Chapter 1
Notes:
Chapter 1
Posted: February 16 2022
Edited: February 23 2023
Chapter Text
Ethan groaned as he heard a knock on his bedroom window and thought it was Rory. He rolled his eyes when the knocking became more rapid. Ethan pulled back the blinds and froze at who he saw.
“Jesse?!” Ethan exclaimed jumping back and falling on his ass
Ethan was about to throw the blinds shut again when he realized how… awful Jesse looked. He was paler than usual, he also had black bags under his eyes making him look exhausted and older then he ever should have. His electric blue eyes were showing and his fangs were bared.
“Ethan..please let me in” Jesse all but begged
“What! No! You tried to kill my friends! You tried to kill me!” Ethan yelled standing back up
“C’mon I could’ve bothered literally anyone else!” Jesse told him “I wouldn’t have come to you unless I was desperate”
“You’re not convincing me to let you in” Ethan told him “Bye Jesse”
“No Wait!” Jesse called but Ethan closed the blinds
Sitting back at his desk Ethan finished his Algebra homework and was about to start Chemistry. Before starting though Ethan sighed, he could still feel Jesse’s presence at the window.
“Jesse you can come in” Ethan called knowing his window was unlocked
He heard his window open and instead of hearing Jesse approach him he heard the squeaking of his bed springs. Ethan turned around to look at Jesse; he had pulled Ethan’s blankets up to his chest and closed his eyes.
“Jesse..?” Ethan called quietly
Jesse grunted but didn’t verbally respond and Ethan got up from his desk and walked towards Jesse. Ethan, having no idea about what to do, placed his hand on Jesse’s forehead.
“I don’t know what I was expecting” Ethan spoke when he felt Jesse’s ice cold skin
“Me neither” Jesse mumbled
Ethan sighed and moved his hand to Jesse’s shoulder and pulled it away when he noticed his shoulder was wet. Looking at his hand Ethan paled, his hand covered in deep deoxygenated red blood.
“Shit! Jesse you’re bleeding badly!” Ethan yelled “Tell me where you’re hurt!”
“Monster hunter” Jesse mumbled “Silver blade stabbed me in the shoulder”
Ethan mumbled curses under his breath and ran to the bathroom to grab the First-Aid kit. Grateful that Jane was spending the weekend at their grandparents house. Also thankful his parents were out on “Date Night”.
Ethan started pulling off Jesse’s jacket and pulled off his blackish-red shirt. Ethan could see the stab wound on Jesse’s shoulder but he also saw a slash on the side of his stomach.
Ethan didn’t do any stitching or serious treatment for Jesse’s wounds. Knowing his healing factor would take care of it and was just slow because it was a silver blade.
Or because Jesse was hungry
“Jesse..?” Ethan called but it sounded more like a question
“Yeah?” He called back while putting his shirt back on
“When was the last time you ate?” Ethan asked
Jesse froze only one arm through his jacket sleeve. He avoided looking at Ethan as he lied.
“A few days ago” Jesse lied
“Bullshit” Ethan told him “You look like a walking corpse a few days wouldn’t do that to you”
“I’m fine” Jesse growled
“No you’re not!” Ethan argued
Jesse hissed at Ethan his eyes were still blue and fangs bared. Before Ethan could get another word out he heard his mom calling for him from downstairs.
“My parents are home” Ethan whispered “Can you put away the fangs and change your eyes” he panicked whispered
Groaning Jesse closed his eyes and mouth and when he opened them away his eyes were brown and his teeth looked perfectly human.
Ethan’s eyes widened as Jesse also placed a illusion over himself making him look healthy. Ethan had no idea how Jesse had the energy for this but he had a feeling it wouldn’t last long.
“Come on” Ethan called “I don’t want my parents coming in here and seeing someone they never met”
Jesse raised an eyebrow but stood up and doubled over wrapping his arms around his stomach. A low growl came from his stomach.
Ethan went to grab Jesse’s arm but then thought better of it. Jesse was hungry, starving, though and he didn’t know if he would snap and try to bite him.
Jesse straightened out and nodded towards the door and Ethan opened it and Jesse followed him down the stairs.
“Hi Mom, Hey Dad” Ethan greeted
“Hi honey” Samantha greeted
“Hey kiddo” Ross greeted “Oh who are you” he asked looking at Jesse
“Jesse Black” he introduced “I go to school with Ethan, sir”
“Ross Morgan” he introduced shaking Jesse’s hand “This is my wife Samantha Morgan”
“Pleasure” Jesse told her
Ethan was shocked by Jesse’s politeness. Even when Jesse did go to Whitechapel High he was a dick to everyone, even the teachers.
“Uh yeah, is it okay if he spends the night?” Ethan asked
“Sure” Samantha agreed “As long as your parents are fine with it”
Ethan frowned at that realizing no matter how many history books he read he didn’t really know much about Jesse’s biological family.
“They’re perfectly fine with it” Jesse told them “They’re out of town and prefer it when I spend the night at a friend’s”
“Alright then” Ross said “Did you two already eat?” He asked
Ethan hadn’t eaten and Jesse very clearly hadn’t eaten either. Not that his parents could tell with the illusion over him.
“Uh no” Ethan told them clenching his teeth when Jesse stepped on his foot. Stupid vampire super strength.
Ross frowned at that and Samantha ended up making them spaghetti with meat sauce. Jesse ate it but Ethan could tell he wanted something a little… rarer .
Ethan knew that spaghetti wasn’t blood and that this wouldn’t fill Jesse’s stomach. Sarah and sometimes even Erica ate human food to try and dull the craving for blood. When they didn’t have access to a blood source.
Ethan was pretty sure the only reason Jesse ate it was because he talked his parents out of using garlic. While Ethan knew garlic wouldn’t kill Jesse he knew it would upset his stomach. That or he didn’t want Ethan’s parents to be suspicious to why he wasn’t eating.
After they both ate Jesse and Ethan went back upstairs and Jesse dropped his illusion the second the door closed. Falling back onto the bed Ethan sighed and opened his closet.
Jesse cracked one chocolate brown eye open to look at Ethan. He dug through the closet, pushing away clothes and other crap before he revealed a mini fridge in the back.
The last thing Jesse expected was to see it packed full of blood bags.
“I keep this mostly for Sarah” Ethan spoke over his shoulder “Sometimes Erica and Rory will take some if they’re desperate enough”
“It’s all donated. Which I doubt you care” Ethan continued “And it’s all AB blood because screw people with AB blood they can get any kind of blood for a transfusion”
Jesse wasn’t listening to Ethan at his point his blue eyes had came back out and he bared his fangs. Ethan pulled a bag out of the fridge and chucked it at Jesse who caught it easily.
Ethan was surprised at how gently Jesse ate careful not to like any of the blood drip and stain the bed or carpet. He didn’t know if it was because blood was hard to clean or if he didn’t want to lose any.
Ethan went downstairs to grab a container of ice cream leaving Jesse to eat. He assumed Jesse wouldn’t appreciated being watched while eating.
Ethan sat down on the couch and put on a episode of The Scare Finder eating his ice cream.
“This is very offensive” a voice called from behind
Ethan jumped and turned around seeing Jesse leaning against the back of the couch. Ethan had no idea how Jesse managed to sneak up on him like that.
After eating Ethan had hoped Jesse could retain some of his natural paleness and his eyes would be normal and his fangs put away. When Ethan got a good look at him he frowned.
Jesse still looked terrible
“You could’ve taken another blood bag” Ethan told him “You still can”
Jesse shook his head and walked over to sit on the couch, laying down slightly. Ethan was now really worried Jesse wasn’t acting like his normal asshole self, his bravado completely gone.
“What’s wrong?” Ethan asked
“Nothing” Jesse told him
“This isn’t nothing Jesse!” Ethan yelled
Ethan winced hoping his yelling hadn’t woken his parents. Ethan did turn his head to look back at Jesse again when he heard a low growl.
At first he was confused as the sound wasn’t loud enough to come from Jesse’s mouth. Looking down Jesse had an arm wrapped around his stomach.
“I thought you didn’t have a problem with biting humans?” Ethan asked
“I don’t” Jesse told him “This won’t happen again” he added
“Damn right it won’t” Ethan mumbled
“Well I’m fine now. You gave me blood.” Jesse spoke and it clearly took effort to said what he said next “Thank You”
“But your still hungry” Ethan stated
“Don’t assume things about me baby seer” Jesse sneered
Ethan raised an eyebrow choosing to ignore the ‘baby seer’ comment. Jesse mumbled something under his breath but Ethan couldn’t quite hear him.
“What?” Ethan asked
“It doesn’t taste the same” Jesse spoke louder his cheeks flushing a pale pink
“…What doesn’t taste the same?” Ethan asked
“I’m going to sound so stupid” Jesse mumbled under his breath “The blood. The blood doesn’t taste the same”
Ethan frowned furrowing his brow in confusion and consideration. Why would blood taste different? Ethan sighed there was only one way to find out.
“Do you think there is a reason it tastes different?” Ethan asked “Magic, Sickness?”
“Neither” Jesse mumbled
“So you do know” Ethan spoke leaving so room for argument
“You blood ruined the taste of the other blood” Jesse admitted hiding his face in his hands
Ethan froze the only time Jesse had bitten him was at the ‘Fly Me to The Moon’ dance. That was almost a month ago.
“What do you mean my blood ruined the taste of the other blood?” Ethan asked
“Its H-Deficient” Jesse growled prying two of his fingers away to reveal one brown eye. Glaring.
Ethan nodded his head slowly “I’m aware”
“Your blood is sweeter, it’s a lot more filling and tastes better, less metallic.” Jesse explained “I can’t really stomach anyone else’s anymore without feeling sick”
Ethan blinked, that wasn’t the reason he was expecting. Although now that he knew the problem the quicker he could solve it the quicker he could get Jesse out of his house!
“Alright” Ethan sighed pulling his left arm out of his shirt
He held his forearm out to Jesse who removed his hands from his face raising an eyebrow at Ethan.
“Okay here’s the deal” Ethan said “I let you feed off of me and you don’t hurt my friends or my family. Deal?”
Jesse looked up at Ethan in complete shock. He didn’t think that Ethan would make a deal with him let alone let him feed off of him.
Jesse slowly nodded his head and bared his fangs. Looking back up to Ethan silently asking if he was sure.
“Just get it over with” Ethan told him
He grunted as Jesse’s fangs pierced his skin. It felt like two small needles had punctured his skin. He tried not to stare as Jesse sucked at his skin bringing blood to the surface.
Ethan was thankful that Jesse didn't take that much before he pulled away. Ethan jumped slightly when Jesse licked the two small wounds on his arm.
When Ethan pulled his arm away he realized that Jesse’s fang marks were completely gone. Like he had never bitten Ethan in the first place.
“Vampire saliva has healing properties” Jesse explained
Ethan nodded before shaking himself out of it “Do Saturday’s work?” He asked
Jesse just nodded again and Ethan found himself once again staring at his unmarked skin.
When he looked up again Jesse was gone.
Chapter 2
Notes:
Chapter 2
Posted: February 23 2022
Edited: February 23 2023
Chapter Text
The rest of the week was completely and totally normal and Ethan didn’t see Jesse until Saturday. Like they had agreed.
Ethan jumped when he heard the doorbell and he jumped up to get it when he saw his dad getting up. Ethan froze though when he opened the door and saw Benny instead of Jesse.
“Hey man!” Benny greeted “Who’s got two thumbs and is ready for an all night game marathon!”
Ethan froze Benny wasn’t supposed to be here until later. After Ethan had fulfilled his part of the deal and fed Jesse.
“Uhh” Ethan chuckled awkwardly “Sorry man something came up and we can’t tonight. I’m sorry I meant to call you earlier.”
Benny’s face fell a little and Ethan felt his heart clench. He opened his mouth to apologize but Benny cut him off.
“It’s okay” Benny told him “I’ll see you at school Monday yeah E?”
Ethan nodded and closed the door leaning his forehead against the doorframe. He felt terrible that he had to send Benny away like that. Ethan noticed that his parents and Jane had packed to head over to their grandparents house.
Ethan lied and told them he had a big test he needed to study for. It’s not like he could tell them they might get seriously injured if he didn’t uphold his half of a deal to a 200 year old vampire. Also that said vampire was Jesse Black, the same guy Ethan’s parents and Jane had been teasing him about.
For whatever reason his parents and sister had jumped to the conclusion that he had a crush on Jesse. He didn’t know where they got that idea. He had a crush on Sarah not Jesse..right?
He didn’t have time to think about that Ethan went to the kitchen and munched down a chocolate bar. He read that eating something sugary before having blood drawn helped you feel better quicker. Sure it wasn’t the same as being bitten by a vampire but it was close enough..probably…he hoped.
When he heard the doorbell again he checked the peephole before actually opening the door. He didn’t want to lie to any more of his friends today. Opening the door he invited Jesse inside.
“My parents and sister just left to visit my grandparents” Ethan told him “So we don’t really have to hide”
Jesse nodded
Ethan and Jesse just stood in the main foyer area for an awkward second. Ethan bounced on his heels before he turned to look at Jesse again.
“How are you wounds?” Ethan asked
“Healed” Jesse replied simply
While both of them had agreed to this and were fine with it. It was still incredibly awkward. Jesse looked better than he had the last time Ethan had seen him.
Sighing Ethan took his arm out of his shirt and walked over to the couch. Jesse followed him, fangs already bared.
Ethan hissed slightly when Jesse’s fangs pierced his skin. He wasn’t expecting the shiver that went up his spine. He had a vision.
He saw two people with blurred faces kissing when the door opened and screaming from the people by the door. Then a man and woman yelling.
When Ethan snapped out of it he realized Jesse had pulled away and was staring at him. One of his eyebrow’s was raised, his fangs were still bloody.
“What did you see?” Jesse asked
Ethan opened his mouth to tell him..but he didn’t know what to say when he himself wasn’t hundred percent sure of what he saw.
“I don’t know” Ethan told him eyebrows furrowing
He couldn’t tell if Jesse fully believed him or not. Either way he nodded and moved to get up. Ethan had no idea what came over him but he grabbed Jesse’s arm.
The old vampire obviously was not expecting it and fell back on the couch. He hissed at Ethan and made his eyes glow that unnatural blue.
“What” Jesse growled teeth clenched
“I-I was just” Ethan stuttered taking a deep calming breath “Why do you hate humanity so much?
And Ethan broke the 200 year old vampire. Awesome.
“I don’t think that concerns you” Jesse hissed
Ethan rolled his eyes at least he tried. Ready to let it go he was hit with a burst of determination to get an answer.
“Oh come on” Ethan complained “I’m letting you feed off of me and not starve to death.”
Jesse just growled again and Ethan backed off of the clearly sensitive topic. Ethan switched gears and decided to get Jesse out of his house.
“C’mon I’ll walk back to your home with you” Ethan told him “Where do you live?”
When Jesse didn’t answer Ethan turned to look at him. Jesse wasn’t looking at Ethan though he was just staring straight ahead bouncing his leg.
“You know what” Ethan announced “Just take my bed. I’ll sleep on the couch.”
Jesse opened his mouth to argue but Ethan grabbed his wrist and started pulling him towards the stairs.
“Stop!” Jesse growled
Ethan didn’t listen and just kept dragging Jesse towards and up the stairs. He…honestly had no idea how he was pulling Jesse around, a thought for another time. Thankfully his parents weren’t home to hear this.
He opened the door to his bedroom and motioned for Jesse to go in. Ethan grabbed a blanket from the closet and went back downstairs, using a throw pillow on the couch as well.
He didn’t hear any movement from upstairs so he assumed Jesse had laid down on his bed. That or he had left through his bedroom window. If Jesse wanted to freeze then Ethan could care less.
He couldn’t help but be slightly worried about the fact Jesse might just be wandering the streets. Ethan didn’t know if Jesse’s mansion was sold after he ‘moved’. The only people who truly knew where Jesse was were Ethan, Sarah, Erica, Benny, and Rory after all. In a box buried underground.
Ethan turned on the TV and put on Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone for background noise. He knew he started dozing off when the scene went from Hagrid walking with Harry through Diagon Alley to Harry playing Quidditch.
Eventually Ethan did pass out and woke up to his parents cooking in the kitchen. The TV turned off and a thicker blanket was thrown over Ethan’s shoulders.
“Hey Mom. Hey Dad” Ethan greeted “Good morning”
“Good morning Ethan” Samantha greeted
“I thought Jane and you two were spending the whole weekend at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s?” Ethan asked
“Oh we are” Ross told Ethan “We just came back because we realized we forgot a few things. We left grandma and grandpa to watch your sister.”
“And we realized you had Jesse over” Samantha teased “So I decided to make you two some breakfast”
“We’re just friends mom” Ethan groaned before his sleep-slowed brain processed the information “Jesse’s still here?” He asked
“Yeah we went to wake you up and realized Jesse was asleep in your bed” Ross told him
“Speaking of Jesse go wake him up Ethan” Samantha called “I’m almost done”
“Got it” Ethan agreed and started up the stairs
Ethan honestly didn’t expect Jesse to stay the night let alone actually sleep. Maybe he lied and was still drained from being stabbed or he needed more blood.
Ethan didn’t know he didn’t fully understand vampire anatomy and how their bodies work. He also didn’t know whether or not human food did anything for him. Yes, Erica Rory and Sarah ate it but he didn’t know if it did give them nutrients at all or just did absolutely nothing.
Ethan decided not to question it if Jesse wanted to eat he wasn’t going to stop him. Especially since he didn’t want to risk starting an argument and Ethan only said Jesse wouldn’t hurt his friends or family. He never said that Jesse couldn’t hurt Ethan, probably should’ve said that when they first made this arrangement….
Either way Ethan went up to his room and knocked twice on his own door.
After he got no answer he opened the door and saw Jesse was facing away from the door. Ethan’s baby blue blankets pulled up high, only Jesse’s head popping out from the covers. He couldn’t see his face since he had his back to the door and could only see tufts of his fluffy black hair.
Fluffy?! Ethan thought Where did that come from?
Shaking his head Ethan walked over to Jesse and called his name. He didn’t even move so Ethan raised his voice and tried again.
“Jesse” he spoke
Jesse didn’t stir and Ethan groaned putting his hand on Jesse’s shoulder and shook him.
Jesse groaned and tried to shoo Ethan away with an arm. Snorting, he realized Jesse was not a morning person and sorted the image away as suitable blackmail.
Ethan tried to muffle more of his laughter. He couldn’t help but wonder if Jesse was always not a morning person or if it hit after becoming a vampire. Ethan took a deep breath and pulled himself together.
“Jesse” Ethan called shaking him harder
Jesse opened his brown eyes. They were glossy from sleep and unfocused. They became rather focused when he saw Ethan standing over him.
“Holy shit!” Jesse yelped falling off of Ethan’s bed taking the covers with him
When Jesse got up he scowled at Ethan and he tried not to think about how Jesse’s sleep ruffled hair looked kinda cute.
“My parents came home for a little bit and are cooking breakfast if you want some” Ethan told him heading back downstairs
Ethan tried his best to hide his shock when Jesse followed him downstairs. He chose to ignore the smiles on his parents' faces.
“Good morning Jesse” Ross greeted
“Morning” Jesse responded rubbing his eyes
They gave Ethan and Jesse both two pancakes and two strips of bacon. They grabbed what they forgot and waved goodbye to the two of them.
Jesse didn’t really say anything as they ate and neither did Ethan. Their elbows kept brushing but neither looked at each other making it extremely awkward.
“You never told me what happened in your vision” Jesse spoke after awhile
Ethan sighed he spent a long time thinking about it and he still couldn’t make sense of it.
“I really don’t know what it was about” Ethan told him “It was blurry and there was a lot of screaming”
“Oh well that’s reassuring” Jesse mumbled
Ethan couldn’t help but smile a little at Jesse’s sarcasm in a weird way. It was nice to see Jesse acting like himself.
After they both finished eating Jesse awkwardly hovered for a while. Like he wanted to say something to Ethan but couldn’t work up the courage.
Jesse let himself out after a little while though agreeing to come back Saturday. Ethan sighed as he tried to tell himself that he wasn’t disappointed that Jesse had left.
Jesse and him didn’t talk much and they weren’t very pleasant with each other. Though Ethan enjoyed the others company and he had a feeling Jesse felt the same.
No he wasn’t starting to care about Jesse and certainly didn’t want to be friends with him. This was an evil vampire who tried to kill him and his friends.
He turned Sarah and Erica into vampires, Jesse had bit him and forced Sarah to go full vampire. Ethan was sure the list went on with things he wasn’t even alive for.
That was another thing while Jesse looked like he was around 17-19 years old. He was over 200 years old. Ethan had just turned 16 years old.
Ethan was honestly surprised that Jesse was so willing to let Ethan help him. A brief thought that Jesse was using him went through his head. He quickly dismissed that thought as Jesse had so far kept his side of the deal. Still Ethan thought that after trapping him in Cubile Animus he’d be more cautious…or vengeful.
Shaking his head Ethan sighed he didn’t have time to try and figure out what his relationship with Jesse was. He had other things to worry about and a vision to figure out.
Chapter Text
“Alright dork what’s wrong with you?”
Was the greeting Ethan got from Erica on Monday morning.
“Huh?” Ethan asked
“You’ve been acting off for the passed two weeks” She clarified
“I’m surprised you care” Ethan called back
Ethan ran to his next class before Erica could ask anymore questions. Hoping to lose her in the sea of people running through the hallways trying to make it to class on time.
Sighing he opened the door to his history class and took his seat while Mr.G finished up preparations for class. Everyone else pooled in eventually into the classroom. Benny took his usual chair next to Ethan and smiled.
Ethan smiled back and focused on class as Mr.G started talking about The Cold War and the threat of atomic bombs. It was a productive class and they finished with 15 spare minutes for free time.
“Hey E” Benny called tapping him on the shoulder
“What’s up” Ethan responded
“I was just wondering” Benny started “Have you been okay?”
“What do you mean?” Ethan asked brow furrowing
“You haven’t been yourself lately” Benny clarified “Everyone has been worried”
Ethan frowned; he'd been so worried about his friends finding out about Jesse…He didn’t realize he was actively avoiding them.
“I’m sorry Benny” Ethan told him “I’ve just been…stressed. Between school and supernatural things… and Jesse escaping.”
“Don’t worry about school and supernatural stuff right now” Benny told him
“That’s terrible advice” Ethan told him
“As for Jesse” Benny mumbled, ignoring Ethan’s comment “I know Sarah and Erica wanted to start searching for him”
Ethan felt his heart skip a beat at the thought of Sarah and Erica hunting Ethan’s friend acquaintance. Swallowing he tried to remain calm and nodded at Benny.
“That isn’t a bad idea” Ethan told him “We can start from the school and spread out from there”
“Sounds good E” Benny smiled as the bell rang and they all got up to go to their next class
Ethan had to warn Jesse
School couldn’t have gone slower that Monday after that History class all Ethan could think about was Jesse. Sarah and Erica skipping classes or school completely to go look for him would be something they would do.
Thankfully they didn’t as Ethan saw them get into Sarah’s car at the end of the day. That didn’t stop them from looking for him after school though.
Ethan ran into his bedroom when he got home and started tearing through his closet. He pulled out a dusty notebook and wiped it off. Benny had written down a few spells from his spellbook for him, one of them was a way to send a message to another person. Or in this case a vampire.
Ethan flipped through the notebook looking for the correct page and smiled when he found it.
Mind Message
A mind message is used to send a message to another when there is no other way to contact them. It is the closest thing to telepathy known to man. This is easier for Seers to perform because they have the strongest connection to the mind.
Materials Needed
- Blue Candles
A Lighter or Matches - The Person’s Name Written on Paper
- A Piece or Item of That Person
- A Piece or Item of The Caster/Yourself
- Clear Quartz
- Moonstone
Place the candles in a square and place the piece of paper with the person’s name in the middle. Place the piece or item of the person on the left side of the paper. Place the piece or item of the caster/yourself on the right side of the paper. Place the clear quartz at the bottom of the paper and the moonstone at the top.
Once completed concentrate on the person you wish to contact and think of your message. You will know if the spell was successful if the flames from the candles turned white. You will now be in the person’s mind and be able to give a quick message. The person receiving the message cannot move their physical bodies during this.
Ethan sighed he had everything he needed besides something that belonged to Jesse. Though as Ethan thought about it he realized Jesse didn't have his leather jacket when he left Sunday.
Ethan started running around the house trying to find the jacket he knew Jesse had when he came on Sunday.
“Hey Ethan” Jane called “What are you doing?”
“Looking for something” Ethan responded blankly
Jane rolled her eyes and jumped on the back of the couch swinging her legs.
“What are you looking for” she asked
Sighing Ethan closed his eyes “A leather jacket” he told her
Jane smiled not that normal little kid smile no it was ‘The Jane Smile’ meaning it was vaguely nefarious.
She started going upstairs and Ethan followed her into her bedroom. That was too pink for Ethan and had too many stuffed animals.
The black leather jacket stands out. Not matching with anything else in the room at all and Jane grabbed it off her bed waving it in front of Ethan.
“Jane, that isn’t mine” Ethan told her
“Yeah I know it belongs to the crazy vampire that tried to kill us all” Jane said “The same vampire you’ve been inviting over. You two make a cute couple though.”
Ethan cursed Jane for being so cunning and smart. He had no idea what the price for this leather fucking jacket would be.
“Jesse and I aren’t dating” Ethan told her “What do you want Jane?” he asked
“50 dollars, and you do my chores for a month” Jane told him
“Deal” Ethan spoke, reaching for his wallet and pulled out two 20’s and a 10.
Jane tossed the jacket at Ethan who barely caught it and then left Jane to admire her prize.
As Ethan held the jacket he realized how nice it was. The stitching was beautiful, not ruining the leather at all. The leather itself was soft and slightly pliable. It was clearly expensive and Jesse probably wanted it back.
Going back to his room Ethan started to set up everything he needed to cast the spell. Silently praying that this wouldn’t set his house on fire.
Ethan took out a piece of paper and a marker getting ready to write ‘ Jesse Black’ when he stopped himself. He tucked his lips in before going to write again this time writing ‘ Horace Black’.
After he placed Jesse’s jacket on the left side of the paper and Ethan placed a video game of his on the right side of the paper. Then he placed the clear quartz at the bottom of the paper and the moonstone at the top of the paper.
Finally Ethan placed the blue candles in a square around the paper and lit them. He began thinking of Jesse and telling him they needed to talk.
Ethan felt his heart skip a beat when the flame flickers white and then the flames changed back to orange. He calmed his heart rate and concentrated again. This time he didn’t jump when the flames started changing to white and only focused harder.
He gasped a shiver running through his body. He felt like he was freezing for a second. Then it was gone.
Ethan looked around and realized it didn’t look like he was in his bedroom anymore. He looked around and it looked like he was in a blurry forest…was this where Jesse was?
“Ethan?” A voice called from behind him
Ethan whipped around and saw Jesse who looked very confused and a little concerned.
“Uh yeah..hi” Ethan greeted and instantly wanted to smack his head against a wall.
Jesse just stared at him not saying anything and Ethan shook himself trying to focus.
“Look Sarah and Erica are starting to look for you and I don’t think it’s just to say hi” Ethan told him
Jesse didn’t say anything and Ethan furrowed his burrow. He knew Jesse could hear him as his facial expression changed slightly when he told him about Sarah and Erica.
“How did you do this?” Jesse asked
Ethan raised an eyebrow he wasn’t sure what Jesse was asking him. How did he contact him or how did he bring them here?
“How did I do what?” Ethan asked
Jesse snarled “This! How did you cast this spell”
“You left your jacket at my house” Ethan told him
“You don’t get it” Jesse told him “This spell is incredibly difficult”
Before Ethan could respond Jesse smiled, but it wasn’t sinister or wicked just…teasing.
“Look who’s growing up” Jesse teased
Ethan rolled his eyes “Sarah and Erica-“ before Ethan could finish Jesse cut him off
“I heard you the first time” Jesse told him
“Just get over here” Ethan told him “Just come to my house and we’ll figure this out”
Ethan concentrated and ended the spell. Not realizing that he told Jesse that they would figure something out.
Cleaning up the remains of his spell and throwing away his paper that read Horace Black . He sat on his bed waiting for Jesse to get there. As if on cue Jesse knocked on his window and Ethan opened it inviting him in. Closing the window behind him.
“Alright what are we going to do about Sarah and Erica?” Ethan asked
“We?” Jesse asked smirking
“If they find you they’ll stake you and if they find out I’m helping you” Ethan trailed off “I don’t even want to think about what they’ll do”
Jesse sighed “Don’t worry about it” he told Ethan “Just tell them I was glamouring you”
Ethan opened his mouth to argue. To say that wouldn’t protect Jesse from them not even sure why he cared if Jesse got hurt or not. When Jesse said something that made Ethan freeze.
“You asked why I hated humanity so much” Jesse stated “Do you still want to know?”
Ethan’s tongue felt like lead in his mouth and his throat began unreasonably dry. Not trusting himself to speak he just nodded his head.
“God where do I even begin?” Jesse mumbled to himself
“In 1810 people began hunting vampires, witches, werewolves, monsters” Jesse explained “A lot of them were killed during that time”
Ethan nodded, unable to hide the sympathetic look he was giving Jesse. Knowing that he had to live through people killing his kind just because…they didn’t understand them. Just because they were doing what they had to do to survive.
“Did you know I had a sister?” Jesse asked
Ethan’s eyes widened Jesse never seemed like the kind of person to have siblings. The other part of Ethan’s brain focused on the fact that Jesse had said he had a sister.
“Her name was Esther” Jesse told him “Esther Black. She was kind, caring, loyal, trusting, and loved everyone…and animals” he laughed quietly
Ethan smiled at Jesse but it was sad even if the story wasn’t finished Ethan knew it didn’t have a happy ending.
“She was such a good person. She was a good person all around. Wouldn’t have hurt a fly.” Jesse continued “But…she was also a witch with very powerful magic”
Ethan swallowed; he had a feeling about where this story was going and a part of him didn’t want to hear it.
“Sometime in 1812 the hunters caught up to us and…burned her alive.” Jesse finished voice cracking “They killed my little sister.”
When Ethan looked up at Jesse again he saw he had tears in his eyes threatening to spill out. Ethan…Ethan didn’t know how to fix this or what to say because the truth was he couldn’t fix this or say anything to make it better.
So instead he settled for wrapping an arm around his back and pulling him a hug. Jesse didn’t protest and Ethan could feel tears starting to stain his shirt but didn’t mind.
Jesse pulled himself together quickly and a part of Ethan wished Jesse was comfortable enough around him to not hide his emotions. Wiping the tears from his face with the back of his wrist Jesse turned and looked behind Ethan and down.
“What is that?” He asked pointing to the floor
Ethan turned around and saw a crumpled piece of paper on the floor and froze realizing it was the paper from his spell. He had no idea how he didn’t notice the paper missing the trash can.
“It’s uh the paper I used for the spell i used to contact you” Ethan explained picking the paper up
What Ethan wasn’t expecting though was Jesse rushing him and snatching the paper out of his hands.
Ethan didn’t want to know how Jesse would react to seeing ‘Horace Black’ written on the paper.
When Ethan did look back at him he wasn’t looking at the paper anymore but at Ethan a small smile on his face. He stepped closer to Jesse his eyes were a little red and puffy his cheeks were also flushed.
He moved his hand to move a rogue piece of hair out of Jesse’s face. Ethan cursed their height difference as he stood on his tippy toes so he was the same height as Jesse.
Closely they moved closer until their lips connected. Jesse’s lips were soft and gentle, more experienced than Ethan who didn’t really know what he was doing.
Jesse didn’t back away though so Ethan assumed he liked it. The thought made Ethan freeze; this was wrong. Jesse had turned Sarah into a vampire and attempted to kill him. They had just talked about his sister dying and now they were kissing.
Ethan put his hands on Jesse’s chest and pushed him away. Ethan whipped around so he didn’t have to look at Jesse as he spoke.
“We can’t do this” Ethan told him “It’s so wrong. You tried to kill me.”
Jesse didn’t answer and for a moment Ethan thought that Jesse was going to start screaming for not having his way.
When Ethan turned around to face Jesse he saw his bedroom window was once again open and that Jesse was gone.
Notes:
Guys…My brain keeps wanted to make this fic longer. First it was just supposed to be a Oneshot then I decided it could have two chapters. Then my brain decided it needed to be longer and I decided on 4 chapters. But now I’m promising myself that this fic will be no longer than 5 chapters no matter what happens this fic will have only 5 chapters.
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The next Saturday Jesse didn’t show up. Ethan spent the whole day waiting for Jesse to arrive. He didn’t tell a soul about his and Jesse’s kiss either.
He couldn’t stop thinking about how Jesse’s lips felt against his own soft, smooth. Ethan sighed and hid his face in his hands. He would be lying if he said he didn’t enjoy it.
Jesse Black was the man vampire who tried to resurrect his cult with the souls of teenagers. He was also the vampire who had to watch his little sister burn alive.
Ethan couldn’t cast the Mind Message spell since Jesse had taken his jacket back. Leaving him with no way to contact him.
Though Ethan felt like he had to do something, he knew what he wanted to do was going to take effort.
Ethan went to the local bookstores and bought books that talked about 1800 century families with pictures.
He also bought a photo album and got to work.
Flipping through the pages Ethan found there weren’t many photos of the Black family. The photos were also of poor quality since they were from the 18th century. Also because there wouldn’t be any photos of Jesse after he turned 19.
Ethan cut out the photos he could find of. Some just of Jesse or just Esther, sometimes both of them. Then there were 10 photos with Jesse and Esther with an older man and an older woman. Which led Ethan to believe they were Jesse’s parents.
Once he was done there were 35 photos in the whole photo album that could fit 50 photos. A lot of the photos were of teenage Jesse and Esther. Though there were a few of a little kid Jesse holding a baby Esther.
Ethan sighed once he finished his project. Though he realized there was a problem. He still had no idea about how to contact Jesse. Not knowing what else to do Ethan went out and started wandering around Northern Badger Wood. A forest in the old part of Whitechapel.
Ethan whipped around when he heard panting coming from his left and felt his heart drop when he saw Jesse collapsed on the ground.
“Jesse!” Ethan called running over to him
Jesse looked up and Ethan cringed when he saw how pale his face was and the dark circles under his eyes. Ethan dropped the photo album and held his forearm out to Jesse.
“Here. Eat.” Ethan told him
Jesse didn’t question it and bit into Ethan’s forearm and drank. Ethan felt a little lightheaded from how much blood Jesse took but knew he’d be okay.
When Jesse pulled away Ethan’s blood was all over his lips and teeth clearly not being careful while drinking this time.
“What..Is..That?” Jesse huffed out pointed to the photo album Ethan had dropped
“Uh it’s a uh..gift” Ethan told him
Ethan sat on the grass next to Jesse and handed him the photo album. Jesse used his sleeve to wipe the blood from his lips and took the photo album.
Ethan blushed and had to fight to keep looking at Jesse and not at the ground. When he opened the album Jesse’s face went blank.
Ethan felt his heart begin to pound. What if Jesse hated it? What if he didn’t want the photos? He wanted to hit his head against a tree for putting the photos of Jesse’s parents in it. He had no idea what his relationship with his parents was.
“Where did you get this?” Jesse whispered
“Uh, I went to the bookstore and bought some history books…they had the photos in them” Ethan explained looking at the grass
Ethan looked up when he heard a broken laugh come from Jesse. He had a smile on his face as he flipped through the photo album. Staring at the fuzzy, black and white photos.
“I didn't know they kept the photos” Jesse mumbled mostly to himself
Ethan frowned wondering what he meant. He didn’t know that his parents had kept the photos? Either way he was happy that Jesse liked it and got up to leave.
Ethan didn’t make it very far since when he tried to walk away Jesse wrapped his arms around him. He whipped Ethan around forcing Ethan to look into his eyes.
Ethan’s dark brown eyes met Jesse’s chocolate brown ones. They just stared for a moment Ethan mentally debating with himself before he decided.
Fuck it
Ethan closed the gap between Jesse’s and his own lips. Jesse hesitated for a moment before he started kissing back.
Ethan enjoyed the feeling of Jesse’s soft, smooth lips against his own dry, cracked ones. Ethan growled when Jesse’s tongue entered his mouth exploring the area.
Ethan didn’t complain when what was supposed to be a short kiss turned into a full blown make-out session.
When they pulled apart Jesse’s eyes were softer than Ethan ever remembered them looking.
“Is this really what you want?” Jesse whispered
Ethan nodded he knew most people would see this relationship was wrong and a part of Ethan did as well. He also knew that he and Jesse could have a happy, healthy relationship if they put in the effort.
Suddenly that’s all Ethan wanted more than anything. He truly wanted a relationship with Jesse even if he was just a ‘baby seer’.
“We can make it work” Ethan told him
It was almost summer Ethan only had a few more weeks of his sophomore year before summer break. 3 months for the two of them to make it work and Ethan knew that they could.
Ethan also knew that waiting for school to be over would be an utter nightmare. Yes he only had two weeks of school left but they were going to be the longest two weeks of Ethan’s life.
Jesse came back to Ethan’s house with him and they ignored Ethan’s parents and sister’s smiles. They went up to Ethan’s bedroom so Jesse could drink more of Ethan’s blood.
While Ethan’s parents probably understood he and Jesse were in a relationship he didn’t want them to find out Jesse was a vampire. He didn’t want them to find out just yet or maybe even never especially since his parents didn’t know he was a seer.
Ethan knew they would find out eventually since Jesse would never look older than 19.
He wasn’t going to worry about that right now though he focused on making sure Jesse got enough blood. When he pulled away Jesse looked much better. No dark circles under his eyes and had his natural paleness back.
After Jesse and Ethan spend time laying in his barely big-enough-for-two-people-bed. Talking about whatever came to mind Jesse even opened up about Esther more.
“One time when we were kids I remember we were playing. I was 10 and she was 7. I tripped and skinned my knee.” Jesse told him “I started crying and Esther ran over putting her hands over my knee. This green glow came from her hands and when she moved them my knee was healed. Looked like I never hurt myself in the first place. It was also the first Esther used her magic.”
Ethan smiled at the story. It was horrible that Jesse had gotten hurt. Though Ethan saw it as something different Esther was so worried about Jesse that it activated her magic for the first time.
Ethan and Jesse took turns sharing stories about their sisters after that and at some point they lost track of time and it was almost 5 PM. They both jumped when there was a knock on his door and Ethan told them to come in.
“Hey Ethan, Jesse” Ross greeted “Ethan’s mom was about to start cooking dinner if you wanted to stay”
“Okay” Jesse agreed
“Alright” Ross smiled
He went to leave before he turned around and faced Jesse again.
“You’re not allergic to anything are you?” Ross asked
“Garlic” Jesse told him
Ross nodded and left while it wasn’t truly an allergy to garlic it sounded better then saying Jesse was a vampire.
They both went back to talking until Jane started banging on the door telling them to come down and eat. Jesse rolled his eyes; he had no idea how Ethan put up with his sister all the time. Jesse didn’t have a problem with her but she was slightly annoying.
Samantha had made steak with broccoli and potatoes. Usually she whipped the potatoes with garlic butter but didn’t this time for Jesse. They all talked and Jesse would eventually say something that made everyone laugh.
All in all Ethan thought that the dinner had gone well. Jesse ended up spending the night and watching movies with the rest of his family. Jane was sent to bed at 9:30 PM much to her displeasure. While Jesse, Ethan and his parents stayed up till 11PM.
Ethan crashed on the couch again and let Jesse take his bed again which neither of them argued about this time either.
Ethan woke up to something gently shaking his shoulder and he smiled. Jesse stayed the night he smiled back at Ethan and helped him sit up. Stupid vampire super-strength.
Ethan managed to convince Jesse to go on a walk with him after giving him a pair of sunglasses and a bottle of sunscreen SPF 100. Jesse had run out of SPF 1000. To this day Ethan had no idea where all the vampires got SPF 1000 sunscreen.
He always wondered if there was a special store for vampires to buy this crap. He knew there were Vampire restaurants Erica had tricked Benny into going to one once.
Ethan decided not to question it at the motion as Jesse put on the sunglasses. Tucking a travel sized sunscreen into his pocket just in case. After the two of them set out walking around the town they didn’t go into the old part of town and stayed on the main streets.
Less of a change of running into a vampire that way. Ethan didn’t want to explain to any of his friends why he was walking and talking with Jesse while holding hands.
Ethan wasn’t ashamed to be with Jesse; he just didn’t want his friends finding out when they had just gotten together. After all, it would be difficult to explain why he was with the 200 year old vampire.
200 year old vampire
“Hey Jesse?” Ethan called
“Yeah?” Jesse asked
“You’re over 200 years old right?” Ethan asked
Jesse smirked uncertainty, almost chuckling “Yes I am” he answered cautiously
“Does that mean you can help me with my history assignments?” Ethan asked hopefully
This time Jesse didn’t try to hold back the laughter and tilted his head back laughing. Ethan pouted slightly but stopped before Jesse could see but at the same time Ethan realized that wasn’t a no.
They continued on their walk stopping at a cafe to get some coffee before continuing. They were going to have to figure out what they were going to do during the summer since Ethan’s friends would be around more. Also what was going to happen when Ethan went into his Jr. Year of High School.
Neither of them wanted to worry about that yet and just continued walking until 12PM and started heading back to Ethan’s house. It was a school night so Jesse unfortunately couldn’t spend the night. He did spend the rest of the day at The Morgan Household though.
Jesse left around 5PM after saying goodbye to everyone, even Jane. Who had grown fond of Jesse in the past few days. Ethan sighed just two more weeks of school and then the summer. A summer with Jesse the thought made Ethan smile and he truly couldn’t wait. A full summer with Jesse for a whole 3 months.
All the thoughts of having Jesse over for the summer made him completely forget about the vision he had weeks prior. The one where his bedroom opened and he heard screaming afterwards.
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“I’m re-enrolling in Whitechapel High” Jesse spoke “To restart my senior year”
“Really?” Ethan asked
Jesse and Ethan were canoodling with each other on the couch while watching “ The Cabin in the Woods” when Jesse sprung this on Ethan.
Ethan wasn’t a big horror movie fan and had glued himself to Jesse's side. Jesse had taken this as an opportunity to wrap his arm around Ethan’s shoulders.
“Yup, this way we can still spend more time together, even if it isn’t much” Jesse explained eating a piece of popcorn
Ethan smiled at the thought of actually going to school with Jesse instead of lying to his parents about it. It also meant that he could see Jesse more than he would during the school year. Ethan frowned as a thought entered his head though.
“But Sarah, Erica, Rory, and Benny…if they see you” Ethan trailed off not wanting to think about what would happen
“We’ll worry about it when we get there” Jesse told him
Ethan nodded and went back to watching the movie and flinched when the Kraken’s tentacle grabbed Wendy, killing her.
“Why do you like this?” Ethan mumbled
Jesse didn’t respond but smirked and leaned back on the couch. He frowned though as he felt something behind the throw pillow. Pausing the movie he reached around the pillow and pulled out…An Ironman plushie.
“ What is this? ” Jesse asked sounding confused
“ It’s Ironman” Ethan told him “ Have you never heard of Ironman?! ”
Jesse’s eyes widened slightly at the look Ethan was giving him and how offended he seemed that Jesse hadn’t heard of Ironman.
“He’s a billionaire that’s also a superhero!” Ethan told him “The made his armor himself out of gold-titanium alloy”
Jesse just blinked “So…he puts himself inside a tin-can”
“ It’s not a Tin-Can! ” Ethan exclaimed
Jesse's lips twitched slightly; he loved seeing Ethan get passionate about something he loved. No matter how nerdy it was and how much it confused Jesse.
Jesse said nothing as Ethan reached for the remote and turned off “ The Cabin in The Woods ” and put on “ Ironman ”. Jesse wasn’t surprised to find out he was right and it was very nerdy.
He knew it would be once Ethan told him it was a superhero movie but he had to admit…the characters were interesting. Jesse blinked as the credits began to roll. It did not feel like the movie had been 2 hours at all.
“That went fast” Jesse told him
“ Ha” Ethan laughed “I knew you’d get sucked in”
Jesse didn’t say anything he did get sucked in and couldn’t help but get a little excited as Ethan put on the second Ironman movie.
Somewhat through the third Ironman movie Jesse and Ethan both started falling asleep. Ethan was shocked by the fact that Jesse actually needed to sleep even if it was less than a human.
The next morning when they woke up the TV was turned off and they had blankets around them and pillows under their heads.
“Oh good you’re both awake” Samantha spoke entering the room “Get up you two. You both have school this morning.”
“What time is it?” Jesse mumbled sleepily
“5AM” Samantha told him
Jesse groaned and burrowed under the blankets so only a few pieces of his hair were sticking out. Ethan sighed and got up and ripped the blanket off Jesse who growled slightly.
Ethan and Jesse got up and shuffled towards the kitchen to eat breakfast. Ethan made a note to give Jesse some blood before they left for school.
“Alright I’m gonna start going to school” Jesse told Ethan
“Hold on” Ethan called
Ethan tossed Jesse a vial of his blood he caught it easily with his vampire super speed. Ethan and Jesse had agreed it would be better if they didn’t walk to school together. Neither wanted Benny, Rory, Erica or Sarah to see them walking to school together.
Jesse waved goodbye to Ethan and smiled and waved back. Ethan still wished he and Jesse could walk to school together but knew this was safer.
Ethan left around thirty minutes after Jesse to walk with Benny, Rory, Sarah and Erica. They all talked for a while and everything seemed to be going smoothly. Then the topic switched.
“I still wish we knew where Jesse was” Rory spoke
“If I ever see that fucker again he is getting a stake right through the heart” Erica growled
“If anyone deserves to stake him it should be me” Sarah spoke
“We can do it together” Erica told her
Ethan felt sick. They were talking about staking Jesse. They were talking about staking his boyfriend. Trying to remain calm Ethan took a deep breath and turned to Sarah and Erica.
“Yes, but we don’t know where he is so there is nothing we can do right now” Ethan told them
Sarah nodded and Erica growled slightly but Ethan was glad he managed to defuse that topic for the time being.
“ Anyway ” Benny exclaimed clapping his hands together “Who’s ready for another perfectly normal year of high school” he joked
Ethan snorted “If you call vengeful trees and coffee turning people into zombies then yeah I’m ready”
Everyone laughed but Ethan couldn’t get rid of the tiny bit of anxiety pounding through him. Erica, Sarah, and Jesse were all Seniors which increased the chances of them having classes together. Then there were classes like Gym or any other elective class where the years were mixed.
Ethan took a deep breath when they made it to Whitechapel High and walked through the doors. Ethan breathed in the smell of the school. A part of him enjoyed the smell and another part of him wondered why all schools had a distinct smell.
Ethan looked around but he didn’t see Jesse anywhere probably because he had arrived at school super early. He had probably been waiting for classes to start for the past 45 minutes. The group split up to go to their respective classes. Sarah and Erica went to their class while Benny, Rory, and Ethan went to their own.
Ethan tried to relax and enjoy the feeling of being back in school and being able to learn. A part of him wouldn't stop nagging him though telling him it wouldn’t be okay.
Though nothing happened, lunch came and Ethan managed to sneak away to have lunch with Jesse. The day has so far gone well and Ethan had fully relaxed and Ethan believed Jesse was right they would be okay.
That was before Gym class and one of Ethan’s fears came to reality. Benny, Rory, Sarah, Erica, and Ethan had all been crammed into the same gym class. The same gym class Jesse was in.
Ethan swore he was going to have a heart attack when the teacher started doing roll-call and started going down the list of names.
“Ashley Taylor?”
“Here”
“Max Swatson?”
“Here”
“Benny Weir?”
“Not here” Benny yelled laughing to himself
The teacher rolled his eyes and continued going down his list of names.
“Sarah Fox?”
“Here”
“Ethan Morgan?”
“H-Here”
“Scott Matcher?”
“Here”
“Rory Keaner?”
“Here!”
“Madison Parker?”
“Here”
“Erica Jones?”
“Here”
“Jesse Black?”
“Present”
Erica, Sarah, Rory, and Benny all froze upon hearing the name of the older vampire. Ethan swore that his heart was in his mouth as his friends began talking.
“Jesse’s here?!? Jesse’s here! ” Rory whispered
“Looks like we get to full-filled are promise sooner than we thought” Erica told Sarah
Ethan felt his heart begin to break again as his friends once again started plotting to kill his boyfriend. Turning to look at them Ethan forced his mouth open and his vocal cords to make words.
“Guys..he isn’t doing anything” Ethan told them “And I say if he keeps not doing anything then we shouldn’t antagonize him”
Erica, Benny, Sarah, and Rory all looked at Ethan like he had gone crazy. Ethan didn’t blame them, they had no idea he had been dating Jesse for the past 3 months. 4 months if you count when they first got together in June.
“Ethan… Jesse is right here we can’t miss an opportunity like this” Sarah told him
“We aren’t going to antagonize him” Ethan states firmly
Ethan watched as his friends got up and left him to go walk around the outside of the inside gym court. Jesse shot Ethan a sympathetic look and if Ethan didn’t want to draw attention to himself and Jesse he would have done gym with Jesse. Instead he just walked the inside gum court without Benny, Sarah, Erica or Rory.
Ethan wasn’t really paying attention to what Jesse had chosen to do but he thought Jesse had gone over to the volleyball nets. Even though Ethan knew Jesse could handle himself he hoped that his friends would listen to him and not antagonize Jesse.
By the end of the gym class Ethan was thrilled to know that while his friends were angry with him they listened and didn’t confront Jesse. They had left school without him which killed a part of Ethan slightly but gave him the opportunity to walk home with Jesse.
Jesse knew Ethan was upset and he didn’t need to know what he had seen the angry faces of his friends. He’d also heard the conversation thanks to his enhanced vampire hearing. He wasn’t good at comforting though and settled for wrapping one of his arms around Ethan’s shoulder and holding him close.
Ethan seemed to appreciate the gesture and leaned into Jesse’s side. Jesse could tell Ethan was calming down as his heartbeat slowed back down to normal. Ethan invited Jesse in once they returned back to his home.
They went right up to Ethan’s bedroom and cuddled. Ethan’s parents had put a TV in his bedroom. Mainly so Jesse and himself didn’t have to sit and cuddle on the small couch.
Ethan frowned as he thought he heard something from downstairs. He knew he wasn’t hearing things when Jesse sat up and started listening as well. They were still in each other's arms but were now on high alert.
Once they didn’t hear anything again Jesse and Ethan relaxed again and went back to watching their movie. Though Ethan kept listening and looking at Jesse to see if he had heard anything odd.
Jesse shot up again a few minutes later and looked around like he was trying to locate where he had heard the noise. Even if the noise didn’t come from inside Ethan’s bedroom. Jesse once again relaxed but was slightly stiff as he shifted into Ethan’s arms again.
They both jumped when they heard a loud bang and Ethan’s bedroom door flew open. When Jesse and Ethan looked over at the foot they froze. On the over side of the door stood Sarah, Benny, Erica, and Rory.
Their eyes widened as they saw Jesse and Ethan holding each other and Ethan could only imagine what they thought was happening. They all let out quick screams before coming back to their scenes.
Before Ethan could even begin to explain Sarah, Rory and Erica hissed, baring their fangs and making their eyes glow that unnatural gold. Benny started flipping through his spellbook.
“ Enough ” Ethan yelled scaring everyone
Erica, Sarah, Benny, and Rory froze, so did Jesse, who hadn’t even moved much since the others had barged into Ethan’s room. He saw their mouths beginning to open to protest or to start another argument.
“ No, I'm talking this is how this works! ” Ethan yelled
Everyone was shocked by Ethan’s yelling. Ethan never yelled. He could have a stern voice when he wanted to but he never yelled.
Ethan took a deep breath knowing what he was about to say wasn’t going to be well received but he had been preparing himself for this moment for the past three months.
Looking at Jesse he nodded at him and Jesse looked slightly concerned before he nodded as well and they turned back to face Ethan’s friends.
“Jesse and I are dating” Ethan told them bluntly
“ What. The. Fuck?! ”
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“Ethan, what do you mean you and Jesse are dating?” Sarah asked nervously
“It means exactly what it sounds like” Ethan told her “Jesse and I are dating”
“For how long?” Benny asked
“Almost 4 months” Ethan answered
Ethan hated seeing the sad and betrayed look on Benny’s face. They had been best friends since 2nd grade so Ethan understood.
Sarah, Erica and Rory just stood there staring at the duo who were still holding each other. Rory looked shocked, Sarah looked saddened and Erica…Erica looked pissed.
“You have him in some trance don’t you?” Erica asked laughing slightly
“I’m not in a trance Erica” Ethan told her “This is my choice and it wasn’t forced”
Erica froze for a second looking over Ethan trying to figure out if he was lying or not.
“What made you think this was a good idea!” Erica yelled
Ethan felt Jesse tense up against him and was glad that his parents and sister weren’t home. He heard a growl building up in Jesse’s chest. When he looked up he saw Jesse’s eyes were blue and his fangs were bared.
Erica bared her fangs and made her eyes glow gold. Ethan was afraid that they were about to fight and jumped in.
“Wait wait wait!” Ethan yelled
Erica and Jesse looked over at Ethan and he would be lying if he said he wasn’t slightly scared. Both vampires had their fangs bared, eyes glowing and were growling. Ethan grabbed Jesse’s arm and pulled him back down onto the bed, his eyes still blue and fangs still out.
“Leave” Ethan spoke
“Ethan-“ Sarah started
“ Leave! ” Ethan yelled
Ethan’s friends all cleared out of the room leaving him only with Jesse. Sighing, Ethan sat down next to Jesse but frowned when he realized that something was wrong and Jesse was still growling.
Jesse sat on Ethan’s bed and he realized that Jesse had gone into some defensive mood. He was still growling and had blue eyes plus had his fang bared still. Ethan felt the room to go get two glasses of water mainly to give Jesse time to calm back down.
When Ethan came back upstairs Jesse was still tense but his eyes were back to normal and his fangs were gone.
“Here” Ethan spoke handing him the glass of water “Drink”
Jesse took the glasses of water and drained it in two glunks and slammed the glass down on Ethan’s bedside table. He placed his hand on Jesse’s back rubbing imagination circles into his back.
After a while Jesse calmed down and leaned onto Ethan more. Ethan shifted to be able to support Jesse’s weight better and let Jesse lean his head on his shoulder.
“That’s not how I wanted that to go” Jesse spoke
“Not exactly how I wanted it to do either” Ethan told him
Ethan and Jesse laid down on the bed and Jesse let Ethan hold him. The only time he let Ethan hold him when he was upset.
He started scratching Jesse’s scalp just the way he liked. His jet black strands are catching under his fingernails.
“Tomorrows another day” Ethan Whispered
Jesse spent the night at Ethan’s which he didn’t complain about and gave them the chance to get ready and go to school together. Now that Ethan’s friends knew that they were together they were not shy about their relationship at school.
Ethan and Jesse went the whole nine yards hand holding, kissing, eating lunch together. They even made up their own secret language to communicate with.
Erica, Sarah, Benny, and Rory had all avoided Ethan that day, still reeling from the reveal that they were dating. Erica was still pissed that Jesse had started growling at her last night. Even if she started it first.
Ethan didn’t want anything to do with them at the moment. While he was happy to know his friends cared about him enough to be concerned. He was also annoyed they thought he didn’t think through his decisions.
It was the end of Gym class, the last class of the day when Benny came up to Jesse and Ethan. Jesse hissed slightly but didn’t show his fangs since other people were around.
Ethan put a gentle arm around Jesse’s chest, a silent way for Ethan to tell him to calm down for a moment.
“Hey E..” Benny greeted ignoring Jesse for the time being
“Hey” Ethan spoke guarded
Benny ran a hand down his face and took a deep breath calming himself down and once again opened his mouth.
“Look.. I wanted to apologize to the both of you for…last night” Benny spoke “I could have reacted better we all could have reacted better”
Ethan smiled knowing that Benny’s apology was genuine. Benny was a god-awful liar. He knew from watching the many many times he tried to lie to his grandma.
“Thanks Benny” Ethan spoke smiling
“Don’t get me wrong this” Benny spoke motion with his hand at Ethan and Jesse “Is going to take some getting used to but I’m will to give you the benefit of the doubt Black”
Jesse nodded but Ethan and Benny could see the relief and gratefulness on his face. Benny waved and began to walk away leaving Ethan and Jesse alone to talk.
“Well, that went better than last night” Ethan commented
Jesse just nodded obviously in shock that Benny had just apologized to him. Ethan just smiled and took Jesse’s hand and started walking back to Ethan’s place.
“How do you know he wasn’t lying?” Jesse asked when they were half way back to Ethan’s home
“Benny is a horrible liar” Ethan told him “You should have seen him when he stole a potion from his grandma to bring a dead dog back to life. He stuttered through every word trying to lie to her.”
Jesse laughed at the image in his mind before sobering up and looking over at Ethan.
“Why were you trying to bring a dog back to life?” Jesse asked
“ I wasn’t trying to bring a dead dog back to life Benny was” Ethan told him
Jesse rolled his eyes “Fine, why did Benny want to bring a dog back to life?”
“The owner of the dog was someone he had a crush on” Ethan explained
Jesse mumbled something under his breath in a language that Ethan didn’t understand. Though from what Ethan could pick out it sounded like French.
Ethan stopped walking and stared at Jesse and he stopped as well looking over at Ethan. One of his eyebrows raised asking a silent ‘ what?’
“Is that French?” Ethan asked
It took Jesse a moment to realize what Ethan was talking about and when he did realize started blushing. He quickly turned away and nodded his head.
Ethan smiled “I didn’t know you knew French”
“I haven’t had to speak it in a long time” Jesse told him shrugging his shoulders
Reconnecting their hands Ethan and Jesse continued walking back to his home. When they actually got up to Ethan’s bedroom they didn’t really do much but start their homework.
“Hey Jesse, what happened on December 24th 1814?” Ethan asked
“The British gave up and signed the Treaty of Ghent ending The War of 1812 but I didn’t reach the U.S until February 1815” Jesse told him
“Thanks” Ethan spoke smiling
They both froze when they heard a knocking at Ethan’s bedroom window and he looked over at Jesse.
“Who do you think it is?” Ethan asked “Sarah, Rory, or Erica?”
“Sarah probably” Jesse told him
Ethan nodded next to Benny Sarah was the most apologetic in Ethan’s friend group. Opening the blinds Ethan was surprised to see both Sarah and Rory. Before opening the window Ethan turned to look at Jesse.
“Well you were half right” Ethan told him
Ethan opened the window letting the two vampires inside and they all just stood there awkwardly for a few seconds. It reminded Ethan of the second time Jesse had come to his house and they both just stood by the door.
“So uhh” Sarah began “Look we just wanted to apologize for…what happened.”
“Yeah..it wasn’t cool” Rory spoke scratching the back of his head
“It’s okay…I know it must have been shocking” Ethan spoke
Sarah and Rory nodded but then Sarah looked for Jesse and glared then opened her mouth.
“I still can’t believe you bit Ethan!” Sarah exclaimed “You knew what the venom would do!”
“Yes, but I also have done much much worse” Jesse told her
That caused everyone to freeze but Sarah sighed and looked over at Ethan and Jesse once more.
“I’m sorry I shouldn’t have assumed that something…. terrible was happening” Sarah told them
“You had every reason to” Jesse told her
“Still I’m sorry” Sarah apologized again before smirking “You to do make a cute couple through”
Jesse and Ethan smiled and Sarah and Rory smiled back. Ethan sighed everything was going to be okay, everything was going to work out. Then he realized something and frowned.
“Where’s Erica?” Ethan asked
“Uh you know how she is” Rory spoke laughing nervously
“Don’t expect to apologize” Sarah spoke “She’ll probably just come back and pretend nothing happened”
The day Ethan let Erica get away with that is the day hell freezes over.
“Hey why don’t you call Erica and I’ll call Benny” Ethan told her “We can have a movie night”
“Ethan?” Sarah asked “What are you planning?”
“Just call her” Ethan told Sarah
Ethan grabbed his phone and with his other hand grabbed Jesse’s arm and yanked him off the bed. Jesse allowed Ethan to drag him downstairs and into the kitchen. He waited for Ethan to finish talking to Benny before talking.
“What are you doing?” Jesse asked
Ethan just smirked and started marking popcorn. Jesse just sat down on the kitchen counter letting his legs dangle off.
Once the popcorn was ready everyone went to the living room Benny had arrived and now they were just waiting on Erica. When the doorbell rang Sarah jumped up and answered the door.
Erica walked inside and went into the living room and froze seeing Ethan and Jesse canoodling on the couch. Erica sighed and sat down on the couch.
“Hey bab” Benny flirted wiggling his eyebrows
“Drop dead Geek” Erica told him
“Easy Bab! Easy!” Benny spoke raising his hands in defense
They decided to watch Jumanji, which was always a good movie. Jesse and Ethan caught Erica taking quick glances at them cuddling. Ethan rested his head on Jesse's shoulder and Jesse’s wrapped around Ethan’s waist.
“Okay! I’m sorry, okay!” Erica snapped sitting up straight
Ethan picked his head up to look at Erica and Jesse turned to look at her.
“Sorry for what?” Jesse asked
Erica clenched her jaw clearly fighting the urge to punch Jesse’s in his hot face.
“I’m sorry I make fun of your relationship and tried to attack you” Erica spoke through clenched teeth
“It’s nicer than anything she’s ever said to me I’d take it and run” Sarah told them
Jesse and Ethan laughed at Erica’s offended face. She scowled at them mumbling something about just watching the movie and got comfortable again.
The others followed suit and leaned back getting comfortable on the couch. After they finished the original they watched the two remakes of the movie. All of them agreed they preferred the original.
The night ended with all of them passed out on the couch and Ethan’s parents and sister coming to see the teenagers fast asleep. They turned the TV off and put blankets over the sleeping pile of teenagers. Jane took some photos of them to use as blackmail later when she wanted money or someone to do her chores.
Ethan’s parents smiled at her taking the photos of the group on the couch. Then they ushered her out of the room.
The teenagers were completely unaware of what was happening around them. Ethan’s parents left the room and flipped the lights off.
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