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Charlene's POV…
I banged on the bathroom door loudly, "Megan, hurry up! I need to use the bathroom!"
"I'll be out in a second!" Megan called from inside the bathroom.
"Megan, you said that like five minutes ago," I whined. "I'm sure you look fine…"
"I don't want to look fine! I want to look great!"
I growled lowly under my breath, wishing I had the vampire strength to knock down the bathroom door.
"Meg, it's in the morning, and I'm sleepy, I want to go to school and get it over as quickly as possible."
I then heard Megan groan loudly from the bathroom.
"Ugh, fine."
There was some shuffling in the bathroom before the bathroom door opened, revealing a now dressed Megan Swann. She wore this really cute black mini skirt with a white tank top that had a cute and slimming black jacket. She had a bright smile on her face. How can someone be happy in the morning?
"Thank you," I said.
"You're welcome," Megan told me brightly, brushing by me to go downstairs.
I sighed before going into the bathroom and closing the door behind me.
Third person POV…
Damon wasn't really that surprised when he entered Stefan's room to find his younger brother exercising. Music blared around the room; it was a little annoying to say the least.
"Can you turn it up a little bit? It's not annoying yet!" Damon called over the loud music as he walked more into Stefan's room, heading towards the music player.
Stefan hopped off of the bar that he was exercising on, "Sorry."
Damon forced back a sigh as he turned off the music. Turning to his brother with a glass of blood in his hand, he asked,
"When are you going back to school?"
"Soon," Stefan replied as he got to the ground and started to do pushups.
Damon rolled his eyes. "Oh come on," he said going over to his brother and bending down to Stefan's level as his brother continued to do push ups. He put the glass of blood in front of Stefan with a smirk on his face, "Just drink already." Stefan didn't say anything but he continued anyway, "Come on, this self-detox is not natural."
"Can you get that away from me?" Stefan said simply as he got up and headed towards an empty chair and Damon asked as he started doing push-ups again,
"How long did it take you to wean yourself of it the last time you indulged?"
Stefan didn't reply and Damon took it as a bad thing.
"That's not good," he said.
"I'll be fine," Stefan told his brother as he did more push-ups. "It just takes a little bit of time…"
"I don't get it, you know, you don't have to kill to survive, that's what blood banks are for," Damon said as he continued to stay crouched down. "I haven't hunted a human in…" He trailed off, trying to think how long it had been but he couldn't come up with a solid answer so he said, rolling his eyes in slight exasperation, "God, way too long."
"Oh I'm impressed."
"It's completely self-serving." 'And because of Char…' This thought slipped in Damon's mind without really thinking about it. He shook his head and stood up walking until he was standing behind the chair that Stefan had been doing pushups on and then he continued to speak, "I'm trying to get the town off the trail of vampires which is not very easy considering that there is an entire tomb of them running away."
"What are planning on doing about that?" Stefan asked, crossing his arms over his chest.
"We won't be doing much of anything if you don't have your strength," Damon said firmly as he went to stand in front of his brother. "There's nothing wrong with partaking in a healthy diet of human blood from a blood bank. Your not actually killing anyone."
"I have my reasons."
"Well, what are those holier than thou reasons?" Damon questioned starting to get a little annoyed but didn't really show it on his face … much. "You know, we never exactly disgusted this." He smirked, "You know, I'd—I'd love to hear this story." Damon took a seat on the chair still smirking.
Stefan chuckled, "You're really enjoying this, aren't you? Making me struggle."
The last statement made Damon's smirk widen, "Very much so."
"I hate to break it to you Damon but…I actually have it under control," Stefan told him.
"You do?" Damon said with raised eyebrows, honestly not believing his little brother for a second, "Well then, you should carry on, making the rest of us vampires look bad." He set his drink on the table beside the chair he was sitting on and stood up. With another smirk towards Stefan, Damon said, "Have a great day, Stefan."
He left Stefan's room leaving the youngest Salvatore staring at the cup of blood Damon left behind. Stefan knew what his brother was doing but wasn't going to give him the satisfaction. But as he stared at the cup, he immediacy wanted to pick up that blood and drain it all but held himself back. Then Damon came back and Stefan tried to make it look like he wasn't about to take the drink.
"Oh, hey almost forgot," Damon said as he picked up the cup of blood. He smirked then, "Oops." He walked away but stopped and drank the blood and made a sigh of satisfaction at the taste. With one final smirk to Stefan, Damon finally left the room.
Charlene's POV…
I had just exited the bathroom, dressed in my best jeans, a blue flowery top, and a pair of black flip-flops with my hair in a side ponytail, when I heard Megan call my name downstairs just as Elena called Jeremy's. I hurried downstairs, wanting to get down there before Jeremy…not that he would want or be up to having a race. Still upset about the whole Vicki thing…
I managed to get downstairs before Elena opened the door to reveal John. I went to stand beside Megan who smiled at me.
"Come on, Jeremy, going to school! Walking out the door now!" Elena called up the stairs as Jenna came up holding a thermos.
"Forgot this," she said.
Elena took it from Jenna, "Thank you." She opened the door and was surprised to see her Uncle John.
John had a smile on his face, "Elena!"
In unison, Megan and I's eyes narrowed at John who didn't take notice to it or us.
"Uncle John! Hi," Elena greeted still looking slightly stunned.
John looked over at Jenna who didn't look happy to see him. "Jenna," he greeted with the smile still on his face.
"John you made it," Jenna said with a forced smile on her face.
"I said I'll be here before noon," John reminded her as he stepped into the house causing me and Megan to move to the side.
Jenna crossed her arms, "Oh what you say and what you do are typically two v very different things."
"Isn't that the truth," Megan murmured to me, a little bit too loudly. It was loud enough that John had turned to look at us.
I felt nervous under his gaze. I never did like John…he just rubbed me the wrong way.
"Who are you?" John asked confused.
Megan opened her mouth to reply but Elena got to it first.
"This is Megan," the brunette said pointing at Megan then at me, "And this is Charlene. They're my cousins."
John's eyes widened slightly and oddly looked nervous for some odd reason.
"Oh, it's nice to meet you," John said masking his nervousness from his face with a smile.
"You too," I said not meaning it at all. Megan just nodded instead of saying anything.
Then Jeremy came down the stairs immediately noticing John.
"Uncle John, what's up?" Jeremy asked stopping in front of him.
John grinned, "Hey!"
Jeremy patted him on the shoulder and headed out the open door to go to school.
After he was gone, John turned to Jenna, "I had some business in town, and I thought a visit was in order."
"How long are you staying?" Elena asked curiously.
'Wish he could leave now…' I thought to myself wishfully.
John looked at Elena once she asked her question, "Oh I don't know yet." His gaze landed on us for a second before looking back at Elena.
"Oh, well, we—"Elena gestured to me and Megan, "have to go to school. See you later." She said the last thing to John who nodded.
With that Megan, Elena, and I exited the Gilbert house closing the door behind us.
-0-
"So how you doing Matt?" I asked, leaning against the locker that was next to Matt's locker.
"I'm doing as good I can," Matt replied as he looked over at me. "I want to thank you…"
"For what?" I asked confused.
"For being there…"
I felt flattered. "Aw your welcome Matt," I told him sincerely. "But I would do that for anyone. You're my friend Matt so if you ever need anyone, I'm here."
Matt smiled at me gently, "Alright thanks."
"No problem," I said with a grin.
Then Megan and Elena appeared out of nowhere. I had to look around a couple times to see where they could have come from.
"Hi," Elena said to Matt, looking concerned.
Megan and I shared a look both thinking the same thing.
"We'll see you two later," I said sensing they wanted to talk to each other alone.
Elena and Matt nodded to us. Locking arms with Megan, we headed down the hallway leaving Matt and Elena.
Third person POV…
"He said his trip is open ended." Elena had finished telling Matt that her Uncle John was back in town.
Matt shuddered slightly as he continued to put stuff away in his locket. "Uncle John, I've never really liked that guy…"
"Does anyone?" The question was rhetorical of course. Elena couldn't help but laugh at little at her statement.
"I'm here for moral support if you need me."
Elena shook her head, "Thanks but I think I'll have to suffer through this alone." A look of sympathy crossed her face as she looked at Matt, "You've been through enough."
For a few minutes they just stared at each other until Matt spoke up.
"Thank you by the way, for just…" He trailed off trying to find the right words for a couple seconds before speaking again, "For everything you did at Vicki's funeral and the memorial. I couldn't have done it without you." He then added as to not give Elena the wrong idea, "Megan or Char."
"Of course Matt," Elena said with a soft smile.
There was a long pause…it was a long, awkward pause with them just staring at each other like they were the only two in the world. Matt cleared his throat breaking the silence.
"So," Elena said striking another conversation as to forget the awkward silence. "Was Caroline still cooking for you guys, around the clock?"
"She finally went to her dad, which is a good thing…" Matt laughed, "Because my mom was going to strangle her if she dropped off one more lasagna."
Matt closed his locker and they left down the hallway in the same direction Megan and Char went.
-0-
Damon arrived at the council's meeting just as Liz Forbes starting speaking He stood in the back and listened in.
"The coroner's office has officially ruled Vicki Donavan's death a drug overdose," Liz said to the group of people. "Her family has be notified, the truth will stay in this room and we can put this behind us."
Mr. Lockwood went to stand next to Liz, "Thank you Sheriff."
Liz nodded and went to stand next to Damon who smiled at her once she was next to him. Mr. Lockwood then continued speaking,
"And onto a more pressing issue, John Gilbert has asked to say a few words."
Damon was surprised as he watched a man whose name was John Gilbert came up to stand in front of the group of people.
"Hello everyone," John greeted with a smile. "It's wonderful to see you, I wish it were under better circumsasties…"
As John continued to speak, Damon began talking discreetly to Liz, "He's a Gilbert?"
Liz nodded. "Elena's uncle," she explained. Then under her breath where only Damon could hear her she said, "His name is John but I call him jackass."
Damon only nodded slightly starting to listen to John again.
"A hospital blood bank in the neighboring country of Amherst has reported several break ins over the past two weeks," John said in a serious voice. "7 hunters, 4 campers and 2 states employees have been reported missing as well. All of this within a 7 mile radius of Mystic Falls…"
Mr. Lockwood cut him off then, "Okay, okay, no need to be alarmed right at this moment."
"Meaning he doesn't want to cancel the Founder's Day kickoff party," Liz said to Damon discreetly.
The next thing that John said left Damon feeling uncomfortable.
"You think all your problems are over but I'm here to tell you, nothing's been solved."
Charlene's POV…
It was around 8 clock that I decided to go take a shower. I really needed one. After I was done with my shower, I left the bathroom only to be meet with the loud sound of something smashing into something. With my hair still wet and a towel wrapped tightly around my waist, I quickly headed to the guest bedroom where the sound had come from. I made it there within seconds and my eyes widened at the sight of the smashed lamb in the floor and a frightened Megan sitting on the guest bed. I knew what had happened… I groaned out loud causing my friend to look at me.
"What did I tell you about kissing him?" I said, groaning again.
"I'm sorry," Megan whispered. Her bottom lip was trembling and I sighed.
I sat down on the bed with Megan and wrapped an arm around her shaking shoulders. "I'm just glad that your okay," I told her gently.
Megan let out a shuddery breath as she nodded her head.
"Let's just go to bed," I said and Megan slowly nodded her head in agreement.
While I got dressed in my pajamas, Megan climbed into the bed with no clothes on. I couldn't blame her. I knew that it was going to have to call Damon in the morning…
-0-
As soon as I got up that morning around like seven o'clock, I grabbed my phone and dialed Damon's number. Megan was in the bathroom while I was making the call. She didn't know I was calling him. At the third ring, I heard Damon's voice over the phone and had to roll my eyes at his greeting.
"Sexist man here."
"Damon, it's Char, I need…" I got interrupted by Damon. I could picture him smiling over the phone as he spoke.
"Charlene, it's so good to hear from you. What can I do for you?"
"The reason why I called and—I can't believe I'm saying this…" I took a deep breath before speaking again, "But I need your help."
"Really? You need my help?" Damon sounded surprised.
I nodded even though he couldn't see it, "Yes Damon."
"What kind of help? Do you want me to give you some company?" I didn't anything so Damon continued with me clearly seeing a smirk on his face as he spoke, "I know what we can do." His voice turned seductive as he said, "It involves you, me, a bed, and no clothes."
I couldn't help but flush a brilliant red, glad that I was alone in the guest bedroom. But I had to admit at least subconsciously that I liked the offer but no…no way that was going to happen, I would rather leave those kind of things for my dreams even though the real thing would be much better. As these thoughts filled my mind, I quickly spoke up feeling that Damon might take my silence the wrong way.
"First of all—EW! And second of all, it's not about us—"At this when I said 'us', it gave me a kind of thrill to use me and Damon as an 'us' in a sentence, "It's about your brother."
"What did he do this time?" Damon sounded slightly exasperated.
"I can't tell you on the phone," I said. "But can you come here soon? It's better that we talk face to face."
"Alright, I'll be there in an hour or two."
"Thanks Damon," I told him gratefully.
"Any time, but remember Charlene…" Damon said before lowering his voice in a seductive whisper. "My offer still stands about us and that bed…"
I immediately hung up on him, shaking my head.
TBC...
There's the end of part one of Under Control! I enjoyed writing it especially the Darlene scene at the end. If only she would take Damon's offer, well there will be sexy times for them much later but hopefully you'll wait for it. Oh and sorry if the first part's a little boring, the next one won't be, I mean this is Vampire Diaries, right? Anyway, please leave reviews and tell me what you think! Until next time on Surviving In the World of Vampires! :D
