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Tori's POV...
Thankfully neither adult heard me whisper Logan's name, so I walked over behind a wall and hid, listening to their conversation.
"Why are you here, Logan?" Jenna asks.
"I missed you." Logan said. "I was out of town. I-"
But my fabulous aunt cuts him off. "Yeah, I got that email."
Logan's voice goes confused, and I walked closer, still not being detected. "You got an email?"
This time Jenna's confused. "You didn't send an email?"
"I can explain. Just invite me in and I'll tell you everything." He said simply.
"I'm not gonna invite you in. Forget it." She said fiercely.
"Come on, Jenna. It's me." Logan teased.
Jenna stood her ground. "The answer's no."
"I know you. You're always one step from a 'maybe', a tiny nudge to 'yes'."
That snaps me into action. I walk right up to Jenna, and sling my arm around her shoulders. "You have no idea how much she's grown in the years, Fell. And that includes being strong enough to avoid Scum like you." I say, and Jenna looks at me, impressed. "Now, the lady asked you to leave."
Logan just turns to Jenna. "Come on, Jenna."
She shakes her head, pointing to me. "What she said."
I smile happily and slam the door right in his face. That was probably a really stupid move, but I had to protect my family. No way was Logan Fell ever getting invited in as long as I'm here.
-0-
The next morning, Elena came downstairs excitedly. "Jeremy's got his sketch pad out."
My mouth drops open. "You're kidding?"
Elena happily shakes her head. "Nope. But don't say a word. The minute we encourage him, he'll put it away."
"Psychology major. Check that!" Jenna grinned.
I smile, and quickly check my phone to see if I had gotten a text from Stefan. Still nothing, as it has been all night.
Jenna notices me checking my phone. "How are you and Stefan doing?" She asks me.
"He's leaving, moving away." I say, trying not to let my tears fall.
"Aww, Tori," Elena said, wrapping an arm around me in comfort.
"Where is he going?" Jenna asks.
I shrug sadly. "I don't know, Aunt Jenna. He wouldn't tell me."
We walk out of the house when Jenna starts talking. "Yours leaves, mine returns."
"Logan?" Elena asks.
"He's back." Jenna said, and Elena groans. "I didn't let him pass the front door."
"I hope you slammed it in his face." Elena said.
"Actually, it was Tori that did it," Jenna said, turning proudly to me.
"That's my twin," Elena said, and we do our handshake. She puts her hand face up, I slap it, I do the same thing with my hand, she slaps it, then we fist bump, and take away our hands as we wiggle our fingers. Jenna laughs at us and Elena says, "Three strike rule, Jenna. You're not even allowed to watch the news."
"Exactly. No more Logan 'Scum' Fell." Jenna said, and we all laughed.
Sidney's POV...
Tori, Elena, Bonnie and I were walking down the hall in school when we catch sight of Matt and Caroline together.
"Did we miss something?" Elena asks, watching them.
I shrug a little. "They've been hanging out. I'm all for it, Matt deserves to be happy. I just don't know why with Caroline. It gets annoying listening to them laugh in the room by yours." I say with an eye roll, and it was true.
Bonnie laughs at me. "What are you talking about? You've been spending practically every night at my house!"
"And that's why!" I say, pointing to them as they walked into a classroom.
"Kind of weird, don't you think?" Elena asks.
"She needs someone nice like him, as opposed to a homicidal vampire like Damon." Bonnie answers.
"Yeah, how are you doing with all that?" Tori asks with a wince.
"I freaked out. Damon attacked me. I could be dead right now. But I'm also grateful." Bonnie said.
"What?" Tori asked.
"To Stefan. He saved my life." Bonnie explained.
"Well, join the 'Damon Almost Killed Me But Stefan Saved Me club." I say.
"Have you talked to him?" Bonnie asked Tori.
We walk over to Tori's locker so she could get her stuff. "Not since he told me he was leaving. For all I know, he could already be gone." Tori admitted.
"He wouldn't leave without saying goodbye." Elena defends.
"Yes, he would. He thinks he's protecting me. Clean break and all that. I am starting to feel like Bella Swan while he's Edward Cullen." Tori says glumly.
"So, what are you gonna do?" Bonnie asks.
"I don't know," She confesses. "I mean, I've already begged him and begged him not to go. He doesn't listen."
We all start walking to the classroom. "Maybe it's for the best." Bonnie says.
Tori suddenly stops and looks at Bonnie. "What?" She says.
I wince. I feel like something is going to happen, so I grab Elena's arm. "Hey, Lena, I forgot something in my locker, wanna come with me to get it?"
She quickly nods, obviously wanting to be out of the awkward atmosphere too. "Sure, Sid! See you guys later!" Elena said, and the two of us scurried off.
Tori's POV...
"Why? Why is it for the better?" I ask Bonnie after Elena and Sidney left.
"I mean, what kind of future could you have had with him, even if he stayed?" Bonnie questioned.
I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Suddenly, the banner to endorse the career fair thing fell in front of us. It read, "The Promise of your Future."
I point to the banner. "Did you just…?"
"No, I swear," Bonnie said quickly.
I groan, then kick the banner out of my way as I walked to class.
-0-
I was walking with Sidney when she said she was going to go do some work for study hall.
"'Kay." I says. "See you later."
She nods. "Okay, see ya."
I looked up, and froze at the sight of Stefan right in front of me on a table.
"Hi." Stefan said, standing up. "We need to talk." I nod, and sit down with him at a table. Stefan explained to me about the new vampire in town, though I know it's Logan.
"So, you have no idea who it could be?" I ask, pretending to have no clue.
He shakes his head. "None. But it must be somebody new because leaving a body like that, they're either sloppy or they're trying to send a message."
"And you're positive it's not Damon?" I ask.
"Well, I'm never sure about Damon, but he's been trying to keep a low profile lately, so it's just doesn't make any sense to me." Stefan explained.
"So what are you gonna do?" I question.
"Damon is tracking them right now." He answers, standing up. "Look, I promised you the truth so I wanted to tell you. I want you to be careful."
I nod and stand up too, grabbing my bag. "When I saw you, I - thought you were coming to say goodbye." I confess.
Stefan shakes his head. "Not yet."
"But you will." I state. "No matter what I say."
Stefan sighs. "I'm not good for you, Tori. I need you to grasp that."
"I'll never stop caring about you, Stefan. I need you to grasp that." I say.
Sidney's POV...
Excited to eat my lunch, I pretty much skipped over to the tables when I felt a strong grip on my arm, causing me to drop the tray in my hands in surprise. I look to see who it was, and groaned when I saw Damon. "Come on, dude!" I say, gesturing to my food that is now all over the floor. "You are now buying me lunch." I say, and rip my arm from his grip.
"I need your help." Damon said.
I couldn't help it. I laughed. "Me help you? And people say that you aren't funny, Damon." I say, and move to leave. I'm surprised at first that he lets me, but then I feel his arm on mine again, and as I struggle to break free, Damon uses his vampire speed to run me away from the school and into some forest.
As soon as he let me go, I almost fall to the ground due to dizziness from the speed. Damon grabs me by the waist before I could, and he leans me against the tree.
"Dude, even though I have nothing in my stomach, thanks to someone," I say pointedly, my face going green. "I am seriously about to throw up. Warn a person next time, would you?"
"But if I had warned you, you probably would have screamed." Damon pointed out.
"True," I say, and straighten up, composing myself. "Now what's all this about Damon Salvatore needing help?" I ask.
"There's a vampire on the loose," Damon explained, reaching into his pocket, and pulling out what appeared to be that pocket watch that Tori had when we went to the Founder's Ball. "And I need you to help me find him."
"And you can't do this yourself because...?" I trail off, waiting for him to finish."
"Because I interfere with the signal." Damon answers.
"Remind me again why I should help you?" I ask.
"Because if this vampire stays loose, then there's no telling what he could do. He could go after Tori, or after Caroline," Damon said.
Shoot, he got me there. Stupid him knowing who's important to me! I roll my eyes and say, "Fine! I'll help you."
He smirks and tosses me the watch. "Very good, Little Cat."
"What did we say about the nicknames?" I growl.
"I don't know what you're talking about. You love my nicknames," Damon said.
I just roll my eyes and look down at the watch in my hands. "How am I supposed to find a vampire with a pocket watch?" I ask.
"It's not a pocket watch, at least, not now," Damon explained. "It was used by Tori's ancestors to track vampires. The clock part of the watch can be switched with the compass part."
I snap the watch open, and, just like Damon said, it revealed a compass that was pointing steadily at Damon. No matter which way I turned, it always stayed pointing to Damon.
"Now I want you to call me when you find it," He said.
"How am I supposed to call you?" I question. "I don't have your number and you don't have mine."
Damon reaches into his pocket, and pulls something out. A closer look identifies it as my phone.
"Wha-?" I say, patting my pockets for my phone. I always kept my phone in my pants pockets, but it wasn't there. Then I tried my sweater pockets, and it wasn't there again. All the while I did this, Damon had programmed his cell phone number into my phone.
"Here," He said, tossing it to me.
I groan. "When did I end up doing the vampire's dirty work?" I ask.
Damon just smirked again, did that weird eye thing of his, and when I blinked, he was gone. Stupid vampire speed!
I just sigh, and start using the pocket watch/compass to find this vampire. Wait, Damon left me to defend it on my own! Oh, that is so like him!
-0-
It took a while, but finally the compass led me to this abandoned warehouse. The needle was steadily pointing at the place, so I knew that this must be where the vampire was. I took out my phone and called up Damon (someone remind me to delete him as a contact afterwords).
"World's sexiest man, how may I help you?" His voice said.
I roll my eyes. "First off, can you not be an arrogant jerk for at least two minutes?"
"Nope." Damon said, popping the "P".
Of course not, I thought to myself. "I found the place. Get over here." I heard something behind me, and whirled around to find Damon. Surprisingly, I didn't jump at the sight of him doing his vampire speed.
He snatched the watch out of my hands. "Pleasure doing business with you, Pretty Kitty." He said with a smirk.
"Can't say the same, Crow Boy." I tell him. Tori had told me early on that Damon's thing was a crow, so if he could have a nickname for me, then I could have one for him.
"Alright, get on out of here," Damon said, turning to the warehouse.
I really didn't want to go back. When I did, I'd have to go to that career fair thing going on at school, and that stuff bores me to tears. Vampire hunting with Damon seemed like a considerable option, for God's sake!
"Can I come with you?" I blurt. He turns around, a bewildered look on his face.
"What?" he asks.
"Well, I have to go to this job thing at school, and I really don't want to go. I need an excuse not to go. Can I go with you?" I ask.
He still looks bewildered, but his face turns into one like, 'Why not?'. "Come on, then, Pretty Kitty."
I quickly jog to catch up to him. We walk side by side, but Damon was a little more in front. "Look, any sign of danger, you leave." Damon said as we walked up to the warehouse.
"What?" I ask. Is he being concerned? This has something to do with him caring about himself, it has to.
"I don't want Stefan on my ass about you getting hurt. I have one reason why I'm back in this town. I want to deal with it and leave," He said.
There it was.
"How bad could the big bad vampire be?" I ask. "I mean, I've been nearly sucked dry by you." I point out.
"Good point," Damon said as we walked in. We walked around for a bit before I hear multiple gunshots, and Damon was suddenly on the floor, groaning in pain.
"Oh my God!" I said, crashing down next to him. He's bleeding, but I don't know why it's affecting him so much. It's only a few bullet wounds. It's not like it's wo...
"I have tons of these wood bullets, so nothing funky." A voice says, and I turn to face it. My jaw drops open at the sight of Logan Fell, the news guy and who Tori tells me was Jenna's ex-boyfriend.
Damon looks over to me. "Sid, get out of here!" He groans.
I wasn't ready to just leave Damon with Logan, but the fierce look from Damon is what I need to get me on my feet. I stand up, and move to run, when Logan is suddenly in front of me.
"I wouldn't try anything, if I were you, Blondie." Logan taunted, and I looked from Logan, to the gun, and then back to Logan. I wasn't about to risk my life, so I slowly crouched down next to Damon.
Logan circles around us, holding out the gun.
"You don't wanna do this, trust me," Damon says to Logan, who only responds by shooting Damon in the shoulder. He screams in pain, and I can't help but scream.
"That's what you get." Logan said.
"For what?" Damon asks, groaning.
Logan crouchs in front of us, and, using some of the strength that he has left, Damon pushes me farther behind him. I don't know what he hopes to accomplish with that. Damon can barely stand. "You made me like this." Logan said.
"I killed you. I didn't turn you." Damon clarified, pulling a bullet out of his chest. Logan holds up one of the wooden bullets and examines it.
"See, I know what you and your brother are. I've been watching the two of you. I knew you'd show up here and I'm glad you did, because I have some questions." Logan taunted.
Damon pries another bullet out as he says, "Me first. Who turned you?"
Logan crouches lower, and gets all in Damon's face. I fought the urge to push Logan's stupid face out of Damon's. "How should I know? Last thing I remember is, I'm about to stake your brother and then you grabbed me. That's it! Until I wake up in the ground behind a used car dealership on highway 4. Somebody buried me."
"It happens." Damon said, prying a bullet out of his leg. "Oww," He winced.
"You bit me," Logan said.
Damon's not paying attention, though. For some weird reason, he was examining the wooden bullet he just taken out of his leg. "Damn it," He muttered.
"It had to be you." Logan insisted.
"God, how ignorant about yourself can you be, Logan?" I ask him. "You're walking around, acting like you know so much about vampires, but when you're changed into one, you have no idea how you ended up like this! You have to have had vampire blood in your system when you died."
Damon looks over to me. "Damn, Little Cat." He said, an impressed look on his face. I roll my eyes at his flirting and he turned back to Logan. "I didn't do that. Some other vampire found you, gave you their blood." Damon tries to stand, but it doesn't work, and just as he's about to go crashing to the ground, I grab him from his back and gently eased him down.
"Who?" Logan asked.
"That's what I wanna know." Damon said to him.
"Dude, it's not like the welcome wagon was waiting with a bundt cake and a handbook!" Logan exclaimed. "It's been a learn-as-you-go process. You know, one minute, I'm a small town on the rise news guy and next thing I know, I can't get into my house, because my foot won't go through the door."
Damon regains some energy, and is sitting up as he pulls out the next bullet. "You have to be invited in."
"I know. I live alone." Logan said.
"Ah," Damon said as he chuckled softly. "That sucks."
"It really does," I can't help but add.
"So now, I am at the Ramada, watching pay per view all day, eating everything in sight, including housekeeping." Logan said.
"It could be worse." Damon points out.
"All I can think about is blood and killing people. I can't stop killing people. I keep killing," Logan stops, his maniacal laugh interrupting what he was saying. "And I like it. I'm conflicted."
"Welcome to the club." Damon said, and I couldn't help but hit him over the head.
"Oww! What? What was that for?" Damon asked, rubbing the back of his head.
"For being a wise guy," I say, crossing my arms.
Logan stands up as something dawns on me. "Hang on," I say, lightly tapping Damon's arm. "The news said that the cops only found one body." I say, putting up one finger.
Logan just shrugs. "I left one. I was tired. But I've been hiding the rest of bodies. They're right back there."
Logan points to the bodies with his gun. Damon and I look over, and I nearly vomit at the sight of it.
"You're kidding." Damon said in disbelief.
"They're just piling up!" Logan said. Then, dear God, he started talking about his feelings.
"Why am I so overly emotional? All I can think about is my ex-girlfriend. I wanna be with her and bite her and stuff." Logan said.
"Well, you probably love her. Anything you felt before will be magnified now." Damon said. I felt kinda warm inside. I think it's just because someone loves Jenna. "You're gonna have to learn how to control that."
"What about walking in the sun? I'm a morning person." Logan said.
"Become a night owl." I say with a shrug.
"You can walk in the sun which, by the way, is pretty cool." Logan said, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw Damon ever so slightly flex his hand with the daylight ring on it. Slowly, I cover Damon's hand with mine, and slightly grip it, making it look like I was scared and I needed comfort to Logan. Damon gives me a confused look, but it eventually grows into one of understanding as I slowly inch off his Daylight ring. "The council will never suspect you. That's not in the journals."
"The journals?" Damon asks, confused.
"Yeah, the founding fathers, they passed down journals to their kids." Logan quickly dismisses. "Come on man, you gotta tell me. How can you walk around in the sun?" he pressed.
"Who turned you?" Damon insisted.
"How do you walk in the sun?" Logan asked.
"Who turned you?" Damon repeated.
"You know, I've been really nice so far but I will kill you." Logan said, standing up and pointing his gun at Damon.
"Then you'll never know." Damon said, standing up. I quickly followed suit, and stuffed the ring into my pocket. "You're not answering my question."
"You first!" Logan yelled.
"It seems we're at a bit of an impasse then, doesn't it?" Damon said.
"I have things to do, people to kill." Logan 'explained'. He shrugs, "Guess I'll be needing a little head start."
Logan shoots Damon maybe five times, all over his body. Damon groans and falls to the floor. I'm about to go down next to him to help him, but Logan grabbed me by the arm using his vampire strength and wretching me to his side. He poked the gun into my neck with one hand, while the other proceeded to hold an iron grip on me. Damon looked ready to jump Logan, but he was in too much pain to stand up."Are you gonna tell me now?" Logan asked, jutting the barrel harder on my neck, causing me to wince. "See, your pretty little girlfriend isn't like you, Damon. She's human."
"Excuse me, but I am NOT his girlfriend," I screamed. That's just insane!
Logan glared at me. "Anyways, as I was saying, while you'll heal if you're shot," Logan's finger hovers over the trigger. "She won't survive."
"Don't tell him, Damon," I insisted, although Damon looks really conflicted.
"Well, Damon? What'll it be?" Logan asked. "How do you walk in the sun?"
Come on, Sid! Think of something! Well, from the position that Logan was holding me, I couldn't do anything offensive. It'll be useless, and could result in my death. I can't trick Logan, either. As much as I hate to say it, he's too smart for that. The only thing on my side is to surprise Logan so bad that I catch him off guard long enough to break free. It hits me what I have to do, and I groan.
Oh man, I'm gonna need some serious therapy after this..."Logan?" I say, and Logan turns his head to me. Closing my eyes and begging that I don't vomit, I plant my lips firmly on Logan's.
It did the trick. Logan was definitely surprised. He loosened his grip on me, and on the gun. It was a long enough window for me to kick Logan in the groin. When he bends over, I elbow him in the face, and grab the gun from his hands. I turn around, and kick him to the ground. Since I've used guns before (I used to go hunting with my Dad all the time), I know how most work, and I load a few of the bullets.
I wipe my mouth, even my tongue for good measure to get the Logan germs off of me. I cannot believe that I just kissed Logan Fell! I nearly vomit, but keep it in. I keep the gun trained on Logan, who was starting to look up.
"Are you ready to answer his question now, Logan?" I ask. "Who turned you?" I ask again.
"How does he walk around in the day?" Is all that Logan says.
I make a buzzer noise. "Wrong answer," I say, and shoot him in the shoulder. He groans in pain, and falls down to the ground.
"You are messing with things that should not be meddled in, Fell," I say. "Who turned you?" I ask again.
I hear Damon groan in pain, and turn around for two seconds to see if he was okay. When I turned back around to face Logan, he was gone, the warehouse door wide open.
I groan. I can't believe I let him get away!
I go over to Damon, and fall to the ground next to him. "Damon, I'm sorry, he got away." I tell him.
He's just looking at me in amazement. "Where'd you learn to do that?" He asks.
Well, the truth was, I would always go hunting with my Dad and his friends and their sons. That's where I grew up to be comfortable around guys. But I couldn't let Damon know that. My Dad here is different from the one back home. "Heat of the moment, I guess," I quickly lie.
"That was the most bad ass thing I've ever seen," He said, his eyes still wide in amazement. "I think I may be in love with you."
I roll my eyes at him. "Keep your romance for Isabella. Do you need help?" I ask him.
He's already pulled out most of the bullets, but he asks me to help him pull out the rest. I nearly threw up again, but I managed to help him get them all out. Afterwards, I hand him back his Daylight ring, which he slips right on.
"Alright, Pretty Kitty. Let's deal with this bitch," Damon said, grabbing my hand to lead me out of the warehouse.
Tori's POV...
"I'm guessing you're not here to plan the path for your future." I say to Stefan as we lean against the wall. We're at the career fair thing. Sidney must be seething, she hates stuff like this. That reminds me, I should probably go look for her after. I haven't seen her in a while...Stefan glances away from me, then looks back. Realization dawns on me. "You're looking out for me."
He nods. "Hope that's okay." He said softly.
I don't respond, just wandering walks over to the tables, looking at the career pamphlets that had been set up. Stefan walks over to where I am.
"You know, I wanted to be a doctor before everything happened, but, uh, then I couldn't, cause..." Stefan said, trailing off.
"The blood." I concluded. I could totally see Stefan as a doctor, though.
Stefan nods. "Yeah. I've dabbled in a bunch of different things, though."
"You probably didn't love anything enough to stick to it," I said as I walked over to another table.
"No, I-I loved it all. I just - I had to move on before anybody could notice that I wasn't getting any older." Stefan explained.
"And how long would it be before that happened?"
He shrugs. "Few years, usually. Sometimes shorter."
"And you always left?"
"I didn't have a choice," He said sadly.
Stefan actually cracks a smile, something that he hasn't done all night. "So, what about - what about you? What are your, uh, plans for the future?"
I put my hand up, as if I didn't want to hear it. "I don't wanna talk about my future, Stefan. Before you ask, you are making it pretty clear that you're not planning on being in it."
"It's not that I don't wanna be in it, Tori." Stefan said pleadingly.
"You can't, I get it. I heard you the first time and the second time, and all the times after that," I said, a bit annoyed. "I appreciate that you're looking out for me but, I can't deal with having my heart broken over and over again. So if you're gonna leave, then please just go." I say.
Jenna suddenly walks into the room, Elena on her heels, not allowing Stefan to reply to what I said. "Hide me." She begged.
"What's going on?" I ask.
"The scum Fell has landed." Jenna answered.
"Great, Logan's here." I say.
"Wait, Logan Fell?" Stefan asks, a deadly serious look on his face.
Jenna and Elena nod. Stefan goes out into the hall, and is probably looking for Logan. I follow him out to the hallway. "Stefan, what's going on?" I ask.
Logan approaches us. Jenna and Elena come out of the classroom after me.
"Jenna, are you dodging me?" Logan asked charmingly.
She narrowed her eyes at him. "It's a form of self-preservation."
"Um, Tori, Elena, why don't you guys go somewhere else with Jenna?" Stefan suggests.
I don't even argue. "Let's go." I say, grabbing Jenna's and Elena's wrists.
Once we're somewhere safe and crowded, Jenna quickly fills Elena in on what went down with Logan.
Once she was done, I grab her by the shoulders and look directly into her eyes, "Listen to me very carefully. Do not, under any circumstances, talk to him again. I'm being deda serious, Jenna. Never!"
Jenna was going to say something, but someone walked in. I turned around to see Alaric.
"Hey Tori, Elena." Ric said, looking from me to Elena. Then he looks over to my aunt. "Jenna," He said plainly.
Jenna smiled flirtatiously at Alaric as Elena and I said hi back.
"I was hoping to see you tonight," Alaric said to Jenna, a huge smile on his face.
Jenna's face turns red. "Career night is the new bowling." She jokes, and that causes the smile on Ric's face to grow bigger.
I grab Elena's wrist. "We have career stuff to look at, so..." I say, and nod to Alaric and Jenna in goodbye. Then I dragged Elena out of there with me.
Sidney's POV...
No matter how much it repulsed me, I cannot tell a lie.
Damon Salvatore has a hot body.
After we had gotten out of the warehouse, Damon wanted to change into a clean shirt. So we went back to the boarding house, and he walked up to his room. I followed, mainly because I needed to use the bathroom. Damon let me use the one in his room, so after I quickly did, I walked out, and Damon was on the phone, not wearing a shirt.
I quickly pushed the thought away, and went over, and sat on the bed while Damon talked.
"I was ambushed. I was shot. Now, I'm vengeful." Damon said angrily. "Just got to find him."
Damon listens on the other end. "You're kidding me. Why the hell is he there?"
I instantly perk up. Logan was at the school? I gotta hear more.
I went over to where Damon was, and pressed my ear to the other side of the phone, trying to hear whoever he was talking to.
"He's working the crowd." Stefan's voice says.
"Well, we'll be right there." Damon said.
"Wait, 'we'? Damon, who are you with?" Stefan asked.
"I'm with a Little Cat," Damon said with a smrik.
I roll my eyes at him. "It's me, Stefan." I say.
"Why are you with him?" He asked me.
"No time to talk, got some revenge to carry out," Damon said, hanging up the phone.
He starts putting on a clean shirt, and my stupid hormones decided to control my eyes, and I couldn't help but let them wander over to Damon.
He looks over to me, and I know I'm caught. He smirks at me, "Like what you see, Pretty Kitty?"
I roll my eyes, but I'm blushing. "Not even in your dreams, Salvatore." I say.
"Oh, Sidney! Don't act like you don't care. I saw how concerned you were when Logan shot me today." Damon said.
"That was nothing," I say. "I was only concerned because it was human nature. Which you lack."
"Ouch!" Damon said, fake wincing. "I'm hurt, Sid!"
I roll my eyes, and just leave the room to go downstairs to wait for Damon to be done getting ready.
Tori's POV...
I go looking for Stefan. When I find him, he quickly explains the situation, and we go looking for Logan.
I run into Matt on the way."Hey, have you seen Logan Fell, the news guy?" I ask him.
"Yeah. He just gave Caroline a ride home." He answered, and then walked away.
Stefan and I exchanged looks of worry. "Stay here." He instructs, and I just stand by, my stomach clenching at the thought that he might get hurt.
I eventually find Sidney, and wrap my arms around her when I see her. "Oh my God! Where were you? You've been gone since lunch!"
She winces. "Yeah, I was with Damon."
I did a double take. "Damon? You were with Damon?" Is she being serious? "What were you doing?"
"Well, I used this compass thing that Damon said belonged to your ancestors to find the vampire that was on the loose," She starts.
I nod my head in understanding. "The Gilbert watch."
She nods. "Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Because Caroline used that watch to find Logan in this episode," I explained.
She groans. "What the hell! Why was I in Blondie's place again?"
I shake my head. "It doesn't matter! I don't think it took you that long, where were you after that?"
"I stayed with Damon. You know these things aren't my scene," She said.
"You mean you were in the warehouse with Damon and Logan?!" I nearly shout. She motions me to lower my voice, and I do. "Are you okay? You're not hurt, are you?"
Sidney shakes her head. "No, I'm not. But I hurt Logan Fell."
I widen my eyes. "You hurt Logan Fell? How?" I ask in disbelief.
"I just got the better of him. And shot him with his own gun." She said.
"How'd you get the better of him?" I asked. I had to hear this story.
Her face suddenly turned into one as if she's gonna gag. "I...I..." She started.
"You what?" I urged her.
"I...kissed...Logan." She finished.
I'm silent for a moment. Then I grab her by the shoulders, and started to say, "YOU KISSED LO-"
Sidney covers my mouth before I could finish my sentence. "I'm going to kill you if you finish that sentence. It was a horrible memory."
"But what would cause you to-" I stop mid sentence when I see Stefan. I run right for him. "Caroline?" I ask him.
"She's okay. I took her home. She was shaken up, but all she knows is Logan attacked her. Nothing else." He reassured me.
"And Logan?" I ask, although I can't help but shudder at the mention of his name now.
"Damon's dealing with him." Stefan said plainly.
"Deal with him, as in..." I say, not bothering to finish when Stefan nods his head.
"You saw what happened tonight, right?" Stefan asks me. "I mean, you understand why we can't be together? You see it?"
I nod in understanding. I mean, I understand, but no way am I letting Stefan go that easily. "Yeah, I'm starting to see a lot of things, Stefan." I look over to where Sidney was, but she was gone. I look back to Stefan. "I'll give you a ride home." I offer.
"Uh, I can get home." Stefan said.
I smile as I say, "I know."
"That would be nice." Stefan said, and we walked over to my car.
The ride was a little tense. We both wouldn't speak. It was really awkward. I pull into the driveway, and turn the engine off. But the two of us stay in the car. Then I speak up, "What I said about you leaving. It was really bad."
"No, no. You had every right." Stefan insisted.
"You asked me what I wanted my future to be, and I wanted to be a writer." I say, and it was true. Ever since I was young, I had been dreaming of becoming a best selling author. "Ever since I could read, I've been soaking it up. Then I learned how to write, and I've been doing it ever since. But since you came into my life, all I've been dreaming about is being with you."
Stefan winces. "I know that it's - that's it's hard to understand, but I'm doing this for you." He said, and he gets out of the car. I get out of the car as soon as he does. "No!" I protest, and Stefan stops in his tracks, his back still turned to me.
"You can push me away as hard as you can, Stefan. You just need to know that I will never ever give up on you. And you wanna know why?" I ask. My next words flow so easily out of my chest, "Because I love you, Stefan." As soon as I said it, I knew how sure I was. "All this time...I've loved you. I've just been too blinded to notice. I want you, Stefan. And you don't get to decide what's right or wrong for me because only I get to decide that." I say, pointing to myself. "And I've decided that you're completely right for me. I love you, Stefan. With all my heart." I say, the tears finally flowing out.
Stefan still has his back towards me, not moving. Oh no, what if he doesn't come back? What if he does end up leaving?
All those worries dissolve into thin air when Stefan finally turns around, tears in his eyes. He quickly walks over to me, grabs my face in his hands and kisses me passionately. I eagerly return his kiss, wanting to soak him up as much as I could. Oh, how I've missed this.
We continue to kiss as we make our way into the front room of his house. I remove the scarf that I was wearing and toss it to the floor, not caring about it at all. I run my hands through his beautiful, soft hair as we continue to kiss. Suddenly, Stefan stops kissing me, and he puts his head on my shoulder. I'm breathing heavily when he breaks away. Stefan, is too, when finally pulls away from my shoulder and turns around so I can't see his vampire face. I grab his shoulder, urging for him to look at me.
"Please, don't hide from me." I beg, out of breath.
"Tori, I can't..." Stefan said.
I shake my head, "Yes, you can." I touch his face, and he's still not looking at me. "If I'm going to love you, then I'm going to love every single part of you."
That gives Stefan the courage to turn his face towards me, my hand still on his face. Stefan's eyes are red and the veins still crawl towards his eyes. To someone else, they would have been terrified. But to me, he couldn't have looked more beautiful.
I ever so gently touch the veins around his eyes. Then I kiss him again. I could feel his veins against my face, and when I pull away, Stefan's face is normal again. I smile, and take Stefan's hand. I look back at him as I lead him up to his bedroom. We stop on the landing, and I start kissing him again. Finally, we make it to Stefan's bedroom, where, well, the rest will be mine and Stefan's little secret.
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Afterwords, I lay in Stefan's arms in his bed as he strokes my hair. I'm wearing Stefan's shirt, and I start looking around his room at all the interesting things.
"You know, I've never been in your room before." I comment.
Stefan shrugs. "Hm, well, it hasn't changed much over the years."
"You've said that you come and go. Do you keep everything here when you do?" I ask him, my goofy smile not leaving my face.
"It's the only place that…that has remained constant. This room holds every memory that I've ever thought was important enough to hold on to." Stefan explained.
I smile, and snuggle further (if that's even possible) into Stefan's chest as he kisses me on the forehead. "Must be a hell of a lot of memories."
Stefan nods. "Yep." He says, before we share another kiss. "Are you thirsty or anything?"
I shrug. "A little. You?"
He shakes his head. "I'm fine. Let me get you something to drink, okay?"
I nod. "Okay." I say. Stefan leans over and gives me a kiss, which I can't help but make longer. I feel him smile against my lips, and finally pull away.
He gets up, and leaves the room. I snuggle against his pillow, smiling like an idiot. Stefan was my first time. But he was a great first time. That'll be an interesting story to share to my friends if I get back home. I decide that I can't possibly lay in bed anymore, and get up, exploring Stefan's room, looking at all the little knick knacks and pictures that he's collected over the years. I finally got over to a table when I come across a picture. My jaw drops open at the sight of it.
Isabella and Katherine Pierce, 1864
Oh my God...Isabella was my doppelganger. I mean, I've always suspected it, but to actually look at it...It completely sent my brain into hyperdrive. I drop the picture back onto the table, pulled my clothes on, and ran down the stairs of the Salvatore house.
I get into my car, and start driving away. I still don't know why. Maybe Stefan and I can actually talk about this. I'm about to turn around when I see someone in the middle of the road. I scream, quickly slamming the brakes, but the person still hits the windshield. The car flips over and over, completely destroying it. The car lands with the top on the ground, me upside down. I coughed out the glass that had fallen down my throat. I look around, trying to find a way to get out the car when I see the man who that I hit get back up and start to walk over to me...
TBC...
Woo, this was a LONG one! I ADORED writing the Damon/Sidney scene in this episode!
We get Damon/Tori bonding in the next one! So super pumped for that!
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