Wildfire- The Vampire Diaries {Book 1}

12- This Is Family

"I've gotta get to her!" I yell, trying to run to the door of the house. Stefan grabs ahold of me, not too rough, but with enough force to stop me from running.

"Taylor, if you go, you'll die as well."

"I can't just sit back and let my sister die! W-why didn't they take me instead?"

"Hey, hey. Remember, she's not dead. Damon gave her his blood, so she'll come back." Stefan tries to comfort me.

I can't believe I let this happen. If I'd stayed with Elena all day, then I could have at least tried to stop Klaus from taking her away and gotten him to take me instead. Because Elena doesn't deserve to die. She's an innocent person. I've done bad things. Like killing that guy.

And falling in love with my sister's boyfriend, and allowing myself to kiss him when I know that's wrong.

That whole scenario last night was exactly how I thought it wouldn't go. I was literally just thinking about how crazy it would be if Stefan liked me too. And it looks like it really was that way. I don't get why, but I'm not complaining. Although I should hate the fact that my sister's boyfriend and I kissed, I can't stop myself from loving it.

For now, I guess I just need to ignore these feelings and think about Elena.

"She's still in danger, Stefan. I can't just let her get hurt." I say, trying to walk away from him. Of course, I have no luck in doing so, since he's still holding onto me. He's a vampire so there's no use in attempting to get out of his grip.

"I know, we all know the danger that she's in. We all just need to stay calm and figure out what to do-"

"Stefan, I need to talk to you for a second." Damon's voice calls out from behind. I see Stefan look over in Damon's direction. He sighs, letting go of me.

"Stay here. Don't go anywhere." Stefan orders, walking over to Damon.

I exhale slowly, trying my absolute best to keep my cool in this situation. The worst thing that I could do now is lose control of my emotions and freak out. I need to stay calm so that I know what to do.

Because if Bonnie has to kill Klaus, then I have to help her. That's what Jonas said. That's most likely why I've even got magic in the first place.

And apparently, nobody thought that it would be a good idea to let me know that Klaus is no longer possessing Alaric's body. Because, like Jenna, everything was hidden from me. I get that they just want to look out for me because I'm younger than everyone else and they don't want me getting hurt. But I can handle the crap we deal with. I'm somehow still going amongst everything that is going on.

I may not be physically powerful. But the fact that, after almost dying multiple times, finding out that I was adopted, the watching my real mother burst into flames right before me, and having killed someone unintentionally, I'm still going. Well, I'm definitely mentally powerful.

It would take a lot to take me down.

Stefan and Damon are speaking with hushed tones. Which slightly worries me. It makes me think that they don't want me to hear something. Because most likely, if Damon needs to talk to Stefan, then it's something about the sacrifice. And there would have to be something that would affect me horribly for him to want to keep it from me.

Something about someone close to me.

I have a really bad feeling that the two are gonna have to break some really bad news to me now. But I don't want to think that way, because the two could literally be talking about anything else. Although, I'm not sure why considering the situation.