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Chapter 15: The Road Trip – Part 2

Sakura and Elena walked outside, after Damon gave them their phones back. Elena called Jenna, to try to explain and apologize. Sakura sighed as she looked at her phone, thinking about Leilani and decided not to bother. She just put her phone in her pocket and tried to enjoy the fresh air. After her call with Jenna, Elena's phone rang. And judging by what Sakura could hear, it was obviously Stefan. She hung up on him and turned around, and Damon was immediately in front of her.

"Are you okay?" Damon asked.

"Don't pretend to care, I know you're gloating inside," Elena snapped at him.

"Maybe he does," Sakura sighed. Elena looked at her with her arms crossed, and a frown plastered across her face. "What?" Sakura didn't know why she was so angry.

"Really?" Elena sighed.

Sakura stomach rumbled and she put her hand on it. "Let's get some food," Sakura laughed.

"Sounds like you need it," Elena laughed, "On second thought, so do I!"

They walked in and sat down, after ordering some fries and a burger for each of them. "Let's just say that I'm descended from Katherine, does that make me part vampire?" Elena asked. Sakura laughed a little, while eating her fries.

"Vampires can't procreate," Damon told them, "But we love to try," Damon winked at them.

"You just had to add that," Sakura sighed and Damon laughed a little.

"No, if you were related, it would mean that Katherine had a child before she was turned," Damon explained as he took a bite of a French fry.

"Did Stefan think that he could use me to replace her?" Elena asked grumpily.

"Kinda creepy if you ask me," Damon stated.

"Go easy on him guys. It wasn't like that," Sakura tried to defend Stefan, "Like you're one to talk Damon. Pining after the same woman for so long," Damon glared at her.

"Come on, what you don't like pickles? What's wrong with you?" Damon took Elena's pickles. "And you, picky eater much?" Damon reached over and took the tomatoes and pickles that she took out of her chicken burger.

"How can you even eat if, technically you're supposed to be…" Elena whispered, trailing off.

"Dead," Damon whispered back, finishing her sentence. "It's not such a bad word. As long as I keep a healthy diet of blood in my system," Damon winked at Sakura, "My body functions pretty normally."

"What was that wink about?" Elena eyed Damon and Sakura.

Sakura shoveled a pile of French fries into her mouth, "I ont mow," Sakura's reply was muffled.

Elena started laughing at Sakura, with her mouth full. "Be careful, you'll choke," Elena warned Sakura, as she smiled with her cheeks puffed out. Sakura started to laugh a little also, then choked on some of the fries. "I warned you," Elena was about to get up, but Sakura put her hand up saying she was okay.

Sakura swallowed hard and started laughing again, "I love my fries."

They all laughed, forgetting what Elena was asking about, as Sakura planned it. Damon smiled at Sakura, "It's nice to see you joking around. You always seemed too serious."

"She used to goof off all the time, until the accident. Then she got all serious, I can't blame her though. It is good to see you like this again," Elena smiled at Sakura. Sakura sighed and took a bite of her burger. "Anyways, this nice act, is any of it real?" Elena asked Damon.

Bree, the bartender, replaced Damon's beer, "Thank you," Damon accepted it.

"I'll have one too," Elena said, referring to the beer. Damon looked at her curiously, "Time out remember, for five minutes. Well, that five minutes is going to need a beer," Elena explained.

"Me…" Sakura started to say when Elena glared at her, "I didn't think so."

"There you go," Bree gave Elena a bottle.

Elena took a small sip and set her bottle down. Sakura swiped the bottle and started to take large gulps, chugging it. "Sakura?" Elena was mad, "Give it back!"

"Here you go," Sakura handed it back to her, smiling coyly.

"It's empty," Elena exclaimed. Sakura turned her head snickering. "Why'd you do that?" Elena punched Sakura in the shoulder.

"What, it's your fault!" Sakura laughed.

"Wow, all in one go. Awesome," Damon smiled as he took a sip of his beer.

"Don't encourage her," Elena frowned.

"Time for shots!" Bree set up the counter for multiple people, including Damon, Sakura and Elena. "Ready, go!" Bree said and everyone quickly drank their shots. They had another few rounds, but Elena was obviously getting drunk. She claimed her tolerance was overboard, and that she wasn't drunk yet. It was true, that she should be worse off by now. But compared to Sakura, she was doing horribly. Sakura hadn't even flinched yet! Elena, on the other hand, was getting giddy. Someone walked into the bar, and sat down a few people away from them. He looked familiar, but Sakura couldn't pinpoint from where. She had a bad feeling, but ignored it. Elena went to play pool, and Sakura decided to head outside for some fresh air. Suddenly, there was a pain in the back of her head, and everything went dark.

"Sakura? Sakura wake up!" she heard Elena calling to her.

"Ahh," she heard a yell of pain, and it sounded like Damon. It was followed by more yelling and the sound of something metal bashing into something else.

"What the fudge?" Sakura opened her eyes, and found that she was somewhere else, and that the back of her head was bleeding.

"Damon, no!" Elena rushed away, Sakura assumed towards Damon.

"What the hell?" Damon said.

Sakura started to get up, finding it kind of hard to, maybe the drinks had more of an effect than initially thought. She heard something liquid being poured, and based on the yelling, it was being poured on Damon.

"No!" Elena ran close.

Sakura grabbed the railing to help her stand up. She looked towards where Elena was and saw the suspicious man from the bar pouring gasoline onto Damon. "Aw crap," Sakura held onto her head, "Common, see straight damn it."

"Who are you?" Damon asked.

"That's perfect. You have no idea," the guy stated, with his fangs barred. Was that the guy Sakura hit with her car?

"What are you talking about, what did he do?" Elena asked. Sakura was slowly making her way over to Elena, hoping to be able to help, and that she didn't have a concussion.

"He killed my girlfriend," he stated. "What did she do to you, hm?" he asked Damon, as he continued. "What did she do to you?" he asked again.

"Nothing," Damon answered.

"I don't understand," Elena was freaking out.

"My girlfriend went to visit Stefan, and Damon killed her. Got it?" he explained.

"Lexi?" Sakura asked, finally reaching Elena. Elena wrapped her arm around Sakura, to help her stand.

He kicked Damon in the head. "Lexi was your girlfriend?" Elena asked, to confirm it. "She told me about you, she said you were human!" Elena stated.

"I was," he turned to Damon and pulled out a box of matches.

"Lexi turned you?" Elena asked.

"If you want to be with someone forever, you have to live forever," he stated and kicked Damon again.

"Stop," Sakura mumbled, as she gazed down at Damon.

"Why should I?" he kicked Damon again.

"She loved you, she said that, when it's real you can't walk away," Elena thought back, trying to use Lexi's words to stop him.

"Well that's a choice you girls won't have to make," he spat.

"Please, don't" Elena and Sakura said.

"I'm doing you a favour," he turned back to Damon and lit a match.

Sakura's eyes started to glow, "I would advise against that." Elena turned to her and took a few steps away, seeing the dark glow emanating from her. Sakura put her hand up and the fire from the match went out.

He threw the match away and picked Damon up, by his shirt. He threw him flying back. Sakura used her energy to make a wall behind him, softening the blow. He hit the energy wall and fell to the ground.

"Thank you," Elena said to the vampire.

"If it wasn't for you two," he said before running away.

Sakura ran over to Damon, with Elena close behind her. "Here," Sakura offered him her wrist.

"What are you doing?" Elena asked her, afraid that she already knew what.

"You know what! It'll help," Sakura glanced at Elena, then focused back with Damon.

He sat up, Damon took her wrist and bit down. Elena cringed, but Sakura didn't seem to flinch one bit. "Thank you again," Damon kissed Sakura's hand before getting up.

"Again?" Elena asked.

"So not the time," Sakura sighed.

"Are you okay?" Damon asked Sakura.

"Hm? I'm fine," Sakura stated.

"Really though, how's your head, I can smell the blood," Damon stated.

"Oh my god, you are bleeding," Elena looked at the back of Sakura's head.

"I'm fine, it's just a scratch," Sakura stated.

"Elena, you help stop the bleeding. I'm going to say goodbye to my friend," Damon rushed away. Elena ripped off a piece of her shirt and pressed it against Sakura's head, to stop the bleeding.

"Thanks…" Sakura trailed off. She felt a burst of magical energy, then it completely disappeared. Sakura looked into the direction of the bar, but shook off the feeling when Elena asked her if she was alright.

They were back in Damon's car, on the way home.

"So, why did you bring us with you?" Elena asked.

"Well, your not the worst company in the world Elena, Sakura," Damon stated.

"Seriously?" Elena pried.

"I don't know, I saw you on the road, all damsel in distress like," Damon laughed.

"I'm his only friend, and you got tangled up in it," Sakura interrupted him, and received a pout from Damon. "Oh come on, you know its true," Sakura smiled.

"I guess it was a good thing though, we saved your life," Elena pointed out.

"I know," Damon smirked.

"And don't you forget it," Elena boasted.

They drove back into town, and to the boarding house. Elena went inside to see Stefan, while Sakura lingered in Damon's car.

"So, what are you going to do?" Damon opened her passengers' side door. Damon nodded his head to the side, telling her silently to get out.

"Find my car and get it fixed," Sakura sighed.

"That's not what I meant and you know it," Damon leant on the car door and looked at her.

"I don't know," Sakura sighed again. Sakura got out of his car and he closed the door behind her. She leant on his door and he leant beside her, arms crossed and looking down at her. "Honestly, I don't even know if I have a home to go back to," Sakura stated.

"What happened? You and Leilani could practically be sisters!" Damon was confused.

"Remember how I told you about our parents dying in a fire?" Sakura wanted to explain, but had to hold back tears.

"And your brother," Damon stated, "Maybe…"

"Yeah, well, I might have caused it. It was when my powers came, it was hard to control, and I had blacked out. When I came to, there was a fire, but I wasn't conscious for long. Next thing I knew, I was outside with Leilani and there was the fire burning our house down and… I told Leilani that I might have caused the fire. She couldn't handle that thought I guess, or that I kept things from her," Sakura let out a heavy breath.

"Oh," Damon put his left arm around her shoulders, in a one armed hug and leant his head on hers. "You're always welcome to stay here," Damon stated, "It could be fun," Damon said in a sing-song voice.

"Thanks," Sakura pushed him away playfully.

"I mean it though. I think it would be best to work things out with Leilani, but this is practically your second home anyways. So, I'm headed to the Grill, want to come?" Damon opened his car door, "Plus I can help with the car," Damon smiled.

"Alright," Sakura smirked and got in. Damon closed the door and got into the drivers seat.

They drove to the Grill for come drinks, they sat at the bar and Sakura noticed Alaric sitting not too far from them. Sakura ducked, hiding behind Damon, who was beside her.

"Teacher," Sakura pointed towards Alaric and whispered. Damon smirked and rolled his eyes before ordering drinks for them.

"Don't worry about him, just drink up," Damon smiled. Sakura sighed and took the drink.

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Was it really Sakura's fault for what happened, or do you think it was something else? And what was the pulse of energy she felt? Things are just getting started!

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