Crimson was preparing to go to school for the first time as a vampire. She was wearing a grey tank top and jeans with a blue beanie on her head and grey wedge-heeled sandals. She still wore her vervain, but she had to be careful that it didn't touch her skin. It was currently in a low-hanging necklace. She heard her doorbell ring and wondered who it was.
She opened the door and there was Jeremy. She was happy to see him.
"You're here." She told him.
"Yes, you're my best friend and I'm not going to let anything change that." Jeremy stated. "Are you ready to walk to school together?"
"I need to grab my bag." Crimson replied. Not only was there a handbag, she also needed to grab a bag of blood. It was actually something that her dad had suggested. She was glad that her parents were supporting her. Well it was more her father supporting her, but she was glad that her mother had accepted her. Once she had the bag in her bag, she walked out the door.
"So I think April was surprised at how hot you looked." Crimson told Jeremy. "You seemed a little surprised too."
"I don't know if her being in my life would be good right now." Jeremy pointed out. "Are you forgetting that she almost died yesterday?"
"I don't understand why she needed to be compelled." Crimson remarked. "Weren't you pretty upset when you found out that Elena had erased your memories?"
The two of them arrived at the school and once there, Crimson could hear the hearts of the people in the courtyard.
"Are you okay?" Jeremy asked.
"I'm fine." Crimson replied as she noticed April walking over to them. "Or at least I will be after I eat."
"Didn't have breakfast this morning?" The human girl asked.
"Something like that." Crimson answered. "So are you okay after yesterday with the funeral and all?"
"Yeah." April answered. "Though there's this scar on my stomach that I don't know how I got."
"You got that when you were a kid, right?" Crimson compelled quickly.
"I guess I did." April replied. "So there's this thing about my dad's death I don't get. He could smell smoke on me the first time that I came home from boarding school. There is no way that he wouldn't be able to smell a gas leak."
"I don't know." Jeremy replied. None of them actually knew the circumstances of the situation.
"You're not still smoking, are you?" Crimson asked. She didn't want to take the choice away, but she definitely didn't want her to smoke.
"No, the punishment I got was enough to make me quit." April answered. "Anyway, I should probably get to class. I'll see you two later."
As soon as she was gone, Jeremy looked at her.
"Don't say anything." Crimson warned him. "I know what I said, but I don't think this would be the right place to tell her about it. We need to sit her down some time and tell her about it."
"I don't know if that's such a good idea." Stefan replied as he appeared behind her. He then kissed her.
"I'm going to go give you two some time alone." Jeremy responded as he left.
"Stefan, we can't just stay here making out." Crimson declared.
"Why not?" He asked as he kissed her neck.
"Because my mom is the teacher of your first class and if you're late, she'll assume that I'm late." Crimson informed him. "It's kind of hard to do things at school when my mom is here."
"We'll have to do something after school then." Stefan proposed.
As soon as Crimson got to class, she was feeling really hungry. She had to use the excuse that she needed to change her tampon. That was actually something that she was glad about, even though she knew the ramifications of it. She went inside one of the stalls and began to sip from the bag. Once she was done, she happened to notice the tall blonde who had killed her.
"Wouldn't you rather something warmer and fresher?" Rebekah asked as a girl with a bleeding neck came out.
"What are you doing here?" Crimson asked angrily.
"Just checking to see how my little creation was doing." Rebekah answered. "You know it must be different for you to go from having your sister's boyfriend as a teacher to having your mom. I guess that would make you the teacher's pet."
"Leave me alone." Crimson ordered.
"You see I don't take orders from people that are shorter and also a thousand years younger than me." The Original replied. "Have you ever drunk directly from a person before? If you haven't, you really don't know what you're missing. Have a taste."
Rebekah pushed the girl's neck against Crimson's lips and the young vampire pretty much had no choice but to drink. After a few seconds, she pushed the human away.
"Impressive." Rebekah commented. She then looked at the girl whose name Crimson didn't know. "Go away and clean yourself up in one of the other restrooms. Forget this happened."
The girl left the bathroom and then Rebekah turned to face the shorter blonde.
"So I'm having a party that starts during last period. You're welcome to come if you want." Rebekah remarked before she too left the restroom. Crimson decided that she needed to clean her mouth off. She needed to control her anger.
Crimson left the lavatory and noticed Jeremy. She guessed that class had ended. She was about to walk over to him when she noticed that Bald, Black Hunter was talking to him. She made a mental note to find out what his name was so she call him something less racist,
She didn't get to talk to Jeremy, but at lunch, she ended up meeting Elena, and Stefan, and Caroline outside. She basically told Stefan what happened with Rebekah and how she was pretty angry.
"You shouldn't let Rebekah get inside of your head like that." Stefan replied.
"Well it's hard to do when she already killed me and now she's basically forcing me to drink from people." Crimson remarked before she looked at Elena. "Okay, I'm sorry that I'm ranting at my problems when yours is probably much bigger. So is Matt still okay with you drinking from him?"
"Well he knows that I basically can only drink from humans and he is willing to help me out. I don't exactly feel comfortable with it, but I don't know else I can do."
"Well I don't have a solution to Elena's problem, but maybe you should go to this party of hers." Caroline suggested. "Crash it and show her that you won't be pushed around."
"I can't skip last period and I already had a curfew before the town enforced a curfew." Crimson argued.
"I think we should go." Stefan agreed. "I mean it is custom to show up fashionably late to a party. Rebekah knows that everyone hates her and she hates back so she can get a reaction out of people. Just don't let her trigger you and you can ignore her."
"Might be hard to do if I'm in her house." Crimson pointed out. "So, Elena, can I have your opinion on something?"
"What?" Elena asked.
"April and Jeremy." Crimson stated. "Jeremy thinks that it's kind of dangerous to be with her, but I'm pretty sure that they both like each other."
"I think that for them to be together April would have to know about vampires and I don't think it's the right time to tell her." Elena replied. "You weren't around, but Alaric dated Jenna before she died and as their relationship went on, it became strained because the secrets he was keeping from her. I don't want to Jeremy to make the same mistakes and I don't know if he does either."
"I went through the same thing with Matt. He's cool with it now, but it did lead to the end of our relationship. I'm just glad that we're still friends." Caroline explained.
"How did you take it?" Crimson asked Elena.
"I was freaked just like everyone else when I found out that Stefan was a vampire. I had a hard time getting over it, but I eventually found out that Stefan was one of the good ones. You're lucky to have him." Elena replied.
After school was over, Crimson and Stefan walked into Rebekah's house. Most of the action seemed to be taking place outside because there was a keg outside. Crimson wasn't feeling the need for a drink yet. She seemed to be pretty good at controlling her thirst.
"I'm going to go get you a drink." Crimson announced.
Crimson walked into the kitchen which happened to be pretty empty. The only person that was currently in there was April. Crimson smiled seeing someone that was closer to her height and went to say hi to her.
"So I see you that made it." The blonde remarked.
"Yeah, it's better than being home alone and thinking. I've just got a lot of conspiracy theories in my head." The brunette declared.
"Any of them about JFK?" Crimson joked.
"No, they're about my dad." April said. "I really think that it had to be some sort of outside job. I don't buy a simple leak like I stated earlier. I think someone might be covering it up and someone murdered him and the rest of the council. I don't suppose you have an opinion on this."
"No." Crimson replied. "How about we get you a drink?"
She grabbed a cup and gave it to April to drink before handing the cup back to Crimson.
"You know this town is cursed." Rebekah commented as she entered the kitchen.
"Maybe you should go somewhere else, April." Crimson suggested. The brunette took the hint and left.
"Did you kill her dad and the council for revenge?" Crimson asked accusingly. "Stefan told me that you were captured by them."
"I don't care about getting revenge on a bunch of middle-aged people." Rebekah yelled. "You come into my house and spout false accusations and try to drink my beer."
With that Rebekah snatched the cup out of her hands and guzzled it.
"Now get out of my house before I rip your heart out." Rebekah ordered. At that point, Stefan found her. "I bet I was better than her."
"Let's just go." Stefan told Crimson. "I want to take you for a ride on my motorcycle."
"Since when do you own a motorcycle?" Crimson inquired.
"Since I saw an ad and decided to buy it. I think you could use some fun." Stefan replied. The two went out to the lawn and saw the keg.
"Hold on." Crimson told her boyfriend before she got on top of the keg and drank as much as she could. She smirked at Rebekah before she left.
From there, the couple got on Stefan's motorcycle. Even though they were both vampires that could heal from any head, they were both wearing helmets as to not get stopped by the deputies.
"I want to stand up on the back." Crimson declared. That was anything thing that vampire senses helped with. A human might have a hard time hearing with the roars of the wind and the bike.
"Okay." Stefan replied Crimson stood up.
From there, the two of them went to the boarding house. Crimson took no time in deciding that she went their clothes to be off. It would be her first time as a vampire. She wasn't sure if that meant anything. Once the two of them were naked, Crimson started to see things. In fact, she basically saw Logan looking at her.
"Logan." She replied.
"What?" Stefan asked.
"I feel sick." Crimson complained. "I thought vampires couldn't get sick."
Stefan looked at her arm and noticed. He realized something but Crimson was clueless at the rash that she had developed.
"Stefan, what's going on?" Crimson asked.
"I think you ingested some werewolf venom." Stefan explained.
"What does that mean?" Crimson asked.
"It means you're dying." Stefan responded.
"WHAT?" Crimson asked in shock.
"There is a cure. I just have to contact Klaus." Stefan told her.
About an hour, Klaus arrived at the house. Crimson was wrapped in a blanket.
"You know I don't need you to leave me 10 voicemails." The Original hybrid stated. "So tell me why I should save your girlfriend. I don't think you'd be willing to give more service. What can you give me?"
"I'll do whatever you want as long as it doesn't involve leaving Crimson or becoming the ripper again." Stefan bargained.
"I think I'm going to want help from both of you." Klaus replied. "You see there is something that I need to be done and it involves this hunter that has shown up."
"You want to kill him?" Stefan asked.
"Quite the opposite actually." Klaus responded. "I want to keep him alive because I'm pretty sure that he has something that will be very useful to me. So before I give my blood, do we have a deal?"
"Yes." Stefan declared. Crimson just nodded. She supposed helping him would be better than dying.
Upon the agreement, Klaus bit into his wrist and held it up to Crimson's mouth.
"Drink my dear." He instructed and she did.
So it's going to be Stefan AND Crimson helping Klaus with his mission to find the cure, but will Crimson being interested in being cured? Please don't forget to review.
