Chapter 6: Unpleasantville part 1

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AN: HOLY SMOKES GUYS! I'M SOOO SORRY! I didn't expect to be away this long. I've been super busy and my other story was demanding my attention. Also, I've said this on my other story, a Twilight-Leverage crossover, but if you don't read it then you don't know. We've figured out a few weeks ago that my grandmother has cancer. My schedule's gotten even more unpredictable because most of my time is spent over there helping her. I can't promise an update soon, but I wanted to try to give you guys something. I know this has been a long time coming for you guys, so I'll shut up. Anyways,...ONWARDS!

3RD POV

Stefan and Elena were in her room laying on her bed. Stefan, like Elena, was propped up on his right elbow, was laying with his head near her hip facing her.

"Stefan," Elena started,"who was that man in the road?"

"I don't know," he answered,"Do you remember anything about him?"

She shook her head. "I wish. I never really saw his face. He was wearing a hoodie. All I can remember is that there was these black boots coming towards me."

Stefan furrowed his eyebrows, frustrated. Then, he remembered something. "I brought some vervain for, um, for you and Jenna." He said as he sat up, moved to the end of the bed, and grabbed a box off of the floor. Elena sat up, too, looking interested. Stefan opened the box, pulling some things out. "And, um, I made this bracelet for Jeremy. A few extra ones for friends. You can put it in jewelry, or you can even put it in food or drink, but as long as it's in you or on you, a vampire cannot control you."

Elena picked up a piece of the plant from the box. "Wow, so much to remember."

"I know," Stefan replied,"but there's another vampire in town. So until we find out who it is and what he wants, we have to be careful."

Elena nodded.

The doorbell sounded from downstairs. Jeremy, who was sitting at the kitchen table, drawing, sighed and went to answer the door. He opened the door to find the pizza guy. "Hey. It's gonna be $22,"the pizza guy said, taking the pizza out of the bag and holding it out to Jeremy.

Jeremy turned towards the stairs and yelled,"Elena, I need the money."He turned back towards the door. "Uh, here, come in. Just put it on the table." He said, pointing to the table by the door. He hesitated at the door for a second, then walked in and put the pizza on the table.

Elena came jogging down the stairs. "Hey. Um...", she handed him the money. "Keep the change." she said, smiling.

He smiled back. "Thanks. And you have yourself a good night." he said, walking backwards out the door.

Elena smiled and shut it behind him.

Bella sat in a chair in the library, watching Damon. She was both amused and confused. What the hell was he searching for?

Stefan walked into the room slowly, going around the books all over the floor. He looked up, seeing Damon taking books off the shelves, looking at the title briefly before throwing them down, obviously not being what he was hunting for. He heard his older brother sigh in frustration.

"What are you looking for Damon?" Stefan asked. Bella's head turned toward him. She wanted to know as well.

"None of your concern." Damon answered, not looking away from the bookcase. Bella rolled her eyes. How did she know he wouldn't answer Stefan. She stood up and left the room, going to take Damon's car to get the cigarettes she had taken up smoking a few years back. She wasn't really sure why, but they calmed her. She definitely needed calming living in this house.

"No, but putting Elena in harm's way, that is my concern." he retaliated.

"Heh heh. What are you talking about?" Damon asked, flipping through a book.

"I'm talking about Atlanta."

"Oh, yeah." Damon said, looking up from his book and turning towards his brother. "Elena and I had a blast."

He looked back towards the bookcase as Stefan leaned against it, chuckling to himself.

"I get it. You're bitter because one of us gets to be with the person they love and poor Katherine is just out of reach. Unless there's another way for you to get into that tomb. That what Bree said?"

"You're pathetic when you're fishing." Damon changed the subject, bending down to look at the books on a lower shelf.

"And you're transparent when you're deflecting."

Damon turned towards Stefan. "Don't you have school?" he asked with a sarcastic amile on his face.

Stefan smiled back and Damon turned toward the bookcase, bitter. Stefan smirked at him, turning to leave and go to school.

Jeremy looked up as a paper was thrown on his desk. He picked up his graded paper to see a red 'A' circled at the top.

"Surprised?" Alaric asked. "It's a good paper."

"Heh."

"Your thoughts are clear, your argument's well laid out. It's just, uh... You don't actually think there are vampires in Mystic Falls?"

Jeremy stuttered. "No, I mean, I think statistically there's been more animal attacks, mysterious deaths, uh, people gone missing and more than any other place in the whole commonwealth of Virginia."

Alaric, who was now sitting behind his desk, shook his head and smiled. "It's conjecture but creative, which is why you got the 'A'."

Jeremy smiled and returned to packing up his things.

"I just wouldn't get too, uh, caught up in the whole conspiracy theory of it all."

Jeremy smiled, standing up and throwing his backpack on his shoulder. "Hey, I won't."

He was halfway across the classroom when Alaric stopped him. "Oh, uh, Jeremy, the source you cited for the 1860s info...uh, "Johnathan Gilbert"?"

"Oh, uh, my ancestors journal?" Jeremy asked, confirming.

"I'd really like to see that sometime."

"Really?" he asked, disbelieving.

Alaric laughed. "A first-person account of the Civil War, that's like, uh, porn for a history teacher."

Jeremy sat his backpack on a nearby desk and, after rummaging through it for a moment, pulled out the journal. "If you think my essay's creative, wait 'till you get a load of this thing." He tossed it on Alaric's desk.

Alaric picked it up. "Thank you." he said to Jeremy as he walked out the door, backpack back on his shoulder. He waved his paper as he looked back, silently conveying a 'no problem'."

"It's so pretty." Caroline complimented, looking down at the necklace on her neck. "Thank you." She turned towards Elena walking to the right of her. "God, it'll go with, like, everything."

Elena smiled at her and laughed a little.

"What's the occasion?" Caroline asked.

Elena shrugged. "No occasion. Just a little friend gift."

"A lesbian-friend necklace, cause we're freaky like that?" Caroline said, wiggling her shoulders as they sat down at an empty picnic table. She winked and smiled.

"Your friendship is important to me." Elena said, bringing the brown paper sack with her lunch in it in front of her.

"Why are you being so mushy?" Caroline asked, taking her sandwhich out of her own plastic sack.

"Cause you've been avoiding me." Elena said honestly. "And I wanted you to know that whatever's going on between you and Matt, it's okay."

Caroline took in a nervous breath. "I was gonna talk to you about that. I was, but there's just not much to say. We've hung out a couple times. That's it. But-" She sighed then shook her head. "I just feel like we've peaked as friends."

Elena nodded in understanding.

Caroline shook her head and started talking very fast. "This is weird. I shouldn't be talking to you about this. It's weird. It's weird, right?" She shook her head again.

Elena smiled. "It's a little weird but-" She giggled. "If it's what you and Matt want, then it's not about me."

"But it's all about you." Caroline stated, shaking her head. "Matt's not over you and we all know it."

Elena shook her head, unwrapping her sandwhich. "I'm with Stefan now. Matt understands that. He knows he has to move on."

"I can't believe you're adopted. I never saw that coming." Bonnie said, the noise of people chattering surrounding them.

"And it gets weirder. I looked at my birth certificate, it lists Miranda and Grayson Gilbert as my birth parents." Elena shook her head, confused. "None of it makes any sense."

"Which is why you should ask Jenna."

Elena groaned, dreading that conversation.

"First of all, the Elena I know would want the real truth, good or bad."

"And second of all?" Elena asked, shoving a fry into her mouth.

"You just found out your boyfriend is a...vampire." Bonnie's voice lowered to a whisper on the 'v' word. "So, unless your birth parents are aliens, how bad could it be?"

Elena laughed and looked around the room. "Uh, okay, look, I have to go to the store. My outfit for the dance is severely lacking accessories." She stood up, brushing her hands together.

"Okay, I'll pay the bill." Bonnie said, reaching for her purse.

"Okay, bye." Elena said, walking away.

"Bye."

AN: Well, I fit part of the episode in here. I'm about to leave to go to my grandmother's, so sadly this is all I can give you for now. I'll try and update as soon as possible, but with my grandmother and my other story, I have no idea when that'll be. I hope you guys enjoy the little bit you got and I'm sorry it couldn't be more. I know there wasn't alot of Bella in this chapter, but next chapter she'll definitely be in more. I hope no one's too upset with me. Please review! I wanna know what you think. And advice on where you wanna see the Damon/Bella relationship go would be much appreciated. I have no frikin clue what I'm gonna do about those two. Please let me know. Lots-o-love to all of my beautiful readers! You're amazing! Don't you dare change a thing! Until next time!