Screaming Colors || Erica Jones

14. two idiots make a love potion

[smells like trouble: season 1, episode 9]
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        Serena had no idea why that thing was still around. She could've sworn that the creature was supposed to disappear when Ethan had destroyed the negative. So she wasn't entirely sure why it was still there. But Serena knew there was no good reason. The first time she saw it, her father had ended up dying. And the second time she saw it, she got these crazy Banshee powers. Now she's seen it for the third time in her life, and she had no idea what to do.

She couldn't go to anyone about it. Well, she could but Serena didn't really want to. Felicity had been busy with work meetings and stuff with Benny's Grandma. Wes and Aaliyah would probably just make it a bigger deal than it was. She could ask Ethan and Benny but they were acting fairly weird recently.

"I can believe they shipped your eternity cage without a key!" Serena heard Benny exclaim as she walked up to the both of them. "Now how are we going to play Warlock's Phantasm?"

Ethan's eyes widened in horror, "Benny keep it down. I'm trying to attract a girl, not the whole chess club."

Serena blinked, "Okay, I'm sorry. You have a cage?" she asked Ethan, clearly bewildered by this information. She marched over to the two of them. "I don't even know where to begin with that. That is so problematic on so many different levels!"

Benny gestured down to Serena, "Look, it's working. Serena's a girl," he pointed out.

Serena grimaced, "Yeah, and I'm not into either of you," she said with a fake smile.

Ethan shot Benny an 'I told you so look' as he pulled out a small bottle of liquid from his back pocket. He began to spray it all over his body. Serena instantly turned her face away. The clone smelled absolutely awful. She had to hold herself back from throwing up. Ethan began to cough as well, blowing some of the extra scents away from him.

"What is that?" Benny asked.

"This, 'Horminio'," Ethan said, holding up the bottle with pride. "It's musk. It's supposed to tap into a woman's primal nature."

Benny took the bottle out of his friend's hand and sniffed it quickly. "It's definitely, manly," he said vaguely. "Like 'wrestling team laundry bag' manly."

"Yeah, it's awful," Serena snapped, still holding her hand over her nose. "Is it in my primal nature to hit you, because that's the only thing I'm feeling right now!"

Ethan glared at her, "That's just your opinion Serena," he said, straightening his shirt out. "Okay, here goes nothing. I'm just worried she'll laugh in my face."

"She probably will," Benny said bluntly. "But that gives you one less thing to worry about!" he said as Ethan stalked away. "Joking?"

Serena tilted her head at the retreating figure. "So what exactly is he going to do?" she asked Benny. "Because I know for a fact that no girl is going to want to go near him when he smells like that. It's horrendous. I can still smell it from here." But Benny didn't answer her, either that or he decided to ignore her ramblings. "Benny?" Serena asked again, still facing forward. "Benny!" she said louder, whipping to the left to stare directly at him. "What do you think you're doing?"