Now What?

'No,' he said to himself, 'I will not be a chicken.'

"Sarah, I like you... as in more than a friend."

Now that wasn't so hard, was it.

The few seconds after that were probably the longest seconds of Ethan Morgan's life. His determined face was soon replaced by a scared one. His heart was pumping, harder than ever before. He felt sweat, trickling down this forehead. He looked at his crush's blank face. What did he just do. He wished he could take it back, or hide under a little rock and never be found again, but he was frozen, something wasn't letting him run away and he sure hoped it wasn't any of Benny's stupid spells. He closed his eyes, waiting for rejection.

"You... like me?" A confused Sarah asked. She was playing with her hair. Nervously trying to figure everything out.

Ethan opened his eyes and looked at the girl, god she was pretty. Wait... This was the chance to take it all back. Maybe he could cover up what he said and make her forget... Well, there was no harm in trying.

"You know what, forget I said anything." Ethan covered up. He looked back to the TV, caching a glimpse of her turning to it too, but with her ever so constant confused expression on, still gripping her hair.

Ethan looked at the TV just as an excuse for not thinking of the previous events. It didn't work. He was just staring blankly at the screen, not even listening to the character talk. He couldn't stop thinking of her blank face. Did he brake her? He probably did. Darn, he was such a jerk. He should have kept quiet, it was better for everyone. Stupid.

"You know what..." Sarah said finally breaking the awkward silence between them.

Ethan turned around violently. What was he supposed to know? On god, here comes the sweating again. And the stuttering.

"W-w-wh-at?" Ethan said, failing to keep his calm.

He watched Sarah's face turn from confused to amazingly happy. And that smile. Well, that smile was the prettiest thing in the world. That smiled was telling him that something was going to happen. Something good. Really good.

"I think I might like you too." she said brightly, "as in more than a friend." she added with a smile.

At those words, Ethan swore that he heard his heat skip a beat. The world seemed to have become perfect. He had to be dreaming. He'd had dreams like this before. And this time, Ethan really hoped this wasn't a stupid dream that Rory would interrupt any second now.

"Wha-a-at?" Ethan said, making sure he wasn't dreaming.

Sarah moved closer to him on the couch. She shifted next to him. Gently brushing his shoulder as she went.

"I like you too dork." Sarah repeated.

Ethan grinned. He looked into her ever so perfect eyes who were brightly looking straight into him. She was perfect. Why on earth would she like as nobody like him? He blushed softly. He looked down and scratched his arm.

"So... Now what?" he asked awkwardly.

Sarah giggled, "Seriously?"

"Uh... yeah?" Was she making fun of him? Was this normal. Was he supposed to be mad at her. No. Ethan Morgan would never be mad at Sarah, whatever she did. She was way too perfect.

She broke down into full laughter mode. "The guy's not supposed to say 'Now What?'"

Ethan looked down at her, really confused. "So what is he supposed to do?"

Sarah's laughter dies out, "You really don't know..." Her eyes turned almost blue with regret

Ethan shook his head.

"Let me teach you..." Sarah said, almost like a whisper. "Lets hold hands."

She came so close that Ethan felt her body heat invading him. She put her hand in his. He looked at them. He'd held hands with Sarah before... This was just the first time he actually didn't have anything weird happen to him like a vision. It felt good. No good was underestimating it. It felt amazing.

"Now we intertwine fingers..."

Ethan blushed at he felt Sarah's soft fingers tickling his.

"How's that?"

"N-n-nice..." Ethan managed to get out, he wasn't used to this... But he could get used to it. He really could

Sarah smiled, "Now compliment me."

Ethan raised his eyebrow . She wanted him to compliment her. But what to say? No words could even start to describe her.

"This is too hard..." Ethan said.

"What, nothing good about me?" Sarah laughed, teasing him.

Oops, wrong thing to say. Ethan needed to think of something quick. Girls take everything so literally.

"No! That's not it! It's just so hard to describe you! You are perfect! Like the way you can imitate perfect cyborg moves when you fight someone. Like how your eyes shine like light-sabers when something fascinates you. The way your face looks like a perfect Photoshop picture. Like how when you start to sing and it sounds like I just finished a level in a video game!" 

Sarah sat, her mouth agape.

"That was the geekiest and most romantic thing anyone's ever said to me!" Sarah said as she hugged the blushing boy.

Ethan was surprised, as he swore he felt his brain melt in his head. He laughed nervously.

"So now what?" Ethan asked.

"Well, you ask me out."

"Wait, now?"

Sarah giggled. "Yes now"

Ethan rubbed his hands together.

"Hum... Sarah? Do you want to go out to a movie with me tomorrow night?" Ethan asked nervously, even though he was pretty sure he already knew the answer.

"I'd love to Ethan... What time?"

"What about 8, that way, the sun will be totally gone and you won't need sunglasses to hide your beautiful eyes" Ethan said. Wow, where did that come from?

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Sarah said, really excited. She hugged him again.

"You are so sweet!"

Ethan smiled.

"So does that mean we are boyfriend and girlfriend?" Ethan asked awkwardly.

"Only if you want it to be."

Ethan violently nodded, smiling like and idiot.

"Good." Sarah said, looking back at the television.

Ethan watched with her for a few more minutes, then asked another question.

"Now what?"

Sarah smiled as she turned back to her boyfriend. She grinned evilly.

“You kiss me.” She said simply.

Ethan looked at Sarah scared and confused.

“I what?”

“You kiss me…” Sarah repeated.

Ethan looked shyly at his new girlfriend.

"How?"

"Well you put your hand on my hips." Sarah explained as she took Ethan's hand and guided it to her hips.

"A-and now what?" Ethan asked

"You lean in." She said, starting to lean in.

Ethan followed her lead and leaned in too. Right now, nothing mattered. Not even that she was a vampire and he was just a mere mortal. Not even that Benny would tease him about this night forever after forcing him to talk about every single detail. Not even that they were probably wasting electricity with the TV, still lighting up their faces and sending a buzzing sound around the small living room. The only thing that mattered was that he was about to kiss the vampire of his dreams. He was about to make his dream a reality. The words 'Now what?' were about to become unnecessary. 

Their lips met.