From Blood and Bone

Chapter 28

The knock on my bedroom door made me shoot up from my bad. I quickly snatched my wand from the top of my nightstand and held it to my side.

One more knock and a voice called out, "Sweetheart, are you awake yet?"

I sighed rubbing my eyes. "Yeah, mom. I'm up...now." She enters the room with a small smile. "What's up?"

"I'm going to the Salvatore's, I have something to ask of Damon, since unfortunately their uncle, Zack, is away on a trip." I nod and wave my hand telling her to continue, she laughs and places a hand on her hip, "Do you want to come with? You have to get ready for school anyway, so I can drop you off."

Smiling I get off my bed, kicking away the blanket. "Thanks, mom. I'll get ready now."

Elizabeth walks out and closes the door behind her. I got ready, got a quick shower and avoided looking in the mirror not wanting to see how puffy my eyes were. I dressed in some denim shorts, black top, and black jacket. I threw my hair in a ponytail after brushing it, then took my shoes and slipped them on. Mom yelled at me to hurry up and I chuckled to myself before taking my wand and setting it inside my bag.

In just a few minutes we got to the Salvatore Boarding Mansion. I was about to turn the knob when My mom smacked my hand with a disappointing shake of her head. I pouted rubbing the spot she smacked as she ranged the doorbell. It was quiet, until the door creaked when Stefan pulled it open.

"I'm here to see Damon." Mom said, giving the young brother a smile.

Stefan moved to the side letting Damon appear from behind him. Damon gave us a small wave, telling us to come inside, all at the same time avoiding my eyes. I was struggling keeping my wand in my bag and not shoving it through his heart.

Damon took Elizabeth to their back yard, leaving both me and Stefan in their living room. I sat down at their long couch and Stefan followed; his knee connected to mine. He was quiet starring ahead at nothing. That's how I knew he was listening to them.

Stefan finally turns to me, though his eyes remained low avoiding eye contact. "There's been another attack. Last night, a woman was killed, drained of blood with her neck torn out." I nod in understanding.

They came back in, and I smiled at my mom when she cleared her throat. Realizing how it looked I shot up from the couch and swung my bag over my shoulder. "Thank you for stopping by and letting me know. I'll see what I can do to help."

"No, thank you for everything. Sweetheart, we should get going." Her gaze dart between both Stefan and me. I give her a tight smile and walk over, but Stefan takes me by the wrist and pulls me back.

"Actually, I had something I needed to talk about with Hangelina. I can take give her a ride to school, if that's okay..." He tries to smile at my mom, but she only stares at him before nodding. Mom turns to me and smiles, telling me to have a nice day at school.

"By mom, love you." She waves saying she loves me too then leaves.

As soon as she walks out the door Stefan pins Damon to the door by the collar. "What is wrong with you? You killed somebody?"

Shoving off his brother, Damon scowls at him. "Get off of me. A, don't touch me." He says, walking away from him and sitting down at the same spot where I had been. "B, if I had, I wouldn't have been so obvious about it. C... there's another vampire in town." I sigh, sitting down away from Damon with my feet tucked under me. Damon scrunches his face at me but doesn't say anything.

"That's impossible." Stefan shook his head.

I rub my bare thighs. "Clearly not. So, who turned them?"

"Who knows." Damon said leaning back, I turned to him, catching his gaze. Finally getting him to look at me. His face fell, yet he didn't look away, but it looked like he wanted to. "There's two then, them and who every turned them. That first vampire could still be here, and we never noticed."

"Probably because you were to busy obsessing over Katherine," I snapped, then looked to Stefan who crossed his arms over his chest, "And your head is so far up Elena's ass that you are too busy doing whatever she tells you." I stand up and mirror his stance, "Why am I here Stefan? What did you have to tell me?"

"Yeah, Stefan, why is she here?" I ignore Damon and wait for an answer from Stef. He hesitated and I was too impatient. "Fine, forget it. What are we going to do about this newest threat?"

Snorting Damon shifted on the couch. "Newest?" I looked at him over my shoulder.

"Well, it's not like we can kill you." He rolled his eyes at the jab and closed his eyes with grimace.

Stefan walked to the door shaking his head, "I need to get to school and speak with Elena."

"Okay, so what about me? You're just going to brush me aside?" He gives me a sad look. "Forget it. Let's go Damon."

He was on his feet right away. "Where to, Sweetheart?"

I glanced at Stefan then back to Damon with arms crossed. "Anywhere but here."

Smirking at Stefan, we walked out of their home and left. "Turn that frown upside down, brother. Don't worry too much, I'll take good care of her."

I got into the passenger seat of his beautiful car. I may not know much about cars, but I can tell this was one of the coolest I had ever seen. "Now, that I think about it, I have something to do, and I need your help." I kept quiet and let him explain. "I picked up this little watch from Logan Fell, the night Vicki completed her transition."

Damon stuck his hand into his pocket and took out a compass. "Hey, that's Jeremy's." I took it and saw that it was pointing at Damon. "This isn't a normal compass is it?"

He shook his head, "Nope. This nifty little thing points to the nearest vampire." He parks his car and gets out by an empty road. We were still far from town, but far enough that Stefan wasn't in range. Damon used his speed to get to my door and opened it for me. I got out confused but did as he said. He placed the compass on the palm of my hand. "You will drive far from here till this compass changes direction then you will follow it till you find a suspicious place. You'll call me once you're there, but do not go in."

"You want me to track down the vampire that killed that woman last night?" He nodded and closed the passenger door behind me. I shrugged, "Okay. I'll see you in a bit." I walked around the car and got into the driver's side and turned on the car. I could feel him watching me as I drove away. I was buzzing with excitement. Finally, something interesting, something I can help with.