Eat Me

Chapter 12: Risk

Risk

"How did it go?" Katherine stopped doing her history homework when Jenna stepped inside. Things between her and her parents had been tense ever since they had kicked Elena out, but things were slowly starting to improve between her and her mother when she started proving that her mother did have a heart.

Jenna had mentioned that she was going to convince Elena to get an abortion, which Katherine thought was a good idea. Elena was too young to be a mother and she had a bright future ahead on her without being tied down to a baby. Though she doubted that her sister would ever agree.

Jenna looked pale as she sat on the bed. "Well, Damon agreed and your sister said that she would think about it, anyway that's not why I came to talk to you."

"Then why did you come?"

Jenna didn't say anything for a moment. "I know that the whole Miss Mystic Falls Pageant doesn't mean anything to you, but it means a lot to me and to Grandma Sommers and it's obvious that Elena won't be able to participate even with or without the baby. . .and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking her place and continue the legacy."

Katherine stared at her mother, was she nuts? Katherine hated beauty pageants, she thought that they were stupid and ridiculous, the only reason that Elena had agreed was because she didn't have guts. She was about to decline when Katherine looked at Jenna, she looked so tired and exhausted, it was clear that the whole Damon-Elena-baby thing was taking its toll and for some reason, Katherine couldn't say not to her.

"Fine," Katherine said slowly. "I'll do it."

A smile spread of Jenna's face as she hugged Katherine. "Thank you so much sweetheart." She pulled back. "The first meeting is on Sunday." She looked at her strangely, "Those sweaters that you buy really get big in the wash don't they?"

". . . Such a shame in someone so young - "

"Wasted future . . . "

"This is what's wrong with today's generation, bunch of hussies!"

Elena tried to ignore the comments all around her as she checked the prices of the food in the small supermarket that she worked in. But it was hard, especially since the people around her didn't even bother to whispered, but Elena couldn't help but believe that a part of them was right. She had just thrown her whole future away.

She thought about what her mother had had said yesterday. She was willing to pay for an abortion, one simple surgery and Elena would be done, she and Damon could continue their lives . . . or go their separate ways.

She felt a lump in her throat as she thought about the alternative, what kind of future could she and Damon have together anyway? Them working bad jobs to support a baby, their love eventually turning to hatred? What kind of love was that?

She looked at the clock and saw that her shift was over, thank god. She grabbed her car keys and headed towards her car. Elena exited the parking lot heading back to Damon's house. She couldn't wait to get out of her crappy uniform and take a shower.

Elena cursed under her breath when her purse fell down and she lowered herself to grab it. When she raised her head up she saw an incoming car coming towards her direction, she tried to move out of the way, but she couldn't.

She heard glass break, sharp pain in her head and then everything went black.

Amara couldn't help but feel nervous as she went into The Woods where she was sure that held of her classmates were drunk already. These were not the kind of parties that she went to, well truthfully she didn't go to parties period, so this was going to get some getting used too.

She had chosen to wear a short black skirt that she had accidently taken from Katherine's closet and a white cardigan, so what if the cardigan toned down the sexy, it was cold outside. She sat down in a log and looked at the unfamiliar faces. She looked down nervously where was Silas?

"Hey, Tessa isn't that your roommate?" Anna, Tessa's best friend said as she pointed to where Amara was nervously sitting. Damn her, she had the poor-me route played to perfection.

"What is she doing here?" Celeste snarled. They had heard stories about her from Tessa and they couldn't believe that Amara was trying to get Silas interested in her. By now everyone knew that Silas belonged to Tessa. Period. The fact that Silas wanted nothing to do with her was just a sad fact.

"Seriously?" Anna giggled. "Shouldn't she be reading to the orphans or asking her teachers' for extra credit or something."

"Now girls be nice," Tessa said with fake sweetness as she took a sip of her beer. "Hey, Celeste do you still have those sleeping pills that you stole from your mom's medicine cabinet?"

Celeste nodded as she pulled them out of her purse. "Always have them with me. What are you going to do?"

Tessa ignored the question as she grabbed two pills and crushed them with her hand and watched them dissolved into the beer. "I think I'm going to offer my sweet roommate a beer. Be right back." She approached Amara. "Fancy seeing you here."

Amara forced a smile. "Tessa, hi, I didn't know you were going to be here."

"Oh, I always get invited to parties." She said as she thrust the drink towards Amara. "Drink before those jerks finish all of it."

Amara gave her a polite smile, but didn't drink.

"You're supposed to drink." Tessa said irritably. "That's what a keg party is for."

"Oh," Amara took a small sip, she had only drank beer once and she hated it and this time it was no different. She had no idea why Tessa was being so friendly, and all though she was suspicious, it was better to be on Tessa's good side than her bad.

"Well, enjoy the party," Tessa said as she went back to her girls. "I can't wait until that bitch crashes and burns. I guess someone should inform the headmaster that poor Amara is here drunk as a skunk."

Damon frowned when he went inside his house and saw Katherine sitting down on the staircase. "What are you doing here? Who let you in?" he frowned when he saw that she was upset. "Whoa, have you've been crying?"

"Where have you been?!" she hollered. "I've been calling you!"

"Chill, my phone died, what is it, Katherine?"

Katherine gulped. "Elena has been in an accident, I'm here to take you to the hospital."