I sat by the window the whole day watching grass grow, or that's what it felt like I was doing and Damon left me alone. He just sat in the corner and drank his bourbon only looking at me for short periods of time, and when he did it felt like he was watching my every move. Once it became dark out he came and stood behind me. I could almost feel his body on my back.
"Can I help you?" I asked coldly
"There are many things you could help me with" he whispered in my ear making me shiver and feel something I had not felt in a long time. Shaking the feeling away I turned around to face him.
"I'm sure I could but I don't do things that could endanger my life" I stated as I tried to pushed past him but he pinned me to the wall, making me gasp both in fear and in want.
"Don't say things you don't mean" he said seductively making my breath hitch.
"Screw you Damon!" I spat and he smirked
"Maybe some other time" he said letting me go "Right now we are going to see your sister and my brother" he said and I crossed my arms
"The only way I am leaving with you is if you are taking me home" I said, and I felt pretty proud of myself for sticking up for myself, even if I was terrified beyond belief.
"Who says were not going there?" he asked and looked at him questioningly
"Is that where we are going?" I asked and he smirked
"You'll just have to come with me and find out won't you" Damon said. I bit my bottom lip for a moment contemplating my options. I could go with the psychopathic vampire who could kill me instantly, or I could stay here in the psychopathic vampire's home and wait for Stefan… Oh my god if Damon was a vampire so was Stefan…
"Ok let's go" I said and Damon smirked
"I knew you'd see things my way." He said. I followed Damon out to his car and then got in. Hoping with all of my might that he wasn't taking me somewhere out in the wilderness to feed on me and then leave me for wild animals. "Are you always scared?" Damon asked me after a few moments of silence I looked over at him.
"I beg your pardon?" I asked
"Are you always terrified?" he asked again "Because your heart is beating very fast, in fact is has been since you woke up" he said and I looked away even more scared then before. He could tell when was scared great just what I needed. "Are you going to answer?" he asked and I looked back at him
"Yes actually" I told him, and I was being truthful.
"Well, I have to say that blows" he said and I rolled my eyes
"Well, you should watch where you're driving" I told him and he scoffed
"Honey, I have been driving longer then you have been alive" he said
"That doesn't make me feel better sorry" I stated
"I beg to differ, you see ever since we started talking your heart beat has almost stabilized" he said and I shook my head
"It's kind of creepy when you talk about a person's heartbeat, I'm just saying" I told him and I looked out the window and smiled slightly, he was taking me home I recognized the streets.
Taking a deep breath I let myself relax for the rest of the ride, from the corner of my eye I saw Damon smirk and I felt the car slow down a little. I however didn't care I was going home, I would get to see my family again, which is truly all I ever wanted.
"You know your company is so much more enjoy able when your calm" Damon said as we neared my house and I just shrugged.
Slowly the car pulled into the drive way and as soon as it stopped I calmly opened the door, and not wanting to take any chance I walked to the door. Damon had yet to get out of the car, maybe he would just leave. As soon as I was on the front porch I ran to the door and closed it as quickly as I could.
"Ember?" Elena asked happily and I ran over to her and she immediately hugged me "Are you ok? He didn't hurt you did he?" she asked and I just stayed there letting tears stream down my face, but then I heard the door open and I quickly whipped around to see Damon.
"Ah good a happy family reunion" Damon said sarcastically and I glared at him
"Ember, go upstairs" Elena said but I didn't move an inch from where I was.
"Well it looks like there is two Gilbert's who are afraid of me instead of just one" Damon said looking at me up and down before he turned his attention to Elena "I'm just going to go out on a limb here and guess that Stefan finally fessed up" Damon said
"Stay away from us" Elena said defiantly and Damon smirked
"Hey no need to be rude" Damon said as he grabbed my arm pulling me into him making me face Elena so she could see every inch of fear on my face "I'm just looking for Stefan, and bringing your Delicious twin sister home." He said and I could tell he was smirking, and Elena looked furious "We had a lot of fun last night didn't we sweet heart" he said bending down to sniff my hair the fell on my neck "We could have had even more" he whispered into my ear, and Elena cleared he throat "So where Stefan?" he asked
"He's out looking for Vicky" Elena said her older sister look clearly on her face
"Oh don't look at me with those judgey little eyes" Damon said caressing my arm it felt amazing but I stoned myself shut, making sure no emotion came through "Girls gonna thank me for what I did" he told her and Elena glared
"Did you thank Katherine?" Elena asked and immediately the arm caressing stopped
"Got the whole life story huh?" Damon said and Elena crossed her arms
"I got enough." Elena spat "Now give me back my sister" she demanded and I was sure he smirked at that.
"Oh I doubt that, and as for your sister I might just keep her" he said and I gasped, I didn't want to go anywhere with him "Only kidding" he whispered in my ear and then he pulled back my hair and kissed my neck. "Tell my brother that I'm looking for him" Damon said as I felt his warm presents leave the back of my body "Oh and a tip for later be careful who you invite in" he said and with that he was gone.
"Oh my god Ember!" Elena said running over to me taking me into her arms "Are you ok" she asked
"I'm fine" I said weakly and I pulled away, immediately I saw that she didn't believe me, so I smiled "Honestly, I'm fine I just want to take a shower, eat something, and go to bed" I told her and she nodded
"Ok we will talk later" she said with a small smiled and I nodded, before heading up the stairs.
I didn't even go to my room I just went straight to the bathroom and as soon as the door was closed and locked my mental break down began. Immediately I stripped my clothes off and pushed them as deep in the hamper they would go, then I went to the sink and started scrubbing my face with scalding water. After my face was raw I went over to the shower and turned the water as hot as it would go and repeated what I had just done to my face to my body. I felt so dirty, and gross. I had seen people burning in a fire, I had seen a person get their necked snapped and come back to life… As I began to go over all of the terrible and unreal things I had seen, I could no longer stand, so I fell. The fall was to short however for soon I collided with the bottom of the tub, and it would have hurt to if I wasn't so numb.
I sat on the floor of the tub with water pouring over me and cried, and when I ran out of tears I just sat there, until the water became unbearably cold. The cold water was what brought me back to reality, back to this crazy reality that I was now living. Once I stepped out of the shower and quickly wrapped a towel around my body and wrapped one around my head and walked out feeling much better.
"I thought you died in there" Jeremy said make my jump
"Jer, you scared me!" I said putting a hand over my heart and he chuckled
"Sorry, Em" he said and I smiled
"No big deal little bro" I told him and he laughed
"So how was your early morning with Bonnie?" he asked and I froze for a second before shrugging.
"Oh you know just girly stuff nothing you would want to hear about" I told him and he nodded before he looked down at my arms.
"What happened to your arms?" He asked
"Nothing" I answered quickly and he raised one of his eye brows and opened his mouth to question it but before he could I turned and walked to my room "I'm going to go change. I will meet you down stairs where we can feast on junk food like we did when we were younger" I said over my shoulder as I entered my room.
Once my door was shut I quickly ran over to my dresser and pulled on some black under garments before I ran to my closet to pull on a long sleeve shirt, and some sweats. Just as I finished getting dressed Elena walked in.
"Did we lose our manners while I was away?" I asked smiling as I turned around to look at my twin who looked worried and my smile dropped. "What's wrong?" I asked as she walked over to my bed and sat down.
"Stefan was just here" she said and I walked over to sit by her.
"Ok and what happened?" I asked and Elena sighed before looking at me
"Stefan couldn't stop her from drinking human blood" she said and on impulse my hand covered my mouth. "And then she ran and Stefan lost her" she said and I closed my eyes and put my head on Elena's shoulder as a tear slipped down my face. Poor Jeremy and Matt was all I could think of. "I broke up with Stefan" Elena said after a few moments of silence and I lifted my head up from her shoulder and looked her in the eyes.
"Why?" I asked "You two are scarily perfect for each other" I told her. Even if Stefan was a vampire I don't think he could hurt Elena, Jeremy, Jenna, or me for that matter.
"I can't handle lying to everyone, I just can't" she said as tear started streaming down her face, frowning I hugged her.
"Everything will be alright we will get through this together" I told her feeling extremely weird being the strong twin, and she pulled away and looked into my eyes
"Just like always" she said with a weak smile which I returned just as weakly
"Just like always" I said before we hugged each other once more. After we both pulled away ending our embrace Elena yawned and lay down on my bed.
"I'm going to crash in here tonight" she said her eyes half open and I giggled slightly before getting up
"Alright" I said as I walked to the door and switched the light off before exiting to go and bond with my little brother.
"Sorry it took so long, Lena had a teenage crisis that she needed help with" I told Jeremy as I entered the kitchen
"I bet that was weird" Jeremy said as he pulled out chips, and an assortment of cookies from the cupboard
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked sarcastically as I pull myself on to the counter and he chuckled
"Nothing at all" he said as he pulled himself on to the counter beside me with the mound of junk food sitting between us
"Somehow I don't believe that" I said as I popped a cookie in my mouth and Jeremy just smiled. For a while we just sat in each other's company before I looked at him and noticed how drained and sad he looked. "You ok Jer?" I asked and he looked into my brown eyes before he shook his head.
"I'm worried about Vicki" he said and I felt my heart skip a beat "She was so messed up when she ran out earlier" he said and I sighed
"I'm sure she's ok, Vicki knows how to care herself, and Matt and Vicki have been taking care of themselves for a long time" I assured him and he nodded taking a cookie and shoving it into his mouth. I could tell how worried he still was and it bothered my knowing that I couldn't do anything to relieve his worry.
"And how are you Em?" and I smiled as best I could
"I'm doing much better" I lied and he smiled.
For the next two hours Jeremy and I talked about random stuff, laughing till tears ran down our cheeks, and for the first time in a long time I think we were both happy. Letting all of the worries and troubles of this strange town leave us for that time. Which was the best feeling I had experienced in a long time.
"I think I'm exhausted" I said yawning
"Me too" Jeremy said with a yawn "Let's leave this for Jenna or Elena" he suggested as he helped me down from the counter and I smiled
"I like your thinking little bro" I said and with that we left the kitchen with wrappers, crumbs, empty containers, and random packages on the counter for the responsible people in the family to clean it up in the morning. Once we got up stairs we said good night to each other, and as quietly as possible I went into my room and climbed into my bed where my sleeping twin was silently dreaming. The next morning I woken up by my sister shaking me, while saying my name sweetly, groaning I opened my eyes and looked at her.
"Please don't tell me it's time to get up already" I groaned and Elena giggled
"Sadly it is, but I want to go over to Stefan's to check on Vicki" she said
"They found her?" I asked getting out of bed walking over to my closet.
"Yea Stefan and Damon found her last night" Elena told me and I nodded my head as I pulled out my faded blue skinny jeans and a red tank top.
"Well I want to come with so could you go plug the flat iron in?" I asked
"Yea sure" was all she said before leaving and once she was gonna I quickly got dressed, before heading into the bathroom. When I got there I saw that both mine and Elena's irons were plugged in. Shaking my head I began straightening my hair.
"Here let me help you" Elena said making me jump luckily I had a good grip on it
"Ok, just don't burn my hair off" I told her with a small smile on my face.
"I make no promises" she said with the same smile on her face. After a while I just let Elena do my hair she was much better at then I was for some reason, so I continued getting ready, and within ten minutes I was ready.
"Damn we have to do this more often" I said as we walked down the stairs to the front door "Whenever I straighten my hair it takes me a half hour!" I told her and she chuckled
"I just have a talent" Elena said and I rolled my eyes, before pulling on my black leather jacket and grabbing my purse
"Let's go, I don't want to spend any more time with Damon than I have to" I told her as I opened the door.
"You don't have to come" Elena said as she followed me to her car
"Well I'm not going to let you go alone" I spat and after I realized how rude I was being I stopped and turned around to look at Elena who looked hurt. "I'm sorry I don't know what's gotten into me" I told her truthfully and she smiled.
"You're scared" she told me and I looked at her in shock "and being mean is your only form of defense" she said and continued walking to her car "You coming?" she called after she was in the driver's seat
"Yea!" I called before running to her car and getting in. The car ride to the Salvatore house was relatively short to short in my opinion.
"You ready?" Elena asked as she unbuckled herself and I nodded before doing the same thing and opening the door. After we got to the door of the house I took a deep breath and rang the doorbell. Never in my life did I think I was going to back here again, not after being kidnapped. After a few moments the door opened revealing a person I hoped wouldn't answer the door.
"Is Stefan here?" Elena asked coldly
"Yup" Damon said looking at my dead in the eyes
"Where is he?" Elena asked bring the attention back to her and Damon looked over at her.
"And good morning to you, Little Miss I'm on a mission" Damon said and I rolled my eyes
"How can you be so arrogant and glib after everything you've done?" Elena spat and I couldn't help but smirk. Elena maybe a goody two shoes but she can have an attitude when she wants one.
"How can you be so brave and so stupid to call a vampire arrogant and glib?" Damon asked giving the attitude right back to her
"If you wanted me dead, I'd be dead" Elena said her eyes narrowed
"Yes, you would" Damon said and I glared at him
"But I'm not" Elena pointed out
"Yet" Damon countered and I sighed
"Where is Stefan" I spoke up for the very first time, and Damon smirked before looking at me
"It's nice to hear your voice, Ember" he said and I rolled my eyes mine and Elena's voice were identical
"Where is Stefan?" I asked again.
"He's upstairs singing "The rain in Spain" knock yourselves out" Damon said moving out of the way for both Elena and I to enter.
"Stefan? Stefan?" Elena called as I leaned up against the door frame of the entrance of the family room.
"Yes?" Stefan said coming down the stairs
"Where is Vicki?" Elena asked as he lead us into the family room
"She's up stairs" Stefan told us and I took a deep breath
"So what happens now?" I asked "Because my brother is out there searching for her, with the rest of the town." I said
"What do we tell him?" Elena added and Stefan sighed
"I'm working with her, but it's gonna take time" he told us before running a hand through his hair "Vicky is a very volatile and impulsive personality. She's a drug user; I mean all that is going to play a part in how she responds to this" Stefan said
"So she's a vampire with issues" I said and Elena shot me a look but I shrugged
"What are we supposed to do? Because we are lying to everyone we care about" Elena said and I sighed
"What going to happen to her Stefan?" I asked and he looked at me before answering
"I'm going to keep her here, until I know that she is safe" Stefan said and I nodded
"And how long is that going to be?" Vicki asked making me spin around to look at her
"We can talk later" Stefan told Vicki
"Hey, Vicki how are you?" Elena asked politely and Vicki snorted
"How am I? You're kidding right?" Vicki asked
"She was just trying to be polite Vicki" I said and Vicki's just looked at me and rolled her eyes
"You two should trying looking different from each other for once, it kind of annoying seeing double" Vicki said and I glared at her. It wasn't our fault we were twins and even if it was I wouldn't change it for the world.
"Here have some coffee" Stefan said offering a cup to Elena, myself, and Vicky. Elena and I took it great fully but Vicki looked at it with distaste
"Why do I need coffee I thought I was dead?" Vicki said unwillingly taking the cup
"Coffee is our friend, the caffeine helps circulate the blood through our veins so we're not cold to the touch" Stefan explained and after hearing its purpose Vicki took a drink of the coffee.
"Well what if I want human blood?" Vicki asked looking at me
"You're going to have learn how to live with that urge and fight it on a daily basis one day at a time" Stefan told her making her groan.
"Oh god! Don't start with the 12 step thing, the school counselor went down that road and it didn't work for me." Vicki said and Stefan sighed.
"It can work Vicki, but it's all up to you" Stefan told her
"So you have never tasted human blood?" Vicki asked and I felt my heart skip a beat.
"Not in a very long time" Stefan said in a way that sounded like he was trying to reassure Elena and I.
"How long?" Vicki pressed
"Years and years" Stefan answered
"Does this sketchy feeling ever go away? It's like I have a massive hangover, and this daylight thing is a bitch" Vicki said and I frowned I felt bad for her; life was tough enough for her before now it seems like it is going to be pure hell. "I need more blood. Where's your bathroom I have to pee" Vicki said randomly before standing up "Why do I have to pee I thought I was dead" Vicki mumbled as she left the room.
"Well at least she doesn't seem that different" I said with a sad smile on my face.
"I'm going to go and get her some more. I'll be quick" Stefan said before walking out of the room
"False alarm" Vicky said skipping into the room "My body is feeling all funky. It's a good funk but it's weird" She said and I nodded as she picked up a phone
"Who are you calling?" Elena asked
"Jeremy" Vicki said simply but I shook my head my little brother was not going to get pulled into this mess.
"Vicki, you can't see Jeremy anymore "I told her and she looked at me, fire burning in them.
"Oh come on don't you start" Vicki warned "I can see who ever I want." She said and I sighed
"Even though you could hurt him?" I asked and her eyes narrowed dangerously
"I would never hurt Jeremy" she spat
"I know you think that but I can't take the risk. You have to let Jeremy go now" I told her
"Oh really? And how long have you been you been preparing this 'you're not good enough' speech? I'm guessing it predates the whole vampire thing" Vicki spat and I frowned. Vicki was perfect for Jeremy and she made him happy, and that all I want for him.
"That's not it Vicki" I started but Elena stepped in front of me
"All we are saying is that Jeremy is not getting involved in any of this." Elena said and Vicki rolled her eyes "I mean it, Vicki" Elena said and in one swift movement Vicki had us both pinned up against the wall. Her hands each wrapped around one of our necks with brute force.
"Or what?" Vicki growled "Let's get one thing straight you perky little bitch, you had my brother whipped for 15 years. 15 years and then you dump him, when I see you that are all I see." She growled at Elena "And you!" she growled at me making me whimper "You just had to come back and ruin everything with Tyler and I! It's like you walk in and I'm last week's trash. So I'm going to see Jeremy whenever I damn well please, because I have some new toys to play with, and I won't think twice about ripping your pretty little heads off." She spat before slamming us both in to the wall for good measure and storming off, and a second later Stefan was by our sides.
"She threatened us" Elena said as I coughed trying to get air into my lungs.
"She's on edge" Stefan said "Imagine every sense in your body operating at super speed. Vicki's already uncomfortable in her own skin and then add in her other issues" he said with a frown
"So how long till it settles?" Elena asked helping me up from the floor, seeing as I was still having difficulties breathing. "Hours? Days? Weeks?" Elena said guessing
"There is no rule book" Stefan answered and I rolled my eyes
"Well, how long did it take for you before you learned to control it?" I asked hoarsely before I went into another fit of coughing.
"A while, but I didn't have anybody helping me. I had to do it on my own. The thing is that it's hard to resist certain people especially when you're new; it's difficult to separate you feelings. Love, lust, anger, desire… It can all blur into one urge, hunger" Stefan said and I shook my head
"So what does that mean?" Elena asked after giving me a look that told me she would do the talking
"It means that Vicki can't see Jeremy, not now. She might not be able to resist him, and she could hurt him" Stefan said
"Or worse" Elena told him
"I'm not going to let anybody get hurt" Stefan told us trying to be reassuring
"We have to get going" Elena said and I nodded and started walking to the door
"Elena, Ember wait!" Stefan said
"There is only so much we can take Stefan" Elena said before grabbing my hand and pulling me out of the house. Once we got out to the car Elena looked at my neck "Let's get you to a doctor" she said sighing and my eyes went wide. I hated hospitals always have, well not always but last time I was at the doctor it was after my dad had found me beaten close to near death. "It's alright, I will be there with you the whole time" she told me and I nodded and let my sister drive me to the hospital.
The hospital visit took longer than I anticipated. In fact multiple doctors came into the room where Elena and I were trying to get my to them who hurt me so badly but each time I told them the same story that Elena and I made up in the car. I got in the middle of a fight with two of my friends and I accidently got hurt. After about two hours they finally let us go after giving me instruction to ice my throat, drink water and to not get in the middle of anymore fights.
"I told you we should have never come" I said quietly and Elena glared at the road she was driving on.
"Yes well I had to make sure she didn't break anything, she seemed to have more hatred towards you than me" Elena said and I rolled my eyes
"You think" I whispered sarcastically as she pulled into the drive way "So are we really going to go to this Halloween thing at the school?" I asked and Elena nodded
"Yes it will get Jer's mind off thing hopefully" she said and I nodded as we starting walking towards the house.
"But I don't have anything to wear" I whined softly and Elena giggled and turned to me
"Just wear your fairy costume from last year" Elena suggested
"And what about this" I said softly pointing at my neck
"We'll put a scarf on it and you'll be and ice fairy" Elena said and I shrugged
"Well that's go see if we can get our little brother to agree" I said and Elena nodded as we entered into the house.
"Just call me please…" Jeremy said sadly as he hung up the phone
"So?" I said as loud as I could making Jeremy turn and look at me.
"Oh my god Em!" Jeremy said standing up "What happened to you?" he asked and I shrugged
"Got in a bar fight" I said sarcastically and Elena and Jeremy scoffed
"Uh huh sure you did, Em" Jeremy said
"So baby bro you wanna hang out with your two bad ass sisters at I don't know the Halloween thing at the school?" I asked nudging him with my arm.
"Ahh yea sure, why not sounds like fun… I can't wait" He said and I frowned
"Look Jer I know you're upset about Vicki" Elena said taking the reins "I heard she called Matt, but you can't be with her she needs to get better." Elena told Jeremy and he looked heartbroken "The best thing you can do for her Jer is let her go" Elena finished
"What does that even mean let her go?" Jeremy asked angrily "Because the three of us are such experts at the meaning!" he spat
"I know you may not see it Jer but it's for the best" Elena reassured him or tried to
"Look Elena, for a month after mom and dad died I felt like crap like nothing really even mattered." Jeremy told us and I blinked back the tears because I was so selfish for leaving him. "Now all of a sudden I get these moments and thing started to fell just a little bit better, and Vicki was in every single one of them, so you may not see it, but trust me. Keeping me away from her is not for the best" he explained close to tears, and I opened my mouth to say something but before I could Jeremy pushed his chair out and stormed away.
"Don't worry about it we need to get ready" Elena said and I nodded before going up to my room to change.
After I was in my room all I really wanted to do was crawl into bed and cry for how heartbroken my little brother was but I couldn't I had to be strong for him. Sighing heavily I walked over to my closet and pulled out my fairy costume from last year. Once it was out I smiled slightly, it was blue with sparkles embedded in the fabric. The top was like a corset and the skirt which ended mid-thigh was like a tutu. I didn't do much with my makeup just added some blue sparkles and shimmer lip gloss and then my scarf to hid my bruise. Sighing and shrugging thinking this was as good as it was going to get I went over to Elena's room.
"Hey you almost ready" I asked hoarsely and she looked back at me and smiled
"Yep," she said turning back to the mirror to finish putting on her red lip stick that matched her nurse's outfit so well. "And Ember, remember not to strain yourself tonight, and try to talk and little as possible" she reminded me and I rolled my eyes
"Yes mother" I said with a smirk "I'm going to get Jeremy, and we will meet you down in the car" I told her and she nodded as she tried to get her nurses hat on.
"Hey Jer, you almost ready" I asked pushing his door open but not going in
"Yea I guess" he said and I smiled as he came out of his room
"We will have fun Jer I promise besides, I'm going to need you to be a total jerk to Tyler for me since well my voice isn't the best tonight" I said and that made him smile slightly, before it went back to a frown as he turned away and walked down stairs, me quickly following behind him.
Once all three of us got to the school after a very silent and awkward car ride over, I quickly got out of the car and walked away only to find Matt smiling at me.
"You went with last year's costume too, huh?" he asked and I smiled and went to answer only to have my sister speak for me
"Yea we didn't know we were coming till an hour ago" Elena said with a smile as Jeremy stood behind her with the hood of his black sweatshirt pulled up
"Me both" Matt said with a laugh "And you're going as what? Yourself?" he asked Jeremy, but just that harmless question made Jeremy storm off leaving Matt wondering what he did.
"He's not talking to us right now. We got into to fight" she explained and I shot my twin sister a look to which she rolled her eyes
"Yea, I got into with Vick when she got home too." Matt said sadly "I didn't want to smother her tonight, but another part didn't want to let her out of my sight" Matt sighed and I felt my eyes go wide
"Wait Vicki is here!?"I squeaked and Matt looked at me worriedly
"Yea, you can't miss her, she's a vampire." He said with a smile before going back to seriousness "You ok Em?" he asked
"She's fine, Matt" Elena assured as I looked around for Jeremy
"Elena Jeremy" I whispered as I realized that he stormed off a while ago
"Guys, what's wrong?" Matt asked seeing our worried faces
"We have to go find Jeremy" Elena said pulling me away as I waved good bye to Matt
As Elena and I were searching frantically for Jeremy outside the haunted house I saw Stefan and Vicki making I sighed in relief.
"Thank god" I said hoarsely as Stefan walked over to us looking worried
"What's wrong?" he asked immediately
"We lost track of Jeremy." Elena said
"We were worried" I finished for her, and usually we would smirk at each other for our classic twin move but everything was too serious for that.
"Hey what's going on?" Matt asked clearly worried about Vicki
"Nothing everything's fine" Stefan answered coolly
"I told you to quit bothering me" Vicki said harshly ripping her arm out of his grasp knowing how much Matt would protect her.
"Vicki don't do this" I pleaded as loud as I could
"Mattie this guy won't leave me alone" Vicki whined playing the helpless girl card to her brother, and I knew this would push Matt over his limit
"You need to back off" Matt said angrily and I sighed sadly knowing this was being twisted by Vicki in the wrong direction
"Matt its ok" Elena said reassuringly but Matt just glared
"No it's not ok!" Matt said angrily to Elena before pushing Stefan slightly "What the hell is your problem?" Matt asked accusingly and I tried to step in between them but Elena spoke first
"Stefan, she's gone" Elena whispered, and those words pushed Stefan over the edge
"I'm trying to help her!" Stefan yelled before storming off into the school with my sister not far behind. Not wanting to follow I touched Matt's arm softly
"Are you ok?" I asked making Matt look at me
"Yea, I guess" he said weakly and I smiled "I just don't understand why Stefan would want to help Vick" Matt said and I shrugged
"Stefan knows what Vicki is going through, and he is just the type of guy who wants to help everyone" I explained and Matt smiled and nodded before we walked over to where the rest of our friends were standing
"So you never explained why you can't talk?" Matt said with a smile and I bit my lip and looked off to the side to try and look for inspiration for a story to tell my friend, but instead I saw Damon and Bonnie.
"Hold that question for a moment" I said walking away, heading towards Damon and Bonnie
"Or I could just take it right now" I heard Damon growl as I got closer and I glared at the back of the infuriating man that was now threatening one of my best friends
"Damon!" I yelled or tried to yell it came out as more of a growl, but it got the same affect I wanted as he spun around to look at me
"Ahh Ember you are looking simply beautiful this evening" Damon said with a smirk, but I just glared before looking to my friend
"You ok Bonnie?" I asked in barely a whisper, it seemed that yelling Damon's name pretty much took all the voice I had left, but Bonnie none the less got what I said by nodding and running away quickly, allowing me to focus on Damon. "What are you doing here Damon?" I whispered angrily and he smirked.
"Seems as though someone pissed of the baby vampire" Damon said pulling my scarf a little loose and I glared at him
"Answer the question Damon" I said tiredly and he sighed
"Alright you caught me I was hoping I would see your sexiness tonight" he told me and I felt my face change from angry to shocked, but as soon as I saw his smirk I frowned
"I'm sure that's the case" I said with an eye roll
"Is it really that hard to believe?" he asked suddenly becoming serious and I shrugged
"I'm not the Gilbert twin that is known for her sexiness" I told him with a straight face and he frowned and opened his mouth to say something but his phone rang
"What!" snapped into the phone making me flinch slightly. Damon pause for a moment and then shut his phone. "You should probably go home and rest your voice Elena won't be home until later" he told me and I frowned
"Umm ok I guess, I'll just go find Jeremy" I said turning away but he grabbed my arm, making me look at him.
"Jeremy will be fine, Elena said he went to the grill to see if he could find Vicki there" he told me, and for a moment I just stared at him, but after a moment I saw concern in his eyes so I nodded
"Ok, night Damon" I said and he nodded letting go of my arm.
As I walked away from Damon I couldn't help but feel confused, why would he care about my wellbeing? Shaking my head I kept walking hoping I would find a friend to take me home. Thankfully I saw Caroline walking to her car, sighing happily I ran over to her.
"Hey Care" I said and she looked over at me confused
"Hey Em when did you start smoking?" she asked sarcastically and I shook my head
"I didn't I just am getting sick" I lied and she nodded
"So what's up" she asked as we got to her car and I sighed
"Can you give me a ride home, it seems that Elena ditched me for Stefan" I told her and she nodded
"Sure get in" she said happily and I smiled and wet around to the other side.
"You know sometimes you are a better twin then Elena is" I told my blonde friend who giggled as she pulled out of her parking spot
"Don't I know it" she smirked
After Caroline dropped me off, I went straight to my room and changed into some shorts and a tank top. Yawning I crawled into bed suddenly feeling very exhausted, and fell asleep forgetting all of the vampire problems that were plaguing my life.
THIRD PERSON POV
Damon stood above the dead body of the Vicki, looking at her body in disgusted.
"You shouldn't be here" Damon snapped smelling the new yet familiar blood of Elena Gilbert
"You did this" Elena growled "All of this is your fault!" she snapped making Damon turn around and look at her feeling enraged
"You confuse me with someone who has remorse" Damon barked "None of this matter's to me. None of it" he told her making Elena glare
"People die around you! How could it not matter?!" Elena exclaimed making Damon shrug and turn back to the body of Vicki who he now had to dispose of
"You need to leave your sister is probably worried about you" Damon said
"And you need to stay away from Ember, she is not going to be your toy" Elena snapped before walking away feeling disgusted, and leaving an angry Damon behind. Because no one told Damon Salvatore what to do no one.
Authors note:
Well there was chapter 4! I know it took forever but school has been kicking my butt this year! Good news though summer is almost here and soon enough (hopefully) you will have more chapters coming your way! Hopefully you liked it, it showed a little bit of Damon/Ember but not nearly as much as I want to get to! ANY WHOOO! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it! Don't forget to review it makes my creative juices flow faster!
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