Hello everyone! I know, I suck. It's been so long since I updated and you probably want to hurt me right now, but that would not help the story would it? Ha ha! Got you there! Well thank you for all the reviews I got and I really hope you enjoy this chapter, I have to warn you though...it has a tragic ending. So be prepared!
I woke up to the scent of freshly made pancakes and eggs. I felt relaxed and for some reason felt like I had an amazing dream, but I just couldn't remember it. When I looked to my right, there was a portable table with plates of food on it and my clean, warm clothes folded next to it. I sat up and looked gleefully at them, yawning and stretching out my arms. I grinned at the note that was left next to a pink rose-
Hope you slept well, enjoy breakfast. - Stefan
I grinned and bit my lower lip.
"Have a good dream?" Damon asked me, he was mumbling for some reason. He was changing in front of his mirror, admiring himself once again. His hair was wet so I could tell he had just taken a shower.
"I think I did." I started stuffing down the pancakes in a very un-lady like manner. I was starving. "I just can't remember what it was." I shrugged.
"Really?" he looked at me curiously, an eyebrow raised. I nodded.
"Interesting." he looked back into the mirror, trying to button up his shirt but was very uncoordinated. He looked back at me. "Can you help me out here?"
I jumped up from the bed and walked over to him, finishing a bite of my hash browns. I started buttoning up his shirt, feeling his gaze on me. I took a small glance at him nervously, his eyes were droopy and face smirking.
"Damon? Are you ok?" I asked worriedly.
"Yeah, just had a little morning drink." he leered, taking a drink of scotch.
"Damon!" I took the drink away from him, ran over to the window, and poured it out.
"Hey! I was drinking that!" I heard him shout behind me. I turned around and gave a disapproving look.
"Don't look at me like that with that piercing little stare of yours." he rolled his eyes.
"You shouldn't be drinking at this time of day." I placed my hands on my hips.
"Whatever." he slurred, turning back towards the mirror. I looked out the gloomy window and sighed.
"It's still raining." I frowned. "Not as much but I don't think I can go home and get everything done today." I sighed.
"Why is that a bad thing? You don't enjoy my company?" Damon started walking towards me, his eyes were like a predator's, stalking its victim.
"Well I was going to scout for dancing programs and vocal teachers, and I was going to check if there were any musicals that were going to be playing here any time soon." I said quickly, he was a step in front of me now.
"Well, I'm sure I could help you out with all of that. You don't need to go home." he smirked getting closer to me by the second.
"W-well I n-need clothes too." I looked at him, wide eyed.
"Well you have your clothes from yesterday. Stef made sure they were appropriate for you to wear." he leered.
"I can't wear the same thing as yesterday! Even I know that is a fashion disaster." I crossed my arms.
"Then I can help you out with that too." he smiled. He went over to the left side of the bed, bent down on a knee, and started fiddling with a floorboard.
"What are you doing?" I rushed to his side.
"Eat the rest of your breakfast." he ordered me.
"O-kaaay." I said suspiciously. I went back to eating my breakfast while Damon tore a couple of floorboards off the floor.
"There it is." Damon sighed. He reached into the floor and brought out a large gold and navy blue locket chest.
"Why was that under your floor?" I stood back up, finishing the last bite of my food and washing it down with a gulp of orange juice.
"Just wanted to make sure my safe keepings were kept safe." he smirked, unlocking the container exposing old letters, fabrics, and books.
"Wow." was all I said.
"I know." he smirked. He was moving things around in the chest and suddenly came to a halt. "Here it is." he grabbed a shiny red fabric and pulled it out of the container.
He brushed out a silky, cherry red dress. It was smooth and sleek, ended at the knees. It had a tiny waist band around the small waist area, thin spaghetti straps, a couple of red buttons lined down the front of the chest, and two slight flaps acting as sort of a collar. It was absolutely stunning.
"Here." he handed me the dress and went back into the chest to pull out a pair of ballet flats covered with the same fabric as the dress. He shoved them at me and I took them curiously. 'Why did he have these here?' I thought.
"Both the dress and shoes are very beautiful." I told him.
"You can have them." he shrugged.
"Really?" I asked hopefully.
"Yep. Ok, now go to the bathroom and do whatever you girls do to get ready. You can leave Stefan's clothes on the counter." he pursed his lips.
"Just let me get my other things." I walked over to my clothes that were folded on the bed and looked for my undergarments, but they were nowhere to be seen! 'What in the world? Where are they-? Of course...' "Damon?" I asked innocently.
"Yes?" he sang.
"Where are my undergarments?" I placed my hands on my hips.
"Whatever do you mean? Are you suggesting that I took them?" he said in an offended manner.
"I'm not suggesting, I know." I raised my eyebrows.
"How do you know Stefan didn't take them?" he smirked.
"Because Stefan wouldn't do that!" I rolled my eyes.
"Wouldn't he?" he twinkled his eyes.
"No, he wouldn't. Now hand them over." I placed my hand out in front of him.
"Ugh! Fine!" He reached into his pockets and pulled out my under things. I grabbed them quickly from him and gave him a piercing stare.
"Oh stop it! I was going to give them back to you anyways." His eyes widened.
"Sure Damon." I said walking out the door.
I felt like taking a shower again because I wanted to feel fresh, so I did. I brushed my teeth and combed my hair in front of the large wall mirror. I used Elena's curling iron to curl the ends of my hair, and some of her make-up to give a soft natural bronze look. Finally, I slipped into the bright red dress and zipped it up all the way. It fit like a glove. The dress grabbed onto my curves perfectly and the fabric was smooth against my soft light skin. The color of the dress accentuated the dark color of my hair and emphasized the gold pendant I was wearing around my neck. I glided into the ballet shoes that matched and it was also a perfect fit.
I was stunned by how I looked in the mirror. I actually felt pretty for once. I put everything away, folded up the clothes Stefan let me borrow neatly on the counter, and walked quietly out the door. I looked around to see neither Damon or Stefan in any of the rooms so I walked down the stairs to the living room. I heard Stefan and Damon's voices, but also a light female voice. Elena.
"Did you guys find out anything?" Elena asked.
"I don't think she knows anything. I heard her on the phone with her friends and she seemed like a normal teenage girl." Stefan replied.
"She is far from normal." Damon started.
"What do you mean?" Elena questioned in an unsure voice.
"Well, when we were walking through the parking lot she tripped and scraped her knee. When I was about to help her out, the cut-"
"Hi guys!" I screeched, making sure Damon would not finish his sentence.
"Hi Rachel." Elena smiled sweetly. 'Why does she have to be so pretty?' I thought self loathingly. "Wow Rachel, you look gorgeous." she grinned at me.
"Thank you." I smiled dazzlingly. I looked over at Stefan and Damon who both looked astonishingly at me. They also looked very confused.
"Doesn't she Stefan?" Elena asked him. Stefan cleared his throat.
"Yes, she looks beautiful." he gently smiled at me, of course I just had to blush. Damon kept looking at me strangely.
"Where did you get that dress?" Elena asked optimistically.
"Damon actually gave it to me." We then all gazed at Damon who finally broke from his daze.
"You gave that to her?" Stefan asked him disbelievingly.
"Yep." Damon emphasized on the 'p'.
"Well anyways it looks great on you." Elena smiled.
"Thank you." I giggled.
"So we heard that you were interested in seeing actual musicals?" Elena started as I nodded. "Well there just happens to be a close production of Wicked today at 7:30 and we happen to have an extra ticket." she grinned, holding up an authentic ticket.
"Are you serious!" I squealed and grabbed the ticket from her.
"Yeah! And everyone is going. Caroline, Matt, Tyler, Bonnie-"
"W-wait, Tyler is going to be there?" I interrupted her. I felt Stefan and Damon stiffen up when they realized why I was asking.
"Yeah! Is that alright?" Elena asked confused.
"Y-yeah. I was just checking. I didn't hear you right." I lied.
"Oh." she gently smiled.
"So we all decided that we were going to spend the day hanging out over there in Acorn Valley which is like an hour away, so we really should be going." she looked at me and Stefan.
"Ok then. Let's go." Stefan smiled and started walking out the door with Elena. I began to walk after them, but quickly realized that Damon was not moving.
"Wait, guys!" I called after them. They stopped and turned to look at me nonchalantly. "Damon, aren't you coming with us?" I looked back at him. He smirked and looked gladly at me.
"Only if you want me to." he wiggled his eyebrows. I giggled and grinned at him.
"There aren't enough tickets. They were sold out after us." Elena interrupted. I looked at her questioningly. 'If Damon doesn't go, I'll be stuck with Tyler!' I thought.
"No problem." Damon started, putting on his leather jacket. "I have my own." he raised his hand supplied with a ticket. "Stef, can I go?" he asked innocently. We all glared at Stefan who had a soft smiling face on. He pursed his lips together and I could see a hint of calmness in him.
"Yeah you can go." the curves of his lips gently lifted. I saw Elena with a disapproving look on her face.
I jumped up giddily and grabbed Damon by the hand to lead him out the door. He instantly intertwined our fingers and a weird feeling went through us, I felt a...passion in there. I know he felt it too because he tightened his grasp.
Anyways, Elena and Stefan led us to her large, black SUV. I was swinging Damon's arm and my arm in joyous harmony. I saw Elena look behind her at us and saw something in her eyes. I wasn't quite sure but it was like a mix of worry and...jealousy? I just brushed it off and slid into the backseat of the car with Damon. Stefan volunteered to drive so Elena could relax in the passenger seat.
We started driving for a little while in silence with the radio softly playing some techno tunes. Then Damon had to start talking.
"Psst!" He whispered to me.
"What is it?" I whispered back.
"You know all of the beauty products that were in the bathroom?" he asked smirking.
"Yeah..." I said cautiously.
"Well, they aren't Elena's!" he said quietly chuckling.
"Then whose is it?" I asked intrigued. He then pointed slightly to the driver's seat Stefan was sitting in. I started giggling like crazy and then went out to full laughter. I heard Stefan sigh and nod his head 'no'. I knew it wasn't true but it was funny.
"Psst!" Damon whispered to me again.
"What?" I asked again.
"Want to know why Stefan never showed you his room?"
"Ok..." I said warily.
"It's because it's full of stuffed unicorns named Charlie." He laughed evilly. I hit him on the arm and he pouted, rubbing his bicep.
"What? That was funny!" he whined.
"Yes, but you were making fun of Charlie!" I smirked.
"Did you just smirk?" he leered.
"No!" I shrieked.
"Yes you did! I'm rubbing off on you!" He grinned villainously.
"Whatever." I crossed my arms and huffed.
"Who's Charlie?" Elena asked laughing.
"My stuffed unicorn." I smiled.
"He's white and pink!" Damon was chuckling. "He's so ga-"
"Damon." Stefan scolded him in a warning tone. "I advise you not to finish that sentence."
Damon then looked wide eyed at me as I was giving him my death glare.
"No, please do Damon." I looked piercingly at him.
"Oh whoops. Sorry." he made an apologetic face.
I grinned and looked back in front of me. "Besides, Stefan loves stuffed unicorns named Charlie, don't you Stefan?" I started giggling with Elena.
"Of course I do." he grinned, playing along.
"Okay..." Damon was staring at all of us as if we were crazy. The rest of the ride was just as entertaining. Damon really loves to mess with his brother. Ah, brotherly love. There is nothing like it. When parked in the driveway, we could all see Bonnie, Caroline, Matt, and of course Tyler leaning against his car.
"Wonderful." I sighed as I unbuckled my seatbelt. We all got out of the car and started our way towards the group, but Damon suddenly stopped me.
"Hey, don't worry about Tyler. I'll make sure you don't have to deal with him today." his eyebrows were pulled together and eyes serious.
"It's fine Damon, really." I falsely told him. I looked down and kept on walking.
"Still, I don't want him anywhere near you." he whispered into my ear, shocking me. I looked back up at Damon and gave him my award-winning grin.
"Thanks." I blushed. We arrived to the group and I swear I saw Matt and Tyler check me out. Caroline and Bonnie were gaping at me.
"Oh my gosh! Rachel! You look hot!" Caroline shouted.
"I love your dress!" Bonnie smiled.
"Yeah! Where did you get it?" Caroline asked me.
"Damon gave it to me!" I grinned. They both looked over at Damon and frowned.
"Oh." they both said in monotone. "What are you doing here?" they asked Damon.
"Rachel wanted me to come." he smirked. They both looked at me, wanting to know if he was telling the truth.
"I did!" I grinned. They both rolled their eyes and looked away.
"He gave you a dress?" Tyler asked with an attitude.
"Why yes he did." I stared at Tyler. He rolled his eyes and pursed his lips.
"Oooh. Diss!" Matt laughed. Everyone laughed with him while Damon just smirked...of course.
"Guys, let's get going!" Caroline whined. involved
"Fine fine. Let's start walking everyone." Matt told everyone and they all started walking.
"It feels like it's my birthday." I laughed to Damon. "A new dress and the theater. It can't get any better than this." I beamed.
"Hmm." He chuckled. "By the way, when is your birthday?"
"December 18th. It's in the holiday season. Dad is Jewish and Daddy is Christian, so my family celebrates Hanukkah and Christmas so we don't really celebrate my birthday but we have a small cake and birthday song." I informed him.
"Interesting." Damon said.
All of us then stopped at this antique store filled with things from the 1800s and before.
"EW! I don't want to go in there!" Caroline whined.
"Fine, then don't go in." Bonnie told her as she entered the store. Everyone else walked in after her, even Matt who gave a smile to Caroline and ran into the building.
"Ugh! Fine!" I heard Caroline say as she opened the store door.
We all laughed and started looking around. Damon had left me for a brief moment to go pick on Stefan again. I was looking at all of these old books on the shelves and I started taking some out just to look through them. Suddenly, I fell upon this book and it caught my attention. It was about old Aztec legends and Dad had recently told me he had some Aztec and Spanish heritage in him which I thought was very intriguing. The writing was a little blurry but I could read it.
Through the book there were a lot of detailed illustrations and some of them caught my eye. There were stories and drawings about these monsters who were attacking the Aztec people. Some of them transformed into wolves and others looked like humans but were demon like and drank blood. Because of all of the attacks, the Aztec people put a curse on both monsters. A shaman made it so the demons could not go out in broad daylight, and the wolves were made slaves of the moon. I suddenly turned to the next page and a disturbing drawing gave me the chills.
It was a picture of a woman...being sacrificed to the two monsters. I placed my hand over my mouth in surprise. I continued to read the passages to find out why the Aztecs would do such a thing. Turns out it was another story about the legend. The Aztec people were blessed with a child in their tribe who their Gods promised them would take care of their demon problem once the child developed into an adult.
Soon, the girl's eighteenth year of age was coming and once the monsters found out about the legend, they attacked the Aztecs, forcing them into giving up the girl. They did as they were told and gave her to the monsters who drank from her, ripped her apart, and killed her. It was hard for the demons to do so because once they ripped open her skin it would-
"Whatcha reading?" Tyler stood in front of me, who was now sitting on the floor with my nose in the book.
"A book." I sneered at him.
"I can see that." he laughed.
"Then why did you ask?" I rolled my eyes and tried to go back to reading the book. It was hard for the demons to do so because once they ripped open her skin it would-
"Why are you acting like this?" Tyler questioned me. I sighed and stood up so I could be prepared to walk away.
"Why are you talking to me?" I asked, crossing my arms with the book in my hand.
"Well, I want to talk about what happened yesterday." he looked seriously at me.
"I have nothing to say about yesterday. You kissed me and I left. Let's just leave it at that." I turned to walk away but he blocked me by slamming his hand against the shelf.
"You kissed me back."...'Shoot. I was hoping he wouldn't remember that.'
Third P.O.V.
While Rachel and Tyler are caught up with the books, Caroline and Matt are having some problems of their own.
"So I was just heard Stefan and Bonnie talking and I think they might have a little thing going on because Bonnie was like 'Can I speak to you privately please?' and Stefan just gave like a nod." Caroline was talking as Matt was gazing at Elena. Caroline noticed.
"Do you still want to be with her? I'll be fine if you do you know, just tell me and we can break it off-"
"Jeez Caroline can't you just leave it alone?" Matt exclaimed.
"I can't when you still make goo goo eyes at her!" she shouted.
They then start to argue more but no one but Stefan and Bonnie notice.
Rachel's P.O.V.
"You kissed me back." he moved his face closer to mine.
"No I didn't." I looked around nervously.
"Yes you did." he smiled.
"Why do you even care? You like Elena!" I whispered. There was a moment of silence.
"Are you into that Damon guy?" He asked in a jealous tone.
"Maybe. Why?"
"Well, I just don't like the way he looks at you." he flinched.
"And how is that?" I asked curiously.
"Like you're a piece of ass to him."
"What makes you think that?" I looked over his shoulder to the right to see Damon flirting with Elena. My confidence started to go way down.
"It's just that he's checking you out all the time." Tyler complained.
"At least someone is." I looked down self consciously. I felt Tyler's hand come down from the shelf and he held my face. Suddenly he was about to kiss me again but I moved swiftly from under him and ran to my right, looking back at a puzzled Tyler.
'Think Rachel. Quickly! WWMD? What would Madonna do?' Suddenly Madonna music started to play in my head...
Third P.O.V.
"Caroline! Just stop it!" Matt yelled at her. He then started to walk away and bumped into Rachel. "Oh, sorry Rach." but her mind was somewhere else. Suddenly she looked up at Matt and her foot started tapping a rhythm. Matt then followed the rhythm in his head and thought back to some 80s song some woman sang.
Rachel grabbed Matt and screeched. "Brad!" a blonde man with glasses suddenly came out, smiled, and took a seat at the old 1800s piano.
"Who is that?" Matt asked Rachel.
"That's Brad. He's always just around." she said as Brad started to play a tune on the piano and suddenly-
Rachel: Something in the way you love me won't let me be
I don't want to be your prisoner so baby won't you set me free
Stop playin' with my heart
Finish what you start
When you make my love come down
If you want me let me know
Baby, let it show
Honey, don't you fool aroundMatt: Don't try to resist me
Open your heart to me, baby
I hold the lock and you hold the key
Duet: Open your heart to me, darlin'
I'll give you love if you, you turn the keyRachel: Something in your eyes is makin' such a fool of me
Matt: Your making me, you're making such a fool of me
Duet: I see you on the street and you walk on by
You're on the street, I see you when you walk on byRachel: When you hold me in your arms you love me till I just can't see.
Matt: Ohhh
So you choose to look the other wayDuet: Open your heart to me, baby
I hold the lock and you hold the key
Open your heart to me, darlin'
I'll give you love if you, you turn the key
Well I've got something to say...
Open your heart, I'll make you love me
I hold the lock and you hold the key
Open your heart to me, darlin'
I'll give you love if you, you turn the key
Ohh-Ohhh
Open your heart with the key!
Rachel's P.O.V.
"Oh, sorry Matt. I got a little carried away there." I froze when I finally realized what had just happened. Everyone was staring at us.
"It's cool. I got a little carried away myself." he laughed. "That actually helped. Thanks." he then ran over to Caroline and grabbed her by the waist and planted a kiss on her.
'Not fair.' I thought.
"Come on guys! Let's go!" Caroline yelled after looking dreamily at Matt. They all walked outside, completely forgetting about me basically because they were all chatting up. I sighed and went over to the checkout.
"How much is this?" I asked the cashier, handing her the book. She had long black hair and tan skin with deep brown eyes.
"Twenty-five." she smiled. I took my wallet out of my small hip purse and gave her the money. But as she brushed my skin, her eyes went white as she stared at me.
"Ah!" I screeched, taking my hand back.
"You must fulfill your destiny." she said in a soft childish tone.
"WHAT?" I shrieked.
"You have to save them." she looked on at me.
"Save who?"
"The ones possessed by their evil spirits. You must save them." she said shaking.
"I'm sorry but you have the wrong gir-"
"Rachel? Are you ok?" Stefan came back into the store looking warningly at the cashier. I glanced at him then back at the woman. She suddenly broke from her daze as her eyes turned back to brown.
"Oh, here you go sweetie." she smiled and handed me back the book. I took it from her cautiously and ran to Stefan to grab onto his hand.
"Come on." Stefan whispered. We walked slowly out the door.
"Have a nice day!" the cashier said cheerfully.
"Rachel? What were you doing in there?" Caroline asked impatiently. Everyone was waiting on the sidewalk on me.
"I-I was just getting a book." I said confused at what had just happened.
"Ew." Caroline said and turned around to keep on walking. Everyone was laughing and I felt like the odd man out.
"What book did you get?" Stefan smiled.
"Here." I handed him the book and looked down frustrated at what happened.
"Rachel?" Stefan called me.
"Yeah?" I fluttered my eyes.
"Can you even read this?" Stefan asked me.
"Yes, can't you?" I asked questioningly.
"Well I'm not really caught up on my hieroglyphics." he said.
"What?" I took the book back out of his hands and looked down at it. 'What was he talking about? It's clear as water! It's English!' "What are you talking about? There are no hieroglyphics in here."
"Yes there is!"
"No there isn't! Look, see!" I showed the passages to Stefan who just nodded his head 'no' in confusion.
"Fine I'll just read it to you. They did as they were told and gave them to the monsters who drank from her, ripped her apart, and killed her. It was hard for the demons to do so because once they ripped open her skin it would hea-" I froze.
"Rachel? Are you ok? What is it?" He asked. Everyone turned around to look at us from hearing Stefan's worried tone. I looked frightfully at the group. Damon just lifted his eyebrow, Elena squinted questioningly, Matt and Caroline just kept smiling at each other, Bonnie was forehead brooding, and Tyler was wide eyed with his jaw clenched.
"Nothing. It's nothing. You're right. It's just hieroglyphics." I laughed nervously. Everyone turned around and kept on walking. Elena let me take my book to her car so I wouldn't have to carry it everywhere. I kept quiet the rest of the way, but strangely not lonely. Stefan stayed with me and he didn't question me any further which was awfully thoughtful of him. My dads soon called me...
"Rachel honey!" Daddy shrieked.
"Sweetie!" Dad said joyously.
"Hi Dad. Hi Daddy." I said in monotone.
"Sweetie? What has you so down?" Dad asked.
"Nothing. Oh um, I'm in Acorn Valley with my friends. We are waiting to see Wicked." I tried to up my voice but it was no use.
"Wicked? How nice! They know your go-to shower song!" Daddy chimed.
"Yeah." I tried to chuckle. "I won't be home until later so don't wait up."
"Ok sweetie, but we are going to have a nice night in tonight. Everything has been a little overwhelming lately. I'm so thrilled you have let yourself be free and have some fun!" Dad praised me.
"Yeah. Lots of fun." I falsely smiled at Stefan who was looking sweetly at me.
"We'll talk to you later sweetie! Remember! Details! We love you!" they dueted.
"Love you guys too. Bye dads." I closed my phone and kept walking with the group.
We ate at a 50s diner and I just ate my Caesar salad in silence. As we were sitting in the booth, I noticed how flirty Damon was acting with Elena. 'He doesn't even flirt that much with me.' I noticed he hadn't talked to me in a while...what was up with that? I then saw something in his eyes...a flame. It was like a rekindled fire sprout from within him. That is when I realized...he was in love with her.
Tyler sat next to me, which I actually didn't mind. He was warm and it was chilly in there.
Damon and Stefan sat next to Elena on both her sides.
'She has them wrapped around her finger. Why does she have to be so beautiful?' I looked down at the dress Damon gave me and realized something. 'Why did he have a dress that was so beautifully made? Not to mention the matching shoes...' All three of them kept on laughing and laughing and I couldn't take it any longe-
"You gonna eat that?" Tyler asked me.
"Huh?" what?
"Well you just keep stabbing the chicken with your fork and I'm still kind of hungry." he told me, eyeing the chicken. He looked like a little puppy begging for some food. It was so cute!
"You can have it." I giggled, pushing the plate to him. He looked back up at me as he took the plate.
"Did I just hear a laugh?" He grinned.
"Nope. It was a giggle." I laughed.
"A giggle?" he smiled.
"Yep." I beamed at him.
"Ok then." he smiled and ate the piece of chicken.
"I'm sorry about running off..." I started talking to him quietly.
"Sorry for laying one on you.." we both laughed at his statement. He finished my salad and we moved closer together so our faces were only inches apart.
"Yeah, I'm curious...why did you kiss me?" I looked at him intrigued.
"The truth?" Tyler sighed.
"Yes please." I nodded.
"I don't really remember." He sputtered out.
"What?" I asked disbelieving him.
"Well, all I remember is that I took you to the living room and my parents started talking to you, then Mason started to hit on you or something and I got this really weird feeling in my stomach. Then all of the sudden I'm in the hall kissing you."
"Really? You're telling the truth?" I asked seriously. Tyler nodded with a solemn look on his face. "What was the feeling like?"
"I felt like I was just annoyed and just plain pissed. Kind of like the way I feel when Stefan or that Damon guy looks at you. It was like in the pit of my gut and I wanted to just slam Mason's face against the wall." He looked so frustrated.
I suddenly started to grin widely at Tyler. I think I knew what that feeling was...
"You were jealous!"
"Pfff! What?" Tyler pretended that he wasn't.
"You were jealous." I started to laugh really hard.
"No!...ok, maybe...WHATEVER!" he spun around and started to stab at the chicken. I kept laughing but quickly quieted down.
"So uh, you know...you kissed me back." he looked deeply into my eyes.
"Yeah, about that..." I bit my lower lip.
"I liked it." Tyler blurted out. Everyone glared at us. "Nothing to see here." he told them as I laughed. Elena and her guys went back to their conversation as well as Caroline with Matt and Bonnie.
Tyler and I moved as close as we could get to each other. "You did?" I looked up hopefully.
"Yeah." he smirked. "Did you?" he asked me with stars in his eyes.
"Yes." I nodded.
"In fact, I kind of want to do it again..." he tried to get even closer to me, which was in no way possible, but he moved his body next to mine causing friction between us. He tilted his head and-
"Guys! Let's go!" Caroline shouted as everyone moved up from the booth. Tyler sighed and dropped his head in disappointment.
"Why?" he yelled up into the air as I giggled. We slid out of the booth and he grabbed onto my hand, intertwining our fingers. He was so warm and electrifying, I couldn't tell which holding of hands I liked better, Damon's, Stefan's or Tyler's.
"Wait," he said, stopping me in my tracks. I looked curiously at him as he twirled me around in a circle.
"What was that for?" I asked him when he kept us walking.
"Just checking you out babe." he smirked. I blushed as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders, bringing me into a warm embrace. 'This feels right.' I smiled.
We arrived at the theater and were just in time. We took our seats which were in the very front row (so exciting!). It was Bonnie, Matt, Caroline, Stefan, Elena, Damon, me, then Tyler. Wonderful. The musical then began with a bang! The musical was going absolutely fantastic, and then...Glinda the good witch came out.
"Why does she look so familiar?" I said to myself. Tyler and Damon looked at me then back to the musical. "I know her." I squinted my eyes and looked at my playbill.
Glinda- April Rhodes
"Oh my gosh!" I quietly squealed.
"What is it?" Both Tyler and Damon asked. Tyler in a gentle tone and Damon in an annoyed tone.
"I know her!" I looked at Tyler and ignored Damon.
"Really? That's awesome!" Tyler actually looked interested.
"Really? That's awesome!" Damon mimicked him in a squeamish voice. We both stared him down, but of course he didn't care. I was so proud of April sobering up and getting a role of a lifetime! I was beaming throughout the whole play. It was finally time for Defying Gravity and suddenly an astonishing thing happened...
"Elphaba, why couldn't you just stay calm for once, instead of flying off the handle? I hope you're happy. I hope you're happy no-...wait a second." April looked down into the audience onto where I was sitting. She placed her hand on top of her forehead to block the bright lights. "Rachel?" she shortly asked.
"April? What are you doing?" I heard someone call off the stage.
"Rachel Berry is that you?" she grinned widely. Everyone then turned themselves to look at me.
"Hi April." I grinned shyly.
"Well if you were any closer you would have bit me!" April laughed. "Well get up off your high horse and come up here!" she ordered me with her little country accent. The woman who was playing Elphaba got frustrated and left the stage.
"Um, I just think you should probably just go on with the play." I laughed nervously.
"No, you aren't getting off that easily!" She placed her hands on her hips. "Now get up on here!" she smiled. "Who wants her to get up on here and sing?" she asked the audience. Everyone started applauding very loud and Tyler and Matt were whistling.
"April! We can't let her come up here!" the stage man told her.
"Ah, put a sock in it." she waved the guy off. "Guards, bring her up here!" she ordered. Two big men started toward me so I quickly got up from my seat and ran towards the entrance of the stage, the guards watching me.
"If you insist." I chuckled nervously while walking onstage next to April. "Go ahead and sing sweetie." she smiled. "Brad!" she yelled. Brad gave a thumbs up from the orchestra and started the music. April moved swiftly to the side of the stage as I started to sing...
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
of someone else's game
Too late for second guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap
It's time to try
defying gravity
I think I'll try
defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
and you won't bring me down...
I'm through accepting limits
'cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But 'til I try I'll never know
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost
I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you won't bring me down...
I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm Defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you won't bring me down,
Bring me down
Oh Oh OOOOOOOOOh!
I was given a standing ovation. Now this felt right. I was beaming as the audience was clapping very loudly for me and April went back up to me.
"Congratulations sweetie! You got a standin' ovation!" she hugged me tightly. I'll meet you backstage after ok? And bring your little friends there." she grinned.
I nodded and watched the rest of the play from the sidelines. Once the play finished, I ran over to the group.
"Guys!" I called after them.
"Rachel you were amazing up there!" Caroline praised me.
"Why thank you Caroline!"
"That was mind-blowing!" Matt exclaimed.
"You were really good." Bonnie smiled.
"Yeah Rach you were awesome." Tyler commented. I blushed and looked down. Tyler did the same.
"That was astounding." Stefan grinned.
"You rocked it." Elena laughed. All of us then looked over at Damon, waiting for him to give a comment.
"What?" he looked at us as if we were crazy.
"Aren't you going to say something to her?" Caroline asked him.
"Oh yeah!" He started as everyone smiled with relief. "You ruined the play for me." he sighed.
Everyone looked angrily at him. "What?" Bonnie yelled.
"I was in the vibe of the musical and you totally destroyed it...and the song by the way." he smirked like it was funny. I started to tear up from his comment.
"Rachel-" Elena started to comfort me.
"No it's fine. I'm fine. I have to go meet up with April." I ran out to the back entrance to the dressing rooms, crying out my emotions.
Third P.O.V.
"Damon!" Caroline scolded at him.
"What? I was messing with her. Girl can't take a joke?" he chuckled.
"I think she's had enough jokes about her, don't you think?" Stefan said seriously to Damon, obviously pointing out that she has had enough bullying in her life and Damon was just making it worse. Damon sighed and looked away.
"I'll go talk to her." Tyler started.
"No, I'll go talk to her." Damon stopped Tyler, hitting his chest with his hand. Tyler looked at his chest then up at Damon. "Let me go talk to her." Damon said. Tyler clenched his jaw and slowly nodded his head. Damon swiftly rushed after Rachel. He found April Rhodes's dressing room and stopped when he heard Rachel's voice.
"Where's your friends sweetie?" April asked gently.
"Oh, they're just tired." Rachel said softly, sniffling a bit.
"Hey, don't let anyone break your stride ok? You just gotta keep on moving." April told her in a mother-like tone.
"I think you're the only one who understands me April." Rachel sighs.
"Hey, hey, you know you have your dads and all your friends sweet pea." April tried to comfort her.
"But I don't have a mom." Rachel tried to wipe her tears and put on a smile.
"Oh sweetie." April embraced her in a tight hug and Rachel cried into her shoulder. "You don't need a mom. You just have to believe in yourself." she stroked Rachel's head. She and Rachel then separated.
"Sweetie, maybe you need to just take a break from everything. Just for a while to pull yourself together."
Rachel nodded and smiled sweetly to her.
"Bye sweetie!"
"Bye April!" Rachel closed the door and Damon grabbed her by the hand.
"Hey, I was just messing with you. I didn't mean it. You were fantastic out there." he looked deeply into Rachel's eyes.
"Wonderful. Thanks." she jerked her hand away from him and kept walking towards the exit.
"That's it? Wonderful? Thanks?" he asked disbelieving.
"It's not like you hurt my feelings Damon. I'm a big girl, I can take a bit of criticism." Rachel said emotionless.
Rachel's P.O.V.
I tried putting on a fake face for Damon, but he saw right through it.
"Screw that! I know I hurt your feelings or else you wouldn't have been crying to mommy dearest." he looked at me angrily.
I gasped and froze to look at him, hurt in my eyes. 'Why would he say that? He knows how I long for a mom.' My tears were coming back so I went on walking, trying to ignore him.
"I didn't mean that either. I'm sorry!" he shouted at me, grabbing my arm and spinning me around to face him. He grabbed the sides of my face to make me look at him straight in the eyes. "I'm sorry." he said to me with his piercing blue eyes.
My eyes just poured out tears as I tried to release myself from his grasp. "Please just stop." I cried.
He ignored me and squeezed me into a tight hug. "I'm sorry." he whispered into my ear.
"Rachel?"we turned around to find Stefan with a light hearted expression on his face. "Are you ok?"
I sniffled and wiped the tears from my face. "I'm fine." I laughed falsely. "We should go, it's getting late." I looked once more over Damon and Stefan and walked past them to outside, meeting up with the group.
"Hey! Are you ok?" Tyler ran over to me worriedly. Elena came to my side, rubbing her hand against my back.
"I'm fine." I smiled to both of them.
"Hey Tyler! Are we going or what?" Matt laughed at him.
"In a minute!" Tyler yelled. He looked back at me and looked me over. "You'll be ok?"
"Yes." I nodded and falsely smiled. He pursed his lips together and squinted unsurely at me. "I'm fine! You can go!" I laughed. Damon and Stefan suddenly came out from the building and Tyler straightened out, raising his head proudly.
"Are you sure you can make it home ok?" He was asking me, but he just kept staring at the Salvatores.
"I'll make sure she gets home in one piece." Elena said in a light tone.
"Thanks." Tyler looked down and smiled at her. 'I forgot he still had feelings for her. What was I thinking almost getting involved in a relationship like that again?' I was shaming myself.
We walked over to Bonnie, Caroline and Matt to say our goodbyes.
"Bye ladies." Damon smirked and wiggled his eyebrows to Caroline and Bonnie who just rolled their eyes. I stared horribly at Damon but hugged them all, as did Elena.
"Bye Rach!" Caroline screeched, practically squeezing me to death.
"Bye Car." I laughed.
"Bye Rachel. It was cool singing with you." Matt chuckled, giving me a bear hug. "Jeez! You're so small! I'm afraid I'll crush you!" He said fearfully, but of course in humor.
"Move out of the way dude!" Tyler pushed Matt back from me.
"Jeez man, you could have just asked politely." Matt whined. We all laughed at the two of them and their bromance.
"Anyways, I'll talk to you later Rachel." Tyler smiled and quickly embraced me in a warm hug. I snuggled my face into the crook of his neck as he moved his muscles protectively around me. We slowly parted as I looked up at him starry eyed.
"Bye." I said dreamily.
"Bye." he smirked lazily and started walking backwards, still smiling at me.
"Smooth dude." Matt playfully punched Tyler on the arm. Bonnie and Caroline sat in the back of Tyler's car while Matt sat in the passenger's and Tyler in the driver's. Elena and I waved at them as they drove off, disappearing into the distance.
While laughing, Elena and I turned around to see a relaxed but brooding Stefan, and a crazy eyed Damon who looked furious.
"Come on, it's getting late. We should take you home." Stefan smiled gently. Elena giggled and wrapped her arms around Stefan and they started walking towards her car. Damon and I walking quietly after them. I was so cold, I didn't get why I was getting cold so easily lately...
Anyways, I wrapped my arms around myself and kept my head down, avoiding Damon's glare. I didn't have anything to worry about though, I knew his gaze was on Elena. I silently got into the car as the three of them started up a conversation, and sat in the seat next to Damon.
As Stefan started driving the car, I looked self-consciously down at myself and hated the way I looked compared to beautiful Elena. Her hair radiant in the moonlight, the silver reflection bouncing lightly off her skin, and the way she laughs had all the guys in a trance.
'I look so stupid compared to her. I look like a sad clown. Why do they even like me? I am a horrible person, I'm nothing like Elena.' I bashed myself as I looked out the window at the quarter moon. 'I wish I was in Lima right now...' I stayed soundless for a while and then-
"Rachel? You ok?" I heard Elena's hushed voice ask.
"I'm fine I jus-...I don't think I'm going to be here next week." I blurted out. 'Where did that come from?' I asked myself.
"What? Where are you going?" Elena asked sounding worried.
"Back to Lima. I guess I have been feeling kind of homesick." I sadly chuckled as I looked at my fidgety hands.
"Oh." was all she replied. The guys didn't even flinch when I started talking. It was like I wasn't there anymore. I looked out the window and gazed at the moon the whole way home. I didn't feel like talking, which is very strange for me. I decided to roll down the window to get some fresh air, but all I could smell was a barbeque, smoky kind of smell...
"What is that?" Elena asked confused, pointing at the front window. I looked to where she was pointing, as did Damon, and we saw this flickering light of yellow. 'Ok...' I thought.
"I don't know..." Stefan started. We started to drive closer and saw a fog of smoke come from the flickering light which started to look like a crazy fire. Ashes were falling inside the car from my open window.
"Drive faster!" Damon commanded. We heard sirens coming from behind us and as I looked through the window, my heart suddenly clenched.
I realized the smoke and ashes were coming from the direction of my home. The hot, burning flames were where my new home was. The ambulances that were now passing us, were heading for my home.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god." I kept mumbling over and over. Stefan sped up the car and the tires screeched as he turned to stop.
"Dads!" I yelled as I threw myself out of the car, running towards my home. 'They stayed in tonight! Why didn't I just come home? This never would have happened!' "NO!" I screamed as I felt a pair of arms squeeze my waist and pull me back. "No! NO! LET ME GO!" I screamed, crying with tears streaming down my face. I tried kicking my feet harshly to make them let me go, but did not succeed.
"Stop it. Stop it!" I heard Damon speak in my ear. "There's nothing you can do." He roughly stated.
"Got 'em!" A firefighter shouted as two pulled out two bodies, deformed my burning flames.
"Oh my god." I gasped.
The paramedics looked them over and checked their pulse. They nodded that they were dead. "They're gone."
Fire, fire everywhere, thrashing and consuming my home. My dads...announced dead.
"My dads! They can't be dead! You can still save them!" I struggled to be free of Damon. He roughly took my arms and spun me around to face him.
"They're dead. There's nothing more you can do." He looked at me with those piercing blue eyes of his and flaring nostrils. My eyes filled up with tears as I wailed as he held me ruthlessly, but strangely sympathetically.
"It's going to be ok." He whispered into my ear, running his hand through my hair. "It's going to be ok."...
*beep*
"Hey sweetie it's Dad!"
"And Daddy!"
"We just wanted to say goodnight right now because-"
"You will probably won't get in until later and we will-"
"Probably be asleep already-"
"We just wanted to tell you we love you-"
"We love you."
"We're proud of you."
"We're proud of you."
"And you will always be our little girl."
"And you will always be our little girl."
"Anyways, have a great night!"
"Love ya!"
"Bye!"
*click*
So you probably hate me even more now, but a writer has got to do what a writer has got to do! There is a purpose to the passing of Rachel's dads! Don't worry everyone, we will see her grow and even connect more with different characters because of this! So please, pretty please review and don't stop reading! It is just getting to the good part!
