Hey guys! i know i haven't updated in a while and im sorry but ive been so busy with school and finals that i just didn't have time. I hope you like this chapter cuz i put some effort into making it longer than my last ones. And thank you all for the grate reviews! they are what keep me going so please keep reviewing!


Chapter 4

The next day I woke up and groaned. My head was killing me! I opened my eyes and squinted as the bright light hurt them. Ugh. I looked at my alarm clock and it said it was 5:25 in the afternoon, and just as I was about to get out of bed, I heard it. Someone was snoring softly beside me, so I turned around only to see Damon lying on his very naked back.

I froze.

Did we…..? No. We couldn't have

I hastily stared down at myself and gave a relieved sight to see I was still fully clothed. Clearly if we had done something I wouldn't have clothes on and at closer inspection I noticed I could see the top of Damon's pajama pants.

Relieved I hadn't done the dirty with my best friend I went to the bathroom and showered; I got out after about half an hour and put my hair up in a messy bun with a few curls framing my face. I put on a dark blue dress that went to the middle of my thighs and was a bit flowy on the skirt and it closed around the back like a corset. I paired it with beautiful black gladiator sandals and silver jewelry, my usual necklace (a diamond shaped waning moon about an inch in size and a silver chain) hanged around my neck.

I got out of the bathroom and heard my phone make a noise that meant I had a message. It was from Caroline.

Hey we're going to The Grill at 6:30 wanna come?

Sure I'll meet you guys there I replied

I left my phone on my dresser and went downstairs to the kitchen. I grabbed a granola bar and munched on it as I got some water and Advil for Damon; I left them on the nightstand next to him with a note saying where I was going and left.

I entered The Grill and immediately spotted Caroline, Bonnie and Elena who were over by a pool table and talking.

"Hey girls" I said as I reached them.

"Hey" they answered.

"Wanna play?" asked bonnie and we all nodded.

We were in the middle of our second game when I noticed that the beating of the human's hearts around me was becoming very hard to ignore and the scent of blood made my throat burn with thirst. It had been almost two days since I last drank blood and I was starving, so I looked around for a potential victim and found him near another pool table with a group of his friends.

The guy was about my age, tall, with curly dark brown hair and forest green eyes. All in all he was hot and his blood smelled delicious even from where I stood, so the moment he looked my way I gave him a flirtatious wink and an inviting smile that I knew he wouldn't resist.

"I'll be right back" I told my friends and headed out trough the back door knowing the guy would follow, and he didn't disappoint, after a few minutes he too came outside. I didn't hesitate as I backed him up against the wall and gave him a kiss which he returned eagerly.

I kissed my way down to his neck and when I got there I gave it a slight lick, allowing his taste and the smell of his blood bring out my true nature. Soon my face changed and black veins protruded from bellow my eyes as my fangs extended.

I didn't hesitate to sink my fangs into his neck and allow his blood to spill into my mouth, warm and incredibly sweet. He gasped at the sudden pain it caused him but then let out a slight moan as the pain was replaced by intense pleasure.

He shivered as I continued to drink from him. He grind his hips against mine as the pleasure of the bite continued and I allowed it, too engulfed in my own pleasure to mind, but soon the blood loss started to affect him and he sagged unconscious (but not dead) in my arms.

"I figured you for an abstainer" a seductive voice said from behind me.

I let the body of the unconscious boy slip from my arms and I turned to face Kol.

"You thought I was a vegetarian?" I asked incredulity clear on my voice and face.

"No, but I did think you'd be against the whole 'snatch, eat, erase' thing"

"Why?" I asked truly curious.

"Well I've heard that your friends don't take it well when someone preys on 'innocent' people" he answered.

I rolled my eyes "Yeah but they're my friends not my parents so they can't tell me what to do. Besides it's not like its painful or anything for them so" I said shrugging.

"Yeah from where I was standing it sure as hell didn't look like it hurt him, quite the opposite actually" Kol said smirking.

I gave him a smirk of my own "well as much as I would love to stay here and keep talking to you I have to go back to my friends so, see ya"

"And you still won't tell me your name?" he asked.

"You haven't earned it" I answered and headed back inside.


I stayed with my friends for one more hour and then left, I got home and immediately went to my room. There on my bed was a single deep red rose with a note underneath it.

Thanks for last night.

-D

This was one of the reasons I loved Damon (as a friend of course), he valued friendship even though sometimes it seemed like he didn't.

I held the rose to my nose and inhaled; I smiled at the sweet smell and then put it on my nightstand.I put on my pajamas, grabbed a book and went downstairs to the kitchen for a blood bag and an apple. I lied down on the couch and ate my apple while I read. After a while I looked over at the clock and saw that it was already two in the morning so I got up from the couch and went to bed.

The next day I woke up at 6:30 am, I lay in bed just thinking about the whole Klaus problem and how we were gonna get rid of him, so when I actually got up it was already 7:30 and I had to hurry up if I wanted to be ready for school on time.

I took a quick shower, and since it was still warm I put on a short denim skirt, a deep purple tank top, black flats and a light purple scarf, applied some light make up and was out the door by 7:50.

I was walking to my locker when suddenly I was grabbed by the arm and pulled into an empty classroom. Thinking it was Kol I quickly turned around, a snarl escaping my lips, only to see Caroline standing in front of me with a piece of paper in her hand.

"Calm down, it's just me" she said.

"What the hell Caroline! Don't ever do that again, what if I attacked you or something!"

"Sorry I just really need to talk to you without Bonnie or Elena eavesdropping"

"It's ok, just don't do it again. So what do you want to talk to me about?" I asked with real curiosity.

"This" she said handing me the piece of paper she'd been holding.

"Well it's pretty good but what's the big deal? It's just a drawing and" I abruptly stopped talking when I saw who had drawn it. "Oh"

"Yeah, it's just a drawing, sent by Klaus!"

"Well I think it's nice"

"Yeah it would be if it hadn't been sent by the guy who isn't just trying to use one of my best friends as a blood bag but that also killed Jenna, turned Tyler, turned Stefan into a ripper again, tried to kill me and more!"

"Yeah when you put it like that it's not so nice anymore"

"I'd say"

"So what are you going to do?" I asked.

"I don't know" she said defeated.

"Well, how about thank you I love it"

"I can't tell him that, he's Klaus remember! Besides who's to say I love it?"

I raised my eyebrows at her.

"Okay, fine maybe I do, but I still can't tell him!" she said stubbornly.

"Why not?" I said exasperate.

"Because he's Klaus. Imagine what Elena and Bonnie will say, they would kill me!"

"Well as I've said before, they're your friends not your parents, they can't tell you what to do"

"I know but knowing them, and specially Bonnie, it won't be easy"

"No it won't be easy, but rarely anything good in life is ever easy"

"Yeah you're right" she said with a sad smile.

"Aren't I always?" I said trying to lighten the mood.

It worked, she laughed. "Sure, keep telling yourself that"

The bell rang signaling that everyone had to go to their classrooms, as we left the empty classroom I playfully bumped my hip with hers.

"Oh c'mon, you know it's true" I said grinning cockily.

She just rolled her eyes at me but bumped her hip with mine.


After school I drove to the woods and parked just beside the line where they started, I got out of the car and walked without any real plan as to where I was going. After about an hour I came across a river, it wasn't very big but the sound of running water calmed me, so I sat down beside it and leaned against a tree.

I closed my eyes and just let myself be engulfed by nature; I took in the sound of the river, and of the rabbits and mice underneath me. There was also a herd of elk that grassed far away to my right and birds sang happily somewhere up on the trees. I took a deep breath and allowed the smell of dirt, soft moss, the crisp scent of the trees and the clean smell of the water soothe me.

I stopped thinking about the whole Klaus mess and just let myself be happy; if just for one moment, I allowed myself to believe that maybe everything was going to be okay. That I was just a normal girl who's biggest problem was homework and understanding trig before the age of eighty.

Then my phone buzzed. I guess I spoke too quickly I thought as I took it out, I had a message from Elena.

Hey emergency meeting my house gotta talk about what Ester told me!

At moments like this I envied the girls that didn't have to worry about an original hybrid or of the possibility that every day they step out their front door that they might not make it back.

I wish I was normal I thought as I stared at the fish in the river.

No, I wasn't a normal girl (for shit sake I was a vampire! Which is in no way normal) and it was wrong of me to wish otherwise. I stood up and took one more look around the nature that sounded me before I turned around and ran to my car. I made it there in a minute, since I used vamp speed this time, and quickly got in and drove to Elena's.

When I got there I knocked on the door and Elena called for me to come in, so I went in and up to her room where she, Caroline and Bonnie already sat on the bed and were talking.

"Hey" I said.

"Hey" they responded.

"Okay so what's up with Ester?" I said as I sat on the bed.

"She wants to kill the originals" said Elena.

"What?" Clearly I couldn't have heard right.

"Yeah she wants to kill her children"

"But they can't be killed, well unless she has five white oak stakes. Well does she?"

"No, but she used my blood to link them, she put it in the champagne we drank at the toast. So if one dies they all do"

"But how is she going to even kill one of them? She's a witch I know but they are much faster than she is" I asked confused by the whole thing.

"Finn agreed to be the sacrifice since he hates what he and his siblings are"

"And when is this going to happen?"

"Friday at the witch house; Ester asked me and my mom to help her since it takes a lot of magic to kill them" answered Bonnie.

"Why until Friday?" surely if she really wanted to kill them she'd do it sooner.

"Because there's a full moon and she will draw power from it as well"

"I won't let her, she won't kill Elijah" I said shaking my head in anger.

"I'm sorry but this could be our only chance to get rid of Klaus, I can't waste it" said Elena with a sad look on her face.

"He's my friend, I won't let him die" I said as I began walking to the door but just as I was about to reach it, it slammed shut. I growled in anger and my fangs came out.

"I'm sorry but I can't let you ruin this, not after everything Klaus has done" said Bonnie.

"Bonnie either you open this door right now or I'll rip your throat out" I said angry.

"I'm sorry Starr but I can't" she said and she stared at me with that weird intensity that witches use to give you an aneurism.

I laughed "I've been around way too long for that to work on me" I bared my teeth at her with a hiss.

"Open the door Bonnie or I'll make you"

"No"

I growled again in irritation.

"I know you love Elijah but Klaus killed Jenna, I can't let him live" said Elena.

I glared at her "Elijah gave you the potion so that you would at least have a chance to survive when Klaus was going to sacrifice you. He could have just let you die but he didn't and now that it's your turn to save him you just hand him over to be slaughtered! You always say there's always another way, why not now? "

I saw the indecision in her face but it was soon replaced by determination.

"You're right, Bonnie please let her leave"

"What!"

"Bonnie she's right, Elijah did give me something to save my life. I can't let him die" said Elena.

Bonnie glared at me but allowed the door to open. The second I was free to leave I ran to my car and texted Elijah.

Need to talk NOW.

Ok, I'm out of town but I'll be there as fast as I can.

Hurry

I will

I got home and got out of the car and as I was walking to my front door I heard something to my right, just below the trees. I almost instantly recognized the sound: it was someone's breathing.

"You know stalking isn't a very attractive quality these days" I said.

At being caught Kol stepped out of the shadows of the trees.

"I'm not stalking you, I just came to ask you something but you weren't here so I decided to wait for you"

"Then why were you hiding instead of waiting by the door like a normal person?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I just figured that if you didn't see me there was a smaller chance of you running away" he said with a smirk.

"Yeah whatever, so what did you want to ask me?"

"I need you to teach me how to use all the modern devices"

"You have three siblings capable of teaching you. Why don't you ask them?"

"Well Klaus is too busy drawing Caroline, Bekah is panting after Matt most of the time and Elijah is who knows where. So here I am"

"Can't you compel someone to do it?" I said as I turned my back on him dismissively and started walking to my front porch.

"I could but they would probably end up being dinner, and unlike you I don't let them live"

I froze. I mean just because I wasn't against feeding on people meant I was okay with killing them.

"Fine, but there is no way in hell I'm inviting you in" I said annoyed.

"You're a vampire love, I don't need an invitation" he said.

"You do to my house" I said with a smirk that mirrored his.

The smirk dropped from his face "A human owns it?" he asked confused.

"No, I had a friend put a spell on it so no vampire can enter unless I invite them in" I said smugly.

He pouted "Fine, let's go to my house then"


Next chapter we'll learn more about Starr like who changed her and where she's from. Oh and btw as you probably already figured out, although her name is Andy Starr (ik starr is with one r but i saw it this way in a book and idk i just decided to write it that way:P) she isnt Andie i just wanted to clear that out so that there would be no confusion:) Well guys i hope you liked this chapter! please review! thanks