Erica's POV:
I lied down on my bed after going for a hunt. I wasn't exhausted or anything. No. I was just lying down to chill for a bit. I had my iPod in my hand and earphones in my ears. Listening to music was the only thing I could do right now. About a few minutes, I heard a knock on the door. The volume of my iPod wasn't that high. I could actually hear things other than it. I took the earphones off my ears and paused the music playing.
"Come in!" I half-yelled.
The door slowly opened. In a few seconds, I could see Sarah's head sticking out through the open door.
"Hey," Erica said as she smiled.
"Hey," Sarah replied. "I was wondering if you'd like to go to Benny's house. Like hang out with the boys and stuff."
"Uh, sure. What else am I gonna do?" I shrugged.
I grabbed my iPhone, and then went outside with Sarah. We were just talking randomly on the way to Benny's. When we reached there, Sarah rang the door bell. A few seconds later, Benny appeared.
"Hey Sarah. Hey beautiful." Benny winked at me. I rolled my eyes. When will he understand that I don't like him back?
"Just let us in." I said in a harsh tone.
Benny backed away as a 'welcome in'. We walked to the living room to see the happy couple, Ethan and Jesse, sitting on the couch and watching a movie. Well, actually, I couldn't see the happiness in his eyes. Al I could see was… nothing. His face was expressionless. There must be something wrong.
From thinking about this, I didn't notice Ethan spinning his head around to look at me. But then I could see the smile. I looked at my best friend. Maybe he still liked Sarah. No. That wasn't it. Something felt different. The different part was us looking at each other with a smile. That was weird. I shook my head mentally.
I could see Ethan's mouth moving but I couldn't hear him. I wasn't paying attention. He stood up and went to another room.
I looked at Sarah. "What happened?" I asked in confusion.
"You zoned out, didn't you?" she crossed her arms.
I looked down.
"It's okay. It happens," I looked up. "He just said he needed some time alone."
"I wanna go after him," Erica said.
"Didn't you hear me? He wants to be alone." Sarah put her hands on my shoulders.
"I don't care about what he said. When did I ever? I'm just going." I took her hands off my shoulder, and then went to the room that Ethan went through. When I stepped in the room, which I assumed was Benny's, I found no one. Weird. I could've sworn I saw him enter this exact room.
Wait. Maybe it was the one on the other side. I went to that room. Still nothing. I went over to the books to check them out. I saw an interesting looking one. I took it out only to reveal another room filled with weird magic stuff. I looked to the left. Nothing. I looked to the right.
I suddenly jumped at the sight on Ethan.
"Gosh, don't give me a heart attack… if I can have one." I said, putting my hands over my chest.
I looked at him to see his hands behind him with a nervous smile on his face.
"Sorry," he said.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, stepping a bit closer to where he was.
"I-I was bored. I thought I'd come right here." He said.
"Weird. You usually stutter around Sarah," I said, more to myself. "Well, not anymore since, you know, you're dating Jesse."
"Well, can you blame a guy for being nervous?" he asked.
"Why are you nervous?" I asked, getting closer to him with every step I took.
"Why are you asking a lot of questions?" he asked confidently.
I stepped forward closer to him. Maybe too close since we were a few inches apart.
"There's something weird about you, Morgan. I don't know what it is, but I will find out." I took a few steps back.
"Good luck with that," he said sarcastically.
I rolled my eyes. Why was he so annoying? "Well, do you still want that alone time? Or do you want to hang out a bit with all of us?"
He smiled at me. Again, weird. "I rather hang out with you guys."
I smiled back at him, and then motioned him to come with me. "Come on."
Ethan's POV:
As I sat down, I started wondering why the heck Jesse still didn't save me. Or at least Benny… or Rory… or Sarah… and even Erica. I mean, was it that hard to find where I was? Or was I unwanted? I didn't know. I just hoped that someone would come. I'm sick of staying in here. James was even worse than anyone of his enemies. And it wasn't bad enough that he was looking at Jesse's brother.
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I hope you guys liked this chapter. I really haven't worked on it that much because I've been pressured to do things nowadays. But this was only this week… so, I hope that next chapter written by me, TEM, would be planned or something in my head.