I shot up after a nightmare involving Damon killing Jeremy. I was in my room. I noticed that I wasn't alone in my room. This was why I started wearing underwear to bed.

"Did you have a bad room?" Damon asked sardonically. "Do you know how easy it is to get inside of your head? If you drank like a normal vampire, it would make it harder."

I rushed over and grabbed a knife that was on my dresser and threw it at him. It didn't seem to faze him. He just sat there for a few seconds with a knife sticking out of his chest before he pulled it out.

"Alright, I deserved that." He agreed. "I just wanted to tell that they caught the animal that killed Coach Tanner and all of those people."

"No, you're still here." I pointed out.

"It was a mountain lion." Damon replied. "It attacked a hunter this morning. The news won't stop talking about it. 'Deadly beast captured: all's well in Mystic Falls.'"

"What reason do you have for covering your tracks?" I questioned.

"I'm going to be staying for a while." He told me. "And I'm having a lot of fun here with you and Jeremy."

"You can't do anything to him now." I argued.

"Well the vervain keeps me out of his head, but you underestimate my ability to blend in with today's youth, whether it involves my good looks, my style or my uncanny ability to listen to Nickelback."

I liked Nickelback. He then suddenly stabbed me with the same I hunched over in pain. He then looked over the whole in his shirt.

"This is John Varvados, Sis. Bitch move." He remarked before he walked away and I took the knife out. That hurt me more than it hurt him. I watched the wound heal before I decided that I should get dressed. I went with a black tank top and pants and then turned on the news.

"I can confirm that a puma mountain lion was shot dead this morning." Sheriff Forbes told the camera. Puma mountain lion is redundant. "The hunter is in stable condition."

I was writing in my diary.

Dear Diary
They haven't caught the real animal. He wants me to fight back, hoping that I will stoop to his level. How do I fight a monster without becoming a monster myself? I wish Nietzsche explained that better.

After I was done writing, I decided that I would go visit Jeremy. Me being with him keeps him safe from Damon. I rang the doorbell and thankfully Jeremy was the one to answer it.

"Hi." I greeted him. He just pulled me into the house. I wasn't sure if he wanted Jenna or Elena to see me. Once we were out of clear view, he kissed me.

"Hi." He reciprocated. I liked this form of hello.

We headed up to his room, where we began to make out. He got on top of me and it was then that I felt the urge growing. I rolled out from under him and took some breaths.

"Are you okay?" He asked me.

"I'm fine." I declared. "Sorry."

"Maybe we are moving too fast." He replied.

"Yeah, this was getting too hot." I agreed.

"How do you look in a dress?" He asked me.

"I've been known to wear them from time to time." I answered.

"Well, do you want to go the Founder's Party with me?" He questioned.

"Do they still do that?" I asked as I put my shoes back on.

"Have you been there?" He inquired in confusion. Okay, I just slipped up.

"No, the Salvatores don't get invited anymore." I answered.

"Well, they're doing this heritage thing this year. It was really important to my mom. She was a big contributor to the Founder's Council." He explained.

"I would love to go with you, Mister Gilbert." I told him.

"I will see you there, Miss Salvatore." He replied.

"So, just out of curiosity, have you ever had sex before?" I asked. I wanted to know if I would be taking his virginity.

"Yeah." He answered. "Caroline and I did it in the spring. Have you?"

"Yes." I responded.

"Was it with Katherine?" He asked me hopefully. I threw a pillow at him.

"Your teenage boy is showing." I joked. "I know that you're going to fantasize about it when you're alone anyway."

"Who's acting like a teenage boy now?" He countered.

"I should probably get going." I remarked. "I need to make sure to pick out the perfect dress."

"And now you're back to sounding like a girl." He told me. I gave him a kiss to shut him up before I began to walk home. I was smiling because things were going great.

I went inside and found Damon with Zach by the neck.

"What's going on?" I asked. Damon immediately dropped him.

"We were having a family." Damon quipped. "I wanted to spend some quality time with my nephew."

Damon then walked away and I decided to check on Zach.

"You okay?" I asked him.

"No, and neither are you." He replied as he backed away from me. "How can you just let him get away with this?"

"I'm trying to fix it." I explained.

"Well you're not doing a very good job." He chided me. He didn't know what I was doing….what was I doing?

"Neither of us wants me to drink human blood and that's the only way that I know to stop him." I argued.

"Vervain." Zach replied. "Vervain would work. It would weaken him if he ingested it." '

"Vervain hasn't grown here since 1865. Damon sought to that." I pointed out. "I gave what I had to Jeremy."

I noticed Zach looking around shiftily, probably to check for Damon. I didn't know what he was up to. He motioned for me to come with him and led me down to the basement and to a secret room that I didn't know about where there was vervain growing and a lot of it.

"You've been growing it." I remarked in surprise.

"The Salvatores have been doing it for a long time." Zach explained. "Blood only runs so deep when you're related to vampires. Damon would kill me if he knew I had it."

"Why are you telling me?" I questioned.

"I trust you." He answered. "This is also you're best solution to stopping him. I personally think that you should kill him."

I began to come up with a plan. I know that Damon is smart and I probably can't just get him to drink it. I would try it anyway just to see if I could catch him off guard. I had a lot of planning to do. I needed to make sure that I have a solution. On top of that, I really did have to find a dress to wear I had so many nice dresses from all sorts of different eras, but I wanted one that would be appropriate for this party. I wanted to look my best for Jeremy and I hoped that he would wait to show up until after Damon left.

In the morning, I first picked out the slip that I was going to wear under my dress.

"Do they still wear ties to this thing?" Damon asked as he waltzed into my room. Of course he couldn't give his sister privacy why she was getting dressed.

"Why are you even going to this?" I questioned as I looked for a pair of heels.

"We were at the first one and we need to go to this one." He replied.

"You know we could not draw attention to ourselves." I responded. "I mean that's not exactly something that should get out."

"Why don't you stay here then?" He suggested cheekily as I sipped a glass of his bourbon. "I'll make sure to watch over Jeremy. Wow, I've got you drinking already. I suspected another week."

"Well I'm stuck with you. What else can I do?" I questioned. "What else can I do besides go about living my life?"

"Living your life? I hate to break it to you, but you're dead. Get over it." He responded as he finally put a shirt on. "What do you think?"

"If I say that like it will you give me some privacy?" I asked.

"It's cool not growing old." He replied. I guess not. "I like being the eternal stud."

"Yes, being a 160-year-old teenager has been a great thing." I declared as I raised my glass.

"You've learned sarcasm. I'm so proud of you." He replied as he put his blazer on. Maybe now he was done and I could finish. "Let's drink to celebrate."

He then picked my picture of Katherine.

"1864: you and Katherine were the best of friends. No one knew you were really more." He commented.

"I didn't exactly get to be happy about it." I reminded him.

"I remember. Since she wouldn't come to the party with me, I met her in her bedroom." He remarked. "What she really wanted was a good fuck and you wouldn't give it to her."

He poured himself a glass before pouring it out before it went to him mouth.

"I admire you Sara. You thought you could fool me with vervain. I'm not a sorority girl. You can't roofie me. Now I'm gonna be mad at the party. I hope no one gets in my way."

Once he was finally gone, I decided on a satin violet v-cut dress with a pleated hem and lavender sash around my waist. It was short but still classy enough to wear to the party. I just had to find what shoes I was going to wear and touch up my makeup a little. I went to get more vervain from Zach.

"That was his favorite scotch. I thought it would work." He stated.

"I didn't." I said as I began to curl my hair.

"You knew it wouldn't work?" Zach asked in surprised.

"I was trying to get his guard down." I explained. "He won't expect me to try again so soon. It will give me the advantage when I do it."

"This is twice what I put in the scotch." Zach remarked as he presented me a second vial. I put it in my makeup case. I had a plan that I wasn't even going to tell Zach.

At that point, I heard the bell ring. That must have been Jeremy.

"Go talk to him while I finish getting ready." I told Zach.

Once I was fully made-up and had a pair of silver heels on, I went to greet him. I couldn't help but wonder what he and Zach were talking about.

"So do you like sports?" Jeremy asked. I smiled as I made my presence known. "Wow."

"I'm glad that you like it." I declared as I looked over him in his suit. "I'm glad that I'm not the only one who looks good. We should probably get going."

"Yeah." He agreed. "It was nice meeting you Zach."

We then headed to Lockwood mansion. We got in line with Jenna and Bonnie.

"Hi Mayor Lockwood." Jeremy greeted.

"Hey guys, come on in." The mayor invited. Wow, they were pretty careless with who they invited in. I would think that they knew better.

Once we were inside, I began to look around with Jeremy. He seemed more interested in the historical stuff than I was, probably because I had seen all of this stuff before. He was mainly focused on the Gilbert exhibit.

"There's so much history here." He replied. He looked upset so I grabbed his hand to let him know that I was there. One thing that he noticed was the original guest registry. He began to read it aloud. "The founding families of Mystic Falls welcome you to the inaugural Founder's Ball. So, the original guest registry is here."

This wasn't good.

"So many familiar names. We have Sheriff William Forbes, Mayor Benjamin Lockwood… Damon Salvatore…and Sara Salvatore?" He asked in confusion.

"The Original Salvatores." Damon remarked from behind us. We turned around and saw him and Caroline. "It's quite a tragic story."

"We shouldn't bore them with stories of the past." I suggested.

"It's not boring, Sara. I love stories of the past." Jeremy responded. I sighed mentally. I hated Damon for stirring up trouble.

"Well I'm bored." Caroline remarked. "Damon won't dance with and I need to go to the bathroom. Sara, do you want to come with me?"

"I don't really have to go." I responded.

"But your makeup needs some work." Caroline told me before she started to drag me away. I couldn't help but wonder if this was Damon's doing.

"Did Damon tell you to take me to the bathroom with you?" I asked.

"Why would he do that?" Caroline asked in confusion. Maybe when all of this is over, I should give her some vervain. I just have to remember to. After we were done with the bathroom, we went to the dancefloor to wait for our respective dates to finish talking. I noticed a waiter with champagne and managed to steal two glasses. I secretly slipped the vervain into her glass.

"Cheers." I remarked.

"Just tell me if you see my mom." She replied. We each took a sip. I know this plan is hinged on a certain event happening, but I think I have Damon's behavior figured out. "So have you slept with Jeremy yet?"

"No, we're taking it slow." I explained with a blush.

"Virgin?" She asked.

"No, just taking it slow." I repeated before I noticed that Jeremy and Damon were coming our way. I smiled at my boyfriend, wishing I could simultaneously scowl at my brother.

"What did we miss?" Damon asked.

"We were just chatting." I remarked. I wouldn't say what. "Can I interest you in a drink, Damon?"

"Even though you're too young, I'll let you have you fun." Damon responded.

"So Sara, would you like to dance?" Jeremy asked.

"I definitely would." I replied as I took his hand. I would do anything to get him away from my brother. We began to slow dance with him leading.

"They look so cute." Caroline commented as we continued to move to the music John Mayer.

"Don't talk please." Damon ordered. At least he wasn't compelling.

"So, I hope Damon didn't drive you too crazy." I remarked.

"No, he was on good behavior." Jeremy explained. "He actually apologized and explained why he is the way he is. It mostly has to deal with Katherine."

He spun me around and I smiled at him.

"How did you become such a good dancer?" I inquired.

"My mom made me go to lessons when I was younger." He replied. "So what can you tell me about Katherine? I'm not asking in a perverted teenage boy way, but more in a boyfriend who wants to know about your ex way. So what happened?"

"It's not something I talk about." I answered. I didn't know how to talk about without getting into the vampire stuff.

"Well, I kind of want to know." He stated. "You can talk to me about this stuff. I've told you about my family drama and I've been honest about my relationship with Caroline, I want us to be able to talk to each other about this stuff. I mean usually it's the guy who's secretive."

"Can we talk about it later?" I requested as he moved with me.

"You know I want to know things about you, Sara and I want you to open up." He continued.

"Did Damon say something?" I asked. "He plays games and he's trying to sabotage our relationship."

"This isn't about Damon." He argued. "I just want to know you. I understand that you're this mysterious girl, but you seem to have all of these secrets and I don't really like that. I'd like it if you could tell me about these things."

"Why does it have to now?" I asked. "It's not the time or the place for this stuff."

"How about something that I don't know?" He challenged. "Tell me anything about you. Do you know how frustrating it is to hear people tell me things about you when you say anything?"

"Damon's trying to get you to turn against me." I replied in exasperation.

"I guess it's working." He remarked as he walked off.

Great, now even if I succeed in my plan with Damon, I could still lose Jeremy. How is it that Damon always seems to win even when he loses? I guess my greatest concern right now is seeing this through. I just have to wait.

I didn't actually have to wait very long because I noticed Jeremy punched Damon and walked away. That would make him angry. I definitely hoped I could get this to work tonight because I know Jeremy was in danger now.

"You know I was wrong about Damon." He remarked. "He's a jackass beyond belief. There are bruises or maybe bite-marks all over Caroline's body."

"I'm taking care of it." I replied.

"Are you having him arrested?" Jeremy inquired.

"Jeremy, I need you to trust me here." I told him. I didn't want it to be like this right now.

"That would be a lot easier if I knew what I was trusting you with." Jeremy stated before he walked away again.

I sighed and waited. I didn't have to wait long before Damon bit into Caroline's neck. He then began to choke on the vervain and fell to the ground. Caroline was also unconscious, but probably fine.

"I knew I wouldn't be able to spike your liquor, so I spiked your blood source." I told him. "You're so predictable, Brother. I knew you would go back to drinking from her. The headline will read 'Deadly Beast Captured. All's well in Mystic Falls.'"

I then took him home and with Zach's help locked him up in the cellar. I took his ring off of his finger. He wouldn't be needing that for a while.

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