Chapter 2

Abby

The smell of blood was what made Abby wake up hours later. She had no idea how she could smell it so strongly, but she did. It was odd, the last thing she remembered was breaking up with her boyfriend, and then the strange, yet very attractive man who was in the park with her had sort of stunned her like no other. He was odd and sarcastic yet slightly charming in a weird way.

Then suddenly she remembered vividly how he tore into her neck and forced her to drink the blood from his wrist.

Her eyes snapped open and she heard two distinct voices from somewhere around her.

"Damon, that was reckless, are you crazy? You can't just turn someone into a vampire because you're bored!" the man sounded stressed.

"Relax brother, she'll be fine. At least I think so. Trust me on this." That voice she recognized easily as Damon's.

Looking around, she noticed she was definitely nowhere near home. She actually had no idea where she was. She took a look at herself and noticed she was still dressed in her jeans and flannel shirt from the night before.

Was it the night before? How long has it been since I was last awake?

Why is everything so heightened right now, she thought.

The sadness and fear she felt, the excruciating need to eat or drink was overwhelming her and she heard the voices from outside stop talking.

"Her heartbeat just spiked, she's awake." The unknown person's voice said.

"Alright Stef, let me handle this." Damon said, she could almost hear the smirk in his voice.

Not a second later, the door to the room opened and she sat up quickly, slightly alarmed at how fast that was.

"What's going on?" she asked, close to tears.

A second man came in; he looked slightly younger than Damon but equally as handsome.

There was a slightly worried expression on his face.

"What's wrong princess, I told you I'd help you last night didn't I? I did the whole Morpheus speech and everything." Damon said and looked back at the man. "It was a blast, we quoted Matrix did the whole blue pill, red pill thing, you should've been there." He finished and looked back at Abby.

"Who is he?" she asked carefully, her voice quiet.

"This is Stefan, my little bro. You'll get used to his brooding soon enough. You actually have no choice because you'll be dealing with it for the rest of eternity." He shrugged.

"What do you mean the rest of eternity?" she asked wearily.

"You're a vampire now, you suck blood, kill things, do what you want. No one can hurt you anymore. Top of the food chain, just like I told you." He said and Stefan sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"Is that… why I'm…"

"Thirsty?" Damon cut in, "Yes. I have a solution for that while we run through your Vampire 101 class. Vampires do not sparkle in the sun; on the contrary, we burn. Unless you have one of these nifty bewitched little daylight stones which I'll find a way to get you one. Until then, you're stuck in here." He began as he moved around the room to stand by the edge of the bed.

"We're really fast, incredibly strong, great in bed, and basically fucking awesome." He smiled.

"You agreed to this?" Stefan interrupted.

Abby was wide-eyed as she stared from Damon to Stefan and she felt a hundred times more overwhelmed than before.

"I didn't think I was going to have my neck snapped and blood drained from my body when I said yes to… whatever it was I said yes to, I don't even know anymore." She said exasperated.

Rubbing her face, she stood and hadn't realized she'd have to learn to control herself because she ended up on the other side of the room, crashing into the wall.

"God, I'm sorry!" she said quickly as books fell off their shelves to the floor.

"It's fine," Stefan said and slowly walked over to her.

Abby winced, feeling like a trapped animal and Stefan noticed this.

"I'm not going to hurt you, okay?" he said sincerely.

"Damon already took care of that." She frowned.

"Ouch, damn." Damon said looking at her and putting his hand up to his heart.

"When do I get to leave? Will I ever get to?" she asked, close to tears.

"Abby, right?" Stefan asked and she nodded, "On behalf of my brother, I'm sorry for the mess he's gotten you in now."

Abby looked at him, noticing he really did have a regretful look on his face; he seemed sincere.

"I know it's going to be hard, you're confused, and excuse my language, he fucked up whatever plan you had for your life, so in return, I know that at least I am going to help you through every step of the way."

"All decisions have consequences," she shrugged after a moment, "I'll have to handle this on my own now, it's fine." She said quietly, sounding defeated.

"There's the spirit. But you're not alone princess, I promise that because I literally ended your life, and my brother is giving me that judgey little stare, I'll also be here to help you along the way in your new one." Damon smiled and she raised an eyebrow.

"I'm thirsty." she licked her lips, and ran a hand through her hair.

"And I've got your elixir; we're making progress in Vampire 101 now." He reached into his back pocket and took out a blood bag.

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"So let me get this straight, you've been alive for what… 160 something years, and your idea of fun is turning people into vampires?" Abby said incredulously.

Stefan chuckled and Damon rolled his eyes.

"Alright, so? After a hundred years let's see how bored you're gonna get of going to high school or college or bullshitting your way through life over and over again." He said and the words slowly sank into her head again.

Abby was a vampire.

I'm a freaking vampire. Immortal. Forever living undead.

Stefan noticed the change of expression on her face and he looked down momentarily before speaking.

"It's not all that bad. We've had our ups and downs at first," at this Damon snorted before Stefan glanced at him and back at the girl, "-but you'll get the hang of it. I promise we won't let you go through this alone."

Abby nodded, "Thank you."

It was quiet for a moment before Damon stood, "Well. We've still got an hour before sun down; you're looking like a hot mess so why don't you go head up to shower?"

"I have no clothes to change into." She said.

"So, we'll wash them…?" he said as if it was nothing.

"Um… okay…?" she shrugged and stood.

"Off you go now." Damon said, putting his hands up and shooing her upstairs.

On her way up, Abby had to shake her head to clear it momentarily.

Damon and Stefan had told her so much about their past and how they became vampires and what it was to be a vampire that it almost made her head explode. She was trying to keep as calm as possible, but that would only last for so long. Her life had just changed so dramatically in less than 24 hours she had no idea how she was going to handle it all.

Day by day… that's the only way.

Setting up the shower, she stood in just her underwear and stared at herself in the mirror.

Nothing had changed dramatically about her.

Hazel eyes, still hazel. Brown hair seemed just as brown as it was before. Her lips were slightly fuller, her eyes wider; alarmed. She wasn't sure why she had expected to become a supermodel out of nowhere; Damon and Stefan were pretty gorgeous, she thought she would have looked different too. She was still Abby, just a little dead now. The one thing she did notice though, was the slight ache in her gums and the desire to drink more blood.

That blood bag Damon had given her had been amazing and she went through a few to keep her at bay until later that night when she could finally go out.

Stepping into the bath, she sighed feeling the warm water run down her skin. It felt so good. Everything felt better now actually. Breathing, the feeling of water on her skin, the way the air just wafted around her. Things she wasn't able to fully experience before as a human.

After about half an hour, she finished up and stepped out and grabbed a seemingly clean towel from a rack on the wall. She dried her hair a bit before wrapping herself up in it. There was a knock from the outside and she walked out of the bathroom to slowly open it as she stood behind the door.

Stefan stood, staring down at his shoes and he cleared his throat.

"I uh, set some clothes down on the bed for you to try on. They were… an old friends. You're slightly shorter than her but I think you can make it work so just take your time to get ready. Damon headed out to do something."

Abby smiled and nodded, "Thank you Stefan."

Stefan looked up and smiled back, "No problem."

She shut the door behind her and looked through the small pile of clothes on the bed. Everything still had a price tag on it and didn't look like it had been worn. It all sure did look expensive though. She tried on several jeans but they were a bit too long. She went for a pair of shorts but didn't like the fit either.

After a few minutes she finally decided on a black flare dress that had thin straps. It was perfect and reached just around her knees. She headed back to the bathroom to fix her hair and conveniently found a hair dryer in one of the bottom cabinets.

Just as she was finishing up, Damon came into view in the mirror from behind her and she jumped slightly.

"Whoa, didn't mean to scare ya. Thought you knew I'd be up here. With your new heightened senses and all." He teased.

"Sorry, I was… really deep in thought." She mumbled, setting the dryer down.

For the most part, it was dry. But it wasn't like how she'd want it so she decided to braid it to the side.

"So, I talked to a friend, coaxed her into making me a daylight piece. It should be done later tonight. We're going out you and I." he said matter-of-factly.

"Daylight piece?" she wondered.

"It's a surprise. Can't tell you. You're gonna like it though." He smirked.

"So… how does that even work? A… daylight ring. Like yours." She asked as she went out to sit on the bed.

Damon followed behind to sit next to her as she continued to braid her hair.

"Well, you choose what you're more comfortable with; bracelet, ring, necklace, blah blah and you get a witch to cast a witchy little spell on a special stone called lapis-lazuli and then voila! You are now free to run around in your little bikini on a hot summer day with no worries about burning up and turning to ashes." He smiled.

Damon seemed so nonchalant about things.

Abby wondered if there was more than meets the eyes with him.

Of course there is.

Sighing, she nodded as she took in everything he had said.

"Alright, so when do we get it?" she asked.

"Tonight. After dinner." He said standing.

"Dinner as in… food or… food." She asked curiously, raising an eyebrow.

Damon smirked, "Cheeseburgers and fries." He winked.

How do you all like this so far? Good? YAYYYYYY OR nayyy? I know there's going to be a whole lotta nonsense in the beginning but things will pick up eventually. I have a little idea running around in my head but so far, this is just going to be a nice story because I love Damon and he deserves some good.

So let me know what you think! I'll try to get in a chapter every other day or so, if I can keep up with that and I'm not too busy with work/life/blah.