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Chapter 6 – The Dinner Party – Part 2

Everybody but Stefan and Sakura went into the kitchen, to put their dishes in the sink and help clean up a little bit. Sakura sighed and leaned on her hands, which were lying on her knees. She was deep in thought when Stefan snapped her out of it.

"Be careful," Stefan said, looking at her seriously.

"Hm?" Sakura looked at him curiously.

"Around Damon, be careful. He's dangerous," Stefan stated.

Sakura smiled at him, "Thanks for the concern."

Stefan nodded and smiled in return. "So, were you two really?" Stefan didn't finish his sentence.

"No, we were not. He's just acting like it, and unless Leilani corrects them, that's what they'll think," Sakura sighed.

"Oh, well he seems to have some sort of interest in you. He's likely to pop up, randomly," Stefan warned.

"By the way, have you happened to see him with a book around? One with a pentagram, to be more specific," Sakura asked. She was, of course, referring to the Grimoire.

"No, not that I've noticed. The only book I've seen him with is my diary," Stefan complained.

"Nosy, isn't he," Sakura laughed lightly.

"What are you two kiddies talking about?" Damon came back into the room and sat between Sakura and Stefan.

"You got Caroline to help in the kitchen? What did you do to her?" Sakura glared at him. Helping with dishes wasn't exactly something Caroline would do.

"They're not your puppets, to use when you want to. They're humans, people. They're not there to feed on whenever you want to," Stefan wanted to growl.

"Sure she is, they all are. They are whatever I want them to be, they're mine for the taking," Damon stroked Sakura's hair. She pushed his hand away and all he seemed to do was observe her. Making her uncomfortable in the process.

"I'm not exactly Caroline's friend, but what you're doing is wrong," Sakura growled.

"Well, you could always take her place," Damon smirked and tilted his head to the side, trying to gauge her reaction.

"Stop it Damon, you got to me and Elena already. It's over, just go," Stefan tried to get him to leave.

Sakura blocked Stefan as she turned to Damon. "What did you do with my book?" Sakura asked seriously.

"What book?" Damon was playing dumb.

"You know what book," Sakura growled. "The book you took from my house, the day Leilani invited you in," Sakura spat.

"Wait, what?" Stefan couldn't believe what he heard. "He's been invited into you're house too?" Stefan was deeply concerned.

"Yup, so many houses to go to. How shall I choose?" Damon smiled evilly.

"The book?" Sakura tried again.

Damon smiled, "I need it. So, you might get it back once I'm done with it. I haven't had a chance to look through it yet, I've been busy with other things." Other things being mainly Caroline.

Sakura rolled her eyes and leaned forward on her hands. "You seem stressed, need to talk about it? I'm a really good listener!" Damon leaned close to her. Sakura's eyes glowed dark for a second and he backed off for a moment. He leaned forward again and whispered into her ear, "Don't worry, your house is number one." Chills were sent down her spine.

"What's going on?" Caroline came back into the room. Sakura looked to Stefan for help.

"Nothing, just idle chit-chat between old friends," Stefan lied. Sakura sighed, it didn't seem like things were ever going to be straightened out. Caroline stomped up to Damon and grabbed his arm.

"It's time to go," she said threateningly.

"Better go, or she's bite your head off. Or rather talk it off," Sakura laughed.

Caroline opened her mouth and huffed. Damon got up, to get ready to leave. "See you, soon," Damon said as to leave it open as to when. For all she knew, he would pop up in her house randomly. Damon and Caroline went into the kitchen to say their goodbyes.

Sakura turned to Stefan, "Things are going to get worse aren't they?"

Stefan nodded reluctantly, "Knowing Damon, things will get a lot worse. If you don't mind me asking, what happened last night?"

"You mean the 'Vicki' incident?" Sakura asked, and Stefan nodded. "Let's just say I'm not exactly sure. I call it shadow magic," Sakura sighed.

"So, it being night time, was what you meant by your territory?" Stefan asked.

"Yup. But that book your dear brother stole, it was from my ancestor. And I think it could tell me more about my powers. Why would he want it anyway?" Sakura asked.

"I don't know. It could be to figure you out," Stefan suggested.

"But he stole it before knowing anything," Sakura stated.

"I'm glad to see you two are getting along," Elena came in smiling. "Guess you've got a new friend, in my old friend," Elena laughed. Stefan smiled at her and then at Sakura.

"Time to go!" Leilani came into the room and dragged Sakura off of the couch. "See you around guys!" Leilani waved and dragged Sakura away. Sakura sighed and let herself be dragged around.

It was night time and Sakura and Leilani were both asleep. Sakura was having trouble staying asleep, as she was having nightmares about Damon. "Get out of my head," Sakura growled.

"Why would I do that?"

Sakura turned to her left to see Damon was on her bed again. "What?" Sakura moved back and fell off of the bed.

"I give it a," Damon started to say.

"A 6 for effort, I know," Sakura sighed.

"Actually, I was going to give you a 7. Upgraded for the sexy sleepwear," Damon sped in front of her. Sakura blushed, she was only wearing a black tank top and black short shorts. He offered her his hand, to help her up. Being too tired to want to pull herself up, Sakura accepted the help. He effortlessly pulled her up, awkwardly close to him, with his arm around her waist.

"Sakura?" Leilani asked from outside the door. "Are you okay? I heard a loud noise," Leilani lazily asked.

"She's fine," Damon answered her. Sakura pushed herself away from him.

"What the hell?" Sakura whispered.

"Sakura? Is someone else in there?" Leilani asked, not sure of what she heard.

Sakura shoed Damon off to the side of the room and opened the door slightly. "Just me, guess my throat is acting up," Sakura coughed. "Everything is fine in here, just rolled off the bed. Speaking of bed, go back to it. You need your rest for the pep rally right?" Sakura asked.

"Alright, goodnight. Be careful," Leilani yawned and head back to her room.

Sakura closed her door and sighed as she slid down to the floor. She looked around, but Damon wasn't anywhere in sight. He did leave the window open though. "How nice," Sakura sighed sarcastically. She closed the window and got into bed, hoping she could get some well needed rest.

Leilani got changed into her uniform and they went to the pep rally. Leilani met up with the team and Sakura met up with Elena, who had decided to quit the team. "Decided not to join them?" Sakura asked Elena.

"I'm a quitter, I know," Elena sighed.

"It's just not right for you anymore," Sakura stated.

Coach Tanner started his speech to get people riled up. Surprisingly, Tanner complimented Stefan, even though they didn't get along well, Tanner still appreciated his talent. Suddenly a fight broke out behind the crowd. They all turned and Sakura rushed to the front. Tyler and Jeremy were the ones fighting. Stefan rushed up to them and pulled Tyler off of Jeremy. Tyler punched Stefan, but he was completely unaffected.

"Jeremy no," Leilani yelled, seeing him with a broke bottle.

Sakura ran in between Jeremy and the others, and he accidentally stabbed her with the broken bottle. Sakura looked down at the side of her stomach, the bottle was staying in place. She ripped it out and threw it to the side. Her coat helped her, but the wound was still fairly deep.

"Oh my god, Sakura! You're bleeding," Elena came up to her after scolding Jeremy. Sakura opened her coat to see how much damage was done. Stefan looked away, trying to fight the bloodlust.

"I'll be fine," Sakura closed her jacket.

"You need to get to a hospital!" Elena exclaimed.

"No, I'm fine. I'm going to go find some bandages," Sakura walked away from them. Leilani wanted to follow, but Caroline stopped her. Sakura headed towards the school, to go look for bandages.

"I smell blood," Damon said in a sing-song voice, appearing behind her. Sakura gulped as she turned around.

"Leave me alone Damon, I just need to find some bandages," Sakura started to walk away.

He sped in front of her. "But it smells so good," Damon teased. "Besides, why use bandages, I have an easier method," Damon smiled coyly. Sakura took a step back, not sure she wanted to know what he meant by that. He bit into his arm and disappeared. Sakura looked around, but couldn't locate him. Suddenly, she was grabbed from behind. Damon's bleeding arm was at her mouth, Sakura tried to push it away but he was too strong. He forced the blood into her mouth and she reluctantly swallowed. "Well, that should do it," Damon had released her and was standing in front of her. "Go ahead, check on the wound," Damon insisted. Sakura opened her coat and the wound was already healing. "You're welcome!" he smiled.

There was a small mark, and some blood on her. But the wound had already closed. "Why would you help me?" Sakura asked.

"Injured people are no fun," Damon laughed. "Besides, I might need something from you," Damon stated. Before Sakura could ask what he wanted, he disappeared.

Sakura sighed and looked at where the injury was. Sure it was gone, but she just drank his blood! She zipped up her coat and headed back to the pep rally.

"Are you alright?" Leilani approached her. "Was it bad?" Leilani kept asking questions.

Sakura held her hand up to stop her. "I'm fine, it was just a flesh wound," Sakura lied about it.

"Okay, if you say so," Leilani was evidently still worried.

"Where's Elena?" Sakura asked.

"She's putting something in the car," Leilani replied and went back with the other cheerleaders.

Sakura walked to the parking lot, where Elena was parked and stopped when she saw her talking with Damon. Damon was telling her that she wanted to kiss him. It had to be compulsion. He smirked and leaned in to kiss her when, she slapped him. Sakura was surprised, the compulsion didn't work. But not only that, Sakura couldn't help but laugh. Elena glanced at her before walking away angry. Damon checked his jaw, as if he actually felt it then turned to Sakura.

"Better luck next time," Sakura said, trying not to laugh. But she could help herself, and kept laughing. Damon glared at her and disappeared.

The game was about to start, but Stefan had gone missing. Tanner went off to look for him, but didn't come back. Suddenly, everyone could hear Matt yelling for help. Matt had found Tanner on the ground, with his neck ripped open. Everyone crowded around as the ambulance and police, and animal control showed up. Bonnie noticed the numbers she kept writing and freaked out. It wasn't random, the numbers meant something. Sakura sighed, knowing it was Damon that had killed Tanner. Sure Tanner was a jerk, but that was a brutal killing.

"Let's go home," Sakura pat Leilani on the back comfortingly. "Need a ride Bonnie?" Sakura asked, knowing that she was spooked. Bonnie agreed, and got in the back of her Impala with Leilani. She dropped Bonnie off and headed home.

"What's going on?" Leilani was still freaking out.

"It's just another animal attack. Come on, it might be hard to get some rest, so we can just drink hot chocolate while we watch movies, till you fall asleep," Sakura suggested. Leilani burst out in tears and Sakura gave her a hug before leading her inside.

Think Leilani will figure it out? What're Damon's motives?

I'm actually almost done the next chapter, I'm just not sure how I should space things!

Stay tuned~