(A/N: I don't own My Babysitter's a Vampire. Christmas chapter next week, I'm so excited!)

Benny's POV

"I don't know what to do, Ethan, one minute I think she might actually be falling in love with me and the next she is back to her old, closed off self...it's like that love potion all over again but instead of trying to kill me is smashing my heart in to pieces, I'm not sure which is worse!" I sob into my hands as Ethan, Sarah and Rory stare at me as if the answer is completely obvious.

"B, if I were you and Sarah was Erica, I would go out there and search for her and I wouldn't stop until I found her, I've seen the way you look at her and I've seen the way she looks at you when she thinks nobody is watching, she loves you...I know she does even if she denies it. Now get off your butt and find her before she slips through your fingers forever!" He states, patting me gently on the shoulder. Sarah strides over to Ethan and in one fluent motion has him pressed against the wall with her lips to his. "You are possibly the sweetest guy I have ever met" she whispers as she finally pulls away. Now I know what I have to do, I have to find her if it's the last thing I do! I grab a trench coat and baseball cap from one of the drama classrooms so that nobody will recognise me giving that we are still on the run from the cops and pull them on before stepping out into the bright light of the morning air as the cool breeze nips at my cheeks.

Erica's POV

I sit in the shade of the large oak tree that grows in the park near my house, I used to come here often as a child and so gives me comfort when I need to think. Suddenly I hear rustling behind me and as I spin around I see a weary looking Benny emerge into view, he slides down beside me and stares off into the horizon before mumbling "I'm sorry I put so much pressure on you earlier and just presumed we were a couple, it wasn't okay for me to overthink something that was probably some stupid prank that Rory arranged to keep himself entertained".

"Why would I be bothered about that anyway, you know I don't date dweebs" I reply, trying to keep the icy exterior for fear of being hurt yet again in my short existence.

"Erica, please...I know that you don't particularly like me but that doesn't mean that you have to keep calling me names, it hurts. You change your opinion of me every few minutes and it's starting to give me whiplash" he moans, looking away from me as if he is disgusted. I never realised how much I have actually hurt him in the past, I thought it was just this thing we do.

"I'm sorry but you know what happened on Friday before Ellie showed up, what if it already happened and everything she said is true" I mutter, staring at my feet.

"You mean when I broke you out of prison?" He questions. I'm not sure if he is being serious or is joking, I mean how could you forget something like that?

"No, after that!" I reply, going along with his little joke.

"When I almost broke my hand on a window?" He continues with a confused look on his face. This is really starting to annoy me!

"No Benny, even after that" I scream, feeling anger boiling up inside of me...how could that not mean anything to him?

"Oh, you mean when I did this" he whispers, pulling me into his arm and crashing his lips to mine. Finally we break apart for air as I sigh "yeah something like that". I pull myself to my feet before turning to him "we have to get back, it's Sunday and if we don't leave the school tonight, we will have a rude awakening as we get arrested for not only suspected murder and breaking out of prison but also breaking and entering and trespassing" I announce before turning to leave, as he follows at a short distance behind me as if he feels just about as awkward as I do. When we finally arrive back at the school, we find that Ethan, Sarah and Rory have been hard at work collecting pieces of evidence that prove that we were here and soon we are trudging through the sewers under the school towards Benny's house. Suddenly a scream echoes through the sewers, I spin around to see Rory dive onto a rat and sink his teeth into it. "What?" He questions as he notices our expressions. After another hour of walking and listening to Rory devour that rat we finally reach the grate that will take us into Benny's basement, he pushes me and Ethan aside while cracking his knuckles "Let me handle this" he brags, taking a crowbar out of his bag and shoving it between the bars of the grate, he grunts with exhaustion as he puts all of his strength into removing the grate but with no success and resulting in a badly bent crowbar. I stroll past him and grab the bars, with a simple tug the grate comes flying off of the wall. "Benny...you're an idiot!" I sigh, pulling myself through the small hole in the wall.

"Oh, Erica there you are! I was wondering how long it would take you to find your way back here" Benny's grandma smiles, helping me to my feet "I assume the others are with you" she continues as I brush the dirt from my clothes and Ethan emerges into the basement.

When everyone is finally out, we explain the events of the last few days as Benny's grandma sits with a concerned look on her face. As Benny finishes the story, she states "there have never been any recordings of a vampire having a child before let alone with a human! However there is an old pagan myth that one in a millennia the planets align in such a way that for one night a vampire can become mortal even without the vampire's knowledge. I'm sure I have a book about it somewhere, let me see if I can find it" she pulls herself from her chair and strides to a dusty, old bookshelf and stares at it for some time before reaching up and pulling a book from the highest shelf. She brings it to the table in the centre of the room, blowing the dust and cobwebs off as she walks. She drops it onto the table with a thud and briskly turns through the pages until finally coming to rest at a page with the title "mortal's moon?" Benny asks with a look of deep confusion.

"Oh yes, this is the page. The book states that the last 'mortal moon' was December 6th...2013. Oh well you will be fine then...as long as nothing happened on that night that I should know about" she mutters, staring inquisitively between me and Benny. "No, nothing at all" Benny replies in a high voice, shaking his head profusely before I elbow him int the ribs and make him double over pain. I see a glimpse of suspicion in Benny's grandma's eye but fortunately for me she seems to let it go. "Oh well, Ethan, Rory... I think it's about time that you and I got reacquainted with the X-Station. What about you?" Benny inquires turning to them.

"Good idea, come on" Ethan answers before rushing up the stairs with Benny and Rory at his heals. Sarah laughs and wanders towards the living room, I'm about to follow her before Benny's grandma steps into my path. "Erica, I need to talk to you" she mentions, examining me over her glasses, I gulp but nod my head in agreement and follow her as she leads me to a couple of chairs in the far corner of the room. "Erica, I know you are hiding something from me...I saw your reaction when you heard about the 'mortal moon'. Something happened between you and Benny didn't it?" She quizzes.

"It was an accident, we were both so excited after the jail break, Ethan had brought a few drinks so we could celebrate and one thing lead to another..." I sob, bursting into tears as everything becomes to much for me however I am glad to finally admit this to someone "if we had known about the 'mortal moon' we wouldn't have... You know..."

She pulls me into a tight hug as I continue to cry on to her shoulder.

"Don't worry dear, I'm sure we will think of something" she whispers soothingly, gently patting my back "it's going to be okay..."