Gabriella Gilbert || Vampire Diaries

Chapter Eight

"Jeremy was in love with Vicki, Vicki was in love with Jeremy. From what I heard, Vicki ditched Jeremy saying she's leaving and to tell Matt goodbye," I tell Sheriff Forbes. Due to us being 'so close' with Vicki, we took it upon ourselves to tell Sheriff a good lie about Vicki's whereabouts.

"Okay," she writes down my words, "and when was the last time you saw Vicki?" Sheriff Forbes asks.

"Um..." I pretend to think, "at the Halloween Party at school. She said hi and all that but that was it." I have no idea of its good or bad that I'm a great liar. Probably good.

"Okay, thank you Gabriella," She concludes. "You should really come over soon." She smiles.

"Will do, as soon as possible. Don't worry. And you can call me Gabby, Sheriff," I say.

I get out of the chair, ignoring the ache in my side. It's only been a few days since Vicki's death, but my wound is healing nicely. It wasn't as bad as we thought it was when I first got it.

"No," she denies. "Gabriella sounds prettier."

"Whatever suits you, Sheriff." I smile.

Elena approaches me when I finally leave her office. I give her a look when she presses against my non-injured side.

"How did you do?" she whispers.

"I did fine. I told the 'truth'." I answer. She punches my arm, causing me to frown at the weakness of it.

    "Wanna say it like that a little louder?" I roll my eyes as we enter the waiting area. Aunt Jenna and Jeremy stand up, both giving me a reassuring smile as we head outside.

    The four of us pause at the sight of Stefan leaning against the nearest police car. He quickly gets off of it after noticing us.

    "Hey, Aunt Jenna?" Elena says, looking over at her. "Gabby and I will meet you in the car." Aunt Jenna gives Stefan a skeptical look before nodding.

    "Hey," Stefan says, looking at us both. His focus is mainly on Elena. "Are you guys okay?"

    "No," Elena snaps, crossing her arms. "everywhere you go, someone dies. Now, every time I see Jeremy or Matt, I feel horrible and guilty because Vicki will never come back."

   "Let's talk somewhere else," Stefan suggests.

    "No, Stefan. You can't see me anymore," Elena says. I can feel her anger and grief so much they've almost become my own. She's really upset over all of this. "Stay away from us."

    She storms off. I don't follow her just yet. "I'm sorry for her harshness," I apologize on her behalf.

    "No, it's fine," he reassures, looking down at the ground. I don't need twin intuition to know he's sad. "I get it."

    "This hurts her as much as it hurts you," I try to reassure. He looks away from the ground in time for me to give a small smile. "I don't know if Elena's told you yet, but we kinda have this twin power?" Stefan gives a confused frown. "If either of us have really intense feelings, the other can feel it. So when I say she loves you, I mean it."

    Stefan reciprocates the small smile. "Thanks, Gabby."

    "No problem." I give him a pat on the shoulder. "Now don't be a dumbass and go fix this."

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    After a tiring day of lying my ass off, I figured an ice cream sundae would do me some good. My headphones blast loud music.