Love Sucks | The Vampire Diaries

Damon Salvatore

*Third Person's P.O.V.*

After taking her everyday morning shower, Annabelle put on her clothes for the day, and put her hair in a simple hairstyle, before grabbing her bag and leaving her room, trying to get herself ready for the next day she had to face.
"Do I look adult?" Jenna grabbed Annabelle's arm, stopping her in her tracks as soon as she stepped out of her bedroom, "As in respectfully parental?" the strawberry blonde asked, looking down at her fitting, dark blue, short-sleeved dress that went down to her knees.
"Depends on where you're going," Annabelle replied.
"Jeremy's parent-teacher conference," Jenna responded, walking down the hallway to look at herself in the mirror, with Annabelle following. "Hair up or down?"
"Sexy stewardess," Annabelle said as Jenna pulled her hair up to receive an opinion from her niece.
"Boozy housewife," Elena said as she came out of her room just as Jenna put her hair down, letting it fall loosely on her shoulders.
"Up it is," the strawberry blonde said, looking at her eldest niece with slightly wide eyes, making her chuckle.
"You're feisty today," Annabelle observed with a small smirk, looking at her sister.
"I fell good, which is rare, so I've decided to go with it," Elena said, "Fly free, walk on sunshine, and all that stuff," she said as Annabelle walked down the hallways to peer into her brother's room, only to see it empty.
"Where's Jeremy?" she asked, standing behind her aunt and making eye contact with her in the mirror.
"He left early," Jenna replied, "Something about getting to wood shop early to finish a birdhouse," she said, and Annabelle and Elena shared a look, before the younger twin made eye contact with the strawberry blonde in the mirror. "There is no wood shop, is there?"
"No," Annabelle whispered, shaking her head slowly.
"Yeah,"

*1 1/2 Hour Later*

"Originally discovered nearly five centuries ago, it hasn't been over Mystic Falls in over 145 years," Mr. Tanner told his class, "Now, the comet will be its brightest right after dusk during tomorrow's celebration. Are we bothering you, Mr. Salvatore? Ms. Gilbert?" Mr. Tanner asked the two teenagers, who have been staring at each other and smiling for the past few minutes, completely in daze, in their own world.
Annabelle barely managed to stifle her laugh as she looked down, only to be elbowed by her sister, who smiled as the bell rang.

*A Few Minutes Later*

"I'm confused," Caroline spoke as she, Annabelle, and Bonnie walked down the school hallway. "Are you psychic, or clairvoyant?"
"Technically, Grams says I'm a witch," Bonnie said. "My ancestors were these really cool Salem witch chicks or something. Grams tried to explain it all, but she was looped on the liquor, so I kind of tuned out. Crazy family? Yes. Witches? I don't think so,"
"Yeah, well, feel free to conjure up the name and number of that guys from last night,"
"What guy?" Annabelle asked, and Bonnie shrugged.
"I have no idea," she said, before turning to the blonde. "I didn't see him, you did,"
"Why didn't you just talk to him?" Annabelle asked, and Caroline shrugged.
"I don't know. I was drunk," she said, making the two brunettes laugh.

*5 Minutes Later*

"Hey!" Annabelle called out as she saw her sister and Matt walking together outside of school during their break, making the two stop so that she could catch up with them. "How's Vicki?" she asked, just to be polite, knowing that Jeremy and Matt were both very worried about the girl.
"They're keeping her overnight to make sure there's no infection, but she should be able to come home tomorrow," Matt replied, smiling at Annabelle, knowing that she wasn't the biggest fan of his sister.
"That's good news," Elena said.
"Yeah,"
"Did you get in touch with you mom?" Annabelle asked gently, knowing that the absentee mom was a bit of a sore subject for Matt.
"Called and left a message," Matt replied. "She's in Virginia Beach with her boyfriend, so... we'll see how long it takes her to come rushing home,"
"Well, Vicki's lucky that she's okay," Annabelle said, and Elena and Matt nodded, none of them noticing Stefan, who was sitting a few feet away with his back towards them, listening in on their conversation.
"I know, and now there's talk of some missing campers," Matt said.
"Did she say what kind of animal it was that attacked her?" Annabelle asked, curiously, and Matt nodded with a small sarcastic smile.
"She said it was a vampire," he said, and the two brunettes stopped in their tracks, looking at him with wide eyes full of disbelief.
"What?" they both asked, barely stopping themselves from laughing.
"Yeah, she waked up last night and mutters, 'vampire', and then passes out,"
"Okay, now that's kind of weird," Annabelle said, silently questioning the Donovan girl's sanity.
"I think she was drunk," Matt said with a small smile, before turning to Elena, "So what's up with you and the new guy?" he asked, his eyes now on Stefan, making the two sisters turn around to look at Stefan, who was sitting on one of the picnic tables with his back towards them.
"Matt, the last thing I want to do is hurt you," Elena said.
"You know, I'm... I'm actually gonna go back to the hospital. I want to be there when Vicki wakes up, get the real story about last night," Matt said, looking at Elena sadly, making Annabelle look at him sympathetically.
"Okay," Elena whispered, and Annabelle gave him a quick hug goodbye before he walked away. Annabelle, after watching Matt's retreating back for a few seconds, turned around to look at her sister, only to see her looking somewhere else. Furrowing her brows questioningly, Annabelle followed her gaze, only to see that the spot where Stefan sat only a minute ago was now completely empty, with no trace of the Salvatore.