4. WRECKED
The blonde didn't want to go to the career fair. Kadie didn't go whenever she was in high school, and she never planned on going after it was over. All of the desks and rude and smiling people made her uncomfortable. It was hard to push past crowds of people rude enough to block a doorway without pissing a few people off, and there were a lot of people that Kadie graduated with standing around their younger siblings and parents. Mystic Falls had big get-togethers every time something interesting happened; every time something uninteresting happened, even. The cream walls surrounding her seemed to sink in and the lights above her were dimming by the second. She had lost a lot of blood the night before, and her oncoming headache didn't help the weak feeling in her bones.
Jenna pressed against Kadie's shoulder and ducked down, hiding her face from someone in the crowd. The bite from the night before stung, reminding Kadie that she had made a mistake. He left as soon as she started feeling like she was going to faint without even saying goodbye. Kadie was glad that he wasn't one for talking. He hurt her, and then he left. That was a dream man if Kadie had ever known one. But that was where Damon would remain, and in that position they would say. He can leave bite marks as long as they're nothing but two people enjoying themselves. That was how Kadie wanted it to be. She didn't want to call him a friend. That just seemed wrong and a bit fucked; more fucked than her letting him sneak into her room the night before and take a bite out of her. "Hide me," Jenna pleaded.
Elena, who stood beside Kadie, stepped closer to her aunt. "What's going on?" She searched the crowd before her light brown eyes landed back on the cowering Jenna.
"The scum Fell has landed." Kadie smiled at the name she used to address Logan Fell. With his skinny, lean muscled body and curly light brown hair, Kadie figured that most women would be swooning to get a chance with him. Her aunt was one of the many women that fell for those sweet eyes and tight smile. The local news anchorman had a thing for sleeping around, and still bugged Jenna every now and again.
"Logan's here?" Elena asked as she searched the faces yet again. Neither she nor Kadie saw him. The tall, brown haired brooding man beside Elena pressed his eyebrows together. His face was serious yet again. It looked to Kadie like he could only smile around Elena, despite how nice he was to everyone around them. Something about him seemed off.
"Wait. Logan Fell?" Stefan stepped out into the hallway and looked around, tenser than usual. Elena, soon followed by Jenna and Kadie, rushed to his side.
"Stefan, what's going on?" Logan walked up to them and smiled, large and annoying. As attractive as he was, he was a basic douchebag. Under the definition of dick, most people would see Logan Fell's face; the literal version and the definition of the insult.
"Jenna, why are you dodging me?" Logan asked. Even his voice screamed awful person. Kadie didn't really care about that, though. All she knew was that her aunt had linked their arms and was constantly bumping into her side, another place that the lovely Damon had decided to claim with those sharp teeth of his.
Jenna glared at him and kept her shoulders straight. "It's a form of self-preservation."
"Why don't you two take Jenna elsewhere?" Stefan suggested, keeping his dark eyes locked on the still smiling anchorman. Something had happened between the vampires and the anchor-dick that had Stefan set on edge. Kadie didn't ask any further questions before grinning down at her aunt and leading her off. They walked further down the hall, rounding a corner before stopping. Elena was behind them the entire time.
"When Logan came to the house, what did he say?" Elena's eyes were hard, just as her boyfriend's were. Kadie realized that Elena was reacting a lot worse than she should have and caught on. Was Logan one of them? She couldn't really tell by looking at him because she still didn't know anything about vampires other than they tended to be a bit rough. Elena was the expert on them. Kadie watched her closely.
"Fake flattery, stupid dimpled grin, puppy dog eyes," Jenna went on.
Elena took a deep, shaky breath. "I'm serious, Jenna. How did he act? What did he say?" Could she be any more obvious? If Kadie knew anything about vampires, she would have done the questioning. Elena was freaking out and the entire world would have been able to tell. Her voice dropped and her shoulders shook.
Jenna gave her an odd look. "He's the usual Logan, charming, a little more maniac than usual. He kept trying to convince me to let him in." Elena's eyes widened. "What?"
"Ok, listen to me very carefully. Do not, under any circumstances, talk to him again. I'm serious, Jenna, like ever!" Jenna nodded and gave her another odd look. Kadie sighed. So the anchorman was a vampire and Elena was going to let the entire town know with just her body language. She just hoped that Jenna would never get caught up in any of that. She was too nice to fit into that entire dog-eat-dog kind of world. Elena was safe because Stefan was strong and would protect her until his death. Jenna wouldn't have that. Logan would use her as a chew toy and then leave her body somewhere on the street. He didn't seem like the kind of guy that would clean his own mess.
Alaric walked up to the group of girls and smiled. He had that rough, Indiana Jones type of look to him. Kadie smiled back, stepping away so the people that actually knew each other could talk. "Hey, Elena, Jenna…" He drawled out the last part, casting an expecting look at the blonde standing behind them. She smirked.
"Kadie," She finished for him. He rubbed the back of his head and smiled back down at Jenna.
"Hi, Mister Saltzman," Elena replied.
She gave Kadie a look and nodded her head towards the exit. Kadie nodded. "Excuse us," Elena said, giving her aunt an approving smile before taking her sister's arm and walking away. Alaric and Jenna most likely wanted to talk alone anyway, and Kadie didn't want to have to hover around her aunt the entire night. Kadie pursed her lips as soon as Elena stopped outside of the doors. She turned to her sister. "You need to stay away from Damon."
Kadie raised her eyebrows. "What?"
"Stefan told me that you and he were…" Elena was serious. She was trying to look into Kadie's dark eyes, to try and find something that might give her away, but there was nothing but amusement. "Did he do anything to you? Did he hurt you?" Elena reached out for the ripped up black scarf around Kadie's neck, pulling on it to reveal the bite mark. "I'm gonna kill him," Elena seethed.
Kadie laughed. "You should chill out some."
"Are you serious, Kadie? This isn't okay, and you're telling me to chill?" Elena hissed. Her face was lit by the light coming through the school doors. For most people, the scowl on her face and the lighting would have made them unattractive. Her sister was lucky in that department. More lucky than most other people would ever be.
"I've got it under control," Kadie reassured. Everything in her body was telling her otherwise. But Kadie didn't want to be in control. She wanted to let everything go and feel something every once and a while. That was what she always did. She'd go out and make an attempt at destroying herself for a little while by letting everything go to waste. That was what she was doing now. If she could feel some pain over their deaths- even if it wouldn't be their deaths causing her pain- she will. She will do it over and over again until the guilt stops haunting her. Because she's guilty. She really is. No matter how many times she will ignore that feeling in the pit of her stomach and feelings altogether, she is guilty somewhere deep, deep down and she knows it. It's her fault.
"Under control? Kadie, look at yourself!" Elena reached out to grab Kadie's arm but she shoved her sister away. The hurt flashed in her innocent, brown eyes and Kadie wondered why she even bothered at all.
"Stop seeing something that isn't there. This?" Kadie pulled down the scarf around her neck after making sure that no one was around to see it. Elena pressed her eyebrows together in confusion. She was so hell bent on protecting everyone and keeping everyone safe that she didn't even realize some people didn't need or want that help. She still couldn't see it. "This is under control." Kadie and Elena looked over at Stefan, who had just closed his phone and was staring at the two girls. They were girls to him, weren't they? "You should go."
Elena turned and looked at Stefan before facing her older sister yet again. "We're talking about this later," She stated in a voice that told Kadie it wasn't open for discussion. The blonde lifted her shoulders and let them lamely drop back down to the same, bored position. She shoved her hands in her black jean pockets. She didn't want to talk to her little sister about anything. Elena saw the good in everyone, even when there was no good to see. Maybe that was why she was so sure that Damon wasn't a bad person; maybe that was why she was so sure he was. Kadie pressed her lips together.
She was alone with her thoughts.
.:::.
2004
Kadie laughed and leaned her head on the shoulder of a taller man. There were dark circles around his deep brown eyes from the lack of sleep and healthy food. He was still there with her, though, laughing and smiling and watching a show that neither of them could understand. Jared wrapped an arm around her shoulder and pulled her into him. There wasn't anything romantic in the gesture, but it was nice to share time with someone that knew what was on her mind; someone that knew what was on his mind. His mom was in the kitchen beside them, humming along to her favorite song on the radio. Both Kadie and Jared knew that it was her favorite because she would play it on a loop whenever she got the chance. "I want a love like Sid and Nancy," She told him.
"Why?" He laughed out. His brown eyes sparkled when he looked down at her and crinkled at the edges. He was alive, more alive than Kadie would ever be. "So you want to be stabbed to death by your boyfriend and then have him overdose? Romantic."
Kadie rolled her eyes. Her hair was much shorter then, and she had experimented and dyed a few strands of it black. It was awful and she immediately regretted it, but it was still there. They hung in front of her face, mocking her somehow. "It is." Kadie laughed and lightly hit his arm. In that moment, she could have fooled even herself into thinking that she had found happiness. She was sharing her inner thoughts with a man and laughing about them. It was forced, but so easy. It was like her subconscious mind had told her when the appropriate time to laugh was, and then forced it to come out of her mouth. "There was something in that broken man's eyes that screams he loved her. He had to. He was out of his mind when he stabbed her, and they never even found him guilty."
"We all know that he killed her. It's like that one guy. He got off because the lawyer was a prick, not because he didn't actually commit the murder." She sat up on the couch and straddled him, pushing him back into the cushions. Her dark eyes looked into his and for a moment, her laughter ceased.
"Just imagine the kind of love that they had, so unstable and all over the place. She was the kind of girl that liked to be hurt, that practically lived off of it and he was the kind of guy to hurt. It's perfect." Her smirk returned, forcing him out of the daze. It wasn't a secret that he had practically loved the girl most of their lives. She was complicated, though, and he would never be able to keep that all to himself. He wasn't even sure she had the power to do so.
"Are you that kind of girl?"
She laughed and pushed off of him. "No way. I'm the kind that likes to hurt." Kadie winked and pinched his arm, causing him to yelp and pull away from her.
His smile turned sly when he slid out from under her. He pushed himself back into a comfortable position on the couch. "Kinky." Jared winked. She hit him again. Everything was easier then.
.:::.
2009
The sadness that came with the memory was cut short when she turned her head to the side and noticed Caroline getting in a car with the man that everyone seemed to be trying to avoid. She was planning on smoking her last cigarette, but out of the corner of her eye she saw the black van and the vampire that no one wanted around. "Hey!" She screamed out. Logan snapped his head to the side and smirked, giving Kadie a small wave before hauling her off. Kadie ran forward as far as she could, but it wasn't enough. He was already out of the school parking lot and long gone. Kadie crouched over and sighed, holding her sick stomach. Elena ran up to Kadie and kneeled beside her.
"Kadie! Are you okay?" The brunette put a hand on her shoulder and rubbed. Kadie didn't know what she was supposed to do. Moving in was a bad idea. She could have done something else, couldn't she? Maybe Kadie just didn't want to work or do anything more with her life. Maybe she just wanted to stay 22 forever, never moving and doing anything else. All she could think about really wanting was pain, and she knew that that wasn't healthy. What kind of person would want that as much as she does and assume that it's okay? Her mind was slipping in and out of sanity and her body was slowly shutting down. Maybe that was what she wanted to happen. She was doing it all on purpose. For attention? No. Maybe it's for death.
"I got it under control," Kadie said. The words came out rougher and meaner than she meant them to. Elena understood, though, because that was what Elena did best. She understands everything and cares to the point where it's exhausting.
"C'mon." Elena wrapped her arm around Kadie's waist and pulled her up. After she was on her feet again, she lightly pulled away from her sister. Elena was still helping, despite how rude Kadie had been. She wondered why family even cared in the first place. She'd been like that for as long as she can remember, and Elena was still trying to pull her out of the darkness, place her on her feet, and show her a path that might not end in an early death. "Talk to me."
"Why?" Kadie straightened her shoulders. They both stopped in front of the doors to the hallway.
"You can either talk to me and let me help you, or you can sit there and let it destroy you, and don't tell me that it's not because you didn't used to be like this." Kadie blinked hard. If anything could have taken her back, it was Elena being forceful about something. Even the tone in her normally soft voice was hard and all of it was completely directed at Kadie. The blonde couldn't tell if she cared or not.
"I'm just sick." Kadie shrugged. "There's not much to say about it. Haven't you ever come down with a stomach virus?"
Elena rolled her eyes. "Jenna is busy with Alaric and Jeremy has gone off to God-only-knows where. I've got a lot on my mind and you're out ruining your life." Elena ran a hand through her hair, frustrated. "Just… is Damon making you do this?"
Kadie laughed. "How would he do that?"
"The same way he made Jeremy forget about Vicki's death." Somewhere deep inside, Kadie knew that this was what she wanted. It's always been what she wanted. This death and destruction had been what she'd always known. She couldn't remember what made her snap inside like that, so she blamed the only thing and person that she could; herself. Everything bad that has ever happened in her life was completely her fault. If she could think all about it, she was the first one to ever show Vicki pills. Jared was on a good path. Tony and Melissa would have been in college if it weren't for Jared. Kadie is the source of all things that had gone wrong in her life, directly and indirectly. None of them would be dead if she didn't drag them all down. Would her sister die as well? What about her little brother?
"So you think he compelled me to do what exactly?"
Elena leaned in. Her shoulders were less straight and her tone easier. "Don't let him hurt you, Kadie. Don't go near him. He's not a good person. He's not like us."
"Did you forget who I am already?" Kadie patted her sister's shoulder. "I'll be fine. Bloodsucker or not, I'm pretty sure my life will be exactly the same as always."
"Did you seriously just say bloodsucker?" Elena laughed.
"What? Am I not allowed to throw insults around?" Kadie's smile returned. The tension in her shoulders eased up, but her body still felt like falling over at any minute. She didn't know what she was supposed to do about that. As long as her sister was around, she couldn't do anything that might give her away. She felt dead inside. Not because of pain, no, but because there was nothing left. She would rather pain. "So how are you and Stefan?"
"We're… complicated," Elena replied. She wrapped her arms just under her chest.
"What? More complicated than him being way too old for you?" Kadie's smile grew into a smirk. "I was thinking about asking you about that. Does he act like he's incredibly old, or is he just like every other high school kid?"
They both started towards the school. Kadie opened the door for her little sister as she waited for a reply. "I don't know. I don't really think about it. He doesn't act like most normal people, but for the most part he's pretty… average."
Kadie rolled her eyes. "Sounds boring. So how come you don't have any nice little marks?" Elena blushed and Kadie winked. Elena didn't answer when they kept walking. Maybe he was like that one person off of Twilight, drinking animal blood and being all hot and broody. On second thought, they were a lot alike. Kadie pressed her lips tight together as they started walking closer. Maybe Stefan took on the look of modern vampire, and that look equaled becoming a complete and total… non-vampire?
"Stefan, I-," Elena started.
Kadie cut her off. "I'm going now. Later, kiddo." Kadie made her escape by turning the corner and stepping back outside. Everything seemed so much better during the night, but the lights around her were covering the stars overhead. It could have also been the clouds, but the school was completely lit up. She figured if she walked further into the forest that she would be able to see them all, but instead she leaned against the brick building and stared at the mostly empty sky. In the distance she could see an airplane passing over.
The wind blew her hair in her face, but only once. It was not a slight breeze, nor was it constant. Kadie sighed. "Hi, Damon." The vampire smirked as he leaned against the wall, observing the young blonde woman that had willingly let him drink from her. All he could think of was how Elena would kill him if she ever found out, and how amusing it was to know that. "Come here often?"
"Do you want to go somewhere with me?" His electric blue eyes were lit with the darkness inside of them. She could see a demon deep down in there when she turned her head, and it excited her to no end. To him, Kadie was a walking blood bag that he could use as he pleased as long as her sister didn't find out. She was willing. He couldn't compel her for reasons he still hadn't figured out yet. But he would.
"Sure. Where are we going?" Kadie's smile was playful, but completely fake. Damon could see the emptiness in her eyes from a mile away. It was well hidden, but she couldn't hide that sort of thing from a man that hid it most of his life. She was experienced, but not as experienced as him.
"Georgia."
Kadie laughed. "Fine. Whatever. Why are you going there?'
"It's all a part of my master plan," Damon replied. Kadie laughed again.
"You should consider renaming that. You sound like every villain I've ever read about. You should know that their master plans rarely ever work out. You don't have a hero trying to stop this plan, do you?" Damon's smirk grew as he stared into her black eyes. In the night, they were even darker. She looked like a demon standing next to him, clad in a leather jacket that was way too big for her and a blue/red plaid shirt underneath.
"He doesn't know about the master plan yet." Damon shrugged and pushed himself off of the wall, offering the woman his arm. She rolled her eyes and linked their elbows. He smiled down at her.
"Seriously. How does diabolical scheme sound to you? So much better." Damon unlinked their arms and wrapped an arm around her shoulder, making the entire situation look so easy. Neither of them could feel for another person. Not Kadie, anyway. Damon had given his heart completely to another woman and he was so close to getting her he could taste it. Unfortunately, he couldn't quite taste Katherine so he had a nice blonde to keep him company until then.
"Sounds awful. I'm sticking with the master plan."
"When your master plan fails, don't come crying to me because I totally warned you. The villains will never win with a name like that." Kadie let him touch her, despite her body screaming under the weight. It wasn't like she could tell him that she'd gone about four days without food. Before that, even, she barely ate at all. There was just too much going on in her life to remember to do such a thing, and when she did remember the sight of food made her sick. Being without food made her sick.
"It'll work, trust me." Damon's voice was hard and sure. Kadie nodded, not really wanting to talk anymore about that. Whenever it got serious, she tended to stop. Nothing was ever fun when emotions were involved.
They both got in the car and he blew out of the school parking lot. They were on the road and making their way to Georgia until they saw a car in the middle of a road and a hooded man walking towards it. Damon pulled over as quickly as he could and ran up to the car, scaring off the man. Kadie followed behind him. Her heart was sinking as she neared the car, because she knew it from somewhere. She knew it all too well. That was Elena's car.
"Holy shit, Elena!" Kadie bent over to look at her crying, screaming sister. She was upside down in the nearly destroyed car and terrified. Damon pressed past Kadie with worried, wide blue eyes. She'd never seen so many emotions flickering inside of them before. It was almost off-putting, but she was too intrigued to tell. She could stare at those eyes forever and not have a problem with it, as long as emotions were never involved.
Damon helped her out of the car and wrapped his arms around Elena, holding her bridal style to make sure that she was okay. His eyes were so concerned. Kadie pressed her lips together in a tight line. She was in and out of consciousness, and the last thing she said before passing out completely was, "I look like her." Kadie looked at Damon whose eyes went wide at the claim. She didn't say anything. Damon placed her in the front seat and Kadie claimed the back. She wanted to feel worried for her little sister. She knew that somewhere locked inside of her, she was. She couldn't dig it out. She knew that if she did, she'd have to let go of everything else as well. She can't have just one feeling without feeling them all, and her mind might break the second she lets go.
.:::.
Kadie leaned against the window and watched the trees go by. She didn't know that going with Damon would be such a bad idea. It was the next day and she felt like throwing up, but nothing was coming up. There wasn't anything to come up. Elena was still passed out in the front seat, but as far as Kadie knew she was perfectly fine. Other than a bad headache when she wakes up, Elena will live. There was still no worry inside of her as she watched the back of her sleeping sister's head. She knew that it was wrong to feel so empty at a time like that, but she couldn't help it.
Elena groaned and placed her hand on her head. Damon kept his eyes on the road. "Morning."
"Where are we?" Elena asked, looking around with furrowed brows. She noticed her sister in the backseat, completely fine. Her shoulders tensed a bit less, but she was still confused. Wherever she was, it was not familiar.
"Georgia," Damon replied in a sing-song voice.
"Georgia?" Elena gasped. "No, no, no we're not. Seriously, Damon. Where are we?" She turned her head. "Kadie, where am I?" Damon smirked.
"Seriously, we're… We're in Georgia," Damon stated. His voice was amused until he looked over at Elena. "How ya feeling?"
"I… I…" Elena checked her arms and legs. She was obviously confused and freaked out. Most people that woke up in a car in a completely different state with a psychopath and their drugged up sister would freak out.
"There's no broken bones. I checked." Damon's blue eyes were soft when they were on the road, and Kadie realized then that Damon had feelings for her little sister. She didn't know how she didn't notice it before. Kadie was normally so great at reading things and knowing what would happen next. It was sort of a bore for a person that liked surprises, but it came in handy. Maybe Damon was really good at masking his emotions, most of the time. Kadie pressed her eyebrows together. How unfortunate.
"But my car. There was a man. I hit a man." Elena jerked up. "But then he got up and- who was that?"
"That's what I would like to know," Damon replied. Kadie slunk into her seat and stared out the window. She wasn't part of that conversation. Damon was in love with her little sister and she planned on doing things with him. That was kind of weird. He was a lot older than her, anyway. A lot a lot older. Mainly in appearance, though. That was all that mattered, right?
"Where is my phone?" Elena's brown eyes looked back and forth between Kadie and Damon. She was still freaked. "Okay. We really need to go back. Nobody knows where I am. I mean it, Damon! Pull over!" Elena leaned against the door. "Stop the car!" Slowly, Damon pulled on the side of the road. To Kadie's right, she could see a farm. She stared at it for a little while. Damon was at Elena's side the second she stumbled a bit. Elena was lucky to have two men willing to do anything for her. Kadie wasn't jealous, though. She sort of wanted to be. Somewhere inside of her, she wanted those blue eyes to look at her like they looked at Elena. That wasn't going to happen. Kadie would never let it happen.
Elena and Damon got back in the car. "So, where's my car?" Elena started
"I pulled it off to the side of the road. I don't think anyone will bother it." Kadie remembered him being able to move a car. It was pretty impressive, and it made her wonder why he had so much strength and didn't use it on a girl that obviously wanted to hurt.
"What about the man in the road? Was he a…?" Vampire? He should have been. He ran like off like a bat out of Hell as soon as Damon came around.
"From what I could tell, yeah," Damon replied. His blue eyes went over to Elena and looked her over. She was sitting up then, and a lot better. It was nice to know that Elena wasn't going to suffer any serious head injuries. It was nice to know that she was alive.
"You don't know him?"
"If I've never met him, I wouldn't know him. I mean, it's not like we all hang out together at the vamp bar and grill." Kadie smirked at this. Just as soon as his sentence finished, they were all pulling into an old bar. Damon parked near the front.
"Where are we? You brought me to a bar? Damon, I'm not old enough. They're not going to let me in."
"Sure they will," Damon reassured, wearing that same cocky grin he had when he killed Vicki; when he took away the life that she once had and turned her into one of them. She couldn't forget who actually staked her. She couldn't forget who was the original source of the staking.
They all got out of the car together and went inside, and were greeted by a very happy dark-skinned woman. She was beautiful, with dark curls and a large smile. Kadie couldn't tell how old she was, but she was definitely a lot older than she and Elena. She was also tall and had lean muscles. She looked healthy; unlike a lot of the people Kadie had seen working a bar before. "No," She gushed. "No, it can't be. Damon, my honey pie." She moved from behind the bar and went over to Damon, where their lips connected. Damon wrapped his arms around her. Elena looked uncomfortable and Kadie smirked. She didn't peg Damon for the kind of man that hunted cougars.
"Listen up, everybody!" She yelled, walking back to her booth. Everyone turned their heads to look at her. She grabbed a bottle of alcohol and a few shot glasses. "Here's to the man that broke my heart," She poured herself a shot. "Crushed my soul," She poured Elena a drink. "Destroyed my life," Kadie. "And ruined any and all chances of happiness!" She held up her shot and toasted the crowd before downing it. The entire time, her smile was bright and filled with life.
"So, how'd he rope the two of you in?" Kadie and Elena looked at each other. The blonde smirked when Elena got nervous.
"I'm not roped in. Actually, I'm dating his-" The woman cut Elena off and Kadie's smirk grew.
"Honey, if you're not roped, you're whipped. Either way just enjoy the ride." Kadie was beginning to really like this woman. She was older, sure, but she was running a bar and still having fun. Or at least from what Kadie could tell she was.
"Okay," Elena said, casting Damon an odd look. "So how'd you two meet?"
"College." The woman looked over at Damon and her smile grew, if that was even possible. She wished that she could smile like her. That woman could light up an entire room if she wanted to. She couldn't light up Kadie, though. The blonde wished that the woman could.
"You went to college?" Elena asked Damon in surprise. Her smile was large and amused.
"I've been on a college campus, yes," Damon replied. His blue eyes were connected to the woman as she walked around. She poured Kadie another shot and smiled.
The woman started again, "About 20 years ago, when I was a sweet, young freshman I met this beautiful man, and I fell in love. And then he told me about his little secret, made me love him more. Because, you see, I had a little secret of my own that I was dying to share with somebody."
"She's a witch," Damon told Elena. Elena nodded and smiled. Kadie would have been surprised if she didn't know about vampires. She was about ready to accept anything.
"Changed my world, you know," The woman said. Her tone was nostalgic as she stared at Damon. The vampire smirked.
"I rocked your world."
"He is good in the sack, isn't he?" The woman asked, looking at Elena who had wide eyes. Kadie smirked. "But mostly he's just a walk away Joe. What is it that you want?" Damon stared at the woman with hard eyes. Elena picked her phone out of the pocket and sighed. She gave Kadie a look before walking outside, leaving Kadie there to drink by herself. Elena was between Kadie and Damon.
Kadie kept drinking until her stomach couldn't handle it anymore. She paid the woman that later introduced herself as Bree with the money she had left from her last paycheck. "Come on," Damon pleaded. "There's got to be another way." Kadie blinked a couple of times and looked at him. Her mind was fuzzy.
"After all these years, it's still only Katherine. How do you even know she's still alive?" Bree's face was concerned.
"Well, you help me get into that tomb and we'll find out." Bree walked over to Kadie and poured her another shot. Kadie didn't even know what she was drinking then. It was all going down like water and tasted the same. Still, in her mouth, there was the aftertaste of old alcohol. That was all she was able to focus on, besides her burning stomach and blinking world around her.
"I already did 20 years ago. Remember? 3 easy steps: comet, crystal, spell." Kadie blinked again as soon as her world started turning black. She wasn't going to pass out, no, but she wasn't going to be completely there. She didn't know what was going on around her. All she could hear was the cheers in the background and Bree's voice over them all. She was trying to focus on that, but her mind wouldn't let her wrap around it. But was she drunk? Kadie didn't feel drunk.
"There's a little problem with number 2. I don't have the crystal," Damon replied. His eyebrows were furrowed, his cocky smile gone. Kadie had never seen him look so serious.
"That's it, Damon. There's no other way. It's Emily's spell." Kadie went to take another drink but Bree stopped her. Her hand went around the glass before she could make contact with it. Bree took it back. Kadie sighed and laid her head on the counter.
"What about a new spell with a new crystal that overrides the spell?"
"It doesn't work that way, baby. Emily's spell is absolute. You can't get into that tomb." Bree absentmindedly poured a drink and pushed the shot glass away from her. Kadie snatched it before she could remember what she was doing. She was too focused. Her nerves were shot. Kadie could tell, even through that façade of hers and beer goggles. She was breaking and Damon couldn't see it.
Damon pushed off of the barstool and walked outside to Elena. He could hear her on the phone with someone, Kadie knew. Bree walked over to Kadie and smiled. "So what's your part in all of this?'
"For fun, I guess." Kadie shrugged.
"So you can leave, but you don't want to?" Bree laughed. "Why?" She placed her hand over Kadie's and her eyes went wide. She snapped it back and stared at Kadie for a long minute. "What are you?" She whispered. Kadie blinked and looked back down at her shot glass. There were still a few drops of alcohol left. "You're not human, what are you?"
"I don't know." Kadie shrugged. "As far as I know, I'm human." Her mind came back into consciousness. She'd only had three shots. That was enough to keep her happy, but not in the dark. Kadie blinked a few times and looked up at the normally happy woman. Her eyes were calculating and… Scared? Kadie pressed her lips in a tight line. "I'm not human?" Kadie laughed.
"No. I- I don't…" Damon and Elena walked back into the bar. Bree quickly rushed over to help them out as they sat down. Whatever Kadie was, Bree wanted absolutely nothing to do with it.
"What am I?" Kadie muttered, looking down into the empty glass. Her stomach twisted and threatened to spill the invading liquids. It was only a matter of time before she had to, but it wouldn't be nice. She was waiting as long as she could. Elena and Damon both ordered food and Damon smiled at her.
"Not gonna eat?" Kadie shook her head and Bree's eyes went wide again. No one but Kadie seemed to notice. Things were getting really weird.
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Author's Notes!
Bah, I was kind of lazy with this chapter. I'm sorry. Not my favorite chapter in the world, but I'm getting there. How'd you like it? I'll update soon soon soon! Thank you for all of the reviews and to everyone who favorite and followed my story. It motivates me to keep writing haha, despite the whole I'm completely and totally in need of writing a Damon fanfic. Just a reminder that I do not own The Vampire Diaries. Please review and let me know how I'm doing!