do I have to?"

"If you want to graduate with our class, then yes."

"Dude my entire body is in pain, and you're talking about homework and graduating."

"Well think about it, Erica and Sarah are graduating next month, their future is now. As for us we have a few years but I prefer if we graduated together."

Benny sighed, leaned backwards and looked out the window, it was another gorgeous day in Whitechapel. It was also another sign that summer was just around the corner, how could he have forgotten about their graduation? Erica and Sarah would be leaving for college soon; it was all they had ever talked about before everything else had happened. They would be gone and it would just be Ethan, Rory, and Benny again. The three musketeers, except he would still be a dad, all by himself….

"You ok?" asked Ethan as he leaned forward. "I told you that I could help you with the homework, don't worry we'll finish it in no time."

"Yeah," whispered Benny without looking at him. A strange sense of exhaustion and sadness washed over him. "Listen E, I'm really tired, do you mind if we did this tomorrow or something?"

"Yeah, of course." Ethan patted him on the shoulder. "Get some rest buddy, you've earned it."

The next few days fell into the same routine for Benny; his Grandma would stay over in the morning and then only with his insistence that he would be fine overnight and that she too needed rest, would she go home and try and relax. Erica would visit with Eric once she got out of school, and in the late afternoons Ethan and Sarah would stop by and help him with homework. It wasn't exactly the most exciting of times but when he thought about the week and a half leading up to it he picked the slow monotony each and every time.

"Well Mr. Weir I guess this is where we say goodbye," said Mr. G as he looked Benny up and down one final time. "I can certainly say you Weirs make for very interesting patients."

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" asked Benny with a smile. "Because if Eric is even half the Spellmaster I am, then you're going to be in for a bunch of visits."

"I-I look forward to it," said Doctor G with a nervous laugh. "Just take it easy and don't do anything too strenuous because you still are recovering. I don't expect you to be able to walk for at least another day and a half so we've arranged a wheelchair for you. I can honestly say right now- you are the luckiest man alive."

"Really?"

"I've seen things in my time as a supernatural doctor, but never have I seen someone survive a life energy transplant like that. I don't know how you survived; in fact everything I've ever studied, ever read or seen says you shouldn't be alive right now. Do you know what that means?"

"No, what?"

"Benny Weir you are the impossible man, one of a kind."

Erica arrived a few minutes after the doctor left with Eric situated comfortably in his carrier. She smiled at the sight of him back in his regular clothes and then took a seat next to him.

"I never noticed but the top button of your shirt is missing."

"Yeah, it must've fallen off in the gardens when…." His voice trailed off. "Whatever happened between us, it's special. I really like you; in fact part of me even loves you. But-"

"Let's not talk about this now," said Erica as she pressed her finger to his lips. "Let's get you home before you go all 'let's not be more than friends right now.'"

He smiled, and with her help managed to get into the wheelchair the hospital had provided. She wheeled him out while he held Eric in his arms who bounced happily away while babbling nonsense. Once they got to the car he handed his son off to Erica and managed to get himself in without much help. Erica locked Eric in his car seat and took a seat behind the wheel. She flashed him one of her smiles and asked:

"Are my boys ready to go home?"

"Just drive," answered Benny trying his best not to smile.

Eric squealed in response and Erica started the car. He watched as they passed the bright green trees, it was stunning how colorful and alive they seemed. Three weeks ago the world had seemed smaller to him, so much more different. Now things had a different view and feel as summer finally overtook the random and crazy spring weather. They passed by the park and he smiled as kids ran in all directions playing with one another, one day Eric would be out there with them. One day he's be the parent sitting on the side making sure his son was safe and happy.

"Do you want me to get the wheelchair?"

"What?"

"I asked if you wanted me to get the wheelchair," said Erica again. It was then that he noticed they had pulled into the driveway of the Weir house.

"No," said Benny as he opened the door. "I want to try and walk."

He held onto the door and pulled himself up, and for a moment his legs burned. He took in a deep breath and let go of the door. He stumbled, felt Erica zoom to his side then caught himself; he gave her his best grin.

"I can do this, you worry about Eric."

"Just don't hurt yourself ok?"

"No promises." She rolled her eyes at him and went back to getting Eric out of the car. Benny stopped at the front step and using all his strength took the first step. He felt himself tip backwards and then felt Erica suddenly loop her arm around his.

"You never said you didn't need help."

Together they walked up to the front door, Benny slid his key in and threw open the door. Standing in the entrance was everyone. Ethan, Sarah, Sarah's parents, Rory and his mom, Della, his Grandma, Erica's parent, Jane and Ethan's mom and dad. Hanging from the ceiling was a sign that read: WELCOME HOME.

"Welcome home!" screamed everyone in unison. Benny laughed until he cried and then laughed some more.

"I knew all along," said Samantha as she held up a glass. "Ethan get's it from my side of the family, my mom was a Seer."

"Really now?" asked Mr. Fox. "That is fascinating."

"Yeah but my dad was the Telepath," said Ross slightly annoyed. "I'm surprised Ethan actually thought he was hiding it from us this entire time. I mean it's pretty obvious when you think about it."

"Dad," whined Ethan trying his best not to blush. Sarah laughed. "You're embarrassing me."

"Nothing to be embarrassed about," said Mrs. Fox as she patted her daughter's head. "Parents know everything. But every now and then we let the kids think they're smarter than us."

"So you're telling me you tried to sacrifice your own life to save Eric's?" asked Mr. Jones as he looked Benny dead in the eyes.

"Y-yes sir."

"That settles it, welcome to the family!" He gave Benny a strong hug and Erica covered her face in embarrassment. "Any boy who tries to do the impossible is a welcome addition to the Jones' household."

"Wow your dad accepts him for making you a teenage mom," said Rory as he nodded in agreement. "There is something seriously dysfunctional with your family."

"Be nice Rory," said Della as she smacked him playfully. "He's just jealous because his mom grounded him for being undead."

"There's something different about you," said Benny once he broke free from Erica's dad's killer hug. "I don't know how to put it but…."

"Now that you mention it," said Ethan he approached the group. He stopped then gave Rory a disapproving look as the answer dawned on him. "You didn't."

"I did," said Rory with a smile as his fangs appeared. Della smacked him again.

"You promised you wouldn't say anything."

Ethan backed away as Erica and Benny launched into a tirade of disappointment and how he should be ashamed of doing something so irresponsible. He approached Evelyn as she spoke with Jane.

"I can only give you lessons if your parents approve it, and let's be honest without ourselves; if they're ok with my Grandson using magic then they should be fine with me teaching you."

"Jane I think Sarah was looking for you," said Ethan as he motioned for his sister to leave. When they were alone he turned to Evelyn. "I still don't understand how Benny was able to survive. That spell should've have killed him. When I went inside him mind there was nothing I could do to stop it, in fact I'm pretty sure it stopped itself before I even tried."

"We may never know what happened," said Evelyn as she looked at him. "Magic does as it will, I can't think of any reason that it stopped. But we should be grateful he's still with us now. "

"I just hate not knowing why. I feel that unless we know the exact reason the spell worked but at the same time didn't, something like that can happen again."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Because you haven't been the most revealing when it comes to information, I trust you but I think if you had told Benny earlier about what was wrong with Eric we could've avoided his near death experience."

"I agree, but it's like I said I don't know why the spell did what it did. I have my theories but beyond that nothing else."

Ethan shrugged. "I'm gonna keep investigating. There's still so much about Eric I still don't understand, and that just doesn't make sense. Plus something else is bothering me, something obvious that I missed, and if it's anything like before then it's important."

She gave him a weird look and Ethan shook his head. "I have my own theories right now." He looked directly across the room at Erica. "But I don't want to raise any alarms just yet. Not until I'm sure."

Benny smiled as he sat on the back porch; it was nice to see all his friends together without all the awkward tension of secrets or drama between them. But he needed a moment to himself and rest. He took in the evening air and exhaled as Erica joined him on the swing.

"Saw you step out from the party and I thought I should check up on you. How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine," said Benny with a smile. "Just a little tired, the doctor wasn't kidding when he said it would be a few weeks before I would be back up to regular me."

"I'm just glad you're ok," said Erica as she scooted closer to him. She rested her hand on his and together watched the sunset in the distance. "I was afraid that I was going to lose you, you don't know how scary it was to feel that way."

"The entire time I was thinking about you," whispered Benny as the sky continued to darken. "I was so worried about Eric I wanted him to be healthy, and I wanted to give you a chance to be a mom, a real mom. The thought of him dying, I couldn't let it happen. He's a part of both of us, and if he died I thought whatever was between us would die too."

"He's something else," said Erica with a smile. "I'm happy I have both of you. Even though it's only been a few weeks I can't imagine life without him, or you. And everything you said when we were in the garden-"

"I already told you, we aren't ready to be together. Not when we're about to be split apart. It's true a part of me loves you, but a part of me doesn't want us to deal with what's about to happen."

When she gave him a confused look Benny looked down. "You're graduating in a month. You're going away for college, before all this happened it was all you could talk about. I don't want to be the reason you can't do that."

"I don't have to go out of state. I can stay here with-"

Benny shook his head and then placed his forehead against hers. There were tears in his eyes as he spoke.

"Erica, it's time to face the truth. We're the impossible family. No matter what happens we can't be together, there's always going to be something keeping us apart. And don't you dare give up on school because I did something irresponsible."

"But Eric-"

"He'll be here when you get back, and so will I."

"I guess,"whispered Erica as she pulled back one hand resting on her knees the other on her stomach. "There's always going to be something…." She hated it when he did things like this to her. "But you'll always be there?"

"Always."

"You better be," she gave him a gently push. "As long as we're friends can we at least get something to eat? I'm starving."

Benny smiled. "Sure, as long as it's actually food. Like pizza or something."

"Hey I stopped feeding on students."

"Yeah because you moved to the movie theaters, and I've seen how fast you went through those innocent people. It's gross how much you eat."

"At least I didn't accidently create a baby!"

"Oh now I'm never going to hear the end of this am I? It's going to be the love potion all over, here we go again."

"Witless Wizard!"

"Vicious Vampire!"

They began to laugh. Some things never changed.

A/N: If this chapter gave you the warm fuzzies, if you liked this as an ending and it made you happy then I suggest you leave content with the knowledge that theses characters are happy and do not, I repeat do not return for the three part finale.

If not, if those final few questions presented in this chapter bothered you to the point that you must know what happens next then your going to want to return for the next three chapters. You will get your answers, you'll be in a for a bunch of shock, and I cannot guarantee that everything will end happy. (Or maybe it will and I'm just messing with you!)

Anyway enough of that, if your sticking around then I'll see you next time, if not, then thanks for reading!