Chapter ten

When I finally woke up the sun was shining on my face. My face was pressed against a warm window and I was drooling a little. Sitting up I looked around and saw Damon in the driver's seat. We were on some back road with nothing but crops around.

" Sleeping beauty wakes up. " He said handing me a blood bag.

I glared at him. " Where are we? "

" Georgia. " He said simply.

Sitting the blood bag down I realized what he just said. " Georgia? You have to be joking. Pull over Damon. I'm not joking. You have to take me back! Have you forgotten that I'm only seventeen? You can't take me passed state lines. Jenna probably has already called the national guard by now. "

He pulled over next to some shack and I got out of the car. When I was upright I felt myself toppling over. Damon caught me and steadied me against the car.

" You need to feed in order to feel better. Get back in the car. " He told me firmly.

I tried to push him away but I was too weak. " Is Elena okay? "

" She's fine. I healed her and made sure she got home. " He promised.

Really? " Okay, now you can take me home. "

" But we're almost there! " He said excitedly.

I narrowed my eyes at him. " Almost where? " I asked.

" A little place right outside of Atlanta. Can you please for one day forget that you're mad at me and live a little? " He asked.

I knew there was no way I could refuse so I got back in the car. Downing the blood bag I felt myself feeling better already.

Damon threw a bottle of water and towel at me. " You might want to clean the blood off of yourself. " He said gesturing to a new set of clothes. " So you can get dressed. "

Climbing into the cramped backseat I drenched the towel in water. Not caring if Damon saw or not, I got undressed. I wiped all of the blood, my blood, off of my chest and stomach. Going through the clothes I noticed he neglected a bra. Putting the clothes on I climbed back up front and glared at him.

" You went through all of that trouble and forgot a bra? " I asked.

He wiggled his eyebrows at me. " COme on, don't act like they aren't perky. "

" You're an ass. " I groaned.

I didn't speak to him the rest of the way. Which was another hour by the way? We pulled into the parking lot of a bar and I looked at him in confusion.

" You brought me to a bar? They aren't going to let me in Damon. " I said not believing this shit.

He touched my thigh making me cringe. " DOn't worry about that Kennah. COme on. "

As soon as we walked in I noticed an older pretty woman looking our way. " No. No, it can't be. Damon. My honey pie. " She said rushing up and kissing him.

Damon smirked. " How's life Bre? "

" Listen up everybody! Here's to the man that broke my heart, crushed my soul, destroyed my life, and ruined any and all chances of happiness! " She yells pouring shots for everyone.

OKay, I'm really confused. Did he bring me to his ex-girlfriends job? Is he on drugs?

" Take a seat. " Damon said gesturing to a stool at the bar.

We both sat down and Bre came and set down three shots.

" Drink up! " She told us.

We all take em back and the whiskey burned all the way down my throat.

" Ahh. Whoo! " She said looking at me " So, how'd he rope you in? " She asks pouring me another a shot.

I narrowed my eyes at him. " He killed me. There was no rope involved. "

" Honey, if you're not roped, you're whipped. Either way, just enjoy the ride. " She said smiling before pouring more alcohol.

" Okay. So, how did you two meet? " I asked ignoring her comment.

" College. " Bre said right away.

I looked at Damon. " You went to college? "

Smiling he said " I've been on a college campus, yes. "

No surprise there.

Bre laughed. " About 20 years ago, when I was a sweet, young freshman, I met this beautiful man, and I fell in love. And then he told me about his little secret, made me love him more. Because you see, I had a little secret of my own that I was dying to share with somebody. "

"She's a witch. " Damon whispered to me.

" Changed my world, you know. " SHe said smiling.

A smug look came across his face. " I rocked your world. "

" He is good in the sack, isn't he? But mostly he's just a Walk-away Joe... So, what is it that you want? " She asked getting to the point.

The alcohol was just setting in and I realized I didn't have my phone. Clearing my throat I hold my hand out to Damon.

He gave me a confused look.

" Cell phone, please. " I said rolling my eyes.

He fished around in his pocket and handed it to me. I didn't want to hang around for whatever it is that he's doing. I'm indifferent to his bullshit. Dialing Jenna's number I braced myself for full impact.

" Hi, Jenna. I'm so sorry. " I said before she could talk.

She could hear Jenna moving around quickly. " Where are you? Why didn't you call? " She said with worry in her voice.

" I was so tired last night. I fell asleep at Bonnie's. And then this morning, I just wanted to get to school. " She lied hoping it was believable.

There was a silence on the other end of the phone. " You know it's funny. Elena told me she stayed with Bonnie last night too… She also said she didn't know where you are. And what with the car? No one seems to want to fess up to what really happened. "

Woah! She knows everything. Damn! " I'm sorry Jenna. It's just boyfriend stuff and I needed a night to cool off. My car is parked in the driveway I don't really know what happened to any other car. "

" … Get home now. " She said hanging up.

Shit! Rushing back into the bar I slapped Damon's arm. " I'm in so much trouble take me home now! "

Damon sighed but nodded. " Okay, thanks for your help Bre. " He said getting up.

We walked out of the bar together and the next thing I knew Damon was being attacked by another vampire. He had a stake in his hand went for the kill. Seeing an opportunity I plunged my hand into his ribcage and pulled his heart out from the back.

Damon got up and forced me to drop the still warm heart in my hand. I just killed someone. And to make things worse, I don't even know if Damon deserved to die or not. I just reacted.

" Go to the car. I'll be right out. " He said handing me the keys.

I walked into the house and tried to make a run for my room.

" Mckennah get down here right now. " Jenna called from the kitchen.

I made the slow stroll of shame. When I got there I saw Elena sitting at the table looking guilty too.

" Sit down Mckennah. " Jenna said firmly.

Putting her hands on the table she sighed. " Okay listen because I'm only gonna say this once. I know I'm the cool aunt that lets you get away with murder but there have to be boundaries. Like telling the truth about car accidents. " SHe said looking at Elena.

" And disappearing for two days is unacceptable. I don't care what kind of boy problems you're having. You're both grounded indefinitely. Now go to your rooms. " She said dismissing us.