You'll Always Have Me~ N.M

7. 'Happy' Halloween my ass

"Nu-uh! That is not what you are wearing!" I hear Caroline exclaim while I open the door to her car. "What I am the scariest person around, Damon Salvatore. exclusive clothes from his closest too." I tell her, putting my seat belt on and chuckling as I see her dressed as a witch. "Are you insane? You stole from Damon Salvatore." She looks at me like I care. "Mhh." I nod my head in response.
"You are insane." She let's out a giggle, reversing out of the driveway.

"I'm surprised his clothes even fit you." We were on the main road right about now. The radio was connected to my phone, so I was allowed to control it. "Yeah, I thought the same! The shoes are a bit big but I can deal with it. The top and jacket are a perfect fit, though. I'm probably gonna sell them later. I don't want anything from Damon Salvatore in my innocent home." I say dramatically while pressing play on my phone. "Just imagine the look on his face when he sees my clothes in his room!" My loud voice speaks over the music. Caroline laughs but keeps her focus on the road.

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Me and Care finally reached Bonnie, and right after we gave each other hugs and kisses, my brother came into view. "Lockwood special." He was holding three cups in his hands. "Just how I like it." I grab a cup and down it while the other two take little sips of the drink. "I don't know about you, but I'm going to drink until someone is hot enough to make out with." Caroline states as me, my brother, and her click our cups together. "Amen, sister!" I throw my cup in Tyler's direction but missing terribly.

My already drunk brain was just getting more and more drunk as the night went on. Having slept over at the Salvatores house, I had so much energy. What am I gonna do with myself? Caroline and Tyler went in different directions from me and Bonnie. We were catching up, and I hadn't seen her all weekend. She was telling that she was at her grams house and how she was telling her more about the witches and Bonnie's ancestors.

"I love your necklace, Bon. Wait, I know that necklace. That's the necklace I saw with D- Caroline. Caroline, I saw it at Cares' house. She gave it to you?" I recognised that necklace from the night I found out about vampires it was in Damons suit jacket, and I saw it fall on the floor. And when I was about to pick it up, I saw Stefan, and one thing led to another and vampires!

"Oh yeah, she gave it to me to go with my costume. It's kinda ugly, but  I like it." She has a smile on her face, lifting the necklace to show me. I smile at it and start to fidget with the cauldron of goo in front of us. I see a leather jacket walk up to us and start talking. I immediately recognised it.
"So, where's Caroline run off too?" Damon asked, taking a plastic eyeball from the cauldron.

"Do yourself a favour, Damon, and don't talk about Caroline." Bonnie speaks for the both of us in this scenario. I stand upright, feeling my back crack in the process. "Oh ladies, so loyal." Damon says, and I laugh, "Yeah, you would probably know nothing of the sort." I managed to hiccup out my sentence, gaining a glare from Damon and a laugh from Bonnie. I see Damons glare turn to Bonnie's necklace. I stand in front of her, but I just tripped over myself and nearly fell. It took a few minutes to compose myself, and by the time I reached Bonnie and Damon again, Damon hand was sizzling from having it on Bonnie's necklace.

"What the hell?" I questioned just before I could get an answer, Bonnie ran away. "Does that have vervain in it?" I turned my head to Damon, who definitely was not expecting that.
"Did you know your parents were on the council?" I look at him confused because of the subject change. "Yeah. Why?" I rub my hands over my face, not wanting to talk to Damon.
"Do you know who else is?" He puts his hand on my shoulder as he speaks, but I shake it off. "Now, even if I knew, why would I tell you?" I look at him more confused them before, and me being drunk did not help it. "Never mind. I'll figure out my own way." He starts to walk away, but I stop him. "No, don't do it your way. I'll give you a list when I'm sober." I tell him, trying not to stutter. I know Damon has 'his way', and it probably involves some I care about to be killed.

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I saw Elena and Stefan walk outside in a hurry. And about 5 minutes later, I heard the sounds of Elena yelling. I saw Jeremy by the door in a distressed manner. I run over to the door and pull him to the side. I see Vicki Donavan with a stake through her heart. Stefan pulls the stake out of her. I let out a gasp as I see her body turn grey and veins creep up her body as she drops to the floor. I hear Jeremy yelling for Vicki, but Stefan steps in and pulls him away from her.

Me and Elena stand there in shock. Stefan, still holding Jeremy away from Vicki's body. "Get him out of here!" Elena shoos for Stefan to take Jeremy away from the dead body in front of us. Stefan calls someone asking for help, but I was so out of the loop that I just dropped to the and sit on the curb. Elena starts to cry and kneels down next to Vickis
corpse.

I sit there for what seems like hours. I've known Vicki my entire life, she was Matts sister for fucks sakes. Oh my God, what are we gonna tell Matt and Jeremy? He's only 15. He's just a kid. We are just kids. I hear footsteps and the sound of Elenas voice talking to someone, but I stayed in my own zone. I blocked everything and everyone out. My head was in my hands, and I rubbed my temples, but I kept my eyes closed, not wanting to see Vicki's body. Did I threaten her only a few hours ago? Yes. Do I feel bad that she's dead? Obviously.

I mean, she could've killed Elena, and Stefan probably thought that she was a threat to Mystic Falls. The sound of someone being slapped brought me back to reality. I lifted myself off the floor and kept my eyes off the ground where she was. Elena walked past me without saying anything. I reached into the pocket of Damons leather jacket and pulled out my pack of cigarettes. I light one up, tossing the jacket to Damon, not daring to speak. I walked toward the way Elean went.

I feel my eyes start to water as I see Matt walking past the bushes I was hiding behind. I shoved my used cigarette into the floor before tossing it and lighting up another one. I have no idea where Elena, Stefan, Jeremy, or Damon went. I felt guilt even though it wasn't my fault. It wasn't anyone's fault. Stefan was trying to protect Elena and Jeremy, and despite Stefans constant warnings, Vicki ignored him instead of listening, but then again, she wanted to see her loved ones. After all, she did die.

I start walking in no particular way, just walking, with my cigarette in hand, I think of Matt and Jeremy. He knows. Doesn't he, Jeremy, about vampires? Our lives are so weird, but nothing can change the past. It is what it is.

I stopped walking after 10 minutes and looked around, noticing the Gilvert residence in front of me, I saw Elena with a blanket wrapped around her shoulders and Stefan, who was talking to her. Damon had just walked inside the house. I ran up the patio stairs to Elena, flicking the cigarette away from the house at the same time.

"Elena, you're okay? Where did you go? I was so worried about ye all. Is Jeremy okay? How's he doing with all this?" I hug Elena lightly, knowing she hurt. I shove questions in the duos direction, dreading the answers. "Damons compleling Jeremy. I'm okay. I just need to have a shower and change. Can you stay?" I nod my head as quickly as possible at her question. "Of course I can. Are you gonna be okay." I ask both of them,hugging Elena again.

I pull out my phone, texting my parents and my brother and letting them know I'm staying with Elena tonight. I also texted Caroline and Bonnie, I didn't see any of them after Vicki's death. I texted them asking if they were okay and to let them know I was safe and sound.

"Yeah, I'm okay." Elena says, not convincing anyone. But Stefan just nods. "Are you sure compelling Jeremy is a good idea?" I ask, unsure of Elenas doing. She just nods and looks off into her neighbourhood.
Damon comes out with the leather jacket that I stole but then return to him still in his hands. "It's done." He comformed Jeremy's memories have been erased. I sigh and let them know I'll be inside, leaving the trio outside by themselves.

I walk into the bathroom, and with the feeling I might vomit, I lean my face over the toilet. I just hope the best for all of them. I puked into the toilet. I guess that comes with drinking too much alcohol and let's not forget the hangover. I felt myself start to think that when I woke up, I won't remember any of it, but unfortunately for me, it's just a wish.

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