Evie's POV
The doorbell rings and Jeremy and I look at each other.
"You expecting anyone?" We both ask each other at the same time.
We both chuckle but the doorbell keeps ringing. We both head downstairs.
"I'm Coming!" Jeremy calls out. I step off the stairs to see him open the door to Vicki. She's wearing sunglasses and looks like a wreck.
"Hey. The sun is killing me. My eyes are on fire." She tells Jer.
"Where have you been?" Jer asks her concerned.
"It's good. Everything's good." She replies dismissing his question. They kiss and Jer pulls away after.
"Did something happen?" Jer asks still concerned about her.
"I'm hungry. What do you got to eat?" Vicki asks pushing past him to our kitchen. I give Jer a concerned look.
"You're high? Vicki, it's the middle of the day." He says following her into the kitchen.
"Could you just not talk so loud? My head, it hurts. I need quiet." She scolds him while still looking through our cupboards.
I call Matt telling him to come over. I'm really concerned for my little brother. Vicki is into some bad drugs right now. He does not need to be dragged into this. Matt arrives quickly.
"Where is she?" Matt asks as I open the door. Jer walks up behind me.
"Come this way." Jer leads him to the kitchen where Vicki is now just sitting on the floor.
"What's she on?" Matt asks us. I just shrug.
"I...I don't know." Jer stutters out.
"Hey, Vic. How you doin'?" Matt asks her squatting down beside her.
"Not good, Mattie. I hurt." She tells him.
"Ok, where's it hurt?" He asks patiently.
"My gums. My jaw hurts. My gum...there's something in my gums, and it hurts." Vicki tells him getting a little agitated.
"Ok, well..." Matt trails off.
"No. Just leave me alone." Vicki says not wanting to be around him anymore.
"Come on, Vic. Don't be like that. Let's get you home." Matt tries to coax her.
"Just turn it off!" Vicki suddenly yells out.
"Turn what off?" Jeremy asks.
"The talking, the chatter, just turn it off." Vicki tells him, but only the TV is running.
"...horribly. Three bodies were found dead in what is believed to be a drug deal gone awry. The bodies have yet to be identified. They were discovered earlier today over at the old Mystic Falls cemetery." We all hear the TV say.
"That's where we were last night." Jer says.
"You were there last night, Jer?" I ask concerned about him. He gives me a pleading look to drop it for now.
"What happened, Vic?" Matt asks what we are all thinking.
"...homicide, and are fast under way looking for suspects. They're asking anyone with information..." We hear the TV again.
"I'm calling the cops." Matt says.
"No. Don't." Vicki tells him.
"What happened after I left last night, Vick?" Jeremy asks while squatting down. Vicki pushes him.
"Jer, are you ok?" Matt asks before I can.
"I'm fine. I'm fine." Jer dismisses.
"Damn, Vick." Matt says.
Elena and Stefan walk into the house and see that everyone is in the kitchen.
"What's going on?" Elena asks.
"She's really messed up." Matt says.
Stefan quickly takes charge and squats down beside her. Taking her face in his hands. She pulls away from him.
"Elena, back up." Stefan says when Elena tries to get closer. "Vicki, look at me. Focus. You're gonna be fine. Everything's gonna be fine. Guys, take her up to bed. Shut the blinds. She's gonna be ok. Come on. Come on."
Matt and Jer take her upstairs. I walk towards Stefan and Elena.
"You know what's wrong with her?" Elena asks.
"Yeah." Stefan confirms.
"What is it?" Elena asks.
"She's transitioning." Stefan says.
"Transitioning to what?" Elena asks him.
"A vampire." I say. They both look at me surprised.
"What?" Elena asks surprised that I know. Stefan gives me a confused look.
"Damon told me." I say.
"Damon must have gotten to her. She's new. She hasn't completed her transformation yet." Stefan explains.
"H-how does she do that?" Elena stutters.
"She has to feed on human blood." Stefan tells us.
"And what if she doesn't?" Elena voices my thoughts.
"She'll die. She may only have a few hours." Stefan replies.
"She's upstairs with him right now," Elena says worried about Jeremy.
"It's ok. She doesn't know what's happening to her yet." Stefan says.
"So when is she gonna know?" Elena asks.
"Right now, she doesn't remember anything. A part of her is still human, but slowly, the deeper she gets into the transition, the memories will start to come back, and then she'll know she has to make the choice." Stefan tells us.
"The same choice you made?" Elena asks him.
"Elena, now is not the time to scold 100 year old mistakes. We are 100 years too late to that party." I say. Stefan gives me a grateful look. "How do you know Damon did it? I saw him this morning and dropped Blaise off with him."
"He is the only other vampire in town. This is something he does. You saw him this morning?" Stefan asks surprised.
"Yeah, I taught him how to look after Blaise. That way he could babysit." I reply.
"He has Blaise?" Elena asks giving me a scared look.
"He would never hurt Blaise, Elena. He cares about Blaise." I say feeling strongly that he wouldn't hurt his son.
All of a sudden Vicki runs out the door. Matt yelling her name after her with Jer running down the stairs after him.
"She was fine, and then she just...she just freaked out." Jer tells us.
"I'm gonna go look for her. Call me if you hear anything." Matt says quickly leaving.
"I can track her." Stefan tells us.
"Go." Elena dismisses him. I head upstairs and text Damon to see what's going on.
So, Vicki just ran out of our place in transition. Should I be concerned about Blaise and my safety?
No, you don't. Blaise is here playing with me right now. He sends me a picture of him and Blaise playing with some coloured blocks.
Will you tell me what happened?
She got transitioned out of boredom. That happens sometimes.
Should I be expecting you to turn more people?
No, now that I have you and Blaise in my life I won't have time to train baby vamps. You and Blaise are more then enough to handle right now.
Handle?
I mean teach. That sound better.
Much. I send then I hear the doorbell ring. I get up out of bed. I run into Jer in the hall.
"Damon is here." He warns me.
"Thanks. Probably dropping Blaise off." I say heading down stairs.
"You're afraid of me. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess. Stefan finally 'fessed up." Damon says to Elena.
"Stay away from me." Elena says.
"Hey, there's no need to be rude. I'm just looking for Stefan. May I come in? Oh, wait. Of course I can. I've been invited. We can cut to the chase if you want. I'm not gonna kill you right now. That wouldn't serve my greater agenda. So...Where's Stefan?" Damon says. I stay out of view listening. I hear Blaise making little noises.
"He's out looking for Vicki." Elena replies.
"Don't look at me with those judgey little eyes. Girl's gonna thank me for what I did to her." Damon says in a cocky tone.
"Did you thank Katherine?" Elena asks him trying to catch him off guard.
"Mmm. Got the whole life story, huh?" Damon asks her.
"I got enough." Elena says.
"Oh, I doubt that." Damon replies.
I step into view and see Blaise sucking on his leather jacket. Blaise is in jeans and a leather jacket now and little black boots. He really now looks like a little Damon.
"Enough, both of you." I say.
"Do you know what he did?" Elena asks me.
"Yeah, I was texting him earlier to check on my son." I say with a shrug.
"Do you just not care about anything?" Elena asks me then turns to Damon. "Stay away from my nephew."
"I will see my son whenever I want to." Damon says sneering at her. I clear my throat. "Whenever his mom wants me to see him." he amends.
"Both of you need to quit fighting. Damon you should go help your brother look for Vicki. Something could happen to both of them." I say taking Blaise from Damon's arms.
"Alright," Damon says kissing Blaise's forehead. "Tell my brother I'm looking for him. Oh, tip for later, be careful who you invite in the house." He says to Elena before he leaves.
"How can you trust him with Blaise? He is clearly delusional. Thinking he is Blaise's father." Elena rants to me as she closes the door.
"Damon is Blaise's father Elena." I tell her.
"How? Vampires can't make children." Elena says confused.
"I'm just as confused, don't worry." I say. I walk upstairs ending our conversation.
"You look exactly like you dad huh?" I say to Blaise as I lie him on the bed to put him in his PJs.
It looks like Damon changed him before he left his place. With Blaise in his PJs I cuddle up with him and turn on my TV to watch some of the Office with him. Not that Blaise will understand. Hopefully, he will enjoy the time with me.
Before long Damon comes through my window.
"You okay?" I ask him.
"Yeah," he says kicking off his shoes, shucks his jacket and crawls into my bed beside me. He takes off his shirt and takes Blaise. He takes Blaise's PJs off and leaves him in his diaper. He places Blaise on his chest. "I read that skin-to-skin contact helps with bonding."
"Yeah, it can." I say in awe with a small smile on my face. I pull out my phone and take a picture.
"You better not show that to anyone." He says.
"I won't it's just for Blaise and I." I say.
"Stefan is here." Damon says whispering.
"Why are we whispering?" I ask.
"I don't need Stefan knowing I'm here." He says.
"What is Stefan doing here anyway?" I ask him.
"Stefan is telling Elena how Vicki turned." Damon tells me. "Stefan just said. She fed, and then I lost her. He is telling her how he can take care of it. He can find her and show her how to live like he does. Promising she won't hurt anybody."
"Can he really promise that?" I ask concerned for Jer.
"No, He can't." Damon says telling me that truth. "Oh, Elena just said, I gave you today just like you asked. And I understand that you would never do anything to hurt me, and I promise I will keep your secret, but...I can't be with you, Stefan. I'm sorry. I...I just can't..."
"I guess they are done then." I say.
"Yeah, I saw that coming from a mile away." Damon says. "Do you want to go comfort her. She's now crying against your front door. I'll keep Blaise here." He offers.
I take him up on it and head downstairs. I Just sit down against the door next to her and wrap my arms around her. She lays her head down on my shoulder. She may drive me insane some days, but she is still my twin and I love her. Heartbreak sucks.
Damon's POV
These moments with Blaise are worth everything it took me to get here. I look down at the little version of me sleeping peacefully on my chest. I hope he never forgets how much his mom and I love him. I will lay the world at both their feet. First I need to dela with this Vicki and then get Katherine out. I need to repay her, then kill her so she won't harm Blaise or Evie. I gently rub Blaise's back beginning to form a plan in my head for the next little while.