September 30th, 2009 - Wednesday
Vicki lets out a groan as they wake up to the sounds of birds chirping outside of the house. If only she could get a few more hours of sleep. Caroline is snuggled in a blanket on the other side of the couch while Matt and Tyler choose to sleep on the floor.
"We have to go to school" Vicki says solemnly as she props her head off of the couch.
"Yippie." Tyler mutters out sarcastically from his spot on the floor as he lets out a yawn and then he grabs his cellphone from his pocket. "Mason says that he'll be here sometime in November. He has to tie things up or whatever."
"I wouldn't mind being all tied up by him." Vicki says under her breath, luckily no one heard her.
"Mason is like your really hot Uncle right?" Caroline asks curiously from the other edge of the couch. "He used to babysit me you know?"
Tyler rolls his eyes at her while keeping his focus on his phone. "I wouldn't know Caroline. I'm not into men."
Caroline snorts. "Obviously, otherwise you and Jeremy would've been going at it like jackhammers by now."
Tyler shivers in disgust at the image it plants in his mind and shakes his head. "Shut up Caroline."
"Oh, you two." Vicki mutters as she gets up from the couch and heads towards her room, then she stops midway and shouts playfully. "Just kiss already."
The blonde in question rolls her eyes and crosses her arms over her chest with a huff as she protests loudly. "I am so not kissing him."
The other occupants in the room decide to ignore her statement as Tyler shuts his phone with a frustrated sigh. "Well, it sort of helps but - that all depends on how long it takes for him to actually get here."
"Then we have to assume that he won't be much help for now" Vicki says flatly before frowning. "We need to get more vervain for all of us. Other then what I already gave you two anyways."
Caroline looks at Vicki skeptically, she was still having a harder time taking it in. "Are you sure that vampires have a reaction to vervain? It just seems so - simple, and kind of well - dull?"
"It'll help though." Vicki tells her with a shrug. "We've made sure to use it in our household cleaners."
"Alright fine." Caroline grumbles with a sigh. "This is going to suck."
"Yeah?" Vicki questions Caroline, feeling stressed out. It doesn't help that she still has the fucking side effects of drug abuse. Damn it all. " At least you don't keep seeing yourself die over and over again."
"Hey." Matt and Tyler protest loudly, both fo them looking pained. "We've seen it too."
Caroline nods solemnly, her mood dropping. "And I saw it last night. What's happening to us?"
"I was just trying to keep my brother and I from dying." Vicki says in defense without actually answering the blondes question.
"What about us then, huh?" Caroline asks grudgingly as she crosses her arms and glares at Vicki. "Don't we deserve to stay alive too?"
Vicki shrugs and looks at her sadly. "I'm sorry. I really didn't want you to let Damon out. Then we found out that he would've killed you this time around if he had and ... I'm glad you're not dead. But it means that you got saved too since you were here."
"Somehow it's connected to the four of us now, or maybe it's just you. Like it'll only happen to us if we're around you?You are probably connecting us and that allows us to see what you see so that we can all make adjustments to keep each other safe." Tyler suggests with a shrug. "Nothing else really makes sense right? Otherwise we wouldn't all be seeing it with you right? We didn't do the ritual thing."
"I don't know." Vicki says in frustration as she begins to pace her living room, well it's her mother's -- but she takes care of it. "Maybe - I did mention that I wanted to protect my brother and those I care about. Maybe that extends it to you when you're by us?"
Not the woman who birthed her. "The thing is, you all made it out of this alive the first time - well. . .Except for Tyler, Klaus killed him and then Damon killed him too and then he ended up dying permanently. I died over and over again too by those fucking vampires and their little fucking perfect bitchy Elena."
"You didn't tell me that I originally died." Tyler says through gritted teeth as he glares at her.
Vicki looks at Tyler irritably and stiffens defensively. "I can't remember it all ya know, I was already dead by then and you became all Wolfy and shit. Then you became all hybridy. Some things I need to think about - like you permanently dying."
Caroline makes a nose of distress before sighing. "So, we have to go to school and pretend that this never happened?"
"That's up to you." Vicki says with a roll of her eyes. "You could hang out with us instead. I don't know if you would still become a badass vampire though. But the Vervain should at least keep you from being compelled."
"I became a vampire?" Caroline asks worriedly. "But, but - the vampires are bad, aren't they?"
The older woman sighs and runs her fingers through her hair. "I think that Damon and Stefan are bad and that Elena is a greedy slutty bitch. But, Elena and her friends eventually end up liking the Salvatore's. Even you sort of like Damon after everything he did to you. Then you married Stefan in the end before he gets killed. But I personally don't like them and I don't trust them."
"Elena and Bonnie will find it suspicious if I don't hang out with them though." Caroline says worriedly as she starts to pace around the living room. Honestly they'll probably miss school today anyway.
Vicki snorts and waves her hand. "Please, you can still hang out with Bonnie. If she wasn't so far up Elena's ass she would be the baddest witch in town. Elena though, be careful with her. She can be such a back stabbin bitch. But, maybe I'm just a bit bitter."
"Definitely bitter." Caroline responds with a roll of her eyes. "But - I get that, like why you'd hate both Salvatore's."
"Yup, you should. Elena especially will totally try to guilt you into getting along with Damon."
Caroline's eyes scrunch up in pain and she shakes her head while Tyler gently wraps an arm around her shoulders. "It's okay, Vicki will help so that they can't hurt you alright?"
Vicki nods approvingly as Matt sighs and asks his sister quietly. "She gets that bad huh?"
"Yeah." Vicki mutters sadly to him. "I used to think you two would grow old and have have babies. I would be stuck with her as a sister and then -. Well, you know what happened."
"Uh huh. Hopefully it's safe for us to go to school today." Matt says with a yawn.
Going to school had been relatively boring for Vicki. She knew enough about what was going on and she wasn't stupid, honestly she was just - well - she was a tad bit lazy. Jeremy was missing, maybe dead and the news of a bunch of kids being found dead was still the most talked about thing during the day.
"Do you think Jeremy is dead?" Matt asks her quietly as they sit out by his car during lunch.
Tyler listens with rapt attention while Caroline sits on the other side of Vicki, much to the rest of the schools confusion. Elena and Bonnie was from afar in confusion as Stefan beckons for the doppelgänger to get in her car for their talk.
"I don't know." Vicki whispers back honestly and then shrugs. "He didn't go missing during this time you know? I did. You know the rest from there."
They nod with a frown. "What will happen now?" Caroline asks ominously.
Luckily for them the rest of the day was fairly normal aside from the odd looks from Bonnie after Elena left. After school Caroline stayed at the house with Matt and Vicki since her home is now compromised while Tyler went home.
--
Jeremy is sitting at home boredly as Elena complains and bitches about being worried. What happened to make her worried again? He doesn't know, but it's annoying. He also wishes that Vicki would call him back, he loves her. They don't need to do drugs he isn't into that anymore. But he loves her, she's what he wants.
"No Elena." Jeremy snaps as he stands up while glaring at her. "You can't control me. I just didn't want to be around you. Vicki makes me feel better, Vicki is who I want right now okay?"
Elena lets out a groan. "No Jeremy. She isn't worth it."
"She's trying to get clean." He snaps in her defense, though he isn't sure if she will remain that way. "Since school started she hasn't used any drugs. Maybe she could help me?"
His sister looks at him skeptically. "I don't know Jere, you'd be better off without her."
Jermey grits his teeth as he glares daggers at his sister. "How would you know?You only care because I was missing. At least Aunt Jenna actually cares even if I'm not. All you did was complain about me using drugs."
Turning around he stomps up the stairs as he ignores his sister calling for him to come back and talk to her. After sitting in his bed he lets out a sigh and grabs his note pad, maybe he'll do some drawing.
--
At the boarding house both brothers are standing on opposite ends of the living room, one is drinking and the other is simply glaring. "You compelled him."
"Well, duh." Damon says with a roll of his eyes. "I can't have the little shit knowing about vampires can I? Just imagine him telling everyone about it. Not worth the trouble."
"Is that the only thing you compelled him for?" Stefan asks in frustration.
Damon huffs and takes a drink of his bourbon. "I may have gotten rid of his drug issue, that's all. Don't be angry with me, Elena will be thrilled."
"For you compelling him?" The younger brother asks him angrily.
Rolling his eyes again and letting out a snort Damon replies flatly. "No. For making sure that the dumbass didn't kill himself. I could just turn him. It would be easy, really easy."
--
Logan is searching the woods with the compass that he got from the Gilbert house. His heart is beating erratically as he looks around in the dark trying to find vampires. By the morning he was at home talking to Liz on the phone.
"No Liz." He says irritably. "I didn't find any fuckin vampires. If I had don't you think I would've told you that?"
"We were so sure that that's where the vampire was hiding." Liz says with a groan. "I'll send someone to check again tomorrow night."
"Fine." Logan snaps at her in annoyance and then he sighs. "Just - let me know if you need anymore help. Otherwise leave me out of it."
Then he tosses the cellphone on his bed and proceeds to get ready for bed. His job can wait a bit. He's exhausted.
--
October 7th, 2009 - Wednesday
"I don't know how he got turned okay?" Damon snaps angrily at Elena and his brother. "I didn't fucking do it. Someone else must've okay?"
"Are you sure it wasn't you?" Elena asks him with a frown.
Stefan watches Damon closely as Jeremy rolls his eyes while he sits on the couch at the boarding house. "It wasn't him. He wouldn't have any trouble admitting to it if it were."
"You don't say." Jeremy mutters sarcastically much to the Salvatore brothers annoyance.
October 10th, 2009 - Saturday
Vicki, Matt, Caroline and Tyler had quickly became a tight knit group. None of them went anywhere completely alone. Vicki was somehow able to convince the teachers that Matt, Caroline and Tyler were smart enough to go up a grade with her. Although, to be fair it wasn't a lie. They are smart enough, Caroline shows it, Matt and Tyler pretend not to access it.
After going through some tests they were able to test themselves right into twelve grade. There biggest worry is someone in their group getting themselves killed. Considering that Vicki has been seeing herself die at least every day multiple times or every other day it is a accurate concern of theirs.
"So, Elena was all 'oh my god, you can't just skip a year Caroline.' And I was like, 'well, I already did so'.' Caroline says with a shrug of her shoulders. "It's annoying really and then Bonnie was all pissed off at me you know?"
"Sounds petty of them." Tyler comments dryly as he gives Caroline a smoldering gaze.
"Definitely petty." Matt says with a nod in agreement.
Vicki nods. "They're both definitely jealous otherwise they wouldn't have tried to make you feel guilty. I hate those bitches. Although I didn't mind Bonnie too much."
They snort. "Please, you have enough trouble with that Gilbert stalking you." Tyler says angrily. "He's the reason you got killed yesterday."
With a sigh Vicki sits down beside Tyler and Matt. "How was I suppose to know? I didn't know he would be following me around the school you know?"
"Which is why you ended up staying home." Caroline says with a frown. "Why wasn't I told that that was why you didn't come to school? What happened when you lived it?"
Vicki fiddles with her fingers as she looks down and she shakes her head. Her brother sighs sadly as he wraps an arm around her shoulders while Tyler grabs her hand comfortingly.
"He." Caroline starts to say with a frown and then she stops herself. "It was that bad? Whatever he did."
Tyler and Matt nod as Vicki keeps her eyes on her hands sadly. "We just need to make sure he stays away from her. Him and Damon."
Yes, Damon has been one of the major recurring reasons that she dies. Jeremy has been the second and then Stefan.
Somehow, within the last week Jeremy had been turned into a vampire.
