Okay this is my first story so any input on my writing and storyline would be appreciated, thanks.
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so thank you for showing me
that best friends cannot be trusted,
and thank you for lying to me,
your friendship and good times we had you can have them back
-thank you simple plan
Five o'clock in the afternoon and I had nothing better to do than sit at home and drink. The grill was under renovations after the warlock decided to set the place on fire resulting in my unemployment. I wasn't talking to Elena or the Salvatore's since Damon compelled me.
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"Dinner? Really Damon, what are you up to?" I asked looking at the blue eyed vampire who had his back turned to me.
"Me, up to something? Never! Besides, I'd be stupid to try anything, if Elijah didn't kill me you would." He said pouring himself a drink.
"So you're not up to anything?" I asked skeptically.
"No, I just want to welcome him to our little team. I mean if he can help protect Elena then he can't be that bad right?" he said drowning his drink in one gulp, what he was saying made sense, we all wanted Elena safe, and my sanity depended on her being safe so it was a win-win.
"Alright, so what should we bring?" I asked letting out a breath of relief.
"We'll handle everything, just bring your pretty little face and that red dress that's in the back of your closet." He smirked. I slapped his cheek hard enough so that it stung and walked away. "Good to know everything's back to normal Damon." I called out as I walked out of the house and drove home.
"So did you talk to him?" Elijah asked as I stepped into the apartment.
" You know, if you're going to pop in at the most random of times I'm seriously going to regret inviting you in." I said setting my things down on the table.
He chuckled. "Right, sorry, but what did he say?" he asked getting up from the recliner.
"He says he wants to welcome you to the team." I said pouring myself some juice.
"And what do you think?" he asked picking me up and setting me on the counter. Honestly it wasn't as if I was a child he didn't have to pick me up to his eye level so that I could better understand him.
"You don't realize how much that bothers me." I said chugging the drink. He gave me a stern look.
"Right, anyways, I don't buy it. It's not like Damon to suddenly call for a truce, I'd go, but I'm not trusting anyone." He put his arms down around me so that I couldn't jump down.
"So, you think we should go?" he asked
"We: no, you: yes." I said, I hated formal dinners, and dinner with my dad and Damon? That's just awkward.
"No, we; because if you don't go I won't go." He said holding my waist so that I couldn't break eye contact.
"Well, it looks like we're not going then." I smirked and tried wiggling out of his grip. He rolled his eyes. "Why do you have to be so difficult?" he asked moving aside so that I could jump off the counter.
"Because you like it." I said moving to the living room. He wrapped his arms around me and spun me around to face him. "Are you sure?" he asked, his breath smelled like peppermint, fresh, cool. He held me tighter, pulling me closer.
"Positive." I said smirking. He pulled me in closer, our lips so close and then my phone rang.
Caller i.d. told me it was Damon and I ignored it.
"Fine, we'll go. I said going to the closet.
I picket out some jeans and a nice blouse and hopped into the shower. Once out I quickly dressed and was in the process of looking for my other shoe which since it was me most likely meant it was long gone.
"Looking for this?" Elijah asked holding the other heel.
"Thank you, you're a life saver." I said taking the other shoe and slipping it on.
I reached a little above his chin with the heels, yeah there was no way I was taking these off for the rest of the night.
"Here" He said holding up the necklace he'd given me, the round locket with the Celtic design around it and the emerald jewel in the center. It held vervain which he put to protect me.
I lifted my hair so that he could latch it around my neck.
"There" he said spinning me around slowly. "Gorgeous."
"You're such a liar." I said, we were so close, if I just stuck out my neck about half a centimeter I could kiss him.
"No I'm not." He said leaning in the tiniest bit. So close. And my phone rang.
"What?!" I answered irritated.
"Well hello to you too sweetheart." Damon said on the other end sarcastically.
"What do you want?" I asked impatiently.
"I've been calling you all day, why don't you answer me?" he asked sounding hurt.
"Because you're a pain. Now is there a reason for this call?" I asked.
"Of course Bells, listen, I've changed my mind, bring a bottle of wine, perfectly aged, and don't get cheap on me." He said I growled out, this is what he interrupted me for?
"get your own damn wine idiot." I said and hung up.
I saw Elijah looking at me from the chair and I tried to suppress my blush, I went over to fix his tie.
"Thank you." He said, I kissed his cheek lightly.
"Anytime." I said and he followed me out the door.
Damon failed to mention the fact that John Gilbert was invited. "He surprised me too." He said as I walked towards him.
"Then you should have called." I said shoving the wine bottle into his chest.
"Annabelle-" he started, I cut him off.
"No Damon, I swear if anything happens, if John does anything I will rip his head off and feed it to werewolves, and if you do anything I will bleed you out then drive vervain soaked wooden needles into your body until you beg for death, and then I will dismember you and scatter you all over the world and set your favorite body part on fire." I whispered quietly so that Andie, Jenna and Alaric wouldn't hear.
"Well, aren't you kinky." He said trying to lighten the mood.
"I'm serious." I spat.
"So am I." he whispered in my ear and walked to the table.
I let out a huff and followed.
"Wow Anna!" Jenna said looking at the bottle. "1967 Bertani Amarone. How did you manage to get this?" she asked.
"It's supposed to be extremely rare." John said sending my dad into a coughing fit. "How much is this costing me exactly?" he asked trying to recover.
"You, none, it's from mom's stash." I said and he let out a breath of relief.
"how'd you manage to get it, if it's your mothers?" Andie asked curiously.
"It's called breaking and entering." I said making them laugh.
The Castile house had been empty since my grandparents died, my mother inherited it but she denied it so it went to me. The Castiles were one of the founding families of Mystic Falls and according to Elijah they'd been here while it was still a small village, while he was human. The home had been in my family for centuries so it felt wrong just leaving it there to rot. Beside why not take advantage of the fact that I've got a house full of vintage goodies.
"I need to start hanging out with you more often." Jenna said and brought out the meal. I poured the wine for everyone and I came around to Damon.
"You're not really gonna dismember me are you?" he whispered, I got the knife from his placement discreetly and drove it into his leg.
"Try me." I whispered and moved continued to Elijah.
"What was that?" he asked smirking.
"Personal matters." I answered quietly.
"I like seeing you in power." He said causing me to blush lightly.
"Are you saying that you'll let me be in control?" I asked.
He smirked. "Of course not." He whispered and let his hand slide along my hip.
I tried to suppress my moan Alaric straightened up and looked at me sternly.
I moved on to my glass and finished up with John and sat down to eat.
We all had idle chit-chat during dinner and after I helped Jenna remove everyones' plate.
"Now why don't the men have drinks in the study and leave the women to tend to other things?" Damon said as I glared at him from my spot at the table.
"Be careful." I whispered to Elijah and walked up to Damon.
"I'm watching you Salvatore, try anything and I will end you." I said to him.
"I knew you liked me." He said and walked into the study.
Dad took a phone call and came in five minutes later complaining about how we forgot dessert.
Everyone sat down at the table. "Sorry everyone, I'm much better at unwrapping food than I am at making it." Jenna said making a joke out of the situation.
"I'll help." I said getting up from the table, Elijah's hand lingered on my thigh.
"So you and Elijah huh?" Jenna asked slyly while I helped her make dessert.
"Sort of, he's sweet and a gentleman, we're not a thing, but we are. You get it?" I asked confusing myself, thankfully she nodded.
"He's also old enough to be your dad." She said I laughed a little bit, if only she knew.
"yeah, well you would know considering you are dating my dad." I said sticking out my tongue at her.
"Ouch." She said and shoved me lightly, we laughed.
"Well, I'm happy for you Annabelle, seriously, I know it's weird me dating your dad and all, you deserve to be happy." She said
"Jenna, I am happy. He's my dad, I haven't seen him this happy since Isobel. To me you already are part of my family." I said I heard a groan in the other room. "I'll go see if anyone needs anything." I said she smiled and nodded.
Everyone was gone in the dining room. "Damon, where the hell is he?" I asked angrily.
"Who?" he asked playing dumb.
"Elijah that's who." I said angrily shoving him.
"Elijah? Elijah who?" he asked I grabbed him roughly by the shirt and shoved him hard against the wall.
"Damon you sick son of a bitch, where is he?" I demanded. He threw me against the wall opposite to us.
"Annabelle, it had to be done." He said trying to reason with me.
"What have you done?" I demanded punching him in the face.
"Listen to me, it was necessary." He said pinning my hands above my head with his vampire strength.
"You moron, he was helping!" I shouted struggling with all my might against his grip.
"Annabelle please, he was dangerous! We need you to understand. I need you to understand." He begged, his grip loosened enough so that I was able to push him away.
"No! Get the hell away from me!" I shouted pushing him further away blinking the tears out of my eyes.
"Where's Elijah, what did you do to him?" I asked he walked out of the room and into the basement, I followed quickly.
"Where is he?" I asked as he led me into an empty cell.
"I don't know. He was here. I put him down right here." He said, disbelief written all over his face.
"We had to keep the dagger in." Alaric said running into the basement.
Betrayal. "You were in on this?" I shouted at my dad.
"Annabelle-" he started.
"Save it. I don't want to hear it." I said cutting him off and turning back to Damon. "Where is he Damon?" I asked
"I don't know, but we need to get to Elena." He said and pulled me back up the stairs.
We were at the lake house.
"Annabelle-" Elena started but I put my hand up to stop her.
"I don't want to hear anything from any of you." I said stiffly
"I'm sorry about everything Annabelle, and I'm sorry about this." Damon said shoving me up against the wall and ripped off the necklace.
"When Elijah gets here tell him whatever you need to say to get close enough to stab him with this." Damon said handing me the dagger. "you're gonna take the dagger and shove it into his heart. Do you understand?" Damon said holding eye contact.
"I understand." My voice was monotone and unhuman. I couldn't fight it, what he told me, the necklace was of no use right now as it laid uselessly in the corner of the room.
"I'll do this, but I'm not happy." I spat in his face.
"Good thing I don't care." He said and the door crashed open.
"I may not be able to enter, but I am a very patient man, I will wait you out." Elijah called out from outside the house.
Elena walked to the door.
"One more thing." Damon said pulling me to him.
"Don't tell him about this." He said and in this moment I'd never wanted to punch anyone more.
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Alright that's it for now because it's 2 a.m. and I'm tired. I promise I'll update when I get home from school.
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