Self-abandoned

Today I woke up as early as I could. Now I am training with Tyler and his uncle Mason. Well, I do not do that every day. Today I was supposed to join them but Ric said I need to go to the Salvatore brothers` mansion. I was not keen to go there since what I`ve seen on carnival. If only you knew how hard it is to tell "no" to my uncle. So now I was just preparing myself. It was not too cold in Mystic Falls today but I decided to wear a sweater and blouse under this sweater. I was wearing light blue jeans and high heels as usual. I turned on headphones because I didn`t want to have that parent-child`s talk with Alaric. I am fed up with explanation why no one told me about vampires. You wouldn`t believe it but even my father called me and told his part of the story. And again they`re acting like I am a child, baby-girl. Maybe that is why they are calling me a nasty child, because I AM. Tyler was texting me messages telling about his exercise today and about Mason being crazy about moonstone. I just told him that I am bored and want to go to his party today as soon as I can.

"Poor u, Vi," – he texted

"Yep, call u after all this," – I sent him this message and went out of the car, turning headphones off.

We went closer to the main entrance and Damon opened it. He smirked at me and I just rolled my eyes at him. Again he was too confident, thinking I`ve already fallen hard for him. Stupid 162 year-old vampire…

"Thanks for coming," – Stefan said as we entered. He was sitting next to Elena and they both seemed so peaceful I wanted to vomit.

"Can I get you something to drink? Coffee? Bourbon? Bourbon in your coffee?" – he looked exactly into my eyes and smiled. Alaric gave him a thoughtful look. Yes, my uncle was a great buffer.

"Elena mentioned you needed my help," – Alaric said and Damon gestured to the couch which was standing in front of Elena and Stefan. We sat there.

"Yeah, we were hoping you could help shed some light on the Lockwood family," – Stefan said, looking at Ric. I was not listening to their conversation but now they got my interest.

"Now why would know anything about the Lockwoods?" – Alaric looked at Stefan and then at Damon.

"Well, you wouldn`t, but you dead, not dead, vampire wife might," – Damon said with a smirk on his face. As I already mentioned, Alaric didn`t like these conversations about Isobel. He fell in love with her, truly fell in love and she left him just to become a vampire. I don`t understand that. Well, she always seemed strange to me.

"Isobel`s research here, Mystic Falls, was rooted in folklore and legend. At the time, I thought most of which was fiction," – I understood Ric was now thinking about past and I didn`t want him to think about her and their relationship.

"Like that amazing vampire story?" – Damon smiled. Sometimes I don`t understand his jokes, they seem so funny but that kind of sarcasm he always have in his life… I just ignored him and so Stefan and Elena did.

"Aside from vampires, what else?" – Elena asked

"Lycanthrope…"

"Wait, like werewolves"

"No way… Impossible! Way too Lon Chaney," – Damon said looking at everyone.

"Is it?" – Stefan asked. Yeah, of course, this town is full of these creatures: witches, vampires, spirits, even evil twins.

"I`ve been on this planet for 160 some odd years. I`ve never come across one. If werewolves exist, where the hell are they?" – Damon asked him.

"They were just hiding from someone like you," - I joked and it made everyone smile, even Damon.

"Of course, how could I forget about the sweetie?" – Damon said sarcastically with a smirk on his face. I looked at him the same way he did but just ignored him, again.

"Well why do you suspect the Lockwoods?" – Alaric asked. Ric and I didn`t believe that Tyler and his uncle were werewolves. "Because vervain didn`t effect the mayor on Founder`s day but the Gilbert device did," – Damon pointed out

"The device effected me as well. So do you mean I am a werewolf?" – I was a little bit confused. Elena looked at me in a strange way, like she didn`t know about this.

"Veronica!" – Alaric looked at me.

"What? Everyone knows about it, Elena and Stefan saw me having this pain…" – the look on Elena face told me she heard this the first time.

"No, I didn`t, Ronnie. You helped us with Stefan and then Ric told you two are going home…" – I looked surprised at Stefan.

"I had this pain, I remembered…" – something told me that Stefan was the one who did this.

"So you had the pain or what?" – this time Damon was talking

"I don`t know," – I lied but no one noticed it. Well, the part of me knew exactly what happened and the other part was confused and scared.

"You`re not a werewolf, Veronica… So, about Lockwoods… At the school carnival his uncle Mason exhibited behavior when he fought one of the carnival workers. It suggested some sort of supernatural entity," – Stefan told us.

"We were hoping that Isobel`s research could help us figure out what it is," – Elena explained to Ric. She still had that confusing surprised expression on her face

"Well, all of her things are still at Duke," – my uncle cleared his throat: "I mean her office is there. She`s technically still missing…"

"So we get access to it," – Damon said. He was again being that secure guy: "Ric, we need to know what we`re dealing with. If this Wolf-man thing is true, I`ve seen enough movies to know it`s not good. It means Mason Lockwood is a real-life Lon Chaney and that little Tyler punk may just very well be Lon Chaney Jr., which means Bella Lugosi, meaning me, is totally screwed".

Alaric left the mansion. He looked guilty, seeing my face expression. I understood he wanted to say something, just didn`t know how to begin.

"Alaric, it is OK, don`t feel guilty," – I smiled and he smiled me back.

"Really? Well, I am not a good parent, not the one you need…"

"You are the best parent, like ever," – it was the time when we arrived to the Gilbert`s house.

"Are you sure you will be OK here? By yourself?" – we went to the house and there was Jenna.

"You don`t want me to go, so… I would be fine, Stefan is here by the way," – I heard Elena and Stefan talking upstairs and I knew RIc needed some time with Jenna.

I went back to the car to take my bag. I looked around and didn`t see anyone. It was peaceful in Mystic Falls but I liked LA more. Well, I`ve lived here for more than five years now….

"Hey, Sweetie," – Damon was standing in front of me.

"Hey, annoying vampire," – I rolled my eyes. He looked at me with a fake sad face.

"I know sooner or later you`ll fall for me. That always happens…" – Damon smirked.

"Happens what?" – Alaric was now walking outside.

"Sooner or later I`ll recognize what kind of bad joker Damon is," – I smirked at Alaric and he smiled. He knew that I`d never fall for Damon.

"OK, Vi, see you. Be careful," – the last thing my uncle whispered to me.

"I will," – I didn`t want to hear any other jokes from Day, so just went to Jenna. She hugged me as we didn`t see each other for quite a while.

"You two look good together," – she smiled at me as we went inside.

"Two? What do you mean?" – I went to the couch and sat there.

"You and Stefan`s brother – Damon. Really, you have that perfect chemistry…"

"Jenna," – I gave her a thoughtful look and she laughed.

Perfect chemistry? She must be kidding me. We were talking for a long time to each other. Jenna told me about Alaric and there kind of relationship. I offered her to give him a chance and she agreed. After that I went to the Tyler`s party. Matt was there, but I spent almost all of my time with Tyler. It was dark and I was sitting near the water. Everyone was leaving now. I saw Stefan and he was thinking about something.

"Stefan, what`s wrong?" – I was standing close to the vampire but I was not afraid.

"Oh, Veronica, it`s nothing, really… I need to go," – he went somewhere and I heard a scream. I ran as fast as I could and I saw Matt lying on the ground. I ran to him and saw blood.

"Oh my God!" – Caroline looked at Matt and under what she did to him. She tried to move closer to her boyfriend but Stefan stopped her.

"No-no! Listen to me, we have to get out of these woods, now!" – Stefan was holding Care`s shoulders but her attention was still on Matt, she thought about what she did to him: "We need to leave!"

"What was that?" – Caroline asked looking around. I heard the same noise.

"Veronica, keep Matt down, don`t let him move," – Stefan told me and I nodded. He turned to Caroline: "You and me, we`re going to run, OK? It`s going to follow us. We need to get it away from Ronnie and Matt. So you need to run as fast as you can, do you understand me?" – Care nodded. They both disappeared.

I spent around ten minutes with Matt. He was breathing, I could hear it, actually I heard different noises. It was so strange… The full moon was high in the night sky. I felt its brightness, its power and this was so peculiar. Then Stefan and Caroline just popped out from the woods, out of nowhere.

"What happened?" – I asked them.

"We saw the wolf and Tyler was there. He is fine, he actually helped us – the wolf ran away because of him. We made him forget," – Stefan`s face lighted with a weak smile.

I looked at Caroline. She came closer to me and Matt. "He is fine, Care. Don`t worry…" – she nodded to me.

"How will you go back?" – Stefan walked over to me as I got up

"Well, I think you`ve forgotten about my uncle... So, that would be OK," – Stefan and Caroline nodded and I went back to the lake. It is strange that everything happened that way… I suddenly bumped into someone. It was Tyler and his uncle was following him.

"Hey, Ty," – I looked at him a little bit confused.

"Hey, Ronnie. Are you OK?" – he looked carefully at me and I nodded: "Good, but you need to go home so I would give you a ride…"

"Sure, Goodbye, Mason," – I said, while walking away with Tyler.

We were silent all the way home. Finally, we were there.

"So," – he didn`t sound confident.

"So, I guess I need to go now. Thank you for the lift-up," – I smiled and was about to leave but he took my hand.

"Ronnie, I wanted to say that to you several days ago, on the Founder`s day actually... I like you, I really do," – that was the first time I heard Tyler being so irresolute.

"Oh, that was unexpectedly," – I wasn`t sure what to say neither: "See you tomorrow"

"Wait, so what do you feel? Do you like me?" – again he was holding my hand.

"I do," – I smiled and went inside.

I wasn`t sure whether I liked him or not. Well, after I said that I know that I certainly did. And I remembered what Mason said: "You will be obsessed with the girl". And now I know he is. Alaric told me everything about werewolves. So maybe I am a werewolf? And why did Stefan and Alaric made Elena forget everything about what happened on carnival? Maybe they`re just afraid of what Damon can do to me? Again, so many questions and I don`t have answers…