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Chapter Four: Family Ties
I awoke with a gasp and looked around at my surroundings. I sighed as my alarm clock was ringing next to my bed. I slammed on the off button before getting up and getting ready for the day. I walked downstairs and got the coffee ready to go. I heard Elena get up and move into the shower and I sighed blissfully when the coffee was finished. I grabbed an overly large cup and pour myself a glass with some creamer and 4 spoon full of sugar. I heard come down stairs and she nodded at me tiredly and I hummed back, taking a sip of my coffee. I heard Elena get out of the shower and I sighed, knowing that it was my turn to get up and get ready. I downed the rest of my blazing hot coffee.
I ran up the steps and got ready for the day. I changed into some tribal print leggings and an orange shirt with some black combat boots. Once I was satisfied I climbed down the stairs the same time as Elena. I smiled at her before leading the way into the kitchen.
"To repeat, the animal terrorizing Mystic Falls has been caught." I glanced over to see the TV on and Logan Fell talking about the mountain lion that attacked so many people. I still didn't feel right about the whole animal attacks, I know it was something different. I couldn't put my finger on it, though.
"Scum ball. Scum bucket." Jenna glared at the TV and I laughed in her direction which earned me a glare in return. She was still upset about Logan being a dick to her, but I could tell that she was just letting off steam.
"Who are you talking to?" Elena asked looking at Jenna, not knowing that they use to date.
"Him." Jenna pointed over to the screen which flashed back to Logan, talking about the attacks.
"The news guy?" She asked, confused.
"Also known as Logan 'Scum' Fell." I said sarcastically towards Jenna and she practically flipped me off for making fun of her.
"Did your mother ever tell you the reason why I left Mystic Falls?" Jenna asked Elena, looking back at her instead of the television. I sighed and sat next to Jenna, leaning against her with my feet over the arm rest.
"Oh, no way. You and him?" She laughed. "He's cute."
"He is not cute. There's nothing cute about him." Jenna snapped. I chuckled again, watching Jenna's facial expressions. "What are you doing with that?" Jenna asked turning away from the television, away from her ex, to look at Elena with a big box at the table. She turned to look at me with a questioning glare and I shrugged against her shoulder in answer. She ran her fingers through my dark locks that I decided to leave in messy waves.
"I went yesterday and got it from the safe deposit box. Mom had told Mrs. Lockwood she would loan it to the founder's council for their heritage display." Elena explained and I groaned. I forgot all about the council display tomorrow night. It was for the founding families. They still are trying to get me onto the council but I kept telling them no, not wanting anything to do with it at the moment. My parents were on it and it reminded me of them too much for me to be a part of it. I needed more time before following in their footsteps.
Jenna got up from her spot on the couch, making me fall back onto the couch with an 'unf'. She smirked at me before going over to the box to look at the stuff inside. I leaned over the back of the couch to watch them look through it.
"Is that Grandma Beth's wedding ring?" Jenna picked up a silver ring that resembled a wedding ring.
I nodded at Jenna. "Originally it was great-great-Grandma Mary's wedding ring." I explained holding out my hand to look at it. She passed it over to me and I glanced down at the wedding ring. I was always in love with mom's wedding ring, it was so old and unique.
Jeremy came downstairs and grabbed the ring out my fingers before looking at it. "How much do you think this stuff is worth? You know, like on eBay?" He asked and I slapped his arm before taking it back and walking around the couch and putting it back into the box.
"You're not going to find out." Elena snapped at him before searching through the box some more.
"This stuff is mom and dads. You can't just give it away." Jeremy complained and I rolled my eyes.
"We're not giving it away, Jeremy. It's called a loan." I explained picking up a picture of Grandma Beth. I smiled before putting it back and looking through the stuff.
The doorbell rang throughout the house but before anyone can make a move, Elena ran to the door and opened it. It was quiet for a few before we all heard footsteps going upstairs. I rolled my eyes, smirking before closing the box and tapping it back up so that we could give it to the Lockwood's later on.
"They're so cute." Jenna winked in my direction, nodding her head up. I laughed and nodding my head.
"Young love." I sighed and giggled. I heard Elena calling me from upstairs and I went over to the staircase before looking up at Elena.
"Your phone was ringing." She said before escaping back into her room.
I shook my head before calmly going up the stairs. I went straight into my room and grabbed my phone to see I had a miss call from Caroline. I pressed the 'call back' button before putting my phone next to my ear.
"Hello?" I heard Caroline say over the phone. I heard noises and people talking in the background, leaving me to believe she was at the Grill.
"You rang." I slumped against my bed and looked up at the ceiling.
"Yeah. Wanna meet up with me and Bonnie at the Grill for lunch?" She asked simply.
"Yeah, I'll be there in 10."
We both said our goodbyes before hanging up. I grabbed my car keys before leaving for the Grill. It didn't take long for me to reach the Grill, like usual, and I stepped out into the chill air and walked into the busy Grill. I was supposed to work tomorrow night, but I needed it off due to me being a founding family and all.
I saw Caroline and Bonnie talking in the corner and walked over to them. I got into the middle of the conversation. Caroline looked up at me and smiled. "Go with Raegan!" She exclaimed and I stared at them both confused before sitting down next to Bonnie.
"Go where Raegan where?" I said, grabbed a fry off the plate in the middle of the table.
"To the Founder's party." Bonnie said. "Caroline's taking Damon and Elena's taking Stefan. So you're my date."
I laughed and nodded. "Okay, I'm your date. I'm not wearing a tux though." I winked over at her and she laughed before turning back to Caroline.
"What about your mom? Is she okay with you bringing Damon?" Bonnie asked, concerned for Caroline. I was a little concerned too, knowing the type of guy Damon was.
"And I'm supposed to care why?" Caroline asked, shrugging and eating some fries.
"He's older, sexy, danger guy." Bonnie explained. I snorted at her description of Damon. Caroline followed my head in snorting at Bonnie.
"Older, sexy, danger guy?" She asked sarcastically. "Is that an official witch twitter tweet?"
"No more witch jokes, okay?" Bonnie asked. "That whole Mr. Tanner prediction thing has me freaked out." I grabbed her hand in comfort, knowing exactly what she meant. I stayed up with her most of the night, holding her while she cried.
"Okay. And Damon's not dangerous. You know, he just has a lot of issues with his brother. You know, like major, deep-rooted drama." Caroline shrugged. Bonnie and I shared a look before leaning in closer, now interested in what Caroline had to say.
"Like…?" I pressed for more information.
"I'm not really supposed to say anything." Caroline teased. We shared another look before turning to Caroline.
"You're Caroline Forbes. When have you ever kept a secret in your life?" I said smirking in her direction.
"Okay. But you can't tell Elena." She made us promise. We both nodded at her.
"No, don't worry." Bonnie promised.
We were all in the kitchen getting ready for the Founder's party later on in the afternoon. I was trying to decide if I wanted red nails or black. Either-or would match with my dress tonight. It was just depending on if I wanted Midnight Kiss or Red Delicious.
"Midnight Kiss or Red Delicious?" I asked holding up the two nail polishes. Elena and Bonnie looked over and pointed to the black nail polish.
"Midnight Kiss most definitely." Bonnie said, already seeing my dress for tonight. I smirked in her direction before opening the bottle and starting with the application.
Bonnie held up two more bottles of nail polish and looking at Elena. "Delicate Flower vs. Naughty Vixen."
I hummed and pointed at the Delicate Flower for her and she smiled at me, nodding.
"Tough call. Can we mix them?" Elena asked, looking at her dress.
"Look at you, getting all pretty for your date." I smirked in Elena's direction and she smiled back at me.
"You seem happy-ish." Bonnie said coming into the conversation.
"I am….ish. Tonight's going to be a good night." Elena said smiling brightly. "But don't let that stop you from telling me whatever it is you wanted to tell me as soon as you walked in the door." She gave a pointed look at Bonnie and then turned to me. "Or since last night."
Bonnie and I shared a look before shaking our heads. "What if we tell you in the morning?" I asked, not wanting to ruin her night with what information we found out about Stefan.
"Yeah, we don't want to ruin the night." Bonnie agreed.
"Guys, out with it." Elena stopped what she was doing and turned to look at us.
"Okay, but it has to go to the vault, because Caroline will kill us if it gets back to Damon that she squealed." Bonnie explained, making her promise. She nodded her head, promising and Bonnie continued. "Apparently, Stefan has a very interesting back story."
"Uh-huh." Elena said, not impressed with what she was hearing so far.
"Do you know what happened with his ex-girlfriend, Katherine?" Bonnie asked.
"I know that they both dated her, but they both have issues, I don't know why." Elena explained.
"Yeah, they both did. Only Katherine was so devoted to Damon and that drove Stefan mad because he wanted his brother always with him, that he didn't leave the house with a woman. So, he did horrible things to try and break them up. He manipulated Katherine. He filled her head with all these lies until it finally worked." Bonnie said. I didn't know Stefan all that well, but when Caroline was telling me this I couldn't help but think that it was all a lie. Damon is the type of person to lie about things to get his way and get sympathy.
"That sounds like one person's side of the story, meaning Damon's." Elena shook her head, not believing it. I don't blame her, she's a smart girl, and she knows what she's doing.
"That's what I thought too." I said, agreeing with my sister. Caroline maybe my best friend, but she'll believe anything that she hears, and that means anything that Damon says trying to downgrade Stefan.
"I just wanted you to know." Bonnie shrugged.
"Anyway, his past relationships are none of my business." Elena told us and then looked at me in the corner of her eyes, I gave her a confused look and she shook her head.
"Unless he's a calculating, manipulative liar. That is your business." Bonnie said and then looked at me. "That goes for Damon, too."
I second glanced at Bonnie. "What are you talking about?" I asked confused.
"We both know that you seem to take a liking to Damon." Bonnie said with a knowing look.
"We both know that he is your type of guy that you usually go for. Bad boy, leather jacket, tall dark long hair and light eyes." Elena gave me a look and I shook my head at the both of them.
"You two are crazy. I'm trying to tolerate him for Elena's sake." I explained. They shared a look and hummed.
"Sure." Elena said. I laughed and threw my rag at her. She laughed and caught it before throwing it back.
"And you say I'm relentless." I muttered and focused back onto my nails while the girls laughed at me.
We were finally done with our nails and moved onto hair and makeup. I just finished my dark, smoky eye with a red lip. I had curly my hair prior to doing my nails, it was in simple black ringlets that went past my chest. I was working on putting on my red dress when I got a call on my cellphone. I walked over to it and picked it up, the girls in the bathroom not noticing my cell going off. I answered it noticing that Mrs. Lockwood was calling me.
"Hello?" I answered, wiggling into my dress. I managed to fit it on and smiled triumphantly.
"Raegan? It's Carol Lockwood."
"Oh hey," I said even though I already knew it was her. "What's up?"
"You know you're father's watch? Well, it's not in this box that you gave us." She complained. Tyler had came over earlier to pick up the box, I was busy in the kitchen with Bonnie so Elena had handed it over.
"What do you mean?" I asked confused. I saw it in there earlier.
"It's missing from the box." She said again.
"It is? Are you sure? 'Cause I saw it." I said back.
"It's not. Would you mind checking around your house to see if it was misplaced?" She asked urgently. I was confused on why she wanted the watch so badly, but to make her happy and to stop her complaining, I would try and find it for her.
"Let me check." I promised.
"Oh thank you so much!" She exclaimed, excited.
"No problem. I will find it and bring it." I promised again.
"Alright, see you then."
"Okay, bye." I hung up the phone and threw it onto my bed before turning back into the bathroom. I leaned against the doorway as I looked at both girls getting dressed. "Elena?" I called.
She looked up in the mirror to look at me. "What's wrong?" She asked, seeing my confused and irritated face.
"You wouldn't happen to have seen dad's pocket watch, have you?" I asked her, not really thinking it was her that took the watch.
"No, why?" She asked, fully turning around to look at me.
"It wasn't in the box." I said, standing up straight. "And I think I know where it is." I nodded my head at her, telling her to follow me.
We walked into Jeremy's room to see him listening to music and I slapped the headphones away from his head. He glared up at the both of us.
"Hey!" He complained, rubbing his head. "God, what now?"
"The pocket watch." I said holding out my hand. "Where is it?"
"What watch?" He asked, feigning dumb.
"The one you stole from mom's box." Elena explained.
I glared over at Elena before turning back to Jeremy. I started a more gentle approach instead of just blaming. "Listen, Mrs. Lockwood just called freaking out. It was on the list, Jeremy. And she can't find it, and she thinks she's the one who lost it."
"Maybe she did. Maybe Tyler took it." Jeremy blamed and I groaned. He was being difficult.
"Don't even play that card. Jeremy, you took it. If I go online, am I going to find it on eBay? Is this how you pay for your pot?" Elena accused and I shook my head.
"Screw you." Jeremy snapped but got up and grabbed the pocket watch from his drawer. "I wouldn't sell this, okay?"
"Then why did you take it?" I asked grabbing the pocket watch from him. I was generally curious as to why he took the pocket watch.
"Because it's supposed to be mine. Dad said it goes to the firstborn son. His father gave it to him, and now what?" He asked and I sighed, understanding where he was coming from. Mom told me that she was going to give me her wedding rings when I got older, but I couldn't go against her wishes about letting Mrs. Lockwood use them for display.
"And he was going to give it to you." Elena whispered.
"Yeah." Jeremy said, still in a mood, but not wanting to fight anymore.
"Look, Jeremy, it's still yours, okay? Mom promised Mrs. Lockwood. What do you want me to do?" I asked looking at the watch and back to Jeremy.
He sighed and shook his head. "Just take it and get out." He snapped, before going back to listening to his music.
I sighed but did as he wished, bringing the watch with me. Elena and I walked back into my room, where Bonnie was waiting for us. I placed the watch on my bedside table before going into my closet and grabbing my caged club shoes. I looked in the mirror to see my red, cutout side halter dress flowing down to just above my knees. I grabbed a light jacket from my closet before looking back at Elena to see her looking at the pocket watch. I sighed and walked over to it. I grabbed it and walked back into Jeremy's room. He was still listening to music when I went in there and I placed the watch gently on his desk and left without another word. I shared a look with Elena and we both knew that it was more important to Jeremy than it was to Mrs. Lockwood.
We all reached the Lockwood household at the same time. I almost groaned when I saw how long the line was to get in. I thought about sneaking around the back, but I needed to speak to Mrs. Lockwood about the pocket watch. Elena, Stefan, Bonnie and I were waiting in line when I saw Vicki and Tyler going around the back. I elbowed Bonnie's side and nodded over at them.
"See? They're doing it." I groaned and she laughed at my childish ways.
We finally reached the door and Mr. Lockwood greeted us with a friendly smile.
"Hi, Major Lockwood." Elena and I greeted.
"Hey, guys, come on in." He invited us and we all nodded and walked into the house.
"Thank you." Stefan smiled.
He grinned at all of us. "Have fun."
I saw Mrs. Lockwood over in the corner talking to a couple of people about the treasures in her house. I sighed and turned to Bonnie. "I'll meet you up later, I need to go talk to Mrs. Lockwood." Bonnie gave me a knowing look and wished me good luck. I nodded my head at her and made my way over to said woman.
"Oh, Raegan." Mrs. Lockwood greeted, brightly. "Do you happen to find the pocket watch?"
I shook my head. "I wasn't lucky. I thought I saw it in the box earlier, but I guess not. Elena told me that it wasn't in there."
She sighed with a disproving look. "That's too bad. You will hand it over if you happen to find it, right?" She asked.
I nodded. "Of course."
"Good." She smiled. "Are you sure you don't want to be a part of the Council?" She asked with a pleading look. "You are of age and we need someone from the Gilbert family to take over. We need you on our council." She pleaded.
I sighed and looked away at all the people. "When's the next meeting? If I feel like being a part of it, then I'll go."
She smiled brightly and excitedly. "It's this Thursday. Oh, I so hope that you come. You have so much to learn. I know your mom and dad have told you about something's, but I do want to explain everything to you in full."
I nodded. "I guess I might see you then." I walked away without another word and walked over to the Gilbert display to see mom and dad's wedding rings. I sighed, sadly. I really missed them.
I saw Elena and Stefan reading something on the wall and decided to join them. I walked over to see that they were reading the first registry. I read over Elena's shoulder, as she read off the names.
"Sheriff William Forbes, Major Benjamin Lockwood. Is that Damon Salvatore? And, Stefan Salvatore?" She asked pointing to the names and I looked over at Stefan confused. Before he could answer, a voice was heard from behind us.
"The original Salvatore brothers. Our ancestors. Tragic story, actually." He said with Caroline walking next to him. I smiled over at her and she grinned brightly back.
"We don't need to bore them with stories of the past." Stefan shrugged. I glanced between the brothers before deciding to break the tension.
"It's okay, Stefan. I'd like to hear about it." I shrugged.
Elena nodded agreeing with me. "I'd love to hear more about your family." She smiled up at her lover and I looked away at the lovey dove-y couple.
"Well, I'm bored. I want to dance, and Damon won't dance with me." Caroline complained and I laughed at Damon's face.
"Mm-hmm." He agreed.
"Could I borrow your date?" Caroline asked Elena and we all turned to see her reaction.
"Oh, uh…" Elena said confused.
"I don't really dance." Stefan said, uncomfortable.
"Oh, sure he does. You should see him, waltz, the jitterbug, the moonwalk. He does it all." Damon smirked, obviously overjoyed that he was embarrassing his little brother.
"You wouldn't mind, would you, Elena?" Caroline asked. "I'd ask Rae, but she brought Bonnie."
"Hey, my date is perfect, thank you." I joked.
"It's up to Stefan." Elena turned to Stefan and he was about to abject but Caroline stopped him.
"Well, sorry, but I'm not going to take no for an answer." Caroline grabbed Stefan's arm and dragged him outside. I laughed when he kept turning around to look at us. Once they were out of sight it was just Damon, Elena and I.
"I want to apologize for being such a world-class jerk the other night when I tried to kiss you." Elena gave me a curious and incredulous look. I hadn't told her about that night, not really finding it such a big deal. "There's no excuse. My therapist says I'm…acting out, trying to punish Stefan." He said not realizing that Elena didn't know about the other night. I decided to ignore the glare she was sending my way and focused on Damon.
"For what?" I asked, curious.
"It's all in the past. I don't even want to bring it up. Let's just say that the men in the Salvatore family have been cursed with sibling rivalry. And it all started with the original Salvatore brothers." He looked at the registry, as if remembering the time.
"The Salvatore name was practically royalty in this town. Until the war. There was a battle here-"
"The Battle of Willow Creek." Elena and I said at the same time and Damon smiled at the both of us.
"Right." He nodded.
"We talked about it in class. Confederate soldiers fired on a church with civilians inside." Elena explained.
"What the history books left out was the people that were killed. They weren't there by accident. They believed to be union sympathizers. So, some of the founders on the confederacy side back then wanted them rounded up and burned alive. Stefan and Damon had someone they loved very much in that church." He explained moving around to the other side of me. We followed him with our eyes. "And when they went to rescue them, they were shot. Murdered in cold blood."
I shook my head. "Who was in the church that they wanted to save?" I asked.
"A woman, I guess. Doesn't it always come down to the love of women?" He looked into my eyes when he said that and I took a deep breath of air before looking away.
"Look, I'm sorry that you and Stefan have this thing between you, but I can't get in the middle of it, Damon. I just hope you two can work it out." Elena said sincerely.
"Leave me out of the sibling rivalry too. I hope that everything works out between you two, but I can't be in the middle of it all when everything blows up. I'm friends with both of you, let's keep it that way." I explained, stepping away from the boy in front of me. His blue eyes scanned mine before nodding.
"I hope so, too." He said, trying to be sincere.
I sighed and looked around the room. "I got to go find Bonnie. I haven't seen her in a while." I left without saying anything else and didn't give either a chance to say anything else.
10 minutes later and a glass of champagne that I had to sneak, I found Bonnie sitting down at a table all by herself. I was about to walk up to her when the candle on the table light up with fire. Bonnie jumped out of her chair and noticed me standing behind her.
"Tell me you saw that too." She begged. I nodded, not understanding what I just witnessed.
"What was that?" I asked still shocked.
She shook her head looking back at the candle.
"I don't know."
I chugged down another glass of champagne before joining the rest of the guest on the dance floor. I smiled when I noticed Stefan and Elena dancing together. They both had smiled on their faces. I felt a tap on my shoulder and I looked behind me to see Damon with his hand out.
"May I have this dance?" He asked like a gentleman. I laughed lightly before taking his hand. He smirked and led us to the dance floor and twirled me around before pulling me back to him and wrapped an arm around my waist.
"Brownie points for the dance moves. But I thought you didn't want to dance." I pointed out to him, looking up into his blue eyes.
He hummed softly. "I'd dance with you any day." He flirted.
I laughed. "Smooth, real smooth." I shook my head up and down, still smiling.
"What can I say, I know how to smooth talk the ladies." He teased and I chuckled again.
I decided not to answer and looked over at Elena and Stefan. "They look good together." I commented, swaying to the music. I was glad that I was taught how to dance, if I wasn't I would be stepping on his feet.
He shrugged. "We'd look better."
I stared up at him shocked, but wiped the look off my face before he could comment. "You're with Caroline, Damon." I pointed out and he shrugged.
"I'm not making a move, I'm just stating fact." He said nonchalantly.
I shook my head at the man, not commenting on the fact that we would never work out together. I was too into school, work and taking care of my siblings to even think about a relationship.
"I don't even know you. I have no idea who Damon Salvatore really is. All I know is your family history and your brothers with Stefan." I pointed out.
He smiled. "So, let's get to know each other." He shrugged and I sighed.
"It's not that easy, Damon." I shrugged.
"Why not?" He asked, curious.
"Because, it's not. You can't just have one dance with someone and expect to know them at the end." I shrugged.
He didn't look convinced. "That's not the only reason." He didn't ask, he stated it.
"Maybe it is, maybe it isn't." I said not answering. I saw Elena leave Stefan on the dance floor and I pulled away from Damon. "Thank you for the dance, Damon. But I have to go check up on my sister." I didn't give him a change to abject, knowing he would try and talk me out of it, so I just walked away.
I walked in to see Bonnie and Elena sitting down on the couch. I walked into the kitchen and grabbed a tub of ice-cream out of the freezer. I use to have sleepovers with Tyler, I knew where everything was. I grabbed three spoons and went back into the living room. I sat down in the middle of the two girls and handed each other them a spoon. They both smiled and started digging into the half-baked ice-cream.
"This is my fault." Bonnie admitted. "I planted doubt. I'm a doubt planter." She shook her head.
I disagreed and Elena shook her head. "It's not your fault. I just… I feel terrible because I said I wouldn't get in the middle of it, and that's exactly what I did. I got all snooty." Elena said shaking her head.
"You weren't being snooty." I snorted at Elena and she rolled her eyes taking another spoon full. "You want to know more about your boyfriend, I don't see how that's so wrong. How can you build a relationship on trust if you don't even know who you're trusting?" I pointed out and she nodded, agreeing with me in the end.
"I told Damon the same thing. How can I be your friend if I don't know who he is?" I said, letting her know she wasn't alone in this.
"Yeah, I saw you two getting comfy on the dance floor." Bonnie said, turning the accusing eyes onto me. I rolled my eyes, eating more ice-cream.
"We were not getting comfy, he asked for a dance and I said yes. That's all. It's not like I'm going to jump his bones." I said, laughing at the thought.
She nodded. "I guess. Not like you couldn't get that if you didn't want to."
I snorted and grabbed some ice-cream onto my spoon before putting some on her nose. "Get comfy with that, girl." We all laughed and finished the ice-cream before putting it back.
I stood up and stretched. I heard my back crack deliciously before I sighed and turned around. "I need to use the bathroom, anyone want to come?"
Elena stood up and Bonnie shook her head. "I'll go." Elena said.
"I'll stay here." Bonnie pointed to her seat and I nodded before Elena and I took off to the bathroom.
While I was in the bathroom, I heard someone else come into the room and I stepped out when I was done to see Caroline fixing her makeup.
"Hey." I said, washing my hands.
"Hey, Care." Elena said, coming up beside us.
"Hey. So how are things with Stefan?" She asked not looking at Elena when she asked. I rolled my eyes and leaned my back against the sink.
"Great. Just great." Elena answered with a sneer look.
"Really? Well, my radar must be off, because I was getting all sorts of other vibes." Caroline smirked, knowing she was right. "And normally my vibes are right."
I saw something on her neck and I gasped. "What is that?" I said glaring at her neck.
"Hmm?" She asked and I tried to grab her scarf but she slapped my hand away. "Don't!" She snapped.
"Oh god, Caroline. What happened?" Elena asked, seeing what I was seeing. There were bite marks on her neck.
"Nothing, okay?!" Caroline yelled.
"That is not nothing." I snapped back. I looked onto her shoulder and saw another one.
"Did somebody hurt you?" Elena asked.
"No, okay, nothing. It's just…" She shook her head and focused on her makeup again. "My mom would kill me…" She whispered.
"Did Damon hurt you?" Elena asked and pulled down her shawl when she noticed the bite marks on her shoulder also.
"Caroline." I said in a warning tone.
"No! Of course not! Just leave me alone, okay?" She snapped and raised her shawl back onto her shoulders before pushing pass us and walking away.
I glanced back at Elena and we both knew that Damon had something to do with this. I growled and punched the bathroom stall before opening the bathroom door and made my way to find Damon.
I easily found him, standing on the porch, watching everyone dance. When I got closer to him, I grabbed his jacket and pushed him into the railing. He was shocked for a moment before he looked confused at my pissed off face.
"You!" I growled. "You're really sick, you know that? You better stay away from Caroline, or you will have to not only deal with me but deal with her mother, the Sheriff. Do you understand me? Stay away from her, stay away from me, and most definitely stay away from my family." I slammed him into the porch railing again before walking away, wanting nothing more than to go back and punch him in the head.
I stomped over to Elena and Stefan.
"I'm sorry, I take it back." Elena shook her head apologetically.
"You were right about Damon." I said, looking back and seeing that he wasn't in the spot that I left him in.
"What did he do?" Stefan asked us with worry clear on his face.
"There are bruises all over Caroline's body." I said shuddering at the image in my head.
"Bite marks," Elena continued for me. "And he has her all confused and messed up in the head." She explained further.
I looked at Stefan's saddened face. Out of all the emotions displayed on his face, none of them were surprised. "You don't look surprised." I stated.
"Um… I'm handling it." He admitted sheepishly.
"You're handling it?" I snapped at him. "Stefan, you should have him arrested! I talked to him and he's lucky he's not leaving here without a broken nose. You need to do something now or I will."
"Elena, Raegan, I… I don't expect you guys to understand." He stated.
I back tracked at what he just said.
"I don't understand anything, Stefan. So, why don't you just clear it up for us?" Elena said, bringing up the same conversation they had earlier, about not knowing him.
"Look, there are things that you don't know, okay? Things that I want to tell you, but I can't. And may never be able to. And I just need you two to trust me." He begged.
I shook my head at him. "No."
"Trust is earned. I can't just magically hand it over." Elena stated.
"I'm so sorry." Stefan said, looking over our shoulders at something. "I have to go."
He left without another word, leaving me and Elena speechless. I groaned and was just about to give up with everything.
"I swear to God, if Stefan doesn't do anything, I will." I told Elena and left her in her spot, still staring at where Stefan was. I looked over to where Stefan went and decided to follow.
I was wondering the grounds for a couple minutes, but I didn't see Stefan anywhere. I heard a groan over near the trees and decided to follow it. I saw Caroline sitting on the ground and I gasped and ran over.
"Caroline! There you are!" I said as I reached her. "What happened? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." I would have believed her if her voice didn't crack throughout 'fine'.
"Are you sure, Care?" I held out my hand to her and she got up off the floor.
"I'm fine, don't worry." She shook her head.
"What happened, Caroline?" I tried again but she just kept shaking her head. I noticed that she kept shaking, scared of something.
She kept repeating that she was fine, and I finally grabbed her shoulders. "Caroline." She looked up at me and I noticed the tears spilling down her face. I pulled her into a hug and she started sobbing into my shoulder. I held onto her tightly, understanding that she was confused and needed to let everything go.
"Let's get you home." I said, pulling her to where I knew the house was.
I saw Elena standing near the entrance and I nodded at her to open the car door. She did as she was told and helped me get Caroline into the car.
"I'll go get Bonnie." She whispered, not to disturb Caroline's now sleeping form. I nodded and sat down in the back, combing my hand through her soft blonde hair.
It didn't take long for both girls the girl back to the car. We all drove to our respective houses, dropping off Bonnie at her Grams' and next bringing Caroline home. I needed Elena's help in bringing Caroline into the house and into her room. Sheriff Forbes helped us tuck her in before she waved off us, allowing us to go home and get some rest.
I drove the rest of the way home, knowing Elena was way too tired to even think about how to get home. We were driving for 10 minutes before we reached the house. Elena fell asleep in the car so I had to wake her up when we got home.
We got into the house and saw Jenna on the couch, pigging out on popcorn. She said a quick hi to us, before going back to her show. I sat down next to her and Elena escape into her room. I sighed and laid my head on Jenna's lap and she played with my hair.
"Long night?" She asked, not looking at me.
"You have no idea." I whispered back.
And the plot thickens! Dun, dun, dun! I hope you liked all this good Damon/Raegan scenes. She's not happy with him at the moment!
Let me know what you guys thinks. Oh and also, I've been thinking of names for the relationship of Damon and Raegan. It's either going to be Daegan, or Ramon. I like both, their unique. Let me know in the comments! I'd love to hear what one you guys like more!
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