2.7 - Hello, My Name is Hanna Marin, and I'm a Vampire

Aria swung open the door, welcoming her friends inside the house. She had finally moved back in with her family, Damon, and now a recovering vampire Hanna. After the events at the Masquerade Dance, and how much Emily and Spencer were put in danger, she knew it was time for them to learn the truth that only she and Hanna knew so far. "Guys, I need to tell you something, and I need you not to freak out."

"What is it, Aria?" Spencer questioned with a raise of her brow as she and Emily made her way into Aria's living room.

"Yeah, is everything okay?" Emily was a little nervous at her friend's tone of voice. After everything that had happened lately, she didn't need another disaster in her life.

"Kind of, well, not really….look, you should probably all sit down." Aria sat on the couch as she motioned for her friends to do the same. "You know how Hanna and I have been sort of secretive lately?"

Spencer nodded with a shrug, "I just figured it was the whole boyfriend situation."

"Well, we started doing some of our own research on the history of Rosewood Falls, and we found out some pretty unbelievable stuff." Aria began, hesitating with her words.

"Such as?" Spencer's eyes narrowed. She had started to do some of her own research, and she had only come up with some pretty wild stuff that must have been fake.

"Vampires." Aria stared at them with a stone-faced expression.

"Aria, you can't be serious." Spencer laughed awkwardly, remembering some of the articles she had breezed through, assuming they were only local myths.

"Come on guys, I need you to just trust me for a second." Aria knew this wasn't going to be an easy conversation.

"You mean there are supernatural creatures just running around Rosewood?" Emily played along, pretending as if the conversation she had with Bonnie yesterday hadn't happened yet. She still wasn't positive she believed everything she had told her, even if it all somehow fit together. But how could she be a witch, let alone be surrounded by vampires? It all sounded a little insane, and she wasn't quite ready to tell her secret to the other girls just yet. So, for now it was between her and Bonnie until she had a hold on what was going on.

Aria nodded. "That's exactly what I mean. I'm only telling you this because you need to know, you need to prepare yourselves."

"For what?" Spencer's eyes narrowed, getting more and more nervous for what was to come.

"For seeing Hanna again. Come on, let's go, and I'll show you." Aria led the girls up to Damon's room, who was away for the day gathering more blood for Hanna, who still refused to leave the house, much less the room. Aria had visited every now and again, but Damon was worried Hanna might snap around Aria like she had at Caroline quite a few times now, and he wasn't quite ready to have to save his sister as well. Aria hoped a visit from the girls might help Hanna's peace of mind, and show her that life really wasn't going to be that bad as a vampire.

"Hanna?" Aria peaked in through the door into the dimly lit room, "They're here."

Hanna stirred in her bed and sat up fully, still in her pajamas and looking a little disheveled. She had never felt more relieved in her life to see three familiar faces staring back at her. She was still so wary over her newfound extreme emotions, and she couldn't hold back the tears of happiness trying to make their way through. "God, look at me, I'm as crazy as a pregnant lady." Hanna laughed for probably the first time in weeks. "I just seriously missed you guys."

"We missed you too, Han!" Spencer exclaimed, slightly shocked at the appearance of her usually flawless best friend. Not that she wasn't gorgeous as always, in fact, she had almost an eerily perfect complexion to her skin and her eyes seemed almost a more piercing blue, but there was an aura of despair in the room that was hard to ignore.

All the girls rushed to her side in a giant hug, trying to lift her spirits, even though Emily and Spencer were still a little unsure of what was going on.

"Alright Han, it's time to show them. Think you can do it?" Aria encouraged her friend to show off the greater aspects of becoming a vampire.

Hanna actually felt a little proud for the first time as she nodded her head and began to race around the room showing off her super speed. With a hint of a smile, she picked up the bed, before throwing in back down into its place. She finished off her little show with a glimpse of her new true, vampire face, letting the red veins transform and her eyes turn a bloody red, only to fade quickly back to her usual, sweet look.

Spencer and Emily stood in shock, unable to get out a word. There was no doubt about it; their friend was a vampire.


"Lucy, I'm home!" Damon called throughout the house, referencing one of his favorite, old television shows as he slammed the door behind him. Blood bags in hand, he had come back with supplies from the hospital yet again, which Hanna seemed to be running through faster than he ever could have expected. Luckily, he had one of the young nurses under compulsion, who would practically hand him the bags the second he stepped in the place.

Hanna managed an unenthusiastic, "Hey." She sat staring in front of the fireplace, practically in a trance at the sight of the climbing flames, stuck in her strange stupor.

Damon, on the other hand, could not have been more ecstatic. She was actually out of bed! It had been weeks now, and the most he had been able to get her out was across the room, let alone downstairs. It was kind of a lame accomplishment, but at the circumstances, he'd take it. "Hey? All I get is a hey? Hanna you're out of bed! Finally, time to stop moping around, and get with it. Now this is cause for a celebration." He headed to the cabinet with a plastered grin to grab a bottle of champagne.

Hanna just rolled her eyes, unamused by the enthusiasm. "I'm about to head back if you keep talking like that." She got up and made her way to the staircase, only to be stopped halfway by Damon.

"Don't be such a spoiled sport. So, what got you out of the funk?" He had gently grabbed her by the shoulders to stop her from going back into the gloom of his bedroom.

"I'm still in the funk, Damon. I'm practically in the 70's." Hanna flailed her arms with a huge sigh as she spoke. "But, since you asked, the girls came over, and I finally told them everything. And I showed them the things I've been working on with Care, and it was actually, kinda great." She hinted at a smile as she looked up at him. It was almost exciting.

Damon felt such relief at her words after the last few weeks. He brought her closer and placed a kiss on her forehead. "Yes! I am so proud of you, you know that?"

Hanna sighed again as she plopped herself down on the couch next to them. "I just can't control all these emotions, it's like being on a rollercoaster twenty four hours a day, which is kind of insane, because who would ever want to do that. Everyone knows the best part of amusement parks is the food. I mean, you saw what I did to Care the other day, what if I can't ever control these things? What if I really hurt someone?"

Damon took a seat next to her, taking her hand as his eyes narrowed. "You know, I think it's time for me to tell you about my start as a vampire."

"Now that's an image I can't quite picture." Hanna laughed, imagining the worst.

"Trust me you wouldn't want to. I was hot headed, I drank more alcohol than a reality tv show wife, and I went through years of a pointless, listless existence because the woman I loved who created me and turned me, left me completely to myself. I was alone, and pretty damn scared, and had no freakin' idea what I was doing." He shook his head as he recounted the past, something he usually didn't take much pleasure in doing, but this situation was going to be an exception.

"Katherine, right? She just...left you?" Hanna inquired with a tilt of her head. She had heard various mentions of Katherine, mostly overheard conversations between him and Stefan, or during their planning sessions with Aria. She wasn't clear on the details of the relationship between the two best friends and the vampiress, but she knew it wasn't a positive one.

"She was only interested in herself, and she used me and Stefan to stay alive. But Hanna, you are not alone. You have your sister, and your friends, and you will always have me. I'm not going anywhere, whether you like it or not. So, you better get used to it, because I promise you, I will never leave you again. Just try, for my sake? I know you can be an incredible vampire. I mean, look at you, you've always had the right attitude, you just need to learn. Caroline and I have agreed to put aside our large differences, and teach you everything you need to know." Damon brushed a stray hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ear as she spoke, brushing her cheek in a loving way.

Hanna could feel tears welling up for the trillionth time over the last few weeks. There go the emotions again. "I don't know what to say. Damon, you've just been so incredible, I don't know how to thank you for all this. Seriously, even if I don't always show it, just know, okay?"

"I can think of a few ways..." Damon raised an eyebrow at her suggestively, his signature devilish grin spreading across his face as she laughed. "Let me show you the other great thing about being a vampire." He grabbed her at the waist, pulling her body forward towards his on the couch, leaning her into a passionate kiss. With vampire speed, the mood completely shifted gears in a second as they tore at one another's clothes, scattering them across the room. The kiss moved with them from every surface of the room, from the couch, to against the wall, the counter, you name it. This was definitely going to be a part of vampirism Hanna was going to enjoy. With a raise of his eyebrow, Damon scooped her up as she laughed, and sped off at lightning speed towards the bedroom, which would hopefully be a little less gloomy after tonight.