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AN: I want to apologize for my lack of update.. I've been busy with finals last month, and homework has been given by the loads. (I know, they're pathetic excuses, but they're the truth.) I really do hope that you enjoy reading this chapter :)

Chapter Five

Elena's POV

We had finally arrived at the University. As we walked into the main office, we were greeted by a woman who seemed to be in her early twenties. Her face was caked with makeup, and smelled heavily of a floral scented perfume. She wore gaudy jewelry and shoes that basically said "I'll fuck anybody with a Y chromosome."

"Hi, my name is Emily," she introduced herself with a fake smile directed towards Stefan, "If there's anything you need help with, please let me know." She leaned towards Stefan and batted her eyelashes shamelessly.

"Umm, I'm Stefan..."

Damon smirked at his brothers discomfort, as I fought the urge to roll my eyes. Katherine, however, was a different story. Even though her face was blank and showed no emotion whatsoever, I knew better. She looked as if she were having an internal debate on whether she should rip the girl limb from limb, or bleed her dry.

I wasn't the only one who could see through her mask. Damon caught it too.

"Not so fun to be jealous isn't it Katherine dear?" Damon muttered under his breath, not audible to human ears.

Katherine didn't say anything but fixed an intense glare towards Damon.

"Hey, don't give me that look. It's only fair. You taunted me when that southern hick was hitting on Elena. Besides, you shouldn't focus your energy on me, you should be focusing on the cheap bimbo making her moves on Stefan," Damon said defensively.

All of the sudden, an evil expression flickered through her Katherine's face. She sauntered over to Stefan and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Actually, Melanie -"

"It's Emily." She corrected.

"Whatever," Katherine said as she rolled her eyes, "Anyways, as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, we were wondering if we could go through some of one of your former teacher's research. Her name is Isobel Flemming."

"Sure, let me get someone to show you where her office is," she said tight voice. She whipped out a pink cell phone, and dialed a number. After a couple of rings, the person on the other line picked up.

"Hello?"

"Vanessa!" Emily greeted in a high pitched voice.

"What?"

"Can you take some people to a former teacher's office and let them look at her research?"

"Uhh.. Sure."

"Great! Meet them in the main office,"

We waited for a short period of time before Vanessa showed up.

"Umm, hey.. I'm Vanessa and I guess I'll be your escort to Isobel's office," she laughed nervously.

"Damon Salvatore," Damon introduced himself with a charming smile, "and these are my friends: Elena, Stefan, and Katherine.

"It's nice to meet all of you," she said not to convincingly, "Let's head to the office."

As we followed her to the office, Emily called out, "Hey Stefan, if you ever get tired of her, we could go see a movie or just go straight to my dorm!"

Katherine's head snapped up. Before anyone could do anything, Katherine walked towards the front desk and slapped Emily, leaving a red imprint on her cheek.

"Listen, bitch. He's mine. Make a move on him again and you won't live to see another day," Katherine threatened.

Katherine swiftly turned around and started follow Vanessa.

Damon snickered.

"If you know what's good for you I'd advise you not to remark about what just happened. Besides, there's nothing to talk about. We're both just as bad. If someone has their eyes on Elena, you punch the; if someone actually has the decency to flirt with Stefan right in front of me, well then, they're getting slapped," Katherine explained heatedly.

Thankfully, Stefan cut in and was able to cool Katherine down.

"Come on Katherine. We've been through so much, I'd never leave you for her. I really do love you." Stefan smiled reassuringly.

For a second, a genuine smile flashed through Katherine face, but quickly disappeared just as it came.

As we continued to follow Vanessa, she attempted to make small talk.

"So.. Why do you guys need to go through Isobel's research?" She asked cautiously.

"Oh, no reason. We've just heard about how great her work is, so we decided we should check it out," I lied.

"Oh.." she responded. "Ahem, anyways, here we are. You guys can make yourself at home. All of her research should be on the book shelves or in the desk drawers.

We started to go through the boxes of research, when Katherine noticed something was off.

"Hey, where'd that pesky little human go?" Katherine questioned.

"Shit!" Damon's eyes widened. He ran with his vampiric speed, but it was too late. A vervain soaked arrow, came hurling straight towards me.

All I could hear were the faint yells fading into the blackness the devoured me.

AN: I know.. I left an evil cliffhanger.. I couldn't help myself :)

Anyways, here are a few questions: How was the chapter? If you were a pokemon what would you be? Is there anything specific you would like to see happen in the future chapters? What kind of superpowers would you want to have? Do you have any ideas that you would like to suggest? What's your favorite color? Would you rather see more romance or humor in the future? (BTW, I know I've kind of been delaying the Delena romance, but it's all in good reason. All the action first, and then we can just have alot of Delena fluff) What did you think of the recent TVD episode? (Because personally, I thought it was very depressing. Too many Damon/Rose moments and not enough Damon/Elena. Was it wrong of me to cheer and yell "YES" whenever Damon plunged that stake into Rose's heart? I felt sad that she was gone, but still, I was very ecstatic. Plus, he just had to ruin all of it at the end of the episode. I am very apprehensive about what Elena's reaction would be if she found out. But I'm most curious about what Bonnie would do. At the end of season one, she basically told him not to kill anyone... or else.)

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