Chapter Seven
Alex moaned softly into the pillow underneath him. Stretching a bit in his laying position, Alex sighed tiredly before turning over and onto his back. He let his eyes drift open to come face to face with the ceiling.
Fighting away his eyes that seemed to be dropping closed, Alex propped himself on his elbows before trying to process the fact that he was definitely still in the motel room. Looking over at Stefan who seemed to be passed out on the couch, Alex let his gaze fall on the empty bed beside him.
His brows furrowed at the sight of no Elena. Slowly getting up from the bed, Alex rubbed at the back of his neck before going for the bathroom. He leaned against the door before knocking at it.
He waited.
No answer.
Confusion growing, sudden concern grew at the pit of his stomach. Where is she?
Walking towards the door of the room, Alex twisted at it and noticed that it was unlocked. Groaning slightly, Alex knew she had probably snuck out when he and Stefan were asleep.
Opening at it, Alex closed it behind him before he slowly made his way through the hallway and closer to the main desk.
He could hear her laugh from across the hall and he rolled his eyes when he finally spotted her talking to the same woman at the front desk.
"Here," Elena urged when giving the woman one coffee from the tray that she held in her hand.
The woman behind the desk seemed to smile hugely at the brunette before taking the coffee cup from her.
"Oh, thank you dear," she said, "You're a sweet one."
Alex grinned when Elena seemed to giggle before shrugging at the woman. Stepping further into the front of the motel, Alex made his way to Elena side and watched as the woman behind the counter seemed to look up at him. His brows furrowed slightly over the woman smile at him. He wasn't expecting that. He was expecting her to question whether he really had just abducted the brunette that stood beside him.
"Honey, you're awake?" Elena asked from beside him, glancing quickly at the woman behind the counter before looking back at Alex that seemed to raise his eyebrows at her.
"Honey?"
Elena glared at Alex briefly before smiling hugely when looking back at the woman before her. "I hear you've met Ms. Stone," Elena stated before leaning into Alex's torso that stood slightly behind her now.
Alex's brows furrowed at Elena press against him. Watching as she looked up at him, his breath got caught in his throat when she bit her lower lip at him. He felt her free hand find his arm before she helped with bringing it around her waist. His fingers hid under his jacket that she was still wearing and he swallowed hard when the tips of his fingers found their way under her tang-top that seemed to be riding high on her lower stomach.
He couldn't help but grin gently when her eyes seemed to widen at what he was doing. His hand now completely under her tang-top, Alex looked over at the woman before the both of them. "Yeah, I met her early today," Alex stated, smiling sweetly at the old woman who seemed completely oblivious to Elena flushing against him.
Taking in a deep breath, Elena tried not to focus on Alex's palm grazing past her stomach from under the jacket when smiling at Ms. Stone before them.
"I-I saw you and Stef sleeping and I just figured I'd get some coffee for all of us," Elena breathed out before looking back at Alex who stood grinning beside her.
"How thoughtful of you babe," Alex whispered down at Elena before slowly pulling her away from in front of the counter.
Looking past Elena and over his shoulder, Alex waved at the old woman who seemed to be genuinely smiling at the two of them exiting into the hallway once again.
"What a nice couple."
Alex grinned at that before pulling Elena further through the hallway. Once they were out of sight, Alex grinned when Elena tried to move away from him and his roaming hand that was still under her top. He knew he shouldn't be doing this to the woman, but he couldn't help it. Watching her squirm in his arms was hilarious.
"You can let go of me now."
"Sure," Alex breathed out before letting his hand roam higher up her stomach.
Elena's eyes widened instantly, a small gasp escaping her before she let her free hand grip at his hand that was under her top. Slowly pulling it out from her top, Elena knew if she didn't get a hold of herself she was going to drop the tray of coffee that she still held in her other hand.
Pulling away from him, Elena turned to face him, stopping both of them from proceeding down the hallway any further. She glanced quickly at her hand that was now entwined with his before looking up at his grinning form.
"What was with the act?" Alex asked, glancing back down the hallway and trying to spot where both Elena and he had just walked away from.
Elena sighed before slipping her hand out of Alex's. Straightening herself up, Elena didn't even seem to notice the slight unknown frown that appeared on the hybrid's face when she stepped a step away from him.
"Before I got the coffee, I walked past her in the morning and she was asking about a boyfriend," Elena explained, "She almost called the police when I claimed to have no idea what she was talking about."
Alex laughed at that.
"She was suspicious when I carried you in earlier," Alex said, grinning at Elena who seemed to look at him in confusion.
He carried me in?
Watching the man grin at her speechless form, Elena blinked a few times before composing herself once again. "Y-Yeah, so I finally convinced her that I did have a boyfriend," Elena finished before awkwardly drifting her eyes away from Alex's before turning around and starting to walk down the hallway again.
"Boyfriend equalling me," Alex stated, grinning when the brunette seemed to simply speed up her pace and search for their room.
Room 23 came into view and Elena sighed before taking hold of the door knob. She was supposed to be avoiding Alex but that never seemed to work for the both of them. He always seemed to be near her somehow and Elena didn't know what to do. She knew she still had feelings for him, but she couldn't keep going back to them because he had made it clear to her that he wanted nothing to do with her. She had kissed him and he had rejected her.
That's it.
There was nothing more to Alex and Elena.
-x-
Samantha's eyes drifted open at the feeling of a soft breeze hit her bare legs. She eyed the curtains across the room that seemed to blow in the wind and she smiled at the open window. The sun seemed to hit her skin as well and she smiled before propping herself up onto her elbows.
Glancing over to the opposite side of the bed, Samantha's brows furrowed slightly at Jeremy no longer there. Her confusion only seemed to deepen at the sight of a dress and a small note lying beside her.
Picking it up, Samantha smiled at his writing.
Thought you'd want to wear something that belonged to you for a change.
J. G.
Samantha's eyes studied the red dress before her. She flushed a bit when eyeing the thing. It was a simple summer dress and yet Samantha felt butterflies when imagining herself wearing it in front of the boy that she had grown fond of.
Biting at her lower lip, Samantha looked over at the new box that sat at the other side of the room and she knew it was hers. This would only happen once in a while, where Jeremy would give her a box or two with stuff that belonged to her before her accident.
Samantha never really opened any of them up before because she'd always be scared over what she'd find. Sudden courage erupting within her, Samantha got up from the bed which lay in the center of the small room before walking towards the box that sat next to the open window.
Sitting down before it, Samantha smiled when opening at it. She first came across a red ribbon. Her brows furrowed when picking up the ribbon and twirling it between her fingers, her eyes widened when she felt it burn under her touch, flames springing at either side of the ribbon. Samantha gasped before letting go of it and watching as it slowly fell to the ground, perfectly intact as if nothing had happened. Her eyes widened further at that, her brows furrowing slightly before she tried her best in ignoring it when digging for something else in the box.
She lifted a family photo from the half-empty box and she gasped again when flashes erupted before her eyes. She had been getting minor flashes of her happy family for the past few days, but what she saw right now was terrible. So many memories clouded within her mind and Samantha whimpered before letting go of the photograph and grabbing at her head.
She saw them die.
Something killed her father.
Something killed her baby sister.
Then someone helped her. Someone helped her from the creature that was about to kill her.
Eyes shooting open instantly before she could see exactly who had saved her, Samantha gasped for air.
Whispers—she heard whispers quietly echoing through the box.
A voice was reciting something over and over.
It was a familiar voice.
It was her voice.
Her voice was coming from the bottom of the box.
Hastily pushing past the extra paper and frames from the box, Samantha's eyes met an old book at the bottom of the box. Her eyes narrowed when the whispers got louder and louder, the same words getting recited.
Picking up the book, Samantha studied the front of the heavy book. Hesitantly opening at it, Samantha looked down at the first page of the book.
Her eyes widened when the book started to burn under her touch again but before she could put it down, she screamed in agony when a sudden pounding occurred in head.
Flashes.
The reciting of words.
Flashes.
More and more flashes.
They were memories.
"Stop!" Samantha screamed out in pain.
Memories.
Memories.
Memories.
Memories.
Samantha's eyes rolled into the back of her head, her body falling lifelessly onto the floor underneath her, along with the book that was still in her hands.
It was a spell book—her spell book.
-x-
She sighed at the sight of herself in the mirror. Twirling a bit in front of the full body mirror that rest on the far side of the wall, Samantha sighed again before moving her bangs out of her eyes. Pulling some of her hair to the front, Samantha ran her fingers through the soft curls that her long brown hair formed. The slight breeze that came from the open window hit her bare legs again and she smiled before taking hold of each side of the red dress that stopped just above her thighs.
Her mother had bought her this dress a year ago.
She remembered.
She remembered everything.
She was a witch.
Her father and younger sister had been killed by a vampire three years ago.
Her mother and she had survived because another vampire had helped them.
Klaus—Klaus had saved the remainder of her family.
He was the same man she had betrayed.
He had tried killing her the night of the ceremony when she had helped Caroline and the Salvatore brothers.
She remembered everything.
I remember everything.
"You look beautiful."
Samantha's eyes shot towards the door of the bedroom. Eyes meeting a familiar boy, Samantha watched as he leaned against the door frame before letting his gaze fall up and down her form.
Samantha bit at her lower lip. She could feel butterflies erupt at her stomach when he continued to eye her.
This was Jeremy.
Jeremy Gilbert, the boy whose sister had been tortured by Klaus for days because she had helped him.
This was Jeremy.
Jeremy Gilbert, the same boy who had lied and told her that he was her boyfriend all because of an order from one of the Salvatore brothers.
This was Jeremy.
Jeremy Gilbert, the same boy she had started to develop feeling for when she didn't remember her own name.
What scared her was that even after remembering everything and being able to get control over her, Samantha still felt things for the boy that lied to her.
She knew he was lying to her for her own protection, but what upset her was that his care for her was just an act. He had to pretend to like her so that she wouldn't be terrified of him. She liked him, but he clearly didn't.
"I didn't notice you come in," Samantha breathed out, smiling softly at the boy who seemed to smile back at her.
"Yeah, well, I just got into the house," Jeremy explained before leaning off of the frame and walking further into the room. His brows furrowed slightly at the nervous expression on the brunette's face.
"What's wrong?" Jeremy asked. His voice was laced with concern which was well noticed by the girl before him.
I remember everything, Jeremy.
"Nothing," Samantha reassured quickly, forcing a huge smile on her face when looking back up at Jeremy.
She watched as his brows knitted together at her expression.
"I was just a little worried in going out today," Samantha lied.
Jeremy chuckled at that before stepping in closer to the girl. "You're going to have a great time," Jeremy started, grinning, "I promise."
"We'll eat," Jeremy started before stepping in closer to the girl, "we'll dance."
Samantha swallowed hard when Jeremy stepped closer and closer to her. Her grey eyes met his playful ones and she could feel her heart start hammering at her chest again.
"Like a date," Samantha blurted out. She bit at her lip when the boy seemed to nod at her.
Samantha had never been on a date with a boy before. Her teenage years were just intense reminders of why she wasn't normal. She was a witch who had lost half of her family at a very young age. She had never felt such strong feeling for a boy before. She liked Jeremy. She liked him a lot and she knew that none of this was real.
He wasn't her boyfriend.
He didn't care for her…he was just following up on his command to keep her safe and hidden.
It was ironic—the first boy she ever developed feelings for didn't feel the same way about her.
"I just figured you'll feel a bit better when finally getting out there again," Jeremy stated, pointing in the direction of the window before turning back to her and smiling.
Forcing a smile at her lips, Samantha nodded before stepping in closer to the boy and slowly wrapping her arms around his waist. Letting her eyes shut closed before resting her head at his chest, Samantha sighed deeply before tightening her grip on him.
Jeremy slowly found himself hugging the girl back. Watching as she pulled away from him, he watched as she beamed up at him. There was something wrong with the smile though…it was forced and Jeremy could tell.
"I'll see you downstairs in a bit?"
"Sure," Jeremy said, smiling softly before stepping away from the brunette.
Samantha watched as he closed the door behind him and she allowed herself to let out another sigh. Looking away from the door and the mirror, Samantha looked over at the open window. The sun was starting to set and sudden anticipation settled in Samantha's gut.
She was going to go on her first date ever.
-x-
Samantha giggled and Jeremy grinned at her. Placing the fork down on his plate, Jeremy's eyes narrowed at her when she put the last piece of dessert into her mouth. She seemed to blush a bit from his gaze and he chuckled, "This probably feels new to you doesn't it…like it's you're first date ever?"
It is, Samantha thought to herself before nodding at the boy before her. She couldn't help but smile softly when he seemed to chuckle at her. She watched as he glanced past the tables with couples before eyeing the center of the restaurant where many seemed to be dancing. Samantha followed his gaze and she flushed further before looking back at him.
He got up from his seat before coming towards her. She looked down at his hand that he extended in her direction. Hesitantly taking it, Samantha let Jeremy guide her to the middle of the dance floor. Letting her other hand rest at his shoulder, Samantha flushed when Jeremy slowly pulled her close towards him by wrapping his other hand around her waist.
Head resting at the croak of his neck, Samantha sighed before swaying along with the boy. She could feel her heart starting to race when he kissed at her hair.
Samantha's eyes shut closed at the feeling of his breath hit her neck. Slowly pulling her head from the croak of his neck, Samantha slowly looked up at him before biting at her lower lip gently.
She watched as the boy's lips parted at that and she could feel her heart hammering in her chest now.
Jeremy leaned in towards the brunette, his nose hitting hers. He wanted to kiss her. He wanted to kiss her so badly.
"W-When's Stefan coming?"
Jeremy's brows furrowed, pulling his head away from her. "How do you know his name?" Jeremy asked the girl. The last thing he remembered was that when Stefan had visited three weeks ago, Samantha was too terrified to even speak. There had never been a chance for Stefan to introduce himself to the amnesia struck witch.
Samantha struggled in finding an answer, "I-I heard you talking on the phone with him once. I just assumed that he was the same person."
Jeremy's eyes softened before he slowly nodded at the girl. Still pretty unsettled, Jeremy decided on shrugging it off before smiling gently at the girl before him.
Samantha smiled back.
(**********)
"I had a great time," Samantha stated smiling when walking up the front steps to the front of the house. Walking closer to the door, Samantha turned around to see Jeremy step up the steps too before he walked closer towards her.
Her eyes softened when he slowly slipped his hand into hers.
"So is this the point after the date where I'm supposed to kiss you?" Jeremy asked, smiling gently before stepping in closer to the girl.
Samantha's eyes widened slightly at that. Her eyes narrowed when eyeing the smiling boy before her.
Was this all an act?
Samantha had to tell him the truth.
"Jeremy?"
"Yeah?"
"I-I've got to tell you something," Samantha started, suddenly nervous when Jeremy's expression changed into a concerned one.
"What's wrong Samantha?" he asked worriedly.
Samantha struggled. She hesitated when trying to tell him the truth. No matter how badly she didn't want this fairy tale to end, she had to tell him the truth before he continued to put up with an act that he was forced to go through with.
"I remember everything," Samantha blurted out, her eyes meeting his.
Jeremy's eyes widened. "What?" he asked. His voice was barely above a whisper when trying to process exactly what was being said. She remembered everything. What?
Before he could say anything else, Jeremy jumped at the sound of a car honk from the drive way. Looking away from the girl, Jeremy watched as the familiar car made its way up the driveway before parking and silencing.
"Please don't tell him," Samantha begged from beside Jeremy, "just not today."
Jeremy looked over at Samantha. He looked into her eyes and his eyes softened at her pleading orbs. Jaw clenching hard and harder, Jeremy slipped his hand out from hers almost instantly. Looking away from her and to the car doors that started to open up, Jeremy missed the hurt expression that clouded upon the witch's features when she seemed to take a step away from him.
Jeremy's eyes found his sister's and his eyes widened. A small smile forming on his lips when Elena seemed to beam instantly at the sight of him, "Elena," he breathed out when watching his sister run over to him.
"Jeremy!" Elena called out before throwing herself at him.
Jeremy chuckled before hugging his sister back. Squeezing her tightly in his arms, Jeremy smiled hugely when she seemed to pull away from him.
"I missed you so much," Elena said before hugging her brother again.
"I missed you too," Jeremy whispered out before pulling away from Elena.
Elena smiled before her eyes seemed to travel towards the girl that stood a few feet away from Jeremy.
"Hey Samantha," Elena greeted softly, smiling when the girl seemed to shoot her eyes in her direction.
"Hi," Samantha whispered out before looking between Elena and Jeremy.
"I'm sorry," Elena started before making her way in front of the girl, "I'm Jeremy's sister…you probably don't remember me."
Samantha nodded slowly, her eyes glanced towards Jeremy who seemed to tense at his sister's words. She sighed internally before looking behind Elena to spot Stefan and a familiar hybrid.
Stepping back in slight fright at the sight of the hybrid that worked for Klaus, Samantha watched as Elena's brows furrowed before she followed her gaze. Sighing, Elena looked back at Samantha.
"That's Alex," Elena clarified.
"Otherwise known as Elena's boyfriend," Alex chimed in from next to Stefan, laughing when Elena seemed to flush before them.
Stefan and Jeremy's brows arched when looking between her sister and the hybrid. Jeremy's eyes then met Stefan's and Stefan grinned before shrugging.
"Alright, if this little meet up is over, I'd really like to get inside," Alex muttered from where he stood before eyeing down Jeremy who seemed to nod at him.
Turning around, Jeremy glanced quickly at Samantha before unlocking the door to the house and letting everyone in. He watched as Alex was the last one to come inside because he wasn't allowed until Jeremy invited him in. Jeremy rolled his eyes when the blonde man muttered an unconvincing Thank You when walking into the house.
-x-
"How's she doing?"
Jeremy's eyes found Stefan's and he pursed his lips before glancing back at Samantha who seemed to be talking to Elena on the bed. Leaning against the wall behind him, Jeremy sighed before shaking his head at Stefan.
He lied. He lied to Stefan.
Nodding, Stefan looked away from Jeremy before looking back at the two women on the bed before him.
"How have you been doing?" Stefan asked, his eyes never leaving the two before him.
Jeremy straightened up a bit against the wall before eyeing the witch further. He tore his eyes away from her when she seemed to look directly at him. "I'm fine," Jeremy said, his eyes meeting Stefan who seemed to smile reassuringly down at him.
"Of course he's fine," Alex chimed up from the other side of Jeremy, his eyes on the two before them as well, "He's spending day and night pretending to be her boyfriend."
"I mean, look at her," Alex stated with disbelief, "She's adorable."
Jeremy's jaw clenched at that, his eyes glancing over at the witch again before looking over at Stefan who seemed to chuckle beside him; he watched as Stefan rolled his eyes at the remark.
"Don't be going hitting on other girls now Jones," Stefan started, "You've got a thing going on with Elena, remember?"
Alex groaned in frustration and Stefan simply grinned.
Jeremy's eyes widened.
"You like my sister?"
"Yes." "No."
Jeremy looked between the two blonde men that seemed to have spoken up at that same time. Stefan seemed to grin while Alex scowled.
All three of the men were interrupted and clearly confused when Elena seemed to be at the bedroom door.
"Where are you going?" Stefan asked, leaning off of the wall and straightening himself when looking at the brunette.
"I was just going to go for a walk," Elena started, opening at the door, "See how the neighbourhood's like."
Before Stefan got the chance to protest, Elena smiled back at Samantha before making her way out of the room. Sighing, Stefan slumped against the wall again before looking back at Jeremy and Alex. He watched as Alex got up from the wall and headed for the door. "Where are you going?" Stefan asked, brows knitting together when Alex seemed to grin at him.
"To make sure your little ex doesn't get into trouble," Alex muttered before walking out the door as well.
Looking over at an uncomfortable witch and a quiet younger Gilbert, Stefan sighed before heading for the door as well. "Might as well crash for the night," Stefan stated lazily before smiling tiredly at Jeremy.
"Goodnight," Stefan gestured for both Samantha and Jeremy before making his way out of the room and down the stairs after he had pasted the hallway.
Jeremy looked over at Samantha who seemed to be looking over at him with the softest eyes he had ever seen.
Sighing in defeat, Jeremy leaned off the wall before walking towards the bedroom door too. He froze when her soft voice rang through the air.
"Jeremy, wait."
-x-
Alex tried not to grin at the sight of Elena when he was suddenly at her side. Watching as she looked to her side and at him, she became tense again and Alex bit at the insides of his cheeks. His grin faltered instantly.
"I just figured I'd join and you obviously wouldn't mind because who wouldn't want to be accompanied by me," Alex stated, his grin in place when she looked at him with her brow cocked.
"Yeah, you're a total joy," Elena replied, her voice rising in fake cheeriness, causing Alex to laugh at her. She could feel butterflies at her stomach at his laugh. Smile faltering from her face, Elena ripped her gaze away from his again and sighed internally at the fluttery feeling.
A silence fell over the two as they simply walked side by side on the unfamiliar sidewalk of the street. Elena could feel Alex's gaze fall on her a few times when they had been walking, but she didn't dare look back at him. She just continued to view the trees and houses before her, the earthy scent easing the nerves she had gotten from when Alex had returned. She didn't even mind the fact that he was at her side. She didn't mind.
"The past three months," Elena started, finally voicing something and breaking the silence. She glanced at Alex who seemed to look at her in confusion, smiling slightly, Elena continued, "it's been hard for everyone but I…I can't imagine how hard it was for you."
She could feel him tense at her side and Elena's eyes softened.
"I'm sorry, I should've have—"
"No. No, it's alright," Alex started, smiling reassuringly in her direction, "It wasn't exactly the summer I was looking forward to, but the three months of continuously torturing myself helped. It helped a lot."
"Like I said before," Alex stated softly, "I don't feel like hurting you anymore."
Elena watched as he grinned at her and she knew it was forced. But she didn't dare call on it. Nodding at him, Elena figured it was probably best for her not to question him further on how painful it must have been to turn every single day, only to get stronger by the minute. She could see he was better and stronger by the way his eyes didn't seem to look at her as if he was going to bite her head off any moment. He wasn't desperately thirsty for her blood anymore and he was probably immune to Klaus' sire bond, so she was truly happy for him. He did it. He saved himself.
Alex glanced at the woman beside him and he couldn't help but start to stare again. His thoughts kept going to everything he had said to her the last time they had saw each other and he couldn't help but hate the fact that she suddenly seemed so tense around him. What surprised him more was the fact that her tense form bothered him. I mean, didn't I want this? Wasn't he the one that claimed that Elena and he would never happen? Wasn't he the one that kissed her back, and then bit her, only to kiss her again, then completely pull away and be an ass about it? Wasn't he the one that made this strong woman before him feel extremely small and humiliated three months ago when she had surprisingly and shockingly kissed him? Him—him of all people, she had kissed him. He remembered feeling things he couldn't explain when she had kissed him that day. Even when he left, he'd wake up to feeling her fingers graze at his skin, or her kiss lingering at his lips. He'd retrace and relive that moment every day when he had left and he didn't know if it was because he was practically torturing himself until he reached a stage of becoming delusional, or if he subconsciously really wanted to change the way he had ended things with the brunette.
Alex's eyes widened when Elena seemed to look over at him staring at her. Not realizing that he had lost himself in his thoughts, he swallowed hard when she looked at him with slight confusion. Composing himself almost instantly, Alex eyed her form and let his eyes linger a bit on her bare legs that peeked from her shorts. Looking back up at her, Alex grin grew at the sight of her tug at the ends of the jacket she was wearing. His jacket, she had been wearing his jacket for most of the day today. He felt his stomach flutter suddenly and Alex's brows furrowed at the feeling.
Watching the brunette continue to flush before him, he watched as she immediately looked away from him and started to pick up her pace on the narrow path. Alex smiled at that, his dimples coming into clear view when he watched the woman huff in a breath of air and increase her speed.
This was a terrible idea, Elena thought to herself as she tried not focusing on the fact that she was having a conversation with the man that she honestly wanted nothing to do with anymore. She knew the side of Alex that fought for what he believed in, or didn't let anyone get in his way. However, she had no idea of the man he was on a daily basis; she didn't know how he carried himself every day or how he talked. But, she couldn't help but let her mind wander to the day where she had asked Caroline about him. She had responded with: ignorant, egotistical, and a total flirt. Elena could see that now from the way he enjoyed the sight of her blushing uncontrollably in front of him. But, that didn't mean he was supposed to be checking her out, he was supposed to 'not dream of ever letting him and her be a thing'. Why didn't she just tell him that she wanted to be alone for the walk? This was a terrible idea, a terrible idea, a terrible—
Elena gasped at the feeling of her right boot make contact with the corner of the sidewalk that seemed to be peeking out from the ground and overlapping the second square. She could feel the cold air hit at her face when she watched the ground slowly come closer to her form. She was falling. She was falling.
Elena let out a soft yelp at the sudden grip that seemed to keep her from falling. Glancing down at the one hand that held her hip, Elena could feel Alex pressed at her side, his grip on her waist tightening when he pulled her up and back at her feet.
Stumbling slightly when she was back on her feet and away from the root, Elena's eyes widened when she seemed to fall a bit on Alex who never seemed to loosen his hold on her. Eyes meeting his teasing ones, Elena studied the smirk that grew even larger at his face.
"Watch it there honey," Alex stated before letting his hand fall back at his side. He stepped one step away from her, but he didn't dare let his smirk fall.
Elena's brow arched at the name. Pretty much hating it already, she just hoped it didn't stick, because the last thing she wanted was Alex calling her 'honey' everywhere and anywhere they were to see each other. Muttering a quick thank you, Elena tore her gaze off of him before starting to walk again.
This time, she made sure she didn't miss another unexpected excuse for a fall. She definitely didn't want that happening ever again.
Again, this was a terrible idea.
-x-
Jeremy turned around slowly before putting his attention on the girl who seemed to get up and off the bed. His jaw clenched hard when he watched her step closer and closer to him, the distance between them slowly cancelling out when she continued to near him.
"Thanks for not telling Stefan," Samantha stated softly before awkwardly looking up at the boy she clearly had feelings for.
Jeremy nodded tightly at the girl before turning around once again. He froze when a hand stopped him from proceeded. Looking back at the girl, Jeremy glanced down at a hand in his before looking back at the young witch.
"Jeremy—"
"You remember everything," Jeremy interrupted before slowly slipping his hand away from Samantha again and taking a step away from her.
Frowning slightly at the action, Samantha nodded at the boy before letting her hand fall back to her side. "Yeah, it all returned to me this morning," Samantha stated softly. She tried her hardest not to remember her oblivious form finding her spell book in the box. It was painful when storing all those memories in her head all at once. It was very painful.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Jeremy asked with slight disbelief. She hadn't even mentioned it when he had taken her out or danced with her, or when he almost kissed her twice.
Samantha didn't know what to say. She didn't know how to tell him that she was scared to how he would react if she did. She was afraid of a lot of things when it came to her feelings towards the boy before her.
"You looked so happy and I…I—"
"I looked happy?" Jeremy asked, his voice rising, "You didn't tell me because I looked happy?"
Samantha tried not to flinch at his sudden high tone but she did. She flinched before slowly tearing her eyes away from his.
"Now that you've got your memories, you probably also know that I'm not your boyfriend," Jeremy stated bitterly, "It was all an act—a stupid lie."
Samantha's heart sank at that, her eyes struggling when meeting with his.
"Me looking happy was a part of the plan," Jeremy stated harshly, "I had to pretend to care about you so you wouldn't run off in the middle of the night."
Samantha's eyes widened at that. She could feel tears slowly starting to well up in her eyes at his words. He didn't care about her. He was right…all of it was a lie—an act.
How ironic—the boy she loves doesn't even care for her let alone feel the same way.
Samantha's heart sunk further at her thoughts. I love him.
The thought only caused more hot tears to brew at her eyes when she had trouble with seeing the boy before her from the sudden blur the wetness of her grey orbs caused.
"I…I'm sorry," Samantha said. Her voice was barely above a whisper and she sighed when a tear fell onto her cheek. Wiping at it quickly, Samantha avoided eye contact with the boy whose expression softened instantly at the sight of her hurt form.
Stepping in closer to the brunette, Jeremy watched as she stepped away from him, her eyes never meeting his. Jaw clenching, Jeremy didn't know where the sudden anger had come from. He tried stepping closer into her and pursed his lips when she seemed to step back again.
"No," Jeremy started softly, "I'm sorry."
Watching as the girl turned away from him and faced the open window again. Jeremy sighed in defeat before glancing at the girl one last time and walked towards the bedroom door.
He left and she cried.
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"Steven."
It took a moment for the hybrid to look away from the familiar brunette and hybrid that walked side by side along the sidewalk before them. Jaw clenching before looking back at his partner next to him before glancing back at Alex and Elena who seemed to be in each other's arms. She was going to fall and Alex had caught her.
Steven snorted. "How cliché," he stated harshly before eyeing the hybrid that had snapped his neck three months ago. He had gotten so close to killing the walking blood machine but was stopped when Alex had killed his friend and snapped his other's friend's neck. He had almost run out of the underground holding but was stopped when the conceited hybrid had attacked him.
"Would you let it go for now?" the other hybrid said when looking at the blushing human and grinning traitor. "There's time for revenge later," he stated, sighing before making his way closer to the house where he had seen the witch earlier.
"Boss sent us out to spy on the Salvatore's," the hybrid muttered before glancing into one of the windows of the house. "We've figured one thing out for him though," he started grinning, "The pretty little witch we thought he killed is still alive."
Steven couldn't help but grin at that before looking up at the open window from where he heard a young man talk from. It was Jeremy Gilbert. "Sounds like she's crying," Steven stated laughing slightly.
"If she's under Jeremy Gilbert's watch, I'm sure I can get past him easily."
Steven's brows furrowed at the certainty that laced his partner's words. He watched as his partner slowly made his way past the front of the house and closer towards the car that stood in the driveway. "How can you be so sure?" Steven asked, "I saw him…he kicked some ass that night."
"Yeah, well I almost got to him by bringing up his sister's death," the hybrid explained lazily before peeking into the car. His eyes met a glowing of light and he grinned before punching through the glass window. An alarm rang through the night air and the hybrid grinned before looking back at Steven who seemed to be glancing between the windows of the house again.
Grinning at his partner, both used their vampire speed to move away from sight when watching the younger Salvatore and Gilbert walk out of the house.
They watched the two talking when observing the broken car window. Steven watched when Stefan seemed to play at his pocket.
"Jake, what did you take?" Steven asked amused when eyeing the two down the street.
Jake flashed the cell phone in Steven's face before looking at the screen of it.
"15 missed calls and 7 messages," Jake stated when eyeing the phone. He grinned before sliding at the front and putting the phone to his ear. A frightened and worried voice erupted from the other end.
Damon Salvatore.
"Message 1," Jake stated amused.
"Stefan, why aren't you picking up your phone? Just call me when you get this."
"Message 2…"
"Stefan, pick up the fucking phone! I-I don't know what to do. She's freaking out and oh god—Caroline's gone."
Steven's brows rose, Jake simply clicked another button.
"She's asking for Klaus repeatedly and she's strong—really strong Stefan. Where are you? I don't think I can hold her down any longer, she doesn't trust me! Caroline gone—Caroline is gone…she's gone and I don't know what to do. Just hurry and come back to the Cabin."
"Cabin?" Steven asked, his brows furrowing before Jake shrugged and pressed at another button.
"Message 4…"
"Caroline, stop."
Jake's brow rose at the muffled scream on the other side.
"H-Hey Stef, just come quickly. She's gone Stef—she's gone."
"Message 5…"
"Where are you?"
"Message 6…"
"You're starting to piss me off Stefan. If you don't answer right now I'm—"
Jake interrupted that message. He watched as Steven rolled his eyes at him for being so impatient. Clicking on the final message, Jake sighed before listening to it.
"Screw you Stefan."
Jake laughed at that. The older Salvatore's voice seemed so broken down towards whatever was happening and he couldn't help but take sudden pleasure in the tone. He knew Klaus will be just as happy when hearing the messages.
"We've got a lot of things to tell Boss," Jake stated grinning before stuffing the phone into his pocket.
"All of them have been hiding in some Cabin," Steven muttered before looking back at the house before them to see Jeremy and Stefan slowly making their way into the house once again.
"Jones is back in town, the young witch is still alive and by the looks of it, Blondie's been going through some troubles," Jake stated grinning before starting to walk further away from the house.
"You know what that means," Jake yelled from over his shoulder when eyeing his partner walking behind him.
Steven grinned.
"Revenge is near."
A/N: There you go! Now, Daroline filled chapter next along with more on Klaus and Bonnie. Stay tuned for that! Thanks for the constant support guys.
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