Okay, now I'm going to try and follow the show. Please keep in mind that it may not be the same. Some parts might be added or not here, since Leslie is in this story. Don't worry though, Leslie will fit in quite well, by being... well, herself. ;) Anyway, I hope you enjoy. Please Review.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Vampire Diaries or its characters. Wish I did.
Chapter 11
(Leslie's POV)
"Leslie! Come here, quick!"
Oh man, what on earth happened now? I instantly got up from the living room chair and ran into the kitchen. I was prepared to see Elena probably bleeding from cutting her hand or something horrendous. When I entered I saw her holding up her index finger and crying. I couldn't freaking believe it! She was crying because she broke her stupid nail! I instantly glared at her and yelled.
"Are you freaking kidding me! You're crying over your stupid nail! What the hell is wrong with you?"
She held her finger for me to look at it and cried.
"Look, Leslie it broke!"
I groaned and said.
"I can see that, smart one."
"What am I going to do now?"
"What do you mean, what are you going to do? You're gonna quit being such a baby and grow it back out. There's some garlic in the fridge, so use it!"
She stared at me curiously and said.
"Why would I use garlic?
"Well if you want them to grow back faster, use garlic. Grab a small piece and pinch it with your nails, one at a time. Then when the juice begins to come out, rub it on the top of each nail." (A/N:This actually works, that's what I do in order to have my nails long)
"Is that what you do?"
"No way in hell!"
She glared at me and yelled.
"Then why are you telling me to do it?"
"Because I know that it works! Mother did it to me once, when I was little! And also, don't freaking raise your voice at me!"
She glared at me and then I glared back. I didn't like it when she got all feisty like that, so I took a step towards her and got in her face. She saw that I was getting mad, so she instantly took a step back. She sighed and said.
"I'm sorry Leslie. I didn't mean to yell at you."
I only smirked and said.
"Ha, that's what I thought."
She only shook her head and said.
"So, will you help me with dinner?"
I yawned, stretched my hands up in the air and said.
"I don't know, I really don't feel... like it."
She grimaced at the thought of cooking and cleaning all by herself. Our dad had wanted to get us some servants, but we refused. We told him that we weren't babies and that we were capable of cleaning after ourselves. Also, we didn't want people spying on us and telling him of our every move. Our account here on earth, would've been enough to keep us going forever. Our account in the Spacial Bank of the Universe would have made Bill Gates look downright poor. It could keep us going for the rest of eternity and we would never run out of funds. Because every day our dad only got more and more powerful and power in space equaled wealth. Also he owned everything in space, and he claimed that everything that was his was ours as well. If we ever did work, it was mainly out of pure boredom. I smiled then started laughing at her and said.
"Aww don't get all pouty, I'll help you. Sheesh, you and Stefan are meant for each other, both of you can be so uncomical at times."
"I'm not uncomical. I just don't find you that funny."
"Ha, that's not what everyone at school says."
"They laugh because they don't know you."
"No, they laugh because they do know me, the real me and they love me."
"You know that the majority of the girls at school are scared of you, right?"
"Yep, I don't know why though. It's not like I'm gonna beat them up if they say hi. I'll only break their face if they piss me off."
She just sighed and didn't reply to that. I only smiled at her and said.
"So, what do you want me to do?"
Ahh, there it is. She instantly smiled brightly and said smugly.
"Well, since dinner's nearly ready. YOU get to wash the dishes after dinner."
I tilted my head to the side and said unaffected.
"So, is this the part I yell, "no way in hell" and tell you to do it?"
She frowned confused and said.
"I thought you hated washing dishes."
I smirked at her and said
"I do, but I'm not gonna act like a big baby about it. Unlike some people I know, I have grown and matured... to a certain extent."
She just stared at me and said.
"I'm not immature."
I only laughed and said.
"You keep telling yourself that."
Then I took a seat while she went to work on dinner. I looked up at her and said.
"So, why are you doing this again?"
She took a deep breath and said.
"Bonnie doesn't seem to like Stefan much. I thought that maybe if she actually met him. She might change her mind and see he's a good guy."
I frowned, how could she not like him? He was a good guy, and my new big bro. How dare she! I couldn't help but feel a small tinge of anger towards my new friend. Stefan was a great guy, how could she simply judge someone without giving them a chance? I clenched my hands into tight fists and said dangerously calm.
"Why doesn't she like him?"
Elena stared at my hands and took them in hers, trying to smooth them out. She knew that I really liked Stefan and that for Bonnie to act like that, really got on my nerves. She knew very well that my relationship with him was only a brother and sister relationship. She had heard me call him big bro many times, and she didn't mind. She looked directly at me and said.
"I really don't know, Leslie."
I took a deep breath and calmed down. I knew that if she got here and a was still mad, I would end up telling her off. I closed my eyes briefly then I said.
"I'm bored, I'm gonna watch TV."
She nodded and went to work on the food again. I got up and turned on the 100 inch plasma and simply flipped through the channels. Then suddenly I stumbled upon the local news. Animal attacks. What the hell? I turned to Elena and called out.
"Elena, what do you know about these animal attacks?"
She came in drying her hands with a towel and sat beside me on the couch. She listened and watched carefully. Then she frowned and said.
"There have been quite a few actually."
"What?"
"Yeah, when I went to that party that Tyler invited me to. While we were there, Vickie Donovan was attacked."
"Vickie? As in Matt's sister?"
"Yeah."
"Is she okay?"
"Yeah she is, but the police still don't know what attacked her."
"What do you think it is?"
She sighed, looked up at the ceiling and said.
"I don't know, but what I do know is that something dangerous is out there. Also, that father needs to hurry up and take that bracelet off of you. It isn't safe to be out here in the middle of the woods without any powers."
I sighed as well and laid back. Our smart and brilliant father thought it would be nice to go and take over some unstable planet right on the day he was supposed to take the stupid bracelet off. My most reasonable guess was that he was doing it just to piss me off. If that was his plan, then I had to give him credit because it was definitely working. I looked at the chandelier and said to Elena.
"Elena, I don't want you to leave the house by yourself and much less go into the woods."
She stared at me strangely and didn't reply. I smirked at her and said.
"Oh come on Elena, I'm not always a sarcastic bitch. Even if you don't believe me, I do care about you and if anything bad happened to you. I would never forgive myself."
She stared at me wide eyed and then wrapped her arms around me in an affectionate hug. She sighed happily and said.
"I care about you to and I promise not to go anywhere by myself."
Then I took her arms away from me and said.
"Don't get all emotional on me or I'll go and tie you outside to a tree with meat all around you."
She stared at me and laughed and I laughed with her. Then I got up and told her that I was going to go and get ready for dinner. She had already been ready about an hour ago. I went to my room, took a shower, and put on black jeans, with a black spaghetti shirt, and black stilettos. I left my hair down and let my natural curls fall all the way near my waist. While I was putting on my black eyeliner I heard Elena call me. I quickly finished and flashed downstairs. When I got there Bonnie instantly smiled at me and wrapped her arms around me. I tried my best to smile at her and show the same enthusiasm. She instantly saw through my facade and said.
"You're mad at me, aren't you?"
"Uhh, no why?"
She smiled kindly at me and said.
"Because of Stefan."
I hissed, then I glared at her and said.
"No, it's not because of Stefan. Don't blame people of things they're not responsible of."
She blinked, and stepped back when she heard the hostility in my voice. She stared at me and said.
"I don't want you to be mad at me, Leslie."
I stared at her and said loudly.
"Well then quit being so mean to Stefan! You don't even know him and you're already judging him!"
If she only knew of all the things he had gone through, then maybe she would lay off. I wished I could tell her and Elena the truth, but it wasn't my secret to tell. She sighed and said.
"I know that this might sound stupid, but when I touched him to give him Elena's number. I just got this really bad feeling."
"You're kidding me right?"
She shook her head.
"Listen, with everything that grams told me and all these weird things going on. I just don't know what to think anymore."
Oh that's right her grams had told her that she was a witch. Hey, if Elena and I were real and vampires were real. Then anything was possible, right? I sighed and said.
"Well you better get your head straight. You mess with my sister's happiness and you and I are going to have problems."
She stared at me and said in a panicked voice.
"No Leslie, I don't want that, you're my friend and so is Elena. I know that Stefan makes Elena happy and that he changed her from the way she was. I don't want to get in between them. That's why I came here in order to try and sort things out."
I stared at her and said.
"Fine."
She smiled and then said jokingly.
"I especially don't want to lose you as a friend."
I smirked and said.
"Oh, and why is that?"
"Well if anyone ever wants to beat me up, you'll have my back."
I laughed and said.
"Yeah, you know I will."
She smiled and said.
"Thanks."
I just smiled and nodded. I really couldn't stay mad at Bonnie, she was a nice and honest person. She wasn't fake, instead of pretending to like Stefan even after what she 'saw' or felt. She made her emotions and feelings very clear. I couldn't help, but feel a little of admiration for her and her braveness. I sighed and walked into the kitchen where Elena was setting up the table. I grinned at her and said.
"So, when is my big bro getting here?"
Bonnie's frowned and said.
"Your big bro?"
"Yep, Stefan adopted me as his little sister."
She stared at me wide eyed.
"Not for reals, but I like to call him my big bro. It'd be really weird if we did it for reals, since him and Elena are dating."
She stared at me and then nodded her head. She was about to say something when suddenly the door bell rang. I instantly turned and yelled loudly, knowing very well that he could hear me.
"Elena hurry up and put on some clothes! Sheesh, at least let the poor guy have dinner first!"
Elena instantly grabbed a rag from the counter and threw it at me. I only laughed and I saw how Bonnie had her hands covering her mouth muffling her giggles. I turned to her and said with a grin.
"Ha, you missed!"
I went to open the door and there he was smiling lightly. I could see that he was blushing bright red. I only laughed at his expression and said.
"Hey big bro, how you been?"
He smiled and said.
"Hello little sis. I've been good, how about you?"
"Oh you know, just getting on Elena's nerves and being me."
He smiled at me and then I said.
"Well don't just stand there, come inside. I'm sure that Elena will put some clothes on soon."
He just blushed again and I heard Elena yell.
"She's lying!"
"So you're not dressed yet? Man, it's not like you're getting married, it's just dinner!"
She stormed out and said.
"Leslie, stop it already."
I grinned and said waving my finger at her.
"Ah, ah, ah, what's the magic word?"
"Please."
I tilted my head and said with a smirk.
"Hmm, I guess I'll stop... for now."
She just rolled her eyes and said dinner was served. We sat at the dinner table and there was only one word that could describe it, AWKWARD! No one spoke, we just sat eating in silence. I wasn't good with awkward. I always had to find a way to make things fun, so I said.
"So, how did it go with Kool-Aid man, Stefan?"
I saw how Bonnie instantly smiled and Stefan grinned. For the first time during the entire dinner he smiled and said.
"Well as you clearly saw I made the team, so I guess it went good."
Elena turned to Bonnie and said.
"Hey Bonnie, you should've seen Stefan today, Tyler..."
I interrupted and said sternly.
"Tyler Lockwood is an idiot. He's lucky Stefan stopped me before something precious of his, got badly kicked."
Elena and Bonnie turned to me and said.
"What?"
Stefan sighed and said.
"After that happened, Tyler went over to Leslie and tried to well..."
"That imbecile tried to flirt with me. What an idiot, I swear."
Their eyes went wide, but they didn't speak. They just continued staring, waiting for us to go on. Stefan cleared his throat and said.
"Uhh yeah well, I saw him and I saw Leslie about to knock him out, so I intervened. I didn't want her to get more detention or suspended because of him."
I folded my arms across my chest and muttered.
"Next time I'll knock both of you out. I won't hit you as hard. I'll hit you just enough to have you on the floor. Him, on the other hand I'm gonna keep hitting until my fists and legs get sore. Which by the way, will take quite a while."
I saw how both Elena and Bonnie were trying not to laugh. Elena was looking the other way focused on the window. While Bonnie was staring down at her plate smiling. I knew that all I had to do was say one thing and they would bust out laughing. I smirked and said.
"Hey, don't make fun of me. I'm not kidding, I'll kick them both were it hurts, if I have to."
That did it, both of them started laughing. Bonnie kept her head down shaking with laughter and Elena was only staring at me laughing. I smiled and said innocently.
"I don't get it? What's so funny?"
They just laughed harder, I saw how Stefan was chuckling as well. I pretended to pout and said acting clueless.
"Can I hear the joke to? This isn't fair!"
They just kept on laughing. Ha, I am good at breaking awkward situations. Eventually, everyone calmed down and it was about to get quiet again so I intervened and said.
"Hey Bonnie, why don't you tell Stefan about your family?"
She seemed uncomfortable being in the spotlight, but she spoke anyway.
"Um, divorced..."
Elena interrupted and said.
"No, about the witches."
We smiled encouragingly at her and that seemed to give her strength. She smiled back and began telling him about how her family were the Salem witches. Stefan seemed to be really impressed and interested in her words. He smiled at her and complimented her family. He stated.
"Salem witches are heroic examples of individualism and non-conformity."
Finally! She smiled back at him and said.
"Yeah, they are."
I felt like jumping up and hugging her. He was finally able to get to her, that was great! Then suddenly the door bell rang and I said to Elena.
"Really? Are you for reals? I thought you said it would just be us. If it's that idiot Lockwood, Stefan won't be able to hold me back this time."
She instantly shook her head and said.
"No, I didn't invite anybody. Did you?"
I smirked and said
"Yeah, like I have that many friends. Everyone at school is afraid of me remember?"
It rang again and I said.
"I'll get it."
If it was that idiot Tyler, I was gonna hit him hard and then hang him from the tree in the backyard. I instantly opened the door and there were Caroline and Damon standing on the porch smiling. Seriously, if this was some practical joke the universe was playing on me, it was not funny. Why were they here? No, I shouldn't say 'they'. What I should say is, why is 'he' here? I liked Caroline she was a really nice girl most of the time. Not when she was around him though, and trying to act all cool. When she did that, she was downright annoying and got on my freaking nerves. She thought I got jealous, as if, she only wished I did. Caroline smiled and wrapped her arms around me and said.
"I thought that if we came to your dinner party. I might be able to convince you to join the squad."
I hugged her back and said.
"No, I don't think so."
Damon grinned and said with fake disappointment.
"Why not? I think you would make a great cheerleader. You have the perfect attitude for it."
"Yeah well, you would make a..."
I was interrupted when Stefan walked in and said coldly.
"Damon."
They appeared to be having a glare off, so I smirked and said.
"Nope, it's the pizza delivery guy."
Stefan didn't even crack a smile, while Elena and Bonnie just giggled. Caroline walked in and gave Elena some sort of dessert she had brought. Damon just smiled at me, but stayed outside. Stefan continued to glare at him and said.
"What are you doing here?"
"Waiting for Leslie or Elena to invite me in."
When he said that it sounded like he was hiding some sort of secret. As if it didn't matter if we invited him in or not. I was about to say, 'yeah when hell freezes over.' There was no way I was going to invite that jerk in my house. I didn't know a lot about vampires, only a few things some of my friends had told me. One, was that a vampire could only enter a house if it was invited in. I trusted and liked Stefan that's why I didn't mind having him here. Damon on the other hand, could go visit my tree right along with Tyler. Then suddenly Elena opened her big mouth and said happily.
"Yeah, the more the merrier! Come on in!"
She walked passed me and opened the door wider so he could come in. He stepped in sending both me and Stefan a smirk. I fought the urge punch him and wipe that stupid smirk off his face. As he walked in, he looked around the living room and said.
"You have such a beautiful home."
Elena grinned and said laughing.
"Yeah, I decorated it. If Leslie had done it, then it would have looked like a house for The Addams Family."
He chuckled lightly and turned to give me a smile. I only glared at him and turned to look at Stefan. One word to describe his expression... pissed. I smiled at him and he tried to smile back, but failed. I saw how his eyes kept going between me and Damon. Why was he looking at me with a concerned look? Also why only me? Then Elena, Caroline, and Bonnie headed into the living room and sat down to talk. The last ones that remained by the door were Stefan, Damon and myself. Damon smiled and said.
"Hello Leslie, how have you..."
"Don't freaking talk to me."
"Ouch that hurt. What did I do now?"
"Shut your freaking face. I don't want to talk to you."
"Well obviously you do, since you're still talking to me."
"Okay, you asked for it."
I was about to go and give him a nice and hard punch in the face. When suddenly, I felt strong arms around my waist holding me back. I gritted my teeth and said.
"Stefan, what did I say I would do if you held me back again?"
He sighed and said.
"Leslie, you said it yourself. You don't want your sister in any of this, so please relax."
I sighed and looked at Damon. He looked deeply amused by my reaction. Although, he kept staring at Stefan's arms around me. Did he look... jealous? No, I was just seeing things. I shook my head and glared at him.
"Stay the bloody hell away from me, or you'll be sorry."
"I might, if you would tell me why you hate me so much."
I pulled out of Stefan's arms and said.
"No.. you listen to me Salvatore. You will stay the hell away from me. If you don't, I will drive a vervain filled stake right through your undead heart. Just because I like Stefan, it doesn't mean I won't kill you."
Then I heard Caroline come back and say excitedly at Stefan
"I can't believe Tanner put you on the team! Tyler must be pissed, but I'm glad for you, go for it!"
Damon smirked and said.
"That's what I always tell him. You have to engage, and work for the things you want. You just can't sit there and wait for things to come to you. You have to simply go and take it."
As he said this, his eyes were staring directly at me. I saw Stefan send him a murderous glare, but he ignored him and kept his eyes on me. I only rolled my eyes and said only to Stefan.
"I'm bored, so I'm going to go clear the table and wash the dishes."
He looked right past me and stared at Damon. He then turned to me and said.
"Yeah, go ahead."
I smirked and said.
"I don't recall asking permission."
He just smiled and walked with me to the kitchen. Then I heard Elena call him into the living room. He instantly got a panicked look and he asked me.
"Hey, will you be okay?"
"Ha, don't make me laugh. Mister I'm a big, dangerous vampire, doesn't scare me."
He looked at me and said seriously.
"Don't underestimate Damon, Leslie."
"Ha, don't you underestimate me, Stefan. You don't know me, you don't know what I'm capable of."
He stared at me with a confused look and said.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that you shouldn't worry about me. I'm a big girl and your idiot brother doesn't have a prayer."
He just stared at me and sighed.
"Always so confident."
"Not always, overconfident people usually end up six feet under."
He lightly nodded his head in agreement and walked out. I only smiled and grabbed some plates and put them in the dishwasher. I turned around to grab another one when suddenly Damon was standing right in front of me. I glared at him and said.
"Do you speak freaking English? I thought I told you to stay away from me."
He smirked and said.
"I don't recall."
"Fine here it is in Spanish. No te quiero cerca de mi. Dejame en paz." (I don't want you near me. Leave me alone.)
"Oh you're bilingual, nice."
"No, I'm multilingual, you idiot."
"Why are you so mean to me?"
"I don't know, why are you so annoying?"
"If I stopped being so annoying, would you like me a little more?"
I thought about it, would I? I hadn't actually given him a chance to talk to me. Ever since our encounter at the bar, I had told him to leave me alone. If this was his one and only chance he would get, I should give it to him. Maybe he was different, maybe.
"I guess, if you prove to me that you're not like the rest of the idiots I've met, then maybe. Also, if you learn how to shut your mouth and give me my space."
"That all?"
"Pretty much."
"Okay, I can do that."
"Ha, we'll see."
He smirked and said.
"Okay, so you should tell me a little bit about you."
I laughed and said sarcastically.
"Damon Salvatore, are you actually trying to become my friend?"
"Sure, lets say I want to be your friend."
"Ha, okay."
"So, tell me."
"Not much to tell. I lived with my mother for the first ten years of my life. Two weeks before my tenth birthday, I was taken to live with my dad. At the age of fifteen, Elena and I moved out and began to travel around the world for two years. Finally, we decided that we should settle down, so we decided to settle here."
"Why here?"
"Ha, I could ask you the same thing."
"I was born here, your turn."
"I'm not sure. There's just something really neat about this place. There's a lot of nature and history here."
"You like nature?"
"Of course I do."
"History?"
"It's my favorite school subject, even though the teacher's a sot."
He laughed and said.
"I like your attitude."
"Is it because, I'm the same as Katherine?"
He froze and said.
"What do you know about Katherine?"
"I know that I look exactly like her and that our attitudes are quite similar. Or am I wrong?"
"No, you're right on the dot."
"I know she died, how did that happen? If you don't mind me asking."
"Fire tragedy."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
He only stared at me then slowly nodded his head. I could see that speaking of her hurt him, so I said jokingly.
"Is that why you keep stalking me?"
"Hmm, that's one reason."
"Cute."
"Oh, so now I'm cute?"
"You're so conceited, you know that?"
"Nope."
I sighed and said.
"What was she like?"
"Exactly like you."
I couldn't help, but feel a feeling of pure anger surge through me. I was not a selfish, home wrecking skank like her. I instantly moved and slammed him hard against the counter. I had my arm against his chest and I was glaring at him menacingly. Then I spoke and said.
"Don't you ever compare me to that bitch! I am nothing like her! I want you to get one thing through that thick skull of yours straight. I AM NOT KATHERINE!"
