Bloodlust → Stefan Salvatore [1]

Haunted

Above you'll see an image of Jeremy Gilbert

I feel the light from the sun beating down on my face. I open my eyes. Today is the day of the Halloween Party at the school. I drag myself out of bed and grab my phone. I got a message from Stefan. Are you okay after last night? I can't respond. I need to wait a day or two to decide how I feel.

"So, are you excited for tonight?" Bonnie asks as she pins in the black streamers.
"I, don't know. I'm looking forward to having fun, but there's been a lot of drama lately." Bonnie gives a fake laugh.
"Tell me about it." Tyler Lockwood walks up behind us looking a bit hurt.
"You okay Tyler?" I ask he turns to us.
"Yeah, it's just last night I was walking to my car, and next thing I knew I was lying in the ground in pain. It didn't feel like I fell, but you never really know." He keeps walking along, I have just the feeling of who could've done this. I know it's a bad idea to go back there, but I know what Damon is. And he can't just mess with my friends.

I knock on the door of Stefan's house. No answer, but I hear voices. I open the door to see Vikki holding Elena by the throat.
"Vikki, let go!" I yell as I run over, she grabs me and through a me into the door. Blake is helped up by Stefan. Vikki let's go of Elena, and she leaves the house. Vikki walks in the other direction.
"Look, Blake... if you want, you can stay here for a bit." He says. I shake my head.
"Stefan, I need time to process before we hang out again." He nods.
"I understand, Blake. I'll see you at the dance tonight."

I stare in the mirror as I put the fake blood on my face. A little ironic I'm being a vampire for the dance. Elena walks into the bathroom, in a nurse costume.
"Like?"
"Yeah, it's nice." She narrows her eyes.
"What's up with you?"
"Did Stefan tell you that he told me he was a vampire?" She gives me a questioning look.
"I'm just... stressed."
"I feel you, I screamed at him to get out once I found out."
"Can't say I didn't do the same."

     We open the doors to the gym. There's fog machines and crazy lights. We've really outdone ourselves this year. Elena walks me over to the refreshments table. She picks up two cups of punch, and hands me one.
      "Cheers to our junior year." We smash our cups together and take a sip. The taste seems a little strong.
      "Did Tyler Lockwood spike the punch again?" Elena laughs.
      "I guess so." She takes another sip. Elena points over at the door, Jeremy enters.
      "He said he wasn't coming." She says.
      "Maybe he's just here to see Vikki, a vampire who he can't see. We need to find her, now." I announce.

     I find Stefan out in the corner. I walk up to him.
      "We need to talk. Do you know where Vikki is?"
      "Yeah, she's- he points over to an area, where she isn't.
      "We need to find her, Jeremy could be in danger."
      "Okay." We begin to walk in different directions. I hear him turn around.
      "Blake," I turn and look at him. "Be careful, okay?" I nod and keep walking.

     I open the door to go outside. I hear a noise from one of the buses, then a voice.
      "Vikki, get off me!" It's Jer. I run over to see her biting him. I rip him out of her grip. I look at him.
      "Run!" I look back and I see her eyes revealing her hunger. She pins me against the wall and bites me. I scream. Stefan comes out and pulls her aside. Elena peers around the corner. Vikki lunges at her a pushes her into a pile of wood. Vikki disappears.
      "GO INSIDE!!!" Stefan yells. I pick up Elena and grab Jeremy. We run for the door but Vikki comes up from behind and begins to drink my blood again, Elena falls out of my grip and onto the ground.

     Vikki wraps her hand around my neck, she tightens as the air leaves my lounges. I feel something impact hard as I fall to the ground. I look up to see that Stefan drove a pillar of wood right through Vikki's chest. Her body begins to turn grey as her veins go a dusk purple color. Jeremy yells and tries to run towards her. Elena grabs him and tells him to wait at her car and to trust her. He does as she says, surprisingly.

      "Here." Stefan bites his wrist and holds it in front of me.
      "Drink, it'll heal you." I drink his blood as I feel the wound heal.
      "Thank you." Damon walks over.
      "Woah, what happened here?" Elena slaps him and walks away.

     I wipe my face one last time just to be sure the fake and real blood was all off. I through the wipe in the trash and walk to my room. Stefan is sitting on my bed.
      "Hey."
      "Blake, Damon is compelling Jeremy to forget about what he saw tonight. He will just think she ditched town."
      "Great. Tell I'm in thankful... kind of." I sit down next to him.
      "Look, Blake. I have to tell you something. I have to apologize. I should not have let Damon near any of your friends, and definitely away from you." I narrow my eyes.
      "No, Stefan. I have to apologize. I didn't say anything to you after you told me you were a vampire," he looks at me, anxious to where I'm going with this. We both stand up. "if I'm being honest, the night I kissed you was one of the best nights of my life, and I'm sorry that I have left you in silence these last few days. I should be thanking you for helping me live again after my parents death, I should be thanking you for opening up a part of me I thought I lost..." my heart is racing. "Stefan... I really like you." He grabs me and pulls me close into a kiss, I put my hand on his face and my other hand on his waste. He pulls back.

"I really like you too, Blake."