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Everyone looked to me and I knew I was expected to tell my story to help bring us up to date. I took a deep breathe, afraid of finally saying it all. I could feel Jasper giving me some courage and when I opened my mouth to talk, Caroline beat me to it.
"Elena and I have always been best friends. But I secretly was jealous of her when Stephan didn't want me. Instead he wanted Elena which confused me because I was always the one guys were after. She had just come back to school and just broke up with Matt, who she had been dating for 2 years." I knew her, and Matt had dated but I didn't know it was for 2 years. No wonder he feared letting someone else in. If she could break his heart after 2 years, then who was to say I wouldn't do the same after only a few weeks.
"When Damon came to town, I went after him. If I couldn't have Stephan, then I would go after his older brother. He just used me for his own amusement and as his own blood bank. I always wore scarves and clothes that covered my body, mostly to cover the bruises and bite marks Damon gave me when he fed on me. He compelled me to not tell anyone and to hide his evidence. I took him to the annual Founders' Party, of course he compelled me to take him, but nonetheless I took him. He then stole a crystal from the Lockwood's' home, which is where the party was.
At the party, Elena noticed the bruises and bite marks for the first time and I tried to brush her off. Later, Damon took me into the backyard and started to feed on me. He was royally pissed off that Elena found out about the bruises and bitemarks. I had lost consciousness soon after, terrified that I was going to die, but later, I woke up. I realized Damon had left the party, but had also left his crystal behind, so I took it for myself.
Elena helped me when I needed it, she was there when I broke down later when all the compulsions Damon gave me were gone. She helped me get back to my old self and I wasn't jealous anymore. I hosted the Sexy Suds Car Wash as a charity event and during my work, I ended up going to the boarding house and freeing Damon. I don't understand why I had gone there to free him when I hadn't seen him in months. Anyway, Zach saved my life and I ran from the house. Later I found out Damon killed him, and it was sad because he was my hero.
At the party before the Halloween party, I gave Bonnie Damon's crystal for her Halloween costume since she was dressing as a witch and I wanted to be rid of it. Later when Damon confronted me about the crystal, I told him Bonnie had it. He compelled me to host a party at The Grill and told me to get the crystal back. I of course had the party and tried to take the necklace from Bonnie, but it shocked me. Bonnie was hurt that I had tried to take it back and it ruined our friendship.
Damon broke my heart when he saw I failed and he called me useless. I drank my sorrows and spent that time talking with Matt, even though he hated me. I remember asking him not to leave me and he didn't, which gave me new respect for him. We got close because of that night and I didn't understood how Elena could have dumped him.
After that, I thought he wanted nothing to do with me but when I confronted him, things changed. We bonded and started dating each other, even though I knew Matt was still in love with Elena. Matt's mother, Kelly was not fond of me or my mom and she constantly called me Matt's rebound girl. Matt was supposed to be my escort for the "Miss Mystic Falls" competition, but he had to work so I got someone else to escort me. Of course, I won and became Miss Mystic Falls.
When Tyler drove us home on Founder's Day, the car went out of control, driving into a barrier. I collapsed due to internal injuries. I was rushed to the hospital where I had surgery. I guess I didn't do too well because they resorted to having Damon give me some of his blood to heal me. Of course, Katherine then went and smothered me with a pillow, killing me. She knew I had Damon's blood in me when she killed me. Katherine was actually the one who made Tyler lose control of the car and then pretended to be Elena to convince Damon to give me his blood.
I woke up the next morning disoriented. I got out of bed at the smell of blood and drank from the bag with relish. I now am so glad I didn't hurt someone because the thirst was unbearable when I first woke up. As the morning progressed, I noticed that the sun burned me whenever it touched my skin. I ended up drinking from a nurse though but could control myself after drinking the bagged blood. I then compelled her to forget what I had done to her. I apologized but I was just so hungry.
I left the hospital and went to find Damon at the carnival to deliver Katherine's message. Then I let him know I remembered everything he ever did to me. When I met up with Matt, we hung out but when he hugged me. I wanted to drink from him, so I pushed him away and left. I came across Carter, a kid from school. Bonnie was interested in him and I knew they had been spending a lot of time together. He was bleeding g from his nose and I didn't mean too but I drained him, I was so sorry for doing it. Damon found me next to Carter's lifeless body and wanted to kill me. I begged him for my life, but he refused to me live.
He hugged me and was going to stake me, but Stephan appeared with Elena and saved me. I mistook Elena for Katherine at first and tried to attack her, but she explained that she and Katherine look alike. Elena protected me when Damon tried to kill me again and said I was Elena's responsibility now. Bonnie arrived just as Damon was leaving and saw the blood on my face. She didn't believe what was going on but when she touched my arm, she knew the truth.
Elena tried to comfort Bonnie when she saw Carter's body. Stephan took me to the bathroom to help me wash my face. I was so worried that Bonnie hated me, and I was so worried that she would see me as a monster. Stefan told me that my feelings were heightened and calmed me. He told me he would help me and let nothing bad happen to me.
After a few days trapped in my house during the daytime, Stefan and Bonnie came to my house with a ring like the ones Stephan and Damon wore so I could go out during the day. Bonnie told me I get to keep the ring if I never hurt anyone again and if I did she wouldn't hesitate to remove the spell. Later in the day, Stephan took me into the woods to learn to hunt animals. I was frustrated because I hadn't seen Matt in days and he was having fun without me. He had told me he loved me and I wanted to tell him I loved him in return.
Stephan told me that who I was as a human was magnified and I told him, and I quote "So you're saying, that now...I'm basically an insecure, neurotic, control freak on crack" and he laughed. Then he took me to go hang out with Matt and the others. I ended up compelling one of the girls hitting on Matt to go find someone single, it was on purpose of course.
Matt got mad at me, saying I had no right to be jealous because I had ditched him for days and when I did show up I was a jealous lunatic. After he left I got a scolding from Stephen about compelling the girl. I wished I had just stayed dead because I was not liking being a vampire, it was messing up everything.
After I apologized to Matt and we made up, he cut himself by accident. I end up hurting him, drinking from him and if not for Stephan, I would have killed him. After that we got attacked by a werewolf, I compelled Matt to forget what happened. He broke up with me the next day because I got jealous when I saw him talking with the same girl as before.
Matt, I hope now you can understand why I acted the way I did. I did love you, but I see now that it wasn't the kind of love you deserve. We were only meant to be great friends." We all turned to look at him. I thought he would be upset or hurt and he was smiling. He got up to give her a big hug and a kiss on the cheek, whispering something in her ear. Then he came back to sit next to me and Caroline continued with her story.
"The next morning Katherine came to my house and that's when all the fun began, insert sarcasm." We all laugh. I was partly jealous because Matt had been with both Elena and Caroline and I didn't know if I could be for him what they were. I was a little nervous, but I knew I had to get over it.
"Anyway, so after that I started to tell Elena things to get her to break up with Stephan. On the way to Stephen's with Elena, my tire blew. So, I called the tow truck company, taking my sweet time while Elena was getting really antsy. She started walking back because she just had to see Stephen. I tried to get her to stay but then the tow truck showed up and Elena left me all alone to deal with it. Later I told Katherine what happened, and she threatened to kill me again if what I told Elena doesn't work.
The next day, Elena and Stephan broke up after Elena accepts my apology. Anyway, over the next couple days, things are crazy, and I can barely keep up. Let's cut right to the chase. Katherine wanted Stephan and Stephan wanted her gone, I mean who didn't want her gone, she kept ruining everything. Or should I say she KEEPS ruining everything."
We all glanced at the naked chick swimming in the water. We could hear her laughing up a storm and I know she has no remorse for anything she did or does. And what did Caroline mean by she keeps ruining everything. Did she tear Damon and I apart on purpose? Now I was curious as to what she did because I couldn't get Damon's confused look out of my mind.
"I ended up saving Stephen's life one day during a big fight. And because of that I ended up exposing myself to my mom who hates vampires. She's dedicated so many years to destroying us and she hated me so much. She wanted to die rather than be my mom. Damon stood up for me, but it didn't work, my mom still hated me. I went to Elena's that night and confessed everything from when Katherine visited me again.,
My mom and I come to an understanding a few days later. Elena, Bonnie and I also saved Stephan again, while trying to get a stone we didn't want Katherine to have. When I talked with my mother that night, I told her what happened, and that Bonnie didn't yell at me and was kind of nice. My mom tells me she accepts me and that she will keep my secret.
Katherine ended up finding me and told me to give Stephan and Damon a message from her. Then we formed a plan to get rid of her.
Later at the masquerade ball we got Katherine right where we want her. But she was two steps ahead of us. Not only does she get Tyler to kill a poor girl on accident to make him become a werewolf, but she gets a witch to link Katherine to Elena. So, whatever happened to Katherine, happened to Elena. Damon and Stephan had to let Katherine go with the moonstone and no one was so happy about it.
We had to tell Tyler that night what he is and what can happen between a vampire and werewolf. We had to tell him about everyone else as well because he needed to know who was on the good side and who was on the bad side. There's more but that'll be it for now." I was kind of amazed by her story and knew almost what she felt. I could really relate to Caroline and knew we would be good friends as time went on.
I also couldn't believe the things Damon did to her. How could she be near him and not hate him or even want to kill him. But most importantly how could she want me to be with a man that is such a monster?