HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
~ I decided to add the second chapter on here just because I wanted to update.
~ This is longer than the first chapter and hopefully you like it just as much.
ENJOY!
General POV
Maria woke up and just stared at the ceiling. It felt like hours before she got out of the bed to take a shower. She was staying in a hotel after she slept with Klaus because he had left town. He didn't say if or when he was coming back. Maria didn't worry herself over it because she was over him. As she took the shower she thought about checking up on Damon and Stefan. Maria knew that they were both dealing with Elena becoming a vampire and it wouldn't be pretty between the brothers.
Maria put on a Tshirt and shorts before going to the boarding house. She walked in and let her hearing lead her up to Stefan's room.
"Miss me?" She asked which made Damon and Stefan look at her.
"Maria..." Damon said in slight shock.
"Your brother didn't tell you I was back?" Maria asked him and looked at Stefan. "Or are you too distracted by Elena...?" She raised an eyebrow and Stefan remembered the other day when she was trapped with him and the others.
"Stefan wants her on bunny blood." Damon said as he looked from Maria to his brother.
"Shouldn't it be her choice?" She asked Stefan.
"If I can get her used to animal blood right off the bat, then maybe we can bypass all the horrible stuff I went through." Stefan said as he packed some stuff.
"Or you'll just make it a million times worse." Maria said as she leaned against the wall.
"You're just a ray of sunshine, aren't you?" Damon asked sarcastically.
"I'm being realistic." Maria said as she looked at Damon before looking back at Stefan. "No newbie vamp will handle animal blood before eventually falling off the wagon and going on a murder spree."
"Elena's not like that." Stefan said without looking at Maria.
"So she's like my sister?"
"She's nothing like your sister." Stefan said as he looked at Maria.
"So then what made you both fall in love with her?" Maria asked and both brothers looked at her. "I'm right, aren't I? You both love her."
"She won't be able to handle it if she hurts someone." Stefan said, choosing not to add on to what Maria said. "Her compassion is her achilles heel and everything is heightened right now."
"You better hope she's not a fan of bambi then." Maria said.
"She needs human blood Stefan, from the vein." Damon said, adding to what Maria said.
"You name me one vampire that didn't kill at least one person when they were new." Stefan said without looking at Damon.
"Name me one that went on a bunny diet and didn't kill dozens." Damon said as he stared at his brother.
"If she kills someone, she could crumble. How much pain do you think it will take before she turns off her humanity?"
"It happens to the best of us at least once." Damon said.
"We all get over it..." Maria started to say "...in a hundred years or so."
"I think I'd like her to skip over that part." Stefan said as he packed some stuff into a duffle bag.
"You can't learn to control something when you don't experience it." Maria said to Stefan as Damon went over to his brother and started to unpack the duffle bag.
"What are you doing?" Stefan asked Damon. "Knock it off."
"It's a cheat." Damon said as he continued to unpack. "It's like giving a kid a calculator before learning math." Stefan took the stuff from Damon's hands.
"I said stop." Stefan said and Maria sighed.
"Calm down boys." She said as she walked closer to them. "Fighting over a Petrova never ends well." Maria stood between the brothers and put her hand on each of their chests.
"What's going on here?" Elena asked when she appeared at the doorway.
"We're disagreeing about the process." Stefan said, still not taking his eyes off of his brother.
"You're still not on board with the animal plan." Elena said to Damon. Stefan looked away from his brother, who looked towards Elena.
"Nope. I say rip of the proverbial bandaid and let it bleed. You're a vampire Elena, be a vampire." Damon said as Stefan finished packing.
"Not that anyone asked my opinion, but I agree with him." Maria said as she pointed at Damon. Stefan walked from behind her and towards Elena.
"Ready to go?" He asked and Elena nodded her head. Stefan and Elena started to walk away.
"Vampires eat people." Damon said, which made Elena stop. "It's part of the natural food pyramid. Trust me, you're going to be miserable." Elena looked at Damon for a moment before following Stefan.
"You need a drink." Maria said to Damon. "Let's go to the Grill and catch up."
"Do I have a choice?" Damon asked and Maria shook her head.
"Nope." Maria took Damon's hand and dragged him out of the boarding house.
Maria and Damon sat next to each other at the Grill. Damon reluctantly told Maria the things that have happened since they last saw each other, but kept out some small details.
"Turn that frown upside down." Maria said to Damon, which made him look at her.
"You are much more of a lightweight now..." Damon said to her.
"I'm not drunk." Maria said before taking a sip. "Well, maybe a tiny bit." She put her fingers together to show how much before Liz walked up to them.
"That seat's taken." Damon said before putting some paper in front of him and going between Maria and Damon. " 'Faulty gas line leads to tragic explosion at Young farm.'" Damon read the headline before tossing the paper towards Liz. "Really?"
"It's better than 'Town council blown up. Police have no suspects' " Liz said to Damon. "Unless the perpetrator is sitting right next to me." Damon looked at Maria.
"Hey, she's talking about you." Maria said to Damon.
"Well, don't look at me. I always take credit for killing people." Damon said before taking a big gulp. Liz just stared at Damon. "Seriously, don't look at me like that Liz. If I was going to kill twelve people, I wouldn't blow them up. I'd have a dinner party."
"I'd poison them." Maria mumbled. "Or compulsion." She shrugged and took a sip from her glass.
"The explosion was sparked from the inside. It wasn't an accident." Liz said to Damon.
"You say that like it's a bad thing." Damon said. "The council's dead Liz. I see that as a win."
"I've known some of the council since I was a kid. They were my friends."
"Would friends want to kill your vampire daughter?" Maria asked, whispering the word 'vampire'. Damon looked behind them and saw that someone was walking towards them.
"Who's the new guy?" Damon asked, which made Maria turn her head.
"He's kind of cute." She said as the man got closer.
"Excuse me, Sheriff." He said to Liz. "Hi...um, I was wondering if I could talk to you for a moment about the explosion at the Young farm."
"I'm sorry, Mr...?"
"Connor Jordan." Connor said to Liz. He held out a hand with a black glove on and he shook Liz's hand.
"Are you with the insurance investigators?" She asked as Damon and Maria kept their eyes on Connor.
"No. I'm more of an independent contractor." Connor looked at Damon and Maria before looking back at Liz. "Can we talk in private?"
"Sure." Liz said before walking away with Connor.
"Nice to meet you to Mr. Busybody Guy." Damon said before turning back around.
"No more for you." Maria said before gulping down Damon's drink. Damon looked at her, like she did something wrong. "Was that yours?" She innocently asked. "Oops." She smiled before giving an innocent smile. Damon just rolled his eyes and ordered himself another drink.
Maria and Damon were close to getting drunk. Since they were both vampires they weren't as drunk as humans would be with the amount they've drank. Elena came into the Grill and stood at Damon's side.
"Did you do it?" She asked before starting to sit down.
"That seat's taken." Damon said without looking at Elena.
"But there's no one here." Elena said.
"Well, I'm just going to pretend that someone's there because the alternative is just too damn depressing." Damon said as he looked at her. Elena sighed and went to Damon's other side, in between him and Maria.
"What makes people think it's okay to get between us?" Maria asked before taking a sip.
"Did you set off the explosion that killed the town council?" Elena asked Damon, ignoring what Maria asked.
"Am I wearing my 'I blew up the council' Tshirt, Why does everybody keep asking me that?"
"Did you?" Elena asked.
"No." He said and Maria could feel Elena look at her.
"Hey, don't look at me." Maria said as she looked at Elena. "I didn't do it."
"Anything else?" Damon asked Elena, which made her turn towards him.
"Yes, something's wrong." Elena said after a few moments. "I can't keep any of the animal blood down."
"There's a shock." Damon and Maria said at the same time.
"I think I need your help."Elena said to Damon, which made him sigh.
"Of course you do." He said before turning around. "Pick your meal. You've got asian fusion..." He said as he pointed at someone and Maria turned to see who Damon was pointing at. "Mexican. What about some good old American comfort food?" He asked Elena as he pointed at people.
"Or what about something british?" Maria asked as she pointed at the person that came in. "I bet their blood tastes like fish and chips." Damon and Elena both looked at Maria.
"No, no human blood." Elena said. "Stefan's right, I have to at least try and get through this without hurting anyone."
"I hate to break it to you Elena...actually, I really don't..." Maria started to say "...Stefan's not exactly a poster boy for vampirism."
"And how exactly do you know them?" Elena asked Maria before Damon finished his drink and started to pull Elena away.
"Come on." He said and Maria turned back towards the bar.
"Another one?" The bartender asked Maria, who nodded her head when her glass was empty.
Maria spent the whole day at the Grill. She flirted with the bartender a little, but it was mainly because she was drunk. If she was sober, she would be staying away from flirting because of her past. She eventually found herself at the boarding house, where she ran into Damon.
"You look drunk." Damon said, which made her turn around. She almost fell, but Damon sped to catch her. "You're really drunk." He said, knowing how much a vampire needed to drink to get that drunk.
"You're really hot." Maria drunkenly said.
"I know." Damon said with a smirk as he held her straight. Maria's eyes went to Damon's lips and back up to his eyes.
"Remember what our sex was like?" Maria asked with a smirk.
"Vaguely." He smirked, even though he could remember.
"I haven't had sex in a..." Maria tried to think "...a looooong time." Damon knew what she was saying, but he tried not to because he loved Elena. "My heart hurts Damon." She whined after a while. "It was broken by an ass. Drinking doesn't help." Maria took the moment and kissed Damon. He kissed her back for a moment, but then remembered Elena. After pulling away, Maria pouted. "You need it to, I can tell." She put her hand on his chest. "I just want someway to forget." Damon knew how she felt because he had felt that way at one point. He knew that even though he loved Elena, she was with his brother. Maria kissed Damon and his hands went on her hips. They let themselves be consumed in the feeling. Damon sped them on top of his bed, putting Maria below him. They used their vampire speed to take off their clothes. Maria titled her neck to the side to give Damon better access. While they were in the bed together, they let themselves forget all of the problems around them.
~ I know I will say this alot, but Maria is only paired with Klaus...at least until the sequel. Then I might add in either Elijah and/or Marcel. Maria is going to have multiple hook-ups, including Damon like in this chapter.
~ I'm working on the 4th chapter, which is when Maria will learn about the cure. I know how I want her reaction to it, but I would like to see how you think she will react.
~ I'm hoping to update a few stories today so I hope you can check them all out when you have time.
R&R 'till the next update