Disclaimer: I own nothing but my own OC Victoria "Tori Gilbert" and Nikolina "Nicola Pierce"
Full Summary: Victoria hates the Vampire Diaries so when she wakes up as Elena's twin sister, she finds herself involved in more than a love triangle. Stefan/OC/Damon
Author's Note: So I hate this episode...but I've changed and let's just say...there was a reason she seen Tanner die. It might not be so realistic or even good but...uh I hope you like it anyway!
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Chapter 5: You're Undead to Me
Salvatore Boarding House
"Where is my ring?" Damon managed to croak out.
"Won't be needing it anymore" Stefan replied.
"How long have I been in here?"
"Three days"
"During the dark ages when a vampires actions threatened to expose or bring harm upon the entire race, they would face judgement. They sought to reeducate them rather than to punish thme" Stefan explained.
"You know what will happen if I don't...feed on blood" Damon said.
"You'll grow weaker and weaker. Eventually you won't be able to move or speak. In a week your skin will desiccate and you'll mummify. A living corpse. Unable to hurt anyone. Ever"
"So what? You're just going to leave me in the basement forever?"
"I've injected you with enough vervain to keep you weak. Once your circulation stops,, I'll move you to the family crypt and then in 50 years, we can reevalutate"
"I'm stronger than you think"
"You always have been" Stefan said "But you're not stronger than the vervain. And we both know it. I'm sorry. Didn't have to be this way"
Gilbert House
Elena walked into the kitchen, seeing I was already there with Jenna.
"Jenna! Are you aware of what's going on upstairs?" She asked.
"Uh-hu"
"And you have no objection?"
"He could be craftier about it, at least make an effort to sneak her in and out. Oh, and just so you know, I won't be home for dinner"
"Uh, you're actually gonna go out on a date with this douche?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"I'm going to show up and torture him, yes" Jenna said.
"Have you heard from Stefan?" Elena asked.
"Nope" I shrugged "Not since that message.."
"Havn't you called him?"
"No...not gonna bother him"
"and you're okay with everything?" Jenna asked.
I thought about it and shrugged to make myself look like I didn't care, and honestly I had no idea why I did care. I didn't know why it bothered me that he hadn't called...well I guess the whole thing with kissing him...he was turning out to be just like every other guy I dated...
"You sure?" Jenna asked.
"Yeah" I nodded.
Third Person POV
"He's awake he's weak but it's probably best to stay out of the basement. He's Damon. I' not sure how dangerous he still might be" Stefan exclaimed to Zach.
"You're going to school?"
"Came here to live a life. It's about time I get back to that. And Tori if she's still speaking to me"
"Why haven't you called her?"
"What am I supposed to do Zach? Feed her another lie? I hate lying to her. I'm not good at it"
"What choice do you have? You came here because you wanted to live as normal a life as you could. You knew this was going to be part of it" Zach told him.
Caroline's Bedroom
"I remember the party, Damon came up behind me, and he was kissing my neck. I passed out. It's like there's holes in my memory lately. It's just wierd. Maybe I let him bite me" She exclaimed.
"Why would you do that?"
"Can we just not talk about it?" Caroline asked "Don't want to talk about Damon. Just go back to normal. What are you doing with that candle?"
"Um...nothing. What's this?" Bonnie asked as she seen the crystal.
"Damon gave it to me. Or he was going to give it to me. All I know is it's mine now"
"It's ugly" Bonnie said making a face.
"Well, get your grubby hands off it"
SCHOOL
"The sexy suds car wash is tomorrow. The football team and the band have committed. Well, not all the band..just the ones who could pull off the bikini. IO mean, it's a fund raiser for god's sake"
"Unbelievable. It's like nothing happened" Elena said.
"She's in denial" Bonnie told her.
"Why wouldn't she be?" I asked "Being into a guy...and them being a total dick...why wouldn't you want to...forget it?"
"Good point" Bonnie said.
"Hey" A voice said and my head turned, Stefan. Took his time.
"Hey, Bonnie...will you come with me to the restroom?" Elena smiled, but the smile was fake and I'm pretty sure anybody knew it was. I raised and eyebrow and folded my arms, I didn't miss the glare she threw Stefan before her and Bonnie took off.
"I'm sorry I haven't called" He said and I looked at him.
"Don't worry about it"
"I was dealing with Damon" Makes sense.
"Ah"
"You have every right to be upset with me. But can I explain it all to you? Please?"
Wait...everything? Oh no..
"Depends" I said.
"On?"
"When?"
"I gotta be home after school, but the grill, around four?" He asked.
I shrugged "Yeah"
"Thank you"
"Stefan, where is Damon? he has some serious apologizing to do" Caroline said appearing.
"He's gone Caroline" Stefan said.
"When is he coming back?"
"He's not coming back Caroline. I'm sorry" Stefan said, glanced at me and then left.
"Don't worry...Damon was a dick anyway" I said.
"I know that" She sighed with a nod.
Mystic Grill
I walked into the grill no sight of Stefan at all, I looked at the clock on my phone and rolled my eyes. Though if he was dealing with Damon..then I guess he had reasons.
"Hey" Matt said.
"Hi" I smiled "Have you seen Stefan, he's supposed to be here"
"Nope. If you wanna kill some time, um you can rack" he said and I stared at him, not sure. "Come on. We haven't played in forever. I'll let you break"
Salvatore Boarding House
"I'm full of vervain. I've been putting it in my coffee for sixteen years. My blood will only make you worse" Zach said "Damon?"
"So it was your vervain. Good for you. Good for you. Family only runs so deep" Damon coughed.
"We're not family Damon. Only in the most dysfunctional sense. In fact, I avoided having a living breathing, loving family because of you"
"I don't guess I could talk you into bringing me a rabbit or something? I'd settle for Stefan's diet at this point" Damon groaned out.
"You know I can't do that"
"You succeeded Zach. I'm shutting down. You're like your grandfather. He didn't like it when I came to visit either"
"But you didn't visit Damon. You appare, unannounced reminding me that this isn't my house; that you're permitting me to live here. Hell, that you're permitting me to live" Zach said.
"Someone had to mow the lawn" He said, even through the pain, Damon managed to smirk.
"I cane to say good-bye Damon" Zach said and then Damon appared at the bars and grabbed him by the throat.
"Unlock it. Unlock the door Zach" He growled.
Stefan then wrestled Zach out of Damon's grip "Keep it up Damon. The more energy you expend. The faster you'll go"
The Grill
Elena had appeared and was telling Matt all about how Vicki was in the bathroom this morning..ugh. He was just a kid..really. My phone vibrated and I looked at it before putting away again and listened into their conversation.
"Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. Your brother and my sister, that's weird"
"Yeah" She nodded in agreement. "How late is he?" She then asked turning to me with half a glare on her face.
"Uh..." I said checking my phone "Bout an hour"
"I'll kick his ass" She grumbled.
"Please" I scoffed rolling my eyes. "he'll be here.." I think...
"You're so sure"
"I'm not actually, though Elena" I said "I don't know if he'll come"
"WHo?" A voice asked and I turned my head seeing Stefan. Oh look who showed up. "I'm so sorry that I'm late"
"Why were you late?" Elena asked.
"Elena" I hissed making a face at her.
"I got held up" He said.
"it's fine" I said.
"There was just this thing..with my uncle"
"And you couldn't call and tell her you'd be an hour late?" Elena hissed.
"Matt...will you please escort her away..somewhere...over there" I said and he smiled, giving a nod and taking Elena off. "Sorry about her...I don't know what's gotten into her"
"It's fine, I deserve it. Listen I'm really sorry. It was unavoidable"
"Do you mind me asking what?" I asked and he hesitated. "Okay never mind"
"I want to tell you...I can't" he said and I folded my arms.
"I can handle it"
"I'm sure you could but...I cant"
"Okay then" I said "But you should know this Stefan, We kissed, I agreed to go on a date with you...and then you didn't call for four days...but you were dealing with Damon, and that's fine. But you don't have to lie to me, whatever's holding you back you can tell me"
"I can't"
I shrugged and went to say something but was interuppted.
"I know you" A man said and we turned to look at him"My god" The old man said.
"I'm sorry?" Stefan asked.
"I know you. How can it be?" He asked and I looked at Stefan. He'd been spotted before...
"I think you have the wrong person sir" Stefan said politely.
"You haven't aged a day"
"I'm sorry. Excuse me" Stefan said and grabbed my arm "Hey can we-can I take you home and we can talk about it? Is that ok?"
"I'm..tried Stefan..." I said and he frowned "Maybe another night?"
I felt awkward and I needed to think so I gave Elena a look before leaving.
I was sitting in the bedroom that was mine, and was lying upside down when Jeremy entered.
"You ok?"
"Peachy" I smiled.
"What's wrong with you?"
"I'm tired"
"well you should get something to eat"
"Why? I'm not hungry"
Elena then appeared in the doorway "Go get something to eat...and then go to sleep"
"YOU'RE SO PUSHY!" I huffed, doing a backwards roll off the bed, the two of them stared at me like I was insane. Meh. Maybe I was. "What?"
"You" Elena said and rolled her eyes, dragging Jeremy away. I went downstairs into the kitchen, only to be surprised to see Stefan.
"Stefan" I said and he smiled.
"I'm cooking you dinner" he said "Elena tells me Chicken curry is your favourite and I happen to be a good italian roots demand it, besides. I like chinease food too" He said.
I laughed, how the hell did Elena know my favourite food? Oh..right..still it surprised me alot that she knew.
"You want to know me right? Well I figure if you're going to not go on a date with me, you should at least know a bit about me first. So let's start with Nicola"
"You don't need to tell me anything about her...I don't need to know"
"It's okay" he said "You want to know anything...I'll tell you"
"Are you sure? I don't need to know about her Stefan.." I said.
"It's fine. She was..the most beautiful girl I had ever met. She had this perfect light olive skin and she had this laugh, it was amazing. Her laugh made you laugh, it made you laugh too. And she was fun, she knew how to do things and she knew what she wanted. But there was a side to her, she was impaitent, entitled and selfish...impulsive...bitter. Then there was Damon. He claimed to be with her first, and I don't know. I do know that I did some things...i'm not proud of and my biggest regret is not getting to make it right with her before she died. I miss her, but...no longer crippled by her loss"
"Right" I said "She sounds...awkward"
"She was..when she wanted to be" he said.
"Okay...onto other things" I said with a shrug. If he was gonna tell me...I might aswell get to know him as well as possible.
"Okay...what else do you want to know?"
"Anything"
"I'm an avid reade, a huge Fitzgerald fan, "The Great Gatsby" his master piece. But I'm no snob. I love some good Grishman. I think Seinfeld is the best American television show for the past 50 years, but I love Lucy is all time. "The Loving cup" episode was the best. I think. Huge scorsese fan. I can watch Taxi Driver over and over again" I smiled and poured a glass of water. "As far as music, it's pretty much across the board. Um, Dylan, Hendrix, Patsy, Wilie. A little Kanye. You know what? I even like that one Miley song" I snorted "Easy"
"I didn't even open my mouth" I said. "That smells good"
"I told you I'm a good cook" He smiled.
I chewed on my bottom lip "I want to ask you something"
"What?"
I moved to see if Elena and Jeremy were listening, thankfully they weren't, and I moved back over to him. So I was closer to him. Should I ask him now? Yeah...get it over with.
"I know what you are"
He stared at me, in a daze slightly but shook himself. "What?"
"I know you're a...vampire" I mouthed and his eyes widened.
"H-how do you...what?"
"I figured it out" I lied...well I did kind of figure it out.
"How?"
"Well you cleared it up for me..but you always disappear real quick, your face..it transformed that night at the party when we started up at school...the bite marks on Caroline...Damon being...a douche...but there was one thing...I saw. I saw Damon kill Mr Tanner"
His eyes widend and he stayed silent, stopping all movement with his hands and just stared at me.
"You're not scared"
"I was..that night. I mean...full blown freaking out about everything but...I'd be dead if you were going to kill me" I said "You've had plenty of chances to do it"
"I wouldn't hurt you..."
"I know" I nodded.
"Why did you wait until now-"
"I don't know...I didn't just wanna come right out and ask you"
"You seem so calm with this"
"I've come to grips with it, I've had my week and a bit to deal" I shrugged. That was a fucking understatment. I'm still not at terms with not being in my own world..never mind two vampires being in my life.
"You can't tell anybody" he said.
"I know that Stefan" I nodded "Besides...who would believe me?"
"You'd be surprised" he said.
"So? Dinner?" I asked and he just stared at me for a minute, before managing to shake himself. He actually looked a lot paler than usual..if that were even possible.
lvatore Boarding House
Stefan still hadn't come to grips with how...she knew, how Tori had figured it out and could be so calm about it at the same time. He was down in the cellar looking through the bars at Damon.
"I bet you're feeling pretty good about yourself right now aren't you?"
"Not really" Stefan replied. Understatement.
"You won. You got the bad guy. Now nothing could come between you and Tori. Except the truth. The lies will catch up to you Stefan. As long as you keep lying to yourself about what you are"
"The thing is, you being so careless all the time Damon...is that Tori knows about what we are" Stefan said and Damon managed to lift his head, the surprise clear on his features. "She seen you kill Tanner and also the beauty of you being in there..is that I can walk away"
Sexy Suds Car Wash
"No friends discounts. No freebies. No pay ya laters. We afre not running a charity here. No, we are not" Caroline said.
"Nope" Elena and I said at the same time. What was the point of this again? Why did I need to dress like a tool? I much prefered the summer in my own world...Stefan arrived and he stared at me nervously for a minute but I smiled at him to show him I was fine...was I fine though? I don't know...I just knew eventually I was gonna wake up and be okay again, in my own room with my grandparents.
"Hi" He said.
"Hey" Elena said glancing between us.
"The event is called sexy suds you know" Caroline scolded before walking off.
"Did she actually just say that?" I asked.
"Yep, and judged you" Elena said and I looked to Stefan.
"Wow" Stefan said.
"You might wanna take that off" I said pointing to his jumped and I think he would've blushed, but he smiled and took it off.
A while later
We were washing the cars, Elena had gone to see Bonnie. I noticed Stefan's ring and I pointed at it.
"Does that have something to do with you walking in the sun? Because you burn right?" I asked "Like the Anne Rice vampires?"
"Yeah" He said "It does...it protects me from turning to dust"
"Ah" I nodded "What's the stone?"
"Lapis Lazuli"
"I've heard of that" I said making a face. "Damon had one too...unfortunetly"
"Yeah..he doesn't right now though..I've hidden it"
"Where is he anyway?"
"Gone. No need to worry about him.."
"he's not coming back?"
"No" He said shaking his head.
It was then that Elena appeared, with a bucket of soapy water. "Hey" She said and she tripped, the water went everywhere and it soaked me. She gaped at me and I narrowed my eyes. "Sorry!" There was people watching but I didn't care. I picked up the wet sponge and launched it at her. It hit her in the face and fell to the ground. I could see Caroline watching with narrowed eyes but, ah well.
"What the-" Elena began and she grinned like a child before throwing the rest of the water on me and it was so fucking cold! SO COLD! I'd kill her, I looked down at myself before picking up my own bucket and throwing it at her. She was now soaked, her hair was beginning to curl and I laughed.
She threw more at me after picking up someone else's bucket and I moved, this time the water went all over Stefan and I put a hand to my mouth trying to hold back the laughter that wanted to erupt but eventually it happened and I began howling with laughter.
"Oh you think it's funny?" he asked, a slightly smirk on his face.
"Obviously" I laughed and he threw his bucket at me. I squealed and before I knew it, there was a big water fight going on with everybody around us.
"That's enough! This is not a water fight, we are not kids. It's a car wash" Caroline said and I turned to look at her, and smiled. Picking up the sponge and the bucket, there seemed to be loads of them lying around everywhere. "What are you..Tori, Don't event think about it" I launched it at her and she was soaked. "That is not funny!" She said to me but I could tell she wanted to laugh. I grinned at her and that's when she burst out laughing and it all started again, people throwing water. Even the adults were getting hit with it...Oh my god. This was the most fun I'd had in ages! It was really, really fun, throwing water around at people that I barely knew...but hey. It kept my mind occupied.
When everyone was done, Caroline ordered that we get back to work. I looked to Caroline and pointed at her.
"We're gonna need more towels" I said and she rolled her eyes, but smiled.
"I know" She said "Elena will you look after the money please?"
"Yeah" Elena nodded and she walked off.
"That was fun" I said with a laugh.
"I know" Stefan laughed too, and before I knew it. He'd leaned in to kiss me.
Salvatore Cellar
"Caroline, Caroline help me" Damon said, his voice hoarse.
"Damon? Damon? Damon?" Caroline asked as she walked in, she was still soaking but now she hd her hoodie on, and she went into the cellar, she looked in through the bars "Oh my god! What is this? How did I know that you were here?"
"Because I wanted you too. Very, very badly. Let me out of here please"
"You bit me" Caroline exclaimed.
"You liked it. Remember?"
"Why do I keep remembering the same things in different ways?" Caroline asked, confused.
"You remember what I want you to remember. And now that the vervain has passed out of your system you won't remember what you're about to do" He said.
"What am I about to do?"
"You're gonna open the door. You're gonna open the door"
Caroline opened the door but Zach rushed in "no! No! get out of here! Run! Run!"
Caroline panicked and began to run as Damon managed to get out, he snapped Zach's neck and ran after Caroline, chasing her, intending on usuing her blood to feed, but Caroline got out and she ran like hell.
Sexy Suds Car Wash
"Sweeper duty" Tiki said to Bonnie.
"What?" Bonnie asked.
"We have to clean the pavement"
"It's a car wash. By definition. The pavement is clean" Bonnie said.
"But not dry "
"And I'm doing this why?"
"Caroline bailed. So that leaves me in charge. Fabulous" Tiki said and Bonnie narrowed her eyes, and a fire started, and began to burn Tiki's car. Stefan stopped her however.
"Bonnie! Bonnie! Bonnie! hey!" he said shaking her to bring her back.
"What just happened?"
"You were in some kind of trance" Stefan said.
"Did I do this?"
"I think so, yeah"
"Nobody else saw did they? Don't tell anybody! Please" Bonnie pleaded before taking off.
Tori's POV
"Where is Caroline?" Elena asked.
"No Idea" I said with a shrug.
"Jenna's wanting to know if she should wait on us to finish?" Elena said holding her phone.
"It's up to her" I shrugged. I liked Jenna, she was so sweet.
"Okay..she's gonna wait"
"Okay..let me grab my bag" I said and walked away from her, Stefan looking around.
"Hey, what are you doing?" I asked.
"Nothing..." he said shaking his head as if in some sort of daze "I'm gonna head home"
"Yeah me too...I'm starting to get cold" I smiled "But uh..I'll call you later"
"Okay" He smiled back and I leaned up, god he was tall. I kissed him, what was wrong with me? Why do I keep kissing him?
Third Person POV
When Stefan entered the boarding house, he found that Zach was nowhere to be found. He wondered around the hosue calling his name, when a scent caught his nose and he went down to the cellar, to find the door open, Damon gone and Zach dead.
"Zach! oh, no! Zach" he said leaning over him.
Gram's House
"I don't know what's happening to me" Bonnie cried.
"I know, Dear"
The Gilbert House
"Logan? Logan?" Jenna called.
"Logan went into Jeremy's room and picked up the watch and took it and left the room only to be confronted by Jeremy.
"What are you doing here?" Jeremy asked.
"Oh, hey man. Just looking for the bathroom"
Cemetery
The music stopped playing and everybody groaned.
"Donovan?" One of the boys asked.
"No, I'm good"
All of them at the same time said "I'm not it" and another pointed out "Ah Vicki" and Vicki got up and went out to the car to put the music back on. She noticed someone coughing and groaning.
"Hey, man you ok?" she asked. Not realizing that this was Damon and that she was in danger.
"Come here. Come here"
"You don't look good" She said.
"Come closer. I have something-That I want to tell you"
"Whoa, Whoa. I got you, I got you. It's okay, it's okay" Vicki said holding him up as he collapsed and with that Damon bit into her neck and began feeding on her.
Salvatore Boarding House
As Stefan grabbed a stake, his phone rang and he answered it quickly, not wanting to be ignorant. Luckily however it was Tori, and he could tell her, so she knew to be careful.
"Hello" he asked.
"Hey"
"Hi, listen. You need to be careful" he said, knowing that Damon could get into the house.
"What-why?" She asked sounding worried.
"Damon got out.."