Drinking games

It was evening when I got back to the hotel, so I had myself something to eat in the hotel restaurant and got up to my room and got ready for bed.

I picked up the remote and started flipping through channels. CW showed my favourite show, so I snuggled up in bed and watched it. It was a rerun of the first season and I was glad, since Sweden was a little behind in episodes and I didn't want to ruin the story.

The morning after I was a little worried that a big bus would roll in by the hotel, and that the tour I had registered for would turn out to be an embarrassing tourist attraction, but I had in fact seen a few of them and people didn't seem to think they were embarrassing. Oh well, I was relieved to see a little black minivan to pull in by the hotel to pick me up with two other girls who waited outside.

Jessica, who had started the business welcomed us and told some story's about the locations we had seen in the show. She had worked as an extra on set a couple of times and knew the actors. We drove past places that was well known for us, like Caroline's House, Matt & Vicki's House, Elena's House and we stopped by the Mystic Grill, who turned out to be a Taxes Office, but there was a Thai restaurant nearby, where we had lunch and after that, we walked around the square. The old Salvatore estate and Mystic Falls High School were we guided to next, and after that, Bree's Bar, Dr. Gilbert's Office and the Library where Jeremy and Anna met.

I heard somebody who was disappointed to not have seen the Salvatore Boarding-house, but I smiled secretly, since I had already been there.

It was really fun to walk around in Mayor Lockwood's Mansion, where a lot of scenes were shot. Amazing to walk down the stairs where Elena and Elijah walked and watch the place where they shot the famous masquerade and Founders ball.

Jessica told a lot of funny incidents and stories that had happened and that the actors had told her, and I was so glad that I had found and registered to this tour. I thanked my lucky star that Anna and I had found Jessica's website.

When the tour was over Jessica showed us the merchandise we had seen on her website and I felt a strong need to buy a little bottle of vervain in a silver chain, Of course one for me and one for my friend Anna.

That night I took my car from the hotel down to the towns square. I wanted to meet some local people and parked the car by the Mystic Grill. It was lovely to stroll through the park as the sun started to set. The people I met along my little walk were very nice.

It was a great feeling to walk around in town, where a lot of scenes were shot, to sit on the bench where Damon sat and talked to Anna a cold winter's day. Now it was a warm summer's day and I wasn't cold in my skinny black jeans and white cotton shirt.

Still smiling I took my car and drove on to the Depot Bar & Grill, which was the location where Bree's bar were shot, were we had been there the day before with Jessica and I wanted to see what it looked like on the inside. To my happiness, it looked exactly like it had done on the show, when I stepped inside the doors. My booties clicked against the floor and I smiled as I went up to the bar, sat down and ordered a beer.

An hour later I have had a couple of beers when I felt somebody watching me. I looked along the bar and a dark haired guy in a leather jacket and ice blue eyes watching me.

I swear my heart stopped!

It was Ian Somerhalder. And he raised his shot glass toward me. I think I just stared at him, but then shaking I raised my glass back and smiled down in the bar.

"I saw you sneaking around my house today." It was a sweet seductive voice and I looked surprised up in a pair of ice blue eyes. There he was, right in front of me, my favourite actor.

"Mr Somer..."

He interrupted me. "I'm Damon."

This made me smile instantly, wasn't this taking the acting a little bit too far?

"Oh, you mean the tour of Glenridge Hall?"

He looked dead serious at me and his eyes or face did not show any recognition.

"I watched you from the window, and I know you saw me."

My stomach was suddenly in a knot. I had convinced myself it was just my imagination.

"Is this man bothering you?" I looked up to my other side and looked at Matthew Davis, who I knew as "Alaric Saltzman" in the show.

"Mr Davies." I said, trying to be polite.

He looked surprised at me. "It's actually Mr Saltzman, but you can call me Alaric. Who is Mr Davies?" He asked.

I started to stare at them. Where there cameramen around? I started to look around me and my new companions started to look as well.

"Am I being punked?" I asked with laughter glittering in my eyes. "Where's Ashton Kutcher?" I added with a giggle about to rupture.

"Who?" They looked confused.

Now I looked just as confused as they did. "He's an actor … Like you guys …"

"FYI, he's a teacher and I'm ..."

"Well, he's an ass." Matthew filled in the sentence, which resulted in an annoyed look.

"Don't you have papers to grade?" Ian asked sarcastically, which made me laugh. "Oh, you liked that, did you?" he asked me.

I tried to stop laughing and looked innocent, but it didn't take long for the nervous laughter to erupt again. "I think I'm gonna need a couple of shots if I'm gonna get through this night." I mumbled and really fast there was a glass in front of me with something nasty in it. As I threw it back I realised it was rum, I don't think I could have handled whiskey, I'm not that kind of girl.

Just as fast, there was another shot in front of me. "Hey, you guys. I'm supposed to drive myself home."

"And where is home, then?" They looked curious.

"Well I don't mean home..." I stalled. "I mean the hotel, Hampton Inn, where I live at the moment."

"And where do you live in Britain?" Matthew asked.

"I don't live in Britain, I studied in Britain. I live in Sweden." I revealed.

"Sweden? And why are you here then?"

"I'm here to see the area and to go on the Vampire Diaries tour." I was sure that revelation would crack their whole acting scam.

I saw the fast look they shared and their eyes were suddenly cautious when they looked at me again.

"What do you know about that?"

"About TVD or about you guys? Teacher by day, vampire hunter by night?" I whispered dramatically to 'Alaric' "And what about you, pining after a girl for 145 years, just to find out she wasn't interested?" I clicked my tongue dismissively at 'Damon'.

They looked at each other and then at me again.

"You know things! Who are you?" They really looked a bit threatened.

"I'm Emma, just a fan of the show. So you can cut the acting guys, I know about Ian Somerhalder and Matthew Davies." I smiled and expected them to laugh and maybe pay up a bet, about being able to fool me or not.

Instead they looked more confused than ever. "What diary, and what show?"

I sighed and threw back the shot in front of me.

"And who's this Smalderhalder you're talking about?" 'Damon' said.

The guys just watched me and each other and said nothing for quite a while.

"Is she a ..." 'Alaric' whispered to 'Damon'. He slowly brushed my blond curls away, then bent forward and smelled my neck.

"No, she's human!" He said to his friend. "You smell delicious, by the way..." he whispered in my ear, which sent shills down my spine and made me gasp for air.

"Bartender!" I called. "I think I'm going to need another couple of shots to handle this company."