Abbey's POV

"Okay guys," I sigh, walking to and fro in front of the couch where everyone was seated in Ethan's living room. "Anyone got any ideas?"

"No," Benny says around a mouthful of donut.

"Well, that's not helpful," I point out.

"Let him come back," Jesse says. "I'll drain him dry just like I did his great grandfather."

"With my luck, he'll come back as a vampire," I stress.

"I'll make sure to get every last drop," he promises.

"Is draining people dry all you ever think about?" Benny asks.

"Shut up, dork," Jesse sneers.

"Jesse!" I object. "You promised to be nicer!"

"That was before I got all the details of the dream you had," Jesse says, his mouth a hard line.

I should've expected this. Of course he would become jealous that Benny was the one I was marrying in my dream instead of him. He didn't have to be such a jerk about it. I probably shouldn't have brought him to the meeting either.

"Can we just get over all of our prejudices and focus?" Ethan asks.

"Yes," I sigh. "That would be ideal."

"Like it or not, Abbey," Ethan says. "Jesse does have a point."

"About what?" I ask confused. "Being a jerk because of my dream?"

"I am not being a jerk!" Jesse objects rather loudly.

"Yes, you are!" I almost yell. "You're just jealous because it was Benny in the dream instead of you!"

"Maybe I am," he says, getting pissed. "Am I the only one here who sees that he's in love with you?!"

"Jesse," I say, keeping my voice calm. "Now is really not the time. We'll talk later."

"Fine," Jesse snaps. "But I'm leaving."

He gets up off of the couch and walks to the front door, leaving without a single glance towards me.

I just stand there frozen, staring at the front door. It isn't until Sarah comes over and hugs me that I realize tears had been running down my face.

Sarah leads me to the couch and we sit down. I become more aware of my weeping when I put my head on Sarah's shoulder and she continues to hug me while I start crying harder.

"Shh," she murmurs, stroking my hair. "Abbey, it's okay."

"No, it's not," I shake my head.

"If I know anything," Sarah says. "It's that Jesse has a temper and he'll get over it."

I nod my head, not bothering to answer.

After a few minutes, I take a deep breath and sit up. Looking at the boys, I almost laughed. They all had uncomfortable expressions on their faces, like they didn't know what to do and they were helpless.

"Sorry guys," I apologize. "You didn't need to see that."

"Look, Abbey," Benny starts. "I'm-"

"It's not your fault," I interrupted him. "I was the one who had the stupid dream and I was the one who didn't tell him the whole thing."

"But-" he tries to get out.

"I should be getting home," I interrupt him again.

I get up off of the couch and walk towards the door. I'm about to open it when I feel a hand on my arm. I look over, and it's Benny.

"At least let me walk you home," he says. "I'd feel better."

"Benny-" I try to get out.

"And I'm not taking 'no' for an answer," Benny stops my opposition.

"Fine," I relent, sighing. I look over at Ethan, Sarah and Rory. "I'll see you guys later."

The late morning was unusually chilly for late spring, and it looked like rain. I cross my arms across my chest, trying to embrace the warmth of my jacket.

Benny and I were walking in silence and the only sound was the wind moving through the trees.

"Say something," Benny says, breaking the silence.

"Something," I answer.

"That's not what I meant," he complains.

"What do you want me to say?" I ask. "That it's your fault that Jesse is pissed at me? Or that marrying Jesse is a big mistake? Because I'm not! It's my fault Benny, mine!"

"Abbey, be serious," Benny says. "It's not!"

"Of course," I say, starting to cry again. "You wouldn't understand. Nobody ever does! All of you looked at me as if I was crazy when I announced my engagement. Especially you!"

I felt a few drops of rain hit my head. The floodgates were getting ready to break open.

I start to walk faster, trying to get away from him.

"Abbey," he caught up to me as soon as the rain started to pour.

Ignore him, and continue walking, not using vampire speed.

"Abbey," Benny says again. "Look at me!"

I turn around and face him.

"I only did those things because I do love you," he confesses. "I've loved you since that first night. I'm in love with you, Abbey."

I open my mouth to speak, but he leans in and kisses me passionately before I could get a word out.

His arms wrap around my waist, pulling me into him.

I automatically pull away, and start to walk away again.

"Abbey!" I hear him call out, but I chose to ignore him, this time running at vampire speed.

Abbey's POV

"What happened to you?" my mother asks as soon as I shut the front door. "You look like a drowned cat."

"Thanks," I reply sarcastically, heading for the stairs.

"Abigayle," she says sternly. "I'm not done talking to you."

I sigh, and turn to face my mother.

"What?" I ask curtly.

"Don't use that tone with me," my mom scolds. "Anyway, about the guest list…" she trails off when she realizes that I had been crying. "Sweetheart, what's wrong?"

I just shake my head, trying not to cry again. Much to my dismay, traitor tears were streaming down my face again.

"You wanna know what happened?" I ask, my voice thick. "I'm an idiot."

"Sweetie-" she starts.

"No, mom," I interrupt. "Don't try to make me feel any better."

"At least tell me what happened," my mother pleads.

"It was about the dream," I explain. "I had told everyone else about the whole dream besides Jesse, because I knew if I told him that Benny was in it, he would get jealous. So, at the meeting he finds out about the whole thing. And of course, gets jealous and leaves. Then Benny walks me home and proclaimed that he was in love with me and kissed me."

My mom looks at me speechless.

"I pulled away and ran," I add.

"I'm sorry, honey," she pulls me in for a hug.

"I think I'm gonna go lay down," I pull out of our embrace.

"I love you," my mother says.

"Love you too, mom," I give her a small smile and head up the stairs.

Once in my room, I change into my sweats and crawl into bed, turning my light off in the process.

I hit play on my iPod. It was uncanny how my iPod played songs about how I felt. I was beginning to think it was possessed. After all, this was Whitechapel. I wouldn't be surprised if it was.

"Waiting for the end to come,

Wishing I had strength to stand.

This is not what I had planned,

It's out of my control.

Flying at the speed of light,

Thoughts were spinning in my head,

So many things were left unsaid.

It's hard to let you go.

Oh, I know what it takes to move on,

I know how it feels to lie.

All I wanna do is trade this life for something new,

Holding on to what I haven't got.

Sitting in an empty room,

Trying to forget the past.

This was never meant to last,

I wish it wasn't so.

Oh, I know what it takes to move on,

I know how it feels to lie.

All I wanna do is trade this life for something new,

Holding on to what I haven't got."

I didn't know whether me and Jesse were finished or not, I really hoped we weren't. I loved him more than I could describe.

Benny on the other hand, had to go and mess things up by telling me he loved me. It would've been a whole lot easier if he had told me before now.

It wasn't his fault though. I was too blind to see that he's always loved me. Starting with the night he sang me to sleep.

I start to drift off to a much-needed sleep as the song ends. I was mentally exhausted from worrying too much and was emotionally exhausted from crying.

OMG! Benny and Abbey kissed! I know some of you aren't surprised, you probably saw it coming.

I don't own the song, it's called Waiting for the End by Linkin Park.

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