Samantha spent the rest of the day in a daze, wondering if her brother had found anything out yet. She walked up to her car after school.

"Sammy!" Arms wrapped around her from behind.

"Ah," she yelped in surprise.

"Geez, you didn't notice my presence at all, did you?" he released her.

"Will," she turned to him. "What are you doing here? And don't hug me at school. In case you've forgotten, you look like a teenager and people will think I have a relationship with a student."

"Interesting..." Will stroked his chin.

"Whatever you're thinking of doing, don't."

"But what if I have the sudden urge to hug my big sister?" he smirked.

Her mouth hung open. "You want to get me fired?"

"Someday, maybe. I'll tell them you touched me," he hugged himself.

"Ew, you little perv." Samantha pulled him into a headlock and gave him a noogie. "Quit screwing with me and never say that to anyone."

"Ah, I give." She pulled away. "And you messed up my hair," he complained, fixing it using her car mirror until it was perfectly in place.

"If you don't want a noogie, you shouldn't mess with me. Anyways, what are you doing here?"

"I was on my way home and happened to be nearby. I figured you'd be out of school soon, so I stopped by to hitch a ride."

"You didn't take your car last night?"

"I did take one of them... and I sorta lost it."

"What? How?"

Will coughed, clearing his throat as he averted his gaze. "Let's just say it was exchanged for information and leave it at that."

"I'm guessing it wasn't one of your favourites if you were willing to bet with it."

"Of course not."

"Wait, does that mean you walked here? All of your informants are way in the middle of downtown, right?"

"I took a bus part of the way, felt sick and walked the rest of the way here."

"Never could stomach riding a bus, could you?" Samantha shook her head and unlocked her car.

"Been a while since we rode together," Will said as he hopped in the passenger's side.

"Buckle up."

"Seriously? We're vampires; why would you worry about something like that?"

"I could get in trouble for you not using it, and even vampires feel pain if you end up going through the windshield."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Will grumbled as he clicked his buckle in. "There, happy?"

"Yup," Samantha hummed, smiling as she took off.

"Did you see what I saw?" Roy asked Jason as they stared at Miss G's car driving away. "He totally hugged her."

"But didn't you see the way she reacted to it?" Jason asked as they headed to his car.

"The noogie? That's just them playing. They're seriously close and that's why she's not interested in me. I bet you they're together. I wonder what class he's in; I don't recognize him."

"Are you sure he was a high school student?"

"With a face like that, I'd say so. Hurry up and get in the car before they get away," Roy rushed Jason in.

"You want me to follow them?"

"Yes, now hurry! I can still see their car, but they could turn away at any moment."

"I don't think this is a good idea."

"If you don't drive now, I'll date your sister."

"As if."

Roy narrowed his eyes. "I may not have won over Miss G yet, but Maggy—"

Jason glared at him. "Don't you dare go after my sister."

"Drive and I'll leave her be."

"Friggin' hell," Jason cursed under his breath as he started to follow them.

They followed her out of town, with long stretches of forest crawling along the edge of the road, and the two boys exchanged a confused glance.

"Think she lives out in the middle of nowhere or they're finding a hotel out of town to be together at?" Roy asked, his imagination running wild.

"It would take a while to get to another real town from here. There's next to nothing around for miles in this direction."

As the traffic thinned out, Jason let the distance between their vehicles grow.

"I'm not sure I should keep going... Haven't we followed them for long enough?" Jason asked.

"How is it far enough if she hasn't stopped anywhere yet?"

"Where'd she go?" Jason noticed there were no cars in front of him on the road.

"Did we pass her?"

"How would we have passed her? And there haven't been any turns in a while."

Roy thought for a moment. "At least none that lead onto paved roads."

Jason pulled over to the side and stopped. "Now what? I'd rather go home and check on my sister; make sure she ate something today than to stalk our teacher."

"Psh, it's not stalking," Roy laughed.

"Uh, it kinda is. We followed her without her knowing."

"Turn around and I'll keep a lookout this time," Roy waved his hand, trying to get Jason to move.

"Whatever, but if you don't see anywhere she could've gone, I'm heading home."

"Okay... You'll drop me off first, right?"

"Contemplating dropping you off right here," Jason grumbled. It'd probably take a few hours to get back home on foot.

"I heard that! I know you wouldn't abandon your best friend."

"You mean the best friend who used my little sister to threaten me? Why wouldn't I?"

"Come on, dude, you know I was kidding."

Jason glared at him.

"Oh!" Roy pointed to the dirt road leading into a forest. "Maybe they went that way."

"You want me to go in there?" Jason grumbled as he pulled off to the side.

"What are you complaining about? You own a Jeep; isn't it meant for off-roading?"

Jason slowly drove down the dirt path, worried something would run out in front of him or that he'd end up driving into a ditch. He stopped at a fork in the road. "Which way now, Sherlock?"

"Give me a sec," Roy hopped out of the Jeep and examined both roads. "That way," he pointed to the left and got back in.

"How do you know? It's not like it's raining to have fresh tracks or anything."

"No, but that path is used way more; there're barely any tracks on the right path."

"Here's hoping we don't end up lost out here," Jason drove to the left. The shadows from the trees overtook the road and he couldn't see far down the path.

The dirt path broke into a vast field. In the middle of the field was a Victorian-style mansion. Even though it wasn't in bad shape, the whole place had an ominous vibe.

"Looks haunted," Roy said.

"You really think she's here?" Jason asked, itching to turn his vehicle around.

"Only one way to know," Roy hopped out and took off.

"You better not ring the doorbell or I really will abandon you here." Jason watched as Roy peeked through the garage window.

Roy waved him over. Not wanting to make any noise, he left his Jeep at the entranceway. Jason ducked down and ran over to Roy, his palms sweating.

"It's her car in the garage," Roy whispered. Jason glanced in and saw her Solstice. "She's definitely here with that kid, but why?" Roy wandered over to the windows with Jason close behind cursing him. "They're sitting on the couch together... sipping on red wine?"

"There's no way he's a high school student; a teacher like her wouldn't allow that."

"Why not? They're in the middle of nowhere; who's gonna complain about a teenager drinking out here? Whoa, get down," Roy ducked, gripping the neck of Jason's jacket to bring him down with him. "I swear the kid looked over."

"Our cue to get out of here, don't you think?"

"But I want to know what they're talking about."

"Who cares? We've definitely already crossed a line. If we're caught here, who knows what they'll do."

"Dude, are you afraid of Miss G?" Roy scoffed.

"No, but I don't want to be on her bad side. I thought you wanted to woo her, so do you really want to be caught stalking her?"

"Oh, my boy does have a point." Roy thought for a moment. He glanced in the window again. "Crap; they're gone."

"Let's scram," Jason took off, running towards his Jeep.

"Wait for me," Roy stumbled away from the mansion and nearly face-planted into Jason's Jeep.

Once they were both in the vehicle, Jason turned it around and rushed to head home, nearly sending his vehicle off the path a few times.