Hey guys! It's Bethan Forever! And I'm back with an all new chapter for TOS! Yay! :) Guess what, this story has turned a year old on May the 23rd! Can you guys even believe it?! Wow, it's been a year since TEM and I published The Other Side already? Man the months have flew by rather very quickly, guys! Time just really flies by fast now. Like really, really fast.
So what happened in the last chapter, Ethan stole Evelyn's spell back from Jesse, and gave it to Anastasia. Who then let Ethan join her side, meanwhile Ethan is still worrying if his parents will accept his decision, Benny's still being a totally awesome boyfriend and Jesse's still an evil asshole.
And what's going to happen in this chapter? Ummmm, probably some more Benny and Ethan feels. And there will totally be some Ethan and Jane feels in this chapter! *grins* Feels, feels, feels, feels and feels everywhere. *grin widens*
Alright, so I should just shut up now and let you guys enjoy the newest chapter without me rambling so much. Sooooo.
Without further ado.
Here is the newest chapter of The Other Side!
Enjoy!
After the visit to Anastasia and the Vampire Council, Ethan spent some time with Benny at his house before he said he had to go home. Ethan would have been out of Benny's house faster if his boyfriend didn't beg to walk him down the stairs and to the front door and he almost said no, but then Benny stuck out his bottom lip and gave him the puppy dog eyes.
How was he supposed to say no to that?
So he let Benny walk him down the stairs and to the door, and as he was about to open the door, his boyfriend pull him into a kiss Benny's hand went to the back of Ethan's head as the other hand went to his back holding him there. Before he could respond to the kiss, Benny pulled away and gave him a peck on the lips.
"See you later," Benny whispered to him.
Ethan smiled and gave Benny a quick kiss on the lips, before opening the door. "See you later." With that he walked out and closed the door behind him.
As soon as he opened the door to his house and walked inside, he was greeted with the sound of running water in the kitchen and his mother's voice talking to someone on the phone. Well, at least he could make his way upstairs without her stopping him and trying to talk to him, basically trying to make him feel like he wasn't a piece of trash or like the plague.
Ethan closed the front door, letting his Mom know that he was home. He listened to her say something else and then another and he made his move to go up the stairs. When he heard his mother's footsteps and she appeared in view when he was on the third step of the stairs.
"Ethan, how was your day?" she asked. His day was perfect. Perfect because Anastasia had let him join her side along with Grandma Weir, Benny and Rory. And at the fact that he was completely free of the devil, Jesse Black, but he couldn't say that. So he just shrugged his shoulders.
"It was okay," Ethan answered, walking up a few more steps and turned around to look at her. She looked like she wanted to say something but couldn't find the right words.
Samantha stared back at her son, before he started walking up the rest of the stairs. "Ethan," she said making him stop. "Your father and I love you, you know that right? I know we don't show it, but we do love you."
He nodded his head slowly. "I know, Mom."
"And you know that we only want what's best for you too, right?"
Right now, Ethan wanted to tell her that they didn't know what was best for him. He wanted to tell her that they were wrong about everything they knew. That they were stupid enough to believe that Jesse was the hero, but he couldn't say any of this. Until it was time for him to say all of the things he wanted to say.
"Yeah," Ethan replied.
"Alright, you can go to your room. Dinner's going to be ready soon," Samantha told him. Ethan nodded his head and walked up the rest of the stair steps and disappeared around the corner.
Ethan opened the door to his bedroom and dropped his backpack onto the floor next to his bedside table before he took off his jacket, throwing it onto the bed, closing the door behind him. He walked over to his desk chair and collapsed into it.
Oh, crap. He completely forgot that he had an English paper due like on Friday and his backpack was on the floor next to his bedside table, but Ethan didn't feel like getting up. So I guess this was what happens when you hang around Benny too much. His laziness rubs off on you, he thought, and it didn't even bother him. Not one freaking bit.
He yawned and placed his arms behind his head, leaning back in the desk chair. And then he closed his eyes. It was only going to be for a few minutes.
Not even two minutes after he had closed his eyes, Ethan heard his door open and his little sister's voice followed right behind the opening of his door. "Hey Ethan, whatcha doin'?"
Now his old mean and cold self would've snapped at her for bothering him then he'd have yelled at her to get out of his space, but he wasn't going to be like that now. He wanted to be the awesome big brother that teases the little sister every now and then.
"Nothing," Ethan answered. Oh and later he might've to tell her to start knocking on doors before entering the room, because normally when people enter the room without knocking on the door, it sometimes leads to being scarred for life.
Jane took her spot on his bed and crossed her legs. "I noticed that, big brother. So, how's the relationship going with Benny?"
"It's going great. We're boyfriends. But we haven't gone on the official first date yet, unless playing Zombie Brain Bashers and then ordering pizza afterwards counts as a first date. And oh my god, why am I talking about my boyfriend with my little sister?"
"I don't know why, big brother. I guess that's what happens you're dating someone."
"I guess so, Jane," he said.
They sat there for a few minutes before Jane sighed and crossed her arms. "So how are things on that monkey's side anyways?"
Ethan chuckled, he knew Jane was going to be asking that question sooner or later. "Well, things are beginning to go downhill for Jesse's side. With the way he's running things, I wouldn't be surprised if fights start breaking out. I'm thanking God that I switched to Anastasia's side today. Now I am free of that damn devil."
"Wait, you did what today?" Jane questioned standing up from her brother's bed. "You joined Anastasia's side? How did you do that?"
"Yes, I joined Anastasia's side and I did it with Benny's help. Well he helped me get in the Vampire Council without getting killed by the guards and I re-stole Evelyn's spell as a peace offering of some sorts," Ethan explained. "But the most important thing about this is that I'm no longer on Jesse's side."
"Yeah, that's the most important thing. But what about Mom and Dad? You know when they find out they won't be happy, Ethan," she stated.
"I know they'll be disappointed in me with my decision about joining Anastasia's side, because she's the villain in their eyes and Jesse is the damn hero. And I don't know what they'd say about my relationship with Benny, but in the end they will accept me or I hope that they will," he sighed out leaning forwards in his chair.
She walked towards him. "They will, big brother. No matter what Mom and Dad will be mad but they'll get over it."
Sometimes Ethan forgets that Jane is only ten years old because she speaks so maturely for her age. But then again Jane is like twenty times mature and smarter than the other kids her age.
Then he pulled her into a hug. "Thanks, Jane. You know? You are the best little sister anyone could ask for."
Jane was a little surprised at the unexpected hug, but then returned the hug and smiled at what her big brother said. "You are the best big brother anyone could ask for. When you aren't a huge pain in the butt," she giggled.
Ethan chuckled and shook his head, breaking the hug between him and Jane. "Get going little sis. We have things to do before dinner."
She nodded her head and walked over to his door and opened it. Just before Jane walked out the door, she turned around and said, "I love you, big brother."
"I love you too, Jane," Ethan said back with a smile. Jane smiled back before she closed the door. Ethan twisted his chair around facing his computer again.
He was going to thank Benny for making him good because now he was able to be the great big brother, Jane always wanted him to be.
The next day, before school started, Ethan had gotten a call from Benny, who informed him that Anastasia had called a meeting for today and then he asked him if he wanted come to the meeting. And like he was going to say "no", so Ethan told his boyfriend that he was going to the meeting and then he added that he needed a ride to the Council meeting. Because if he walked he might be seen by someone from Jesse's side.
And that's when his boyfriend came in and saved the day for him, telling him that he didn't have to worry about it 'cause he was going to be driving him to the meeting. But how they were going to be meeting up so they could go to the meeting together, Benny told Ethan he was going to be figuring out ideas during school and he would get back to him at the end of the final period.
So this is what Ethan had on his mind all day. About how the meeting was going to go and about how everybody on Anastasia's side was going to react about him joining their side. Hopefully they weren't going to react badly about it. He knew that they were going to have trust issues with him, but as long as he had Anastasia's trust, they would have to go along with it. Until they could trust him.
If he helps them with their training like Anastasia had suggested, which he could do when he came to one of the Vampire Council meetings, then maybe they would slowly start to trust him. Because after all they'd have to act together when the day of the battle came, which was in a few short days. And that meant he had a short amount of time to help Anastasia's side out before the battle arrived.
But Ethan knew that everyone on Anastasia's side was a very fast learners, so hopefully they were going to pick up on the tips quickly.
Well that is, if they let him give them tips.
Right now Ethan was in class, writing down notes on what the teacher was talking about. He didn't share this class with Benny, but he did share it with Rory, who just happened to be sitting next to him, writing something down in his notebook and looking up at the front of the classroom every now and then.
And sometimes he saw that Rory was looking at him whenever their teacher turned his back to the rest of the class, then the teacher would turn back around, he would go back to looking at his notebook and this was making Ethan raise his eyebrows in confusion.
It looked like Rory was trying to say something to him, but their teacher didn't have his back turned towards the class long enough for the vampire to say whatever it is he wanted to say. And he better find an opening soon, because this class was going to be over in a few minutes.
The teacher picked up a book and opened it to a page and turned his back to the class as he began to write on the blackboard, talking to the class about the page in the book. And that's when Rory took the moment as his chance.
Ethan looked out of the corner of his eye as Rory flipped through some of the pages in his notebook and found the note that Benny had given to Rory earlier, he told him not to open it and to give it to Ethan whenever he got the chance. And now was his chance.
Rory looked around the classroom, seeing that nobody was looking at him, before he leaned towards Ethan and tossed the note onto his desk.
The seer stared at the note before turning his head to Rory who simply mouth, "Benny," and left it at that. Ethan turned his head away from Rory and looked at the note once more, then he grabbed the note and opened it.
I thought this'd be a little easier than doing it through text messaging, because I don't want one of us getting caught while using a cell phone in class and end up getting detention.
So, I came up with the idea on how I am going to sneak you out of school without being noticed by Jesse's group. Go behind the school after the bell rings and I will be there shortly after to pick you up and take you to the meeting.
You can reply with an "okay", or whatever you want to reply with...
And of course I know you were probably thinking I had some badass James Bond idea, but this idea was the only one that stuck with me, and I know it's simple and has been done before, but hey it works every time.
I should let you get back to class. I will see you later.
- Benny.
Ethan chuckled and shook his head, putting the note down flat on his desk before he grabbed his pencil and wrote down his answer, then he refolded the note and made sure that their teacher's back was still turned before he leaned over and put the note back onto Rory's desk.
Rory put the note back into his notebook, then he went back to studying like he was doing before.
Their teacher went on to explain the lesson to the whole class for a few more minutes before the bell rang. Everyone in the class packed up their things and exited the classroom, not even listening to a word that the teacher was saying to them.
Ethan stood up from his desk, with his backpack on his shoulder and his class books in hand. He headed towards the door and walked out of the classroom.
One more class and then I've to meet up with Benny behind the school, he thought heading towards his locker.
Meanwhile, Rory had made his way towards Benny's locker where he found the spell master waiting on him, leaning against his locker with his arms crossed.
As soon as the vampire stopped beside him, Benny turned to him. "Did you give it to him?"
He nodded, opening his notebook and took out the note. "Yeah, Ethan read it and then he signed it."
Benny smiled, taking the note from his best friend. He opened the note reading what Ethan had wrote.
Deal, I will be meeting you behind school.
And also, Benny, you are like ten times hotter than James Bond, I just had to add that in.
See you after school.
- Ethan.
Did his boyfriend really just say he was ten times hotter than James Bond? He was going to ask Ethan about that later, after today's meeting.
His smile widened as he turned around and unlocked his locker to get out some of his other books.
"So are you going to tell me what this is about? Or am I going to find out about it later?" Rory asked with his arms crossed.
"You're going to find out soon, Rory. That's all I have to say," Benny answered, taking out his book and closing his locker. "Come on, Ror. Let's get to our class."
When the final bell rang, Ethan was the first one out the door of the classroom. He wanted to get to his locker, grab some of his books, head out the back door of the school and wait until Benny pulled his car around the back to pick him up.
If I'm quick about getting all of my things, I won't be seen, Ethan thought walking towards his locker.
Soon, he arrived at his locker. Ethan looked around to make sure nobody from Jesse's group was in the large crowd of students before he quickly put in his locker combination and opened his locker door.
Ethan grabbed the books that he needed and stuffed them into his backpack, zipping it up. He closed his locker and relocked it. He looked around the now small crowd of students and he still didn't see any sign of Jesse's vampires and werewolves.
Taking this as his chance, he began to head towards the back exit of the school where he and Benny were going to be meeting up at.
This is easy. Way too easy actually. Normally when it's this easy in a movie, the two people that are always meeting up, they end up getting caught together and there's the huge downhill, he thought before shaking his head. Stuff in the movies don't really happen in real life.
He reached the back exit, turning his head to the right and then the left, making sure it was clear for him to go before he pushed the door open and stepped outside. And he was greeted with the wind blowing him in his face and the smell of fresh air.
And then Ethan noticed that Benny wasn't there waiting on him. He was either trying to avoid Rory's questions about the note. Or he got caught in the huge crowd of students coming out from their last classes of the day. It was probably both theories.
Well so he had to wait a few minutes on his boyfriend to come pick him up. So Ethan decided to lean against the wall and look at his cell phone while waiting on Benny, he went looking through all of his old call logs and text messaging on his phone and deleted them, there was no need to have them on his phone because it took up memory
About five minutes later, Ethan looked up when he heard the sounds of a car getting closer and closer to him and then a familiar car pulled up and the person in the driver's side rolled down the window.
"Come on, babe. Get into the car. We are going to be late for the meeting," Benny told him sticking his head out the window some.
Ethan smiled, slipping his cell phone back into his pocket. "I'm coming. Don't rush me."
Benny grinned, rolling up his window as Ethan walked over to the passenger's side. He leaned over and opened the door for him.
"Why thank you," his boyfriend thanked him while getting into the passenger's side. Ethan closed the passenger's door and put his backpack in the backseat, then he leaned over to the driver's side and gave Benny a kiss on the lips.
"You are welcome and thank you, too." Benny said after his boyfriend had pulled away. Ethan chuckled lightly and gave Benny another kiss, but a much longer kiss this time.
They kissed for a few minutes, before Benny pulled away from the kiss and rested his forehead against Ethan's, taking some deep breaths.
"Benny, we should get going to that meeting now," Ethan reminded, breaking up the small moment between them. Benny groaned lightly before nodding his head.
"Yeah, we should," he agreed with Ethan who pecked his lips again before sitting back in the passenger seat and buckling into his seatbelt while Benny put his car into gear, and drove out from behind the school.
Ethan hoped that this meeting would go well.
It was about thirty minutes later when Ethan and Benny arrived at the vampire council. The whole car ride there Ethan spent it thinking about what could happen when everybody saw him at the meeting. He knew it was probably going to go good, but there's always a small possibly that it couldn't go good.
Benny turned off his car and took out the keys, putting them into his pocket. Before he turned to his boyfriend who was looking out the passenger's side window at the vampire council building. Ethan was probably a little nervous about the meeting and how everyone on Anastasia's side was going to react about him joining her side. So he reached over and took Ethan's hand into his hand and that made Ethan look away from the council building and at his boyfriend.
"Are you nervous?" Benny asked, rubbing Ethan's hand with his thumb.
Ethan shook his head with a grin on his face. "No and as long as you are with me, I won't be nervous."
Benny smiled softly, bringing Ethan's hand up to his lips and kissed his hand before he placed his hand behind Ethan's head and pulled him into a soft sweet gentle kiss.
The kiss only lasted a few seconds, but it seemed so much longer than a few seconds to the boys. Benny was the one to pull away from the kiss this time.
"Come on, it's time for us to head inside," he said, giving Ethan one of his famous smiles before opening the door and getting out of his car.
Ethan rolled his eyes and got out of the car. He closed the door as Benny walked over to him, using his car keys to lock the car. He saw his boyfriend's free hand and grabbed it. They smiled at each other before they began to walk towards the gates.
Benny felt his boyfriend squeeze his hand gently as they got closer and closer to the gates. He returned the squeeze and they continued with their walk until they finally arrived at the gates. They stood there for a second before one of the guards appeared at the gates but it was a different guard and not the same one from the day before. He stared at them for a moment.
"You are late. The meeting is about to start," the guard told them while he opened the gates and then stepped to the side so they could walk through. Benny walked through first and Ethan followed right behind him.
The both of them walked towards the entrance, listening as the guard closed the gates behind them. The seer waited until they were inside the vampire council building before he spoke up.
"So, I take it Anastasia informed all of her guards that I'm no longer a threat to them and that I am on her side now?"
"Yeah, she tells them because she doesn't want any misunderstandings and she wants to be all professional."
He nodded his head, as they stopped at the doors of the council chambers. Benny looked over at Ethan who was staring at the doors. "Ready?" he asked, a few seconds passed before Ethan nodded his head and with that, Benny opened the doors and walked into the chambers.
The council chambers was filled with all of the members waiting on Anastasia and the other council members to begin the meeting. Benny looked over the members and he found his grandma amongst the crowd, sitting next to two empty seats.
Ethan followed his finger and saw what he was pointing at and then he nodded his head, letting his boyfriend lead the way to where his grandmother was sitting at.
"Hey, grandma," Benny greeted.
Evelyn didn't even turn her head to look at the two as she said, "I say it's about time you got here. I honestly thought that you were going to miss out on the meeting."
"We weren't going to miss out on the meeting. We were just a little late because I had to pull a James Bond and sneak him out of the school and to my car before anyone from You-Know-Who's side saw him," he whispered to her and that made her chuckle lightly.
"And by that you mean, having Ethan sneak out the back of the school and you waiting there in your car to pick him up?" she looked over at them now with her eyebrow raised.
"Yeah, basically," Ethan confirmed, nodding his head. Evelyn chuckled again, shaking her head while Benny leaned back in his seat with his arms crossed pouting slightly.
"It took a lot of thinking though, okay?" Benny asked looking at his grandma and boyfriend, Ethan sighed lightly before he leaned over and kissed his cheek.
"I know you did, Benny. At least your idea didn't get us in a sticky situation like Mr. Bond's ideas do and that's a compliment," Ethan said making Benny grin softly and straighten up some in his seat.
Just then, the sound of the doors opening and closing filled the chambers and everyone stopped talking and watched as Anastasia and the others walked into the chambers and over to their desk, then they sat down in their chairs and looked over the crowd.
"Thank you all for coming here today. Now before we begin the meeting, I have an announcement to make," Anastasia said, making a few members look at each other in confusion as to what the announcement was about, but Ethan and Benny already knew what the announcement was about.
Benny leaned over and whispered into Ethan's ear. "There's nothing to worry about. They're only going to have trust issues, but they aren't going to do anything stupid. They're too mature to do that. And they're also too scared of Anastasia."
"Good to know that information, B," Ethan whispered back. Benny nodded and looked back at Anastasia.
"We have a new member joining us here today. I know that I normally don't let anyone join just a few short days before the battle but he is highly important to the battle and used to be on Jesse Black's side, but he has seen the error in Jesse's ways and so I am going to announce that Ethan Morgan has joined us in the fight against him," Anastasia explained looking over at Ethan.
The members whispered along the lines of "Jesse's weapon?" "How are you so sure that Jesse didn't send him in as a spy?" and "How are we supposed to trust him?", Ethan looked down at his feet when he heard the whispers.
"He used to be Jesse's weapon. He isn't anymore. How am I so sure that Jesse didn't send him in as spy? Because I can tell when a person lies to me and Jesse isn't all that smart. And how are you supposed to trust him? Because I trust him, and so do the two other members of the council," she answered. "If you need another answer, I'm very sure that Mr. Morgan will be able to give you it. So Ethan? Could you please stand up?"
Ethan looked at Benny and then at Evelyn before he stood up. A few gasps and mutters came from some of the members, their eyes falling on Ethan.
"I'm going to go ahead and get right to the point here. I know a lot of you have doubts about me. But as Anastasia said I used to be Jesse's weapon I am not anymore, I wasn't send in here to spy on all of you and I know that you all aren't going to trust me right off the bat, but I want to tell you all that you can trust me. I know it's going to take some time." Ethan felt a hand take his hand into their hand and looked down to see Benny holding onto his hand. "Which we don't have a lot of. I want you all to at least try to trust me, because I can really help you guys out with anything before the battle arrives and if you don't want me to help out, I can totally understand that. I just want us to at least try to work together. Let's just try it okay?"
And with that Ethan sat back down in his seat while the members of the council stared at him before turning back in their seats thinking about what he had said.
"Thank you for that, Mr. Morgan," Anastasia told him, smiling. "Now with the announcement done, we shall begin the meeting."
"You did great, E," Benny said quietly to Ethan after he sat back down in his seat. "Actually better than most first timers do."
"Thanks B," Ethan thanked him. "And well it wasn't actually my first time public speaking, but it was like my first time council speaking."
"You did great for first time council speaking," he corrected.
"And once again, thanks B." The seer thanked him again.
Evelyn looked at them and cleared her throat quietly, causing the boys to look over at her. "Boys, you can have couple time after the meeting is over with. Now pay attention to the meeting, before I turn you into toads for not listening."
Both of them nodded and mumbled. "Yes grandma/ma'am," before turning their attention away from each other and onto the meeting, the older woman smiled and turned her attention back to the meeting.
Why does the threat of being turned into a toad work all of the time?
"So what did you think about the meeting? Completely different than You-Know-Who's meetings?" Benny had to ask this, as soon as they were out of the vampire council building and inside his car. He wanted to know what Ethan thought about how things were handled on Anastasia's side.
"It was completely different than Jesse's meetings. Unlike Anastasia, he normally makes one of his vampires round up everyone when he has a meeting. I like that Anastasia actually announces her meetings like a professional does it," Ethan answered. "And that just shows you who the real professional is."
"Yeah, it shows me that Jesse is a complete lazy ass who doesn't even like to announce his own damn meetings," the taller teen pointed out, while the shorter teen nodded his head in agreement to what Benny had just said about Jesse. It was completely true. he knew back then before he and Benny got together. He would've probably gotten in a fight with whoever said that about Jesse. But now he would agree with the person that said it, because it was true.
They stayed silent for about a minute before Ethan broke it by asking, "so how long is it going to take the council members to think about me helping them train?"
"The young members about a few hours. The older members, at least about a day, but you don't have to worry. They're going to let you help them."
"How are you so sure of that, Benny?"
"Well because. you're powerful, strong and completely skilled in kicking some major ass. And they need someone like that to help them and you are the person to do that, E," Benny stated, looking into Ethan's dark brown eyes. "And besides you have my, grandma's and Anastasia's trust. They're bound to let you help them."
Ethan put on his thinking look and then sighed out, "I guess you're right about that babe, but remember there's still a short like fifty percent chance that they won't let me help them out-" He was cut off from continuing when the spell master decided to shut him up by kissing him.
Benny cupped Ethan's face with his hands, pulling the seer closer to him. He sucked gently on his bottom lip earning a moan from Ethan. He took the chance and slipped his tongue into the other's mouth, rubbing the roof of Ethan's mouth, he felt one of the shorter teen's hands grip onto his arm while the other hand went to the back of his neck holding him there as Ethan began to copy his moves. Okay hot damn, Ethan's getting really good at this.
They continued to French kiss until they felt like their lungs were going to explode from the lack of air getting to them. The both of them pulled away and started to take deep breaths trying to get the air back into their lungs.
"Holy shit," Ethan breathed out staring at Benny, who nodded.
"My words exactly."
"You kissed me to stop me from talking, didn't you?"
"Yeah, kind of."
"Well, it worked," he told Benny, giving him another peck on the lips. "Now let's get to your house to have some couple time and bash some zombie heads in."
"Damn, I'm never, ever letting you go. Because you were a hell of a catch, you know that?" Benny grinned as he buckled in his seatbelt and started up the car.
"Yes, I do and I'm never, ever letting you go either," Ethan replied, buckling himself in his seatbelt.
The taller teen smiled once more, before he drove away from the council building towards their neighborhood. Ethan leaned back in the passenger's side and looked out the window as Benny drove.
Ethan could only think about if the Council members were going to accept his offer of helping them train or if they were going to reject it.
And hopefully by tomorrow he would have their answer.
Yay! Here it is! I hoped you all enjoyed it, because it was fun writing it. Now we got to see how Ethan's first council meeting went, it went better then he thought it would, didn't it? Aww, wasn't that brotherly-sisterly moment between Ethan and Jane cute? And oooh... the Bethan! Hehehe. There will be some more moments between our two favorite boys, so don't worry.
Now, what's going to happen next? Ummmmmm. Only time and the next chapter will tell you all!
And now I'm gonna let TEM write out the next chapter while I disappear and write some chapters for some sequels *raises eyebrows and giggles lightly, grinning*, I know, I know that I am acting very weirdly right now, but in due time you will see why.
I hope you all enjoyed the new chapter! And I will see you all next time!
Until next time...
~Bethan Forever