1864

Damon was lying in the middle of the road as a carriage pulled up. Veronica was huddled over him. She ran up to it.

"My husband is injured. He needs help." She said frantically. The men got out of the carriage.

"What are you doing out here in the middle of night? It's not safe." One of them declared.

"You're right." Veronica remarked before she bore her fangs and drank from the man. She then moved onto the other. She then looked to Damon. "Now that is the proper way to feed from a person. I hope you were paying attention."

"I thought you said that you don't like killing." Damon replied as he got up.

"Yeah, I don't, but sometimes I get very hungry and it's something that you cannot satisfy." She remarked before he went to clean her face. "Don't. I want you to taste it."

She then kissed him. Damon didn't really like the taste, but he knew he would soon enough.

Taylor's POV

It was morning. Stefan and I were both naked in his bed.

"Good morning." I told him as he cuddled me a little.

"I could use to waking up like this." He remarked.

"Rise and shine you two." Damon interrupted. Yeah, I had forgotten that he would interrupt our morning of intimacy.

"Damon!" I replied as I covered up. I did not want him to see me like this.

"Stop being smutty." He responded.

"Seriously, get out." Stefan ordered as he tried to cover me.

"If I see something that I haven't seen before, I'll throw a dollar at it." Damon stated. I blushed. If my body looked just like Veronica's, then he probably had seen it before. That still didn't make me comfortable. "Now I have some very important business to discuss here."

"And it must be while we are completely naked?" I quipped.

"We have lots to do, now that we're all friends and working towards a common goal." Damon continued. "So order to open the tomb, we need the journal which will lead to the grimoire. Since you are Taylor Gilbert, you're on journal duty."

"I never agreed to help." I pointed out, still clutching the covers tightly.

"Well Stefan is helping and you've taken residency in his bed, so ergo…." Damon explained.

"You don't have to do anything you don't want to." Stefan told me. Yes I did.

"I'll look for as long as you leave." I said to Damon.

"Can we even trust the idiot that we killed last night?" Stefan asked as I laid down.

"It's all we have." Damon declared.

"Well what about the mystery vampire?" Stefan questioned. "Knucklehead wasn't working alone and whoever he was working for knows who we are."

"And I don't like it, so we need to get on that ASAP." Damon remarked. "You know I really like whole ménage a trois we have."

Stefan was about to get up.

"Let's not do that yet." I told him. "I think there's something I want before breakfast."

I then went under his side of the sheets.

1864

Damon and Veronica were in bed. She got on top of him because she loved being on top. There was a knock on the door.

"Yes?" She asked as Emily entered the room.

"Excuse me, Miss Veronica. Miss Pearl is here to see you." The witch declared.

"I'll be right there." The vampire promised. "Thank you, Emily."

Ashley's POV

I had just gotten out of the shower. I was wrapped in my black towel as I entered my room. I began to look through my closet before laying an outfit on my bed.

"Black again?" Caroline asked as she stood in my doorway. "Do you ever plan on dressing like a normal person?"

"Depends on what you consider normal." I replied. "Will you leave now?"

"I want to make a bet with you." Caroline replied. "I bet you can't go the whole day wearing clothes only from my closet."

"What happens if I lose?" I asked.

"You have to wear my clothes for a whole week." She proposed. That sounded horrible. "I'll let you make your terms on what happens if you manage to win."

"You can either pay me one hundred bucks or wear something of mine tomorrow." I suggested.

"Okay, but I'm gonna do that, then you have to wear a normal amount of makeup." She stated. I could do this. I shook her hand before she went and got me a blue green top and shorts, it was usually warm for November, and a pink bra and panties. I hadn't agreed to the latter, but I guess I could not have sex with Jeremy today. I wasn't really planning on it.

Taylor's POV

Later, I was at home dressed in a white dress with black belt. I was looking through some boxes. I remembered Jeremy had had the journal, but I don't remember what he did with it. Stefan was with me.

"Do you think Damon believes us?" I asked him.

"Damon doesn't know what to believe." Stefan stated. "Trust isn't first nature to him."

"I think Damon loves Veronica and he believes he's doing what he does to get her back." I opined. Actually, I did know it was a fact. "It's kind of sad."

"You don't have to do what he did to get what you want." Stefan told me. "Damon has no regard for human life."

I think he at least had some.

"What will happen if the tomb gets opened?" I asked. I remember the chaos. I actually don't think there was much death."

"I think a lot of people are gonna die, and we can't let that happen." Stefan answered.

Jeremy then walked into the kitchen.

"What are you guys doing?" He asked.

"Just looking through some old stuff." I answered as I put some of it away. "We were looking for this old journal."

"Jonathan Gilbert's?" Jeremy questioned.

"Yeah." I responded. "How did you know about it?"

"I just did a history report on it." Jeremy said as he sat on the counter. I know Mom didn't like that.

"Where is it now?" I asked.

"I gave it Mr. Saltzman." He answered. Yes, Alaric had it.

Stefan left to retrieve it. I had a bad feeling about him going alone.

I then heard my phone ring. It was Ashley.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hey, what are you doing?" She asked.

"Nothing." I responded. I couldn't do anything until Stefan got the journal. "You wanna do something?"

"Yeah, I was thinking we should hang out today. I can see Jeremy later." Ashley replied. "It's been a while since we've done anything together."

"Okay, we can meet at the Grill." I remarked before I hung up.

I drove to the Grill and noticed what she was wearing. I couldn't help but giggle.

"Shut up." She remarked.

"Did you lose a bet?" I asked, still stifling laughter.

"I made a bet, actually." She explained. "Caroline bet me that I couldn't go a day in her clothes, but enough about my outfit, let's talk about you and Stefan."

"What do you want to know about me and Stefan?" I asked with a blush.

"Have you two had sex yet?" She asked.

"Yes." I answered. I had nothing to be ashamed of. "In fact we did it just this morning."

"You slut." She joked. "Was it better than sex with Josh?"

I didn't remember what sex with Josh was like, but I imagine Stefan was better.

"Yes." I answered. "Should we be talking about this in public?"

"It shouldn't be taboo for us to talk about sex." Ashley opined.

"As long as we're not talking about sex with my brother." I told her. I did not need those images in my mind.

"So do you have any juicy secrets about Stefan?" She asked.

"I'm not gonna tell you my boyfriend's secrets." I replied. I wasn't sure how to get her to believe me. This was so much easier when she knew.

Later, the two of us went to my house for dinner. Elena was in the living room while Damon and Jenna were making dinner. Actually it was more Damon making dinner while Jenna sat on the counter drinking wine.

"Is Jeremy here?" Ashley asked Elena.

"He's upstairs." Elena replied before she ran up. "So I don't like Damon in this house."

"He can hear you." I whispered before I entered the kitchen.

"Hello, Taylor." He greeted me.

"Hey, where have you been?" Jenna asked.

"I was at the Grill with Ashley." I explained.

"So I guess Stefan wasn't with you." Damon remarked.

"He'll be here soon." I stated.

Ashley's POV

I went up to Jeremy's room. I found him on his computer. He had his phone out,.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"Anna keeps calling me." He stated. "I kind of think that she might be into me."

"It's not always wise to make assumptions." I pointed out. "Maybe she just wants to hang out. I think dinner's gonna be done soon. We should go downstairs."

Taylor's POV

I began to get plates out when I bumped into Damon.

"Don't do that." I told him.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Damon remarked.

"You stood there so I would rub against you." I remarked.

"You are perverted." Damon replied. "I was trying to get to the sink. So where is Stefan? He's missing family night, which is bad."

I said nothing and walked over.

"Is this real?" He asked.

"What?" I responded.

"Is this new sense of brotherhood real?" He questioned.

"Yes." I said.

"Can I trust him?" He asked.

"Yes." I repeated. He then sped behind me.

"Can I trust him?" He questioned slower.

"You can't compel me." I pointed out.

"I wasn't trying." Damon declared. "I just want a truthful answer."

"He's your brother. You can trust him." I lied.

"There was a time that I trusted him more than anyone." Damon admitted.

"You haven't given him many reasons to trust you." I pointed out.

"I just want Veronica back." He explained. "I'm sure you understand."

"I do understand." I replied. I felt kind of bad for deceiving him like this.

"I understand how much you love her." I stated as I walked toward the table.

"Then you understand what will happen if don't get my way." He declared.

Ashley's POV

After dinner, I was watching Damon and Jeremy play some game. Damon was winning.

"I thought you said you never played this." I declared.

"I learned quickly." He explained. I think he was cheating. Then Jeremy's phone buzzed, but he ignored it. "Who are you dodging?"

"The girl named Anna. I think she's into me." Jeremy replied.

"Is she hot?" Damon asked.

"Girlfriend standing right here." I replied in annoyance. "I think she's just being friendly."

I heard Jenna whispering about how hot Damon was, but Elena and Taylor tried to downplay it. He may be hot, but he hurt my sister and I can't forgive him for that.

Taylor's POV

"What are you doing with this stuff?" Jenna asked.

"I thought there was something about my birth parents." I remarked.

"You should tell Jeremy." Elena suggested.

"I will…once I figure out how." I promised. The doorbell rang. "That's Stefan."

Damon and I went to the door and there he was. I hope he had it.

We went outside to discuss it. I put my jacket on because it got chilly. Stefan said it was stolen.

"Who stole it?" Damon asked.

"I don't know. It was gone when he came back into the room." Stefan remarked.

"I think it was him." Damon said. "But who else knew it was there?"

"Jeremy." I answered. "No, Damon, he's not involved in this."

"I just want to ask him a question." Damon replied. He went inside and over to Jeremy. Ashley had taken.

"Why does everyone care this journal?" Jeremy asked. I wished I could remember where it was so we could avoid all of this.

"He told Anna." Ashley stated.

"How do you two know her?" Damon asked.

"She helped me with a paper." Jeremy asked. "She asked me to meet her at the Grill tonight."

"Perfect, come on you two." Damon told them. I don't want them going anywhere with him.

"I'm not going anywhere with you." Ashley declared. She then looked at Jenna as she went toward the door. "Thanks for the dinner."

After Damon and Jeremy left, I went upstairs. Stefan followed me.

"Why didn't you go with him?" I asked. "We can't let Damon get the journal."

"I already have it." Stefan explained as he took out some printouts. Alaric had copied it, of course. "Mr. Saltzman made a copy and I got it from him."

We began to look through the pages.

"I found something!" I exclaimed. Well, that was very enthusiastic. "The Fell family believed it should be I not them who protected the witch's spell book, but I feared that she would haunt me to the hereafter. They mocked my fear, but it was Giuseppe Salvatore who removed my fear. He told me that he would protect the secret of the spell book. He said that he would carry it to his grave."

That led us to the moment where we had to dig up Giuseppe's grave.

"Shouldn't your father be in your family's tomb?" I asked.

"It wasn't built yet." Stefan stated as he started to dig.

"Are you sure that it's in there?" I asked.

"If it's not, then I don't know where it is." Stefan replied. "Taylor, I don't really need your help."

"I don't want that tomb open." I responded. I did know that it would be opened. I don't know what the point in fighting it would be.

We dug until we hit the wooden box. It had held up pretty well for such primitive wood.

"So best date in the world?" I quipped. I don't know if now was the time for humor. Stefan then opened the coffin and there was a skeleton holding the book. It was definitely the book we needed.

"Looks like we've got a case of treason." Damon commented as we looked at him.

"I won't let you bring her back." Stefan declared. "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry for ever thinking I could trust you." Damon replied with a tear in his eye.

"You are not able to be trusted." Stefan declared. "You planned on doing this yourself."

"I'm the only one that I can count on." Damon replied. "You made sure of that."

He then looked at me.

"But you had me fooled. I really believed you." He admitted. Well that didn't make me feel any better. I actually felt really bad for hurting him like this. I had to make this right and I think that I knew how to do it.

"Take it." I told him. Stefan looked at me, wondering what the hell I was doing. "Stefan, if we do anything to this book, who knows what he'll do? Who knows who he'll kill? Just take the book Damon."

I mean Damon would still need a witch to do the spell, which I pretty sure he didn't have. He walked over and I handed the book to him. I then ran into Stefan's arms and we left the scene.

When we got home, I started to prepare for bed. I wasn't ready to sleep yet, but it had been a hell of a night. I needed an aspirin. All of the stress really gave me a bad headache.

"Veronica is in that tomb because of me." Stefan replied. "Damon blames me for that."

"She was the one who was feeding from you. It's not your fault." I reminded him. "It was her fault."

Stefan then went down for the aspirin.

Almost immediately after, I saw her: Anna. Before I could do anything, she put me in a sleeper hold. It didn't take long for me to lose consciousness.

So, Damon didn't feed Taylor his blood and she got kidnapped. Also there may some issues between Jeremy, Ashley, and Anna. I was wondering when was would a good time for Taylor to forget everything she knows about the show. I'd like to hear your thoughts. PLease don't forget to review.