By the time I get to my house, fifteen minutes had already passed. I was wasting valuable time. I only had forty-five minutes before Damon came out to play. I could already tell that this was going to be a long day.

I honestly wasn't scared though. Sure I was nervous, but not scared. This was kind of weird considering my circumstances. But one thing I had to do was to get inside a public place. If Damon kept his word like he promised, then he wouldn't be able to compel anyone, including me.

What he pulled on me at the school was cruel. But maybe if I got to a mall or something, then it would make this harder on him. Last thing I needed was to be in an isolated place. That just screams that I couldn't give a hoot if he won or not. This made coming to my house a very dangerous idea. But I had forty-five minutes to gather everything I needed to survive this day.

When I get to my room, I start to scatter through my drawers. I knew I had some Vervain hidden somewhere. There were three reasons why I needed to use it. One, I would need it in case Damon didn't keep his word with compulsion. I would also need it if he decided to take a bite out of me. And last but not least, I could use it as a weapon.

Once I was able to find my little stash of Vervain, I shove it into my pocket. It was just then; I realized that Damon still had my necklace. That bastard.

I had to find someone to help me. I couldn't just face Damon on my own. I pull out my cell and dial Stefan's cell phone number. One ring, two ring, three ring, and then someone answered.

"Stefan I-," I start to say, but was interrupted.

"Hello princess," I hear Damon's voice answer. I could feel fury build up inside of me. Of course he knew I would try to call Stefan.

"Damon, where's Stefan? What have you done with him?" I growl.

"Me? Why, I've done nothing to him. In fact, he's down stairs writing in his diary as we speak," Damon says pretending to sound hurt. I could hear the mocking tone in his voice. He clearly was enjoying this game.

"Can you please put him on?" I ask. I knew he could hear the frustration in my voice.

"Ahh, you see, I can't do that at this precise moment. If you would like to speak to him, then I'm afraid you're going to have to come over," He teases. I can't help but to scoff.

"Sure, if I step inside the boarding house, that means you win," I growl at him. I could hear him chuckling on the other line.

"It was worth a shot". What, did he really think I was that stupid?

"Remember, you only have just a little past a half hour left. I wouldn't waste your time," Damon informs me. I just roll my eyes.

"Thanks for your concern," I grumble before hanging up.

Now what do I do? I knew that Stefan wasn't at school, and there was no way in hell, that I was even going to be within a mile of that boarding house. So who do I call?

I didn't want to drag Bonnie or Jeremy into this because they could get hurt. Caroline, Matt, Tyler, and Jenna didn't even know vampires existed. So who could help?

Just then, I realized someone who could help. I pull out my phone and dial their number. I let out sigh of relief when they answer.

"Alaric?" I ask, making sure Damon didn't have his phone too.

"Elena, what are you doing calling during class hours?" I hear Alaric question. Of course he would ask that, he was a teacher. And I also knew that he wouldn't be compelled like the rest of the school. The only reason why I knew that was because there was a sub in his class today. Which meant he was most likely at home.

"Oh Alaric, I need your help," I say.

"Elena what's wrong? What do you need help with?" asks Alaric. I take in a deep breath. I knew that this had to be done.

"I need you to teach me how to kill a vampire".

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