Alaric Saltzman shot awake. He had been staying over at his girlfriend, Dr. Meredith Fell's house and was sleeping on the couch. There had been a knocking at the door. Meredith didn't seem to respond to it. He got up and decided to answer it.
"Come on, Meredith. I know you're there. I checked the hospital." A girl said from behind the door.
Alaric opened the door. There was a short girl with blonde hair.
"Oh, you're not Meredith." The girl said. "Did she get a new apartment?"
"No, she's here." He said as Meredith walked out That left the girl confused.
"This is my sister, Crimson." Meredith introduced. "And this is my boyfriend, Alaric Saltzman."
"Wow, and I thought my name sucked." Crimson remarked.
"What are you doing here?" Meredith asked. "It's in the morning and you're supposed to be in school."
"Yeah, I got kicked out." The blonde replied.
"You got kicked out?" Meredith asked angrily. "Why are you here and not with Mom and Dad?"
"I don't want them to know that I got kicked out." Crimson responded. The man could tell it was a family moment.
"I think that I'm going to go." Alaric replied. "It was nice meeting you."
"How did you get kicked out?" Meredith asked after he left.
"Well it might have been the drinking or the running around in my underwear or maybe it was…" Crimson listed.
"I don't want to know." Meredith interrupted.
"So can I stay here?" The younger Fell asked.
"Mom and Dad are going to find out about this." Meredith pointed out. "Plus you're going to have to go to school here."
"I get it." Crimson replied. "Do you have a room for me?"
"It's not ready for someone to sleep in." Meredith explained. "Since Ric left, you can sleep on the couch."
At the Gilbert house, Alaric walked back in. Elena Gilbert came down
"I thought that you were staying over at Meredith's." She stated.
"Well I was until her sister showed up in the middle of the night." He told her.
"Crimson is back?" Elena asked.
"You know her?" Alaric questioned in surprise.
"Yeah, she used to be friends with Jeremy." Elena explained. "She was never part of the good crowd. Actually she was pretty much a bad girl personified. She left after her freshman year to go to boarding school. I don't know the actual reason, but pregnancy came up. Her leaving along with our parents' death was one of the reasons why Jeremy was so messed up."
"Well it might not be the best time for her to return when it's still possible that Meredith is still killing people." Alaric replied. "I know that she's basically been cleared, but we don't know who the killer is."
Back in the apartment, Crimson began to look around and found a knife wrapped in a towel.
"Why exactly do you have a knife wrapped in a towel?" Crimson asked her sister. "Do you know what this looks like?"
"Don't worry about it." Meredith ordered.
"Are you going around murdering people? This is a problem. You have this wrapped up like a murder weapon." Crimson told her. "Look, I have heard about the murders. If you're doing this, I bet you have your reasons, but you have to turn yourself in."
"I didn't kill anyone." Meredith promised. "But I'm pretty sure that I know who did, but I can't tell the cops."
"Of course you can." Crimson argued.
"No I can't." Meredith remarked.
"Why not?" The younger sister asked. "This could make you an accomplice if you don't tell."
"I think that my boyfriend did it." Meredith stated.
So I know it's short and not much of a way to introduce, but I wanted to wait to flesh her out more in the next chapter. Anyway, Crimson is played by Britt Robertson. I can also tell you that there was never anything romantic between her and Jeremy, but she will be disappointed to find out about Jeremy's departure. Please don't forget to review.