Surprise...surprise...surprise in this chapter...something happens a early because I have amazing plans
Chapter 21: Isobel
I had been up and about for hours and was really bored, when my phone rang.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Well hello there" A voice said.
"Damon"
"How are you?" He asked.
"Um, I'm horrible" I said and nodded looking out the window.
"Why is that?" he asked curiously.
"I'm supposed to help build the Miss Mystic Falls float for the founder's day parade, if I don't I get the wrath of Caroline but I wanted to check in too" I said.
"Well, I'm great thank's for asking" He said and I could almost see the smirk.
"Checking on Stefan too" I said.
"Oh, him? He's...he's terrible"
"Why? What's the matter?" I asked.
"He's just back to boring, straight laced, off the junk, you and Elena have successfully cured him of anything that was interesting about his personality" Damon said.
"Don't forget who else helped" I said rolling my eyes.
"And I hate myself, did uncle John mention anything to you about my field trip with the history teacher?"
"No, I haven't seen him, why? What's he been up to?" I asked.
"I don't know, but I'd love if you could find out for me" He said.
I sighed "Fine, I've got to go, I'm late"
"Have fun with the mystic queen, I know I did" He said smugly.
"You're an ass Salvatore" I said and hung up the phone.
-SCHOOL-
I met Elena and Stefan and then we saw Alaric.
"Hey Mr. Saltzman" I said giving a wave.
"You three come with me, we need to talk" He said.
We all walked into his classroom.
"What's going on?" Stefan asked.
"I met Isobel last night"
I froze and stared at him and then at Elena and Stefan then back at Alaric.
"You're kidding right?"
"Nope, afraid not and she want's to meet you both"
"Give me a minute" Stefan said "I need to let Damon know"
-TWENTY MINUTES LATER-
Damon came into the classroom and smirked.
"Damon thank's for coming" Alaric said.
"Sorry I'm late, my dog ate my...never mind" He said "What's with all the furrowed brows?"
"I saw Isobel last night" Alaric said.
"Isobel is here?" Damon asked, eyes wide "In town?"
Alaric nodded and I folded my arms. Great...just great, Damon looked over at me and I stared back at him.
"Did you ask her about Uncle John Are they working together?" Damon asked.
"No"
"No they're not?" Damon asked.
"NO I didn't ask" Alaric said.
"What about the invention?" Damon asked.
"Didn't ask"
"Did she know about the tomb vampire's?"
"I don't know "
Damon frowned "Did words completely escape you?"
"No, I was a little distracted by my dead vampire wife to ask any questions"
He then turned to me.
"What did she want?"
"She wants to see us Damon" I said nodding towards Elena.
He stared at me.
"Alaric is supposed to arrange a meeting, we don't know why or what she wants"
Damon was still look at me "You don't have to see her if you don't want to"
I think everyone else in the room was confused by his sudden sensitivity.
"We don't really have a choice"
"She's threatened to go on a killing spree" Alaric said.
"Oh! I take it that's not okay with you guys" Damon said sarcastically.
"We want to do it" Elena said "We want to meet her, if we don't we'll regret it"
Speak for youself Laney, I thought to myself.
Damon looked over at me and I shrugged again "I'm not letting her go alone"
-MYSTIC GRILL-
I was nervous and I didn't really want to do it. I stood outside before going in.
"You know, you don't HAVE to do this" A voice said.
I turned and saw Damon "Yes I do Damon"
"Not really, you and I could just run away"
I laughed "Shut up and don't be such an ass"
"Is that only insult you know?"
"I know alot worse, but It wouldn't very ladylike to use them" I smirked and then I sighed.
"You're nervous"
"of course I am" I said "She's a vampire...and could kill me with out anyone noticing"
"I sincerely doubt she would get away with it"
"Are you coming in too? Stefan's inside"
"I'm not aloud to come in"
I frowned, I would've felt much better if he was in there too.
"I better go in"
"Watch yourself"
"right"
I went in and sat next to Elena, who grabbed my hand in panic and I squeezed it comfortingly.
Just then a woman appeared in front of us and my breath caught in my throat.
"Hello, Elena, April, you look just like them, it's eerie" She said.
"You've met Elizabeth and Katherine?" Elena asked.
"They found me after I was turned, genetic curiosity I suppose, they would be fascinated with the two of you" She said.
I looked at her necklace "Is that how you can walk in the day?"
"Elizabeth helped me obtain it"
"Who's our father?" I asked.
"Not important. He was a teenage waste of space"
"A name would be nice" I snapped.
"It would, wouldn't it? You both ask a lot of questions "
"Why did you compel a man to kill himself? Right after you told me to stop looking for you?" Elena asked.
"Dramatic impact, I wish it would've been more effective"
What an absolute bitch.
"Human life means that little to you?" I asked.
"Means nothing to me, It's just a part of who I am"
"No it's not" I said "I know other vampires, that's not true"
"You're new boyfriend, over by the pool table? Stefan Salvatore. And your still denying everything to yourself about Damon, or are you enjoying having him wrapped around your finger?"
I gawked at her and then a hard glare on my face and I folded my arms.
"Why did you want to meet us? To catch up?" I bit at her.
"Because I'm curious about you both, but the real reason is, I want what your uncle wants, Jonathan Gilberts invention"
"How do you know our Uncle?" I asked.
"I used to spend alot of time here when I was younger, John had a crush on me for years, he was the first one that told me about vampires"
"SO what made you want to be one?" I asked.
"It's a very long list of reasons April" She said.
"Don't call me that"
She frowned "All of which I'm sure you've thought about"
"No" I said.
"That was your first lie, it's inevitable, you're going to get old, Stefan and Damon won't, forever doesn't last very long when you're human" She said
"Well, we're, uh sorry but we don't have what you're looking for" I snapped.
Elena got up and she grabbed her arm.
"Sit down" She said "And tell your boyfriend to walk away, I want the invention"
"We don't have it" I said.
"I know that, but Damon does, and you're going to get it for me" She said looking at me.
"He's not going to give it to me"
"Then blood will be on your hands"
She got up and went to leave but turned "It was nice meeting you both"
Elena began to cry, I held myself together, a stupid vampire bitch was giving me no reason to cry, even though there was a million reasons for me too.
-THIRD PERSON POV-
Damon was shirtless, he was playing strip poker with Cherie.
"Oh, oh, Cherie, you won again, I hope I'm wearing my good underwear" He smirked.
Damon got up and began to remove his belt when Isobel arrived.
"And it's just one blast from the past after another, No, no no" She said.
He closed his fly on his trousers and smiled.
"Degage Cherie" Isobel said.
"It's good to see you, I was just having fun with your naughty little minion"
"How did you find me?" She asked.
He walked towards her.
"Search for the neighbourhood bank owned foreclosures and found the most expensive one" He said.
"Oh, I should've known, you're the one who taught me that, what are you really doing here?"
"Well, you caused quite of a stir, you blew into town, saw everyone except the one who made you. I'm a little hurt" He leaned in.
"I'm sorry" She said and twisted his head around "Did you bring the device?"
She let go.
"Heh" He said "Ow, what are you doing with John Gilbert?"
"We dated a few times when we were young, he was a little bit in love with me"
"I'm sure, one of the many" He said "Now, this little invention, what do you want with it?"
"Oh, me personally?" She asked "I don't want anything with it, I'm just doing what I'm told, you know Damon, we're on the same side"
She took his face in her hands.
"Oh yeah?" He asked "Who's side is that?"
"Elizabeth's she wants John Gilbert to have the device and I think you know that she's not happy when she doesn't get what she wants"
Damon threw her off him.
"Why are you doing her dirty work?" He asked.
"Don't kill the messenger, we both know that you can't control Elizabeth or Katherine, they do what they want"
"SO do I" Damon said.
"Oh really Damon? Do you?" She moved in closer to him "What should we do now?"
They both laughed and then began to kiss each other lustfully, and then Damon slammed her into the floor.
"Now that I have your attention, listen up, You do not come into MY town and threaten the people I care about" He said "Going after April, bad move. You leave her and Elena alone or I'll rip you to bits because I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message" He said "Elizabeth wants something from me? You tell that little bitch to come get it herself"
-AJ'S POV-
-NEXT DAY-
I was at school, Elena was with Bonnie and I was walking around looking for something to do.
"Aj!" A voice shouted.
I turned and saw Jeremy "Hey, have you seen Stefan? I need to find him"
"No, not lately, listen do you have a second?"
"Yeah, sure what's up?" I asked.
"Well it's Anna, I've left her all these messages and she hasn't gotten back to me, not even a text"
"Anna?" I asked "I didn't know you guy's were still friends"
"We're more than friend's Look, something could seriously be wrong and if you know something you've got to tell me"
I was confused "I haven't talked to her Jer"
"Are you lying to me right now?"
"What? No, why do you say that?"
"Cause that's what you and Elena do. Lie. You lie about everything, I know what Anna is and I know that you and Elena both know, so tell me do you have any idea where she is?"
"No, but Jer" I said and he turned and walked away "Jeremy wait!"
I turned and saw Isobel.
"Isobel" I said "What are you doing here?"
"I'm your mother April, I want to be more involved in your life"
"Stop calling me that, and I don't want you in my life or Elena's" I said.
"I understand that, you already have a lot of people that you care about, I've been studying, let's see if I got this right"
"There is Elena's witchy best friend, Bonnie" She said. "Gonna stay away from that one"
She looked over at Jeremy "Oh...sad little brother Jeremy"
She then turned and looked over at Caroline "And there's Caroline...obnoxious Caroline, I got all my info from her by the way, she has no idea who I am and she wouldn't stop yapping...oh" She said and looked at Matt. "And there's Matt, Elena's ex, yappy's future ex, and your friend, lot's of connection there"
"Matt isn't involved in this"
"He's involved with you, isn't he?"
"Look, you shouldn't be here, You need to leave"
"No, I have some friends here too, look see that man over there next to Matt by the float?" She asked "His name is Frank, he's very handsome and he's also quite handy and he'd notice that the axles are a little rusty which is very dangerous, so all you have to do is apply a little pressure"
Then it happened so fast...Matt's arm was crushed, Elena, Stefan and Bonnie were over helping and I went to run over but she grabbed my arm.
"Why are you doing this?"
"I'm showing you how easy it is to hurt the people youc are about"
"And you're doing this just because of Johnathan Gilbert's invention?" I asked.
"Hand it over and all will stop"
"I told you, Damon is not going to give it to me" I said.
"I think you underestimate how much Damon cares about you"
"He'll kill you before he gives it up"
"Is that before or after I kill your brother Jeremy"
I turned to look but Jeremy was gone.
"Jeremy?" I shouted.
"Jeremy!"
I turned and Isobel was gone too and I began to panic.
"NO...no, no"
And I began to run, there was only one person I could go to. I got to the boarding house and went in.
"Damon?!" I shouted.
"April?" He asked confused.
Then Elena, Stefan and Bonnie arrived.
"What's going on?" Elena asked.
"She has Jeremy!" I huffed.
"Who?" Bonnie asked.
"Isobel"
I turned to look at Damon who was glaring at the floor.
"You need to give her the invention" I said.
"Absolutly not" He bit back.
"Just hear me out" I said.
"I'm not going to give the device to Isobel so she can give it to John who is going to use it to kill me, I like being a living dead person"
"But it'll be useless, Bonnie can take it's power away" Elena said,.
"I don't trust her"
"I can remove the original spell" Bonnie said. I didn't really trust her either.
"John and Isobel will never know" Elena said.
"No, I'll get Jeremy my own way"
"Please Damon" I said.
"No"
"Really?" Stefan asked "Because Isobel is a vampire and Jeremy would be dead the second you walk in the door"
"Are you even up for this? I mean no offense but you're no Emily Bennett, she knew what she was doing"
"I've been practicing" She said.
"It's no piano lessons honey" He said.
"What's your favourite book?" She asked.
"What?"
"Name a book, any book"
"Name a book, how about Call of the wild Jack London"
Bonnie turned and looked around then a book flew past me and Damon caught it.
"Jack London, great parlor trick" he said.
"We're doing this Damon, and we're doing it my way, now give me the device, we're wasting time" I said.
"I don't trust you" He said "I tried to kill you"
"You're right you can't trust me"
"But you can trust me" I said.
Damon looked at me and he handed me the device.
"Thank you"
Bonnie had the spell book out, and began chanting. We watched her and then she smiled. .
"Done" She said and she handed me the device.
"Great, now what?" Damon asked.
"Now we give it to Isobel" I said.
-LATER-
I stood, waiting on her coming.
"Where's the device?" A voice asked.
I whirled and glared at her "Where is my brother?"
"This isn't a negotiation sweetheart, where is the invention?"
"Where is my brother?" I asked again.
"Do you really think i came alone?" She asked.
I saw two people from earlier behind me.
"Did you really think I'd come alone?"
She turned, seeing Stefan, Elena and Damon.
"For god's sake, call home" She said.
"What?" I asked.
"Call home, and ask to speak to your brother Jeremy"
I called the house and Jeremy picked up.
"Hello?" His voice asked. I sighed with relief.
"Jer, are you ok?" I asked.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine, Uncle John hit his head, it was an accident" He said.
"We're all laughing" Jenna's voice said.
"But yeah I'm ok" He said.
"I'll be home soon alright?" I said.
"Yeah" He hung up and I put the phone back in my pocket.
"You were never gonna hurt him?"
"No, I was going to kill him" She said and I glared at her "Don't look at me like that, don't look for any redeeming qualities in me. I don't have any"
"Why did you take that risk with Damon? How did you know he was going to give it to me?"
"Because he's in love with you" She said.
I frowned and looked past her at Damon, Elena was gawking at him too, he looked at Stefan who seemed confused and I looked back at her.
"Thank you" I said as I handed her the device.
"For what?" she asked confused.
"For being such a monumental disappointment, it keeps the memory of our real mother perfectly intact" I said.
"Goodbye April" I turned and went to glare at her again, and folded my arms and stood next to Elena. "Good bye Elena, as long as you have a Salvatore on your arm, you're doomed, Elizabeth and Katherine were smart, they got out, but we all know, you're not Elizabeth and Katherine"
She looked at us then left, Stefan embraced Elena and I looked at Damon, then Stefan pulled back and looked at Damon, he looked away and left.
I frowned and went home, feeling a bit sad.
I went to talk to Jeremy.
"We have to talk about all this" I said.
"No, we really don't"
"I don't know what Anna told you-"
"I think Elena's journal covered it all" He said.
"Your read Elena's journal?" I asked.
"Yeah? And save me the whole speech about invasion of prvacy because I read the section about Jeremy erasing my mind, about what happened to Vicki"
"Jeremy, please you don't understand-"
"Get out"
"No Jeremy"
"Aj! Just get out...please"
I left the room and then turned "Jer, I..."
He shut the door in my face and I frowned.
I went into my room and sulked, sitting on the bed.
"Well hello there" A voice said.
I jumped and looked up seeing Damon.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"Came to see how you were" He said and sat next to me.
"Well in all honesty, I'm fine"
"Really? Meeting your birth mother? And you're fine"
"Yeah...she was a bitch, I'm glad she's not in my life"
He sighed and looked away.
"Damon?" I asked "What's wrong?"
"I think...I know who your father is"
"What? Who?"
"Okay, it might be a bit farfetched, but um, I think it's a tad bit obvious and it's not Rick"
"Then who?" I asked.
"John Gilbert"
My eyes widened and I stared at him "Are you serious?" I asked.
"Yep"
"Oh, well that's...that's uh strange" I said nodding.
"I know" He nodded and stood.
"Where are you going now?" I asked.
"Back to the boarding house, where I should be"
He went to go for the window "Damon wait!"
He turned to look at me and I got off the bed and hugged him.
"Why?" Was all he said.
"For helping me...for trusting me" I said.
He stared down at me "Yeah that's not a problem"
I stared at him for another minute and then it happened so fast, his lips crushed mine and it took me a second before I kissed back. I wrapped my arms around his neck and then I was against the wall, it was...nice, lovely and I had to admit he was a good kisser.
The kiss felt like it was going on forever, and in all honesty I didn't want it to end, and then all of a sudden I was on the bed, Damon above me. He kissed me so passionately, I don't remember the last time I felt this wanted and needed by someone.
He stopped though and pulled back and I groaned inwardly and sat up. He kissed my forehead and vanished. I then realised what just happened and I put a hand to my lips...I just did that didn't I? Oh god...