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Chapter 7

Haunted

Vicki's a vampire; call me I'm worried, I sigh as I drop phone on the ground beside my bed. It was one of the many texts Elena had sent me, after she worked out I wasn't picking up my phone. Attempting to take my mind of I study the patch of sun on my arm, realizing Vicki may never be able to have that feeling again. Grumpily I roll over, pulling the blanket over my head my mind just wouldn't stop thinking about everything.

"Oww," I complain as I feel a weight land on top of me.

"Get up," Caroline orders, forcibly removing the blanket off me.

"What is your problem?" I groan turning to face her.

Caroline stands her hands on her hips holding some sort of costume, "Mum said you were all down," Caroline informs me wrinkling her nose, "so I brought you something to cheer you up, so you could come to Halloween dance with me and Bonnie," she tells me, throwing the costume on my bed.

I frown, mum must have really freaked her out for her to be going to this length to cheer me up, "Caroline honestly its fine, Daniel and me haven't ever been to a Halloween dance we have a tradition of eating bad food and watching scary movies," I tell her and as soon as the words escape my mouth I regret them. The last thing I wanted to watch was scary movies when I already felt my life was in danger.

"You and Daniel aren't a couple you don't have to do everything together," she informs me sternly, sitting down beside me.

I narrow my eyes at her, "I'm not that upset, what is this about?" I question suspiciously.

Caroline rolls her eyes at me, "I'm trying to be nice, if you want to stay at home and do you're anti-social thing with Daniel go ahead I honestly don't care."

"Wait," I call as she begins to make her way out, "I'll go," I decide.

The last thing I needed was a scary movie marathon and a Halloween party was at least normal, even if it wasn't normal for me. Besides if Caroline was offering I wasn't going to not take it.

"You want to go the Halloween party?" Daniel questions me a confused expression on his face. He looks from me to the stack of movies he had brought over.

I shift nervously looking around for something else to focus on, "Daniel I'm just not in the mood for scary movies okay, I want to do something normal, like normal high school kid normal," I argue.

"What is your problem Elouise? We start school normal and now its like you want to do the whole normal high school experience," he accuses me sounding hurt.

"What is wrong with that?" I ask him.

Daniel looks at me as if I've gone crazy, "Remember the first day of freshman year and we both were so last, we decided that all we wanted was to get through it, not go for any of the whole high school experience," he reminds me.

I nod leaning against the wall, "And I still don't but just indulge me this once," I beg my heart stubbornly set on going.

Daniel nods reluctantly as the doorbell chimes, "Be back in a second," I say before opening the door to find Elena. "Hey," I greet her awkwardly feeling guilty about not returning any of her messages.

"You're okay," she says relieved.

I clasp my hands together nervously, "I'm sorry I didn't answer you its just," I mutter.

"Elouise I know what you're going through okay I'm going through the exact same thing. You're scared and part of you wishes you never learned the truth because life would be so much easier," my eyes widen at this, after all it was everything I was feeling.

I glance over to where I can just see Daniel busy doing something else, "How's Vicki?" I ask her, realizing I actually did care.

"I'm going to see Stefan now," Elena informs me, "you should come to, he's worried about you."

"Worried that I'm going to spill," I correct her bitterly.

A small smile appears on Elena's face, "You have to realize that's not it," she tells me.

"I can't," I reply, "Daniel's here and I don't want to be part of this. I never have. All I want to do is go back to my anti-social loner life where my sister hates me and I have one best friend," I confess, "and I'd appreciate it if you let me."

Elena nods slowly taking in my words, "I'll let you," she says about to leave before she stops, "but I don't think this is something we can escape."

"Who was that?" Daniel asks as I come back over.

I shrug, "Just Elena looking for Caroline is all," I murmur.

"So there was something I wanted to talk to you about," Daniel says turning to me, sounding oddly different.

"Okay what's up?" I question confused.

"The whole vampire thing that's over?" he asks worried.

I laugh just to fight the urge to cry, "Totally over, I just had drunk to much caffeine and was a little over excited," I explain.

Daniel laughs as well, "Good because you were totally freaking me out."

"We look like idiots," I declare as we make our way into the party, looking over at Daniel who wearing a costume he borrowed from his brother.

"Yeah who decided fairy," Daniel comments jokingly.

"It's a wood elf," I correct him in the same tone.

"Because that makes it so much better," he jokes. I roll my eyes hitting him lightly on the arm about to make a joke about his costume until my eyes spot Stefan. I shake my head reminding myself he's never hurt me, "Back in a sec," I tell Daniel making my way over to him. "Looking for someone?" I question as Stefan eyes search the room desperately for someone.

Stefan looks over at me, "Elouise I know we need to talk but right now I have to find Vicki," he says to me.

I gaze around nervously, "She's here," I stutter afraid.

Stefan nods in affirmation, "And I need to find her," he repeats.

I shake my head attempting to clear it, "I'll help," I offer against my better nature.

"Elouise," Stefan begins to argue, "you don't have time and there are people I care about here," I say firmly, even though every bit of my body was begging me not to. My eye catches something, "Over there," I whisper, nodding my head over at the vampire dressed girl I recognized as Vicki.

"Elouise find Elena," Stefan orders me.

I nod breathing a sigh of relief that I didn't have to face Vicki. Elena wasn't hard to find, "Elena," I call when I catch up with her.

"Elouise I can't," she starts but I quickly interrupt her, "I know you can't talk because you're looking for Vicki, but I know where her and Stefan are."

"Thank God," Elena exclaims as we approach Stefan and Vicki.

"What's the matter?" Stefan asks concerned.

"I lost track of Jeremy, I was worried," she explains.

"What's going on?" Matt asks confused as he approaches us all.

"Hey uh everything's fine," Stefan says quickly.

Vicki looks from Stefan to Matt, "I told you to quit bothering me," she snaps at Stefan. It takes me a couple of seconds to realize what she was doing, an attempt to get away from Stefan.

"Don't do this Vicki," Elena begs.

"Matt, he won't leave me alone," Vicki continues paying Elena no attention.

"You need to back off man," Matt threatens Stefan.

''Matt…it's okay," Elena attempts to reassure him.

"No it's not okay," Matt argues, "what the hell is your problem?"

Its then that I realize Vicki is gone, "Guys Vicki's gone," I inform them.

"I'm trying to help her," Stefan says to Matt, before we walk away.

We all ended up getting separated Elena to look for Jeremy, Stefan for Vicki, and I wasn't entirely sure what I was doing. I make my way outside needing a blast of cool air, still not quite believing that any of this is happening. I gasp in pain as my hand brushes against something and gets hurt, I almost laugh at the irony as the blood starts to pool. My mind is pulled from the thought when I hear noises not that far and run to find Jeremy and Elena running inside.

"Are you okay?" I say stopping Elena.

"Vicki," Elena attempts to say but my eyes are drawn ahead to see Vicki in front of us. Everything happens so fast I see Vicki look to my heart still dripping blood and her face changes to one that belongs to a monster. Vicki pushes Jeremy out of the way grabbing me forcibly and I scream as her fangs connect with my neck. The next thing I know Jeremy is screaming out Vicki's name and she stands before me a stake through the heart. I touch my neck oozing blood in confusion and fear.

"Get him out of here," Elena tells Stefan who is holding Jeremy back.

"Are you okay?" Elena asks me. I shake my head looking from her to Vicki. I take a seat next to her body knowing that Stefan only staked her because she had attacked me.

"This is my fault," I say quietly, "I was bleeding I shouldn't have come out."

Elena hugs me sitting beside me, "This isn't you this is Damon's fault," she assures me.

I sniff trying desperately to hold back the tears, "It doesn't feel like it." All I wish was that I had stayed home stuck to my tradition and maybe she would still have been here. Before I know it we're both crying, "You two should go, I got this," Damon's voice shocks me out of my trance.

"You did this, this is your fault," Elena accuses him angrily.

"You confuse me with someone with remorse," Damon replies.

Elena attempts to hit him but Damon grabs her hand stopping her, "None of this matters to me none of it," he tells her firmly.

"People have died, how could that not matter?" I yell, slapping him before he had a chance to stop me. I knew I shouldn't have done but I was so angry at him.

Damon turns to me, "Leave," he says to us. I stand there unsure whether I should or not, "Elouise you wounds are bleeding you should leave," he adds.

"Come on," Elena says pulling me along with her.

"Elena," Matt calls stopping us as we make our way out.

"Elouise," Daniel calls at the same time. "We'll catch up," I say to Elena making my way over to Daniel, needing to be around the familiar. "I've been looking for you all night," Daniel starts but stops when he sees my neck, "are you alright?" he asks concerned.

"Yeah just some idiot with fake blood," I lie, "I need to get home and shower."

Daniel nods understandly, "Yeah I get that, I'll drive you," he offers.

I smile sincerely grabbing his arm, "And then can we watch scary movies and eat bad food?" I ask. Daniel looks at me strangely, "It's a tradition," I explain. All I really wanted was something familiar, something to remind me that world was still as it was.

"So I got your favourite icecream and popcorn," Daniel calls as I walk back into the lounge. I grin glad for the distraction and I knew that's all it was a distraction because Elena was right we couldn't escape this.

"Okay, let me just get the door," I tell him as I hear someone knock.

"Sure," Daniel laughs throwing popcorn at me, I glare at him before laughing.

I open the door to reveal Stefan, "Hey," I say uncertain. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay after everything that happened," he explains.

"I'm fine, despite the neck wound," I tell him, "but you have to understand me not inviting you in," I joke.

Stefan smiles, "I'm glad and I'm glad you're smiling, it's not an easy thing to learn."

I nod, "Its not but it's a thousand times harder to accept and I've accepted that you're a good guy despite everything else and the world is a different place from what I first thought it was," I say to him sincerely.

Stefan smiles again, "You'll make it through Elouise you're an adapter," he promises me.

I give him a look, "An adapter?" I question.

"It's a compliment," he assures me.

"It better be," I threaten him jokingly, "anyway I have to go Daniel and I are to our traditional movie night thing," I tell him.

"Sure, sounds like fun," he comments.

"Yeah it is," I murmur as I close the door.

"So what are we watching?" I question Daniel, pulling the blankets around me as I sink down on the couch. "A vampire one, are you kidding?" I growl when I see the title.

Daniel bursts into laughter, "Sorry I had to," he says even if he doesn't mean it. I roll my eyes as a vision of Vicki's body passes through my mind, I wondered if I would ever forget it. Or if this guilt would ever go away?

So Elouise has sort of accepted everything, tell me who you think she should be with again...I think I know but still I love opinions.

Also the latest episode was amazing, I must admit I had my doubts about season five but no surprise I'm hooked again, slightly disappointed about the fact the doppelgangers always find each other..that does not bode well for delena! Then again I've sort of decided I'm a fan of both...tell me what you thought!