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Chapter 25: Wolf's Bite
I was still living in the timeline of the episode 'Bad moon rising'. The only thing that I was hoping for at that time was that Mason would be able to lock himself up in time in the Lockwood cellar. However when I checked the place my hope was crushed instantly. No one was inside the old cellar. It meant that Mason was still some where out in the woods. Maybe I should have just told Tyler about everything. I thought at that time. I couldn't help but feel guilty for encouraging his curiosity and lead him this way. 'The whole solve the mystery on your own thing' was completely my idea. And that gave me one more reason to accompany him in this deadly quest. No matter what I must stand by him in the search of the truth. The moon was full and we were near the Lockwood cellar Tyler and I. If a werewolf comes after us we will run inside and lock ourselves in the cellar. Well that was my plan anyway. Though Tyler didn't know anything yet. He didn't even know that we are expecting a werewolf here tonight. Suddenly both of us heard a wolf's loud howl.
"What is that?" asked Tyler looking around with fear and confusion in his eyes.
"That is bad news." I said and suddenly a wolf came into our sight out of nowhere.
"Tyler hurry up inside." I yelled for him but Tyler sprinted away from the cellar in panic. The wolf chased him as well. Oh no. Despite the fact that I was standing so close to the cellar entrance and I could just get inside and be safe, I started running after them. Tyler suddenly tripped and fell on the ground. He turned to face the wolf with fear. Tyler was shaking visibly as the wolf approached him. Mason wouldn't hurt him, would he? Yes, Mason wouldn't but it wasn't Mason but a werewolf and both Tyler and I got vampire stench on us due to hanging out with Caroline. And shockingly Mason didn't recognize Tyler like he did in the show before. Mason growled at Tyler ferociously. The wolf was about to jump on him and rip him apart.
"No!"
A loud scream erupted from my mouth right away. Hearing that the wolf turned to look at me instead. "Oops!" I turned around and started running toward the cellar as fast as possible. Hoping against hope that I would reach there in time. But who was I kidding with? I could never beat a werewolf in a race. Soon it tackled me down. I fell on the ground and a broken piece of glass cut through my jeans and skin. It stuck in my leg below the knee cap and also made me unable to run or even stand up again. I let out a painful cry. I turned around and lay on my back. In the process relieving my wounded knee from any kind of pressure. But I couldn't calm down because a sharp set of teeth was right in front of my eyes, growling at me. I was kind of laying beneath the hairy creature and it was hovering over me dangerously. I gulped down loudly unable to scream. But the wolf helped me with that, because before I could move away, it sank it's teeth into my flesh making me scream at the top of my lungs. It's jaws clamped down on my shoulder blade and threatened to tear it off. The wolf managed to tear off chunks of flesh from there, making me scream more. Suddenly I heard a voice, Tyler's voice.
"Stop!" Tyler said with such force, commanding the wolf, as if it has no other choice but to listen to that voice. And surprisingly the wolf looked back at Tyler this time and recognized him. They stared down at each other and the wolf suddenly took off leaving Tyler and me all alone. Tyler came over to me running. He started panicking right away when he saw the state of my shoulder. I tried to sit up but couldn't without Tyler's help. He was on the verge of tears. The pain I was feeling was indescribable. I could barely stay conscious.
"Jacq." I heard another voice from distance.
"Stefan." I whispered. I looked at Tyler.
"Tyler you need to go." I whispered with forceful tone of voice. If Damon was with Stefan and if he saw Tyler here, he would kill him right away.
"What? No, I can't leave you here." I took in a deep breath to suppress the pain.
"You need to go right now, please." I pleaded with him. Stefan came there in a blink of an eye but thankfully without Damon. He came over to us quickly.
"Jacq, oh my god!" He noticed the mess on my shoulder right away.
"Tyler go, please." I said again. This time Stefan looked at him and said-
"I will take care of her." Stefan said to him forcefully. Tyler walked away from there even though he didn't want to. He was feeling guilty too. If he wasn't being stubborn we wouldn't be here. But I wasn't mad at him. How could I be? When it was my fault in the first place that he chose to find out about the truth this way. Stefan's phone went off that moment. He quickly picked it up.
"I found her. It's really bad. Come over here fast" said Stefan and instantly I turned paler than I was already.
"Is Damon coming? No, no no no why did you ask him to come here. He is going to kill me." At that time if someone had asked me to choose between facing Damon and ten werewolves at once, I would have chosen the second one gladly.
"Trust me I will help him this time. What were you thinking Jacq?" said Stefan and he downright started scolding me as if I was a child.
"Seriously Stef, I am okay. You don't need to be paranoid. And Damon really doesn't need to come here." I said as much coolly as possible even though I was feeling like fainting any moment. The thought of facing Damon suddenly gave me unnatural strength and tolerance of pain. It was really funny that I was actually scared of facing Damon that moment when I just encountered a werewolf, the irony of the situation.
"You are missing flesh on your shoulder, do you realize that?" Stefan said shaking his head at me and checked the wound more properly. The more he observed the more tensed he got.
"How can you even talk right now?" He asked checking my knee next. Only if he knew how many times I was shot or nearly shot or stabbed or was about to get stabbed while dealing with all the underworld drug dealers then he wouldn't be asking me this. Though this was the first time I was bitten by a wolf. But hey everything has a first time and I definitely wanted it to be my last time too. I flinched as Stefan pulled out the piece of glass out of my leg. A small cry left my lips as well. In a blink of an eye Damon was there too and he looked at my wounds. I didn't dare to look at him and see his expression. I didn't know whether he was mad or furious or worried or just shocked. I kept staring at my lap, refusing to look up. I felt his fingers gaze around the wound on my shoulder.
"I am taking her to the boarding house" said Damon to Stefan who nodded in return.
Obviously he won't take me to the hospital. Because in there Damon wouldn't be able to yell at me or worse kill me after healing me. Is Stefan gonna leave me alone with Damon? I guess he is. I suddenly felt horror inside me. No, how can Stefan do this to me? I was lifted off from the ground. Damon gathered me in this arms in bridal style and started walking fast, almost running but not in vampire speed. I didn't dare to look up from my lap yet. Before I knew it, we were at the boarding house. I hoped someone would be in there, even Elena who would probably yell at me too but I will gladly take that. Anything to not be alone with Damon right now. I wondered why he hadn't said a word to me yet. Isn't he gonna shout at me or do something worse? Maybe Damon hasn't really planned out things yet and once we are inside and alone he would make me face his wrath. Damon took me straight inside the bathroom and settled me on the sink counter. I dared a glance at him when he was looking away. Busy with finding things, medicines, bandages, cottons and all. He attended to my shoulder first. He held it so gently that I felt ticklish feelings despite the pain. He cleaned it as much as possible. I dare not winch or make a single noise, and every time pain came up I closed my eyes shut and took in a deep breath to make it go away. I heard him sighing out in frustration when I took another deep breath due to the pain. Damon bit onto his own wrist and made it bleed and then held it in front of my mouth from behind me.
"Drink." He ordered.
Maybe the bite was too bad and it would take weeks to heal it naturally. I put my lips on his bleeding wrist, feeling like a vampire for the action. I started drinking the blood. The taste of it was not that bad. I wondered if everyone's blood tastes the same or is it just Damon's. As the blood rushed into my system I felt my wounds closing up and the pain going away faster than I thought. The feeling was quite amazing and different from anything else I have ever felt before. I stopped on my own when I felt the pain completely gone. Damon still hasn't said a word to me yet and suddenly it was kind of making me desperate. I wanted him to talk to me, scold me, yell at me, or even threaten to kill me for being so stupid. But nothing came from him, and he just kept cleaning the blood off of my healed wounds. I couldn't tolerate the silent treatment anymore. I looked up at him finally. He was wearing such a hard emotionless face that my heart cringed inside my chest. Was he that mad at me? No it wasn't just anger, it was hurt, and worry, and fear also. But altogether it was an unreadable expression. He was done attending me and he was walking away but I hopped off the counter, able to stand on my feet now and I instinctively held onto his wrist. Damon stopped and looked back at me.
"I am sorry." I said softly. I opened my mouth to say more but he yanked his hand out of my hold and stepped away from me but didn't leave the room yet. He stared at me with such intense eyes that I wanted to just bury myself in a hole right away. I must have put him through real hell this time.
"Sorry? Why are you saying sorry to me? As if you care, what I feel. What I felt when I saw your wounds. What I felt when I found out that you were in danger and what I felt thinking that you were out there somewhere dying. You don't give a damn about what I feel Jacq." Damon stared at me sternly while I kept my eyes down. I was unable to meet his gaze.
"You enjoy putting everyone through hell who cares about you. And from now on I am not gonna be one of them any more" stated Damon seriously.
This wasn't funny anymore. My stupid stunt seriously hurt him this time. I understood that. I had no right to hurt Damon like that and I felt so guilty for what happened. In all honesty I could have really died today. And for what? Nothing. I would have died just for being stupid. What would have happened to everyone then? Klaus would have taken over their world. The originals and the hybrids would have made their lives a living hell like it happened in the show. And everything I have done so far would have done nothing to save them. How could I have been so stupid, risking my life like that when so many people's lives are depending on me now. Yes, their lives are depending on me now because I possess the knowledge of their future and I am the one who could change it and save their lives and others' lives as well. If I die before saving their lives then my death would be meaningless just like it was in my previous life. My death was meaningless back then but I can't let that happen here as well. And I won't. I promised myself to be careful from now on. For the sake of my death and their lives. I inhaled a deep breath and looked up at Damon in the eye without hesitation this time.
"Even if I say that I love you, would you still not care about me anymore." I said and suddenly his whole expression changed. I didn't just blurt it out suddenly. I said it, I said it out loud and meant it. Finally I confessed my feelings for Damon. And I did it in full consciousness. I professed my love for him and I am not gonna take it back ever. I walked up to Damon while he stayed still. The look on his face said that he couldn't believe what he just heard. I stood very close to him and looked straight into his eyes, more deeply than I ever did.
"Yes I love you Damon. I am in love with you and I do care about what you feel for me. And I am really really sorry for hurting your feelings today. I didn't mean to put you through hell. Please believe me." There I said it, I had to say this to him. I had to let Damon know what I feel for him and how sorry I am. I was not expecting anything in return from him. I was not expecting him to forgive me or speak out his heart to me. He could laugh at my face for saying all this and I wouldn't care a bit. But Damon was just staring at me without uttering a single word. And the silence was killing me from inside. I decided that it was best to just leave him alone at that time. Probably what I just said came to him as a huge shock. He needed time to think.
I passed by Damon to leave but couldn't go far because a hand on my wrist stopped me from walking away. I turned back to look at him, at his breathtaking eyes, at his beautiful face. And before I knew it I was in his arms. Damon pulled me into a tight embrace. I didn't hesitate to wrap my own arms around him and buried my face in his chest. I inhaled his sweet intoxicating masculine scent deeply. I felt him kiss the top of my head while holding me gently yet possessively. And for the first time his possessiveness didn't feel wrong but it felt quite right to me. The whole moment felt right. I never felt anything like this before. I never knew being in his arms would make me feel so complete and it felt so right as if I belonged there. I felt jolts of pleasure running through my body as his hands roamed over my back. He buried his face in my hair and inhaled deeply. He was lost in the moment too and so was I. I never wanted it to end, I wanted this time to freeze over. But sadly it was short lived because Elena came running in the room and much to our disliking we had to break apart and stand away from each other.
"Jacq are you okay. Oh my god I was so worried about you" saying that Elena engulfed me in a hug which I returned gladly.
"Yeah I am fine Elena. Damon gave me his blood so the wounds are completely healed now." I realized that I felt shy mentioning Damon's name but hid the feelings well that moment.
"Was it that bad?" She asked worriedly and I nodded my head.
"Well a werewolf's love bite isn't exactly a gentle thing. I wouldn't want another one for sure." My eyes glanced at Damon while I said that and saw him scowling at me angrily, making me smirk and I even winked at him when Elena was not looking. He glared playfully for that and rolled his eyes at me.
"I don't understand it Jacq, why were you out there if you knew already that a werewolf was out there in the woods. How can you be so stupid?" asked Elena and I sighed out heavily.
"I had my reasons Elena, I can't explain that to you. You wouldn't understand it anyways." I stated and she frowned at me.
"Try me. Just tell me what were you thinking." Elena insisted but I shook my head. Why does she always have to know about everything?
"I am sorry Elena but I can't. Tyler-" I shut my mouth quickly, I really didn't want to discuss my worries and concern for Tyler in front of Damon at that time when I just said that I loved him. Damon wouldn't understand my concern for Tyler and he would get jealous unnecessarily. Elena sighed out heavily and gave me her helpless look that would usually get everyone sentimental and make them tell her everything, specially Stefan. But that look never works on me. She finally gave up on trying to make me talk.
"Fine, lets go home then." Elena said but before I could nod to her Damon spoke up.
"I think you should leave her here tonight. A werewolf bite can kill a vampire, it could have some bad effects on humans too. She should be under close observation for a while" said Damon and I lowered my face to hide my smile from Elena. Damon could seriously act well when needed. At the moment he was looking worried as hell. Elena nodded her head.
"Okay, I will stay here too then" said Elena and Damon rolled his eyes inwardly while still played it cool.
"Don't be silly Elena, you must be tired as hell after the long trip to Duke. You must go home and take rest. And take Stefan with you. Someone needs to watch over your house tonight" said Damon with concern in his voice. Elena thought about it for a moment then nodded giving in the idea. She looked at me one last time.
"Are you gonna be okay?" I put up my most innocent and clueless face and nodded to her.
"Yeah, I guess." I saw Damon smirking at that, that Elena missed to see. She then turned to Damon.
"Thanks for taking care of Jacq. I think I can forgive you now for killing Jeremy" said Elena and he flashed her a smile that made me raise my eye brows at him. Elena continued talking without noticing my expression.
"I guess I can't stay mad at you anymore, after all you gave me all those information about my lineage, took an arrow for me in the back, then you gave Jacq your blood to heal her and took care of her so well. It's enough to make me forgive you for what you did. And thanks for doing all these when you didn't have to." Elena kept talking. Damon took the arrow on his back this time too. I wondered in my mind. I guess somethings will never change. But Elena didn't have to trick Damon into telling her things this time. He did it on his own, that's a change. Maybe Damon was really desperate to get forgiveness from Elena. Why am I not surprised?
"So, we are friends now." Damon said hopefully making me roll my eyes at them.
"Yeah, we are friends now." Elena confirmed and then walked over to Damon and wrapped her arms around his neck. Giving him a tight hug. Damon too returned the hug affectionately making me glare at the couple. Perhaps I shouldn't have expressed my feelings to him at all. God, I can't believe he is making me regret confessing my love for him within ten minutes. Then totally avoiding me Damon walked Elena up to the front door while still holding her hand. I followed them too, I was totally gaping at them from the distance. Why was he doing this? Then I remembered that I accidentally said Tyler's name and Damon was doing this to get back to me. I shook my head to myself. When he is gonna grow up? Elena finally walked out of the door and Damon closed it behind her and actually locked the door for the first time. I groaned inwardly. If Damon thinks that I am gonna jump into the bed with him right away then he is up for another surprise from me today. I may have said that I love him but I am not gonna get physical with him anytime soon. Damon returned back to me smirking, no one was in the house except for the two of us. I crossed my arms over my chest.
"So, do tell me what kind of bad effects a werewolf bite could have on humans?" I asked smirking back at him. Damon wrapped his arms around my waist slowly and pulled me closer to him. I let him do that. He leaned in closer to me.
"Well, first of all it can make humans feel sorry for hurting someone." Damon said in a low tone of voice and he planted a kiss on my shoulder.
"It can make humans apologize for that." He kissed the curve of my neck this time, making me shiver as jolts of pleasure went though my body again. Only this time more stronger than before.
"It can make humans courageous enough to speak out their deepest truest feelings." He planted a kiss on my jaw line, slowly getting closer to my lips with every kiss. Damon cupped my face with one hand and looked into my eyes.
"It can definitely make humans confess their love very easily." He whispered slowly in his husky sexy voice and leaned in closer to my lips but I put a finger on his, preventing Damon from crushing his lips on mine so fast. I smiled at him when he looked confusedly at me.
"Well I know about another effect a werewolf bite has on humans." I said and he smirked at me and asked.
"What?" My smile grew wider.
"It can make humans change their minds too." Damon was completely taken aback by that. I smirked at him and said-
"Good night Damon." I slipped out of his hold and started walking towards the stairs to find myself a bedroom but Damon was in front of me in a blink of an eye.
"What?" He asked still not believing what he just heard me saying.
"You heard me, I have changed my mind." I walked past him but he was again in front of me.
"About what?" Damon asked and I crossed my arms again.
"About being your lover." I stated casually however Damon narrowed his eyes at me.
"You can't do that, you already said that you are in love with me." He spoke like a stubborn child. I shrugged my shoulders at him nonchalantly.
"So, what? It definitely didn't stop you from getting all over Elena." I said and Damon rolled his eyes at me.
"Seriously, you are gonna do this now. Come on Elena is just a friend and you know it" said Damon innocently but I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Maybe I do know that but you can't stand my friendship with Tyler so why should I accept yours with Elena?" I made a perfect point. Damon sighed out surrendering.
"Fine, let's make a deal then, I won't get between your friendship with the Lockwood kid anymore and in return you won't get all worked up about the friendship between me and Elena. Sounds good" said Damon and I pretended to think about it for a moment then nodded my head.
"Excellent, it's a deal then." I said smiling at Damon. He came closer to me again in a blink and wrapped one arm around me. He pulled me closer a bit roughly this time. My body was completely pressed up against his. It was making chills running down my spine and my heart skipped couple of beats as well.
"Now where were we." He whispered smirking at me. Then he leaned in very closer to my face. One more inch and our lips would meet each other. But I looked over his shoulder and yelled suddenly.
"Stefan!" It made Damon jump away from me right away and he looked behind to find his brother, completely forgetting that he had locked the doors himself a while ago. I couldn't help but laugh at Damon's expression when he didn't find anyone there. Damon glared at me for ruining the perfect moment.
"You didn't really think it would be that easy to get a kiss from me, did you?" I smirked at him and laughed when Damon scowled at me angrily.
"Good night Damon, sweet dreams" saying that I walked away from the living room with a huge smile plastered on my lips. I found myself a bedroom where I crashed down immediately. But when I almost fell asleep Damon came into the room and gathered me in his arms. Then he took me in his bedroom. Damon put me on his bed gently. I feared for once about what he is going to to. I didn't want things to go so fast between us. But Damon just got into bed with me and wrapped himself around me and simply fell asleep. Well I could allow that little comfort to him. Besides, I always get to sleep peacefully when with Damon. Things are gonna change very much from now on between me and Damon. I only hoped that I would be able to handle them.
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