Chapter Twenty Five: Bloodlines Part II

"Where we're you last night?" Jenna's voice at the end other end was cheery, but Holly was no fool. She knew that her aunt was suspicious. Apparently, she hadn't really bought Elena's story.

"I told you," Holly said rubbing her temples. "Bonnie and I were up late studying, I stayed over and she gave me a ride to school. I should have called you, sorry it's just I fell asleep."

Jenna sighed. "Just promised me you won't do it again, are you sure you're ok?"

"Yep." She chirped as she turned around and saw Damon talking to Bree. "Look, I have to go, the bell just rang. I'll see you later, ok Aunt Jenna?"

As soon as she hung up, her cell phone rang again. This time it said ELENA. "Hey, sis." She said teasingly. "Now are you going to tell me why you were hysterical last night? Did Stefan propose marriage to you or something?"

"Not exactly," Elena said flatly. "Katherine."

"Damon and Stefan's ex-girlfriend, what about her?"

"Katherine Pierce." Elena repeated again. "Is Damon and Stefan's girlfriend or lover or whatever from 1864."

"Yeah, Elena we both kind of knew that." Holly said impatiently.

"It's not that that shocks me." Elena continued. "It's the fact that Katherine looks like us-like me. Stefan only wanted to date me, because I looked like his ex-girlfriend."

Holly gaped as she tried to look for possible explanations. "How is that possible? A twin-"

Elena interrupted. "I don't know, Holly . . . I was so stupid." She started crying again.

"Don't cry," Holly bit her lip. "Look, I'm in the middle of Georgia right now, so I'm no help, but I promise as soon as I go back, we'll have a long talk ok?"

Elena sniffled. "Ok."

"Hey," Damon appeared once Holly hung up with Elena. "You ok-"

Holly interrupted. "What the hell does Katherine have to do with Elena?"

Half an hour later Holly and Damon were eating burgers and French fries, Holly wasn't really hungry, but Damon has insisting on treating her after she had "nearly busted her head open" and to get her ready for a "very long history lesson."

"So Katherine is somehow related to me and Elena?" Holly questioned as she took a bite of her French fry. "Talk about creepy."

"Tell me about it," Damon mused. "If it makes you feel better, you and Elena are much nicer."

"It doesn't." she chewed on her hamburger slowly. "So that does mean that I'm part vampire? Was Katherine a witch?"

"Nope." Damon chew on a French fry. "Which means she was probably more closely related to Elena, you're probably the castaway."

Holly snorted. "Gee, thanks."

Damon rolled his eyes. "I mean that in a good way, besides I don't know for sure if Katherine is even related to either you or Elena. If she was, then that would mean that Katherine had a child before she was turned."

Holly didn't speak for a moment. "Any reason why Stefan wouldn't mention to Elena that she and I look like his ex-girlfriend?"

"Kind of creepy if you ask me." Damon smirked. "It's the innocent ones you have to look after."

"Oh, shut up."

"Here you go," Bree interrupted them as she handed Damon a beer. "Want a beer, Holly. I promise I won't card you."

Holly shook her head.

"Come on Holly live a little," Damon groaned. "I bet you have never drank before."

"Of course I have." Holly said defensively. Truth be told, she was a sloppy drunk.

Damon narrowed his eyes as he handed her a beer. "Prove it, then."

"You know when I was little all I wanted for my birthday was a pink unicorn." Holly burst into drunken giggles as she whacked Damon on the shoulder. "I was totally convinced that I was going to marry Shang from the movie Mulan."

Bree looked amused. "I think your girl here already hit her limit."

"Tell me about it." Damon said as he took the bottle from a drunk Holly. Perhaps getting her drunk had been a bad idea. "I'm regretting this already."

"Oh, come on the party is just beginning." She mused as her cell phone rang. "Oh, its aunt Jenna, be right back." She exited the bar and answered her phone.

"Holly, where are you?" Jenna sounded panicked on the phone.

"I'm fine, Aunt Jenna." She said hoping that she didn't sound drunk.

"No, everything is not fine-"the call broke off when someone snatched her phone and pressed a hand to her mouth.

"Hey, where's your girl?" Bree asked as she cleaned her glass. Damon looked around, Holly had taken a very long time, with her luck she had probably fallen into a sewer. "She was here a second ago."

Damon exited the bar and walked around the parking lot. It was empty. "Holly?"

He walked toward the building right next to the bar and found an unconscious Holly on the floor. He shook her awake. "Holly, Holly-"

Holly's eyes slowly opened, her mouth opened as she looked around her surrounding looking confused. She saw a shadow behind Damon. "Damon!"

-End of Chapter Twenty Five-

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