A.N: My finals are finally over! Yayyy! =) I hope you all will like this chapter, and don't forget to review please!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, the Vampire Diaries belongs to the CW and LJ Smith, and any resemblance between my OC's and real persons, dead or undead is purely coincidental. I also don't own the title of the chapter, it's from the song "My Vampire" by Soho Dolls, nor do I own story's title, which is a Club Des Belugas song that I found by a lucky accident while surfing through the internet!
Ps: Special thanks go to ariadne .chanel, for being an amazing beta!
AMY'S POV
"Amy?" I woke up to the sound of knocking and sat up straight in the big bed rubbing my eyes. The door opened to reveal Elena, who took a hesitating step into the room.
"Hi," she said gently and I tried to smile.
"Hi," I said groggily, looking around. It took me a couple seconds to understand I was still in Damon's bed.
"I promised Damon I would check on you," she said apologetically, "Bonnie is here too, and it's almost noon, we wanted to be sure that you're okay. Come downstairs?"
"Damon left?" I asked faintly, trying to focus and she nodded.
"He had to go and see Sheriff Forbes, about-" she stopped herself, "I'm sure he'll come back soon, he said so."
"Oh," I muttered, pushing the covers off, "oh, okay…"
"We got you your clothes," She pointed at the chair and I turned my head to see my jeans and blouse on it. "I'll be downstairs, come whenever you're ready," she smiled and closed the door behind her, leaving me alone in the room.
I changed slowly, taking my time, made the bed, and opened the window, inhaling the fresh air. The birds' chirping filled the room, and the ruffling of leaves reached my ears. I took one last glance at the room and left for the bathroom.
When I looked in the mirror, my body stiffened. My eyes were puffy and red, my hair was a mess, and-
I still had some blood in my hair.
"Leave the brave girl act, little girl, I can hear how afraid you are."
When his voice rang in my ears, I gasped and took a step back, but then, I gritted my teeth, clenching my fists. No! It wasn't going to happen, not now, not ever. I wasn't going to let them turn me into a weak, scared girl.
So, I took a deep breath and opened the door "Elena?"
"Yeah?" she rushed to the stairs, "Anything wrong?"
"No, I was just-um-" I stammered, "Do you know where the towels are?"
She came upstairs and entered the bathroom, then handed me a towel, "Here you go."
"Thanks," I said, "I'll be downstairs in five minutes."
"Great," She smiled and left the bathroom. I cleared my throat and looked in the mirror again.
"I'll be fine," I whispered to myself encouragingly.
Of course I would be fine. Like Damon had said, and like I had repeated to myself until I fell asleep last night, it was over. They couldn't touch me here. They were all gone.
I moistened my dry lips. I wouldn't think about this, not anymore. I was going to have a normal day today, no scary thoughts, nothing.
Yeah. A good idea.
A normal day.
Well, as normal as I could have.
"Bonnie is a witch?" I exclaimed and turned to Bonnie, "You're a witch?"
"Amy-"
"I can't believe you didn't tell me bef- you're a witch!"
"Amy, calm-"
"Don't Amy calm down me Elena, Bonnie is a witch!"
"I know!" she laughed, "I know, and if you don't lower your voice, half of the town will know too."
I was still in shock looking at Bonnie, "Wh-did you learn it? Can someone learn it? Can I be a witch too?"
Bonnie smiled, amused by my reaction, "Seriously? That's what you're asking?"
"Of course!" I said, "What else did you expect me to ask?"
"It has to be in your blood," she answered, rolling her eyes.
I let out a defeated breath and turned to Elena, "Is there anyone normal in this town?" I asked, "I mean, just because the name is Mystic Falls, the whole population doesn't have to be mystical-"
"Amy, focus," she said warningly, "Anyways, Bonnie made a location spell-"
"She made a- right, of course she made a location spell-"
"Amy!" Bonnie snapped her fingers, "you want to know what happened when you were gone or not?"
I pretended to zip up my mouth and throw away the key. Elena smiled at me.
"Bonnie made a location spell, oh, and on the mean time, we practically had to keep Damon from killing Luke and convince him to-"
"Wait, wait, wait…" I said, distracted, "rewind, what do you mean you had to keep him from killing Luke?"
Bonnie nodded, "You should've heard him," she muttered and turned to Elena, "what did he say, about killing him?"
Elena frowned slightly as she looked at me, "I think it was something along the lines that if those vampires hurt you, he would kill Luke and everyone he ever loved."
My hands shot up to cover my mouth and my frown deepened, "He's not serious-is he serious?"
"He looked serious," Bonnie stated, "Anyway, we made the spell, and Luke insisted that he would go with Stefan and Damon, and Stefan said it was the logical thing to do, Damon, of course, muttered something about being the only sane person among idiots, so…" she shrugged and Elena looked at me, the glance in her eyes softening.
"We told your brothers that you and I had decided to go to my place after the ball, and they still think we're having a girls weekend so..." she paused, "Amy?"
"Hm?"
"What did they do to you in there?" she asked quietly, "when you came back, you looked like you had swum in your own blood."
I gulped and avoided her gaze, forcing myself to shrug and turning to Bonnie, "So, what else can you do?" I paused, "And-you have witch relatives?"
She nodded, "My family has descended from Salem witches."
I raised my brows, "Salem as in...witch trials and stuff Salem?"
She nodded again and Elena shifted in her seat, "In fact, Stefan and Damon knew one of the Bonnie's ancestors, Emily," she said, "she was the one who made them their rings."
I tilted my head to the right, "What rings?"
Elena gave me a weird look, "Damon didn't tell you? The rings that allow them to walk during sunlight and not get burned."
My eyebrows rose again, "Uh-we didn't talk about it-" I paused, remembering that he had always wore a ring, similar to Stefan's, "Huh. Their rings are magical?"
Elena hmmed, "Yeah, without it, they can't go out in the sunlight."
"And how did they meet Emily?"
Elena looked uncomfortable, "She was Katherine's maid."
Oh.
Katherine again, huh?
Bonnie must've seen my weird expression because she got up from the couch, "so…" she said, "I doubt Stefan and Damon have a DVD player or something in here?"
My lips curled upwards, imagining Damon as a movie fan type was really funny, "I don't think so..." I said, "And don't change the subject, Bonnie! Come on, show us some magic!"
She smiled, then suddenly, the candle on the table lit up. My eyes widened.
"Did you just-"
"Mm hm."
"Oh my God…" I muttered, staring at candle, "Wow."
"Yeah..." she said and the candle's fire blew out, "so, what should we do today? I promised Caroline I would meet her"
Elena shrugged, "We could go to the Grill?"
I shifted uncomfortably, "I-I'm not sure if I want to go out…"
Before Elena could reply, her phone started ringing and she answered it, "Hello?"
When the other line talked, she huffed, "Hello to you too, and yes Damon, she's awake."
I pulled my brows together with a confused look on my face, but stayed silent. Elena rolled her eyes.
"You know what, I'm pretty sure Bonnie can cause you a headache, even from this distance," she paused, listening to him, "that's not very polite, you know?"
I started smiling, leaning to my back, watching their phone talk was fun.
"I'm going to ignore that tone," she said with a mocking tone, "nice speaking to you too Damon." She handed me the phone, "here you go."
I took the phone to my ear, blushing under their glances, and got up from the couch, walking to the stairs, "Hi Damon."
"Still alive, Goldilocks?"
I smiled and sat on the stairs, "After sleeping in the big bad bear's bed, surprisingly yes."
He chuckled, "Any nightmares?"
"You mean except those two times?" I asked quietly, "no. And sorry about that, I didn't mean to wake you up."
"Don't worry about it," He answered and I cleared my throat.
"Where are you?"
"Town, Sheriff needed me to-" he paused, "They're still trying to find who's responsible for the attacks."
I winced, goose bumps rising on my arms and I hugged myself, "Oh," I said, "okay...it's just that-you were gone when I woke up, so...I just wondered."
He changed the subject, "I don't think I'll be here too long, will you go out or anything?"
I shrugged even though he couldn't see me, "Elena and Bonnie want to meet with Caroline but I'm not sure. I think they'll go to the Grill and drag me along."
"Well, Barbie manages to cheer you up," he agreed, "I could meet you there."
I shrugged slightly, "I'll call you when we leave the house. Oh, and Damon?"
"Yeah?"
"I-uh…" I cleared my throat, "I used your shower, I hope it's okay?" I asked tentatively, playing with the hem of my blouse.
"Well, it's definitely not okay that you used it without me in there," his voice was seductive and I felt a blush building in my cheeks.
"Damon!"
"Tell you what, I've changed my mind, don't go out of the house and I will show you how to use the hot tub."
"You're such a perv-"
"Which makes me wonder, what are you wearing?"
"I gotta go to the Grill, see you later!" I exclaimed and hung up, pressing the back of my hand to my cheek to reduce the burning.
"Elena!" I called out.
"Yeah?"
"We're going to the Grill, come on!"
"Amy Walsh, future international dart player."
I laughed at Jeremy, "Right…"
"I still can't believe you beat Will," Caroline chimed in, grinning at Will and he rolled his eyes
"I'm still insisting that I let her win, "he grumbled, "she's my little sister, after all."
Caroline awed, and I pinched his arm, "Sore loser much?"
"Shut up kiddo."
I giggled and took a swig of my drink, "Caroline is the same age as me."
"That's just below the belt."
"Which makes her jailbait."
"Amy-"
"Which makes you a-"
Caroline stepped on my feet and I winced, "Mature, Caroline."
"Who wants to be mature?" she asked, smiling at Will and I grinned.
"I remember once Will told me he wanted his girlfriend to-"
"I didn't tell anything like that," Will cut me off before I could even finish my sentence, "don't listen to her, Care. And Amy, stop trying to murder my relationship."
"You have my support." I held up my hands, trying to look innocent.
"Right."
"By the way, speaking of murdering relationships…" I said, suddenly a thought flashing in my mind, "You never told me what you and Damon talked about."
A smile pulled at his lips, "Why, are you worried?"
"Uh, yeah?" I said in a duh tone and his smile went bigger,
"That's for me to know," he said, "be grateful it wasn't Dan who talked with him."
"For which I've been thanking God since last night," I said sarcastically "But seriously, Will. Spill out."
His gaze focused on someone behind me, "Go ask him if you want."
I whirled on my heels and smiled at Damon, who had just walked in. I took a step towards him, but stopped dead on my tracks when I heard Will clearing his throat.
"Okay, here are the rules," he said when I turned to give him a questioning look, "no kissing while we're around."
I rolled my eyes.
"No hugging."
"Right."
"In fact, I want you two to have at least 10 inches between you."
"Sure, Will."
"Keep touching to the minimum."
"Yeah yeah..."
"And no going to places where you two can be alone."
"You've got to be kidding me..." I grumbled and turned around and walked towards Damon, who winked at me.
"You might want to stop there."
I tilted my head to the right, "Why?"
"10 inches distance," he grinned and I smiled, then stood on my tiptoes and hugged him.
"Hey!"
"Oh shut up, Will!"
"I wonder what he would do if he found out that you were in my bed last night," he murmured into my ear and my eyes widened.
"He would probably stake you."
"He doesn't know I'm a vampire, Amy."
"Doesn't matter, probably a stake would be the first thing he could find. Or he would stab you in the heart. Or he would-"I was cut off when I saw who just walked in, my heart beat getting faster.
"Amy..." Damon said warningly, but I just stared at Luke, who gave me a glance and walked out of the bar.
"Is he serious!" I asked disbelievingly, "for heaven's sake…" I muttered, taking a step but he grabbed my arm, keeping me from taking a step. I blinked dumbly, and when I looked up at him, I saw that he had clenched his teeth, with a dangerous look in his eyes.
"You need to stop running after him," he said firmly, "he's just a whiny brat, just let him go, he'll get over it."
"Wh-no!" I said, shocked, "Damon, you're being ridiculous, just-" I tried to pull my arm back, but it was impossible. I clenched my teeth, "You're hurting my arm," I said warningly and his grip loosened, but not enough for me to yank my arm back.
"He's my friend," my voice was dangerously calm.
"Who wants to be a lot more than that."
I gritted my teeth, and before I knew it, the words were already out.
"I'm not her, Damon," I said pleadingly, and he slightly frowned.
"You're not who?"
"You know," I said, "You're struggling with her ghost right now, but I'm not her," for some reason, I couldn't say Katherine's name, "I'm just- not."
His grip slipped from my arm and I tried to blink back the tears. His eyes were so cold now, as if someone else was looking at me, using his body but I forced myself to form the next words.
"So stop acting like he's your rival, because that story will not repeat itself again," I gulped "I'm not gonna cheat on you, or play with you, or anything like that. You'll just have to trust me. I did."
Ignoring his glance on me, I walked past him and pushed open the door, went out with fast steps. I ran towards the parking lot, but all I could see was a car driving away. I let out a tired breath, stomping on my foot and walked back to the Grill.
"Amy?" Elena walked towards me, "What happened?"
I shrugged and looked around, "Where's Damon?"
She gave me a sympathetic look "Uh-he just-stormed out. Did you guys have a fight or something?"
I bit my lip, sighing.
"Or something," I mumbled, trying not to cry. Katherine was the forbidden subject, and I knew it, I also knew it was a low blow, and yet...
"I think I messed everything up," I said inaudibly, looking at Elena, "Damn it."
DAMON'S POV
The girl I compelled not to run away, stood very still, staring at me.
"What's your name?" I asked.
"Betty," she answered and I nodded slowly.
"Betty," I repeated, trying to stop the boiling anger in me, "here's the thing, Betty, it's -what I'm about to do right now- nothing personal. Really. I just… really need someone to get hurt..someone to be in pain, to get rid of this anger in me.. I need to hurt someone. You understand, right?"
"Right," She nodded.
"Good," I said, walking back and forth, "It's just-there's a girl that means something to me, and there's a guy-" I clenched my teeth, "there's this guy who wants her. It's like 1864 all over again, only it's not my brother who I want to kill," I paused and corrected my sentence, "it's not my brother who I only want to kill."
"Does she like that guy?" she asked curiously and I shook my head.
"No. I don't know. That's not the point right now. Sooner or later-" I stopped myself, "the thing is, I can't kill him, because Amy trusts me not to. And it's been a while since someone actually trusted me. Do you have any idea how it feels?"
"No," she said softly and I started walking back and forth again.
"But there's this…urge in me..." I said clenching my teeth, "she's just-pure, you know? She doesn't understand. She doesn't understand how it feels to see him look at her like that, and she doesn't understand what he actually wants from her. He's just a human, some over hormonal teenager, that's all, but Amy is..." I sighed, "Just too stubborn to see it."
"Why don't you talk to her?"
"I tried!" I said, "She's not Katherine, she says!" A growl rose from my chest, "I know who she is, and yet…" I could feel the stretching in my gums, "What can he give to her, seriously? What makes him so important for her?"
"I don't know…" she said again, almost mechanically, "I think you should talk to her about it. I'm sure she will understand."
I let out a furious breath and turned to her.
"Yeah…maybe I could try that," I took a step towards her, "thanks for everything, Betty," I said, then lunged at her and sank my teeth into her neck. Warm liquid ran down my throat and her body fell into my arms as her heart beat got slower.
And slower.
When my phone vibrated in my pocket, I pulled away and her body hit the ground, not moving anymore. I focused my sharpened gaze on the phone, opening the message.
From: Amy
I'm sorry about earlier. Come back to Grill?
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