THE TURNING POINT.

BLOODLINES.

Leya walked down the hall with Elena and Bonnie the next day at school. Last night had been eventful and Leya was thanking God that Bonnie hadn't freaked out as much as Elena had. But she guessed since Bonnie was a Witch she understood that there could be other supernatural creatures out there.

As the girls walked down the hall they spotted Caroline and Matt talking vivaciously, well in Leya's opinion it looked more like flirting.

"Did I miss something?" Elena asked confused as they continued to watch the two flirt.

"They've been hanging out." Bonnie explained.

"Kind of weird don't you think?"

"I disagree. She needs someone nice like him. As opposed to a homicidal vampire like Damon." Leya interjected with Bonnie nodding in agreement.

"And now that I've brought it up. How are you with everything? " Leya asked Bonnie.

"I'm freaked out." Bonnie confessed. "Damon attacked me. I could be dead right now. But I'm also grateful."

Elena hummed in question.

"To Stefan. He saved my life. Have you seen him?" Bonnie asked Elena as she opened her locker.

"Not since he told me he was leaving. For all I know, he's already gone."

"He wouldn't leave without saying goodbye." Leya defended.

"Yes, he would. He thinks he's protecting me. Clean break and all that."

"So what are you gonna do?" Bonnie asked.

"What am I supposed to do? I already begged him not to go." She slammed her locker. "If I ask again, I'm being selfish. It is what it is."

"Oh, maybe it's for the best." Bonnie says.

"What? Why?" Elena asked affronted bringing them to a stop.

"I mean, what kind of future could you have had with him, even if he stayed." Bonnie said and just then a banner for career night fell down in front of them with the words 'The Promise of YOUR Future' written in large letters.

"Did you just-?"

"No, I swear." Bonnie replied hastily. Elena ducked under the banner whacking it up in the air in frustration while storming off.

"Talk about perfect timing." Leya muttered to Bonnie as they trailed after Elena.

That afternoon Leya had reluctantly returned to school for Career Night. And to be truthful the last thing she wanted to think about was her future, because all she saw in it was Bellatrix and Death Eaters that haven't been captured.

And she was tired of thinking about them, all she wanted was just one peaceful year which was why she agreed to leave in the first place. But now she was neck deep in vampire problems, it was like she had the worst luck in the world. Which was not entirely true since she had gotten lucky on more than one occasion whilst fighting Voldemort.

Stefan had visited her while she was home for a short amount for time. She thought he came over to say his final goodbye when he started to explain that there was a recent death in Mystic Falls that pointed to vampire and it wasn't him or Damon. This meant there was another new comer to town who probably didn't care who they killed.

Leya weaved through the different booths looking at what they had on offer. She didn't think she could ever apply for a muggle job; it just wasn't as exciting as the jobs in the magical world.

"Isn't this exciting?" A familiar voice whispered in her ear. Leya knew who it was without having to turn around.

"Oh, yeah. Very exciting." Leya replied her voice thick with sarcasm. Daisy didn't notice.

"Look at what's offered. A doctor, lawyer, news reporter…" Daisy trailed off her eyes glazed in excitement. Though Leya didn't really know why.

"You have your whole future ahead of you. Just think about what you can do. Lily would be so proud."

"Aunt Daisy, I'm not going to work in the muggle world." Leya said awkwardly her voice quiet.

Daisy's eyes turned to her and her smile fell and became pursed. Leya felt like Aunt Petunia was staring at her.

"Why not? The… Muggle… world has just as much to offer as the Wizarding world."

"I know that. But I just feel… more at home in the Wizarding World."

"Well, what about me?"

"I don't understand?" Leya asked confused her eyebrows scrunching together. "I came here to get away from Bellatrix and that probably won't take long."

"Hey, Leya."

"Hi, Mr. Saltzman." Leya politely replied turning to her new History teacher.

"I'm sorry, did I interrupt something?" Alaric questioned sensing the tense atmosphere.

"No, not at all. Uh, this is my Aunt Daisy, I live with her."

"Hello." Daisy greeted her smile a little strained. Though her eyes didn't fail to notice how good looking Leya's teacher was.

"Um, I'm just gonna go over there, somewhere…" Leya trailed off walking away her head filled with confusion about Daisy.

She walked into a classroom bumping into Elena and Stefan who clearly looked like they just had a fight.

"Hey, Leya. How are you?" Elena greeted her hastily trying to rid the awkward air that had settled between her and Stefan.

"I'm good. Yeah, how-how are you guys?" Leya asked clumsily.

"Fine." Elena and Stefan answered at the same time. They stared at each other as Leya looked away uncomfortably.

Thankfully Jenna quickly came to the rescue as she rushed towards where the trio was standing.

"Hide me." Jenna announced as she got closer.

"What's going on?" Elena asked.

"The 'Scum' Fell has landed."

"Logan's here?" Elena asked with a tone of aversion.

"Wait, Logan Fell?" Stefan asked looking between the two. As Jenna nodded her head in confirmation Stefan speedily walked out of the classroom. Elena and Leya shared a look quickly hurrying after him.

"Stefan, what's going on?" Elena asked as they caught up to him.

"Jenna, are you dodging me?" Logan asked he walked over.

"It's a form of self-preservation." Jenna replied glaring at him.

"Um, Elena, Leya why don't you guys and Jenna go somewhere else?" Stefan suggested. His eyes flicking towards Jenna. Stefan stared at the two girls intently and they stared back confused until Leya's eyes flickered to Logan and Stefan subtly nodded his head.

"Let's go." Leya said grabbing Elena and Jenna's arms and pulling them away from Logan.

"When Logan came to the house what did he say?" Elena asked Jenna catching on as the three came to a stop.

"Uh, fake flattery, stupid dimpled grin, puppy dog eyes..."

"I'm serious, Jenna." Elena said. "How did he act? What did he say?"

"He was the usual Logan. He was charming, a little more manic than usual. He kept trying to convince me to let him in."

Elena and Leya looked at each other before looking back seriously at Jenna.

"What?" She asked.

"Okay, listen to me very carefully. Do not, under any circumstances talk to him again. I'm serious, Jenna. Like, ever." Elena replied.

"Hey, Elena. Jenna. Leya good to see you again." Mr. Saltzman said walking closer.

"Hi, Mr. Saltzman." Elena replied while Leya just smiled.

"Yeah, I was hoping to see you here tonight." He said to Jenna.

"Career Night is the new bowling." Jenna joked earning a laugh from Mr. Saltzman.

"Okay. Um, excuse us." Leya said grabbing Elena's hand as they rushed away from the flirting couple.

They walked out the back door of the school to see Stefan on the phone. When they reached him he had already hung up.

"So…" Elena started.

"Anything you'd like to share?" Leya finished crossing her arms pinning Stefan with a stern look.

Stefan told the girls everything from the wooden bullets to Damon killing Logan. And now the three of were walking through the halls looking for Logan.

"Hey." Matt said greeting them as they walked pass and Leya stopped short bringing Stefan and Elena to a halt.

"Hey, have you seen Logan Fell, the news guy?" Leya asked.

"Yeah. He just gave Caroline a ride home." He said before walking off. Leya looked back to Stefan and Elena an alarmed expression on her face.

"Stay here." Stefan said to the both of them before leaving.

Elena and Leya could do nothing but wait anxiously for Stefan to return with news of Caroline. And Leya hated it, she didn't like feeling useless, she saw Stefan enter the hallway first so Leya rushed towards him leaving Elena to excuse them from one of the girls they were talking to.

"Caroline?" Leya asked anxiously as she strode closer.

"She's okay, I took her home. She was shaken up; all she knows is Logan attacked her, nothing else." He explained as they walked towards a less populated area.

"Where's Logan?" Elena asked.

"Damon's… dealing with him."

"As in…?" Leya trailed off. He nodded his head. Good, Logan's caused nothing but trouble lately and she really didn't want Jenna in harm's way.

"Hey, um, I'm gonna go." Leya said to the couple when she noticed the looks being exchanged between them.

"Yeah. I'll see you later." Elena replied.

"Sure. Oh – Uh. I almost forgot Jenna left with Jeremy, he had a bloody nose. Something about a confrontation with Tyler, anyway I was wondering if you wanted a ride home."

"I'll take her." Stefan said cutting Elena off before she could get a word out.

"Call if you need anything. I mean it." Leya said to Elena before smiling at Stefan and biding them goodnight.

The door slammed shut behind them as Daisy walked passed Leya and up to her room. Leya sighed and rolled her eyes, it was she was the Aunt and Daisy was the teenage child that needed looking after.

She put the horrible night out of her mind and sat on the couch ready to read when her phone started to ring on the table. Blindly she reached out and after a few misses she managed to grasp her phone and answer.

"Hello."

"Leya." Elena's voice rang through, she sounded like she was crying.

"Elena? What's wrong?"

"Can you come pick me up, please?"

"Yeah, of course. What's wrong? Why are you crying?" Leya replied as she hastily shoved on her shoes which were strewn across the living room floor.

"I found a picture of Katherine in Stefan's room. I look like her Leya! I mean is that why he liked me in the first place?" She sobbed.

"Look like her how? Like same hair or eyes?" Leya asked as she ran to the door picking up her car keys that were on the table next to the door.

"No, I mean we look like identical twins!" She cried out.

"Hey, hey. Calm down, okay? I'll be there soon. I'm literally speeding from the house right now."

"Okay. Please, hurry."

"I will. See you soon."

"Okay, bye." Leya quickly hung up and raced to the boarding house.

Leya's eyes flickered down to see she was pushing the speed limit by going 90. Normally she wouldn't even dare to drive this fast but Elena had sounded really distressed. Her gaze lifted and time seemed to slow down as she caught sight of someone standing in the middle of the road directly in front of her speeding car.

Leya hit the brakes and tried to swerve out of the way, but the stranger had hit the wind shield hard enough to make the car roll over several times. Leya used her arms to try to shield her head but she still ended up banging it against the window a couple of times.

The car rocked to a stop and Leya opened her eyes to an odd view, it looked like the ground was now the sky, and the sky was the ground. It took her a few seconds to realize she was suspended upside down still in her car. For a second she couldn't believe she was in the position she had always imagined her parents in when Aunt Petunia had fed her that lie until she found out their true demise.

Leya coughed placing her hands on the roof of the car as she looked around. There was glass everywhere; and the sight had somehow triggered something and she could now feel the stinging sensation of imbedded glass in her skin. She looked out to see the person she hit, who she could now see was a man; crippled, motionless.

She felt a sharp pang of undeniable guilt build up at the sight, that is until his arm started to move grotesquely back into position. Leya no longer paid attention to the man, only focusing on where she had placed her wand. It was underneath her jeans safely tucked into her boot and much too far away and hard to reach.

Now she was panicking as several cracks and snaps pierced the otherwise silent night. The man was obviously not human as she watched him stand as if he was not just hit by a car. His boots let out tiny thuds as they connected with the pavement, every step bringing him closer to her.

Her heart beat picked up as her hands clawed at the belt buckle trying to get out of the unfortunate position she was in. He was now by the door reaching in and she quietly promised herself she wouldn't go down without a fight.

His hand stopped abruptly before his fingertips could make the slightest graze against her clothing and retracted his arm speeding off into the night. Leya breathed in sharply confused and squinted slightly to see where he had gone, almost hoping the whole thing had been a figment of her imagination and she just ran over a deer or some other animal, when a pair of legs appeared in her vision. She reeled back in shock whimpering slightly.

"How are you doing in there?" A familiar voice asked. Leya sighed in relief as Damon's head popped into view.

"Just hanging around." She said sarcastically suddenly aware of how much her body hurt at the moment.

"You look stuck." Damon observed.

"It's my seat belt. I can't get it off." Leya explained sniffling as traitor tears slipped down her forehead.

Leya tensed as she felt the car shake as Damon pried the door open with his vampire strength.

"Let me get you out of here. I want you to put your hands on the roof." She did as told. "Just like that. You ready?" Damon asked, Leya nodded her head in response.

"One… Two… Three." He reached across and pulled the seat belt causing Leya to slip out land on her back. Damon dragged her out lifting her bridal style.

"You okay? Can you stand? Is anything broken?" Damon asked walking away from the ruined car. He gently put her on her feet and Leya's knees buckled causing her to grasp onto Damon. Her head felt heavy as stars spotted her vision. She must have hit it harder than she thought.

"Whoa, you are fading fast, Leya." Damon said as he caught her. Her body gave away to exhaustion and she went completely limp her eyes sliding close. The last thing she heard was a faint upsy-daisy before everything went black.

The first thing Leya was able to register when she woke up was the pounding in her head. It felt like she had her very own personal concert going on, and the pounding only seemed to increase when she opened her eyes to the blinding light.

"Morning." An all too familiar voice cheered beside her, sounding way too happy this early in the morning.

Leya glanced to see Damon smiling beside her as he drove. "Ugh…" She moaned. The pounding had tripled. "Definitely not what I want to see first thing in the morning."

"Hmmm. I'm sure it isn't." He replied.

She shifted sitting up straighter as she took in her surroundings. Nothing looked even remotely familiar, it was just open fields. "Where are we?" She asked confused.

"In Georgia." Damon replied causally.

"No we're not, you're joking. Seriously, Damon where are we?"

"Seriously, we're in Georgia."

"How are you feeling?" Damon asked, but Leya didn't answer. He kidnapped her, she thought angrily, he actually kidnapped her; she was sitting in a car with a homicidal vampire driving to Georgia. Merlin have mercy.

"Well there are no broken bones." Damon informed, making Leya turn to stare at him curiously. "I checked." He added shooting her a cheeky grin.

"That makes me feel so much better." She snapped back appalled.

"I was driving to get Elena." Leya mused to herself as the memories came back. "My car. There was a man… I hit man. But then he got up—who was that?"

"That's what I would like to know." Damon replied.

"Where's my phone?" Leya asked suddenly as she patted down her pockets not feeling the device anywhere on her. "Okay, we really need to go back. Nobody knows where I am. Pull over." Leya demanded, but Damon continued driving.

"I mean it, Damon, pull over. Stop the car!"

"Ugh. You were so much more fun when you were asleep." Damon remarked.

He pulled the car to the side of the road and Leya immediately got out. She groaned softly as her back throbbed in pain, her hand resting lightly on the spot where it hurt most. There was an unnatural breeze and Damon was unexpectedly next to her supporting her.

"I'm fine." Leya lied pulling away from him. "We have to go back."

"Oh come on. We've already come this far."

"Why are you doing this?" Leya asked. "I can't be in Georgia. My car is wrecked, I have to go home. This is kidnapping."

"That's a little melodramatic, don't you think?" He teased placing a hand on her shoulder.

Leya glanced at the hand on her shoulder and Damon smartly removed as she started to talk. "You're not funny. You can't do this. I'm not going to Georgia."

"Well you're in Georgia." He retorted leaning back against the car arms crossed. "I may not be able to compel you, but I doubt you'd find a car to hitch hike back home." He emphasized by looking around at the deserted road.

"How do you know about -?"

"Stefan fessed up." Damon said cutting her off. "Sorry if you thought your BFF would keep your secret."

"What are you trying to prove?" Leya asked after hesitating for a moment when her phone rang. On reflex she patted her pockets before realizing that the ringing was coming from Damon's jacket. "That's my phone."

"Hmm, it's Elena." He commented, and with lightning speed Leya snatched it out of his hand before he could get any clever ideas.

"Elena?"

"Oh my God! Are you okay? Where the hell are you?" Elena's worried voice screeched from the other end making Leya cringe a little.

"I'm fine. I sort of crashed my car when I was coming to pick you up… and Damon kidnapped me."

"WHAT?!"

"Yeah, I promise I'm fine. Really. I'm in-." Before Leya could say anymore Damon had clamped his hand over her mouth grabbing the phone, where she could hear yelling coming from Elena's end.

"Look we gotta run, tight schedule and all that. You'll get your new friend back by say…oh tomorrow late afternoon. You have a good day. Mm-hmm. Bye now." Damon said hanging up pocketing the phone once more.

Leya elbowed him in the stomach as hard as she could making him loose grip and grunt a little from the force letting go of her, which gave her enough time to walk around to stand in front of the car extremely pissed off.

"Look no one knows where I am. Daisy's probably freaking out, can we please go back?" Leya pleaded with Damon, trying another angle as they stood in front of the car.

"We're almost there." He protested.

"Where is 'there'?" She almost yelled, frustrated.

"A little place right outside of Atlanta. Oh come on, Leya, you don't want to go back right now. Do you? What's the rush? Time out. Trust me, your problems are still gonna be there when you get home."

"My problem's standing right in front of me." Leya grumbled.

"Look step away from your life for, five minutes." He suggested. "Five minutes."

As much as Leya hated to admit it, but the offer that stood in front of her actually sounded quite appealing. She thought that by coming to Mystic Falls she was getting away from all the adventure, all the near-death hazards, but in reality she just stepped into even bigger trouble. At least back home she knew what she was getting into; in Mystic Falls she really had no idea.

Five minutes away from everything sounded really good right now. And besides if Damon tried anything funny then she could whip out her wand at any time. Screw keeping her secret. Leya knew she was going to regret the decision she was about to make.

"Am I gonna be safe with you?" Leya asked eyeing him.

"Yes."

"Will you promise not to leave me stranded in the middle of no-where?"

"Yes."

"Can I trust you?" She asked raising her eyebrows a little.

"Get in the car, come on." He said walking past her and getting into the driver's seat. With a slight groan of pain Leya slid into her seat hoping he meant what he said when he answered her questions.

"So where's my car?" Leya asked wondering what people would do once they found her totaled car in the middle of the road.

"I pulled it off to the side of the road." Damon explained. "I don't think anyone will bother it."

"What about that man in the road? Was he a vampire?"

"From what I could tell, yeah."

"You didn't know him?" She questioned, slightly suspicious.

"I've never met him. I wouldn't know him." Leya huffed quietly. "I mean it's not like we all hang out together at the Vamp Bar and Grill." He added with a smirk.

"Well excuse me for assuming otherwise. I mean I am new to this whole vamp thing." Leya replied just as Damon pulled up to a small building that said Bree's Bar.

"You brought me to a bar? Seriously, Damon I'm not old enough for American standards they're not going to let me in." Leya says as they got out of the car.

"Sure they will." He replied and gestured with his head for her to follow. Leya walked in and looked around her curiosity getting the best of her; it was nice, very cozy. It wasn't particularly full at this time of day but she suspected it would be later on.

"No! No, it can't be." An olive tone woman said in disbelief as the duo walked closer to the bar. "Damon." She jumped up on the bar and slid across, hopping down she strutted up to Damon.

"My honey pie." She said before pulling him into a passionate kiss. Leya's eyebrows shot up in shock and surprise at the bold move as they continued to kiss. She looked around uncomfortably clearing her throat before it could pass PG-13. She was thankful when the kiss finally ended and Damon led her to the barstool.

"Name's Bree." The woman who was kissing Damon only moments before said holding out her hand, a polite smile on her face.

"Leya." She replied shaking her hand.

"Listen up everybody!" Bree announced. "Here's to the man that broke my heart, crushed my soul, destroyed my life and ruined any and all chances of happiness." Bree said filling up shot glasses. Obviously she was talking about Damon as she passed both Damon and Leya a glass. "Drink up!"

Damon smiled downing his shot then tried to take Leya's. She slapped his hand away and replied to the look he sent.

"If I'm gonna be around you all day then I'm definitely going to need this…. and more." She said before throwing back the shot, feeling a familiar burn run down her throat.

"So how'd he rope you in?" Bree asked refilling her shot glass.

"I'm not roped in, far from it actually."

"Oh, honey, if you're not roped, you're whipped. Either way, just enjoy the ride." She said with a smirk on her face.

"Okay." Leya replied uneasily, before shooting down the refilled shot. "So how did you two meet?" Leya asked in a lame attempt to change the subject.

"College." Bree replied chuckling.

"You went to college?" Leya asked Damon disbelief and amusement heard clearly in her voice.

"I've been on a college campus, yes." Damon replied, smiling cheekily.

"About 20 years ago, when I was a sweet young freshman I met this beautiful man and I fell in love. And then he told me about his little secret made me love him even more. Cause you see I had a little secret of my own, that I was dying to share with somebody." Bree started smiling impishly as she drank her shot.

Damon leaned over and whispered in Leya's ear. "She's a Witch."

Leya's eyes immediately snapped towards Bree, but she was too focused on Damon to notice.

"You changed my world, you know." Bree said staring at Damon.

"I rocked your world." Damon countered.

"He is good in the sack isn't he?" Bree said looking at Leya for confirmation. She didn't even get to express her disgust before she continued. "But mostly he's just a walk-away Joe." She explained downing another shot forcefully slamming it on the counter in front of Damon, an angry flare in her eyes.

"So, what is it that you want?"

"So let's just say…" Leya began, as she wolfed down her burger and fries. "That Elena is descended from Katherine. Does that make her part-vampire or something?"

"Vampires can't pro-create." Damon stated, before continuing with a sly smirk. "But we love to try."

Leya rolled her eyes and gave him a pointed look.

"No. If she were related it would mean that Katherine had a child before she was turned."

"Did Stefan think he could use Elena to replace her?" Leya asked slightly disappointed in her new friend.

"It's kinda creepy if you ask me." Damon commented, watching her take the pickles off her burger. "Come on, you don't like pickles? What's wrong with you?"

"How can you even eat, if technically you're supposed to be…?" She trailed off, Leya wanted to say dead… but she's been around death too many times to count, that saying out loud, kind of weirded her out.

"Dead?" Damon asked quietly mocking her. "It's not such a bad word, you know. As long as I keep a healthy diet of blood in my system, my body functions pretty normally." He emphasized this by popping a fry in his mouth and chewing it loudly.

Leya chuckled a little smiling slightly before it faded. "This nice act, is any of it real? Cause you're more bi-polar than a pregnant woman. I mean one minute you're threating me and ripping out my throat….and the next you're helping me out of my crashed car."

Before he could answer Bree interrupted placing a beer bottle in front of him. "I'll have one too." Leya said to Bree.

"Hmm?"

"I told you Damon. I need to be drunk to tolerate you."

"There you go." Bree said placing the beer on the counter. Leya picked it up as Damon held the neck of his bottle towards her so they clashed them together making a slight clinking sound before taking a sip.

Hours + Many Drinks Later -

"Ready?" Bree said slowly, as she held her glass in front of her eyeing everyone. Her gaze lingering on the dark haired girl she met earlier today.

Bree didn't really know what it was but there was something strange about that girl. She could feel it in her bones, and Bree always trusted her instincts, and right now they were telling her to be careful around this girl.

Someone cleared their throat, another making an impatient noise. "Go!" Bree shouted, and in a go she downed her shot gagging slightly from the burn. But the first to slam their empty shot glass down was the girl her eyes had lingered on, the girl who had intense green eyes.

"That's three." Leya announced slightly tipsy, watching Damon as he struggled to keep the alcohol in his mouth. "Do you need a bib?" She teased, her lower lip jutting out in a playful pout.

"Sorry, I can't unhinge my jaw like a snake to consume alcohol."

"Whatever." She chuckled. "This must be extremely humiliating for you, I mean getting beat by a teenage girl – wow."

Damon didn't have enough time to respond before a blonde middle aged woman interrupted slurring. "Honey, you should be on the floor."

"I am not even drunk." Replied Leya. "My tolerance is, like…" She stretched her arms above her head jumping a little. "Way up here."

Damon laughed seeing her antics, this was perhaps the first time he's seen Leya let her hair down (figuratively speaking) and she looked good. If he didn't have Katherine waiting for him the tomb, maybe he would've pursued other interests.

When Leya's eyes flickered over to Damon she scoffed raising her eyebrows as he bluntly checked her out. "Keep dreaming." She bit out, turning around to get as far away from Damon as possible, ignoring his chuckles and the stare she could feel as she walked away.

Leya's day just kept getting worse and worse, it was as if God or fate or spirits, whatever the hell you wanted to call them held a personal vendetta against her and constantly put her into horrible, unfortunate, life threatening situations. And she was sick of it.

Leya had just left the bar to get some fresh air when she was grabbed from behind and taken off to where she supposed was the back of the bar and left there, of course not after being told not to move by the vampire that had taken her.

Curiously enough he hadn't hurt her like she expected, so Leya obliged and stayed where she was wanting to see just what this particular vampire was up to. When Damon started to walk around the bend Leya immediately understood what was happening but she was too late to warn Damon, the other vampire had attacked.

He continuously beat Damon's legs with a baseball bat so he would be able to stand for at least a fair few minutes. Leya climbed down from where the vampire had placed her as bait and ran as fast as she could to Damon, where the other vampire was dousing him in gasoline.

"No!" Leya yelled as she got closer, stopping short as the vampire turned towards her flashing his fangs in warning.

"Who are you?" Damon croaked once he could stop screaming.

"That's perfect. You have no idea." The man said.

"What are you talking about?" Leya asked. "What did he do?"

"He killed my girlfriend!" He seethed. Leya looked to Damon could do nothing but shrug a little bashfully.

"What did she do to you, huh? What did she do to you?!" He said screaming towards the end drenching Damon in more gasoline.

"Nothing." Damon weakly replied.

"I don't understand." Leya said trying to buy time to figure out what to do.

"My girlfriend went to visit Stefan, and Damon killed her. Got it?" He snapped, kicking Damon in the head. Damon let out a groan of pain as Leya continued the conversation.

"Lexi?" Leya asked in disbelief. "Lexi was your girlfriend? I met her, she told me about you. She said you were human."

"I was." He replied looking at her. There was so much pain and grief in eyes, Leya felt bad for him. Lexi was an amazing person and Damon shouldn't have killed her and she knew that if she were in his position she would probably be doing the same thing. He turned back to Damon and took out a box of matches.

"Lexi turned you?"

"If you wanna be with someone forever… you have to live forever." He explained, kicking Damon who had tried to crawl away.

"She loved you!" Leya told him quickly. "She said 'when it's real you can't walk away'."

"Well that's a choice you're not gonna have to make." He snapped.

"Don't, please don't hurt him." Leya pleaded.

"I'm doing you favor." He said lighting the match.

"Lexi loved you and she was good, and that means you're good too." Leya said trying to persuade him one last time. And it seemed to working as he turned to look at her. "Be better than him."

After a few tense seconds he lifted Damon up by his collar and threw him back into a garage door. "Thank you." Leya murmured when he faced her.

"It wasn't for you." He whispered running off.

Leya ran towards Damon and stood looking down at him as he groaned in pain. "You really know how to piss people off, don't you?" She asked.

"I could use a little help." He moaned.

"I already did. I'll be waiting in the car, I'm a little tired." Replied Leya smiling down at him, humming as she walked away.

Leya sighed as she walked through the door. It seemed like she couldn't even get away for five minutes until a vampire popped up somewhere. It had been exhausting and Leya could still feel the effects of the car crash.

Of course she could've easily healed herself but it might've looked a little suspicious, if she just walked out of the bathroom at the bar looking like she hadn't just been in a car crash it would've raised a lot of questions, the main one being: 'What are you?'

Her foot had just touched the second stair when Daisy appeared behind her.

"I don't set a lot of rules, Cattleya. Not with you." Daisy began sternly, her arms crossed and lips pursed. "I trust you to tell me the truth. Where were you? I was worried sick!"

"I'm sorry -"

"Sorry's not good enough."

"Well I don't know what else to say other than sorry." Leya said looking at Daisy confused. "Why are you being like this?"

"I am like this because I now have a teenage girl living in the same house as me, and excuse me for not worrying. I know what I was like when I was your age."

"Well you shouldn't have to worry, Aunt Daisy. Because you and I are nothing alike." Leya began angrily, then it was like she couldn't stop. "You know nothing about me. You haven't tried very hard to get to know me. You can't step in and pretend to be my mother after taking the cowards' way out and keeping yourself from ever knowing me as I grew. "

"Lily wouldn't want this, Cattleya. And I was hurt and grieving but I'm past that now and I know you quiet well for your information."

"Oh yeah?...What's my favorite color?"

"Green."

"No." Leya replied, her favorite color was red.

"But green was Lily's favorite color."

"I am not my mum. My mum is dead, Aunt Daisy. Why can't you accept it and let go."

"Stop." Daisy voice came out as a harsh whisper. "Just, stop."

Leya sighed as she stared into Daisy's pale blue eyes. "When are you going to stop running?"

A/N: So two chapters in one, whoop, whoop! I think that deserves a review don't you? Anyway guys, I have end of term exams coming up really really soon and I need to study so I might not update for just a bit but I'll definitely get back to you as soon as I can.