Heeya guys. Sorry that it's been a while. It's my exam period and i've been really busy revising and stuff. Hopefully, now that i've nearly finished them i'll be able to update on a daily bases. although i wouldnt count on it. Im forgetful. :)

Anyway just wanted to thank Every single person who has read it so far. i want want to thank all the people who have reviewed, favourited and followed. Means alot guys. Thank You.

In the previous chapters i've forgotten to put Disclaimers on, although it's pretty obvious that im not L.j Smith. Even though i really wish i was. :) So just for the record... I don't own the Vampire Diaries just Lillie and whatever other characters i decide to add in later. If any.

Chapter five.

Family Ties

A tall man hidden away in the dark, was leaning over a pale, limp, male body. His arms wrapped tightly around the torso, holding it up. Mouth pressed against the soft pale skin of his neck. Lillie couldn't make out what was going on, but something about the situation didn't feel right. She knew she shouldn't be out all by her self, but she got bored and climbing out her window wasn't exactly hard. She stood frozen in place observing the scene infront of her. For a moment she thought that they might be kissing, but she didnt rememeber ever seeing her parents kiss like that. The tall man moaned slightly into the other guys neck, and Lillie automatically took a step back. Her foot came down awkwardly and she accidentally let out a hiss in pain. Instantly her eyes widened as she realised her mistake. The mystrious guy snapped his head towards her and a low feral growl escaped his mouth as he stared down at her menicingly. Her hands flew up to cover her mouth as she gasped loudly. Her widened eyes glued to the ruby coloured liquid smirred over his mouth and chin. Lillie may only be five but she knew straight away what the man standing infront of her was. She still couldn't drag her eyes away from the blood on his face, and she noticed his lips twitch up into a smirk. Her breath caught in her throat and her mind felt like it was shutting down. She didnt know what to do. All she did knew was that she was about to die. He dropped the lifeless body to the ground carelessly, eyes trained on the young girl standing before him. He stalked towards her, each step bringing him closer and closer to the frightened little girl. She was noticably shaking, but other than that stayed perfectly still. She looked into his brown eyes as he stopped infront of her. He inhaled deeply and his smirk intensified. Lillie's breaths were coming in fast. Her heart racing away in her chest as if trying to run away from the situation its self. Her eyes stayed locked with his as they started to change. Blackend veins started to appeared under his eyes, his canines lengthening to sharp points and another hungry growl escaped him. His eyes travelled down to the pulsing artery on her neck, and licked his lips. Slowly he smiled, the blood still around his mouth made him look all that more terrifying. Before she could comprehend what was happening, he lunged.

Mouth open. Razor sharp teeth. Blood. Screams. Pleas for help.

I jolted awake. Twisting and turning. I looked around the room breathing hard, one of my hand flying up to press hard against my throat and the other fumbling around for my phone. The sunlight streamed in though the slightly parted curtains, lighting up the room. I stayed where I was, breathing heavily on my bed. My hand feeling around my neck for any signs of injury, but found none. I frowned slightly at what I was doing and slowly bought my hand down and into my lap. I didn't understand my sudden panic, I couldnt even remember my dream. The dream was like a balloon. One minute it was there and the next it wasn't. I've always been bad at remembering my dreams but this one felt different. This dream caused panic and fear to form in the pit of my stomach. I stared at the wall infront of me for a few moments, calming myself down, before taking a deep breath and getting ready to face the day and pretending it never happened.

"Scum ball. Scum bucket." Aunt Jenna listed, as she watched the T.V. I plonked myself on the sofa next to Jenna and smiled.

"Scum bag?" I offered. Jenna laughed.

"Most definatly."

"Who are you guy's talking about?" Elena questioned as she walked in carrying a large carboard box and then placeing it gentally on the table. I shrugged in response.

"Him," Jenna pointed to the T.V. "The news guy, also known as Logan "Scum" Fell." She glared at the T.V and i chuckled softly beside her. "Did your mom ever tell you guys why I moved away from Mystic Falls?"

"Oh, no way..." Elena looked at Jenna before smiling. "You and him?"

"He's kinda cute." I said.

Jenna made a face. " He is not cute. There's nothing cute about him." She crossed her arms over her chest like a little kid, me and Elena just giggled to our selves.

"Whatcha got there?" I asked, turning to lean over the back of the sofa.

"It's stuff from the safty deposit box. Aparrently mom told Mrs Lockwood she would loan it to the founder's council for the heritage display." Elena replied as she looked thought the box.

"Well that sounds...Interesting." I muttered, turning back to the T.V as Jeremy waltzed in.

"How much do you think this stuff is worth? You know, like on ebay?" Jeremy asked.

"You're not gunna find out." Elena spat.

Jeremy went to say something else but was cut of by the door bell. For a few moments, no one went to move and all just stared at me. I huffed in annoyance, but pushed myself up.

"I've got the door guys. Don't rush yourselves." I muttered sarcastically. Jenna just laughed from her seat on the sofa and i rolled my eyes.

I opened the door and was surprised to see Stefan standing there.

"Hi." He said smiling.

"Hey, Loner." I smirked at him and he just rolled his green eyes. We stood there for a few seconds staring at each other, before i decided to speak up.

"You know, i know why you're here. But what if i didnt? What would you ask then?" I questioned.

"Is Elena home?" He responded smiling still and i couldn't help smiling back up at him.

"Exactly. Elena! There's some guy at the door for you!" I shouted over my shoulder.

"Ooh, some guy?" I heard Jenna say to Elena as she made her way to the door.

"You couldn't have said it was Stefan?" She asked glaring at me and simply smiled in response.

"Nope." I answered, poping the p and then turing my back and walking away.

"Sooo, who's the guy, Elena just took upstairs?" Jenna questioned as soon as she could see me.

"What guy?" I asked faking innocents.

"You know what guy."

"Stefan Salvatore." I said.

"Is he cute?"

"Really, Aunt Jenna?" I couldn't help but smile.

"Yes really. Does Elena have good taste?"

"Better than yours with Logan Fell." I joked and she glared at me. "Yes, he's cute. Happy?" She nodded.

"Can't wait to meet the guy."

"Don't scare him off!" I warned. "Anyway, i'm going out to meet up with Caroline and Bonnie." I grabbed my black leather coat from the back of a dining room chair and headed towards the door. Before i reached the door Jenna was infront of me frowning.

"Do you have your phone?" She asked. I nodded slowly. "Where are you going?"

"The grill." I replied.

"I want you home by 8. Latest. Understand?" I sighed deeply but nodded in understanding.

"If you are not home, I'm calling the police." She warned.

"Fine."

"You're taking someone to the founder's party? What about me?" Bonnie asked Caroline, who just shrugged.

"Go with Elena."

"She's asking Stefan." Bonnie complained

"Really. She's getting the courage to ask him. Go sis!" I playfully fist pumped the air.

"Yeah. She was really freaking out about doing it though." Bonnie said.

"I bet that's what they were talking about in her room this morning." I muttered.

"Ooh, Stefan was in her room? I bet they weren't talking." Caroline commented.

"Why does every conversation with you evolve around sex?" I exclaimed. Maybe a little bit too loudly as people turned to look in our direction. I put my head down and avoided all eye contact with people. I could hear Caroline and Bonnie giggling.

"But anyway. Go by yourself." Caroline insisted.

"Gee, thanks. What about your mom? Is she okay with you bringing Damon?" Bonnie questioned Caroline, who again; shrugged.

"And I'm supposed to care, why?" Caroline responded.

"He's older, sexy, danger guy." Bonnie pointed out. I scoffed.

"He's older, danger guy. No way does he get the sexy word used to discribe him." I spoke up. Caroline looked at me and raised one of her perfectly shaped eyebrows.

"Really? Are you blind? He's smoking hot." Caroline exclaimed.

"Eh, seen hotter." I revealed. Caroline looked disbelieving.

"Really? Cause Mystic Falls in the hot guy department is empty." She observed. And i smirked at her.

"Who said anything about it being in Mystic Falls." I stood up, slipped on my coat and left without another word. Smiling at the fact that Caroline seemed speechless.

"Delicate Flower vs Naughty Vixen?" Bonnie asked me and Elena, holding up two different nail varnish bottles.

"Naughty Vixen cause it has an awesome name" I asnwered.

"Can we mix em?" Elena asked, looking at the two closely.

"Aww look at you getting all pretty for you date with Stefan." Bonnie cooed.

"Yeah you look happy." I added smiling at my twin sister.

"I am... Tonights going to be a good night. But dont let that stop you from telling me whatever it is you wanted to tell me as soon as you walked in the door." Elena demanded, taking a seat inbetween and and bonnie at our dining room table.

"What if i tell you in the morning? I dont want to ruin the night?" Bonnie asked. avoiding eye contact with Elena.

"Bonnie out with it." Elena commanded.

"Okay, but it has to go in the vault, because Caroline will kill me if it gets back to Damon that she squealed." Bonnie spoke seriously and looked at both of us.

"So this is something that Damon's said. Yeah i Already dont believe it, and i havent even heard what your about to say." I Expressed. Bonnie and Elena just glared at me.

"Apparently Stefan has a very interesting back story."

"So do most people." I added. Bonnie shot me a nasty look but otherwise ignored my comment.

"Do you know what happened with Kathrine?"

"I know that they both dated her and that's why they have issues."

"Yeah, they both dated her, only she chose Damon. And that drove Stefan mad, he did horrible things to try and break them up. He manipulated Katherine. He filled her head with all these lies until finally it worked and she turned against Damon." Bonnie explained to us. I shook me head and scoffed.

"That sounds like something Damon would say to stir things." I argued. There was no way that Stefan was that much of a dick.

"I just wanted Elena to know." She shrugged, painting her finger nails.

"His past relationships are none of my business." Elena sighed.

"Unless he's a calculating, manipulative liar. That's your business." Bonnie muttered under her breath, just loud enough for us to hear.

"Stefan's none of those things." Elena argued. Bonnie stopped what she was doing and stared intently at Elena.

"Yeah? How do you know?" Bonnie countered. I dont believe what she said about Stefan, but there was no way to deny that fact that Elena really didnt know that much about Stefan.

The lockwood mansion look beautiful...as always. I always hated special gatherings/parties though, especially with the adults, it was never much fun. I snuck a glass of champage of the bar and made my way up the stairs looking for my parents section.

I took me awhile to find it as i wobbled around in heels and on my fourth glass of champagne, but when i did, i was the only one there for a while. I silently stared down at the item that used to belong to my parents. My fingers gentally pressed against the glass, wanting just one touch. I lone tear slid down my cheek splashing against the glass. Immediatly i whiped it away, glad that no one was around. I wasnt one to cry infront of people, i always felt weird and uncomfortable when i did.

"Hey." Elena's soft voice flowed through the air.

"Hey." I responded without turning to face her. I kept my back to her and i heard her heels on the tiled floor as she walked over and looked over my shoulder.

"You know it's okay to cry sometime, right?" She cooed.

"Crying is pain, Lena. When you cry that's when it all breaks loose. I wouldn't be able to stand it." I whispered back. Elena put her arm around my shoulder reasurringly and gave it a squeeze. "I'm sorry i left."

"It's okay. Please dont leave again." She asked quietly.

"Never."

"Still can't believe you got me in a dress." I moaned to Elena as we looked around at the rest of the things in the room. She just laughed.

"Yeah, well be happy that Caroline didn't dress you. I bet you can just guess how short that would be." She joked.

"True, true." I watched Elena wonder back over to our parents items and gazed longingly at them.

"Your parents?" A voice asked from the doorway asked, making me jump. I turned to see Stefan looking dashing in his suit smiling at us both.

"Yeah. There's alot of history here."

"I wanted to apologize fto you for being a world-class jerk the other night when i tried to kiss you." Damon's voice spoke from behind me, making me jump.

"Daym! Seriously, what is it with you and Stefan scaring me!" I exclaimed. "And, yeah it's fine. Ever mention it again though and i'll end you." I said sweetly. Grabbing another champagne from a passing waiter.

"I'd like to see you try." He whispered in my ear. I turned my head and glared at him, taking a few big steps back.

"Seriously?!"

"I'm sorry. My therapist says i'm acting out, trying to punish Stefan." Damon admitted. Although the look in his eye told me straight away that he was speaking absolute bullshit.

"Therapist?" I couldnt help but laugh. He looked at me and raised a dark eyebrow. "I'm sorry. You just dont seem like the type that would go to a therapist...Ever." I admitted as i looked around at all the dancing couples, laughing and having some sort of fun. "Anyway, what aparently trying to punish Stefan for?"

"It's in the past. I dont even want to bring it up."

"Uh-huh. You dont want to bring it up, although you're the one who bought it up. Makes sense." I commented.

"Lets just say that the Salvatores have been cursed with sibling rivalry." Damon informed me. I just nodded along.

"Look im sorry that you and Stefan have this thing between you, but I cant get in the middle of it, Damon. I dont want to get in the middle of it. It's none of my business. But i hope you two can work it out. I dont see why not, Stefan seems awesome." I expressed. Damon clenched his jaw and narrowed his eyes.

"I hope so, too, Ann."

I never thought that i would be hiding out in he toilets on any occasion, but here i was. Sitting on the sinks in the lockwood mansion hoping to avoid everyone. I swung my legs back and forth, kicking the cupboard whilst humming a random song.

"Hey." I looked up to see Caroline strutting in up to the mirror, pouting her lips.

"Hey." I replied. Something seemed off about Caroline lately, she was jumpy. She reached over to pull of some roll and her lace cardigan hitched, exposing a bruised piece of skin. Instantly i jumped from the sink and started pulling it off."

"What the hell, Caroline?" She started fighting me, Pushing me and pulling at her cardi. "

"Just leave me alone!"

"What happened?" I asked frantic.

"Nothing. It's nothing. Oh... my mum would kill me." Caroline started to panic.

"Did Damon do this?" I was seething. I knew there was something wrong with him.

"No, of course not.. Just leave me alone, Lillie!" She snatched her purse and literally ran from the bathroom. I could feel the anger coming off of me in waves. I wanted to hurt Damon, i wanted to hurt him bad.

I went out and searched for him. How could he dissapear like that. Just as i had given up, i caught sight of Elena outside yelling at him. As quickly as i could i made my way over, trying to avoid as many people as i could and trying not to fall in my heels.

I got to them just as Elena was walking away.

"Come on Lils, we're going home." She said, grabbing ahold of my elbow.

"Wait. I have something to say to him first, okay." I didnt wait for a reply, before walking over and punching him in the face...hard. He stumbled back a few steps, held his jaw and looked at me in shock.

"Leave Caroline the fuck alone. Leave everyone alone. No one wants you here, dont you get it." I spat at him. His eye was blazing with fury. "You hurt one more of my friends, i'll hurt you." I warned before having Elena grab me again and walk away.

I was far too angry to be around anyone, so i lost Elena and walked home. My arms across my chest tightly and my head down as the cold wind blew at my hair. I took deep breaths and eventually i calmed down enough to lift my head and walk home.

The walk home didnt take as long as i wanted, but getting home was a kind of relief. I longed to fall into my bed and sleep forever. I closed the door quietly behind me and tip-toes up the stairs. As soon as my bedroom door closed, i sighed and quickly sliped out of my uncomfortable dress, leaving me in my bra and panties. Not being bothered to search for clothes, i Pulled back the covers and sliped in. Quickly being dragging into darkness.