Chapter 13
Damon went back to the boarding house after he dropped Cassie off.
Stefan and Elena were they're waiting on him.
"How was school?" he asked pouring himself a drink.
"Damon what did Cassie tell you?" Stefan asked
"That I have terrible taste in movies but a great taste in drinks" he replied without missing a beat.
"Seriously?" Elena asked, "That's all you guys did?"
"Well we played vampire and hunter pig" he said
"What is that?" Stefan asked
"Well I jumped off the railing and if she couldn't do it she get a p" Damon said walking over to the couch.
Elena rolled her eyes and went to the kitchen.
Stefan looked at his brother.
"What?" Damon asked
Stefan just shook his head. "You do realize you can't mess with her head, she isn't a toy Damon, she is Elena's sister."
"Relax brother" Damon said "I got this under control"
Stefan stood up and walked away from his brother.
Damon took a sip of his drink.
He thought about Cassie. He felt a connection with her. She understood what it meant to be an older sibling and he enjoyed being around her. Even just talking this morning Damon had liked spending time with her and all they had done was talk.
He pulled out his phone and texted her.
Dinner tonight the grill?
He realized for the first time in a long time he was nervous for the reply, he didn't know where he stood with Cassie.
His phone beeped.
Helping Jeremy tonight can't leave the house.
His heart sank but his phone went off again.
My place? I think being around you will help Jeremy.
He smiled and texted back
I don't know, he might try and stake me….
Don't worry I'll protect you
Damon laughed and stood up and walked up the steps setting his drink down.
I'll see you there.
He texted back and went up the stairs to get ready.
Stefan walked into the kitchen. "Elena I am concerned about what Damon is planning to do with Cassie"
Elena turned to him "I don't care Stefan, Cassie is an adult and I am done worrying about her."
"Elena she is your sister, don't lie to me and tell me you don't care." Stefan said
"I don't care Stefan, she made it perfectly clear that she has no intention of being my older sister." She said
"Have you talked to her since she came back?" he asked "and I mean actually talk to her"
"No" Elena said
"Why don't you try and talk to her about everything?" he asked
Elena turned to Stefan "why don't you talk to Damon about everything?" she questioned back.
Stefan opened his mouth to answer but couldn't think of an answer.
Because Elena was right.
Sometimes life doesn't give you an older sibling to take care of you when you need it.
Cassie walked back home and opened the door.
Something was wrong. All of the lights were off and the house was dark.
"Jeremy?" she asked
She heard Jeremy yell as he sunk up behind her.
Cassie turned around and grabbed his arm right before Jeremy stabbed her with a stake.
Jeremy saw it was his sister.
"Cassie, are you ok?" he asked 'I'm sorry, I though you would be a vampire"
Cassie took the stake from Jeremy's hand
"Jer. I am fine," she said.
Jeremy looked at her "what's wrong with me?" he asked breaking down.
Cassie hugged Jeremy "it's going to be ok" she whispered
Cassie grabbed his hand and led him to the kitchen. She sat him down and turned the lights on.
Jeremy sat in silence still trying to get control over what was happening to him.
Cassie made hot chocolate and sat down across from Jeremy at the table.
Jeremy looked at the chocolate, "I remember when my first girlfriend broke up with me," he said taking a drink. "You made me hot chocolate and sat in that chair"
'And I asked if I needed to go beat her up" she said remembering that night.
Jeremy looked up at his sister.
"I'm sorry" Cassie said, "I should have been here when all of this happened to you."
Jeremy noticed the tattoos on her arm. "When did it happen to you?" he asked
Cassie took a drink. "My professor of mythology had the tattoos, I thought I was going crazy because I was the only one who could see them." She began. "One day he called me to his office and told me about the five. He said I was a potential and that I couldn't become one of the five until a position was opened. Mom and dad told me about vampires on my 18th birthday which is why I took the class in the first place."
"So when did you noticed the tattoo?" Jeremy asked
"Two days after mom and dad died." She replied quietly taking a sip of her drink.
Jeremy nodded and the two of them sat in silence taking in everything.
"I was planning on coming back" she continued "but I saw how in love Elena was in Stefan and I knew that I couldn't control myself around him. I wasn't that good yet."
"But you are know?" he asked
Cassie nodded. "And I want to help you if you want me to" she said
Jeremy looked at his sister "please" he said
Cassie smiled. "Ok so the main thing you need to know is that a hunter's body operates faster then a human's body."
"Ya, I have all of this energy" Jeremy said
"In order to live everyday without going crazy, you have to make sure you keep your heart rate down?" she told him.
"How?" he asked
"Running, every morning, you have to do cardio to slow your heart. Also no more caffeine, or sugar, or anything that makes your heart run faster." She said
"Is that why you drink a lot?" Jeremy asked "to keep your heart at a human pace."
Cassie nodded.
"We have to tell Elena" Jeremy said.
"No" Cassie said, "Elena can't know, Jeremy, no one can know"
"But Elena thinks that you are just a drunk" Jeremy said
Cassie laughed, "I am a drunk," she said. "So here is the plan, every morning we are going to run, then I am going to help train you, and teach you how to whittle" she picked up the stake.
Jeremy laughed.
"So I invited Damon for dinner" Cassie said
"What?" Jeremy asked "I can't control myself around vampires"
"I want to see how long you can last around vampires," Cassie said. "And Damon can take care of himself."
"Plus you want to spend time with him" Jeremy said raising his eyebrows up and down.
Cassie rolled her eyes. "Whatever" she said
Jeremy started laughing and for the first time in a long time he felt like his normal self again.