I Know The End | D. Salvatore

Miss Mystic Falls

My eyes locked onto the tall, intricate ceiling of the Salvatore boarding house as I lay across the red couch in the lounge. Damon sat with my feet on his lap, one of his hands rested on my ankle, his thumb rubbing on the exposed skin between my trainers and my joggers.

Damon had filled me in on everything that happened at the party. John knew about Damon and Stefan, he knew they were vampires. And worst of all, he knew Katherine. I knew I had a good reason to hate that creep.

Before either of us could say anything else, somebody knocked on the door. Damon and I glanced at each other before he lifted up my feet and stood up. Damon walked up to the front door and opened it.

"Hey, partner." The familiar voice of John said. I got up from the couch and walked towards the front door, my hands clenched tightly at the thought of him invading the one place I thought I would be safe.

"What do you want?" Damon asked

"You haven't returned any of my calls." John stepped past Damon and walked into the hall. His eyes widened as they landed on me.

"Althea...what are you doing here?" John asked

"I'm friends with Stefan and Damon, I think I should be asking you that question." I said

"Yeah, me and your niece were just hanging out. We were gonna have a spa day." Damon said sarcastically, causing me to laugh.

I noted that John was being all weird. He had probably come here to discuss the supernatural with Damon. "You don't have to act all weird, I know about Vampires."

"You do? Let me guess...your friends Stefan and Damon told you?" He definitely didn't sound happy about this. But I couldn't care less about what he thought.

"I figured it out on my own, but yes." I said, a nonchalant tone to my voice.

"Okay then, so, where do we start hunting vampires?" John said to Damon as he began to wander into the living room.

"Why the act, John? You obviously don't care about catching Vampires. You're here talking to me." Damon said

"Actually, I care very much." John said

"What did Isobel say about that? I mean, considering that she is one." Damon said

"Isobel and I share a mutual interest." John said

"Mm." Damon hummed

"And what is that?" I asked him

"The original Johnathon Gilbert had an invention that was stolen by a vampire. That vampire was then buried alive in Fells church, or so Johnathon thought. And the invention was lost forever." John said

Damon hummed as he walked around John and stood on the other side of him.

"But the vampires weren't killed, were they? They were trapped. And now they're free, thanks to you, which means the invention is retrievable." John said

"Well, what is it?" Damon asked him

"The thing that matters is I want it back. And you're going to help me if you want your secret safe." John said.

"I mean, why bring me into it, John? I don't know what you're talking about, who has it?" Damon said

"Oh, come on, Damon. You were around back then. You know who these people are, what they look like. He was friendly with a woman who turned out to be a vampire. Her name was Pearl. Does that ring a bell?" John said

"I'm not playing anymore. Get out. Get out." Damon said, he turned his back on John and walked back up the steps towards me

"I beg your pardon." John asked