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I thought it might be a bit weird doing the Tyler and Aj sex thing but if Damon's aloud to have sex then so is Aj right? Oh well...don't worry it'll be fine soon enough.

Here's Chapter 37.

Chapter 37: The Dinner Party

I went downstairs and into the kitchen and saw Jenna, who looked worried.

"Hey" I said pouring coffee into a mug.

"I just got off the phone with Carol Lockwood" She said looking at me.

"Yeah?" I said. "Anything else about this Histo-"

"No, Tyler ran away from home last night" She said.

I frowned and looked down "Huh"

"What?" She asked.

"Nothing" I mumbled.

"You like him don't you?" She asked me.

"What? Tyler's a friend Jenna" I said looking over at him.

"That's not what you were giggling about the other night" She said.

I choked "W-What?"

"Oh come on Aj" She scoffed "Rick and I came home as you were "Giggling"

I gawked at her, oh great. "Hmmm" I mumbled.

"It's good you know" She said.

"What is?" I asked looking again.

"Everybody seems to be finding someone" She said.

"Like?" I asked raising my eyebrows.

"Well there's Stefan and Elena, Alaric and I, Bonnie and Jeremy, Caroline and Matt, Andie and Damon" I cringed at the name "And you and Tyler"

"There is no me and Tyler"

"So the other night-"

"It didn't mean anything" I said "It was a distraction"

"What?" She asked confused.

I sighed "I was a distraction for Caroline"

She gaped at me, her face turning into a frown "But-"

"Yeah Caroline and Matt...but no, Tyler likes Caroline"

"You like Tyler?"

"NO, Tyler's a friend the other night was a mistake it didn't mean to happen" I said taking a drink of the coffee and I spat it out, it was disgusting. "Eww"

I poured it down the sink and looked over at Jenna, who was looking back at me, she had a sympathetic look on her face.

"Oh, Jenna please don't" I said shaking my head at her. "I'm fine"

"You ne-"

"I don't need anything from anyone, ok, I'm fine" I said rubbing clothes down.

"I need to go see Elijah, we're going to visit the old Fell property"

"Have fun" I said going into the living room.

"What are you doing today?" She asked.

"Absolutely nothing" I said and flicked on the tv.

"You should've gone with Elena and Stefan" She said.

"No, I really shouldn't have, I would rather be in the company of myself than those too...with their smoochiness" I said.

She rolled her eyes and kissed the top of my head and looked me in the eye "You're a great girl Aj, there's nothing you wouldn't do for anyone"

Yeah, so I've been trying to tell them.

"You'll find someone"

"I'd rather not" I said and stared past her.

She sighed and straightened herself out and said goodbye and left.

I sighed and watched TV...not that there was anything good on.

-LATER-

I decided to go a walk and ended up at the grill, I went in and almost wanted to die on my feet, Alaric, Jenna, Elijah, Andie and ...ugh Damon, they looked at me as I walked past and headed to see Matt.

"Hey, Aj" Jenna's voice said.
I cringed slightly and turned "Yes Jenna?" I asked with a fake smile.
"We're having a dinner party tonight at the boarding hosue, you should-"

"Thanks but no thanks" I said and turned, I heard her sigh and I stopped to talking to Matt.

"Hey" He said.

"Hello" I smirked "How are you today?"

"Ugh, the usual you know, you?"

"Just about the same" I said.

"Right, the usual you as in, the one who's totally jealous?"

"Totally jealous about what?" I asked.

"You know, that news reporter"

I turned my head to see Andie kissing Damon and I scoffed.

"Are you serious?"

"Oh come on" He scoffed back.

"Don't even go there" I smirked "Have you spoken to Caroline?"

" Nope, not since the other day when she told me she was with Bonnie...but uh wasn't"

"Oh...she did huh?"

"Yeah, I feel like I'm being pushed away" He said frowning.

I patted his hand "Yeah, I know the feeling"

"So how come you wont go to their dinner party?" He asked changing the subject.

"Not in the mood for socializing"

"But you're socializing just now" He said.

"Yeah, but you're different" I said.

"How?"

"Cause I like you" I smirked.

He laughed "Yeah I like you too"

I stood "I better go, I feel uncomfortable in here"

"Yeah, I'll see you later"

"Let me know how everything goes with Caroline"

"If anything happens" He said.

"It will Matt" I said nodding.

I went to walk past Jenna again but she stepped in front of me.

"You're kind of...um blocking my way out of here" I said nodding.

"That's the point" She smiled.
"Jenna-"

"Okay I know how you feel about Ty-"

"Just don't even go there"

"Oh no, keep talking we want to hear about Tyler" Damon's voice said.
I turned and glared at him, he smirked.

"So you and Tyler, maybe you could get your mind off it by coming to this dinner tonight"

"I'd rather pluck my eyes out" I said.

She frowned at me "Aj"

"You should come April" Damon said.

I shook my head "Stop calling me that" I snapped I turned to Jenna "I said no, I'll be fine in the house"

I stormed past her and walked out of the Grill, oh my god what the hell did she just do that for? I groaned as I began walking.

"What's the whole Tyler Lockwood thing?" A voice asked from behind me.

"None of your business" I said.

"Oh come on April, tell me"

I turned to look at him and shook my head "No"

"We're friends right?" He asked smirking.

"No, we're not friends, we're not anything, we never have been and we never will be, so just stay the hell away from me"

I turned and continued walking, why did he persist in doing this to me? It was like he enjoyed tormenting me, before I could go any further my arm was grabbed and I was spun round to face him.

"We're not friends huh?" He asked.

I stared up at him, like he cared.

"No"

"So why don't you just come to this party"

"Because being anywhere near you makes my skin crawl" I said and I pulled my arm from his grip and he enjoyed it, tormenting me? Fine "And for your information whatever happens between me and Tyler is none of your concern"

"It does when he's a werewolf" He hissed.

"Oh yeah" I said "Good thing it wasn't a full moon the other night then"

He glared at me "Oh really, and why's that?"

I smirked "Because we had sex"

His eyes narrowed "You're lying"

"Actually I'm not; you can ask Jenna, she and Rick saw him leave"

He stared at me and I didn't miss the hurt look on face, but he quickly composed himself.

"Right" He said "Like I care"

"Exactly what I thought, goodbye Damon"

I turned and walked away from him, and this time he didn't stop me.

-LATER-

I was lying on my bed, I didn't even remotely feel bad for telling him Tyler and I had sex...he was enjoying it with Andie, so why couldn't I? My phone began to ring.

"Hello?" I sighed.

"Hey, uh Aj" Stefan said.

"Hey, Stefan" I said.

"Um, have you seen Damon? Or heard from him in the last hour?"

"Uh, no...I saw him a few hours ago, they're having a dinner party in the Boarding house" I said.

"Okay, well uh Elena and I are on our way back"

"Why Stefan? What's going on?"

"Your uncle John is trying to get Damon killed"

"What?" I asked "Why?"
"He's planning on killing Elijah" Stefan said.
"Oh for god sake Stefan !" I cried and jamp up

"What exactly is happening"

"You need to get to the boarding house and get the-"

"I'm not going but I'll call Rick" I said "Tell him what?"

"Tell him the dagger is a trap, if he kills Elijah with it he'll die it has to be human that does it"

"Okay" I sighed. "What exactly are you all trying to do this for? What's Elijah done?"

"We're trying to keep you safe Aj, Elijah was planning on killing you anyway"

"Yeah, I know this, I've explained it to Damon too, ok, I'm willing to die so just stop" I said and hung up the phone I dialled Rick.

"Hello?" He asked.

"Rick?"

"Yeah?"

"Put Damon on the phone"

"What Aj he's busy"

"Stop him from doing it Rick" I said.
"What? Aj slow down" He said.
"If he uses that dagger on Elijah then he'll die it has to be a human that does it" I said "Get him to stop now! Tell him it's not his place to die and if he tried it, I'll bring him back and kill him all over again"

"Okay" He said and hung up.

I sighed and rubbed my forehead.

This wasn't going to end very well for anyone if they kept trying to get me out of it. If I had to die, then I had to die there was no point in moping about it.

-LATER-

My phone rang "Hello?"

"You gonna explain your tantrum earlier?" Stefan asked.

"Listen, I'm sorry ok" I said "but if you don't like my decisions, that's fine. There's nothing I can do about it, but please don't go behind my back again or I'll-"

"Or you'll what?" He asked.

"it's my life Stefan" I said.

"Yeah, exactly" he said. "It's your life and we're gonna do everything we can to make sure you live it"

"Then what? I asked let Elena die? Because that's exactly what's going to happen if I don't"

"She won't, I'll protect her, I'll protect you both"

"Stefan, I love you, I do, you're like a brother to me, ok but you...you're not going to be able to watch both of every second of everyday, I'd rather I die then Elena, and I'm sure you already know this because Damon can't seem to keep his mouth shut"

"You're giving up" He said.

"That's not what..."

"Yes it is!" Elena cried through the phone "Even if you don't want to admit it"

"You wouldn't let me give up when I lost hope, so I'm not gonna let you" Stefan said.

"There's the difference between you and I Stefan, I haven't lost hope, I'm trying to protect my sister and my friends" I said simply sighing.

"Uh Stefan..." Elena said.

"What?" He asked.

"It says in this journal that Originals believed in truth and honour, it was forbidden to for a vampire to kill another vampire, so the dagger would take both lives and as long as the dagger stayed in place, the Original, for all intents and purposes, is dead" Elena's voice said.
"What does that mean" I asked.

"I gotta go" Stefan said and he hung up.

I frowned and looked at my phone.

Suddenly there was a knock on my door, and I remembered the spell Elena had made Bonnie do on the house so that Damon and Stefan were the only two vampire's getting in and out of the house, unless they were invited in again, so any vampire other than the Salvatore's had to be invited in again.

I went downstairs and into the kitchen, then out to the door and answered it, seeing Elijah.

"You know I might not be able to enter this house..but I'm a very patient man, I'll wait you out" He said "And I can wait a very long time"

"They shouldn't have done to you, what they did" I said.

"The deal is off" He said.
My eyes widened "I'm renegotiating" I said.

"You have nothing to negotiate with" He said.

I showed him the knife I'd picked up before going to the door.

"I'd like to see you lure Klaus into Mystic Falls if the doppelganger bleeds to death and you have no idea where the other one is"

"Nor Damon or Stefan will let you die"

"They're not here to stop me" I said simply "and I will do it"

"They'll know and they'll save you"

"Yeah, and feed me their blood, so that I die and become a vampire, then they'll do the same to Elena when you try to get her, just promise the same as before, that you won't hurt anyone I love, even if they've hurt you"

"I'm sorry Aj, but I'm going to have to call your bluff" He said.

I nodded understandingly and I plunged the knife into my stomach and it hurt like hell. He rushed over but couldn't get in.

"NO!" He cried "Yes, yes you can have your deal, let me heal you!"

"Give me your word!" I said, blinking, trying to focus on anything but the pain.

"I give you my word" He said.

I stepped outside and he took my in his arms, but suddenly I was grabbed and pulled back, and then Stefan moved, I fell back onto the floor and looked up at the porch top. Damon was the n above me and he bit into his wrist.

"No" I said moving my face away from him.
"Aj you need to" Stefan said.

"Uh uh" I said.

"I'll force it down" Damon snapped and then shoved it into my mouth.

He then moved away from me "Little tip, don't pull the dagger out" He said.

-LATER-

They'd taken him to the cellar in the boarding house, and I stood just behind Elena at the door, frowning.

"Uh" Damon grunted "What do we have here, a little moonstone bar of soap. I'll hang onto this"

"So, that's it" Elena asked "I mean, as long as that stays in there he's dead?"

"Pretty much"

"Okay" She said.

They turned to me; here we go again "What now?"

"What you did was stupid" Stefan said "What if we hadn't shown up"

"I didn't think you were gonna show up" I said honestly shrugging. Elena glared at me and I sighed, time to give them what they want to hear "Okay you guy's want me to fight, I'll fight. But if we're gonna do this, you can't keep anything from me, because you all knew what was gonna happen today, from this moment on, we're doing it my way"

"That seems fair" Damon smirked.

I glared at him and turned to Stefan "Okay" He said.

I looked at Elena "Okay" She nodded.

"Good" I said and I turned, heading out of the cellar and out of the stupid house.

I headed home and went to bed, I lay and stared out the window. I had lied to them...I was still gonna have to die and I knew that, but to get them off my back...I had to lie.

-THIRD PERSON POV-

Damon walked into his bedroom and heard somebody in the shower.

"Andie? I thought you left?" He asked.

And he stopped when the woman in the shower turned around, he stared at her in surprise, thinking for a few split seconds it was Aj.

"Hello Damon, do you have a robe?" She asked. Elizabeth.

"How did you get out?" He asked.

"I knew that if I begged you not to kill Elijah, that's exactly what you'd do, little known fact, Originals can compel vampires, but as soon as they die, the compulsion wears off" She said.

"And you knew" He said."And I'm still here, Katherine isn't but she'll be back soon enough, We meant what we said, we're going to help you"

He stared her up and down and wondered to himself...but then shook the thought away.

"So" She said "How about that Robe?"

-LATER-

Damon snuck into Aj's room, and he stared at her sleeping form, he loved her, so why couldn't he just...be with her? He walked over and knelt beside the bed and leaned in, kissing her lips softly, which to his surprise woke her up, her eyes landed on him and she groaned.

"What are you doing here?" She asked rolling over onto her other side.

"I wanted to talk to you" He lied.
"hmmm?" she mumbled into her pillow.

"I wanted to tell you" He sighed "that you're insane if you think I wouldn't die trying to protect you"

She huffed and sat up, rubbing her eyes "Well I don't want you to"

"Well I will either way" He said.

"Yeah, well don't" She said looking at him "You have somebody else to worry about"

And with that she la back down, facing away from him again. He sighed and stroked her hair, causing her to shiver.

"Maybe you're wrong" He said.

She turned to look at him, but he was gone...