A Thousand Years, Stefan Salvatore

147. THE LAST TIME

Chapter one hundred and forty seven

"The last time."

Tents were set up in the middle of the woods, as the sound of thumping could be heard in the distance, two kids were sleeping in their tent until the sound woke them up "it's him! It's him!" the girl voiced, leaning down and waking her brother up, the boy got up "shh! He won't come unless you're asleep." the girl shared, as the boy walked to the tents opening and when he looked ou of it, as a man ran into the tent across the way, the boy turned back to his sister "isn't he supposed to be on the roof?" he asked.

As the girl furrowed her brows "we don't have a roof." she told him, as a man's screams could be heard, the boy and girl looked back out through the tent and in the one across the way, the man was screaming and it sounded like something was eating something until the man's screams stopped and the light in the tent fell over going out, the tent then opened as a man came out breathing heavy, but that wasn't any man, it was Stefan, as he had a beard, he wiped the blood off his mouth.

"I don't think that's Santa." the little girl said, as Stefan looked right at them, showing them his face vampire face and as he came toward's them, the boy and girl quickly went back inside the tent, but that didn't stop him, as their screams filled the air as he fed on them.

Athena woke up screaming, as she sat up, breathing heavy, her eyes were wide, as Stefan ran in "what? What happened?" he asked her, looking at her with wide eyes, Athena quickly got out of bed, walking to the bathroom, she shut the door behind her and locked it and as she did, she leaned against it, closing her eyes, and when she did, all she saw was them dying all over again, as she slid down the door, Stefan knocked on it "Athena. Athena, please talk to me." he told her, but Athena didn't answer him, as Stefan tried the door handle "Athena?" he asked her, and as he did, Athena brought her hand up and stopped the door handle from jiggling, as her heart was beating really fast.

"Christmas. The worst holiday to be invented. At least for you seeing as every Christmas since you were six you either didn't celebrate it or felt like you didn't fit in when your mom and sister celebrate it when you came back." the six year old version of her voiced "no.." Athena said "Athena, please open the door." Stefan told her "then it was the man we thought loved us choosing the man who murdered us to us winding up in the hospital because our bones were breaking and then last time it was because the man we loved got us killed. And now? Now he's decided to leave us. And now we're seeing him for the monster he really is." the six year old version of herself said.

"Look, I know..I know you told me to go but I didn't not yet. Not till tonight. Cause like I told you I plan to spend the entire time I have left with you." Stefan shared, as he turned walking away, and as he did, Athena felt tears fall down her face.

Meanwhile, Jace was sitting in his room at his desk, as he had a chain in his hand, and as he held it up, it had an infinity sign on it that he had made himself, as a knock came to his bedroom door "Jace?" Annabeth asked "yeah, just a sec!" Jace voiced, quickly putting the infinity necklace into a box and closing it as he opened the drawer and threw it in, he quickly stood up, walking over to the door, he unlocked it and opened it, smiling "hey." he told her, as Annabeth walked in, she huffed "can we maybe skip this whole Christmas dinner thing and hide out in here?" she asked.

As Jace closed the door, he turned to her with raised brows "well, I think if we do. We should maybe get some snacks." he shared, as Annabeth grabbed one of the pillows from his bed at him "I'm serious!" she voiced, as Jace caught the pillow in his hands "your parents are fighting again?" he asked, walking over to her "that's the thing. I don't think they're fighting." Annabeth shared, as Jace sat down on the bed next to her "my mom walked in last night and when she sat down to eat pizza with us. She wasn't wearing her wedding ring anymore." Annabeth shared, furrowing her brows.