It had been a few days since Vicki's death, or as the Sheriff's department was calling it, her disappearance. They were basically calling everyone in for questioning. They had Elena, Matt, me, and even Stefan. I was a little surprised that Tyler wasn't there. I walked out of the department with Elena and Jenna. I don't think that they were supposed to talk to Matt or Stefan since they didn't have guardians present, but I could be wrong. I met up with Stefan outside. He seemed to be trying to talk to Matt, but the quarterback wasn't having any of it. I wondered if I should say anything, but I was pretty sure that it wouldn't help.
"I'll meet you guys at home." I said to Jenna as I walked over to Stefan. I was still a little nervous around him, but he seemed to be okay with the fact that I used to be a guy. "So, it worked. Elena doesn't remember anything."
"That's what it's supposed to be like." Stefan confirmed. I couldn't help but wonder how it worked. Was it just like rewriting someone's memories. I probably wouldn't want it to happen to me to find out. Also why wasn't Stefan able to do it. Why did drinking animal blood inhibit his powers? "So, are you okay? Vicki was your friend."
"I think she stopped being my friend as soon as she tried to kill me." I pointed out. She may have stopped being my friend when she attacked me and to say that we were friends in the first place was a very loose definition of the word friend. "I don't blame you for what you did. You didn't have a whole lot of time to think things through."
"Do you want to go somewhere with me?" He asked. I couldn't help but wonder where he was going to take me, but I really couldn't do it. I was having some trouble in school, not because I didn't understand the work…because I didn't do the work. I was finally feeling good in my life, but I would probably have to work really hard in order to fix my grades.
"I can't have. I have to get home and catch up on my homework or I'm going to fail, Stefan." I told him. I was a little embarrassed telling him that. I really shouldn't have slacked off in school.
"I could help you." He offered. I knew he could probably teach me some new things, but it wouldn't feel as good as good if he was helping. Plus, it might feel like kind of like a date and I didn't want him to get the wrong idea…even though I wasn't sure if I would mind it.
"This is really something that I need to do on my own." I told him. "I might be able to do something later."
I couldn't believe that I thought it was a good idea not to go to class. I hoped that I would be able to fix it so I wouldn't have to resort to trying to convince Damon to compel my teacher to give me a good grade. It was especially hard since they hadn't even hired a new teacher yet. I probably couldn't blame it on that since a lot of my trouble occurred before Mr. Tanner died.
I went home and began to do my work in the kitchen. I couldn't help but notice that Elena and Jenna were both wallowing over their respective relationships. I had no idea what happened to Logan, but he wasn't on the news anymore. Part of me wondered if Damon had killed him. Eventually, I was beginning to get annoyed by their whining.
"Shut up." I remarked. It was getting hard to study in the kitchen. I wasn't sure why I was trying to study in the kitchen. Maybe it was because it was somewhere that had a flat surface, and I didn't want to use my leg. I was just getting tired of the distraction.
"You know not everyone is in a good relationship like you." Elena told me spitefully. I thought Damon was supposed to compel to move on. Wallowing didn't seem like it was moving on.
"Well crying about it won't help you any." I pointed out. "Some of us have other things to do than listen to you bitch about it. And once again, Stefan is not my boyfriend."
"What are you doing?" Jenna asked me. I was a little surprised about how she didn't mention anything about Stefan.
"Homework and it would work better if I had quiet." I replied. I half-expected some snarky comment about how I should be doing it in my room. It would probably be a good idea to do it in there because at least it would be quiet.
"What do you think: Alien or Robots" Jenna whispered not very quietly. What was so strange about me doing homework? I used to do it and I thought that they would be proud of me for doing it.
"What the fuck are you talking about?" I replied.
"No, it's definitely her." Elena stated. Of course it was me. I was still me even though I was girl now and they didn't even seem to remember that. "No alien or robot could swear like she does."
I wanted to raise my middle finger for that, but I had a feeling that Jenna might ground me. I stalked up to my room. I finished my work pretty quickly there and decided to take a nap. This time I made sure to wipe off my makeup. I was tired because of how early I had to go in for questioning. Why did we have to go in so early on a Saturday? Granted I understood why they were doing it on a Saturday, but they could have waited an hour or two. I did manage to fall asleep pretty quickly at least.
I found myself being awoken by Elena, who had invited Bonnie over a little bit later. I supposed it was good that they were talking again. It seemed like Elena had kind of ghosted her when she started to date Vicki…unless she had started dating her earlier. I didn't know when it started.
"What are you doing in here?" Bonnie asked. Was she seriously asking me what I was doing in my room?
"I'm sleeping so go away." I ordered. I really did not want to deal with anyone at the moment.
"Why are you so cranky today?" Elena asked. The better question was probably why she wasn't cranky.
"I had to wake up at 6:00 to go in for questioning at the police station." I pointed out. I didn't know why they couldn't just leave me alone. "I have the right to be cranky and I would be less cranky if you gave me a chance to sleep."
"I need to show you two something." Bonnie replied. Did she really have to do it right now while I was trying to take a nap. It could wait. "Get out of bed."
I did so because I felt that Elena might try to push me out if I didn't. One thing I couldn't help but wonder was if Elena was going to explore her sapphic feelings with other girls now that Vicki was gone. Bonnie then took my pillow and began to cut it up, dumping the feathers all over the floor. What the hell was she doing?
"What the fuck? That was my favorite pillow." I remarked. Why did she have to destroy it?
Bonnie then began to make the feathers float around the room. It was impressive but she didn't need to destroy my pillow. Maybe I shouldn't have been obsessing over it, but what was I going to sleep on now?
"After all of the joking and the not believing, I really am a witch." Bonnie explained. I probably would have been more impressed if she hadn't interrupted my nap.
"That's cool, but do you have a spell to put my pillow back together, because if not you're buying me a new one and that one cost 45 dollars." I told her. I didn't know why pillows cost so much. How hard were they to make? The important thing was it was destroyed, and I wanted to know if she could fix it.
"She just told you that she's a witch and you're focused on your pillow?" Elena asked in disbelief. What was so hard to believe about that? She had destroyed my pillow. I needed that pillow to sleep on. It wasn't that hard to understand.
"It was a nice pillow." I countered. 'And I need it to sleep on."
"The important thing is that neither of you can tell anyone about this." Bonnie stated. "My Grams probably won't like that I told you."
"Well since I can't sleep. I'm going to see Stefan." I announced. I then realized an issue with that. "I need you to get out of my room so I can get dressed."
I headed to the boarding house dressed in a red tunic and black leggings. I usually didn't wear bright colors, but I decided to go with something different. And leggings were kind of like pants just without any pockets. I rang the bell as soon as I got there.
"It's open." An unfamiliar female voice answered. I was confused as I walked inside. Why did a woman answer the door? I looked around and saw a blonde girl wearing a towel in front of me. I was shocked. Who the hell was she? Why was she in his house and why was she wearing a towel? I hoped that I would get some answers.
"Who the fuck are you?" I asked her.
"I'm Lexi, a friend of Stefan's." She answered. Since when did Stefan have friends? And that still didn't explain why she was in a towel. Granted, her hair was a little wet, but you generally don't walk around wearing a towel.
"Well, I'm Mary." I announced. I didn't know why I waited for long to tell her that.
"Yes, Stefan's told me about you." She declared. I did wonder what exactly he had told her about me. I hoped that one particular thing had not been mentioned, but I didn't want to ask her that. "He's in the shower. You can wait for him if you'd like."
"No, that's okay." I declared. I started to think of Stefan in the shower and I really needed to get those thoughts out of my head. "I think I'm going to go home."
"I'll tell him that you stopped by." She remarked before I went out the door. You know I couldn't help but wonder if he was having sex with her. I mean I didn't want to have sex with him, and we weren't together, so he was free to have sex with whoever he wanted.
When I got home, I was mopey. I was having a miserable first of my period. Yeah, I kind of forgot to mention that earlier. I supposed that was another reason why I was so cranky earlier. I did not like tampons, but Elena told me that they were the most effective way. I couldn't help but wonder if that was something that vampires noticed. Though, maybe since menstruation is the most common form of bleeding, it's the easiest to get used to. Stefan seemed okay when he was around me earlier, so maybe that was the case.
All I knew was that I wanted to stay inside and sulk. Caroline was throwing a party at the Grill for some unknown reason. I had heard about it from Elena. I hoped that she would go. It was possible that it might have been just because she had enough money to do so. I mean I had the money too in my trust fund, but I couldn't access that right now. Whatever the reason, I knew that I wasn't going to go. I was pretty sure that Elena was going. I wasn't sure if she was going to try to make a move on Caroline. Was it weird that I wanted that to happen? I didn't have any indication that Caroline liked girls, but I also thought the same about Elena.
I was alone downstairs that night because Jenna had a night class. I couldn't understand why anyone would want to go to school at night. Jenna had time during the day. She was trying to get her Master's. I had no idea what she planned on doing with a Master's in Psychology. That seemed like something that you would need a doctorate to make any money in and I didn't think she had any plans on getting that.
The doorbell then rang, and I answered it. I was surprised to see Stefan.
"What do you want?" I asked him grumpily. Maybe I was a little bit jealous, even if I didn't have any right to be.
"Are you okay? Lexi said that you came over earlier." He told me.
"I can't imagine why I would be upset after being greeted by a girl in a towel." I quipped. Stefan had an amused look on his face. I couldn't see what was funny.
"Lexi's not really a girl." He explained. Was she a hermaphrodite? Was that an offensive word? "She's 350 years old. She's my oldest friend. There's never been anything romantic ever. She has a boyfriend."
"Oh." I said. I felt kind of embarrassed that I even assumed such a thing. "I guess since she was in a towel I assumed…"
"I know that she's a little bit strange but she's really fun when you get to know her." He explained. So, she was just a weird person who walked around wearing a towel then. I supposed it was better than her being naked. "Do you want to go to the Grill with me?"
"Are you seriously going to Caroline's party?" I asked him in disbelief. He would fit in there like a man at a Melissa Etheridge concert. Okay that probably wasn't true since he at least looked like a teenager, but he didn't really act like one.
"Lexi is dragging me." He explained. "And it's kind of my birthday."
"What, why didn't you tell me? I would have gotten you something." I asked. He told me it was coming up, but he hadn't told me the date. I didn't know what you're supposed to get a 162-year-old vampire. I knew he liked books. I then had an idea. "You know I think I'm gonna stay in."
My plan was to get him to think that I wasn't coming and then surprise him. It still didn't give me enough time to get him a gift. Why did he not tell me earlier? I would have hung out with him if I had known it was his birthday, even though I was on my period. Actually, I probably did still needed to do my homework.
I decided that what was wearing was fine for the party and headed to the Grill. My gift was going to be a surprise appearance, which sounded kind of lame, but I was pretty sure that he would like it. One thing that I couldn't help but wonder was why Stefan didn't have a car. I know he didn't really need one since he had the whole super speed thing, but he could easily afford one.
I walked inside of the Grill and began to look for him. There were a lot of people. I assumed that people didn't care about the reason for the party and just wanted to party. I spotted him with Lexi. The two of them looked like they were having a good time. He never seemed to have that much fun with me.
"Stefan smiles. You should alert the media." Damon quipped as he appeared behind me. I didn't know where Logan was to do that. I still couldn't help but wonder if he was dead.
"What are you doing here?" I asked. "You're not supposed to be within 50 feet of Caroline."
"You seem to think that I care about that." He told me. I sighed. Even if there was a real restraining order, he probably wouldn't follow it. "Relax, I'm not feeding on her anymore."
"Stefan really hasn't had many reasons to smile lately because of you." I pointed out as I looked back at them. I supposed it was a relief that he wasn't feeding on her at least. I still didn't want him near her, but there was nothing that I could do about it.
"Poor Stefan, ever tormented by his older brother." Damon responded. I turned to walk away. "Does my presence bother you that much?"
"I seem to get a rash whenever I'm around you." I explained before I made my exit. Hopefully I wouldn't have to explain to him what was bothering me.
"Well consider my feelings hurt." He called after me and I walked over to him.
"Thank you for erasing Elena's memories." I told him. I decided that he at least deserved that. "Though, you kind of owed me before turning Vicki into a vampire because she tried to kill me."
I decided to walk away from him again and looked for Stefan and Lexi, but only saw Stefan. Where had Lexi disappeared to?
"Well, if it isn't the famous Mary." Lexi said as she also appeared behind me. She had some shots of tequila.
"Towel girl." I responded.
"Eh, I've been called worse." She shrugged before she handed me a shot. I quickly downed it. Tequila was a bit sour, but I still liked it. Okay, I didn't really like it but it was still booze. "I see you like to drink."
"So why did you think it was a good idea to answer someone else's door wearing only a towel?" I asked her.
"Because I am crazy and so is Stefan if you get to know him." She replied. I didn't think that I could believe that.
"Well, I've known him for a few months, and I've never seen him like he is with you." I remarked.
"Well, it's going to come with time." Lexi promised. "In a few years, you'll be able to know him so well that you could write a book about him."
"You know that Stefan and I aren't together, don't you?" I asked. I didn't think that Stefan would tell her that we were.
"Because the love of my life was human." She responded. "How do you feel about Stefan being a vampire?"
"I don't really care." I stated. "I mean I was afraid at first, but after what's happened lately, I am really grateful to be friends with him. He's the best thing in my life."
"You know you are really adorable." She told me. I blushed. I didn't want to be adorable. "I can see why Stefan likes you so much."
"I can see that you two are great friends." I replied. "So have you really never liked him?"
"Stefan's not the type of guy I'm attracted to." She said. "You should know that he's crazy about you and he would do anything for you. This is going to be one of those epic love stories."
It seemed like she was shipping the two of us even though we were just friends. I couldn't help but sigh because it probably wasn't worth arguing with her.
"Thanks for the drink." I declared as I went to the bathroom. After I was done, I walked over to Stefan. "So, you have a BFF. That's so sweet."
"We should get you one." He joked. I was pretty sure that wouldn't happen. I didn't really know how to be friends with a girl, "So I thought you weren't coming."
"I decided to surprise you." I told him. "Now I am getting you a present even if I have to get it tomorrow. What do you want?"
Before he could answer me, we noticed that Sheriff Forbes had walked in. I instinctively hid my drink. She seemed to be walking close to Damon. Had she found out that he was the one behind the murders? I then noticed that she seemed to be after Lexi, not Damon. What did he do?
"We need to leave." Stefan told me.
"Can't get out this way." A deputy blocking the door replied.
We had to go around and began to look for another way out. We managed to sneak out the back and happened to see Damon driving a stake into Lexi's heart. I gasped in shock as I saw the look of devastation on Stefan's face. He looked like he wanted to kill Damon again and then cry or maybe do those in the reverse order. I knew that I had to find a way to calm him down before he did something that he would regret.
"I'm going to kill him." He seethed. I knew that I had to stop him. Even though I probably couldn't physically stop him from doing such a thing, I might at least be able to convince him not to do it.
"No, Stefan you can't." I argued.
"Why are you trying to save him?" He asked me in confusion. I probably didn't have a good reason because I knew we would be better off if Damon was dead. However, I didn't want Stefan to have to kill his brother. I didn't think that I would be able to kill Elena even if she became a mass murderer. "He killed Tanner, Zach, Lexi, he turned Vicki and abused Caroline. He deserves to die."
"Because you can't go for revenge." I explained. "It's the kind of thing that can eat up at you. You may be mad now, but there will come a time when you'll regret it, and I can't let you do that. Please, please, please don't do this. Just let me take you home."
"You should stay away from me." He stated before he ran off. I couldn't follow him. I just had to hope he wouldn't make a mistake. I wondered if I should pray about it.
So it seems like Mary was almost ready to talk about her feelings but she and Stefan got him by some bad timing. Plus, she's finally taking the initiative in school. Please don't forget to review.