"Hello brother."
"The crow is a bit much, don't you think?" I question, slightly annoyed, as it squawks on my balcony.
"Wait till you see what I can do with the fog." Damon smirks, ruffling through papers on my desk.
"When did you get here?" I ask, not wanting to play his games.
"Well, I couldn't miss your first day at school." Damon jokes, walking over to the bookcase. "Your hair is different. I like it." he comments, turning around, a small smirk still etched on his face.
"It's been 15 years Damon." I grit out, wishing it could be longer.
"Thank God." Damon rolls his eyes, "I couldn't take another day of the nineties. That horrible grudge look, it did not suit you."
"Why are you here?" I say louder as he walks back to the balcony.
"I miss my little brother." he pouts.
"You hate small towns, it's boring. There is nothing for you to do."
"I've managed to keep myself busy." he replies.
"You know you left that girl alive tonight. That's very clumsy of you."
"Ahh." he says turning back around and leaning on the desk. "That could be a problem..for you."
"Why are you here now?" I demand, hating how he plays his little games with me all the time.
"I could ask you the same question however I'm pretty certain your answer could be summed up in three little words....the Gilbert sisters." he says.
I glare at him, causing him to smirk even wider.
Arianna's POV:
We stand there and watch as Vicki's body is loaded up into the ambulance. Elena has her arm around me and I am just standing there like a zombie. How could this happen? I feel so bad for Matt. He tries so hard to take care of her all the time, even though she doesn't make it easy for him.
"Hey, Care and I are going to go get coffee and wait for news." Bonnie says, walking up to us.
"We have to take Jeremy home." Elena says, glancing over at our little brother.
"Elena, there is no way I'm physic, I know that. But whatever I saw, or think I saw, I have this feeling." Bonnie states, a weird look on her face.
I shake my head. "Bonnie, what?"
"That it's just the beginning."
Stefan's POV:
"They took my breath away, Elena and Arianna. They're both a dead ringer of Katherine, especially Arianna." he gives me a knowing look. "Is it working Stefan? Being around them, being in their world. Does it make you feel alive?"
"Elena is not Katherine." I say.
He arches his eyebrow, amusement flashing over his face. "What about Arianna? Huh?"
I don't answer, Arianna is more like Katherine then I would like to admit.
"Well, let's hope not. We both know how that ended." Damon is right in front of me now. "Tell me something. When is the last time you had something stronger than a squirrel?"
"I know what you're doing Damon. It's not going to work." I snap, turning around. As I'm turning around he hits my arm, hard, causing me to face him once again.
"Come on, don't you crave a little?" he taunts, that grin on his face.
"Damon, stop." I command.
He pushes me harder this time.
"Let's do it, together. I saw a couple girls out there." he pushes me again harder than the last. "Let's just cut to the chase, lets go straight for Arianna and Elena."
I push him back. "Stop it!"
"Imagine what their blood tastes like!" I turn around, hiding the veins underneath my eyes from Damon, not wanting him to see he's effecting me right now. "I can." he growls.
"I said stop!" I spin around, running at Damon full speed. I tackle him causing us to go flying out the window.
I groan in pain as I land hard on the ground. I push myself up with some strength, looking around for Damon.
"I was impressed." Damon comments causally, leaning against the bushes. "I give it a six, miss on style but I was pleasantly surprised." I stand up glaring at him. "Very good pull face thing though." Damon mimics me, putting his hands up and making a pretty weird face. "It was good." he laughs.
"You think it's all fun and games, Damon, huh? But wherever you go people die." I tell him.
He shrugs, "That's a given."
"Not here, I won't allow it."
Damon tilts his head to the side, "I take that as an invitation."
"Damon, please. After all these years can't we just give it a rest." I plead, just wanting him to leave me alone and let me live my life.
"I promised you an eternity of misery so I'm just keeping my word." Damon replies, walking towards me.
"Just stay away from Elena and Arianna."
"Where is your ring?" Damon asks looking down at my hand. I look down at my hand and see that it is gone. "You know the sun is coming up in a couple of hours then poof! Ashes to ashes." I gulp and send him a pleading look. He laughs, "Relax. It's right here." Damon holds out his hand with my ring in the middle of his palm. I look at him and take my ring. His smirk fades away the second it's out of his hand. I slowly push the ring back on my finger.
Suddenly I feel his hand around my neck. I look up and see his eyes are blood red and his fangs are protruding. He throws me into the garage and I hit it hard, falling to the ground.
I roll over on to my back and he is standing over me in a second. "You should know better than to think you're stronger than me. You lost that fight when you stopped feeding on people. I wouldn't try it again." Damon threatens. He looks up and listens for a moment. "I think we woke Zach up." he smirks and walks back. "Sorry Zach." he says and starts whistling as he walks back to the house.
Arianna's POV:
We walk over to Jeremy who is standing looking at the police cars while drinking a beer. Smart. Underage drinking in front of cops, I think we have a genius on our hands people.
"Are you okay?" Elena asks, rubbing his back. He shrugs off her hand and looks at the ground. "I called Jenna, she's on her way."
"You know those people in the uniforms? They're called the police." I point out when Jeremy takes another sip of his beer. He takes an even bigger gulp of his beer then throws the bottle into the bushes.
"People are going to stop giving you breaks, Jer." Elena says, her voice quiet. "They just don't care anymore. They don't remember that our parents are dead, they've got their own lives to deal with. The rest of the world have moved on, we should try too."
"I've seen you in the cemetery writing in your diary, Elena. Is that supposed to be you moving on?" Jeremy demands, his voice harsh.
Elena looks down at the ground.
"Mom and Dad wouldn't have wanted this." I point out, giving him a look.
Jeremy looks up at with me in tears in his eyes. I stare right back, tears pricking my own eyes.
Will we ever be truly happy?
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I open the door, hurrying to get downstairs but I bump right into Jenna.
"Sorry Jen, I'm running late, as always." I smile, giving her an awkward look.
She laughs, shaking her head at me. "Do I look adult?" I look at what she is wearing, she is wearing a dress with her hair down and curled. "As in respectfully parental." she clarifies.
"Depends where your going." I shrug, giving her a weird look, not knowing why she cares right now.
"Jeremy's parent teacher conference. Hair up or down?" she asks, looking in the mirror. She pulls her hair up and looks at me.
"Sexy stewardess." I grin. She lets it down. "Housewife." I frown.
"Up it is then." she agrees, pulling it back.
I go and look into Jer and Elena's rooms but they're both gone. "Where are my siblings?"
"They left early. Jer said something about getting to wood shop early and finishing a birdhouse. Elena said she needed to talk to someone." Jenna shrugs. I am about to comment but Jenna figures it out. "There is no wood shop is there?"
"No..." I say slowly, shaking my head.
"Yeah." she breathes out, looking mad at herself.
I'm betting Jeremy went to go visit his love, Vicki.
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"Originally discovered nearly five centuries ago.." that's where I get bored and stop listening to Mr.Tanner. Elena keeps looking back and smiling at Stefan and guess what? He smiles back! Ugh, it's so....I can't even describe it.
"Are we bothering you Mr.Salvatore, Miss.Gilbert?" I start listening after he says my name but I realize he was talking to Elena and Stefan. Haha, they got busted by Mr. Tanner. He was about to scold them some more but the bell rang. We quickly jumped out of our seats and left the classroom. Stefan and Elena left together and left me stranded. Great. Thankfully as I was walking out of the classroom, Bonnie and Caroline were walking by.
"Hey Aria." Care smiled at me.
"Hey Care, sober today?" I asked.
"Yes, of course I am." she said glaring at me. I laughed while Care quickly changed the subject. "Bonnie I'm confused are you physic or clairvoyant?" Caroline asked.
"Technically Grams says I'm a witch. My ancestors were these really cool Salem witch chicks or something. Grams tried to explain it all but she was looped on the liquor." Bonnie says rolling her eyes. "So I kind of tuned out. Crazy family yes, witches no." Bonnie says.
"Yeah, well feel free to conquer up the name and number of that guy from last night." Caroline smiles.
"Hold up." I say stopping them. "Guy from last night?" I ask curious.
"Yeah, or so Caroline says. I didn't even see him." Bonnie says smiling.
"Why didn't you talk to him?" I ask.
"I don't know, I was drunk." Caroline says looking sideways at me. I roll my eyes and spot Tyler through the window.
"I'm going to go talk to Tyler." I say then wave good bye to Bonnie and Caroline. They nod and keep walking. I run out and creep silently behind Tyler. This is going to be fun. Once I'm close enough to him, I scream and jump on his back. I wrap my arms around his neck so I won't fall and die. He holds my legs, steadying me.
"Aria!" he yells. I laugh and jump off him.
"It was a nice surprise attack." I smirk.
"I could have dropped you." he points out. I lean close to him and put my hand on his chest.
"But you didn't." I whisper in his ear.
"Hey Tyler!" Jeremy yells. I pull away from Tyler and see Jer storming towards us. "I'm sorry to interrupt but I was just wondering how Vicki is doing, since you guys are so close." Jer says sarcastically. "Is she okay?"
"She's fine." Tyler says annoyed. "Get out of here."
"How bad is she? Do they know what attacked her? Is she going to make a full recovery? Was she happy to see you? What room number was she in?" Jeremy asks quickly. I can tell Tyler is getting pissed off because there are a bunch of girls around and my little brother is making a fool out of him.
"I'm gonna kick your ass." Tyler states.
"You keep saying that but when are you actually gonna do it?" Jer says in Tyler's face. "'Cause I vote for right here and right now." Jeremy says pushing Tyler back, hard.
"Walk away Gilbert. It's your final warning." Tyler says threateningly.
"No this your final warning, dick. I'm sick of watching you hurt Vicki. If you hurt her one more time, I swear to God, I will kill you." Jer says pointing a finger in Tyler's face.
"Jeremy!" I yell shocked at his words. He glares at me before stalking off. I look over at Tyler's pissed expression and know that if Jeremy does one more thing to Tyler, he will beat my brother up.
"Damn that was like a death threat." Tyler says trying to shake it off. "Did you hear that?" he asks everyone. Everyone nods. I glare at Tyler.
"Look Tyler, I don't care if he pisses you off, if you touch him I will never talk to you again." I say seriously before walking off. Why do my best friend and brother hate each other so much?
I was walking to the front door when I saw Elena and Matt talking. I walked over to them and gave Matt a sad smile.
"How is Vicki?" I ask.
"They're keeping her over night to make sure there are no infections, but she should be able to come home tomorrow." Matt says smiling.
I shouldn't have said what I said, but it just kind of came out. "Wonderful. Now she can go screw with Jeremy and Tyler more making them hate each other more than they already do." I say with hatred. I see Elena send me a shocked look at what I just said, Matt didn't seem to care though.
"I know what you mean Aria. She is making those two want to kill each other." Matt states.
"Well, Jer just threatened to kill Tyler so..." I trail off. Elena gasps.
"What?!" she yells.
"Yup." I say, popping the p. "Change of subject, did you get in touch with your Mom?" I ask.
Matt shakes his head, "Called and left a message, but she is at the beach with her boyfriend so we'll see how long it takes her to come rushing home."
"Hope they catch the animal that attacked her." Elena says.
"I know, now there is talk of some missing campers." Matt says.
"Did she say what attacked her?" I ask curious.
"She said it was a vampire." Matt tells us.
I laugh, "What?"
"Yeah, she woke up last night, muttered vampire then passed out." Matt says a little freaked out.
"Okay, that's weird." I say.
"I think she was drunk." Matt says sadly. "So, what's up with you and the new guy?" he asks referring to Stefan who is sitting on a bench in front of us.
"Yeah, Elena. What's up with you and the new guy?" I tease.
"Matt the last thing I want to do is hurt you." Elena says sadly. Well, news flash Elena, you did.
"You know, I'm actually gonna go back to the hospital, I want to be there when Vicki wakes up. Get the real story about last night." Matt says.
"Okay." Elena whispers. Matt gives her a sad look before walking away. I turn around and glare at Elena.
"You tell Matt you need time but yet you start dating someone right after you break up with him. What the hell, Elena?!" I ask angrily.
"I know, Aria. I know." Elena says sadly. I roll my eyes and walk back inside the school. I don't want to deal with my sister right now.
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I was still pissed at my sister, but Caroline dragged my ass to the Grill with her and Bonnie after. I was playing Candy Crush on my phone because Elena was being kind of a selfish bitch right now. Sorry sis, but it's true.
"Well, I was talking to Grams and she said the comet was a sign of impending doom. The last time it passed over Mystic Falls there was lots of death and so much blood and carnage it created a bed of paranormal activity." Bonnie says.
"Hm..yeah, then you poured your Grams another shot and she told you about the aliens." Caroline says rudely. She is not in a good mood, today. Bonnie glares at Caroline then looks down at the table. "So then what?" Caroline asks Elena. What is she talking about?
"Then nothing." Elena shrugged.
"You and Stefan talked all night. There was no sloppy first kiss or touchy feely of any kind." Caroline gives Elena a suspicious look. I roll my eyes at the mention of Stefan.
"Nope, we didn't go there." Elena says.
"Not even a handshake." Caroline states annoyed. "I mean Elena we are your friends, okay? You are supposed to share the moment with us." Caroline says.
"Not me though, I'm your sister. I don't want to hear about how you had sex." I say. Bonnie laughs and Care gives a little smile. Elena blushes.
"We just talked for hours." Elena shrugs.
"What is with the blockage? Just jump his bones already!" Caroline says annoyed. I burst out laughing with Bonnie. "Okay it's easy. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy. Sex." Caroline smirks. I shiver at the thought of my sister having sex. Just...ew.
"Profound." I say to Care. She giggles and looks down. Elena turns around and starts grabbing her stuff of the chair.
"Where are you going?" Bonnie asks.
"Caroline is right. It is easy, if I sit here long enough I will end up talking myself out of it. Instead of doing what I started the day saying I was gonna do." Elena smiles. "Lets go Aria, your coming with me."
I shake my head. "I am not going to be there while you're jumping his bones." I say grossed out. Elena sighs.
"You're coming. You're my backup." she says and forces me to stand up. I sigh and grab my sweater silently cursing Caroline for giving Elena this dreadful idea.
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I look up at the Salvatore boarding house in awe. It is probably the biggest house in Mystic Falls. Scratch that, it's probably bigger than Mystic Falls. Elena and I walk up to the front door, that is huge. There is no doorbell, there is a rope you pull down and then a bell chimes. Elena pulls down on the rope a few times, then waits for someone to answer. After a few moments she knocks on the door but when she knocks the door opens. Elena looks over at me and I gesture to go inside.
We walk in hesitantly and walk into the hall. Elena looks both ways but there is no one is sight. "Stefan?" Elena calls out seeing his book bag. We look around at the house in complete awe. It is so gigantic and beautiful, the decorations they have in it are amazing.
"Wow." I mutter. We hear a noise behind us and turn around, looking out the front door. We walk a few steps towards it and suddenly a crow flies in. We turn around to see where it went and come face to face with a very, very good looking guy. He tilts his head and looks at us curiously.
"Were sorry for barging in, the door was...open." Elena says hesitantly as she turns around and the door is closed.
"You must be Elena." he says staring at my sister, then he turns toward me smiling. "You must be Arianna." he says.
"Aria, anyone that calls me Arianna it just makes me want to strangle them." I say smirking. Elena elbows me but I just shrug.
"I'm Damon, Stefan's brother." he says smiling. Wow, he is really hot.
"Stefan didn't tell me he had a brother." Elena says suspiciously.
"Well, Stefan is not one to brag." he says quickly.
"Arrogant, much?" I ask smirking. He tilts his head to the side like a puppy does, and stares at me. "Don't do that, you look like a puppy. I'm sure a arrogant guy like yourself would not want to be compared to a puppy." I say smirking. He laughs and gives me a look I can't read. Elena is glaring at me for being so rude.
"Please come." Damon says gesturing us into the massive dinning room. "I'm sure Stefan will be along any second."
"Don't care. He could never come, for all I care. I'm just backup so my sister can have sex with your brother." I tell him.
"Aria!" Elena squeaks embarrassed. I shrug and send her a innocent look. Damon smiles at me like he is impressed.
"Wow, this is your living room?" I say changing the subject as we walk into the massive area.
"Living room, parlor, seventies auction. It's a little catchy for my taste." he says shrugging. I smile at his comment.
"I see why my brother is so smitten." Damon says looking over at Elena. "It's about time, for a while there I never thought he would get over the last one." Damon says. I raise my eyebrow, what is he trying to do? "Nearly destroyed him." Damon says sadly. Why is he trying to get Elena to doubt Stefan?
"The last one?" Elena asks, clearly he got to her.
"Ya, Katherine. His girlfriend." Damon says looking at her expectantly. Elena shakes her head. "Oh, you two haven't had the awkward ex's conversation yet." Damon states.
"Nope." Elena says.
"Ops, well I'm sure it will come up now." Damon says shrugging.
"Like you wanted it to." I say. Elena and Damon both look over at me. Elena confused but Damon has a impressed look on his face.
"Or maybe he didn't tell you because he didn't want to think you were his rebound. We all know how those relationships work out." I say sighing. Damon looks ready to laugh but he holds it in. I don't really like Stefan and Elena together so why not join the fun?
"Hello Stefan." Damon says without even looking back. Elena and I turn around to see Stefan standing there, muscles tense.
"Elena, Aria didn't know you were coming over." Stefan says emotionless.
"I know we should have called but I just-" Damon interrupts her.
"Oh don't be silly your welcome anytime. Aren't they Stefan?" Damon asks smirking. "You know I should break out the family photo albums or maybe some home videos. But I have to warn you he wasn't always such a looker." Damon says to Elena and I, causing me to laugh.
"Thank you guys for stoping by, it was nice to you." Stefan says never breaking eye contact with his brother.
"Ya, we should probably go." Elena says. She turns to Damon and smiles, "It was nice meeting you Damon." she says politely. He takes her hand and kisses it.
"Great meeting you too, Elena." he says and smiles. Elena starts to head out the door but Stefan is in her way.
"Stefan." she says but he is still staring at his brother. "Stefan." She says louder. He looks down at her and moves so she can get through. She quickly hurries out the door.
"Well, it was nice meeting you Damon." I say and smile at him. He moves pretty fast and gives me a kiss on the cheek.
"It was extraordinary meeting you, Aria." he smirks. I smile back and hurry after my sister.
Once I'm out the door I touch the place where he kissed me on the cheek. I felt sparks. I shake my head and walk to the car.
I will not fall for the other Salvatore brother.