Stephanie's POV
It was nighttime and I was out looking for Vicki. Surprisingly, I wasn't alone in my search. Danielle agreed that Vicki shouldn't be allowed to wander the streets. She also agreed that we needed to get her inside before the sun came up. We found her in the school parking lot, trying to feed on Tyler. I grabbed Vicki and pulled her away. She began to flail in my arms.
"What's wrong with her, Stephanie?" Tyler asked me.
"You." Danielle said as she appeared. I couldn't help but wonder why she was late. "You don't get to talk."
"Fuck you, Babe." Tyler replied. "In fact, I would like to."
"I'm not some chick that you can screw." Danielle said as she picked him up.
"Dani, don't." I ordered.
"You don't get to call me that." She replied. "Besides, who's going to miss this asshole anyway?"
"He's the mayor's son. You can't kill the mayor's son." I pointed out. It was way too big of a line to cross.
Danielle was silent for a moment it would be difficult for me to hold onto Vicki and stop her at the same time. I really hoped that she wouldn't do it.
"None of us were ever here." She compelled before she threw him hard onto the pavement. That wasn't necessary. We then took Vicki back to the boarding house.
After a few hours, we managed to get Vicki to fall asleep. I undressed for bed and began to write.
Dear Diary
It's only been a few hours and Vicki is already a pain in the ass. I wish I didn't have to take care of this, but I feel like I'm the only one who can. I need to see if I can find a way for her to walk in the sun because I feel it's only a matter of time before she loses it completely. I hope that she doesn't cause me to lose it.
Elena's POV
In the morning, I walked into the bathroom to find Jeremy brushing his teeth.
"I'm sorry." I apologized.
"I'm actually done." He explained. He was up pretty early for a school day.
"You're up pretty early." I noted.
"The sheriff is organizing a search party for Vicki." He told me.
"You have school." I pointed out.
"You're kidding, right?" He asked. "She's missing."
"We'll know if they find her, but you should really go to school." I responded.
"All I'm hearing is blah-blah-blah." He replied before he walked away. I sighed.
I couldn't tell him that it was pointless for him to be looking for her during the day because she couldn't go out in the sun. I also knew exactly where she was as Stephanie had called me last night after she brought her to the boarding house. I thought about going to school but I had a feeling that Stephanie wouldn't be there because she would be watching over Vicki. Just how many days of school was she going to miss anyway?
Stephanie's POV
In the morning, I was dressed in a white blouse with a black tulle skirt. I stood by Vicki as she called Matt. I knew what I was about to go through wasn't going to be easy. I didn't know a witch that could make a daylight ring for her and I was also sure that it wasn't a good idea to let her go out into the sun before she knew how to control herself. Maybe it would have been easier just to say that she was dead because I could train her without questions.
"I don't understand why I have to be here." She remarked. "I want to go home."
"Because if you go out in the sun, you'll die." Danielle quipped.
"And you're changing and that's not something that you want to do alone." I added.
"There is nothing in here about that Logan guy that I killed." Danielle commented as she read the paper. I still needed to tell Tina about that. "I think someone's covering it up."
"They've been covering it up since the start." I pointed out.
"Yes, but I could at least read about my exploits." Danielle argued as she grabbed the compass.
"What's that?" Vicki asked.
"It's a very old, very special compass." Danielle explained. "Why did Logan Fell have it?"
"Well if you're so worried, maybe you should leave town." I suggested. It was worth a shot.
"We should all be worried, Stephanie." Danielle stated.
"'Hey I'm hungry." Vicki interrupted. "Do you have anything for me to eat?"
I gave a cup of blood. I hoped that she would like because it was very hard to get into the cup.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Blood." I answered as she sniffed it. She didn't seem to like the smell.
"She needs people blood." Danielle remarked.
"Yeah, why can't I have people blood?" Vicki asked.
"Because it's not right to feed on innocent people." I declared.
"You don't have to kill people." Danielle pointed out. "Just find someone tasty, drink their blood and then erase their memory."
"You can't control yourself like this." I argued. It was like the two of us were her older sisters. I was the responsible one and Danielle was the one who always hung around gave you liquor, but didn't have a lot going for her and never finished or even went to college. "You could kill someone. Just stick to this."
"Don't listen to her. She is too self-righteous." Danielle replied. "You should be having fun."
"We choose our own path." I replied. I was learning what a lot of younger people did. Having a teenage daughter sucked.
"I'm out of here." Danielle announced before she got up. "Don't let her bore you to death."
"Can I have some more?" Vicki asked.
Elena's POV
When I got to the boarding house, I found out that I wasn't the only one who had the idea to come over.
"What are you doing here?" I asked the blonde.
"I got your text about what happened." She explained. I then rang the doorbell. Unfortunately, it was answered by Danielle. She was wearing a black tank top and black jeans with black boots.
"I'm looking for Stephanie." I replied.
"She's here." She answered.
"Where is she?" I responded.
"Hello to you, too, Miss Gilbert." She remarked. I was not amused.
"How can you be such a colossal bitch after everything you've done?" I asked.
"How can you be so stupid to call a vampire a bitch?" She challenged.
"If you wanted to kill me you would have." I pointed out. I saw her nod. "And I'm still alive."
"I can still kill you." She declared.
"Where is Stephanie?" I repeated in annoyance.
"She's upstairs playing Henry Higgins." She said before she walked away. Was I supposed to know who that was? What did that have to do with Stephanie?
"It's a reference to the musical My Fair Lady." Tina explained. "Think of it as like She's All That except the two men making the bet are gay."
"Stephanie?" I called into the house.
"Hi." She greeted me before I gave her a kiss on the lips.
"So where's Vicki?" Tina asked her.
"She's upstairs." Stephanie answered.
"Well what am I supposed to do because my brother and half the town are looking for her?" I asked.
"I need some time." She explained. "I don't know when she'll be able to go out in the sun and the fact that she's a drug user makes things harder."
"What am I supposed to tell everyone?" I questioned. "I know where she is and I can't keep lying to Jeremy and Matt about it."
"I have to keep her here until I know that it's safe for her to go into the outside world." Stephanie told me.
"How long is that?" Vicki asked from the top of the stairs.
"We'll talk about it later." Stephanie replied.
"Hey, Vicki, how are you?" I asked. As soon as the words left my mouth I realized what a stupid question it was.
"I'm fucking peachy." She remarked before she walked off.
A few minutes later, we were all sat down at the table, which was upstairs for some reason, while Stephanie gave the new vampire a lecture on coffee.
"What if I want to drink human blood?" Vicki asked. It really wasn't all that fun. I was wishing that I had gone to school. I didn't know why I couldn't stay away from Stephanie. I knew that she was no good for me, but I couldn't help myself.
"You just have to avoid it and abstain from it." Stephanie answered.
"Don't give me that whole 12 Steps crap." Vicki replied. "School counselor's already been down that road and it doesn't work for me."
"It worked for me." Tina remarked. I almost forgot that Tina was a recovering alcoholic.
"It's a little different, but she is right. It can work." Stephanie agreed.
"So you've never had human blood?" Vicki asked. I was a little curious about it myself to be honest.
"It's been a long time." Stephanie answered. How long was that?
"How long?" Vicki persisted.
"Decades." Stephanie replied. It looked like it was something that she didn't like to bring up. "The point is that if I can do it, you can too."
"Does this weird feeling ever go away?" Vicki asked, standing up. "It's like I have a massive hangover and I didn't even drink anything. This daylight thing is a bitch. I need more blood. Where's your bathroom? I have to pee. Why do I have to pee? I thought I was dead."
Stephanie pointed her to the bathroom before getting up to get her some blood.
"So what do you think?" I asked Tina. Before she could answer, Vicki returned.
"False alarm." She stated. "My body is really fucked up right now but it's a good kind of fucked."
She then took out her phone.
"Who are you texting?" I asked.
"Jeremy." She answered like it was no big deal.
"Vicki can't see Jeremy." I replied.
"Yes I can." She said before she grabbed me by the neck. Tina tried to fight her off but Vicki threw her to the floor. "Let's get things straight, you perky little bitch. You had my brother whipped for 15 years and then you dumped him. So how about you shut the fuck up because I have some fun new toys and don't think that I won't kill both of you."
Stephanie's POV
I took Elena and Tina outside after I found out what happened.
"She threatened us, Stephanie." Elena explained. "She choked me."
"She's on edge." Stephanie remarked.
"I don't care if she's on edge!" Elena shouted. "I thought I couldn't stay away from you, but I have a good reason now."
"Well she can't see Jeremy because certain people can turn all of her feelings into hunger."
"I need to get going." Elena remarked before she walked around. Tina was about to follow her, but she stopped.
"Do you know what happened to my uncle?" She asked as I heard Elena's car start.
"I'll tell you if you don't tell Elena." I bargained. "When I found Vicki, Logan found me and shot me. He was about to kill me before Danielle intervened. It was his blood that Vicki drank to become a vampire."
After dark, I found Danielle with Vicki in front of the door.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"I'm taking her out." My sister answered.
"She could hurt someone." I reminded her as if she cared, which I was pretty sure wasn't the case.
"I'm taking her to the front yard, not Disneyland." Danielle argued.
I made sure to follow them and Danielle taught her how to use super speed…which she used to run away.
"My bad." Danielle replied.
"You're an idiot." I told her before I went to look for Vicki. My first guess was her house.
Elena's POV
That night, I walked into the kitchen where Jeremy was leaving Vicki a voicemail that sounded pretty desperate.
"Do you want to go to this Halloween thing at school tonight?" I asked. I didn't have a costume other than the one from last year, but no one would really care.
"Sure whatever." He answered without much enthusiasm.
"Jeremy, I know you're upset about but Matt said that she was home and you should really give her time to get better." I replied.
"Since Mom and Dad died, the only thing good about my life has been Vicki. I feel better when I'm with her." He explained. I had a feeling that it would end very badly.
I didn't know what to do. He didn't understand because he didn't know the truth. Maybe that was the answer. I could tell him and he would understand why he couldn't be with her. I would tell him in the morning. I couldn't help but wonder where Jenna was.
I walked into the school dressed as a sexy nurse. Jeremy looked like he was dressed as Todd in the Shadows or something. He tried to scared some kids, which I wasn't happy about. I then noticed Matt in his male nurse outfit, also from last year. Technically, he was supposed to be a doctor, but I always thought of him as a male nurse.
"Hey, you came in last year's costume too." He commented before he looked over Jeremy "And I'm not what this is."
Jeremy walked off in annoyance.
"We had a fight." I explained.
"Yeah, I got into it with Vick before I came here." He responded. "I almost didn't bring her."
"Wait, Vicki's here?" I asked. She was supposed to stay inside. I needed to tell Stephanie about it.
"I just remembered that I have to go to the bathroom." I said before I ran off. At that point, I noticed Tina dressed as Red Riding Hood and took her hand.
"Why are we walking so fast?" She questioned.
"Vicki's here." I said.
Stephanie's POV
I walked the halls. I was dressed as a cat in a black long-sleeved leotard with a tail attached with knee-high boots with a cat ear hat. I wasn't sure why I had chosen the particular costume
Eventually, I found her and dragged her into a classroom. I had been unsuccessful in getting her from Matt, but now I needed to take her back.
"So you're following me now?" She asked.
"I didn't have a choice." I replied. "Nice costume, really subtle. So tell me. Can you hear the heartbeats of the hundreds of people here as you crave their blood? It's slowly driving you insane because you don't have any way to control it. Do you feel that if someone looks at you the wrong way that you could just rip their head off? This is not a good place for you. You're hungry and you don't need to be around this much blood."
I took her into the hallway where I found Elena and Tina. Of course then Matt showed up and Vicki saw an opportunity.
"Matty, she won't leave me alone." Vicki whined.
"You need to back off." Matt told me. I quickly realized that it was a diversion so she could run away. You know between that and tricking Danielle, Vicki was a lot smarter than people gave her credit for. If she had her act together, maybe she could be valedictorian.
The girls ran after her, but Matt tried to stand in my way, so I pushed him against the wall.
"I'm trying to help her." I declared. He seemed surprised by how strong I was. "I learned this in self-defense class."
I then ran off to find her. I hoped I could before it was too late.
Elena's POV
Tina and I looked through the school for Vicki or my brother. I wished I had come as a pirate with a real sword or something.
"Where do you think they went?" Tina asked.
"How about over there?" I replied as I noticed an open door.
"Elena, this seems like something that would happen in a horror movie before the cute blonde gets killed." She said.
"Then don't come." I told her.
"Okay." She responded before she ran the opposite direction. I didn't think she actually would. I went through the door and I saw Vicki looking feral looking at Jeremy like he was a snack.
"Leave him alone!" I replied as I grabbed a 2x4 and swung it at her. Unfortunately, it broke and she threw me onto a wooden palette. I was pretty sure something else was broken. At that point, Stephanie showed up and fought her off before Vicki disappeared. That was never a good sign.
"Get inside now." Stephanie commanded.
I grabbed Jeremy and ran for the door but Vicki bit into my neck first. I screamed before she stopped and noticed that she had the broken 2x4 sticking through her. Her skin turned grey as she died in front of us. Jeremy cried out in anguish.
"Get him out of here." I demanded. Stephanie did so and I was left alone.
It wasn't easy for me to stand. I felt kind of lightheaded. To make matters worse, Danielle showed up. She was dressed in a dress similar to the one Grace Kelly wore in Rear Window.
"I've got this under control." She stated.
"This is your fault. You did this." I remarked.
"Is that supposed to make me feel bad, because it doesn't." She pointed out. "Now you can insult me some more, or you could let me bury a body."
I then began to pound into her, but she just stopped me.
"You look hurt." She commented. "I can help you.'"
She bit into her wrist and I saw the blood come out. It was pretty gross.
"You should drink this." She offered. I stood still as the wound closed up. "Okay, suit yourself."
I got a ride home with Tina. I was a bit too dizzy from the blood loss to drive myself. I cried the whole way home. When I got there, Stephanie was on my doorstep.
"Where is he?" I questioned.
"He's in his room." She answered. "I think you should talk to him."
When I got upstairs, I found out that Jeremy was basically inconsolable. I was glad that Jenna wasn't around for whatever reason because I didn't want to explain what happened. I went back outside without having as much of a clue as what to do.
"I don't know what to do." I told Stephanie. "I was going to tell him tomorrow, but with her dying like this, it could destroy him. Do you think you could use your mind control thing to make him forget?"
"I don't know if I can." Stephanie replied. "The downside to not drinking human blood is that compulsions don't always stick."
"I can do it." Danielle interrupted.
"Okay." I agreed before I told her what to do and she went upstairs. "I don't know why I can't stay away with you. I wanted to forget about you and Danielle and move on, but that won't work. I want to be with you forever. The only thing that's stopping me from wanting to be a vampire is the fact that I won't be able to go into the sun like you."
So things took a very different turn. Elena wants to be a vampire, but realizes that it's not practical. However, Vicki still died. Please don't forget to review.
