Yay new chapter time! Let's see if all is at it seems…

Updated: 2/17/2015

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Benny and Ethan ducked as a weird purple fire aimed for them. They weren't quick enough as another shot was fired, only narrowly missing it.

"We're not vampires!" Ethan called over his shoulder as he and Benny ran, the dark figure right behind them. "We're human!"

"Lies! Your lies don't work on me demon!" The electronic voice called out, running after them, catching up quickly. Benny quickly turned and muttered something, sending the figure flying backwards; it didn't deter them as they did a flip in mid-air and landed on their feet, already running back towards the two boys, guns ready and waiting. Suddenly, it felt like a rock hit Ethan in his side, making him fall, taking Benny down with him.

Sarah was crouched in front of them, fangs bared at the dark figure, who just raised a gun at her.

"Leave them alone. If it's a vampire you want, I'm ready for a fight." A distorted chuckle escaped the dark figure as it shot at Sarah, hitting her in the shoulder, making her scream in agony. Smoke rose from the spot she had been hit, and she noticed a dark purple burn, very similar to the one the vampire guard had; this was their vampire hunter.

"Stupid vampire. See what I can do? And now, it's time to say goodbye to this pathetic existence you call life," the voice said with no feeling, aiming straight for Sarah's chest. She was in too much pain from her shoulder to move, so she just fell to her knees, waiting.

"Fine. Kill me. But don't hurt them; they're human." Suddenly, the dark figure was hit from the side by Erica, who had come out of nowhere. Benny and Ethan grabbed Sarah and helped her away from the fight. The figure dropped their guns momentarily and grabbed a dagger from a sheath, stabbing Erica in the side, pulling up, making a dark gash appear in her side. Erica screamed in pain as she jumped away from the figure. Her side was covered in her sticky vampire blood as she bled profusely, unable to heal like she normally would.

"Yeah beauty queen, that'll leave a scar," the voice said with a laugh, grabbing its weapons and aiming at the two wounded vampires.

"Guys, what's going on?" Rory called out, dashing into the scene and joining his friends. The figure shot at him but missed by a long shot; when that happened, they took off running, leaving the group behind.

…

Sarah and Erica were being inspected by Grandma, who looked more worried than any of them had seen.

"This is dark magic here… Something so vile that it could harm them so badly… It will scar, but I should be able to heal it faster that it would normally take. Something like this could take weeks, even months to heal. It's that deadly to your kind."

"But you can make it better?"

"Yes, of course… But you two will need to rest for a bit. The healing process will be quite painful. Boys, why they get rested up, I want to talk to you three."

Leaving Sarah and Erica in the living room, Grandma ushered the three boys into the kitchen.

"What happened?"

"Well, from what I figured," Ethan started, stepping away from his boyfriend, who glared at him, "some vampire hunter assumed that me and him were vampires. I think it's from all the magical crap he carries around with him."

"Or maybe it was the fact that you reek of magic, just like I do! Anyone hunting magical beings would come for us first!"

"Why is it that every time we go on a date, you almost get us killed?! Huh?!"

"Me?! I get us killed?! Maybe if you-"

"BOYS!" They stopped arguing to look at Grandma, who was glaring at them both. "Ethan, go home if you're okay."

"Gladly. Bye," he said, turning on his heel and stomping out of the room. Benny did want to go after him; he hated fighting with him, but he felt Grandma's magic keeping him still.

"Benny. What happened?"

"Ethan and I were on a date; some person in black comes up on us and thinks we're vampires, and they want to kill us. Those two," he said, tilting his head at the living room, "saved us. When Rory showed up they ran off. Maybe three was too much for them," he ended with a shrug. He watched as Grandma waved her hand, unleashing him. He ran out of the house after Ethan, leaving Rory with Grandma.

"What do you know about this?"

"We had a council meeting today; they told us about a vampire hunter loose in town and warned us to be careful."

"And you're okay?"

"Yeah. I am."

"Good. I'm going to take care of those two. You go on home okay?"

"Yes ma'am."

…

The next morning at school, Rory noticed that Ethan and Benny weren't talking to each other once again.

"What's wrong with them?" Andrea asked as she came up to Rory, who immediately perked up when he saw her. She grinned at him and they just stared at each other in the way that goofy love-struck teens are often described at doing.

"Oh, um, they're…. fighting again."

"Again?! Okay, this is annoying. I'm gonna talk to Ethan. You talk to Benny okay?"

"But, why?"

"Isn't that what friends do? Plus, how can we ever double date if they're always fighting?" she asked, eyes twinkling before she hurried away from him. Rory could hear her giggling and had to make sure to keep both feet on the ground as he watched her go.

She wanted to go on a date; even if it was a double date with his friends. She still wanted to go on a date with him.

"Yes," he said, punching the air before hurrying to Benny. He had to get him to see the best of Ethan once again.

If only for his own selfish reasons.

…

"Hey Ethan," Andrea said, sitting next to him; he had been sitting by his locker, earbuds in.

"Oh, hey Andy," he said, voice sounded dejected as he took out an earbud.

"Ethan, what is up with you and Benny? You two seem so good together. I mean, I know I'm new, but I'm not stupid."

"We just… we got in a fight yesterday."

"About what?"

"A vampire hunter." His eyes widened as he realized what he said; he looked at the girl next to him, who was staring at him, eyes wide as well.

"A what?!"

"Uh, a game. A video game. He beat me and I'm a sore loser is all," he said quickly, face burning the whole time. Andrea nodded and stood up, helping him up.

"Well, if that's the case," she said, as if she didn't believe him, "you should work it out with him. You two are good together. And I can tell you two are crazy about each other."

"Yeah…"

"So talk to him."

"I guess."

…

"Dude," Rory said, ready to pin Benny to the lockers so he could talk to him. "You gotta make up with Ethan."

"Why? He's mad at me."

"So? Make up so that Andy and I can go on our double date with you losers."

"She actually wants to date you?"

"Don't sound so surprised."

"Guys!" Ethan cried out as he skidded to a stop next to them, colliding with Benny, who automatically put an arm around him to balance him. "I made a mistake."

"What did you do?"

"I mentioned the vampire hunter to Andrea. I covered it up by saying it was a game but I'm not sure she believed me."

...

Andrea watched the three boys talking, reading their lips as they conversed.

Seeing how nervous they looked at Ethan's words, she pulled out her phone; as much as she didn't want to, she had to make this call.

As if her life depended on it.

…

Dun-dun-duuuuuuun.

See ya'll next time!

-JustMe133