Victoria Ch 6 - Family Ties, a vampire diaries fanfic

So, new chapter! Thank you for all the reviews that I received so far!

Disclaimer: I don't and never will own The Vampire Diaries, nor the songs.

I grabbed two cups of coffee, gave one to Lena and glanced at the TV.

"To repeat, the animal terrorising Mystic Falls has been caught." The news guy said. Huh, yeah right. You wish.

"Scum ball. Scum bucket." I heard Jenna mutter.

"Who are you talking to?" Lena asked, wondering why Jenna was muttering insults over and over again.

"Him." Jenna frowned in disgust, looking over at the news guy.

"The news guy?" Elena tilted her head to the side.

"Also known as Logan "Scum" Fell. Did your mom ever tell you why I moved away from Mystic Falls?" Jenna asked, looking over to us, but mainly Lena, because I 'lost my memory'.

"Oh, no way. You and him?" Lena said and looked over at the TV "He's cute."

"Yeah, he's cute .." I glanced at Lena. "Some people also believe in big foot." I said with a serious tone, causing Jenna to chuckle.

"He is not cute. There is nothing cute about him." Jenna said to Lena. "What are you doing with that?" She asked, referring to the box in her hands.

"I went yesterday and got it from the safe deposit box. Mom had told Mrs. Lockwood she would loan it to the founder's council for their heritage display." Lena explained.

"Is that grandma Beth's wedding ring?" Jenna wondered.

"Originally it was great-great-grandma Mary's wedding ring." Lena said and I smirked. Jeremy walked in and grabbed a piece of jewellery.

"How much do you think this stuff is worth? You know, like on eBay?" He asked examining it. I snatched the jewellery away while Lena glared at him.

"You're not gonna find out." She scolded him.

"That stuff is mom and dad's. You can't just give it away." Jeremy protested.

"We're not giving it away." I said.

"It's called a loan, Jeremy." Lena added talking as if she was teaching a little kid. The doorbell went and Lena got up to answer. I guess Stefan came then, but I had to tell her something so I quickly got up and went to them.

"Lena!" I said, catching both of their attention. "Oh, hey Stef." I greeted him and he smiled. "Lena, can I talk to you for a second?"

"Yeah, okay .. Be right back." She said to Stefan and walked over to me. I knew Stefan could hear us, but Lena didn't know that yet, so .. "What's up?"

"Hey, you know, there is a watch in there, right?" I asked her.

"Yeah .."

"I will give it to Jer and don't try to take it away from him. Just come up with something to Mrs. Lockwood. And I will give it to him because it goes to the first-born son, okay?" I said and she looked suspiciously at me. Oh god, I didn't think before speaking! "I just read some old journals." I said.

"Okay, then .. No problem." And walked away with Stefan.

I went back to the kitchen and started looking for the watch.

"Elena's been getting on with Stefan very well." Jenna commented.

"Yeah, she has. I'm glad she's finally happy." I smiled.

"Now we just have to find you a boyfriend." She smirked.

"Shut up! I don't need one." I grinned at my aunt.

"Okay, okay!" She said and put her hands up. "What are you looking for?"

"I just .." I found the watch. "Ha-ha! I'll be right back."

I walked into Jeremy's room to find him with his headphones on. I tapped him on the shoulder and he looked at me, taking them off.

"Here, this should be yours. According to some old journals, the first-born son gets it." I said smiling, giving him the watch.

"Thank you, I guess .." He said as he took the watch. I just gave him a smile.

"No problem, little bro."

I met up with Caroline and Bonnie at the Grill. I knew Bonnie didn't have a date to the founders party - and I didn't have on either, and I couldn't just let her go alone. It would be too sad. But I also didn't want to look suspicious, so I'll let this play out.

"Hey gals." I said smiling at them.

"Hey." They greeted back, while I sat down in the spare seat next to Bonnie.

"So, what are you guys talking about?" I asked.

"Caroline is taking Damon to the founder's party." Bonnie sighed.

"Well, then." I said and put on a serious face. Got to have fun with this! I took Bonnie's hands in mine and she just looked at me weirdly. "Bonnie, I don't know how to say this .." I said looking as uneasy as I could, and I could see her starting to take this the wrong way. "I wanted to ask you .. if .." I said and finally glanced at her eyes, which were filled with shock. "You would go with me to the founders ball?" I finished. By the look on her face, I couldn't keep mine serious anymore and I cracked up laughing, Caroline joining me in.

"Tori, what the hell?" Bonnie said and started laughing as well. Once we died down, it was she who turned to me with a serious face. "I would be glad to accompany you, Ms. Gilbert." She said and touched my cheek with one hand. I could see Caroline watching us with amusement in her eyes and Bonnie's with mischief. "After the party, we could go to mine .." I just placed my hand on top of hers that was on my cheek, which took her by surprise, and said.

"Or to mine .." She just blushed and looked away, while Caroline started laughing at us again. "You can't win against me, Bon. So, seriously, all jokes aside - will you go with me?"

"Of course I will. I don't have a date." She said.

"Great!"

"So, is your mom ok with you bringin Damon?" Bonnie asked Caroline.

"And I'm supposed to care why?" Caroline snapped.

"He's older sexy danger guy." Bonnie said matter-of-factly.

"Older sexy danger guy? Is that an official witch twitter tweet?" Caroline teased.

"No more witch jokes, ok? That whole Mr. Tanner prediction thing has me freaked."

"Ok. And Damon's not dangerous. You know, he just has a lot of issues with his brother. You know, like major, deep-rooted drama." God, here come the lies ..

"Like ..?" Bonnie asked.

"I'm not really supposed to say anything." Caroline sighed.

"Caroline Forbes, when have you ever kept a secret in your life?" Bonnie scoffed.

"Ok. But you can't tell Elena. Especially you, Tori." Caroline narrowed her eyes at me.

"Ok!" I said defensively.

"Well, they both dated this girl, Katherine. In the end she chose Damon which made Stefan go crazy, so he did horrible things to try and break them up, including manipulating Katherine. He filled her head with all these lies until finally it worked, and she turned against Damon." Caroline explained.

"You don't actually believe that do you? Stefan would never do that!" I defended Stefan.

"Damon wouldn't lie." Caroline glared at me.

"Yeah, well, they probably have very different stories." I hissed. "Besides, that's just Damon's side of the story. I very, very highly doubt that it's true."

"Tori, how do you know you can trust Stefan? What do you know about him?" Bonnie asked. I couldn't answer. I obviously couldn't tell them what I know. It would change everything!

After we split up, I needed to meet up with my new 'band'. There were five of them. First was Amy, who was on piano and some back-up singing. Next was Ben, who was on base guitar. Then there was Damian - drums. And last but not least - Josh and Paul, who were both on guitar. We already practiced a few times, but another time won't hurt. But, first - I needed to talk to Mrs. Lockwood. So, I started looking for her and eventually I found her.

"Hello, Mrs. Lockwood." I greeted her with a smile.

"Hello, Victoria. How are you?"

"I am fine, thank you. I wanted to ask you, would it be alright if me and my band sang a song today at the party?" I asked.

"Sing? You sing?" She asked shocked while I giggled a little.

"Yes, Mrs. Lockwood. I sing." I answered with a smile. "And we've been practicing a few songs already, so I just wanted to know if we could sing tonight."

"Yes, of course. Although, you'll have to talk to the other band that is singing tonight, first." She said and pointed to them. "They are there."

"Thank you." I thanked her and walked over to the band. "Hey, guys."

"Hey." They all chorused, but a girl spoke up for all of them. "Did you want something? Since, obviously Carol directed you here." Huh, a friendly person. Good.

"Yeah, well, I wondered if me and my band could sing a few songs tonight?" I asked with a smile.

"Well, I don't know .." Then she turned to her band. "What do you think, guys?"

"Can you sing?" One spoke up.

"Yeah, I can sing." I answered with a shrug.

"Then, come on - sing us a few lines of something." Sing them a few lines .. What should I .. Oh.

You're a bad boy,
I'm a good girl,
And I'm gonna get my heart broken in time
You're a bad boy,
Baby your world,
Is gonna chew me up and spit out alive
If I could help myself, you know I would
Why do the bad boys always look so good?

While I was singing, some of the workers turned their heads towards us. When I finished, the band seemed impressed and started clapping.

"Good. Really good. Well, I guess you could sing a few songs tonight, no problem." The girl finally said.

"Thank you." I thanked them with a smile and we started to plan a little. After a while, I went to my 'people' (band) and we started practicing.

Lena, Bonnie and I were sat at the table painting our nails.

"Delicate flower vs. Naughty vixen." Bonnie wondered.

"Delicate flower." I said.

"Tough call. Can we mix them?" Lena smiled.

"Look at you, getting all pretty for your date. You seem happy-ish." Bonnie grinned.

"Of course I am getting pretty for my date." I said, even though I knew it was directed at Lena. "When it's someone as beautiful as my date, how could I not?" I said with a dreamy tone and they jut laughed at me.

"I mainly asked Lena, but that's kind of you, Tori. Maybe I should do the same." Bonnie smiled.

"I am .. ish. Tonight's going to be a good night. But don't let that stop you from telling me whatever it is you wanted to tell me as soon as you walked in the door." Bonnie's head snapped up. Lena's gaze moved to me.

"What if I tell you in the morning? I don't want to ruin your night." Bonnie shrugged.

"Out with it." Lena demanded.

"Ok, but it has to go in the vault, because Caroline will kill us if it gets back to Damon that she squealed. Apparently, Stefan has a very interesting back story."

"Uh-huh." Lena said suspiciously.

"Do you know what happened with his ex-girlfriend Katherine?"

"Yeah, they both dated her, only she chose Damon. And that drove Stefan mad, so he did horrible things to try and break them up. He manipulated Katherine. He filled her head with all these lies until finally it worked, and she turned against Damon."

"That sounds like one person's side of the story, meaning Damon's."

"That's what I said." I spoke up.

"I just wanted you to know." Bonnie sighed.

"Anyway, his past relationships are none of my business." Lena told us.

"Unless he's a calculating, manipulative liar. That is your business." Bonnie muttered.

"Stefan is none of those things."

"Yeah? How do you know?" Bonnie questioned Lena, just like she had questioned me. Elena couldn't answer either, but for different reasons. "By the way, Tori, you said something about singing tonight?" She asked me.

"Yeah, I'm singing tonight. Why, can't wait for it?" I slightly joked.

"Yeah, I can't wait. I haven't heard you sing since .. forever!" Bonnie exclaimed.

"Yeah, well, you'll have to get used to it because I'll be singing every chance I get." I answered here with a smile.

The three of us had moved up to Lena's room to do our hair and make-up etc. The home phone started ringing. Elena answered it and jumped on her bed.

"Hello? Hi, Mrs Lockwood. What do you mean? It is? Are you sure? 'Cause I saw it. Let me check. Mhm. I will find it and bring it. Ok. Bye." Lena finished the phone call and turned to me. "Did you give the watch to Jeremy?"

"Yeah, I did. I told you I would. And don't try to take it away from him." I answered while looking straight at her face.

"Then what should I tell Mrs. Lockwood?"

"Just tell her that you couldn't find it - that's it. Can't be hard, can it?"

"Yeah, I guess .."

I showed up at the Lockwood Mansion with Bonnie. We greeted Mayor Lockwood who ushered us in and we just looked around.

"I'm gonna go search for some champagne and bring us some, okay?" Bonnie asked.

"Sure."

"Victoria." Said a voice and I turned around with a small smile.

"Hello again, Mrs. Lockwood. Your look beautiful tonight." I greeted her.

"Thank you, Victoria. You look beautiful, too." I just shrugged. I was wearing a purple tiered dress that stopped mid-thigh with a thick black belt running across my stomach, accompanied by a silver clutch, a black jacket with white cuffs keeping me warm (since I will be going to be singing outside tonight), black and grey heels stopping at my ankles. (A/N You can find a photo of it on my profile) All in all, I think I looked good tonight.

"So, what did you need?" I got straight to the point.

"I noticed the watch still isn't in the collection." Ugh, why are you telling me this?

"Oh, I'm sorry Mrs. Lockwood, we couldn't find it .." I answered with a sad look. "I guess it's still packed up in our parents stuff somewhere."

"I see. Well, please let me know if you do find it." She said. "Are you ready for your live perfomance tonight?"

"Yeah, we are."

"Good. Can't wait." She said and walked away.

"Tori." I heard Stefan's voice and turned around, while he just widened his eyes a little. "You look beautiful." I just laughed at his expression.

"Thank you. You don't look so bad yourself." I answered and we both smiled. "Care for a quick dance?" I asked holding out my hand, while with my eyes trying to say that we needed to talk a little bit.

"Sure." He took my hand, took me there and we danced to a slow song. "So, what's up?"

"First of all, where is Lena?" I asked in a whisper, so that only he could hear.

"She is here around somewhere. Why?"

"Just wondering. And where is Damon?"

"He's in the other room right now."

"Can he hear us?"

"No .." He said wearily. "What is this about?"

"Are you trying to put Damon down tonight with vervain?" I asked and he looked shocked.

"How did you-"

"Are you, or are you not?" I asked, cutting him off.

"Yeah, I am. Why?"

"Don't try to spike his drink. Spike Caroline's. Then, when he feeds on her, he'll just crumble - fast." I said and he looked impressed.

"When did you come up with this?" I just shrugged.

"Today. Don't worry about it." I just stepped away from him. "You should find Lena and dance with her." I just turned away to find Bonnie standing behind me. "Bonnie." I said with a smile and extended my hand. "Would you care for a dance?" She just laughed and we started dancing. After a while, I walked around and found Mrs. Lockwood looking for me.

"Victoria, sweety, your band is ready to come up any minute now."

"Good, thank you. We'll be there in a minute." I texted everyone and found Aunt Jenna standing near me. "Aunt Jenna." I greeted her. "Come on, I'm singing next and I want you to hear it." I said, took her hand and led her away.

Outside, there was a 'stage', so to speak, and people were gathered along. I could see familiar faces. There was Stefan, Damon, Lena, Bonnie, Tyler, Caroline etc. I just found my band members.

"Are you guys ready?" I asked them.

"Yeah." Everyone answered. "Are you?" Amy asked me.

"Hell yeah, I am. Let's go!" I said and we walked on the stage. While everyone got settled in, I just took the microphone. "Hello, everyone. How are you doing tonight?" I asked everyone.

I heard fine/horrible/bored and other kind of replies. I heard Amy say that they were ready.

"Okay, this first song I would like to dedicate mainly to my Aunt Jenna." I said and she looked confused. And Andy I added in my mind. "Let's go!" I said and started singing. (A/N The song is 'You're the Reason' by Victoria Justice, look it up)

I don't want to make a scene
I don't want to let you down
Try to do my own thing
And I'm starting to figure it out
That it's alright
Keep it together wherever we go
And it's alright, oh well, whatever
Everybody needs to know

You might be crazy
Have I told you lately that I love you?
You're the only reason that I'm not afraid to fly
And it's crazy that someone could change me
Now no matter what it is I have to do, I'm not afraid to try
And you need to know that you're the reason why

I don't even care when they say
You're a little bit off
Look me in the eye, I say
I could never get enough
'Cause it's alright
Keep it together wherever we go
And it's alright, oh well, whatever
Everybody needs to know

If it was raining, you would yell at the sun
Pick up the pieces when the damage is done
You say it's just another day in the shade
But look at what a mess we made

When we finished, everyone cheered and we just stared the second song. (A/N 'Cheer me up' by Victoria Justice)

Hmm, oh oh, oh oh. Yeah, ah
You got me out of my seat.
It's like I've been in bed for a week.
I've been slipping and sliding all over the place.
And nobody cares, I'm such a disgrace.
You got me out of my mood, that's something only you can do.
'Cause I feel like I'm home when I'm in your arms.
And that's why I need you

Cheer Me Up, come and dance with me.
And you take my hand.
Oh, Cheer Me Up, oh, oh.
Even if we're the only ones dancing.
Cheer me up, woah.
Please, won't you Cheer Me Up, oh, oh.
Even if we're the only ones dancing.

Give me a reason to smile
The kind that will last for a while
Like only you know how
Make it ok now
You got your ways to make this girl's day
Its the magic that's in your touch
It makes everything mean so much
The poetry in your eyes
Is enough to take me to a high
Woah take me to a high
You got to cheer me up

Cheer me up, come and dance with me
And you take my hand
Oh cheer me up, oh oh
Even if we're the only ones dancing
Cheer me up, woah
Please won't you cheer me up, oh oh
Even if we're the only ones dancing

You turn my frown upside down
My smile's lost 'n' found
When you are around
You cheer me up, you cheer me up
You turn my frown upside down
My smile's lost 'n' found
When you are around

Only you've got the magic,
Only you've got the key
To my heart, to my heart, oh, yeah
Only you've got the magic
Only you've got the way To my heart
You've got to cheer me up

Oh,cheer me up, come and dance with me
And you take my hand, oh
Cheer me up, oh oh
Even if we're the only ones dancing
Cheer me up, woah
Please won't you cheer me up, oh oh
Even if we're the only ones dancing

The crowd cheered again and I felt like I never felt before, even though it wasn't a big crowd.

"Thank you! This is our last song!" Some people booed when I said that and I just chuckled while drinking some water and the music started playing again. (A/N 'Here's 2 Us' by Victoria Justice)

Ooooh
Here's to the Mondays watching all the cars on the freeway
I ain't got a thing to do can I sit here next to you? and oh oh oh
Yeah I kinda wish I got paid cause my card got maxed out yesterday
Could you give me a shot and I'll work with what I got
Not a dollar in my pocket but I rock it like I ain't broke, you know?

Ooooh
Here's to us oh oh
Here's to us oooh here's to us oh oh
Here's to never winning first place
Here's to crying on your first date
Here's to every single heartbreak
Here's to us oooh here's to us

Here's to the mistakes
Somehow they always drop you in the right place
So lets go another round till the sky is falling down
And we'll laugh all the shakers and movers
Now who's the loser? What a joke

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
I'm a player I'm a hater
But I swear you'd never know
Cause I've got a smile on
I'm an ex-con that just got off parole
Could've been a contender a pretender
Like a brand I play the role
But I'm not so what and that's just how it goes

Yeah!
Ooooh
Here's to us oh oh
Here's to us oooh here's to us oh oh
Here's to never winning first place
Here's to crying on your first date
Here's to all the bad first dates
Here's to every single heartbreak
Here's to raining on your own parade
Here's to showing up anyway
Here's to us here's to us here's to
Here's to the Mondays

I finished, being out of breath and the crowd cheered. I noticed after the second song more people came to listen.

"Thank you!" I said, bowed and we - me and my band - walked from the stage, where we were first greeted by the other band.

"You guys were awesome!" The girl said.

"Thanks!" I thanked and just walked away from them. While I walked everyone congratulated me and I finally made it to my friends. "Hey, guys."

"You were awesome! How come you didn't sing sooner?" Bonnie said while she hugged me, and then realised. "Oh, right, sorry. Memory loss, can't really answer that one." I just laughed.

"Thanks, Bon."

"You were amazing out there, Tori." Stefan said with a smile and I just smiled back.

"You were amazing! And thank you so much for that song, it was fantastic!" Jenna said and hugged the air out of me.

"Ok .. Jenna .. Thanks .." I choked out, but she didn't seem to realise it, so Lena just put an arm on her shoulder.

"Aunt Jenna, you're going to crush her." She said. Jenna looked at her, then at me and pulled away.

"Sorry."

"It's okay." I said and put my arm through Bonnie's. "Come on, date. Let's get some champagne." We both laughed and walked away.

Later on, I was sitting on a couch with Bonnie and Lena, consoling Lena about a fight she had with Stefan.

"This is my fault. I planted doubt. I'm a doubt planter." Bonnie said looking guilty.

"It's not your fault. I just-I feel terrible because I got in the middle of him and Damon, and I pushed him too hard. I got all snotty." Lena frowned. I just sat next to her.

"Hey, don't worry. Stefan's a great guy. You'll get back together in no time." I said with a smile which she returned.

Bonnie and I were sitting in the living room and we were talking about various things.

"So, when did you come up with those last two songs? Because as I read your songbook last time, they weren't there." She said. I remember letting her read my songbook, which she loved, by the way.

"A few days ago." I answered nonchalently.

"A few days ago? Girl, you have a gift over there." She said and we both laughed when Mrs. Lockwood walked over to a waiter and began snapping at the poor guy.

"Look around. What's missing? The flames, the candles. Why aren't they lit? There's matches in the kitchen." She sighed in annoyance, and then she walked passed us.

"Bitch." We both whispered in sync, laughing when we realised we said it together.

"I'm going to try something." Bonnie stated, handing me her glass and staring at a candle. Nothing happened and she turned around sighing. Suddenly, all the candles in the room lit up.

"Bonnie, look." I told her gently, making Bonnie turn around. "Everything your grams said is true, I guess. It would explain everything, Bonnie." I told her in a gentle voice.

She only nodded.

Bonnie had gone off to get her head around what just happened wile I started going outside for some air. On the way there, I saw Lena coming towards me.

"Come with me." She said and grabbed my hand.

"Woah, woah woah! What's wrong, Lena?"

"I just learned that Damon is abusing Caroline. Can you believe that?" She said and we walked over to Damon, who was outside, and she pushed him. "There is something seriously wrong with you. You stay away from Caroline or I will go straight to her mother - the sheriff. You got it? Stay away from her." She spat at him. After that, she stomped off and I glared at him, before walking away to find Stefan. I found him just as he was about to leave.

"Hey, Stefan. Everything ready?" I asked him and he nodded.

"Yeah, come on." He said and grabbed my hand. What is with people grabbing my hand today? We went to a tree and watched as Damon dragged Caroline out, whispered something to her and just bit her neck. After about a minute, he dropped on his back and Stefan walked out. I could hear him perfectly when he started to talk to Damon. The hell? And he wasn't even loud!

"I knew I couldn't spike your drink." He said walking closer to him. "So I spiked hers." Damon, from the looks of it, lost conciousness. I just walked over to Caroline just as she started to get up, and I saw Lena walking over, too, so I just played along.

"Caroline? There you are. We've been looking everywhere for you. Are you ok?" I called out to her.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She answered.

"Caroline, what happened?" Lena asked.

"I'm fine." She replied, before violently shaking.

"No. You're shaking. Caroline - what -" Elena started.

"I'm fine!" Caroline cried.

"Caroline, come here .. Come here." We both hugged her tightly.

So, here is chapter two. What did you think? Have any suggestions? Review!