Chapter 10

Blood and Tears

Sirens.

That's the sound that echoed in ears as I hold my mother's cold hand.

"Ah!" I shriek quietly as I inhale in a strangled breath when my eyes snap open.

Of course I would always wake up.

I took a few short breaths to calm down, wiping stray tears from my eyes as I did so. I had never had that dream-nightmare- before then, and it had always been too focused on to be suppressed into my subconscious, maybe it had been because I was thinking about memories recently.

I considered writing it in my memory book, but decided against it, I'd happily forget that memory if I could.

I ran my hands through my tangled hair as I tried to put it out of my mind, but as always, trying not to think about something will only make it clearer.

As it played over and over again in my mind I felt the water-works returning, and held my breath for as long as I could to keep from crying out. When I released my breath I still felt my eyes getting wetter, and when I felt a tear start forming from trying to blink away tears I'd had enough.

I practically sprung out from under my bed and ran straight for the door. I ran down the hallway, down the stairs, and ran for the front door not caring whether or not it was dark,

I DARE Logan to mess with me, I thought, I DOUBLE DARE that whiner!

Anyway, as I started to run past the driveway, I got blinded by headlights and fell backwards.

I heard a car door slam and steps coming towards me, I looked up to see t was Elena and got up, attempting to avoid talking and to try and run off.

"Katy? What are you doing here?" she asked, seeming to be upset by something.

"I live here." I said, trying to keep my voice steady, which got easier with time.

"No, I mean, here, in the driveway. What's going on?"

"Nothing." I choked, remembering my predicament.

She gave me a look and replied, "It doesn't look like nothing to me. Do you want to talk about it?"

"No." I deadpanned.

She nodded, "Okay, are you going somewhere?"

I nodded, she continued, "Where?"

"Anywhere, I just need to move."

She looked from me and back to the house and seemed to consider something in her head, "Look, you can't be out by yourself, what with Logan out there. If you want you can stay at my place if you can't be here."

I gave her a weird look and replied, "Why would you do that?"

It was weird to me, I barely knew this woman, and unless I had yet another hidden non-relative on standby, she had no reason to assume any responsibility role.

"Because I lost my parents too, and you could use some help."

I raised a mental eyebrow, has she been talking to Ms. Lark lately?

I looked at the house and thought about it, it didn't seem to be any different to me, both weren't my home.

I shrugged and climbed into the backseat, not bothering to put on a seatbelt. Elena got into the car too and started driving, she looked at me for a minute as if she were about to say something, but seemed to decide against it-which suited me just fine.

I began thinking about my old house, my little white house with the white rosebuds in front, surrounded by dozens of other houses that were painted the same color and had the same model.

I tried picturing the house in my mind, wishing at the same time I had my memory book with me. I looked up through the front window, only to be greeted by a person coming closer at a fast speed,

And the sensation of being thrown forward.

***Third Person's POV***

Elena coughed a strangled breath, having slight trouble breathing-what being suspended up-side down and being held up by a seatbelt. She looked around, looking to both see if Katy was alright and what had become of the man she hit.

She looked to her left and some him, but the strange thing was, he was walking towards her.

She attempted to unlatch her seatbelt, getting more and more terrified as the man walked towards her. When she couldn't free herself, she looked to see him bending down towards her and screamed.

Suddenly, the man sped away from her so far she couldn't see him in a second. She relaxed, but was once again startled by Damon's presence.

"Ah!"

"How ya doin' there?" he asked, looking around the car to see what he could do.

"Damon?"

"You're stuck." He said absentmindedly, beginning to stand up and get things together.

"It's my seatbelt, and Ka-" she began hysterically.

He calmly shh-ed her and replied, "I'm gonna getcha out of here. Now I need you to put your hands on the roof-" he waited for her to do so, "one. Two. Three." Then ripped open the seatbelt.

Damon slowly pulled her from the wreckage, holding her in his arms when she was out.

"Are you okay? Can you stand? Is anything broken?" he asked her, but she only shook her head weakly.

He tried to stand her up, but she only feel backwards, luckily with him catching her.

"You're fading fast," He muttered, "Elena, look at me, focus, look at me."

She weakly opened her eyes slightly and muttered, "I look like her." And fell unconscious.

Damon scooped her up in his arms and started to carry her off, but then saw Katy.

She was unconscious too, on the road, and had her face on the ground with a pool of blood beginning to form near her head.

Cliffhanger! Next one is planned, but not yet written, this was just filler for now. Review please.