The Little Lockwood

Seventeen

EDITED

I remember how excited I used to feel, watching the sunrise. Now it's just exhaustion and dread.
I walked through the forest all night, barefoot and still covered in Mason's blood.

The sunlight is just now reaching the edge of the trees as I walk up the front steps to my house.

My humanity coming back on was so horrible, I almost turned it off again just so I didn't have to feel this utter sadness inside of me.
Tyler is a sired hybrid bitch to Klaus.
Uncle Mason is dead.

Dead.

Dead.

Dead.

I walk slowly through my house and turn on the shower in my dimly lit bathroom. Closing the door I strip off my clothes, immediately throwing them into the bin next to the sink.

Getting into the hot water I let it wash me of my sins so to speak.

I don't know how long I was in the scalding water but I stayed until it turned cold.

Getting out I dress in black jeans and a grey T-shirt from the laundry room. I realize this shirt is huge on me..because it belongs to Klaus.
Sighing in disgust, I pull it off in a fluid movement and grab a dark blue long sleeved shirt in my size.

Klaus did this.
This is all his fault.

Mason would have never come back here if he hadn't have turned Tyler into a hybrid.
And Klaus made me turn my humanity off.
He ruined me.

I walk barefoot back up to my room and stop when I see hundreds of rose petals scattered down the opposite side of the hall, coming from my room...?

Curious now I walk slower and peek my head into my girlish room.

My eyes widen and my heart beats faster.
Hundreds of long stem roses are laid out on every flat surface. And hundreds of rose petals scatter my room alone, which then lead back out the door and down the hallway.

He did this.
My sad heart seems to beat faster.

I see a pink piece of paper folded in half on the bed, I walk carefully over the petals and pick the paper off of the bed.

Debria.

My name was written in beautifully messy handwriting on the top.

I unfold it carefully, my heart stuttering.

Debria,

I buried your uncle deep in the forest. The petals lead to his grave. I'm so sorry for your's and Tyler's loss.
Please let me know how you're feeling soon,

Damon

Sighing sadly I place the note in my desk drawer before letting the sweet scent of roses flow through my nose. I inhale deeply, trying to remain calm as I know I'm about to be led to mason's grave.

I step carefully over the petals again and out my bedroom door.

I follow the path of rose petals.

Damon over thought this completely. But the gesture made my heart swell in adoration for the vampire.
He cares about me.

The rose petals go down the back staircase and through the kitchen and out the back door   And onto the back porch.

I follow them silently, letting my toes feel the soft petals between them as I walk.
Another twenty minutes into the forest and the sun is now high in the sky, indicating it's now around noon.