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I woke up early that morning and went over to the Salvatore boarding house. I walked in without knocking again and was heading up the stairs when a voice stopped me.
"You know you should really learn some manners. It's rude to just walk into someone's house without knocking." Damon Salvatore said leaning against the top of the staircase.
"You wanna talk about rude? You tried to kill me. You almost drank me dry and I don't remember you asking me permission for my blood."
"I didn't try to kill you. If I wanted you dead, you would be dead. Which could happen anytime now."
"That's a comforting thought."
"Zoey!" A blur sped in front of me and wrapped their arms around me, almost crushing me.
"Vicki…can't breathe."
"Oh, sorry." This is the first time I had seen Vicki since she had become a vampire. At least she hasn't tried to kill me yet.
I looked her over. She looked pretty much the same but there was still something different about her, other than her vampire abilities.
"So what's it like? Being all powerful and all?"
"It's also rude to ignore the person who you were just talking to moments ago." Damon interrupted before Vicki could answer. I roll my eyes and him and continued to ignore him. "And that is a very stupid question. It's awesome, of course. Wouldn't you want to be able to move fast and crush anything with your bare hands? Wouldn't you want to be able to compel anyone to do anything you want? Plus, she gets to spend lots of time with me now." He answers for her and winks at Vicki. She smiles back at him and giggles.
"No. I would rather kill myself then have to spend any more time with you than necessary, so go."
Damon blurs in front of me. "Keep telling yourself that, sweetheart." He then goes over and pours himself a glass of scotch.
I grab Vicki by the hand and we go upstairs together. "Hey Zoey." Stefan smiles at me, putting down what looks to be a journal.
"Stefan. How are things going?"
"Slowly but don't worry I'm sure everything will be fine."
"Yeah, if you guys would let me out of here." Vicki says, frowning. She sits down on a chair. "How's Matty?" Vicki asks me.
"He's worried about you. So is Jeremy. There doing a search for you, putting up posters and everything. You should call him."
Vicki nods and looks to Stefan, who nods in approval.
I sit down in a chair close to Vicki as she calls her brother. Damon comes in and sits behind a desk and starts reading a newspaper.
Vicki hangs up after speaking with Matt briefly, looking upset. "I don't understand why I have to stay cooped up here. Why can't I just go home?"
"Because your changing Vicki and It's not something you want to do alone." Stefan tells her.
"You'll see him again, once you have your blood lust under control. Right, Stefan?" I try to reassure her.
"There is nothing about that Logan guy I killed in here. Not a word." Damon says, closing the newspaper. "Someone's covering it up."
"Wait, what Logan guy? Logan Fell?"
"He tried to kill me, Zoey. I'm sorry." Stefan answers for his brother.
"Why would Logan Fell, my aunt's news guy ex-boyfriend, try to kill you? He tells the news, he's not a vampire hunter."
"Actually he is, or was, at least." Damon corrects me. "It seems that more people know that vampires are back in Mystic Falls. You didn't happen to say anything about us, have you?" He looks at me suspiciously.
I glare at him. "No, of course not. I wouldn't do that to Vicki or Stefan."
"What's that?" Vicki asks Damon. I look down and notice him holding something golden. Wait… is that…
I stand up and grab it from him. "Why do you have this? It's my brother's compass. It's passed down generation to generation to the first born son."
"Logan Fell had it. But the question is why? Aren't you curious?" He asks Stefan and takes the compass back from me.
"If you're so worried, why don't you just leave town Damon?" Stefan says. Yes, please do.
"We should all be worried."
"Hey, um, I'm hungry. Do you have anything to eat?" Vicki asks, not caring about the compass.
Stefan gets up and grabs a cup, as I continue to glare at Damon. "Here."
"What is it?"
"It's what you're craving."
"Huh! Don't lie to the girl. It is so not what you're craving. But it'll do in a pinch, right Stefan?" Damon says, picking up the newspaper again.
I grab the golden compass again and go over to sit in my chair as Vicki drinks the animal blood.
"She's new. She needs people blood, she can't sustain on that stuff."
"Yeah, why can't I have people blood?" Oh great.
"Shut up Damon. You are not helping things."
Damon smirks at me and Stefan tries to explain to Vicki that it's not right to prey on innocent people.
I watch as Damon suggests just drinking their blood and then erasing their memories. I can tell Vicki likes that idea much better than Stefan's.
"I'm out of here." Damon says, getting up and grabbing the compass from me again.
"Hey!"
"See you later, Zoey. In less you would like to join me, and hang out with a real man for once."
I snort. "A real man? That's absolutely hilarious. You must be forgetting you are a vampire. Besides, I've seen you're package. Not to impressive, if I say so myself." I remind him of our car ride when he pulled down his pants and bore all to me, hoping he can't tell I'm lying.
He just smirks. "Suit yourself."
Stefan gives Vicki more animal blood and then goes downstairs, telling me he'll be right back.
My phone rings. I look at the caller ID to see it is Tyler. I sigh and silence my phone before shoving it back into my purse.
"Is something going on between you and Tyler?"
"No, I just don't want to talk to him right now."
"Really because I saw him last night and he was calling you then too but you still didn't pick up."
"Why were you with Tyler?" I ask, suspiciously.
"That's not the point. Something finally happened didn't it?"
I freeze. "I don't know what you're going on about."
"You and Tyler. Everyone has always known it would happen eventually."
"Tyler and I are not Matt and Elena."
"No, but you still have feeling for him and he still loves you just like he always has."
"I don't have feelings for him! And of course he loves me, were best friends."
"You know that's not what I meant. I could tell you didn't like us being together. You can lie to yourself with whatever excuses you want, but you can't lie to me. And Tyler? He's been in love with you since you guys were kids. He told me once, months ago, when we were hammered."
I shift uncomfortably in my seat. That's not true… is it?
"Don't worry, I'm not mad. I'm over Tyler. I always knew he would choose you in the end anyways."
For possibly the first time in my life I am speechless.
Vicki looks towards the door before getting up and leaving. I follow her.
"How long is that?" I hear her ask.
"We can talk about that later." I stop next to Vicki, to see Stefan and Elena downstairs.
"Hey… Vicki. How are you?" Elena asks. Stupid question, Elena.
"How am I? You're kidding right?" She replies, snidely.
I sigh. "I gotta get going. If I skip math again I'll get detention for a month. See ya, Vick. Don't kill anyone while I'm gone." I give her a hug and head out, trying not to think about what she said about Tyler.
…
"Here you go." Caroline says, waving a black bag in front of me.
"What is that?" I ask, closing my locker.
"It's you're Halloween costume."
"I'm not going to the stupid dance, Caroline."
"Oh, come on! Can someone please be excited about Halloween! I just want to forget about everything that has been going on lately, especially Damon. Please come, for me?" She smiles sweetly, looking at me hopefully.
"We'll see."
"Great! I will see you there, you sexy little devil!" I laugh and shake my head as she leaves. At least one person seems to be in a somewhat good mood.
…
Elena, Jeremy, and I walked towards the school for the dance. Elena is wearing a sexy nurse costume, Jeremy just has his hood up, and I am wearing the devil costume Caroline got me. She wasn't kidding when she said sexy little devil. I was wearing a red and black strapless dress that puffed out at the end and barely covered my bum.
We saw Matt and walked over to him. He and Elena flirted a little before turning to me.
"Caroline pick it out for you?" He asks, giving me a lopsided smile.
"Who else?" He laughs before turning to Jeremy.
"And you're supposed to be….yourself." Jeremy glared before leaving.
I went after him. "Cheer up, Jer. Have some fun, it's Halloween! Caroline seems to think everyone should have a good time."
"I'll try, once I find…"
"Hey." Tyler stood in front of us.
Jeremy glared, before looking at me, nodding, and leaving.
"Hey." I shift on my feet awkwardly. Why am I being so awkward. He's my best friend. We made out. Get over it!
"You've been avoiding me."
I don't deny it, he wouldn't believe me anyways. "I've had a lot going on and I didn't have time to deal with this. But know that were here... let's just forget about it okay? We're best friends, that's all. We just got caught up in the moment."
"Right..." He looks disappointed and I can't help but think back to what Vicki had said earlier. Is he really in love with me? He raises his cup to his lips and takes a sip. Ah, what the hell? It's Halloween.
I bring him down to my level and kiss him eagerly. Vicki said this was okay and no one is in danger this time so I feel no guilt as we deepen our kiss.
"Zoey?" I feel a hand tug me back. I glare at Elena.
"What?"
"Vicki is here." Oh shit.
"Vicki's back?" Tyler asks, still a little breathless.
"Sorry, Ty, I gotta go." I say, and run off with Elena in search for Vicki.
...
I search for Vicki or Jeremy inside but come up with nothing so I go outside to look. I see Elena ahead of me. When I get outside I see Vicki throwing Elena.
"Elena! Vicki, don't!" I see a blur and Stefan stops Vicki from attacking Elena again but Vicki pushes him and hides under a bus.
I rush over to Jeremy. "Go! Get inside!" Stefan demands. I grab Jeremy's hand and he, Elena, and I rush to the door while Stefan starts to look under the buses.
Elena goes to open the door but Vicki comes and pushes me and Jeremy down to the ground. I watch as Vicki grabs Elena and bites into her neck. At her blood curling scream, instinct takes over.
I grab a piece of wood from the can that fell over and stand up, plunging it into her back. Into her heart.
I pull it out and drop the offending object on the ground. What have I done?
"VICKI!" I hear my brother scream. Vicki turns around looking at me with betrayal in her eyes and I know I will never forget that look. It is burned into my brain, into my very soul as my best friend's skin starts to turn grey and old and she falls to the ground, Stefan holding my crying brother back.
I stare at my best friend, everything around me sinking in to the background. I vaguely hear Elena's voice saying something to me but I can't make out the words.
I hear voices in the distance talking but once again cannot make out what they are saying or who the voices belong to.
I feel someone grip my arm and pull my gaze away from my dead best friend, now staring at something white. "Zoey!" Hands cup my face and pull my head up. I stare at someone's face, but it is blurry and distorted and all I can make out are blue eyes. "Zoey, look at me. Look at me!" Damon. The hands and the face and the voice finally come together in my clouded mind. "Listen to me. This isn't your fault. You did what you had to do to keep your family safe."
I look down at his shoes and nod. I then look up to meet his eyes again. "Your right. This isn't my fault, it's yours."
"Fine if you want to blame me, go ahead. I don't care."
The fog in my mind is starting to clear, being replaced with anger. "Yes you do. I can see it, you do. How can you not? You turned her, you made her a monster. Why? Because you were bored. Don't you dare stand here and try to pretend that you don't feel anything! As much as you don't want to, you feel. You aren't the heartless asshole you pretend to be. And one day, one day, that little bit of humanity that you have left, it will be the death of you. It will destroy you and I can't wait to be there to watch." I seethed. But the numb feeling was still there and I was glad. Anger was okay, anything else I couldn't deal with right now.
…
I left Damon with Vicki's body and wandered around the parking lot of the school until Caroline found me and drove me home.
I walked up the front of my steps to find Stefan and Elena talking. "Zoey!"
Elena rushes towards me and hugs me so tightly I can barely breathe. She brushes my hair out of my face. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." I say in monotone. "How's Jeremy?"
"Not good."
"What can I do? What can I do to help, I'll do anything." Stefan pleads.
"Can you make him forget?"
"What? No, you can't mess with his mind like that Elena."
"I don't know how he'll ever get pass this. I just want him to forget everything that happened."
"If I did it, there's no guarantee that it would work...Because of who I am, Because of how I live. I don't have the ability to do it right."
"I can do it." Damon walks out from the shadows. "If this is what you guys want...I'll do it." He says to me and Elena.
"It's what I want."
Damon looks over at me for confirmation. I shake my head no at first but then stop to really think about it. How can I not let Jeremy have peace? He shouldn't know about this stuff. He's already lost to much. I don't want him to be in pain or numb like I am. I don't want him to end up like me at all.
"Fine, do it."
"What do you want him to know?"
"I want you to tell him that Vicky left town And she's not coming back. That he shouldn't look for her or worry about her. He's gonna miss her, but he knows it's for the best." Elena tells him. Damon nods and goes inside.
After a moment, I follow him in. I take my green oversized sweater and put in on. I then go upstairs and look into Jeremy's room. Damon is getting up and Jeremy is sleeping, peacefully.
My heart aches at the sight of him. Just a few minutes ago he was in pain, because of me. Because of what I have done.
Damon stops in front of me. While still looking at Jeremy, I whisper; "Thank you." I would never be able to look him in the eye and say those words.
I see his head nod and he stands there for a moment, looking like he wants to say something, but the moment passes and he leaves.
I go to my brother's bed and lay down with him. Wrapping my arms around him, I let the silent tears fall as I cling to my baby brother. I don't know what to do, I don't know who I am anymore.