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I fell off the bed. It hurt. A lot. I groaned, why does this always happen to me? I have a double bed and yet somehow, I always manage to fall off of it. I don't even share it with anyone who could kick me out! looked at the clock and groaned again. 6 am. Bloody 6 am. I pulled myself up and stumbled into Elena's room. I slumped down onto her bed, coincidently squashing her at the same time.
"Alexa, what do you want?" she groaned tiredly, not even bothering to open her eyes.
"My bed hates me, so I sleep here," I muttered and snuggled down. I didn't even care that I was laying on top of the covers.
"Sure, just get off of me," Elena sighed. Whoops, forgot I was laying on her.
"Sorry," I mumbled and rolled to the side. I didn't make any effort to get under the covers and Elena sighed. She pushed down the covers so that I could slip beneath them and pulled them back up. I laid my head on her shoulder and slung my arm across her waist.
I soon fell back asleep.
XXX
Someone blew on my face. It was irritating. They had cold breath. I no like cold.
"Piss off, Elena," I muttered, waving a hand in the direction of the breath.
It happened again.
I scrunched up my nose, but ignored it. And people call me childish. At least I don't go around blowing on peoples faces to wake them up.
Then it happened again.
I growled and opened my eyes, preparing myself to yell at my twin.
However, the person wasn't who I was expecting.
"Stefan?" I shrieked and fell back. But before I could hit the floor, Stefan grabbed me and pulled me back onto the bed. Why do I always end up on the edge of the bed?
"Thanks," I muttered before narrowing my eyes.
"Why are you here?" I asked him suspiciously.
Stefan smiled and held out a locket. It was beautiful. It was silver with swirly pattern on the side facing up. I gently took it in my hands.
"It's beautiful," I breathed as I admired it.
"It has vervain in it," Stefan told me. "I noticed that you didn't have anything to protect you from Damon's compulsions."
"Thank you, Stefan," I smiled at him as I put the necklace on.
"I've got to go," Stefan smiled. "Before Damon realizes that I'm gone."
"You're a good person, Stefan," I told him seriously. "Despite the fact that you're a vampire. And I'm glad that my sister has such an amazing boyfriend."
It was my opinion that Elena was in denial about how much she loved Stefan. Everyone around her could see it.
Stefan nodded and left. Well that was a short visit.
I looked at the clock, groaned and dragged myself out of bed. Time for school. Sucky, sucky, school. I hate school. What is the point of school? Other than to torture the teenagers of the world?
I stumbled back into my room and got myself ready for school. I chose my customary black jeans and a purple plaid button up shirt. It was a present from Luke. I made my hair look presentable and less like a bird's nest. After adding a touch of makeup, I deemed myself presentable for the outside world and made my way downstairs.
"Good morning, family," I grinned as I walked into the kitchen. Elena and Aunt Jenna were siting in there. I had no idea where Jeremy was. He was probably off being good somewhere. I wondered what the hell was up with him. He hasn't been this well behaved since he was like 11. I had majorly corrupted him before he even thought about being a druggie. Hmmmm, I shall query this behaviour later. Somehow, I was always the last person to wake up.
"Sleep well?" Elena asked, smirking into her coffee. I pulled a face at her. She thought that she was sooo funny. She's not.
"Hardy har," I deadpanned. "You are so funny. I am dying with laughter."
"Good for you, Alexa," Elena laughed outright this time. "I've got to go; I'm meeting Caroline before school."
"Tell her I say hello, would ya?" I asked her. She nodded.
"Bye Alexa," she smiled as she waved goodbye.
"See ya," I waved and she left. I turned to face Aunt Jenna. She seemed happy enough today and didn't appear to still be wallowing.
"How are you, my darling aunt?" I asked, smiling widely.
"I am good," Aunt Jenna smiled. "How is my darling niece?"
Oh Aunt Jenna, you spend too much time around me.
"I am surprisingly good," I smiled. "I feel great."
"That's good, now go to school," Aunt Jenna smirked. What? I don't wanna go to school. Pwease don't make me go Auntie Jenna!
"Do I have too?" I whined. I pulled out the good old puppy dog eyes. Mwahahaha! They haven't failed me yet!
"Alexa, I became immune to them when you were a child," Aunt Jenna laughed. Bugger! How dare they fail me! "Now get to school."
"Fine," I sighed dramatically, draping a hand over my eyes. "I know when I am not wanted."
I stormed out, acting all over the top. Aunt Jenna was laughing as I left. At least someone was laughing today.
XXX
I got to school late. I did have to walk after all. Elena took the car and Jazz was still being weird with her family. I haven't actually seen her in ages. I was getting quite worried about her. Whatever issues her family are having, the must be really bad for her to be missing this much school. First, I had art. I hated art. I was utterly crap at it. I couldn't draw to save my life. So I skipped it. I decided to do some other work instead. Well, I say work. What I meant was to irritate Elena by continuously texting her. It was one of my favourite past times. She got so flustered and frustrated. Ah it was hilarious!
I spent most of the day relaxing. I did absolutely no work. I'm not normally this bad, but I just couldn't be bothered today. That is, until I had history. Another one of my favourite pastimes was tormenting mean supply teachers. Cruel, I know, but some of them really deserved it! Especially when they are mean to my twin!
I slowly made my way down the corridor to history. I knew that I was late, but I really didn't care. A good-looking man was walking down the opposite end of the corridor towards me. He had sandy blonde hair and hazel eyes. He was nice, but a bit too old for me. And he wasn't really my type. Dark brown hair and ice blue eyes were my type… no wait! That's not right! Ignore that! Blonde hair and blue eyes are my type! Really, they are. Moving on.
"Are you going in there?" he asked, gesturing to the history classroom that I was supposed to be in.
"Much to my annoyance, you?" I replied. I so didn't want to be in school. I would rather spend a day with Damon… actually, I take that back. I wouldn't rather spend a day with Damon. That would be hell.
"Yes," he smiled. Ah, he must be the sub for this lesson. Hmmm, he seemed alright. He held the door open for me and allowed me to walk in first. What a gentlemen. And they say the chivalry is dead.
"You're late," Elena mouthed to me as I walked to my seat.
"No, I'm not," I mouthed back, smirking, before sitting down.
The guy who I met in the corridor walked over to the board. Yeppers, he is definitely the new sub. Wonder if he will become permanent. I think that he would be a good teacher.
"Good afternoon, everyone," he smiled. He turned and wrote something on the board.
'Alaric Saltzman.'
Hmm, wonder what that means.
"I'm Alaric Saltzman," the sub said. Oh, that's what it means. Whoops, my bad.
"It's a mouthful." Yes it is. "I know." That's good.
"Doesn't exactly roll of the tongue," Mr Saltzman continued. Well, to be fair, neither does Alexandria Gilbert.
"Saltzman is of German origins," Mr Saltzman said. "My family emigrated here in 1755 to Texas." I like Texas. All those cowboys. Yee-Haw. Cowboys are yummy. I wish I could meet a cowboy. I wonder if...
"I, however, was born and raised in Boston," Mr Saltzman said, ruining my hopes of meeting a cowboy. Meanie.
"Now the name Alaric belongs to a very dead great-grand-father who I will never be able to thank enough." I giggled at this. I saw Mr Saltzman smile slightly. I think that I can actually get along with this guy. He then went on to talk about how to pronounce his name. Apparently you will wanna say it one way when it is supposed to be said another name. How confusing. Thank god my name was simple.
"You can call me Rick. I'm your new history teacher," Mr Saltzman smiled. Oh crap. New history teacher and I was just late to the lesson. Meh. I don't think I really care actually. As you probably know; History teachers and I don't get along. It was like some sort of unspoken rule.
The lesson was actually interesting for once. I didn't even daydream. Which is rare for me. I think it was the first time that I had ever paid attention for an entire history lesson. Actually, I think that it's the first time that I have ever paid attention for an entire lesson full stop! Congratulations Mr Saltzman, you just achieved the impossible! Give the man a medal!
At the end of the lesson Mr Saltzman called out, "Miss Gilbert, could you stay behind, please?"
Elena and I looked at each other. He didn't specify who he wanted. Perhaps he had yet to learn that there are two of us.
"Which one?" we asked in unison, looking at him. We really creeped people out when we did that.
Mr Saltz- oh sod it- Alaric laughed. He had a sense of humour. I likey like.
"Alexandria," he replied. I rolled my eyes. Of course it would be me. Why couldn't it be Elena? She was the naughty twin, after all. Well, ok, I guess she was better behaved than me. But shush, I didn't just admit that.
"Okey-dokey," I smiled and walked over to his desk. I sat down on one of the desks infront of it. I couldn't be bothered to pull out a chair and sit down. Elena looked at me and I nodded that it was alright. She nodded back and left. Dear sweet protective Elena. I do love my sister.
"So, Alexandria," Alaric started.
"Please, call me Alexa," I interrupted him. "I can't stand my full name."
I even got Damon to call me Alexa, that's how much I hated it.
"So, Alexa, I've heard a rumour," Alaric informed me. Oh crap, this can't be good. This really can't be good.
"Oh god, which one?" I groaned. There were so many about me that I dreaded the answer. I didn't want to alienate the best teacher I have because of a stupid rumour.
"The one about your behaviour for Mr Tanner," Alaric replied. Geez, this dude was screwing with my life even though he is dead.
"Oh thank god," I sighed. "If you've heard the one about me being pregnant, it is not true." Then I realised what I just said. "Oh crap!"
I looked at Alaric to see that he was stifling a smile.
"Shall I forget that you said that?" he asked. Oh he is an angel sent down from heaven!
"Yes please," I groaned. I really needed to learn to control my mouth… yeah, like that was ever gonna happen.
"You and Mr Tanner never got along, from what I have heard," Alaric told me. Talk about stating the obvious. "It has been said that you were hardly in the entire lesson and that you never worked when you were in the lesson."
"It wasn't my fault," I pouted, crossing my arms. "He was the one who started it. I was the innocent victim in all of this."
Alaric raised an eyebrow but otherwise didn't comment.
It was then that I noticed a certain folder on the desk.
"Is that...? Oh god, it is," I groaned. It was the jackass folder that Mr Tanner had made and dedicated to me and Jeremy. It is really bad that I am actually rather proud of that folder?
"I found it earlier," Alaric mentioned, picking it up and flicking through it. "I must admit, some of your exploits are rather amusing."
"Well, I do try," I smirked, my eyes lighting up. I always did enjoy tormenting Tanner.
"Well, since I am the one teaching you now, would you like to put all that in the past and start a clean slate?" Alaric asked me before I could begin reminiscing. I nodded enthusiastically.
"Yes, please, definitely, of course," I gushed. I got off the desk and did a little happy dance. I was that happy about it. Finally, a kind teacher who I could get along with.
"That's good," Alaric smiled. "Now, something has been puzzling me. I have noticed that despite the fact that you get sent out every other lesson, you still have good grades."
I shrugged. "I copied the work off of Elena," I said casually. It got her off my back. To be honest, that was what I wanted. And it also got Mr Tanner off of my back. And it confused the hell outta him as to how I still got good grades. Ah, the look on his face whenever he gave me back a paper with a good grade on it. It was priceless.
"That explains it then," he smiled. I smiled back. I do like this guy.
"You may go, Alexa," Rick said as he sat down at his desk.
"Bye Rick," I smiled as I left. He said to call him Rick, so I am. Its much easier to say than Alaric.
I walked out of the classroom and heard him laugh. I sauntered out of the school. It was lunch and I was hungry. I looked for Elena. She normally has some food for me to eat. If not, she has money for me to go to the grill. I scanned the area but I didn't see her. Where has my twin gone? I then turned around to look somewhere else, but I collided with someone. I fell back to the ground with a groan. Careful mate, I'm delicate! I looked up to see someone who I really didn't want to see.
"Bugger off Damon," I whined. "I don't wanna see you right now."
Why, oh why? Why did it have to be him? I was only kidding when I said that I would rather spend the day with him!
Damon smirked and crouched down as I hadn't bothered getting up. I was still laying on the ground where I fell. Makes it more awkward for him.
"Well, tough, because I want to see you," he said. I pouted. Stupid vampire. But why does he wanna see me? Ooh, scary question. I is very scared now. This is not gonna be good.
Damon smirked and ran his finger across my bottom lip.
"Don't pout, Alexa, it's unbecoming," he scolded in an extremely patronizing way. I glared at him and pushed his hand away. How dare he touch me!
"You," Damon said, standing up. "Are going to come with me for a minute."
… Uh oh.
"Why?" I aske wearily, as I scooted back a few steps. I would have started running, but with his vampire speed, he would catch me in no time flat.
"Because Stefan is brooding and waiting to talk to Elena and I am bored," Damon answered. God, he sounded like a child. But why would he use me to alleviate his boredom?
"But I don't wanna go," I whined. Oh great, now I sound like a child! It's all his fault! His mere presence reduces my mental age.
He reached down and pulled me up. Well, that was nice, considering the fact that he is the reason why I was on the floor in the first place. He then slung an arm around my shoulder. It was loose enough that it looked natural but tight enough that I had no chance of running away. What a dick.
XXX
He took me back to my house. I don't know why he didn't take me to the boarding house but, hey, I weren't complaining. I love my house. And there was a huge chance of Elena coming home and saving me. But I just couldn't decide if it was a good thing that I was skipping school.
Luckily for me, Aunt Jenna wasn't at home. She probably would have flipped out. Ever since she got Tannered, she was very strict about going to school. Well, with me and Jeremy she was, with Elena she didn't mind so much. But then again, that's probably because Elena is the good child. I groaned frustratedly as Damon pulled me up the stairs and into my room. He pushed me onto the bed and walked over to lean against the wall. This guy has some weird obsession with being in my room.
"Well, we're here, so what do you want to do?" I asked, sounding like a petulant child. Damon pretended to think. I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms.
"Why are we here Damon?" I asked. This wasn't just a spur of the moment thing. We were here for a reason and I wanted to know what that reason was.
"I need to talk to Bonnie," he remarked casually. "But I decided to spend some time with you for a while beforehand."
Ok… that is slightly creepy.
"Why? Is it because you haven't tormented me much recently?" I snarked. Damon grinned. I rolled my eyes again. I was so glad that I was amusing him. Note the sarcasm.
He wandered over and sat down next to me on the bed.
"Are we actually going to do something or are we just gonna sit here?" I demanded. "Because I am bored."
Damon smirked, not answering. Grrr, he is really frustrating me now!
"Screw you," I muttered as I got up and walked downstairs.
"You wish!" Damon shouted. Ewwwwwwwwwwww!
"Burn in hell, Salvatore," I shouted back. I need to go and disinfect my mind. Where has the brain bleach gone?!
I made my way over to the DVDs and looked through them. Might as well watch a film while I'm stuck here with an irritating vampire who probably wouldn't let me leave. I selected one and chuckled evilly. If I have to suffer his presence, then he has to suffer with me. And this will be the prefect way to ensure this. Actually, I should probably let the school know that I am no longer there. Pretending to be ill always worked. I shall try that. I picked up the home phone and dialled the school number. I knew off by heart from the amount of times that I have bunked. Naughty, I know.
"Hello?" the receptionist at the high school answered.
"Hi," I said, roughing up my voice and coughing slightly. "This is Alexandria Gilbert. I was sick during lunch and one of my friends drove me back home. I won't be able to attend school for the rest of today."
"Alrighty then. Just make sure that you bring in a note next time that you come in," the receptionist said before hanging up.
I grinned and put the phone back. Sheila, one of the receptionists, was such a ditz. She didn't care if a student was ill or not; she only cared about seducing one of the science teachers. I could understand why, he was quite dreamy. Alaric should watch out, he is likely to be her next target.
But anyway, I could get away with this. Ha ha! Oh crap, I need a note. I could probably just forge it. Yep, that's exactly what I will do. Its not that hard, I've done it before. (surprise, surprise)
"So, I'm your friend now, am I?" Damon asked from behind me. I shrieked and spun around, only to find myself nose-to-nose with the big bad vampire. I rolled my eyes. I seem to do this a lot around this guy. And he was always making me jump. He must get some sort of sick fascination when doing it.
"I had to say something, didn't I?" I asked sarcastically. "I won't get in trouble because of you."
"Right," Damon drawled, sounding completely unconvinced. He looked at the DVD I chose and snarled.
"Twilight?" he growled. Mwahahahahahahahahahahaha!
I smirked. "Yep. You have me stuck here, so I am going to make you watch Twilight." I put on a fake voice. "Bella. I love you. You smell so good. I am such a sparkly wimp."
Damon actually laughed a genuine laugh at my Edward impression. As you could probably guess, I really hate Twilight. Both the films and the books. They were just awful. I can't even begin to put into words just how much I hate them. That, and there would be a swear word every other word. And don't even get me started on the last book. Vampires can't have babies! It's impossible!
"Twilight hater, too, huh?" Damon asked, still chuckling. Oh how right he is.
I nodded quickly. "I hate it with a passion. Especially Edward. God, what a sap! I hate it!"
Damon laughed again. He seemed to find my hatred of Twilight amusing. Or perhaps that was just the amount of insults that I was using to describe it.
"Why do you have the films?" he asked.
"To poke fun at them," I replied, shrugging my shoulders. "It's a lot of fun."
I smirked evilly. "That, and Elena hates them. And it is so much fun to annoy her by putting them on. The look on her face. Oh, it is priceless."
"Well, let's try it then," Damon suggested before blurring over to the DVD player and putting the film on. I sat down on the sofa and Damon came over and sat next to me. It was actually quite nice sitting next to him. And, we were actually getting along for once. No arguing, no fighting, no slapping. It was a miracle.
We spent the next couple of hours taking the complete piss out of the film. It was actually really fun. Who'd have thought that Damon and I would have bonded on our hatred of Twilight and Edward Sullen. But, he proved to me that he was actually a nice person to be around. And I quite liked that. I could actually see us being friends.
XXX
When it was nearing the time that school ends, Damon had to leave. I got up to see him to the door.
"Goodbye Gilbert," he smirked before ruffling my neat hair and blurring off.
"God damn you Salvatore!" I shouted after. Mr poor, poor hair. I walked back in and attempted to fix it. To no avail. I had gotten it all nice and neat and pretty and that mean, nasty vampire had to mess it up.
I got out my phone and called Elena. I knew that she would be looking for me to make sure that I had a way to get home.
"Heya twin," I greeted her as she answered.
"Alexa, where are you?" she asked. "I've been looking for you everywhere."
"Whoops, sorry, twin I'm at home," I told her. "Damon thought that it would be fun to bring me here for the afternoon."
"Are you alright?" she asked me seriously. I could hear the fear in her tone.
"I'm fine," I answered. I heard her scoff disbelievingly. "Honestly. There is no way the he could have compelled me. Not since Stefan gave me that locket with the vervain."
Well, as long as you're sure..."
"I'm sure, twin, I'm sure, I wouldn't lie to you about this."
"I'm bringing Bonnie back home tonight and we're having a girly night."
"Cool. I'm gonna go and have a nap. Wake me up when you get here," I said. "Bye bye Elena."
"Bye Alexa," Elena repeated before hanging up.
I hung up on my end and wandered upstairs. I slumped down on my bed and soon fell asleep.
XXX
Someone pushed me off my bed. I growled and opened my eyes. I was so gonna get the fool who dared to disturb my slumber. Caroline was standing on the other side of my bed, grinning happily.
I glared at her as she grinned at me. I could only hold the glare for a couple of minutes before I could feel a smile threatening to break out. In the end I just gave in to the impulse to smile.
"Hey Care-Bear," I smiled, pulling myself up off the floor.
"Hello Alexa," Caroline smiled back, walking around the bed and giving me a hug.
"How ya been?" I asked as I returned the hug.
"The same as always," Caroline replied. "You?"
"I'm good," I smiled.
"Come on, we're doing make-overs," Caroline told me excitedly as she let go and dragged me downstairs. I sighed but willingly followed. I was too sleepy to fight.
We walked into the kitchen to see Elena and Bonnie already there. I wandered over at claimed the seat next to my twin. I was pleased to see that it was empty until I saw Elena, Caroline and Bonnie exchange glances before exchanging money. They bet on where I would sit! I pouted and crossed my arms. I was so insulted! But was I really getting that predictable?
"Have a good sleep?" Elena asked teasingly as she passed me a mug of coffee.
"Shut up Elena," I mumbled as I accepted the coffee. I took a sip as Elena and Caroline started to set everything up. Elena looked meaningfully from Caroline to Bonnie. I frowned, wondering what the hell was going on and why there was so much awkward tension between the trio.
"I'm sorry," Caroline said. "There I said it. If you want the ugly ass necklace, keep it. It's yours."
So that's what all of this was about. That stupid necklace. I have to admit, it was an ugly necklace. Why anyone would want to actually keep it is beyond me.
Bonnie hesitated. "Would you hate me if I told you that I threw it away?" she asked. Oooh, that won't go down well.
"You threw it away"? Caroline asked, sounding annoyed. Geez, talk about drama!
"I know it sounds crazy, but the necklace was giving me nightmares. I had to get rid of it," Bonnie explained.
"You could have just given it back to me," Caroline huffed. I groaned and buried my head in my arms. Was that necklace really that important?
"So you could give it back to Damon?" Elena asked.
... ok, I take it back, it is important.
Caroline was silent for a moment.
"Screw Damon," she announced. I agree.
"Here here," I muttered. I heard Elena laugh slightly. Hmm, guess she found me funny. Well, she's always found me funny. I'm her own personal comedian.
"So, are we doing manicures or what?" Caroline asked, clapping her hands together. "Who has their kit?"
"Mine's in my bag," Bonnie told Caroline. I heard Caroline walk away.
"So, Elena, how long do you think this fight with Stefan's gonna last?" Caroline called over. "Is it like a permanent thing?"
I growled under my breath and I felt Elena put her hand on my arm, calming me slightly.
"I don't know, Caroline," Elena sighed wearily, not removing her hand. I leaned my head against it.
"Why are you such a little liar, Bonnie?" Caroline growled. She sounded mmmmmaaaaaaddddddd.
Elena and Bonnie protested at her rudeness before falling silent. I lifted my head to see Caroline holding the necklace. Didn't Bonnie say that she threw that away? I turned my head to see Bonnie and Elena looking scared.
Caroline stormed over and slammed the necklace down on the table, making me jump. Elena must have noticed because she put her arm around my shoulder. I leaned into her. Creepy reappearing necklaces freaked me out.
"I'm not lying to you Caroline," Bonnie said seriously. "I swear."
"It's true. I watched her throw it into a field," Elena added, standing up for Bonnie. I believed them. Elena wouldn't lie about something like that.
"Then explain it," Caroline demanded. I looked at Bonnie.
Bonnie looked at Elena. "Emily?" she asked.
"Who's Emily?" Caroline asked. I thought the same thing. Who the hell was Emily?
"The ghost," Bonnie elaborated, still looking at Elena.
"The ghost has a name now?" Caroline asked sarcastically. Wait a minute, there's a ghost?
"Caroline, please," Elena shushed her, holding up her hand.
"I wonder why she won't leave me alone," Bonnie mused, looking ever so slightly scared.
"She probably wants something," I interjected, deciding that I had been quiet for far too long. Don't want them to forget that I'm here.
"What is going on? Why am I not a part of this conversation?" Caroline demanded, "You guys do this to me all the time."
I knew that she was talking to Elena and Bonnie. I don't usually hang around with them at school.
"That's not true," Elena protested.
"Yes it is," Bonnie contradicted her before looking at Caroline. "I can't talk to you. You don't listen."
"That's not true," Caroline protested. Yes it was. She never listened. She only thought about number 1.
"I'm a witch," Bonnie revealed to her.
"And don't we all know it," Caroline snarked back. I winced. This was not going to be pretty. Elena must have shared my thoughts as she sighed and closed her eyes.
"See? That's what I'm talking about!" Bonnie exclaimed angrily. "I'm trying to tell you something and you don't even hear it."
Bonnie stormed off and Caroline turned to us. I looked at her as Elena stared after Bonnie.
"I listen. When do I not listen?" Caroline demanded indignantly.
"You really want an answer to that?" I asked, raising my eyebrows. Caroline glared at me before turning to face Elena.
Elena sighed and looked back at Caroline.
"Go talk to Bonnie," she said.
"Why should I?" Caroline asked petulantly.
"Because you're her friend," I reminded her. "So go and show her that."
Caroline sighed, picked up the necklace and walked out of the room. I looked up at Elena and moved my head so that it was just under her neck.
"Hello twin," I smiled. Elena smiled down at me and gave me a one armed hug.
"Hello twin."
Then Caroline started speaking.
"Bonnie. Look. It's just not me. I don't believe in the woo woo. But if you do, then, ok. I'm in. That's all it takes for me to jump onboard, because I consider you to be my best friend. And I'm saying this knowing that Elena and Alexa are in the kitchen listening to my every word."
Elena and I chuckled at that. Caroline said something else but it was too quiet for us to hear.
"So what did you and Damon do earlier?" Elena asked, feigning disinterest.
"Bonded over Twilight hating," I remarked casually. Elena looked at me before laughing.
"Only you, Alexa," she chuckled, shaking her head. "Only you."
I grinned cheekily up at her.
"Elena, Alexa, you can come in now!" Caroline called, breaking up our little moment.
I sighed as me and Elena got up and walked into the living room. We sat down on the sofa next to Caroline, who was next to Bonnie.
"We're done," Caroline announced. "Now, there is just way too much drama in this room. So what do you guys wanna do?" Suddenly, Caroline clapped her hands excitedly, making me jump. "I have an idea. Why don't we have a séance?"
I groaned and stood up.
"And that's my cue to leave," I announced. I picked up my phone and walked over to the coat stand.
"Where are you going?" Elena called.
"For a walk," I told her. She nodded and I left.
XXX
I walked around the neighbourhood and walked towards the woods. I can deal with all that vampire/witchy crap, but séances were taking it way too far. Way way too far. I sighed and meandered into the woods. I know that it was a dangerous move but I really couldn't care less for the moment. Besides, all of the supposed animal attacks were just Damon. I pulled my phone out and dialled Jazz's number. I hadn't heard from her in a long time and I was getting worried. Ever since the Salvatore's had come to town she had been different. Her and her family.
"Hello?" Jazz answered the phone.
"Hello Jazzy-Jazz," I replied. "It's good to hear your voice again."
"Alexa? Oh my god! Same here, it's been ages!" Jazz gushed, sounding very shocked And slightly worried.
"How have you been?" I asked her. "And please don't lie."
"Busy, very busy," Jazz replied, ever so slightly mysteriously.
"You haven't been at school recently," I said. "And neither had Luke."
"I know, but I will be coming back soon," she replied. "And so will my darling brother."
"Good, cause I need to moan to you about Damon the Dick," I smirked. She laughed.
"Is he really that bad?"
"Well, he's getting better. But everytime I think that we can be friends, he does something ridiculous and ruins it."
"Look, I've got to go, but I will speak to you soon," she said reluctantly.
"Bye Jazz," I sighed and hung up. Life was getting too complicated.
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I walked through the woods and came across Damon skewered onto a branch. Wait what?
"Damon? What the hell happened?" I shrieked, running forward.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Bonnie carving something into the ground. But I ignored that for a moment. The vampire skewered on the tree was more important. I stopped infront of him. He was too high up for me to pull him off of it.
Just as I started to panic, Stefan appeared. Great, someone to help. A nice strong vampire to help.
"Oh thank god," I sighed as he pulled Damon off of the tree. I winced in sympathy. That looked painful.
"It hurts," Damon groaned as he fell to the ground. I ran forward and crouched down next to him. I couldn't help but notice that I was scared for him. How could that happen to him? He was just so strong.
"Stefan," Bonnie said as she finished doing whatever she was doing. What the hell was going on?
"Hello Emily," Stefan replied, turning to look at her. Emily? As in the ghost Emily? Oh sugar. This was so not good.
"These people don't deserve this," Emily in Bonnie's body declared. "They should never have to know such evil."
I stood up and walked over so that I was next to Stefan. I knew that I wouldn't be hurt with Stefan. He would protect me. I knew he would.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked curiously, titling my head to the side. I felt Stefan place his hand on my back as Emily looked at me.
"Emily, I swear to god, I'll make you regret this," Damon growled, still on the floor.
"I won't let you unleash them into this world," Emily countered. I stared at her. That didn't sound good. Not good at all. Who did Damon want to unleash?
Stefan turned to look at Damon, coincidently shielding me with his body even more than he was before.
"What part of the story did you leave out?" he asked. I turned my head to stare at the vampire on the floor.
"What does it matter?" Damon argued, deflecting the question. So Stefan turned to Emily again. I was starting to get nervous. Something big was going on here.
"Emily, tell me what you did," Stefan demanded.
"To save her, I had to save them," Emily told him. I frowned, puzzled. Why would saving the people in the church be so bad? Then it hit me. My blood ran cold. They were vampires. The people in the church were vampires. They had to be, if Damon wanted to save them and Emily called them evil.
"You saved everyone in the church?" Stefan asked disbelievingly as I clung onto his jacket. I should have just gone to the grill with Jeremy and Aunt Jenna.
"With one comes all," Emily informed him. What the hell does that mean?
"I don't care about that," Damon gasped, putting a hand on my arm and pulling himself up. "I just want Katherine."
A spike of something flashed through me. It was that same feeling from when I saw Damon try to kiss Elena. What the hell was it?
"I knew that I shouldn't have believed a single word that comes out of your mouth," Stefan growled, turning so that he and Damon were face-to-face. I was caught in the middle of the two vampires. Not a particularly safe place.
"This isn't about love, is it? It's about revenge!"
I whimpered and moved so that I was clinging onto Stefan.
"The two aren't mutually exclusive," Damon countered.
"Damon, you can't do this," Stefan protested, holding onto me. I knew that he could sense my fear. And that meant that Damon could too.
"Why not? They killed 27 people and they called it a war battle," Damon snarled. "They deserve whatever they get."
I couldn't believe that he was really saying this.
"27 vampires, Damon. They were vampires," Stefan corrected him. ~"You can't just bring them back."
The look on Damon's face told me that he didn't care about that.
"This town deserves this!" Damon spat.
"No it doesn't," I protested, turning my head to look at him. "These people are innocent people. What happened was 145 years ago. It has nothing to do with us."
"There is nothing innocent about these people," Damon growled looking at me. I gathered up my courage and glared at him.
"Don't be such an idiot and stop blaming people for what happened in the past," I growled back. But the fear in my tone was obvious.
"It will happen again. These imbeciles know too much already," Damon snarled, moving his face closer to mine. "They will burn your little witchy friend as well. Trust me on that."
"Trust you? Never!" I scoffed. My grip on Stefan's jacket tightened with every cm that Damon moved closer to me.
"Things are different now," Emily stated, interrupting our argument and taking Damon's attention off of me. Much to my relief.
"Don't do this," Damon near enough begged.
"I can't free them. I won't." Emily raised her hands. "Incendia!"
The carving on the ground around Emily burst into flames. Bonnie's body flickered into Emily's body and back. She ripped off the necklace and held it in front of her.
"Bonnie!" I turned my head as I heard Elena. Stefan let go of me and blurred over to her, preventing her from going near the flames. I wrapped my arms around myself and watched.
Completely oblivious to Damon's protests, Emily threw it into the air. It exploded.
The rage on Damon's face terrified me. I had never seen him so angry. The fires died down and Bonnie got control of her body back.
I looked at Damon before looking at Bonnie.
"Bonnie!" I shrieked, but before she could do anything, Damon blurred forwards and savagely bit down on her neck.
Bonnie screamed.
Suddenly, Stefan blurred forward and ripped Damon off of her. Bonnie fell to the floor, bleeding.
Stefan couched down next to her as I turned to face Damon. I could not believe that he had just done that.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" I screamed at him. Then, considering the mood he was in, I did something incredibly stupid. I punched him. Hard. In the face.
Damon grabbed my wrists and pulled me towards him, baring his fangs at me. Bonnie's blood dripped from his mouth and stained his chin.
"I would stop doing that, if I were you," he snarled.
"Screw you, Salvatore," I growled before yanking my wrists back and walking over to where the other three were.
"Is she gonna be ok?" I asked, gesturing towards Bonnie.
"She will be now," Stefan told me.
"That's good," I replied, before sighing. "Would it be alright of I left? Because I really can't..."
I trailed off, unable to finish. It was too much. All of it was just too much for me. Call me weak, call me a coward, but I wasn't strong enough to deal with this just yet.
"Go," Elena said softly, putting her hand on my shoulder. "I can deal with this."
I smiled gratefully at her before turning to look at Stefan.
"Thank you," I told him. He nodded and I left.
I know it sounds like I'm being selfish, but I just couldn't deal with that.
I slowly made my way out of the woods and walked towards my house. I saw Elena drive past me in the car.
I got to my house and knocked on the door. Aunt Jenna answered it. She ushered me into the house and in the kitchen.
"Elena's upstairs with Bonnie," she said as I sat down. I nodded and looked at the boxes that were on the counter.
"What's with the boxes?" I asked. God I was tired.
"Jeremy," she explained. Ah. That explains it.
Aunt Jenna put a mug of coffee down in front of me and rested a hand on my back.
"Are you ok, Alexa?" she asked softly.
"M'tired," I mumbled. "I'm really really tired."
I put my head in my hands and closed my eyes. My dear, sweet aunt gave me a hug and rested her chin on the top of my head.
Then the doorbell rang. Aunt Jenna sighed and reluctantly let go of me. She walked over to answer the door.
"Hello Jenna."
I shot up. I knew that voice. I looked towards the door to see a smirking Logan Fell.
"Aren't you going to invite me in?" he asked.
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A/N: Hope you guys had a Happy New Year! I have put a poll up on my profile page that concerns the fic, so please take a look. I am sorry to say that there won't be an update next Saturday due to the fact that I have two very very important exams next week and I need to revise. Hope you all enjoy the chapter and I will see you in two weeks
Ok, apparently the rewrite of the added about 2 thousand and a bit words. I have no idea how. I am working on the next chapter and I should have it up soon. Hopefully it will be worth the wait.