A/N I know I've been updating a lot today but I've had fun writing this story and I've gotten a lot of the first season episodes done so far (currently writing Unpleasantville in case you're wondering) and I thought I'd update some more.
Stefan, Damon and I tracked Vicki down to a parking lot. Stefan yanked Vicki off of Tyler as she fed on him and held her back.
"Let go of me!" She yelled.
"What's going on here, Stefan? What's wrong with her?" Tyler asked as he climbed to his feet. Damon looked over at him.
"You don't talk."
"Screw you dude!" Tyler shot back.
"'Dude', really, 'dude'?"
"Damon, don't!" I warned.
"Oh come on, whose going to miss this idiot?" He asked. I couldn't argue with his logic, but I still gave him a 'don't do it' look. Tyler punched Damon for that last comment. Damon slowly turned to him.
"Don't you hurt him!" Vicki yelled at Damon. Damon grabbed Tyler by the throat but apparently thought better of it. He looked at me.
"Compel the idiot to forget everything, little sis. We'll be at the house." Damon and Stefan disappeared. I walked up to Tyler and compelled him.
"Forget what you saw here tonight. None of us were here." I pushed him towards his car again and darted off before he saw me.
I sat at the dinning room with Elena, Stefan and Vicki the next day. Stefan was teaching Vicki the wonders of coffee and how it warms us up so we aren't so cold to humans all the time.
"Well what if I want to drink human blood?" Vicki asked.
"You're going to have to learn to live with that urge and fight it on a daily basis." Stefan told her.
"Oh god don't start with that twelve steps thing… School counselor has been down that road and it doesn't work for me." She said.
"It can work. It's your choice Vicki." Stefan told her. I admired his patience; I was already annoyed with her and I hadn't even been in the room with her all day like Stefan had.
"So you've never tasted human blood?" Vicki asked Stefan casually. My head snapped up and I sent a death look her way.
"Don't! Not a subject you remind Stefan of!" I told her.
"Its fine, Beth. Not in the long time, no, Vicki." Stefan told her.
"How long?"
"Years and years. I'm not proud of my past behavior." Stefan told her in a tone that suggested he regretted the 'it's fine' he'd said.
"Does this sketchy feeling ever go away? It's like I have a massive hangover… This daylight thing is a-." I ignored the cuss word. I wasn't one to really listen in and repeat words like that. "I need more blood. Where's you're bathroom? I have to pee. Why do I have to pee? I thought I was dead." Stefan silently pointed towards the bathroom and she left the room.
"Her amount of class is amazing…" I muttered sarcastically. Stefan grabbed her empty cup of blood and turned towards Elena.
"I'm going to get her some more. I'll be quick and Beth is here is there's a problem." He darted off. Vicki came back into the room.
"False alarm. My body's feeling really funky. It's a good funk, but it's weird." She told us. And the class continues…
"Who are you calling?" Elena asked. I looked up from my hands and saw Vicki had her phone out.
"Jeremy."
"Vicki, you can't see Jeremy anymore…" Elena tried to tell her softly. Vicki spun around and glared at Elena. I stood, ready to get between them if need be.
"Oh come on, don't you start. I'm gonna see whoever I want to see."
"Even though you could hurt him?" Elena asked.
"I would never hurt Jeremy!"
"I know you think that, but I can't take that risk. You're gonna have to let Jeremy go now." Elena told her.
"Oh really? How long have you been preparing the 'you're not good enough' speech? I'm assuming it predates the whole vampire thing!" Vicki snapped.
"All I'm saying is Jeremy is not getting involved in any of this. I mean it, Vicki." Elena said firmly.
"Or what?" Vicki darted forward and grabbed Elena by the throat, pushing her against a wall.
"Let's get one thing straight-." She didn't finish her sentence; I grabbed her and threw her off Elena, against the opposite wall.
"YOU HAD MY BROTHER WHIPPED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS!" Vicki screamed. She made to get at Elena, but I blocked her easily and held her back.
"FIFTEEN YEARS AND YOU DUMPED HIM. WHEN I LOOK AT YOU, THAT'S ALL I SEE, JUST SO YOU KNOW! AND I'M GOING TO SEE JEREMY WHENEVER I WANT TO SEE JEREMY BECAUSE I HAVE SOME FUN NEW TOYS TO PLAY WITH AND I WON'T THINK TWICE ABOUT RIPPING YOUR LITTLE HEAD OFF, YOU GOT IT?" Vicki continued to scream. She jerked herself out of my arms and then slapped me as hard as she could.
"AND YOU STAY AWAY FROM ME!" She screamed. She turned to walk away, but I grabbed her arm and spun her around again.
"Don't. Ever. Try. That. Again." I warned her in a low voice. She scoffed at me and tried to jerk her arm away. I kept a tight grasp on her so she couldn't.
"And if you go near Jeremy, I will hurt you." I told her in the same low voice. She was starting to look frightened of me. Good… Just then Stefan darted back into the room. I let go of her arm and turned to Stefan.
"Keep her in check before she kills your girlfriend or Jeremy!"
That night Stefan and I caught Damon taking Vicki towards the front door.
"What are you doing?" Stefan asked.
"She been cooped up in your room all day… She's not Anne Frank!" Damon told him as Vicki bounced up and down beside her.
"No, no. Hey, hey, now's the time for this!" Stefan protested.
"If you're gonna teach her, teach her. Show her what it's all about." Damon said.
"She could hurt someone!" I reminded him. She could hurt Jeremy…
"I'm not taking her to Disneyland; I'm taking her to the front yard! Come on, Vicki." He led her outside. Stefan and I followed closely behind.
"Bad idea, Damon!" I told him.
"She's a vampire, Beth, she should know all the perks!"
"Like what?" Vicki asked excitedly.
"Like…" He used his super-speed to run behind her without her seeing him. He tapped her shoulder as she looked around for him. She spun around and laughed.
"Whoa, how did you do that?"
"Come on, Vicki. Live a little. No pun intended." She used her super speed and disappeared. We all looked around for her. Damon whistled for her like she was a dog and then slowly turned around to face us.
"Uh… my bad."
Jeremy wanted to go to the Halloween party at the school that night. Elena wanted me to go with the two of them in case Vicki was there. I could tell she was freaked out from earlier when Vicki attacked her and now looked up to me with the realization that despite my size I could take her down. Elena was dressed up as a nurse. Jeremy was just in a hoodie. I was wearing my leather jacket, skinny jeans, a grey tank top and high heeled boots. I didn't have a Halloween costume and didn't waste the time going to buy one. As we walked towards the school, Jeremy scared some kids. Elena smacked him upside the head, but I was laughing with him.
"You went with last years costume too, huh?" Matt asked, coming over to Elena with a matching costume.
"Yeah, I didn't know I was coming until an hour ago." She said.
"Me neither… You're going as… you?" Matt asked Jeremy and me. Jeremy scoffed and stalked off. I reluctantly let him go and smiled shyly at Matt.
"Jeremy's not talking to me right now. We got into a fight." Elena told Matt. He nodded understandingly.
"I got into it with Vick too, when she got home. I'm trying not to smother her tonight, but part of me doesn't want to let her out of my sight."
"Wait, she's here?" I asked.
"Yeah. You can't miss her, she's a vampire." He walked off. Elena turned to me but I already knew she was she was going to say.
"We need to find Jeremy."
Elena called Stefan and told him about Vicki being here while I searched for Vicki about the school. I was beginning to panic when I couldn't find either her or Jeremy. Then Elena grabbed my arm from behind and I spun around to look at her, hoping she'd found one of them.
"Stefan's got Vicki in a classroom. Over there." She pointed and I ran into that classroom while she continued to search for her brother. He was trying to convince her to come back to the boarding house. Finally we just dragged her out of the room to get her back to the boarding house. Elena met us outside and then Matt walked up.
"What's going on?" Vicki took this chance to jerk herself away from Stefan.
"I told you to quit bothering me!"
"No, Vicki, don't do this!" Elena told her.
"Matt, he won't leave me alone!" Vicki whined.
"You need to back off man!" Matt told Stefan.
"Matt, it's okay!" Elena tried to convince him.
"No, Elena, it's not." I was already running after Vicki. I heard Elena telling Stefan she was gone (am I the only observant one here?) behind me. I searched throughout the school, not stopping for anyone or anything. Then someone grabbed my arm and spun me around.
"Hey, Salvatore…" Tyler told me, his words slurring with his drunkenness. I pulled my arm away from him again impatiently.
"Yeah, gotta go." I tried to leave, but he grabbed my arm again.
"Did I ever tell you how hot you are?" He asked, swaying. I yanked my arm away from him again and pushed him towards another girl.
"Hot girl. Go!" I ran off while he was distracted. I ran out of the school into the parking lot for the buses. Vicki was just throwing Elena into a pile of garbage. I ran towards her, but she saw me and disappeared. Stefan ran out behind me.
"Go inside, go!" Stefan told Elena as she got to her feet. I grabbed Jeremy and shoved him towards Elena. They headed for the door while Stefan and I searched for Vicki around the buses. Then we heard Elena scream. I spun around. Vicki was biting into Elena's shoulder. Stefan moved fast, stabbing her through the heart with a wooden stake. I held Jeremy back as he screamed for Vicki. She collapsed on the ground, dead.
"Beth, get him out of here! Get him home!" Elena ordered me. Jeremy was done screaming by the time I got him to Stefan's car. It was actually Zach's but he wasn't using it anymore… I helped him into the passenger seat and then went around to the front seat. I drove him back to his house silently. Luckily, his aunt Jenna wasn't there. He went up to his bedroom and I followed him. He sat down on his bed, pulling his knees up to his chest.
"Jeremy, I'm so sorry about Vicki…" I told him. He looked up and I saw that he was crying. I reached out my arms, offering a hug. He didn't move away, so I hugged him, resting my chin on his shoulder.
"She's…She's dead… Vicki's…dead…" He said quietly. I could feel him shaking. I buried my face into his shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Jeremy, I'm so, so sorry…" I said into his shirt. I heard someone coming up the stairs. I pulled away just enough to look over Jeremy's head. I saw Elena in the doorway. I stood up and Jeremy looked up. Elena hurried over to him as I went downstairs. I headed out the door. Stefan was on the porch, sitting on the bench they had out there.
"Beth…" He said, looking up at me. I was suddenly aware of tears of my own rolling down my cheeks. Stefan stood up to pull me into a hug. I cried for a minute before I took a deep breath and sat down.
"I hate Damon! He did this Vicki and now Jeremy's…." I sobbed. Then I remembered Zach. I was crying harder just at the thought. Stefan pulled me into another hug and I cried into his shirt instead. Then Elena walked back out to the porch.
"Beth, could you, uh, go sit with Jer? I need to talk to Stefan but I don't want Jeremy alone." I nodded and went back upstairs. Jeremy was right where I'd left him. I sat down next to him and put my head against his shoulder. We sat in silence like that for a minute before I saw Damon come in.
"What are you doing here?" I asked in a growl.
"I'm going to compel Jeremy." He told me. I jumped up from the bed, letting my fangs extend and eyes go black with veins.
"Not happening!" I snapped, growling at him. Jeremy jumped up behind me. I let my fangs go back in and my face return to normal before I looked back at him.
"Compel?" He asked.
"It's a type of mind control. Which. Damon. Isn't. Doing. To. You." I said, glaring back at him. Damon leaned against Jeremy's doorframe.
"Elena told me to." He said. Sincerity showed in his eyes along with a silent 'let me do this'. I looked back at Jeremy.
"I'll be downstairs. Don't screw him up even more!" I warned Damon. I went downstairs and sat down on the last step. It wasn't two minutes later than Damon came back downstairs. I walked out the front door with him. Damon looked at Stefan and Elena on the porch.
"It's done."