I Had To Know Her

Chapter 23

Elena's POV:

I woke up the next morning wrapped in Stefan's arms, and that was the only place I wanted to be until I looked over at my phone.

''Elena, where are you?''

''Elena. Get home now.''

''Elena? Hello?''

And I had a couple more texts similar to that. All from Jenna.

I didn't come home last night. I fell asleep at Stefan's house and didn't call home to check in with anybody. Shit.

I looked at the time on my phone after finishing reading all the text messages I had, and it read 8:03.

I got out bed quietly so I didn't wake Stefan and went outside to my car, slamming the door behind me.

I parked in the driveway and ran up to my front door and Jenna was sitting on the couch, waiting for me to come home.

She got off the couch and ran over to me. ''Oh my god, Elena, you're okay.'' She said. ''I thought something bad happened to you. You weren't answering any of my texts and you didn't come home and I'm just so glad you're here, all in one piece.'' 

She let go of me and stared me down for a second before embracing me once again in a long hug.

''Jenna. I'm fine.'' I started. ''Nothing happened to me.'' 

''Where were you?'' She demanded.

Uh, how do I tell the person who is in charge of me that I just had a sleepover at my boyfriends house?

''I was at uh, Bonnie's house. We were up late doing a project and everything and just lost track of time and I decided to crash there for the night. I'm so sorry I forgot to tell you about it. Won't happen again.'' I said, making up the lie on the spot.

''Better not happen again. You had me worried sick.'' She said.

I nodded and hugged her again before making my day back upstairs. I laid down in bed and got my phone out to text Stefan that I left, so he didn't wake up and have a panic attack about me being gone like Jenna did.

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Stefan's POV:

I woke up and Elena wasn't in bed with me.

I looked around and she was no where to be found.

I got out my phone to call her before I saw that I had an unopened text from her.

''Hey babe, sorry I left. Jenna was freaking out, long story. Tell you later.''

I closed my phone and walked downstairs but when I was on the last step, I stubbed my toe on the edge of the stair.

I looked down at my toe and it was bleeding.

Blood.

I tried to stay calm but I didn't.

My eyes, they stared turning a different color as well as the veins in my face popping out along with that. The hunger inside of me was coming out and the only thing that I could think about was the blood.

I fought it long and hard and finally came back to my normal self.

I needed to get out of the house before something else happened and the hunger inside of me returned, and decided to go grab some breakfast.

I stepped outside and started walking to this little place down the street.

Once I got there, I went up to the counter and told the person standing behind it what I wanted but he was acting nasty to me. Being slow, and rude.

I had a flashback of this morning, when I stubbed my toe and blood was everywhere. It was all over the floor, all over the stairs, all over my foot. On my body.

I tried to snap out of it but it was too late, and I grabbed the man's neck that was acting nasty to me behind the counter before biting into the side of his neck and drawing blood.

Everyone else in the store got scared, and got up from their tables and ran out of the store, and I just kept drawing more and more blood from the man.

After I got so much blood out of him that he passed out, I stared at him laying on the floor.

I snapped out of it and became my normal self once again, and noticed what I did.

I just hurt him. I might of killed him. 

I started to panic and left him there laying on the floor, and ran out of the store and home. Once I was home, I slammed the door as hard as I could behind me and sat on the floor.

What did I just do.

I'm not like this anymore. I don't take blood from people. I don't hurt people. I don't kill people. Not anymore.

I never wanted to leave the house again. I never wanted people to see my face again. They were going to recongnize me now, they are going to have me on the news and my secret is going to exposed to the rest of the world to know.

I could see the headlines now.

''Vampire attack?'' No no no. I couldn't have this happen.

I went back to the store as fast as I could before people came back to see the action or news reports or whatever else, and covered it up like it was some animal attack or something.

I found most of the people who were in the store when it happened in the store next door, and compeled them.

Compeling is when you look someone in the eyes, and tell them to forget everything that they just saw. It works, for vampires however.

This was going to be okay. Nobody was going to find out that I was a vampire. I just had to forget about that myself.

This couldn't happen again. I only get my blood from a bag or an animal or something else to manage the cravings. I didn't hurt people.

I just kept repeating that over and over again to myself. I don't hurt people. I don't hurt people.

I walked back home and sat on the floor with my arms wrapped around my knees, trying to remember something that would make the pain go away.

Elena.

But I didn't want to see her, not now. It wasn't right and if these cravings keep coming back, then I could hurt her and that was the last possible person I ever want to hurt.

Before I knew it, there was a knock at the door and I didn't want to open it. I don't want news reporters here, or someone who saw it and I didn't want my life to be ruined.

I took a step back, and opened it, taking a deep breath.

''Hey, babe.''

No no no.

Elena.