Abbey's POV
I was still at Ethan's and I had settled into the couch and was watching Galactica with everyone when there was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it," Ethan says, getting up. He looks into the door's peephole to see who it is. "It's Erica."
"Please don't let her see me," I beg them. "She'll probably haul me off to Jesse."
"Sarah, go hide her while I try to distract Erica," Ethan whispers.
Sarah nods and leads me off into the kitchen, and then down a hall to where a bathroom is.
"Stay in here until one of us comes to get you," Sarah says.
I nod, and Sarah closes the door behind her. I locked the door after she left.
Erica's POV
Ethan opens the door after a few minutes, he looked surprised to see her. She walked into the house without being asked to come in, and stood in the middle of the living room looking at the dork squad.
"Did you want something?" Ethan asks.
"Where's Sarah?" she asks, not answering Ethan's question.
"Right here," Sarah said, coming in from the kitchen.
"Where were you?" Erica asks, suspicious.
"Just looking for food," Sarah said truthfully.
"In the kitchen?" Erica asked, skeptically.
"Yeah," Sarah said. "Vampires can eat human food too."
Erica nods. She was sure that they were hiding something, she just couldn't prove it.
"I'm here because I lost something," Erica explained. "And I wanted to know if you had seen it."
"What'd you lose?" Ethan asks.
"A project," Erica lied. "And if I can't find it, then there's no telling what my grade is going to be for the semester."
She feared that if she couldn't find Abbey, then she might lose her ranking in the flock. How she was ranked behind that idiot Wes, she had no idea.
"What class was it for?" Sarah asks.
"Anatomy," Erica says.
"I'm in your Anatomy class," Sarah says. "And I don't remember Mr. G giving us a project."
"It's extra credit," Erica says. "I have to make an anatomically correct model of a human body, and present it to the class."
"Where would we have seen a model of a human body?" Benny asks.
"I was just wondering," Erica says. "If you see her- I mean, it, let me know."
Erica turns and walks out the door without another word.
Abbey's POV
I was still in the bathroom when I heard Erica leave. I let out a sigh of relief. I didn't want to see her ever again either.
There's a knock on the door.
"She's gone," Sarah says. "You can come out now."
I unlock the door, and open it to see Sarah in the hall waiting for me.
"I think we all need to have a little talk," Sarah said, leading me back into the living room with the boys.
I sit down beside Rory again.
"So, Erica came looking for me?" I ask.
"No," said Rory. "She came looking for her anatomy project."
"Rory," Benny says. "Abbey is her anatomy project."
"Huh?" Rory asks.
"Jesse put Erica in charge of 'babysitting' me," I explain. "And I heard Erica call me her 'new project.' I think what she means by her grade being in jeopardy is her losing ranking in Jesse's flock because she 'lost' me."
"Ranking?" Sarah asked.
"Yeah, she's like third in command," I say.
"What about the part where she's presenting you to the class?" Benny asked.
"I think it means Abbey is going to become an official member of the flock," Ethan explains. "Do you remember last Fall when we kinda crashed that party at Jesse's?"
"Yes…" Benny trails off, trying to understand what Ethan was saying.
"And that's when all the fledglings were set to turn?" Ethan asks.
"Yeah," Benny said. "What you're saying is that there's going to be another party where Abbey will have to turn?"
"Yes," Ethan says
"I don't want to turn, though," I point out.
"She doesn't have to," Benny says. "Grandma can whip her up some blood substitute, like she did for Sarah."
"What?" I ask confused.
"Benny's grandma is an Earth Priestess," Ethan explains.
"A what?" I ask, still confused.
"Kind of like a witch, but a good one," Benny explains. "And I'm a Spell Master."
"Oh." I didn't realize that Whitechapel had all of this supernatural activity. I was starting to realize that science couldn't prove everything.
"Anyway, a blood substitute will keep you from dying," explains Sarah. "Without having to make the choice of turning."
I liked where this was going.
"What're we going to do about Jesse looking for me?" I ask.
"I think you should go on like you did before," Ethan says. "Ignoring us at school and not freaking out about Jesse biting you."
"Okay," I nod. I could do that.
"But that means you have to act like nothing is wrong," Sarah says. "Jesse will get suspicious if he sees you talking to us."
"I should probably get home before my mom starts freaking out," I sigh, getting up from the couch. "I guess I'll see you guys Monday."
They all walk me to the door.
"Don't forget about the plan," Ethan says.
"I won't," I promise. I open the door and start down the stairs. I wave to them as I get to the sidewalk.
Time to go face my punishment for not being home all day. Somehow I knew acting like nothing had happened around Jesse, was going to be a whole lot worse than the wrath of my mother.