To repeat, the animal terrorizing Mystic Falls has been caught Logan said As i come into the living room i hear Jenna say "Scum ball scum bucket" ok she's officially gone crazy. "Who are you talking to?" I ask looking at her questionly she turns around to look at me and points to the TV saying "Him". "OK Jenna we've been over this the people inside the TV can't hear you" i say with a teasingly look she just rolls her eyes and Elena says "The news guy?"
Where the hell did she come from. "Also known as Logan "Scum" Fell. Did your mom ever tell you why I moved away from Mystic Falls?" Jenna says looking at me and Elena. "Oh, no way. You and him? He's cute." Elena says with a grin. "Eww Elena you have no taste in men and you call yourself my sister i am appalled" i say shaking my head shamefully
Jenna shakes her head agreeing with me and says "He is not cute. There's nothing cute about him. What are you doing with that?" She says pointing to the box in my hand ugh I had forgotten about it. "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." I say looking at Jenna and Elena. "Is that grandma Beth's wedding ring?" Elena ask "well Originally it was great-great-grandma Mary's wedding ring." I say trying to act like I know everything
Elena and Jenna just shake there heads hey they should be use to it by now i can be sassy it's one of my charms. "How much do you think this stuff is worth? You know, like on eBay?" Jeremy says. Me and elena look at eachother with a disappointed looks and she says" You're not gonna find out." Man what is up with jeremy "That stuff is mom and dad's. You can't just give it away." He says looking at me great now I'm the bad guy "I'm not giving it away. It's called a loan, Jeremy." I say trying to make him under stand
Just then the Doorbell rings elena and Jenna look at me with grins on there face i look at them and say " Oh shut up" i open the door to stefan we both say hi and I pull him into the house giving him a passionate kiss. We go up to my room and well we start kissing it starts to get a little heated and stefan starts kissing my neck He then stops and looks worried so i ask " Are you okay?" "I'm good. Sorry." He reassures me i think its better we stopped "Maybe we should press pause." I say. Stefan shakes his head agreeingly and says "Yeah, you're probably right. That was getting a bit..." "Yeah" i say agreeing
Ok subject change "How do you look in a suit?" I say raising and eye brow at stefan "I can pull one off." He says oh I'm sure he could he probably looks really handsome in one."How about tomorrow night? Will you be my date to the Founder's party?" I ask nervous that he might say no. "They still do that?" He ask. "Ok wasn't the answer I was looking for but yes wait Have you been before?" I say "No, the Salvatores don't get invited anymore." Stefan responds well that sucks i wonder why.
"Well, this year, there's this heritage project that meant a lot to my mom. She was really involved in the founder's council, and it was her favorite party. I know it sounds really boring, but—" before i could finish stefan says With an out reached hand "I would be honored to accompany you, Miss Gilbert." I take his hand and say "The pleasure is all mine, Mr. Salvatore." We both then laugh at our behavior and i walk stefan out the door and I tell him he better be on time.
BONNIE: You're taking Damon to the founder's party? What about me?
CAROLINE: Go with Theresa.
BONNIE: She's asking Stefan.
CAROLINE: Okay, go with Elena then.
BONNIE: i guess i could. What about your mom? Is she okay with you bringing Damon?
CAROLINE: And I'm supposed to care why?
BONNIE: He's older sexy danger guy.
CAROLINE: Older sexy danger guy? Is that an official witch twitter tweet?
BONNIE: No more witch jokes, okay? That whole Mr. Tanner prediction thing has me freaked.
CAROLINE: 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.
BONNIE: Like...?
CAROLINE: I'm not really supposed to say anything.
BONNIE: Caroline Forbes, when have you ever kept a secret in your life?
CAROLINE: Okay. But you can't tell Theresa or Elena because then she'll just tell Theresa.
BONNIE: No.
The door bell rings and i know its tyler here to pick up my parents things so i grab the box and start walking down stairs and i hear tyler say to Jeremy "I'm here for my mom. I was supposed to pick up a box of stuff." Oh great Jeremy answered so i go in between them before anything can happen and hand the box to Tyler and say "Right here. Please be careful." "Yeah, be careful with it, dick." I hear from behind me oh great you just had to open your mouth. I look at jermy and tyler and say "Hey! Not now, okay, guys? Please?" " I'm fine. He's just being a punk." Tyler's says giving jeremy the death glare. "I got your punk." Jermey says trying to get to Tyler. I push them both apart and say "Look, Tyler, maybe you should go. Tell your mom that I'll see her tonight."
Before i close the door tyler says to jermey "Hey. Would it make a difference if I told you I actually like Vicki?" I then start to walk up stairs not gonna get in the middle of that before i reach the top i hear jeremy say "Not even if you meant it." And then slams the door on Tyler's face.
Delicate flower vs. Naughty vixen bonnie says to me and elena as we get ready for the founder's ball in my room. I then look at the both nail polishes in her hand and say "Tough call. Can we mix them?" Bonnie and Elena both smile at me as i put on my make up and Bonnie says "Look at you, getting all pretty for your date. You seem happy-Ish." Shes right i kinda am which is a good thing "I am... ish. Tonight's going to be a good night. 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." I say giving her a knowing look elena then looks at bonnie like spill it
" What if I tell you in the morning? I don't want to ruin the night." Bonnie says to me "Bonnie, out with it." Elena says "Okay, but it has to go in the vault, because Caroline will kill me if it gets back to Damon that she squealed. Apparently Stefan has a very interesting back story." Bonnie says Of course this came from damon and Caroline why am I not suprised "Uh-Huh continue" i say. "Do you know what happened with his ex-girlfriend Katherine?" She ask. "I know that they both dated her and that's why they have issues. I respond
Bonnie then looks hesitant and says "Yeah, they both dated her, only she chose Damon. And that drove Stefan mad, so he did horrible things to try and break them up. He manipulated Katherine. He filled her head with all these lies until finally it worked, and she turned against Damon." Elena shakes her head and says "you really believe that" to bonnie. Bonnie then shrugs and i say "That sounds like one person's side of the story, meaning Damon's."
Elena shakes her head agreeing and Bonnie says "I just wanted you to know." I love that she's a great friend and told me even though I'm sure caroline told her not to but why would she believe it "Anyway, his past relationships are none of my business." I tell her " Unless he's a calculating, manipulative liar. That is your business" Bonnie says " look bonnie Stefan is none of those things." She then looks me in the eyes and says "Yeah? How do you know?"
Ok maybe I'm not so sure but I trust stefan so i just shake off what she said and continue to get ready. My phone the starts to ring i put it on speaker so i can finish doing my hair it's Mrs . Lockwood and she's telling me the pocket watch wasn't in the box I could of swore i put it in the there then me and elena make eye contact and we both give eachother a knowing look and she storms off to Jeremy's room and i tell Mrs . Lockwood I'll look for it then hang up.
Elena then returns with the watch and told me what had happened and how the watch was suppose to be Jeremy's i feels super bad so before we leave I go into Jeremy's room and put the watch on his desk. Maybe this will be a good thing for Jeremy to have a piece of our parents that he can cherish.
As we get to the Lockwood mansion mayor Lockwood is greeting everybody at the door as me, Stefan, Bonnie, and Elena approach the mayor he says to us "Hey. Hey, guys, come on in." We all smile at the mayor and say Thank you. As we walk in Stefan gives me a kiss on my cheek awww he's so sweet. Stefan then excuses himself and i walk over to look at my parents ring.
"Your parents?" I hear from behind me i look and see stefan and i say "There's a lot of history here." As me and stefan look around we spot the registry ""The founding families in Mystic Falls welcomes you to the inaugural founder's council celebration." Wow, look, it's the original guest registry. Look at all these familiar names—Sheriff William Forbes, Mayor Benjamin Lockwood. Is that Damon Salvatore? And, Stefan Salvatore?" I say confused looking at stefan. "The original Salvatore brothers. Our ancestors. Tragic story, actually." Me and stefan turn around to see that it was damon and Caroline. Stefan then looks at Damon with a glare and says "We don't need to bore them with stories of the past."
"It's not boring, Stefan. I'd love to hear more about your family." I say looking at him. Then caroline looks at us bored at says "Well, I'm bored. I want to dance. And Damon won't dance with me." Damon looks at us and just shakes his head" Mm-Mmm." Caroline then looks at me oh great i know where this is headed i mean of course of all people here she would ask me "Could I just borrow your date?" She says i dont really know how to respond So i just say "Oh, uh..." then stefan says "Idon't really dance." Oooo nice excuse well played stefan ya I can kinda get jealous i dont mean then cuts in and says "Oh, sure he does. You should see him. Waltz, the jitterbug, the moonwalk. He does it all."
I menatally slap damon. "You wouldn't mind, would you, Theresa?" I guess i shouldnt it just a dance so i say "It's up to Stefan." Caroline looks at stefan grabbing his hand and says "Well sorry, but I'm not going to take no for an answer." And drags him to dance leaving me and damon alone this is so uncomfortable since our last encounter. "I want to apologize to you for being such a world-class jerk the other night when I tried to kiss you. There's no excuse. My therapist says I'm... Acting out, trying to punish Stefan." Damon says i then turn to look at him and say "For what?"
" 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." Damon Responds Oh Great Its a story how did I not see this coming. "The Salvatore name was practically royalty in this town. Until the war. There was a battle here—" i cut damon off and say
"The battle of willow creek." Ya I know things "right" damon says alittle suprised "i know we talked about it in class. Confederate soldiers fired on a church with civilians inside." Shocking i actually payed attention in tanners class."What the history books left out was the people that were killed. They weren't there by accident. They were 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. And when they went to rescue them, they were shot. Murdered in cold blood." Damon says wow this is one crazy story why risk it so i ask " Who was in the church that they wanted to save?"
"A woman, I guess. Doesn't it always come down to the love of a woman?" Damon Responds I dont really know how to respond to that so i just say "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... I hope you two can work it out." And i truly mean that I know deep deep down Damon can be a good guy if he wanted to but instead he wears a mask i feel bad for him and stefan they've been through a lot. Damon makes eye contact with me and says "I hope so, too."
Just then we see Caroline and stefan have stopped dancing and are talking so we go over to them "What'd we miss?" Damon says " We were just chatting. Drink, Damon?" Stefan says like he's up to something Damon eyes the drink questionably and says "No, thanks, I'll pass." Ok well enough of that i think its time stefan owes me a dance so i say " Stefan, do you have another dance in you?" Stefan takes my hand and says " Absolutely." So we head to the dance floor and of course the founder's only play classic slow songs but i didnt care i liked it.
As we're dancing stefan says out of no where "I hope Damon didn't drive you too crazy." Well I guess that's understandable thing to ask so i say "No, actually, he was on good behavior. He even apologized and explained why he is the way he is. And it all goes back to Katherine." "Hmm." Stefan says like sure it does " But i want stefan to know he can talk to me about anything "So tell me about her. What happened?" I ask "It's not something I like to talk about." He says ok not much progress. "I get that. I do. I just want you to know that you can. I mean, I burden you with all of my drama, and I want you to do the same." Is it that bad to talk to me hes acting alittle strange. "I know. Thank you." He says
"The truth is, Stefan... I don't really know that much about you, and I'd really love it if you would open up to me." i say but as soon as i say that he stops dancing and looks at me and says "Damon said something, didn't he? He likes to play games and cause trouble, Theresa." Ok wow what the heck this has nothing to do with him so i tell him "This isn't about Damon, it's about me trying to get to know you. Look, you're the mystery guy, and I like that. But with mystery comes secrets, and this thing with Katherine. "Let it go. I don't want to talk about it." Stefan says wanting to change the subject fine if he doesn't want to talk about her then I'll ask some thing else " Well, then, say something about yourself. Anything. Otherwise, I'm left with nothing but what other people tell me." I respond. "Don't you see what Damon has done here? He's trying to get you to turn against me. Ok thats it I'm done So i say "Well, then I guess it's working." And i walk away to bonnie and elena.
As were sitting at the table eating ice cream bonnie says "this is my fault. I planted doubt." Elena shakes her head agreeingly and says"were doubt planters.I just shake my head at them and saya "It's not your fault. I just—I feel terrible because I said that I wouldn't get in the middle of it, and then that's exactly what I did. I got all snotty." Just then i see Mrs. Lockwood oh no she's probably gonna ask about the watch "Theresa,honey, there you are. I notice the watch still isn't in the collection." What did I say but I can't let her know it's with jeremy so i just say " I'm sorry, Mrs. Lockwood. , I couldn't find it. I guess it's still packed up in my parents' stuff somewhere."
"I see. Well, please let me know if you do find it." She says believing me man i should get the best actress award or something. "OK" i say to her and she walks away. I then excuses my self and go to the bathroom i walk in and see Caroline. "Hey" i say "Hey. So how are things with Stefan?" She ask " Great. Just great." I say looking at myself in the mirror with saddened eyes. "Really? Well, my radar must be off, 'cause I was getting all sorts of other vibes..." Caroline says i look at her but I notice something on her neck like a mark what the hell "what is that?" I ask her walking closer to see "Hmm? I try to lift the scarf Don't!" She says ok there is something wrong here
I lift up her scarf and see bit marks "Oh god, Caroline, what happened?" I ask "Nothing, okay?!" She gets all defensive "That is not nothing! Did somebody hurt you?" I question her who the hell would do this "No, okay, nothing. It just... My mom would kill me." She says terrified. I see her shawl and i get suspicious so pull that down too and i see more bit marks oh my god " Did Damon hurt you?" I don't know why I even bother asking of course it was him and just when i thought he was a good guy "No! Of course not! Just leave me alone. Okay, Theresa?!" Caroline says and walks out the bathroom.
I walk outside and I see damon i walk over to him and i push him "There is something seriously wrong with you. You stay away from Caroline or I will go straight to her mother, the sheriff. You got it? Stay away from her." I say in a threatening and i walk away to fund stefan
"I'm sorry. I take it all back. You're completely right about Damon." I say to stefan "What did he do?" Stefan ask "There are bruises all over Caroline's body. Bite marks, and he has her all confused and messed up in the head".as i say this it doesn't seem to phase stefan. That damon did this "You don't look surprised." I say Stefan looks at me and says "Um... I'm handling it." Ok what the fuck how why would he even try to handle it "Handling it? Stefan, you should be having him arrested." I say really angry. Stefan puts his a hand on my arm to calm me downs and says "Theresa, please. I... I don't expect you to understand." Sure as hell i dont understand i move my arm and say "I don't understand anything, Stefan. So why don't you just clear it up for me?"
"Look, there are things that you don't know, okay? Things that I want to tell you, but I can't. And I may never be able to. And I just need you to trust me." He says to me ya that makes perfect sense " Trust is earned. I can't just magically hand it over." I say "I'm so sorry. I have to go." He says then walks away ok what the hell is going on.
I walk out onto the lawn and see Caroline. "Caroline? There you are. I've been looking everywhere for you. Are you okay?" I say to her worried. She just shakes her head and says " Yeah. I'm fine." "Caroline, what happened?" I ask "I'm fine" she says but she starts shaking and her eyes are watering " No. You're shaking. Caroline—What—" but she cuts me off and says "I'm fine! and just breaks down crying. "Caroline, come here, come here." I say and pull her into an embrace. I hope stefan does handle damon how could he does this to a human being it's so wrong.