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Chapter 15 - bourbon

"Arizona? Are you awake?" I'm not completely up yet, but I can hear different voices. It takes me awhile for my body to fully wake myself up. I finally open my eyes and everyone's in my room. Including Caroline, Stefan, Jeremy, Elena, Bonnie and Damon.
"Why are you all here?" I ask confused, until I remember yesterday.
"Katherine turned you..." Caroline sounds guilty. I sit up.
"It's not your fault, Care. I told you to do it, I took the consequences." I groan while dealing with my headache.
"Are you okay?" Elena asks.
"Everything is irritating, and I'm extremely hungry." I respond getting out of bed going to the kitchen. Everyone decides to follow me.
"Stop following me. I'm fine." I demand while glaring at everyone.
"You're in transition. Your emotions are heightened right now" Damon blurts out. Everyone's getting on my nerves.
"I want to be outside today. The masquerade ball. Yeah I want to help with that." I stutter as I try to find words trying not to sound suspicious.
"I can make you a daylight ring, but you have to promise you'll be on your best behaviour." Bonnie instructed me.
"I'll try." I agreed so I can get out faster.

***

Bonnie made me a daylight ring. It didn't take much time so I was thankful for that. Damon had went to go grab a blood bag for me to completely be a vampire. So all of us were just waiting around. It was tempting to drink everyone's blood, not going to lie. But I kept it under control. Damon finally came back and handed me the blood bag. Everyone was looking at me so I was a little uncomfortable drinking it. I probably drank the whole thing under ten seconds.
"Did you bring anymore?" I ask with eagerness.
"No. That's enough for you." Damon said while looking at me with suspicion.
"Okay, sorry. Let's go help with the ball!" I command cheerily, everyone as Elena, Bonnie and I head to the Lockwood mansion.

***

Elena and I are sorting out masks for tomorrow evening until Damon walks up to us.
"What are you doing here?" I question Damon while looking around.
"Looking for my baby bro. Speaking of, will you tell yours to stop following me?" Damon groaned.
"What's going on?" I ask him.
"Ask eager beaver." Damon consoled and walking away after. And Jeremy perfectly timed comes in.
"Jeremy what is he making you do?" Elena asks worriedly.
"He's not making me do anything."
"Uh, no. No way. No, no, no, no. There is no "Damon and you". There's Damon and whoever Damon is using, and those people, they end up dead. Whatever is going on Jeremy, I want you to stay out of it." Elena demanded with her eyebrows furrowed as usual.
"I don't really care what you want, Elena. It's because of you that I'm in this mess in the first place, so I'm sorry, but you really don't get to tell me what I'm gonna do." Jeremy fires back and leaves. Elena looks at me and I just shrug my shoulders. I leave Elena too so I can use the bathroom. While walking to the bathroom a girl had stubbed her elbow on the table making her bleed. I go to the nearest room to lock myself in there. I keep panting.
"I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay." I keep repeating to myself over again. Suddenly there's a knock on the door.
"Yeah?"
"I saw you rushing in there. Are you alright?"
"Uh, yeah." I swallow trying to contain myself.
"You sure? Here let me in." The stranger insists. I finally have the strength to get myself off the floor and open the door. Of course it has to be the girl that hurt herself. I grab her, and shut the door.
"Don't scream." I compel her and dig into her neck. The savoury taste keeps me going. I cannot stop. There's no more blood, so I rip her head off. Oh god. I want more. Just gonna leave the body there. I try to get out of the Lockwood mansion without getting spotted. Successfully I do get out and leave the premises. Behind the mansion is all woods, so I decided I could lead someone there. There's a teenage redhead helping decorating so I go to her.
"Excuse me, could you help me with something back here?" I ask innocently.
"Sure. Lead the way." She replies with such purity. We both head into the woods so you can't see us from the mansion.
"What's out here?" She observed by looking around. I couldn't even reply, I just sunk my fangs into her neck. Like before, I couldn't stop. Nobody is here to stop me so I enjoy the moment. As before, I finish her and rip her head off like the last girl. I quickly wipe my mouth and get a buzz from my pocket, I take it out. It's Elena. She can wait. I've gotten few calls in about ten minutes. Stefan or Damon probably had smelt the blood by now and I'm gonna get scolded by Elena hardcore. Now I go distract myself by scouting out someone else. I spot a brunette standing by herself. I'm just gonna quickly grab her then go somewhere else.

***

By now I've almost finished her dry like the other two. Out of the corner of my eyes I see Alaric, Damon, and Stefan. Now I finished drinking her blood, and after I snap her neck off. Without regret I drop the body and the head.
"She's a ripper."
"Arizona, stop. Get it under control." Damon pleads with guilt in his bright blue eyes.
"I can't! I just can't!" I yell as I try to focus on not killing Alaric.
"I know what you're going through, Arizona. Try to think of something else to distract it." Stefan tries to help with the craving.
The blood high is going to take over me if I don't try to do something about it. I'm just standing with all of the girl's blood on me.
"Come here." Damon says. So I go over to him and he pulls in for a hug. I go in for it, and immediately I finally feel the burning sensation of vervain. I look up at Damon, but he's looking the other way feeling guilty; and I pass out.

***

I wake up, lying down in the old cellar. Sheriff Forbes must've been compelled and let go because it's only me. I lay down on the hard bed and just stare at the blank ceiling. I've noticed numerous people have looked through the hole in the door, but I didn't care to look over. Suddenly someone comes in. I don't care, so I don't look.
"Hey. It looks like you're better."
"Jeremy, get out." I say to him but not making eye contact.
"You're going to get hurt if you stay in here. So leave." I add.
"Arizona, you can talk to me." Jeremy tried to comfort me.
"I don't have anything to say. So get out please." I argued while playing with my fingers. And so he leaves, and I'm once left alone again. After Elena decides to come in.
"Elena get out."
"Ari, don't push everyone out." Elena pouts while staring at me. I don't ignore her, I just don't have anything to say about that comment.
"Just let me desiccate. I deserve it." I sigh with no emotion whatsoever.
"Ari..." Elena doesn't even finish her sentence.
"Just get out before I kill you myself." I threaten her. And so she does leaving myself in here, alone. Just before I thought I had complete silence, and Damon comes in.
"You're being "cup is half empty" right now." Damon complains.
"I don't really care." I reply back to him with no emotion in my voice once again.
"Did you turn it off? That would be so much fun with you like that." Damon keeps rambling off.
"God, get out." I groan.
"What? Are you going to tell me "I'm going to kill you" too?" Damon teases me.
"I can if I try." I threaten him still with no emotion in my voice.
"Come at me, majesty." Damon says while doing the weird smirky thing. I leave him alone for now.
"Anyways, I decided to be generous and give." Damon says before I go "try to kill him". I pushed him to a wall and have my hand around his heart in in chest.
"I did it." I pant while still holding my position around his heart. Suddenly he moves having me in lock, and his hand over my chest around my heart.
"Too much small talk." Damon says. We're both panting now looking at each other. Damon leans in, but I pull back. Not that I don't want it, it's just that I'm not ready.
"Damon. Not now." I grieve and going back to lying on the uncomfortable bed. He drops the bottle of bourbon beside my bed and leaves. Again, I'm left alone to myself and the bottle of bourbon.