Chapter 9 - Katherine Pierce

"What are you doing here Lily? I thought you went home." He asks looking confused. I panic and push him into his apartment.

"Not a sound before I say so." I say before shutting the door quickly. No witnesses.

"Lily what are you doing there? This is your apartment here." My suppose to be parents appear next to me looking at me confused. Just great.

"Just looking." We go to the apartment next to Damon's and bring all my belongings in. A knock on the door disrupts us and my suppose to be parents look at each other before dad opens the door.

"I heard some noise coming from here and decided to come look for it. You moving in Lily?" This is not good...

"Damon? So you live here too. That's reassuring." Excuse me, what?

"That's good to hear. I take care of Lily, Mr Fray." Huh?

"Just call me Victor." Damon smirks and then sees me.

"Hey Lily, good that you got here safely."

"Excuse me?"

"Lily don't be rude. Damon was the one who suggested us that you should get your own apartment. And this is very lovely apartment indeed.

"But..."

"No buts. We have to go now but Damon can show you around." I turn to Damon.

"Did you compel my parents to get me an apartment?!" I shout whisper to Damon.

"No. I wouldn't do such a thing. Thought I maybe have mentioned that a view times."

"So you just make me your neighborhood?"

"I didn't know they would be picking this one and that you would move right away. Just a lucky accident." he smirks. I look at him and decide to let this just slide. This time.

"But now that you are here, I'll tell you."

"Tell me what?"

"You should know about my past, Lily. If anybody should know, then you. You are my friend after all." I look at Damon dump founded. His past is a really a sensitive topic.

"Well if you are sure you want to tell me, I'll listen."

"It started when I met Katherine at 1864. She was the most beautiful creature I've ever seen. She was funny, exiting, outgoing and adventuresome." Damon smiled when he said that part but it soon fells. "I fell in love with her, but she couldn't choose between me and my little brother. She was a vampire and we changed blood before that day when the people come and tried to kill Katherine. I died too, only to wake up as a vampire. But I didn't know that she turned my brother too. My brother found me and made me drink human blood, what turned me into this creature I am now. I found out that a witch cast a spell on the crypt Katherine was in. Katherine is now still locked in the crypt hungry. I have a plan to get her back. Will you help me get her back?"

"Of course I will help you." I say but feel my heart stop for a moment. This shouldn't effect me. I'm not in love with Damon. And I can't fall in love with anybody. Not after what he did to me... Don't think about it. Just smile and forget it ever happened. Damon looks at me confused.

"Lily, you all right? What's wrong?"

"Uh, nothing really. Just... somethings from the past."

"You know, you can tell me any time you feel like it. You have listened about my problems so feel free to do the same."

"Thank you Damon. Maybe someday." Damon smiles and gives me a hug.

"I think it's best to unpack your things first."

So we started our life as neighborhoods. Damon was his usual self, teasing me and making trouble for me.

"Damon get off me! Do you have to do this every morning? You have your own bed to sleep."

"Lily you're no fun. Your bed is softer than mine."

"Well too bad for you." Damon get up so I could too.

"What should we do today? Any ideas?"

"I don't know... But I don't like that look at all."

"Let's trow a party!"

"... You have to be kidding me."

"Let's party, drink and dance all night long."

"Fine. This time. But do you even have any friends? You know I don't have."

"Well let's keep it between us then, if you want to."

So we danced and partied all night long. We laughed and Damon drank his bourbon.

"You know, I have the most fun with you." I say to Damon after view drink of bourbon.

"That's nice to hear, Lily." Damon says before passing out. So much of my 'not drinking' rule.

I have lived now over three months in my new apartment. School is starting and I'm a little exited about it.

"Damon, will you bring me to school? I really, really need a drive." I didn't mention that I'm all most late.

"Sure, hop in. But you owe me one."

"Sure, sure. Let's go already." Damon drives me to the school. I run out of the car to the school and noticed a boy in office. He had a really bad aura around him so I went quickly past him. I only heard him say: "Please look again. I'm sure everything you need is there." His tone gives me chills. I hope we won't meet. But of course my hopes were crushed completely. He was on my history, English and french class. Mr Tanner was his usual self and started the class immediately.

"Once our home state of Virginia joined confederacy in 1861, it created a tremendous amount of tension within the state. People in Virginia's northwest region had different ideals than those from the traditional deep south. Then Virginia divided in 1863 with the northwest region joining the union."

I stopped listening and tried to just ignore the guy. It was pretty impossible him sitting right in front of me.

After the school was finally over I went to the parking lot to wait Damon. All most every body has went already home when he finally arrived.

"What took you so long?"

"I went to cemetery."

"Why would you...? Forget it, I don't even want to know." Damon smirks and we go back to the apartment. Then Damon got the master idea...

"Damon, I don't think this is a good idea..."

"Lily, I know what I'm doing. I saw this on TV."

"Still... Damon! You're putting too much oil!" The frying pan flamed. I freeze eyes wide open.

"Oops." The fire spread around the room quickly.

"That's not helping Damon!" Damon grabbed me and took me to outside with his super speed.

"Well now you won't burn."

"What about the apartment?! The fire spreads quickly!"

"Go grab your things from your apartment. I go make a call." I ran to my apartment and grabbed everything I could But soon realized that the fire was coming to my apartment now.

"Damon!" Damon come to get me and we went outside to wait the firemen.

"Damon, what the hell we do now?! Where we live now that you burned the apartment?!"

"Easy, easy. I do something. I know a place where we could stay. It isn't that far away too."

"You've gotta be kidding me..."

Continues in the next chapter...


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