"Oh my God!" someone yelled. "What the hell?!"

Jesse and I instantly break apart, embarrassed at being caught. Well, at least I was, I couldn't say the same for Jesse.

"Ever heard of knocking?" Jesse asks the intruders.

They don't answer, instead they just stare at me and Jesse in the bed together.

I knew what they were thinking, especially because of Jesse's bare chest.

"Nothing happened," I say, finding my voice. "I swear."

"It doesn't look like nothing," Sarah accused. "I think we'll just leave you two alone…"

Sarah shuts the door behind them, but not before I see the disbelief and outrage on Ethan and Benny's faces.

I fall back onto the pillow, sighing.

"They hate me," I frown.

I felt absolutely horrible. I had gotten caught kissing someone other than Rory by his best friends.

"Forget about them," Jesse says. "They'll get over it."

I take a deep breath and sigh. What a mess. Why did I always find myself in situations like this with guys? Maybe I should just give up guys for a while.

Jesse climbs on top of me, and lightly kisses my lips. He pulls away, but I pull him back towards me and kiss him back.

"We shouldn't be doing this," I say, when we come up for air. "We just got caught."

"The key to being a vampire," Jesse says, looking into my eyes. "Is never to feel sorry for what you've done in the past."

"How is that supposed to make me feel any better?" I ask, looking back into his big brown orbs.

He doesn't answer, instead he leans in and kisses me again.

"That doesn't answer my question," I point out, when he pulls away.

"Oh, well," he says as he rolls back over to his side of the bed.

I lay there for a minute, thinking about how I was going to explain this to Ethan, Benny and Sarah.

"What's wrong?" Jesse asks me, looking over at me, sensing my distress.

"How am I going to explain this?" I ask. "They caught us kissing!"

"They don't need an explanation," he says. "Our relationship is none of their business."

"What relationship?" I ask. "That was just us getting caught in the heat of the moment."

"Technically, we never broke up," he points out. "So you've actually been cheating on me, instead of the dork."

He had a point. We never officially called it off. He had left town and I just assumed we were done, which I was totally fine with at the time. Now, I wasn't so sure.

"Is that what I tell them? That I've been cheating on you with Rory?"

"Pretty much."

"They're not gonna buy it," I say. "Especially because it involves you."

He just shrugs, not answering me.

I just shake my head, and get out of the bed, walking towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Jesse asks me.

"To explain our indiscretions this morning," I answer, opening the door.

"You don't need to explain anything to them," he says, flashing over to me. "They'll get over it."

Something occurred to me.

"Wait," I say. "How did they get in here this morning? You locked the door."

"Wouldn't surprise me if the magic dork unlocked it," Jesse answers.

"Why do you say that?" I ask, looking up at him. "And besides, Benny sucks at magic."

"He obviously has a thing for you," he says. "And I'm pretty sure even that nerd can do a simple unlocking spell."

"He wouldn't…" I trail off, realizing that he would, especially with Jesse in the house.

I rush out of the room, and bolt down the stairs towards the living room.

"BENNY!" I scream his name, I was fuming. "BENNY WEIR!"

He immediately stands up when he sees how pissed I was.

I walk over to him and slap him across the face, hard enough to leave an imprint of my hand.

He falls back onto the couch, moaning in pain, and holding his face.

I was standing in front of him, hands on my hips, lips pursed.

"What was that for?!" he asks, surprised.

"You know what it was for!" I almost yell. "Ever heard of privacy, perv?!"

"I don't know what you're talking about," Benny lies.

I knew he was lying, I had this uncanny ability to tell whenever someone was lying to me.

"Don't lie to me!" I say, exasperated.

"Fine," he says resigned. "I was worried about you because your door was locked, and Jesse was no where to be found this morning."

"So you just barge in without knocking?!"

I was so pissed that I wanted to rip his head off. Jesse apparently could tell what I was thinking, and walked over to me and put his arms around my waist, holding me back.

"Abbey, I'm sorry," Benny apologizes. "But you shouldn't have been kissing him," he points an accusing finger at Jesse. "When you're dating Rory!"

"Well, technically…" Jesse tries to get out.

"Shut up, Jesse!" I interrupt him.

"Technically what?" Benny asks. "What aren't you telling us?"

"Technically, me and Jesse never broke up," I answer, looking down at my feet. "Technically, I've been cheating on Jesse with Rory."

"Abbey," Sarah says. "Don't let Jesse put those thoughts into your head, he's lying to you."

"No he's not," I say, still looking down.

"You only think that because he has you Charmed."

"He doesn't have me Charmed, Sarah," I say, getting annoyed. "We never officially ended it. I had just assumed that we were over when he left town, but apparently not."

"And I would've come back for you," Jesse says. "If I hadn't been banished by the Council."

They all give each other questioning looks.

"Guys," I say, getting frustrated. "If I was Charmed, my eyes would be gold. I'm pretty sure they're the same color they've always been."

"She's right," Sarah sighed. "Her eyes are still green."

"I don't buy it," Benny says. "He has to have some sort of mind control over her."

"Think what you want, Benny," I say. "I'm beyond caring. I love him."

Everyone except Jesse was staring at me in utter disbelief.

I didn't regret what I said, because I felt it to be absolutely true.

With one last look at everyone's faces, I rush out of the room, towards the back door.

I sit down against the door and put my head between my knees, fighting the urge not to cry. They didn't understand, why would they?

Jesse comes around the corner a few seconds later and sits down beside me, putting his arm around me.

I lean into him and put my head on his shoulder.

"I-" I start

"Shh…" Jesse whispers. "I told you that you didn't have to explain anything to them."

I nodded my head, closing my eyes.

One of the best things about being a vampire, was that I could hear better than a human.

"She loves him?!" I overhear Benny say in disbelief.

"Benny, why're you so against it?" Ethan asks.

If he told them what happened between us, I'd kill him. He almost let it slip yesterday.

"Because…" he trails off. "Just because."

"Did something happen between you two?" Sarah asks.

"No," Benny answers too quickly.

Jesse looks at me confused.

"I'll tell you later," I whisper. I wanted to hear what Benny was going to say.

There was silence for a few seconds.

"C'mon Benny," Ethan says. "What happened?"

Even though I wasn't in the room, I could tell Benny didn't want to say anymore on the subject.

"Fine!" Benny finally broke. "When Abbey was a fledgling, I had grandma make her a blood sub. I brought it over to her house and she was upset, so I comforted her. And we kinda canoodled…"

I was about ten seconds away from getting up and ripping his head off. I had made him promise not to tell anyone, especially Rory.

"What?" Ethan asked.

"All I did was sing her to sleep, and somehow, our hands ended up intertwined. And when she was finally asleep, I left."

"That's all?" Sarah asked.

"Well," Benny says. "I kinda kissed her, but it was on the forehead."

That must've been when I was asleep, because I don't recall him kissing me at all.

"You let him kiss you?" Jesse asks me.

"I was asleep," I say. "I couldn't exactly tell him 'no.'"

"That doesn't count," Sarah says. "It has to be on the lips."

"What?" Ethan asked, confused.

"In order for a kiss to count," Sarah explains. "It has to be on the lips."

"Yeah right," Benny says. "You're lying."

"No I'm not," she says. "It's one of the rules of feminism."

Sarah was right, it was one of the rules of feminism. Not dating your friend's ex was also a rule of feminism, which I hadn't technically broken. I was dating Jesse before me and Sarah became friends. It was sort of moot point anyway.

"I don't know about you," Jesse whispers in my ear. "But I really don't want to listen to the dork drama, and I'm starving."

"Then let's leave," I answer. "I don't wanna be here when they finish their conversation and find our hiding spot. It'd be way too awkward."

Taking my hand, Jesse stands up, and slowly opens the door, leading us both out into the chilly morning air.

Benny's POV

Benny couldn't believe that he'd let his and Abbey's secret slip. He'd promised that he'd tell no one, especially Rory. Now all he could hope for was that Abbey hadn't heard any of the conversation. Otherwise, she'd probably rip his head off.

"Guys," Benny says, sighing. "You can't tell Abbey that you know. She'll kill me."

"Benny," Ethan says. "I think she already knows."

"Huh?" Benny asks, confused.

Sarah points to her ear.

"Vampires have more sensitive hearing than humans, genius," she reminds him. "She probably heard you."

"Dang it, I'm never going to get used to Abbey being a vampire," Benny says. "Abbey, I know you can hear me. And I just want to say I'm sorry that I told everyone about that night."

He figured that he might as well apologize to her before he didn't have a head.

They all waited for Abbey to come down the stairs, seething with rage, but she never appeared.

Benny started towards the stairs, but Sarah stopped him.

"I'll go get her," Sarah says. "She might act differently if I go to get her."

He watched Sarah go up the stairs, hoping that Abbey wasn't already planning on killing him. He also hoped that Sarah didn't walk in on Abbey and Jesse doing God knows what.

A few minutes pass, and Sarah rushes down the stairs.

"She's not up there," Sarah informs Ethan and Benny. "Neither is Jesse."

"Are you sure?" Ethan asks.

"Dead sure," Sarah says. "I checked all the rooms. They're not here."

"Where would they go?" Benny asks.

"I have no idea," Sarah sighs.

"You don't think they'd just leave town," Ethan asks. "Do you?"

"I'm not sure," Sarah says. "But I think we need to find them before Stern does."

"I don't think Stern is stupid enough to attack two vampires in broad daylight," Ethan points out.

"C'mon," Sarah says. "Let's go find them."

"Maybe they just went to get a bite," Benny says.

"Maybe," Sarah says, walking out the door.

He prayed that they were just getting blood, and hadn't left town, leaving them to deal with Stern on their own.

Sorry it's been so long since I've updated, my internet wasn't working for a while -_- . Anyway, I should be posting the next chapter in the next few days. So, please continue to read and review :)