Artemis groaned and rolled over, but she rolled too far to her right and ended up rolling off of the couch, "Oww" she groaned smacking her head against the corner of the table, it took her a minute to get her bearings, she raised her slim fingers to her temple where the throbbing pain was coming from, and gingerly touched it, she hissed and pulled back feeling something sticky and warm. "Brilliant" she muttered under her breath, she scrambled on to her feet and headed into the kitchen, Artemis rummaged through the drawers attempting to find the first aid kid "where is it?"
She sighed but froze hearing talking in the hallway, she peeked around and saw Jenna there, talking to someone, Artemis could tell that her aunt wasn't happy to see whoever it was, she made her way towards the front door
"Everything alright Aunt Jenna?" Artemis asked, causing Jenna to look at her she stepped aside showing who was at the door, it was Logan Fell,
"Jenna let me in" he demanded, his eyes however was focused on the small gash on the brunette's head
"The answer is No" Jenna snapped her eyes hardening seeing him looking at Artemis
"I know you" he smirked, Artemis scowled and inched slightly more forward so that she was leaning against the door, her hand was resting on the doorknob "You're always one step from a 'maybe' or a tiny nudge to a 'yes'"
"You do realise you just pointed out that I have no self -control?" Jenna uttered cocking an eyebrow,
"Rooky move dick" Artemis smirked causing Jenna to snort
"Clever Strategy so-"
"Goodbye" with that Artemis slammed the door shut in his face "oh no Jenna don't you get regretful or anything" she said seeing her face
"I know but—"
"You deserve so much better than that dick" she grabbed the older woman's hand and dragged her into the kitchen "I know what'll cheer you up" she ushered Jenna into a chair and then moved over to the freezer,
"And what'll that be?" she asked
"There's only two men that you need Jen" she grinned "Ben and Jerry-"
"It's quiet disturbing how much you rely on them Arty" Jenna uttered as Artemis placed the tub on the ice cream
"Well when real men don't work, these two are the next best thing" she smiled and peeled the lid off.
"Where's Jere?" she asked
"Hmm in his room" Jenna replied "Art, just relax, you're acting more mature than me-"
"It's because I am" she snickered,
In response Jenna flung a spoonful of ice cream in her direction and hit her in the face "Oww" she yelped as the cold desert hit her gash causing it to sting
"Crap" Jenna jumped on to her feet "let me clear that up" she exited the room but as quickly she left she had returned with the first aid box
"Where'd you find that?"
"In the cupboard, now sit" she instructed
"Jen I can patch myself up ya know" Artemis attempted to grab a swap but Jenna slapped her hand away "for someone who's trying to help me, you sure do seem to be doing more damage"
Jenna rolled her eyes "Let me take care of you Arty-"
"I don't need help Jen-"
"Everyone needs help Arty" she said softly, causing the teen to look at her "You haven't spoken about your parents' death yet-"
"Why bring up the past?" Artemis muttered "It's done; they're dead end of story"
"Not the end of story" Jenna said opening up an anti-septic wipe, she gently wiped away the blood Artemis flinched from the stinging sensation
"I know you Arty, you're so busy taking care of Elena and Jeremy you haven't even grieved or-"
"I can't Jenna" Artemis snapped causing her to pause, she glanced down she couldn't stand the look on her face "I can't" she said softly as Jenna placed a small bandage over the shallow gash, "Jeremy and Elena need me, so I'm going to be there for them, me wallowing over something that already happened isn't going to help, it's not going to make me feel better, so can you leave it?"
Jenna sighed and lightly framed Artemis's curls so that it framed her face and covered the bandage "Ok"
Artemis let out a small smile "so back to Ben and Jerry?"
"Back to Ben and Jerry" Jenna chuckled dropping down in the seat beside her, Artemis dug her spoon into the ice cold desert.
Artemis trudged upstairs later that night and with a boxful of books and folders, that she had dug up from the closet, she paused outside Elena's door and peeked inside and saw that both Bonnie and Elena was fast asleep, she stepped in the room and pulled the covers over both of them, she turned off the lamp and was about to leave, but something stopped her.
"Arty?" Bonnie whispered
"Hey" Artemis smiled gently at her
"Thank you for tonight" she whispered, Elena grunted and rolled over
"I didn't do anything" Artemis whispered back
"No you did, you did" Bonnie's eyes began to drift close
"Go to sleep Bon" she smiled and left the room, she quietly shut the door behind her and then knocked on Jeremy's door, she opened it and saw her teenage brother playing video games
"Shouldn't you be sleeping?" she asked
"Yeah I'm just about to" he told her "what's that?" he asked nodding towards the box
"Something to help you with your research" she smiled and set it down on his desk "you can look through it tomorrow, go to sleep"
"Thanks Arty" Jeremy called she simply waved him off and headed towards her room, Artemis yawned and slipped off the dress and pulled on her shorts and camisole, she crawled into her bed and was soon fast asleep.
Artemis yawned and slammed her hand down on the alarm clock, she idly scratched the back of her neck, she sat up letting the loose sheets pool around her waist, her camisole had ridden up, exposing her flat stomach, and she swung her legs out of bed and padded barefooted towards the bathroom. She had a quick shower and dried herself off, in record time Artemis was out of the bathroom and back in her bedroom, she opened her dresser drawer and slipped on a pair of light blue lacy bra and matching panties.
Artemis opted to wear a pair of black skinny jeans and an emerald green colour long sleeve top; it had a modest v-neckline. Artemis brushed her thick hair and pulled it into a French braid, a few curls escape to frame her face. She slipped on a pair of ankle boots and grabbed her bag, she walked past Jeremy's door and glanced into his room, what she saw made her do a double take, and she smiled slightly seeing him sketching.
"Huh" a sudden idea hit her so that her eyes lit up she entered the room and was slightly miffed when he didn't even look at her
"Jeremy" she whispered in his ear, she laughed when he jump
"Ah, what the hell?" he asked breathing heavily
"Sorry kid" she smiled "anyway I was wondering if you wanted to do a small job for me, well more like a project….actually if you think-"
"Arty, you're rambling" Jeremy smirked
"Right, well I was thinking since you're into art how about you do a couple for me for the store, and I see if they get any interest and sell them, you'll get the money though"
Jeremy's eyes widened "You serious?"
Artemis smiled and shrugged "Yeah why not?"
"Well I'm not sure if they're worth anything Art, it's-"she rolled her eyes and placed her hand over his mouth
"You can do anything that you set your mind to Jere" she told him firmly "so?" she asked, Artemis removed her hand and looked at him
"Yeah, I'll do it"
"Great" she grinned and pecked his cheek "I'll catch you later" she told him and left.
Artemis quickly poured her coffee into the thermostat, she was running slightly behind, she grabbed a piece of toast and hurried out
"Hey Art" Jenna smiled grabbing her jacket
"Morning" Artemis smiled, Jenna lightly brushed aside one of the brunette's curls and saw that she had re-bandage it
"Art-"
"It's good Jen" she told her as Elena clamoured down the stairs, Artemis slipped on her jacket and shouldered her bag
"Are you going to the careers thing tonight?" Jenna asked her as she fixed her hair
"Yep" Artemis nodded
"Did you two know that Jeremy's got his sketchpad out?" Elena asked buttoning up her jacket
"You're kidding" Jenna said surprised at that
"Yeah don't say anything, the minute we encourage him he'll put it away" Elena laughed, Artemis snorted
"Psychology major" Jenna scoffed
"Well maybe you should re-take your degree Jen, I offered him a job to draw some sketches up for me, he's into it" Artemis said, and didn't missed the look of disbelief on both Jenna's and Elena's face.
"Where'd I put my keys?" Artemis asked aloud beginning to dig through her bag, Jenna rolled her eyes her niece was a total scatter brain
"In the dish bowl Arty" Jenna told her, Artemis grinned and grabbed her keys "alright let's head out" she opened the door and saw that Elena was checking her phone.
"Serious what's up between you and Stefan?" she asked
"He knows how I feel and where I stand, but it doesn't matter, he is moving away" Elena informed them
"What?" Artemis asked surprised "I thought-"
"No, Arty I thought it was working as well" Elena sighed, the trio of women exited the house, Artemis shut the door behind her
"Where is he going?" Jenna asked as they walked down the driveway,
"I stopped asking questions, the answers are scary" Elena muttered and sent Artemis a secretive smile, who sent her a wink
"Your leaves, mine returns" Jenna sighed
"Logan?" Elena asked
"He's back"
"And was a total dick" Artemis muttered under her breath, the sun was shining down on them
"He's back and I didn't let him get pass the front door" Jenna smiled triumphantly "plus it helped that Arty was there, giving death glares"
"What? The man just pisses me off" Artemis rolled her eyes causing Elena to chuckle
"So you slammed it in his face?" Elena asked, Artemis nodded
"Three strike rules Jenna" Elena said as the elder brunette unlocked the door of her yellow bug, "you're not even allowed to watch the news"
"Exactly no more Logan Scum-fell" Jenna nodded, Artemis glanced at her dashboard and groaned out loud
"What's wrong?" Elena asked her car keys in hand
"My car, I don't have any petoral in it, and I had to get the groceries later as well as drop some items off" Artemis slammed her car door shut
"Jenna?" she asked
"Sorry kiddo I need the car today" Jenna uttered, Artemis sighed and ran her hands down her face
"Take my car" Elena suggested
"Huh?"
"Well I'm at school and you're going to need it more than me" Elena told her and threw the keys to her "but you got to drop me off at school"
"Duh" Artemis rolled her eyes and waved goodbye to Jenna, "Come on" they climbed into the car
"So Stef-"
"There's nothing here holding him back Arty" Elena sighed as Artemis pulled out of the driveway
"Hmm, well maybe he'll say goodbye" she glanced at Elena from the corner of her eye "or do you not want that?"
"I don't know, he is a vampire and-"
"It's hard to believe, I get that, things will work out Elena but from what I saw he clearly feels something for you" she smiled wistfully "I wish I had a guy who looks at me the way Stefan looks at you" Artemis said as she drove towards down the familiar road,
"You'll find someone Arty" Elena assured her, Artemis smiled
"Don't worry about me Elena, I'm a big girl, you carry on with your high school drama" Artemis pulled to a stop and drummed her fingers against the steering wheel as Elena got out of the car.
"By the way Art, it's not normal high school drama"
"I know that kid" she called chuckling as she did so; she waved goodbye and pulled out of the school parking lot and drove towards the antique store.
Artemis hummed under her breath as she drank her mug of coffee, she was currently unpacking some of the boxes in the bag, she pulled out a small glass case, she placed it gently on the table and spotted something at the bottom of the cardboard box, right there was a book that was bound in brown paper.
Artemis gently unpacked it revealing a battered looking book; she turned it over in her hands and gasped as she was pulled into a vision
"Really brother is that all you do?" a dirty haired blond male asked, sitting down in front of roaring fire
The dark haired man glanced up "It is better than doing what you do in your spare time, I will not clean up after you" he turned the next the next page of his novel
"As you wish, so has Katerina made an appearance yet?" he asked
"I believe she is still getting ready"
"And what of Athena?" the dark haired male's eyes snapped up to meet the blues of his brother
"Why so concerned with Athena, all of a sudden?"
"Well she does look tasty" He smirked seeing his brother's grip tightening on the book and chuckled "only teasing, after all I know she is yours"
Artemis gasped as she was brought out of the vision, she looked down at the novel in her hands, she sighed and set it aside, before she could think the vision through there was a sound of the bell ringing above the door, Artemis glanced at the time and saw that it was nearing five, she was going to close up early since she had to attend the Careers event at the school, as well as go grocery shopping.
"Sorry I'm closing" she called stumbling on to her feet
"Well that doesn't bother me" she spun around and saw Damon Salvatore leaning against the doorway, with the ever present cocky smirk on his lip
"What'd you want?" she snapped turning off her laptop and moving the box to the side of the room
"This is why you need a big strong man, to help you out" he said and easily picked the heavy box that she was attempting to pick up "Where do you want this?" he asked
"On the top shelf" she replied and folded her arms across her chest, her eyes automatically down to his rear end and she saw the smooth skin of his back. Artemis mentally slapped herself
"I saw that" he smirked
"What?" she snapped glaring a hole in the floor
"You were checking me out" he grinned as he moved closer to her, so that there were only a couple of inches of distance between them
"No I wasn't" she denied,
"You are a terrible liar dear" he uttered
"What are you doing here Damon?" she sighed leaning against her desk, she didn't miss a beat when he placed one of his arm on the desk so he was now boxing her in "I figured you would've left town by now"
"Oh well, me and Stefan were all set on leaving-"she snorted
"I doubt he would go anywhere with you"
"You would think" Damon could feel her body heat radiating off of her, he was so tempted to take a bite but for once he restrained himself "Something came up"
She saw the serious look on his face "what?" she asked quietly
"There's another vampire in town, and he already has been killing people" Damon uttered
"Who?"
"Logan Fell" Artemis eyes widened that
"What?" she gaped "oh my god"
"He's just a dude-"
"No he isn't he came over last night" Artemis blurted out "I have to go and warn-" she went to go around him but he grabbed her by the waist and hefted her onto the wooden desk "Damon what are you-" she spluttered when he settled in between her legs
"Relax" he ordered, but she couldn't she watched wide as he raised his hand and began to massage the back of her neck
"Why are you doing this?" she sighed and closed her eyes when he touched a particular spot
"Hmm, I rather not be talking to a hysterical woman, plus I could get use to this position, right in between your legs" her eyes snapped opened, she sent him a dirty look
"Ok back off" she hissed, but he merely chuckled
"Not till you to tell me why you are so worked up about him?" he countered,
"Fine, just some space please" she mumbled having a difficult time talking, he backed up several steps but was still within arms-reach of her
"He came over last night, he wanted Jenna to let him in" she told him
"Ah right, his lost love"
"What?"
"Well I met him earlier, he can only come out during the night-"
"Yeah that makes me feel better" she rolled her eyes,
"Me and Stefan will deal with him, you just relax and if you spot him give me a call" he reached behind her and picked up her cell, putting his number in the device "Ok?"
"Ok" she repeated, with a nod he left, Artemis bit her bottom lip and ran out after him
"Damon, why are you doing this?" she asked "it's no secret that we don't like each other" the vampire paused and turned around his icy orbs meeting her silvery ones
"You're not bad company Arty, plus the feeling of dislike isn't mutual" he murmured, there was something in his eyes, she smiled at him and nodded, without another word he left.
Artemis sighed and pulled on her jacket she grabbed her bag and made sure to lock the store's door, the brunette pulled out the car keys and climbed into the car; she buckled herself in and remembered that she had to go the grocery store; she did a quick pit stop there and bought the things that she needed. Artemis arrived home and beeped the horn loudly, she saw Jeremy coming out
"Arty what's up?"
"Can you help with the groceries?" she asked getting out of the car and decided to leave her bag there, since she would be driving again in a bit.
"Sure" she popped the trunk and pulled out a few bags, Jeremy got the most though
"So how'd you find the stuff I gave you?" she asked interested as they entered the house, she placed the paper bag on the kitchen door and wasn't surprised when he already started to go through the numerous bags
"They're interested, did you know that Jonathan Gilbert was an author?" he asked, she hummed and started to re-store the cupboards
"Yep, a horror one right?"
"Yeah" Jeremy nodded "that's cool right?"
"Very" she chuckled, and saw Jenna coming in with her jacket on
"You got everything?" Jenna asked
"Yep, where's Elena?" Artemis shut the cupboard door and chucked several of the paper bags into the bin
"She' said she would meet us there" Jeremy said slipping on his jacket
"Right well let's go" Jenna declared and practically skipped out of the room, leaving behind two baffled Gilbert teenagers.
"She's so going to sleep with your history teacher" Artemis uttered, Jeremy balked and shoved her.
She rolled her eyes and followed after them.
"This is so boring" Artemis sighed s
"I thought that you'd be into Elena's and Jeremy's future" Jenna smirked as they walked down the school hallway glancing at various career stands
"I am….who the hell would be a dog walker?" Artemis guffawed at the leaflet "Jen you see-" she stopped talking seeing Jenna staring wide eye, the brunette followed her gaze and saw the person who ran this stand glaring at her "erm….-well…I like the colour of your leaflets, very bright and…but dog walker serious….I mean-"
"You should stop talking" the large man snapped , Artemis gulped
"Very good idea, I'll make sure she does" Jenna smiled falsely and grabbed her hand dragging Artemis away
"Nice meeting you" she called over her shoulder, Jenna elbowed her making the younger girl hiss
"Oww what the hell-" Jenna sent her a look, causing her to huff "ok I get what that was for" she amended
"Good, honestly Arty you should be careful what you say" Jenna murmured as they carried on walking
"Ergh, what the hell is he doing here" Jenna demanded looking disgusted, Artemis grey orbs widened seeing who was on the receiving end of that look, it was Logan Fell who was staring hungrily at Jenna and Arty "I realised something, he is definitely not cute" Jenna scoffed, "Oh crap he's heading this way and I definitely don't-"
"Good let's go" Artemis practically shoved Jenna into a classroom, she saw Stefan and Elena looking as if they were having a heated discussion, and she cleared her throat
"What's wrong Art-"
"Hide me" Jenna uttered whilst Artemis leant against the door
"What's going on?" Elena asked
"The Scum-Fell had landed"
"Logan's here" Artemis clarified, they all peered out of the room and saw the news-man waving at them with a smirk on his lips, in response Artemis shut the door
"What?" she asked looking around the room and saw their expression "I don't like him, he's a douche"
Jenna rolled her eyes but smiled nonetheless, she jumped when the door was slammed opened by a clearly irked Logan
"Jenna you've been avoiding me?" Logan stated
"She doesn't like you, so back off" Artemis narrowed her eyes at him
"Cute" he smirked, Jenna gritted her teeth
"She's right though, it's a form of self-preservation" the older woman snapped
"Elena why don't you and Jenna go somewhere else?" Artemis suggested,
"Arty what's going on?" Elena frowned
"Art-"
"Serious Jen, do you want to be in his presence?" Artemis whispered to her aunt, but knew well that both vampires could hear her
"You're right-"
"How about you go find Alaric, Elena can take you with him" she added on the incentive knowing that was the main reason why Jenna had tagged along
"yeah that's an idea, come on Elena" Jenna grabbed Elena's hand, the younger teen sent Artemis a look, she merely cocked an eyebrow, Elena sighed knowing there was no point in arguing with her and then proceeded to usher Jenna out of the room.
"Artemis, now why would you do that?" Logan asked taking a step towards her, but Stefan stepped in "I only want to talk to her"
"The last time you spoke to her she ended up getting hurt, I'm not letting that happen again" she snapped, Artemis was protective over her family members, and she definitely wouldn't allow them to get hurt
"Listen little girl, your idle threats won't work on me" Logan snarled
"Back off" Stefan shoved him back "don't talk to her like that"
Artemis was surprised that Stefan had done that but was warmed at the fact that he was sticking up for her
"What are you doing here?" the elder vampire growled
"You know your brother asked the same thing, why don't we just skip all that crap about who turned you, and get the answer I want" Logan smirked "How do I become a day-walker?"
"By not being a prick" Artemis muttered, Stefan shot her an aggravated look, she merely rolled her eyes
"Damon and I are the only ones that I know of" Stefan answered
"Yeah and you both are cagey on the how, which tells me that there is a way-" Artemis looked around and was surprised at how no-one was noticing on the going ons in the room "You know I'm quite a celeb in this town, it'll be easy for me to expose you"
Artemis was miffed at that, was he seriously threatening an older vampire, damn he was more stupid than she first thought
"You wanna know how to walk in the sun?" Stefan asked
"Stefan. You can't-"
"I do" Logan cut her off,
"Well you can't" Stefan slammed him against the wall "don't you ever threaten me again" with that he grabbed Artemis's hand and led her out of the room,
"What's he going to do Stefan?" she asked they had stepped to the side of the hallway "he already tried once to get into the house Stefan, Jenna, Jeremy and Elena he'll hurt the-"
"Ssh" he soothed her running his hand up and down her arm "don't worry Arty, I'll deal with him" he pulled out his cell
"What are-"
"I'm calling Damon, he's stronger so he'll help" Stefan told her, he saw how tense she was "why don't you go find Jeremy?" when he saw her open her mouth he quickly added on "I've got an eye out on Elena"
Artemis smiled and nodded "thanks, you really do care for her don't you?"
"I do" Stefan murmured, much to his surprise Artemis raised her hand to his cheek
"You're a good guy Stefan, don't change that" she pressed a small kiss to his cheek and headed off to find Jeremy.
Artemis walked down the hall and spotted Jeremy by a sketch book and in the company of Tyler Lockwood, she walked over to them and groaned when Jeremy shoved the older boy,
"Jeremy" she shouted and tried to hold him back but he was too strong, "no don't" he managed to break free of her grip, but before he could launch himself at Tyler, Alaric restrained him
"Alright work it out tough guy" Alaric told him, Artemis was relieved that he was there, but then
"Alright you two follow me" the Mayor snapped having seen what had taken place, when Artemis saw Jeremy she grabbed his arm
"Really there's no need to" she told him, the Mayor narrowed his eyes at her
"Relax Artemis, I think they just need a man-man chat" when Jeremy felt her grip slacken he followed after the Lockwoods,
"Excuse me Mayor" Alaric called causing the trio of males to turn around "where are you taking them?"
"Like I said to Artemis, I'm going to talk to them, all fights should end with a handshake" the Mayor replied, and gestured for the two teenage boys to go ahead
"That guy seems like a dick" Alaric muttered, Artemis snorted
"You've got no idea" she walked off in the direction where she saw the Mayor, Tyler and her brother go in
"Where are you going?" Alaric asked
"You think I'm going to let the dick be alone with my brother" she called back and flounced off, Alaric couldn't help but smile, she sure was spunky he thought.
Artemis ears perked up she was near the back of the school, by the parking lot and could hear the Mayor
"Ok, let's get this out of your system, go ahead fight" she heard him demand
"Wait you want us to what?" Jeremy asked shot; Artemis hastily sped up her pace
"I'm not going to fight him dad" she rounded the corner
"I don't think so sir" Jeremy said politely and attempted to go around the man but he blocked his path
"You don't fight in their like pansies, you take it outside like real men" the man barked,
"Hey you don't tell my brother what to do" Artemis snapped stepping in front of Jeremy
"Really sweetheart let me handle this-"
"Why the hell would I let you do that?" she hissed "He's my brother so you don't get to tell him what to do, they don't want to fight, so back the hell off"
Jeremy tensed seeing the look on the older man's face, he stood his ground behind Artemis
"I'm so out of here" Tyler went to step around but the mayor shoved him back
"Fight"
"Don't treat him like that" Tyler was surprised at Artemis defended him, since he had caused her a lot of agro concerning her brother
"Listen Artemis" the Mayor stepped up to her "he is my son and I'll treat him anyway I what-"
"Yeah, well Jeremy is my brother and you don't get to do that" she countered,
"I'm the Mayor" his eyes glittered, Artemis took a hasty step so she bumped into Jeremy "and I ordered them to fight-"
"Whoa" Alaric appeared standing behind the group, Jeremy grabbed Artemis's elbow and sent her a concerned look, she shook her head "What's going on out here?"
"Just letting Miss Gilbert know a few things" the Mayor answered casually "and letting these two kids work it out, why don't you go back inside"
Alaric caste a look over to Artemis and the other two teens, he could see that they were all clearly uncomfortable "I don't want to go back inside, why don't you answer my question? What's going on out here?" he asked
"Who do you think you're talking to?" the Mayor snapped "do I look like a student?"
"No you look like a full grown alpha douche bag" Alaric countered, both Artemis and Jeremy snickered at that
"Finally someone told him" she muttered to her brother, Tyler heard since he had a small amused smirk on his lips
"You don't talk to me like that, I could have your job like this?" he snapped his fingers
"Whoa hold up, no way you can be a history teach-"Jeremy slapped his hand over his sister's mouth
"Yeah you do that" Alaric smirked "and it would be me and you in this parking long working things out, you cool with that?"
Jeremy pulled his hand back off of her mouth "I would love to watch that"
"Me too" Jeremy uttered
"Just watch yourself" the Mayor warned, he nodded to Tyler indicating for his son to go "you too Artemis"
"Prick" she muttered seeing him leave
"You ok?" Alaric asked both Gilbert's
"Yeah," Jeremy nodded, Artemis didn't miss the impress look on her brother's face, huh she thought, seems like Jeremy found a role model
"Thanks for that" Artemis smiled
"Arty, I'm going to…erm-"Artemis cocked an eyebrow and glanced over to Stefan, she knew the reason why her sister was stumbling over words
"I'm driving him home-"
"Sorry kid, I need your car, have to drive Jenna and Jere home-"Elena quickly grasped her hand and pulled her towards the side of the hallway
"I know, he brought his car-"
"And you're going to drive him to his house?" her brows furrowed in confusion
"I need to talk to him, Art please" Elena pleaded, Artemis sighed and nodded
"Sure, but call me when you want a ride home ok? Or if you get into trouble ok?" she asked
"Yep" Elena smiled and hurried off
Artemis shook her head "ah young love"
"I know depressing right?" Jenna asked coming up behind her causing her to jump
"Nah" Artemis grinned and offered Jenna her arm, the older woman linked her arm with hers "let's get out of here, so I think Alaric is a decent guy" she commented and gouged Jenna's reaction, she didn't miss the serene smile on her face "and you fancy the pants off of him"
"Who says that Arty?" Jenna laughed loudly as they made their way towards parking lot,
"I do, there's Jere, and lets blow this Popsicle stand"
"You really are full of naff lines aren't you" Jenna laughed and dodged the playful swat from her niece.
"You girls, fighting already?" Jeremy grinned jogging over to them, both Jenna and Artemis shared a look "what?"
"Get him" Artemis declared and her and Jenna both launch themselves at the teen, Alaric looked over across the parking lot and saw the small family, he could hear their laughter from here. He smiled slightly and left.
Artemis yawned and stretched her arms above her head, Jeremy and Jenna had gone off to bed, she had opted to stay up and wait for Elena, she wondered when that girl would get home, and she jumped out of her skin when her cell rang loudly
"Elena?" Artemis questioned
"Arty"
"What's wrong?" she demanded hearing her younger sister let out a sob
"Can-can you come and get me? Please"
"Of course, it'll be ok" she assured her and grabbed the car keys, Artemis slammed the front door shut behind her and shoved her cell into her pocket; she opened her car door and securely shut it behind her. Artemis quickly buckled herself in and revved the engine; she stepped down on the accelerator and tore out of the driveway.
"What the hell happened?" she muttered under her breath driving down the road, she wondered what Stefan had done to cause her sister to sound so upset, she was close to the boarding house but slowed down seeing a figure on the side of the road
"Elena?" she called, Elena ran towards the car and climbed in, "What's wrong sweetie?" she asked concern brimming from her as Elena pulled on her seatbelt
"Can we go home?" she asked wiping away her tears, Artemis nodded and did a U-turn
"Elena, what's wrong?" she asked
"It's Stefan's ex-girlfriend" Elena said, she shuddered
"What? Is the bitch there?" Artemis frowned
"No, I-I look like her" the younger girl blurted out, Artemis eyes widened her gaze snapped towards her
"What you mean-"
"ARTY LOOK OUT" Elena screamed, Artemis gasped seeing a figure standing in the middle of the road it was too late to swerve, both of them scream as the car slammed into the figure, the car was send careening off, it did several rolls before coming to a sudden stop landing upside down.
Artemis blacked out for a minute but gasped managing to catch her breath,
"Elena" she let out a pain groan "Elena" she spat a mouthful of glass, Artemis looked to her left "Elena" she shouted seeing that the girl was unconscious, she reached out and felt a scorching pain run down her torso as she did that, but Artemis didn't care "Elena" her fingers touched Elena's throat and found a pulse she let out a breath feeling the younger girl's steady breathing, she gritted her teeth feeling her whole body throbbing, Artemis snapped her attention to the right hearing the sounds of bones cracking, she watched wide eye and let out a terrified gasp seeing the figure standing up and walking towards her, it definitely wasn't human she concluded. Artemis did the only thing she could think of and screamed loudly.
"HELP"
AN: Another Chap done, thanks for the Reviews,
So in this Chap, we see Artemis having a lot of confrontations, first with Logan Fell, then Damon in her store and then the Mayor. And she also stuck up for Tyler. Elena ended up calling her asking for her to come and pick her up, but things didn't go according to plan
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