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Chapter 7: Haunted
Tyler Lockwood was walking towards his car "All right, later, man" He called over to the other teenager.
"See you, bro!"
Tyler got into his car only for Vicki Donovan to be sitting in the passanger side. "Hi, Ty"
"Whoa, Vicki? Everyone's looking for you!" Tyler told her.
"I know" She muttered.
"What's wrong Vick?"
"I'm so cold" He said.
"You're on drugs?!" He demanded "Everyone thinks you're off on a bender"
"I wish" Vicki whispered.
"What happened in those woods, Vicki?" Tyler asked "Those kids that were killed. WHat did you see..."
"I'm so scared"
"Come here. It's okay. I'll take you home"
"I can't control it"
"Control what?"
"I am so hungry, Ty. And it won't go away" Vicki mumbled.
"I want it. I am so hungry Ty"
"Okay look, I'll get you something to eat. Just sit back. Look let's just get you home okay? Whoa! Vicki! What is wrong with you?!" Tyler grumbled as Vicki attacked him, Stefan managed to pull her out of the car.
"Aah! let go of me!" She growled.
Damon then appeared "What's going on here Stefan? WHat's wrong with her?" Tyler asked.
"You" Damon pointed "Don't talk"
"Screw you, dude"
"Dude" Really? "Dude?"
"Damon, don't!" Stefan said.
"Oh come on. Who's gonna miss this idiot?" Damon almost laughed.
Tyler hit him and Damon turned to look at him with a glare "Ooh! Don't hurt him!" Vicki growled at Damon.
Damon grabbed Tyler by the throat and compelled him "Forget what you saw here tonight. None of us were here" And with that he threw Tyler across his car. Tyler got up, confused and the Salvatore's and Vicki were gone.
GILBERT HOUSE
I yawned and entered the bathroom, gasping when I came face to face with Jeremy.
"Oh shit, Jer" I grumbled "Sorry.."
"Oh, no it's cool. I'm done" He told me.
"You're uh...up a little early aren't you? What are you doin?"
"Police station. They're organizing the search party for Vicki" He said.
"Shouldn't you...like...wait until they call?" I asked.
"What? Are you kidding me?"
"Skipping school isn't gonna do you any good. That's what your cell is for" I said.
"Yeah your lips keep movin' but I don't know why" Jeremy said.
SALVATORE BOARDING HOUSE
Vicki had just come off the phone to Matt and she grumbled "I don't understand why I have to stay cooped up here. Why can't I just go home?" Vicki asked.
"Because you're changing, Vicki, and it's something you don't wanna do alone" Stefan said.
"There's nothin' about that Logan guy I killed in here. Not a word. Someone's covering it up" Damon huffed in annoyance.
"What is that?"
"This is a very special old, compass. What was Logan Fell doing with it? Aren't you curious" Damon asked.
"Well if you're so worried somebody's onto you, why don't you just leave town Damon?" Stefan asked.
"We should all be worried"
"Hey, um, I'm hungry. Do you have anything to eat?" Vicki asked.
"Here" Stefan handed her a cup.
"What is it?" She asked.
"It's what you're craving" Stefan told her.
"Heh. Don't lie to the girl. It's not what you're craving, but it'll do in a pinch, right Stef?" Damon asked.
"What is it?"
"Yeah what is it? Is it a skunk? Saint bernard? Bambi?"
"Go on. Give it a try"
"She's new. She needs people blood. She can't sustain on that stuff?"
"Yeah, why can't I have people blood?" Vicki asked.
"Because it's wrong to pray on innocent people Vicki"
"You don't have to kill to feed. Just find someone really tasty and then erase their memory after wards. It's so easy" Damon said.
"No, no, no. There's no guarantee that you can control yourself, okay? It takes years to learn that. You could easily kill somebody, and then you have to carry that. You could easily kill someone, and then you have the rest of your life, which if I haven't made clear is eternity" Stefan said.
"Don't listen to him. He walks on a moral plane way out of your eye line. I say snatch, eat, erase" Damon said.
"Hey look at choose our own path. orur values and our actions, they define who we are"
"Okay count deepak, I am outta here"
"Can I have some more?"
Tori's POV
I went to knock on the door when Damon opened it and I glared at him.
"Is Stefan here?" I asked.
"Yep!"
"Where?" I demanded.
"And good morning to you too "Little miss, I'm on a mission"
"Just get out of my way" I grumbled.
"Ouch"
"How the fuck can you be so arrogant and glib?" I asked.
"And how can you be so brave to call a vampire arrogant and glib?"
"If you wanted me dead, Damon. I'd be dead alreayd. But I'm still here, breathing air"
"Yes you are"
"So move out of my way"
"I could kill you"
"Just get out of my way so I can see Stefan" I snapped.
"Well he's upstairs singing "the rain in spain" knock yourself out" Damon said.
"Idiot" I snapped storming past him, I closed the door over. "Stefan? Stefan?"
"Yes?"
"Are you ok?" I asked.
"I'm fine, Tori" He nodded.
"Where's Vicki?" I asked.
"She's upstairs"
"How's...she dealing?"
"She's...um...I can't really say right now"
"Jeremy's out there looking for her, thinking she's around...I don't know what to do" I told him.
"I'm working with her, but it's gonna take some time. She's a very volatile and impulsive personality. She's a drug user. I mean, all that's gonna play a part in how she respond to this"
"So...Vampire with issues?" I asked. "How can I help?"
"I'm gonna keep her here with me. Until I know she's safe, so...you can't really help...not with this"
"How long is that?" Vicki asked appearing.
"We can talk about that later" Stefan said to her.
"Hey...Vicki" I said to her. I still felt uncomfortable, knowing that I didn't really know who she was.
"Hi" She said "Can I have some more?" She asked Stefan.
"Of course" He said "Tori...would you like to have a seat?"
"Sure" I said following him.
We sat down and Stefan moved around quickly when he put a cup in front of her "Coffee is our friend. It's the caffeine. it circulates through our veins, and it worms our body so we're not so cold to touch" Stefan said.
"Well what if I wanna drink human blood?" She asked.
Obviously Stefan, noticed how uncomfortable I now was because he sighed.
"You're gonna have to learn to live with that urge and fight on a daily basis one day at a time" Stefan said.
"Oh god! Don't start with that whole 12 steps thing. School counselor has been down that road, and it doesn't work for me"
"It can work. it's your choice Vicki" Stefan said.
"So you've never tasted human blood?"
"Not in a long time" Stefan fidgited.
"How long?"
"Years and years. I'm not proud of my past behavior" Stefan said.
"Does this sketchy feeling ever go away? it's like I have a massive hangover" Vicki said. "This daylight thing is a bitch, I need more blood where's your bathroom? I have to pee. Why do I have to pee? I thought I was dead" She left the room.
"I'm going to uh...I'm gonna get her more blood. I'll be right back" He kissed my forehead and walked off.
She walked back in with her phone "Flase alarm, my body's feeling really funky. It's a good funk, but it's weird"
"Right...who are you calling?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"Jeremy"
"Oh...no no no" I said getting up "You can't talk to my brother anymore, not right now anyway"
"Oh come on don't you start. I'm gonna see whoever I wanna see you"
"Not my brother" I said. "You could hurt him...or kill him"
"I would never hurt Jeremy" She told me.
"That doesn't matter. I am not going to take that risk, I'm not even sorry for saying this to you because it's the truth"
"Oh really? How long have you been planning this speech?I'm assuming it predates the whole vampire thing"
"No actually it doesn't" I said, this wasn't a lie considering I didn't even know her "But I don't want him involved in this. I mean it"
"Or what?" she growled grabbing me by the throat.
"Get the fuck off me!" I growled back.
"Let's get one thing straight you perky little bitch. You had my brother whipped for fiteen years, never even gave him a chance. And when I look at you that is all I see. And I'm gonna see Jeremy whenever I want to see eremy because I have some fun new toys to play with"
"Like hell!" I coughed "You are not going near my brother...because if you hurt him...I know how to kill a vampire"
She let me go and we glared at each other. "You can't stop me"
I shouldn't have but I squared up to her "Yes I can" I growled before braging past her just as Stefan entered the room. "I'm gonna go"
"Hold on" he said handing Vicki the cup and followed me.
"She's a bitch Stefan" I said turning to face him.
"She's on edge. Imagine every sense in your body operating at super speed. I mean, she's uncomfortable in her own skin. And then when you throw in her other issues" Stefan said.
"How long before she's...at least a little normal?"
"There's no rule book"
"How long did it take you?"
"A while...a long while but I didn't have anybody helping me. I had to do it on my own. The thing is hard to resist certain people especially when you're new, it's dificult to seperate your feelings. Love, lust, anger, desire...it can all blur into one urge, hunger"
"That means...what?"
"It means that Jeremy can't see her now, she might not be able to resist him"
"Or worse" I told him.
"I'm nto gonna let anybody get hurt"
"I have to go...Elena will be waiting" I said.
"Tori.."
"Stefan...it's...there's really only so much a person can take" I said.
THE GILBERT HOUSE
Later on that night Jeremy was on the phone, probably trying to call Vicki.
"Hey, so uh do you guy's wanna hang out tonight?" Elena asked. "We could go to the dance, uh the Halloween thing at school? could be fun!"
"Cool. Sure. Sounds uh...sounds fun. Can't wait"
"Jer, we know you're upset about Vicki, I heard she called Matt" Elena said.
"You need to let her go" I said staring at the magazine I was reading.
"What does that mean?" Jeremy asked "Let her go?"
"Uh" I huffed "All you need t do is let her go. You know that saying. If you love someone let them go?" I asked "Besides It's for the best"
"Look for months after mom and dad died, I felt like crap. Like nothing really even mattered. Now all of a sudden I get these moments and things started to feel just a little bit better and Vicki was in every one of them. So you may not see it but trust me. keeping me away rom Vicki away from hdf is not the best"
"I think you'll find that it is"
"Stop guy's" Elena said.
LATER
We arrived at the school, I was dressed as some sort of undead zombie school girl, Elena dressed as a nurse and Jeremy just in a hooded top. He scared some kids and I smacked his arm.
"Aah!" The kids screamed.
"You two came as last years costume too?" Matt asked appearing out of no where.
"Yeah. We didn't know we were coming until an hour ago"
"Me neither and you're going as...you?" Matt asked.
Jeremy didn't answer as he walked off and I rolled my eyes.
"Ignore him, he's in a mood" I told Matt.
"Yeah I got into it with Vicki too, when she got home. I'm trying not to smother her tonight but part of me didn't wanna let her our of my sight"
"Wait...She's here?" I asked.
"yeah, you can't miss her. She's a vampire"
"Where did Jeremy go?" I asked, frantically. God he wasn't even...it was like...I didn't even know there was part of me that felt like I needed to keep him safe and by doing it, I had to keep Vicki away from him.
"What's wrong?" Elena asked.
"Nothing" I smiled "I was just wondering if she was here...I'll only be a minute"
"Okay"
I walked around eventually coming across Vicki and Stefan. "Thank god"
"What's the matter"
"Lost track of Jeremy" I said, mumbling.
"What's going on?"
"Hey. Uh everything's fine" Stefan said.
"I told you to quit bothering me" Vicki snapped.
"No Vicki" I hissed.
"Matt he won't leave me alone"
"You need to back off, man"
"Matt it's alright, It's okay" It was then that I noticed.
"No it's not okay. What the hell is your problem?" "Stefan she's gone" I hissed under my breath.
"I'm trying to help her" Stefan told him.
I rushed around, Stefan went the opposite ways and I walked outside.
"Jeremy" I called outside as I walked. "Jeremy...Jeremy!"
"Vicki! Vicki what the hell...ah...what the hell Vick-"
"Vicki you bitch!" I growled, and I grabbed the wooden plank hitting her over the head with it. She grabbed me by the throat and I wasn't near Jeremy anymore but I made myself get up and rush back over.
"Go, get inside...go"
I grabbed Jeremy "Come on jer, move!"
Then he wasn't beside me anymore and he wasn't beside me anymore and something sharp bit into my shoulder. An unwanted scream left my lips but before I knew it, I wasn't being bitten anymore. And when I turned, Vicki had a stake sticking out her heart. I gasped.
"Vicki! Vicki! Vicki!" Jeremy cried and I looked over to him.
"Get him away from this Stefan" I told him, as he pulled Jeremy away, I sat next to Vicki's grey and veiny body. When Damon arrived.
"You should go. I got this"
"You...you did this!" I snapped getting up "This is all your fault"
"You confuse me for someone with remorse"
I went to punch him in the face and he grabbed my arm.
"None of this matters to me. None of it"
"Everybody dies around you Damon, it does matter! It matters and you know it!" I growled and I finally managed to hit him a punch. "You're a dick and one of these days...you'll do this to someone and it'll backfire...like it's gonna backfire on me!"
"You need to leave. Your wounds are bleeding and you need to leave"
I turned, leaving him and I walked towards the car.
"Tor! Hey have you seen...whoa. What happened?"
"Nothing...fake blood Matt" I smiled.
"I...I can't find Vicki...she totally bailed on me"
"I don't know where she went"
"IS this what I'm in for? A lifetime of worrying about her?"
"You're a brilliant brother, Matt. She'd be stupid not to see that" I said, patting his shoulder before taking off towards the car again. I got in and stared out in front of me. I hit the steering whell, not only because I'd just watched Vicki be killed...bt because Matt believed me to be a friend. A few tears slipped down my cheeks. God why am I even upset?
I got home, and seen Stefan and he stood instantly "Where's Jeremy?" I asked.
"Inside"
I nodded and went inside and found Jeremy on the couch.
"Jer? Do you know what happened tonight?" I asked.
"No..I don't understand, I mean I know what I saw but...I don't understand"
"Vicki...she was going to kill me...Stefan had to kill her, Jeremy I'm sorry"
"Now she's dead..Vicki's dead"
"I'm so so sorry Jeremy"
"Make it stop" He cried "Make it stop it hurts"
"Shhh...hey listen to me..."
"I can't...it hurts Tor...it...she made me happy" He sobbed "WHy does everyone I love have to die on me?"
"Oh my god" I breathed and I pulled him into a hug. "Listen to me" I said pushing him back.
"Make it go away, make the hurt go away Tori...please"
I cupped his face "I'm gonna make it go away, alright? I promise I'm gonna make it go away"
"DO you promise?"
"I promise"
I got up after kissing Jeremy's forehead and went outside "Stefan...I know this is a lot to ask...but I need...you to make him forget"
"Tori..."
"Please. He...he's breaking in there...I can't watch him fall apart like that" I said.
"If I did it, there's no guarentee it would work, because of who I am. Because of how I live. I don't havethe ability to do it"
"I can do it. If this is what you want" Damon said appearing "I'll do it"
I stared at him and then at Stefan and then back at Damon "Do it"
"What do you want him to know?"
"Just that Vicki left town...and he's going to be okay without her, he'll miss her...but...that it's...for the best" I said.
Damon nodded and went inside the house and I sat next to Stefan.
"I'm sorry this happened"
"Bound to happen sooner or later" I said. "I thought this would be easier...knowing what was going on...but...it's not Stefan...this isn't easy"
"I know...I know it's not" He sighed. "Do you...want to forget?"
I looked at him "No...no...I don't want to feel like this, but...I don't want to lose anything that I feel for you Stefan" I said "As much as that sounds like...it's insane...I don't want to lose that"
It was then that Damon came back out.
"It's done"
"Thank you" I said getting up, brushing past him I headed into the house and shut the door over. Oh my god what was happening to me?