A/N: If you look on my profile, under Wayward Salvatore you'll see exactly how Samantha looked at the party.
(False Pretense by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus blares in the background)
"Fifty-six, fifty-se….ven, fi…fty-ei...g…..ht, fifty niiiiine….sixty." I spat out before collapsing face first on to the floor. As my firm rock hard body quickly followed suite as it suddenly turned into a limp noodle before crashing into the ground.
Now laid out on the floor riving in pain and completely drained from my own personal vampire training regimen. Which consists of jump squats, chin ups, bench dips, hanging leg raises, bench press, burpees, and last but not least the dreaded hand stand push up which coincidentally enough is what I just came from doing. And yet all I could find myself thinking about was how much I missed Stefan and how that god awful original betrayed me and my friends. Talk about pathetic right, trust me I know. Especially seeing as me and Tyler have kind of been seeing each other ever since the night we had sex. I mean it's not official yet whether we're a couple or not, which worries and comforts me all at the same time. And yet for whatever reason, I still can't seem to pull myself out of this semi slum that I've been in ever since the whole ordeal.
Which is why I train so much and so hard, it's the only time I don't feel like crawling up into a ball or going completely postal. Man how I wish I could just turn off my brain at times like these, it would make things just so much easier.
3rd Pov Mystic Grill
(Stock room)
In the back stock room of the grill, Jeremy was just picking up his phone after having a mini freak out due to seeing the ghost of Vicki Donavon. Now as the young Gilbert grabs his phone from up of the floor unbeknownst to him, the ghost of his other ex girlfriend Anna, was lurking just behind of him.
When all of a sudden she disappears just as Matt comes barging in through the double doors accompanied by a loud ruckus.
Taken completely by surprise, a startled Jeremy immediately pops up from off the floor and turns to face the source of the noise he'd just heard. With a look of relief now taking the place of the frightened facial expression that just a few seconds ago had plagued Jeremy's face, the young Gilbert lets out a much needed sigh.
"I need you to switch sections with Me." stated a clearly unhappy Matt.
"Why?" asked a now confused Jeremy.
"Caroline and Tyler just sat in mine." explained Matt.
Still not getting the point, a puzzled look now appeared on the male Gilbert's face. "So?"
"So, I don't feel like waiting on my ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend." declared a now disgruntled Matt Donavon.
"Dude, you know Tyler's with Samantha right?" asked Jeremy.
"Yea, well does Tyler and Caroline know that!?" rebutted Matt before then storming out of the back room.
(Outside the Grill)
Sitting across the table from Tyler with her legs cross, Caroline starts off their conversation by saying. "Something's up with your mother."
With a puzzled look on his face Tyler asks. "Like what?"
"When I was over yesterday she just kept eyeing Me." replied Caroline.
Just then Jeremy comes up to the table and begins filling their glasses up with water. "Hey Guys." greeted Jeremy.
With an all knowing smirk, Caroline then asks. "Did Matt make you switch sections?"
Choosing not to answer and sell out his best friend, Jeremy just shrugs and continues on filling up Caroline's glass with water.
Following a scuff, Caroline then glances from Jeremy to Tyler. "He thinks we're dating."
"So does my mother. She's lectured me on the wrongs of cheating like twice already" added Tyler.
"What?!" asked Caroline in disbelief.
"We're together all most all the time, it's not a big leap." added Tyler.
"That's crazy were friends, besides you're with Sam." said Caroline defensively.
"I know right." smiled Tyler as he and Caroline exchanged awkward telling looks towards one another.
Samantha's Pov
Now I don't know exactly when it happened, but at some point after collapsing on to the floor due to my strenuous workout session. I wound up just passing out right there on the floor.
That was until Damon noisily came barging into my room with a towel wrapped around his waist. "Come on, rise and shine vampire slayer we got work to do."
Still soar and only half awake, I let out an annoyed groan as I peered up at Damon from up off the floor. "What do you want?" I whined
"Another possible lead on Stefan, so how fast can you get ready?" asked Damon as he shook a folded up piece of paper in my face.
"I don't know I still have to shower…so like twenty minutes." I answered with a yawn.
"Yea, you have ten." said Damon before then vamp speeding out of my room.
In the two months I've spent alone with Damon I've come to learn that when Damon says something. The meaning behind what he says doesn't always link up with the meaning the rest of the general public tends to come to.
So like when he just said I have ten minutes to get ready, he actually meant I only have five. So with that being the case I quickly got to me feet and immediately began cursing at the older Salvatore while on my way to the bathroom. Knowing full well he could hear me due to his vampire hearing, which ultimately was the sole reason I was cursing at him though he wasn't in the general vicinity.
0~o~0
After being cooped up in a car for a few hours Me, Damon, and Alaric had finally made it to our destination. Which was a little white house nestled away in the heart of Tennessee.
Just as we pulled up in Alaric's Tahoe and was getting out the car, Damon's phone suddenly starts ringing.
Seeing Damon check his phone only to then ignore the call, me and Alaric share a knowing glance between one another before Alaric then asks Damon. "Elena?"
Based on just Damon's facial expression alone, me and Alaric instantly knew it was Elena.
"I don't know why you just don't come clean and tell her where we are." pointed out Alaric
"I agree with Alaric, I mean for how much longer can you keep her in the dark?"
"Look the reason I haven't told Elena where we are is because Andie said this was a half lead and I don't want to get her hopes up." answered Damon.
"Sure, that's why." I said sarcastically, accompanied with an eye roll.
"Yeah, well they're all half leads, and we're your accomplices. Besides what do you want me to say to her, I mean I'm practically living there." chipped in Alaric
"Still sleeping on the couch?" asked Damon, as we all began looking around outside for some indication on whether anyone was home or not.
"You know, I keep waiting for them to kick me out but they don't. I don't know why, it's not like I'm helping or anything." said Alaric.
"Mm-mm." was all Damon said in response to Alaric's last statement.
After a moment of silence Alaric then goes on to say, "It's quiet."
"Yeah. Too quiet." replied Damon
"Well that can't be good." I added, glancing from Damon to Alaric as we proceeded towards the front door of the house.
Upon opening the front door Damon tests to see if he can enter into the house by waving his foot over the threshold. Only too then realize that he can in fact, enter. "Oh yeah." said Damon, as he then strutted into the house with me right behind him and Alaric coming up from the rear.
As Rick closed the door behind us we all began walking down the hall way. Taking full notice of the blood soaked walls, and the state of disarray that house seemed to be in.
Yet it wasn't until we entered into the living room that we found two dead bodies sitting propped up on the couch.
"Oh my god I think I'm going to be sick." was all I could say instantly after seeing the state of the dead bodies.
"Uuuggh. Vampire for sure." said Alaric immediately after seeing the bodies.
"Stefan, for sure." said Damon, as he got closer to the bodies.
"Wait Stefan?!" I asked in complete and utter shock.
"How do you know?" asked Rick.
"It's his signature; there's a reason they call him the ripper. Feeds so hard he blacks out and rips them apart, but then when he's done, he feels remorse. It's the damndest thing." said Damon, as he placed his foot on the knee of one of the dead women and shook her. "He put the bodies back together." finished Damon just as the head of the woman he shook fell on to the floor.
"I'm definitely going to be sick." I muttered as I tried as hard as I could to keep my stomach calm, and my puke down.
"Back together?" asked Ric in disgust.
"Definitely Stefan." added Damon.
0~o~0
After reassuring me and Ric that this was for sure Stefan's handy work, Damon then told us to stay put just prior to leaving to the room.
Now after a few minutes, Damon finally returns to the living room but is no longer empty handed as he walks pass me and Ric with a red gas tank in hand.
As Damon begins pouring gasoline all over the living room and the dead bodies, Ric finally asks him. "What are you doing?"
"Covering their tracks. Clearly they have no interest staying in the dark, but I do." answered Damon as he continued to pour gasoline
Seeing that I was in Damon's way I moved to give him more space, but just as I did the floor creaked. "Ok, so you guys heard that right?" I asked glancing from the floor to Alaric and then to Damon. Who both had a suspicious and yet intrigued look on their faces.
"Hang on." said Damon as he puts the tank of gas down, bends over, and then flips over the carpet.
And wouldn't you know it, there underneath the carpet was a hidden door tucked away down beneath the floor. Upon opening the door we found a somewhat decent size shaped room, entirely fill of chains.
With a sinister look on his face Damon then smiles. "Well, what do you know. Werewolves."
Upon closing the door Damon lights a match and throws it on the floor. And as we take our leave the whole living room goes up in flames.
0~o~0
Back at the Salvatore house Elena's birthday party was already underway, and man was it a blast! All that was missing now was the actual birthday girl and Tyler. Figuring Tyler was just running late I decided to take a lap around the party and mingle with the other guests.
After walking around the party and receiving multiple compliments on my purple knee length dress and my costume jewelry. I suddenly found myself strolling into the library, which surprisingly enough was being used as the smoker den.
It was then that I'd see Matt hitting a joint before then passing it to the youngest Gilbert. The two looked to be in deep thought, but me being me still decided to crash their conversation.
Upon walking up from behind Jeremy, I very subtly snatched the joint out of his hand before then taking a seat on the coffee table positioned directly in front of the two stoners. "So, what's up boys?" I asked just prior to taking a hit off the joint.
"Sammy, what's up." smiled Matt. Who I could tell was all ready feeling the effects of Miss Mary Jane.
"Damn Sam, I thought you were Elena." said Jeremy, before then taking the joint back from me after my hit.
"Well isn't that cute, little Jer is still afraid of his older sister." I teased.
"I'm not afraid, I just would rather not have to deal with one of her lectures." replied Jeremy.
"Sure it is." I said sarcastically. "But on a real note, has either of you guys seen Tyler tonight? I can't seem to find him and every time I call it just goes to voicemail."
"Nope, haven't seen him all night. But maybe you should ask Caroline. I mean they do spend a lot of time together." responded Matt with venom and hidden meaning attached to every word.
"Come on Matt." said Jeremy in an attempt to sway Matt from the beaten course he seemed so determined to travel down.
With me and Matt's eyes now locked in an epic stare down, I finally retorted. "How about we not dance around the subject and you just man up and say whatever it is you're so itching to say."
"Guys." pleaded Jeremy in one last attempt to stop the confrontation that was about to get under way.
"You know what I will." started Matt "Sam, I think you're being stupid. I mean it's obvious Tyler and Caroline have a thing for one another, and yet here you are shacking up with Tyler. And unlike the rest of our friends I can't just sit by and wait for Tyler to break your heart, because whether you like it or not that's what's going to happen if you continue on with Tyler. Now I know I might be coming off as a dick right now but as your friend Samantha I think you should let this one go." pointed out Matt, before then turning to Jeremy."Hey look man take it is easy and go talk to Bonnie alright. I'm going to go get another drink." finished Matt as he glanced from Jeremy to me before then leaving the immediate area.
As I watched Matt walk away I instantly saw when he ran into Elena and Caroline. And upon seeing Caroline's face, my mind suddenly went on a tailspin as everything Matt had just said began replaying in my head. Not wanting to deal with this right now I got up off the coffee table and took my leave of the studies as I went back to looking for Tyler.
After a few more minutes of aimlessly wondering around the party, I finally spotted Tyler at the drinks table, chit chatting it up with slutty Sophie.
"Oh my god Tyler you're so strong." flirted Sophie as she ran her hand up and down Tyler's right bicep.
"Yea, well." smirked Tyler as he enjoyed the way Sophie stroked his male ego.
"Yea well, he has to be pretty strong if he's going to stand a chance in hell against me." I chipped in as I walked up from behind Tyler, stopping directly beside him.
"Oh Samantha, I didn't expect to see you here. I mean other than seeing you at school you're never around. Word on the street is that you're leaving town." smiled Sophie
"Do me a favor Sophie, and don't believe everything you hear." I countered back with a fake smile.
"Hey Sam, I've been looking all over for you." said an obviously guilt filled Tyler. Before then wrapping his right hand around my waist and giving me light peck on the cheek.
"Oh my god wait a second, are you two like a thing?" asked a shocked Sophie.
"What do you thin…" I started to say before then being interrupted by Sophie.
"Cause like me and everyone else at school, were like so sure Tyler and Caroline were the pair. Talk about, #shocking." explained Sophie.
At that moment I felt a sudden burst of rage shot through me, and god help me because I was just seconds away from punching Sophie dead smack in that pretty little face of hers. But instead of doing that luckily enough for me, or should I say for her, I was now able to monitor and better control my feelings. Rather than just let them run wild, which is something I've been working on ever since the night I zapped Tyler.
So rather than beating the crap out of Sophie I smiled, grabbed myself a drink, eyed down Tyler, and went on my way. Knowing full well that at this very moment Tyler was in fact shitting bricks. You see he knew when I was pissed off with him and tonight, was an exception.
Caroline's Pov
As I stood at the entrance of the living room drinking a bottle of rum I continued to watch, and eavesdrop at the predicament transpiring over at the drink table between Tyler, Samantha, and slutty Sophie. When out of nowhere, Matt suddenly came up from behind me.
"What's going on over there?" asked Matt.
Without taking my eyes off of Tyler, Sam, and Sophie, I spat out. "I thought you were ignoring me?"
"I'm not ignoring you." answered Matt.
"Really, cause you've only said like five words to me all summer, and those were four of them." I rebutted.
"Maybe because every time I've seen you, you've been with him. Which is strange seeing as he's with Sam." slammed back Matt.
"Because he's my friend! We're friends Matt, which is what I thought we were." I countered, glancing at Matt for a split second before then turning my attention back towards the drink table. Only to see that Samantha had just left leaving behind Sophie and an obviously nervous, and guilt filled Tyler.
"Aren't you guys supposed to be like mortal enemies, I mean isn't that how it works in vampire werewolf universe?" blurted out Matt.
Taking my eyes off Tyler and Sophie, I spin around in a panic towards Matt. "Matt shhhh! What is wrong with you?" I asked with a freaked out look on my face.
"I don't know. I'm out of it... I guess. Sorry…" responded Matt just before walking away.
Just as I was letting out a stress filled sigh, I heard a familiar voice ask me, "What was that about?"
As I turned to face Tyler I answered, "Nothing." Only too then see that he wasn't alone.
"Great party Caroline!" said Sophie
With a fake smile I replied, "Thanks." before then locking eyes with the slut bag. "Now leave it!" I compelled her
Immediately following my compulsion Sophie left Tyler's side and began making her way out the front door.
"Thanks for getting her off me, but was it really necessary for you to compel her to leave?" asked Tyler.
With a highly annoyed look on my face and a scoff, I took a big swig from my bottle of rum before then angrily walking away from Tyler.
0~o~0
Now in Damon's room about to drink my feelings in blood, I suddenly hear someone enter in through the bedroom the door.
"This room's off limits!" I yelled before then seeing it was Elena. "Sorry. I just needed to take a beat." I lightly chuckled, just prior to setting a blood bag down on the counter. "Are you hiding?" I asked as I walked up to the birthday girl.
"I was just looking for Damon." answered Elena.
"Well, he better be here somewhere because we haven't even done the cake yet." I replied.
"I think I'm gonna pass on the whole cake thing." said a gloom and doom sounding Elena.
"What? No, no way, no! It's your birthday! You know it's the dawn of a new day, and you can't get on with your life until you have made a wish and blown out the candles." I argued, my emotions getting the better of me as it felt like the whole night was just starting to fall apart.
"Is that what you all want me to do? Just get on with my life?" asked a hurt Elena.
"No... Maybe... I just don't think anyone wants to see you like this." I finally got out after not knowing exactly how to answer what I felt was a trick question.
"I'm not gonna give up on finding Stefan, Caroline." stated Elena, with much zeal.
"Of course not, and you shouldn't. But you have to admit that you're kind of just letting your life pass you by. And isn't Stefan the one who wanted to make sure that you lived it?" I asked using the words of her wise and loyal boyfriend to make my point.
"You want me to make a wish? I just wanna know that he's alive. That's it! That's my wish." rebutted Elena before then walking away.
"I'm sorry, okay. I'm just drunk and dumb tonight. Wait, what are you doing...?" I rattled on before then noticing that Elena was staring at something in Damon's closet. "What's all that?" I asked coming up from behind her.
"It's Klaus. Damon's been tracking him without me." uttered a somewhat confused Elena.
"Why wouldn't he just tell you?" I asked.
"I don't know." responded Elena.
Samantha's Pov
"Everything you want so let me get up there
I'm the baddest baby in the atmosphere
Tell me what you want 'cause we can do just what you like
Ooh
Everything you know I'm flipping upside down
Take you 'round the world
You know I like it loud
Tell me what you want so we can do just what you like
You make me feel so
La La La La La." I sang along with the music, all while dancing proactively on top of an empty table as plethora of guys and girls just cheered me on. And I have to admit I was finally enjoying myself, when all of a sudden I spotted Tyler making his way through the sea of party goers on his way towards me.
"Hey, move it buddy." I heard Tyler tell one of the guys stationed down in front of me. "Sam, come on get down." yelled Tyler as he wanted to be sure his voice could be heard over all the chatter.
But seeing as I was still not happy with him, I ignored the young werewolf and just continued on dancing and singing along with the song you make me feel so by Cobra Starship, feat. Sai.
Shortly after getting the hint Tyler then gets up on the table after me. "Sammy, I don't get why you're mad at Me." said Tyler.
"Are you serious? I've been looking and calling for you all night with no response or answer only to then find you with Slutty Sophie. Then on top of that everyone is throwing it in my face how much you and Caroline are always together." I slurred.
"Sammy I don't give a damn about Sophie, and Caroline and I are just friends." emphasized Tyler. "So you have no reason to be jealous." finished Tyler.
With an obnoxious scoff I replied."Jealous, you think I'm jealous?! I sir am not jealous."
"You're a little jealous." teased Tyler with an all knowing smirk.
"For the last time I am not jealo…." I started to deny before then being interrupted by Tyler as he grabbed the sides of my face and ever so passionately kissed me. And as we kissed ever so passionately, the crowed that was once cheering on my singing and dancing was now cheering on me and Tyler's hardcore make out session on top of the table.
When our lips finally parted Tyler and I lustfully gazed into one another's eyes, before one of us finally broke the lust filled silence.
"Wanna leave?" I asked now greatly desiring the young and strapping werewolf.
"Ye….yea" stuttered Tyler as it was obviously clear that the blood from his brain was now running into another part of the body.
Immediately after Tyler said yes me and the werewolf hopped off the table and made a quick B-line for the door as we headed over to his place, seeing as mine was heavily occupied by drunken wandering patrons.
Caroline's Pov
I had just come down stairs from talking with Elena, already not in a so happy mood. Only too then see a crowd of people cheering Samantha and Tyler on as they hardcore made out on top of what was once the drinks table.
When they finally stopped kissing I heard them make plans to leave, and as I watched them take off I realized just how much I've been denying my feelings for Tyler. And man did it suck.