Chapter 21

Audrey ran down the stairs with Damon right behind her. She corrected her purse on her shoulder and moved her hair behind her ears. She had a bun because there had been no time for shower. They got to the door, but before she exited, she turned around, pulled Damon close from his neck and planted a quick kiss.

"Bye," Audrey whispered with a smile and sped outside. This day was one of her favorites in a year; decorating to the masquerade and picking clothes and masks to it! She'd always went with Tyler, but this year she was just going to go there on her own, or with Damon. You never know.

Audrey got to the Lockwood's and immediately was pulled aside. Jenna was staring at her intently and scolding her at the same time. Oh yeah, maybe she should've told her that she was going to stay the night at Damon's.

"Where have you been? I've been worried sick!" Jenna whisper yelled and squeezed Audrey's hand.

"I know Aunt Jenna I am so sorry I haven't called! I meant to but then I just didn't realize the time..." Audrey rubbed her forehead and looked at Jenna apologizing. She was truly and honestly sorry. Jenna looked at Audrey's miserable face and nodded.

"Just let me know the next time you are going to spend the night at somewhere else, okay?" Jenna said in which Audrey reacted so strongly that she pulled Jenna into a hug.

"I never tell you how much you mean to me Jenna. You are one of the few people left that are my family. Thank you for being there for us," Audrey hugged her so tightly and buried her face into Jenna's shoulder. She hugged back and rubbed Audrey's upper back.
"I am there for you almost as much as you are there for me."

They drew from the hug and smiled at each other. There was no way Audrey was going to tell Jenna that she spent the night with Damon. Jenna didn't like Damon, and it would be nice if she would like him. Audrey eyed Jenna nervously before touching her arm gently and walking inside. She walked to where she thought she heard Stefan's voice and quickly she found him, and Mason.

"Mason," Audrey breathed catching both of their attention. She walked with long and quick steps to them all while looking at the werewolf. "Is your neck hurting? Hope it isn't too much. I like to get a little kinky sometimes."

Stefan glared at her and so did Mason. So Audrey glared them right back. Mason seemed cocky as he gritted his teeth and started walking away. He hit Audrey and she grabbed him by the arm.

"I don't care that you are Tyler's uncle. If you come after my family or friends ever again I will kill you."

"Not if I kill you first," he said and left. On the way he bumped to Bonnie, he had the courtesy to apologize. Bonnie had a strange look on her face and it made Audrey and Stefan walk to her. Bonnie hadn't talked to her in such a long time. Audrey was beginning to wonder if she was ever going to think of her as her friend.

"What's the matter? Are you okay?" Stefan asked in a worried tone. Audrey stayed on the background, just watching them.

"When I touched him, I saw something." Bonnie swallowed and folded her arms under her chest.

"What do you mean? Like a vision?"

"I saw Elena."

"You saw Elena?"

"He was kissing her."

"10 points to me," Audrey stated like it was just a normal thing to say. Stefan and Bonnie both placed their eyes to her. Audrey put her hand on her waist. "Katherine. Like I said."

Audrey eyes at her friends with a 'duh' face. Bonnie and Stefan looked at each other and Audrey looked at them.

"Thank you Bonnie," Stefan said thankfully and as Bonnie walked away he got to Audrey. His expression overly protective he rubbed his chin and eyed Audrey. She had the same clothes as yesterday.

"Where were you the night? Elena called me saying she was worried," Stefan asked and folded his arms over his chest. Audrey snorted and rolled her eyes. Why was he being so protective right now? Audrey didn't know what to say. Her and Damon had made a promise to each other; let's not tell anyone about this just yet. It would only raise questions that they didn't want to answer.

"I crashed at a friend's. You don't know him," Audrey said briefly and tried to walk past him. Stefan moved in front of her and glanced at her under his brows.

"Who exactly?" Stefan asked and Audrey's eyes wondered from his green eyes to his brother who was walking towards them. Audrey froze and watched him come closer.

"Your brother has something he wants to talk about. Don't worry about me, I just didn't want to hear your sexting with Elena," Audrey said and created a meaningful glare towards him. Stefan seemed stunned and kind of panicky. "And Stefan, don't bother lying to me," Audrey continued though she was straight lying to him. Well not lying to be exact, just not telling that the friend was Damon and that she slept with him.

Damon got to them, and before Audrey left she changed a meaningful look with him. Damon looked Audrey leave and couldn't help but to remiss last night. She was everything he had imagined, and surprised him a couple of times. Damon frowned to the evil eye Stefan was giving to Audrey as she walked away.

"What did she say to you?" Damon asked from his baby brother. Stefan turned his face to Damon and neutralized it. He shook his head with an inhale.

"Nothing. Did you know about Katherine and Mason?" Stefan raised his brows to Damon.

"What? Katherine's with Mason Lockwood?" Damon stared at his younger brother in surprise. Audrey told me and I decided to ignore her.

Audrey walked out, trying to find Elena. When she got out there was Tyler and Matt hanging the lanterns. Well Matt was, Tyler was holding the ladder. Audrey walked to them and noticed Tyler glance at her weirdly. Matt just said hey as she got to them

"I'm gonna go get an extension cord. I'll be right back," Matt said and left. Audrey walked to Tyler who was just avoiding her look every chance he got.

"Tyler I actually wanted to talk to you..." Audrey started and tried to reach out for him. Tyler snorted and stared at her.

"What?" his voice was mean and cold.

"I know I hurt you, but you broke my heart. You need to understand."

"I know, and I guess I do. I was actually a jerk," he responded softer and even let a smile slip on his lips. "So what did you want to talk about?"

"I just uhm-" Audrey's sentence was interrupted by her brother Jeremy. Jeremy walked to them and Audrey's eyes instantly shot to him. She hadn't seen him in a long while. He made a meaningful glare towards his sister. Audrey wondered what he was doing. Was he friends with Tyler now?

"Hey man," Jeremy said to Tyler. Audrey's eyes jumped from her brother to Tyler.

"Hey!" Tyler said back. She was sensing a bromance.

"Okay. I'm gonna' go, but Jer I'll see you at home. And Ty, friends?"

"Yeah, friends," Tyler said with a small smile and Jeremy waved at her. As Audrey walked away she dug up her phone. No messages, no nothing. She was done being in the Lockwood house. She was a vampire, and hungry. Audrey walked to where she had left her car and got in.

As she started the car she wondered where could she go. She could go to the Salvatore boarding house, or the Grill, or home. The options were never ending! Okay not really. She heard her phone buzz a couple of times. Audrey dug it up and saw she had received a message from Caroline.

The old Lockwood well. Now. Be there ASAP. -Care

Audrey grunted, but directed her way there. It didn't take long for her to get to the side of the woods. She parked her black car and got quickly out. She sped to the back door and grabbed a blood bag from the trunk. Her movement stopped as she saw another familiar thing lying next to the blood bags. Her diary.

She hadn't wrote in it for ages, and she figured it would be time. Tonight she would write in it. Just after this gig.

Audrey started walking in the woods and before she got there she heard screaming. It was really more like grunting for help. It was Stefan. Now it was time to use her vampire superpowers; she sped towards the voice, but something went wrong. She stopped and her body started to slow down. She looked down on her hands and noticed grey veins start to move up. Audrey frowned and lifted her gaze. She saw a woman with black hair and darker shade of skin stare at her.

"Sorry darling," she whispered and just like that Audrey collapsed to the ground. Her eyes were still tiny bit open when she saw the woman walk closer to her.

A/N: What you think? Thanks for all the reviews and comments! Remember to keep in mind that I have gotten better at writing. I wrote this piece over a year ago! :) Thank you.