"Benny… why is Ethan talking with Jesse?" Sarah asked as she and Erica came up to Benny during lunch, seeing Ethan and Jesse talking to each other in whispered voices with the jocks and cheerleaders in a huddled group.

Benny sighed and told them the story about what had happened between him and Ethan. Sarah and Erica shared a glance with each other.

"So… this whole time, Ethan was under a spell…? Everything that was said between us… all of those moments… were fake?" Sarah asked, and if she were still human there would be tears in her eyes right now.

Benny sighed again "Yes, BUT I have found a way to get him back to normal"

"What do you mean get him back to normal? Isn't he normal now? To be honest, he does look cuter this way" Erica said, and flipped her hair over her shoulder flirtatiously as Ethan glanced at her from where he was whispering in the huddled corner with the jocks and cheerleaders. He winked at her.

"Erica! Focus!" Sarah reprimanded her best friend, feeling a small pang of jealousy when Ethan didn't even spare a second glance at her.

"Alright, fine. Sorry" She huffed, and Benny raised an eyebrow at her.

"As I was saying, I know how to get Ethan back to the Ethan we all know and love. First, we need to get him alone"

"Easier said than done" Sarah mumbled, but they still heard her.

"Okay, here's the plan…" Benny talked in hushed whispers with Erica and Sarah, knowing that there's a good chance that Ethan could hear them.

"Alright. Sounds good enough" Erica nodded her head in thought.

"Okay, let's eat lunch first and get Ethan back later" Benny said in a normal voice, and Ethan looked up from his huddled group as soon as Benny said his name, and noticed that majority of the jocks, and Jesse, stared at him, and Benny realized that they could probably hear him.

Well isn't that just great?

If they wanted this plan to work, they were going to have to be as quiet about it as possible, and they needed to get Ethan alone.

Which, at this point, seemed impossible.

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A week. One whole week had passed, and none of them had been able to capture Ethan alone. He was always, always surrounded by either Jesse, and when he wasn't available, the football team and some of the cheerleaders too.

But he was finally, finally alone this time, and Benny wasn't about to miss this golden opportunity.

So, while Ethan was waiting for the football team to come back from changing after practice, on his phone, Benny gave Sarah and Erica the signal, and they pounced on him.

Sarah quickly put a towel in his mouth and tied it around his head to muffle his screaming while Erica, with the help of Rory, held the struggling Ethan in place on the ground. Benny quickly muttered an incantation, knowing the football team would be here any minute.

"Restituisci questo ragazzo a se stesso" Benny chanted, his arm outstretched in Ethan's direction. After chanting for three times, as the book said to do, he watched as a bright light erupted from his hand and shot towards Ethan, making Erica and Rory quickly jump out of the way. Ethan lay still, panting heavily, beads of sweat on his face, his eyes closed tightly.

Benny removed the towel from Ethan's mouth slowly, and Ethan panted heavily through his mouth, still on the ground. Benny placed a hand on Ethan's forehead, and quickly retracted it, he was burning up. But how was that possible? Vampires couldn't get fevers...unless...

Benny paled 'No... That's not possible... It can't be possible...'

Benny paled again as Jesse and the football team reemerged from the lockers. Jesse, upon seeing Ethan, quickly ran up beside him.

"What did you do, dork? Why is he shaking?" Jesse demanded, and upon putting his hand on Ethan's forehead, and retracting it as Benny had did before, Jesse slammed Benny against the wall "What the hell did you do to him?" He snarled, and Benny was frozen in shock, looking at Ethan, who was pale, paler than usual, his cheeks red, shaking.

Benny was brought back to the present again as Jesse shook his shoulders "Are you even listening to me, dork? I said what did you do to my best friend?"

"I… I turned him into a human…" Benny said, still in shock, and he felt Jesse freeze against him as they both looked at Ethan, who was still shaking. Jesse, as if just now noticing Ethan's condition, sped over to Ethan and put his fingers against Ethan's wrist. He looked horrified, then his expression was murderous.

"You better run, dork, and fast"