"Well this is it. The legendary Salvatore Boarding House." Damon grinned gesturing to the large manor. Lara nodded slowly,
"I know. I do remember it from 1864." She retorted, Damon raised both his eyebrows and nodded,
"Yeah, that's right, anyway, come on in. I've called the gang and they're on their way!" He said rather enthusiastically as he lead Lara into the house,
"You can drop the sarcasm any time now." Lara responded as they walked into the living room,
"Oh god. Stefan, we have a guest, think you can clean up a little?" Damon complained to his younger brother that sat on the couch with a deceased brunette lying beside him, her wrist oozing out blood. Upon seeing Lara, Stefan stood, the girl falling onto the ground in the heap. "What are you doing here?" He asked his expression was neutral,
"She's here to save the day, cause quite frankly you're doing a really bad job at it." Damon provided for Lara who smirked in amusement,
"So, Stefan really has gone Ripper, I thought that was just a rumour." She said walking past Stefan and taking his place on the couch, "Cute brunette." She added kicking the girl softly.
"You never answered my question." Stefan responded, turning to face her, Lara looked up at him and smiled parting her lips to respond in a sarcastic manner.
"Damon. We're here. What's the problem?" A woman's voice came followed by the thud of the door,
"Looks like the cavalry's here." Damon winked at Lara, who stood waiting with anticipation. As the footsteps came closer, Lara caught sight of a tall man with brown hair that stuck up a little with a small stubble on his pale face. The next to walk in was a teenager with dark hair and eyes and then finally, a slender woman with long brown hair that was dead straight. "Katherine…" Lara breathed at the sight of the woman who looked exactly like her sister.
"What's the emergency?" The man that walked in first asked, his arms were crossed.
"Calm down, Ric. I just have a friend of mine I want you to meet." Damon said giving them all a sly look. The man, who Lara assumed to be the Ric that Damon had called friend, stepped forward, setting his eyes onto Lara.
"Who's this? Your new girlfriend?" He asked. Damon shook his head,
"Nah, actually ironically enough she's one of the only women I've travelled with that I haven't slept with." Damon stated, "And don't think I didn't try." He added winking at Lara which won him a death stare.
"Okay, what's going on?" The other boy asked impatiently. This time Stefan spoke,
"This is Katherine's sister, Lara Petrova, she's your ancestor." He muttered from where he stood in the corner.
"You… are Katherine's sister?" The girl asked in disbelief, Lara nodded,
"And you're Elena?"
"Yes, but… Katherine told me her entire family was slaughtered. How is this possible?" Elena asked stepping towards her slowly,
"It's true. Klaus murdered my family because Kat ran. He wanted revenge and he got it and as a result my sister became a vampire as you would already know. I however, I fled Bulgaria when I was not much older than yourself. My father could be very demanding and I had always been the rebellious one." Lara said, avoiding eye contact with Elena,
"Then, did Katherine turn you?" Lara paused,
"No. Someone else did." Elena nodded realizing she wouldn't get anything else out of her,
"Why did you come here? If Klaus killed your entire family." Lara smiled,
"Because despite what you may think of my sister, we are family, and I don't want to abandon family again." Elena's eyes fell to the floor in front of her and the whole room fell silent. Lara had never anticipated how Elena may react to her showing up out of nowhere, but since meeting her, Lara couldn't help but feel they had a connection.
"Well, After that… rather interesting meeting, shall we continue with the introductions?" Damon asked, the man she had heard Damon call 'Ric' stepped forward and offered her his hand,
"Alaric Saltzman, It's a pleasure to meet you, Lara. I am quite impressed to meet a female friend of Damon's that he hasn't slept with."
"Yet." Damon added, Lara smiled as she shook Alaric's hand before glaring at Damon,
"Not in your wildest dreams."
"I'm Jeremy. Elena's brother." The teenage boy said giving her a rather awkward wave.
"Bonnie and Caroline aren't here. Caroline's worried about her dad and Bonnie's with her mom." Elena said, "But they would love to meet you as well." She said nervously as he fingered fiddled with her pink, long sleeved shirt. Lara smiled, "I am sorry we had to meet like this, but I hope to get to know you better over time." Elena stopped fiddling and smiled,
"Well, we should go, it's getting late." She smiled, "Bye Lara, Bye Damon… Bye… Stefan.." She added before heading towards the door with her brother. Alaric smiled,
"Nice to have met you, Lara." He said before following Elena and Jeremy leaving the three vampires alone.
"Well that went well." Damon said flopping down onto the couch, Stefan glared,
"Why did you bring them here?" He growled,
"Oh relax Stef, no one saw the dead body, I got rid of it when Lara was telling her tragic tale."
"Shut up." Lara snapped, Damon grinned,
"Anyway, we have seven bedrooms in total so just pick one, by the way, mine's the third room on the left."
"Do you enjoy being a complete dick?" Lara asked, Damon shrugged,
"I get bored."
"Well if this little chat is over, I'll be going." Stefan snapped,
"Where to, Stef?" Damon asked, "I'm pretty sure the Grill is closed." He added sarcastically. Stefan narrowed his eyes,
"Last time I checked we have an angry Hybrid on the loose as well as his lunatic brother and a coffin that won't open." Damon nodded,
"Right, well, have fun with that, I'm sure the Bennett witches have something up their sleeves. In the meantime I'm going to hit the sack. Early day tomorrow. Lots to do."
"I might do the same." Lara agreed, "I'm supposed to be going with Damon tomorrow,"
"Let's see how that works out." Stefan snapped before speeding out of the house.
"Is he always such a dick when he's like this?" Lara asked as her and Damon stood.
"Either that or he's Stefan Broodatore." Damon replied as the pair walked up the stairs,
"So what actually happened to him?"
"Klaus happened." Damon answered,
"Oh yes, of course." Lara nodded as Damon came to a stop in front of a door,
"Well, this is my stop, you're free to join if you want." Lara rolled her eyes speeding to the door beside Damon's
"I think this one will do me just fine." She smiled as she pushed the door open, revealed an empty room with nothing but a King's sized bed and a dresser. "Well then, sleep tight." Damon muttered before entering his room and closing the door behind him. Lara looked around the empty room, she had plenty of renovating to do if she was going to stay here and considering she had left her things at the Hotel she most definitely had to start organizing this room that would more than likely be hers. As she walked towards the bed she gently laid on her back, her eyes scanning the ceiling, perhaps her dreams of Kol would cease? Gently closing her eyes Lara let out a sigh, if only tomorrow would come faster.
Chapter two finished, don't forget to post a review and tell me what you think!
Jackie Out!
