Gilbert Residence Third Person POV A storm is starting outside. Nevaeh is asleep in her bed, and the wind from the storm blows her bedroom window open and Nevaeh wakes up with a start. She goes over to her window and closes it.
In Jeremy's room, Anna is looking at the storm outside of his window. Anna:"I love storms." Jeremy:"Is that like a vampire thing? Cause I read vampires don't like running water." Anna:"It's only Dracula. Yeah. He was a complete wuss. Never showered. Very smelly." Jeremy:"Seriously?" Anna:"First rule about vampires, don't believe anything you read." Jeremy:"You gotta tell me more. I gotta know." Anna:"No, you don't. Cause you're not gonna be one." Jeremy:"Come on, you can't keeping saying 'no' to me." Anna:"Look, I'm not gonna turn someone who learned everything he knows about vampires from Netflix." Jeremy:"That's not true, and you know it." Anna:"Why do you even want this? Give me one good reason." Jeremy:"Cause I..." Anna:"Hmm. Let me know when you can finish that sentence." Nevaeh knocked on Jeremy's door and enters his room. Anna leaves. Nevaeh:"Hey, you're still up." Jeremy:"Hey, what's up?" Nevaeh:"Look like there's a big storm rolling in. I would ask Elena but she sleeps like a rock when it's storming. Can you help make sure all the windows are closed?" Jeremy:"Yeah. Yeah. Sure." Nevaeh looks around his room,"Was there someone in here? I thought I heard someone." Jeremy:"Nah, it's just me." Nevaeh:"Okay." I wasn't convinced. ~~~***~~~ Miss Gibbons Residence Pearl comes to talk to Fredrick. Fredrick:" We're running low on blood. You might wanna send Anna to the hospital for some more." Pearl:"I'll send her out for some tomorrow." Fredrick:"Maybe I could go with her. If the storms keeps it dark enough, I might be able to go out during the day, no sun and all." Pearl:"I'm afraid not. Not after the stunt at the Salvatore house tonight." Fredrick:"He and his brother deserved it." Pearl:"And where did that get you? Your girlfriend Bethanne is dead. And you have no one to blame but yourself. We cannot live our lives about revenge. We have to have better control on our emotions." Fredrick:"I understand, Miss Pearl. I just wish I knew what you were up to." Pearl:"I'm going to make an exploratory visit into town tomorrow to assess who's under the influence of vervain and who isn't. Anna tells me that the players hasn't changed much. It's still the Lockwood's, the Forbes, the Fell's..." Fredrick:"We should kill every last one of them." Pearl:"We are smarter than that, Fredrick. These people are not our enemies. We don't hold grudges and resentments. We'll get our town back. We just have to have patience." Pearl leaves. Other vampires enter the room. Fredrick:"You heard her. No revenge. Patience. Self control. She seems to have it all figured out, doesn't she?" Fredrick holds up a wooden stake he's been carving. ~~~***~~~ Salvatore Boarding House
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Damon boards up the window that Fredrick and Bethanne broke through. Stefan and I watched him. Damon:"I say we go to Pearl's, bust down the door, and annihilate the idiot that attacked us last night." Stefan:"Yeah. And then what? We turn to the rest of the house of vampires and say,"Oops. Sorry?" I smiled a little at what Stefan said and turned to Damon,"I can't believe you made a deal with her." Damon:"It was more like a helpful exchange of information. And it's not like I had a choice. She's...scary. Besides, she's gonna help me get Isabela back." Nevaeh:"Of course she is. Damon gets what he wants, as usual. No matter who he hurts in the process." Damon:"You don't have to be snarky about it." Nevaeh:"I woke up this morning to learn that all the vampires have been released from the tomb. I've earned snarky." Damon:"How long are you going to blame me for turning your birth mother into a vampire?" Nevaeh:" I'm not blaming you, Damon. I've accepted the fact that you're a self-serving psychopath with no redeeming qualities." Damon:"Ouch." Stefan:"This isn't being very productive. We're gonna figure out a way to deal with Pearl and the vampires. Yeah? Hmm." Damon leaves the room. Stefan embraces me. Nevaeh:"I'm sorry. He just makes me so cranky." Stefan:"I know. He makes everyone cranky." Nevaeh:"So, what are we going to do?" Stefan:"Damon and I are gonna handle everything, I promise." Nevaeh:"Well, what about me? I can't sit here and do nothing." Stefan:"That's exactly what you're going to do, because that's what going to keep you safe." Nevaeh:"Which means nothing if you're not safe, too." Stefan:"What do you mean? I'm perfectly safe. I have Damon, the self-serving psychopath on my side." Nevaeh:"Well, that's comforting." ~~~***~~~ Mystic Grill Jeremy talks with Anna at the grill. Anna:"Okay. We have some time. I'm not meeting my mom until later." Jeremy:"Wait. Does your mom knows you're a..." Anna:"The fact that you would even think it's possible to keep something like that a secret from your own family is just further proof that you're not ready." Jeremy:"Not ready" is a step up from "No." Anna:"And a million steps down from "Maybe." I like your bracelet." Jeremy:"Thanks. My sister gave it to me." Anna:"Can I see it?" Jeremy:"Yeah. Yeah." Anna:"Your sisters doesn't know you're hanging out with me, do they?" Jeremy:"No. No. But I don't see why it would be a problem. It's not like they know what you are." Anna:"I rather keep it out little secret." Jeremy:"You know, why don't you...why don't you keep this?" Anna:"Why would you give this to me?" Jeremy:"Because. You like it. And I like you." Anna:"You only like me because of what you want from me." Jeremy:"No. I...I like you." Anna:"Um...you know, you should wear it. It looks better on you anyway."
