AN: Hey guys! So, I know I promised to update yesterday, and I was super mad at myself for not updating! But I wasn't able to finish typing it out. I had a SUPER busy week! I had rehearsals for my school's play, my brother's 19th birthday, and an essay to type at the very last minute! Ugh. But, here it is, finished!

DISCLAIMER: I unfortunately do not own MBAV, nor do I own Atticus Mitchell /3

Walking through school the next week was easier since I mostly knew where to go. That was thanks to my four awesome new friends. Ethan, Benny, Rory, and Sarah and I became pretty close. Erica still seemed cold towards me. I guess having paranormal powers, or being a paranormal creature, make you pretty close. I spotted Sarah and Erica talking at their lockers, and Sarah looked pretty worried. Walking up to them, I heard Sarah exclaim "Cheerleaders are not normal! They're more evil than us, and we're vampires!" I looked around them to spot the cheerleading sign-up table. Huh. Bitchy cheerleaders, how cliché.

"Sarah, you know I've always wanted to be a cheerleader, and now that I'm really hot, I can be. Besides," Erica looked over at the table with a devilish grin "They've been telling me to 'bite them' for years." She brought out her fangs and winked.

"What's up?" I asked, slightly concerned.

"Erica wants to join cheerleading." Sarah said to me. To Erica, she said "And I don't think that's what they had in mind."

"Aww, come on, who's going to miss just one?" Erica simpered.

"I will!" Benny's voice cried out behind me. I looked over my shoulder to see him walking up with Ethan.

"Yeah! You can't deprive this poor nerd of his lecherous thoughts about cheerleaders!" I teased, wrapping an arm around Benny's shoulders, laughing as Erica walked away with a shudder.

"Isn't this kinda like letting Magneto join the X-Men?" Ethan asked.

At Sarah's blank look, I explained "Like a fox-in-the-henhouse thing."

Sarah shook her head, exasperated "If you have any ideas on how to stop her, I'm all ears."

The two boys looked pointedly at the cheerleading booth. Sarah turned slowly to look in horror. "You could join too!" Benny said, the laughter he was trying to conceal in his voice was obvious.

"Oh god, this won't end well…" I murmured.

"No, no, no, no, no! There has to be another way!" Sarah explained. The boys began to pretend to shake pom-poms.

"Hey, I think we look cute." I said to Sarah, looking at myself in the bathroom mirror, turning around to inspect my bottom. "Plus, check out my butt."

"We look ridiculous!" Sarah retorted.

I pouted at her in the mirror "Come on, we better get to practice.

Sarah and I walked out of the girl's bathroom in the red and black uniforms. "Oh, cowabunga!" Benny laughed, observing us.

"Don't say anything!" Sarah warned.

"You look… peppy!" Benny chuckled.

"Look, somebody needs to make sure that Erica doesn't do any sampling, and Aria and I are the only ones can squeeze into these things." Sarah gestured down at her uniform.

The head cheerleader, Stephanie, called from the gym "Let's see what you've got, girls."

Walking towards the gym, I heard Benny breathe "God bless cheerleaders." I stopped, and bumped him with my hip.

"Hey, remember who you keep your eyes on…" I said quietly.

Benny smirked, and leaned down, keeping a hold on my arm "Don't worry, you look hot." He released my arm and I walked into the gym, a stupid grin on my face.

"What are you so happy about?" Sarah asked as we started stretching.

"Benny said I look hot." I giggled.

"Do you like him?" Sarah asked with slight disgust in her voice.

"Maybe." I looked to the two geeky boys conversing outside "It's still being considered.

I stared in hilarious horror as Ethan and Benny stood awkwardly in the gym, in girl wigs and cheerleading uniforms. Somehow, they tried out and actually made it onto the squad. We were practicing cheers and Stephanie turned towards the two after we finished. "Uh, Betty, Veronica, would you two care to join us?"

"Oh, we care!" Benny said in a girly voice. Ethan giggled girlishly and they pranced over.

"Now form up girls." We made a circle around Stephanie. "I wanna hear you shout." We put our poms in a stack in the middle of our group. "We're devil girls and we'll knock you out!" We chanted, throwing our poms back. "Alright, now hit the showers. Some of you new recruits are rank." Stephanie said, wrinkling her nose. A few girls giggled, and we went into the locker room.

Inside, Sarah stopped me. "They'll be here soon, just wait." And only a few moments later, the door opened to our new friends, Betty and Veronica.

"Oh, excuse me." Benny flustered, putting on a girly voice. "I just wanted to fix my hair, the humidity makes it-"

"Please, stop. Save the act for your idiot friends." Sarah cut him off "I can't believe-"

"No, listen, listen! You can't tell anyone." Ethan jumped in "I just had a terrible vision!"

"Ditto!" Sarah and I said together, looking the boys up and down. "I'm going to have to wash my eyes out with soap." I cringed.

"Look, I can handle Erica." Sarah said "Just go practice your cheers and have a cold shower." She turned to go to the showers. I turned to grab my bag.

Benny smiled "Well, if you insist."

"At HOME!" Sarah and I cried. I grabbed my bag and pushed the boys out.

"I'm watching you." I hissed playfully.

"What, not going to join the showering ladies?" Benny asked, smirking, as we walked to the boys locker room. Ethan rolled his eyes and walked into the locker room to avoid our flirting. Before Benny could walk through the door, I ran my hand through his hair, and down to his chest. "Bye Benny." I said breathily, watching him watch me with shocked eyes clouded with a hint of lust and something… deeper. I felt his heart thump erratically against my hand before I let go and sauntered off.

"Yeah, I like him." I said to myself, peeking over my shoulder. Benny still stared after me in a daze. I giggled and continued home.

In the lunch line with Benny and Ethan, I watched as they seriously discussed the cheer routines. It was ridiculous. Then Rory came up. "Whassup! My main men!" Rory yelled, taking off the red Devil mascot head. "And fair maiden." He smiled at me. I smiled back. Rory was too cute!

"Rory, you're the mascot?" Ethan asked.

"'Course. Best way to hang with all the hot cheerleading chicks." He gave me another smile before looking back at the guys. "And there's this one blonde hottie McLovely, names Betty. So into me." He smiled dreamily.

"Yeah, I doubt that dude." Benny wrinkled his nose.

I elbowed him in his side. "Don't ruin his dreams!" I whispered

"What about Veronica?" Ethan asked smugly.

Rory shrugged "Meh, she's okay."

Ethan's smile dropped "Just okay?"

"Her legs are kinda bandy." Rory's nose scrunched up, and Benny and I burst out laughing "But Betty…" Rory continued, unsheathing his fangs "I just wanna sink my fangs-"

"Yeah, we get it…" Benny cut him off in disgust. I giggled quietly at his side.

Sarah came up to us as the cheerleaders passed by. "Ugh, hanging out with those girls make me want to stake myself in the heart!" then Erica came up and dragged her away. Sarah latched on to my arm and pulled me with them. Benny cheekily wiggled his fingers goodbye as I squeaked out an "Help me!"

After practice, I stayed behind with the boys. "We're forces of nature, that's what makes us stars." Benny practiced the cheer "You know, something about that cheer, just makes me feel all tingly inside."

"Uh-huh!" I nodded in agreement, linking my arm through his.

"It's great, isn't it?" He asked me, and I smiled up at him.

"Are you sure it's our new cheers and not your new boyfriend?" Ethan smirked, nodding towards Rory who was making his way over.

"Well, hello there, my Beelze-babe.*" Rory greeted .

Ethan and I laughed, and Benny said in his girly voice "Sweetie, stop..." In his normal voice he quietly said "stop." and walked away.

I hurried after him, making up an excuse for Rory "Hey, we're just gonna go, uh, shower up! Yeah, don't wanna be all smelly, right?" I faked a laugh "See ya!"

"Are we really gonna shower?" Benny asked hopefully.

"No." I shook my head.

"Fine." He pouted "Wanna come over to Ethan's after school and hang out?"

"Sure, but make sure you shower first!" I smiled, pinching his arm lightly.

He smirked down at me "Only if you join me."

"I just might." I teased, and we laughed and continued on our way home.

Home was a luxury lately. Cheerleading has kept me so busy, I've been either at practice, or with someone practicing. I'm surprised I've been able to get any homework done! I sighed and rubbed my eyes under my glasses, and then my phone vibrated against my leg. It was a text from Benny: Cheer sleepover at Ethan's… You're needed! See you there ;D

Ugh! I groaned, flopping back onto my bed. I just got out of that god-forsaken uniform! It's fun to be a cheerleader at first, until you wear the uniform every day! I was going to take a shower too! I put the uniform back on anyways and grabbed a pillow from my bed. I hopped down the stairs and found my mom in the kitchen. "Mom, there's a cheerleading sleepover tonight. Can I go?"

"Sure, sweetie. Where's it at?"

Crap. "Uh, it's at Sarah's." I lied.

"I like her!" My mom smiled "Sleeping bags are in the laundry room!"

I searched the laundry room for my sleeping bag. I didn't understand how it could be so hard to find, it was half-pink, half-green, with white polka dots! I finally unearthed it under a pile of unused bed sheets. "Woot!" I cheered to myself.

I was about to race out the door when my mom called out "Aria! Did you pack a change of clothes?" I froze with my hand on the doorknob. I hadn't packed a thing.

As I trudged past her, I dejectedly said "No… Thanks for reminding me." She laughed as I walked up the stairs. I quickly chose out a cute pair of pajamas that I knew Benny would like, and some comfortable, but still cute, clothes for tomorrow. I hid my glasses, deciding to risk walking around a blurry world. I wasn't going to face the wrath of Stephanie just for wearing glasses. I went back downstairs, yelling to my mom "Bye mom! See you tomorrow!" and ran out the door. I speed-walked the two streets separating Ethan's house and mine, and was there in minutes. I rang the doorbell and it was answered by an overly-peppy Sarah.

"Hey Aria!" She squealed, pulling me into a hug.

"Hey… Sarah?" I said, confused.

"Oh my gosh, we are going to have so much fun! Come on!" She pulled me to the living room, where the other cheerleaders gathered, and sat me down next to her.

Ethan and Benny walked in then, probably from upstairs, dressed as Betty and Veronica. "Oh, there you are!" Stephanie acknowledged them, strangely sweet "Don't be shy girls, join the fun! The spirit squad is now in session. Sarah grabbed my hand and dragged me over to them.

"Hey gals!" She gasped "Nice hair! Oh my gosh, cheerleading sleepovers are so fun! Aren't they, Aria?"

"Uh, yeah, totally." I smiled awkwardly.

"Later on, we're gonna give each other mani-pedi's!" Sarah squealed.

"Make sundaes, and do each other's hair!" Benny added in his girl voice, far too happy around all the cheerleaders.

"Benny!" Ethan hissed, elbowing him in the side. But Sarah just smiled wider.

"Yes! We need sundaes, now!" She grabbed Benny's hands and jumped with him.

"Sarah, what are you doing? You know Stephanie's a witch, right?" Ethan whispered.

Sarah let go of Benny and looked at Ethan. "Okay, I know she seems like a witch 'cause she acts like a witch, but she's actually really sweet!"

"You know, as long as you're not ugly." I scoffed, crossing my arms and leaning against Benny.

"Exactly!" Sarah squealed, and then pranced off back to her seat.

"She was like that when I got here." I sighed.

"I think Sarah's under Stephanie's spell." Ethan said "She's acting like a total… girl!"

"Yeah." Benny nodded "You and I on the other hand…"

"Point taken."

"So what do we do now?" I asked.

Suddenly Sarah hopped up onto the coffee table, clutching a pillow, and yelled "Pillow fight!" All the girls grabbed pillows and started to hit each other with them. I looked at the boys, and the dreaminess on their face was abundant. Boys and their girl-pillow-fight fantasies.

"Wasn't there something we were supposed to be doing?" Benny asked, a goofy smile on his face.

"Oh, I don't know, evil cheerleaders?" I said sarcastically, jealous of all the attention he was giving to the cheerleaders.

"Yeah, the whole school might die tomorrow if we don't stop the cheerleaders." Ethan answered in the same breathless tone as Benny.

"Tomorrow is hours away…" Benny said.

"This is literally the coolest moment of my life." Ethan said.

"That's kind of sad." I remarked.

They ignored me "You thinking what I'm thinking what I'm thinking?" Benny asked.

"Pillow fight!" They giggled like girls and ran towards the cheerleaders, grabbing pillows and joining the fight. I sighed and shook my head, but grabbed a pillow nonetheless and joined in.

Later on, after all the cheerleaders left to sleep at Stephanie's (She had more makeup available for tomorrow's pep rally) I trudged upstairs with the boys. We were all tired. "Are you sure it's okay if I stay over?" I asked Ethan.

"Yeah, my parents won't care." He answered with a yawn.

I hesitated before asking my next question "Do you mind if I use your shower?"

"Go ahead." He said sleepily "First door on the right."

I smiled "Thanks." We kept walking.

"No problem." Both Ethan and Benny froze as I continued on, their brains registering what just happened.

I smirked, stopping in the doorway of the bathroom. "Sleep tight, boys." I winked and shut the door behind me.

All I did was wash my hair, using Ethan's moms shampoo and conditioner. I almost used Ethan's Star Wars shampoo, but I didn't want my hair to smell like 'The Death Star', the scent labeled on the bottle. I towel dried my hair until it was a little damp and put it into a ponytail. I put on my pajamas, a black tank top with the yellow batman insignia on it, and matching shorts. I walked out of the steamy bathroom with my glasses on, bag in hand, and ran into Benny who was walking towards the stairs.

"Hey Aria, you wear glasses?"

"Yeah, I just wear contacts at school."

He smiled, looking me up and down "Batman. That's hot."

"Thanks baby." I cooed, "Where you going?"

"Downstairs. I wanted some water."

"Mind if I join you?"

"After you, milady." He bowed and put his arm out forward. I quietly set my stuff down in Ethan's room. He was already fast asleep, the cutie, then Benny and I ventured down to the kitchen.

Benny set a cup of water down on the counter in front of me "One cup of water." He smiled.

"Thank you, whatever would I do without you?" I questioned jokingly, smiling back at him. We joked and drank our water, then headed back upstairs.

"Well, there isn't much room, but just put your sleeping bag anywhere. He doesn't care." Benny gestured to Ethan.

I smirked, an idea forming. "Then how about," I unzipped my sleeping bag all the way open and laid it half on top of Benny's already opened sleeping bag "We put ours together and save space?" I sat down on my sleeping bag, placing my pillow at one end, and smiled up at Benny.

I could see him visibly gulp "Okay." His voice cracked. He put a blanket down and got under it next to me. I stretched out underneath it and snuggled into the blanket, inching closer to Benny.

"'Night." I whispered

"'Night."

The next morning I woke up really warm, to Ethan sleepily calling out "Benny, Aria, wake up." and the thump of a pillow hitting something. I moaned sleepily, and felt the warmth behind me move. Something around my waist tightened, and my eyes shot open. A pair of arms were wrapped around my waist, Benny's arms, and he nuzzled his face into my back, mumbling "What?" to Ethan. Holy crap, we ended up spooning in the middle of the night! He seemed to realize it too, and released me, backing away.

"Dude!" Benny suddenly cried out, "You've got stuff all over your face!" I sat up, looking over at Ethan. He did have girly stickers on his face.

"What the?" Ethan said, alarmed "Your nails are red!" He pointed at Benny.

"Yours are pink!" Benny cried back "I feel so violated!"

"Those cheerleaders must be stopped. Who knows what they'll paint pink next!" Ethan said.

"Oh, the horror." I said sarcastically, putting on my glasses. Ethan and Benny got up and went to Ethan's desk. Benny opened up his spell book and flipped through the pages. I got up as well and stood behind them.

"Okay, lots of these old spells channel energy with the five points of the star." Benny said.

"One for each of the elements." I said, nodding.

"Wait, Stephanie said she needed five cheerleaders. She's using our formation to sap human spirits!" Ethan realized.

"Pentagrams are never good." I shook my head.

"Let's hope a reversal spell will be good enough to block the flow of energy." Benny said.

A knock came at the door and we all turned to look at the door. Ethan and Benny rushed to get their wigs off and pull the stickers off Ethan's face.

"Ha, ha, come in!" Ethan called. The door opened to Benny's grandma.

"Grandma? What are you doing here?" Benny asked.

"I promised Jane some strength potion, but I wanted to give you these." She produced three old pom-poms from her purse and handed them to us.

"Pom-poms?" Benny asked confused.

"Protection wands," She corrected "For the big rally today. You think I didn't hear those cheerleaders last night? Don't be fooled, boys. Underneath those short skirts and pigtails lies some serious black magic at work. Of course, not all cheerleaders are bad." She smiled, patting my head and pulled out an old school yearbook "Back in my day, I had the highest kick on the squad." She opened up the yearbook and set it down on the deal "There was one girl who was desperate to be on the squad. She was consumed with bitterness. Wonder what ever happened to her?" She smiled "You kids better get ready, you have a big day!" She walked out.

"Bye grandma." Benny said.

"Thanks." Ethan and I said. Ethan picked up the book and I sprawled out in Benny's lap.

"I'm tired." I told him, wrapping my arms around his neck and laying my head down on his shoulder.

"Wow." Ethan laughed.

"What?" Benny and I asked.

"You're grandma was hot." He grinned, trying not to laugh.

"Are you trying to ruin the word 'hot' for me forever?!" Benny exclaimed, disgusted.

Ethan's expression turned serious "Guys, look at this." He turned the book our way. I sat up from my spot leaning against Benny to look at the book.

"I don't want to know how hot she was, okay!" Benny snapped.

"No, Benny, look!" I pointed at the picture.

"It's…" Ethan began

"Stephanie?!" Benny finished.

Ethan looked over at us suspiciously "Were you guys canoodling last night?"

"Is now really the time?" I squeaked. Benny chuckled under me, his chest rumbling against my back.

I was getting ready for the pep rally in the girl's locker room. I adjusted my ponytail when Sarah came bounding up to me, a bundle of peppy happiness. "Are you excited for the pep rally?" She asked.

"Yep, totally." I said blankly as I switched to applying lip gloss. "Hey, do you think Benny likes cherry flavored lip gloss? Or maybe one of those soda flavored lip gloss?"

"I don't know what Benny likes!" She giggled "Why don't you ask him!" She smiled, hopping in place.

I rolled my eyes, "You're no help. Let's go, frogger." I said, pulling the still hopping girl out the door.

All the cheerleaders ran into the gym, cheering and waving our poms. We got into formation and started our cheer: "The moment has come, this is it. Our finest hour, no stopping us now. You can't resist our power! We're forces of nature, that's what makes us stars! We may look like girls, but that's not all we are!"

We got into the star formation and started a Latin incantation.

"Give up now, 'cause you're gonna be beat. We are out for power and in for defeat!"

"Now guys! Now?" Ethan hissed. We started our reversal spell.

Our second way through Stephanie turned and snapped "Back off geeks! I've been waiting fifty years to bring this school down and no one is going to stop me now!" She continued her chant and her eyes glowed pink. She looked over at the doors and they slammed shut, closing off all exits. The lights went out and the pentagram began to glow different colors. Stephanie floated up and continued to chant. The students in the stand slumped over and I watched their souls rise up from their bodies and swirl over to us, circling the pentagram.

"Ethan, I don't think it's working." Benny said worriedly.

"Maybe we're saying it wrong!" I cried.

"Step out of the pentagram!" Ethan suggested. We tried to move our feet, but they wouldn't budge.

"I can't!" Benny exclaimed "I'm stuck!"

"Me too!" I declared.

"Push grandma's pom-poms closer to Sarah!" Ethan ordered. Sarah was in between them. The girls continued chanting and Ethan and Benny were finally able to reach Sarah and break the spell from her. "Sarah, Sarah!" Ethan called.

She looked around frantically "What happened? What's going on?"

"Stephanie's a witch! She's sucking the souls out of the whole student body!" Ethan informed her.

"Get back in formation!" Stephanie barked "The cheer must be completed!"

"Here's a new cheer for you!" Sarah yelled, grabbing Ethan and Benny, who grabbed me "Give me an Ow!" She yanked us out of the pentagram. Stephanie cried out "Ow!" as she hit the floor. The rest of the cheerleaders fell to the floor as well.

"Booyah!" Benny cheered.

"Nice!" Ethan said.

I hugged Sarah as tight as I could and whined "I missed you!" The lights turned back on and all the students awoke and sat up, then started leaving.

"Sweet!" We looked over to see Erica staring hungrily at the cheerleaders "It's like an all-you-can-eat buffet!" We gave her a 'Really?' look. "What?" She defended herself "It's not like anyone's gonna miss her, she's a total-"

The cheerleaders woke up, sitting up and looking around "She's old!" They cried, looking at the old lady, Stephanie "EW!" The two girls cried, scooting away.

The old lady pointed at Benny's grandma, who appeared out of nowhere, and yelled "You! You ruined everything!"

"Poor Stephanie." Benny's grandma pitied "I remember how mean folks were to you back then." She turned to walk away.

Stephanie yelled out, a knife materializing in her hand. Benny's grandma turned back around and shot a spell at her, draining Stephanie of her powers. "What I forgot was just how much you deserved it."

"Three cheers for grandma!" Sarah smiled.

Benny, Ethan and I whoo'ed. "I am so done with cheerleading." Ethan said, throwing down his poms. Sarah and Benny threw down their poms with an "Agreed."

They looked at me pointedly. "But, it's so, so…" I looked at their faces "Fine. Agreed." I sighed, throwing down my pom-poms as well.

"Smart kids." Benny's grandma said "All the jumping around is fun, but all you're left with is saggy pom-poms."

My eye twitched, grossed out, and we all just walked away.

I walked up to Ethan and Benny at lunch with my arm wrapped around Rory's shoulder in comfort. "Hey Rory, Aria." Greeted Ethan. "Sorry to hear your girlfriend moved away."

"But, I did bump into her and she asked me to give you this." Benny handed him a pink letter. Rory took it and opened it, reading it. As her read, he smiled and started to float up. We grabbed him and tried to bring him back to the ground. Rory just smiled blissfully and walked away.

"That was sweet." I smiled, poking Benny's side.

"Yeah, I guess. I just couldn't stand seeing the poor guy so miserable."

"Well, I thought it was very nice." I smiled, wrapping my arms around his waist in a hug and leaning up, kissing his cheek. "Bye bye." I smiled, walking away.

I still heard Ethan cry out happily "Dude!" and the clap of a high-five.

So did you guys like it? I hope you did :) Thank you all so much for the favorites and follows, and a special thank you to the two people who reviewed! I DO LOVE REVIEWS, GUYS! They make me feel loved :3 I can not believe how many people are reading this from so many different countries! I love that I'm reaching all of you! So, while I was typing this, I was actually watching part one and two of the season 2 finale. I'm really thinking of writing a fic for Rory and an OC starting in season 2. Rory is so hot in season 2! Benny is, of course, the hottest.

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