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Ch. 24 Blood Soaked Dress & Hiding My Fears
(KLAUS)
"Are they going to try and follow us to Atlanta?" I question pulling out of the school parking lot.
"I don't think so, but they will still call," Clare replies.
"They still don't trust me?"
"You haven't exactly given them much reason to."
"Damon saw there was nothing to worry about," I shrug.
"He saw one weekend, we stayed in all weekend," Clare argues.
I open my mouth but her phone rings, I'm sure that it's Adam, possibly Damon. She pulls her phone from her purse, smiles and clicks accept.
"Hi Adam," she grins as she answers the phone.
"Hey, so you're on your way to Atlanta I take it?"
"Yes, Klaus is driving us there now," Clare says, her eyes darting to me briefly.
"What exactly are you going to Atlanta for?" Adam questions.
"I'm taking her to a ball, an occasion for her to wear the dress I gave to her on her birthday," I say, speaking loud enough for Adam to hear me.
"You know, somehow going to a ball doesn't surprise me. So, just dancing and fancy food then?" Adam questions.
"Yep, pretty much," Clare says, keeping her voice surprisingly even. "I'm okay Adam, and I'm getting another call, I think it's Damon. I'll call you when we're settled at the hotel," she says.
"Okay, if I don't hear from you I'm calling back in a few hours," Adam says hanging up.
Clare answers the other call and it's Jeremy, she talks to him a few moments and shortly after hanging up Damon calls. She talks to him for over twenty minutes, his voice low enough that I can't hear everything he says.
"I don't know why Damon is still so worried after last weekend."
"Last weekend was a show and you know it! You wanted his fears to be alleviated but obviously it didn't assuage them all. Staying home one weekend and taking me far away the next did little to assuage anyone. You have not given them much reason to trust you, from the beginning. You've brought this on yourself, and now you have to live with everyone's suspicions of you."
She's right, and I know she's right, but that only angers me. I drive faster, happy when we reach the hotel because I want nothing more than to get her to the suite. As I always do I compel the desk clerk into giving us the best suite available. Our bags are taken to the room, and I tip the bellboy, only because Clare gave me an admonishing look when I was going to compel him.
Before I can ravish her she calls Adam, Damon and then Jeremy to tell them we're at the hotel. She talks to each of them for several agonizing moments. When she finally hangs up with Jeremy I take her phone and set it down on the nightstand. Then I strip her of her clothes in a mere second, and remove mine even faster. I lift her by her legs, opening them and tasting of her juices as I lie her on the bed. I lap her juices and bite her inner thigh, tasting the sweetness of her blood before I thrust into her.
She moans and raises her legs, wrapping them around my waist. Her fingernails digging into the flesh of my back as I thrust in hard and fast. I bring her to orgasm once this way and then turn us getting her on her knees on the bed, she clings to the headboard. She's moaning loud, the bed banging against the wall, it's probably a good thing on the other side is a closet. Hard and fast again, she moans and cries out my name until we both climax.
"I need blood now," Clare says getting off the bed, "I haven't had any since school."
"Then let's get dressed again and go hunt," I grin.
She bites her lip but says nothing, we dress quickly and go to the elevator. A couple gets in two floors down, easily compelled to come back to our room and we feed. We don't kill though, we clean them up and I take the memories before we turn them out into the hall.
"Now that your hunger is temporarily satiated we should prepare for the ball," I comment looking at Clare as she wipes some blood from her chin. I go over and lick the remaining blood that she missed.
"I'll be ready in a moment," she replies, getting her dress from the closet and going to the washroom. I dress quickly in my tuxedo, checking myself in the mirror. When Clare emerges from the washroom I stand in awe, she looks like an ethereal goddess.
"You look incredible, you will be the most stunning beauty at the ball," I smile against her skin. I hear the small sigh from her lips as my breath ghosts against her neck, my lips touching down to the nape of her neck.
"You are sweet, but lying, I'm sure there will be women far more stunning than me at this thing."
"Not possible, you look like a goddess in the dress, it was worth everything to see how amazing you look."
She smiles and we finish getting ready before going down to the valet to retrieve the car. Of course, the venue for the ball has another valet and I give one the keys as the other helps Clare out of the car. I move to her side quickly, taking the ticket from the valet and putting it in my wallet before offering Clare my arm. When we enter the room most eyes are on us, as I like them to be. I lead Clare directly to the dance floor, leading us in a Venetian waltz. More eyes on us on the dance floor as we glide across it.
"Eat to your hearts content tonight, no killing just eating I promise," I tell her as we leave the dance floor for a table.
"Did you bring me here for easy hunting?" She questions with a sharp tone. "If the only thing we're here for is to hunt, let's go back to the hotel," she snaps getting up from the table.
I catch her hand and turn her to me, locking my eyes onto hers. "You will eat until you are satiated, hunt like the vampire that you are," I compel her.
"I will hunt," she responds.
"Find someone you like and get them somewhere dark," I tell her.
She nods and goes back into the crowd, I follow her at a bit of a distance watching as she follows a scent. She finds a man near the refreshments, he offers her a glass of wine which she accepts. She sips the wine and compels him to follow her, I follow at a distance again as they go backstage. In the dark of the room she bites into his neck and drinks, licking away the last drops. She straightens his collar and tie, and compels him to forget before sending him back to the ball.
She returns to the ballroom for another and I hunt as well. I feast a little from over half the women at the ball, just a few sips from each as I don't need much. Clare feasts from two thirds of the men here, for her last feast she brings four men into the dark room. She feasts from each of them, the top of her dress saturated by blood when she's done. We quickly compel the men and send them back to the ball.
"Are you satiated Lover?" I ask her.
"My bloodlust is," she responds, licking some from her fingers.
"Then let us return to the hotel and satiate your other lust for the rest of the night," I grin, taking off my coat. I put it over her and close it up so that the blood is covered. We run out the back and around to the valet. I give him the ticket, waiting impatiently for them to bring the car. As soon as he does I compel him that we already paid and tipped and I drive us back to the hotel. I leave the car with the valet and we run up the stairs to the room, much faster than the elevator.
"You know this dress is ruined now," she comments, taking off my coat revealing the bloodstained dress.
"Tonight was more than worth the price of the dress," I smile walking over to her. I take the dress and rip it in two, she was not able to wear a bra with it so her lovely breasts fall free when the dress comes off.
Her panties are quick to follow, I rip them off and toss them aside. I leave her heels on and get her on the bed before I quickly divest myself of everything I have on. I crawl on the bed to her, ready to lick every inch of her body before I spend the night making love to her. Just as I begin licking her neck her phone rings and I growl. I take her face in my hands, locking my eyes on hers until she's in my power.
"Get rid of them quickly, I want to make love to you all night," I tell her.
She nods slightly before answering the phone, it's Damon so I begin pleasing her body while he's on the phone. She tells him she's fine and she'll call him in the morning, just as my tongue delves into her pussy. I don't think she'll be taking any other calls tonight.
(CLARE)
"I'll see you next weekend, Lover," Klaus smiles, dropping me at school early Monday morning.
We just returned from Atlanta, after feasting at the ball we returned and made love the rest of the night. When we got up the next day, after dressing, we went out and fed again. Back to the hotel for more hours of love making, leaving late that night for more hunting. I was famished after hours without food, and once I was feeding I couldn't seem to stop. I nearly killed the man I was feeding from, Klaus stopped me, though I'm sure he would not have cared. He seems to like it when I'm starving and desperate to satiate the hunger so that it's harder to stop. He cleaned it up and we returned to the hotel. Making love and then hunting every few hours, that's all we did Sunday, at least I didn't nearly kill someone this time. We hunted and fed again very early this morning before driving home and Klaus brought me straight to school.
"No you won't, we're going to Tyler's beach house for spring break remember?"
"A weekend away with the wolf sounds horrid," Klaus comments.
"More like eight days, and Damon is coming, as are Caroline, Stefan, Elena, Jeremy and Bonnie," I remark.
"Then I shall see you the following weekend," he says.
"We'll be gone from March 30th – April 6th that's two weekends, we aren't returning until late Saturday night," I inform him and he responds by growling. "I'll spend the following weekend with you, all weekend," I tell him. I want to ease his anger, but he did also compel me to spend my weekends with him and there is that tug inside to do so.
"I'll pick you up that Friday from school, the whole weekend Clare, I'll bring you to school Monday. You'll spend the whole weekend with me because you want to spend the time with me don't you Clare?"
"Yes," I answer automatically, unsure if it's me talking or being compelled.
"Good, see you later Lover," he grins, placing his hand behind my head and kissing me deeply.
I respond, opening my lips and allowing him in, I grip his shirt deepening the kiss. My tongue caresses his softly, his tongue dominates mine. My body responds to the kiss, to him, so very tempted to tell him to turn around and take me back to his house. Coming back to my senses I manage to break the kiss.
"I'll see you later Klaus," I say as I get out of the car.
I packed fairly light for the weekend, and he ripped a lot of my clothes. My dress was ruined by blood and ripped, I'm sure if we go to another ball Klaus will procure me a new dress. I go inside the school, but I'm a little shaken, so I go to the one place I'm sure to be safe.
"Damon will be glad to know that you're back," Ric says when I walk into his classroom. As soon as he sees me he picks up his phone "How was your weekend?" Ric asks, sending a text to Damon I believe, possibly everyone.
"It was…fine," I reply. Ric arches an eyebrow but before he can ask anything my phone rings, it's Damon. "I'm okay, I'm at the school."
"I know, Ric texted me. I haven't heard from you in over ten hours," Damon says with that overprotective grumble in his tone.
"We were…busy and then driving back. We just got in, Klaus brought me straight to the school."
"You don't sound okay, should I come down there?" Damon questions.
"Damn overprotective alpha male vampires with excellent hearing." I think to myself, keeping in the sigh I want to let out. "I'm fine Damon, I slept most of the way home, I'm with Ric. I'll see you after school," I say, trying to assuage him.
"I'm coming at lunch," Damon says and hangs up before I can say anything.
"So, what happened this weekend?" Ric asks.
"We went to a ball, we danced, we had lots of sex in the hotel room, we fed, do you want all the grisly details?"
"Are there?" Ric asks, raising his eyebrows and I cock one of mine back at him. "Grisly details?" He clarifies.
I open my mouth to shoot back a reply but the image of my dress soaked in blood comes to my mind. I bite my lip instead, and when Alaric looks at me expectantly I do my best to make the look carnal.
"Only the sex," I reply.
"Yeah, those are details I don't need," Ric replies, making a face and shaking his head. Before I can say anything else or Ric can ask anything else the door opens. Elena and Jeremy come into the room.
"Jeremy I spoke to you all weekend, you know I'm okay," I comment. It's true, every few hours Jeremy, Adam and Damon would call. Usually, all about the same time and I would talk to one until the other called.
"Yeah, and somehow hearing Klaus in the background didn't make me feel better. You should call Adam by the way, he's been worried," Jeremy remarks.
"I spoke to Adam around eight last night, how do you know he's worried?" I question.
"He found me, he's good with computers and found me online when you didn't return his call at midnight," Jeremy says.
"Of course he did," I reply, shaking my head and getting out my phone to call Adam. While I do that Jeremy starts looking me over, scrutinizing my skin. "Jeremy, I'm a vampire, what do you think you're going to find? I heal almost instantly," I remind Jeremy and he scowls at me just as Adam answers.
"Where have you been?" Adam questions.
"Driving back Adam, I slept most of the way. I'm fine, I was just tired, it was a very energetic weekend."
"That was not an image I needed. Are you sure you're okay? Every time I spoke to you this weekend you sounded sort of off, or rushed."
"I'm fine Adam, I promise, I'll video chat with you this afternoon, I'll call you when I'm home."
"Damon is picking you up right?"
"Yes."
"Then I know you'll be safe, call when you're done with him," Adam says and hangs up.
"Okay, Adam knows you're safe and Stefan is on his way, I'm going to my locker. See you in art Clare," Jeremy says and we all wave to him as he leaves the classroom.
Tyler, Bonnie, Caroline, and Stefan all look me over and ask if I'm okay when they come into class. I don't know what they were expecting to see, maybe expecting me to tell them, but of course I can't tell them about feeding from humans. Ric is an engaging teacher and I put this weekend and Klaus from my mind for all of homeroom. In chemistry we are working with chemicals and I have to pay attention, Elena is my lab partner and at least she doesn't ask about my weekend again.
At break Stefan, Caroline and I get blood packs and eat in Ric's classroom. He locked the door and we're done before anyone comes in for class. My next two classes, multimedia and marketing, are a different story from my first two. Normally, I like these classes but today the teachers do nothing but lecture with a power point and in both and my mind wanders. It wanders to this past weekend, to Klaus, to the things we did, the things he compelled me to do.
"I think I need to borrow notes for my last two classes," I remark to Stefan as we leave class for lunch.
"You didn't pay attention at all did you?" Stefan asks.
"Things on my mind," I shrug.
"Things like Klaus?" He questions as we retrieve our lunch boxes with blood from our lockers.
I simply shrug in response and don't look at Stefan to see his reaction. Caroline joins us with blood of her own and we walk out to the parking lot where Damon meets us. He greets me with a lingering kiss, and I want so badly to cling to him, so much of this last weekend racing through my mind. Instead of clinging to him I break the kiss, taking his hand to run to the woods so we can drink the blood bags.
"I checked, no animal attacks or suspicious murders that may have been vampire. Some unsolved homicides in Atlanta, but all were shootings or strangling, no puncture marks on the body," Damon comments as we start drinking blood.
"Do you really think Klaus would have told you where we were going and left a trail of dead bodies?" I think as I drink the blood bag, but I don't say any of it, just keep sipping my blood bag, leaning on Damon, and not meeting anyone's eyes.
"Now that I've eaten, I'm going to go find Tyler," Caroline says and runs off.
"You did actually go to Atlanta, didn't you?" Stefan asks.
"Yes, we were in Atlanta, but if Klaus does kill people when he feeds, I doubt he'd tell you where we were going and leave bodies."
"She's got a point," Stefan remarks.
"Does he know he doesn't get you the next two weekends?" Damon questions dragging a finger along my arm, he ends his questions by kissing the nape of my neck.
"Yes, and he wasn't very happy. He'll pick me up from school the following Friday and bring me back to school that Monday," I inform them, finishing off my blood.
"Is he taking you away again?" Stefan questions.
"He didn't say," I shrug.
"We could go away for another weekend," Damon comments.
"I don't think we should, it's just a weekend, and I'll keep in touch," I try to assure them. Damon responds with a low growl from his chest that reverberates against my back.
"It's not something to worry about for two weeks," I remind him.
"If he does take you out of town, we had better hear about it," Damon remarks.
"I told you I'd be in touch, that includes telling you if we leave town," I remark. "Unless he compels me not too," I add in my head.
"I'm going to find Elena, I'm sure Damon will get you back to school," Stefan says before he gets up and runs out of the woods.
"You could just come home with me now," Damon comments, kissing the nape of my neck again.
"Pretty sure I have to go to art and English, but I'll see you in a couple of hours."
"Fine, but I have you for the next thirty minutes and I intend to use them all," Damon grins, leaning down to take my lips.
We make out until the bell is about to ring and then run back to the building. Damon reminds me that he'll be back as soon as school is out. I walk in and go straight to art, Jeremy, and Caroline smile at me when I come in. As soon as the second bell rings the teacher begins talking, but my mind blocks it out as it jumps from one thing to another. First to Damon and being with him this afternoon, all the things I intend to do to him as soon as we're home. Then to Damon's (and everyone's) concerns over Klaus, warranted though they may be. Then to the many reasons those concerns are warranted, culminating with my blood-soaked dress at the ball. How wonderful feeding from those four men was in the moment, how powerful I felt, how they all tasted, how I enjoyed it in that moment. How terrible I felt later that night when I thought back to it. This last thought causes me to inadvertently shiver and Jeremy notices, putting a hand on my arm.
"You okay? You haven't actually painted anything," he comments.
"Yeah, fine, just thinking," I reply, and Jeremy cocks an eyebrow at me, "about what to paint," I add quickly.
"It's a still life, you're supposed to paint the fruit and vase on the table," Jeremy comments, nodding to the front of the room.
"Oh, uh right, I'm just going to use the washroom," I comment making my way out of the art room, but Jeremy follows me.
"You don't have to use the washroom, what's wrong?" Jeremy asks, catching my arm. He keeps his voice down and we're outside of the classroom, but I still respond by biting my lip. "Is it Klaus?"
"Just a lot on my mind, come on let's get back into class before they think we're making out or something," I comment turning around.
I'm not letting Jeremy say anything else as I walk back into class and Jeremy follows me. Caroline asks if everything is okay, in a voice too soft for anyone else to hear. I reply that it is at the same volume so that only she hears me. I look at the stuff on the table and begin painting, though I'm kind of just dragging my brush around and making basic shapes. We're supposed to finish our paintings tomorrow, so I don't feel so bad when all I have is basic outlines of the shapes by the end of class.
Caroline and I walk together to English, I don't pay much attention in this class either. It doesn't matter as much of the stuff we're working on I've already done. I do manage to jot down the homework before I leave class. Damon is here and waiting when we leave the school, leaning against his car. I wave to the others and go over, greeting Damon with a kiss.
"Home," I assert, pulling out of the kiss and getting into the car. Damon grins getting in the car and begins driving home rapidly.
"Miss me?" Damon asks with a cocky grin.
"That should be obvious about a hundredth of a second after we get through the door," I reply and Damon begins driving faster.
He pulls into the driveway and throws the car into park so that it skids. We don't even make it through the door before our lips are fused together. I jump up wrapping my legs around Damon's waist as he gets us through the door. We don't even make it to the sofa, Damon simply leans me against the front door, ripping off my panties and opening his jeans. He gets them down just far enough to get his erection free and he thrusts into me. I gasp at the sudden fullness, but adjust quickly and start riding him hard and fast as he's thrusting.
While I was distracted all day with thoughts of Klaus and this past weekend, in this moment I am consumed with Damon and the pleasure he's giving me. It doesn't take me long to climax and I push away from the door as soon as I have. We make it to the sofa this time, pulling our clothes and shoes off quickly until we're flesh against flesh. Damon lies me on the sofa and opens my legs, putting them over his shoulders. He slides down and his head goes between my legs, his tongue licks my labial folds before sucking on my clit.
I moan and arch my back, grabbing his hair to pull him back up to me. He flicks my clit with his tongue one last time before he moves up my body. He moves slowly, laying open mouth kisses along my flesh as he goes. He ends on my mouth, his tongue coming between my lips and I taste my flavor on his tongue just as he thrusts into me again. I arch my back, moaning his name into the kiss as he fills me deep. While we were fast against the door we go slow now, his movements calculated, gentle, caring. We make love slowly until we're both ready to climax and we release together.
"I need blood now, and I told Adam I'd call him," I comment.
"I'll grab blood, you get dressed and go call Adam," Damon says, kissing me gently.
"Thanks," I smile.
"It's just not the same when you aren't here," Damon remarks lightly nipping my breast before he gets off me.
I smile and get dressed again quickly, Damon brings me blood and I go upstairs to call Adam. I speak with Adam, Drew and Dallas for over half an hour and then get started on my homework. Stefan sent me the notes and homework for marketing and I ask Caroline for multimedia. I hear Stefan get home and Damon brings me more blood. I shower, Damon joins me and I watch some TV but my mind wanders back to Klaus and the weekend. I can't settle my mind and I can't stop thinking of Klaus no matter what I try. A little after one I get out of bed and go to Damon's room as quietly as I can. I lift his sheet and get in the bed, Damon rouses and rolls over putting his arm around me.
"Couldn't sleep," I whisper.
"What's wrong?" Damon asks, whispering against my neck.
I bite my lip, I want to tell him about Klaus, feeding on humans, how the sight of my blood soaked dress won't leave my mind, but I can't. So, I say the one thing I'm sure is to distract him and stop him from asking any further questions.
"Horny again, you know overdrive and all."
Damon grins, rolling me to my back and seizing my lips as his hand goes between my legs. It will distract us both and I might just be able to get to sleep in Damon's arms when we're done.
(JEREMY)
"I love this house Tyler," Elena smiles as we get out of the car.
The two-hour drive wasn't bad, but I'm glad to be out of the car. Spring break officially started, and we all drove to the Lockwood beach house this morning. We met at our house, and still took three cars. Stefan, Bonnie, Elena, and I rode in Elena's car. Damon and Clare in his car, Tyler and Caroline in his car. We were all looking forward to more than a week of the beach and fun in Deltaville.
"I'll give you guys a quick tour before we bring in the bags," Tyler comments. He unlocks the door with a combo lock, then tells it to us in case we need it. We follow him inside to an open great room; he shows us a washroom down here and then we follow him up the stairs. "Caroline and I will take my room; all rooms have a queen or two full size you can push together. Elena and Stefan can take the master at the end of the hall."
"We'll take the master," Damon says and Stefan only shrugs while Clare rolls her eyes.
"Whatever, there's a room downstairs, and the one across the hall," Tyler says pointing.
"We'll take downstairs," Elena says, pulling at Stefan's hand.
"Guess that means this is us," Bonnie comments, pulling me into the room with the two double beds. "This is a cute room, definitely decorated by Mrs. Lockwood," Bonnie remarks looking around the room.
"Let's get our bags in and go down to the beach," Caroline calls so that everyone hears her.
"I'll grab our bags," I tell Bonnie, tipping her chin up to kiss her softly.
When I leave my room, Tyler is leaving his and Damon is already coming up the stairs with his bag and Clare's. After getting in our bags Damon and Stefan bring in the cooler with blood packs for the vampires. Tyler says his mom already had the kitchen stocked with plenty of food for the rest of us. Then all the girls grab their swimsuits and lock themselves in Elena and Stefan's room to change, of course it wouldn't really stop any of us. But we are gentleman and change in different rooms. Stefan and Damon are in the living room leaning on the sofa when I come downstairs. They are talking in low voices but stop when I approach. Tyler is the next one down the stairs, and then all four girls emerge from the bedroom dressed in sexy swimwear.
"We are quite lucky gentlemen," Stefan grins, appreciating my sister's figure in her pink bikini.
"Red is so your color," Tyler grins looking Caroline up and down in a scarlet halter bikini.
"You look bewitching in black," I grin, pulling Bonnie to me.
"You did not just say that," she laughs, playfully pushing at me when I try to kiss her.
"That suit suits you better than that piece of floss Klaus got for you. Although, I did like watching you in that one," Damon grins as he takes in the view of Clare.
Her black and sapphire suit is arguably the most modest but compliments her body the best. It's technically a one piece but a black beaded strap comes from around her neck and crisscrosses round her breasts making a line down her curves ending at her hip bones. The rest of the suit is sapphire blue, the top dipping low enough for you to map the lines of her cleavage and her beauty marks. The suit is backless nearly to her butt and the center is cutout to show her navel. It's very sexy and shows skin without showing everything. Elena, Bonnie and Caroline all have string bikinis leaving little to the imagination, not that Tyler, Stefan and I are complaining.
"When did you buy that?" Damon asks Clare pulling her to him.
"Atlanta," she replies and Damon's face changes thinking of her with Klaus I'm assuming. "Let's go to the beach," Clare says, running out of the house at vampiric speed. She had a bag with her that had towels in it, Damon goes running after her at the same speed.
The other girls all carry similar bags, so we figure they have all that we need and Tyler says there's beach chairs on their private beach already. We follow Tyler down to the private beach, while technically accessible by others the beach right behind the house is in a cove and without getting through the gate would be hard to get to. Clare and Damon are already on the beach, so either Clare figured out the code on the gate or they jumped over, I'm thinking the latter.
There's six chairs set up facing the water, along with a fire pit and some logs around it. Damon has already claimed a chair with a towel as he sets himself on it. Bonnie sets the bag she has on one chair and I get out a towel to lie it on the chair.
"Come on Clare, let's go in the water," Caroline says, taking Clare's hand and pulling her to the water. Elena and Bonnie join them in the water and begin splashing each other. I watch Clare giggling, looking like a normal teenager on spring break. I pull out my phone and snap a picture sending it to Adam. He calls a moment later.
"She looks happy," Adam says when I answer.
"She is, pretty sure she's been smiling all day."
"That's good, after what happened in Niagara I wasn't sure she'd really go. Even after talking to Drew she felt so guilty. I hear her training with you has been going well?"
"It is, she's getting better with the control, although it's all been in a controlled environment," I comment. Damon and Stefan shift their eyes to me with this comment and then each other.
"At least, it's something, every time she has a setback she's not sure she can do Columbia. She gets a little neurotic sometimes," Adam remarks. I catch Damon smirking from the corner of my eye.
"I noticed."
"She say anything to you about her weekend with Klaus?" Adam asks.
"Not really, they went to a ball, ate, had lots of sex."
"Yeah, that's what she told me too, it's just I get the feeling she's holding back. That there's more she's not telling us, I'm just not sure why. Thing is Clare can sometimes be a martyr. She'll risk herself for those she cares about, and tries to take things on by herself. She let herself get blackmailed into a date trying to protect me and Eli from a bully."
"I can see her doing that," I reply and see Damon stiffen up from the corner of my eye. Whether that's the mention of Clare's obsessed ex or that she got blackmailed into a date I'm not sure.
"No matter how much she tries to convince me that Klaus is a good guy I don't like the thought of her with him," Adam confesses.
"Yeah, I know, none of us like the thought of her with Klaus either. Don't worry, we're all looking out for her," I assure Adam and see Tyler, Stefan and Damon nod. I'm sure all three of them have heard our entire conversation. "Damon is even looking for a way to kill Klaus if necessary."
"Good, that is actually a comforting thought. Have a good time, I'll call her later," Adam says and hangs up.
"It's really not comforting that her best friend is that worried about her time with Klaus," Damon comments just loud enough for me to hear. We all nod in agreement, Clare is holding something back and we all wish we knew what.