AN: I'm BAAAAAAACK! Did you all miss me? I know I promised to update like two days ago, but then I decided to update today, to promote my Kickin' It one-shot! Wooo! So go read it!
SPECIAL NOTE: THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER OF DON'T CALL ME BABE! THE FINALE. THE END. NO MORE.
BUT THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL.
(Season two, bitches!)
"Of course, the one time we get free pizza is when your mom is treating us!" Benny complained.
Ethan checked his watch, "The guy still has two minutes and forty-nine seconds."
"Pfft! Zero chance in that rust bucket." Benny scoffed, moving to sit on the back of the couch. "which reminds me, limo or jet pack?"
"What?" Ethan and I echoed.
"Our ride to the Fly Off to the Moon dance." Benny smirked. "You already know my pick, but do you think the chicks will dig a stretch?"
"I say limo. I don't want my hair to get messed up." I leaned close to Benny's ear and whispered suggestively" And think of all that space in a limo... So much you can do."
"What chicks?" Ethan asked.
"Jet pack it is!" Benny said. I kissed him softly, one hand toying around his belt. "Never mind, limo." His voice cracked.
I smiled. I love the sexual control I have over him.
"Benny, I think I'm out." Ethan confessed.
"What?" Benny's voice rose an octave "Dude, we've gotta go. Party. Possible chicks for you. Jet packs!"
"Limo!" I corrected.
"I don't know. Ever since we dug up the Cubile animus and, and Sarah got possessed and trashed the house, I've kinda felt like laying low." Ethan said.
"You can lay low when you're dead!" Benny countered.
"Yeah, come on Ethan, these are the best years of our lives!" I added.
"Really?" Ethan asked unenthusiastically.
"I really hope not." Benny said in the same tone.
Offended, I punched him in the arm.
"Kidding!" He said.
Something on the TV caught my attention.
"Add another name to the Whitechapel's list of missing persons." The man on TV said "Who is it? Stand by."
"Missing persons?" Benny scoffed, getting off the back of the couch "How about my missing pizza?" Sighing, he added "I'm calling it in."
I walked with him. "You'll get your pizza, baby." I cooed teasingly.
Walking with Rory, we spotted Benny and Ethan at their lockers.
"You guys hooked up for the Fly Off to the Moon dance yet? Know any honeys with a hot sister? Or a smokin' second cousin?" He asked.
I laughed, squeezing him in a hug before joining my boyfriend.
"Pfft! This guy's going with his best girl." Benny said, pulling me close and planting a kiss on my cheek. "Ethan's going stag."
"Loser." Rory said to Ethan, putting an L on his forehead and walking away.
"You should ask Sarah." I suggested to Ethan.
He looked at me like I was crazy, sighed, and walked away.
"Wha - Benny did the math!" I called after him.
"Yeah, you've got like a one-in-2,173 chance she'll say yes!" Benny yelled.
With no answer, I shrugged. "Hey," I noticed the snack in his hand "are you going to give me some of that?"
"Yeah, sure. Come on; let's go catch up with Ethan."
"Ethan, wait up!" I whined playfully, running up to the pouty boy and tugging on his hand. "Please? I didn't mean it! I just want you to love me!" I cried dramatically, throwing myself at Ethan in a hug, hanging all my weight on him.
"Alright, alright! I forgive you Aria." Ethan groaned, my weight pulling his weak nerd body down.
I jumped off him. "Yay! Oh, look there's Sarah and Erica!" I winked and ran off to the girls.
"Hey!" I said to Sarah and Erica. "What's up?"
"Erica's got a date to the dance... who doesn't go to this school." Sarah said.
"Oooh."
"Well, hello Sarah" Benny greeted, Ethan in tow "You ladies going to the dance tomorrow?"
"Not with you dorks." Erica instantly said. To Sarah, she said "I'm off to the zoo. It's feeding time." Walking past Ethan and Benny, she paused and turned around "Hey, are pandas still endangered?"
"Yes!" Ethan, Benny, Sarah and I said together, mine more enthusiastic because I adore pandas!
"Bummer." Erica blew air kisses and left.
"So, you three off to some wild afterschool dork-a-thon?" Sarah asked. I shook my head to signal I wasn't going with them.
"Heh, no! For your information we're..." Ethan hesitated, and Sarah gave him a knowing look "Yeah, chess club."
"Oh, laser chess. And we gotta go before all the good lasers are taken, so..." Benny trailed off.
"You can come of you want." Ethan offered.
"Hey, I'm not that desperate. Besides, I have to study." Sarah said.
"Studying for what?" I asked.
"Vampire history?" Benny joked, him and Ethan laughed lamely.
Sarah sighed "I've missed so much class, Mr. G says I'll fail the whole semester if I don't pass the makeup test on Monday. Have fun at your club." She said in goodbye and left as well.
"Ah, she's gotta relax. Count Dracula never had a degree, and he owned a castle!" Benny said stupidly.
I rolled my eyes. Ethan said "Come on, genius." And they started to leave for chess club.
"Wait!" I said, running up to Benny and giving him a hug and a kiss "See you later, guys." I said.
"You're not coming with us?" Ethan asked.
"Nope." I said, popping the "P" "I still need to do some shopping for the dance tomorrow!"
"Okay, see you tonight?" Benny asked.
"Yeah, bye!" I said, squeezing his hand and leaving.
In the mall with my mom I modeled a dress my mom picked out. "Uh, mom, I really don't think this is my kind of dress." I said, turning this way and that, looking at the poofy dress. "Besides, it's not prom or anything."
"But you look so nice!" My mom pleaded.
I have her a look "That's what you said about the last two dresses. Let me pick out my own dress, alright? Please."
She sighed, giving in "Okay, okay. Go ahead and find your own dress."
I stepped back into the dressing room "Thank you." I said, and undressed, putting my clothes back on. I searched through racks of dresses, picking out a few. Finally, I came upon one I knew was perfect. I rushed to the dressing room and put it on. I stepped out and my mom gasped.
"Oh, it's perfect!" She said.
I smiled at my reflection in the mirror. The dress I picked out was a short, blue dress with spaghetti straps. It had a black sash tied in a bow under my bust and a black tulle underskirt to add a small amount of poof. The dress had white swirls on it as the design. It was simple yet beautiful.
We bought it and went to find shoes and accessories. I found a cute pair of white heels and a silver jewelry set. Then we went home.
I was walking around in my shoes when my phone rang. It was Benny's ring tone. I smiled, answering the call "Hey Benny-boo. What's up?"
"Hey, Aria." His voice sounded nervous and high-pitched.
"What did you do." I said instead of asking, my smile dropping.
"Remember a few weeks ago, when Sarah was possessed, and we dug up the Cubile Animus, and I told you about that vampire guy Jesse that was evil and we put in the box?"
"Yes..."
"Well, when we put the ghost in the Cubile Animus, Jesse kind of... got out."
"He WHAT?! Are you telling me there is an evil vampire running around Whitechapel?" I yelled into the phone.
There was some noise in the background and Ethan's voice came through the phone "Aria, we need you to come over and help us prepare for the fight."
I sighed in frustration. "I'm on my way." I slipped on a pair of sneakers and ran out the door, yelling some excuse to my mom.
-Night of the dance-
"Okay, what do we got?" Ethan asked as we assessed the gear on his bed "Holy water balls?"
"Check." Benny said, pointing to them.
"Garlic bombs?" Ethan lifted up one and sniffed it "Ugh, nasty. Check."
"UV flash blaster?"
"Classic! Check." Benny held o e up and flashed it, momentarily blinding Ethan and I.
"Stake-o-matic?" Ethan asked.
"Uh, I don't know which one that is, but... check." I said uncertainly.
"Okay, if we're going to kick Jesse while he's down, we can't go halfway. Do you think we'll need one more?" Ethan asked. Benny and I looked at each other with the same 'kinda-sorta-yeah' face "yeah, we need one more." Ethan grabbed something under his bed and pulled it up.
"Yes, the sun saber XL." Benny said in admiration "Check!"
"It looks like a light to a tanning bed." I said, observing it.
"That's because it is. But it's great to use against vampires." Ethan said. "You know, you don't think Sarah would ever go back to Jesses, do you?" He asked Benny and I seriously.
"Never." I shook my head.
"No way!" Benny said "Why?"
"Well, I had a vision. She was, lost in a fog and, and then she was over a body with blood on her mouth. You don't think Sarah would ever turn, do you?"
"Dude, she's been fighting it for this long. Why would she change now?" Benny said.
"Benny's right. Sarah wouldn't change unless it was for something really important. I gotta go, I need to get ready for the dance. I'll see you both in a bit." I waved goodbye to the boys, patting Ethan assuredly and hugging Benny. "Laters!"
"Hey Sarah, you look cute!" I said to my fledgling friend when we met up outside Ethan's house.
"Hey Aria, you look cute too!" She smiled and rang the doorbell.
Ethan's mom answered "Look at you two! You look gorgeous." She gasped, inviting us in. "Come on in, I'll call the boys. Ethan- oh." The boys were already at the stairs.
I bit my lip trying not to laugh at Benny's tuxedo. It was powder blue, with a ruffled white dress shirt and an outrageous bow tie. Benny gave me a smile, and I noticed Ethan admiring Sarah with his mouth hanging open.
"Hey guys." Sarah said.
"You look adorable." Ethan's mom said as if she really didn't know what else to say. I imagine she was speaking to Benny. His smile dropped as I burst into giggles. "Come on, it's picture time!" Ethan's mom announced.
The boys shuffled downstairs and Mrs. Morgan gathered us together, indiscreetly putting Ethan and Sarah together. Sarah and I were in the front. Luckily, we had planned for pictures. Ethan's mom started counting to three, and when she said cheese, we quickly pushed Sarah to the back and covered her with our bodies. The camera flashed, and Mrs. Morgan looked at the picture and said "Oh come on, you guys, you completely blocked Sarah. I gotta take another one!"
"We gotta go mom." Ethan said, rushing is out the door.
I heard Mrs. Morgan say "Have a good time! And don't drink too much of the red stuff."
Shit. "what?!" We all yelled/asked.
"Punch." Mrs. Morgan said confused "don't they serve punch at high school dances?" We all sighed in relief and left.
At the dance, we really didn't do anything except stand in the corner and keep watch. Benny and I kept ourselves entertained by whispering things to each other.
"Do you really think you should be drinking so much punch?" Ethan yelled at Benny over the music. Benny was on his fifth cup already.
"The key to fighting vampires is to hydrate." Benny yelled back.
"Really? Where do you get all this information?" I yelled.
Benny looked sheepish. "Dusk."
I rolled my eyes "Uh-huh. Hey, when do we get to dance?"
"We don't. Sarah's gonna give us the signal any second, and then it's time to kick some butt." Ethan yelled.
"Whose butt?" Rory asked, popping up.
"Rory!" I squealed, hugging my best friend "What are you wearing?" I asked, taking in his flashy astronaut costume.
"We're supposed to dress up! He said that we're wearing suits!" Rory accused, pointing at Benny.
"Not space suits Rory!" Ethan laughed.
"You're just upset 'cause you didn't think of it." Rory said proudly, doing a little dance before walking off.
Ethan started beeping, and pulled something out of his pocket to check it. "It's Sarah, he's here. We gotta go, grab the bag."
"But before we go, I gotta go." Benny said.
"You shouldn't have drank so much!" I chastised.
"Forget it, we don't have time! Let's go!" Ethan said.
We ran into the hallway and hid. Benny and I hid in two lockers, and Ethan hid in a Recycling bin.
"I was worried you might not show." I heard a muffled man's voice sac through the locker. Jesse.
Sarah answered "wouldn't miss it."
"Jesse, come on, there's a smorgasbord of freshmen in there... Sarah. What are you doing here?" Erica? What's she doing here?
"What we need to do." Sarah answered her, not sounding surprised at all. "Do not try and stop us."
"Who's us?" Jesse asked.
That was our cue. Benny and I stepped out from the lockers, and Ethan crawled out from the recycling bin. "The same us who killed you last time." Ethan said.
"Good, you got my invitation." Jesses said.
"You knew I would bring them here?" Sarah asked, sounding surprised.
"Of course. But I don't recognize her." He pointed to me.
"Oh, I'm aria. Kinda new here." I said awkwardly.
"What are you doing with these geeks?" Jesses asked.
Did he totally forget about the fight? "Uh, I'm Benny's girlfriend."
Jesse gave me a look "Seriously?"
"Yeah, seriously. Not let's get back to this fight so I can kick your ass!" I snapped.
"You're not the only one who brought friends." Jesse said, turning back to Sarah.
A few vampires came out, hissing at us. "Too weak to fight your own battles, huh?" Benny taunted. "Lame"
"Hey, you wanna raise the stakes?" Ethan said, and a stake slid out of his sleeve. He staked the vampire and it disappeared. Benny and I faced the other one. Benny used the UV flash blaster to blind the vamp, and I threw one of the Holy Water balls. The vampire disintegrated.
"Sweet." I breathed.
Sarah hissed and went to attack Jesse, but Erica grabbed her and started to drag her away. "Erica, what are you doing?!" Sarah cried, trying to fight her off.
"We had a special chat earlier." Jesse explained "Erica, hold on to her." He waved his hand like a Jedi.
"I will hold on to her." Erica repeated, in a trance.
"Erica is in a trance, he's not as weak as we thought!" Sarah cried.
"Get him!" Ethan yelled to us.
Benny and I started to chant a spell, but Jesse flew over and stopped us, pushing Benny into a wall and grabbing me by the throat "you got something else to say?" Jesse threatened. I stared at him fearfully, eyes wide with terror.
"Let her go!" Benny screamed.
Jesse dropped me and whipped around to face him. "What about you?"
Benny looked sheepish again "I have to use the bathroom." Is he kidding? Then Jesse picked him up and threw him into the boys' bathroom. "Benny!" I screamed, running in after him. He was out cold on the floor. "Shit." I hissed, getting up and leaving to find Ethan or Sarah.
I came across all of them. Ethan, Jesse, Sarah, and Erica. Jesse held Ethan by his arm and was dragging him
"Let him go!" Sarah demanded.
"I don't care how cute you are, no one puts me in a trance." Sarah said angrily.
"Why do you even care about this meat?" Jesse asked, gesturing to Ethan, "in five hundred years you won't even remember his name. Come with me and be who you're supposed to be!"
"Get it through your tiny, bat brain. If you hurt one of my friends, you will regret it, even if it takes a thousand years!" Sarah said "I will never, never, be one of you."
"We'll see." Jesse said. He turned, slid Ethan's sleeve up, and sank his fangs into Ethan's wrist. Ethan cried out, trying to tear his arm away. Jesse let him go and Ethan fell to the floor.
Benny ran up to us, conscious "Ethan!" He cried when he saw his friend writhing on the floor.
"Now, you either become one of us," Jesse said "or he does. Your choice! See you soon." He said with a smile, and disappeared.
"Ethan!" Sarah yelled, falling to the floor at his side. We stood back in shock and watched as Sarah bit him, drinking his blood and sucking out the venom.
"What's she doing?" Benny asked.
"Saving him." Erica replied softly.
I stood around Ethan's bed with Jane, Benny, and Benny's grandma.
"Don't worry honey, Sarah got the venom out. Your heart's still beating; you're going to be alright!"
"But Sarah's not." Ethan said dejectedly "Benny, I feel terrible."
"Well yeah, what do you expect? You just got bit by a vampire! Vampire." He repeated in a whisper, nodding his head with a stupid smile on his face.
"He means about Sarah becoming a vampire because of him." I hissed. He mouthed "oh" at me.
"Sarah gave up whatever chance at life she had for me." Ethan said sadly.
"She really is worth the eight bucks an hour your mom pays her to babysit, eh?" Benny joked.
"Benny!" Ethan complains.
"What? Just trying to lighten the mood!" Benny defended himself.
"There's nothing left for her now." I sighed.
AN: And there we have it! The end! Is anyone else dying inside? I KNOW I AM! You guys have been the best readers ever, and I am so glad that Don't Call Me Babe has become so popular! I want to thank all of you who favorited, followed, and reviewed! This story has been so much fun, and I can't wait for the sequel!
I am going to have to ask you all to wait a little bit for the sequel. Not long though, I promise! I just need an extra week to get everything completed, so the first chapter of the sequel will be up in two weeks! Check for it on Friday, January 11, 2013.
I REPEAT. THE SEQUEL WILL BE POSTED ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 11!
On a happy note, my Kickin' It Jack/OC one-shot, Kickin' Off the New Year is up NOW! So go check it out and review it, my lovely readers!
SHOUT OUTS FOR THE LAST TIME! (ON THIS FANFICTION!)
MeganRoseMaslow: I hope your christmas was lovely? Mine was good! I'm glad you liked the gift exchange! That was the hardest part for me to write! Hahaha.
MsWildfire97: Yay! I WILL GET YOU IN THE SEQUEL! BEWAAAAARREEEE!
Vs-for-life: Hahaha I love your excitment! I hope you'll review in the sequel? Then I can give you more shout outs!
LovelyDovely: I loved your review! It made me all happy inside :) I hope you read the sequel for this story and Kickin' Off the New Year! It doesn't really follow the plot line of the show, so don't worry about being confused! The story itself will only follow a few episodes as well. I'm gonna try using my own plot line this time.
Dusker101: LOL The Batman and Robin necklace was something I saw on Etsy and I was like "OHMYGOD I NEED THAT!" but it was like $80 so... its a bit out of my price range. Hahaha I thought the ring idea was so cute. I'm happy I'm your favorite author!
Anne (Guest): I hope you don't mind that this is the last chapter? But do not fear, the sequel will be up in two short weeks! I think my heart exploded when I read that you think of my story when you watch the show! I just died of happiness! I'm glad you enjoyed the story so much!
AND THAT'S ALL FOR NOW!
BUT ONE MORE THING!
I have recently thought up a new idea for a Rory/OC fanfiction taking place in the second season! It'll be really dramatic, kind of a Romeo/Juliet thing. But I can't reveal too much! You guys will just have to wait! But I will be publishing it, so, review and tell me if you want a Rory/OC story! I've already started working on it, so... Woooo!
UNTIL NEXT TIME, MY DEARS!
(BTW, I may update with just another authors note in the next week, giving you guys the title of the sequel, just in case.)
LOVE FOREVER TO THE GREATEST READERS!
Panda_Chan8!