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Chapter 17 - speechless

I wake up to a naked, sleeping, Damon on my bed. Both of our phones are ringing. I crawl over Damon, and see both Stefan and Elena are calling. First I put on a blanket to shield myself, then I head over to my dresser to pick up my phone.
"Hey, Elena. What's up." I act as if I didn't just wake up.
"About time you picked up. Anyways, Stefan says Rose has some important information, so get here as soon as possible. And, Ari, is that Damon's phone ringing?" She asks me suspiciously.
"No, no, of course not. I'll be there soon. Love you." I end the call and use my speed to get ready. Before I go, I have to wake up Damon.
"Damon. We need to head to your house. Rose has information that can help us." I try to speak with no embarrassment. He just grunts.
"Okay, now. I'm going to leave, and you're going to get yelled at, and I'm not so, bye." I stutter as I try to find words that match what I should say. I turn around to leave, but Damon's blocking the door. Without his clothes on. I just look away.
"Okay. Can you move now?" I ask politely.
"Awe. Come on, don't act like nothing happened." Damon pouts, and still continues to block my doorway.
"Damon, come on. They're waiting for us." I say while still not looking down.
"Can't they wait 5 more minutes." Damon smirks while scanning my body. I just glare at him.
"And you look like you just had sex." Damon adds moving the way from the doorway now.
"Wait. I do?" I ask now feeling self-conscious.
"I'll meet you there, Arizona." Damon waves to me and does that smirk. I roll my eyes and leave.

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"Hey, what took you so long?" Elena asks.
"Well, you know it was a long night, and I couldn't sleep." I pretend to stretch my arms out and yawn.
"Ari, I heard you guys last night." Elena looks at me with her eyebrows raised and a smile on her face.
"Oh no, was it.. really bad?" I ask Elena as I probably die in embarrassment now.
"Not really. Only the whole street heard you both." Elena adds. And then Stefan walks in.
"What happened last night?" Stefan acting naive.
"Well her and.." Elena couldn't finish her sentence before I covered her mouth gently.
"Elena. Let's not tell everyone now. Shall we?" I look at Elena with my eyes hugely open.
"Damon." Elena spats out. And I just cover my face with more embarrassment.
"Why did I ask. I'm just going to go back to Rose now." Stefan stares completely at something else and walks away with his bourbon.
"You have "aftermath-sex-clothing" on, Arizona. It's not hard to tell. You can also tell when Damon is extremely happy for the whole hour before something or someone ruins his moment. Just watch." Elena acknowledges my clothes, and apparently Damon. After a few minutes, you could hear Damon enter the house. So I knew we should all meet in the main living room. I don't particularly know what Rose is going to tell us, but if it's important, It's worth my time.
"Okay, you have to understand I only know what I've picked up over the years and I don't know what's true and what's not true. It's the problem with all this vampire crap but Klaus, I know he's real." Rose seems believable, and not lying just to "forgive her."
"And who is he?" I ask Rose a simple question.
"He's one of the originals, a legend." Damon fills in for me.
"So like the first generation of vampires?" Elena asks to clear up.
"What about Elijah?" I ask.
"Elijah is the Easter bunny compared to Klaus. Klaus is the real deal." Rose speaks with experienced horror.
"So, Klaus is the oldest known vampire? And going for Elena?" I ask.
"Yes." Rose says.
"No." Stefan says looking at Elena to make her feel safe.
"What she's saying is true, and you're not saying so I don't kill you?" Damon asks with narrowed eyes.
"Which it is true, and I'm not saying it so you don't kill me." Rose rolls her eyes.
"Then we have a solid." Damon says while stretching his arms.
"Look, Elijah's dead, right? So no one else even knows that you exist." Stefan reassures Elena.
"Not that you know of." Rose objects.
"That's not helping." I speak to Rose as I put my leg over the other one.
"Look, I've never even met anyone who's laid eyes on him. I mean, we're talking centuries of truth mixed with fiction. We don't know if he's real. For all we know he could just be some sort of stupid bed time story." Stefan adds.
"He's real and he doesn't give up. If he wants something, he gets it. If you're not afraid of Klaus, then you're an idiot." Rose warns us; you can tell she's been tortured from him.
"Alright. You made your point. We're shaking." Damon pretends to be freighted. Elena gets up, so I follow her.
"Where are you guys going?" Stefan asks, and stands up with us.
"We have to go to school. We're late." Elena says as she packs up her school stuff.
"Let me grab myself, I'll go with you guys." Stefan insists.
"It's okay. We know where it is." Elena reassures him, and we leave the house.