Let me check. Nope, no mansion, bathtub full of money, or Damon Salvatore. Guess that means I still don't own the Vampire Diaries.
Chapter Nine- Haunted
Elena rung the door bell of the Salvatore boarding house when we got there the next day. We waited a minute before Damon opened the door
Great, I thought
"Is Stefan here." Elena asked him
"Yep"
"Where is he?" I asked
"And good morning to you, little miss we're-on-a-mission." Damon said to me
"How can you be so arrogant and glib after everything that you've done?" Elena asked him
"And how can you be so brave and stupid to call a vampire arrogant and glib?" Damon asked her
"If you wanted either one of us dead, we'd be dead." I said
"Yes, you would."
"But we're not." Elena said
"Yet." Damon said making me roll my eyes
"Where is Stefan?" I asked
"He's upstairs. Singing ' the rain in Spain.' Knock yourselves out." He said before leaving
We walked inside and closed the door
"Stefan?" I asked, " Stefan?"
"Yes." he said appearing on the stairs
"Where is Vicky?" Elena asked
"She's upstairs."
"What happens now? Be cause my brother is searching for her with the rest of the town. What do I tell them?" Elena asked
"Elena, calm down. I'm sure Stefan is handling it." I said
"I'm working with her but its gonna take time. She's a very volatile and impulsive personality." He said
"So she's a vampire with issues?" Elena asked, "What are we supposed to do? Because we are lying to everyone we care about. What is gonna happen to her?"
"I'm gonna keep her here until I know that she's safe." Stefan said
"How long is that." Vicky said from the stairs
"Apparently we all forgot about vampire hearing." I said
"We can talk about that later." Stefan said to Vicky
"Hey, Vicky. How are you?" Elena asked
" How am I? You're kidding , right?" Vicky asked rudely
"Okay, then. Elena I am gonna head off to school." I said before leaving
"I have got your costumes." Caroline said coming up to Bonnie, Aurora, and I handing us each a bag, "There are all here."
"Oh, gothic fairy. Thanks Care." I said
" A Greek goddess, that's great. Jace is going as a Greek god so now we can match."
"Seriously?" Bonnie asked pulling out a witch costume
"Come on. Can someone please just be excited that is Halloween?" Caroline asked
"I am." I said
"So am I."
"Great because I just wanna have fun. You know just some silly, fluffy, Damon-free fun." Caroline said
"I can live with that." I said
"Isn't this the one you got from Damon?" Bonnie asked Caroline while holding up a necklace
"It's ugly." I said
"That's what I said." Bonnie told me
"Yep, it's Damon's. Wear it, toss it. I don't care. I just want it gone." Care said, " Have you guys seen Elena? Do we know what she's wearing?"
" I was with Grams all weekend. I haven't talked to her. Maybe she's with Stefan." Bonnie said
"She is." I said, " And I don't know what she's wearing tonight."
"Is she riding to his castle on his white horse?" Caroline asked
"Don't be bitter." I said
"Yeah, I hear it provokes wrinkles." Aurora said
"Heh." Care said
The bell rung and we headed off to class
"You gotta call me, Vick. I don't get it. What's going on with you? Just , just call me , please." Jer said grabbing a pitcher of water out of the fridge.
"Hey." Elena said, "So, um, do you wanna hang out tonight?"
"Yeah you could come to the Halloween thin at school with us." I said
"Cool. Sure. Sounds fun. Can't wait." Jer said trying to leave
"I know you're upset about Vicky. I heard she called Matt." Elena said, " But you can't be with her. She needs to get better. The best thing you can do for her is let her go."
"What does that even mean, "Let her go"? Oh, okay, sure. Since you and I are such experts on letting people go." Jer said
"I know you may not see it , but trust me ,Jer , it's for the best." Elena said
"For months after mom and dad died, I felt like crap. Like nothing-really-mattered crap." Jer said, " All of a sudden, I get these moments, and things start to fell a bit better. And Vicky was in every single one of them. So neither of you may see it, but trust me keeping me away from her is not for the best."
" Well, that certainly didn't work." I said
After Elena, Aurora, and I were dressed in our costumes we toke a costume less Jeremy and headed off to school.
" You went with last years costume year's costume too." Matt said coming up to us when we arrived
"I didn't know I was coming till an hour ago." Elena said
"Me neither. And you're going as you?" Matt asked Jer before Jer walked off
"He's not talking to me right now. We got into a fight." Elena said
"I got into it too with Vick when she got home." Matt said, " I'm trying not to smother her, but part of me didn't wanna let her out of my sight."
"Wait. She's here?" I asked
"Yeah. You can't miss her. She's a vampire." Matt said
"Of course she is." I said
"Where did Jeremy go?" Elena asked
"Elena, what's the matter?" Matt asked
"I gotta find him." Elena said, " Audrey, help me."
" Okay. Aurora see you later." I said before following Elena
After a while of looking we saw Stefan and Vicky
"Thank God." Elena said
"What's the matter?" Stefan asked
" We lost track of Jeremy. We've been so worried." I said
"What's going on here?" Matt said coming up to us
"Hey. Everything's fine." Stefan told him
"I told you to quit bothering me." Vicky told Stefan
"No. Vicky, don't do this." Elena said
"Matt, he won't leave me alone." Vicky said, continuing her act
"You need to back off." Matt said to Stefan
"Matt, it's okay." I said
"No, it's not okay. What is your problem?" he told Stefan
"Uh…" I said when I noticed Vicky was gone
"Stefan. She's gone." Elena said before running off with me behind her
Elena and I passed through all of the rooms before we headed through a door that lead out to the back of the school where they kept the buses.
"No. Aah." We heard Jer said I grabbed a piece of wood and followed Elena towards his voice
"Vicky, no." Elena screamed when we found them
Vicky started to walk toward us and when she was a few feet away I swung the piece of wood at her. She took it from me and threw it on the ground before throwing me twenty feet in the air, making me fall into a pile of wood. Vicky started to come towards me again when Stefan came out of no where and pushing her into a bus.
"Vicky." Jer said before Vicky pushed Stefan of her and disappeared
"Go get inside." Stefan said, "Go."
Even though I was in excruciating pain I ran with Elena and Jeremy to the door. When we got there Elena opened the door but before we could Vicky came behind us and threw Jer to the ground before grabbing me and biting my neck. I let out a blood curdling scream which stopped when Stefan came behind Vicky and staked her.
"Vicky!" Jer screamed as Vicky started to turn grey and veins started appearing on her face,
"Vicky. Vicky!"
"Get them out of here." I told Stefan
After they where gone I took a seat next to Vicky's corpse.
"I'm sorry Vicky. I'm sorry you're life had to end this way." I said before crying
While I was crying Damon came up from behind me.
"You should go. I got this." he said
"You did this." I said standing up, " This is your fault."
"You confuse me for someone with remorse."
I tried to push him back but he didn't budge. Then I tried to slap him but he caught my hand
"None of this matters to me. None of it." he said
I yanked my hand out of his grip before saying, " People die around you. How could it not matter? It matters and you know it."
Then I tried to slap him again and this time I succeeded. Damon stared at me for a moment.
"You need to leave. Your wounds are bleeding and you need to leave." he said
I slowly started to walk away.
When I was far enough from Damon and Vicky I texted Elena
Where are you guys
-AD
Stefan took Jer home. I'm waiting for you at the car
-EG
Then I texted Aurora
Elena and I are heading home. Can you grab a ride with Jace?
-AD
U okay?
-AR
Yeah just tired.
-AD
Okay, see you later.
-AR
"Audrey. Hey, have you seen-?" Matt asked me on my way to Elena's car, "Whoa. What happened?"
"Nothing. Some idiot with fake blood got me. I'm gonna go home and take a shower."
"I can't find Vicky." Matt said, " She totally bailed on me."
Poor Matty, I thought
"I don't know where she is." I lied
"Is this what I'm in for? A lifetime of worrying about her?" Matt asked
"You're a good brother , Matt."
"Yeah." he said, "Maybe she went home."
"Maybe." I said trying my hardest not to cry.
When I got to the car I saw Elena crying and I decided that for her sake I would be strong. When she was done she started the car and drove home.
"Where is he?" Elena asked when we got to the house and saw Stefan
"Inside." he said
Elena and I headed inside and found Jeremy in his bed. We both took a seat next to him.
"Do you understand what happened tonight?" Elena asked
"No. I don't understand." Jer said , "I mean I know what I saw but I don't understand."
"She was going to kill me." I said
"Now she's dead. Vicky's dead."
"We're so sorry, Jer. We're-" Elena said
"Just make it stop. It hurts." He said
"Shh. It's okay. It's okay." I said trying to comfort him
Then Jer said the most heart breaking thing I had ever heard, "Why does everybody have to die on me?"
"Oh, my God. Come here." Elena said before she and I gave him a hug
"Are you okay?" Elena asked Stefan when we went back outside
"I wanted to help her. But instead, uh…" Stefan started, "How's he doing?"
"He's a mess." I said
"I don't want him going through this again." Elena said
"Neither do I ." I said
"He's just a kid."
"What can I do? What can I do to help? I'll do anything." Stefan said
"Can you make him forget?" Elena asked
"Can you, Stefan?" I said
"Elena, Audrey…"
"I don't know how he'll ever get past this. I just want him to forget everything that happened." Elena said
"If I did it, there's no guarantee that it would work because of who I am, because of how I live." Stefan said, " I don't have the ability to do it right."
" I can do it." Damon said coming onto the porch, " If this is what you two want, I'll do it."
"It's what we want." I said
"What do you want him to know?" he asked Elena and I
" We want you to tell him that Vicky left town and she's not coming back." I said
" Also that he shouldn't look for her or worry about her. He's gonna miss her but he knows it's for the best." Elena said
Then Damon headed in side. I went to rest next to the door while Elena and Stefan went to sit down and talk. I decided to ignore their conversation and just wait for Damon to come back out.
"It's done." Damon said walking back outside
Elena got up and walked inside. I went to stand in front of Damon
"Thank you." I said to him
"You're welcome." he said
Then I followed Elena inside the house before closing the door.
Authors Note
I swear the scene with Jer and Elena is so sad but probably one of the best scenes in that episode. Review. No flames but constructive criticism is welcome.
Audrey; D
I said it would be every once in a while so here it is
Me: Damon it was so sweet of you to take away Jeremy's memories for Elena and Audrey
Damon: I have my moments and aren't you Audrey?
Me: Nope. I'm the real person and she's the character
Audrey: Indeed I am .
Damon: That's a little weird
Me: yep. But at least I found someone else to talk to. But unfortunately she likes Stefan
Audrey: What do you mean unfortunately, he's a great friend
Damon: Well that's a bummer
Me: Don't worry. I have a plan, but I can't disclose that kind of information here. It would ruin the story.
Audrey: Whatever. Where is Stefan anyway?
Me and Damon: Ugh!
Me: I don't know he left a few chapters back
Damon: Good riddance
Stefan: Hello
Me and Damon: Man
Audrey: Yeah. You're here. * then gives Stefan a hug.*
Damon:* to me* Look what you've done.
Me:*to Damon* Don't worry Damon. It only takes so long before people can't stand Stefan and learn to love you.
Stefan: You know we're standing right here.
Audrey: Yeah
Me: Whatever. Okay, Damon I think we should end this before there is anymore love for Stefan. It's nauseating.
Damon: Agreed
Damon and I: *Smirking* Have a great day readers. And make sure to review.
Damon: My earlier threat still stands
Me: What are you talking about? You know what? I don't want to know.