Chapter 15 – Who's Lorelai?
"Who's Lorelai?"
I asked once the laughter subsided.
"Our sister"
The brunette one replied softly from his place on the floor, where the raven one had tossed him earlier. I tried to place everything in my head but it felt like cotton. These are the guys from the painting, right?
"We're gonna leave you to talk"
Lexi said winking and led everyone out of the room.
"Do you two have names or..."
"I'm the eternal stud, he's the saint"
The raven haired said in a suave pouring a large glass of blood for everyone. The 'saint' rolled his eyes but accepted the drink
"I'm not calling you that"
I deadpanned fighting a smile taking the drink.
"He's Damon, I'm Stefan"
The other one replied with a sigh. The same Stefan I once met as a child? The same Damon and Stefan as the painting? Suddenly I felt the need to clarify that I'm not the girl in the painting with them
"I'm Bella"
Both males turned to look at me, Stefan nodding and Damon looking like being told he only has seconds to live.
"What happened to your sister?"
I asked softly playing with a stray strand of hair taking sips of the yummy blood. the self appointed eternal stud sighed
"She lived a long happy life and we never saw her again"
"You're vampires!"
"When we were changed, we decided to let go and not complete the transformation and since everyone believed we were dead we didn't want to scare her"
Stefan shared.
"But you did complete the transformation"
I said confused
"I completed it first. I stopped by home to see her but she was gone. Then I heard our father gloat about marrying her off to a business partner and regretted not having three dead kids. I snapped and killed him"
Stefan said quietly and sadly.
"By the time we were over the blood and everything it was too late to find her. she was gone"
Damon finished. I looked at him
"Gone as in..."
"Gone"
Stefan finished rubbing a spot on his chest.
"Why do I look exactly like her?"
"You know, that is a very good question"
Damon said walking to the terrace door and turning to look at Esther who was gardening. I felt the need to roll my eyes at her reply
"I can't tell you that, yet"
"Of course you can't"
Damon snarled, I giggled.
"We need to go back to the Grill. Band Wars Day 2 is done and they want everyone to start the voting"
A voice shouted from outside and Rebekah poked her head inside.
"Oh crap. Where are my clothes?"
I jumped up. Both brothers shook their heads signaling they had no idea. Pulling the blouse a bit lower on my thighs I struck a pose
"Does this blouse make me look fat?"
I joked. Rebekah laughed and walked inside holding a shopping bag.
"I brought you something of mine. You do not want to walk around in that leather number"
Rebekah said with a polite, friendly yet bitchy smile. I returned it gladly
"You look good with the shorter hair, you know"
I offered taking the bag.
"Thank you Rebekah"
"I'll wait for you and give you a ride if you wish"
"That would be great. I have no idea where we are"
I replied chuckling and returned to the room I woke up in. in the bag was a simple hot pink mini dress, a pair of beige pumps and a beige cropped leather jacket. I combed my hair with my fingers and did a quick makeup with the products in the bag and returned downstairs in under 10minutes.
"If you ever tell my brothers it took you eight minutes to get ready, I'll snap your neck"
Rebekah threatened.
"Do it and I'll put drops of black hair dye in your shampoo"
I threatened in the same tone, pretty much how I always replied to Alice in my head.. Rebekah's angry face to gone and she smiled happily.
"We're gonna be great friends"
She pulled me out of the house and into a bright yellow car. in almost no time at all she was pulling in front of the Grill and we walked inside together. with a last 'bye' she went to the other blond vampire and her brothers. I nodded my head at them and walked up to miss Mathews and the boys.
"Hello guys, miss M"
"we got you coffee"
Hugh said with an easily affectionate smile. I took the cup of heaven from him and had to concentrate on not spitting it right back out.
"What the..."
"vervain"
Lexi whispered from the other side of the room. I pouted at her and got the copy of a lyric sheet the coordinator passed around before jumping on stage.
"Just before the judging process begins we would like all singers to get on stage and sing one song together for us"
With a glance Jim and I walked to the stage together. I saw Rebekah and the other girl together.
"I'm Caroline"
She introduced herself
"Bella, this is Jim"
Then the coordinator rounded up all the boys and had them sing a ballad version of "She's a Lady" and then gave us girls a dance version of "Sway". While the judges voted and counted and did whatever judges do I was chatting up with Freida
"I wanted to thank you"
"You're welcome. How was growing up with your family?"
I asked with a smile. She returned a brilliant one
"Amazing. Of course I wished I was an only child at times but for the most part it was great"
She laughed.
"I can imagine that. Last time we spoke you were upset and sad you spent a thousand years looking for them but never found them"
"Luckily I don't remember that"
she replied jokingly. then Lexi joined us and I found out that their combined story was the same. Lexi came to Mystic Falls last year for Stefan's birthday, got staked by Damon, her body was stashed in the morgue; Freida found her a few months earlier, unstaked her and fed her her original blood saving her life. Then they changed me.
Maybe I did a good thing afterall.
