Love Sucks | The Vampire Diaries

Newly Turned

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

        Elena fastened her pace until she caught up with her sister, before grabbing her arm and pulling her to a stop.
        "Are you crazy?" she questioned, looking at Annabelle with wide eyes, to which the blue-eyed girl looked at her questioningly, "He could kill you with a flick of the wrist and you're snapping at him like you would at Tyler?" Elena spoke in an incredulous voice, staring at her sister as though she grew a second head.
        "Damon wouldn't hurt me. Or you," Annabelle dismissed before continuing to walk down the hall, but Elena's grip stopped her again.
        "Oh, yeah? How do you know? He already killed many people, including Matt's sister!" she stressed.
        "Look, I don't know how I know, but... I just do," Annabelle shrugged, "Besides, I wasn't lying when I said I'm not scared of him," she added quickly when she saw Elena open her mouth again.
        "How can you not be?" the brown-eyed twin asked in disbelief, and Annabelle opened her mouth to answered, but was interrupted by a creak of the floor boards by the door. If she was being honest, Annabelle was quite thankful for the distraction, even if it creeped her out, because she truly didn't know how to answer Elena's question. She didn't know why she wasn't afraid of Damon. She knew it was stupid, but... she actually felt like she could protect herself.
        "Stefan?" Annabelle called quietly as she and Elena both looked in the direction of the door, neither seeing anyone but both hearing the creak.
        "Yes," came a voice from above them, and they both turned around, only to see Stefan standing on the small stairway balcony above them.
        "Where is Vicki?" Elena asked, but Stefan quickly shushed her by putting his finger to his lips and gesturing for her to be quiet.
        "She upstairs," he answered quietly before walking down the stairs to meet the girls while they both sighed quietly.
        "What happens now?" Annabelle questioned once he reached them, "'Cause our brother is out there looking for her with the rest of the town," she stressed. "What are we supposed to tell him?"
        "I'm working with her, but... it's gonna take time. She's a very volatile and impulsive personality, she's a drug user, I mean, all that's gonna play a part in how she responds to this," Stefan explained quietly, not wanting Vicki to hear their conversation.
        "So she's a vampire with issues?" Annabelle asked, exasperated. She didn't think this could get any worse than Vicki turning into a vampire, but apparently she was wrong. Great. So her screwed up personality is now even more screwed up. She knew how insensitive these thoughts would seem if she ever spoke them out loud, but she couldn't stop herself from being so bitter. All Vicki has ever done is hurt Jeremy, for which Annabelle would never forgive her, and now she's a vampire who will be causing even more problems because of her screwed up way of life. Annabelle didn't know how much of this she could take, and how many more problems caused by the Donovan girl she could handle.
        "What are we supposed to do?" Elena asked as she looked at Stefan. "Because we are both lying to everyone that we care about. What's gonna happen to her?"
        "I'm gonna keep her here with me until I know that she's safe," Stefan replied as he tried to calm her down.
        "How long is that?" came a voice from above them, and they all looked up, only to see Vicki coming downstairs, which made Stefan sigh.
        "We can talk about that later," he tried to dismiss as the newly turned vampire stared at him expectantly.
        "Hey," Elena spoke up. "Vicki? How are you?"
        "How am I?" Vicki repeated, and they all looked at her, "You're kidding, right?" she asked rhetorically, and Annabelle didn't know if she meant that in a positive or negative sense.

*10 Minutes Later*

        "Coffee is our friend. It's the caffeine. It circulates through our veins, and it warms our bodies so we're not so cold to the touch," Stefan lectured Vicki as they sat at a table in the Salvatore Boarding House, both holding a cup of coffee, Elena and Annabelle sitting beside Stefan.
        "Well, what if I wanna drink human blood?" Vicki asked, and Annabelle immediately tensed, an unfamiliar feeling surging through her veins.
        "You're gonna have to learn to live with that urge, and fight it on a daily basis one day at a time," Stefan replied.
        "Oh, God, don't start with that whole 12 steps thing," Vicki half groaned half whined, "School counselor has been down that road, and it doesn't work for me," she said, and Annabelle couldn't help but roll her eyes.
        "It can work, it's your choice, Vicki," Stefan said.
        "So you've never tasted human blood?" Vicki asked almost skeptically, but a small grin grew on her lips as her eyes flickered between Elena and Stefan, seeing the brunette eye Stefan as she waited for him to answer.
        "Not in a long time," Stefan replied after a moment of silence.
        "How long?"
        "Years and years," he said, and Annabelle could tell that it was a bit hard for him to talk about it, which lead her to believe that he must live with an amount of guilt about something he must have done in the past that concerned human blood. "I'm not proud of my past behavior,"
        "Ugh. Does this sketchy feeling ever go away? It's like I have a massive hangover," Vicki complained, "And this daylight thing is a bitch!" she exclaimed in irritation, and Annabelle had to stop herself from rolling her eyes again as Vicki stood up with an irritated sigh, "I need more blood. Where's your bathroom? I have to pee. Why do I have to pee? I thought I was dead," she rambled, and Stefan simply pointed to the hallway behind him.
        "Oh, my God," Annabelle groaned quietly after Vicki left the room, resting her arms on the table and covering her face with her hands. She didn't know what was worse. The fact that Vicki was now a vampire or the fact that she had to listen to the Donovan girl's voice more than usual.
        "I'm going to, uh, I'm gonna go get her some more," Stefan informed the two sisters sitting beside him, "Alright. I'll be quick," he said, before leaving the room.
        "This is a nightmare," Annabelle stated as she looked up from her hands, and Elena feebly shrugged, not knowing how to respond. "You know what? I'll be right back,"
        "Where are you going?" Elena asked in confusion as her sister stood up.
        "I need to get some air," Annabelle simply replied before leaving the room. She didn't know how much longer she could stand being around Vicki with 'heightened emotions' before she exploded.
        "Hey," Stefan called as he saw her walking out of the house and down the outside hallway, and Annabelle stopped walking and turned to face him, giving him a small, strained smile. "You alright?"
        "Yeah, just..." she trailed off, not knowing how to say what was on her mind without seeming heartless, "Vicki and I never got along," she finally said, and Stefan joined her beside railing of the boarding house's outside hallway, before putting his full attention on her, "I never liked her. I guess it might have something to do with her attitude. But after she started stringing Jeremy along... I think... I think I actually hated her," she admitted shamefully, but when she looked up at Stefan, she saw no judgement in his eyes. "Look... I know I should be like Elena. I should feel sorry for her, and I should worry about her, but... I just can't. She hurt my brother, Stefan. And I'm never going to forgive her for that. And it might have something to do with that, or it might be just the fact that her attitude always drove me over the edge, but I just... I can't stand being in the same room as her,"
        "Hey," Stefan spoke up, making sure she gave him her full attention before continuing, "It's okay. You don't have to change your entire perspective because of the recent events. Yes, what Damon did to her is unfair and it never should have happened, but you have no obligation towards this,"
        "She's my friend's sister and the girl my brother loves," Annabelle said. "How is that not an obligation?"
        "The people you care about care about her, but that doesn't mean that you are obligated to do the same. Not if it's not something you can do effortlessly," Stefan said, and Annabelle couldn't help but smile, and he returned it, "Am I right?" he asked a bit teasingly, and Annabelle chuckled before looking up at him.
        "Yeah," she smiled. "Yeah, I guess you are,"
        As they stood there for a moment in silence, Annabelle thought about how ridiculous her sister was being. Yes, Stefan is a vampire, but... he's an amazing guy who is as good-hearted as he can be despite his nature. Why would anyone ever want to push someone like that away?
        "Stefan!" came a voice from inside the house, and not a second later Elena ran out of the house and down the hallway, her eyes wide and distressed.
        "What's wrong?" Stefan asked in concern, seeing Elena clutching her throat.
        "Vicki attacked me," Elena said as she breathed heavily, on the verge of tears.
        "What?" Annabelle spoke up.
        "She threatened me," Elena stressed.
        "She's on edge," Stefan said. "Imagine every sense in your body operating at super speed. I mean, she's uncomfortable in her own skin, and then when you throw in her other issues-"
        "How long before it settles?" Elena asked. "Hours? Days? Weeks?"
        "There's no rule book,"
        "Well, how long before you learned to control it?"
        "A while," Stefan admitted. "But I didn't have anybody helping me, I had to do it on my own. The thing is, it's hard to resist certain people, especially when you're new. It's difficult to separate your feelings. Love, lust, anger, desire - it can all blur into one urge: hunger,"
        "What does that mean?" Annabelle asked, suddenly feeling a bit frightened.
        "It means that Jeremy can't see her. Not now. She might not be able to resist him, and she could hurt him,"
        "Or worse," Annabelle stated, feeling her chest tighten at the thought.
        "I'm not gonna let anybody get hurt," Stefan tried to soothe her, seeing the impact it had on the blue-eyed girl.
        "We need to get going," Elena finally spoke up, before turning around to walk away.
        "Elena-"
        "Please, Stefan, there's only so much I can take," Elena pleaded with tears in her eyes, before walking away.
        "I'll see you later," Annabelle gave him a small smile, trying to make him feel a bit better since she could see how hurt he was that Elena, once again, walked away from him, and he returned the smile. And Annabelle was surprised to see that it was a genuine smile.
        She then turned around to follow her sister, seeing as she had the keys and Elena was probably waiting in front of the car, before she felt her phone buzz in her back pocket. Her brown furrowed as she pulled out the phone, silently wondering who might be texting her. For a moment, she was even confused because she almost forgot all about reality while she was stuck in a house full of vampires.
'I got u a costume!' she read the text from Caroline, and stopped in her tracks.
        "Oh, God," Annabelle groaned to herself quietly, already dreading the party. And, even more so, the costume Caroline picked out for her.