"We're going out," Jeremy, Elena's little brother called out chucking a cross bow at her the moment she walked in through the door. Her hand flew out, a reflex, catching the weapon with an ease. He had laid out a wide variety of different deadly weapons out on the table ranging from ordinary stakes to vervain darts and grenades.
"Um, where exactly do you think we are going?" She asked placing the cross bow on the table and crossing her arms across her chest. Her brother had been hunting for a few years now, but she still had an urge to protect him.
"There are new vampires in town, and they have been summoned to meet with us so we can lay out the town rules. Nothing violent—," her father explained walking into the room, he stopped in mid-sentence catching a glimpse of all the different weapons his son had prepared. "Jeremy, the plan isn't to go down there with all guns blazing," he chuckled shaking his head.
"I know that. It's just a precaution that's all. If they agree to the terms we give them then great. If not, then there will be a few less monsters in the world," he shrugged shoving a stake into his boot.
"Jeremy, you shouldn't speak with such hatred," Elena sighed shaking her head at her brother. She understood his anger, she also disliked vampires as their mother had been murdered by one but she didn't hate them as passionately as her brother did.
"They killed mom, they deserve everything they get. Come on, we better get going," he grabbed his bag full of weapons and stormed out of the door. Elena turned to face her father who looked after Jeremy with a concerned expression.
"Dad—"
"He's fine Elena; it's his way of dealing with it. Come on honey, let's go," he squeezed her shoulder reassuringly before walking out after Jeremy. Conflicted, Elena grabbed the cross bow and jogged after them.
The car pulled into the middle of the woods where both of the vampires were due to arrive. Elena jumped out of the car and was greeted by the Forbes. She smiled and walked towards Caroline who was standing beside her mother. They briefly hugged and Caroline raised an eyebrow at the cross bow Elena was carrying.
"You came prepared," she chuckled.
"Don't even ask."
"Jeremy?" Caroline asked knowingly.
"Yup, anyway what's the deal with these vampires? How many are there?"
"Two. I think. From what I've heard they are best friends and came together. One of them is an Original—to be honest I'm not even sure I know what that means, besides the fact that he's bound to be more powerful than the ordinary vampires," Caroline explained animatedly, she tended to have a knack for finding out hunter gossip before Elena even heard anything about it, so she often found herself being briefed by Caroline.
"They're here," Jeremy called out under his breath and they all fell silent. Elena immediately spotted the vampire she had met at the bar and felt her stomach tighten at the memory. The other vampire was slightly shorter and he had dirty blonde hair.
"I didn't know that this was a party," the vampire from the bar called out, his eyes scanning them all. When his eyes found Elena's he flashed her a mischievous smile, she felt the blood rush to her face and she instantly broke away from his gaze. Caroline turned to give her a quizzical look which she ignored. For some unknown reason, she hadn't told her about what had happened at the Grill; perhaps it had been because she had been angry at herself for letting him get under her skin, but she wasn't about to make that mistake again. She took a deep breath in and lifted her gaze to meet his and found him still watching her intensely, but instead of turning away the way she normally did, she held his gaze and narrowed her eyes at him. He blinked in surprise and an amused expression crossed across his features.
Caroline's father stepped forwards and started speaking; he explained the rules clearly. The Original vampire, who she learned to be Klaus Mikaelson listened completely expressionless while Damon occasionally turned to catch Elena's eye making her feel uneasy.
"Are we clear?" Elena's father asked after they had briefed the vampires on all the expectations.
"I don't see why we should have a problem," Klaus said with a strong English accent; he stared at Caroline who looked back at him with a blank expression on her face.
"We will behave," Damon, who was the dark haired vampire nodded. "For the most part," he added with a smirk his eyes drifting momentarily to Elena.
"You'd better behave all the time, or there's a stake with your name on it waiting for you," Jeremy snapped moving to stand closer to Elena. The humor dropped from both of the vampires faces as they glanced at him.
"Careful little boy," Klaus snarled. "I could kill you before you even get the chance to blink."
"I'd like to see you try," Elena snapped stepping in front of her brother protectively and raising her cross bow and directing it at his chest.
"Whoa! Slow down, oh warrior princess," Damon said placing both of his hands up in the air in a sign of peace and innocence; she stepped backwards but didn't lower the cross bow.
"Do we have a deal or not, because I really do have other things to do," Caroline asked impatiently. When both of the vampires agreed, the meeting was dismissed.
"What was that?" Caroline asked as the girls walked towards the cars.
"What?" Elena replied pretending to be clueless, she had been dreading having this conversation with Caroline.
"I saw that, you and that vampire—Damon. There was something going on there."
"Are you kidding me?! Caroline, he's a vampire."
"I know what I saw, Elena. But I hope for your sake that you know better than to associate yourself with a vampire," Caroline whispered narrowing her eyes at Elena.
"There's nothing going on, I swear. He just makes me feel uneasy," Elena sighed looking at her friend earnestly. She had hoped and prayed that Caroline hadn't noticed anything but of course she had, she knew Elena better than anyone.
"That's because he's a vampire," Caroline smiled briefly. "And I'm glad that there's nothing going on," she added, she gave her a quick hug before retreating to where her family had parked the car.
Elena got into the car and remained silent throughout the whole journey home. What had she been thinking indulging in petty little staring contests with a vampire she thought to herself angrily. She absently tugged at her hair, deep in thought and found herself wondering about when she'd see him again. Dread followed by guilt seeped through her as she realized that she was actually looking forwards to seeing him again. She should be thinking about her boyfriend, Matt, but here she was instead thinking about a vampire. She had gone completely insane she concluded. In that moment she decided that she would do everything in her power to never cross paths with Damon Salvatore again. He was a vampire, and vampires had murdered her mother; she was never to befriend one.
Authors note: Hey guys, that's the end of Chapter Two. I hope you enjoyed it, please do leave reviews and let me know what you think. I have no idea if anyone is even reading this story so people leaving reviews is always on the reviews I'll decide if this is worth continuing or not. Thanks for reading guys.
