Gifted (Vampire Diaries Fan-fiction)

Guilt- Chapter 20

Brianna POV

I couldn't feel anything. Not anymore. The burning feeling on my body had stopped after about twenty minutes. I feel myself yawn, I was getting pretty tired. And I felt sleepy too...did vampires ever feel sleepy? Could they even sleep? I guess they couldn't I mean they were called creatures of the night. Guilt wells up in my chest. I felt bad about doing this to Elena and Stefan but it had to be done, there was no way I was living as one of them. Not even if my own father asked me too....

Elena POV
I run alongside Stefan as the boardinghouse begins coming into view. Neither of us had spoken this entire time and the silence was beginning to become frightening. Was he mad at me? Did he care about me leaving Brianna all alone? Nothing explained his attitude. I feel myself think back to everything that had happened that day...the only thing my mind could process was when I helped Damon drink his blood. Was that it? Was that the reason why Stefan acting this way? He knew I loved him, yet he failed to realize that I also had feelings for Damon. I'm yanked out of my thoughts as I crash into Stefan. He was just standing there staring at the house.

"Stefan?" I ask curiously.

"Shh." He replies. He takes a few more tentative steps towards the house before he hisses.

"What's that smell?" He asks. I realize I had been holding my breath. I breathe out and then breathe in.  A coppery smell was in the air, it went through my nostrils and down my throat. I swallow and realize what the smell was, blood. My fangs elongate and the veins under my eyes begin tickling. I hear a noise behind me and I whirl around hissing. Damon and Caroline were getting out of Tyler's car. I watch as Damon uses the car to keep himself steady as Caroline walks over and puts his arm around her shoulder. They begin walking towards us. I turn around and find that Stefan's disappeared.

I run towards the entrance of the boarding house and crash into Stefan again. He was looking at the door, he was still morphed, his fangs looked deadly and you couldn't see his eyes because of how dark they looked.

"Stefan?" I ask. He doesn't answer. We had to make sure no one was inside if not we could be walking into a trap.

"Stefan, are you sure-"

"No. I'm not sure, that's why we need to figure out what's going on." He replies cutting me off. I nearly fall forward as he disappears into the house. I close my eyes and run after him. When I open them I find myself a few feet away from the door, I was facing the entrance to the living room. Stefan was looking right at me, but it took me a second to realize that he wasn't really looking at me, he was looking past me. I turn around and fear runs down my spine. There was puddles of blood on the floor all around the entrance. I feel movement next to me and turn to see Caroline and Damon both staring at the entrance too. Damon's face was hard to read but Caroline looked shocked.

Damon's head turns and I watch as he begins limping towards the hall. Stefan follows him and I follow after Stefan. Damon begins jumping over certain places of the hallway floor as if they burned him. As I get closer I realize he was jumping over puddles of blood. Of Brianna's blood. I again crash into Stefan. I look around his shoulder and find Damon inspecting the door to the basement. There was a blood smear in the center of the door.

Damon inspects it for a second before opening the door and heading downstairs. Stefan disappears after him, I take a deep breath and close my eyes before I run down the stairs. I turn the corner and open my eyes just as the scent of blood hits my face. My fangs elongate and the veins under my eyes begin to tingle. I scan the room until my eyes land on Damon.

He was kneeling by a puddle of blood, of Brianna's blood. My fangs immediately retreat and my eyes go back to normal. I feel a hand on my shoulder. I slightly turn my head and find Caroline staring at me. She gives me a tight lipped smile and a small nod. She understood. She knew how hard it was at first to control all your emotions, and your thirst...

"It looked like she was dragged." Damon says breaking up the moment. We all look at him.

"But how-"

"She probably let them in not knowing who they were. Everything must have happened by the front door, that's were all the blood is. She probably tried to get away from them so she came down here." Stefan says cutting me off.

"How do you know it was two?" Damon asks, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"I don't know, but as far as I can tell I'm going to say there was two." Stefan replies. He was as tense as a statue.

"But the blood ends at the door, there's no blood outside." I say without thinking. All eyes turn in my direction.

"We didn't check-" Stefan replies heading towards the door. "-Elena I want you and Caroline to look around the house see if you can find anything. I'll keep looking upstairs, Damon-"

"I got it." Damon says cutting Stefan off. Stefan nods before he disappears up the stairs. I give Damon one last glance before I let Caroline lead me out of the house....

Damon POV

Something wasn't right, I just knew it. I look around the basement. There was the washing machine, an old rusty bike, chains so that we could tie down Tyler whenever he decided to go Wolfy, rusty old paint cans, and a dusty bookshelf. Is this what Brianna had seen before she died? My lip curls up in disgust. I look around before my eyes finally land on the freezer. Had Stefan and Elena told her about it? For some reason I find myself walking towards the freezer in slow motion. If I had a heartbeat I was sure it would be quickening. I reach out and touch the cool surface of the freezer. Whatever blood was left In my body was rushing in my ears. I couldn't hear anything. What could be inside...? I swallow hard before I close my eyes and yank the freezer open....

                                                                    End Of Chapter 20

Hey guys so I'm so sorry this chapter was missing for a while. I had already uploaded it but for some reason Wattpad decided to make it disappear. I tried to upload it as soon as possible but it took quiet a while because I had to make sure it made sense with the rest of the chapters. I hope you guys like it! If you do don't forget to Comment, Vote, and Like!! Thanks guys!!