What is Leslie going to do when she sees Damon again? How would you react if you witnessed a murder? Lets see how Leslie would react, shall we? I hope you enjoy this next chapter. :) Review please.
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Chapter 13
(Leslie's POV)
I had just finished my conversation with Bonnie and I was on my way to my car. I hated being at games, I mean, I liked football. I just didn't like being there live, with all the people screaming and standing up. Man, Bonnie was a very questioning girl though. I could easily tell that she hadn't fallen for the lie a had told her about Damon. I told her that I had gotten mad at Damon because he began asking too many questions. I told her that I really hated nosy people that didn't mind their own business. I could tell that she kinda took that as a hint, so she let it go. I couldn't really tell her the truth about him. I couldn't tell her that he was a vampire and that he had said that he would do with me whatever he wanted. I smiled, ha, like that would ever happen.
My dad had returned early in the morning. The first thing he did as soon as he saw me was remove the bracelet and destroy it right in front of my eyes. If I encountered Damon again, he would pay for last night. Although, I had a good idea of how I could drag it out for a bit. I would pretend to be okay with what happened and as soon as I gained his trust, he would be on the floor. As I was walking past the ticket booth. I noticed Stefan and Elena hugging and acting all lovey dovey. I walked to them and I said.
"I never thought that it was possible to distract a guy from football."
I saw how Elena nearly jumped right out of her skin and turned to face me. Stefan just smiled at me and said.
"Hello Leslie, it's nice to see you."
"Right back at ya."
Elena just glared at me. I knew that she was annoyed because I had interrupted their 'moment'. I just laughed at her and she said.
"What are you doing here?"
I smirked and said sarcastically.
"What, can't I come and cheer to?"
She seemed to calm down and said.
"No, it's just that I know that you hate public places and spectacles."
"True, but since my big bro is on the team. I came to cheer him on."
She just stared at me, obviously not believing a word I said. Truth was, I was hoping to find Damon here. I still owed him a nice hit and literal shock for being a moron. I knew that wherever Stefan was, Damon wasn't far away. Then I noticed that Elena had a new necklace around her neck. I smirked and said sarcastically.
"What? You went to the mall without me? I am deeply hurt you know."
She frowned confused and said.
"What are you talking about?"
I just rolled my eyes and said.
"Your necklace, genius."
She looked down and said lightly with a blush on her face.
"Oh, Stefan gave it to me."
I grinned and said.
"Aw, isn't that cute."
She smiled smugly and said.
"Don't be jealous."
I stared at her and said with raised eyebrows.
"What did you just say?"
She took a step back and said.
"Nothing."
"That's what I thought."
Stefan cleared his throat and said.
"Leslie has no reason to feel jealous. I have a necklace for her as well."
We both turned to stare at him and he pulled out a small black box. He opened it and inside, there was a small locket with the letter "L" on the front. He pulled it out and handed it over to me. I was speechless, their had never been a guy that had simply given me a gift for no reason. The guys that had given me gifts always wanted me to date them or go to prom with them. Yet, here was Stefan giving me a gift simply because he thought of me as his little sis. I could feel the smile that spread across my face. I grabbed it carefully and instantly put it around my neck. I looked at him and said sincerely.
"Thank you Stefan, it's beautiful."
He smiled back and said.
"You're welcome."
I noticed that Elena was staring at us. I expected to see a look of pure anger or jealousy on her face. Instead of that, she was smiling brilliantly. Why was she smiling? That's when I remembered that I had always been a total bitch to the previous guys she had dated. Ha, apparently for me to get along with Stefan made her day. I smiled back at her and said.
"Why you smiling little sis?"
"I'm just really glad that you haven't scared Stefan away or been mean to him."
I saw Stefan raise his eyebrows at me and say.
"Scare me away?"
"The same thing I said to you, I've said to others. The only difference is that the others were a lot less braver than you. They took my threat more seriously."
He instantly began chuckling and nodded his head understandingly. I smiled and said.
"I also haven't been mean to you cuz you're not a jerk and I can tell that you sincerely care for my sister."
I saw how Elena blushed and so did he. He then recovered and said staring directly at her.
"Yes, I do care very much for her."
I smiled and said.
"So, where's your brother?"
He closed his eyes and said.
"Leslie."
"Oh, come on Stefan. I'm not gonna do anything. I just want to have a nice civilized conversation with him."
He stared at me and gave me the yeah right look. I just smiled at him and said.
"So, have you seen him or not?"
Then out of no where Elena said excitedly.
"You know what? I think that Leslie and Damon would make a cute couple!"
I froze and felt like someone had poured a bucket of ice cold water down my spine. I clenched my hands into tight fists, but she continued.
"I mean both of you like dark clothing and you like to pick on me and Stefan. Damon also seems like a sarcastic type of person just like you Leslie."
I heard Stefan say in a panicked voice.
"No, I don't think Damon and Leslie would be right for each other. They are nothing alike."
She continued running her mouth by saying.
"Are you blind? I think they would be perfect for each other..."
That's when I turned, gave her a murderous glare, and said.
"Three"
She shut her mouth and froze. She realized that I was pissed and that my counting meant she was about to suffer. She began slowly backing away from me.
"Two."
At that, she instantly turned around and began running away from me. Then she called out as she was running.
"Run Stefan! She'll take it out on anyone that's close!"
He stared at me and I simply nodded. His eyes went wide and he ran after Elena. I sighed and closed my eyes trying to calm down and not run after her.
To my surprise, it worked. Lately, I had gotten a little better at controlling my emotions. I had a feeling that it was due to the fact that I hadn't had any powers for the past week. Our powers were directly linked with our emotions. So, we always had to stay in control and not lose our tempers. Elena, was an absolute professional, of course. While, I always had to work a little on my self-control. When I would get mad I would instantly shock the person or attack. Since, I hadn't had any powers my patience had grown and I didn't easily snap as I would normally do.
I sighed and made my way to my car. Obviously, Damon wasn't here. Maybe, I would see him at school Monday. Even on school grounds, I was going to punch him hard for being an idiot. I didn't care if I got in trouble or not. Damon was going to learn that the best thing for him to do around me. Was keep his big mouth shut.
As I reached my car, and was about to open the door. I felt like a whoosh of wind hit me. I instantly turned around and sure enough there was the guy I had been looking for all night. He gave me a small smile and said.
"Hello Leslie, I hope you don't have any hard feelings towards me."
I frowned and said acting clueless.
"Hard feelings? No, why?"
He smirked and said.
"I think you know."
I grinned and said.
"Nope, my memory sucks remember?"
He sighed and said.
"Look, about last night, I didn't mean any of that. I was just saying that in order to see the look on Stefan's face. I mean you can understand where I'm coming from. I'm sure you've told your sister lies just to see the look on her face, right?"
I kinda did see his point, I always loved messing with Elena. Once, I told her that our dad was going to get married with another woman. The look on her face is something I will never forget. Absolutely priceless, it was downright hilarious. She looked so shocked then she got really pissed off. I remember she stalked all the way to his room and I could hear her telling him off. It was freaking hilarious, then my dad came to my room and began telling me to not be lying to Elena. That only made me laugh harder. Although, I would never threaten to use or hurt someone the way I pleased in order to see the look on her face. Especially, someone I knew she cared about. That was simply wrong, and something I would never do. I had a temper and I didn't put up with anyone, but I was also fair. I couldn't hurt Damon the way I wanted to or kill him because that would make me a hypocrite. So, I had to think of something else I could do. Damon took me out of my thoughts when I heard him say.
"So, can we start over?"
I stared at him confused and said.
"Can we start, what over?"
He grinned and said.
"This."
I rolled my eyes and said.
"This, being?"
He smirked and said
"Our bond, relationship, thing, whatever."
I laughed lightly and said.
"You mean friendship."
"Sure, that to."
"Ha, I don't know. I've been looking for you all night..."
He leaned close, pressing me to the car and said.
"Oh really? Why is that? Can't resist being away from me?"
I laughed and said.
"Ha, you wish. No, actually I was looking for you, so I could punch you in the face."
He blinked and said sarcastically.
"So, what's holding you back?"
I sighed and said
"Well, I kinda see your point."
He stared at me confused and said.
"How so?"
"Well I've also lied to Elena just to see her reaction. I've done it a lot of times, and by a lot I mean like more than a thousand."
He smiled and said.
"I wouldn't doubt it."
"Ha, you think you've got me all figured out right?"
He smirked and said.
"No, not entirely. I'm still digging around trying to find more information."
I laughed and said sarcastically.
"Oh, so you're the one that's been digging up my backyard? You little freak."
He just smiled and leaned closer to me. I could feel his warm breath on my neck, so I said.
"Damon."
He leaned in even closer and pressed his lips lightly to my cheek. I shivered, he chuckled and said.
"Yes?"
I took a deep breath and replied.
"What did I say about personal space?"
"My memory sucks to, remember?"
I rolled my eyes and said.
"Three."
No movement, he just proceeded to kiss me softly on my cheek and then moved to the crook of my neck. Why was I acting so nice all of a sudden? A couple of minutes ago, I wanted nothing more than to hit him in the face. I had even wanted to hit Elena for saying that Damon and I would be good together. What the hell was wrong with me? I was Leslie Gilbert for Pete's sake! I wasn't weak! I was definitely not going to let an arrogant, self-centered jerk like Damon affect me. I instantly said in a fast voice.
"Two, one."
With that I pushed him away and instantly slapped him across the face. I hit him hard and good. He looked at me with a shocked look on his face. I smirked and said.
"When I say to give me my space. You better listen to me or you'll regret it."
He only continued to stare at me with a look of shock and didn't reply. I smiled and said.
"Consider yourself lucky because we both know I can do far worse than that."
I saw that he lifted his hand and rubbed his face where I had hit him. Ha, apparently I did hit him hard. It was good to know that I could actually hurt a vampire without having to use my powers. He continued to stare at me then suddenly he pressed me hard against the car and hissed.
"Why did you do that?"
I glared at him and said.
"Damon, get the..."
He merely pressed himself closer and stared deeply into my eyes and said with a smirk.
"Oh, I see it now, you want me."
I raised my eyebrows and said.
"Excuse me?"
He stared deeply into my eyes and I noticed how his own slightly dilated.
"I get to you, you find yourself drawn to me, you think about me when you don't want to think about me. I bet you've even dreamed about me."
I stared at him in shock. What the hell was he talking about? And how the hell did he know I had dreamed about him? Ever since I first met him I had had a lot of dreams in which he stared. None of them were, what you would call pleasant. In all of them he tried to bite me, but I was always able to wake up before that happened. He just smiled brighter at my expression and said.
"And right now."
He pressed me against the car completely, blocking any way to escape. I saw how his pupils enlarged and then slightly shrinked. Then he leaned his head down as he was merely inches from my lips. Then he said.
"You want to kiss me."
With that he brought his lips down and was just about to kiss me. I instantly shoved him back and was about to punch him, when he grabbed my hand and said.
"You've really got to stop doing that."
I glared at him and said.
"And you've really got to learn how to respect other people's personal space."
Then I pulled my hand from his grasp and said.
"Also, why in the hell would I want to kiss you? You're an idiot."
He smirked and said.
"Simple, I'm irresistible."
I laughed at him and said.
"Ha, don't flatter yourself."
He stared at me and said smugly.
"Admit it, you're attracted to me."
"Keep dreaming."
"I don't dream about what's already true."
I just laughed at him and said sarcastically.
"You keep telling yourself that."
He just smiled and then he looked up. I turned to where he was looking and noticed that Matt and Stefan were talking. Damon moved away from me and made his way towards Stefan right after Matt left. Oh great, it's make Stefan's day miserable time. I sighed and walked behind him towards Stefan. As Damon approached him he began clapping. I saw Stefan instantly turn and saw how his eyes widened when he saw me. Before he could say anything Damon began laughing and said sarcastically.
"Isn't that nice. Stefan joins the team and makes a new friend. It's so, rah, rah, rah, go team!"
I just rolled my eyes and said.
"Damon, shut up already. Leave him alone."
Stefan just stared at him and said.
"Not tonight. I'm done with you."
Then he turned to me and said.
"Leslie, what are you doing here with him?"
I just shrugged and said.
"Well, mister I'm a dangerous, mean vampire was just apologizing to me and wants to be my friend."
He stared at me like I had just spoken some ancient, foreign language. Then he said disbelievingly.
"Damon apologized?"
I smiled and said.
"Yeah, for last night."
He stared at me curiously and said.
"So, what did you say?"
I only rolled my eyes and said.
"I smacked him, so now were even."
I saw his eyes grow wide and he said.
"You smacked him?"
I smiled and said.
"Yep."
He turned to Damon and Damon just shrugged. Then he smirked and said.
"Nice trick by the way, let me guess. Vervain in her pretty new locket?"
I looked at my locket and opened it. Sure enough, there was a small piece of vervain inside. I smiled and said.
"Thanks again Stefan, but I really don't need vervain. My mind is completely sealed to those I don't want anywhere near me."
I saw how Stefan stared at me curiously while Damon just raised his eyebrows. Damon just smiled at me and said.
"I'll admit, I was a bit surprised. It's been a while since anyone could resist my compulsion."
I just shrugged and said sarcastically.
"It's cuz, I'm cool like that."
He smiled and said to Stefan.
"By the way, where'd you get it?"
Stefan merely replied.
"Does it matter?"
Damon instantly moved and was standing right behind me. Then he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close. I glared at him and said.
"What the hell do you think you're doing? Let me go, you moron."
Stefan's eyes went wide, but then he seemed to think of something and he said confidently.
"You're not going to hurt her, Damon."
Then he took a cautious step towards us. Damon smiled and merely replied.
"No?"
Stefan still seemed extremely confident and he said.
"Because deep down inside, there is a part of you that feels for her. I was worried you had no humanity left inside you. That you may have actually become the monster you pretend to be."
Damon just smiled at him and replied.
"Who's pretending?"
"Then kill me."
My eyes went wide and I said.
"Stefan, what are you saying? Shut up, don't say that. "
Damon seemed to think about it and then he said.
"Well, I'm tempted."
I glared at him and I said.
"Damon, I swear I will hit you right in your stupid mouth if you hurt him."
Stefan just stared at me then he looked at Damon and said.
"No you're not. You've had lifetimes to do it and yet here I am. I'm still alive and there you are. You're still haunting me, after 145 years. Katherine is dead and you hate me because you loved her and you torture me because you still do. You won't kill Leslie because she looks and acts like her. You care for her and we both know that deep down you're beginning to have greater feelings for her." He then stared at me and said slowly."Little by little you're beginning to fall in love with her, just like with Katherine." Then he looked directly at Damon and said sincerely. "And that my brother, is your humanity."
I was frozen in place, I had no clue what to say to that. Stefan knew Damon way better than I did, so he must've known what he was saying. Damon was falling in love with me? There was no way that was possible. Damon was only after me because I looked like her. He was only using me as a rebound for her. I could feel the anger surge through me and all I wanted was to get away from them and be alone. I knew very well that if I didn't keep my anger in check. I would end up shocking Damon and blowing my cover. I was nobody's rebound and I surely wasn't going to be compared to that skank. I was shaking with fury and I felt how Damon tightened his grip on me, but didn't say anything. Then Kool-Aid man came out and yelled at Stefan.
"Salvatore, what the hell! We have a game to play!"
Stefan turned around to see him coming our way. Then he turned to look at Damon. Damon just smiled evilly and said.
"If that's my humanity. Then, what's this?"
He instantly released me and charged towards Kool-Aid man. I heard Stefan shout.
"Damon, no!"
To late, Damon bit right into his neck. After he drank what he wanted he pulled away and threw him on the ground. Blood was dripping from his mouth and his teeth were stained completely red. He snarled at Stefan and said.
"Anyone, any time, any place."
Then, Damon turned his attention to me probably wanting to see my reaction. Stefan noticed this and turned to look at me as well. I merely moved closer to the body completely calm not even hesitating. I had seen many deaths and murders, so this was nothing. I heard Stefan say.
"Leslie..."
I simply ignored him and approached the body. I saw how Damon had his eyes locked on me watching my every move. I leaned down careful not to touch him and said.
"Well the Kool-Aid man finally spilled over. He simply needed a little help from a vampire."
I got up and said completely unaffected by the gruesome scene.
"I'm going home. See you tomorrow, Stefan... Damon."
I turned around and made my way to my car then I stopped and said.
"Oh Damon, if you need an alibi you can come and chill at my house. I don't care."
Stefan's eyes grew wide and he said.
"Leslie, I don't think that's such a good idea."
"I'll be fine, Damon's my friend now. So, what do you say Damon?"
He smiled with his blood covered mouth and said.
"I would love to come with you."
I nodded and said.
"Okay, just don't get any blood on my car or I'll smack you again."
He nodded and walked with me towards my car. I got in the driver's seat and he got in the passengers.
As we were driving towards my house he said.
"So, why did you offer to let me stay at your house?"
I only smirked and said.
"You're not staying at my house. You're just gonna stay until everything is clear and the body is removed. Then I'll drive you back to your house later."
He just smiled and said.
"So, did you mean it?"
I rolled my eyes and said.
"Well you're in my car, smart one."
He grinned and said,
"No, I mean about me being your friend."
I sighed and said.
"I don't know, I guess we could try."
He smirked and said.
"If all I needed to do to be your friend was kill someone in front of you. You just had to say it and I would have gladly complied a long time ago."
I glared staring straight ahead and said.
"That's not the reason, I'm giving you a chance."
He raised an eyebrow and said.
"Oh really? Then why?"
I stared directly at the road and said.
"Well because, I never actually gave you a chance. Since the first day I saw you, I instantly judged you without knowing you. I got mad at Bonnie because she judged Stefan. Meanwhile, I was doing the same thing to you."
He stayed quiet and didn't respond. I continued by saying.
"Although, you did end up giving me several reason to believe that you were exactly the way I thought you were. As I pondered on it a little more, I realized that you aren't as bad as you claim to be."
He laughed and said.
"I just ripped into someone's throat and you say I'm not bad."
I just smiled and said.
"Oh come on, Damon. We both know you're faker than Santa Claus."
He frowned and said.
"How am I fake?"
I gave him a small smile and said.
"Because Stefan is right, and I realize that now. You act up and you try to act all tough because you don't want to express your emotions."
He growled and said.
"Only the weak express their emotions."
I laughed lightly and said.
"I couldn't agree more."
He stared at me in shock and said.
"What?"
I smiled as we pulled up into the driveway, but I didn't reply. I got out, but he hesitated. I looked at him through the window and said.
"Well, are you gonna come inside or not?"
He smiled and said.
"You just saw me murder someone right in front of you and you're inviting me inside your house?"
I just smirked and said.
"Like you said, emotions are a sign of weakness. I don't care what you did, I'm not afraid of you and never will be. So are you gonna come or what?"
He was out in a flash, standing directly in front of me. Then he stared at me and said.
"How can you be so calm? So completely unaffected? It's like you don't have any sense of self-preservation or any feelings."
I rolled my eyes and said.
"Would have Kool-Aid man come back if I had started crying and screaming? Would you stop being a vampire if I was afraid of you? Would you stop feeding off humans if I showed fear towards you?"
He only stared at me, but didn't reply. Again, I had left him speechless. I smiled and said.
"If you let your emotions get in the way you will always be weak and live in fear. That's why I have learned how to turn my emotions off when the situation is right. Losing control and going hysterical doesn't solve anything. It only makes things much worse. Not only that, but it makes you look weak and vulnerable. I am anything, but weak."
He stared at me and then said with a smile.
"You're pretty damn smart. I couldn't have said it better myself."
I just laughed and said.
"Ha, I know."
Then I pulled out my house key and unlocked the door. As we stepped inside, I noticed my dad sitting on the armchair reading a book with a drink in his hand. He looked up and stared at Damon's blood covered face, but didn't say anything. Then he turned to me and said casually.
"Well you're early. You get bored so soon?"
I smirked and said.
"You could say that."
He then turned to Damon and said.
"You here on your own free will? Or did she threaten to make your fangs fly off?"
Damon just glared at him and said.
"What's it to you?"
My dad just laughed at him and turned to read his book. If Damon had been someone of his guard, they would instantly be dead for speaking to him like that. I knew that my dad didn't do or say anything because he knew that Damon was no match to him. Also, probably because my dad enjoyed pissing Damon off. Damon just glared at him clearly annoyed with my dad's response. He was hoping my dad would retaliate back, but instead he had just made fun of him. I smiled and said.
"Hey dad, can Damon borrow one of your shirts while I put his in the washer?"
My dad didn't even look up, he just waved for me to go get the shirt. I smiled and said.
"Come on Damon. Lets go find you something to wear."
I grabbed his hand and dragged him up the stairs towards my dad's room. When we reached his room door, I stopped and said to Damon.
"You can't come inside. So just wait out here, okay?"
Damon couldn't go in because my dad was very cautious when it came to his room. Anyone the alarm didn't recognize would instantly be shocked by a powerful electrical current. I walked inside and looked into my dad's closet and immediately found a black shirt for Damon. I walked back out and noticed Damon was nowhere to be found. I sighed and concluded that he must've just gone back home. So, I simply decided to go to my room and get ready for bed. Today had been a very tiring day.
As soon as I opened the door, I noticed Damon laying casually on my bed without his shirt on. His face was completely clean from all the blood and his perfect white teeth were clean as well. I blinked and I could feel the blood rush to my cheeks. Man, I knew he was built, but I didn't think he was that good. I stared at him admiring his exposed chest and perfect abdominal muscles. He sat up and said.
"Like what you see?"
I covered my reaction by laughing and saying.
"Ha, I don't see much. So, why would I like it"
He frowned clearly not pleased with my answer. I just laughed and said.
"Where's your shirt?"
He jerked his head towards the table next to my bed and I went and grabbed it. As I grabbed it from the table, I threw Damon my dad's shirt and said.
"Here, put it on."
He smirked and said.
"Why? Is it because I make you nervous?"
I just laughed and said.
"No, because I don't want my dad to walk in here and get the wrong idea."
Damon just kept smiling, so I said.
"If that were to happen, you would never be allowed in this house ever again."
He frowned and then he began laughing. I glared at him and said.
"What's so funny?"
He just continued laughing and said.
"So, your dad allows a guy covered in blood walk into his house and stay. But he wouldn't let a guy without a shirt stay?"
I smiled and laughed as well. It was kinda funny when you thought about it. Then something occurred to me, that I hadn't thought about before. My dad had said that if we ever brought boys to the house. They were not allowed to be alone in our rooms with us. Why in the world hadn't he come up here and said anything? I knew very well that he was still downstairs reading because I could here the sound of his heart beat. He was up to something, I just knew he was. What are you planning dad? What will you're next little plan be? Who will it involve this time? Whatever you're thinking of doing, I will find out.
