A/N
This is a short chapter, but it's a build up to what's coming. Hope you like it...and PLEASE REVIEW! :-)
I had to struggle not to burst out into a fit of hysterical laughter.
"Ahhh, I get it. What am I being hazed as the new girl in town? Trying to see just how much bullshit you can actually get me to believe?" I said, followed by a powerful yawn.
It was just then that I realized how long we had been sitting on my couch talking and that it was no longer nighttime.
"I think you should probably get going, my brain has officially clocked out."
"You don't believe me?" He said, seemingly surprised…
"You said yourself you didn't expect me to believe you. I will be honest, you did have me going for a while. I'm not usually one to buy into weird unexplainable psychobabble, but you were very convincing. Obviously there is a much more logical explanation for all of this…but I don't quite have the brain power to figure out what it is right now."
"Ok…well, when you do figure it all out, let me know what you come up with." Damon said with a smile, gave me a soft kiss on the cheek, then left.
"Vampires…what a crock of shit."
As he did most mornings, Stefan was just heading out for his morning run. He never paid attention to what time Damon had come in last night, but the car wasn't in the driveway like it usually was this early in the morning…
Stefan allowed his thoughts to wander as he turned the block at a slow jog, but was brought to a sudden stop in front of Jeanne's house as his brother was walking to his car that was parked in her driveway.
"You've got to be kidding me" Stefan said, not at all happy at what he was seeing. He knows better than anyone how these things always turn out.
"It's not what you think." Damon said, continuing to his car with no intention of stopping to chat.
Stefan blocked him…"You drove her home at 10 o'clock last night, it's now 7 in the morning and you're just leaving…there's not really many things to think other than what I'm thinking. You know, I had more respect for her than that. She didn't seem like the type who would give it up to you so easily…"
Before Stefan was even able to finish his sentence, Damon had his hand around his throat…"One, do not speak about her like that. And two, it is not what you think."
Stefan knew his brother well enough not to press the issue. He also knew that there was definitely something more to this story than Damon was willing to share.
Stefan backed away and Damon got in his car and drove off.
Stefan knew he should stay out of it, and generally speaking he would. Just like he told Elena, if they're not involved…that's a good thing. But there was something just not right about this whole situation, something that was giving him an uneasy feeling.
He should just leave it alone…but he wasn't going to.
By 2 o'clock that afternoon, pretty much everyone in the greater Mystic Falls area knew that Damon was at Jeanne's house the night before.
All it took was Matt driving Caroline home and innocently driving down Jeanne's block. Caroline spotted the car and within a 12 hour time frame, Damon and Jeanne were a Mystic Falls hot topic, unbeknownst to Damon and Jeanne that is.
I awoke sometime around 4pm. After my normal morning routine, I noticed the 4 missed calls and 6 text messages on my phone from Tyra. Assuming something was horribly wrong, I didn't even bother to read them before calling Tyra in a panic.
"Jesus, it's about time you call me back!" Tyra said on the other line.
"What's wrong? Why did you call so many times, is everyone ok? Did someone die?"
"Die? What? No you lunatic…why was Damon at your house last night?"
"What?" I responded in a confused/relieved tone.
"I know Damon was with you last night, and I want to know why. He's a bad guy Jeanne, he treats women like doormats. He will use you for sex and he's just not the type of guy you want to get involved with. Especially considering your history with men…"
I knew Tyra was coming from a concerned and caring place, but as much as I hated to admit it, there was a part of me that wanted to defend Damon. Not that I knew what I was defending because despite our hours and hours long chat last night, I still didn't feel like I knew a damn thing about him.
"Nothing happened between Damon and I. I was at his house last night helping Elena and Stefan with their admissions essays, Damon offered to drive me home, so I asked him if he wanted to come in for a drink, that's all there is to it. But just out of curiosity, why does he have such a bad reputation?"
"Well I'll put it this way, I don't have enough fingers and toes to count the amount of women in this town who have turned to hard liquor to try to forget what he's done to them…"
"Well then I guess there are a lot of stupid women in this town, luckily I'm not one of them."
Tyra and I spoke for a few more minutes, it was mostly her trying not to sound like she was lecturing me, even though that was exactly what she was doing. But my mind was elsewhere…it was stuck on him in the worst way.
Katherine couldn't deny that she was slightly curious about Damon's little predicament. She knew there was no way it could be true…a vampire being linked to a human was just folklore that had been talked about for hundreds, maybe thousands of years. It's one of those things that everyone says is 'possible', but actually know that it's not.
But Damon isn't one to get worked up about things…and he was definitely worked up about this…
If there really is truth to this…if there is a human female out there whose life is linked to Damon's, and Katherine knew who she was and how to find her…she would have the ultimate protection where Damon Salvatore is concerned. All Katherine would have to do is tell any one of Damon's countless enemies who the girl was and the rest would be history….
There were two ways to find out if Damon and his mystery woman were really linked.
The first way would be to find out who she is and kill her, if Damon dies too then she has her answer…but that would kind of defeat the purpose.
The second way would require a Ms. Bonnie Bennett and her book of magic…here's to hoping she doesn't put up much of a fight…
