Chapter 22

Elena, Justin, Jeremy and I pulled up into the school parking lot. "Hey, wanna walk together?" Elena asked as she got out of the car and walked up to me. After she said that, I looked out the corner of my eye and saw an old fashion red car pull up in the parking lot across from us.

"Uh, that's ok," I said. "I'm going to go catch up with Stefan. See you in class?"

"Sure" Elena said as she waved bye to me and walked inside of the school.

I walked up to Stefan, getting out of the car. He gave me a smile as he tucked his shades into his shirt. "Ooo, fancy car" I said.

"Well," he said. "It was a waste to leave it in the garage"

I gave him a smile as he came up to me and kissed me. "I'm surprised you came back today" I said.

"You know, I woke up this morning and I was feeling great and I figured it was time for me to get back into things"

"So, I don't have to sign you up for vampire rehab?"

He laughed. "Yeah, I mean the worst part is over so….now what I want to do is just spend as much time with you as possible"

I started thinking. "I…think I can be okay with that" I said with a smile as I gave him a kiss.

"Hey, thank you," he said. "For helping me get through the…the rough patch"

"That's what I'm here for. To help you go threw the good times and bad," There was a paused. "We should go, we're going to be late"

"Okay…uh…you know what, I'll catch up with you…I'm gonna grab my stuff. I'll be right behind you"

"Sure thing" I said as I let go of his hand and made it towards the school. I had history first so, I found Elena and we made our way to class. We walked in, took our seats and waited for everyone else to come.

Stefan made it the last minute as Alaric walked in and closed the door behind him. "Okay," Alaric said as he walked to his desk. "This week we're gonna set outside the regular curriculum for a lesson on local history as we approach Founder's Day. Apparently the…community lead feels it's more important that world war 2 but hey what do I know?"

The classroom door then opened and Bonnie walked into the classroom. She straighten her and she looked a lot different then she usually did. She looked really pretty. "Sorry I'm late" Bonnie said as she closed the door behind her.

"Well," Alaric said. "It looks like we will be on full occupancy today. Welcome home, Bonnie"

Bonnie came and took the seat next to Elena. She gave Elena and I a smile but when she looked at Stefan, she quickly looked away. Stefan tried to give her a smile but Bonnie kept looking away. Stefan and I looked at each other. We had no idea what Stefan did to her.

At lunch, Elena and I went to go find Bonnie. We went outside and we found her walking to her next class that was across the way. "Bonnie!" Both Elena and I called as we ran up to her.

She turned around and gave us a small smile. "Hey" she said.

"Hey," Elena said. "I tried to grab you after class but you already taken off"

Bonnie gave a nod along with a smile.

"Hey," I said. "How are you? How's your family?"

"We're dealing," she said giving me a nod with a smile. "It's been hard"

"We all missed you"

"Yeah, I just had so much to deal with after Grams' funeral and…honestly after Elena told me about the tomb spell failed…I just didn't really want to come back"

"I hope you'll understand why I called,' Elena said. "I wanted you to know before you came home"

"I understand why. I just…shouldn't know"

There was a long paused. "I know it's been really hard-" Elena was interrupted by somebody calling Bonnie.

It was Caroline. "Bonnie! Bonnie!" Caroline called. "Thank god you're home!" she said as she gave Bonnie a hug. "I know we talked everyday but I missed you,' she pulled away from Bonnie. "How are you?"

"Better," Bonnie said to her. "You know…glad to be back and trying to keep myself busy"

Caroline gave her a big smile. "Well, I can help with that. Major, wardrobe, confad needed A.S.A.P. You need to help me pick up the perfect dress for the Founder's Court"

"The Founder's court?" Elena asked. "Did I miss something?"

"The Founder's Court"

"And what exactly is that?" I asked.

"Well, it's hosted every year and a girl from each founding family is chosen to run for Miss Mystic Falls and who ever wins gets crowned Miss Mystic Falls"

"O…k"

"Elena, they announced the contestants today and you and I are both on it. Oh…and…Alex, you are on it too"

"What? How?"

"Alex," Elena said. "Didn't Jenna say you were related to a Founding Family?"

"Oh…that's right. Oh no, Jenna said she was going to sign me up. I'd never thought she would actually do it"

"Its ok. I completely forgot. We signed up for it a long time ago"

"So, are you dropping out?" Caroline asked.

Elena shook her head. "I can't"

Caroline and I looked at Bonnie. "No?" Caroline asked.

Bonnie looked back at us. "Her mom is the one who wanted her enter"

I looked at Elena who gave me a slow nod.

Elena and I had to go to some interview thing at the Lockwood Mansion to see if we were fit to participate in the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant. After we were done, we went home.

"So, how do you think you did?" Elena asked as we walked up the stairs.

"Ugh…Terrible. Tell us a little bit about yourself," I said my impersonation of Mrs. Lockwood's squeaky voice. "Oh yeah, well I'm a master prankster, got kicked out of my old school oh, and I'm a wizards. Oh yeah, that's perfect Miss Mystic Falls type right there"

Elena laughed as she opened the door. We both walked inside to here somebody call, "Alex!" I stood there frozen in shock. Mom and Harper came running from the kitchen and jumped me with a hug.

"Mom? Harper?" Then behind them were Dad and Max. "Dad? Max?" I walked up to them and gave him a hug. "What are you guys doing here?"

"Jenna," Mom said. "Phoned us and told you that you and Elena were chosen to run for Miss Mystic Falls and we didn't want to miss this"

I looked at Jenna who was leaning against the kitchen entrance with her arms crossed and a smile. "Oh yeah, about that," I said as I walked passed Dad and Max and up to Jenna. "I thought I said I didn't want to enter"

"Why not?" Mom asked walking up to me. "This is great news. Aw, finally my little girl is acting more like…a girl. No offence, Alex"

"I mean," Max said. "She sits on the couch ¾ of the day, eats chicken wings with no napkin and with sauce all over her face and doesn't say excuse me when she burps the mother of all burps" I glared at Max while raising my eye brow. "I mean…oh, there's Justin calling me. Coming!" Max said as he ran pass Jenna and I and bolted downstairs.

"So," Jenna said as she clapped her hands together and stood up straight. "Sleeping arrangements"

"Max can set up a sleeping bag in the basement with Justin" Mom said.

"Harper can sleep with me," I said. "The bed is big enough for the both of us"

"And," Jenna said turning to Mom and Dad. "We can either pull out the couch in the living room or…you can sleep in 'their' old room"

Mom and Dad looked at each other. "I think," Dad said. "Well take the couch" Jenna gave them a nod and walked into the living room.

"Come on, Harper," I said as I turned to her. "I'll take you upstairs and show you to my room" I said as I grabbed her hand and pulled her upstairs. We both walked into my room.

"So," Harper said as she made her way to the bed and sat on it. "How's things?"

"Uh…could be better" I said.

"What happened?"

I took a seat next to Harper. "Stefan…he…has gotten...a little better"

"Since the incident with those vampires?"

"Yes…I don't know what Damon thinks about it. I mean, he was pretty sure the last time we talked about this that he wasn't going to get back to normal"

"What did he say?"

"He said that this could ware off in a couple of days but I don't know if it has gotten better but…this is the least of my problems"

"Well…what's worse then your vampire boyfriend having a blood problem" I got up and closed the door. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"I'll tell you," I said as I walked over to the window, closed it and shut the blinds. "But you have to swear not to tell anyone, ok. I mean it. A lot of people could get hurt if I tell you"

"Then why are you telling me?"

"Because you're my best friend. I can't keep something like this from you"

"Ok Alex"

There was a pause.

"I saw…Juliet…a couple of night ago" I whispered.

"You saw Juliet!" she said out loud.

I quickly put my hands over her mouth and started shushing her. "Yes I saw her"

"How? You guys said she hobbled off into the woods and turned old"

"Yes but, she wasn't old. She looked like she use to be, young"

"Did you tell Justin?"

"No because she begged me not to tell him. She's scared of someone. Another woman came and she was ordering Juliet not to come back"

"Who is she? Did you get a good look of her face"

"She never said a name and I couldn't get a good look of her face"

There was another paused.

"So what are you going to do?"

"I don't know. I'm trying to do some research on how Juliet could have turned young again but at the same time, I want to keep her promise and not get her in trouble"

"You didn't tell Stefan…did you?"

"No and I haven't even told him about seeing Mason the other night"

"Oh yeah, how are things going with that? You said you were going to talk to Justin about it"

"I did and he said he was going to do some research on it but…I haven't really been talking to him about it since Juliet"

"Well…let's do something to get this off your mind" Harper said as she put a smile on her face and jumped off the bed.

I gave her a smile back. "Ok, like what?"

"I want you to show me around Mystic Falls. This place looks so interesting. I want to see it all"

I got off the bed. "Ok, I'll show you everything. The Grill, the park, town hall and tomorrow, I'll show you the school and introduce you to everyone"

"Great" Harper said as she took the lead and led us downstairs.

I grabbed the keys to the car. "Going out! Be back later!" I called out as we walked out the door.

"Bonnie, what are you talking about 'not worth it'?" I said to Bonnie in the hallway of the school. It was the next day and a dance rehearsal came up after school so Harper couldn't come but I promised her I would introduce her to everybody at the Miss Mystic Falls pageant. Caroline brought Bonnie to fill in for Matt since he had to work.

They walked in when Stefan and I were in the middle of rehearsal. Elena brought Justin to fill in her date who was also busy. We stopped to talk to Bonnie and Caroline but when Stefan tried to say hi to Bonnie, she didn't say anything to him…or even look at him for that matter. Elena and I decided it was time to talk to Bonnie and pull her aside. "You haven't said a word to me since you've came back," I continued "and you look at Stefan like he's a bug to squish. Is that it? Is it Stefan?"

There was a paused. Bonnie took a deep breath and then decided to speak. "Listen. Alex, I can't just pretend that everything's ok. Everything my grams did was to protect us from those vampires in the tomb…and now they're out…which means she died for nothing"

"Bonnie," I said. "I'm…I'm so sorry. What can I do? I want to make it better"

"That's just it; there's nothing you can do. I blame him, Alex. Him and Damon and I'm not gonna put you in a situation where you have to choose sides. I'm just having a hard time with it…ok?"

I gave her a nod. She gave me one back and then walked around me and left. I turned to the door and saw Stefan standing in the middle of the room. I walked up to him, Elena followed. "You heard all of that, huh?" I asked him. Stefan gave me a nod. "Just…let her settle down. She'll warm up…eventually" Stefan gave me a small smile along with a nod.

"I don't know about this Alex," Harper said as she was looking at herself in the mirror. It was the next day, the day of the pageant and I had had Harper put on the red and black dress that I bought for her the day before. "I'd rather like to put on my pretzel dress or my party dress"

"Harper trusts me," I said. "You'll thank me later" I said as I picked up my dress that was in the bag.

"And why aren't you wearing your dress?"

"Because everyone is getting ready there. Come on, lets wait downstairs for everyone"

I walked out of the room and she followed. "Do you want me to help?" She asked as we walked down the stairs.

"No, mom wants to do it. She says it's only a once in a lifetime event and she wants to help" There was then a knock at the door. "Got it!" I called out as I ran down the stairs and opened the door and at the door stood Ric. "Hey" I said.

"Hi" He said. "Jenna said you're driving?"

"Yeah, I am. Here, let me get that for you" Ric said as he took a step in and grabbed my dress.

"Thanks" I said as I stepped back. Harper stood beside me with a smile. "Oh, Ric. This is my friend, Harper from New York she came into town for the pageant with my parents. Harper, this is Alaric Saltzman. He's the History teacher at the school he's also dating Jenna," I said as I gave her a smile. Harper giggled back. "Oh, and," I looked around to see if anybody was listening. "The vampire hunter I was telling you about" I whispered to her.

"She knows about you? About us?" Ric asked.

"Pft, yeah. She's my best friend, I wouldn't keep this from her"

Ric shook his head at me and then looked over to Harper. "Hi, nice to meet you" he said as he extended a hand.

"You too" Harper said as she took it and shook it.

"Alex, there's something I need to ask you" Ric asked.

"Sure, what is it?" I asked.

"Um…how a…how is Stefan?"

"Uh…great? I'm not sure what you mean?"

"Well…he seems…on edge"

"Well…he's been through a lot. Yes, he went through a rough patch but now he's fine" I said with a smile.

Ric gave me a funny look until he looked at something behind me. "Alaric," I heard John behind me. I rolled my eyes and went to go grab something from the living room. "Hey buddy, what are you doing here?" He said as he walked up to Ric.

Ric let out a deep breath. "I'm the…chauffeur"

"I thought I was driving"

Jenna then came walking downstairs with Elena following her. "No need," she said as she made her way downstairs. "We're going with Ric"

"Yes we are" I heard Mom. She came out of the kitchen with Dad and they both walked pass John.

"Great," I said. "Are we ready?"

Dad turned to John. "You can take Justin, Max and Jeremy" he said as he patted John on the shoulder with a smile.

"Okay," Jenna said. "We better go, we don't want to be late"

Everyone grabbed their jackets and then walked out the door except for John.

Both Elena and I were sitting side by side at our dressing table. Mom was behind me helping me with my hair while Jenna was helping Elena with her hair. Both Mom and Jenna thought that we should both curl our hair.

As Mom and Jenna curled our hair I couldn't notice how much I looked like Isabella. Okay, I did notice the similarities but when Mom curled my hair, I looked exactly like her. I felt like I was in the picture. I felt like I was Isabella Giordano. I turned my head to Elena who turned hers to me. The second we laid our eyes on each other, our eyes opened wide in shock. With Elena's hair curled, she looked exactly like Katherine. Like she was the girl in the portrait.

"What's wrong?" Mom asked. Jenna and Mom were looking at us.

"Oh," I said. "Um…nothing" I said as I turned back to the mirror and started applying more lip gloss on my lips.

Jenna and Mom went back to styling our hair. "Well, Jenna said. "I'll tell you one thing, your hair would have had a better chance if she was"

Elena let out a laugh. "Okay," Elena said. "We better go put on our dresses. We wouldn't want to be late," Elena turned to Jenna. "Be careful with that thing," Elena said pointing to the curling iron. "Don't hurt anybody," Elena said as she got out of her seat. "Coming?" She asked turning to me.

I got out of my seat and followed her to the dressing room. We walked across the hall and into the dressing room where the other contestant, Amber who had blonde hair and brown eyes. She looked a lot like Juliet. I shook my head out of the thought.

Amber was pasting back and forth in front of the mirror, shaking her hands and taking deep breaths. She gave both Elena and I a smile when she saw us in the room.

"Are you ok, Amber?" Elena asked.

Amber shook her head. "I hate being the center of attention," She said. "I get panic attacks"

"You need some privacy so you can change?"

"Actually, I'm gonna go get some air" Amber said as she left the room and closed the door behind her.

Elena and I looked at each other. I started moving my index figure in a circle beside my head. Elena let out a small laugh. "

So, I'll take the bathroom and you can change here?" I asked as I started walking towards the mirror to grab my dress.

"No, I'll take the bathroom. You can have the room." she said as she picked up her dress and made her way to the bathroom and closed the door.

I picked up my dress from the mirror and then noticed somebody standing behind me. I turned around and saw Damon standing there. "Uh hello," I said. "You can't be back here. 'Girls Only' area"

"We need to talk" he said.

"It has to be right now?"

"Normally I would have a completely different outlook of what I'm about to tell you but since it's a really inconvenience to me, I'll…squib" he said with a smile.

"What do you mean?"

"Stefan's still drinking human blood" he said as his smile faded away.

"What?"

"Yeah…a month ago I would have rejoiced…but with the council back on alert, it is nnnot a good time for Stefan to fly off the handle"

"I know he hasn't been his self lately but he told me things went back to normal"

"He has a fridge full of stolen blood bank contraband in the house"

I turned to the couch beside me, took a seat on it and place the dress beside me. "This can't be happening" I said.

"He has no idea where normal is," Damon said. "His entire existence isn't normal. Normal to a vampire is drinking human blood but he's spent all the time fighting it when he should have learn to control it and now it's controlling him instead"

"But…this can't be true. This is Stefan. The sweet, kind hearted Stefan that wouldn't hurt a fly"

"Stefan on human blood, Alex. He'll do anything; he'll say anything because he's not gonna wanna stop. Trust me"

The bathroom door opened and Elena walked out. "Hey," she said to Damon. "What are you doing here? You're not suppose to be up here"

"He came to talk to me about Stefan" I said as I got up from the couch and stood in front of her.

"Why? What happened?"

"Stefan's on human blood," I said. "He's like a drug addict"

Elena looked Damon with wide eyes. "Really?" Damon nodded his head.

"This is all my fault," I said. "I'm such an idiot. I knew Wizard blood was too powerful but yet, I still fed it to him"

There was a knock at the door and then it opened. Stefan opened it and walked in. "Um…Wha-What's going on in here?" he asked as he took a couple steps in and put his hands in his pockets.

Damon turned around and looked at Stefan. "Just," Damon said. "Just filling Alex and Elena in on your extra-curricular activities"

Stefan shook his head and let out a small laugh. "What are you talking about?"

"Stefan," I said. "don't play stupid, I know about the blood"

"Uh," Damon said. "I'll be downstairs…drinking" Damon said as he walked pass Stefan and out of the room.

"I'll just," Elena started saying. "Wait in the hallway" she said as she left the room.

Stefan gave me a smile, along with a laugh. I didn't say or doing anything except cross my arms. "I was going to tell you" he said.

"When? Next week when half the town is gone?" I asked.

Stefan walked up to me. "I'm fine. I'm fine, the blood, it doesn't change anything"

"You're wrong. It's changing you. It's changing the person you use to be"

"Why? Because I kept a secret from you? Come on, Alex. Look, giving the way you're reacting right now, can you really blame me for that?"

I glared at him. "Do you even hear yourself? You're stealing blood! And worst of all, you're lying to everyone and saying that you're alright when in fact, its not, Stefan!"

He let out another small laugh. "So, what," he said. "You and Damon all of the sudden have everything figured out then?"

"Keep Damon out of this. This isn't about him. This is about you and what's happening to you"

"I know and I'm telling you that I'm fine. I'm fine. Please come on. Alex, I thought…I thought you believed in me"

I was about to respond when there was a knock on the door. The door opened and relieved Carol Lockwood. "Alex, let's go," Carol Lockwood said. Oh did I despise that woman and she had the worst timing. "The line ups starting"

"Uh…Mrs.…Mrs. Lockwood. I need just a minute" I said.

"You're not even dressed yet. Escorts wait downstairs, Stefan"

Stefan looked at Mrs. Lockwood and then looked back at me. He gave me this look like I betrayed him. He then turned around and walked out of the room.

What was I going to do?

"Miss Tina Fell, escorted by Bartholomew Whitmore" we heard Mayor Lockwood say downstairs as Tina Fell made her way downstairs. I was already in my dress and Caroline, Elena and I were looking down the railing.

"Has anyone seen Amber?" Mrs. Lockwood said angrily as she walked by us.

I ignored her and kept looking down for Stefan. "Do you guys see Stefan down there?" I asked.

Caroline and Elena both looked down. "Nope," Caroline said. "Just my boring fill-in escort"

"What happened to Matt?" Elena asked.

"They wouldn't let him out of work?" Caroline said looking at Elena.

She then turned to me. "What happened to Stefan?" She asked me.

I shrugged my shoulders. "I have no idea," I said. "He just…disappeared. Elena, whose that cutie for your escort?"

"He's one of Matt's football friends," she said. "I met him when Matt and I use to date. His name is Jason and Matt wanted me to ask him and now…I'm not thinking this was such a good idea"

"What? Why? What's the matter?"

"I can't go threw with this. I'll just tell him I can't do this and go home"

"No, no, no way, no," Caroline said. "You had your chance to drop out and believe me I was of for it because there was no way that I could beat you. Elena, you're doing this because it was important to your mom"

Elena gave her a small smile.

"Miss Caroline Forbes," we heard Mayor Lockwood say downstairs and then a bunch of claps. Caroline gave us both a big smile and then mad her way down the stairs. "And her escort, Jeffrey Lockwood Hamilton"

"Elena, you're next" Mrs. Lockwood said.

Elena turned to me. "Wish me luck" Elena said.

I gave her a smile "Good luck" I said.

Elena then made her was to the stairs. "Miss Elena Gilbert," Mayor Lockwood said. "Escorted by Jason Demine" Elena gave me a big smile and walked downstairs. I took one more look for Stefan.

"Alex, you're next" I heard Mrs. Lockwood say.

I took a deep breath and then made my way to the stairs. "Miss Alexandra Russo, escorted by Mr. Stefan Salvatore" I heard Mayor Lockwood say then a bunch of claps after. I took another deep breath before putting on a big smile and making my way downstairs.

I didn't see Stefan there, just Amber's escort who stood there with a worried face. Oh my god, this couldn't be happening. I felt my heart beat faster and faster. I then saw Damon come into view. He stood in front of Amber's escort.

As I walked down closer to him, a small smile appeared on his face. I gave him a small smile back. "Where's Stefan" I asked him in whisper.

"I don't know" Damon whispered back. I took hold of Damon's hand and we walked towards the door outside.

We made our way outside and then went to join the others. As we walked by Mom, Dad, Harper, Jenna and Alaric, I heard Mom ask Jenna, "Who is that boy?" I shook my head and kept walking towards the group.

I stood on my side and Damon stood on his side. We then started the dance. We both took a step forward. "What are going to do?" I asked as I kept dancing and took the first bow.

Damon did the same. "Right now, we just go to get threw this" We then took a step back. I gave him a nod.

I then started thinking of the dance. Ok, what's next…oh right, right hand up and inches away from the partner's hand. I lifted up my right hand and so did Damon and we both reached it up so it was inches away from each others. Then…what's next…oh, go around in a circle once. We did so. Then we…use the left hand and do the same. We both did. Then both hands and do the same. We both did, again. Then pull in together and dance. We took one step forward. I took my right hand and held onto Damon's hand and raised it up and put my left hand on his shoulder. He took his hand and put it on my back. All of us started dancing. Ok, one step forward, one step back, two step forward, one step back, one step forward, one to the side.

I was actually quite surprised that Damon knew the steps. I mean, I know he was born when the dance was invented but I was surprised he had that side to him that…gave him that bit of that...soft touch I guess you would call it. We dance until it was time to go back into place and pull apart. I looked at Damon and gave him a small smile.

'Thank you' I mouthed to him.

Caroline was crowned Miss Mystic Falls. Both Elena and I were so happy for her and I was happy I didn't win. I really didn't want to win. After the crowning, Elena and I went to go find Mom, Dad, Harper and Jenna. "Sorry you didn't win, Alex" Harper said.

"That's ok," I said to Harper. "I'm actually ok with it"

"I just gotta say you look great in the dress"

"Thanks"

"Miha," Mom said as she walked in and gave me a hug. "I'm sorry to interrupt but who was that boy you were dancing with?"

"Yeah," Harper said. "Who was that cutie?" she said with a smile.

"That was Damon Salvatore," I said. "Stefan's brother. Remember I told you about him" I said eyeing Harper. Harper's mouth formed a surprised "o" as I gave her a nod.

"But where was Stefan?" Mom asked.

"Uh…I…don't know. Something must have come up?"

"Alex," I heard someone call. I turned around and saw Damon walk up to me. "Can I talk to you?" I quickly gave him a nod and followed him.

"What's wrong? Did you find him?" I asked.

"There were signs of struggle in the upstairs bathroom," he told me. "There was blood and that Amber girl is missing"

"Oh god. No…No he…he won't do that. He wouldn't hurt her"

"Let's just find him, okay. Let's get your coat. Come on" he said as pulled me to the front door. I grabbed my coat and we made our way out the door.

We walked out the front door and we heard screaming coming from the woods beside the mansion. Damon and I then started running towards the woods were we saw Stefan feeding off of Amber. "Stefan!" I called out as we ran up to him. Stefan let go of her and Amber fell to the ground.

"Stefan," Damon said as he put himself between Stefan and I and started walking closer to Stefan. "Come on, get control. Its okay, come on. Breath through a bit" Stefan glared at Damon with his red vampire eyes and grabbed hold of Damon and threw him across. Stefan stalked towards him. Damon hit the ground and got up right away. "Do something!" Damon called out to me.

"I can't!" I called back. "I don't have my wand on me! I left it upstairs!" I turned back to Stefan. "Stefan! Please stop!"

Stefan then stopped walking. He grabbed onto his head and started screaming in pain. "What are you doing?" Damon asked.

"Nothing it's no-" I turned my head to look back and saw Bonnie, Elena and Harper standing there. Everybody was looking at Stefan but Bonnie was really focused on Stefan. She was doing a spell.

I looked back at Stefan who was still screaming. He screamed until his red eyes faded away. He looked at us in shock. Damon started, slowly, creep towards him. "It's ok," Damon said. Stefan looked at me in true horror. He was scared. Upset. "Stefan" Damon said. Stefan then turned around and ran off into the woods.

"Well," Harper said. We all turned to Harper. "That was scary," We all gave Harper a glare. "What?"

Sheriff Forbes and the rest of the police squad a came after Damon went to go get them. They made all 4 of us stand by before they wanted to talk to us. Sheriff Forbes went to go talk to Amber before she came to talk to us. "She doesn't remember what happened" Sheriff Forbes said.

"It's a good thing the girls got here before I did," Damon said. "She lost a lot of blood"

She then turned to the 4 of us. "You didn't see anything?"

I looked at Elena, then Harper and we all turned and looked at Bonnie. Bonnie shook her head slowly. "No," I said as I turned my head back to the sheriff. "We found her like this and went to go get Damon straight away"

"Is she gonna be okay?" Bonnie asked quietly.

"It looks like it, yeah," the sheriff said. "Why don't you girls get back to the party? Damon and I can take it from here"

We all gave her a nod and then started making our way back to the mansion. When we were far away from Damon and the Sheriff, I then started talking to Bonnie. "Bonnie, can I talk to you about this?"

"There's nothing to talk about" Bonnie said not looking at me.

"Yes there is, Bonnie"

Bonnie turned around and looked at me. She was mad. "I told you, I wasn't going to make you choose but I need to make the choice for myself. Please…just leave me alone" She then turned around and walked to her car. I let out a deep breath.

"It'll be ok" Elena said rubbing my shoulders. "Why don't I take you guys home. I'll go upstairs and flash you guys home," I said. "There's something I need to take care of" Harper and Elena both gave me a nod.

I walked upstairs of the Boarding House and stood at the entrance of Stefan's room. He stood in front of the mirror with his hand buried in his face. "You shouldn't be here" Stefan said.

"I know" I said.

He turned around and looked at me and started stalking around the room. "Now you know"

"Stefan…I know you. That wasn't you

" "Oh, it was absolutely me. A monster, a predator, that's who I am, Alex"

"Stefan I've met monsters before and you are not a monster. This is just the blood doing all of this"

"The blood brings out what's inside of me and if you think any differently then you're an idiot"

I glared at him. "Excuse me? Stefan what's wrong with you? This isn't you"

"I wanted to drain every ounce of blood from that girl's body," I shook my head. "It's who I am, Alex"

"Stefan, you can't scared me off that easily if you think any different you're the idiot"

"Why would you risk it? Why would you come here?"

"Because all of this is my entire fault. I'm the moron, I fed you Wizard blood. The most powerful blood in the world"

"All you did was expose me to who I'm really am"

"Stefan! This. Isn't. You"

"Stop saying that!" he said as he threw a bunch of book that were on his desk across the room. I started walking closed to him. "Don't' get any closer to me" he said.

I ignored him and kept walking closer. "Stefan, I'm going to help you. I don't want to lose you"

"Stop" he said.

"Stefan, I won't let this happen to you! I believe in you!"

"Stop!" he said as he pinned me against the cabinet in seconds really hard. I felt the pain go straight up my back. I was scared. I was truly scared. I then saw the tears fill up in Stefan's eyes. "I'm so sorry" he whispered softly.

"It's fine" I said quietly.

He then buried my face into my shoulder and started crying. "I don't know what's happening to me" he mumbled in my shoulder.

"It's ok. Everything's going to be ok"

I pulled the vervain dart out of my pocket and then stabbed him in the back. Stefan then started pulling away, slowly then seconds later he fell to the ground. Foot steps then started coming into the room. I turned to the door and looked at Damon walking in. Damon looked at me "Sure you want to do this?" he asked.

"Absolutely"

We took Stefan to the cellar that was located in the basement and locked him up in there. Damon closed the door behind him and locked it up. "There's no guarantee it's going to work" Damon said.

"I'll take my chances" I said.

Damon gave me a nod and then started walking out. "Coming?" he asked.

I shook my head. "I think I'm going to stay here" I said. I then slid down the ground as sat against the wall. Damon gave me a nod and sat against the wall across from me. I looked at him. I was shocked he decided to sit with me.

"Thanks" I said.

Hope you guys liked it

Clothing on my profile.

Review if you liked it.