School of the Damned
Chapter 16
Elena stirred as the harsh light of day shinned through the window. It seemed to her that yesterday was just a dream. There was no way that she could be a half blood and there was no way in hell that she had kissed Damon and slept with Stefan in the same day.
But as her eyes fluttered open and she took in her surrounding she came to face her harsh reality. She had in fact been retested and she was a half blood. A half-demon and half-angel. How had that even been possible?
Her mother was a human and her father had died before she was born. How was it possible? She just didn't understand. She also didn't understand how she could've kissed Damon. It was unlike her to be attracted to any other male besides her boyfriend, but then again she never had two guys attracted to her at once before.
Lastly, she wished that she hadn't had slept with Stefan, but while she was looking around her surrounding she had noticed him underneath her and watched the rise and fall of his chest for a while before snapping into action.
She couldn't let anyone know that she was here or else there would be hell to pay. She quietly got out of the bed managing not to wake Stefan up in the process and looked around the room to find her clothes. Elena always thought that she wouldn't be a girl who did the walk of shame, but now she was one and now she couldn't judge another person if they did it.
When Elena finished getting dressed and getting all her clothes, she opened the door and snuck out of the room happy that she didn't get caught sneaking out by Stefan. Her happiness was short lived when she bumped into someone's hard chest and looked up into Damon's blue eyes. Shit. This would not go over with him well. It also didn't help that she was wearing the clothes from the night before and her hair was in a snarl of tangles.
Damon's eyebrows arched in confusion until he took in her state of dress then his look of confusion turned into a look of madness. He knew. After all he wasn't stupid. Elena hung her head in shame as she prepared for whatever Damon threw at her.
"Really Elena you couldn't wait twenty four hours after our kiss to fuck someone. Wow I sure picked a keeper."
Elena looked up at her. Now she was pissed off.
"Stefan is my boyfriend Damon. Our kiss was a mistake and it didn't mean anything."
"You're really going to say our kiss was a mistake. Really Elena? Was our kiss a mistake when you shoved me on that bed and started making out with me."
"I didn't know what came over me."
"Yes you do you just don't want to admit it."
"It's more complicated than how you're putting it Damon."
"It's not complicated Elena. You're just making it more complicated then what it has to be."
Elena's mouth dropped over to form a response, but before Elena could form the words to say Damon was already down the hall. So much for listening to her side of the story. Today would be one hell of a day and it hadn't even started yet.
Elena unloaded the last box in her dorm room and sighed. It felt strange having a room to herself, but at least it was better than sharing a room with someone who wanted to know everything about her. Elena picked out her outfit for the day and threw it on. She had an appointment to meet Esther in about fifteen minutes and she wouldn't make that women wait.
Elena inspected her outfit one last time before going to meet Esther. She made her way to the office and Esther typed up her new schedule. She hated that she had to fit in with two groups who possibly didn't want her and the only person who truly accepted her out of the two groups she had screwed up her relationship with.
Elena went into her first class and half smiled when she noticed Tessa and Aaron. She was going to sit by them until they gave her the death glare and all but snubbed her. Elena sighed and sat in an abandoned seat. This was going to be harder than she thought.
During all her new classes with the angels she found herself feeling confused and of course she couldn't understand anything they had to say. After all she couldn't call her heavenly scent to her. The teacher had told her not to worry about it too much. She just had a hard time calling it to her because of her half demon side. The teacher told her that her tutor should also be able to teach her how to flip the switch from one power to the other, but it would take her about three to five years to summon both at the same time.
After her last class with the angels she found herself more than frustrated. She was way behind her peers and she found herself robbed because she couldn't do anything her other peers could do. By the time Elena had gone to lunch, she wouldn't be surprised if her demon side was radiating.
Sarah had just taken one look at her and found out that maybe Elena would love a change in subject besides her impending doom thanks to her new status or any conversation containing Damon or Stefan. She was glad that Sarah had found something new to talk about even if it didn't hold much interest to Elena.
"So have you heard the good news?"
Elena had been looking over at Damon and Rebekah sitting together and laughing with each other. She guessed that it hadn't taken that long for him to move on from her rejection.
"What good news? I'm dying to hear something good over here."
"Well as much as I hate Rebekah for what she did to Damon, it turns out she does have her uses after all. "
"What are you talking about?"
"Well it's been a while since we've had a school event, so Rebekah got her mom to agree to let us have a dance. It's next Saturday and I'm so thrilled."
"Aren't demons supposed to be naturally grumpy? Why are you so excited for?"
"Because I'm going to ask Enzo to the dance and hopefully he says yes."
"Well good luck with that. "
"Aren't you going to ask Stefan?"
"Ask Stefan What?" Stefan said sitting down with his tray.
Elena didn't need this right now, but she guessed a dance could be fun and great way to distract her from everything that had been going on.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go to the dance next Saturday."
"That should be fun. Of course I'll go with you Elena."
Elena sent him a forced smile and turned to Sarah.
"There's just one small problem."
Sarah raised her eyebrow in question.
"I have nothing to wear. As you may remember I didn't pack to stay here for so long and I sure as hell didn't pack a dress to go to a dance in."
"Then we'll go dress shopping tomorrow and you're not going to get out of it either. I'll tell the rest of the girls in the group and we'll make a girls day out of it."
"Sounds good to me. I just hope you guys don't make me into a living breathing Barbie doll."
"I don't think that's possible."
Elena chucked a fry at her and she laughed, so far Sarah hadn't been that horrible of a person to talk to.
"Well I better get going. I have class with Damon and I need to talk to him about something important. I'll talk to you guys later."
Stefan and Sarah nodded and Elena made her way to her health class where Damon was already sitting down in their seat. She didn't even know where to begin with him, but she guessed the dance was a safe enough subject for them to talk about.
"So have you heard about this dance?" she said sitting her bag down and sitting in the unoccupied chair next to him.
She hoped he wouldn't shun her.
"Yeah. It's all I heard about during lunch today."
"Any special girl you've asked yet?"
"Why do you want to know? It's not like you actually care about me."
"Damon you know that's not fair I do care about you."
"Fine if you want to know so bad. I do have someone I'm going with."
"Really? Who?"
"Rebekah."
Elena's heart felt like it had shattered into a million tiny pieces. She was about to form a response when the teacher walked in. Why did this teacher have such horrible timing?
Elena sighed and tried to pay attention to most of the class practice their presentation. Elena's and Damon's presentation was due next week and she had no possible clue how they were going to make it realistic if he hated her. She guessed she would just have to wing it and go with the flow.
After class was dismissed Damon went on ahead without her and she rolled her eyes. He was taking this rather drastically for someone who was moving on. Why couldn't they still stay friends? That was something she couldn't get.
At least she was now heading to her last technical class of the day. She still had three hours of tutoring before dinner started and she wasn't looking forward to failing again. She knew that she just needed practice, but she couldn't see herself ever catching up.
When class was over, she told Sarah to go ahead without her. She still had to talk to her teacher and she had a feeling that this confrontation could get ugly. It was something she had to deal with by herself though and she didn't want anyone to overhear. She just needed to know. She needed to know who this man was and how he had known her mother.
Elena waited until the class had cleared out to go over to the man who was now not so much a stranger. His brown eyes bored into hers and she couldn't help, but have a feeling that she had known him from somewhere, but where had she seen him before? This was just all so confusing and she needed answers before it drove her crazy.
"Why Elena to what do I owe this pleasure?" He asked looking up from the stack of papers he had been working on.
"I need to talk to you about a few things and they might be personal questions."
He now looked up at her as if she had caught his undivided attention.
"Then by all means Elena ask away."
"How did you know what I was?"
"All demons have a specific talent Elena. Mine is the power of sight. You might also have such powers have you been experiencing visions lately that have seemed real."
"Well I've experienced dreams that have felt real."
"Those might not be dreams. You might have inherited those from your father."
Elena absorbed this new piece of information. This guy knew her mother and father. Who was he?
"How do you know my parents?" she said.
"You might want to sit down for this Elena. The things I might tell you next will shock you."
Elena sat down in her seat and opened her mind up to the story he was telling.
18 years ago
The man wiped sweat off his brow as he shoveled the last piece of dirt into the pile. As a demon he really didn't mind doing human work as long as he kept an eye on the blasted angels who had taken over the South Carolina area. He had been sent there by his boss to keep tabs on them and so far they had coexisted with each other without harm.
He had only been on this country side estate for three months now and the two male angels didn't get much company, but today had been a special occasion. One of the angels cousins were in town and to his prior knowledge they were only there for a two year visit so they could fix things in the surrounding areas.
He shivered at the thought of anyone doing any good for this area. As an angel they were all supposed to be perfectly nice and polite to everyone that they came across. They even tried to be polite to a few demons including himself, but sometimes like usual their personalities clashed. He had seen angels as a group full of optimist while he himself was a realist. There was no such thing as good in the world for a demon like him, but he did find himself appreciating beauty from time to time.
That's when it happened, it was like a whole new person had possessed his body all together and drew him out of his original element. A car had pulled up beside him and that was the first time he had ever saw her in person. The girl who would forever have his heart even though she didn't know it yet.
The woman put the vehicle in park and stepped out. He had to snap his jaw shut at the beautiful sight. Most angels were beautiful creatures, but this angel had beat out all the other he had seen in his several decades of life.
Usually he took his time appreciating a woman and with this one he had no objections to being not as secretive as he usually was. The woman was 5 foot 4 with long brown hair that curled slightly and looked so dark brown that someone could mistake it for black. Her body was full of curves well her breast were as pulp as melons in the springtime. She did her best to smile at him as he saw the green in her eyes as she walked towards him. This would be the first meeting that he would ever find interesting.
"What are you looking at devil's spawn?" she said with a smile.
The response hadn't surprised him one bit. Angels were usually hostile towards demons at firs, but none of them had said it with a smile on their face like she had.
"Just you angel vermin." He smiled back.
She shrugged his insult off like it didn't hurt her and laughed.
"You one of the comical ones aren't you?"
"I'm whatever you want me to be."
He had expected her to stray away from him after that comment, but surpirngly she took a step forward so they would be at eye level. He had to admire this angel's courage. Some dared to never be that close to a demon, but somehow this one had been different. Brave almost without being stupid like most people who challenged him were.
"Right now all I want you to be is yourself. I know of a few of you demon and none of you scare me."
"That's good to know little angel."
She laughed and amazingly pressed herself closer to him. Usually an angel frowned upon getting this close to where they were almost chest level, but as he had stated before there was something particularly special about this one.
"Do these boobs look like that of a child sir?" she said those green eyes boring into his.
He was never so tempted to touch an angel in his life, but this one was relatively young and inexperienced. What he wouldn't give to ruffle a few of those perfect white feathers of hers.
"I wouldn't know to tell that I would have to touch those perfect buds of yours and take you as mine, but I know how much you angels frown upon that." He said with a smile.
She smiled at him mischievously and got closer to him so that their lips were almost touching. This angel was either really brave or really stupid. He hadn't decided yet.
"Well I am in town for a month or two. You are more than welcome to come to my chambers if you want to find out what they feel like."
And then much to his surprise she planted a kiss on his lips. The kiss felt as if it would burn him like most angel kisses did to a demon, but in some way he didn't mind the pain at all. The door opened and she had pulled away with a smile on her face.
The angel who had came outside smiled and pulled her into a hug. He didn't know exactly why, but he felt himself feeling kind of jealous. Why would he do that over two angels who probably acted like brother and sister?
"Aw, I take it that you have met my wife to be." The angel said turning to him.
He bulked in surprise and looked at her I confusion. She was getting married to this angel and she had been flirting and kissing him no less than seconds ago. And they said that demons were the sadistic ones.
"It was an arranged marriage. Our two parts of the country though they should make peace with each other and as soon as me and Alaric are married there should be as much peace within our lands as possible."
He focused his eyes on her not believing what he was hearing.
"So when's the wedding?" he asked trying not to show his anger.
"It's actually in six weeks. I'm here to make the final arrangements and then we should be married and ruling our parts of the land peacefully together."
Alaric looked at the woman and panted a kiss on the lips that had been busy kissing his not only a few seconds ago. The poor bastard really didn't know what he was getting himself into with this one.
"Well we must leave you to do the rest of your chores. Dinner is at eight sharp tonight and we will be having a feast for the rest of our guest that our coming." Alaric said taking the woman's hand to lead her inside.
"Excuse me miss." He said before they could leave him.
He had to know who this woman was even if she did deceive him and her future husband.
"Yes." She said looking into his eyes which contained a hint of that sparkle from earlier.
"I never caught your name. I think such things are important seeing as how you'll be staying with us for a while."
"Yes how very rude and impolite of me. My name is Isobel. Isobel Flemming. It's a pleasure to meet your acquaintance. I never caught you name either."
She held out her hand and he politely shook it fighting the urge to hurt this angel who did not act like one herself.
"My name is Johnathan. Jonathan Gilbert."
Elena blinked as she stared at the man before her. His name was Johnathan Gilbert. That had been the only thing her mother had remembered about her father was that his last name was Gilbert. She exhaled ready to ask the next question that was bound to forever change her life.
"My mother's name is Isobel. And you say you know my mother. And your name is Johnathan. You guys meet eighteen years ago and I'm seventeen. Who are you and how do you know my mom?"
He sighed and took a seat next to her stroking her brown hair. Elena wanted to pull away but she just couldn't. Who was this man sitting before her?
"I've been waiting eighteen years to meet you Elena. Ever since I turned your mother away."
"What are you talking about? Who. Are. You?"
"My name is Johnathan Gilbert and I fell in love with your mother eighteen years ago when she conceived my child."
"Just spit it out already. If you're going to say something say it."
"Elena I'm not just your teacher. I'm your father and you are my daughter."