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Charmedbycharmed: You called it, congratulations! And yes, Damon is still vying for Elena at the moment. I'm glad you like Damon and Scarlett's relationship, it's fun to write and yet hopefully comes across as different from his relationship with Sarah.

Only reviewer: Scarlett probably is a death seeker just now, but mostly just wants to learn more about herself and discover her limits as a new supernatural. Scrappy is just a reference to Scooby-Doo that Damon seems to enjoy calling her, probably because he sees her a scrappy surviver as she's managed to wiggle her way into his house. And yeah, it could be a starting point, but as you'll see in this chapter it's not... And never be quiet with your suggestions, I love them, even if it's not what I'm doing in the story. And a thousand apologise about the work out gear. I'll try and keep it casual clothing for the next few chapters ;)

Sorry this ended up taking longer than I thought to finish, but I really enjoyed doing all the action in this one, like I said it's one of my favourite episodes from season one. I'll try and get another chapter too you guys soon since we're now in the last five episodes of season one, and then it's on to season 2! Can't wait for that, epsecially the early stuff in that season with Katherine. I've got so much stuff planned.

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Chapter 21: Storm in the Vampire House

Flicking from station to station, a series of different songs filled the car until finally Elena turned the radio off. Scarlett glanced over to Elena finding her glaring at her. With a sigh Scarlett let her hand fall away from the radio dial. She was bored out of her mind. This wasn't what she'd had in mind when she asked to help out with saving Stefan. Playing babysitter to the human wasn't exactly her idea of a good time. Then again her fighting vampires probably wasn't Sarah's idea of a good time. She could see why Sarah wanted to protect her, but she was already involved in the supernatural and she needed practise with her abilities. How else would she learn to protect herself?

When the silence started to bug her, Scarlett looked back over to Elena, finding that she now had a vervain dart in her hand. "What you going to do with that?" Scarlett asked curiously.

"I'm going to save Stefan," Elena said firmly as she held her stare against Scarlett's.

"Thank god, I was starting to think you were actually going to listen to Sarah," Scarlett said as she opened her car door.

"No. You stay here," Elena said protectively as she placed a hand on Scarlett before she could get out.

"Look. Sarah, told me to stay with you and protect you. So we can Both stay here, or we can Both go and save Stefan," Scarlett said firmly. It didn't take long for Elena to reach a decision.

Back in the house, Sarah could hear two vampires approaching the kitchen. Across from her was Damon, who nodded, asking if she was ready. Sarah nodded back, firmly gripping the stake in her hand. The two vampires entered the kitchen, quickly turning off the blender and sink that Alaric had put on to cover their earlier conversation. When the first vampire turned back around, Damon got in front of him and staked him in the chest, covering his mouth before he could scream out. The second gasped and was about to spring on Damon when Sarah came up behind him. Her free hand wrapped around his mouth first and the second forced the stake into his back and then into his heart. The two vampires' skin turned grey and gently Damon and Sarah lowered them to the ground as they pulled out their stakes.

Since it was too risky to speak, they merely nodded in approval at each other before stepping out into the hallway. Seeing it was clear the two vamp speeded silently down the hallway to the stairs and then ran down two at a time before reaching the basement.

Outside the house, Scarlett hopped over the railing and onto the porch with Elena behind her. Both crouched and followed the wall around to the side of the house, being careful not to be seen. Every now and then, Scarlett would sniff the air to make sure that no Vampires were coming their way. She caught pieces of conversation going on inside the house, from the sound of things they had no idea Damon and Sarah had arrived. That would make things easier for them as well.

Elena tapped her shoulder and Scarlett looked over to see her pointing to a gate that lead to a set of stairs descending into the ground. Another entrance to the basement were they assumed Stefan was being kept. Scarlett nodded to Elena before they both made their way down the stairs to a locked door. Trying the door, Scarlett found it locked. She looked back to Elena who shrugged, not sure what to do.

With no other option, Scarlett slammed her elbow into the glass of the window, breaking it open. She paused, listening in case someone had heard but when she heard no sudden movements she assumed they were good. She reached in and unlocked the door before she and Elena crept inside. Up ahead was a turn and when Scarlett looked around she found a vampire sat at the other end. She half wondered how he hadn't heard her smash the window, then she noticed the ear phones in his ears.

"There's a vampire around the corner," Scarlett whispered to Elena.

"What do we do?" Elena whispered back. Well if it was just Scarlett she could try and overpower him with her werewolf strength, but Elena would see…plus there was a good chance the vamps upstairs would hear her. "Wait," Elena said in sudden realisation. Scarlett waited for her to explain and then she lifted up the vervain dart. Scarlett grinned at her.

"I'll get his attention. You stab him when he's close enough," Scarlett whispered and Elena nodded.

Stepping out around the corner, Scarlett made herself known to the vampire who looked up. With a confused look on his face he got up and started to walk over to her. Through her peripheral, Scarlett could see that Elena was stood ready with the vervain dart raised while remaining out of sight. But then when the vampire was about halfway down the hallway he sudden dropped down, with a dart in his neck. Then Sarah and Damon stepped into the hallway and turned to see Scarlett and Elena, who had come out at the sound of the vampire hitting the floor.

"Are you insane?" Damon hissed.

"You're both in so much trouble," Sarah added with a glare.

Sarah couldn't believe either of them. Then again she really should have see it coming after everything they'd both said. Elena was never going to just sit on the side lines and Scarlett wanted to get in on the action, regardless of her safety. If anything this only proved Sarah really did need to start teaching Scarlett how to fight, it would be risky to let her run into fights like this with no idea what she was doing.

"We can explain," Scarlett whispered with her hands held up.

"Well it better be a damn good one," Sarah hissed at the two before sighing. "But it'll have to wait, come on," Sarah said before nodding for the two to follow. If they were going to wondering about then it would be better if they were at least with Damon and Sarah. Besides, they could help with Stefan…though it would have been easier if it was just her and Damon. But there was no sense in wasting time on pointless wishes. They continued on into the main part of the basement where Stefan was being held. He lifted his head upon hearing them enter and instantly spotted Elena.

"Elena… You shouldn't be here…" Stefan murmured as Sarah and Elena ran to him. Sarah reached for the ropes holding her brother up from the celling only to feel her skin burn and quickly pull her hands away. "Ver-Vervain…on the ropes," Stefan panted as Sarah shook her healing hands.

"Elena, Scarlett, get the ropes," Sarah ordered.

"Looks like it's a good thing we came," Scarlett said with a smug look to Sarah as she passed her.

"Your still in trouble," Sarah replied making Scarlett's smile drop as she helped Elena untie Stefan. Sarah turned back to see another vampire in a chair opposite Stefan. He had his hands tied behind the back of the chair and his legs both had wooden stakes in them. Damon was about to finish him off when Stefan spoke up.

"No…no. Not him," Stefan panted as Sarah caught him.

"Whatever," Damon groaned as he put away his stake. "Cloths," Damon said as he grabbed Stefan's cloths and threw the over to Sarah who caught them, only to them shove them off to Elena when she was close enough.

"Wait," Stefan said before they could get him out.

"What?" both Damon and Sarah hissed, not sure why he was stopping them.

"We have to help him," Stefan said nodding to the other vampire.

"He's not our problem," Sarah hissed but Elena was already pulling one of the stakes from his leg. Scarlett looked to Sarah, waiting for the go ahead. Eventually she nodded. Scarlett pulled the second stake and threw it aside. "Right, he's free, now come on," Sarah ordered as Damon took the lead with Elena and Scarlett while Sarah and Stefan brought up the rear.

"Elena," Sarah called when they got into the hallway they'd all met up in. Elena turned back and walked over to Sarah, taking Stefan from her. When it was clear he was too much for her, Sarah nodded for Scarlett to come and help, taking his other side. "You two, get him out of here and to the car."

"What about you and Damon?" Elena asked as she and Scarlett shared worried looks.

"You rescue, we'll distract. Go," Damon ordered bluntly before he made his way up the stairs. Sarah nodded for the girls to get moving and then followed her brother. They dashed up the stairs silently stopping behind her brother at the top of the stairs. He peered around the corner, pulling out his stake as Sarah did the same. He looked back and held up two fingers, indicating two vampires before gesturing for Sarah to look. She crouched down, peering around Damon's waist to see one vampire in the doorway to another room and a second watching the front door.

"You get the one by the front door, I got the other one," Damon whispered. Sarah nodded before they both moved. Damon went first, throwing the stake into the back of the first vampire as he and Sarah ran by as silent as a shadow. Damon then dashed into the kitchen as Sarah threw her stake at the second vampire before following her brother. They heard both vampires hit the floor before Frederick started dishing out orders.

Once the vampires had spread out, Damon nodded to Sarah and she nodded back. Both moved out of the kitchen finding Frederick in the hallway. Damon rushed him, ramming into him and shoving him against the wall while Sarah retrieved her stake from the dead vampire. When she looked back to her brother she found him and Frederick rushing from side to side as they banged off against the wall like they were in a pinball machine.

Finally Damon got a lucky hit in and knocked Frederick to the floor where Damon pinned him down. Seeing two vampires coming up behind him, Sarah ran past him, throwing the stake into one of the vampire's chest while she fought the other one. He started off the fight by throwing a few punches her way, all of which Sarah managed to deflect before landing a kick into his groin. The vampire hunched over as Sarah grabbed his head only to then bring it down into her knee before letting him stumble backwards.

Then turning back around to help Damon, Sarah found three vampires had emerged from a room between them, separating them. One ran at her while the other two pulled Damon from Frederick. Sarah was ready for the vampire but she'd forgotten about the one behind her who grabbed her, pulling her hands behind her back. For a good few seconds the vampire advancing on her got some strong vampire powered punches in making Sarah cringe in pain. Finally she flipped back kicking the vampire back while forcing the one behind her to stumble, pulling her with him. She flicked her head back, catching the vampire's nose and then pulled herself free before slamming her elbow backwards into his face.

While the vampire groaned in pain, Sarah swung her leg out behind her and twirled with it, kicking out the vampires legs as he flopped down on the floor. She then lifted her arm and swung it down into the downed vampire's chest before grabbing onto his heart. Holding on tightly, she pulled the heart and watched as the life left the vampire's eyes before throwing aside the blooded organ that remained.

She turned back, expecting the second vampire to attack her but instead found him heading for Damon, stake in hand.

"Damon!" Sarah shouted right as a shot sounded through the air. The vampire advancing on Damon dropped on to the floor, vervain dart sticking out his back as Damon turned around looking stunned. Sarah looked back to find Alaric not far behind her, rifle in hand.

"I'm going after Frederick!" Damon declared as he ran off into another room. Sarah watched him go before she looked back to Alaric. He stared at her a moment before motioning her to go after him. She gave him a thankful nod before running after her brother at vamp speed.

Seeing the car up ahead, Scarlett sighed with relief. She could handle Stefan's weight easily but pretending it was hard was a lot of effort, particularly since Elena didn't know her secret. She tried to hurry them along but Elena clung to Stefan so much that they could only go as fast as she'd allow. Ironically she was probably going as fast as she could. Scarlett couldn't help but think how easy it would be to pick Stefan up and carry him by herself, but she couldn't with Elena around. Having a secret really sucked at times.

"Come on, it's right over here," Elena murmured to Stefan as they approached the car.

"Get him in the passenger seat," Scarlett ordered as Elena opened up the side door before Scarlett shove him inside. While Elena straightened him out, making him comfortable. Scarlett sniffed around, making sure they hadn't been folded. She caught the odd whiff of vampire but she assumed that was just coming from the house. Nothing was standing out so she turned back as Elena closed the passenger door and the two made their way around to the other side.

"Alright, get in," Elena said as she opens the door, motioning for Scarlett to get in the back.

"I'm not leaving without Sarah," Scarlett said as she stood her ground.

"Scarlett," Elena said pleadingly before Scarlett continued.

"You need to get Stefan out of here now go," Scarlett said as she grabbed Elena's arm and shoved her towards the car. Not so reluctantly, Elena got in the car as Scarlett closed the door. She was just about to run off back to the house to help Sarah when she heard Elena gasp from inside the car. Kneeling down so her eyes were level with Elena's through the window Scarlett asked, "What's wrong?"

"The ignition's gone," Elena exclaimed right as Scarlett's nose tensed. She looked up just as a blur moved over to the passenger side of the car. Before she could react the sound of smashing glass filled the air as Stefan was pulled from the car and flung across the forest floor.

"Stefan!" Elena cried as Frederick ran over to Stefan, landing several heavy kicks to his chest before pulling him up and producing a stake. Seeing the weapon deadly to him, Scarlett finally ran around the car as Elena climbed out. She raced towards the two vampires but before she could reach them Frederick rammed the stake into Stefan's chest twice.

"This is for Beth-Anne. And this is for the tomb. And this is-" Scarlett tackled Frederick aside, shoving him away from Stefan as the injured vampire collapsed on the ground. Out of the corner of her eye, Scarlett saw Elena running to Stefan, removing the stake as Scarlett and Frederick climbed back up to their feet. "Who the hell are you?" Frederick growled as his vampire features came out.

"I'm the big, bad, wolf," Scarlett growled as her own werewolf features came out. Her eyes turned golden, her canines formed in her mouth as did her claws with patches of extra hair growing all over her body. Frederick seemed generally shocked for a moment but when Scarlett growled he snapped out of it. She charged at him, swinging her claws for Frederick as he stepped aside before landing a solid punch to her side. She flew from the ground hitting a tree truck and collapsing on the ground as Frederick ran over to her. Before she could recover, Frederick had his hand around her throat, squeezing tightly while careful to keep himself out of bitting range.

Scarlett snarled at him, snapping her teeth before stabbing Frederick in his chest with her claws. He hissed in pain as he staggered back before releasing Scarlett. Again she pounced at him, digging her claws into his shoulders as they dropped down to the floor. Now on top, she growled at his face, snapping her teeth at him before suddenly she found herself beneath him as he landed punch after punch into her face.

She threw her claw at Frederick but he caught it before twisting her arm and pulling. Her arm dislocated and the cracking sound filled the air. Scarlett screamed in pain, clutching her arm as Frederick removed himself from atop her body. "Never killed a werewolf before," Frederick said with a smirk as he pulled Scarlett up into a sitting up position, getting ready to snap her neck once and for all.

Back in the house, Sarah and Damon couldn't find any trace of Frederick. They'd taken out a couple more vampires while moving through the house but still hand't found Frederick. "Damn it!" Damon snapped as he flipped a kitchen chair over. "Where the hell is he!"

"Maybe he left a trail outside," Sarah suggested. Damon didn't say anything. He just opened the side door and ran out side. Sarah was about to follow when she heard a commotion from the hallway. She ran back in at vamp speed to find Alaric pinned against the wall with a vampire digging his fangs into his neck. Sarah didn't hesitate in racing over, grabbing the vampire and throwing him into the opposite wall.

When she saw Alaric was alright, bar the bite mark on his neck, Sarah ran at the vampire and slammed her knee into his chest. He hit the wall again and Sarah followed through with an elbow to his throat, watching him lose breath as he stumbled forwards. Sarah then grabbed one of his arms, twisting it behind his back before forcing him towards Alaric right as the hunter came at the vampire with a vervain dart. He stabbed the dart into the vampire's chest and the next second he went limp in Sarah's arms before she dropped him on the floor.

"Thanks," Alaric said genuinely as he rubbed the bite on his neck.

"You saved my brother. I owed you one," Sarah explained simply before turning as Damon ran back into the room.

"Frederick's gone," he declared angrily.

"It's fine, we got Stefan, that's what matters," Sarah pointed out as Damon sighed, though she could see the agreement in his eyes.

"Let's get out of here," Alaric said, eager to get this night over with.

"I'm gonna kill him," Damon growled as he turned to the door pulling it open. The three then walked out only to stop on the porch when they saw tens of vampires coming at the them from all sides.

"How many of those vervain darts do you have left?" Damon asked as he looked past Sarah to Alaric who was on her other side.

"One," Alaric sighed as he held up his last weapon.

"Not gonna be enough," Damon groaned as his blue eyes scanned the dark forest and the advancing vampires that had them surrounded.

"I don't suppose you're up for sacrificing yourself while we get away?" Sarah asked as she turned to Alaric who shot her a glare. "Yeah, didn't think so," Sarah said as the three retreated back into the house, closing the door behind them.

Elena stared in shock, awe and horror as Scarlett transformed before her. She heard Scarlett roar like a wild animal before charing at Frederick with supernatural speed. It didn't make any sense to her. She knew Scarlett wasn't a vampire, but then what they was she? Some kind of monster? The way her face had transformed and hair had started to grow all over made Elena what to turn away in disgust but the sight was so shocking she couldn't look away.

Watching Scarlett and Frederick going back and forth, she briefly thought Scarlett might actually be able to win until she saw Frederick get the upper hand. Elena knew Scarlett needed help, but what could she do against a vampire. She had no stakes or vervain darts and wasn't whatever Scarlett was. She needed to do something but she just didn't know what!

"Stefan," Elena said turning back to her boyfriend who was lying on the ground. She'd pulled the stake form his chest but he was still healing and blood was still running from his mouth, a look of unimaginable pain across his face. "Stefan. Stefan, you need to help Scarlett. Stefan, please! Stefan, please get up! Scarlett can't beat him alone!" Elena cried as she gently shook Stefan's shoulders, trying to get him to talk to her.

Behind her the fight continued as Scarlett and Frederick fought for control. She needed to help him but didn't know how. She ran through everything she knew about Stefan, his strengths his weaknesses and then it dawned on her. "Here," Elena said holding out her wrist to Stefan. For a moment he just stared at the veins on her wrist before looking up and shaking his head with a fear filling his eyes.

"Please," Elena begged desperately. "Stefan, you need blood. Please, please drink. I want you to, I give you permission. Just drink," Elena pleaded as she held her wrist right up to his lips, letting him know that she was serious. A sudden crack from behind caused Elena to look over only for her to gasp when she saw Scarlett clutching her dislocated arm, Frederick standing over her.

"Stefan, you have to drink my blood. Now. If you don't he's going to kill Scarlett! Please, Stefan!" Elena cried still holding her wrist to his mouth but he refused to take her blood, his eyes trembling with tears as he considered it. She ran her other hand down his face, smiling softly at him as she looked him in the eye. "I trust you." He stared into her eyes for a moment longer, before then bitting into her wrist.

"So, what you said to get me to do this, about my wife. It was a lie, wasn't it?" Alaric asked as he, Damon and Sarah stared at the front door. After retreating back inside the house they'd locked all the doors and returned to the front hallway to find the front door was about to be knocked down. They all got into fighting stances as the vampires outside banged against the doors, getting closer and closer to breaking it down.

"Yep," Damon said simply.

"I'm sorry," Sarah said as she and Alaric shared a look. He knew she meant it and could he really blame her, she'd just been trying to save her brother and he hadn't exactly been willing before his wife was mentioned. It still hurt him though to know he'd been played, but with the way things were looking, he wasn't going to have to live with that feeling for too long.

"Stop!" They heard from outside. The recognisable voice of Pearl in all her fury. Sarah and Damon shared a worried look as the banging stopped and the door unlocked. When only Pearl and Anna stepped through, Damon and Sarah relaxed a little but Alaric remained ready.

"What's going on here? What did you do?" Pearl demanded as she looked around, seeing all the dead vampires lying around her home.

"What did we do?" Damon snapped as he stepped forwards. "Your merry little band of vampires spent the day torturing our brother," Damon growled as he waved his hand between himself and Sarah, all while glaring at Pearl.

"Trust me. The parties responsible for this will be dealt with," Pearl said seriously as she looked down a little shamefully. She hand't wanted it to be like this, she had wanted order and control, for this place to be their new home. She wanted peace, not a pointless war.

"Trust you? Yeah right," Sarah snorted as she folded her arms, hitting Pearl with a critical look as Damon stepped up to the older vampire, closing the gap between them.

"And our little arrangement doesn't work unless you learn to control them," Damon added threatening as he pointed his left over stake at Pearl.

"This wasn't supposed to happen," Pearl said quietly.

"Well, it did," Damon snapped. "If I had a good side… Not a way to get on it," Damon snarled before stepping in between Pearl and Anna, heading for the front door with Alaric and Sarah behind him. He stepped out, along with Alaric but Sarah lingered a moment before looking back at the mother and daughter.

"Stay away from my family…and that includes Scarlett. You may be older, but push me far enough and I don't care how old you are. I will kill you," Sarah warned both the vampires before exiting the house closing the door behind her. She felt Anna's glare until the last second but Pearl was too ashamed to argue or even threaten Sarah back. She had failed.

"Say bye bye, bitch," Frederick snarled with a grin as he got ready to snap Scarlett's neck only to find himself suddenly thrown against a tree. He blinked and then found Stefan in front of him, his vampire features flaring as he hissed at Frederick. Scarlett looked up from the ground as Stefan pinned him against the tree. She'd never seen Stefan like this before. He almost seemed…like a monster.

Frederick managed to force Stefan back and then tackled him at vamp speed before the two started to roll around. Scarlett forced herself to sit up, groaning in pain as she clutched her dislocated arm. It wasn't healing fast enough, she had to speed things up. "Scarlett," Elena gasped as she dropped down next to her, going to hug before suddenly stopping, unsure if she should.

"Elena. I need you to push my shoulder back in," Scarlett instructed, gritting her teeth to stop the pain sounding in her voice.

"Scarlett, I-I-I-" Elena stammered.

"Elena, just do it…please." Elena stared at her for a moment before taking a deep breath and grabbing Scarlett's arm and shoulder. Scarlett nodded before closing her eyes and bracing herself. She tightened her jaw and a second later she felt a sharp pain shoot through her arm. She managed to hold in the scream but a a loud groan erupted from inside her as Elena let her go.

"Scarlett?" Elena said in concern.

"I'm good…I'm good," Scarlett said slowly as she felt her supernatural healing do the rest. She flexed her fingers, feeling the last of the pain fade away. Then hearing the fight escalate, Scarlett and Elena looked over to see Stefan and Frederick back on their feet, fighting over a sharp branch they'd gotten their hands on. "I've got to help him," Scarlett said as she jumped up to her feet, only to have Elena grab her hand and hold her back. Scarlett's head snapped back around to see the worried and frightened look in Elena's eyes as she looked up from the forest floor.

"What are you?" And now another person knew her secret, but she couldn't worry about that now, not when Stefan needed her help. Or so she thought until she turned around to find Stefan stabbing Frederick violently with the sharp branch. Only he was already dead. His skin had turned grey and his veins were thick with lifeless eyes that stared at nothing in particular. And yet Stefan was still stabbing him, his vampire features showing off his anger as he growled.

"Stefan," Scarlett called as she and Elena approached him. If he did hear her, he didn't show it. He just kept stabbing Frederick over and over again.

"Stefan. Stefan," Elena said worriedly as she walked ahead of Scarlett, reaching for her suddenly animal like boyfriend. Scarlett was about to caution her to step back when Elena lay her hand on Stefan's shoulder. He swung around to face Elena, the full extent of his vampire features showing now. The murderous blood filled eyes, the elongated furious fangs and the animal like sound coming from his throat.

He reached for Elena who jumped back, his mouth opening as he hissed, ready to bite into Elena's neck and have another drink of her delicious blood. "Stefan!" Elena cried as she tried to get away but he'd already grabbed onto her arms, pulling her in towards him. She yelled his name again but Stefan didn't hear, the beast inside him had taken over. He would have bitten her as well, had Scarlett not ran in and shoved him back with her supernatural strength. Stefan stumbled back hissing at Scarlett and Elena before Scarlett growled back, letting her werewolf features out.

In that moment she seemed to get through to Stefan, maybe in a primal sense. She wasn't sure. But however it happened, Stefan suddenly realised what he was doing. He stepped back, his face returning to normal as he looks towards both Elena and Scarlett with a frightened and hurt look. What had he done? He lowered his head shamefully and stepped away again as Scarlett looked back to make sure Elena was okay. Other than the trembling and shock of Stefan turning on her, she seemed to be okay. But Stefan was going to be a whole other story.

"Are you sure your okay?" Sarah asked as she lifted Scarlett's chin, lowering her own head so she could look at the healing marks on her neck. Frederick had gotten a pretty good hold on her and the marks his fingers had left behind where stealing healing from the fight. "Those look pretty nasty."

"I already told you, I'm fine," Scarlett growled playfully as she pushed Sarah's hand away and lowered her chin, smirking back at Sarah. "Besides, shouldn't you be all over your brother right now. He did take blood from Elena after all. Thought you'd be congratulating him or teasing him, or whatever."

"Hey," Sarah quickly cut in, grabbing onto Scarlett's neck head and pulling her towards her slightly. "Don't think for a second you're not as important as my brothers. You matter to me." Scarlett smiled softly at that and Sarah grinned in response before standing up from the couch in the living room. "Now come on," Sarah said as she pulled Scarlett up onto her feet. "I've got something I want to show you."

Sarah led Scarlett up the stairs and to the room she'd perviously been using for training. She opened the door and pushed Scarlett in who looked around the room with a frown as she stepped in. It wasn't exactly anything impressive, just a couple of punching bags in an old room that hadn't been used in years.

"I know it's not anything special but it'll do for training you." Scarlett turned around to find Sarah smirking.

"You're going to train me?" Scarlett said a little amazed.

"Well if tonight proved anything it's that you're not going to avoid trouble. And you were a big help. If it wasn't for you, Elena might have died." Scarlett smiled, slightly proud. "That said, you still got incredibly lucky in fighting Frederick and as far as I'm concerned you have a long way to go until you're up to my level."

"Yeah, can we just get to my training and skip the lecture?" Scarlett asked with a careless glance to Sarah who raised her eyebrows.

"Alright. First rule…" Sarah then swung her foot out, kicking out Scarlett's feet from under her and forcing her to the ground with a thud. "Always be ready," Sarah said smugly as Scarlett groaned from the ground.

"I'm starting to get why your brothers find you annoying," Scarlett groaned as she sat up. Sarah chuckled before grabbing Scarlett's hand and helping her up. She was about to continue the lesson, no time like the precent, when suddenly Scarlett's phone started to ring. Stepping back, Sarah gestured for Scarlett to answer the phone and the girl did.

"Hey, Jeremy, what's-" Scralett stopped and her facial expression widened suddenly as she turned to Sarah. With a frown Sarah started to listen in only hearing "She's dead. Vicki's dead." With her own eyes widening, Sarah told Scarlett to keep talking to him while she ran up to Stefan's room to find Stefan and Elena talking.

"Sorry," Sarah said after running in. "But there's something you guys need to know."

"What is it?" Stefan asked as he and Elena turned towards her.

"They've found Vicki's body."

"Oh God," Elena gasped as her hand covered her mouth. "I…I have to go," Elena said turning to Stefan who nodded.

"It's okay, go. We can talk later," Stefan said as Elena nodded frantically back before running from the room. It was only once she was out the room and halfway down the stairs that Sarah turned to her brother with a questionably look.

"You alright?" Sarah asked, smugness sneaking into her voice as she began to grin.

"Yeah…yeah…" Stefan said as he turned away, running his hand across his mouth.

"Really? You sure?" Sarah said as she stepped towards her brother.

"Y-Y-Yes…" Stefan said slowly as he felt his body tense, trying his hardest to stay in control.

"Okay. So I suppose you're not all that hungry then?" Stefan looked over at his sister, now standing right behind him. Glaring at her. "No cravings, no tingling in the teeth, no itchy veins?" Sarah teased.

"N…No…" Stefan said slowly as he took a calming breath, struggling to stay in control now.

"Okay," Sarah said knowingly. "If you need me I'll be down stairs with Scarlett." Sarah never stopped smiling as she sauntered from the room, shooting Stefan one last smug look before heading down the stairs, leaving a twitchy and blood thirsty Stefan behind. Now she was getting somewhere.

After knocking on the door Scarlett was greeted by Jenna who opened the front door to the Gilbert house. She smiled sadly at the teenager before gesturing for her to come inside. Scarlett smiled that same smile back and stepped inside. "Jeremy's up stairs," Jenna said quietly and Scarlett nodded in thanks before heading up the stairs to Jeremy's room.

To her surprise she actually knocked on the door before stepping inside closing the door behind her as Jeremy turned to face her. "Hey, Scarlett," Jeremy said with a sad look. It was no secret that Jeremy had been friends with Vicki. During his stoner days he'd hung out with her a lot and developed a relationship with her. True after he quiet they'd grown apart but her death still hurt him like it had for everyone that knew Vicki. Even Scarlett felt a little bad, though she'd known for a while now that she was dead. But seeing Jeremy's sad eyes all she wanted was to make him smile.

"How you feeling?" Scarlett asked as she made her way over to join Jeremy on his bed. He was sat crosslegged at the head of the bed where Scarlett sat down next to him, stretching her legs out in front of her. She placed her hand on his instinctively and neither of them reacted to it, in fact Jeremy tightened his hold on her hand.

"Sad, I guess," Jeremy admitted before sighing. "No…actually I don't know what I'm feeling. I'm…I'm confused," Jeremy said as he ran his free hand over his face.

"What do you need me to do?" Scarlett asked as she sat up on her knees and moved in front of Jeremy' taking both his hands in hers.

"Just…I don't…" Jeremy tried to say but he didn't know what he really wanted. Scarlett could see he was conflicted by the storm of emotions inside and she could only think of one thing to calm him down. Maybe it was more for herself than him. After hearing about Vicki's death it suddenly made the world a whole lot more real to her. Having remembered it after turning, it had felt like remembering a dream, but now it was confirmed and all those feels she remembered having were resurfacing. She could have died tonight, just like Vicki had. She'd fought a vampire and Stefan and had only just come out the other side. It was a good thing Sarah was now training her to fight but what if she had died. What if she never got to see Jeremy again, let him know how she really felt. She needed a distraction and so did he.

Scarlett let go of Jeremy's hands, cupping his face as she leaned in and pressed her surprisingly soft lips to his. At first Jeremy pulled away and a pang of hurt hit Scarlett as her eyes searched his confused stare. Then he grabbed onto her and pulled her onto him, pressing their lips together again. He let himself fall backwards, Scarlett landing on top of her. Their lips continued to move as one and they began to make out, only coming up for air every minute or so. All they need was each other and they couldn't care less about everything else around them in that moment. In fact Scarlett was so distracted by her intense make-out session with Jeremy that neither she nor Jeremy noticed Anna on the other side of the window. Watching them. With a sad look in her eye and the formation of a tear in the corner.

Back in the Salvatore house, Damon was ascending the stairs to Stefan's room when he noticed a blood bag on the stairs. He stared at it a moment before continuing up and opening the door to Stefan's room. Upon stepping, he found even more blood bags lining the tables and scattered across the floor. He frowned a little as he continued into the room, stepping around the couch to find his brother and sister on the floor.

"It's alright, Stefan. It's going to be just fine," Sarah said as she ran her hand through Stefan's hair while he sucked at a blood bag like a baby would suck from a milk bottle. When they both noticed Damon's present, they looked up, Stefan pulling his mouth from blood bag, revealing his blood stained mouth. Damon stared at his brother as Sarah continued to say soothing things to him, running her hand over his head and neck reassuringly. When the blood bag emptied, he threw it aside and Sarah handed him another, smiling softly at her brother who needed her. This is what she wanted, for her brother to embrace who he really was. And now that he had, she could help him get control of his problem and she'd be one step closer to brining her family back together. Hopefully for good this time.