Artemis groaned and rolled over; she slammed down her hand on the alarm clock and was about to curl back up into ball when her door was slammed open causing her to bolt upright.
"Jeremy-what the hell?" she shouted as he tore her blankets off of her. She scowled and kicked her leg out
"Oof" he grunted dropping onto her knees.
"Don't be so dramatic" Artemis muttered and went to roll over but Jeremy let out another pained groan
"Dramatic, you kick me in the-"she turned around and saw Jeremy cupping his crotch
"Oh my god are you ok?" she crouched down in front of him.
"No-"
"Oh suck it up" she stood up. Jeremy glared at her "So you're here because?"
"Because Elena is going to be late for school and-"
"Ergh fine I'll get her" Artemis yawned knowing the teen was probably at Stefan's place, she ushered him out of her room. "Stupid Elena making me drag her ass to school" she muttered under her breath and walked into her bathroom. She had a quick shower and did her usual morning routine.
Once she done that she dried herself off and headed back to her bedroom. Where she looked through her dresser and opted to wear a strapless lace bra and matching panties. Artemis then rummaged through her closet and decided to wear a pair of light blue skinny jeans and a white halter style top. She brushed her thick hair and decided to put it into a messy bun. Artemis slipped on her shoes and grabbed her bag. She checked her cell.
She stepped into the kitchen and hurriedly made herself a mug of coffee, Artemis glanced at the time and swore knowing that Elena would definitely be late for school
"Whoa where's the fire?" John asked as Artemis nearly crashed into him. She side stepped him and ran towards the front door
"No fire. I'm late" Artemis called over her shoulder and grabbed her keys from the dish-bowl she jogged to her yellow bug and climbed in. the brunette dumped her bag in the passenger seat and revved the engine.
"Oh no, come on you piece of crap" she snapped when she heard the engine splutter. She revved it again and slammed her hand down hearing it not starting. "Come on, come on" she muttered and grinned in triumph when the car started. The engine roared to life with that Artemis pressed her foot down on the accelerator; she felt her stomach lurch at the thought of Elijah's corpse in the cellar but knew that would be the best place for the Original vampire to be for everyone.
Artemis pulled up the gravel driveway of the Boarding House and saw Stefan's car sitting there, "She's definitely there" she muttered under her breath and grabbed her bag and clamoured out of her car. She walked up the pathway; Artemis didn't bother to knock and walked into the boarding house.
"Hmm, Arty must say you're looking mighty fine in white" Damon smirked looking at her from the couch
"Save it Damon" Artemis rolled her eyes "Where's my-"she gasped when he blurred in front of her
"You ok?" he asked his eyes brimming with concern he was referring to last night. And she knew that.
Artemis gave him a small smile and nodded "I'm fine, just….i just wasn't expecting that"
"Yeah well for what it's worth" he brushed aside her stray locks "I'm here for you"
"With Andie right on your heels?" she questioned causing him to back up. Artemis licked her lips and looked around.
"So is Elena here?" Artemis asked "she's going to be late for school, and I don't need John on my ass so-"
"Hello Arty, Damon" Elena walked down the hall
"There you are, come-DAMON WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Artemis shouted when Damon pinned Elena to the wall grasping her throat.
Artemis went to rush forward but Damon pushed her behind him "What are you doing here? I told you to leave" Damon hissed.
"What is your problem" Elena groaned trying to claw his hands off of her neck.
"Wearing her clothes? That's not going to work" Damon shook his head, Artemis was getting more and more confused as the seconds went on.
"Wait you think she's Katherine?" Artemis asked putting the pieces together
"Why would you think that? Katherine is in the tomb isn't she?" Elena asked looking at Damon; the vampire's grip eased up just as Stefan came hurtling down the corridor
"What's going on?" Stefan asked glancing between the trio.
"Something we all like to know. Where's Katherine then?" Artemis asked just as Stefan blurred away. The elder brunette stepped forward
"You ok….." her voice trailed off as she studied Elena, something was different about her. Her eyes widened "You're not Elena" she muttered and ran off after Stefan. She sprinted up the stairs and threw the younger Salvatore's door aside.
"No Stefan that's not Katherine" Artemis shouted seeing him pinning her actual sister to the wall
"What? no-"
"She's right" Katherine appeared beside her with a smirk on her lips "you know it's getting real easy pretending to be you." She looked over to Artemis who was glaring at her. "But you kind of surprised me, you didn't buy it-"
"What's there to buy? You're not my sister bitch" she muttered, Katherine hissed and was about to pounce on her but Damon blurred into the room and grabbed Artemis around her waist and literally shoved her behind him.
"What is she doing here?" Elena demanded, Artemis glared at the vampire and folded her arms across her chest.
"When we killed Elijah we freed the bitch from the tomb" Damon snarled as the elder Gilbert teen side stepped around the raven head vampire.
"How is that even possible?" Stefan growled his brows furrowed looking at the scene; Artemis sighed and shook her head
"He's an Original, has all sorts of special tricks" Katherine uttered.
"Guess killing Elijah did have its down side" Artemis muttered tucking a stray curl behind her ear.
"I don't want you here, get her out of here" Elena sniped pacing up and down.
"Does anyone actually want her here?" Artemis rolled her eyes "get lost Katherine you cause nothing but trouble"
"You need me Artemis, Elena, you all do" Katherine leant against the back of a chair.
"Like hell we do" Damon scowled. Huh Artemis idly thought Damon was clearly over Katherine.
"We all want the same thing" Katherine smirked
"And what's that?" Artemis asked canting her head to the side.
"Klaus dead, here you all are running around like chicken with their heads cut off-"
"What the hell kind of expression is that?" Artemis scoffed, Damon snorted at that.
"We don't want your help and we don't need it" Elena snapped
"Well that's incredibly stupid of you" Katherine stated and glanced over to Artemis "You're the smart one, so I'll level with you. Do you know where Klaus is? What he looks like? When he is coming?"
Artemis groaned and ran her hand down her face "She's got a point" she grudgingly agreed.
"If you know something tell us or get out" Damon snarled taking a step towards her, Artemis grabbed his arm and likely shook her head.
"Alright then" Katherine smirked at Artemis and Damon, "I guess I'll go to the Grill and grab some lunch, maybe Jenna's free for a bite-"
"You stupid bitch" Artemis snapped and it was Damon's turn to hold her back "don't you dare touch her"
"Relax, she won't" Damon grabbed her by the shoulders spinning Artemis around, "ok?" she sighed and nodded.
"Aw you two are adorable, you make me wanna puke-"
"Well then I hope you choke on it" Artemis spoke over Katherine "Elena school now" she demanded and literally drag her younger sister out of the room "STEFAN MOVE YOUR ASS" she shouted.
"She's not in a good mood is she?" Stefan commented.
Damon snorted "It's that psycho bitch who put her in a bad mood" he glared at a smirking Katherine "You should go-"
"OH MY GOD STEFAN HURRY UP" they heard her yell
Artemis was currently in the back office sorting through several items, she hummed along to the radio as she placed items into their cases.
"Hello?" she heard a voice call out, Artemis looked up at the time and saw that it was nearing lunchtime. She picked up the case and stepped out of her back office.
"Hi, I'm Arty" Artemis grinned at the young looking woman, she was sporting a baby bump "can I help you?..." she trailed off not knowing the woman's name.
"I'm Claire, I was wondering if you could help me" Artemis looked at the red head and could see that the mother to be was nervous. "Here" she grabbed the stood she had been sitting on and placed it on the other side of the counter. "Drink? I got tea or juice or-"
"Water will be fine" Clair smiled, Artemis nodded she went to get the glass of water and hurried back and set it down in front of Claire, she made sure to brush the tips of her fingers against the back of the other woman's hand. Artemis was pulled into a vision.
"How could you pregnant" a beast of a man roared at a cowering red head.
"I don't know" Clair trembled "please Sam I…I-"
"You ruined my life, I can't be a father I don't want to be a father" the dirty blond haired male shouted "You better get rid of it-"
Clair gasped and clutched her stomach protectively "No, I can't it's a baby Sam, our baby-"
"That's not my baby, I don't want it so you better-"
"No I am not getting rid of it" Clair screamed tears were streaming down her face
"Then get the fuck out of here" Sam growled c
"What?" she stuttered "no please-"
"Get the fuck out, I don't want it or you-"Sam exited the room, Clair ran after him she followed him into their room and saw the man packing her belongings.
"Sam what are you doing?" she cried
"You want that I don't want you so you're gone-2
"But I don't have anywhere to go-"
"Tough luck" Sam snapped thrusting the packed duffle bag towards her.
Artemis was brought back to reality she looked at Claire and felt a massive ache in her heart for her.
"You ok?" Claire asked "you were sort of out of it-"
"No I'm fine. What can I do for you?" she asked plastering a smile on to her face.
"Well I know that this is an antique store and you sell things, but I'm wondering if you buy things" Claire said desperation was rimming from her.
Artemis licked her lips her mind was working a mile a minute to formulate a plan "Depends on what it is"
"This" Claire rummaged through her purse pulling out a deep blue velvet box; she opened the lid revealing a marvellous ring. Artemis could immediately tell that it was worth a lot of money. She knew what she had to do so take a deep breath and got into her role.
"It's gorgeous, may I?" she said
Claire reluctantly handed over the ring; Artemis could see that the woman didn't want to
"So are you new in this town?" she asked
"No just passing through" she replied as the brunette rummage through her drawer and pulled out her glasses
"Oh?"
"Hmm, I've got a place in Minnesota, just need to get there. Gas money is expensive" Claire uttered, Artemis smiled and nodded and looked back down at the ring
"Sure is" she murmured, "so this ring where did you get it from?" she asked
"It was my mother's, family heirloom. I can't believe I'm selling this" she mumbled and wiped her eyes.
Artemis bit down on her bottom lip "Well this then has sentimental value nothing else" she handed the ring back
"What?" Claire asked startled wide eye "it can't be my grandmother said it was worth a load of-"
"Well she lied, take it back I can't sell it" Artemis shrugged her shoulders and did a quick once over
"Please wait is there anything I-"Artemis caught sight of her bracelet
"That" she stated leaning forward on her elbows, looking at it.
"This?" Claire asked with confusion "It's worthless I got it from a cracker it's not worth anything-"
"I'm the antique dealer I think I know what's what" Artemis smiled holding out her hand for the bracelet, Claire was right it was literally worthless but Artemis didn't need to tell her that. "Now this is something" the brunette uttered
"How much?"
The ring was worth around six thousand dollars, so Artemis decided to say that.
"Really?" Claire asked wide eye as Artemis wrote the check
"Yep" she smiled handing it over to her "look after that ring Claire. And good luck with the baby. You'll be a great mom don't let anyone tell you otherwise"
Claire smiled and surprised her by hugging her "Thank you" she whispered to Artemis who returned the hug and watched her leave.
Artemis had just put the stool back on her side of the counter when her cell rang loudly.
"Hello?"
"Art-"
"Ric what's up?" she asked leaning against the counter "Is everything-"
"Yeah, Jeremy and Elena are fine. I was wondering if you could come down to the school. I need someone to talk to if you don't-"
"I'll be there Ric, give me fifteen minutes" Artemis replied and hanged up. She got the feeling that he really needed to talk to someone, she closed up the store and grabbed her bag and jacket and hurried out of the store but not before she locked it.
Artemis revved the engine of the car and drove down the road.
"So what's going on Ric?" Artemis asked hopping onto his desk and swung her legs back and forth.
"It's bad" Alaric sighed as he paced up and down in front of her "John planted all these seeds about Isobel and now Jenna knows I'm lying about something"
"Ergh, stupid John" Artemis muttered under her breath. "You want me go kick his ass?" she asked completely serious. Alaric couldn't help but snort at that.
"That would be something I'd love to see, I gave him back his ring" Alaric held up his hand showing it was ring free. "Jenna keeps asking about Isobel, was she murdered? Why haven't they found her body? I mean how much longer can she stay in the dark?"
Artemis bit her bottom lip and sighed "The way things are going not for long, do you want to tell her the truth?" she asked hopping off of the desk and spotted the book resting on it, she picked it up and flicked through the pages
"I'm saying I can't be with her and not tell her" Alaric explained "that's not fair to her and that's not the type of relationship I want" Artemis nodded completely understanding where he was coming from.
"True, plus it's even more dangerous if she doesn't know" she muttered. "Never thought we'd be dealing with this now, how do we tell her though?" she asked looking at Alaric. The history teacher could see that he just added another thing on her list to worry about.
"I'm sorry I put this on you Art" Alaric said softly "I just thought it was your choice to make whether we tell her, I respect whatever choice you make" he paused "I want to be honest with her, but until then Jenna and I are done"
Artemis licked her lips and ran her fingers through her thick hair "Ok Rick, I'm sorry about you and Jenna-"
"Not your fault Art" he smiled at her. She nodded and left needing to go back to work.
Artemis yawned as she shifted some of the items around in the store, she wasn't really focusing on her task though since her thoughts were elsewhere more focused on Alaric and Jenna and their situation. She glanced at the clock on the wall and saw that it was time for her to close up. She hurried around the store and made sure everything was locked up and secure.
Once she was sure Artemis grabbed her jacket and her bag and locked the front door of the store behind her. She climbed into her car and pressed her foot down on the accelerator and drove home.
Artemis pulled up to her driveway and recognised Bonnie's car was already there meaning her and Caroline were probably around. She stepped out of the car and made her way up the porch.
"I'm home" she called out as she dumped her car-keys into the dish-bowl. She slipped off her jacket and walked into the kitchen and saw Bonnie and Caroline sitting around the kitchen island and Elena dropped a bowl of chips onto the counter.
"Hey Art" the trio of teen girls greeted her.
"Hi" she grinned and made a beeline towards the food, "So what brought on this impromptu visit?" she asked sitting down on one of the stools.
"Well" Elena started "Caroline is having Matt issues and Bonnie-"
"My powers are gone" Bonnie said, Artemis eyes widened at that
"What? How?" she asked baffled she didn't even know you could take another witch's powers away "Is that even possible?" she asked
"Seems so" Bonnie frowned, Artemis could see the mood had dampened so decided to change the topic.
"So what do you guys want to eat?" she asked leaning her elbows on the counter. "Chinese food or pizza-"
"Hmm like you need to ask" Elena snorted
"She's right, Lena eats anything" Artemis grinned and avoided the playful swat from her younger sister.
"I'll look it up" Caroline uttered picking up her i-pad, Artemis saw the smile drop off her face and snatched the computer device out of her hand, Bonnie leant over her shoulder and they both saw Caroline had been gazing out a picture of herself and Matt, on Founders day.
"Care seriously?" Artemis asked handing it over to Bonnie "don't wallow"
She felt Elena leaning against her back "Do you think Jonas is being sincere? He says he wants us to help him" she explained to Artemis.
"I don't know what to believe" Bonnie replied tapping away on the i-pad
"Well what are we going to do about this movie situation?"
"Oh so it's a girls night then?" Artemis asked hopping off the stool to get herself a drink.
"Yep" Elena replied "I think we all need this"
"What about the 'Notebook'?" Caroline suggested, both Bonnie and Elena giggled when they saw Artemis's face.
"No, please how many times have we watched that?"
"Technically Art you've never watched the film" Bonnie chipped in,
"Yeah you walk into the room and then when you see the screen you walk out" Elena finished off.
"Or last time you came in and turned it off-"
"The film is too sappy, and I wanted to watch 'Supernatural' have you seen Dean Winchester?" Artemis asked downing the rest of her drink.
"Ok I get you there, Dean is fine but Sam" Caroline groaned shaking her head.
"Should we bring them out of their lust induced stupor?" Elena whispered to Bonnie they were watching the smitten looks on both teens' faces.
Just then Jenna walked in, bringing Artemis and Caroline back to reality.
"Hey Jen" Artemis smiled at her, the strawberry blond haired woman smiled at her.
"Hey, what's going on?" she asked
"We're having a girl's night" Elena answered dropping down in a vacant seat beside Artemis. The elder Gilbert studied the other woman and saw the disheartened look on her face,
"Jen you alright?" she asked turning around slightly.
"You heard about my fight with Ric didn't you?" Jenna asked dumping her jacket on the counter.
"Yeah he did. He looks lost without you Jenna" Artemis said softly.
"Is this some sort of disguise to cheer me up?"
"Pfft" Artemis snorted "I didn't even know they were going to have a girls night till I walked through the front door."
"No, no this is about us girls being here, and we'll be here if you want to talk" Elena said quickly.
"Because I'm a winner when it comes to relationships" Caroline called out, Artemis quirked an eyebrow.
"I'm sensing some sarcasm right?"
Bonnie sniggered and nodded "You'll be right about that."
"You too?" Jenna asked Caroline.
"You've no idea"
"Alright then" Jenna said walking over to the fridge "this whole Isobel thing, I know he's hiding something from me" she slammed down her bottle on the counter.
"To play devil's advocate" Caroline said "maybe there's a great reason why he's not telling you something. He might be protecting you"
"She's got a point Jen, he doesn't want to see you hurt neither do we" Artemis added running her finger around the edges of the glass.
"It's not his call to make" Jenna looked at them "I deserve the truth, everybody does"
"Maybe it's harder than that" the blond vampire uttered, Artemis frowned slightly knowing the teen was probably talking about her relationship with Matt.
"Not if it's someone you care about" Jenna murmured,
Artemis shook her head "It might be even harder because of that, you don't want to hurt those who are closest to you. Even if he is hiding something Jen he's not doing it out of spite" there was a moment of silence which was broken by Caroline.
"You know what we need?" Caroline asked "dancing there's a band at the Grill"
"Good idea, now we don't have to go through this whole movie selection process" Artemis grinned
Bonnie laughed "I'm in"
"Me too" Jenna smiled
"In?" Caroline asked Elena who looked at both Artemis and Jenna
"In" she declared
"Great" Artemis jumped off of the stool "So who's going in which car?"
"Not Arty's" they all shouted at the same time, causing the elder Gilbert to pout.
"Why does everyone hate my car?" she asked
"Well-"
"Rhetorical question Caroline" Artemis rolled her eyes and started to walk out of the kitchen "come on then, move your asses. Let's go"
Artemis could already hear the band playing from outside the Grill; she stepped out of her car and saw Bonnie pulling in next to her.
"Ready?" Caroline grinned exiting the car.
"Definitely" Artemis smiled and led them into the Grill, she stepped into the packed restaurant and it was literally buzzing with music. They stopped and looked at the band, Artemis bobbed her head to the music, she saw the lead singer winking at her and blushed it certainly didn't go unnoticed however.
"I saw that" Jenna nudged her.
"He's playing to the crowds" Artemis rolled her eyes and saw that Jenna's attention had shifted slightly; she followed her gaze and saw Alaric looking at them, the history teacher walked off.
"I'm going to get a drink" Jenna said before leaving them.
"Hey Art" Matt smiled at her.
"Hey, how are you?" she asked
"I'm good" he grinned and walked pass Caroline.
"Hey Matt" the vampire uttered but the jock completely ignored her.
"Things just got awkward" Bonnie muttered, whilst Artemis simply whistled and looked away. She rested her gaze on Jenna and saw Alaric walking up to her. She could see that words were being exchanged.
"Ouch" she muttered seeing Jenna walking off.
"He said the ball was in your court" Bonnie told her friend.
"Yeah but I can't do anything about it" Caroline shrugged her shoulders, Artemis rolled her eyes
"Is this the same Caroline who forced me to watch that shitty movie Twilight?" the brunette uttered "where's you determination? Why can't you do it Care?" she asked
"All you do is keep talking about him" Bonnie added.
"I'm still keeping so many secrets from him" Caroline shook her head.
Elena sighed and looked over to a dejected looking Alaric "Alaric is in the same boat as Jenna, maybe that's the problem we trying to keep them out of it but we're only hurting them"
"Win him back Care, even if you're a vamp" Artemis whispered the last word "do something to show him that you still care"
Elena and Bonnie grinned knowing Artemis had just given the push that Caroline needed. The blond girl nodded and looked towards the band; a wry smile crossed the brunette teen's face.
"Thinking what I'm thinking?" she asked
"Oh yeah" Caroline grinned and took her jacket "but-"
"Ah, no excuses come on" Artemis grabbed her hand and could vaguely hear Elena and Bonnie calling their names.
"Go on" Artemis literally shoved her on to the stage "go, go"
Caroline climbed onto the stage, Artemis was right at the front of the stage "Hey guys, let's hear for the band" the crowd clapped
"Get on with it" Artemis shouted.
"This is not going to end well" Jenna muttered and downed her shot, "and Arty is egging her on"
"Well there's this guy and he told me to tell him how I feel. This isn't so easy just because I talk a lot doesn't mean I actually know what I'm talking about" she gave a nervous laugh and stuttered slightly but she saw Artemis's encouraging look and pushed on through "er…like now I'm feeling loopy-"Artemis mentally slapped herself thinking maybe she should step in "I really don't know how to express myself, I can sing you know what I'm going to sing"
Artemis saw the band leader talking to Caroline
"Come on off the stage-"she groaned and climbed on to the stage.
"What is Arty doing?" Elena said looking at the scene
"Helping out?" Bonnie suggested.
Artemis stepped in front of Caroline and smiled at the man. "She's not hurting anyone, just let her sing one song help her out, young love an all" she uttered.
"I don't know" the man replied,
Artemis pouted "Please, just this once?-"
"Fine" he grinned "If you let me buy you a drink"
Artemis smiled back at him "Deal" she agreed "go on Care" she climbed off of the stage and pushed herself through the crowd so that she was a couple of feet away from Matt. Caroline looked over the crowd her eyes rested briefly on Artemis who waved at her. She couldn't help but smile and then her eyes landed on Matt.
Artemis grinned as Caroline started singing, she could see that the blond vampire's attention was solely on Matt, she couldn't help but feel moved hearing the vampire singing, she could see that Caroline meant every word that was coming out of her mouth. She glanced over to Matt and nudged him
"What are you waiting for?" she asked "Go get her, it's for you" with that Matt rushed onto the stage and kissed Caroline on the lips. Artemis whistled and cheered with the rest of the crowd.
"Are you crying Art?" Elena laughed
"No" Artemis hastily wiped the tear off of her face "It's just….Caroline's a really good singer"
"Ok then" Bonnie grinned
"I need a drink" Artemis shook her head and walked over to the bar.
"Hey"
"Hi" Artemis smiled at the guy "erm… no offence but what's your name?" she asked it was the band leader
"Dan and I think I offered to buy you a drink?"
"Right you did-"she nodded "soda would be fine"
Dan nodded and waved the barman over, and ordered their drinks
"You as great up there, I mean before my friend hijacked the stage" Dan laughed "sorry about that-"
"It's fine, she was good"
Artemis smiled and nodded and sipped her drink.
"So she was singing for her guy" Dan commented studying the attractive brunette
"Hmm, and worked in her favour" Artemis uttered twirling a curl; Dan canted his head to the side.
"Oh you're hung up over a guy-"
"No I'm not" she scoffed "you are-"
"And in denial" he chuckled. Artemis sighed and looked up at him.
"Does it even count when the guy you like you're not meant to be with?" she asked softly,
"If you feel something for him go for, who says you can't be with him?"
Artemis sipped her drink and mulled over his question "He has a girl, and he is so messed up and-"
"Sounds like you're finding excuses not to be with him" Dan stood up "look at the reasons you want to be with him."
Artemis gave him a small smile and nodded "We'll see."
"Good luck" Dan grinned and surprised her by pecking her on the cheek "It was nice meeting you."
Artemis watched him go back on stage; she sighed and finished off the rest of her drink,
"I saw that" Elena commented
"No you didn't he was just saying goodbye" Artemis told her turning around on her stool so she was facing her.
"Well that was PG-rated compared to what Matt and Caroline are up to" Elena uttered, and watched her elder sister's eyes bugged out.
"Serious they- where?" she asked a huge smile coming on to her face.
"In the bathroom" Bonnie had joined them "I just walked in on them"
"Ohh, cringe worthy" Artemis winced. "But at least they're happy"
Bonnie nodded and looked over both Gilbert sisters "Speaking of happiness would it freak you out if I started dating your brother?" she was more worried at Artemis's response than anything else.
"You're into my brother?" Elena asked completely oblivious to the knowing look that was on Artemis's face.
"I know it's weird but he's been so good and so strong and he makes me happy" Bonnie explained glancing at Elena "I really can't tell what you're thinking."
"I'm thinking that his my brother and he's been through so much pain, a lot of pain." she paused "but he deserves to be someone as amazing as you"
"Drag it out Elena" Artemis jumped off the stool "you're welcome to him Bonnie and if he makes you this happy well I hope you do the same for him" she said "welcome to the family, but if you break his heart I'll break your legs"
"What?" Bonnie gasped but her question wasn't answered when Artemis pulled her into a hug, Elena had joined them.
"And Elena ruins the moment" Artemis said dryly when the younger girl's cell rang,
"Stefan? Yeah hold on" Elena said mouthing to Artemis and Bonnie she would see her later. "I'm going to try the bathroom again" the witch said
"Cover your eyes Bon" Artemis called out and laughed seeing Bonnie's face.
Artemis had just ordered another drink when all of a sudden the lights that had surrounded the band all of a sudden burst. She gasped and looked around and saw Dr Martin and Bonnie near the back. His eyes landed on her, she sat up seeing him started to walk towards her but Bonnie grabbed his arm. Artemis dove under the table when all of the lights above the patrons started to burst as well.
She crawled out beneath the table and grabbed Alaric's leg causing the hunter to shout
"Whoa no kicking" Artemis yelped managing to avoid his boot.
"Art-"he hauled her onto her feet
"Get Jenna out of here, its Jonas the witch guy-"she went to run off but he grabbed her arm
"And where the hell do you think you're going?"
"Elena, go now make sure Jenna gets home" she shouted over the noise the crowd was making.
Artemis jumped a mile in the air when the banister was set on fire
"Bonnie" she shouted seeing the younger girl going unconscious Artemis ran forward but slammed in to Jonas he grabbed her wrist
"Where's your sister?" he demanded
"You're not going to touch her" Artemis snapped "let go-"
"They killed him my boy" he shouted at her causing her to freeze.
Artemis realised why he was doing this now "I'm sorry but this isn't right, we can help you-"
"She's right" Elena shouted her eyes darting between the pair, Jonas's glare hardened and the flames went even higher.
"I need Elijah-"
"You don't need him. Let us help you" Artemis struggled against his vice like grip.
"No one can help me-"Jonas shook his head but all of a sudden Caroline lunged forward knocking Artemis down in the process, she just managed to catch Stefan dragging Elena out.
"Wh-"
"There you are" Damon scooped her up and threw her over his shoulder.
"Damon let me go- Caroline-"
"She's a vampire therefore healing ability where as you are human" Damon stepped out of the Grill he blurred them into an alleyway; she was placed on her feet.
"You ok?" Damon asked giving her a once over.
"Yeah, I'm fine where's Elena and Jeremy-"
"ARTY" Jeremy shouted running towards her with Bonnie on his heels,
"I'll catch you in a bit. Go home and stay there-"
"Damon" she grabbed his arm "what's going on?"
Damon sighed and looked over to Jeremy "Make sure she gets home Papa witch wants her and Elena"
"Arty come on-"
Artemis let herself be pulled away from the vampire "Damon, be careful" she called after him.
"Care for me Art?" he smirked
She smiled "Not on your life, see yah later Salvatore" she grabbed Jeremy's and Bonnie's wrist and led them towards the car.
Artemis got in the front whilst the two younger teens got in the back "Should I be worried?" she asked starting the car "buckle up" she instructed
"Why should you be worried?" Jeremy asked as Artemis pulled out onto the road
"Well you two are lovers-"she grinned and yelped when Jeremy kicked the back of her seat, she shot him a glare and pressed her foot down on the accelerator.
"Make her some coffee" Artemis whispered to Jeremy as they walked up to the house, Bonnie was trailing slightly behind them. "And talk to her"
He nodded as Artemis unlocked the front door, she stepped aside allowing them in.
They headed to the kitchen whilst Artemis walked up the stairs, she sighed as she entered her room and dumped her bag on her desk and shed her jacket. She paused feeling someone watching her and looked over her shoulder and saw no one was there. She exited the room and looked down the corridor.
"Elena? Jeremy?" she called and saw the light from Elena's bathroom was on; she slowly approached it and saw that no one was there. "How many times Lena, do I have to tell you not to leave the light on" she muttered under her breath and turned it off, she spun around and gasped seeing Jonas in front of her, before she could scream for help he slammed his hand over her mouth.
"I need you, and your-"Artemis slammed her knee up causing him to let go he cried out. She ran down the corridor but Jonas was persistent and grabbed her arm.
"LET GO, JEREMY" she shouted for her brother, and saw him raising his hand doing god knows what
"Hey" Elena appeared at the other end; before Artemis could even blink Jonas was on the floor with his neck covered in blood. She gasped and stepped back and saw it was Katherine who was there with a smirk on her lips, Artemis jumped feeling a hand on her shoulder and relaxed seeing it was Stefan
"You ok?" he asked
"Yeah" Artemis mumbled as Bonnie stepped forward to crouch over Jonas
"You're welcome" Katherine smirked.
"You didn't have to kill him" Bonnie said her voice shook
"Yeah we did" Katherine replied. Bonnie reached forward and went to close Jonas's eyes but the warlock abruptly sat up and grabbed her head
"Bonnie" Artemis shouted she was about to run forward but Stefan pushed her back and he snapped the man's neck.
"You ok?" Artemis breathed looking at a clearly shaken Bonnie who gave her a small nod.
"Come on, you're going to-"
"We'll deal with the body" Stefan told her. Artemis nodded and led the younger witch out of the room.
Artemis leant against the back of the couch as Damon had arrived with Elena.
"Hey" Damon rushed towards her "you ok? Heard you had another run in with Papa witch" he saw the faint bruises on her wrist, her breath hitched when he gently grabbed her hands and ran the tips of his fingers over her purplish skin
"It's some bruises I'll think I'll live. Glad that Stefan and in a weird way Katherine were here" Artemis murmured
"Yeah about that, how'd you manage to convince her to switch places?" Elena asked, Damon leant against the couch besides Artemis.
"We didn't it was actually her idea" Damon answered, Artemis's eyebrows shot to her hairline
"You've got to be kidding me" she muttered.
"Wow" Elena shook her head "that's not good"
"No that's not good at all" he agreed, Artemis licked her lips and folded her arms across her chest
"Everything's been sorted" Stefan said coming down the stairs being followed by Katherine.
"I'm guessing you want this back" she held up Elena's locket. "But your pretty little outfit needs to be dry cleaned-"
"Stake her" Artemis coughed causing Damon to snort; Elena stormed up to Katherine and snatched the locket out of her hand
"You better get her out of here before Jenna comes back"
"Yeah that would be hard to explain" Artemis commented straightening up and walked over so that she was standing beside Elena
"Is that all you both have to say to me?" Katherine asked
"Oh you're right, thank you Katherine for helping us" Artemis said sarcastically "now get out, you don't like us and isn't it obvious we don't like you"
"Same fire as ever Artemis" Katherine smirked and took a step towards her but Damon blurred behind Artemis and tugged her back by her top "relax I won't hurt her Damon." The raven head vampire snarled "If we're going to take on Klaus I need them both to be alive, so I'm not a threat to you Elena, Artemis. If you're going to believe anything believe that"
"Fine get out of here" Artemis said.
Artemis groaned and dropped onto her bed, she felt a breeze glide into her room, and she opened her eyes and gasped when she saw Damon hovering above her.
"Crap. For people who want to keep me alive you sure know how to scare me" she murmured and quirked an eyebrow when he dropped down on the bed beside her. She yelped when he grabbed her wrist and tugged her towards him so now she was straddling him.
"Damon? What-"
"Ssh" he murmured "I just need to know that you're here" Artemis collapsed on top of him and rested her cheek against his chest, hearing no heartbeat. "I do want you to be kept alive Arty and I want you to be happy that's why I do the things that I do." She frowned and looked up at him, the tips of their noses brushed against each other.
"I don't understand" she murmured, he smiled slightly and stroked her cheek.
"I know and sometimes I don't" he leant up, she could see his lips coming close to her own ones. "Goodnight Artemis" he kissed her on the corner of her mouth causing butterflies to erupt in her stomach, she dropped down onto the bed and looked over her shoulder the window was shut. He was gone.
Artemis got up onto her feet and walked over to the window, she peeked out of it and made out a crow flying off into the distance. She smiled slightly and headed downstairs. She could hear Jenna and Elena talking into the kitchen she was about to go in and see what the pair was up to but the doorbell rang. She frowned wondering who it could be at this time of night. She turned back around
"Who is it?" Jenna asked walking out of the kitchen
"No clue" Artemis replied and opened the door, the smile that was on her face slid off seeing who was on the other side.
"Art-"
"You must be Jenna, I'm Elena's mother."
"Isobel" Elena breathed. Artemis eyes were wide with shock wondering why the hell she was here. She saw the shock look on Jenna's face and swallowed down the lump in her throat. Artemis looked back at Isobel and saw the smug smirk on the vampire's face.
"Crap" Artemis muttered under her breath.
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So in this chap we see Arty and Katherine interacting. She uses her gift to help someone out. Arty has a girls night that doesn't go to plan. Dr Martin was hell bent on getting her. And we also learn that it seems everyone hates Arty's car. Finally Isobel makes and apearence. and some Darty moments
Next Chap-Arty goes on a small mission which Damon isn't at all happy about. And Jenna finds out about Isobel.
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