"Stefan we're going to be late." I told him as I rushed to get dressed. I hadn't slept over, but I had arrived early and one thing led to another. I pulled down my yellow tank top which I was wearing with black shorts and a grey scarf. I began to look for where I put my shoes.
"Let's be later." Stefan replied as he came and held me from behind and kissed my neck. As tempting as it was to skip school, there were reasons that I shouldn't.
"Stefan we need to go to school." I stated. I couldn't believe that those words were coming out of my mouth. "Between the two of us, we've probably missed a full quarter."
"What is this school you speak of?" He teased before he kissed me. It looked like we were going to be late. I just hoped that Anna would cover for me. That was easily the greatest perk to being besties with a vampire. Yeah we had done some things, but I knew that we were just friends now.
So after the makeout session was over, I decided that the best way to avoid being held up again was to get out of the bedroom. When I walked downstairs, I saw that Damon was holding Katherine by the neck. How? How did she get out of the tomb?
"What the fuck?" I questioned as I looked over at her in confusion. "How did you get out of the tomb and more importantly, what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to help keep you alive." Katherine stated as I scoffed. I did not believe her for a second. Maybe that was what happened when you were a habitual liar. I was pretty sure that she did not care about my wellbeing and if she did, it would only be for her own selfish purposes. "Seriously, that's what I want to do."
"Why should we trust you?" Stefan asked as he came downstairs. We shouldn't. It was easy as that.
"Because I could have fled the country to get away from Klaus, but I didn't." She remarked. Staying in Mystic Falls was not a good reason to trust her.
"I don't particularly want your help." I remarked. I then looked over at Stefan because I wanted to get away from her. "Stefan, we seriously need to go to school."
We rode in his car because it was easier than taking two. When we got there, first period was already over. I was really glad that Anna was able to cover for me.
"So what do you think that she wants?" I asked Stefan as I got my bag out.
"She wants what we want: Klaus dead." Stefan replied. That also wasn't a good reason to trust her. I was pretty sure that a lot of people wanted Klaus dead. That didn't mean that I would want to ally myself with any of them either. She was not my friend.
"Just because we have a common enemy doesn't mean that I want her help." I stated. "I don't believe in that whole the enemy of my enemy stuff. I know how it's worked in the past, but Stalin was nowhere near as bad as Katherine."
"That's hyperbole." Stefan remarked. No, I was pretty sure that it was true. "I am not saying that we should trust her, but I think we could use her help."
At lunch, I found out that Ric wanted to talk to me about something. As far as I knew, it wasn't about my grades. The fact that Anna was there too made me think that it was a different problem because I knew she had good grades.
"So, John's been causing a lot of trouble since he's come back to town." He stated. That didn't surprise me. It seemed like all of the people who I didn't want to help me now wanted to help me, despite the fact that I had told them I didn't want their help. "He's been dropping hints to Jenna about Isobel and now she's questioning a lot of what I told her. She doesn't seem to know what to believe anymore and the only thing that I can think to do right now is tell her the truth."
"John's going to get himself killed." I remarked. It seemed like even when he wasn't anti-vampire, he was still a dick. I wasn't entirely sure what his game was either.
"Well, that's easier said than done." Ric explained as he showed us his hands. That was a bit of a problem because it meant that we would need to protect him now. "I gave him back his ring."
"Well, I'm not sure if I want to tell Jenna or not." I declared. I wasn't sure how to bring it up. I didn't even know how I would go about doing such a thing. I didn't know if I could just tell her that vampires are real, partially because I didn't think that she would believe me. On top of that, I didn't know if I wanted her to know either.
"I'm just going to say that I don't think that I can keep lying to her." He told us. Was he giving us an ultimatum or something? "It's not fair to her."
"How about we wait until this stuff with Klaus is resolved?" Anna suggested. That could definitely work. "I mean I don't exactly want to tell her what I am lest she kick me out."
"Jenna loves you. She won't kick you out." I assured her. "But yeah, let's wait until we deal with Klaus to do that."
"Okay, but until we tell her, Jenna and I are done." Ric said. Damn John for messing up a really great relationship. I hoped that they would be able to get back together once all of this was over.
As we exited the room, we came across Bonnie.
"Hey, Mary, I need to talk to you about something." The witch said. "Would you be mad if I started dating your sister?"
"I didn't know that you liked girls." I remarked. I was a little bit surprised by that to be honest. "But I think that you would be great for Elena. I'm happy for you two even if I don't understand it."
After school, I met up with Stefan so we could discuss our next move. Without Elijah, we didn't really have a way to kill Klaus. That didn't mean that there wasn't a way. It just meant that we didn't have one. I was pretty sure that there had to be a way to kill him. He couldn't just be unkillable after all.
"So I've decided that I want to get the Martins on our side." He replied. I really wished that he would stop making decisions without consulting me first. He could have even worded it as a question to get my input. "I figure that Elijah must have told them something about his plan to kill Klaus."
"Okay, that sounds like a good idea." I agreed. "So, John's causing problems with Jenna and Ric by bringing up Isobel. We wouldn't be in this mess if you hadn't called him."
"Do you want me to come over tonight?" He asked. "It would help to keep me away from Katherine."
"No, I told Caroline that she could come over and hang with me and Anna. It's gonna be a girl's night." I explained. "And I need someone to keep her away from us."
"I love you." He said as he kissed me. Did that mean that he was going to volunteer to keep Katherine away?
"You know we need to make sure that our clothes don't keep falling off when we say that to one another." I joked.
"It's not my fault that you have an overactive libido." He teased before he left. I was pretty sure it was perfectly normal." I assumed that he wanted to do his witch thing. According to Elena, they were working with Elijah because Klaus kidnapped Jonas's daughter.
I decided to talk to Anna before Caroline got there. We hadn't really gotten any friend time because of what happened in the morning. I also wanted to change out of my school clothes and into something more comfortable. I ended up going with a red and black dress.
"So did you know that Elena and Bonnie are dating?" I asked. I couldn't help but wonder how she felt about it.
"No, but I did know that Bonnie lost her powers." She answered. When did that happen and more importantly how did it happen? "Jonas just came in and took them from her."
"Can he do that?" I questioned. I didn't think that a witch could just do something like that.
"Well, I have heard legends that if a witch was misusing their power, another witch could do a spell to remove it from them." She explained. It would definitely be a pretty big inconvenience to us if she couldn't use her powers. "Jonas must have been really pissed at the mind control spell she used on Luca."
"We're going to have to figure out how to get them back because something tells me Bonnie will be very useful for stopping Klaus." I remarked as I heard the doorbell. I couldn't help but notice that she looked uneasy. Maybe she wasn't completely okay with Elena dating Bonnie. I assumed that it was Caroline at the door. I opened it and there she was.
"Thanks for inviting me over." She stated as she walked in.
"So what exactly is the problem with you and Matt?" I asked her curiously. Her relationship drama was kind of weird. The reason that my relationship with Stefan worked was that we were honest with each other…most of the time.
"He knows that I'm hiding something." Caroline explained. She was hiding something. "I just thought that we could be together now that I have everything under control."
"Do you really think that you can just not tell him?" I questioned. He would eventually realize that there was something weird about her, if he hadn't already.
"I don't know maybe." She admitted. That sounded like a horrible idea.
"That's not going to work." Anna told her. "So what are we going to eat? Mary is not an option."
"That's really not that funny." I pointed out. I knew it was a joke, but it didn't mean that it was funny.
"Well, how about pizza?" Caroline suggested. "Or maybe we could Chinese?"
"I say pizza." Anna declared. There was really only one place that we could order pizza from in Mystic Falls. "Are you gonna order?"
"Okay." Caroline stated as she took out her iPad. The first thing that I noticed was that there was a picture of her and Matt as the wallpaper. Why hadn't she changed that? Who still kept wallpaper of their ex?
"I'll order." Anna volunteered as she took the tablet from her.
"So, the real question is what kind of movie are we going to watch?" Caroline questioned. That seemed to distract Anna from ordering. "How about The Notebook?"
"Caroline, I've already got the movie that we're watching picked out." I told her. It was pretty much a given that it was going to be some kind of monster movie. "It's called Blood and Chocolate."
Before Caroline could say a feeble attempt to protest, Jenna walked into the kitchen, and we were all quiet. That actually probably made it even more awkward.
"What are you three doing?" She asked as she looked around.
"Girls' night." I answered. She didn't have much in the way of response. I then had an idea. "Would you like to join us by any chance?"
"Is this some kind of ploy to make me feel better?" She questioned. Couldn't I just want to have to fun with my friends without it being any sort of intervention?
"No, I didn't even know if you would be here." I stated. "But how are you?"
"You heard about my fight with Ric." She said. It was a statement, not a question. She probably figured that he told me.
"He feels terrible about it." I declared. I didn't want to try to reconcile them because he didn't want that. "But this is meant to be a distraction. However, if you want to talk or need some support, we'll be here."
"Because obviously I am an expert when it comes to relationships." Caroline quipped facetiously. It probably wasn't a good idea for her to project her relationship drama.
"You too?" Jenna asked her. Well they were on opposite sides of the same issue, except Ric wasn't a vampire.
"You have no idea." Caroline muttered.
"Okay." Jenna remarked before she took a seat at the table. "I'm pretty sure that there's something that he's not telling me when it comes to Isobel."
"Well maybe he is just trying to protect you." Caroline opined. I really didn't want her to know that Isobel was alive. I didn't even want to know that she was alive, but I didn't want anyone to erase my memory of her either because it could lead to problems later.
"That's not his call to make." Jenna argued. "I want to know and I want him to tell me."
"Well sometimes, we have secrets that we don't want the ones we love to know about." Caroline stated. "That's why they're secret."
"But that just makes me want to know more." Jenna remarked. I had a feeling that if she kept talking, she was going to blab something and that someone needed to stop her.
"Okay, I feel that we have that debate settled." Anna interrupted. Hopefully, that would work. "Let's talk about something else. What kind of pizza do you like?"
"You know what I have a better idea." Caroline stated. "We need dancing. There is a band at the Grill tonight."
"That sounds fun." Jenna declared. Did we really need to dance? I supposed that I could dance with Anna, if she didn't think that her girlfriend would be jealous. "Let's do it. I'll drive."
We went to the Grill and not much longer after we walked in did Caroline notice Matt and Jenna noticed Ric. It seemed that Caroline's plan seemed to be forgetting that Matt worked there, and that Ric frequented there to get his drinks.
"I need a drink." Jenna replied. I wonder if she would let me drink.
"Why was this a good idea?" Anna asked. I just shrugged. "Well would you like to dance Miss Mary?"
"Sure." I declared as she grabbed my and spun me around. I giggled. Anna was definitely a better dancer than Stefan and she was also more willing to do so. "I wasn't sure if you would want to because your girlfriend might get jealous."
It was at that moment that something unexpected happened. Caroline jumped on the stage. It looked like she compelled the band to play backup before she started singing this 80s song to Matt. I wasn't sure why she couldn't sing something more modern, but it worked because it got him to go up on the stage and kiss her in one of the most romantic ways possible.
"I had to admit that that made me jealous." I replied. It made me want to kiss her, but I couldn't do that at the moment. "I wish that Stefan was here."
"I bet you've had some epic kisses with him." She remarked. It made me feel a little bit uncomfortable.
"I have to pee." I announced. I also wanted to try something else since the bathrooms were for one person at a time.
I went to the bathroom and opened the door…to see Matt and Caroline were making out in it. Okay that wasn't going to work.
"Sorry, Mary." She apologized. I couldn't help but chuckle as I closed the door, even though it meant that I would have to wait until they were done. It was probably a bad idea to try to do it anyway. My phone then rang.
"Hello, Stefan." I answered happily. Anna had managed to get me a little bit to drink, so I was happy. "Slow down, there's a lot of noise here."
"Luca's dead and Jonas is looking for you. He's on his way there right now." He explained. I needed a lot more of a explanation than that. How had Luca died and why did he blame me for it? It was at that point that the witch walked in. He looked pissed. The first thing that he did was shatter a bunch of lights and set the bar on fire. I was pretty sure that the thing about magical fires was if you put them out quickly, they wouldn't cause any real damage. We really didn't need the restaurant to close for an extended period of time since it was kind of the only one in town.
"Dr. Martin." I said to get his attention. I knew that it might not be the best time to try to reason with him when he was pretty grief-stricken. "I'm sorry about Luca but we can help you."
"Only Elijah can do that." He replied. Caroline then came and tackled him. It would give us enough of a chance to escape. I just hoped that she wouldn't die in the process.
We headed to my house from there. Jonas was a very powerful witch and we needed to come up with a plan to stop him. I found that Stefan was there. Hopefully, we would just knock his unconscious so we could talk to him when he came to. I needed to know what he knew about Klaus.
"Please tell me that you have a plan." I declared. I wasn't sure if he was going to tell me what it was though.
"Yes, we have a plan." Stefan remarked. The look on his face made me pretty sure that I wasn't going to like it. Why did he never want my input before he came to decisions? It was getting on my nerves. "Tell Elena to stay in her room."
She was currently in there with Bonnie. I wasn't sure that I even wanted to go in there. I hid in my own room with Anna. After a few minutes, we came out and headed to the bathroom Bonnie was. Inside, Katherine had killed Jonas. I supposed that the plan was for him to think she was Elena and ask her where I went. I really wished that Stefan had run that by me because I would have been able to tell him that I was against both her being involved and also killing Jonas.
"You didn't have to kill him." Bonnie declared. I agreed with Bonnie there.
"Yes, I did." Katherine argued as she wiped the blood off of her mouth and walked away. Bonnie walked closer to the body, when he suddenly got up and grabbed her. She screamed before Anna rushed over and snapped his neck. I supposed that was a bit of a split-second decision because for all that we knew, he was going to try to kill her.
"Okay, he's definitely dead." She confirmed. I breathed a sigh of relief. That was like something out of a horror movie where you think that the killer is dead when they're really not. Those were some of my favorite moments. It was a bit horrifying to see in real life, but a lot of things were scarier in real life.
"So, what are we going to do now?" I asked Stefan. I managed that the first thing that we needed to do was figure out somewhere to hide the body.
"We can come up with a plan." Stefan told me. I really hoped that I would be including in the planning of the plan because I was sick of everyone deciding things without me.
"I still can't believe that Katherine agreed to that." I stated. I couldn't help but wonder what was in it for her?
"It was actually her idea." He explained. "Maybe she is committed to helping you. According to Damon, John threatened her."
"Well, I'm never going to trust her." I declared. I also didn't know why she would be afraid of John, considering how easily she dealt with him before. "I hope that she doesn't expect me to save her, because most of this stuff is her fault. I would go as far to say that all of this is her fault. She's the one who put Rose and Trevor in the situation where they were desperate to find a doppelganger in order to trade for freedom. She's also the one who put me in this mess by turning me into a girl. I still want to reach into that bitch's chest and rip her fucking heart out."
"Okay, Mary, calm down." Stefan told me. I was pretty riled up. I still was pretty sure that she was going to double-cross us. She might try to kidnap me and take me to Klaus herself.
That night, I was having a bit of trouble sleeping. Anna was already out like a light. I decided to put my robe on and headed downstairs where I found Jenna eating some yogurt.
"Why are you still up?" I questioned. I was pretty sure that she had class in the morning.
"I'm trying to make it so I don't wake up with a hangover." She explained. "Why are you still up?"
"I couldn't sleep." I answered. There was also no school in the morning. I didn't know what the reason was, but I was not one to argue with getting a day off school. "You're supposed to only drink enough to get you drunk, but not enough that you get a hangover."
"The fact that you know that doesn't say a lot about my parenting." She quipped. I probably shouldn't have mentioned that to her, but she already knew that I drank. "So, what was up with that lunatic?"
"He probably escaped from the mental hospital." I lied. There would be a good reason for a crazy person to be there. I just hoped that she wouldn't ask any further questions about him because then we might need to explain that we killed him. I decided to change the subject. "Caroline seemed to have fun."
"I had fun too." She stated.
It was then that the doorbell rang. I couldn't help but wonder who it was. Jenna went to answer it and there was someone that I didn't want to see. I looked at her in shock.
"You must be the woman who is dating my husband." Isobel stated. "My name is Isobel."
So Isobel came back once again and she's still causing problems. How will Mary deal with it? Please don't forget to review.