Inaction's and Consequences

Chapter 55

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to The Vampire Diaries, TV show or books. However I decided to have a little play around with the characters (I would definitely like to play with Damon).

Ric was sat in his office grading papers when his cell rang. When he stared down at the caller ID and saw Damon's name appear, he sighed. Damon had warned him this call was coming and Ric wasn't looking forward to doing what he was going to do as he wasn't exactly an expert at compulsion. He'd tried it on Damon twice to practice and once on Jeremy. The reason it was going to be hard was due to him being against compulsion unless it was for a good purpose, and Ric sensed nothing good would come of rescuing Enzo, other than potentially getting found out as a vampire.

Ric picked up the phone and answered it. "Yeah!" he said flatly.

"We found Aaron." Damon's voice sounded practically chipper. "He's currently at Whitmore house right now, all ready to ask you to step over the threshold, compulsion free."

"You really think he'll invite me in?" Ric rubbed his forehead.

"You're one of the professors, of course he will." Damon replied.

"And why am I asking him to invite me in?" Ric asked.

"Lie, cheat, steal Ric." Damon said. "I dunno, make something up. Tell him you've come to talk about what's her name..." Damon started.

"Megan." Ric interrupted.

"Yeah her. Tell him you're part of the school paper and you found out he knew her, or something." Damon suggested.

"You're good at this you know." Ric shook his head.

"What's that?" Damon asked.

"Lying!" Ric snapped.

"When you've been a vampire for almost a hundred and fifty years, you'll find you're skills at lying will also be exceptional Ric, because in order to survive, you have no choice but to lie." Damon explained.

"And how does Elena feel about that?" Ric asked.

"Elena is a no lie zone." Damon told him smoothly. "She knows all of my deep and darkest secrets." he said.

"And she's still with you?" Ric laughed. "I just don't get what she sees in you."

"That's because you haven't had sex with me." Damon told him in a smug but matter of fact voice.

"Too much information." Ric shuddered. "Can we get back to the Aaron part?" he asked.

"Oh yes. Aaron Witless." Damon sighed. "If you head over there right now, we'll follow." he said.

"And nobody will think that is suspicious at all." Ric said sarcastically.

"Look, you just get in. Leave the rest to me!" Damon snapped as he hung up.

Ric arrived at Whitmore house feeling nervous. Unlike Damon, he wasn't practiced at lying, and he was not even sure he was happy compelling someone to let his friends into the house. As much as he trusted everyone else, he knew it wouldn't take much for one of his friends to kill the poor kid. Damon being pissed off at the Whitmore family, Stefan going on a ripper bender, or even himself. Right now he didn't even trust his own vampire side.

Ever since Ric had come back from the dead, he'd felt this insatiable hunger, which made him want to feed on every living person he met. He hadn't fed on anyone since the first few nights back, as he knew he could easily kill them, and none of his friends were strong enough to pull him back from the edge. Instead he survived on blood bags, which was fine when he was only around vampires and with people he knew. Being face to face with a human stranger in a one on one situation, was something he'd tried to avoid, as he was scared of the temptation. This was something he'd kept to himself as he didn't want to burden anyone with his problems. They had enough to deal with as it was.