Cannonball
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November 23rd 2012.
Friday 12:15pm.
Mystic Falls
"I'm telling you mate, she was the fittest bird I'd ever laid eyes on." Klaus rambles on beside me as we head towards the cafeteria. "I just had to have her, and she was totally loving it." I turn my head to see the smug look on his face.
"Klaus, every girl you hook up with is the fittest bird ever." I roll my eyes with a smirk. "You're reputation of being a complete and utter man-whore is starting to really take off."
"Well at least I'm getting some, when was the last time you hooked up with a girl, Salvatore? You're starting to lose your game." he teases me with a grin and I just shake it off and shove him slightly as we walk inside the canteen.
Oh he has no idea just how much I am 'getting some'. It's been nearly a month since Elena and I have become exclusive, and although it's hard sometimes, I can honestly say that when I'm with her I feel the happiest I have ever felt in my entire life.
I know, get the cheese grater out, I even cringe at myself sometimes.
But it's true.
We manage to find time to spend together most days of the week, most of the time she comes over to my apartment but I make it my personal mission to make sure I take her out of town at least once a week. It's nice to be in a place where no one knows us, where I can kiss her whenever I want, where I can hold her hand walking down the street, where we can act like a normal couple instead of secret lovers who have to hide themselves from the real world.
It's frustrating as hell sometimes, but what else can we do?
Besides, she is so worth it.
My eyes immediately scan the room and I find her sat at a table with who I now know are Caroline and Bonnie, her two best friends, as well as a couple of other cheerleaders, all of their uniforms in place and I'm reminded that it's a game day. She's smiling, but it's not reaching her eyes and there is no sparkle there so I know it's forced.
However almost as if she can sense me watching, her head turns just an inch to her right and her eyes meet mine and that smile widens just a tiny bit, and her eyes light up. If you didn't know her, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference, but I do, and I can.
It's a risky move, in a crowded cafeteria with eyes everywhere and Klaus stood right beside me, but I sneak her a wink and immediately she bites on her bottom lip, trying to fight off her grin and I reluctantly turn my head away again.
We can't exactly have eye sex right now in front of half the school.
"Hey!" I hear Klaus speak and it snaps me out of my thoughts with a grimace as he punches me on the shoulder, hard. "Are you even listening to me?"
"No." I smirk at him as I grab a tray full of food and go to our usual table in the corner, I sit down just as Klaus walks and joins me, a glare on his face.
"You hurt my feelings, Salvatore." he takes a seat.
"Aw, lovers tiff?"
Rebekah slams her tray down onto the table beside me, a grin on her lips that makes me roll my eyes.
"Little Sister," Klaus sighs loudly. "Is there a reason why you are bothering us on what was such a fine day?"
"Sorry, was I interrupting your domestic?" she asks sarcastically and I swat her hand away as she steals a fry from my plate.
"Hey." I scowl. "If you're hungry, get real food yourself instead of stealing mine!" I look down at her own tray which just has one tiny plate of salad.
Girls.
"Damon, don't be like that." she pouts slightly and I frown confused as a small smile creeps onto her lips. "Because I was really hoping for a favor."
"I'd run now, mate." Klaus cuts in with a smirk.
"Shut up Nik!" Rebekah glares at him and I sigh and take a sip from my drink.
"What kind of favor?"
"A Winter Formal kind of favor?"
I almost choke.
"What?"
"I need a date." she looks at me with puppy dog eyes.
"And you want that to be me?" I ask in disbelief.
"Bex it's not even your formal." Klaus cuts in. "It's for seniors and juniors, and you my dear sister are just a poor sophomore."
"Which is why I need Damon to be my date so I can go!" she argues before turning back to face me. "Look, don't flatter yourself and think that I'm interested in you because I most certainly am not, but I was really hoping that Tyler Lockwood would have asked me but he didn't, so now I can't go unless I have a date and it would be really great if I had someone to show him what he is missing."
I hear Klaus groan in the background but Rebekah just ignores him.
"Please Damon!"
"I'm not even going to Winter Formal." I tell her honestly. "I hate those stupid dances."
"I promise I'll make it up to you! Whatever you want!"
"Can't you ask someone else? Stefan maybe?"
"He already has a date! I wouldn't have asked you if I wasn't desperate."
"Gee thanks."
"Urgh." she rolls her eyes. "Can you at least think about it?"
I briefly glance in Elena's direction, knowing that she's going with her friends. But what would her reaction be to me going with Rebekah? Probably not good. If I explain to her though...then maybe we can sneak off together? It could give us time on a night where I wouldn't be able to see her otherwise.
"I'll think about it." I give in with a sigh, knowing that Rebekah knows just as much as I do that now my answer will most likely be a yes, she won't leave me alone if not.
"Yes! Yes! Thank you so much, you're my hero!" she hugs me quickly and I scowl in annoyance and shrug her off.
"Urgh whatever, you owe me big." I glare at her and her smile widens.
"Anything!" she grins before glancing at Klaus. "See Nik, this is what being a gentleman means."
Klaus pulls a face that I'm sure matches my own because I am anything but a gentleman.
"He's probably just doing it to get into your pants." he snipes back and Rebekah immediately glares at him.
I roll my eyes. "Oh please. No offence babe, but not my type."
"Yeah well you're not mine either." she waves me off and looks back at her brother. "And you are an arse."
"And on that note, I'm leaving." I push my tray away and make a move to stand up.
"Again?" Klaus frowns at me confused. "Where do you keep running off too Salvatore? This is the third time this week!"
"Never you mind, Klaus. Maybe I just don't want to spend my entire hour break in a cafeteria surrounded by hormonal idiots?" I shrug casually. "I'll see you in English." I turn and leave before I can get questioned anymore.
I keep an eye on my surroundings as I walk along the hallway and outside, I make sure to double check that nobody is following me before I walk quickly around to the back of the school towards the football field. I make my way past the locker room entrances and to the long old storage shed at the side. I slip my hand into my pocket and pull out the old rusty key that I stole from the janitors closet last week and quickly unlock the door and stepping inside the dark grimy room.
I grimace immediately at the smell, but know from experience that I'll get used to it after a few minutes. I make sure that the dusty old small windows at the top of the brick walls are still covered and grin just as I hear the door open behind me and I swing around to see Elena hurriedly stepping inside and closing the door after her.
I smirk the second her eyes meet mine and before I know it she is crashing against me, her lips against mine as I fall backwards against brick wall behind me.
"Someone is an eager beaver today." I murmur against her mouth as she pulls away slightly, her eyes sparkling.
"Well I've missed you." she runs her hands down my chest. "It sucked not being able to see you last night."
"Tell me about it." I grin, my hand sliding underneath her top to stroke her soft skin. I turn us around so now she is against the wall and I dip my head to kiss her slowly, my mouth opening against hers as my tongue slides inside.
She moans against me as my other hand dips underneath her cheerleading skirt, my fingers skimming her up thigh.
However the moment is rudely broken by a crashing noise and dust falling on top of our heads as I accidentally push her against a broken shelf causing some equipment to fall onto the floor, the movement of the shelf erupting a ball of dust.
"Ew!" Elena grimaces and I cough slightly and step back to eye the damage.
"Whoops." I chuckle a little and it turns into a laugh when I see the gray covering Elena's head, as well as some stuck to her face. "Oh wow."
"Stop it!" she glares at me. "This is your fault."
I roll my eyes and lift my hand to wipe the dust from her face as she fixes her hair. "You still look beautiful." I grin and she rolls her eyes but I can see the blush creeping too her lips. I smirk and dip my head down to kiss her softly on the lips before reluctantly pulling away. "How long do we have?"
"Not long today." she pouts slightly. "I only told them I was returning a book to the library."
I sigh loudly, my hands on her hips as we just take a moment to be with each other, in each others company, hidden away from the rest of the world.
Elena looks glum for a moment as she closes the distance between us to rest her head against my shoulder, my arms automatically wrapping around her in the hug before one of my hands trails upwards into her hair, stroking it softly.
"I wish we could stay like this forever." she murmurs against my shirt, one arm looped around my waist while the other lands on my spine, clinging too me tightly. "Are you still going to Will's party tonight?"
"Unfortunately yes, I told my uncle that I would drop off a few things." I decide to keep it vague. "And Klaus is getting antsy, wants to know why I am always busy and never make time for him so I said I would stick around." I roll my eyes slightly. "He's such a girl."
"Aw it's cute." She pulls back slightly to look at me. "He thinks you're his boyfriend."
"You know, I don't like that you are the second person to make a comment like that today." I frown slightly in annoyance but it just makes Elena smile more. "What are your plans for this evening anyway? Lying in bed thinking of me?"
"Urgh you wish, Salvatore!" she swats me on the shoulder lightly. "But I'll probably just go to the after party Mason Lockwood is throwing after the game tonight."
"Yuck." I press my eyebrows together. "That sounds like fun, not."
"Yeah well Klaus isn't the only one noting absences lately. Caroline is starting to get suspicious and Bonnie keeps asking more and more questions about this mystery guy from Richmond I'm seeing."
"I hope you told her that he is devilishly handsome and has an amazing personality."
"No, I told her he is a jerk and is bad in bed." she winks at me and I gasp in mock mortification.
"Elena Gilbert! The latter comment is blasphemous!"
"Oh so you admit to being a jerk then?" she asks amused and I shrug casually, a smirk playing on my lips.
"I admit I have my moments. But you still need to take the last part back or I'm going to have to reconsider the physical side of our relationship." I tell her pointedly.
"Oh yeah?" she raises an eyebrow before one of her hands runs from around my waist to my front, slowly trailing downwards before landing on my crotch. I clench my jaw slightly as she slowly starts to rub me over my jeans, a devils smirk on her lips and I'm reminded yet again that Elena Gilbert is anything but the innocent girl that she perceives herself to be in front of the public eye, because behind closed doors she can almost be the devil. "And what part of the physical side of our relationship would you be willing to reconsider, Damon?" she challenges me as she slowly unzips my jeans and dips her hand inside.
I immediately gasp and my eyes squeeze shut as her hand slowly starts to stroke my throbbing hardening member.
"Well?" she urges me to answer her, her hand stilling for a moment and my eyes flicker open.
I go to answer but she starts up her movements again, this time faster and harder and all I can do is gasp as my eyes slam back shut as one of my hands grips her waist tightly as she continues to rub me up and down, her movements increasing each time.
"Jesus." I pant out with heavy breaths and when Elena presses an open mouthed kiss against my neck, her teeth nibbling on my skin, I am done for.
My entire body shakes as I cum into her hand and I lean my head down onto her shoulder breathlessly.
How the hell can one girl have this affect on me?
"I thought so." Elena smirks and taps my chest and I slowly pull back to look at her dark intense eyes.
"You are a saucy minx." the words leave my mouth but I can barely process how to speak.
Elena however just giggles and leans her head up to press a slow soft kiss against my lips that makes me want to press her back up against the wall and take her there and then.
I swear, this girl will be the death of me.
So the football team lost.
But that doesn't stop them from partying like they just won the state championship.
I grimace as I take a sip from the flat stale beer from my cheap plastic cup, briefly noting that the bottled supply that Damon always has stored in his fridge is so much better.
"There you are!" Caroline skips towards me with a beaming smile on her face and I can tell immediately that she is on her way to being drunk. "I've been looking for you!"
"Well I'm right here, Care." I smile back as I guzzle down more of the horrid beer.
Caroline rolls her eyes. "Well I know that now, duh! Come on!" she grabs my hand and pulls me through the crowds of my fellow drunken students and into the living area where it is a lot more crowded.
However I immediately spot Bonnie stood smiling as she talks to Tyler and Matt and I cringe slightly as Caroline pulls me towards them.
Matt and I don't exactly have the best of relationships these days. But at least he isn't begging to speak with me anymore, in fact, except the occasional hello it's like I don't even exist to him.
It's sad, because I've known this boy for most of my life and we were like best friends before we started dating, but I know that he has every reason to be mad at me. I hurt him, and I accept that.
"Elena!" Bonnie grins and pulls me in for a hug as I join them.
"Hey Gilbert! What a surprise to see you here." Tyler comments and I frown for a moment wondering if this is some kind of attack against me, but the smile on his face is light so I decide to give him the benefit of the doubt this time.
"She's here now, that's all that matters!" Caroline joins in and I instantly realize what this is about and I inwardly groan. "Just don't disappear on us again, ok?" she eyes me up.
"Sorry...things at...home have been a bit hectic lately." The lie rolls off my tongue easily and I wonder if I should be worried about how good I am becoming at lying these days. "I'm sorry that I haven't been around much." I offer and I notice Bonnie grinning from the corner of my eye but I ignore it.
How bad is it that the only reason that I'm even here tonight is because Damon already had plans to go to Will's party with Klaus? If he hadn't then I'd either be there with him or we'd both be at his apartment, which is honestly where I would much rather be right now than some stupid lame high school party.
"Ew, what is Stefan Salvatore doing here?" Caroline whines and I tilt my head to the left to see Damon's younger brother walk inside with Kol Mikaelson and a couple of other guys from our class.
"Asshole, Mason made it clear he's not welcome here." Tyler mutters coldly. "I'm gonna go find Mase."
Part of me wants to argue that he's not doing any harm being here, because he's Damon's brother and I wrongly judged Damon not that long ago and he turned out to be someone else entirely to who I thought. But then I remember that Stefan isn't Damon, and that as far as he's concerned I'm a Gilbert therefore I'm to be hated.
I still haven't forgiven him in my head for smashing up my car.
Of course, he still doesn't know that I know about it. But I make sure our history project meetings are a lot more colder than what it even used to be.
"Elena, come with me to refill?" Bonnie raises her eyebrow at me and I nod my head before following her out of the room, leaving Caroline with Matt, who barely even looked at me.
"So...how are things with the mystery man?" Bonnie asks with a curious grin as she loops her arm through mine.
"Good. Great." An unintentional smile creeps onto my lips, and there is so much more than I want to say, to tell Bonnie, but I know that I can't. I need to keep all details as minimum as possible.
"I'm noting that Caroline is still in the dark..." she states simply, the smile gone and I sigh and run a hand through my hair.
"Don't make me feel guilty, Bonnie, please."
"I'm not, but...she's our best friend, Elena, don't you think this will hurt her when she finds out?"
"This isn't about Caroline, ok?" I defend myself. "I'm not doing this to hurt her, I'm not doing this to hurt anyone. It's just for the best if I keep my...relationships and my friends separate."
"But why?" Bonnie asks with a frown and I can see that she is genuinely confused.
Well, you see, the boy that I am seeing also happens to be the same boy who my father hates, and is part of a family that my entire family despise. Said boys family also cannot stand me, or my family, and in fact, my father is currently holding an investigation against the boys father for fraud charges because of some secret underground tunnels that were only discovered by that boy saving my life. Throw in some angry younger brothers, a criminal uncle, a conservative wife and a bitchy step-mother and you have yourself an answer.
"I'm just trying a different approach to dating." is the real answer that comes from my lips. "Things with Matt...when we ended, I felt like people had to unintentionally take sides. I mean sure, things are easier now, but when we first broke up it was awkward and people hated me for it. I don't want that again, I don't want people knowing about my personal life."
I guess that is partially true.
"I understand that." Bonnie nods her head. "And it does make sense considering what happened from your break up with Matt, but why not tell your best friends? You know we'd never judge you."
"I know, just...it's complicated ok?" I'm starting to get frustrated and I think she knows it because she slowly holds up her hands.
"Ok." she forces a smile. "Whatever you say, Elena."
I sigh and pour myself another drink from the keg, watching as the stale beer falls into my cup, knowing that I'll be needing a lot more of these if I want to get through the night.
I wait for Bonnie to refill her own before we go to make our way back to our friends, however the moment we step out of the kitchen the chants of 'FIGHT' echo around the large house and we quickly head towards the commotion.
"Oh my god!"
I push my way through to the front when I realize that it's my little brother who is one of the culprits, and guess who the other is?
Stefan Salvatore.
"Someone do something!" I gasp as I watch Stefan throw a punch that connects straight to my brother's jaw.
Jeremy however isn't letting himself be beaten, because the punches fly back and forth and after lots more shouting and screaming, I see Mason push his way out and grab Stefan from behind in a choke hold.
"Back off!" he shouts angrily but I'm not quite sure which one he is talking too. I immediately rush to Jeremy who has blood pouring from his nose and lip but he slaps my hand away when I go to tend to him.
"What the hell is wrong with you!" I shout at him furiously. "Dad is going to kill you!"
"He started it!" he argues and I roll my eyes before grabbing his arm and pulling him out of the crowded room and into the backyard, glad that he isn't putting up a fight to come with me.
"Seriously Jer? You're fighting now? And with a Salvatore of all people?!" I snap at him angrily. "What the hell were you thinking?"
"He was asking for a fight!" Jeremy defends himself. "And he hit me first! I was just fighting back!"
"You need to stay away from them!"
Yes, I notice the irony in that comment.
"You're not my Mom, Elena, you can't tell me what to do!"
"I'm trying to protect you!"
"I don't need protecting, especially from Stefan Salvatore! I can look after myself ok."
"Yeah, clearly!" I hiss sarcastically motioning to his bloody face. "How are you going to explain this to Mom and Dad?"
"I'll think of something." he mutters. "But I'd like to go back to the party now, if that's ok with you?" he hisses with cold sarcasm dripping from his voice before pushing past me.
I let out a loud defeated sigh and pull out my cellphone and tapping in that familiar contact immediately.
"Hey you! Wasn't expecting a call so soon." Damon picks up immediately and I instantly feel so much calmer from the sound of his voice.
"Yeah...I just...I just wanted to talk to you." I feel nervous, like I always do, and I can feel the butterflies bubbling into my stomach already.
"Is everything ok?" I hear the concern in his voice.
"Are you done at your party?" I ask with a shaky voice, because all I want to do is leave this place and hide away behind closed doors with Damon, so I don't have to pretend anymore.
So we can just be.
"I'll be half an hour." he states simply and I smile.
"Thank you."
"Anything for you, Elena, you know that. I'll see you soon." he says softly before hanging up and I instantly feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
I turn around and go to walk back inside when the door opens and Mason steps out, a soft smile on his face.
"Don't worry, I kicked Stefan out." he smiles as he walks down the steps towards me and I come to a stand still.
"Thanks." I push a smile back. "I'm sorry about Jeremy, I hope this hasn't ruined the party."
Mason however just chuckles and waves me off. "Don't worry about it, and it didn't ruin the party. In fact, it kind of helped, gives everyone something to talk about."
"Yeah at the expense of my idiot little brother."
Mason's smile falls slightly. "Look, he probably shouldn't have given Stefan the reaction he wanted, but that's exactly what it was, Elena, a reaction. Stefan would have been riling him up, pushing for a fight. Jeremy is a good kid, he doesn't just get in fights for no reason."
"Yeah I guess so." I admit with a sigh because he does have a point. Jeremy isn't the kind of guy that goes around punching people for no reason.
"So, I'm kind of glad that I got you alone actually." I frown slightly as I watch him run a hand through his brown hair, and it's almost like he looks...nervous?
"Oh? How come?" I ask curiously although part of me is telling me to get the hell out of here now.
He lets out what I think is a nervous laugh and takes a step forward. "We've known each other for a long time, right?"
"Yeah...pretty much our whole lives."
"Exactly." he smiles softly at me. "And through all of it, I've watched you grow up into this...beautiful woman that you are now." I gulp slightly at his words but it's not the good kind. "It sounds silly, but I've kind of always had a crush on you."
"What?" I ask shocked.
He lets out another nervous chuckle. "I know, right? But...well...there was always something that was stopping me from telling you."
I frown, because honestly, we've never even really been that close.
"And you're younger than me..." he continues. "And then I started dating girls my own age, and then you started dating Matt and I had that whole Katherine mess going on." he mutters coldly for a moment. "But through out it all, whenever I saw you, whether it be at a founders party's or you just laughing with your friends in The Grill, I always took note of how beautiful you looked."
"Mason I..." I trail off because I really have no idea what to say.
"It's ok." he smiles softly at me. "You don't have to say anything. I just wanted to let you know." I force a smile, but I think it probably looks more like a grimace. "I know this is going to sound even weirder, especially after what I've just told you, but I'd like us to be friends, Elena."
"I thought we already were friends, Mason."
"I know I know, but real friends, who actually hang out together." he smiles and I blink a few times.
What the hell am I supposed to say to this after what he has just said?
"I've totally freaked you out, haven't I?" he laughs at himself and groans in frustration. "God I am such an idiot. I am so sorry Elena, I never meant to make you feel weird."
"No, no," I take pity on him. "It's ok." I force a smile. "We can be friends."
"Yeah?" he asks almost hopefully.
"Sure, why not?"
"Great." he grins and he goes to say something else but thankfully the loud beeping of my cellphone interrupts me and I look down to see a text from Damon.
I'm parked around the
corner hotstuff!
"I uh...I've got to go." I take a few steps to my right towards the side gate that takes you around into front, therefore I can avoid running into anyone else on my way out.
"I've scared you away, haven't I?"
"No, no. I was leaving anyway."
"Let me at least walk you home." he takes a step towards me but I hold out my hand.
"I'm fine Mason, my Mom is picking me up, she's just text me to say she's on her way so I'll go wait for her out front."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah." I push another smile and he smiles back. "I'll see you at school or something?"
"Yeah." he nods his head as he rocks back on his heels and I send him a half-heartened wave before getting the hell out of there and running to the sanctuary of Damon's Camaro.
"Hey." he grins the second I get in and leans across to kiss me. I immediately sigh against his lips, a massive weight being lifted from my shoulders as his hand caresses my cheek. I reluctantly pull away and lean my forehead against his.
"Tough night?" he asks softly, his fingers tracing my skin.
"Better now." I admit quietly.
"Want to talk about it?" he questions patiently.
"Not tonight." I kiss him again slowly. "Take me back to yours?"
"Absolutely."
"What are you smirking at?" I question my little brother suspiciously as we walk through the school parking lot on Monday morning.
He has had a smug look on his face from the moment I picked him up this morning, making comments about how great of a day it is and I knew immediately that he is up to something.
I just wish I knew what.
"You'll find out soon enough." he grins at me and my frown deepens.
"I'm not sure I like the sound of this little brother." I admit warily.
"Oh you will." he grins. "In fact, you'll love it."
"That isn't helping." I shove him slightly but he just laughs and keeps walking.
As I walk towards the main building I spot the new bane of my life, Mason Lockwood stood chatting with some of his fellow idiot jock friends. I takes me all of my strength not to march over there and knock him the hell out for making a move on my girlfriend.
Elena told me all about his little crush confession that he delivered to her on Friday night, and to say I was not happy would be an understatement.
First Katherine, now Elena? It's like he knows.
"Hey uh...you don't have any drugs on you or anything?" Stefan asks me as we walk into the school.
"What?" I tug on his arm pulling him to a halt at his out of the blue question. "Why the hell would you ask me that?"
However, the smirk on Stefan's lips grow when an announcement comes through the speakers.
"This is Principle Tanner with an urgent and important message to all students. Please remain calm and stay where you are. The police are here for a drug search, we ask all students to be patient and not to panic. Please do not leave the premises."
I turn back to face Stefan astonished. "What the hell did you do?"
The second the words leave my mouth, a handful of uniformed police officers as well as a couple of teachers walk inside the building led by Sheriff Forbes and they begin to search through everyone's lockers. Everyone goes into a state of loud chatter, but Stefan just leans back against the wall with a grin.
"Stefan?!" I bark at him in frustration.
"Just watch and find out." he grins as he motions towards Sheriff Forbes who is opening up one of the lockers.
"I've found something!" she calls and two other police officers with gloves on walk forward and I watch as they pick up a see through bag full of smaller packets of white powder. "Whose locker is this?"
I turn to face Stefan who's grin widens and I watch as Mr Saltzman takes a look at the number of the locker before looking at a sheet of paper in his hands and the name that he reads off the list makes me realize exactly why Stefan is so smug.
"Jeremy Gilbert."
I immediately look back at Stefan in disbelief. "You did this?" I ask through the commotion, as Jeremy is pulled from a classroom and is instantly protesting his innocence as he is led away by the Sheriff.
He shrugs with a grin. "The kid had it coming." he pats me on the back as he goes to walk away, probably to gloat to his friends. "You can thank me later."
However all I see as I watch him leave is the horrified look on Elena's face as she stands watching the scene before her as her little brother gets arrested.
"This isn't right! Jeremy would never take drugs!" I rant in frustration as I pace up and down in the waiting room at the police station.
"We know that dear," I can see that my mother is trying to act calm but she is just as scared as I am. "Your father will see to this, nothing will come from it."
"But they found the drugs in his locker, Mom! What can Dad do about that?" I ask anxiously. "They have proof! What can Dad do?"
"He can find out the truth."
"And what if he can't?" I ask fearfully.
"He will, honey." she tries to sound reassuring but it's not working. "Try not to worry, everyone knows that Jeremy is a good boy. Sure, he has made some mistakes lately but he is a good boy and we will get him help." it almost sounds like she's trying to convince herself.
"Wait...you don't actually think those drugs belonged to him, do you?" I ask in disbelief, a hint of anger in my voice.
"Don't be silly, Elena."
"Am I being silly?"
"Yes." she shakes her head at me. "Jeremy will be fine."
"That's not what I'm asking, Mom!" I snap at her angrily.
"Elena please," she says forcefully. "Do not cause a scene, not here."
"Fine!" I throw my hands up in disbelief and frustration. "I'll just leave!" I storm out of the waiting room before she can say anything else, ignoring her calls after me to come back.
I step outside and barely get a chance to calm myself down before someone literally whistles at me. I swing around to my right, about to snap at whoever thinks that's an appropriate way to catch someones attention but I stop myself when I see that it's Damon.
I look around anxiously, noting that thankfully there is no one around before I walk towards him. "What are you doing here, Damon? Are you out of your mind?!"
How can he put us at risk as to turn up to the place that my father works, where he knows I'll be with my family right now. Is he crazy?
He grabs my arm and pulls me to the side of the building, out of main view but all it could take is for someone to walk past and turn their head to see us.
He looks nervous, anxious almost and I swear I see a hint of guilt as he can barely look at me in the eyes.
"Damon?"
"It was Stefan." he blurts the words out immediately and he cringes slightly as he does so. "I shouldn't be telling you this, I'm betraying my own brother but I saw the look on your face when they took Jeremy away, and I can't...I can't let you be hurt like this."
I look at him in shock by his words. "Damon..." I place a hand on his arm but no words come out.
"I'm sorry, ok? But...you can't tell anyone about this. I didn't tell you so you could tell your Dad, I told you because I didn't want you thinking that your brother was doing drugs, because he's not." he speaks fast and I look at him in disbelief.
"Are you really asking me to protect your brother by betraying my own?" I ask him astonished. "Damon, you can't ask me that!" I can hear the desperation in my own voice. "If Jeremy is charged with this, he could get suspended or worse and then he can say goodbye to college! He wants to be a doctor, Damon! What med school is going to take someone who has not only a criminal record, but a drugs use one?"
"Elena please don't make this the second time I've betrayed my family for you." I freeze at his words. "My Dad is already facing jail time because of me, I didn't tell you about Stefan so he could be in the same predicament!"
"Then why the hell did you tell me?" I argue, because now it feels like it would have been better if he just kept his mouth shut.
"Because I can't lie to you." he says with pleading eyes and I stand still as his blue eyes stare intently into my own. "We don't lie to each other, remember?"
I gulp slightly under his intense gaze and slowly nod my head, and I can feel the tears burning in my eyes. "This is a mess, Damon."
"I know." he places a hand on my cheek and it immediately calms me down.
"What can I do? I can't let this happen, Damon, I can't let Jeremy be punished for this when he is innocent!" I argue. "You can't expect me to just let this happen!"
"I know, I know."
"So help me!" I plead with him almost desperately. "Please, help me, Damon, make it go away."
"Ok." he nods his head seriously, his hand still on my cheek. "I'll make it go away, Elena. I promise."
I look around the empty hallway slowly before I turn back to the locker I'm stood in front of. I place one of my hands on the lock and twist it, knowing that there is a knack to getting in without knowing the correct code combination.
The locker clicks open and I let out a sigh of relief, quickly glancing around before pulling out two packets of cocaine from my pocket. I open up a random text book and place them inside before slamming the locker shut and quickly walking away.
I climb back into my Camaro and head down to the police station, walking inside I immediately attract attention, I mean, I'm a Salvatore, it's not every day you'll find one just willingly walk inside here.
Normally when we do we are wearing handcuffs.
"Can I speak to Sheriff Forbes?" I ask the officer at the reception desk who gives me a funny look. "It's important."
He eyes me suspiciously as he picks up his telephone and presses a number. "Sheriff, I have one Damon Salvatore here wanting to speak to you. He claims it's important." I don't even bother to question how this random cop knows my name.
"She'll be with you in a moment." he tells me bluntly, his voice cold and I roll my eyes before stepping away for a moment and taking a breath.
This is the best way.
I can't hurt Elena by letting Jeremy get into serious trouble for this, and I can't betray my brother either by telling the truth.
This is the only solution.
"Damon?"
I turn around and look at Liz Forbes who is eyeing me warily. "Sheriff," I push a confident smirk onto my face. "A pleasure, as always."
She rolls her eyes and motions for me to follow her into the closest interview room and we both take a seat.
"Look, I don't exactly want to be here right now and I'd like to make this quick," I begin as she watches me curiously. "But first I want to know that whatever I say to you right now will remain between the two of us? I need this to be absolutely anonymous."
"Ok..." she trails with a confused frown but I can see the intrigue in her eyes. "What do you want to say?"
"You arrested Jeremy Gilbert this morning for possession of drugs, right?"
She nods her head slowly. "Look Damon, I do not have time for one of these Gilbert versus Salvatore dramas today, I'm busy."
"No, no, listen." I sigh in annoyance, still not believing that I am here to protect Jeremy fucking Gilbert. I can't stand the guy, but he is Elena's brother. "Those drugs...they weren't his."
I watch as her eyes widen slightly. "And how would you know this?" she asks slowly. "And why would you tell me? It's no secret that there is no love lost between you and the Gilbert's. Why would you want to help him?"
"Because I may hate that family with all my worth and being, but even I'm not that much of a terrible person to let someone take the fall for something they didn't do when it can cause as much damage as drug charges can to someone of such a young age." the lies roll off my tongue. "I've been there before, remember?" I state briefly to a time a year ago when I was caught with a joint in my pocket by Liz herself, she gave me a big lecture about how drugs can ruin my future, and I pretended to listen and to learn and she sent me on my way with a warning.
"What's your agenda, Damon?" she leans forward, eyeing me with lots of intrigue and suspicion and I can tell that she is dying to know my true intentions.
"There is none." I hit back, looking at her straight in the eye. "Which is why you can't tell anyone why I was here. My family won't understand my reasons, and I would like to save myself the drama of trying to explain why I would save a Gilbert's ass, especially one as annoying and idiotic as Jeremy."
"Ok." she nods her head. "You've got my attention, so tell me, how do you know that those drugs didn't belong to Jeremy?"
"Because...I saw someone freak out and plant them in his locker right before the cops showed up, probably when they realized what was about to happen." I reply without missing a beat.
"Who?" she questions simply but I can hear the curiosity in her voice.
"Vicki Donovan."
"Alright, alright!" I shout at whoever the impatient idiot is who is currently banging furiously on my door, almost like they are trying to knock it down.
I swing the door open just for Elena to shove me backwards with her hands and I stumble back a little and look at her in astonishment.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" she shouts at me furiously.
"Excuse me?!" I argue back in annoyance as she slams my front door shut behind her.
"I just got a phone call saying that Jeremy has been let out without any charges, because an anonymous tip has informed the Sheriff that he was set up!"
"Why does that make you angry?" I ask genuinely confused. "I thought you'd be happy."
"Happy?" she asks in disbelief. "I was happy, I was happy for all of three minutes until I found out who the new suspect was! Vicki Donovan? Really, Damon?!"
"What's the problem, Elena? You asked me to make it go away, so I did!" I defend myself immediately because she is yet again overreacting.
"By setting someone else up? You're just as bad as Stefan! How can you do that to someone?"
"Urgh, it's Vicki Donovan!" I roll my eyes. "Would you prefer Jeremy got into trouble instead?"
"No, but that doesn't mean that I can be happy about you setting up an innocent human being!"
"Oh please! She's hardly innocent, Elena! She's a junkie, she takes drugs and the cops could have easily found drugs in her locker today like they did with Jeremy. In fact, I'm betting my entire life savings that when they do another thorough search for their new investigation that they do find some."
"Oh and you know that for sure, do you? Maybe she's clean now, you don't know that."
"I do know that for sure, Elena, because I put them there." I shrug casually as she looks at me in disbelief.
"Are you serious?!" she gawps at me.
"Deadly. Do you really think that me saying it was Vicki who put the drugs in Jeremy's locker would be the end of it? No! It wouldn't be, the cops would need more proof than just my word so I gave them some! I made sure to plant the same batch of cocaine that Stefan used for Jeremy to put into Vicki's locker, ergo, the cops have their proof and Jeremy is off the hook!"
"This isn't right, Damon! This is..." she waves her hands around in anger, frustration. "This is immoral!"
"I did what was right for you and what was right for me. I don't care about anyone else, ok? You're brother is no longer in trouble, and my brother won't be getting into it. I saved both of them, Elena, it was the only way!"
"But you've done so by destroying someone else's life! Don't you get that?" she asks me almost desperately.
"What I get, Elena, is that Vicki Donovan wasn't even applying for college, what I get is that her future is to stay in this town for the rest of her life as the towns junkie, she's not going anywhere! She won't get jail time if it's her first offence, she'll be slapped with a fine and a charge and she'll still be working a deadbeat job as a waitress or whatever! A criminal record on her resume will mean nothing to her."
"That's not up to you to decide." she's calmed down a little bit, but she's still angry.
"Well it's too late now." I tell her simply.
"I can't be ok with this, Damon, this is Matt's sister."
"And Jeremy is your brother, and Stefan is mine. I did what I did to protect us both, to help us both. You can be mad at me all you like, but at the end of the day your brother will be the one going to med school and mine will be one on the right side of a prison cell. You can't make me sorry for that."
She runs a shaky hand through her hair. "But I feel guilty." she says slowly, her voice quiet and sad and for a moment it does make me feel bad. Elena has a much clearer view on what's right and what's wrong compared to me.
I take two giant steps towards her and cup her face between my hands. "And that's what makes you such an amazing person, ok?" I lean down and kiss her lips softly. "But Vicki will be fine, ok? People like her always are."
She nods her head slowly and I pull her against me in a hug, my arms instantly wrapping around her tightly and it takes me a delayed reaction to realize that my front door has just been pushed open.
"What the fuck is this?!"
I'm evil, I know! Sorry to leave it there folks ;)
Damon was probably a bit harsh to set Vicki up like that, but then again in the show Damon did kill her and turn her into a vampire and left her to her own devices, so I guess I'm just fitting into the theme right? ;)
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