Yesterday was kind of weird. I met this new girl that I never thought that I would be friends with. She was a vampire, but she seemed different from Damon. She seemed to be nice and she did save me from the car crash when she had no reason to. She was also kinda hot. I think that I might have kissed her while I was drunk. I'm not entirely sure if it happened or not. It was weird.
Right now, I knew that I needed to talk to Stefan. I wanted to give him a chance to defend himself before I dumped him. Although, I had already done this once, so I didn't know if I would take him back. Nevertheless, he might know why I looked like Katherine.
"So I'm ready to talk." I declared. "How could you not tell me this? Are you only dating me for some weird nostalgia trip?"
"I didn't know how, but I know that you are not Katherine." He answered.
"When did you figure that out? Before you kissed me? Before you slept with me?" I asked angrily.
"Before I met you." He declared. What? "The first day of school wasn't the first time I saw you. It was May 23rd. Every few years I came by to check on Zach and I saw the bridge collapse and jumped in the water. Your dad was conscious and I tried to save him, but told me to save you first. When I went back for him and your mom, it was too late. I spent the next few months trying to figure out if you were Katherine or not, but I kind of fell for you."
"Stefan, I'm grateful that you saved my life, but you were stalking me. That is not okay." I told him. "Do you know why I look like Katherine?"
"It didn't make sense because you were a Gilbert and she was a Pierce, so I looked into your medical records and found that you were born on your birthday, but your mother was not admitted that day, meaning you were adopted." He explained. "I have something for you."
He presented me with a box. There seemed to be plants in.
"What is this?" I asked.
"This is vervain." He stated. "It's the same stuff that's in your necklace. You can put it in jewelry or food or drink. As long as it's in you or on you, vampires can't get in your head."
I was going to ask him about Anna, but then I realized that they probably didn't know each other.
"I also have this." He added as he gave me my dad's watch.
"This is Jeremy's watch, did you steal it?" I asked.
"Well technically, but Logan stole it from him, Damon stole it from Logan and I stole it from Damon." He answered. "It's more than just a watch. It's a compass that points to vampires so they won't be able to sneak up on you. You should keep it with you."
"Okay." I agreed. "So I think that we should take a breather on our relationship while I try to learn to trust you again. However, I would like us to go to the 50s Decade Dance as friends."
It would be different trying to be friends with him, but I was friends with Matt. Of course I was friends with him before we dated. I did think that I should keep news of the break-up a secret because I did not want it to spread around school that I was single again. Of course first I had to go home because Jeremy and I were getting pizza.
The next day, I was at school as I prepared to give Caroline some vervain. She needed it with all of the times that she had been compelled. I was surprised that her brain hadn't started to leak out of her ears yet. I made a necklace for her.
"It's so pretty." She commented. "What's the occasion?"
"No occasion, just a friend…gift." I answered.
"Lesbian friend necklace cause we're freaky like that?" She quipped.
"Your friendship is important to me and I haven't been there." I remarked with a blush.
After school, I wanted to tell someone that I was adopted. Jenna had confirmed it. I went to the Grill, but it seemed like Bonnie was too busy ogling the bartender to talk. Lucky for me, I ran into a familiar face. Okay, it was a new face, but I was kind of familiar with her.
"Hey, I wasn't expecting to see you again." She remarked.
"Why not?" I inquired.
"I just thought that after the other night I had scared you off." She responded.
"No I had fun." I explained. "I haven't had a chance to let loose like that in a long time, though I probably should avoid drinking that much again. Did I kiss you?"
"Yeah, but you don't need to apologize for it." She responded.
"So I recently found out that I'm adopted. I know that sounds kind of random, but I wanted to tell someone." I told her.
"That must be hard." She commented. "Your parents aren't even alive to talk about it."
"Yeah, I keep picturing in my head what they would say to me about it." I admitted. "You know I should probably give you your clothes back from the other night."
"Keep them." She offered. "I have plenty of clothes. I think that you looked really good in them. So I met your brother yesterday."
"You didn't tell him anything, did you?" I asked nervously.
"No, but he does think that I'm obsessed with vampires." She explained. "Okay, I kind of am. I helped him with this paper that he was writing. So what are your plans for the rest of the night?"
"I was going to do some shopping for the dance." I answered.
"Dance?" She mimicked with a slight tilt of her head that looked adorable.
"Yeah, it's this 50s Decade Dance." I explained. "It's really fun. You should come."
"Are you asking me to be your date?" She teased. I couldn't help but blush.
"Well I already have a date, but we could meet there or something." I offered. I didn't know why I was so nervous. She was only joking.
"Sounds fun. So do I need to put together some kind of 50s outfit?" She replied.
"It's generally preferred." I declared with a giggle. "You could come with me if you want."
"I think that I can handle it by myself." She replied. "So I'll see you there then."
"I guess so." I declared before I headed out the door. At that moment, my phone began to ring and I answered it. "Hello?"
"Hello Elena." Some guy responded.
"Who's this?" I asked. I didn't recognize the voice.
"You hit me with your car." He responded. "I can see you."
I looked around and didn't see anything, so I did the logical thing and ran to my car. I managed to make it there and drove to the boarding house as fast as I could. It looked like I would have to forego the extra accessories. I immediately told Stefan what happened.\
"Why did he call me?" I asked. "I felt like I was in Scream."
"We're predators, Elena." He answered. "For some of us, the thrill of the hunt is just as satisfying as the kill, if not more so."
"It sounds like something Damon would do." I commented.
"No, Damon tires of the theatrics too quickly." He remarked. "I gave you the compass so you could keep it on you whenever you go out."
"I'll make sure to bring it." I declared. I did not really like the condescension in his tone though. "So you can pick me up for the dance tomorrow night. So are you comfortable with going as friends."
"Yeah." He responded. "I understand that you're angry at me. I should have told you about Katherine earlier."
I sighed. He didn't seem to understand that I was mostly mad at him for stalking me. The Katherine thing was of lesser importance.
The following night, I was at home as I prepared for the dance. I saw Jenna in some 50s clothes herself.
"Ric asked me to chaperone." She said.
"So can you tell me anything about the adoption?" I asked.
"Well your dad was working late and a girl about 16 shows up, about to give birth. In the morning, she was gone. So your parents told as few as possible." She explained.
"Do you know anything about her?" I questioned.
"Just a name: Isobel." She declared. Well now I knew my birth mother's name.
I knew went to get dressed. I put on a blue blouse and black pants and put my hair in a high ponytail. I began to walk through the house before I heard the compass going off. I immediately decided to call Stefan about it.
"Hello?" Damon answered.
"Where is he?" I demanded.
"He's coming to see you. He forgot his phone." He replied.
"Oh thank God." I declared. "This compass was going off and it must be sensing him…"
Suddenly, I felt someone behind me and screamed. Stefan stopped him before he bit me and he ran outside.
"It was the pizza guy." I remarked in shock.
We then called Damon over.
"How did he get in?" He asked.
"He was invited." I explained.
"He posed as a pizza delivery guy." Stefan added.
"Well this guy was invited in, meaning this house isn't safe for anyone who lives in it." Damon pointed out. "We should go to the dance. I bet he'll be there."
"What I do have to do?" I questioned.
"Just go to the dance and if he shows up, we'll kill him." Damon explained. I didn't really like the idea of murder, but considering that he was trying to murder me and could possibly go after Jenna or Jeremy, it seemed like the best option.
When we got to the dance, I saw that the gym was decorated. That being said, it wasn't really decorated well. It looked kind of uninspired to be honest.
As soon as I got there, I happened to notice Caroline and Bonnie. They were more dressed up than I was. They were also wearing frowns.
"Are you having fun?" I asked.
"No, but this took two hours to put together, so I'm at least staying half of that." Caroline answered.
"What's Damon doing here?" Bonnie asked as she noticed him and Stefan across the room.
"He wanted to come." I explained.
"So is this some kind of threesome now?" Caroline asked.
"No." I explained. "Also can you not tell anyone, but Stefan and I broke up."
"What happened?" Caroline replied.
"I don't want to talk about it." I told her before I went over to the bathroom.
"Hey." Anna greeted me. She was wearing a black strapless swing with grey polka dots on it with black kitten heels and a 50s-style do with a black headscarf. "You look great. What's wrong?"
"That vampire that I hit the other night was in my house." I explained. "He attacked me and we think that he's at the dance."
"What does he look like?" She asked.
"He's kind of an average-looking guy." I explained. "The most distinguishing feature was he was wearing a hoodie."
"I'll see if I can find him." She responded.
We ended up finding him in the cafeteria. Technically he followed me there and I tried to kill, but failed. Thankfully, Stefan and Damon managed to come by and stop him. I needed to work on my fighting ability.
"Hey Dickhead." Damon replied to get his attention. "No one wants to kill you."
Well we did, but we wanted to find his information first. Stefan then stabbed him with a broken mop in the stomach.
"Why are you going after Elena?" Damon asked. Him being the good cop was not how I saw it.
"Because she looks like Katherine and it's fun." He answered.
We did end up getting some information out of him. In order to open the tomb, we had to find Emily Bennett's grimoire, whatever that was, and to find the grimoire, we had to find this old journal of Jonathan Gilbert. Unfortunately, Stefan killed him before we could find out who he was working for or with.
"But we didn't find out who he was working with." I pointed.
"Elena, he was invited in." Stefan reminded me. "We couldn't just let him live."
I supposed that it was right. I didn't know if torturing him anymore would have even worked. He was very tight-lipped. He probably wasn't going to tell us anyway. There was also the possibility that he was working alone. No, wait, I was pretty sure that he was working with someone because he didn't seem like he was smart enough to work by himself. I was just glad that I was okay at the moment. I knew that he would have killed me if he had gotten the chance. There was just one too much of a chance of him doing it.
Before I left, I decided to see if I could try to find Anna. She was in the hallway yet again.
"You look like you're out of breath." She commented. "Did you find him?"
"We found him and we killed him." I declared. "I fought back, but I didn't kill him."
"Well it's generally not easy for a human." She responded. "It generally takes vervain or wooden bullets to do it. But I am glad that you're okay."
"I'm glad too." I told her.
"So do you need someone to take you home?" She asked. It sound like it would nice.
"Sure." I agreed.
So this chapter was in Elena's POV. I don't know if I'll alternate between the two of them. Please don't forget to review.