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Amelia Gilbert
The Uber man purposely cleared his throat. I stopped what I was doing and peered up to find he was staring at me blankly through the rear view mirror. There was definitely more of a frown than a smile on his face. Even though it was just me in the Uber, I still looked around. "I am going to go...I'm just making sure I've got everything," I informed him.
It was a super snap decision to come home; I'd spent the entire journey ruffling through my stuff, certain that I had forgotten something.
"This was a long drive, most people tip," he replied. I raised my brows. Dammit, he must have seen my Uber payment already.
"Well most people don't ask for tips," I pointed out. "If they're given, they're given, if they're not you've just got to suck it up."
He blinked back at me. "It's the decent thing to do."
My remaining family squealed as they ran out the house and towards the Uber. They knocked on the car window repeatedly and waved. I held up the palm of my hand to them. I only texted them twenty minutes ago to reveal I was coming back home, for good. It was so out of the blue that they needed proof. So of course, I sent them a selfie with me and my luggage in the back of an Uber.
Jenna: I still don't believe you!
Well now I was outside the house so she had no choice.
"The decent thing would have been to let me choose the music," I explained, hopefully providing this man tips for the future.
He scoffed. "You wanted to listen to Taylor Swift; I wasn't going to listen to that garbage."
"Wow." I gathered my belongings and reached for the door handle. "And that's precisely why you're not getting a tip. Good day to you, Sir." I opened the door and was immediately slammed against the Uber car window. "My back! My back!" I yelped out whilst I was being smothered with hugs from my twin and my aunt.
Usually my twin wasn't this nice to me so it was a breath of fresh air. I wondered how long it would last.
Any doubt I had about coming home began to melt away when I saw how happy they were. I'd been gone for just under a year, leaving soon after the death of my parents. I never wanted to live in this house without them, but it was time.
I was officially moving back to Mystic Falls.
"You little sneak!" Jenna squeezed me. "How long have you been planning this for?"
I literally decided this morning and I was more surprised than anyone. I was so sure I could never face Mystic Falls again.
My family - my remaining family - had taken it really hard when I told them I was leaving. Jeremy didn't speak to me for weeks. I had arranged everything myself so when I suddenly announced I was going to a boarding school two hours out of town, they didn't know what to think. No one did. They were just as surprised when I randomly announced I was coming back. I liked to keep people on their toes as you can see.
"I wanted to surprise you guys!" I laughed as I pulled back from the group hug. "Where's Jeremy?"
Asked and answered.
Oh dear Lord. It was like the Undertaker had just come out of my house.
Jeremy closed the front door behind him. He walked down the drive towards me. I looked him up and down, not knowing what I was quite seeing. "So it's true. Your back?" I was kind of a little too stunned by what I was seeing to answer. He gave me a hug but I didn't return it. I stared wide eyed at Jenna and Elena over his shoulder. They both smirked back at me. On Skype, I had only ever seen his face. He pulled back and gave me a weird look. "What?"
"Who is this?" I asked Jenna and Elena, jerking my thumb at Jeremy.
Let me give an example of why I was so confused. When I left, the day I announced it, Jeremy was wearing a Tay Swizzle t-shirt. Yeah. Big change.
"Oh ha ha." He rolled his eyes.
"What are you wearing?" I circled round him. The boy was all in black. "I feel depressed just looking at you." I leaned down and inspected his arm. In thick black marker, he had put 'you make it hard to smile cuz you make it hard to breathe.' They weren't Taylor Swift lyrics!
"Right, come here." I licked my thumb and began rubbing at it. I'd smudged most of it off before he had a chance to pull away.
"They're lyrics," he huffed.
"He's going through a phase." Elena grinned, rubbing up Jeremy's arm.
"Stop saying that," he mumbled, shaking his head. Wow, he looked like he'd been hard work for the past nine months.
"You and me are going shopping first thing tomorrow." I pointed at him. "We need to splash some colours on you."
"Yeah, no thanks. Peace." He began to walk down the road.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" I called after him. He turned around. "Where do you think you're going, emo boy? I just got back!"
"I'm meeting someone."
"Well...what about my welcome back party?"
"Your what?" Jeremy squinted as the sun was directly behind me.
Ok I know it was last minute, but this could easily be organised.
"Um, well, Bonnie's coming round later," Elena piped up. Now that's more like it. "And someone else too..."
I was instantly suspicious. My twin was smiling, like really smiling. That meant there was a guy involved, but I'm sorry, if she wasn't dating my Matthew then I wasn't interested. There was no one quite like my best bud Matthew Donovan. He set the bar so high. I still hadn't fully forgiven Elena for breaking his heart. I'd already gotten used to the idea that he was going to be my brother in law one day.
"Is it Matt?" I asked her.
Elena looked at me flatly. "No, Mia, it's not Matt."
I stared at her thoughtfully. "...You should get back together with Matt."
"So you tell me, everyday."
"...He'd make a great father some day." Elena glared at me. "Fine, so who is it then?" I asked with a frown, crossing my arms under my chest. I missed Matt.
"Drum roll..." Jenna teased. "It's Logan. He's moved in and we're engaged!" Jenna grinned from ear to ear. Even hearing his name made me want to throw up. I knew Logan wasn't back because my brother would have had the house fumigated already.
"Need to brush up on those acting skills, Aunt Jenna," I said, picking up my bags. "So who am I really meeting? Is it Matt?" Elena groaned loudly. I'd never give up on Matt. We walked together into the house and the feeling that I never left crept over me. I could still see dad sitting in front of the TV watching the game and I could still see mum in the kitchen making dinner. I shook away these ghosts.
"His name is Stefan. He's new to Mystic Falls and... he's a really great guy," Elena said, tucking her hair behind her ear with a goofy smile. Elena was always happy with Matt, but she never swooned like that over him. This Stefan must be stopped. Now that I was back, I was going to wingwoman my main Matt so he could get Elena back. Being her twin, I knew her inside and out, he'd be back in this household in no time.
"He's very polite," Jenna added. "I think you'll like him, Mia."
"Maybe." Stefan was probably a great guy, but he was no Matthew. I couldn't wait to see that son of a gun.
"It's not just you he's got to win over. Bonnie isn't too keen on him so I thought this dinner would change that," Elena said and I raised a brow at her. Ok that was red flag number two. If your friends don't like him, that probably means he's no good. Red flag number one was obviously because he wasn't Matt.
"See, Bonnie's like me, we're both team Matt." I shrugged a shoulder.
"Ok, can we just take Matt out of the equation?" Elena said, slighted frustrated. "I get that you like Matt, but I just... don't. Not that way, not anymore." I crossed my arms and sighed heavily. This was a real inconvenience. "Just give Stefan a chance, please?"
"Yeah, fine. Whatever." He'll never be Matt. "I'm going to go unpack."
"I'll let you know when Bonnie is here," Elena called after me as I headed up the stairs.
Yeah, I didn't unpack. I napped. I was exhausted after spending an Uber ride being forced to listen to this guy's band that he managed. When the only feedback I could give was that it didn't sound anything like Taylor Swift, the man began to get sassy with me.
It was really strange being back, I almost felt like I didn't belong here anymore. I wanted to shake this feeling because I knew I couldn't leave my family again. Just by looking at my brother I could tell he needed us all together.
"Oh Bonnie!" I flew down the stairs when I heard her voice. "My friend! I've missed you!"
"I can't believe you're here. You kept that quiet!" She caught me in a hug and laughed. I couldn't tell them it was decided just this morning because then they would ask me why. I couldn't tell them why because I didn't know. The idea popped into my head and it consumed me. The next thing I knew, I was packing a bag and ordering an Uber.
"I'll get you a drink," Elena told her and headed into the kitchen.
"I'll take a diet soda, Lena," I called after her.
"You can get your own," she yelled back.
And the niceness lasted... let me take a look at my watch... a total of three hours. A world record. Just for that I was going to be double judgemental of Stefan.
I looked over my shoulder and waited for Elena to be out of the room. "So, I hear you're not too keen on the new boyfriend." I pulled out a chair, scrapping it across the floor, wanting all the gossip.
"Elena told you, huh?" Bonnie replied uncomfortably, lowering herself down onto the couch opposite me.
"I understand. After Matthew being the last-"
"It's not about Matt, Mia...It's hard to explain."
"You could try?" Elena wasn't stupid by all means. She always had reasonable type in men and never let herself be messed around with. I couldn't imagine her going for the wrong sort of guy. That was more my style.
"I just…." Bonnie paused and checked to see if Elena was still out of earshot. "I just got this really bad feeling when I touched him."
I waited for her to say something else.
Anything really. I was looking for an excuse not to like Stefan. The second this Stefan made a mistake, I was going to be right there to say 'Matt would never have done that.'
But Bonnie didn't say anything else.
"Is that... is that it?"
"I know it sounds stupid, but you didn't feel what I felt!" Useless! I couldn't convince Elena to get back with Matt on a feeling! "You know with what my grams is telling me and all these weird things are happening, I don't know what is going on." She sighed when it was clear I wasn't taking her seriously. "I want to like him, I really do, and he makes Elena happy so I am hoping that I will feel differently by tonight."
"I'm normally a good judge of character." I said and she scoffed. I fanned my hand out. "Um, excuse me, what was that for?"
"You dated Tyler Lockwood…" She pointed out.
"And? It's not my fault he became a total ass when we broke up."
"It kind of is…"
"Whose side are you on?" Bonnie smiled and rolled her eyes. "When is Stefan getting here?" Upon saying that, there was a knock at the door. A really polite knock at that. Matt's replacement had arrived. "I'll just go and see who that is, shall I?"
"Be nice!" Elena called out from the kitchen.
"Yeah, yeah." I pushed up from my chair and moved to the front door. I looked through the peep hole, but he was facing away from the door. I undid the chain and opened the door up.
Ok, not bad, not bad at all. Physically - couldn't fault the man. He was a stud. His dirty blonde hair flicked up and curled back. His dark brows really made his small eyes pop.
"Hello…" He began and I waited for him to say my sister's name, but he smiled.
"Amelia," he finished.
I clapped my hands. Not many people could tear us apart when they first met us, but one trick was the way we wore our hair. As we grew older, whilst Elena's hair grew out straight, mine became naturally curly. "Wizard!" I accused.
He laughed. "It's nice to finally meet you." He stuck out his hand. "I'm Stefan Salvatore."
"Amelia…" I took his hand and I didn't know what Bonnie was on about, I didn't get bad vibe at all. In fact, what a nice firm hand shake he had. Matt's puppy dog face appeared in the back of my mind so I quickly took my hand away. "Come in," I said and opened the door wider.
"Are you enjoying being back?" Stefan asked me as he wiped his feet on the door mat. He wipes his feet - what teenager does that? How impressive! What a nice young man!
Ok, am I really turning against Matt just because Stefan wiped his feet before he came in? I can't be that easily bought, surely?
"Yeah, I mean, it's a little weird, but it shouldn't take me long to settle." I didn't like awkward silences so I kept going. "I came back and found my brother has become an emo...goth, I don't know what he is, but I'm back now and ready to steer him back on track. Can I get you a hot beverage, Stefan?"
I felt like I was cheating on Matt by asking Stefan that.
Stefan complimented my hot beverage, he asked me about boarding school, he was...and I hated to admit it, an absolute delight. That's the only way I could describe him. I could feel my anti any boyfriend that wasn't Matt barrier melting away.
Soon we were all sat at the dinner table and to say it was awkward, was an understatement. No one was talking and all you could hear was our cutlery scraping against the plates. I sent Elena a look to get the conversation started. Another second of this silence and I think I might go insane. I wasn't joking when I said I hated awkward silences.
"Did Tanner give you a hard time today?" Elena asked Stefan.
I dropped my cutlery. "Tanner? Oh God sake, I forgot all about that man. I am not looking forward to facing him again."
"I take it you're not his biggest fan either?" Stefan asked me with a small smile on his face.
"I fell asleep in his lesson once," I held up my finger. "Once, and he's had it in for me ever since," I replied, shaking my head. "That and Jenna turning him down for a date didn't help." I asked her to go on one date to help improve my history grade. Would she take one for the team? No. Selfish.
Tanner was going to be so thrilled with my return. I'll have to bring him an apple. To choke on. Nah, I'm kidding. Well, half kidding.
"He let me on the team, so…I must have done something right," Stefan said and Elena smiled widely at him.
"Bonnie, you should've seen Stefan today." Elena giggled as she finished her mouthful. "Tyler threw a ball right at him and-"
"Yeah I heard." Bonnie cut her off.
And back to the awkward silence.
Although I had only been in Stefan's presence for half an hour, but...I liked him. Obviously I wouldn't tell Matt this. Stefan had a kind face, and I didn't get the bad vibe that Bonnie was getting off of him. In fact, I was getting pretty good vibes from Stefan. He seemed good for Elena, he made her happy and he made her nice. That was very important.
"I haven't heard it, why did Tyler throw a ball at you?" I asked Stefan. Another person I wasn't particularly looking forward to running into was my ex. I was sure when he threw the ball at Stefan, he was picturing my face.
"I don't know." Stefan considered this and shrugged. "Just the perks of being the new kid, I guess."
"He threw it right back at Tyler and it knocked the wind out of him," Elena said, gushingly. She looked over at Bonnie who faked a smile. "Why don't you tell Stefan about your family, Bonnie?" Elena prompted. At least I was making an effort with Stefan, I mean, c'mon Bonnie.
"Erm, divorced, no mom, live with my dad," Bonnie replied simply, lifting one shoulder then letting it drop.
"No…about the witches," Elena said sounding slightly annoyed.
Bonnie, at first tried to close down the conversation, but Stefan was able to get her talking. He seemed particularly impressed when she told him that her family were the Salem witches.
"Salem witches are heroic examples of individualism and nonconformity," he told her. Oh the man's good.
"Yeah they are." Bonnie smiled proudly. And at last there was a breakthrough.
I glanced up at Elena when I heard the doorbell. "Are we expecting more guests?" I asked Elena. My surprise party!
"No," she replied, looking in the direction of the door and then checking her watch. "I wonder who that could be."
"I'll get it."
It was totally my welcome back party.
I practised my surprise face in the mirror before I opened the door, expecting to see a whole bunch of people.
I saw Caroline.
And a man standing behind her. He looked to be a couple of years older than us. His hair was jet black and his dark brows reminded me of Stefan's. Unlike Jeremy, this man was able to style out being dressed all in black. He was quite... handsome.
"Surprise!" Caroline was able to pull my attention off him by shoving some cake into my arms. "Bonnie said you were doing dinner so I brought dessert."
"Hope you don't mind," the guy spoke from behind her and smiled at me.
I flicked my gaze to the man standing behind Caroline once more. I couldn't help but tilt my head and get captivated by his eyes. They were the most amazing colour of blue that I had ever seen. It felt like they were pulling me towards him. I quickly composed myself because by the look on this guy's face he was used to women falling all over him, besides, he was probably Caroline's boyfriend.
"Oh my god…" I looked back at Caroline. "Amelia?" she asked me with wide eyes. The guy's facial expression changed and he now looked confused instead of smug.
"Uh, yeah, surprise." I was a little thrown by how this guy was looking at me that I almost stumbled backwards when Caroline threw herself at me.
"Are you back for good?" she asked me, mid squeeze. My head was now over her shoulder, looking directly at this guy. There was something really unnerving about him. So why couldn't I look away?
"Looks like it."
"How about you introduce me?" The guy placed his hand on my doorway and waited patiently on the porch.
"Oh! Right! Amelia, this is my boyfriend Damon, Damon this is Elena's twin sister." Caroline flickered her hand between us.
"Hi." I lifted my hand.
"Twins, huh?"
I smiled out of politeness but I didn't understand why he had to say it like that.
Damon opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off.
"Damon." I turned around to see Stefan staring intently at Damon. Ah, so the boys knew each other. Whilst I had received nothing but friendly vibes from Stefan, it was clear whoever Damon was, Stefan didn't like him very much.
I felt like I was missing some very important information.
Caroline leaned towards me. "They're brothers," she whispered.
Ah, there we go.
Elena joined us by the door and raised her brows seeing Damon and Caroline here. "Hi...?" Something tells me these two weren't invited.
"Hi!" Caroline ripped the desserts from my hands and handed the plate to Elena. "Got room for two more?"
"What are you doing here?" Stefan asked Damon, sounding so confused by his brother's arrival, like this was the last place he would put him.
"Waiting for Elena or Amelia to invite me in," Damon replied, sending a charming smile my way, a very untrusting smile, like he was trying to sell me something he knew wouldn't work.
"Yeah, you can-"
"No, no," Stefan stopped Elena before she could finish. "He can't erm, he can't stay, can you Damon?"
I peered up at Damon, watching as he held Stefan's gaze. He then glanced down at me. I quickly looked away.
"Get in here," Caroline piped up, scoffing.
"We're just finishing up." Stefan said, shooting a desperate look to Elena which she obviously wasn't getting.
"It's fine." She brushed it off. "Just come on in." She opened the door wider for Damon. He slid in, brushing against me in the process, smirking at Stefan as he did so. Whoa, what the hell was that, man!
I raised a brow and looked up at him. He may be hot, but I did not give him an invitation to do that. His hand came and rested on my waist as he moved past me.
He was the kind of guy you'd hope your new neighbour would look like.
"You have a beautiful home." Damon commented, looking between Elena and me. His gaze lingered on the top of my head before it darkly snapped over at Stefan.
What was going on between these two? And how were the other three ladies here completely missing this?
"Thank you," Elena replied and took the cake into the living room. Caroline followed her and Stefan hesitantly did too. I waited for Damon to go, but he just stood there.
"Ladies first," he offered, fanning his hand out.
I looked at him uneasily. There was something odd about him.
Damon reached above me and held the door open. I walked underneath his arm, glancing up at him in the process. His eyes were firmly on me and I couldn't look away.
"Amelia." I turned my head to see Stefan. "Are you ok?"
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine." I replied, shaking Damon off.
I quickly walked in and sat down on the armchair, a little embarrassed after my stare off with Damon, but there was just something about him. Great, now he's sitting opposite me with Caroline. I tried not to make eye contact with him, but I could feel him looking at me so I looked. He sent me that smirk again. Was it stapled to his face? Jeez.
I was listening in and out of the conversation. I felt unable to join in because they were talking about someone called Katherine, who apparently died. Although by my twin's face, she didn't know that this Katherine person had died. Oh, someone just dropped the bomb that Katherine was Stefan's ex girlfriend.
I felt like I suddenly had an angel and devil Matt on either side of my shoulder. Angel Matt was telling me that Stefan was obviously a cool guy who probably had nothing to do with his ex-girlfriend's death. Devil Matt was telling me to use this information to get Stefan kicked to the curb and bring back Matt.
"I cannot believe Mr Tanner put you on the team, Tyler must be seething," Caroline said like she got a kick out of Tyler's pain. Out of our old friendship group, Caroline and Tyler were the least close. Whilst we all used to hang out together, those two never spoke outside the group. Tyler would tell me how annoying he found Caroline and Caroline would tell me what an ass she thought Tyler was. "But good for you and go for it!"
"That's what I always tell him, you have to engage, you can't just sit there and wait for life to come to you, you have to go get it." Damon leaned forward and picked up his wine, he swirled it around his glass before taking a sip. I couldn't tell whether he was being serious or just trying to mock Caroline. It just sounded so patronising.
"Yeah Elena wasn't so lucky today, but it's only because you missed summer camp." Caroline said. I sniggered at Elena who looked a little irritated by Caroline's comment, but then karma hit me and I was put into the firing line. "And Mia, I don't know how you're ever going to catch up with the routines."
"Ah well, guess I'll just have to quit the team." It came out a little more jokily than I intended, I really was planning to quit the team.
I looked up and once again caught Damon looking at me.
Weirdo.
"I'll work with them," Bonnie offered, but Caroline was off on one.
"I guess we can put them at the back…" Caroline muttered to herself, her eyes circling the ceiling.
"Or I could quit," I repeated and again it came like I was joking! I was deadly serious! I didn't want to do it anymore! I didn't want to be in the back. I didn't even want to be in the front.
"You know, you don't seem like the cheerleader type, Elena," Damon observed. Oh so apparently I did. I didn't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult.
"Oh, it's just 'cause her parents died," Caroline said offhandedly and I almost choked on my coffee. "Yeah, I mean, she's just totally going through a blah phase. She used to be way more fun."
I was brushing my fingers across my neck, trying to get Caroline to stop. You know what? I didn't take offence to Caroline, because she never really meant to be rude, it always just came out that way and that's why a lot of people didn't like her. Most of the time I found her foot in mouth syndrome funny.
Caroline finally noticed my cut off gesture.
"And I say that with complete sensitivity..." she quickly backtracked.
"Re-fill anyone?" I hopped up. I gathered up all the dessert plates and moved to the kitchen where I started putting them into the dishwasher. I was bending over when my phone in my back pocket vibrated.
Jenna: Is it safe to come downstairs yet?
Jenna had texted me from upstairs.
Mia: Nope, still a lot of rowdy teenagers in your living room.
Jenna: Would it be uncool if I joined you? I'm so bored up here.
Mia: It would be super uncool, Jenna. We'd be become the social outcasts because of it.
Jenna: Oh haha. You know I hung round with the popular kids when I was in school.
Mia: Sure you did, Aunt Jenna.
Jenna: I did! Because I was dating the coolest kid in the school - Logan Fell.
Mia: Ok, now I know you're lying. Logan? Cool? At least make it believable.
Jenna: So what are your thoughts on Stefan?
Mia: Oh, you know... he's fine.
Jenna: Just fine?
Mia: Yeah.
Jenna: You approve! Don't you!
Mia: ...
Mia: I...
Mia: I...
Mia: Oh my God, he's like the coolest guy I've ever met. Matt doesn't stand a chance!
God damn, Stefan. Why do you have to be so cool?
I turned around to get another plate when suddenly Damon was right in front of me. I hadn't even heard him come in; I almost fell in the dishwasher if Damon hadn't of placed his hand on my lower back and pulled me against him.
"Sorry, I brought you this." He held up a glass, I went to take it from him, but it slipped out of my hands. My reactions are terrible and instead of kicking into action, I closed my eyes and waited to hear the sound of it smashing, but it didn't come. I opened an eye to see Damon had caught it.
I see. Another wizard! I laughed at my own joke, I'm so funny.
He smirked and leaned back. "I like you, you know how to laugh." I just nodded awkwardly at him and continued loading the dishwasher. Damon stayed where he was when I was expecting him to return to the living room. "Where have you been?"
"Huh?" I asked him, glancing over my shoulder.
"Caroline said you went somewhere." He'd lost the black leather jacket and was wearing a three quarter length black jumper and it clung to him, really well. I made sure I didn't stare for too long.
"I did," I said, "boarding school." I closed the dishwasher and leaned against the counter to face him.
"Why did you come back?" Why did he want to know?
"Missed home, I guess," I replied, holding on tightly to the counter. He made me feel uneasy, but I had a feeling he was aware of that. "What about you? I hear you've only just come into town," I said flippantly, like I didn't care whether he told me or not.
"Couldn't miss Stefan's first day of school." He went and looked in our fridge which I thought was weird. Make yourself at home, why don't you.
"So you and Stefan are close then?" I asked. He moved towards me. I forced myself not to edge away. He landed next to me and opened up a side cupboard to pull a glass out.
"Our parents died, I'm all he has." He rolled it in his hand.
"Oh." I suddenly felt guilty for judging him all this time. I wrapped my arms tighter around myself. That must be hard, at least we still had Aunt Jenna. "I'm sorry to hear that."
Damon's face faltered a little. His brows pulled together as he watched me. "Don't be. Something tells me you understand." He offered me a small smile.
I tucked a loose curl behind me ear. So I guess he knew about my parents.
I wanted to get off this topic. "Do you mind if I ask you something?"
"Ask away, Amelia."
"That girl that got brought up earlier, Katherine, how did she die? If you don't mind me asking." Devil Matt was cheering me on.
"A Fire," he responded, a flicker of what resembled pain flashed across his face, but he was quick to mask it.
"Was it recent?"
"Seems like it was yesterday." he replied, looking away from me.
"What was she like?"
He glanced my way, but his eyes didn't show me anything anymore.
"She was beautiful, a lot like you in that department." I rolled my eyes so much that they almost rolled right out of my head. He smirked at my reaction. I'm sure he hit Caroline hard with that one. I wasn't so easy to impress. I then thought about Stefan wiping his feet before he came in and realised that probably wasn't true. "She was also very complicated, selfish, at times not very kind, but sexy and seductive."
Aha. I think I've figured something out here. I stepped forward which he took as an invitation to step closer to me too. "You both dated her, didn't you?" I asked him and from the look on his face, I was right.
"Ask Stefan, although his answer will probably be different than mine."
"I'm asking you." I replied coolly.
He studied my face. I suddenly wasn't feeling so brave standing this close to him anymore. I tried to back away, but his hand pulled at mine, bringing back to hm. "I think it's my turn to ask the questions."
"Well maybe I don't want to answer them." I replied, pulling at my hand. Why was he holding my hand? What a weird dude.
"Ah, c'mon, I answered yours."
"And I answered yours on why I came back, we're even."
"I've got a lot of questions, Amelia," he leant towards me, his eyes widened, I felt compelled to look into them. "And you'll answer all of them." he told me sternly.
Ha, no I won't.
"What do you want to know?" I found myself asking. What? No, we're not telling him anything!
"Are you back here for good?"
"Yes." What the hell was this? That just fell out of my mouth.
"How come you left?"
"My parents died, I couldn't cope with being in this house. I felt trapped, haunted, and alone." I revealed. Shut your damn mouth woman!
He then nodded and it seemed like it was the end of his questions when suddenly that smirk was placed back on his face.
"Do you think I'm hot?"
Excuse me?!
I felt the word 'Yes' about to spring out of mouth even though I was screaming at myself to say no.
"Damon, what are you doing?" Stefan was in the doorway looking between us. "Are you compelling her?" Compelling me? Please, he's not that charming.
"Stay still, relax and keep that beautiful mouth shut," Damon ordered me, moving my hair behind my ear. "This won't take a sec."
He's not the boss of me! I went to tell him this but my mouth wouldn't open.
"I'll let you keep your little cheerleader. I like this one." Damon's hand smoothed down my arms, smirking in Stefan's direction. I wanted to scoff, but I couldn't. Who does this guy think he is?
"They are people, Damon. She's not a puppet. She doesn't exist for your amusement, for you to feed on whenever you want to," Stefan snapped at him, shutting the door behind him.
"Sure she does." Damon continued running his fingers through my curls. "She's whatever I want her to be. She's mine for the taking."
He better not be talking about me. I felt like I should be panicking but I wasn't. I felt... relaxed.
"All right, you've had your fun. You used Caroline, you got to meet Amelia, good for you." Stefan tugged me gently backwards away from Damon. "Now it's time for you to go."
Damon watched Stefan pull me back and frowned. "That's not a problem, because I've been invited in." Damon stepped towards me but Stefan blocked any further attempt to get any closer. "And I'll come back tomorrow night and the following night and I'll do with my little cheerleader whatever I want to do. Because that is what is normal to me." Damon patted Stefan's back and moved round him. "I'll see you very soon, cutie," he drawled at me, placing his hands on either side of my face. "Forget this chit chat, hm?"
"What?" I shook my head, not quite processing what Damon had just said.
"I said, I would quit cheerleading if I were you," Damon repeated, taking a step back from me.
"I already tried, in there." I nodded to the living room.
"It sounded like you were joking."
I sighed. "It did, didn't it?" I glanced over at Stefan who was staring at me. "Oh hi, Stefan, I didn't see you come in." Was I deaf or something?
"Are you ready to go?" Caroline swung round the door to ask Damon.
"I'm quitting cheerleading!" I blurted out.
Caroline laughed and wrapped herself around Damon's arm. "Oh Amelia, you're so funny." Ok, I realised this was going to take her awhile to get. "I'm tired, let's go."
I followed them out into the hallway and held the door open. As Damon went to follow Caroline out the door, he stopped in front of me. "Thank you for your hospitality, Amelia."
"Um, yeah, sure, you're welcome." I looked down and then to the side, but Damon didn't move.
Damon lifted my chin. "Keep your window unlocked tonight."
"Are we going?" Caroline huffed out from outside.
"See you soon, Amelia." He winked and followed his girlfriend to his car.
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