Nadia Gilbert

-Chapter 11-

Smells Like Teen Spirit

I turn off the alarm clock as it rings at 7:00 AM. I yawn and stretch lazily before turning to look at Damon, who's lying beside me. "Good morning." I smile.

Damon suddenly grabs me and locks me in his arms. "I'm not letting you go." He says childishly.

"Damon, stop!" I giggle. "I've to go to school. It's the first day of my senior year, I don't want to miss it."

"Ugh, school's such a buzzkill." Damon groans.

I wrench myself out of his arms before giving him a quick kiss on the lips. "I've gotta get up." I tell him. "So do you. With Stefan's humanity switched off, I've got to be there for Elena and you've to keep a watchful eye on Stefan."

I get up from bed and walk to the washroom to get dressed and cleaned up. But Damon quickly zooms to me and hugs me from behind. "So did you enjoy last night?"

"Damon!" I giggle happily. "I'm serious. We can't do this right now!"

But he easily ignores me as he sneaks his hands under my pajamas and starts kissing me all over...

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"Here we are, senior year." Caroline says as she along with Bonnie, Elena, and I are standing outside our school.

"Does anyone feel like this should feel slightly more empowering?" Bonnie says as she puts her hands on her hips.

"Okay, so prank night was a bust." Caroline admits. "But we're accepting it, and we're moving on." She says optimistically, making me smile.

"Caroline's right." I say. "Just because our personal lives are a little screwed up, it doesn't mean that we've to let it ruin our senior year experience."

"You're right." Bonnie says as we continue walking. "I mean why should I let the fact that my boyfriend is seeing the ghosts of his dead girlfriends hinder this experience?"

"Yes, and why should I let the fact that my boyfriend was turned into a hybrid put a damper on a otherwise fabulous day?" Caroline says with a big smile.

"Today's our anniversary." Elena says quietly as she stops walking, making Caroline, Bonnie, and I turn around to face her. "Technically, Stefan and I met on the first day of school last year."

"Yeah, you win." Caroline says in defeat.

"Are you sure you want to be here?" Bonnie asks.

"I can call Damon and-" I start.

"No." Elena interrupts me. "I've to be here. I've to put it behind me. New year, new life." She tries to smile before she continues walking.

Caroline, Bonnie, and I all nod at each other optimistically as we follow Elena...

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I'm walking down the hallway to my locker when my phone rings. I look to see that it's Damon. "Hey." I answer it. "What's up?"

"Yeah... Uh... You and Elena might not want to come here for a while." Damon says, I know he's referring to the Salvatore boarding house. "We've a new housemate. Barbie Klaus."

"Rebekah's there?" I feel a frown on my oval-shaped face. "I thought she and Klaus left!"

"Apparently Klaus left her in the dust after I name dropped Mikael." Damon says.

"Okay..." I sigh. "What's Stefan being up to?"

"Generally reading, shaping his hair." Damon lies.

"Damon, you can tell me." I say seriously.

"Is that the bell? Ring ring, don't want to be late." Damon says before hanging up quickly.

"Seriously, Damon?" I say in annoyance as I hang up my phone too.

I turn my head to see Elena and Caroline talking beside the school post board. I shut my locker and walk over to them. "Relax, Caroline, I'll be there." I hear Elena say as I go over to stand beside her.

"What are you guys talking about?" I frown.

"The bon fire." Elena tilts her head to the post board where there's an ad for the bon fire.

"Right." I sigh and nod. "I almost forgot about that."

"But you'll be there, won't you?" Caroline asks hopefully.

"Yes, Caroline, don't worry." I smile at her.

"Thank you..." Caroline starts but is interrupted by Tyler who comes and gives her a big kiss on the lips. Elena and I look away awkwardly.

"Yeah, we're gonna go now." I say distractedly before leaving quickly while dragging Elena along with me. But unfortunately, we bump into Stefan.

"Hello, Elena, Nadia." He smirks coldly.

"Hi, Stefan." I sigh reproachfully.

"What are you doing here?" Elena asks cautiously.

"What do you mean?" Stefan says, feigning innocence. "I'm going back to school. Go Timberwolves."

"What?" Elena frowns. "Why?"

"Klaus wants me to keep an eye on you." Stefan says cooly. "I'm just doing what I'm told."

"Come on, Elena." I say as I grab her hand to lead her away. "We'll be late for class."

But Stefan grabs Elena arm. "Class is this way." He points to the opposite direction we're going.

"Let go of me, Stefan." Elena says.

"Elena, do you think I want to be a senior for the hundredth time?" Stefan says. "No, but if I don't have a choice in the matter, neither do you."

"I said, let go of me." Elena growls.

"Let her go." Alaric's voice sounds from behind us. Stefan merely smiles and lets go before pushing Alaric against the lockers.

"Stefan, stop it!" Elena hisses.

"You're not gonna want to get in my way." Stefan warns Alaric. "You hear me?"

Alaric nods silently before Stefan lets him go. "I'll see all three of you in history." Stefan says before leaving.

"Without his humanity, Stefan's turning out to be a dick." I shake my head in disbelief.

"Come on, let's talk." Alaric says before he leads us into an empty classroom and shuts the classroom door.

"What the hell is he doing here?" Alaric says as he drops a book on an empty desk.

"Klaus compelled him to watch over me." Elena says. "Apparently, I'm one of Klaus's assets now that my blood is the only way to create a hybrid."

"Now, he's your bodyguard?" Alaric says skeptically.

"I don't know what he is, but he's definitely not Stefan." Elena says as the bell rings.

"No, he's not." I say in agreement. "Right now, he's nothing more than Klaus's slave." I see more students coming into the room.

"Look, he's being here is not gonna affect any of us." Elena says. "We've to do something." She whispers before she and I both go to our desks as class's starting.

"Welcome back, seniors." Alaric says after he finishes writing AP American History on the chalk board. "Let's uh... turn our brains back on starting with this country's original founders, the Native Americans."

"What about the vikings?" I hear Rebekah's voice sound out. My large dark brown eyes widen as I look up to see Rebekah walking into the classroom.

"Well, there's no evidence that viking explorers actually settled in the United States." Alaric answers as Rebekah takes a seat.

"Who are you?" Alaric frowns at Rebekah.

"My name's Rebekah." She smiles. "I'm new and history's my favorite subject."

Elena, Caroline, and I all glance at each other uneasily...

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Damon and I walk into the training room to see Elena lifting a weight pole. "So you're gonna bench bust a vampire?" Damon says skeptically.

"Damon, we came here to help her." I growl quietly as I elbow him.

"Stefan called me a human blood bag." Elena grunts in frustration.

"Stefan's not himself, Elena." I remind her. "He's not Stefan right now."

Damon grabs the pole with his hand. "What are you doing?" Elena growls.

"Helping you out." He says casually.

"Damon!" Elena protests.

"Come on, Buffy." Damon says.

"Stop it." Elena grunts loudly.

"Don't make this harder for her, Damon." I shake my head at him as Elena finally lets go and Damon puts the pole back on the rack.

"Like one of you Salvatores isn't bad enough." Elena pants.

"Don't look at me." Damon raises his hands innocently. "I'm only here cause of Nadia."

"Way to make her feel special, Damon." I roll my large dark brown eyes.

"So, what's your plan, oh warrior princess?" Damon asks Elena as he grabs a wooden stake.

"I want to lock Stefan up, at least until this Mikael guy comes, kills Klaus, and the compulsion breaks." Elena says, making me raise a dark eyebrow.

"Compulsion or not, Stefan's high on human blood." Damon says. "Okay? A lot of it."

"You got him off of it before." Elena points out.

"Yeah, but this time, it's different." I frown and shake my head. "He doesn't have his humanity, Elena. What we did last time isn't going to work for this time."

"Lights out." Damon says with a grandiose hand gesture. "No one's home."

"But we've to do something." Elena says desperately. "Every single time I look at him, I feel like I'm going to break and I'm not going to give him that satisfaction."

Damon and I look at each other before I turn back to Elena. "We'll figure something out..."

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"I'll lure Stefan away from the bon fire, then when he's distracted..." Elena starts as she, Damon, Alaric, Caroline, and I are in a classroom discussing our plans.

"I'll shoot him." Alaric finishes for her as she nods.

"Can't Bonnie just juju him or something?" Damon asks.

"I'm trying to keep Bonnie out of this." Elena says. "I don't want Stefan to hurt her."

"Besides, juju is not a word, Damon." I almost smile as I intertwine my hand with his.

"Caroline, are you covered?" Elena asks her.

"Yes, I'll make sure that the old Forbes jail cell is prepped and ready." Caroline says.

"Wait, we're forgetting something." I feel a frown on my oval-shaped face. "What about Rebekah?"

"Whoever steps and goes into that blonde's ponytail tends to follow." Damon says as he squeezes my hand gently.

"Which is why you and Nadia are going to keep her away." Elena says.

"How? She's an original." Damon says. "Last time I checked, we're out of daggers."

"We'll think of something, Damon." I put a hand on his arm. "She's a girl who joins the cheerleading squad on her first day of school, distracting her shouldn't be too hard."

Just then, Tyler walks into the classroom. "Sorry I'm late, what's going on?"

"I need you to raid your mom's vervain supply, enough to keep Stefan down for a while." Elena tells him.

"You can't do that to Stefan." Tyler shakes his head, making me frown.

"Why not?" Caroline asks.

"Trust me, Tyler, it's in his best interest." Elena says.

"But it's not in Klaus's." Tyler says.

"But... Klaus is the bad guy, Tyler." Caroline tries to point it out to him before frowning. "Why are you acting like some freaky hybrid slave man?"

"Uh-oh." Damon says.

"Klaus made me who I am, Caroline." Tyler says. "I own him everything."

"Oh boy..." Damon says.

"Okay, can we cool it on the commentary please?" Caroline spins around to Damon in irritation before looking back at Tyler.

"What is going on?" Elena frowns.

"I'm just gonna go..." Tyler says awkwardly as he's about to leave the classroom before Damon suddenly zooms over to him and injects him with a vervain dart, making him pass out.

"What are you doing?" Caroline says angrily as she rushes over to the unconscious Tyler.

"He's been sired." Damon says.

"Wait, what?" I say in shock and confusion.

"Sired. He feels loyal to Klaus, cause Klaus's blood created him." Damon explains.

"Loyal how?" Elena asks.

"He'll seek acceptance from his master." Damon says. "It's really rare, but maybe not so much in hybrids."

"So how do we fix him?" Caroline asks.

"Get a new boyfriend." Damon says simply.

"Don't say that, Damon." I zoom over to him before looking at Caroline. "I'm sure we can find a way to fix him..."

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Damon and I find Rebekah sitting on a bench near a small fire, roasting a marshmallow on a branch. We walk over to her. "Hi, Rebekah." I smile at her cheerfully as Damon and I take a seat beside her. "How's your first cheerleading practice?"

"What? No friends your own age?" Rebekah scoffs.

"I like to make new friends whenever I can." I say.

"Is this supposed to be fun?" Rebekah says in boredom as she takes the marshmallow out of the fire and blows on it. "I've been through ten of these."

"You're just looking at it all wrong." Damon says as he reaches out a hand and takes the burnt skin off of the marshmallow. "It's a little rough on the outside, but on the inside, yum."

Rebekah bites the marshmallow off into her mouth. "Hmm, it is good."

"Yep." Damon says as he licks his fingers before picking up a stick off of the ground and he starts roasting marshmallows too. "I'll make an extra delicious one for you." He whispers into my ear, making me smile...

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"Here, try this." I smile as I hand Rebekah a melted marshmallow that's stuck between two crackers.

"Hmm." She takes it from my hand and licks it. "Why are you being so nice to me?" She says. "You hate me. You should be mean."

"Well, hate is a strong word." Damon says.

"Besides, like I said before, we like making new friends." I grin at her.

"You two are distracting me, why?" She stands up.

"We're just trying to be nice, Rebekah." I tell her as Damon and I stand up too.

"There's never a fair fight between us." She says before jabbing the wooden stick into Damon's stomach.

"What did you do that for?!" I protest as I bent down to Damon's level to help him as he grunts in pain.

"Remember this." Rebekah plasters fake smile on her face before walking away.

"Here, I'll pull it out." I say quickly before forcefully pulling it out of Damon's stomach. "You okay?" I pull him into a hug.

"Yeah." He coughs as he wraps his arms around me.

"Come here." I let go of him before pulling him into a deep kiss...

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"So the car just burst into flames?" I ask as I'm putting medicine on the burnt marks on Elena's face after she told me about her being magically trapped in a car when it set ablaze.

"Yep." Elena says.

"Any idea what happened?" I frown.

"Beats me." She sighs.

"Well, let's just be glad that you didn't get barbecued." I say.

"Agreed." She smiles before teasing me. "So how are things with you and Damon?"

"You noticed, huh?" I sigh in defeat.

"I think all of our friends noticed, Nadia." Elena grins. "I'm happy for you and Damon."

"Thanks." I smile before getting up. "In fact, I promised him that I'll stay at his house tonight so..."

"Go." Elena nods. "I'll be fine."

"I'll see you tomorrow." I say cheerfully before leaving...

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Author's note: Here you go, guys, another chapter. Don't worry, Klaus will be back soon and things will get heated up. Anyways, please review.