The Gilbert Secret

Chapter 10

Walking up to my Family's house Damon rings the door bell and I stand off to the side. Elena opens the door but quickly tries to shut it once seeing Damon, but he pushes back "Jeremy go upstairs" She yells to him turning back into the house "You're afraid of me. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess. Stefan finally fessed up" "Stay away from me" "Hey, there's no need to be rude. I'm just looking for Stefan. May I come in? Oh, wait. Of course, I can. I've been invited. We can cut to the chase if you want. I'm not gonna kill you right now. That wouldn't serve my greater agenda. So... Where's Stefan?"

Stepping into view Elena quickly looks between Damon and myself "Aurora stay away from him he's bad, don't trust anything he's told you" She turns back to Damon and says "He's out looking for Vicki." "Don't look at me with those judgey little eyes. Girl's gonna thank me for what we did to her." "We, Aurora would never. Did you thank Katherine?" looking up at Elena giving her a 'are you serious' look "Mmm. Got the whole life story, huh?" "I got enough." "Oh, I doubt that. Tell my brother I'm looking for him. Oh, tip for later, be careful who you invite in the house." Damon turns around to leave and I look at Elena one last time before disappearing behind him.

Hearing a gunshot ahead of us Damon and I both sprint towards the direction we heard it in. Spotting Stefan Injured on his back holding his chest I Rush over to the guy that shot him who is now holding a stake above Stefans chest and bite into his neck while Damon rushes to Stefan and fishes out a bullet from his chest. "It's wood. They know. If anyone's gonna kill you, it's gonna be me. My ring." Stefans reach's into his pocket and pulls out a piece of fabric unfolding it to reveal both of our rings. He looks up to me with a guilty look on his face. Placing the rings back on both of our hands. Looking behind me I see Vicki rushing towards the shooter who I recognize as Logan Fell and bending down to bite into his neck where I previously bit. "No! No! Vicki!" Stefan Pleads at her as she starts drinking "I'm sorry" she rubs the blood off of her chin and then runs off "Oops." Looking down I notice a pocket watch. Quickly picking it up and then rushing off to find Vicki.

Racing towards yelling we come across Vicki on top of Tyler trying to bite him rushing over I grab ahold of him arms "Aah! Let go of me!" Vicky tries to break free of my hold, and Stefan grabs onto her to help me keep her off Tyler. Damon arrives Infront of Tyler as he turns to run off "What's going on here, Stefan? What's wrong with her?" he spins away from Damon and looks back at Stefan and me holding Vicki back "You don't talk." Damon grumpily says to Tyler

"Screw you, dude." Tyler spits at Damon "'Dude'? Really? 'Dude'" "Damon, don't!" I warned him suddenly something deep down like I must protect Tyler. "Oh, come on. Who's gonna miss this idiot?" Tyler swings his fist connecting with Damons check.

"Oh. Don't you hurt him" Vicki Hisses at Damon. He grabs Tyler by the neck and compels him "Forget what you saw here tonight. None of us were here." Damon throws Tyler across the car park and we disappear dragging Vicki with us back to the Boarding House. Stefan is convinced Vicki needs an animal blood diet and is taking her under his wing. Poor girl will have no fun and he will likely get her killed by the end of the week. Handing Vicki, a phone with matts number in it she calls him and lets him know she needs some time to figure stuff out and that she's ok which gives Stefan some time to get her adapted to her Bunny diet.

"I don't understand why I have to stay cooped up here. Why can't I just go home?" Vicki sulks leaning back in the chair "Because you're changing, Vicki, and it's not something you wanna do alone." Folding up the paper he as reading Damon sighs "There's nothing about that Logan guy I killed in here. Not a word. Someone's covering it up." "What is that?" Vicki looks over to me well I fiddle with a Pocket watch sitting beside Damon. "This is a very special, very old compass. What was Logan Fell doing with it? Aren't you curious?" Damon speaks up looking over at Stefan "Well, if you're so worried that somebody's onto you, why don't you just leave town, Damon?" Rolling my eyes and looking over to Stefan.

"We should all be worried." "Hey, um, I'm hungry. Do you have anything to eat?" "Here." Stefan hands Vicki a cup and I gag at the smell "What is it?" "It's what you're craving." "Ha. Don't lie to the girl. It's so not what you're craving, but it'll do in a pinch, right Stef?" I say giving Stefan the side eye and gaining a wee chuckle from Damon. "What is it?" "Yeah, what is it? Is it a skunk? Saint Bernard? Bambi?" Laughing at Damons joke I grabbed the paper he was reading and flicked through it. "Go on. Give it a try." "She's new. She needs people blood. She can't sustain that stuff." "Yeah, why can't I have people blood?" "Yeah" "Because it's wrong to pray on innocent people, Vicki."

"You don't have to kill to feed. Just find someone really tasty and then erase their memory after wards. It's so easy." "Or pull a Damon and burn them" Isay while not looking up from the paper "No, no, no. There's no guarantee that you can control yourself, okay? It takes years to learn that. You could easily kill somebody, and then you have to carry that with you for the rest of your life, which, if I haven't made clear, is eternity. Ignore Aurora she's just pissed off she isn't the only girl around here now"

"Don't listen to him. He walks on a moral plane way out of our eye line. I say snatch, eat, erase. Or better yet, Auroras Idea sounds fun." Looking up I smirk at Damon enjoying teasing Stefan. "Hey, look at me. We choose our own path. Our values and our actions they define who we are." "Wow Stefan really strong words towards a drug addict" Standing up and leaving the room bored of the High and mighty Stefan pep talk.

Damon ended up following me to the foyer down stairs as someone knocked on the door. Fighting Damon to open it laughing after he pushes me into the wall, I walk up beside him as he pulls it open to reveal my sister. With wide eyes she looks between the two of us and then talks "Is Stefan here" "Yep!" "Where is he" "And good morning to you, little miss " I'm on a mission". So lovely to see you too Sister"

"How can you be so arrogant and glib after everything that you two have done?" "And how can you be so brave and stupid to call a vampire arrogant and glib?" "Damon" I give him a warning look "If you wanted me dead, I'd be dead." Does she not learn, I say to myself slightly shaking my head. "Yes, you would." "But I'm not." "Yet" I but in getting fed up with my sister. "Where is Stefan?" "He's upstairs singing "The rain in Spain". Knock yourself out." We Slip passed Elena, I bump my shoulder into her and continue walking outside. "Mans it's good to be back in the daylight." I just nod and smile up at the sky with closed eyes.