You Can't Save Me

SIX

CHAPTER SIX

"Where the hell is my daughter?"

Her phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Caroline, you need to get back to the school as soon as possible."

"Why? Are the girls okay?"

"Josie's fine. It's Lizzie..."

"Did something happen to her?"

Silence.

"Alaric?"

"She's...she's a vampire now."

Caroline processed the information. She had a lot of questions, but it wasn't the time to worry about the details.

"I'll be there soon."

Lizzie was having the most fun she's ever had. She was enjoying living in "her" new apartment; the woman who lived there had nice clothes, the place was clean, and the rent had been paid in advance so the landlord didn't arrive to bother her. For the past two days Lizzie had been going to parties, bars, and hooking up with random people. She had to be careful though, in case someone from the Salvatore School spotted her and reported back to her father. She couldn't imagine going back to her old life, filled with restrictions and the pressure to be the best just because she was the headmaster's daughter. When she left she had felt her humanity trying to come back, but as the days went on, Lizzie found herself slipping away again.

However, tonight she was incredibly bored. It was a Monday night; the students from Mystic Falls High would all be home studying and the people who had jobs would go to bed early and prepare for the next day. There were no parties and the bars would be mostly empty. It was the first night where Lizzie would come home alone, and her brain would try to go to places where she didn't want it to go. She tried to distract herself with tv, and when that didn't work she grabbed a book, hoping she would lose herself in the pages. Neither worked. She was going to have to face her demons after all. She figured that thinking about things would be a good thing, as letting her unwanted thoughts fester would make it easier for someone to convince her to flip the switch again. So she sat in a chair and let all of her thoughts surface.

She began with what happened to Jed. Well, there's not much there. The idiot pissed me off. Did he deserve to have his arm nearly ripped from his body? Probably not. Was it enjoyable to watch him scream? Yes. I finally got to use my strength, showing a werewolf not to mess with me. He asked for crazy so he got it.

She moved on to Josie. She laughed when she remembered the look on Josie's face when she saw what Lizzie did to Jed. The poor thing. She looked terrified. Didn't know her sister had the potential to be a monster. But how cute! She tried to stop me with a spell. I wonder what she's doing now. Drowning in guilt? Grieving with Dad? Pretending that everything's fine? It's what she does best. Little Miss Perfect's world is crashing down, I hope.

Hope. Lizzie frowned. I guess she's my weakness.

Something...unattainable since we first met. She acted all high and mighty, pretended like she cared about me, just so I wouldn't be another name on the list of people she couldn't save. She never wanted to be my friend, and yet she developed feelings for my sister, who never made the effort, when we were younger. I know very well which twin she prefers. I'm nothing more than her least favorite Saltzman. I hope she's scared. Scared of the small taste of power that I showed her. I'm no match for a tribrid, but I'm far from being the weak bitch I was a month ago. What a shame, we spent a lot of time together. Maybe I was wrong when I thought that she liked me. Maybe I should've slept with her and went about my day. Having the great tribrid under me would have been quite a feat.