AN: Alright, here's chapter 6. This one here is why I have the warnings and the M rating for this story. Hope you all enjoy and please review. No negative comments please.
Warning: Underage drinking, drugs use, foul language, fighting, attempted rape and character death
Chapter 6 – Party Trouble
At around 7:30 pm Saturday night Sara pulled up in front of the Lewis residence and parked on the side of the road to ensure that she would be able to get out whenever she and Lizzy decided to leave. Well if they decided to leave before 1am as it was their extended curfew for the night. Sara threw the car in park and cut the engine before she and Lizzy walked up the drive and entered the Lewis' mansion.
"Welcome ladies, welcome." Joey greeted them at the door. "Hope you ladies have a fabulous time. Food's in the dining room and the booze is in the kitchen." He directed before he greeted others that had arrived after them.
"Ok Lizzy remember, no booze and …"
"Sara, I am not leaving your side. We are attached at the hip. As much fun as I want to have, I do not want to get drunk and risk being taken advantage by some horny American football player." Lizzy stated causing Sara to laugh.
"Well then girl stick with me and you won't have to worry about any of that." She laughed as the two friends made their way to the punch bowl and got themselves some drinks and food.
"Hey Sara, Lizzy!" Link called as he joined them at the food table.
"Hey Link!" the girls smiled.
"You guys should see this place. Oh and there's a pool out back, you ladies bring your swim suites?" he asked before munching away on cheese puffs.
"Oh, I didn't know there was pool." Lizzy said.
"We didn't bring suits. Plus if there's as much booze here as I think there is, drunk teenagers and water don't mix." Sara warned.
"No sweat there baby cakes, I have no intention of drinking tonight. Coach warned us that if any one showed up to the game hungover tomorrow afternoon we'd all be running laps and drills till we passed out. No. Thank. You." Link laughed with a goofy grin on his face. Sara could tell he'd been drinking.
"Mhmm. Link?"
"Yeah Sara?"
"Call me baby cakes again and I'll kick your ass so bad you won't be able to play tomorrow's game, got it?" she threatened.
"Yes Ma'am." Link said with a mock salute before walking off to talk to some other friends.
"Something tells me that boy has already had alcohol." Sara said with a roll of her eyes.
"Okay, I gotta say it." Said Lizzy.
"Please don't." Sara groaned.
"Baby cakes? Has he ever?" Lizzy laughed.
"Nope, never. Which is why I think what I think." She said as she put some chips on her plate before the two of them moved to sit on one of the many couches in the living room.
For some time everyone was just drinking, eating and dancing. The music was loud and those that were consuming alcohol from the kitchen were easily told a part from those who weren't. Soon the place was starting to get crowded as more and more people kept showing up. It was quickly determined that there were no parents present at this party so more and more people kept showing up, brining more alcohol with them. At around 9:30 Sara started to feel a little dizzy and realized that at some point someone had decided to spike the punch or it had been spiked to begin with and she was now feeling the effects of the alcohol. She quickly grabbed Lizzy who was dancing next her and pulled her aside. After establishing that Lizzy was in the same boat they quickly agreed to only drink bottled water or soda for the rest of the night. If the punch was spiked who knows what else was as well so they decided to play it safe. From then on they partied without a care as most of the seniors and juniors were present at the party including several sophomores and even a few freshman. Almost the entire football team was there along with the majority of the guy's soccer team and half of Sara and Lizzy's team were present as well. At some point in the night Sara was approached by Jerry Martin, the captain of the football team and the school playboy. She couldn't stand him.
"Hey Salvatore. Awesome party don't you think?" he asked her as she and Lizzy moved to sit down for a break.
"Yeah, I think it's safe to say it's a hit." She acknowledged.
"Yeah it's pretty awesome. Oh, here I brought you a drink." he said as he handed her a red solo cup filled with what Sara didn't know.
Sara shook her head as she held up her latest bottle of water that she didn't let out of her sight. "No thanks, I'm all set."
"Oh c'mon Salvatore lighten up. This is way better than stupid water." He said practically forcing the cup into her hand.
"I said no." Sara said with a glare.
"Ok then, well how about a dance?" he asked.
Seeing that he wasn't going to leave on his own Sara rolled her eyes. "I don't think so Jerry." She said rather harshly as Lizzy giggle into her bottle of water.
"Whatever." He huffed before walking off muttering 'bitch' as he went. Sara and Lizzy only laughed
"Well that was…"
"Don't start, Lizzy." Sara said with a roll of her eyes.
Back at Stefan's home the kids were playing in the back yard while Damon, Stefan, Jeremy and Rick sat on the back porch watching them. So far things had been going alright without Sara. The kids had behaved most of the day and when Sara left to get ready with Lizzy that was the last anyone saw of her. Naturally Damon had to approve of the outfit Sara was wearing and considering it was still the same outfit Sara and Elena had picked out in the picture Lizzy's mom had sent him before the girls left Lizzy's house, he couldn't complain. Sara had texted Damon when they were leaving Lizzy's and promised to text him again when they were leaving. Lizzy was going to spend the night at their house tonight after the party so Sara wouldn't have to drive all over town late at night.
"How you fairing Damon?" Rick asked.
"Pretty good buddy." Damon responded.
"That's what your second bottle of scotch?" Rick pointed out.
"That's why he's doing so good." Jeremy snorted.
"I'm sure everything's fine, Damon. She'd call if it wasn't." Stefan pointed out as he sat back down from dealing with an issue between Ben and Billy.
"I still don't like it. I remember all the parties I've been to over the years and more importantly, I remember the parties we all went to when it you guys Jeremy." Damon said as he down his current glass of bourbon and refilled it.
"Oh yeah, those were fun." Jeremy smiled before it turned into a frown. "Why did we let her go?" He groaned. Just then Emily walked up the stairs with Jasmine, Ricky and Billy behind her.
"Daddy, can we go inside and watch a movie?" She asked.
"Sure you can, Baby." Jeremy smiled. "Hey, promise me when you get older no parties?"
Emily smiled. "Okay Daddy." She said before they went inside.
"Callie should be in there somewhere. Ask her for help if you need it!" Stefan called after them.
"We will!" all four of them called back as they raced through the kitchen.
"God luck with that Jeremy." Rick said as he clapped him on the shoulder.
"Yeah, I'm in trouble." Jeremy responded as he sat back in his chair and took a swig of his beer.
"At least you have a couple of years with Emily. It's Joey you're going to have to watch now." Rick said as he watched Joey tackle Ben to the ground. They weren't playing football or any sort of sport.
"Uncle Jeremy! Joey tackled Ben!" Shouted Alexa, she was in the same class as Joey and was the third oldest to Stefan and Caroline.
"I got it." Jeremy said as he stood and made his way down the stairs to deal with the issue. Ben wasn't crying so Stefan was overly concerned. Ben was a pretty tough kid and liked to play from time to time, but Joey was nearly twice his size.
Back at the party Sara and Lizzy mingled with some friends and continued on dancing until at one point Sara noticed that Lizzy was no longer next to her, in fact she couldn't even see her. Deciding to go look for her as they had been implementing the whole buddy system since they got there. Sara made her way through the throng of people noticing that many were drunk, possibly high as she smelled pot, and she was sure as she passed one of the many empty rooms she saw a few people even shooting up. It was then as she looked around that she noticed how out of hand this party was getting. Sara pulled out her phone and realized it was just after midnight. As she made her way back towards the dining hall figuring Lizzy went for more water or something to eat she saw several couples sneaking off into secluded areas and a few guys were nearly carrying their girlfriends or current hookups up the stairs. Sara decided that when she found Lizzy that they were leaving. As she entered the dining room she finally saw Lizzy standing at the table talking with Jerry. She watched as Jerry turned and grabbed a few cups of punch and handed one to Lizzy, but not before slipping something into one of the cups. Sara quickly made her way over, but wasn't fast enough to stop Lizzy from taking a sip of the roofied drink and it wasn't like she could shout out to her as the music was still going strong. When Sara reached the two of them she grabbed Lizzy's drink from her.
"What the hell Salvatore!" shouted Jerry.
"Stuff it Martin!" she shouted, glaring at the football star before turning her gaze to her friend. "We're leaving, now!" she said shouted and Lizzy nodded.
"Now hold up! Who says she wants to leave?" Jerry said as she grabbed Sara by the arm.
"Paws off Jerry!" she shouted as she shrugged out of his hold. "And I'm sure she'll want to leave once whatever you slipped her kicks in!" she accused.
Lizzy's eyes went wide. "You did what?!" she shouted at Jerry.
"I did no such thing!" Jerry yelled.
"Bullshit!" Sara yelled before flinging the still full cup of liquid at him. Sara flung the empty cup away from her before grabbing Lizzy by the hand and practically dragged her towards the front door. Unfortunately, Jerry had caught up with them.
"You know what Sara, you're a fucking bitch! Just because you want to leave doesn't mean Lizzy has to!" he shouted.
"You know what Jerry, you've never paid any attention to Lizzy till tonight when you gave her that drink. I do believe just earlier you offered me one as well, one I'm sure that would have whatever you just spiked Lizzy's drink with in it, so excuse me if I think you're full of shit! Now get the fuck out of my way before I kick your ass in front of all these people and you and I both know I can take you down." Sara warned through gritted teeth. Her eyes flashed dangerously. Jerry was going to yelled back at Sara, but Link and Bobby soon showed up behind the girls.
"Dude, leave them alone." Bobby said with his arms crossed and glared at his team mate. Jerry just huffed before stopping away. Sara turned to look at them. "Hey I know you didn't need our help, but thought you should probably get out of here sooner than later. Lizzy doesn't look too good." He said and Link nodded in agreement. Sara took a good look at her friend. He was right.
"Thanks guys. Keep an eye on him will you? He put something in her drink. I don't want that happening to anyone else." She said concerned for those around here.
"You got it!" Link said with another salute before they walked off.
"C'mon Lizzy. Let's get you home." Sara said as she wrapped an arm around her friend and together they walked down the drive way and to Sara's car.
Once they got to the car, Sara pressed the unlock button on her remote and opened the back door. "In you go." She said as she helped Lizzy into the back seat. She was swaying on her feet and Sara was certain she couldn't have had that much to drink, but then again she didn't know how long Lizzy had been gone. She decided it must have had something to do with whatever Jerry had given her. Once Lizzy was situated in the back seat Sara moved to the front of the car and slid in behind the wheel. As she turned the key her car stuttered before quieting down. "What the fuck?" Sara hissed before turning the key again and this time the car didn't make a sound. "Fuck!" she said as she slammed her fist against the steering wheel.
"Oh god!" Lizzy moaned before she hurled in the back seat.
"Oh Lizzy." Sara groaned before getting out of the car. As she moved to open the back driver side door she noticed the reason why her car wouldn't start. Her gas door was open and the cap was sitting on the trunk. On the pavement below was a puddle and the smell of gas was strong. Someone had siphoned the gas out of her car. Not that it would've made much difference if they hadn't because she still would've been stranded if she had gotten her car to start. Someone had also slashed her tires, in fact they had slashed all four of her tires. As Sara looked around she could see several other cars in the same condition as hers, some she recognized as those belonging to some of her team mates and other girls from school. "Just great." She sighed before pulling out her phone as she opened the back door to check in on Lizzy. As she pulled up her dad's contact info Lizzy began convulsing in the back seat. "Shit, Lizzy!" she shouted as she got in to try and hold her on her side so she didn't hurt herself. Knowing that this wasn't good instead of calling her father she dialed 911.
"911 operator, do you have an emergency?" said a female from the station. Sara had placed the phone on speaker volume.
"Hi yes I do. I need an ambulance to 58 Birch Road right away, my friend just had a seizure in the back seat of my car." Sara said trying to stay calm.
"Can you bring her to a hospital?" asked the operator.
"No, someone slashed my tires. We're at a party." She informed.
"Alright, I'm notifying the EMT's and there's a police unit nearby that I'm going to send to you as well. Can you stay on the line with me till they get there?"
"Yes."
"Is your friend still seizing?"
"No, it stop." Sara said as she leaned over to check her pulse. "I can feel a pulse and she's breathing."
"That's good. Does your friend suffer from a seizure disorder?"
"Not that I'm aware of. Someone spiked her drink and she threw up in the backseat before it started."
"Okay, the team is on the way. They're about 3 minutes away from your location."
"I can hear the sirens."
"Okay, please stay on the line with me."
"Okay." Sara said before she heard someone called her.
"Salvatore!"
Sara looked up to see Jerry through the window, walking across the lawn towards them. "Jerry go the fuck away!" She yelled as she rounded the car.
"No way bitch! I've got a bone to pick with you!" he spat before he too could hear the sirens, in fact he could see the flashing lights of a cop car and the sirens of the ambulance could be heard. It was then that he saw Sara was on the phone. "You called the fucking cops!" he yelled.
"Damn right I called the cops!" she yelled back. "Lizzy just had a god damn seizure in the back seat of my car because of whatever you gave her you fucking bastard!"
"You called the cops!" Jerry said again and Sara had to wonder how sober he actually was and if he was on anything. As the squad car pulled into the drive way Sara waved to them.
"Over here!" she called. One of the cops made their way over while the other waited to direct the ambulance in their direction towards the car. When Sara turned her attention back to Lizzy forgetting about Jerry, he grabbed her by the arm and swung her around before slapping her on the face.
"You fucking bitch!" he shouted. At that moment Sara dropped her phone before she twisted Jerry's arm and brought a knee to his groin.
"Don't fucking touch me!" she shouted shoving him to the ground as one of the cops came over and restrained Jerry while the paramedics came over to the car. At this point a small crowd had gathered outside and several were whispering and holding their phones up recording the incident. Sara didn't even pay them any attention as she checked on Lizzy who was being loaded onto a stretcher. One of the EMT's approached her and asked if she was alright.
"I'm fine, how is Lizzy?" she asked as they loaded her into the back of the ambulance.
"She's stable for now, but we need to get her to the hospital. Do you know what she took?" the EMT asked.
"She didn't take anything! That asshole…" she said pointed to Jerry, "Put something in her drink. Can I ride with her?" she asked. The EMT looked to the officer who nodded their head. They knew who Sara was and could get a statement later when she was calmer. Right now she was too focused on the safety of her friend. "Of course. Do you know how to reach her parents?" he asked as they got into the back.
As the ambulance drove off and one of the cops secured the party scene outside, the other went inside and called for backup. There were alcohol bottles everywhere, teens everywhere and several were drunk off their ass. No doubt they'd need to go to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped the officer thought. As the officer walked around he ended up walking in on several couples where the girl was practically comatose while the guys were undressing themselves. It was clear that whatever the girl had been slipped that was taken away in in the ambulance was not the only one to have been drugged this evening. As back up arrived several boys were placed under arrest as a call for more cruisers and ambulances were placed.
At the hospital Sara sat in the waiting room. They had taken Lizzy in right away and she was left to call not only Lizzy's parents, but her father as well. It was near one in the morning and she was a wreck. A cop had shown up to talk to her about what had happened and she soon realized that more had happened at the party than she realized and it was a good thing she had called the police. It seemed several girls were in different stages of undress and about to be raped, but thankfully the sexual part of the crime was not committed on any of the girls as far as the police could tell. Some of the girls were also on the soccer team with Sara and Lizzy and one of them had even been a freshman. Also all the boys that were involved were either on the football team with Jerry or on the soccer team that were buddies with either Jerry or someone else on the team. When the cop had arrested Jerry for the physical assault they had witnessed on Sara they had found a baggie full of little white pills. Pills that he had distributed to most of the guys on the team and to the soccer team to increase their chances at getting laid. Sara felt sick to her stomach as the thought reared in her head that it could have easily been her. Unfortunately, it had been Lizzy instead.
"Sara!" someone shouted. Sara looked up to see Lizzy's parents rushing over to her.
"Clare! Simon!" she called.
"Oh Sara, what happened?" Clare, Lizzy's mother asked.
"I'm so sorry!" Sara cried. "We got separated at one point and Jerry put something in a drink he gave her and she got sick. I couldn't leave because someone slashed my tiers and then she started seizing so I called 911. The doctors haven't told me anything other than she was stable on the way here."
"Okay, Sara. I'm gonna go see if we can't find out what's going on." Lizzy's dad Simon said before going over to the nurse's station.
"I'm so sorry." Sara said again. Clare was sure it was the shock of everything finally settling in.
"Oh Sara, it's not your fault Sweetheart. You got her out of there and called for help. For that we are grateful. Did you call your parents?" Clare asked.
"My mom's out of town, but I called my dad. He's on his way." She told her.
Just then Simon walked over with a doctor. "Dear, this is Dr. Jennings. He's here to talk to us about Elizabeth."
Clare turned and looked at the doctor. "How is she doctor?"
"Your daughter is doing well. We're still not sure as to what caused her to have a seizure so we'd like to keep her overnight for observation and to run some more tests if needed depending on what the results are of those we've already ordered. Other than that we're certain she'll make a full recovery."
"Oh thank goodness." Clare said as she leaned into her husband.
"Can we see her?" Simon asked.
"Of course, follow me." The doctor said before leading the way to Lizzy's room.
"Sara, would you like to come too?" Simon asked.
"Can I?"
"Of course Love." Clare said as she wrapped an arm around Sara's shoulders and together the three of them went to see Lizzy. Unfortunately, before they even got outside Lizzy's door an alarm sounded.
"Code Blue. Room 218. Code Blue."
"What's going on?" Clare asked before Dr. Jennings rushed ahead of them and into Room 218. As the three approached room 218 they saw that it was Lizzy the doctors were rushing to help.
"Lizzy!" Sara shouted.
"My baby!" cried Clare as a nurse directed them away from the room.
"I'm sorry, you can't go in there." the nurse said as she directed them to another waiting room.
After some time had passed, too much time in Sara's opinion, the three of them moved to the hallway in search of someone that could tell them what was going on. As they walked towards the nurse's station they found Dr. Jennings.
"Dr. Jennings, what the hell is going on with our daughter?" Simon demanded. Dr. Jennings sighed as he directed them to move back into the waiting room as Sara's phone began to buzz. She stayed out in the hall as she pulled it from her pocket. She had a text message.
Where are you? – Dad
Second floor nurse's station. – Sara
On my way - Dad
She waited in the hall way while Dr. Jennings walked back into the waiting room with Lizzy's parents. She was surprised that her father had even sent the second text and she was even more surprised that she had received it before he had appeared in front of her.
"Daddy!" Sara said as Damon appeared and wrapped his arms around her.
"Are you okay?" he asked as he nearly crushed her to him before holding her at arm's length to look her over. "What happened?" Sara hadn't told him much over the phone other than something had happened and Lizzy had been taken to the hospital.
"I'm fine, Daddy. It's Lizzy I'm worried about. Before we could see her I think she stopped breathing. The doctor is with her parents now in the waiting room." She said as she bit her lip.
"Well lets go." Damon said. When they entered the waiting room Clare was sitting in a chair crying. Simon held her hand as he talked to the doctor. Seeing Sara come in with Damon, Simon stopped talking. When her husband abruptly stopped talking with Dr. Jennings Clare looked up to see Sara.
"Sara." She whispered causing Dr. Jennings to turn around. His face was ashen.
"No." Sara whispered. Damon's grip on her shoulder tightened.
"Sara." Simon repeated with unshed tears in his eyes.
"You have to say it. I…I won't believe you if you don't say it." She said as tears started to well up in her eyes.
Dr. Jennings looked to Simon who nodded to him. Jennings walked over and stood in front of Sara. "Sara, I'm very sorry to have to tell you this, but I'm afraid your friend Lizzy has passed away. I'm very sorry for your loss." He was barely able to get the standard phrase out before Sara's knees gave out from under her and she collapsed on the floor.
"No!" she cried. Damon knelt down with her and held her in his arms as she broke down sobbing. Dr. Jennings left the room to give everyone a moment to take in the loss of Lizzy. "How?" Sara said when she had calmed down enough. "They said she was going to be alright?"
"They think it was an allergic reaction to whatever she had been slipped. None of the other girls that were drugged have had seizures so they think it was either a reaction to something or she was overdosed. They don't have the results back yet." A voice said from the door way. Everyone looked to see one of the officers from the scene standing there. "I'm very sorry for your loss, but Mr. Belmont may I have a word with you? It will only take a moment. You as well Mr. Salvatore." The officer said.
Damon helped Sara into a chair near Clare who wrapped her arms around her daughter's distraught best friend. "I've got her." She said as she wiped away tears from her cheeks as her husband moved to join the officer in the hall.
"I'll be right back." Damon said softly as he placed a kiss to Sara's forehead before following after Simon and the officer.
Out in the hall the officer was filling Damon and Simon in on what had happened according to Sara's and everyone else's statements. Everything seemed to coincide with one another, he had also shown the two men the video of Sara beating the crap out of jerry. Someone had put it on YouTube already. In fact there were several videos from different angles. Some had the part when Jerry had slapped Sara and others didn't.
"That little son of a bitch!" Damon swore.
"According to some of the kids, Mr. Martin had tried to give Sara a drink hours before he did Lizzy. We think he went after her out of spite." The officer informed.
Though Simon was dealing with the loss of his only child, Sara had come to mean a lot to him and his family in the short amount of time they had known her. Simon had been afraid the move would've been difficult for Lizzy and in the beginning it was till she met Sara and Rachel and their gang. Knowing about the other girls and what else his daughter could have been put through before she faced her death, Simon would always be grateful for the help Sara had tried to get her.
"Damon." Simon said as he looked at the vampire. "Sara is likely to blame herself for what happened. Please, don't let her do anything stupid. Clare and I, we don't blame her for what happened in any way."
"Of course not. I'm very sorry about Lizzy. I just wish I had gotten here sooner." He said, knowing if he had, he may have been able to save Lizzy.
"Given how quickly everything happened, I doubt that. But thank you Damon. I…I really appreciate that." Simon said before looking to the officer. "Are we done here?"
"Yes, sir." The officer said and Simon turned and went back into the waiting room.
"I want to press charges against that boy." Damon growled.
The officer nodded. "Thought at much. There's going to be enough on him. All the boys that had some of the pills all confessed that Martin was the one who gave it to them. Now with the death of the Belmont girl, he's looking at murder. Why don't you come down to the station on Monday with Sara and we can get a report started for her?" he offered.
Damon nodded. "We'll see you then." He said before he turned to go back into the waiting room and the officer walked away. When he entered the waiting room and found Sara asleep on Clare's shoulder.
"How is she?" Damon asked.
"She cried and apologized a dozen times. I think she finally passed out from the shock of everything. You'll call us tomorrow to tell us how she's doing, won't you?" Clare asked as she brushed a few strands of hair out of Sara's face.
"Of course. Perhaps the two of you should come over tomorrow? You can see how she's doing and uh, pick up Lizzy's things. I think they're still in Sara's car."
"She tell you about the car? I guess a bunch of the girl's cars were in the same condition." Clare said, remembering what Sara had said.
"Yeah. A buddy of mine has a tow truck, he's gonna take it to his shop and check it out, replace the tiers and everything before I go pick it up. Cops are going to take the tires into evidence. Dust for prints on the gas cap." Damon informed them. He was incredibly pissed over everything that had happened but if he let it show, he'd for sure vamp out. He had to get Sara home first.
"Alright, well we'll stop by in the morning?" Simon said.
"Come any time." Damon nodded as he lifted Sara's sleeping form into his arms.
"I really hope she stops blaming herself. We don't." Clare said before she and Simon walked out. They met up with Dr. Jennings's at the nurse's station to go and see Lizzy's body before they went home.
Damon walked through the hospital and carried Sara to the car. He had refused to stop to talk to anyone else and to stop himself from going into Jerry Martin's room and beat the shit out of the little fucker. When his parents had noticed him he had sped away to avoid any sort of conflict he was sure that would've happened. His only concern right now was getting his daughter home. Once they reached the car Damon set her in the front seat and buckled her in before getting behind the wheel and driving home. When they reached the house, Damon pulled up to nick's truck and cut the engine. He got out and quickly moved to the other side. Sara had yet to wake and he sure as hell wasn't about to wake her now. Damon lifted her into his arms once more and walked towards the house. Nick greeted them at the door. Damon had told Rick to take the boys home when Sara had called when they were still at Stefan's.
"How is she? Is she okay?" Nick whispered, unsure of what had gone on.
"Your sister is fine, Son. Just go to bed. We'll talk in the morning." Damon replied before taking Sara up to her room. When Damon checked on Nick and Alex, both boys were in bed and asleep. Suffering from exhaustion after spending two days with their cousins. As he pulled out his bottle of bourbon and grabbed a bag of blood, he pulled out his phone and called Elena.
"Elena." He said when she picked up. "You need to come home. We never should have let her go to that party. Baby, Lizzy died tonight." Damon said softly before taking a long swig from his bottle of bourbon. It was going to be a long night.
