I entered the house silently and dropped my bag. Damon looked at me over his shoulder and then went back to preparing his drink.

"Let me guess, you've spent the last ten days throwing up animal blood"

"I'm glad to see you're just disappointed as I" I said plopping down on an armchair. "The Cullens are freaking out, it seems someone informed them that your kind of vampire if it stays without blood for too long they deteriorate to death" I gave him a pointed look.

"Oops, it slipped" he said smiling innocently.

"Right" I sighed leaning back and closing my eyes.

"You look tired"

"I haven't slept in days, the thirst is killing me"

"We can…"

"I'm not drinking from anyone alive, Damon"

"You're so stubborn"

"And so are you" I retorted opening my eyes with a small smile. "Tell me what I've missed"

"Elena seems to think that keeping Stefan locked up is a good idea, Sabrina and youngest Gilbert are in bad terms because of a ghost, and… well, you will see in a minute" he smirked.

"What?" I frowned.

I heard a giggle and turned to see Rebekah and Jacob coming from upstairs. She was wearing only a small silk robe and he was putting on his shirt.

"Yeah, kinda shocked everyone" Damon commented.

Jacob looked away from Rebekah and when he saw me he tensed. I glared at Rebekah and she calmly, tauntingly arched an eyebrow at me.

"What have you done to him?" I growled.

"Bella" Jake said warningly.

"Please" she scoffed. "As if I need to do something to get male company"

I tried to attack her, but Jake got in the way, pushing me away roughly.

"Stop" he growled shaking. "Stay away from her, Bella, I mean it"

I stared at him in shock and sensed Damon coming to my side. He put a hand on my shoulder gently and I frowned at him before looking back at Jake.

"How could you?" I whispered. "You're betraying all your friends for a piece of ass"

"Hey!" Rebekah snapped.

"It's not like that, Bella"

"It's exactly like that! She is mean to everyone, Jake. She's Klaus' sister! How can you even look at her? How dare you?"

"Believe me, if I had a choice I wouldn't" he snapped. "But I didn't choose this!"

Rebekah's glare turned to him and he scowled at himself before turning to her.

"You are free to leave then" she snapped turning to the staircase.

"Bekah, wait!" he said going to follow him.

"Leave me alone!" she growled her face changing. "I don't wanna see you again, you're free!"

She ran upstairs and we heard a door slam. Jake sighed and turned to me with a glare. What did I do?

"Hope you're happy, Isabella" he snapped before walking out of the house slamming the door.

"This is still my house, people, stop slamming doors!" Damon snapped.

"Is that… what I think it is?" I asked turning to him.

"He claims to have imprinted on her" he shrugged.

"How dare he snap at me?" I grumbled. "He's the one sleeping with the enemy… And that bitch, she must have compelled him. There's no way he would have imprinted on her. I mean, she's a vampire, she goes against his whole nature! Ugh, and she plays the victim so well… She would fool everybody, but she doesn't fool me. I know Jake, she's not right for him"

Damon groaned and pulled back with a scowl.

"My hands are under your shirt, your legs are wrapped around me, I have you pressed against a wall while kissing your neck, and you are thinking about Jacob?"

"Sorry" I said sheepishly. "But you agree with me, right? That can't be possible…"

He cut me off with a kiss, and I completely forgot what I was talking about. My hands fisted his hair and he groaned, pressing against me harder. He pulled back to kiss down my neck and cleavage.

"Wait, Damon" I protested weakly. "We have to solve that"

"You have got to be kidding me" he said angrily. "I just got you back after ten days"

"I know"

"Ten days without hot vampire sex!"

"I know, Damon" I giggled.

"Than why are you stopping me? Where is all that heightened lust?" he asked huskily going back to kissing my neck.

"The camping took care of it"

He pulled back so abruptly I almost fell on the floor. I looked at him questioningly and he scowled angrily at me again.

"What?" he growled.

"The camping…"

"I've heard that" he snapped. "Is it funny to you? Because sure as hell isn't to me!" I arched an eyebrow in question. "You spend ten days with fucking Cullen and come back to say that to me, that's not funny"

"Oh, are you jealous, baby?" I asked amusedly while grabbing his shirt and pulling him closer.

"Of course not" he scoffed.

"You're jealous" I said teasingly and ignoring his glare kissed his jaw. "It's sexy, although stupid"

"Stupid? How?"

"Because I love you, not Edward… not like that anymore I mean"

"It didn't seem like it when you agreed with him instead of me on your diet" he said playfully pulling back when my lips brushed against his.

"Because you were wrong, and he was right. I have to follow his diet not yours"

"What is so wrong with my diet?" he said frowning.

"You kill people! That's what's wrong, Damon" I said frowning back.

"I don't. I have control, I'm not Stefan!"

"I don't have control, so following your diet would mean killing people"

"Argh! It's infuriating that my girlfriend goes against me on everything, agrees with her ex, spends ten days with him and come back to disagree with me even while I'm trying to have sex with her!"

"Why don't you just give up, Damon? I'm not agreeing with your diet, I'm not going to hurt people!"

He started to laugh and I scowled, not seeing where was the fun in our disagreement.

"Are you laughing at me?" I snapped pushing him away.

"No, you are missing the whole point" he said pulling me close to him by the hips.

"Which is?"

"Let me repeat the beginning of my last sentence… it's infuriating that my girlfriend…"

I cocked an eyebrow at him and he kissed me on the lips with a smile.

"I knew you were not so slow" he murmured kissing my jaw.

"A fight? That's the worst way to ask a girl to be your girlfriend, Damon" I said.

"I'm not asking, I'm stating you are" he said kissing down my neck.

"Possessive much?" I giggled.

"After ten days of no vampire sex and you somewhere in the woods with Cullen? Yeah, just a bit" he said.

I pulled back and he looked at me questioningly.

"I love you, Damon. I'm not Katherine, and I'm not Elena. I'm not leaving you for anyone" I said and smiled. "You're stuck with me… forever"

He grinned and kissed me softly.

"I love you" he murmured against my lips. "Now, those clothes have got to come off"

I giggled and ran to his room with him chasing me.

"Did I wear you out, baby?" I asked softly.

Damon shook his head weakly against my chest. After round four he had collapsed on top of me and was there for the last fifteen minutes. Not that he seemed bored by it, he seemed to like my breasts as pillows, and I didn't mind either. I ran my fingers through his sweat sticky hair and he moaned.

"Round five?" I asked smirking.

He groaned and his arms tightened around me.

"Baby, I hate to admit, but you're gonna have to wait a bit. I'm dead" he murmured.

"You've been dead for a century" I said. "But fine, you owe me"

"Tonight. We are going out"

"We are?"

"You think I forgot tomorrow is your birthday?"

"Damon" I groaned.

"Don't even start. We're going out tonight, my first lesson on hunting, and celebrating all night. Tomorrow I'll have to share you with people"

"Fine" I huffed.

My finger traced the healing wound on his shoulder.

"It's healing slowly" I frowned.

"Well, you did drink a lot… Why do you think I would be denying round five?"

It was only because of it that I had agreed on letting him teach me how to feed on humans without killing one. We had come to the conclusion that vampire blood quenched my thirst for some time, less than human blood, but once I've realized how it weakened Damon, I had agreed on trying out his diet. I knew a lot of people wouldn't be happy about it, but I couldn't find another solution. There weren't many vampires of the original-kind around, and I just couldn't go asking to drink from every one. Damon explained that blood-sharing between vampires was really personal, intimate, so drinking from someone else that was not him was out of question he said.

"I'll go get you a blood bag" I said slipping away from underneath him, he collapsed on the pillows with a weak nod. "Or two"

"Good idea, bring a few and we can go on that round five in no time"

I rolled my eyes at him with a smile and pulled his shirt on. The Boarding House had unexpected visitors all the time and Rebekah as guest and I didn't want to meet anyone while naked. I rushed to the basement and back to Damon's room, but when I got to his side I realized he had fallen asleep. I left the blood bags beside him and took a shower. It seemed he was heavy asleep, since he hadn't woke up from the noise. I put on the clothes I was wearing before, a khaki jeans, grey tank top and boots, grabbed my leather jacket from my bag and grabbed my bike's keys from Damon's desk. He had promised to fix it after Chicago so it should be ready.

I drove to school and parked across the street, waiting for the last class to end. When the bell rang and the parking lot filled with students, I saw Elena, Bonnie and Caroline walking out together. Bonnie was the first to notice me. She turned to Elena and Carolien with a happy smile, already stepping in my direction.

"Caroline, don't let them" I said quietly with a shake of my head.

Caroline frowned but stopped Elena and Bonnie.

"Wait, she… she doesn't want you close" Caroline said to them.

"But she spent the last ten days hunting!" Elena said and frowned in my direction.

I shook my head again and her frown deepened. Caroline turned and walked in my direction, leaving the girls behind.

"Hey!" she said and hugged me.

"Hey, Care"

"How are you?" she asked eyeing me.

"I'm… fine. Thirsty, but I'll be alright" I mumbled.

"Still thirsty?" she frowned.

"The last ten days were a disaster… I couldn't keep any blood down"

"You're starving" she mumbled shocked with a worried frown.

"Not really" I mumbled not wanting to tell anyone I had to drink from Damon. "Anyway… I need your help with something"

"What?"

"The Cullens and Damon got me some clothes, but I want my stuff from the house… I'm moving to the Boarding House. I was wondering if you could come with me and Ric today to the house to get the stuff"

"Why?" she frowned.

"I don't wanna be alone with him, Care… I'm… My control is really, really bad"

"Oh! Ahn, of course, I just have to tell Elena, I had told her I would help her with Stefan's rehab"

"We can do it another day" I suggested.

"No, she can do it alone, she'll be fine" she said and stepped back. "I'm gonna talk to her and get Ric"

"Tell them I'm sorry" I said.

"They know it's not your fault" she said with a comforting smile.

"Meet you at the house?"

"Yeah"

I watched as she went back to the group and grabbed the helmet. My eyes went back to the group as I noticed Jeremy had joined it. He looked at me with a frown and walked around Caroline in my direction. I tensed and felt the metal of the helmet twisting under my fingertips. My face started to change and my fangs came out.

"Bella!" he called.

I turned away to get on the bike, but he was faster than I thought. I felt his fingers wrap around my arm and tug. I turned to him and he stumbled back, shocked.

"Bella!" Tyler snapped pushing me away from Jeremy.

I growled at Tyler and he held me by the shoulders.

"Stop, Bella! It's Jeremy!" he said.

I twisted his right arm and he cried in pain, letting me go. I felt someone grab me by the shoulder and then everything went black.

I groaned at the pain on my neck and opened my eyes. There was only clear sky above me. I sat up and tensed. I was in the back of the school, a secluded part only frequented by stoners. Except the only people there were Caroline, Tyler, Rebekah, Ric, Elena, Jeremy and Bonnie. I quickly got up and turned to run, but Rebekah blocked my path.

"Not so fast" she said with a smile. "Or I'll snap your neck again"

"Get out of my way" I growled. "Please" I said more softly when she didn't move.

"Wait, Bella" Elena said. "We haven't seen you in days, the only news we get is from Damon, Jake or Alice. We were worried sick and all you seem to do is avoid us"

"Uuh, look who's coming out to play" Rebekah taunted.

"Please" I said quietly.

Caroline got between Rebekah and I and then hesitated when she looked in my eyes. I could see the reflection in her clear blue ones. Mine were the opposite, blood red irises surrounded by black and dark veins standing out on my white skin.

"We can help you, Bella" she said.

"Then let me go or keep them away from me" I growled low.

"Maybe I should get Jake" Rebekah said playing with her phone.

I growled at her and if it wasn't for Caroline and Tyler holding me back, I'm pretty sure I would have ripped her head off.

"Easy" Tyler said.

"What the hell is going on?" Jeremy said. "And where is Damon when we need him?"

I turned around to face them and Elena and Bonnie's heart sped up at the sight of my face.

"This is your answer" I growled.

"She's starving, I told you!" Caroline told them. "Go home, guys!"

"We have to help her" Elena said.

"There is no help" Rebekah said. "She'll die"

"What?" Bonnie breathed.

"She can't digest any kind of blood but human, from the vein. She refuses it, so probability of death is really high… She's thirsty for days, so if I were you, I would start to run"

I held my breath and shut my eyes.

Focus, Bella. It's Elena, Bonnie and Jeremy. You can't hurt them. They are your friends, your family.

"Take Jeremy away, please" I cried.

"What?" Jeremy asked.

"Get away from me!" I yelled at him.

Ric grabbed him by the arm and dragged him away. I counted to a hundred before taking a breath. I relaxed a bit, although the girls' racing hearts were not helping.

"What's going on?" Elena whispered. "You look like…"

"Stefan?" I finished since she didn't. "It's because I am like him"

"No, you're not, Bella" Tyler said. "You're just going through a bad phase"

"I would say a bad eternity" Rebekah said.

"Why are you still here? What is it in for you?" Bonnie snapped at her.

"First, she broke my brother's hybrid's arm. Second, she might attack the very useful doppelganger. Both I should be keeping an eye on. Third, Jake might me upset if something happens"

"Tell us how we can help" Elena asked me.

"You can't" I said. "Damon is taking me to hunt tonight… I can only drink vampire blood at the moment, but it weakens him and I don't want to hurt him. He'll teach me how to feed without killing someone"

"Blood bags aren't helping?" Bonnie scowled.

I shook my head, looking down at the ground.

"I think you can let her go now, Ty" Care said her hands slipping away from my right arm.

"No" I said. "Don't. I don't wanna hurt anyone"

"Jeremy is inside, not happy about being left out" Ric said returning and stood in front of me with his arms crossed. "Care to explain?"

"I think… I think he's my singer" I mumbled.

"Your singer?" Bonnie asked with an edge on her tone and a deep frown. "Like you were Edward's?"

"I know what you are thinking, Bonnie, and it's not like that" I said shaking my head. "For God's sake, he's like my own brother"

"A singer?" Elena asked confusedly.

"His blood calls to me. Since I drank from him, all I can think about is his blood. For the last two weeks, it didn't matter what I drank, human's, vampire's, animal's, I always compared to Jeremy's blood and nothing was as good"

"So, what you're saying is that you can only drink from Jer?" Caroline asked.

"No" Rebekah said. "Keep up people. His blood is like the rarest and best wine in the world. It doesn't mean she can't drink from other wines"

"I know I can fight it" I told Elena trying to erase the fearful frown from her features. "I'm starving right now, but once I've fed, once I'm in control, it will be alright"

"If you need help, you can count on us" Tyler said.

"Thanks" I murmured. "Tell Jeremy I am sorry" I told Elena. "I'll do anything not to be this… monster"

"You're not a monster" Rebekah murmured looking at her nails. "You're just inexperienced and you have friends to help you with that"