Things were a bit different. My mom had a planned that involved us staying in Mystic Falls. Currently, we were in the hotel room. I was just glad that I still had a chance with Elena, if she was even into me that way.

"So where do you want to go?" I asked.

"Well this setting is not going to be sufficient." She answered. "We need to find an actual location, somewhere with a person that can prevent vampires from entering with permission."

"Well we can start looking for something today." I suggested. "Did you have a place in mind?"

"It needs to be somewhere secluded where we don't have to worry about any neighbors." She responded. "Do you know if the old Fell house is still standing?"

"It is. Did you want to live there or something?" I asked.

"It would be fitting to take back what was taken from us." She responded.

"I think that something like that would attract too much attention." I countered. "I do know of an old house in the woods. There might be someone living there, which would be easier than having to find a human border. We can go and check it out today. I just need to get dressed first."

"It's going to take me a while to get used to you dressing like that." She told me. "So take me to this house."

I took her to this cottage in the woods. It was quaint and would be a nice place to live. It definitely had more space than my hotel room, even if it didn't come with free breakfast. We walked to the door and my mom knocked on it.

"Can I help you?" A middle-aged woman asked us.

"I'm Pearl and this is my daughter Annabelle. You're going to invite us in." Mom compelled.

"Please come in." The woman invited before we stepped inside.

"You're going to do whatever I say." Mom added. "So tell me, what's your name?"

"Samantha, Samantha Gibbons." She answered. "What would you like me to do?"

"Well I'm thirsty right now." Mom admitted. "Give me your wrist to drink from, Miss Gibbons."

Miss Gibbons held out her wrist and Mom bit into it. I looked away. I still didn't like the idea of drinking directly from a human. I really didn't even understand the need when there were blood bags. Of course, I hadn't exactly explained that part to her yet. I really hadn't given her much of a history lesson yet. I needed to do that but I wasn't sure when I would get the chance to.

"You should go pack up your things, Annabelle." She suggested. "I'm going to investigate the tomb."

I wasn't entirely sure what she meant by that. Surely they would have either closed the tomb or killed all of the other vampires inside. I couldn't help but wonder how Damon felt when he found out that Katherine wasn't in the tomb. I imagined that it was a mixture of shock, confusion, and probably a little bit of anger.

He was actually there as soon as I got to the hotel room. He grabbed me and pushed me against the wall.

"You knew that Katherine wasn't in the tomb, didn't you?" He declared. "Answer me before I rip your heart out."

"Damon, she doesn't care about you." I responded. "She was in New York in the 70s, where you were and she didn't do anything. She doesn't care about you."

With that, he eased on his grip and I pushed him away.

"I'm sorry if the truth hurts." I told him. With that, he ran out and I began to pack. I decided that I would bring the blood that I had in the fridge with me. It would be good for showing my mom that she didn't need to drink from people.

When I got to the house, I noticed that it was more than just my mom and Miss Gibbons there. There was another vampire.

"Bethanne?" I asked as I looked her over. "What are you doing here?"

"I let her out of the tomb." Mom responded as she walked into the room. "I would have let Harper out, but he seems to have already escaped. The others will have to wait until after nightfall."

"Why are you letting them out?" I questioned.

"They don't deserve to be in there, Annabelle." She told me. I was pretty sure that some of them did. "I want this to be a place where they can stay."

Needless to say, that was not what I was intending when I let my mom out of the tomb. I wanted it to be just us. I did not want some sort of vampire hostel. The house was big, but it wasn't big enough for 28 vampires and a human. I needed my own space and I didn't want to share a bathroom with anyone else. I sighed because it looked like I didn't have a say in it.

I hadn't even had time to pick out a room. I didn't know why my mom had to do this. We didn't need to let the other vampires out of the tomb. All they would end up doing was cause trouble that I wasn't looking for. I could tell that some of them were going to want revenge on the people who put them in there, even though all of them were dead, except for Katherine who was not in the town.

What I wanted to do was talk to Elena, but I had a feeling that I wouldn't be able to do that. I would have to do it in secret since I doubted that my mom would want me to hang out with anyone with the last name of Gilbert. She always was bad at holding grudges and I had a feeling that she would over something like that, especially since it caused her to be locked up for 145 years.

It was Saturday when I finally got the chance to go out. The house was pretty crowded and I definitely didn't like it. I felt like I was suffocating in there with all of those vampires around.

I decided to go over to Elena's house. I found that she was outside.

"Hi." I replied. She then jumped.

"I didn't expect you to just show up." She replied.

"It's kind of what I do." I pointed out. "Plus I couldn't exactly call. My mom has been hovering a bit."

"What is that like?" She asked.

"Let's just say that it hasn't exactly gone as I planned." I remarked. I figured that I should withhold the information that all of the vampires were out because I didn't want her to tell anyone. Yes I knew that she couldn't tell the Salvatores, but I didn't want her to tell Bonnie. Now that I thought of it, I figured I should probably remove that compulsion

"What are you two doing out here?" Elena's aunt Jenna interrupted. "It's cold out here. You're Anna, right, Jeremy's friend?"

"Yes." I remarked before I went inside.

"So you said that you were going to do some digging on my birth mother, so did you dig?" Elena asked.

Jenna told us that Elena's birth mother was registered under the name of Isobel Peterson, but she didn't think that it was her real name and that Peterson was a friend named Trudie and Isobel's real name was Flemming.

"There's something else you should know." Jenna added. "Alaric's wife was from this area and was also named Isobel."

"Was?" Elena asked. I had a pretty good idea what Jenna meant by it.

"She died." Jenna replied. Yup, that was it. We then went to Elena's room.

"I can't believe that your birth mother is your teacher's dead wife." I stated.

"Jenna never said that they were the same person." She pointed out.

"Well I do think that they are the same person." I replied. "So are you going to see this Trudie person?"

"I don't know. I don't know if I want to find out if she's dead." She admitted.

"Well it would be closure." I remarked. "It wouldn't be the ending that you want, but it would still be an ending."

"I guess you're right." She agreed.

"So I really am sorry for what happened." I replied. "I wish I could have done it differently."

"You did it for your mom and I can't fault you for that." She responded. "So do you want to come with me?"

"I don't think that I can, but maybe we could hang out some more later?" I suggested.

"Well I'm going to this charity bachelor auction tonight. Maybe you could go with me." She responded.

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." I agreed. I would need to stop by the hospital and pick up more blood.

That night, I headed back to the Gilbert house. Jenna let me in and told me that Elena was in her room. I was wearing a sleeveless red and black corset dress with a leather jacket, black thigh socks and knee boots.

I walked inside to see Elena was standing there…in her bra and panties.

"Hey, I'm almost ready. Which dress do you think I should wear?" She asked. I tried to look them over but couldn't get too good of a view of either one because I was too distracted.

"Uh, I like the black." I stated.

"Of course you do." She said with a giggle before she began to put it on and I stopped staring. "So are you interested in finding yourself a bachelor?"

"No, I'm only going to support the town that I live in." I replied.

"Does that mean you're staying?" She asked hopefully.

"Yes." I confirmed. "My mom wants to live here."

"Well I'm glad that you're not leaving." She told me.

"I'm glad I'm not either. I like it here." I replied. "So we should probably get going."

"Yeah, so you're kind of my date for the night." She joked. I couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to go on a real date with her. I didn't know if she would be interested, not just because I was a girl, but because I was a vampire.

"Do I get a kiss?" I asked. I had decided to play along.

"Maybe if you're good." She replied. "Just remember to keep your hands above my waist."

"I doubt there will be any time for that." I said before she took my hand and we headed to the Grill.

So when the auction started, I couldn't help but notice that Damon was up there with Alaric and two other guys, one who was a plumber. So it was basically three losers, Alaric, and an asshole.

Mrs. Lockwood was emceeing the event. I wasn't quite sure why they couldn't have gotten a single woman to do it. Maybe it was because she was a much better public speaker than Sheriff Forbes, but still seeing a married woman fawn over a bunch of men was creepy.

When it came Damon's turn to speak, he basically admitted that he was the one who killed Elena's birth mother in front of everyone. Sure, he was cryptic in it, but he was also obvious to anyone that knew what he was talking about. He was a dick.

Elena ran out and I decided to follow her.

"Elena, are you okay?" I asked.

"Does it look like I'm okay?" She responded. "That man, I saw him outside of Trudie Peterson's house today."

I looked across the street to see a shady-looking man.

"Hey you!" I called to him. "Get out of here."

"I have a message for you." He stated. Before I could respond and ask who the message was from, he continued talking. "Stop looking. She doesn't want to know you."

"Isobel?" Elena asked in surprise. Damon hadn't killed her. He had turned her into a vampire.

"Do you understand?" He asked.

"Did Isobel send you?" She questioned.

"Elena, he's been compelled." I explained.

"Do you understand?" He repeated.

"Yes." Elena replied. She seemed to be in shock about what had just transpired.

"Good." The man said. "I'm done now."

He then stepped into the street and was promptly flattened by a car. I imagined that Isobel had compelled him to kill himself once the message was received.

That night, I went home and before I could say anything to my mom, there was a knock at the door. Harper was standing outside.

"Pearl, it's Harper." Bethanne declared.

"Miss Gibbons." Mom said as she summoned our border. "This man is a friend of mine. May he come in?"

"Any friend of Pearl's is a friend of mine." Miss Gibbons replied. "Please come in."

So Anna and Elena enacted a famous Delena scene and Anna moved into her new house, which is very crowded. Please don't forget to review.