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~Night of the comet~
Evelyn's P.O.V.
I groaned as I felt light invading into my bedroom, successfully waking me up. I sat up yawning before looking towards the window before I remembered the events of last night. Vicki was attacked by a vampire, and knew that it couldn't have been Stefan as I saw him staring in horror, which meant there was another vampire in town. I groaned again at the thought of that, knowing this one won't be a vegetarian like Stefan.
'Why am I worrying about this? I should be worrying about the new year of high school, getting over Tyler and spending time with my friends and family. Not this vampire shit.' I thought to myself, hands in fists. 'I should just let Stefan worry about this.'
"Do I look adult? As in respectfully parental?" I heard from just outside my bedroom door, and so I got out and starting to slowly make my way across the room.
"Depends where you're going." Elena said just as I opened the door, I saw the two talking as Jenna was looking into the mirror that hung on the wall just at the top of the stairs. Elena then spotted me in the doorway "Ah, you're up then lazy-bones! I thought I'd have to come wake you up"
"Jeremy's parent-teacher conference. Hair up or down?" Jenna asked looking at us both, waiting on our opinions, looks like I've been roped into the conversation. Jenna held her hair up in a way it be a pony-tail.
"Sexy stewardess." Elena commented.
"Boozy housewife." I supplied as soon as Jenna let go of her hair, letting it fall to her shoulders messily.
"Up it is. You're both feisty today." Jenna complimented, giving us a confused grin.
"I feel good, which is rare. So I've decided to go with it. Fly free, walk on sunshine, and all that stuff." Elena spoke happily, a small bounce to her voice.
"At least someone is, I'm tired and can't be bothered today. I'm only being feisty because a certain someone is being cheery here. Where is Jeremy?" I spoke before noticing a certain brother of mine wasn't around making trouble like usual.
"He left early. Something about getting to wood shop early to finish a birdhouse." Jenna answered me, a two second pause and then Jenna notice the confusion that me and Elena had on our faces. "There is no wood shop, is there?"
"No." Was the answer she got from us two.
"Yeah." Jenna quietly muttered, and in comes the awkwardness that seemed to enter the air around us.
"Right, I'm going to go get dressed." I spoke, breaking the silence that was growing. I motioned for Elena to follow me, which she got the hint and entered my room and sat on my bed while I shut the bedroom door and started going through my clothes.
"So, Elena. What's got you so energetic this morning?" I asked, a mischievous grin on my face. I looked over my shoulder to see my twin fidgeting nervously, a blush covering her face.
"Nothing much really." She replied quietly.
"Oh really? So it doesn't have anything to do with a certain Salvatore boy staying over to an odd hour last night and being in your room alone? Could that be it, unless there's something else I'm missing?" I spoke teasingly though I was also being partially serious too.
"All we did was talk, nothing more than that." Elena said, clearly avoiding the subject.
"You know, if you're not willing to talk about it with me freely, I know another blonde who'll badger it out of you and won't give up so easily." I spoke, grinning when she looked at me in alarm. I gave her a knowing look.
"You're right. But that is the truth, all we did was talk. Things like favourite colours, music, food, celebrity crush. We were just getting to know a little bit about each other, that's all." She answered, a little more confidently, but her cheeks were still red. I grinned, grabbing a pair of black skinny jeans, a plain white T-shirt and a light brown leather jacket, before slipping out of my Pjs, and started putting on my underwear, then put my jeans on, but before I could put on my T-shirt, Elena spoke again. "Evie."
"What is it?" I asked, slipping my t-shirt on before looking at her.
"Don't tell Caroline about me and Stefan. It'll crush her." Elena said softly, looking down at the floor. I sighed, before walking over to her only to stop in front of her.
"I won't say anything, but she'll find out anyway. You know what she's like." I spoke amusedly.
"True. Alright, we won't hide it, just be careful on how she finds out." Elena spoke standing up, looking me right in the eye. I nodded.
"Alright. Now, can I borrow those favourite pair of brown boots? They'll match my outfit." I spoke, a huge grin on my face. Elena giggled.
"Sure Sis." She replied before walking out the room.
Normal P.O.V ~With Jeremy~
Jeremy was leaning against the doorframe, as he watched Vicki sleep in her hospital bed, a worried look on his face, deep in thought, not even reliving he wasn't alone.
"You can't be in here, hon. Visiting hours don't start till 9:00." Vicki's nurse spoke, making Jeremy jump slightly as she announced her presence.
"I just... How is she?" Jeremy asked, his voice showing the worry he felt as the nurse walked in and checked on Vicki's condition.
"She's lost a lot of blood." The nurse replied, frowning slightly before turning to the teenager.
"Yeah, but she's gonna be ok, right?" Jeremy asks, just as the Nurse reaches him, who in turn places her hand on his upper back gently to guide him out.
"She needs her rest. So you come back later. Come on." The nurse replied as they left the room. Jeremy looks back at Vicki longingly and sadly before leaving completely.
~At school, with Elena and Stefan~
"I brought it. Told you." Stefan said, as he and Elena walked down the corridor of the school.
"'Wuthering Heights' by Ellis Bell. You know, I can't believe she didn't use her real name." Elena replied as she held the old book in her hands, this being one of the topics they talked about the previous night. "Evelyn will have a kick at it too. Probably laugh."
"All the Bronte sisters used pseudonyms. It was the time. Female writers weren't very accepted then. But tell me something, why would Evelyn laugh?"
Because this would be her favourite book and her favourite author but this would be a fact she didn't know her. Where did you get it?" Elena said, sounding slightly amused but was also serious.
"Uh, it was passed down. Through the family." Stefan explained though it was a lie. He had bought it as soon as it came out for the first time.
"Ah." Elena answered, nodding her head slightly in acknowledgement.
"I have lots of books. Go ahead. Keep it." Stefan spoke, a soft smile on his face, genuinely wanting to make her happy.
"Oh, no. I... But I would like to read it again. I promise I'll give it back. And hopefully before Evie gets her hands on it, otherwise it'll be forever gone." Elena spoke, joking at the last part of the sentence, making the two laugh.
"Ok." Stefan replied, still chuckling at the comment.
Evelyn's P.O.V.
"I'm confused. Are you psychic or clairvoyant?" Caroline said as she walked alongside Bonnie with me following just behind them.
"Technically, grams says I'm a witch. My ancestors were these really cool Salem witch chicks or something. Grams tried to explain it all, but she was looped on the liquor so I kinda tuned out. Crazy family, yes. Witches? I don't think so." Bonnie explained, looking at Caroline, a smile on her face, amused.
"Yeah, well, feel free to conjure up the name and number of that guy from last night." Caroline spoke as if she was begging.
"What guy? Who'd you see?" I ask, genuinely curious.
"A guy who was extremely hot. Black hair, grey/blue eyes, wore dark clothes. He was at the Grill last night. So Bonnie, gonna do it?" Caroline supplied, looking back at me briefly when she answered me but she turned back to Bonnie.
"I didn't see him, you did. Why didn't you just talk to him?" Bonnie replied, giving the blonde a weird look, but was smiling.
"I don't know. I was drunk." Caroline replied, before the three of us were left laughing.
"Right, I'm going to go find Elena. I will see you girls later, right?" I ask after we got outside.
"Alright. But remember, we need you both at the Grill, we need to make those leaflets for the comet." Caroline reminded, looking serious and going into her 'boss' mode as one could call it. I chuckled.
"Sure thing Caroline, we'll be there." I said before walking off in search for my twin, only to see a certain brother of mine looking pissed and storming towards Tyler, who was flirting with a bunch of other girls.
"Crap, just what I need right now. JEREMY!" I yelled, running to catch up with him and when I did, I grabbed his arm, stopped him. "Stop Jer, what are you doing?"
"Evie, how can you enjoy seeing him act this way? He cheated on you, and now he's doing it to Vicki while she's in hospital I can't let it go on like this." Jeremy said, not sounding please, but rather angry, more so than I thought.
"But what good will it do? Starting a fight will make things worse." I reasoned, stepping in front of him. I wasn't being angry, just worrying. I could see Jeremy saw it too, as his expression softened slightly.
"Fine. But I will still like to say a few things." Jeremy said before going around me and going to Tyler, looking angry but not as much as before. I followed him to make sure it didn't escalate.
"Hey, Tyler. Hey, I'm sorry to interrupt. I was just wondering how Vicki's doing, since you guys are so close. Is she ok?" Jeremy asked, pretending to be oblivious about the fact he was at the hospital earlier. I knew this, by the way he looked at me earlier plus my sisterly instincts were screaming at me.
"She's fine. Now get out of here." Tyler replied, trying to dismiss Jeremy, and clearly not noticing me.
"How bad is she? Do they know what attacked her? Is she going to make a full recovery? Was she happy to see you? What room number was she in?" Jeremy continued, getting closer to Tyler, trying to get up into his face.
"I'm going to kick your ass." Tyler threatened, finally turning towards my brother. I then stepped in between the two.
"Oh no you're not. If you are going to hurt him, you have got to go through me first." I growled out, glaring, making Tyler step back in surprise, before looking a little guilty, finally noticing me.
"Yeah, you keep saying that, but when are you actually going to do it? Huh? Cause I vote for right here and right now." Jeremy spoke before backing away slightly, and spoke as if I didn't say anything. I elbowed him as if warning him not to do anything.
"Walk away, Gilbert. It's your final warning." Tyler spoke, going back to glaring at Jeremy who glared back.
"No, this is your final warning, dick. I'm sick of watching you play Vicki. You hurt her one more time, I swear to God, I will kill you." Jeremy spoke angrily before turning away and walked off. I went to go as well but Tyler spoke again.
"Damn, that was like a death threat. Did you hear that?" Tyler said, turning to the girls he had been speaking to, trying to seem like the innocent one, so I turned and punched him in the face. "What the hell!?"
"That was for being a dick as well as for my brother. You try anything again, and I will hurt you twice the damage that I've just done." I growled out, glaring before turning to walk away, only for him to grab my wrist.
"Evelyn. I'm sorry. I was being a jackass. And a stupid idiot." Tyler spoke, looking guilty.
"So you should be sorry. And yes, you're an idiotic jackass. Now let go." I said angrily, only for his grip to tighten on my wrist.
"Can you please forgive me? I screwed up." Tyler said, his voice soft as he spoke into my ear, me having noticed how close he had gotten to me, but then again I was facing away from him
"Why? You chose to kiss Vicki, know full well what would happen if I saw it." I said sadly, I closed my eyes, forcing the tears not to fall.
"I was drunk ok, and we both know how stupid I can be when that happens, I tend not to think." Tyler spoke, making me turn to face him, I glared at him.
"No you didn't but it's too late. You can't take back what you did." I spoke, calming down, though my anger was still there.
"Then let me make it up to you." Tyler spoke before pulling me closer to him as he slammed his lips to mine. I tried pushing away from him, trying to get him to let me go, I even hit his chest several times but nothing worked. One of his hands was on the back of my neck, while the other was wrapped around my waist. As soon as I felt the hand on my lower back go under my T-shirt, I saw red, and next thing I knew I was free, I had a raised fist and Tyler was on the ground sporting a rather huge red mark on his cheek.
"If you EVER do that again, I will personally KILL you. Just stay the fuck away from me, you bastard!" I yelled before bolting away, not caring who saw me nor do I care what would happen. I only stopped running when I ran into a hard chest, making me fall towards to floor. I closed my eyes waiting for the impact, but it never happened, as I felt an arm catch me. I opened my eyes to see that I had run into Stefan. "Stefan!"
"Are you okay? What's wrong?" Stefan spoke, sounding genuinely concerned. He had seen me crying and running.
"N-Nothing. Boy trouble." I replied, wiping my eyes to clean myself up.
"Ah Tyler right?" Stefan wearily asked, making me look up at him in surprise. "Elena, uhhh, kinda told me about you both. But don't worry, she didn't put too much detail into it."
"I see. Gonna have a few words with her later." I said spoke, trying to make it sound like a joke, but I soon looked down at the ground. "I broke up with him shortly before our parents died, I caught him cheat on me with Vicki. Of course he was drunk and doing something stupid but still it…"
"It still hurts. Like a part of you being ripped apart. A hole in your chest." Stefan supplied softly.
I nodded. "Yeah. I just don't think I can forgive him. Not ever."
"You will. One day. It probably won't be today or tomorrow but at some point, it'll get easier." Stefan said, making me look up at him, he was giving me a small smile as if to comfort me. "You want to tell me what happened? Or do you want me to go kick his ass?"
I laughed slightly, smiling up at him. "You're a real charmer, you know that right?"
"So I've been told a few times." He joked, seeming to keep the air between us light and soft. I felt grateful for that, and I was starting to feel a bit better. I decided to tell him.
"He… Forced a kiss on me, right after a huge argument with Jeremy over Vicki. The nerve of that guy." I spoke, probably sounding like I was complaining.
"Ah, I see. The offer still stands if you want me to kick his ass. I was being somewhat serious about that." Stefan said, a bigger smile on his face.
"Knowing your strength, he'd be in hospital for a few months. But no, as much as I hate him at the moment, I somehow still don't like the idea of him hurting." I said, looking down at the ground.
"Just shows you still care about him. You don't hate him like you think, just very angry and upset with him is all." Stefan said, his smile softening.
"Yeah okay. Thank you." I said, pausing for a second to see both Elena and Matt talking in the distance, then looked back to Stefan. "You do know it's rude to eavesdrop, right?"
"Oh, err, I was listening, checking to see if Vicki knew about what happened that night. Wanted to know if she remembered anything." Stefan answered quietly, looking serious and possibly angry.
"What is it Stefan? Does she remember?" I asked suddenly forgetting my own problems and growing concern by this new piece of information.
"It seems that Vicki keeps mentioning 'Vampire' in her sleep." Stefan answer but having a look of concentration, listening to my sister and Matt.
"Do you know who it would be? I know I asked this already but I'm too worried." I asked, my concern was growing.
"My brother. He's doing it." Stefan answered, sounding reluctant, clearly didn't want to answer but had answered anyway.
"You've got a brother? But the other night you said you didn't have anyone else." I spoke surprised, he sighed and looked at me, looking very serious.
"I said 'None that I talk to'. Plus my brother isn't like me, he's much more dangerous and he drinks human blood. Promise me, if you ever come across him, be very careful?" Stefan asks, sounding worried and genuinely scared.
"Ok, I promise." I answered, feeling a little scared.
"Okay, I better go. Gotta take care of Vicki." Stefan spoke, looking towards my sister who was still talking to Matt, though it looked like they were finishing up their conversation.
"You mean compel her to forget?" I spoke before looking towards where Stefan was, only to see that he was gone. "So much for goodbye."
"Hey! Evie, there you are!" Elena called out to me as she made her way over. "Where Stefan go? I saw you talking to him a moment ago.
"He had to jet off somewhere, saying that he had something important to do. I asked, but he said it was a private matter." I answered, partially hiding the truth. It was true he had something to do, it was just the 'what' it was. I smiled at Elena. "Come on, we've gotta go meet Caroline and Bonnie at the Grill. They want our help with the leaflets for the comet night."
"Alright." Elena spoke before we started making out way towards to car park.
Normal P.O.V. ~With Jenna and Mr Tanner~
"As Jeremy's teacher, I'm concerned. All right? It's the third day of school and he's skipped six of his classes." Mr Tanner said as he was leaning against his desk at the front of the history classroom, looking at Jenna sternly who was sat at one of the desks that faced the front of the room.
"Mr. Tanner, are you aware that Jeremy, Evelyn and Elena's parents died?" Jenna spoke, sounding reasonable and was confused by his tone.
"Four months ago, a great loss. Car accident. Wickery bridge, if I remember correctly. And you're related to the family how? The, uh, mother's kid sister?" Mr Tanner asked, his voice going low and strict, a tone that was cruel.
"Younger sister." Jenna spoke curtly, her eyes narrowing slightly in anger.
"Right." Mr Tanner spoke, nodding his head once.
"Yes. Six classes? Are you sure? I mean, that's kind of hard to do." Jenna spoke, more confused than before and a little upset with how Mr Tanner was speaking to her.
"Not when you're on drugs. It's his attempt at coping, Ms. Summers. And the signs are there. He's moody, withdrawn, argumentative, hungover. Are there any other relatives in the picture?" Mr Tanner spoke, taunting her, being cruel and making it sound as if she was not a capable adult to look after three kids.
"I'm their sole guardian." Jenna spoke, staring to get angry.
"Uh-huh. Could there be?" Mr Tanner asked, daring her to answer.
"What are you suggesting, exactly?" Jenna questioned, appalled that he'd ask such a thing.
"It's an impossible job, isn't it, raising three teens?" Mr Tanner asked, sounding innocent but was purposely being cruel.
"It's been tough, but, no, it's not." Jenna answered curtly, trying everything to come out calmly, standing up.
"Wrong answer. It is an extremely impossible job, and anything less and you're not doing it properly." Mr Tanner spoke, being contradictive and slyly cruel. Jenna glared at him before leaving, knowing their conversation was over.
~With Matt, Vicki and Stefan~
Matt was sat in the chair that was next to Vicki's bed, watching over his sleeping sister, who seemed to be peaceful, though it didn't last long as Vicki's eyes shot open and she started kicking and screaming. Matt freaked out a little before standing over her, trying to pin her down, being careful not to hurt her.
"Whoa! Vick. Vicki, hey. Vick, it's Matt. Hey, what's wrong?" Matt spoke loudly, trying to calm her down.
"No! No! Get off! No! No! No! Matt is going to search doctors." Vicki screamed at him, blinded by the fear she felt. Matt ran out after that, going to see if her could find some help. A second later, Stefan zoomed in, pinned Vicki down and got her to look into his eyes.
"It was an animal that attacked you. It came out of the night and jumped you. You blacked out. It's all you remember." Stefan compelled her, his voice calm but held a firm edge to it.
"It's all I remember." Vicki repeated robotically, staring into his eyes with a blank look to her face.
"An animal attacked you. You blacked out. It's all you remember. It's all I remember." Stefan said, compelling her one more time, making sure it got through to her, before walking out the room and went down the hallway, the opposite direction that Matt took. Back out with Matt, he finally found the nurse.
"Nurse! I need help! It's my sister." Matt spoke, desperation clouding his voice, as he waved at her in a 'follow me' motion. Soon there arrived back to Vicki's room, only for Matt to grow confused. Vicki was asleep in the bed, and wasn't kicking and screaming like before.
"She seems fine." The nurse said incredulously before leaving Matt lone with his sister. When Matt turned to look away, he see's Stefan down the hallway and goes to follow him. Sensing he's being followed, he goes into the first room he finds, only to stop by the blood bags that soon surrounded him, black veins started to creep up onto his face. Shaking it off, he found an empty window and zoomed out of it, just in time as Matt entered to see no one but patients. Matt Shrugged it off and returned to Vicki's side, still feeling confused and mystified.
Evelyn's P.O.V.
"Well, I was talking to grams, and she said the comet is a sign of impending doom. The last time it passed over Mystic Falls, there was lots of death. So much blood and carnage, it created a bed of paranormal activity." Bonnie spoke as she, along with me, Elena and Caroline were sat just outside the Grill.
"Yeah, and then you poured grams another shot and she told you about the aliens. So then what?" Caroline said grabbing another leaflet to fold.
"So then nothing." Elena answered her, keeping the answers short.
"You and Stefan talked all night? There was no sloppy first kiss or touchy feely of any kind?" Caroline spoke, then looked at me. "Can you say differently? Did nothing really happen?"
"Caroline, nothing happened, plus I wouldn't fully know I was already in bed sleeping, and chose not to spend the night talking until odd hours." I answered, making no room for her to argue with me.
" Nope. We didn't go there." Elena answered, backing my answer up and solidifying the answer. I giggled slightly when Caroline pouted.
"Not even a handshake? I mean, Elena, we are your friends. Ok? You are supposed to share the smut." Caroline spoke demandingly, clearly not believing us.
"We just talked for hours." Elena spoke, being truthful in the matter.
"Ok, what is with the blockage? Just jump his bones already! Ok, it's easy. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy, sex." Caroline spoke, a dirty smile on her face the moment she said 'Sex'. I giggled again.
"Profound." I spoke, before give Elena a knowing look. Elena sighed before standing up, patting me on the shoulder, signalling that I too needed to go.
"Where are you both going?" Bonnie asked, looking confused and was watching us like a hawk.
"Caroline's right. It is easy. If I sit here long enough, I'll end up talking myself out of it instead of doing what I started the day saying I was going to do." Elena spoke, grinning at us. I was surprised, and by the looks on Bonnie and Caroline's faces, they too were surprised. "Come on Evie, let's go."
"And why do I need to come along?" I asked following her along the street.
"Because you are my big sister and I would kind of like you there for support while I go talk to Stefan, a friendly push as one could say. And secondly, you are the one that has the car keys, considering we took your car today" Elena answered before stopping in front of my car. A blue Toyota Aygo, the latest model. My baby.
"Oh I see. Roping me in, and to stop you from chickening out." I replied, smirking in amusement. "Alright, I'll take you."
Normal P.O.V. ~With Jenna and Jeremy~
"I picked up dinner. Tacos. I had an urge for guacamole." Jenna spoke from the counter she leaned against in the kitchen back at home. She watched Jeremy who had been making his way to the back door.
"No, I'm good, thanks." Jeremy replied curtly, not paying much attention to her.
"Eat anyway. It's a ruse. I want to talk. Hey, you! Come. Sit." Jenna spoke pointing at the stool that was on the other side of the counter, to which he went and sat down on it. She continued. "Back in school, freshman year, I could eat my weight in nachos, with extra cheese. It was my munchie food whenever I got stoned."
"You get high?" Jeremy questioned, sounding interested but in an amused sort of way, a grin on his face.
"Did. Past tense. But, yeah. Loved it. Anything to get a little distraction from life... reality. And it worked. For a while. Never lasts, though. Hey, I'm not saying I wouldn't love to rail back and kick it, but with a thesis looming and a waistline expanding..." Jenna spoke, not paying much attention to Jeremy, and he saw this. So he stood up and left quickly just as Jenna realized what was happening. To which made her frustrated.
~With Matt and Vicki~
Matt was once again sitting in the chair, but was sleeping and hadn't even realized that Vicki was awake and was sitting up. Vicki was holding an apple, twirling it around her hand before looking at Matt. She throws the apple at him, and it hits him on the chest before it lands on his lap.
"What the..." Matt spoke, startled out of his sleep, he looked around before his eyes landed of Vicki.
"Finally you're awake." Vicki spoke, a smile on her face, happy to have gotten his attention.
"Hey. How are you feeling? You look better. I was worried before. You really had me freaked out with all that screaming." Matt says, sitting up more, and pulls the chair a little bit closer.
"Wait, what are you talking about?" Vicki asks, confused, and tried to think on what he said.
"You don't remember?" Matt asked, incredulously, his eyebrows knitting together in worry.
"I feel fine." Vicki spoke, reassuring her brother.
"Good, good. Doctor said you could come home tomorrow. Vick, what attacked you in the woods?" Matt spoke, looking at her intently.
"An animal. What else could it have been?" Vicki asks, once again confused, but before she could get a reply Jeremy arrives.
"Hey. How do you feel?" Jeremy asked, a smile on his face at seeing she was awake.
"I'm ok." Vicki replied looking at the younger boy.
"I... I'm gonna... I'm gonna go grab a coffee. Hey, Jer." Matt spoke awkwardly, but his eyes narrowed at Jeremy slightly before leaving the room.
"Why are you here?" Vicki asks, not sounding pleased to have his company.
"I just wanted to see how you were doing." Jeremy answers, concern laced his voice but there was also determination.
"Did you see that look on Matt's face? That was suspicion. I don't want people to find out about us, Jeremy." Vicki spoke, turning away from him slightly, a frown on his face.
"Well, you gotta get over that." Jeremy spoke, not giving up as he moved closer.
"Tyler is finally showing some interest. Especially after Evelyn." Vicki spoke sounding determined herself.
"You have to get over that, too. Do you see Mr. Concerned? Tyler? Are you under there? No. And plus, he still trying to get Evelyn back, your but a distraction for him" Jeremy spoke, sounding a little harsh at the end but at the same time was trying to help her.
"It's not cool for people to know. Ok? I'm older than you, and Matt and Elena would freak. And of course Evelyn would too, especially her. Think about it, you'd be hurting her just as badly as Tyler did." Vicki said, trying to reason with him, but of course he was having none of it, didn't give up.
"No one's going to suspect anything. Why wouldn't I check on you? Plus both me and Evelyn where the ones who found you. So that must mean that Evelyn doesn't hate you." Jeremy confessed
"Seriously? You both were? But why would she help?" Vicki spoke, not believing that Evelyn would be there and would help too.
"Yeah, I carried you out of the woods. And of course Evelyn would help. Your Matt's sister, her friend's sister, plus she's not capable of hating anyone. Anger but not hate." Jeremy explained.
"Thank you." Vicki spoke, genuinely grateful.
"Yeah, you're welcome. But I would suggest that you also say that to Evelyn." Jeremy spoke, a smile on his face.
"I will do that." Vicki spoke, returning his smile with one of her own.
Evelyn's P.O.V.
"So are we going in?" I asked as both me and Elena stood just outside the door that led into the old Salvatore boarding house.
"Yeah, just need to knock. But why are you joining me this far? All you needed to do was wait in the car." Elena spoke, sounding confused as she looked at me.
"And miss out on all the fun stuff? Nah, I'd rather join you inside and stir up the party. Plus you may need me." I spoke, grinning ear to ear. Elena smiled, shaking her head slightly, probably out of amusement.
"But you do know that things may change and we'll need to be left alone. This would be a private matter." Elena explained, sighing.
"I know. But as your big sister, I'm not letting you do all this alone. Look, once I see Stefan and things start to change, I'll leave. Okay?" I spoke, looking more serious but still had a smile on my face. "Just think of it as a big sister looking after or helping her baby sister out."
"Okay, okay. Let go before I change my mind." Elena spoke, giving in.
"Or before you chicken out." I said before knocking, only for the door to open all on it own. There wasn't anyone there on the other side. I walked inside with Elena staying put, not moving to follow me. "That isn't creepy at all."
"Evie! What are you doing?!" Elena whispered/yelled.
"Come on, you want your answers from Stefan. You can't get them if your standing all the way out there." I spoke, looking back at her.
"Alright." Elena spoke entering the huge house. Then she spoke again, but louder than before. "Stefan? Stefan?"
"There you go, more confidence will get you to more places." I spoke before a large black bird flew over our head, cawing as it did, making us jump. We watched it fly through the door. I sighed before turning back around to almost slam into a hard chest. I looked up the see a very hot man, his piercing blue eyes staring down at me, he also had shaggy black hair that was everywhere and was a good foot taller than me and if I wasn't being careful, I'd be drooling.
"I... I'm sorry for barging in. The door was... Open." Elena's voice cut through me then, breaking my staring contest with Mr tall, dark and INCREDIBLY handsome. I then looked back to see what she was looking at. The front door was closed, and I knew we had left it open. Shit, I have a huge bad feeling this was Stefan's older brother. The other vampire. The dangerous one.
"You must be Elena. I'm Damon, Stefan's brother." Damon spoke, answering my silent question, his voice was smooth, before he turned to me, a soft smile on his face. My bet he was hiding who he truly is. I pretended not to know. "I take it you're Evelyn then?"
"Yeah, that would be me. It's a pleasure to meet you Damon." I said, holding out my hand to shake his, trying to seem polite and let a smile go across my face.
"The pleasure is all mine." He spoke, his voice going low and husky, flirty in some way and I felt my cheeks going warm when he gently grabbed my hand, bowed and brought my hand up to his lips to kiss my knuckles.
"He didn't tell me he had a brother." Elena spoke, cutting in. I gently took my hand back before looking at my sister, who was smirking at me.
"Well, Stefan's not one to brag. Please, come. I'm sure Stefan will be along any second." Damon spoke as I felt his hand on my lower back as he led us further inside. His hand felt warm and had a welcoming touch to it, but I silently scolded myself, if I wasn't careful, this guy could do a whole 360 on us and drain us dry.
"Wow. This is your living room?" Elena spoke sounding amazed as she let her eyes wonder around.
"Living room, parlour, Sotheby's auction. It's a little kitschy for my taste." Damon spoke, looking around as well.
"Yeah, I could probably agree, too old fashioned, you could probably use with more newer designs. This place seems boring." I said, being rather blunt about my opinion, and then by the look on Elena's face, I cringed. "Ah! I'm sorry, didn't mean to sound rude there. Have a tendency to be blunt when it comes to my opinions. I like it though, very spacious."
"I like it too in some way. And I would have to agree with you, I like the space, so much room for many activities." Damon spoke, empathizing the last word, a double meaning to which made me feel warm again. He meant that in a sexual manner, and once again, Elena was smirking at me.
"I see why my brother's so smitten. It's about time. For a while there, I never thought he'd get over the last one. Nearly destroyed him." Damon spoke, turning his attention to Elena now, and even though I knew I needed to be weary of him, I felt jealous and wanted his attention back on me.
"The last one?" Elena asked, confused.
"Yeah. Katherine, his girlfriend? Oh, you two haven't had the awkward ex's conversation yet." Damon spoke, and I couldn't help but notice the amusement in his voice. I narrowed my eyes at him, he did that on purpose.
"Nope." Elena spoke awkwardly, trying to look anywhere but at him.
"Oops. Well, I'm sure it'll come up now. Or maybe he didn't want to tell you because he didn't want you to think he was on the rebound. We all know how those relationships end." Damon said, seeming apologetic at first but the seemed to be calm.
"You say it like every relationship is doomed to end." I spoke, stepping between the two, making him look down at me. He smirked, making me want to drool again.
"I'm a fatalist. Hello, Stefan." Damon said, not taking his eyes off of me, I too notice his eyes going up and down my body, checking me out a bit.
"Elena, Evelyn. I didn't know you both were coming over." Stefan said stiffly just as I turned my head to look at him. He didn't look happy, plus he didn't take his eyes off of his brother, glaring.
"I know. I should have called, I just..." Elena went to explain, but got interrupted.
"Oh, don't be silly. You both are welcome any time. Aren't they, Stefan? You know, I should break out the family photo albums or some home movies. But... I have to warn you. He wasn't always such a looker." Damon spoke teasingly, before looking down at me. "Though I on the other hand, have always looked like this. Always seeming to get hotter over time."
"And seeming to have gained a huge confidence or a big ego." I spoke, grinning up at him, making him smirk, I had amused him, good, at least I didn't anger him. That was both a joke and an insult, though I made it seem light as to not make it so obvious on the latter.
"You wound me, you really do." Damon spoke, placing his hands above his heart dramatically, pretending to faint. I rolled my eyes and smiled up at him.
"Thank you for stopping by, Elena, Evelyn. Nice to see you both." Stefan said, trying to sound polite, but he was still stiff and was watching both me and Damon interact.
"Yeah, I should probably go. It was nice to meet you, Damon." Elena spoke slowly starting to make her way over to Stefan.
"Great meeting you, too, Elena." Damon spoke, a smile on his face as he looked at her.
"Stefan? Stefan?" Elena spoke, trying to gain his attention, so that she could get through. And soon he moved out the way, not saying anything. Elena went to the front door and waited for me.
"Thanks Damon, and it was nice meeting you. Now stay out of trouble." I spoke grinning up at him before heading over to Elena, waving over my shoulder.
"Bye Evelyn, it was a huge pleasure meeting you. And you're very welcome." I heard him reply, I looked back at him to see him wink at me before I left with Elena walking alongside me.
"What was that?" I heard Elena ask me just as we reached the car.
"What was what? What are you talking about?" I ask, seeming innocent and pretending not to care. I opened the car door and got in, and when Elena sat down I saw she was smirking at me.
"Back in there. You were openly flirting with Damon. You like him." She commented slyly.
"What? He's attractive and extremely hot. Name one girl who wouldn't like him?" I ask, smirking back at my twin.
"True, most would have drooled at first sight and yet despite the flirty thing you both had going, you kept calm." Elena spoke, surprise laced in her voice.
"Well for one, if I openly drooled, I'd probably look like an idiot, two, he'd probably find that a turn off if not something to laugh AT, and thirdly, I was drooling, though not visibly." I laughed slightly before driving off with Elena laughing with me.
Normal P.O.V. ~With Stefan and Damon~
"Great girls. Whoo. They've got spunk. Especially Evelyn, got a great sense of humour and hot too." Damon said as soon as the girls left before turning to Stefan. "You, on the other hand, look pooped. Did you over-exert yourself today? Let me guess... hospital."
"Someone had to clean up your mess." Stefan said, not taking his eye off of Damon, his eyes narrowing into a glare. Not amused.
"Well, were you successful? Did the powers of persuasion work? Remember, if you don't feed properly, none of those little tricks work right." Damon taunted, a smirk on his face as he tormented his little brother.
"How long was Elena and Evelyn here?" Stefan asked, worried about the girls and of course he had to remind himself to speak with Evelyn later about this.
"Were you worried, Stefan? Scared we may be doomed to repeat the past? Isn't that why you play your little game, "I'm a high school human"?" Damon spoke, walking closer to Stefan.
"I'm not playing any game." Stefan said, doing everything to stay calm and neutral.
"Of course you are. We both know the closest you'll ever get to humanity is when you rip it open and feed on it." Damon said, the last part was said right into Stefan's ear, pretending to go the bite his neck.
"What kind of game are you playing... Damon?" Stefan asked, unfazed and watched Damon back up a bit.
"Guess you'll just have to wait and see, won't you?" Damon spoke, a smirk on his face before walking out the room, leaving Stefan glaring after him.
Evelyn's P.O.V. ~Later, at the gilbert house~
"He's on the rebound and has raging family issues." Elena spoke, as she along with me and Jenna were in the kitchen, me and Elena were fixing up a bowl of ice cream that we were going to share.
"Well, at least it's an ex-girlfriend. Wait till you date a guy with mommy issues or cheating issues. Or amphetamine issues." Jenna said, pausing to look at us, a smug grin on her face.
"Why don't we add some maltesers in there? Make it even more chocolatier!" I spoke enthusiastically, as I leaned against the table holding a tin of whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
"Go on then get some." Elena spoke, grinning in amusement.
"Yes!" I cheered slightly, before putting the cream and sauce in the fridge, no longer needing them before going to the cupboard were we held all the sweets in. When I turned, I saw a sour look cut across Jenna's face, and I could only guess who walked through the front door.
"Jeremy? Jeremy, where were you?" Jenna half-yelled demandingly as she stormed out the kitchen and into the hallway.
"More stoner stories? Look, Jenna, I get it, you were cool. And so that's... that's cool." I heard Jeremy speak, making me raise an eyebrow, though I opened the box of Maltesers and grabbed a small handful. I past one to Elena for to eat before chucking the finally ingredient to the bowl.
"Oh, no, no, no!" Jenna spoke, making me look over towards her, a sour expression on our aunts face, but then she threw the apple that she had in her hand and two seconds later it hit Jeremy and then bounced towards the floor.
"Ow! Why? Why... why did you do that?" I heard Jeremy speak, unamused by Jenna's actions.
"Listen up! Quit ditching class or you're grounded. No discussion." Jenna said, sounding just as unamused as Jeremy.
"Parental authority, I like it. Sleep tight." Jeremy spoke just before I heard his footsteps go further up the stairs. Jenna sighed.
"Don't worry Jenna, he'll come through eventually." I said, going over to her before pulling her into a hug.
"Let's hope so." I heard her mumble, her face buried into my shoulder.
~The next day~
I was standing in the town square, and wasn't too far from the Grill and convenient enough, I was also standing next to Caroline.
"You okay Care-Bear?" I ask, looking at the other blonde as I saw her looking around intently.
"Yeah, just searching for the hot piece of flesh known as that mystery guy." She answered causing me to snort out a laugh.
"You mean the guy who you saw when you were bat-shit drunk and asked Bonnie to summon up a number." I replied amusingly, looking at her with a huge grin plastered on my face.
"Yeah. Oh! There he is!" She exclaimed, practically grinning like a four-year old. I turned in amusement, only for my grin to falter. There standing in the place that Caroline was staring at, was Damon, looking a little out of place in his black leather jacket and messy black hair. I laughed slightly as he was trying to look mysterious and all sexy like but there were kids running around him slightly due to this place being a park. He smirked, winking in my direction, I would have winked to but then Caroline though it was meant for her as she started walking in his direction.
"Hey, Care! Where ya going?" I called out, only for her to look back at me for a second.
"Where do you think? To talk to him." Caroline spoke before turning back and I would have burst out laughing at her jaw dropping expression at the fact that Damon had now completely disappeared. "Great! Just great, he's gone!"
"Hey, I'm sure he'll turn up again. After all, Mystic Falls isn't really a huge town." I spoke, trying to cheer her up slightly.
"Yeah, but I wanted to speak to him right now, and thanks to you, he's gone." She replied snippily.
"My fault? MY fault?! Look you didn't have to turn around and speak to me, you could have just gone and walked towards him. Don't blame me for the fact that you weren't paying much attention." I spoke, probably a bit harshly and I glared at her slightly before walking off to go meet Elena and Bonnie. And when I did see the two, I saw them talking more than doing their job of handing out the leaflets.
"At least I put myself out there." I heard Elena speak as I was now in listening distance.
"Is that what you're calling it?" Bonnie spoke, seeming interested.
"What do you mean?" Elena said, looking down slightly, thinking before looking back at Bonnie, they both hadn't noticed me yet.
"All I'm hearing is reasons why you can't." Bonnie said, sounding like the concerned friend she is.
"And here I am wondering what you two are talking about." I spoke up, placing both hands on the back rest of the bench they were stood by. I smirked in amusement as I saw them visibly jump.
"Evie! We didn't realise you were there!" Elena spoke, turning to look at me in surprise, while Bonnie looked at me, eyebrows knitted together, concerned.
"Are you okay?" Bonnie asked, causing Elena to briefly look back at our friend before looking at me, now worried herself.
"I don't know whether to be happy about the fact tons of people showed up to this event, seeming interested in the leaflets we made or sulk at the fact I may be in the 'doghouse' with Caroline." I said, looking back to where I last saw my blonde friend before looking back at the two I was currently talking to.
"What's up with Caroline? Did something happen?" Elena spoke, coming to stand next to me.
"She total did a whole 360 on me and went bitchy. Apparently she saw her 'mystery' guy. The one she saw when she was drunk, I apparently got her to miss the opportunity." I said, shrugging. I soon felt Elena wrap an arm around my shoulder.
"Don't worry about it too much. It's Caroline, you know what she's like." Elena said, a soft smile on her face.
"Yeah and before you know it, she'll bounce back." Bonnie said, grinning.
Normal P.O.V. ~With Stefan and Zach~
"What is Damon doing here? Why did he come home?" Zach asked, entering Stefan's bedroom as the vampire was getting dressed into newer clothes.
"Cause I came home. He wants to make my life miserable. That's how he enjoys his." Stefan explained, frowning at Zach, equalling upset.
"Well, he's putting us all at risk. This girl in the hospital could talk." Zach said, very worried by the recent events that had happened the past few days, and right now Stefan was thankful he didn't mention about Evelyn knowing the secret.
"She won't. I took care of her." Stefan reassured, seeming to sound hopeful.
"You're sure?" Zach asked, unconvinced.
"I'm not sure, Zach. I don't know how well it worked. I'm not as strong as Damon." Stefan said truthfully, frowning deeper.
"So what happens if it doesn't work?" Zach asked.
"I don't know. I'll deal with it." Stefan said, determination in his voice.
"Is she worth it? Uncle Stefan, this girl you came back for." Zach asked Stefan, and the two could only stare at each other after that.
~With Jeremy, Vicki and Tyler at the Grill~
"Vicki, what are you doing here?" Jeremy asked, seeing Vicki entering the bar/restaurant.
"Fighting with Robert about my schedule. You'd think getting ripped up by a rabid animal would merit an extra sick day." Vicki complained, seeming unhappy.
"Are you feeling ok?" Jeremy asked, concerned about her., unaware that Tyler noticed them from his place at the pool table.
"I hurt." Vicki answered.
"Well, the doctor gave you something, right?" Jeremy asked, his worry growing higher.
"The kid stuff. Nothing with an "o" in it. I think they were onto me." Was his only replied for that.
"Here. Knock yourself out, literally." Jeremy answered, handing her some drugs, which in turn made her grin.
"Thanks, Jer." Vicki spoke, still smiling.
"So you gonna, uh, watch the comet later?" Jeremy asked, seeming hopeful.
"I hadn't really thought about it. But I could be talked into it. I'll meet you out there in a few." Vicki spoke, but as soon as she finished speaking, Tyler appeared at her side.
"Hey, Vick. How you feeling?" Tyler asked, wrapping an arm around her waist.
"Like you care." Vicki spoke, a little angry with her 'boyfriend' before storming away from him and Jeremy.
"What are you lookin' at, Gilbert?" Tyler asked harshly, glaring at Jeremy, who glared back and left.
Evelyn's P.O.V.
"Hi. Hey." Elena spoke, looking towards Matt who had walked towards me and my sister. She had a small smile on her face.
"Hey Mattie" I spoke, though I stepped back a little to give them a bit of some private time.
"Hey." Matt said, mostly to Elena but I saw him nod his head at me.
"Thank you." Elena spoke as he lit her candle using his own, he turned to me and lit mine.
"Thanks." I mumbled, a smile on my face.
"You're welcome." Matt said and then I noticed Stefan standing there, Elena had turned and was currently lighting his candle.
"Thank you." Stefan said, and then that was my chance to leave and give them some privacy. So I quickly left, only to then get bombarded by Carol, the Mayor's wife and Tyler's mother.
"Oh Evelyn! There you are. How are you?" She asked me, a friendly smile of her face. I smiled back.
"I'm doing good, especially after everything. And yourself?" I spoke, being polite.
"I'm okay dear, I'm just enjoying the evening. But I have a small favour to ask of you." She said, and now I was a little worried.
"What is it?" I ask, still trying to be polite.
"I was wondering if you still sang. I know the past couple of months have been hard, but I was hoping you could help provide us with entertainment for the evening?" She asked, to which left me surprised.
"Oh. Right." I said, looking down at the ground.
"If you want we can provide you with a guitar and some back up players too. That is if you're willing to do this." Carol spoke, seemingly trying to sound persuasive. I looked back at Elena and Stefan who seemed to be having a rocky conversation. I looked back at Carol.
"Alright, I'll do it." I said.
"That's marvellous. Thank you." Carol said, leading me over to the miniature stage they had and someone past me a guitar after I stepped on. I stood by the Mic, ready and when I saw Carol giving me the thumbs up, I started.
"Hello, I'm going to be singing tonight so I hope you all enjoy." I spoke into the Mic before I start playing the guitar, starting with the right notes.
'Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall'
Her face is a map of the world
Is a map of the world
You can see she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl
And everything around her is a silver pool of light
The people who surround her feel the benefit of it
It makes you calm
She holds you captivated in her palm
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me
I feel like walking the world
Like walking the world
You can hear she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl
She fills up every corner like she's born in black and white
Makes you feel warmer when you're trying to remember
What you heard
She likes to leave you hanging on her word
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me
And she's taller than most
And she's looking at me
I can see her eyes looking from the page of a magazine
She makes me feel like I could be a tower
A big strong tower
The power to be
The power to give
The power to see, yeah, yeah (suddenly I see)
She got the power to be
The power to give
The power to see, yeah, yeah (suddenly I see)
She got the power to be
The power to give
The power to see, yeah, yeah, yeah (suddenly I see)
She got the power to be
The power to give
The power to see, yeah, yeah (suddenly I see)
She got the power to be
The power to give
The power to see, yeah, yeah
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me, oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah? (suddenly I see)
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me (suddenly I see)
Suddenly I see (suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me
About halfway through the song, I saw Damon materialize in the crowd, watching me intently. I saw him smirk when he noticed that I saw him and had given a little wave, to which I smiled slightly.
"I hope you enjoyed that song, and I hope you'll enjoy the next one." I said once again into the Mic and I finally notice Stefan was also watching, though I could tell he saw Damon too as he was frowning. I knew he was only around in hopes to protect me.
Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus
We clawed, we chained our hearts in vain
We jumped never asking why
We kissed, I fell under your spell.
A love no one could deny
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
I put you high up in the sky
And now, you're not coming down
It slowly turned, you let me burn
And now, we're ashes on the ground
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
I came in like a wrecking ball
Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung
Left me crashing in a blazing fall
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
I never meant to start a war
I just wanted you to let me in
And instead of using force
I guess I should've let you win
I never meant to start a war
I just wanted you to let me in
I guess I should've let you win
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
I came in like a wrecking ball
Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung
Left me crashing in a blazing fall
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
"Thank you everyone and I hope you enjoy the rest of your evening." I said into the Mic before putting the guitar down gently and walked off of the stage.
"You've got a beautiful voice." A voice said from behind me, making me turn to see Damon standing there. "I hoped to listen to more of it."
I smiled. "Thank you Damon. But I want to do other things like watch the comet, and I can't do that if I'm singing."
"You know, that comet... it's been traveling across space for thousands of years. All alone. I think it's just a ball of... snow and ice, trapped on a path that it can't escape. And once every 145 years, it gets to come home. I'm sorry about yesterday. I wasn't myself." Damon said, and it sounded like he had either had that recited or he simply got that from someone else. I looked over his shoulder to see Stefan glaring at Damon. So that's where he got it from.
"And that sounded way too cliché, and dream like. I just believe that it's a falling star that's just taking its sweet time going over the night sky." I replied, a flirty smile on my face.
"Now who's being cliché. So if it is a falling star, what'd you wish for?" Damon asked, stepping closer to me.
"If I told you that, it wouldn't come true now, would it?" I spoke, amused. I stepped closer to him, went on my tip-toes and whispered into his ear. "And besides, I'm sure you can guess on what I want."
"I like the way you think, Miss Gilbert." Damon commented, a smirk on his face, and he went to wrap his arms around me, only for me to step back.
"But unfortunately, we just recently met and I would need to get to know you better. I'd say you would need to work for it." I spoke teasingly, a grin on my face. He smirked.
"Oh, don't you worry. I'll get you, one of these days. No one can resist my charms." He said confidently, and soon I shivered. He cocked his head slightly, and his smirk grew as an idea seemed to have grown in that head of his. He took of his jacket before holding it out to me. "Your cold, especially if you in only a thin hoodie."
"Are you serious? You're going to lean me your jacket even though we barely know each other. We don't even have each other's phone numbers." I spoke, looking at him worriedly now. Was this really the same guy that Stefan warned me about? Because right now, all I've ever seen from him is a man who seems very flirtatious and cocky and yet nice.
"It is a cold night and it would make me look bad if I wasn't being a gentlemen." Damon spoke, seeming to have a soft edge to his voice as he stepped closer to me and draped his jacket over my shoulders. It felt big on me, and warm. On another plus side, it held his smell, though I could smell a little bit of alcohol on it but it wasn't strong so I could bear it.
"Thank you." I said gratefully as I put my arms into the sleeve and I had to stifle a laugh as I saw the sleeves were slightly to big as I could barely see my hands peeking out at the end of the sleeves.
"It's no problem." Damon said, a grin on his face, it looked between a smirk and an actual smile. He then looked over my shoulder. "Well, I've got to go. Something I need to do. I'll speak to you later."
"Wait!" I called out but it was too late, he was gone. I sighed.
"What were you doing with Damon?" Stefan said as he came and stopped in front of me.
"Talking. And before you say anything, he's the one that approached me NOT the other way around." I spoke, defending myself.
"Ah huh, and what about the jacket that your wearing?" He asked, eyes narrow.
"My, are we jealous? Nah, he just gave it to me as I was cold. Look, I know your worried and to be honest I'm trying not to provoke him into attacking me. Why did you think I was being openly friendly with him?" I said, eyebrows raised.
"I had told you to be careful around him, didn't exactly expect you to flirt with one another. I'm just worried; he could and will most likely kill you." Stefan said sternly if not in a concerned manner.
"Which is why I'm being friendly to him. If I openly was cruel to him, he could kill me with a high chance at finding out about me knowing your secret." I said, trying to sound reasonable. "Though, now I'm tempted to just confront him."
"Don't. You can get hurt or killed. And I don't think Elena, Jeremy or you Aunt want to lose another family member." Stefan said.
"I'm not promising anything here. I will make my own decisions regardless of the consequences. I'm not scared Stefan, if he threatens any of my friends or family, I'll be there first to defend them. No matter who it is that I have to face." I spoke, a little angry, but I stayed calm.
"Alright. Just make sure that if you ever confront Damon, that I'm there so I can protect you. I don't want you to get hurt." Stefan said, looking exhausted, and knowing that he's probably getting fed up of fighting his brother and the whole 'Elena' drama, I consented to his request.
"Okay, I promise. But it's not like I'm about to start a fight with him, I'm just wanting to protect those that I love." I said, smiling a little bit.
Stefan nodded, pleased. "Okay."
"Right, well I'm gonna go find Elena. Do you know where she went?" I ask as I looked around for my twin.
"She went to the Grill. She should still be there with everyone." Stefan answered, frowning slightly. I grew worried.
"What's wrong?" I asked, looking at him.
"It's nothing." Stefan replied, smiling at me.
"No it's not. You can tell me Stefan, I'm your friend. Plus what else can you hide? I know your huge secret." I spoke confidently, a grin on my face.
"It's Elena. I think I screwed up a little and now…" He paused, thinking on what to say, finding the right word.
"You're in the doghouse." I said, providing the right word.
"Yeah, that's it. It's just this thing with me and Damon, it's just getting in the way a bit." He explained.
"Because it was awkward yesterday at your place and now Elena's unhappy as she's figured out your keeping secrets and ones you're not willing to tell her. Why not just tell her some of it? With the whole gory details of you both being Vampires?" I ask, eyes narrowing slightly.
"You know I can't, it's too risky." Stefan said, looking down.
"Alright. But listen, she'll come around. Just give her a bit of time." I said, before I walked towards the Grill.
"Thank you, Evelyn." I heard Stefan say, making me turn.
"It's no problem. And another thing, if you two were meant to have something, whether it's friendship or more, she'll bounce back to you." I smiled before I left. And soon I found Elena at a table, along with Tyler. I sighed, but walk up to them.
"Hey Elena." I greeted, smiling at Elena before looking at Tyler, who looked hopeful when I showed up. I paused before speak. "Hi Tyler."
"Hey Evie." Both of them spoke, Elena smiled at me and gave me a small hug. Just then Matt, Caroline and Jeremy showed up just a few minutes after me.
"Hey, has anyone seen Vickie?" Asked, looking at Tyler, a glare plastered on his face.
"You're her stalker. You tell us." Tyler taunted, clearly unamused. This conversation instantly made me feel uncomfortable, and soon I felt Elena wrap an arm around my shoulder, comforting me.
"I can't find her." Jeremy said, worrying about Vicki but was still glaring at Tyler.
"She probably found somebody else to party with. Sorry, pill pusher, I guess you've been replaced." Tyler said, getting a little angry.
"Stop it! The both of you, the last thing we need is a fight. Tyler, why'd you call him a pill pusher? What's that about?" I spoke heatedly, glaring at the two boys.
" Yeah, I'm also questioning that. What is up with the pill pusher?" Elena asked, confused as she looked at Tyler.
"Ask him." Tyler spoke, nodding his head at our little brother, making me look at Jeremy.
"What does he mean Jeremy?" I asked, confused and unhappy. I may be angry at Tyler, but I knew when I needed to seriously listen.
"You wanna do this right now?" Jeremy asked, looking at Tyler and ignoring me.
"Are you dealing?" Elena question getting upset and seeming to figure it out. I looked at my little brother in surprise.
"She's never gonna go for you." Tyler taunted, looking smug, and making me uncomfortable and angry. He had the balls to say that knowing that yesterday he forced a kiss on me.
"She already did. Over and over and over again." Jeremy spoke, looking smug himself, and I was appalled, my own brother, with that whore?!
"Yeah, right." Tyler spoke, unconvinced by what he was saying.
"You slept with Vickie Donovan? I mean, Vickie Donovan slept with you?" Both me and Caroline exclaimed, me upset while Caroline was surprised. Elena grabbed my hand.
"There's no way." Tyler said, starting to get it but was trying not to believe.
"And I didn't even have to force her into it." Jeremy said, grinning smugly.
"What the hell is he talking about, Ty?" Matt questioned, feeling uncomfortable himself but getting upset at where this was going.
"Nothing, man, just ignore him, he's a punk." Tyler said, trying to wave it off as nothing.
"You know what, how about all of you shut up and help me find my sister?" Matt said, looking peeved.
"We'll check the back." Bonnie said before walking off with Caroline.
"I'll check the square." Matt said, starting to walk off.
"I'll come with you." Jeremy said, only for me and Elena to stop him.
"Oh, no, no, no. You are coming with us. So that's your game now, dealing?" Elena said, not looking impressed.
"I'm not dealing." Jeremy said, trying to walk away, but I grabbed his arm and pulled him back before planting him in place.
"Look, we're sick of the tough love speech, Jer. It's really having no impact." I said, glaring at him.
"You both and Jenna, between the three of you... " Jeremy started heatedly, but I quickly interrupted.
"We can stop if you want. Send you to a therapist where you'll be forced to deal with it or to rehab where you'll sit in group and tell some stranger how you let your life fall apart. Or you could talk to us." I said, a sarcastic smile on my face as my eyes glared at him. I was really getting fed up with this.
"I vote for none of the above." Jeremy said before walking off. I sighed, my handed coming up to rest on my forehead.
"Hey, are you okay?" Elena asked, looking at me. I could see the worry in her eyes, I nodded.
"Yeah, this whole thing is just getting to me. Jeremy, Tyler, Vicki. This whole things a mess and its giving me a headache." I sighed again, turning to face her, not to mention the whole vampire problem.
"It'll be ok. We'll get through it." Elena said, and suddenly I felt guilty as she wrapped her arms around me, I was lying to her, keeping a huge secret from her. And I hated it, but I knew that I needed to stay quiet if I wanted her to be safe. I hugged her back.
"Alright. We better get searching for Vicki, who knows what trouble she'll get into." I said, pulling away, a smile on my face. "Why don't you go catch up to Jeremy, I'll check around here?"
"Sure. Be careful." Elena said before walking off in Jeremy's direction. I turned and walked around the Grill, also went to the bar to ask about Vicki. When that didn't work, I thought to look on the roof. I then quietly sneaked into the 'Staff Only' section of the grill before heading upstairs until I reached the door that led out to the roof, only to hear voices.
"No! No!" I heard a scream. That was Vicki! Then I heard another voice and I just knew who it was instantly.
"I gotta do it. I'm not gonna drop you. Not bad. Have you been eating bunnies?" Damon said, I could hear the smirk in his voice.
"Let her go." Stefan said, sounding calm but I knew he really wasn't.
"Shh. really? Ok." Damon spoke, teasingly.
"No! No, no, no!" Vicki screamed, and I had enough. I opened the door, letting it bang open.
"Stop!" I yell, angry.
"Evelyn! What you doing here!?" Stefan asked, alarm covering his face, while Damon looked surprised and confused.
"Don't you dare hurt Vicki. Don't you think you've done enough damage?!" I growled, glaring at Damon.
"Miss Evelyn, I didn't expect you to see this." Damon said, smirk on his face. "Why are you here?"
"Because I'm here to help her." I said, being cautious now, I saw a hungry look in his eyes.
"So it take it you know then?" Damon questioned.
"Know about you and Stefan? Yes, I know. You two are vampires, knew way before I met you." I confessed.
"And you're not scared?" Damon spoke, a sadistic smirk on his face. I looked at Stefan briefly, before looking back at Damon.
"I won't lie, my humans instincts are telling em to run, especially in this situation but mostly, no I'm not. Probably because I'm not scared of death." I said, walking forwards carefully until I reached Stefan's side who's hand shot out to stop me from going any further.
"Why?" Damon yet again asked.
"Because I'm human. I will eventually die, whether it'll come naturally or whether it's forced, it will happen. Today, tomorrow, 10 years from now? I don't know when, but it'll happen." I spoke, forcing myself to be calm.
"You're different, I like that." Damon said, looking into my eyes, seeming to be looking for something.
"Now let Vicki go. Please." I spoke, if not a little desperately.
"Uhh! Relax." Damon said, looking back at the girl who he was holding by one hand, throwing her at Stefan before walking over to me.
"What's happening?" Vicki asked, confused as she looked at the three of us, I made sure to step closer to Stefan, though this made Damon smirk more at me.
"I don't need her to be dead, but... you might. What attacked you the other night?" Damon asked crouching down to Vicki level as she was sat on the floor looking confused and scared.
"I don't know. An animal." Vicki answered, looking at him in confusion.
"Are you sure about that? Think. Think about it. Think really hard. What attacked you?" Damon said, his eyes narrowing.
"Damon stop this." I begged, frowning. Damon smirked at me, before turning to Vicki.
"A vampire." Vicki answered and I felt myself paling, she knew.
"Who did this to you?" Damon asked, pushing it.
"You did!" Vicki exclaimed, looking more frightened than before.
"Wrong!" Damon said, tauntingly.
"Don't." Stefan said quickly, sounding desperate.
"It was Stefan." Damon said, making Vicki look up at Stefan.
"Vicki, don't listen to him, he's lying!" I said angrily, looking desperate myself.
"Don't." Stefan repeated, before Damon roughly grabbed Vicki, making her stand to face him.
"Come here. Stefan Salvatore did this to you." Damon said, staring at her in concentration. I was confused, what was he doing?
"What is he…" I went to ask, but Stefan stopped me, by placing a hand on my arm.
"Stefan Salvatore did this to me." Vicki repeated then, sounding like a robot of some kind. Wait, was this him compelling her? I looked at Stefan and he briefly nodded but he was watch Damon angrily and was as stiff as a board.
"He's a vampire. A vicious, murderous monster." Damon said, still compelling her.
"Please, Damon. Please don't do this." Stefan said.
"If you couldn't fix it before, I don't know what you can do now." Damon said, ripping the bandage off of Vicki's neck and then threw her at Stefan.
"Aah!" Vicki screamed, at both from the pain and from the fear. I looked at the scene, horrified.
"Uhh! Your choice of lifestyle has made you weak. A couple of vampire parlour tricks is nothing compared to the power that you cod have, that you now need. But you can change that. Human blood gives you that." Damon said, before turning to me. "And now, aren't you scared? This is the power I can have over you humans."
"No, I'm not." I answer, facing him while I shot him a glare. He zoomed over to me, looking at me intently.
"You will be scared of me. You will be terrified out of your life." Damon said staring into my eyes, I watched his eye dilate, he was trying to compel me. I saw Stefan looking worried as he looked at us, torn from help Vicki to protecting me.
"And that's not going to work on me." I said, looking at him, making sure to have a blank expression on my face. He looked confused be leaning down to sniff, his eyes dropping down at the necklace I was wearing.
"Vervain." He said, a look of understanding crossed his face, then a smirk. "You're a smart one then, though a little stupid too."
Why do you say that?" I ask, confused.
"Smart because you made sure I couldn't compel you. But stupid to think you can take me on." He said, before he lifted me up and threw me against the wall. I instantly blacked out.
I felt like I was laying on the floor, it was cold and dark out. But then I again, I couldn't see anything, just felt it. Then I feel like I'm picked up, warm hands lifted my head. Was it Elena? No, the hands were too big. Jeremy? No, too rough. I then felt my mouth opening, I didn't do that on my own, someone opened it for me. Now I feel a cold liquid pouring into my mouth and down my throat, it had a very salty and metallic taste to it. Ew, I realise too late that it was blood, too late to spit it out as most of it had gone down my throat.
"Evelyn? Evelyn! Wake up! Evelyn!" I heard, ah, I could do more than feel now, and I knew that voice. It belonged to Stefan, and then I remembered. Damon. Vicki. Getting thrown towards a wall and then blacking out. I soon felt where my eyes were again and soon I opened them to see Stefan hovering above me, Damon standing a few feet behind him.
"S-Stefan. Stefan!" I exclaimed sitting up, I looked around again to see I was still on the roof. "How long was I…?"
"Just ten minutes. Don't worry, you're okay. You will be okay." Stefan said, checking me over, before handing me a packet of tissues. "Here, use these to clean yourself with. Your bleeding a little bit."
"Thank you." I said, looking at Stefan, before I shot a glare at Damon. I took the packet from Stefan and started cleaning myself up. Thankfully, I only had blood on my forehead and that it didn't reach my clothes.
"Huh. Huh. Wow. Come here, sweetheart." I heard Damon speak, I looked over at him to see he was looking at Vicki.
"No!" Vicki exclaimed, looking at him in fear.
"It's ok." Damon said, and then stared into her eyes, said something else, which I didn't catch as he was very quiet before letting her go.
"What happened? Where am I? Oh, I ripped my stitches open. Ah..." Vicki said, confused. I had to guess and say Damon just compelled her to forget. Something must have happened in those ten minutes because now he was fixing the problem he created. Which surprised me.
"Yeah, what happened?" I ask, confused myself. Damon came to me next as Stefan went to check on Vicki, though not before shooting Damon a warning look.
"You okay there sweetheart?" Damon asked, his voice sickly sweet.
"No thanks to you." I spat, I took off his jacket and threw it back to him. "And you can have your jacket back, I don't need it."
"Or more like don't want it. No I still want you to use it. Still don't want to look that bad now can I?" He spoke, a smirk on his face as he draped his jacket back over my shoulders.
"Do personally think this is a game? Do you really think I'm going to fall for this trick again?" I asked, glaring at him.
"Come on, I'm not that bad. I was just trying to prove a point. You can't face me, you can't do much damage to me. Your human, I'm not. Scared yet?" He asked, as he grabbed my arm and helped me to my feet before backing away slightly.
"Still not scared. Like I said, not scared of death. It will happen." I said before handing his jacket back before gently grabbed Vicki's hand. "Let's go. Matt's worried and looking for you."
"Alright." Vicki replied and soon I was helping her down the stairs.
"Are you okay?" I asked, concerned.
"I took some pills, man. I'm good." Was the reply I got, a drunken like smile on her face. "By the way, I heard from Jeremy that you also was there in the woods and helped me."
"Yeah, what about it?" I asked, confused on why she was bringing this up suddenly.
"I wanted to thank you. I mean after everything that I did to you, you still helped me. You could have left me there, and yet you didn't. Thank you. And also, I'm sorry what I did a couple months back too." She said, and I looked at her in surprise. "You probably hate me."
"Oh, urm. You're welcome and don't worry about it. I'm angry with Tyler, not you. And like everyone says, including me, I'm not capable to hate anyone." I said, a small smile on my face. And that got me thinking, I didn't hate Damon, despite everything he's done. I just feel anger but nothing more.
"Oh look! Mattie!" Vicki called, and I looked over to see Matt jogging over to us and engulfed Vicki into a hug.
"Vicki, there you are. Are you okay?" Matt asked, looking over her, scanning for injuries. Then he turned to me. "Were you the one who found her?"
"Yeah, I did. On the roof of the Grill. Thinking away up there." I said, only giving him part of the truth. Matt then hugged me.
"Thank you Evie, I'm so grateful for your help." Matt said, looking very relieved.
"Don't just thank me, Stefan did to. I'm just the one to do the delivery service as one could call it." I spoke, grinning, making Matt laugh slightly.
"Well when I next see him, I will thank him." Matt said, smiling.
"Hey, do you know where Elena is?" I asked, looking at Matt, before looking around for Elena.
"I believe she is by your car, waiting to go home. She was looking for you." Matt said, before going to the booth that Vicki was had now sat down in. And soon I had found myself walking towards my car.
"There you are. Where have you been?" I heard Elena ask, she was leaning against the bonnet of my car. Elena then came to me, a very worried and scared look on her face "Hey are you okay? What happened? You're looking very pale."
"I'm fine." I lied, giving her a smile.
"No you're not. You've got that look on your face, the look that tells me something's wrong. Tell me." Elena said, demandingly.
"You want to know? I found Vicki in a dangerous situation okay. I found she was being attacked by the very guy who had put her in hospital and then he spotted me and pinned me against the wall." I said, letting my real emotions come through, the fact I was bat-shit upset. I felt tears down my cheeks.
"Oh my god." Elena spoke, pulling me into a hug. "Are you okay? Are you hurt? Should we call the police?"
"No, no. Don't worry about it. But I will say this. Before any true damage could be done, Stefan appeared and saved me, he chased the guy off. So no, I'm not hurt, and there's no need for the police." I said, waving it off.
"Are you sure?" Elena said, pulling back before her eyes roamed my body, checking me for injuries.
"I'm sure. Now let's get home." I said, before making my way to the driver's seat.
"Hey, do you need me to drive?" Elena asked before I could even open the car door. I thought about it for a second before nodding.
"Sure, I don't think I'd be able to concentrate anyway." I said before I gently threw her the keys before switching side with her. And all too soon we were parked outside our house.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Elena asked again, after we were parked, but we both didn't move from our seats and just sat there in the car.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Physically at least. Can I confess something?" I said, looking at her.
"Yeah, tell me." Elena said.
"In that attack, it reminded me of that night. I don't know why, but it did. I remember the feeling of dying, how it felt to suddenly wake up in the hospital and learn everything that happened. I was scared. I re-lived that moment." I said, finally breaking down.
"Hey, it's okay. We're here, you're still here. It's not going to happen again. You've still got me here, you've got Aunt Jenna and even Mr Moody Jeremy." Elena said, a comforting smile on her face.
"Look, I'm sorry to have worried you. I know a lot been happening and the past few days have been stressful, what with Jeremy doing drugs and still moving on from our parents. The last thing I want is you worrying over me." I said, shaking my head as I looked out the front window, refusing to face Elena.
"Hey." I heard her say, I felt her hand on top of mine. I looked at her. "I will always worry about you. Your my twin sister, my other half. And it's not a bother, I would gladly worry about you."
"Thanks. I love you." I said, resting my head on her shoulder.
"I love you too Evie." She replied softly, resting her head on mine. "Now would you be angry with me if I borrow your car to go see Stefan?"
I laughed. "Go ahead. Let me just get out first. I fancy just heading back."
"Thanks. Let Jenna know where I am and that I'll be back later?" Elena asked, smiling.
"Yeah sure." I said before getting out. I watched her go before I walked inside. I sighed after I closed the front door before going up the stairs. Then I heard a noise coming from Jeremy's bedroom.
"Jer?" I asked, looking into his room, only to see that it wasn't my brother.
"No, it's me, the hypocrite patrol." Jenna said, looking up at me, as she stopped searching through Jeremy's desk draws.
"What are you doing?" I asked, curious and possibly a little concerned.
"I've become my worst nightmare. The authority figure who has to violate a 15-year-old's privacy." Jenna spoke, walking over to a pile of clothes that were on the floor, only to finding 'smoking' equipment such as a pot. "Jackpot. I see the hiding places haven't gotten any more creative."
"What brought this on?" I asked, going to sit down on the beanie chair that was near the bed and next to Jeremy's wardrobe.
"Your ass-hat of a history teacher shamed me good yesterday." Jenna explained sourly, searching through the wardrobe only briefly looking at me every few times.
"You got Tannered. Been there." I said, looking at her, I gave her a small sympathizing smile.
"'Discover the impossible, Ms. Summers.' Got it. Thanks. Like I didn't know I was screwing up." She said before she found a packet of drugs, which she passed to me for safe keeping while she searched.
"You're not screwing up, aunt Jenna." I said comfortingly.
"Yes, I am. You know why? Because I'm not her. She made everything look so easy. You know, high school, marriage, having you. I can't do it. I'm gonna say or do the wrong thing, and he's gonna get worse, and it's gonna be my fault. It's impossible." Jenna spoke upset, she sat on Jeremy's bed. I could practically see tear welling up.
"This is just the fear talking. You're a little scared, that's all. We all are." I said, going to sit next to her and gave her a one-sided hug, letting her head fall to my shoulder. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Where's Elena? I thought she'd be with you." Jenna spoke after a minute of thinking.
"Gone to sort things out with Stefan. She said she will be back later." I said, a smile creeping up onto my face. Jenna smile back at me. "Now, will you be alright now? Because all I want to do now is go hide in my bedroom and do my own thing."
"Yeah, I'll be fine. But are you okay?" Jenna asked, looking at me in concern. I smiled at her.
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay." I said, before getting up and going to my own bedroom.
Normal P.O.V. ~With Elena and Stefan~
"Hi." Stefan greeted, opening the front door of the boarding house and spoke when he saw that it was Elena standing there.
"Hey." Elena replied, a soft smile on her face.
"Would you like to come in?" Stefan spoke politely, stepping to one side.
"The comet's actually this way." Elena started, walking back outside. Stefan followed her slowly, but when he reached her side, she spoke again. "Sorry for barging in. Especially after earlier."
"No, no. I'm glad you're here. The way we left things... I didn't like it." Stefan said, shaking his head slightly.
"See, the thing is, I got home tonight planning on doing what I always do, write in my diary, like I have been since my mom and Evelyn gave me one when I was 10. It's where I get everything out, everything I'm feeling. It all goes in this little book that I hide on the second shelf behind this really hideous ceramic mermaid. But then I realized that I'd just be writing things that I should probably be telling you." Elena spoke, looking at him, a soft expression on her face.
"What would you write?" Stefan asked, just as softly.
"I would write... "Dear diary, today I convinced myself it was ok to give up. Don't take risks. Stick with the status quo. No drama, now is just not the time. But my reasons aren't reasons, they're excuses. All I'm doing is hiding from the truth, and the truth is that..." I'm scared, Stefan. I'm scared that if I let myself be happy for even one moment that... the world's just going to come crashing down, and I... I don't know if I can survive that." Elena confessed, looking up at him, her expression showing everything she felt at that moment.
"Do you want to know what I would write? 'I met a girl. We talked. It was epic. But then the sun came up and reality set in. Well, this is reality. Right here.'" Stefan replied, and was happy to see that during hiss little speech, Elena started to really smile at him. After that, it wasn't long did they both found each other leaning into one another, and soon their lips met in a passionate kiss.
Evelyn's P.O.V.
I didn't know what to think, I was partially scared, partially worried and I didn't know what to do. I looked across at my mirror and all I could see was a pale girl who was scared, too scared to do much. i shook my head and got changed into my Pjs and then turned off my light before going to bed. I let myself drift off into a deep sleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
Evelyn's Dream
I was standing in a house, it looked vaguely familiar to me. I looked around the house, and soon I realised something. I was in Caroline's house. Why would I be here? In a dream, and this house of all places? I walked around until I heard a noise coming from upstairs and so I went to explore.
"Is the noise coming from Caroline's room?" I asked myself before I entered the room, not even noticing that I had phased through the door. And what I saw next horrified me. There in the bed I saw both Caroline and Damon, both half-dressed and looking to be having sex.
"Hey! What the hell!?" I yelled, but neither one could hear me, as they continued. I watched Damon kissing Caroline's stomach, working his way up to her chest, making me feel like a pervert, and I went to look away, only to then hear Caroline scream in pure terror. I looked in alarm as I watched Damon's face change, black veins under his eyes and fangs producing out his mouth. He then bit her, painfully and roughly on the neck, drinking from her.
"STOP!" I screamed.
End of dream.
I shot up out of bed, eyes wide open in pure terror. What the hell was that!? That felt too real to be a dream, too god damn real. Was that really happening? Or was that just my imagination just being messed up. I quickly grabbed my phone, scrolled through my contacts and found Caroline. I pressed the call button. I waited and waited, but no one answered. I phoned again, and after the third ring, someone picked up. But it wasn't Caroline.
"Hello? You have reached Caroline's phone, how can I help?" The voice spoke. Damon's voice. I hung up quickly, and dropped the phone. I went to scream, but I covered my mouth.
What the hell was happening to me?
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