Forbidden Desires (The Vampire Diaries)

Under Control

Stefan blared music early in the morning, as I rolled over, falling onto the ground. I groaned with a laughed, as Damon looked down at me from the bed with an eyebrow raised. "Smart." he joked, offering me a hand.

I took it, yanking him down onto the ground with me. "I'm just used to the bed in one of the spare rooms." I said, giving an excuse for my falling off of Damon's bed.

I groaned. "Stefan has terrible music taste, why is he blaring music at," I checked my phone. "Seven in the morning. I like to sleep sometimes."

Damon laughed, throwing on a shirt. I got up, stretching as I looked around his room. "I'm going to yell at Stefan." I told Damon.

I walked out of his room, crossing my arms as I sat Stefan doing pull ups in the his room. "Could you turn it up a bit?" I asked. "It's not annoying yet."

"Sorry." Stefan said, doing nothing to turn his music down. I sighed, turning his music off.

"When you goin' back to school?" I asked, knowing fully well that I should have been at school at this time.

"Soon." Stefan replied, going onto the ground and starting to do some push ups.

Damon sighed, entering the room. "Oh come on. Just drink already. This self-detox is unnatural." He said, handing me a glass of blood. He walked up to Stefan with a glass as well.

"Could you get that away from me, please?" Stefan asked.

"How long did it take you to wean yourself off of it after you last indulged?" I asked, and Stefan didn't reply. "That's not good."

"I'll be fine. It just takes a little bit of time."

" don't get it. You don't have to kill to survive. That's what blood banks are for. I haven't hunted a human in-- gahh-- way too long." damon said.

"Oh I'm impressed." Stefan said jokingly.

"It was completely self-serving. Trying to get the town off the trail of vampires, which is not very easy, considering there's an entire tomb of them running around." Damon added.

"What are we planning on doing about that?" I questioned.

"We're not gonna be doing much of anything if Stefan doesn't have have any strength." Damon informed me. "There's nothing wrong with partaking in a healthy diet of human blood from a blood bank. You're not actually killing anyone."

"I have my reasons." Stefan said.

"What are those holier-than-thou reasons? You know, we're never actually discussed that." I said. "You know, I'd love to hear this story."

"You're really enjoying this, aren't you guys, just watching me struggle?"

"Very much so." Damon replied.

"I hate to break it to you, Damon, but I actually have it under complete control." I totally believe him on that one. Bethany said.

"You do?" Damon asked. "Oh, well, then you should just carry on making the rest of us vampires look bad. Have a great day, Stef."

"See you later Stef." I said, following Damon out of the room.

~*~

Fact or Fiction: The Truth About Vampires in Mystic Falls. I held the essay in my hand with a bewildered expression.

"Jeremy wrote this?" Elena questioned Ric. I looked towards him and raised a brow.

"He's very clear that he didn't think it was real." Ric explained.