Okay, guys! Sorry that it's been so long since my last update. I've been out of town, etc. etc.. And just, kinda, was a little lazy to write. I was also thinking of what I should add, change and other things .. Hope this will be good enough for you! Review!
Disclaimer: I don't and never will own The Vampire Diaries, nor the songs/lyrics.
It's been four days since Damon's been locked up in that cell. I didn't really go over there, Stefan just texted me saying that he was shutting down and some other things, but he didn't text or call Lena, just like in the show. Right now, I was trying to write a song downstairs, waiting for Lena to come down. No doubt she would have seen Vicki by now. Today, I was wearing Phillip Lim Stretch Jersey Top, Diesel Black Gold Degradé Stretch Denim Skinny Jeans, Alexander Wang 'Erin' Buckled Leather Ankle Boots, Burberry Metallic London Leather Cuff on my left hand and Ashley Pittman Bora set of 10 bronze and horn bangles on my right with drop disc earrings. When we'll head out, I'll put on Muubaa Sirius Biker Jacket (A/N Link to what she's wearing on my profile).
Later today, I was going to go to Ben's house (base on the band), since he lived alone and kinda had a studio - IN HIS OWN HOUSE! Okay, okay - back to the song at hand ..
"Okay, what do you think of this?" I asked Jenna and she looked up. It was pretty good getting input sometimes. I started with what I have with the rhythm that I have in my head - when I write a song, I always have a rhythm of the song.
"You're sick of feeling numb
You're not the only one
I'll take you by the hand
And I'll show you a world that you can understand
This life is filled with hurt
When happiness doesn't work
Trust me and take my hand
When the lights go out you'll understand"
"Pretty good! What are you going to do about the chorus?" She asked looking impressed.
"Don't know yet. Thinking about something with Pain this time, y'know?" I said.
"Pain? I thought all your songs are about love, caring etc. etc."
"Honestly? I don't know. I just feel like it. And maybe find someone who can sing it, rather than myself, because I can't imagine myself singing this song and making it sound good enough." This was mostly true. I probably will find someone in the band. If not, this song will be forgotten.
"Oh, well .." She started, but we heard someone coming down the stairs.
"Jenna! Are you aware of what's going on upstairs?" Lena said in a hushed tone.
"Uh-huh." Jenna smirked.
"And you have no objection?" She asked again.
"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."
"Oh, so you're actually going to do it. You're gonna go out with Logan." I said. "By the way, good morning, Lena." And added while giving her a one-armed hug.
"Morning, sis." She said and turned to Jenna. "I thought you said he was an ass?"
"I'm going to show up and torture him." She said to us and turned to Lena. "And have you heard from Stefan?" I turned my gaze to her as well.
"Not since he left that very vague message three days ago. 'Hi, um, Elena, I, um, have something I have to do. I'll, uh, explain in a few days.'" She said in her generic guy voice. I laughed at her imitation of Stefan.
"That was probably the most stupidest - no offense, of course - imitation of Stefan." I said laughing, while she playfully glared at me.
"Haven't you called him?" Jenna asked.
"Nope. Not going to either."
"And you're ok with everything?"
"No, I'm not ok with any of it. But I'm not gonna cry about it, either. You know, I was going to write in my diary this morning and then I thought - what am I going to write? Honestly, I'm not gonna be one of those pathetic girls whose world stops spinning because of some guy." Believe me - later, you will.
"Ok, then."
"I'll be fine." Lena said and turned to me. "I remembered something. Remember when I said you don't have a car?"
"Yeah .. ?" I said vaguely. I remember when she said that I didn't have a car - was it yesterday? - when I asked her.
"Well, you have something better - which, I hope, you'll like." She said and turned to walk away.
"Oh, god .." Jenna groaned. What could be that bad or .. good?
"Come on, Tori." She said turning to me. Well, here goes nothing !
I got up and followed her to the garage and I gasped at what I saw. There, in front of my own eyes, was a black Yamaha YZF-R1 with two helmets hanging on each handle (A/N Photos on my profile). One had some sort of white phoenix around it's black helmet, the other one a .. dragon?
"Oh my god, Lena! Why didn't you say anything to me earlier?" I asked in a whisper, and I guess she barely heard me. I remember having a motorcycle at home, but it was pretty old and I didn't drive it since I got sick. Even when I wasn't sick, I didn't really drive in the city since I wasn't old enough.
She just looked at me with excitement and said. "Well, you didn't ask and I just forgot. By the way, the helmets, if I remember correctly, have microphones and earphones or something like that, so that two people who are riding it could communicate." Even better! When I walked over it, the keys were in the ignition.
"Let's drive to school in style!" I said and she giggled. I put on my Muubaa Sirius Biker Jacket, and gave her the phoenix helmet while I put on the dragon one. We got it out of the garage, got on it and started driving towards school.
"God, this is cool! Still can't believe you didn't tell me this sooner." I told her, knowing that if those mics didn't work she will still hear me, because she was holding on to me very tightly.
"Yeah, well, at least I told you now. And, for gods sake, can you try to go a little slower?" I perfectly heard her, so I guess they are working.
"Aah, come on! Do I have to?" I asked her.
"Yes, you have!"
"Fine .." With that, I slowed down a bit - but not much.
When we got to the school parking lot, I purposely let the engine roar, so to speak, so that people would notice us - and they did! When I parked, Lena got off first and stumbled a little.
"Hey, take it easy. There's no rush." I told her as we both took off our helmets and let the hair fall down, shaking our heads a little bit.
"You coming?" She asked, seeing as I was still on the bike.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm coming." I said and slowly got off my bike. I still can't believe it - MY BIKE!
"Hey, nice entrance." I heard Bonnie's voice and turned, seeing her walking over to us.
"Thanks. Wanted to show off a little bit, y'know?" I joked.
"Yeah, yeah. Let's go."
We walked to school, while some people were still staring at us. I put both helmets in my locker - don't even ask how they fit in there, and heard Caroline's voice.
"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. I want, in your face, sexy. I mean, it's a fund raiser, for god's sake." She babbled to a bunch of girls. Lena, Bonnie and I were leaning against the lockers away from them and the others.
"Unbelievable. It's like nothing happened." Lena sighed and I sighed along with her.
"She's in denial." Bonnie shrugged.
"Hey." Stefan walked up to us.
"Hey. You know, I gotta go. Um, be somewhere right now." Bonnie excused herself and walked away.
"I'm so sorry I haven't called." Stefan apologised, knowing he was in Lena's bad books.
"No worries. I'll live." Elena replied nonchalantly.
"I was .. dealing with Damon." Yeah, you were dealing with him alright. But, for how long?
"And did you .. deal with Damon?" Lena asked.
"Yes. Yeah."
"For four days?"
"You have every right to be upset with me, but, can I explain it all to you. Please?" He asked her.
"Sure." She sighed and glanced at me. "When?"
"I gotta be home, after school. But the Grill? 4 o'clock?"
"Okay."
"Thanks."
"By the way, good morning to you too, Stefan! How is your morning today?" I said sarcastically. He just chuckled - CHUCKLED for Christ's sake!
"Pretty good. Say your grand entrance." I guess a lot of people will be talking about it, huh? Just as I was about to talk again, Caroline interrupted us.
"Stefan? Where's Damon? He has some serious apologizing to do."
"He's gone, Caroline." Stefan said.
"When is he coming back?" She asked.
"He's not coming back. I'm sorry."
"This is a good thing, Caroline." I said.
"I know that." She sighed.
Just like that, we all walked away to our classes.
In school, I was able to finish the song and write a new one. After school, I drove Lena to The Grill and drove myself to Ben's house. Let me tell you, when I was riding alone - it was heaven! I could drive as fast as I wanted! When I parked, Amy and Damian were just getting out of the jeep and Amy looked shocked at me. I just took off my helmet, shook my head a little for the hair and turned to her.
"What?" I asked innocently.
"I .. Uh .. When did you .."
"Oh, I had it all along. Since, remember, I kinda lost my memories, I didn't know I had it until Lena told me." She suddenly had a look of understanding.
"Oh. Cool, cool .. Come on, let's go." She said dragging me and Damian to the house. When we got there, we greeted Ben, Paul and Josh and went to the studio, and let me tell you - it was amazing!
"Okay, Ben, listen. Since this is your studio, I'll try with you, and I think you might be the one I'm looking for." They all just looked at me confused. "Can you sing a few line? Like, try to sing what I'm singing to the rhythm, okay?" He just nodded.
"Pain, without love
Pain, I can't get enough
Pain, I like it rough
'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all"
He just repeated the same. Good! And his voices sounded fantastic! Onto the second try. I just nodded and started again.
"It's scratching on the walls
In the closet, in the halls
It comes awake
And I can't control it"
He repeated. Good god! He's fantastic!
"Okay. Listen, you will also be singing." All of them looked shocked. "I have some songs that I'm just not good enough, so to speak, sing. It has to be sung by a guy, and your perfect for it!"
"I don't know, Tori .." Why is he so unsure about it?
"Come on! Think! Don't you want to sing in front of a crowd?"
"Yeah .."
"Then this is your perfect chance!"
"Yeah, okay." He nodded.
"Tori, what song were those lyrics from?" Josh suddenly asked.
"Oh, they are from my songs."
"Your songs? When did you write them?" Paul asked.
"Today, in school mainly. Why?" They all looked impressed.
"Nothing. It's just .. Your good at this." Amy said.
"Thanks. So, let's try practicing?" I said and we started.
When we were done and were just talking, I got a call from Lena.
"Hey, Tori. Are you busy?" I guess she talked to Stefan.
"No, not really. We already finished practicing."
"Practicing?" Didn't I tell her?
"Yeah. You know, with the band? Didn't I tell you?"
"No."
"Oh .. Okay. What did you want?"
"Why do you think that I want something when I call you?" I just chuckled.
"Well, when you call you usually want something, because we normally talk in person about everything, not through a cell phone." Everyone in the room looked amused.
"Yeah, okay. Can you pick me up from the Grill?" Ah, there we go.
"Sure. Be there in 5 - or less. Maybe less?"
"Why so fast? Are you, like, close around?"
"No, not really. But, you know .. I have a bike, I love speed .." I said and everyone in the room laughed, while Lena just groaned.
"Ugh, just try safe, okay?"
"Okay, okay. See you in a few." I ended the call and was already at the door putting my helmet on. I got on my bike, started it and rode off. When I was there, I rode next to Lena and handed her the other helmet.
"2 and about a half minutes. Not bad, I'd say." I said to her and she just rolled her eyes getting on the bike.
"Okay, okay. Just don't drive that fast while I'm with you, and try to be careful." She said and put her arms around my waist when I started to ride home. "I don't want to lose you, too." She added putting her head on my back.
"Don't worry, Lena. You won't." I told her gently, while riding not too fast.
When we got home, she told me what happened and not to worry about it. She just went to her room so I decided to call Stefan.
"Hello?" I heard his voice on the other end.
"Hey, Stefan! My buddy! What arere you doing?"
"Nothing. You?" He said, clearly amused.
"Nothing, nothing .. Listen, Lena just went to her room, so I would suggest you get your -"I said this next part in a whisper, in case Jeremy heard me. "- old vampire ass here," and normally again. "or I'll put you next to Damon."
"Okay, okay .. But, what for?"
"You are making her a meal tonight. Pick up some groceries while your coming, I'll explain when you get here." I told him what to pick up and he said he'll be here soon.
True to his word, not even thirty minutes passed when he was next to me in the kitchen.
"Hey. So, what am I doing?"
"Hey. Ok, look. You are making her a meal tonight and telling her the truth." He just looked at me like I grew another head. "No, not that truth! The truth about yourself. Like, history with Katherine, favorite color, band and so on and so on. Talk to her, you know?" He just nodded. "By the way, her favorite is Chicken Parmesan. Will you be able to make it?" I asked, even though I knew he would be able to make it.
"I just happen to be a good cook."
"Well, we'll see. Start making everything." I said just as I saw Jeremy walking down the stairs.
"What's he doing here?" He asked looking at both of us.
"He is making Lena a meal and talking to her. Can you tell her to come down?" I told him, knowing full well that I could just ask her and she'll come but I wanted him to do something for her.
"Um .. Sure." He said and I turned to Stefan.
"She'll be down in five." Stefan just nodded.
Me and Jeremy went upstairs into Lena's bedroom door. Well, he just stood in it while I stood outside of it, so that she wouldn't see me.
"Are you ok?" He asked.
"Is Vicki here?" She asked.
"Don't answer a question with another question Elena."
"I'm miserable." She said.
"Well you should go eat something." He said and walked out. We just fist-bumped and he went back to his room, probably back to Vicki.
Lena went downstairs and I just sat at the stairs, listening to them. Lena had been quite cold at first. Then I felt someone next to me and I turned my head seeing Jeremy.
"That's a nice thing, what you did for Elena." He said.
"Mhm." I replied. I just looked at him and smiled, suddenly feeling very tired. "Well, I don't know about you, but I am going to bed."
"Night, sis."
"Night."
I went to my room. God, what did I do today? I feel just like I did in my own world when I was sick. The only difference is - I'm not really sick here .. As soon as my head touched the pillow, I fell asleep.
I was sitting in front of Katherine, who was sitting on a chair on the other end of the table. It looked like we were in some sort of mansion.
"So, sister. Where do you think we should go next?" She gently asked me.
"I don't really know. Hm .. How about Paris?"
"Paris? Really? Why there?"
"Well, I always wanted to see .." I suddenly felt a sharp pain all over my body.
"Victoria?" Kat asked, looking concerned. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know .." I started getting up, even with all of that pain. "It hurts .."
"What's wrong?" She was up from her seat, too.
"Kat, I .." Suddenly, I couldn't do anything and everything went black.
"No friends discounts, no freebies, no pay ya laters. We are not running a charity here. No we are not." Caroline said.
"No we are not." Lena and me said. We were in the Sexy Suds car wash. I still couldn't make anything of the dream I had. Stefan came to us and smiled.
"Hi." He said.
"Hey." We replied at the same time, again.
"Guys, the event is called sexy suds, you know." Caroline said and walked away.
"Did we just get scolded?" Lena asked.
"And judged, yeah." I replied.
"Wow." Wow, Stefan. Couldn't think of anything else?
"I'm sorry, but I guess you're going to have to take that off." Lena said to Stefan.
"I think you have to go first." Stefan said with a slight smirk.
"Ok." Lena smiled and tried pulling off her shirt but had trouble getting it off. I just laughed at her and watched as Stefan helped her get it off. "Ok, um — sorry so not sexy. Urgh .."
"I disagree." Stefan said and they kissed.
"Ugh, get a room, guys." I just joked with them and Lena looked embarrassed. Cute ! .. Wait, did I really just think that?
"Hey, you're getting soap in that." She said noticing Stefan's ring and trying to change the subject as we washed a car.
"Oh, it's fine."
"I noticed that Damon has one too. Is there a story behind it?" Uh-oh. Here we go.
"Yeah, it's the family crest from the Italian renaissance." He said.
"Hmm. What's the stone?" I asked.
"It's called Lapis Lazuli."
"Oh. You should really take it off, I could put it in my bag." No, Lena! Then he will burn in the sun and you will be left with no boyfriend!
"No, it's - it's fine, really. Thanks though."
"Ok. I'm gonna get some towels." Lena said.
"Ok." As she walked away, I turned to Stefan.
"Why don't you want to take it off?" I joked as he turned to me. "It's not like the sun can hurt you, right?" He just laughed. Good!
"No, not really. I would just burn to crisp, but otherwise - nothing serious." Now it was my turn to chuckle. "Hey, you seem to know quite a bit of stuff about this."
"Oh, really?" Shit, what now? "Well, I don't know how, but .. I just know, you know?"
"Oh .." He still looked suspicious. "By the way, what was Elena like? I mean, when you were kids."
"Um, I don't really know .." He looked at me funnily. Did he forget? "Hey, don't look at me like that. I really don't remember. Just some bits and pieces, but not much." I pointed my finger to my head. "Memory loss, remember?" A look of realisation dawned on him.
"Oh, yeah. Right. Sorry, forgot."
"Don't worry about it." Really, I've been getting some flashbacks from this Victoria's life. However, these dreams are something else. What is going on with that .. ? I remember Damon telling me .. Wait .. Damon! Caroline is going to release him! "Hey, I'll be right back."
I was almost at school when I heard a weak voice.
"Tori .."
What the hell? I turned to my left and let out a gasp, as Damon was standing there.
"Tori, help me .." The hell? Shouldn't he be appearing to Caroline? I blinked and he disappeared. "Tori .. Help me .." I just turned around and walked in search of Lena. When I found her, she was taking money from some old guy.
"That'll be twenty dollars."
"Mhm." Then she really looked at him.
"I saw you last night." Yeah, great way to start the conversation with an old guy. "You were talking to a friend of mine? At the Grill?"
"Well, I .. I thought it was somebody I knew."
"Stefan Salvatore?"
"No, it can't be. It's just my mind playing tricks on me."
"Where do you think you'd seen him before?"
"When I first moved here, I stayed at the Salvatore boarding house."
"Oh." There we go, Lena. Finally starting to figure it out.
"Stefan was just passing through to visit his uncle. I mean, none of us knew he was even here until the attack."
"The attack?" I asked, making my presence known to Lena.
"His uncle got killed, mauled by an animal in the woods."
"His uncle? Zach?" Lena asked.
"Mm." The man shook his head. "Joseph."
"I'm sorry, sir, I don't think we're familiar with the story." I said. Need to get as much info from him for Lena as possible.
"Oh how could you? I mean this happened years ago." Lena frowned as Tiki came.
"Grandpa, you gotta go. Mom wants you home ok?"
"Ah." He said.
"He wasn't bugging you, was he? He's a little Alzehimery. " Tiki said.
"No, he was sweet." Lena said. Well, let's get her even more suspicious.
"Hey, sir, I'm sorry. Um, are you sure that the man you saw, that you knew, his name was Stefan Salvatore?"
"Yes. I remember his ring and his brother -"
"Damon?" I asked.
"Yeah, Stefan and Damon Salvatore."
"When was this?" Lena asked.
"It was early June, 1953, yeah. June 1953." He said.
Lena looked at me confused. I shrugged and we went back over to Stefan.
"Caroline finally freed you, huh?"
"Uh, I don't even know where she went. She abandoned me and then Tori appeared."
"Hey, I had no idea that your family was from Italy." I said.
"No?" He asked with a little confused smile. "Last name Salvatore didn't do it for you?"
"Right. Duh, are there any other Salvatore's in Mystic Falls?" I asked and he looked even more confused, because he knew that I knew about it.
"My uncle, Zach."
"Where did everyone else go?" Lena questioned.
"Kinda just spread out."
"Hmm."
"Why?" He asked.
"Just trying to find out more about you." Lena said.
"Hmm." He said with a smile. Stefan started walking away.
"Hey, Lena, I'll be with you in a minute, alright?"
"Yeah, I'll wait for you by that table, where Jenna is." I just nodded and ran to Stefan.
"Hey, Stefan." He stopped and looked at me.
"Hey. What was that about? Those questions?"
"Well, let's just say that Lena will figure it out sooner that you thought." He looked alarmed. "Let's say, today-ish," Um .. I think it was the same day? Can't really remember .. "she will come to you and ask you directly. Be ready, okay?" He just nodded and I ran back to Lena.
"Is he enough in your good graces that we can ask him for a favor?" I said.
"If I do her a favor, will I get back in your good graces?" Logan asked Jenna.
"Uh, a very reluctant maybe to both." Jenna said.
"Done. Wait, one condition - dinner, tonight, your house." Logan said.
"Fine. But you're eating left overs"
"Ooh." He turned to us. "What do you need?"
"Do you have any old news stories? Say fifties?" Lena asked.
"Yeah, at the station, between archives and the internert." He said "We pretty much have everything."
"We have this report, way past due, it'd be a life saver" She said pointing at me. He looked at me and I nodded.
"Heading there now, lets go." He said.
"If anyone asks, you don't know where we went. I don't want Caroline knowing we left." Lena said to Jenna.
We got to the station pretty fast.
"We digitized all our archives last year. You can pull all the remote footage up on the screen. What is it exactly your looking for?"
"An incident from 1953. If it ever happened. At the Salvatore boarding house." I said.
Logan cell phone went off. "Sorry, one second." He turned away from us. "Yeah? Fire? All right, be right there." With that, turned back to us. "I gotta go. You believe there's actual news cover in this town? All right, use keywords to search the database, it's pretty easy to navigate. And Brady down in tech will help you out with anything you need."
"Ok." I said.
"Thanks." Lena added.
"All right? Oh, hey, would you two put in a good word for me with Jenna?" He asked.
"You got it." I said with a smile. I would put in a good word, but, problem is, if I remember correctly, you'll be dead pretty soon .. God, can't really remember how it will happen.
"All right. Good luck." He said and left.
Lena found a few things and clicked onto a little link.
"This is Franklin Fell, reporting to you from the Salvatore Boarding house, where a brutal animal attack has ended in tragedy. Ok, they're bringing out the bodies. See if you can get closer. Is that the nephew?" He said and they zoomed in on Stefan. I fake gasped and Lena just gawked at the screen.
We went back home and I sat on Lena's bed as she freaked out. She was going over everything that had happened in the last few weeks - all the animal attacks, girls bitten, Vicki Donovan ..
"Come on." Lena said standing next to me.
"What?"
"We need to ask Stefan for the truth .. it's the least we could do, right?" I nodded and we went out to her car. I drove and stopped outside the boarding house.
"Go." I said. We got out and I stood at the car as she chapped the door, Stefan opening it.
"What are you?"
Please, review of what you think. Also, what do you think is the deal with those dreams, so to speak? Please, review!
Also, big thanks to Sissymac, grapejuice101, Sayomi-hime, HydeHijacktGackt, MrsMusicAddict, ddluzelle for reviewing my last chapter. And, answering a quick question from HydeHijacktGackt - no. For now, she won't end up with anyone. In the future chapters - still thinking about it.