A/N Hey there everyone, wow chapter 7 already? This is crazy! I'm so happy you all are enjoying it! Thanks for reading! Oh and of course I don't own TVD.
Elena wakes up, hearing a loud noise. She gets out of bed to investigate. "Hello? Jeremy? Angela? Hello, is anyone there?" Elena calls out to the dark empty hallway. She walks over to the light switch and tries to turn on the lights, but it seems the power is out. Sighing Elena turns, heading for the kitchen for some candles when she hears the TV. Looking at the screen, she sees a blown up picture of her and her sister. "What?" Elena whispers, walking closer to the TV to get a better look.
"This is Logan Fell coming to you live from the streets of Mystic Falls with breaking news of another deadly animal attack. The wild animal terrorizing the citizens of Mystic Falls has claimed another victim, local high school student Angela Gilbert (left of the photo showing above) was found here earlier this evening. Elena Gilbert (shown on the right) is still missing after being reported seen last with her sister. Authorities fear the worst and the search for Elena isn't turning up any leads. Police are certain that forensic evidence will confirm that this is the same animal responsible for recent attacks." Elena begins crying, Angela can't be dead! She couldn't be, what's happening? Turning around, she runs right into Damon.
"You know what's coming next." Damon says darkly. Elena runs away, trying desperately to get away from him, opening the door, Damon appears in front of her. Elena slams the door and sprints for the stairs, but Damon grabs her and bites her neck and Elena screams.
Stefan wakes up in a cold sweat and screams, "Ah!" he jumps out of bed and sees Damon hovering.
"Bad dream? Do you know how easy it was to get into your head just now? You really need some human blood. It might even the playing field. Football reference. Too soon?" Damon chuckles and begins to walk away when, Stefan grabs a knife and throws it at Damon. Hitting him right in the stomach.
Damon pulls it out slowly and coughs, "All right, I deserved that. But I just wanted to let you know, they caught the culprit. The animal responsible for killing coach Tanner and all those people."
"What are you talking about?" Stefan asked, getting confused, he rubbed the back of his neck, there was no animal, so what kind of joke did Damon come up with this time?
"It was a mountain lion. Really big one. It attacked a hunter this morning. It's all over the news, 'Deadly beast captured. All's well in Mystic Falls.' this town sure does love its headliners doesn't it?" Damon said arrogantly.
"Why would you cover your tracks?" Stefan got up and walked towards his brother. Damon had some plan up his sleeve, he just knew it.
"I've decided to stay a while. And I'm just having way too much fun here with you and Elena." Damon smiled, thinking of last night, how Elena slapped him.. How pissed off Stefan got when he found out, but he found himself thinking of another brunette as well...
"Can't touch her now." Stefan said smugly.
"Oh yes, because Saint Stefan decided to hand vervain out like cotton candy at a fair. Hmm, yes, very sneaky. I can see how you gave Elena the vervain, but how did you get it to Angela? That's been puzzling me all night." Damon rolled his eyes at Stefan. Always the do good-er.
Stefan looked surprised at that, Damon had tried to compel Angela and it didn't work? He didn't give her the vervain.. So, how? This was bad, this means someone else knows about vampires. What if she knew? "Damon, I-"
Growing irritated with Stefan's lack of response Damon continued. "Well, no matter, the vervain keeps me out of her head. But, Maybe that's not my target. Believe it or not, Stefan, some girls don't need my persuasion. Some girls just can't resist my good looks, my style and my charm and ,my unflinching ability to listen to Taylor Swift." When Damon finished he walked over to Stefan and stabbed him in the abdomen with the same knife Stefan threw at him. Stefan winces in pain and falls to the floor, unable to take a blow like that as easily as Damon without being on human blood. "This is John Varvatos, dude. Dick move." Damon seethed, pointing to his shirt before walking out of the room.
Angela woke with a tired sigh, she hadn't gotten as much sleep as she had originally planned with all the chaos that took place the previous night. Grabbing her phone from the night stand she scrolled through four messages from Lauren, one asking if she was okay, and the other three about the founders party tomorrow night.
Text from Lauren to Angela :"Hey, are you alright? How's your knee?"
Text from Lauren to Angela: "Can you walk? Will you be able to go to the founders party?"
Text from Lauren to Angela: "You're a founding family member so I guess you have to go... do you know what you're going to wear?!"
Text from Lauren to Angela: "We should talk about dresses, we wouldn't want to end up matching! How embarrassing! LOL well call me when you get these!"
Angela rolled her eyes, it would have been nice of her to act concerned for more than two seconds. As for her knee, it felt fine, albeit a little sore. She decided to try it out, slowly she sat up and swung her legs over the side of the bed and stood up. It was uncomfortable bending her knee at first, but she was walking just fine. She glanced across the room and gasped, there sitting on top of her desk was her purse from yesterday. She'd thought that was gone forever, with it being left in the parking lot. She walked over and picked it up, inspecting its contents. Everything seemed to be there, she smiled, and called Lauren.
After two rings Lauren answered "Hey! You're finally awake! So, I was thinking we should go shopping, because I don't like any of my dresses. What do you think? Oh, unless your knee still hurts?" She said loudly.
Angela winced at the perky-ness of her friend's tone, she glanced at the clock, it was only nine o'clock. That's perfectly respectable for a Saturday morning. She yawned, she never understood morning people. "Yeah- uh, my knee's fine. Sure, let's go shopping.. just pick me up in about a half hour, okay?" Angela asked tiredly, she really needed some coffee.
"Sounds great! I'll be there soon!" Lauren smiled and hung up.
Angela shook her head, she guessed she didn't have time for coffee after all. She quickly went to the bathroom and brushed her teeth and did her hair and put on some light mascara and threw on a long pair of denim shorts and a purple sweater. It wasn't the most fashionable choice, but it wasn't bad, and Angela figured she's going shopping so it didn't really matter. Grabbing her bag and her phone, Angela went downstairs. When she got there she heard her aunt yelling at the TV.
"Who are you talking to?" Elena asked.
"Him." Jenna replied, pointing at the TV.
"The news guy?" Elena laughed and turned the TV up louder.
"Also, known as Logan "Scum" Fell. Did your mom ever tell you why I moved away from Mystic Falls?" Jenna asked.
"Oh, no way. You and him? He's cute." Elena said, giving the news guy a once over.
"Eh, he's alright. I think I'd give him a solid five... maybe a six if I'm feeling generous, what do you think Elena?" Angela asked, walking next to her sister.
Elena laughed at her sister's sudden appearance "Well... I- I don't know. Uh, Jenna what do you think?" Elena said, turning to her aunt.
"He is not cute. There's nothing cute about him. What are you doing with that?" Jenna changed the conversation when she noticed a box full of jewelry in Elena's hand.
"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." Elena said, putting the box down on the counter.
"Hey Elena, thanks for bringing my bag back for me." Angela said gesturing to the bag in her hand.
Elena looks confused. "What? I didn't-"
"Is that grandma Beth's wedding ring?" Jenna asked, picking up the ring and inspecting it.
"Originally it was great-great-grandma Mary's wedding ring." Elena said with a small smile.
"How do you know about all this Elena? Mom and Dad never liked to talk about their parents.. Why is that?" Angela asked the both of them. This was the first she's heard of her grandparents in a long time.
"Well, I don't know much about your father's side, but I know his parents died a few years before he met your mom." Jenna supplied, not really liking to talk about her own parents.
"Oh.. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know." Angela said, lightly rubbing Jenna's shoulder. Jenna smiled and leaned against her niece.
"How much do you think this stuff is worth? You know, like on eBay?" Jeremy rudely interrupted.
"You're not going to find out." Elena rolled her eyes and pushed the box away from him.
"That stuff is mom and dad's. You can't just give it away." Jeremy snarled.
"I'm not giving it away. It's called a loan, Jeremy." Elena scoffed and went to answer the door as it rang.
Jeremy rolled his eyes and silently grabbed something out of the box before heading outside. Angela watches him put something in his pocket and runs after him. "Jeremy come back!" She stops when she see's Elena and Stefan go up stairs. Angela smiles and continues chasing after Jeremy. "Jeremy wait!" Angela called when she got outside.
Jeremy stopped and turned around, why did this always happen? "What do you want Angie? I'm busy." Jeremy groaned.
"Hey, I don't want to fight. So, can we just talk about this? I saw you put something from that box in your pocket." Angela said, waiting for the backlash.
Surprisingly, there was none, Jeremy put his hand in his pocket and took out a pocket watch, "It was dad's." Jeremy whispered.
Angela nodded and carefully took it out of Jeremy's hand, "I remember this, it was always dad's favorite and-"
"And he was going to give it to me." Jeremy finished for her.
Angela gave a small smile and handed the watch back to Jeremy. "I'm sure Elena would understand, you don't have to steal it."
"No, she wouldn't. She just wants to give all of mom and dad's stuff away." Jeremy began to rage, but seeing his sister back away from him, he calmed down. "Listen, just.. Don't tell her, okay? Please."
"I won't, but Jeremy I really think that-" Angela was cut off by Lauren pulling in the driveway and honking the car horn. Angela shook her head and gave Jeremy a quick hug, "I think you should give Elena more credit." She said before getting into Lauren's car. "So, what happened to waiting a half an hour?" She asked.
"Oh, well, I thought about it, but ultimately decided against it." Lauren quipped. Angela laughed and leaned against the window, slowly drifting off to sleep. When they got there Lauren shook her awake "We're here! Jeez, how much sleep did you get last night?" She asked.
"Not enough." Angela mumbled and slowly got out of the car. Lauren laughed and dragged Angela into the store. When they were inside Angela insisted they go to the food court. "Can we go get something to eat? And maybe some coffee?"
"Can't it wait until after we find my dress?" Lauren pouted, as much as she loved shopping for hours, she didn't have that much time to spend here.
"Please? I'm hungry! We can get something portable, and I promise to eat it fast. Then I promise, you will have my full attention." Angela begged.
Lauren sighed at the look on her friend's face and relented. "Fine, but as long as it's quick." Angela grinned as Lauren rolled her eyes and the two went to get food.
About an hour later Lauren and Angela were at their third store when they bumped into Mrs. Banks. "Mrs. Banks! Hi, what are you doing here?" Angela asked.
Mrs. Banks jumped and put down the book she was looking at. "Oh hey girls, you startled me. As for what I'm doing here... well, we can't leave all the fun stuff to the young people now can we? Besides, I'm on my lunch break." Lauren smiled politely and excused herself to go try on a dress she had found. Angela laughed, "Well, I guess not.. I wouldn't exactly call shopping 'fun' though."
Mrs. Banks just nodded, and noticed Angela was playing with her bracelet, she smiled when she saw she was still wearing it. "Is something troubling you?" She asked, sensing Angela was stressed about something.
"Well.. Not really, I don't know. The founder's party is tonight, that's why we're here. Looking for dresses, and my brother is really upset." Angela tried to explain.
"Jeremy? I'm not sure I'm following you, dear." Mrs. Banks asked confused.
"Nothing, sorry. There's just this pocket watch that meant a lot to my dad and it's supposed to be on display at the party, but Jeremy loves the watch and Elena wants to give it to Mrs. Lockwood and it's all a mess really. And to top it off, it's our birthday tomorrow and I don't have a gift for him yet!" Angela sighed and pulled her hair into ponytail.
Mrs. Banks nodded with understanding as she listened to Angela rant. She wasn't sure what to say about Mrs. Lockwood, but she was certain she could help with the birthday gift. "How could I forget your birthday is tomorrow! Silly me!" She pulled Angela into a hug and then dragged her to the other side of the store. "Now, if it's a present for Jeremy you need I saw just the thing." She leads her to an isle full of craft supplies and picked up a chest and handed it to Angela.
"What's this?" Angela asked, opening the chest. Inside, there was a variety of pencils, and inks, and pads. Angela smiled sadly, knowing Jeremy would have loved something like this a few months ago. Now he's not so sure. "Thank you, but I don't think Jeremy likes this stuff anymore, not sense..." Angela trailed off.
Mrs. Banks knew what she was getting at and shook her head. "Don't be ridiculous, he'll love it. Now if you excuse me, I have to head back to work." Angela nodded and gave Mrs. Banks a hug and headed off to find Lauren.
"There you are! I've been looking for you! What's that?" Lauren asked, pointing to the box in Angela's hand.
Angela smiled "Hey, did you find a dress? Oh, and this? This is a present for Jeremy." Angela said, even though she didn't know if he'd like it. She really hoped he did.
"That's great, and I found even better." Lauren held up two dresses and handed one to Angela. "I found one for you too!"Angela nodded at the dress in approval, the dress Lauren had picked out for her was an orange knee length dress with one long sleeve on the left side. Lauren grinned and they went to pay for their things and leave.
Angela walked into the house after Lauren dropped her off and hid Jeremy's present in her closet, and gazed at her dress. She wanted to show Elena or Jenna what she bought, but they were nowhere to be found. Instead, she walked upstairs to Jeremy's room to show him. Even though she knew he wouldn't really have an opinion. "Hey Jer, what are you doing?" She asked, walking into his room. Jeremy didn't answer as he stared intently at his computer screen, Angela peered over and saw he was playing a game. "Oh.." Angela sighed and sat on Jeremy's bed. Ten minutes had gone by and neither of them had said a word, it was a comfortable silence, but Angela was getting bored fast. "Hey, uh.. Did you talk to Elena yet? About the watch?"
Jeremy perked his head up at that and turned to his sister. "No, I didn't, why? You didn't tell her did you?" Jeremy demanded, looking angry and slightly hurt that his sister had betrayed his confidence.
"Don't be silly, of course I didn't. I'm just saying, it's only a matter of time before she figures it out, don't you think it's better if she hears it from you instead of freaking out about it going missing?" Angela said softly. Jeremy just turned back to his computer and shrugged, that was clearly all he was going to say on the matter. Angela sighed and changed the subject, "So, do you like my dress?" Angela asks handing the dress to him.
Jeremy paused his game, and took a long hard look at the dress and tilts his head. He didn't understand girl's fashion choices at all, wouldn't you want two sleeves? "Uh.. Yeah, sure it's nice.. nice and pink." He said flatly before handing it back over and resuming the game.
"It's not pink, it's orange." Angela rolls her eyes and lays the dress down on Jeremy's bed. "So, are you going to the founders party?"
Jeremy scoffed and turned his chair towards her. There was no way he was going to Tyler's house, especially since he knew Vicki was going to be his date to the party. "No way, I can't believe you're even going, you hate these things."
"Well, we are founding family members, and.. I don't know. It might be fun, you should come." Angela urged, not wanting to be alone.
Jeremy sighed, she just didn't get it. Rather than argue, Jeremy deflected "I'm hungry, are you hungry? Let's get some food." Jeremy said, walking out of the room. Angela sighed and followed him, they were almost to the kitchen when the door rang. "I'll get it." Jeremy said, turning around and opened the door to see Tyler staring back at him, Jeremy tries to close the door in Tyler's face but Tyler forces the door open.
"Jeremy stop it." Angela said aggravated and pushed him aside. "Hi Tyler."
Tyler gave a small smile before glaring at Jeremy "I'm here for my mom. I was supposed to pick up a box of stuff."
"A box of stuff? Oh- Elena? Are you here? Tyler is here for the box!" Angela called, looking around for Elena.
Hearing her sister call, Elena ran and got the box. "Right here. Please be careful." Elena smiled and handed the box over to Tyler.
"Yeah, be careful with it, Dick." Jeremy snapped.
"Hey! Not now, okay, guys? Please?" Elena begged, not in the mood for more drama.
"I'm fine. He's just being a punk." Tyler said, rolling his eyes.
"I got your punk." Jeremy growled, taking a step forward.
Elena put her arm in front of Jeremy and blocked him "Look, Tyler, maybe you should go. Tell your mom that I'll see her tonight."
Tyler nodded and watched Elena walk away and turned to Jeremy "Hey. Would it make a difference if I told you I actually like Vicki?"
"Not even if you meant it." Jeremy rolled his eyes and went upstairs, leaving Angela with Tyler.
"Do you guys always have to fight?" Angela crossed her arms and leaned against the door.
Tyler laughed, "You always assume I'm the one starting them."
"I never said that, but now that you mention it.. You kinda are." She joked.
Tyler shook his head, knowing Jeremy started most of the fights, but refrained from saying so in front of Angela, he had already screwed up their growing friendship enough, he didn't want to add to it. "Yeah.. Well, I'd better go. My mom's going crazy in the house, trying to set up for everything." Tyler started to walk away when Angela called after him.
"Hey Ty! Would you mind if I came with you?" Angela asked, not wanting to stay at her house with Jeremy in a bad mood, she knew Elena was going to find out about the watch sooner or later, and she didn't want to be there she did.
Tyler looked very confused. "What for?"
"The party is in a few hours.. I could help your mom out!" Angela smiled. "Please?"
Tyler shrugged his shoulders and motioned for her to follow him. "Cool, hold on I just have to get my dress." Angela said and rushed in the house to get it. Tyler rolled his eyes and sat in the car.
The ride to Tyler's house was quiet. Angela laid her dress on the back seat so it wouldn't get wrinkled and she held the box full of Gilbert heirlooms as Tyler drove. Her fingers lightly drummed the top of the box, she really wanted to open it and further examine the items left behind, she hadn't gotten a chance to properly look at them all before she left earlier. Just as she was about to open it, she glanced at Tyler and decided against it. Knowing Mrs. Lockwood would want the box immediately and spilling the box of its contents would only prolong it. Angela stifled a yawn and looked out the window. Tyler cracked a smile, finding himself relaxing in Angela's company. There was no small talk or forced conversation, they were just enjoying the ride in silence and he found it refreshing. The girls he was used to would be complaining they were 'bored' or they would say 'turn on the music Tyler!' but Angela was comfortably sitting in silence. "You tired Gilbert?"
"Stop calling me that." Angela muttered. Tyler smiled and pulled into the parking space. "We're here already?" Angela asked, sitting up. Tyler nodded and grabbed the box from her. Angela grabbed her dress from the back seat and got out of the car. Together they walked towards the mansion, when they got to the door, they were met by Mrs. Lockwood.
"Tyler, did you get the box? Oh, hello Angela, what are you doing here?" Mrs. Lockwood asked, a sharpness to her voice.
Tyler handed the box to his mother and went upstairs to change, leaving Angela and Carol. "Hey, Mrs. Lockwood, I figured I could help out. I brought my dress so I can get ready here." Angela said timidly.
Carol gave a warm smile, that was something she was not expecting. "Well, everything is pretty much done, the staff is working around the clock, but feel free to get ready here. It'll be nice to catch up." She said leading Angela into the house. "Why don't you go use the guest bedroom upstairs, the second door on your left and then we can chat." Angela nodded and went to get changed.
Mrs. Lockwood walked over to Tyler's room and knocked before entering. Tyler was standing in front of the mirror, attempting his tie. Mrs. Lockwood rolled her eyes and walked over to him."Well, don't you look handsome." She gushed as she tied his tie properly.
"Uh, thanks mom." Tyler said, grabbing his keys and walking towards the door. He had to leave soon to Pick Vicki up. He promised he'd take her.
"Wait Tyler." Mrs. Lockwood called, causing Tyler to stop in his tracks. "You and Angela.. Are you going to the party together? Because I think that would be nice. She comes from such a respectable family and-"
"No, we're, uh just friends. I'm not going with anyone." Tyler cut her off and once again began walking towards the steps.
Mrs. Lockwood scowled, seeing the keys in his hand, knowing full well who he was going to pick up. "I urge you to consider Tyler, you should be seen with someone like Miss. Gilbert, someone with good standing, not someone who- who."
"What mom?" Tyler snapped, turning to face her.
"You watch your attitude with my Tyler, I am your mother and you will treat me as such." Mrs. Lockwood warned her son. Tyler sighed and stormed out.
Once the party started Angela and Mrs. Lockwood went their separate ways. They didn't talk about much, just the usual 'how are you?' and 'how is school?' It may have been boring, but Angela could tell it meant a lot to Mrs. Lockwood, and suspected Mrs. Lockwood thought she liked Tyler. Angela laughed, at the thought of it. She called Lauren, wondering what was taking so long, but it went straight to voice mail. She sighed and walked around when she spotted Bonnie. "Hey Bon, you're soloing too?"
Bonnie smiled and walked over to Angela "Yeah, Elena came with Stefan, and Caroline came with Damon. What about you?"
Angela nodded, though she found it odd Damon showed up, she figured Sheriff Forbes was going to have a few things to say about that. "Uh, Lauren is coming with Wes so I'm just winging it."
"Wes? Lauren is with your ex?" Bonnie asked, feeling out of the loop with all the gossip. Angela shrugged, not really knowing how to explain it. Truth be told, she wasn't even sure how they became an item. Bonnie could tell she didn't want to talk about it and changed the subject. "So.. I really like your dress."
Angela laughed at the worst transition, she ever heard, but, went along with it. "Thanks, I like yours too." Bonnie smiled and the two of them parted ways a few minutes later. Angela searched everywhere for Lauren, she wanted to see what she looked like in her dress, but she couldn't find her anywhere.
She was about to walk past the showing room when she saw Elena and Damon, "Hey guys, have you seen Lauren?"Elena shook her head and Damon just looked confused. "Oh, right, you don't know her. Sorry. What are you guys doing?" Angela asked, walking over to them.
"Family history, care to join?" Damon asked, and Angela just shrugged, looking at the exhibit they were. "Well.. Where were we Elena?"
"The battle of Willow Creek." Elena informed.
"Oh, right, I forgot. Now, 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 the original Salvatore brothers had someone they loved very much in that church. And when they went to rescue them, they were shot. Murdered in cold blood." Damon said stoically, trying not to let the emotion of Katherine's capture show.
"Who was in the church that they wanted to save?" Elena asked.
Damon shrugged feigning ignorance "A woman, I guess. Doesn't it always come down to the love of a woman?"
"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." Elena told him, leaving to find Stefan.
"I hope so, too." Damon whispered, thinking both Elena and Angela had left.
"I think Stefan feels the same way as you." Angela said walking next to him.
Damon looked at her surprised "Why do you say that?"
"Well, I don't know, isn't it obvious? I saw you two the other night, at dinner.. er dessert I mean. He just looked like he wanted to work things out too, but I could be wrong. After all, the both of you are terrible liars." Angela supplied.
Damon smiled "What makes you think I'm a liar?" He asked leaning closer to her.
Angela bit her lip, thinking back to that night, his fake persona. How he said Caroline offered to Clean. None of his stories ever made sense. "Let's just say, I can tell." Angela smirked and walked away, before she was completely gone she stopped and looked at him. "Thanks for... you know." She said pointing to her knee. Damon nodded and watched her walk away and promptly left to get Caroline and look for the crystal.
Far away from the party Tyler and Vicki were sitting on a bench. Growing bored, Vicki turned to face Tyler "So, you want to dance?"
Tyler laughed "Me dancing? Not pretty."
Vicki looked put out, "Well...Maybe you could show me around. I mean, this place is amazing."
Tyler scoffed and took a sip of his drink "Yeah, if you like living in a museum."
At this point Vicki had had it, she was tired of trying to get Tyler to take a slight interest. "Maybe I should just strip naked and give Pastor Bill a lap dance. I mean, that's why we're hiding in a corner all night, isn't it? You're scared of how I'm going to act? You afraid of what your parents are going to think about your date from the wrong side of the tracks?" Vicki sneered.
Tyler rolled his eyes at her accusations "I don't care about what they think."
"Great. Let's go say hi." Vicki grabbed Tyler's arm and pulled him up.
"Knock it off, Vick." Tyler said through grit teeth, he wanted to spend time with her, but he knew what his mom would say.
"Or we could just, you know, sneak up to your bedroom. As long as nobody sees us, right?" She gave a hollow laugh.
Tyler let out a breath "Vicki, I swear..."
"What's a matter, Ty? You scared to stand up to your mommy? It's pretty pathetic." She said with disdain.
"Let go!" Tyler yelled as his mother walked over to them.
"Tyler... We didn't get a chance to say hello earlier. It's Vicki, right? Matt's sister." Mrs. Lockwood turned towards Vicki extending a hand.
"Yes, ma'am." Vicki gave a tiny grin and shook Mrs. Lockwood's hand.
"You'll have to forgive my son's rudeness. He gets it from his father." Mrs. Lockwood said curtly.
"Well, that's okay, Mrs Lockwood. Tyler and I were just saying good night." Vicki said quickly and walked away from them.
"That's what you get when you bring the trash into the party." Mrs. Lockwood told Tyler harshly. "I told you this is what would happen earlier. If only you had just listened and invited Miss. Gilbert." Mrs. Lockwood pointed towards the party, where in the distance Angela was dancing with Matt.
"Thanks for saving me." Angela joked, a few minutes ago one of Tyler's drunken friends kept insisting she dance with him when Matt stepped in.
Matt laughed "It's no problem, you know that's me. You're friendly neighborhood body guard." He said as he spun her around.
Angela shook her head, "You're a lot more than that Matt. I mean, you can add dancer to that list."
Matt snorted "Yeah, okay, if you consider my lack of coordination dancing." He joked as they swayed to the music. Matt was having a surprisingly nice time, he hadn't wanted to come to this party since he wasn't a founding family member, but Tyler had made him come. When the music stopped Matt went off to find Tyler after he saw Vicki running away from him and Mrs. Lockwood, leaving Angela by herself.
Angela walked and grabbed a glass of champagne off a tray she passed, and took a sip. She was beginning to grow bored, very quickly, until she came across a table with desserts on them, one cupcake with chocolate frosting caught her eye. Now all she needed was a way to bring it home with her. She walked until she found a waiter "Hi, excuse me." Angela said tapping the waiter's arm.
The waiter tensely turned around, but smiled when he noticed it wasn't Mrs. Lockwood, who had been yelling at them all night. "Hello miss, is there anything I could do for you?" He asked politely.
"Uh.. Is there any way you could get me a to go container for one of these cupcakes? Or like.. One of those plastic bins or something?" Angela asked, gesturing to the Table. The waiter nodded and left to go find one. Angela smiled and picked up the cupcake, inspecting it.
Damon walked around the mansion schmoozing the party guests. He was about to talk to Carol Lockwood when he saw Angela standing by herself by one of the tables. "Nice cupcake." he whispered as he walked beside her.
Angela jumped and put the cupcake down as she turns and spots Damon, "Oh hey.. Uh thanks, you Salvatore's sure are quiet." She said taking a step back from him and took another sip of champagne before putting that down as well. She glanced up at Damon and hummed, he was definitely acting weird, and she wasn't sure she bought that story he told her, she didn't see how, what happened in the past between his relatives had to do with his relationship with his brother now.
Sensing her unease Damon cleared his throat and shrugged "Well, I guess it's just a talent of ours.. Sorry I didn't mean to startle you." He smiled and for a second he looked genuine. Angela nodded and turned away from him, waiting for the waiter to come back.
When he did Angela grinned "Yes, awesome! Thank you."
"Here you go miss." The waiter smiled and handed her the Tupperware. "Will that be all?" Angela nodded and placed her cupcake in the Tupperware container as he walked away.
"So, what's with the to go box?" Damon asked, staring at the container in her hands.
Angela laughed, realizing how weird, she must look "It's my birthday tomorrow. So, I'm taking this, I would make some of my own,but we don't have any mix, and I have a tradition. I have to eat at least one sugary thing at midnight on my birthday. So, ergo.."
"You're stealing it." Damon supplied.
Angela lightly pushed Damon's shoulder and laughed "Shut up I am not. I'll give the container back later. Besides, is it really stealing if it's for a good cause?" Angela smiled lightly, and turned away from him, adding quietly "probably the highlight of tonight anyway..."
Damon shrugged, he couldn't argue with that logic "What do you mean?" Damon asked, as he leaned on the table.
Angela turned around, surprised he heard. "Oh.. Well, It's just these parties, or more specifically any parties these days. I'm just not as into them as I used to be.. I mean, yeah, they can be fun. A party is a party, but..." she trailed off and looked away from him, sure she sounded crazy.
Damon understood, though, "Ever since your parents?" Angela nodded and Damon looked ahead, as if he were deep in thought. "Then stop going." Damon supplied.
Angela stared at him skeptically, "I can't. Just... not go." Angela laughed and shook her head.
"Sure you can, if it makes you unhappy, don't do it. It's that easy." Damon said, waving off her concerns. Angela just rolled her eyes, saying it wasn't that easy, that she had responsibilities and Damon just stared at her. "Nonsense, here's what you do, on your birthday..." Before he could continue he was cut off my Elena running up to him and shoving him.
"Elena what are you doing?" Angela yelled walking over to her.
"Go home Angie!" Elena shouted.
"Elena what-" Angela began, but Elena was furious and pushed her away.
"I said go home. Now." Elena said sternly.
Angela was taken aback, she had never seen her sister get this angry before, not even at Jeremy. She slowly nodded and with one last look at them, she walked away.
"There is something seriously wrong with you. You stay away from Angela and you especially stay away from Caroline or I will go straight to her mother, the sheriff. You got it? Stay away from her." Elena growled and ran off to find Stefan.
Angela was in the parking lot, unsure of how she was getting home. She thought she'd get a ride with Elena, but after what she just saw, she didn't think Elena would be home for a while. She was about to call Lauren when she saw Jenna walking to her car. "Jenna! Hey Jenna wait up!" Angela called after her. Jenna stopped and turned around, smiling when she saw her niece.
"Hey Angie, I didn't get a chance to see you in there, your dress looks amazing!" Jenna exclaimed.
Angela laughed softly "Thanks Jenna, hey can you give me a ride home?"
"Of course, sweetie, why did something happen?" Jenna asked
Angela shook her head, not knowing what to make of the situation between Damon and Elena. "No, I'm just tired. Plus, it's almost midnight!" Angela said, as she sat in the passenger seat.
A look a realization dawned on Jenna's face and was immediately replaced with a smile. "Your birthday! Yeah! Do you have any plans?" Jenna asked, she couldn't wait to give Angela her birthday Present.
Angela shrugged, "not really." She didn't really want to do anything big for her birthday. Jenna nodded, and the rest of the car ride was silent. When they got home, Jenna went straight to bed and Angela went to the kitchen to grab the birthday candles Bonnie had shown her a few days earlier. She texted Elena, wondering when she would be home, but there was no answer. Angela sighed, she wondered what Elena was doing, she really wanted to know what happened earlier.
Elena was fuming after talking to Stefan, how could he be fine with everything going on? How could he knowingly let Caroline around Damon? Or let Damon in her house? Around her and her sister? It didn't make sense. In the middle of her internal debate, she saw Caroline sitting on the ground. "Caroline? There you are, I've been looking for you, are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine." Caroline dismissed her friend's concern, but Elena saw through it.
"Caroline what happened?" Elena coaxed.
Caroline shook her head "I'm fine."
"No. You're shaking. Caroline-what-" Elena whispered.
"I'm fine!" Caroline yelled, tired of all of Elena's questions.
"Caroline, come here, come here." Elena says softly, walking over to Caroline as she starts to cry and hugs her.
"Hey girls." Mrs. Banks says causally until she looks further and see's they're upset. "What happened ladies?" She asks, putting a reassuring arm around Elena.
Elena looks like a deer caught in the headlights, she didn't know what to say. She knew Damon should be arrested, but Stefan said he was handling it. She should trust him, shouldn't she? "Mrs. Banks, I.. I don't know what happened, Caroline- she's hurt." Elena said, gesturing to her friend.
Mrs. Banks looks over at Caroline and her lips form a tight thin line. Were those bites what she thought they were? She looked to Elena, who seemed to be waiting for her to say something. "You should get her home as soon as possible Elena." She whispered, before turning around to the direction of the Lockwood mansion to get to the bottom of things.
Mr. Lockwood walks into the study looking very disconsolate. "Thank you all for staying so late." He says, waiting for everyone to get settled.
Mrs. Banks storms in looking perturbed at what she just witnessed. "What the hell is going on here Richard?" She asks angrily.
"Calm down Claudia, I'll explain everything." Mr. Lockwood replies.
"You bet your ass you, will you.. You pompous, arrogant son of a -" Mrs. Banks walked towards him, about to let him have it when Sheriff Forbes intervened.
"Would both of you stop it? This isn't solving anything, you're behaving like children, now, did you get the Gilbert watch?" Sheriff Forbes asked everyone, scanning the room.
"She claims it's packed away in her parent's things." Mrs. Lockwood answered looking down. Clearly, thinking Elena was lying. "Hey Claudia, you're close with one of the Gilbert's, maybe you could get it for us."
Mrs. Banks looked solemn, she knew exactly where the watch was, Angela had been telling her about it earlier, and how much it meant to Jeremy.
"I can get it." Logan replied, wanting to get back in Jenna's good graces.
"Good. We're going to need it." Sheriff Forbes said, looking stern.
"Are you sure?" Mr. Lockwood asked, not wanting to get up in arms unless they were positive there was a problem.
"Five bodies all drained of blood? I'm certain." Sheriff Forbes nodded, knowing what they were in for.
"They've come back." Logan said grimly.
When midnight finally rolled around Lauren had called Angela to apologize being MIA throughout the whole party, and promised to make it up to her. She also wished her a happy birthday. Angela hung up the phone and grabbed the candle and placed it in her cupcake. After she lit it, she let it burn for a few minutes, just as the wax was about to hit the icing Angela blew it out. "Happy Birthday to me." Angela whispered.
A/N Hello guys, I hope you liked it. Thanks for reading.