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AMY'S POV

The darkness was everywhere.

So was silence.

The only thing I could hear was the birds' tweeting and my fast breathing.

He was somewhere around me. He had to be. If I could just-

Suddenly I felt his breath on my neck

"Boo."

I spun around in a flash and pressed the tip of the stake to his chest.

"Missed. Again."

I let out a huff and took off the blindfold covering my eyes. The sunlight made my eyes ache for one second, and Luke dropped his gaze to see where I had leaned the stake's tip, smirking.

His stomach.

I groaned and dropped the stake to the ground then, slumped down to the ground

"I give up. I quit."

"Amy-"

"I'm hopeless!" I whined like a spoilt child and he chuckled

"I think you're just tired." He said reasonably and I sighed, grabbing a fistful of grass

"Maybe it's enough for today." He said and I just shrugged, pulling up more grasses from the ground, taking my anger out of poor earth.

"Amy…"

"What?" I snapped "Apparently I can't even find where someone's heart is in the dark, just add it to the list of things I can't do."

"You're being too hard on yourself."

I didn't say anything, just continued to violate the ground, until-

I paused when I saw Luke, handing me a daisy with a cute look in his eyes. My lips curled upwards automatically and reached out to take it, but he didn't give it to me. Instead, he placed the flower behind my ear and I took my hand to there, in order to keep it there.

"Your hair looks-blonder." He said with a smile and I giggled

"Yeah, sunlight makes it look like that." I said, brushing my hair off my eyes "And it makes the freckles more visible…" I murmured, unconsciously rubbing my nose. He chuckled, but then his expression turned into serious

"Something is bothering you, isn't it?" he asked "You're-distracted today."

My smile faded away and I took the daisy into my hands, twirling it

"It's probably nothing." I said slowly "But-Monica has been giving me weird glares since last week and today, she just-" I took a deep breath "It's just- nothing really. I'm just being paranoid, but I don't want Dan to suspect of something-" I stopped myself. Luke didn't know my brothers were hunters, right?

He raised his head to look me in the eye "I'm sure you're just being paranoid." He said softly

I sighed again, but didn't say anything

"Come on." He said "It's enough for today. You look really tired." He got on his feet and took the stakes from the ground, then started walking to the car. I stood up as well, but then paused when a thought crossed my mind, turning my gaze into the wood

"Damon?" I whispered "Are you-in there or something?"

Silence.

What had I expected, seriously? Him to walk out of the woods?

I shook my head, then started walking towards the car.

I'm getting weirder and weirder every day…

Just as I opened the door, my phone rang

"Oh, hi Caroline." I answered, waving at Mike who was sitting on the couch, watching TV "What's up?"

"Nothing much. What's Will's favourite color?"

I froze in the middle of my living room

"Ehm-come again?"

"What's Will's favourite colour?"

"Will as in my brother Will?" I asked, and heard her sigh

"Yes, Amy, your brother Will. What is his-"

"Why would you want to know this?" I asked as Will walked into the living room, holding two shirts in his hands

"This one or this one?" he mouthed, showing me the shirts, and I frowned

"Umm…Caroline, can I call you later?"

"Just tell me a freaking color!" I jolted up when I heard her shouting

"Alright, alright! Try blue." I muttered, then hung up. Will looked surprised

"Was that Caroline?"

"Yeah. What the hell is going on?" I asked, but he didn't seem like he heard me

"Why did you say blue, does she like blue?"

"No you like bl-what the hell is going on?"

He ignored me and went upstairs. I turned to Mike

"So?" I demanded "What's happening?"

"Our Will has a date." He said, chuckling

"With-wait, don't tell me it's with Caroline."

"It's with Caroline."

I gulped"Holy mother of- Will!" I shouted, running upstairs. I banged his door and opened it

"Hey!"

"You can't go on a date with Caroline, have you lost your mind?"

"It's not a date." He said patiently, digging through his wardrobe

"Oh really? What is it then?"

"Nothing!" he said "Look, I ran into her today, we talked a little, she said she was wondering this new movie, and I was wondering too, we're just going to the movie together, that's all!"

I sat down on the bed "Oh God, I'm dead"

"Amy-"

"You'll mess this relationship up, and Caroline will stop being friends with me!"

"Optimist, aren't you?"

"Will, don't do this-"

"Oh, you're so-"

"He who dates with his sister's best friend shall be killed by his sister in his sleep. Seriously, it was in my fortune cookie today-"

"Amy-"

"Aphrodite, goddess of love, I summon you-"

He pulled me from my arm, steering me out of the room

"Make this couple uncouple!-"

"See you later, sist!" he said and shut the door to my face. I stomped on my foot and went downstairs

"Didn't work, huh?"

"He is an idiot!" I said, folding my arms and sitting beside him. He turned his head

"At least you know Caroline isn't anything like Monica."

"No one can be anything like Monica." I said "But seriously, what's next, you, dating with Bonnie?"

"Well, we were waiting to announce you this, but-" I poked him and he grinned

"Okay, okay, no need for violence." He laughed "Where were you by the way?"

"With Luke." I shrugged and he gave me a look

"You two are hanging out a lot these days."

I shrugged again

"Aphrodite, goddess of love, I summon you-"

"Shut up."

Someone knocked my door and I raised my head from the book

"Come in?"

The door opened and Monica stepped in "Hello Amy."

"Umm..hi." I said, combing my hair behind my ear "What's up?"

"Nothing much." She said and sat at the foot of my bed "How was your day?"

"Nice, I guess." I muttered "What about yours?"

"Oh, mine was nice too." She said in a weird tone "I met a friend at the Grill."

I raised my head "Ehm-did you?"

"Yes." She said "In fact, I thought you told me you would be there also, with Luke. But I couldn't see you there."

I let out a shaking breath, my heart beat getting faster a minute

"I-I was-"

"Really? Because we hung out there for like…3 hours, but I'm sure I couldn't see you." Her big blue eyes were looking me in the eye and I frowned

"Monica-"

"Amy, what do you think you're doing?"

I gulped "I'm not doing anything!"

She sighed

"I swear-it's just-I'm not doing anything wrong!" I said quickly "I was with Luke, but-"

"Oh, I'm sure about that." She said coldly and I frowned

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"I mean, I do believe you were with Luke. What you were doing, is what concerns me."

"Whatever you're thinking, I'm sure it's-"

She held up a hand, signaling me to be quiet.

"I don't know what you were doing…" she said "But if I ever find out you're lying to your brothers again, I will inform them about this."

My hands had started to shake and I bit my tongue

"It's clear that you can't see it right now, but if he makes you lie to us, then apparently, he's doing something wrong. With you."

Calm down. Control yourself

"I have my own mind to think about all these, Monica."

"I wasn't saying you didn't, but apparently, he has an affect on you." She said gently "Don't let yourself be used-"

"I'm not a girl like that-"

"Amy." She said warningly and sighed again "You need to understand, I just don't want you to get hurt." She squeezed my hand "It's just that-"

"I'd like to be alone for a couple minutes, if you don't mind." My voice held no emotion, it was just a statement of fact. I tried to control this rage, burning in my veins, but I was sure that I wouldn't be able to if she said one more word.

She gave me a sympathetic smile and got up from the bed, then left the room. I clenched my teeth, taking deep breaths. So, it was what she thought, huh?

I rubbed my face, and got up from the bed swiftly, snatching my phone from the table. I put it into my pocket, and grabbed my bag, stuffing my wallet and a stake into it, then I went downstairs

"Where are you going?" Dan asked and I shrugged

"Girls called. We'll hang out, I'll be back before 10." I slammed the door behind me and started walking. I took another deep breath, closing my eyes, calming myself down.

I was over reacting.

Of course I was. After all, she was just worried about me.

Right?

Right…

I wandered in streets for a while, and then, I found myself looking at the Grill. I gulped, and walked inside, a weird feeling appearing in my stomach.

I walked over and sat down on one of the barstools.

"Lost your way, little red riding hood?"

I turned my head to see Damon, watching me with a smirk"No, big bad wolf."

He sat beside me "What are you doing here?"

I just shrugged and he motioned the bartender to refill his drink, also, get me one.

"I don't-drink whiskey, Damon." I muttered as bartender came closer

"I need to see an I.D first." He said, looking at me and Damon cleared his throat, making the bartender look at him.

"No you don't." He said in a calm voice, and bartender just stared at him, then went to get us our drinks

I looked at him, confused "How did you do that?"

He wiggled his eyebrows "How do you think?"

I gawked at him for one second, then my eyes widened

"Wait a second, you can't-you-can you-?"

He just smirked as the bartender brought us our drinks

"You can hypnotize people!" I whispered in shock, my hands covering my mouth. He took a sip

"Mm hm. Come on, drink up."

"Mm hm ? ! You can hypnotize people, and all you say about it, is 'Mm hm'?" suddenly, a thought hit me "Did you hypnotize me?"

He smirked "Wouldn't you like to know…"

"Damon!"

He let out a breath "Relax, Goldilocks. I didn't."

"Why not?"

"Drink that and I'll tell you."

I grimaced, looking at my glass then reached out and took a sip. The taste burnt my throat, like a liquid fire and I coughed, putting my glass down onto the counter.

"So?"

He had an amused expression on his face and sighed

"Thanks to your brothers, I think." He nodded at my neck "Your necklace."

I dropped my gaze and held my necklace in my hand, twisting it "What about it?"

"It probably has vervain in it. Do you always wear it?"

"Yes, ever since I was a child." I muttered

"You never take it off?"

I bit my lip "I do, at nights. It tangles my hair."

He raised his eyebrows and his eyes sparkled for a second, but it was gone as soon as it came. He took another sip from his drink

"So…Will you tell me what you're doing here?"

I raised my glass, though, didn't take a sip afterwards, I just put it back down onto the counter "Drinking?"

He smirked "Will it not blemish your innocence, hanging out in a bar at night?"

I clenched my teeth. And here I was, wondering how long it would take for him to say something like that.

He was treating me like a child.

Again.

"Maybe I'm not that innocent." I said daringly, although, I couldn't believe I was saying that. I could feel the heat rise in my cheeks, God, what was I doing for heaven's sake!

His smile widened, showing me that he didn't believe a word of it "Right.."

I licked my lips, glaring at him, then, took my glass and gulped the rest of my drink. I held back a cough and raised my head again

"Can I have one more?"

It did start with one more. But that one more led to another, and I stopped counting after 5th. The rest of the night was..blurry. The last thing I remembered was him, taking me home and me, knocking over the chair, waking everyone up. I spent half an hour with my head in the toilet –literally- and Mike took me to my bed, then darkness surrounded me

I woke up with the most terrible headache in the world. My head felt too heavy for my body and I grimaced, burying my face into my pillow.

Wait a minute…

I jolted up in the bed, making my head hurt even more. I managed to stand up and stumbled towards the window.

"Damn it…." I muttered when I saw the cars. They were still here.

I'm so dead. From this moment… Goodbye cruel world! It was nice to know you…

Suddenly I heard footsteps coming closer and I tried to jump into the bed to look like I was still sleeping, but of course, misreckoning the distance between the window and bed, I bounced off the bed and landed on the floor with a loud thump.

I would've felt if my skull were cracked, right?

Someone opened the door

"Good, you're awake." Dan said, ignoring the fact that his only sister was lying on the floor "Come downstairs." He shut the door and left me on the floor.

I held onto the bedspread and got on my feet, then headed to the spending almost 5 minutes in there, washing my face for the 10th time, I slowly went downstairs.

Mike was making himself coffee, Will was sitting on the couch and Dan was standing up behind the kitchen counter. Monica on the other hand had crossed her arms on her chest, staring at me.

I bit my lip and sat down on a chair.

"I should probably leave you guys alone." Monica muttered and gave Dan a peck on the lips, then walked out of the kitchen, closing it behind her

"Please say something." I said inaudibly, wringing my hands in my lap "This silence will blow up my brain, plase."

Mike sighed "I'd never thought we would have to talk to you about it, Amy."

I gulped

"We're not blaming you-"

"Not blaming her?" Dan snapped "Speak for yourself! What the hell were you thinking?" he roared, looking at me

"Dan-"

"No, it's serious, Will!" he said "If she makes a mistake, she should know the consequences!"

I didn't dare to raise my glances "I didn't think I would get drunk-"

"No doubt to that! Do you know how worried we were? Do you know how you looked like when you came home?"

My eyes started burning "I'm sorry-"

"You should be!" he roared again "You're not going outside until I say you can."

My head jolted up "Excuse me?"

"You heard me."

That was it. I knocked over the chair when I stood up

"You can't be serious!"

"You'd be surprised." He said calmly "Now go back to your room, you're grounded."

"I'm not a child anymore!"

"Than don't act like one!"

I gritted my teeth, my knees were shaking but I forced myself to stay strong.

"Guys, maybe we should talk about it later, when we're.. calmer." Will suggested but I didn't respond. I just looked at him sharply. I had always obeyed them, but now… I wasn't going to let them do this to me.

"Oh, so now, I'm a child, huh?" I snapped "I wasn't a child when I was expected to start a new life whenever my brothers felt like moving out, but now, I'm a child?"

"Don't talk about things you have no fucking idea about!" he roared

"Or what?" I asked "What, Dan? Come on! What will you do?"

"Amy, shut up." Mike said warningly but I just shook my head

"So I shouldn't talk about things I have no idea about, is that it? How can I even know, you don't even-"

"Oh, now you're talking about hiding things?" he raised his voice again, cutting me off "You're not in position to lecture about keeping secrets, Amy! How about yesterday morning? Huh? What about a week ago? Apparently, you've been lying to us for a long time!"

Monica…

She had told him.

"Dan, I can-"

"I don't even want to hear it!" he shouted "Don't even try to explain!"

I bit my tongue, to keep myself focused

"And now, this!" he shouted "My little sister, coming home drunk! I don't know this girl you've turned into, Amy, but I know it's not my sister that I know."

Tears filled my eyes again

"Dan, it's enough." Will's voice was firm, but he just shook his head

"You have no idea how much I'm disappointed with you."

"Shut the hell up Dan, or God help me-"

Don't cry. Don't you cry…

I could feel my throat's tightening, but I clenched my teeth and kept the tears at bay

"Do you really feel that way?" my voice was trembling "You're-disappointed with me?"

"Of course he isn't!" Mike said "Dan, tell her, you idiot-"

"Just because I made one mistake, I disappointed you?"

"Lying more than once, is more than just one mistake." Dan said through his teeth

"Or so your 'perfect' girlfriend says." I growled "You listened to her, but you don't even bother to listen to me?"

He was silent, and I let out a breath, blinking back the tears

"You know what? Just-just forget it." My voice croaked and I stumbled, but regained my balance and walked out of the kitchen. I ran to upstairs, and almost ran into Monica

My whole body was shaking with anger and I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down

"Amy, he's just doing this for your own good-"

"Monica…" I growled through my teeth "Now is not the time for this, and I will say things I'll regret, so, just drop it…"

"I know what you think right now, but we're not your enemies!" she said in a sweet voice, as if she was talking with a five year old.

My blood felt like it was boiling, this feeling involved no logic, nothing.. Just pure, burning anger.

A tingling reached to my fingertips, numbing there. My hands balled up into fists, and I could feel that my nails digging into my palms.

"I hope you're happy." I said, letting out a bitter laugh "God, thinking I was going to apologize to you…" I gulped "But let me tell you something Monica, and I'll say it for the first, and the last time; don't you ever try to provoke my brother against me again, because the next time you do that, I will fight back. And you won't like the consequences."

She put a hand over her chest, her baby blue eyes widening "Is this a threat?"

I forced myself to smile sweetly "No." I said "No. Of course not. This, Monica, is a promise."

I turned on my heels and opened my door then slammed it behind me.

And as soon as I did it, I fell on my knees, trying to muffle the sobs erupting from my body.

A.N: So, some of you wanted Amy to put Monica into her place, well...you ask, I write my dear readers :P Alright, I know, it wasn't a big fight, but I think the anger that'll trigger the big fight should progress slowly, so... Anyways, what do you think about the chapter? I need reviews, guys! Please send me your opinions, constructive criticism, ideas, comments, anything! I really love them!

Review Responses:

Egyptian Kiss: Heheh, I loved that Damon/Amy scene too, it was really fun to write:) And I can assure you, more Amy and Monica fight to come, lol:) I was actually going to write a big fight in this chapter, but I decided to save it for later ;) so, what did you think about this one?

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Jay-Boogie: Heheh, I was giggling to myself when I write that Damon's telling her about the following thing lol:D I know there wasn't much Amy/Damon action in this chapter, but you'll see more in the following chapters, pinky promise! Oh, and I liked writing her learning to fight, I think it'll be beneficial to her in the future *wink wink*

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ashley199935: Yay, that's exactly what I'm trying to do! I've been trying to make it progress slowly, since even though it's a fanfic, I wanted the reader to think it's believable, and it's great to hear that I'm succeeding ;) thank you so so much! oh, and btw, "wanna be stepford mom issues"? I'm so adding it into a dialogue;)

RoseDew: I seriously burst into a laughter, reading that=) and hey, is it weird for me to hate a character that I wrote? because I really hate monica=) anyways, I'm really glad you like the story;) and hey, what did you think about the almost fight with monica in this chapter?:D

anca . bu : Omg, thank you! the big secret will be revealed soon ;) oh, and I know it wasn't the big Monica-Amy fight you've been looking for, but it'll happen too, I can assure you;)

aireagle92: and here you go, the next chapter! I hope you liked it!