Disclaimer - I in no way, shape, or form, take credit for the character created by L.J Smith nor Julie Plec, and Kevin Williamson for the development of said characters. I do however own Klarissa. I also do not take any claim over the plotline of the series as well as not taking any claim over the screenplay and the writings of L.J Smith, Julie Plec, and Kevin Williamson
Princess1 - Frederick only sliced her, but I did write that she cleaned up at Damon's house, meaning he helped clean her wound as well as the cut on her head from where Frederick pushed her head against the car window. I didn't want it to seem like everytime Klary gets hurt then she relies upon vampire blood to fix her.
Guest - Yes! Kai will, of course, be making an appearance in later episodes, however, honestly I haven't thought that far ahead. But, it is Kai so I'm sure he'll want something from her.
Kayla - Thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying Klarissa and the story.
Guest - I'm working on a character profile for Klary so all that little things about her you want to know, you will soon have!
Hope10 - Thank you for the lovely comment and yes, finally a tiny hint as to what Klary is. Also, later on, I'm sure Damon will develop many more nicknames for Klary haha and yeah Elena and Klary will definitely have issues later on down the road. Yes! Klary and Damon are very similar, when everything starts getting more intense I think the two of them will be leaning on each other and I think Klary will be the only true one who understands Damon (and doesn't try to change who he is).
UNDER CONTROL
Walking down the stairs, the first person I came into contact with was definitely not what I needed. "John" I greet my uncle, who for the record, I can't stand.
John sighs, "You know you could call me your uncle".
I shrug my shoulders as I join Elena and Jenna in the kitchen, "Well, yes, I could". A soft chuckle leaves his mouth but I ignore it as I send a look to Jenna who just shrugs and turns back to what she was doing.
"I didn't realise you would be here so early" Jenna says to him.
John replies, "I said I'll be here before noon".
Jenna glares at him before commenting, "Oh what you say and what you do are totally two very different things". To be fair, no one really likes John besides Jeremy and at least Elena could tolerate him.
"Uncle John, what's up?" Jeremy greets as he comes down the stairs before leaving us again.
John lets out a "Hey!", just in time to be heard but once my brother leaves, he reverts his attention back to us, "I had some business in town and I thought a visit was in order".
"How long are you staying?" Elena asks him.
John shrugs, "I don't know yet".
"Well, this is all very interesting but we have to leave for school. So, bye Aunt Jenna" I say before grabbing my school bag, "John" I nod to him before exiting the living room.
•••
Elena and I met up with Matt in the hallway of school before class, filling him in on John's return. "He said his trip is open ended" Elena tells Matt.
"Uncle John, I never really liked that" Matt replies with an amused smile.
I grimace, "Does anyone?" and the two of them laugh.
"Well, I'm here for moral support if you need me" Matt tells us.
"Thanks, Matty, but I think we'll suffer this one alone. Besides, you've been through enough", I reply softly and Elena agrees.
Matt smiles at the two of us, "Thank you by the way, for everything you two did at Vicki's funeral and the memorial. I wouldn't have been able to do it without you guys".
"Of course Matt" Elena replies, and I offer a smile as a response.
"So, is Caroline still baking for you guys around the clock?" I ask Matt who chuckles at my question.
Nodding his head he answers, "Well she finally went to her Dad's which is a good thing. My mum was going to strangle her if she dropped off one more lasagna" and the three of us laugh before leaving for class.
•••
Alaric had kept Elena and I behind after class to inform us about Jeremy's extra credit paper. "I made a copy of the paper Jeremy wrote. I think you two need to take a look at it" Alaric says as he hands over the piece of work.
Taking it from his grasp, I read the title out "Fact or Fiction: The Truth About Vampires in Mystic Falls" and both Elena and I's eyes go wide.
"Jeremy wrote this?" Elena asks.
Alaric nods, "He's very clear that he didn't think it was real".
"I really hope you're right because I've done so much to protect him from all of this" Elena replies which makes me almost scoff as I remember the compulsion.
"How do you two deal with it?" Alaric asks us.
Furrowing my eyebrows I ask, "What do you mean?".
"With all the lies and secrets. You have to lie to everyone who's important to you" our history teacher shrugs and now the guilt I thought I had finally got rid of, just came pounding back.
Elena is the one to reply, "It's not safe for them to know the truth. So, yes, we keep it from them but it's only because we love them".
It's silent for a moment before Alaric replies, "I think Stefan is a good guy. But at the end of the day, he's still a vampire".
"I know it's hard to understand but Stefan is different. He would never do anything to hurt me" Elena says with conviction and Alaric nods before his gaze falls on me.
"And Damon?" he asks.
"Well, he's a work in progress" I comment before Elena and I say our goodbyes to the teacher and leave. As we make our way to the car I tell Elena, "You know he's right".
"Who is?" Elena asks.
"Alaric" I answer and Elena gives me a strange look so I continue, "Jeremy is going to find out eventually. Wouldn't it be better if he heard it from us instead?".
Elena shakes her head, "We've talked about this, it's not safe".
"Yeah, and him not knowing also isn't safe. We don't know what could happen, at least if he knew it wouldn't be such a big secret" I reply frustrated before adding, "He doesn't even know we're adopted, Elena, I'm sick of all the lies and secrets. He's fifteen, not five, he can handle it". However, Elena ignores me as we get into the car.
•••
It had been a few hours since returning home from school and whilst Elena was sat up in her room with Stefan, who was conveniently waiting on our doorstep as we arrived, I was currently catching up on all the homework I had neglected over the past couple of weeks. Mid-sentence on my essay I heard a crash in Elena's room and immediately became alerted. I rushed out of my room, only to see Stefan who was halfway out the front door. Opening Elena's door, I saw her eyes, shocked, looking at her broken mirror before realising I was stood in her doorway. "Are you okay?" I ask my sister before walking over and sitting with her.
Elena runs her fingers through her hair before breathing out, "Yeah".
Furrowing my eyebrows I look at her expression and can see an emotion that almost resembles fear, but fear from what? "What happened? I heard something and saw Stefan running down the stairs. Lena, what's going on?" but as I ask, Elena just shakes her head and doesn't say anything, softly I ask, "Was it Stefan?" and she looks up at me.
"We were just talking, and then we were kissing but all of a sudden he lost control and he threw himself into the wall. I don't even know how he lost control, I mean I know he's been on edge lately but nothing like this" Elena replies.
Masking my distress at her statement I offer a caring smile before saying, "I'm sure he'll be alright, like you said he's been on edge and the whole being kidnapped and tortured thing is probably the reason why".
Elena nods her head, "I'm just gonna take a shower and then rest before the Founder's Party tonight, okay" and I take that as my cue to leave.
Standing up, I walk over to leave but stop just before I'm out of her room and turn around slightly, "Lena?" I say and she acknowledges me, "Just be careful, okay?" before leaving. As soon as I make it to my room I reach for my phone and text Damon, "Urgent, come over, please" and almost five minutes later, the doorbell rings. Heading downstairs I open the door, "Oh good, you're here" I say as I greet Damon who steps into the house with a smirk.
"You ask, I come. I'm easy like that" Damon jokes and I roll my eyes. Pointing upstairs, Damon almost complies before noticing Jeremy sitting in the kitchen. Loudly, Damon exclaims "No Klary, I will not go to your bedroom with". Annoyed I grab his arm and begin guiding him up the stairs and into my bedroom. "Ah, just as I remember" Damon says as he glances around my room before making his way over to my bed.
"Stop messing around" I comment but he raises his eyebrows in response before jumping onto my bed, the blue-eyed vampire lays in a resting position as he holds my teddy bear to his chest.
"Did you know that your uncle has been kicking it with the Founders' Council?" Damon asks.
"What?" I ask, almost shocked.
Damon nods, "Yep".
"Perfect, we'll just add it to the growing list of drama in this town" I say as I join Damon on my bed next to him.
"You said it was urgent in your text, what happened?" Damon asks with concern lacing underneath.
Looking at him I say, "I'm not exactly sure. I was catching up on school when I heard a loud noise come from Elena's room and when I got to the hallway I saw Stefan running down the stairs and Elena curled up on her bed with a smashed mirror. She wasn't hurt, she just said that they were kissing and all of sudden he threw himself against the wall and even though she won't verbalise it, I know she's worried about him. And so am I. How long will it take before Stefan is back to being, well, Stefan?".
Damon shrugs his shoulders, "Give or take a few days".
"It's been a few days" I add.
"Then give, I don't know, what's the big deal?" Damon asks as he gets up from my bed and make his way over to my vanity as he looks over the pictures that stick there.
"The big deal is that he isn't himself, and I'm worried. Elena is completely shaken up, and I don't want her to get hurt, intentionally or not" I say.
Opening up one of my drawers Damon says, "Well maybe the problem is that he has spent far too long not being himself, and besides, you know he'd never hurt Elena".
I make my way over to Damon as he takes one of my bras from the drawer, "Seriously, are you twelve?" I ask him as I take it from his hands and shoving it back into the drawer before closing it.
As if to annoy me further, Damon picks off one of my pictures from my vanity mirror but I'm too slow in grabbing it back. "It is what it is Angel, the Stefan that you and Elena know is 'good behaviour Stefan', 'reign it in Stefan', 'fight against his nature to an annoying and excessive level Stefan'. But if either of you thinks there isn't another part to him, then you have not been paying attention".
"So what you're saying is that there's also a 'Damon-like Stefan'? Yeah, right. Stefan's two steps away from being a saint" I raise my eyebrows.
Damon steps closer to me and pouts. I notice his eyes flicking from my eyes to my lips but I take this as means to take my photos back. "Just because he doesn't want to be me, doesn't mean that deep down, he's not" Damon replies.
Shaking my head I sit back down and mutter, "God it's just one thing after the next".
"Why? What else is wrong?" Damon asks me and I feel the bed dip beside me.
"It's Jeremy, he uh, he wrote an extra credit essay-" I begin but Damon cuts in.
"That's the big deal? Jeremy doing school work?" he asks sarcastically.
Rolling my eyes I tell him, "He wrote it on vampires, Damon. Do you think he's starting to remember?".
Damon shakes his head, "I took those memories away for good so you don't have to worry about that. But here's a suggestion, why don't you just ask him?".
"And suffer the wrath of Elena? No way. Besides, a small part of me agrees with her. Don't get me wrong I totally disagree with the whole mind compulsion thing but I understand why she asked you to do it" I reply.
Damon looks at me softly, "Angel, what's really going on?".
Meeting his eyes I tell my truth, "I don't even know how to talk to him anymore, we used to be so much closer, open about everything. But now, with all these secrets just piling up, I feel further away from him than when he was high most of the time. I mean, Elena and I haven't even told him we're adopted".
"Maybe it's time" Damon says caringly. Taking a deep breath I consider his statement and nod in agreement before it's silent between us. "On another note, how are you?" Damon asks.
Confused I reply, "I'm fine".
"I didn't mean in general I mean, what happened with those tomb vampires must have taken some toll on you even if you're not showing it" Damon says as he places his hand on my cheek gently.
Leaning into him I reply, "I feel like I haven't even had time to process it. Like I haven't even taken a deep breath to relax. Damon, I'm scared, it feels like I'm standing at the edge of a cliff and I don't know whether or not I'm going to be pushed off or throw myself off. I keep putting on this brave face but I know that it's only a matter of time before I break. And Damon, I don't want to break, I'm not some fragile person but all my emotions don't make sense and I'm trying to pull myself together. I just feel so…" I trail off.
"Lost?" Damon asks me softly as his thumb strokes down my cheek and gently over my lips.
Nodding slightly I agree, "Yeah, I feel lost". And as our eyes focus on each other, I notice that he has the tiniest specks of green and gold around his iris. Ever so slowly I can feel myself slowly moving towards him and see Damon doing the same thing, and just as we're caught up in the moment, I'm pulled out of it when I hear someone clear their throat. As I back out of his embrace and notice Elena at the door with a confused expression. Looking back from Elena to Damon, I don't have time to read his face before he's standing up and leaving the room abruptly.
"What was that?" Elena asks confused.
But I shake my head, "I don't want to talk about" I tell her as I feel myself almost gasping for breath as my body feels too hot and my heart is beating too quick. Trying to overcome my emotions and forgot those blue eyes I focus back onto Elena. "What's up?" I ask as casually as I can muster.
Taking the hint, Elena says "I thought about what you said and I think you're right. I don't want Jeremy to know about the supernatural, but he has the right to know we're adopted. So, are you up for going on a walk?".
Smiling at her I say, "Yeah, let's go".
•••
After Jeremy agrees with Elena and I to have a talk, we walk along the lake that's not too far from where we live. "So, what did you two drag me out into nature for?" Jeremy asks but his tone is light.
Elena looks at me so I take the lead, "We have something we need to tell you but we want you to know that it doesn't make us any less of a family, okay?". Looking confused but agreeing, Jeremy nods his head, so I take that as a means to further tell him, "Elena and I are adopted".
Jeremy pauses for a moment before saying, "How did you find out?".
"I was looking at our birth certificates but it didn't make any sense, it said that our parents were Grayson and Miranda but there was no record of mum ever being admitted so we asked Aunt Jenna and she confirmed it for us, but Jer, you know it doesn't change that we're your sisters?" Elena tells him, not the exact truth but not a lie.
"I know. I just can't believe mum and dad never told you two that you were adopted" Jeremy says and I'm surprised at how easy he's taking this new information.
Shrugging I say, "I'm sure they would have told us eventually".
"Why were you so worried about what I would think?" Jeremy asks us.
"I don't know, because it's kind of weird to go your entire life thinking you're related by blood to someone" Elena replies.
Jeremy asks, "Does it bug you that we're not?".
"No Jer, you're our brother and that's all that matters" I tell him softly and he smiles back.
Changing the subject Elena says, "So, Mr. Saltzman said you've been doing really well in history now".
"Yeah, he's been helping me out. He gave me some extra credit and stuff" Jeremy replies.
"He loved your vampire paper" Elena says and I give her a strange look but she ignores it.
Jeremy nods, "Yeah he thought I had a clever angle".
"What drew you to that subject matter?" I ask him.
Jeremy replies, "I don't know, boredom or maybe I'm just the same as the long line of Gilbert crazies".
"The Gilbert's aren't crazy" Elena replies.
"Easy for you to say, you two aren't ones" Jeremy jokes and I stop.
"Ouch" I say as I nudge his arm and laugh.
"We should probably head back now, we're supposed to be getting ready for the Founders' Party" Elena says.
"Oh yes, wouldn't want to forget those official founding family duties placed upon us" I joke as we leave.
•••
After changing into a more appropriate outfit for the Founder's Day Kick-Off Party, I left our house with Elena, Jeremy, Jenna, and even John. As soon as we arrived, John left with so much as a warning as well as Jeremy, whilst Jenna went straight to the bar which left Elena and I alone together. "I wonder if Stefan's here yet" Elena says to me as we make our way towards the dance room, and I use that term very loosely.
"You don't suppose he's the guy throwing back whiskey?" I question as I notice Stefan at a makeshift bar.
I hear Elena sigh as we make our way over to him, "Hey" my sister greets as we make our way to her boyfriend.
Stefan's expression immediately lightens as he notices her and replies, "Hey, how are you?" and sloppily kisses her on the cheek and I try not to cringe.
"Are you drunk?" Elena asks him, her tone light.
Stefan nods, "I know it's a little weird but it's helping me. The alcohol takes the edge off" he says before turning and acknowledging me, "Hey Klary".
"Hey, totally drunk high school guy at parties who sneaks the booze" I try and laugh his actions off but a slight feeling of worry has placed itself in my stomach.
"I totally am, yeah" Stefan replies with a smile.
Elena gives him a funny look before saying, "How worried do I need to be?".
Stefan shakes his head but he still sports a smile, "Oh no! You don't need to be worried, it's just until the cravings go away. Listen, I think we should enjoy it while it lasts. Would you like to dance with me?".
At that suggestion Elena raises her eyebrows, "You hate dancing, I usually have to beg you".
"No no no, you have to beg the sober me but with the drunk me, there is no begging necessary".
Looking at the dancefloor Elena says, "There's really no one dancing".
Stefan turns to the DJ and then back to us, "That's because they need something to dance to, I'll be right back" and then he leaves us to walk over to the DJ.
Kelly Donovan walks over to us as Stefan leaves and says, "Yeah, that's not gonna work. I already tried to bribe the guy with twenty bucks and a date. He said Carol Lockwood has complete control over the music choices".
However, Elena and I look at Stefan and the DJ, who Stefan is obviously compelling. "You'd be surprised what Stefan can accomplish when he puts his mind to it" Elena tells her with an edge to her voice, and the music is changed from classical to pop. Stefan walks to the middle of the dance floor and looks at us with a proud smile.
"Thank God!" Kelly exclaims before going over and joining Stefan to dance.
Elena and I share confused expressions before I hear Damon's voice next to me, "Have I entered an alternate universe where Stefan is fun?".
"Is he gonna be okay?" Elena asks him.
"Eventually, one way or another" is Damon's response.
Elena sighs before saying, "I'm gonna go see if I can find Matt, I'll be back soon" and I nod.
"Well Angel, I must say you look wonderful" Damon compliments me and I can feel myself blush.
Smiling in thanks, I reply, "You don't look too bad yourself, Salvatore".
"You seem to be more upbeat than you were earlier" Damon comments.
I nod, the smile still on my face, "Elena and I told Jeremy about the adoption and he took it really well. I don't know, I just don't feel as weighed down anymore by it, it's one less secret to deal with".
Damon nods in encouragement, "If you're happy then so am I" and wow, has my blush stopped? Before I reply, Damon's expression changes, "I have to go handle something but I'll see you later, okay?" and with a swift kiss on my cheek, Damon's gone.
"For two people who aren't together, you definitely seem like it" I hear a voice say and I jump.
"Jenna, oh my gosh, don't do that!" I exclaim but I keep my tone light.
Jenna shrugs her shoulders with a small smile, "Who thought a Founder's Party could be so fun?".
"Someone bribed the DJ" I reply with a smile, before noticing Alaric on the other side of the room, making his way toward us. "History teacher, three o'clock" I tell my Aunt.
Jenna immediately straightens up, "How do I look?".
"Beautiful" I compliment and she smiles before leaving to join Alaric.
I also notice Matt and Elena making their way towards me, "When did this happen?" Matt asks as he notices everyone dancing.
"DJ had a change of heart" I shrug.
Matt dramatically clears his throat before bowing and holding out his hand towards me, "Would you like to dance?".
I take his hand and laugh, "What could go wrong?" and I follow Matt to the dance floor. Laughing at his horrible dancing, I look over and see Elena now dancing with Stefan but as they dance Elena accidently runs into a man.
"Wow, watch it" I hear him exclaim.
"I'm sorry, my fault. I'm clumsy" Elena says with a smile and she laughs at herself.
"Then get off the dance floor" the man replies rudely.
Before I can catch what else happens, Matt twirls me around before going back to some type of 70s jive movements, and just in time I catch Stefan catching the man and compelling him, "I think you need to apologise".
"I'm sorry" the man automatically says to Elena.
He turns to leave but Stefan grabs him again, "Now say it like you mean it".
"I'm really, really, sorry" the man replies again, his tone softer and then Stefan pushes him away.
Confused, I look at Matt, "You won't mind if I go rest for a bit will you?".
Matt smiles, "All good, I'll find another poor soul to dance with me" and I laugh at him before making my way out of the room and immediately spot Damon at the bar.
"Have you noticed the way your brother has been acting?" I say to him as I sit down.
"No, I've been too preoccupied with yours" Damon replies as he swallows the rest of his drink before turning towards me. "Jeremy has been asking questions about Vicki Donovan's death".
My eyes widen, "But he knows her death was ruled an overdose".
"Really?" Damon says before imitating my brother, ""Oh but sheriff, someone buried her. Who would do that?" I know I know! Me! I could compel him but he's wearing vervain".
Immediately I shake my head, "No, Damon, I was against it the first time, there's no way in hell you're doing it again".
Damon holds his hands up in surrender, "Okay Angel, okay. But what are we going to do if he keeps asking questions?".
"Then I'll handle it" I tell him.
Damon nods as he takes a rose that's sitting in a vase before handing it to me, "Okay, but don't say I didn't try to warn you".
Taking the rose, I smile at him softly before he leaves.
•••
Just after Damon left, I made my way back to Elena and told her about Jeremy asking questions. "Not to be the one to say 'I told you so' but did you honestly think that Jeremy would just keep quiet when it comes to Vicki? Just because he can't remember what happened doesn't mean that his feelings about what happened are gone" I say to Elena.
"You don't have to be so catty about it" Elena replies annoyed.
Raising my eyebrows I say, "Catty? No, Elena, I'm being honest, we're in this mess because of you".
"We're in this mess because of Damon, if he hadn't turned Vicki-" Elena starts until I cut her off.
"If you didn't ask Damon to compel him-" and now Elena is the one to cut me off.
Elena rants, "Yeah, because it was Damon's fault in the first place. I know the two of you are friends, or whatever you're calling it, but don't forget who Damon truly is. I don't understand how you're so blinded".
Almost rolling my eyes I reply, "I really don't think you should be lecturing me about Damon when you're the one with the out of control boyfriend".
"Look let's just find Jeremy and ask him what he knows" Elena tries to switch the conversation.
"And if he gets too close to the truth, are you going to lie to him again? Because I'm not. You know Elena, it blows my mind how righteous you always act, yet you're always the one in the middle of our problems" I finish before walking ahead.
It's silent between the two of us as we cool off, but we soon enter a room that Jeremy is sat in. "Jer? We heard about your conversation with Sheriff Forbes" Elena says to him as she sits on the couch next to him but I stay standing.
Jeremy looks between the two of us before saying, "No one is trying to figure out what happened to her, they all want to believe that she OD'd".
"The coroner's office confirmed it, if that's what they said happened then…" Elena trails of.
"Is that what you believe?" Jeremy replies.
I speak up, "What do you think happened?".
Jeremy's answer "I think somebody killed her and buried her body and I don't think we should write it off just because it's easy".
Elena sighs, "They're just doing what they can to move on".
"The truth is the only thing that's gonna help people to move on" Jeremy continues getting more frustrated with Elena's responses.
"Jer, just let it go, okay? Whatever it was is gone now" Elena replies.
Jeremy looks at her, "Whatever 'it' was? So you don't think it was an overdose".
Elena looks at me but I don't meet her eyes as I focus on Jeremy, "Jer, stop reading into it. The police are doing what they can".
"Is there something the two of you aren't telling me?" he asks us. Elena casts her eyes downwards, "Why aren't you looking at me?" Jeremy says to her.
"Stop it, that doesn't mean anything" Elena says.
Oh boy, "If there was something else you would tell me, right?" Jeremy asks.
"Of course we would" Elena says after a long pause, but Jeremy looks at the two of us with suspicion written all over his face.
•••
Elena and I left Jeremy in the room, but I quickly stepped away from her and fortunately, ran into Matt. "Who knew I've been missing all the fun at these Founders' parties?" Matt asks me with a silly smile.
"This is rare, believe me" I tell him and can feel myself smile back, Matt just has such a positive energy around him that it's hard not to.
"Is it bad that I'm enjoying myself?" Matt asks me.
Softly I tell him, "No Matt, it's great that you're enjoying yourself, you deserve some fun time. And thank you for the dance".
Matt hugs me before pulling away, "I need some air, come with me?" he asks and I nod. As I walk out, I notice Stefan in a corner drinking away and Elena walking over to meet him. "Also, have you seen my mum?" Matt asks as we walk outside.
"No, I haven't" I reply before turning my head and seeing Matt's mum kissing Tyler, "Oh my god" and Matt looks at me weird before looking at the scene in front of us,
Matt rushes over to the two of them and I follow behind, "What the hell are you doing man?" Matt says angrily as he pulls Tyler off of his mum.
"Matt!" Kelly exclaims, talk about mother of the year.
"Mum!" Matt yells back in annoyance as if he can't believe what's happening.
Tyler then thinks that this is the time to but in, "Who dude, calm down". And this is when Matt decides to punch Tyler in the face and a fight breaks out. I notice Kelly gets pushed to the floor as the two boy fall to the ground.
"Matt! Stop it!" I yell, looking for an opening but don't get one, then Tyler manages to get on top of Matt and begins fighting him, "Tyler! You're hurting him, stop! Somebody help us!" I yell behind me to get attention but all this does is attract an unhelpful crowd. When I look back, Kelly's gone and Matt looks almost unconscious. Thankfully, Alaric arrives just in time and pulls Tyler off Matt and pushes him against the wall.
"What the hell is that?" Alaric says to him but Tyler shrugs.
Quickly I run over to Matt as Mayor Lockwood arrives, "I'll take it from here" he says to Alaric as he checks up on his son but I focus back on Matt.
"Matty, oh my gosh, are you okay?" I ask even though I know it's a stupid question.
"Where is she?" Matt asks in response to his mum.
I softly place my hands on his face as I assess all the bruising and cuts, "I don't know, put your head up" and Matt complies. Luckily, the ambulance arrives soon enough and they're taking Matt in the back to help clean him up.
•••
After talking to the nurses, I head home after knowing Matt's alright. Elena and Jenna had already left, and I think Jeremy had been home for a while so I went to check up on him first. Knocking on his door, I see him hunched over his desk reading something, but I can't make out what, "Hey, are you okay?" I ask him.
Jeremy quickly shuts the book and turns, "Yeah, I'm good. How's Matt?".
"He's good, they cleaned him up" I tell him before I notice his nervous expression, "Are you sure you're okay?" I ask again.
Jeremy nods, "Yeah, just tired".
I nod, "Okay, well I'll see you tomorrow, yeah?". Jeremy agrees and bids goodnight, so I leave for my room. But as soon as I step inside I'm greeted by Elena.
"Hey" she says softly but I raise an eyebrow so she sighs before continuing, "I'm sorry, I hate when we fight".
"It's okay, but maybe we should just hold off on the moral talk from now on" I suggest as I sit on my bed.
Elena nods, "Sounds good, well we should both probably rest up after everything that happened, so, goodnight Klary" and Elena leaves and shuts the door behind her. Quickly I change into some pyjamas, before laying down in bed.
"We have some problems" I hear a voice say behind me and I jump.
"How many times do I have to tell you to stop doing that, Damon" I exclaim as I throw one of my pillows at him, but he just catches it and lays onto my bed next to me. Furrowing my eyebrows I add, "Wait, what problems?".
"Well, the first one being that I tried killing your uncle tonight but he came back to life-" I cut him off.
"What the hell, Damon!" I exclaim, shocked.
Damon starts "Oh don't worry, he's alive and well, apparently he has this magical ring like Ric that brings him back to life-"
"Aw, you're on a nickname basis, your relationship is flourishing" and now I'm the one who the pillow is being thrown at, "Besides, I didn't know Alaric had a magical ring".
"Oh right, you're out of the loop, last week your history teacher tried to off me, so in self-defence I killed him but before you yell, he obviously came back to life thanks to this magical ring" he says.
"Wait, so, John and Alaric have the same ring? That's a weird coincidence" but after I say that Damon raises his eyebrows, "Unless it's not, but how are John and Alaric connected?".
"Well apparently, John and Isobel used to date way back in the day, and he gave Isobel one of his rings, who then gave it to her husband, Alaric".
"This is a lot to process" I say.
"Yeah well that's not all. John isn't here for a random visit, he wants something but I'm going to get it before him" Damon tells me.
I ask, "And what is that 'something'?".
Damon sighs, "I don't know yet, but I will and I'll let you know once I find out" so I nod as I start making myself comfortable in my bed. "Now, for the next part" Damon starts and I almost groan but let him continue, "Something is wrong with Stefan".
"Well, duh" I reply.
"Stefan isn't like any normal vampire, he hides from his true nature and in turn, it messes him up. When Elena gave him some of her blood when Frederick attacked him, that was the first drop of human blood that Stefan's had in years" Damon informs me.
"Okay, but I don't understand what you're trying to tell me?" I reply.
"The blood controls him, and I may have just witnessed him going to town with a blood bag. It's different this time, though, it's stronger" Damon says.
Furrowing my eyebrows I ask "Is Elena safe around him?", Damon nods but doesn't say anything so I continue, "Will he be okay?".
"I'll help him" Damon replies.
Before I reply anything coherent, I let out a yawn and close my eyes. "Okay, we should talk tomorrow. Goodnight Damon".
"Night Angel" I hear him say softly, but I don't feel him move from the bed.
A/N - I hope this long chapter makes up for the long wait! Thank you for all the reviews, favourites, and follows, it means so much to me that you're enjoying the story. As for all the kind words I've also received, I would like to say that I truly appreciate it. If you have a suggestion or question then please leave it in a review and I will get back to you! Thank you for reading xx
P.S. I realised I still have a Polyvore so in my bio/profile I'm going to be linking the outfits that Klary wears on there if you are interested.