Sorry for the late update, I'm working on as much as i can over the next few week so please keep reading. This story is far from over...
Helaina OUT!
Samara and Josef woke up slowly, covering their eyes from the bright sun that was seeping through the thin curtains relentlessly. "Goddamn it, Josef..." Samara mumbled. "Why couldn't you buy blackout curtains for your place?"
"Ugh..." He grunted in return. "I was gunna... Came to see you first... More sleep..."
Samara rolled her eyes, leaning over the bed and reaching into her bag on the floor to fish out her phone. 11 missed calls from her brother... Great. She climed out of bed and hit the call button, waiting for him to pick up. She knew it wasn't going to be pretty.
"Samara! Where the hell are you? You can't just go off the grid like that!"
Samara sighed. "I know, I'm sorry. It's just I made a few friends and they invited me over to their place for the night." If he found out Josef had followed them, they would have to move all over again. "I got so caught up in actually having friends, I forgot to call or check my phone. I'm really sorry, it will never happen again."
She heard her brother mumble from the other end. "Fine, alright. But this had better not happen again!"
"It wont, I promise!"
"Good..." There was a pause. "Do you have school today?"
"No." Samara rolled her eyes. "It's Saturday, genius."
"Oh... Okay, when will you be back home?"
Samara thought about this for a moment. As much as she hated it, her curiosity was killing her. She just had to find out more from the vampires... "I'm not sure, I think this might be a two night thing, I'll let you know when I do."
"Alright." He said. "Just call me the second you do. Don't make me worry!"
I wont." She laughed. "Bye!"
"Bye. Have fun!"
She hung up the phone and placed it one the side, looking over her shoulder to find Josef standing there. He looked confused, as if he had woken up in a strange place he had never seen before. That made Samara laugh. "Jesus, you look more confused than the time we took those pills from Jed!"
Josef was silent for a moment, picking his brain for that exact memory, before smiling with her, "That was a helluva night!" He agreed. "We should do that again sometime, for old times sake."
Samara shook her head. "I don't think now is the time for any of that, we have a bunch of supernatural being watching our every move, we don't really know what they want. We need to be on our guard."
Josef yawned. "Never a dull moment when I'm with you... Uh, I need coffee."
"Then make yourself one."
"I don't have any" He said. "I haven't had a chance to go shopping or anything yet."
Samara rolled her eyes. "Then lets go out and get one. I could do with a pick me up."
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"I don't like this..."
Stefan looked up at his brother, who was on his third glass of scotch of the day and it was only 11A.M. "What do you mean, brother?"
Damon put his glass on the table, and looked at his brother seriously. "Samara, coming at this time. What with Klaus all eager to spill some blood, always around the corner. The timing is too... suspicious."
"It could be a coincidence." Stefan pointed out.
Damon grumbled. "I hate coincidences..." He looked over to the door of the grill and his eyes narrowed. "Speaking of coincidences..."
Stefan followed his line of sight and saw Samara and her friend walking up to the bar. They bought two drinks and then turned to look for a place to sit. Samara's eyes landed on them, and she didn't even falter when she smiled and walked over to them. "Damon, Stefan. How are you?"
"Not drunk enough to be seeing you." Damon said, downing his drink.
"Ouch, someone's got their bitch on." Josef said, sipping from his mug.
Damon gave him a sarcastic smirk before shuffling out of the booth and going up to the bar to order another glass. Or a bottle...
"So, Stefan," Samara started. "You seem like the more reasonable of the two. What are we going to do about this?"
Stefan kept his face plain. "What do you mean?"
Samara took a breath. "I mean the whole 'me looking like your dead girlfriend'. I want to know why I look like her, and I'm pretty sure you do to. But I have a feeling Damon isn't going to cooperate easily..."
"What makes you think that I can help?"
"I know you two more than most; and I know that Damon is the most stubborn person on the planet. He... well, whatever he's thinking, he isn't going to share without a fight."
Stefan thought about his for a moment, then looked at Josef.
Samara saw this, and realised. "Josef, how bout I meet you late? I need to do something here that you don't need to be here. You can go buy those curtains and fill up your fridge."
Josef finished his drink and nodded. "Sure thing." He kissed the top of Samara's head and stood up. "I'll catch you guys later." With that he left.
The second Stefan was sure he was out of the building, he turned to Samara with intent. "What's your end game here?"
Samara frowned. "What do you-."
"You know exactly what I mean. From what you've told me, you should be on the run by now. We know what you are and we know about Samara. So why are you still here?"
Samara sighed. "I know I should be. If I was smart I would be Half way across the globe by now. But I never was that smart..."
"That doesn't answer my question."
"Fine! I'm here because I want answers."
Stefan gave her a puzzling look. "What do you mean? We're the ones with the questions."
"I don't know." She relented. "You are the only one I've ever met who could be any kind of link to telling me what I am. I intend to hold onto that link with both hands. I don't care what I have to do, I'll do anything to find out the truth."
"Anything, eh?"
The two of them jumped as Damon slid in next to them, a whiskey in hand.
"Isn't it a little early to be drinking?"
Damon shrugged. "It's never to early."
Samara smirked. "Touché..."
"Anyway! Back to that 'I'll do anything' comment. Anything, eh?"
Samara rolled her eyes. "Yes, anything. I'm determined when I wanna be."
"Damon's eyes narrowed, they could both hear the cogs turning in his head. "Anything, right? Well then, lets make a deal. If you help us, we'll help you. Quid pro quo..."
Samara laughed. "And why would you want my help?" The brothers shared a look, which made Samara laugh even harder. "Look, you trusted me with your past, so please trust me with your present. If I need to help you for you to help me, then I need to at least know what I'm helping with."
The brothers seemed to have some sort of mutual agreement when Damon turned to her. "There's this vampire, an original. He want to complete some ritual, the sun and the moon curse-."
"Klaus..."
Samara looked at Isis with wide eyes. "Klaus? As in 'Klaus' Klaus?"
"How did you know his name?" Stefan demanded.
"How do you know his name?" She retorted.
"He's the original vampire that's trying to kill Elena, we need your help to stop him."
Samara was silent. "He's... a vampire?"
"Klaus is an original vampire. He was one of the first created." Stefan explained.
"Klaus is what now?"
Josef was standing at the end of the table, several bags in hand, looking as confused as could be.
Samara looked at him worriedly. "Apparently he's a vampire."
Josef's eyes widened. "Holy shit. Seriously?"
"How in the hell do the two of you know him?" Damon snapped.
Samara and Josef looked at each other. Samara gave a small shake of her head. Josef nodded.
"It's a long story." Samara said quietly. "But it doesn't matter. I'll help you; none of you will die on my watch."
The brothers went to press for more information, but Samara stopped them.
"Don't. I'm not going to tell you this. I'm confused enough as it is, when my head is sorted out I'll tell you all you need to know. You just need to wait." The brothers may not have liked this, but they accepted it. "So how can I help right now?"
"There's a school dance tonight. We're pretty sure that's when Klaus is going to strike. We want you to come with us and watch over Elena."
"Fucking Elena..." Isis mumbled.
Samara ignored her. "Okay, I'll meet you at the boarding house before the dance. Have Elena text me the time. As for us we're going shopping. If I have to come to a dance, I'm at least going to wear something nice..."
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