Alina Gilbert lived an entirely normal life up until the day her parents died. Not only did she have to deal with the pain of loosing both of her parents, she also discovered that she was a witch. Ever since the night of the accident Alina began to...
Two bottles of vodka later and I was lying on my back on a bench in the middle of the street. It was pitch black except for the dim light coming from the street lamp above me. My head was buzzing and if I stood up I doubted I would be able to walk but it was making me feel better. My head was spinning and Katherine's words kept repeating in my head. The more I drank the less they seemed to replay so that's what I was going to do. I was going to drink until I was numb and couldn't even form a single thought in my brain. Stefan drove Elena home but I reassured him I wanted to walk and that I needed to clear my head. But my head wouldn't clear and even I it did the outcome would still be the same there was no way out of it. I was going to die. Tears slipped from my eyes then and rolled down my cheeks but I didn't bother to wipe then only raised the bottle to my lips and gulped it down until there was nothing left and dropped it to the ground. "Alina? What are you doing?" I lifted my head and sat up, so my back was pressed against the back of the bench. "Hey Ty." I slurred. "What's wrong with you? You're crying. Are you okay?" Tyler questioned worriedly. I nodded my head and then started to shake it. A sob escaped my throat and I couldn't stop the tears that streamed down my face Tyler sat down next to me then and pulled me against his chest. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and rubbed my arm soothingly. "What's wrong?" He asked. "I can't tell you Ty." I sobbed. "Of course, you can." He reassured. "No, I can't because it's not my secret to tell and even if I could tell you, you wouldn't believe me. But my life is so messed up and confusing. Sometimes I just wish I'd never have left. I would have known all about this crap and I would have been able to deal with it better. I regret it you know leaving. I regret leaving Elena and Jeremy but most of all I regret leaving you." I slurred. "Then why did you leave?" He whispered softly. "Because I had to. Wherever I looked it reminded me of my parents. I just needed to get away." "I would have gone with you." Tyler said softly. "I know but I couldn't let you do that. Mystic Falls was your home and you had family here. I didn't want to be the one to ruin your life." I spoke. "My home was with you I didn't care about anything else, I loved you. I would have followed you anywhere all you had to do was ask." He assured me. "I loved you too. I still do and a part of me always will. This might sound stupid and cheesy, but I used to imagine my life with you. Us getting married and having kids." He chuckled. "I used to think about that too." "I was an idiot for leaving and maybe if I hadn't of left, we'd still be together." I said to him without thinking. "I still love you." He said softly. I smiled as I leaned forward and wrapped my arms around him briefly before pulling back.
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"But it doesn't matter." The tears came faster now and sobbed rocked my body. "Because I'm going to die." I slurred. "Hey, where's all this coming from? You have years ahead of you." He soothed as he rocked me back and forth gently. "You're just drunk you're not thinking clearly." "No, I'm going to die and I-I'm trying to put on a brave f-face but I'm scared because the t-truth is I don't want to die. But I have to be strong for Elena because I can't let her die. But I'm scared." I sobbed. He pulled my phone out of my jacket pocket and scrolled through my contacts. "You need to calm down okay. I'm gunna call Elena to come and get you." He promised. "No!" I screamed as I jumped up off the bench stumbling in the process, but Tyler reached out to steady me. "Okay I'll call Jenna." He spoke. "No!" I shouted again. "What about Damon you were with him at the masquerade ball right?" He asked with a tone of jealously in his voice. "I just want to be on my own Ty. Just leave me alone and just forget we had this conversation." I begged. "But you said you loved me." He said as he jumped to his feet and stood in front of me. "And I do. But I think I love someone else more." I emitted. "But I will always love you, Ty. But more like a brother or an amazing best friend. But I just have to go." I didn't wait to hear him reply I just took off down the street stumbling every so often and falling down. I don't know why but I found myself outside the mystic grill I staggered through the door and fell into a booth. "Can I get you a drink?" A man with blonde hair and brown eyes asked. "You look like you could use one." He added. "I could use more than one." I slurred. "A round of shots it is." He laughed as he walked off to the bar before returning minutes later with a tray full of them. "So, what's your name?" He flirted. "She's not interested so you should just leave." Tyler said as he entered the grill. The blonde guy scowled but reluctantly left the table and returned to his mates. I ignored Ty as he sat down opposite me and just started to take each of the shots. "You need to stop drinking." He warned. "And you need to leave me alone." I retorted. "No, you need to leave because I'm here to drive you home." A velvety voice said from beside me. I groaned. "I told you not to call anyone." I said angrily. "Well it was either him or Jenna and Jenna would probably kill you seems as you didn't go to school today either." Damon raised his eyebrows at me. "You what?" I groaned and placed my head in my hands as I leaned my elbows on the table. "I've got it from here." Damon said to Tyler. Tyler nodded dropped my phone in Damon's hand and then left. "Come on." Damon said as he held out his hand for me to take. I ignored him and continued to down the shots. It might have been the alcohol talking but he'd been ignoring me all day and tried to compel me, so I was going to return the favor. As soon as I downed the last shot, I pushed past him and made my way outside. I fell down the curb when I stepped into the road but then I felt myself being lifted into Damon's arm. He opened the door to his car and placed me down gently into the passenger seat. He blurred back around to the other side and started the car within minutes. "Are you going to speak to me now?" He asked. "You've been ignoring me." I stated as I leaned my head against the window and closed my eyes. "Did I do something to piss you off because I really can't remember?" I asked in a slightly pleading tone. "I haven't been ignoring you I've been busy." He lied I sighed. "You're lying to me." I mumble. "How do you know?" He laughed. "I can't be compelled. You didn't compel me, Damon." I told him and he tensed a bit. "You ignored me because you showed me your humanity and got scared and tried to make me forget and then tried to push me away. You can't push me away." I slurred. "So, are you going to tell me what you did today?" He asked changing the subject. "I can't blame anything anymore." I slurred. "It's not because I came back to town or because I met you or even because I left in the first place." I began smoothly but my voice began to crack towards the end. "It's all because of me and now Caroline, Tyler, and Bonnie are all in danger because of me." I said as tears slowly rolled down my eyes again. "And when Klaus comes, I'm going to die." I nearly cried. "No, you're not. I won't let that happen." Damon argued. "You can't stop it. At the end of the day, it's either me or Elena and we both know you'll pick Elena." He frowned but stayed silent, so I turned my body round in the seat to stare at him. "But it's okay because I'd choose Elena too. She has a whole future ahead of her, but I have nothing." I said as I looked down at my hands. "Listen to me and listen carefully." He said sternly as he turned to look at me and I got the full force of his ice blue gaze. "I will not let Klaus lay a hand on you because I will fight until my very last breath before he ever touches you." He turned back to the road then and I leaned my head against the window again. I closed my eyes and could feel the alcohol slowly taking its effect on me as my eye lids grew heavy. "I don't want you to die. I don't want anyone to die for me." I whispered before I finally allowed sleep to take over.
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Sorry this chapter was so short. I've been very busy at work lately. Please let me know what you think about the story and the characters and comment below. :)
