*deep breath* Yeah, I need that. This is gonna be an intense chapter. I need to be ready. You, reader! You should be, too. I'm too excited to write this. I hope you guys enjoy this since BF (yeah, I call her that) left you guys with that ending. Hehehe. Now the action must start!

Let us begin.

Waking up, Ethan realized it was Thursday, which was surprising. This week seemed to pass by quickly. Maybe it was because he was spending his time with Benny. He could still remember how Tuesday night made him feel. The way Benny had kissed him before leaving, the looks of approval his parents gave, the way Benny would lightly touch him while playing video games – it was all too amazing to believe that this happened two nights ago.

He couldn't wait to go see Benny again today in both school and the Weirs's house. Benny had already invited him over to spend another night in his house.

Preparing himself for school was a bit hard since he was too sleepy to think properly, but he had to look his best. It wasn't only girls who care about their looks. Guys did, too.

Going downstairs was the easy part, but passing through the kitchen without being unseen was the hard. Once his mom saw, him she cleared her throat. When he turned his head around slowly, he noticed that she was the only one in there. Not even his dad or sister sat there.

"Ethan, we need to talk about something." Was he in trouble? Did he do something wrong? Did she not like him sneaking around too much?

"Sure," he said, grabbing a seat beside her, not willing to look into her eyes.

"What are you hiding from me?" she asked, sounding like she was tired.

"Nothing."

"Please don't lie to me. I know there's something you're not telling me." When he didn't say anything, she sighed and held his hand. "At least tell me why you didn't mention that Benny is your friend during this whole year."

He hated that his parents didn't know about Jesse's plans, but as long as he was happy with Benny, he couldn't tell them anything. If he did, they wouldn't let him be with him. "He just doesn't know about the supernatural. I was afraid if I dragged him in my life, he'd be in danger." There was no other safe option he could think of but to lie. It was a good thing Jesse taught him how to be sneaky, so lying wasn't a problem to him. His whole life was based on lies. He wished it wasn't, but he couldn't change things now.

"Oh. Alright. But listen, honey, I want you to know that you can tell us anything. I don't want you hiding things from us."

"Okay." Then he stood up. He couldn't look at her now that he gave her false information about something important. Saying goodbye and walking away was too easy this time. His mom didn't stop him or anything. She just let him walk out the door.

The moment he did, he knew why Jane and his dad weren't eating their breakfast. His dad was helping Jane with one of her products about plants for school outside. Their reactions to seeing him were quite different. While his dad smiled and said his hi, Jane simply showed her "innocent" smile. Whenever it appeared, that meant she was up to no good. She did have some of his mother's deviousness, but she didn't realize it.

But he didn't worry about that. He only worried about Jesse. What would he say if he found him in this way? He was so confused. His heart belonged to Benny, but he wasn't on his side of the battle. But was he fully on Jesse's side? He wasn't sure.

Whatever stress Benny was feeling when he was at school went away the moment Ethan stepped in his house. It was dark, but since he gave the Morgans a good impression, they let him come later than last time to spend his time in his house.

He leaned closer to him after saying hi. Ethan put his hand on his chest, a look of worry appearing on his face.

"Don't worry. My grandma knows about us, and she's okay with this," he assured him.

"Really?" He didn't even ask how she knew or if he told her or not. This must have been because he trusted him, didn't he?

He gave him a quick kiss on the lips. Of course, he, too, didn't want his grandmother to see them this way even if she knew about them. The things they did were private. "Let's go upstairs." So he brought him to his room.

Once again, Ethan started looking around at all of the things in his room. "I still think your room is too awesome."

Sitting on his bed, he patted the spot near him. The shorter boy followed him and shrugged off his jacket. Now that his neck was exposed, he couldn't take his eyes away. He didn't even warn him before he started kissing his neck. Ethan froze for a second, maybe from the suddenness of his move, but Benny felt his head moving. He made his way up until he reached his chin, his cheek, the corner of his lips, and then his actual lips. He didn't know how long he kissed Ethan. It could've been seconds or even minutes, but when he finally ran out of breath, he pulled back. There was that smile on his friend's face. He definitely wanted more. His eyes and curved lips said it all. And then he kissed him again. At first, it was nice. They tongue-kissed a bit, but then, Ethan seemed to be backing away until their lips were no longer connected.

His eyes went down and his mouth wasn't forming a smile anymore. "What's wrong?" Benny asked.

"I'm sorry. I can't do this. It's not fair for you," he said.

"What? What are you talking about? Why?" He couldn't ask the proper question, so he kept saying what came to his mind.

He sighed, backing away from his slightly so they weren't touching anymore. "I need to tell you something. I'd ask you to not hate me, but I know you will."

"I won't hate you. You know I like you." he reached for his hand but he backed away. Never had he seemed more distant. Even his eyes were pleading. He didn't know for what, but they still broke his heart.

"You will hate me," he said. This time, he didn't meet his eyes. "I know more about you thank you think."

What did he know? The thought frightened him, but he had to stay calm. He didn't want to overreact.

"I know that you're a spell master and that Rory's a vampire."

Benny didn't know how to react. All this time, he thought he was just a normal guy who did know about the supernatural world, and he was wrong? "What are you? How did you know?"

He took a breath, now closing his eyes. "I'm the seer that you went to twice for... fortune telling."

If Benny wasn't in a healthy condition, he was sure he'd have a heart attack. He was the seer. The seer. The one who's Jesse's weapon. He was bad. Evil. The only reason he wasn't so angry with him was because he liked him too much to yell. Still, he wasn't on their side.

It was kind of ironic. He looked so angelic yet he was the devil's right hand.

"Why?" There were so many questions on his mind, yet this is the only word that came out of his mouth.

"I'm sorry." And he wasn't lying or joking. He was serious.

"Explain." He wasn't even trying to be nice when he demanded that. Ethan froze in his place, and that made Benny snap. "Now."

He started fidgeting with his hands as he said, "When I was six, I used to be bullied. One day, one guy came and defended me. He was big and strong. He made me stop crying and introduced himself as Jesse Black. I trusted him. He offered to teach me how to fight and then when I was ready, he told me about the supernatural. Years later, I found out my parents were allies with him. They're the ones that told him to train me. He knew I'm a powerful seer, so that's why he agreed." He stopped playing with his fingers and began with the loose threads of his shirt. The pause seemed long. "Last year, Jesse told me to earn your trust. I ask him why and he told me because a year later, which is this year, he'll announce a battle, and he wanted information from your side."

"So you were never really our friend," he said, hurt shown in his voice.

Now he finally looked at his face. "I am."

"Were," he corrected.

"Sure, I wasn't really your friend at first, but after a month, I liked you guys."

"That doesn't change anything. We're enemies." That word was hard to get out, but it was the suitable one. "Do you like me or was that an act?"

"Why would I lie about liking you?" he asked.

He nodded. This was too much for him, but there was one more thing on his mind at the moment. "Did you steal the spell?"

There was eye contact but no answer. It was too obvious. He should've known. How could trust him this easily to leave him alone in the house?

"Get out."

He stood up slowly like he didn't want to leave, but he should. He took his jacket in his hands and headed to the door. Just when he reached the door, he turned around and said, "I'm really sorry. It would've been nice to be your boyfriend. But that's not happening, is it?" Maybe he looked truly sad, but that didn't do anything to help Benny be happy.

When Ethan left, and he was sure of it, he collapsed on his bed. He didn't know why he waited for him to be outside of the house. Maybe it was the fear that Ethan would step inside the room again, but either way, he wanted him to be gone.

He felt so betrayed by Ethan. How could he do this to them. He thought they were close, but he was just using him. The part about Ethan being on Jesse's side pissed Benny off, but being his secret weapon? That made things real.

"What happened?" He didn't even hear the door open. "Why did Ethan leave? He looked sad?"

He would've said it was nothing, but this was serious. She needed to be told. "Grandma, don't ever let him in. He's Jesse's weapon. He's the seer."

"What?" She didn't sound like she believed it, but who could blame her? Such a betrayal was unexpected - especially from someone they both trusted.

"He stole the spell," he added.

Now, she looked away from him, looking like she was about to lose it. When she turned to look at him, he noticed that her fingers were on her lips, moving from side to side and her eyes were staring at nothing. "We need to warn Anastasia. Now."

Hope you guys liked this. Well, I have nothing to add. Except: I hope you guys don't kill me. Or us. Well, now I'll leave it for BF to finish. And be warned, her chapter will be goooood. Yes, that's a warning.

until next time...

-TEM