a ripper and a blonde || m. greasley

eight.

stephanie's point of view

after milton had been released i spent the following day trying to make everything better for him. we ended up taking a picnic by the lake, and having a movie night with kaleb. josie and lizzie had been off to europe after the jo incident but i was on major punishment standby until then.

in fact i had just gotten a call from mom. "hey mom! how's europe treating you?" i asked her excitedly.

mom chuckled slightly. "better than your life right about now."

i sighed. "you heard about all that?"

"honey i'm your mother, i know everything. especially about a certain vampire named milton greasley." she teased.

i blushed. "yeah, he's kind of my boyfriend now. how crazy is that? which one told you." i said seriously at the end.

mom laughed. "like i said, i know everything."

i grinned looking over my shoulder to see kaleb and mg watching the movie still. "i wish you were here mom....i could use some one on one, in person advice." i sighed.

she paused for a moment. "stephie? honey, what's wrong?" she asked worriedly.

"it's just...mg is a ripper. like stefan was. and i don't know what to do. it's all my fault." i said sadly.

"no, no no. stephanie damaris saltzman, do not say that. it is not your fault."

"but it is, he tried to feed because i got stuck in the necromancer's head space." i sighed.

"honey, you should learn sooner rather than later that his ripper gene is not your burden to carry. he has to learn to live with it and manage without you. you can help him through it but at the end of the day he needs to do it for himself. you won't be there every time the urge hits. you need to realize it's dangerous to be with him and the precautions you need to take."

"what? milton would never hurt anyone, especially me. besides you and stefan were together." i protested.

she sighed. "stefan and i were vampires. i could protect myself better than you. i'm not saying don't be with milton, im just saying be careful. now i'm going to try and be home as soon as possible, but can you stop almost getting yourself killed? i would like the opportunity to squeeze the life out of you when i hug you again." she said softly.

i smiled slightly. "no promises mom, i love you and miss you. tell the same to liz and jo for me."

"i will. and stephie, i love you and miss you more." she said softly and with that the phone call was over.

i went back to watching the movie with mg and kaleb. soon we all ended up falling asleep in their dorm room milton and i piled on the couch and kaleb in the chair.

i was fast asleep until three am rolled around and someone was shaking my shoulder. i shot up instantly. "get your grubby paws off my sweater, giant fucking gummy bear." i said quickly before realizing it was a dream. i rubbed my eyes sleepily to see hope.

she looked down at me and i realized that she heard that. "okay we'll come back to that later." she said before noticing how milton and i were laying together. "your dad would flip out if he saw this."