Chapter 2
I do not own The Vampire Diaries in any way.
I woke up this morning and stayed in bed for a few moments.
"Get up", Stefan said, "We have to help Elena set up for the school carnival".
"Why me?" I sighed.
"Just get up", he said.
When we got to school, I found Jeremy setting up little gold fish. "What are you doing?" I asked him.
"Oh, just setting up", he said.
"What is it?" I asked him.
"You're kidding right?" he asked.
I shook my head.
"For the carnival", he said.
"What's a carnival?" I asked him.
"Haven't you ever gone to one?" he asked.
"No. He didn't like to participate in trivial things like that", I told Jeremy.
"Well, a carnival is when a bunch of people set up booths with games and you play to win prizes", he said.
"That sounds so fun!" I said.
"It is. If you're into things like that", he said.
"I can't wait", I told him smiling.
We went inside and Stefan walked up. They started talking about vervain and ways to kill a vampire.
"Emilia, are you okay?" Stefan asked.
"Oh yeah", I said, "Say, do you still have the Sinatra record with 'Strangers' on it?"
"I think so, yeah. Why?" he asked.
"Just wondering", I said.
Elena walked up and Jeremy shut his locker.
"Come on Emilia", he said. He put his arm around my shoulder and led me away. "Why did you ask Stefan about that record?" he asked.
"Oh it's nothing", I said, "It used to be our song".
"I'll see you at the carnival tonight", Jeremy said.
"You're coming?" I asked him.
"Of course. I wouldn't want to miss out on introducing you to what 'normal' teenagers do", he said. He kissed my temple before going to class.
When I got home that afternoon, Damon was drinking a glass of blood.
One was sitting on the table.
I dropped my stuff and grabbed it. "Just what I needed", I sighed taking a drink.
Stefan walked in.
"Care for one?" Damon asked him.
"No, thank you. I'm not hungry, just ate", Stefan said.
"Are you worried that one day, all the forest animals are gonna band together and fight back? I mean, surely they talk", Damon said.
I laughed, but quickly shut-up. I tuned out until Damon said, "I think the Lockwood's have a family secret because the Gilbert device affected them but vervain didn't so they're not vampires, they're something else". I took that moment to get up and leave.
That night, Jeremy arrived at the Boarding House. He ran the doorbell and Damon answered. "Hey, is Emilia there?" he asked.
I came down the stairs and said, "I'm ready to go". I walked past Damon and grabbed Jeremy's arm. "Come on!" I said excitedly.
When we got to the carnival, Jeremy took me to the Ferris wheel first.
"I'm not getting on that", I told him.
"Come on. It'll be fine", he said.
"I could fall out", I told him.
He took my hand and led me to one of the boxes.
They lowered the bar.
"There. Now you won't fall out", he said.
It started to go. The box swayed back and forth.
I grabbed onto Jeremy's arm as he laughed.
It stopped when we were at the top.
I looked up at the stars. "It's so beautiful", I said.
"Like you", he said.
"That was so cheesy", I told him, "But thank you". I kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you Jeremy", I said.
"Anything for you Emilia", he said.
When we got back down to the bottom, we got off and Jeremy said, "I'm going to go get some popcorn".
Jeremy came back in a bad mood.
"It was Damon wasn't it?" I asked him.
Jeremy just looked at me.
I walked off to look for my brothers. I walked up in the middle of their conversation.
"Since this is reality and there's no such thing as werewolves or combat turtles", Damon said.
"Are you two really this stupid?" I asked them, "You don't honestly believe that werewolves don't exist".
"And how would you know?" Stefan asked.
"Doppelgangers, witches, vampires. Anything's possible", I said walking off. I found Jeremy and said, "I'm going to go home". I suddenly sniffed the air. "Blood", I whispered, "I smell blood". I followed the smell of the blood and walked up when Stefan did.
"Go home Emilia", he said, "I'll handle this".
When Damon came home, his clothes were burnt.
"Oh my god Damon!" I said.
"I'm fine. Damn Bennett witch", he said.
"Bonnie did this to you?" I asked him.
He picked up a glass of scotch.
I turned and saw Jeremy.
"No I wouldn't...I laced it with vervain", he said.
"Why would you do that?" I asked him.
"So I could stake him…with this", Jeremy said dropping a stake.
I picked it up.
"You came here to kill me?" Damon asked.
"It's only fair, you killed me first", Jeremy said, "My father hated vampires, my uncle too. They were absolute. They knew exactly what they stood for and I figured maybe I should too. I mean, stand for something but killing you, what's that gonna do? It's just gonna hurt Emilia. She's my friend. My only friend". Jeremy turned to leave.
"Wait. Our father hated vampires too", Damon told him.
"He did?" Jeremy asked.
"For the same reasons your dad did. Only it was 1864, people knew how to whittle", Damon joked.
"You know, this is pretty good for a first timer", I told Jeremy. I walked Jeremy to the door.
Before he left, I decided to throw caution to the wind. I grabbed his face and kissed him.
His hands found their way into my hair.
I pulled away and looked at him. "Thank you", I whispered to him.
He leaned in and kissed me one last time. He pulled back and I fixed my hair. "See you later", he said and left.
I shut the door and tears ran down my face. What had I done?