Rose Petals (Discontinued)

Chapter Seventy-Seven

Season Four: Catch Me If You Can

"Jeez" Rosalie whispers. She wipes Matt's bloody neck clean with a damp towel. Damon called for her to come over last night to the lake house, saying he'd need help with something. She wasn't expecting this.

Klaus had compelled an entire bar after turning them into vampires, to attack Matt so Jeremy would be forced to kill them to save his friend. Damon only thought Klaus turned them. Plan's change.

"Sun's up" Jeremy places the gun on the window seat. "They're long gone" Damon hurriedly walks into the room where the three friends are. Rosalie frowns at the older Salvatore.

"What were you thinking, Damon?" She places the stained towel down and stands up. She crosses her arms. "I thought you were teaching him how to fight" Damon shrugs.

"He's not the best student in the world" He grumbles. Jeremy scoffs.

"Wait, now this is my fault?" Damon pours himself a drink.

"Stop talking" He looks at Jeremy in disgust. Rosalie scrunches her eyebrows together. "Look. I know you're upset, but my way was the easiest, fastest, and safest way to complete his mark to get the cure" Rosalie shakes her head.

"So bloodthirsty vampires chasing and biting Matt is safest and easiest way? This isn't the right way to get the cure, Damon. I'm not going to have my best friend murdering innocent people and have my other best friend as vampire bait. We're not putting them in danger anymore" Rosalie rants.

"Hey. There would have been no danger if he hadn't gone all bleeding heart" Damon goes and blames Jeremy for the second time.

"He killed someone. Damon, killing someone isn't normal, and he shouldn't be getting use to doing it. These were innocent people that Klaus turned" Rosalie gets closer to the blue-eyed man. He stares down at her.

"But the mark grew, didn't it?" Damon points out. He was completely missing the point. Rosalie rubs her face. She decides to drop the hunter's mark topic.

"We need a plan. There's a group of compelled vampires out there, and as soon as the sun goes down, they're gonna come after Matt, so we need to find a way to protect him" She plops down on the sofa next Matt.

"Yes, I know, but there will be no problem when big Jer and I here go on a hunting expedition" Rosalie shifts uncomfortably. As much as she loves Damon, she definitely didn't trust him with Jeremy. "Rosalie, I know it's tragic, I get it, but we also agree that he had to kill them. Now we have added incentive, so you take the least most valuable player home and Jeremy and I will finish this" Damon explains harshly. Matt grimaces at the vampire at his comment about him.

"I'm not leaving you with Jeremy anymore. Not after what Klaus just pulled" Rosalie instantly shoots down. Damon walks over to Rosalie and kneels down in front of her.

"Trust me. I will keep him safe, okay?" Rosalie clenches her teeth. She wants to stay.

She releases a tired sigh and nods her head. Damon smiles thankfully.

***

Rosalie and Matt walk into Elena's house. She allows him to go in first and she closes the door behind her. Rosalie licks her lips.

"Mattie, I'm sorry you had to get involved in this. Are you sure you're okay? That bite was...vicious. I wasn't expecting Damon to--"

"What were you expecting, Rosalie? It's Damon" Matt looks down at his friend in disappointment. Rosalie frowns.