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CHAPTER FOURTEEN / ACT ONE
Normal Teenage Girl
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The Salvatore's dragged a bruised and battered Angelina back into the boarding house. Having been tortured all day, she barely limped inside, her wounds not yet healed from her previous abuse.
They placed her on the couch as carefully as possible and she groaned as her body made even the tiniest movements. "Thanks.." She whispered, and they nodded. Damon remained on his feet while Stefan took a seat beside her.
"I'll be back." Damon remarked as he quickly left the room.
Angelina gazed at the kindled fire in front of her, her thoughts elsewhere, while she and Stefan sat silently together. She couldn't get the image out of her head of him continuously stabbing Fredrick with the stake. Of course, she'd seen people slain in horrific ways before, but she'd never seen him, of all people, kill someone so brutally; and despite remaining quiet the entire car ride home, she could tell he couldn't stop thinking about it either.
"Are you alright?" He finally spoke up to break the growing tension, glancing down at her as her eyes remained locked on the bright fire.
"I'm fine," She replied softly, her words just loud enough for him to hear. "Just a little tired."
The room fell silent for a period of time once again as the two stared at the fire, fighting to find the right words to say to each other after today.
"Angelina, about what happ-"
"I don't wanna talk about it Stefan," The Petrova protested as her eyes steadily opened and closed, slowly drifting off to sleep. "I just- want to.. sleep.."
With her head on his lap, she fell asleep almost instantly. Stefan's eyes startled and then softened into a warm smile as he seized a blanket, which was hanging over the couch's side, and unfolded it before draping it over her body.
