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the second life of vicki donovan

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Chapter 7

THE SECOND LIFE OF VICKI DONOVAN

"If I could take your hand, oh
If you could understand
That I can barely breath the air is thin
I fear the fall and where we'll land."

Beautiful Crime - Tamer

Claire turned left to right and back again on the bed, unable to fall asleep. So many thoughts were crowding her mind, she couldn't seem to shut her brain down enough to just relax and sleep.

First there was the conversation with Elena that had happened earlier. It had gone well, things considered but there were still so many things that Claire hadn't told her. For starters, she hadn't said anything about why Damon was really in town or about Katherine and the tomb. That was Damon's secret, she had no right to tell anyone that.

Claire had, instead, explained to her that Damon needed her help for something and that they had struck a deal of sort so that Damon wouldn't hurt her. This was also convenient for Damon because nobody would suspect Damon of being a vampire, not after being friends with the sheriff's daughter, especially if said daughter was from a founding family.

Elena couldn't understand how Claire could be friends with someone like Damon and though Claire had tried to explain it to her, Elena wasn't okay with it. In truth, she still hadn't fully accepted the fact that Stefan was a vampire. The whole revelation had changed things between her and Stefan and now she didn't know what to do. They had basically taken a break so Elena could figure everything out.

Claire couldn't say she was particularly sad to hear this but she knew that Elena would soon come around and they would go back together. After all, their story was 'epic'. She cringed a little and thought about something else.

And there was a lot to think about. Her mother was at the top of the list. When she had first arrived into this world she had thought that she would be able to improve the relationship between her and Liz. Unfortunately it wasn't so easy. Beside the fact that Liz was often at work and that they barely see each other, they were things about their past that Claire hadn't been aware of at the time and that now she knew.

She didn't know what had caused such a bad relationship between Caroline and her mother in the TV show but here, for her, it seemed that some memories and events from her old life had come here with her and blended with her life and her past here. It's like she had two set of memories now and the ones from her old life were becoming blurrier and blurrier everyday.

Then, of course, there was the matter of Vicki. If Damon hadn't turned her, which she knew he didn't, then there was someone else out there who did it. She vaguely remembered about Anna but for the life of her, she couldn't remember any other vampire beside her and the ones from the tomb. Maybe Anna had turned her, though she couldn't understand why she would do that.

Her thoughts were interrupted by Damon, who had climbed the tree outside her window and was now making his way inside her bedroom.

"Hey, you awake?"

Claire mumbled a reply and she could see Damon was smirking, even in the dark.

"Good." He said before lying on the bed next to her over the covers. "Scoot over." Damon turned on his side to face her and Claire did the same. Now they were face to face on the bed. It felt much more intimate that she was expecting, him in her room, in her bed, at night. She tried not to think about that and instead asked him, "Did you find Vicki?"