Double Negative

'Oo we need to see how the meeting went, I want to use my mii as my picture!' Rory exclaimed.

He's such a geek but that's the best part of him.

"Well how'd the meeting go? Can I use my mii as my yearbook photo" He'd seemed so desperate due to the fact vampires don't show up on camera.

Ethan shrugged his shoulders in defeat,"Sorry Rory, they shot us down. Maybe next year?"

"Come on! Want me to take them out! Maybe eat their families?"

"What! No!"

His smile immediately arose on his face as he chuckled, softly punching Ethan in the side, "Just kidding man! You looked all 'Oh no Rory's a maniac!'. Ha! That was great"

"Rory you are a maniac" I added

"Don't joke about that okay! Sometimes I wonder what you do at night"

"Oh it's pretty nuts. The less you know the better!" He had said this in a way as if he murdered people but in reality he just shoves marshmallows in his mouth until no longer physically possible. His Mum and I walked in on it, a very weird experience; "4 thousand and 68, 4 thousand and 6" Rory had counted as he was shoving marshmallows into his mouth.

"Anyway, what did the yearbook nerds wanna do?" I purely only asked this because it was a stupider thing every year.

"Hannah Price wants to use some lame old camera for the photos, she probably doesn't even know she has to develop the old film. She's probably still staring at the back of the camera right now wondering why the screen isn't working" Us both then widened our eyes yet continued to smile awkwardly. "She's standing right behind me now isn't she?" He ened

"Later" Rory grabbed my arm and dragged me down the corridor.

"Man, it sucks that we don't show up on film, my Mum really wanted a picture of me this year."

"Hey, I can't help with the camera issue but I know how to see yourself in the mirror"

"WHAT!? HOW!?!"

"Just get a mirror that doesn't have silver in it, that's the whole issue because vampires are" My hands then mimicked air quotes, "'intolerant to silver' or whatever"

"Oh, my, god. I have to tell Erica and Sarah! Hey guys!"

Well at least I'd cheered him up.

//

This class is so dull. We had been in there for only 5 minutes but still.

"So this morning Hannah was really nice to me and asked if she could confide in me" Ethan explained behind me

"Dude it's a trap" Benny replied

"I knew it! The next time I saw her she swore like my Dad in traffic!"

"What the hell are you two doofuses talking about?"

"There are two sides to every girl, like a coin. Heads she crazy, tails.. same as heads."

"Maybe she's just having a bad day?" I suggested. Stupid suggestion but I doubt the way Hannah was acting had anything to do with just genuine rudeness, she's so nice.

"Explain this then" Ethan pointed into the hall where Hannah was, "Just watch"

"Hey Cami, oh I totally love your skirt" Hannah complimented

"Heads" Benny said, I furrowed my eyebrows at this, Hannah was acting nice so what's this issue Ethan had with her.

Not even 10 seconds later, from the other side of the hallway we see Hannah again but different, "Oops! I am so sorry" she cackled evily, definitely not like Hannah.

"Tails, good luck with that" Ethan groaned and led his head on the table in defeat.

"Yeah, I'm gonna have to agree with Benny, she's acting crazy today."

//

We were all sat at the only spare table at lunch whilst Ethan tried to dodge Hannah, which was literally impossible considering how surprisingly good her aim was.

Something was thrown by Hannah across the cafeteria, hitting Rory in the eye, "Ow!"

"Yes! Now that was a three-pointer!" Hannah smiled proudly

"Ror sit down, there's a spare seat here" I offered and he smiled, still holding his eye in pain.

"Who else wants some of this!" she exclaimed

"If she asks you out, you better say yes" Benny suggested

"Or just wear bubble wrap" I added

"She saw us!" Ethan said, trying to hide "What do we do?" he asked

"Just act natural!" Benny leant back, relaxing his position, assumingly to 'act cool'.

"So.. act like a bunch of dorks, that's a great idea" I commented

As Hannah reached the table, she pushed my shoulder and me into Rory, leaving a gap for her arms to lean on the table.

"Baby still crying 'cause he can't be Superman in the yearbook?" Hannah sneered"

"Superman? Please, he's a bit too retro, a little too old school" Benny replied trying to act confident which just ended up in Hannah pouring his lunch down his shirt.

"Awww and it was such a nice nerd shirt" She laughed in the same evil tone as before"

In rage, Benny clenched his fists together to make a point, "I don't care how much of a crush she has on you, she just made Bennys list!"

"She made mine 3 minutes ago" I mumbled bitterly, pushing myself back into my place.

"Thanks" Rory mumbled back to me, guess I forgot I'm not the only one with supernatural hearing.

//

The next day started off as normal as it could be until 'Benny' showed up, in a go-kart. What a douchebag.

"Benny?" I said confused

"Hey babe." He smirked cockily to Sarah, "Like my new ride?" never seen that expression on him before.

"You bought a go-kart?" Sarah teased

"Rented but I'm thinking of stealing it"

"Are you sleepwalking again? What is wrong with you?" I added

"No but I am walking out of this town so if you want a shot at this then better hurry up"

"The only shot I would take at that is with a right foot" I copied his smile in mockery.

"Ooo, times running out sweetness" Sarah's friends turned and watched him strutting away.

"How could he get even more weird?" Sarah asked

"I don't know but the next time I see him, he's toast"

//

I was standing by Sarah's locker, talking about the whole situation with Benny to Rory when the rest of the dork squad arrived but not Erica, obviously.

Sarah clocked who it was and grabbed the front of Benny's shirt to pull him closer, "If you hit on me again, I will hit on you but NOT in the way you think!"

"Hey hey hey! If you're gonna punch me, don't I get to have fun annoying you in the first place?"

"Woah ok," Ethan separated the two, "Let me guess, you saw Benny today and he was a complete jerk?" he asked

"Not just that being a right creep as well!" I exclaimed

"No time to explain, magic camera, Hannah and Benny have evil twins! We gotta destroy the negatives before more evil twins! Anyway I'll stop Hannah, you guys find Benny!" Ethan said

'You heard the man, let's go!' Benny said, me and Sarah went to follow him before Rory dragged me back.

"Wait 'Low, is the camera they are talking about the yearbook camera?" Rory asked "As in the one Benny's Grandma had?"

"Yeah, why?" His tone worried me

"Grandma told me that that camera is magic and works on vampires so I took a picture on it to try to convince my Mum I did get a yearbook picture.." He rambled extremely quickly.

"Oh crap. We better find your twin as well then" Our fingers interlocked as I grabbed his hand to speed off to the cafeteria which, luckily, was empty at this time.

"Why are we going to get food?" he questioned

"We aren't, when you're stressed or not feeling yourself you always stress eat so if you were evil that's the last place you would be which obviously means it's the first place we should check. Have you ever seen a horror film?"

"Some but that was before I became a creature of the night," he smiled 'Hey I'll go check the library!" Before I could even respond he was already gone.

"Hey hot stuff" 'Rory' said, smirking exactly like how Benny's twin was.

"You gotta be kidding me" I said firmly yet slightly laughing

"Come on, you know you like me" I felt my eyes begin to change colour, "What you can't accept is that I don't like you back" he pouted at the end of this, my fangs now fully grown. We fought for a while but clearly, this version of Rory had more experience in fighting.

"Oh sweetheart, feeling weak?" he pouted once more, I just wanted to slap it right off his smug face, "You can do it, can't you?"

"Yeah" Thank god. "She can" Rory added pushing the twin into the wall, knocking him out.

"Where's the picture?" I exclaimed

"Sarah's got it!" We heard a groan coming from the floor.

"How's he awake again already!?" I exclaimed.

We had to fight for a while and how one evil twin managed to take us both down baffled me. Rory and I were sitting on one of the tables, on the verge of giving up, as the twin was once again passed out on the floor, we heard another groan and a whine when suddenly, he disappeared. Thank god for Sarah Fox.

"You ok?" I asked, sitting upright to crack my back.

"Yeah I guess, you?"

A yawn had escaped my mouth, my head now leaning on Rory's shoulder, "In a way"

"Wanna go find Ethan?" he looked down smiling at me, how the hell did this boy have so much energy?

"Yeah, give me a sec to stand up without falling back over again first"

//

"Wanna go see a movie?" We overheard Ethan asking Hannah

"Great idea! My boyfriend loves movies!" Hannah exclaimed "See ya later Ethan"

"Boyfriend? Should've seen it coming" I empathised

"Yeah that rots dude" Benny added "At least I got my camera back, that means Grandma won't spank me with lightning" Benny said walking away

"So Hannah never liked me, she was just really nice?"

"Yeah that can happen too" Sarah shrugged

"Sorry E" I added

"So a girl can either be nice to you or mean to you when she likes you or maybe she doesn't like you and she's just really nice?"

"Yeah that's about right" Sarah smiled

"I'm so confused" Rory's eyebrows furrowed. I couldn't help but smile at this.

"Ethan! Evil Benny rented a go-kart, come on!!"

"I'm over it later!" Ethan exclaimed

"You're welcome? See ya later guys." Sarah rolled her eyes at the two best friends gawking over the go-kart

"Wanna go to mine and order pizza then watch a film or play video games?" I asked not taking my eyes off of the two trying to figure out how to start the go-kart as Sarah became visibly annoyed.

"YES!" Rory screamed

My eyes finally faced him, "Let's go then doofus" I grabbed his hand once more, before taking flight, hopefully nobody saw us. 

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