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Chapter 01 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bella and her mother Ren\u00e9e moved to Mystic Falls when she was 14 years old. The days that she hated her mother outnumbered the days where she loved her dearly. Ren\u00e9e wasn\u2019t a suitable mother, not at all. She was flighty and inconsistent. She was an artist and always forgot about the time so as soon as Bella was able to make mac and cheese, she cooked to make sure she had something to eat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella cared for her mother as a mother should take care of her child but it was almost as if moving to Mystic Falls had made her mother more restless. More forgetful and certainly more spiritual. Bella never believed in anything spiritual, it was as if you were living with your head in the clouds with silly little rules such as \u2018no, that couch should go there to let the positive energy flow better!\u2019 and she hated it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her mother couldn\u2019t hold down a job and if it hadn\u2019t been for Zach Salvatore at times, they would have lost the roof over their heads a long time ago. When Bella was 16, her mother felt constricted and for some reason afraid, and wanted to move again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella didn\u2019t want to move. She had her life here in Mystic Falls, she had made some friends in school and she wanted to be more rooted in a community other than moving every few years. Enough was enough. This was also a compelling argument to Ren\u00e9e, who reluctantly instructed Bella to emancipate herself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ren\u00e9e knew that Bella would be able to take care of herself, and while she\u2019d always be her mother, if Bella truly didn\u2019t want to move, she\u2019d have to emancipate. Charlie, Bella\u2019s father, was a little more difficult to get him to agree with the plan. But Bella argued that if she\u2019d go to Forks, she\u2019d have to take care of him, too, and that was something Bella did not want to do. She was a child. She wanted to be a normal teenager and it was time for her parents to live their own lives without having to be responsible for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zach Salvatore offered the guest house on his land. He owned this big boarding house where people occasionally stayed, and the guest house was somewhat removed from it, but also close enough for Bella to come in and grab a meal whenever she wanted. The Salvatores were one of the founding families of Mystic Falls, Bella felt honored that one of those families wanted to look after her as she started her new life and learning to navigate it on her own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She absolutely loved history and Mystic Falls had its fair share of it. She had read every book in the library and found it interesting that there had been so many animal related deaths and accidents in the past while there was nothing going on right now. In fact, Mystic Falls was the perfect little sleepy town where old people went to retire and die. But they didn\u2019t; they all went to Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Animal attacks or not, Bella loved walking around in the forest to focus on her schoolwork, spotting the occasional fox here and there. They were surprisingly kind and curious to her. It was almost as if they had crawled out of their dens specially for her, but that would just be stupid, wouldn\u2019t it? To even think that she had some connection with nature would have her stoop to the level of her mother\u2019s \u2018spirituality\u2019. It just wasn\u2019t possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She found a job waiting tables at the Mystic Grill; as most of the youth did, and she planned on sticking around, unlike most of the youth did. She liked waiting tables and observe people as it helped her with her characters for the stories she was writing. Bella had based the caretaker of an animal sanctuary on Zach Salvatore and the antagonist on Logan Fell, the news reporter from the local station WPKW9. Bella believed Fell to be foul, slippery and a moron and often not telling the truth about what he was reporting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tragedy struck in 2009 when the Gilberts ran off the Wickery Bridge and drowned, leaving Elena and her brother Jeremy orphans. The whole town came together in making sure the children were alright until their aunt Jenna could come and take care of them. Bella perceived Jenna to be too young for such a task, but Elena had a level head. She was a smart girl with the best taste in boyfriends. Matt Donovan was a catch. Sure, he wasn\u2019t one of the brightest, but his heart was in the right place. For Elena to have broken up with him had been selfish, probably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt wasn\u2019t interested in dating Bella. Perhaps it was too soon after his breakup with Elena. Bella was dating her classmate Moritz instead, at the start of the new school year. Moritz liked it that she was without parental supervision and had her own home to be in. He was kind, goofy and a bit out of touch with the rest of the world, but he was nice. And she wasn\u2019t single in her senior year. Bella never understood the pressure of dating someone; peer pressure was a bitch, but she wasn\u2019t using Moritz. She thoroughly liked him, wild hair and all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His family had roots in Germany and Moritz was a family name. He hated it, but Bella thought it was special; everyone had these normal names in Mystic Falls, it was good to stand out, especially considering that Moritz was a musician; he couldn\u2019t be another regular Joe. And she loved it that he was so normal, so grounded, so down to earth. Like Matt, but less of the testosterone from playing football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you live in a small town as Mystic Falls, new things often gain the attraction of others very fast. Such as the new kid in town; Stefan Salvatore. As he strolled down the hall of the high school, most of the girls were nearly fainting at the sight of him. Bella merely rolled her eyes and texted Zach, wondering if he and Stefan were related. She didn\u2019t get anything back for the rest of the day, but she found out that he was in Elena Gilbert\u2019s class. With Matt. And Elena\u2019s friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lunch time was even worse with all those hormones flying around and even Moritz questioned her about her lack of response to Stefan. \u201cI\u2019ve got you, why should I lust after someone else?\u201d She had smiled brightly at him and continued to listen to his playing on the guitar while she jotted down some notes in her notebook for her writing project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silly, maybe, but she was writing fanfiction; it was a hell of a coincidence, but Stephenie Meyer was a genius for writing Twilight. Vampires weren\u2019t real, but the names she used in the books were familiar. Like\u2026 totally familiar that Bella thought about suing the woman for using her family as a plot device. She was currently working on a crossover with Supernatural. Bella Swan; vampire hunter. Monster hunter, alongside of her hunks Dean and Sam Winchester. Oh yeah, she\u2019d have sex with them both. But she hadn\u2019t gotten to that part yet. At this point fictional Bella was ankle deep in the sewer, armed with a flashlight stalking a vampire called Jasper, so not sexy. But real Bella was sure that by the end of the scene, the vampire would be dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Bella loved writing original fiction, fanfiction was sometimes a breath of fresh air; she could use the worlds that were already established and mold it into something she liked. Writing in general made her process things. Deal with her issues with her parents and shit. Her own sexual frustrations. Killing off everyone she didn\u2019t like around her. That kind of thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella loved history, and most of her research was put in her stories. Her reviewers always praised her for being so descriptive and in depth. Detailed. So that was fun. She loved using mythology. Despite her viewing mythology as absurd stories told for generations and not real, she loved playing with it. She loved to figure out the psychology of people who did believe in myths and legends. Vampires. Werewolves. Angels. Demons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granted, everyone loved a spooky story every once in awhile but to truly believe? Nah. That\u2019s like saying that magic and witches were real. Yeah right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Bella arrived home after school and her shift at the grill, Zach met her at the guest house, saying that for the time being, it would be best if she didn\u2019t show up at the main house. His nephews were over and he wanted to have some quality family time with them. He instructed her not to invite them into her house, either, mainly because they were like strays. Invite them in once, and they\u2019d continue to come back and hang out whenever they wanted to, eat your food and destroy your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Bella thought it was a little extreme, she went along with it. After all, it was thanks to Zach that she had a roof over her head and he was her landlord. And maybe Stefan and his brother were bad boys and Zach wanted to protect her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella participated in the fundraiser although she didn\u2019t like the theme of it; the girls had to be scarcely clothed, preferably in their bikini\u2019s only. See, Bella wanted to be a member of society, but to do this? What was she thinking? It was something that Zach had once told her; it was good to go out there and embarrass yourself every once in awhile, if it was for a good cause. So she and one of her classmates, Jeri, were soaping up cars together, having fun and playing with the water on the hot summer\u2019s day. It was refreshing to cool down some and while raising funds for charity, they were actually being productive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Bella so didn\u2019t see Bonnie Bennett stare at that car and had it go up in flames. Nope. That wasn\u2019t possible. It was a heatstroke for sure! And it wasn\u2019t Stefan Salvatore who stopped Bonnie, seemingly knowing what was going on. Heatstroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella excused herself and went home, stopping by the ice cream place on her way back and she was going to have a lie down. A couple of hours later, she went to the main house to check up on Zach, she had a feeling that he needed her for some reason. Ha, look at that, she was starting to think like her mother. She was ripe for the loony bin for sure! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefan opened the door, looking grief stricken and Bella could feel a knot form in her stomach. \u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUh\u2026\u201d Stefan replied, at a loss for words. \u201cAnimal attack\u2026 Uncle Zach was working on something in the cellar and I think that one of the crates had a poisonous snake in it or something. It\u2019s still on the loose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBullshit,\u201d Zach\u2019s voice sounded and Bella looked around Stefan to see Zach stand there in the hallway, looking slightly shimmery. \u201cOh, don\u2019t get me wrong, I am dead. But it wasn\u2019t an animal attack. Don\u2019t freak out, Bella. Don\u2019t let Stefan know that you can see me. Excuse yourself and go home. I\u2019ll come to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you okay?\u201d Stefan asked, looking behind him as Bella had lost focus. \u201cI know you liked Uncle Zach as much as I did\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah\u2026\u201d Bella said, seemingly lost in her own thoughts before her eyes focused on his. \u201cI\u2026 uh\u2026 I\u2019m sorry for your loss. If you need anything you know where to find me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThanks, Bella,\u201d he smiled at her. \u201cI appreciate that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella nodded as she backed away from the door and walked back to her little house. On her way there, she was joined by Zach. \u201cWhat are you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDead,\u201d he deadpanned. \u201cIt\u2019s about time you started to show your abilities,\u201d Zach continued. \u201cFor a moment I believed that it had skipped yet another generation!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAbilities? Wait, if you\u2019re dead, how come I can see you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShhh, indoor voice,\u201d Zach said as he followed her inside her home. \u201cI won\u2019t be around for long, I promise. I have no intention of staying here. Well, I wish I could, but if you\u2019d bring me back you\u2019d only draw attention to yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d Surely she was still suffering from that heatstroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, Bella, you\u2019re so deliciously oblivious to everything that seems unnatural and while that\u2019s endearing and all, I need you to stop doing that and see what it is. You don\u2019t have to tell anybody and I can assure you that you\u2019re not going crazy,\u201d Zach continued, a sense of urgency in his voice. \u201cDo what you do best. Observe. See things. Start believing in things, Bella, even the unexplainable things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike Bonnie setting the car on fire today?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe did?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen yes. She must be a witch of some sort.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the rumor\u2026\u201d she agreed, slowly nodding. \u201cWait, witches are real?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes. So are vampires and werewolves and well, ghosts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She sat down on her couch and looked at him as if he was spouting nonsense. She was hallucinating. Dreaming. This couldn\u2019t be real. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know what you\u2019re thinking, Bella, and I know it\u2019s a lot to take in, but trust me. Your mother was terrified of what secrets this little town holds, but she knew that you\u2019d be strong enough to stand up against it. To witness it. She wouldn\u2019t have allowed you to emancipate if it wasn\u2019t for me telling her that I would keep you safe, so I need you to listen to me, okay?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella had always known that her mother was terrified of something in this place. Bella had always brushed it off as her mother being flighty; never wanting to stay in one place for too long. Perhaps Zach was telling the truth. She slowly nodded, prompting Zach to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour mother has a sense of danger. Her intuition about the supernatural is usually spot on and even though she can\u2019t identify the threat, she knows it\u2019s real. It\u2019s why you\u2019ve moved so many times but usually to supernatural hotspots. Like Mystic Falls. You\u2019re the first in a long line of your family on your mother\u2019s side to show abilities, like communicating with me or those foxes following you around on your walkabouts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella blinked at that. How did he know about the foxes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBella, you\u2019re safe in Mystic Falls as long as you continue to act like you\u2019re like any other human being. Now that your abilities are manifesting, it\u2019ll be harder on you, but I implore you not to bring anyone back from the dead, even if they\u2019re begging you to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat? I can do that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe. I don\u2019t want you to find out without a proper guide. I would have been that guide for you but alas. Fate had other plans. You will know who the proper guide is when you meet him or her. It\u2019s likely he or she will be supernatural and very knowledgeable about witches or abnormalities like yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m abnormal?\u201d Bella huffed. \u201cWell, thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not good to be abnormal in the supernatural world, Bella. You need to stay safe. Stefan and Damon will allow you to stay on the property, you don\u2019t have to worry about losing your home. I just want you to continue to live your life, but now with the full knowledge that everything you see is real. It\u2019s not a trick of the mind, it\u2019s not a heatstroke and it\u2019s not a hallucination. It\u2019s about as real as the things you describe in your stories.\u201d Zach shimmered then. \u201cI don\u2019t have very long, but if you get the chance, spend some time in the library at the house and read the journals with the true history of Mystic Falls. Not the crap the normal library gives you. Vampires are real and they are dangerous. Don\u2019t invite anyone inside your home, not even my nephews, alright?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, you\u2019re probably feeling like this is too much to take in and I\u2019m sorry. Your first instinct is to run but please, don\u2019t. There\u2019s a reason why you wanted to live a life away from your mother, there\u2019s a reason why you wanted to stay here. I promise you that that reason will reveal itself to you, it could be in a month, two months or maybe even a year, but it will come. Until then, keep your head down and observe quietly. Learn all that you can and try not to use your abilities. Don\u2019t visit the cemetery and accidentally resurrect someone for it could be evil that you\u2019re bringing back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She nodded again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd one last thing; don\u2019t have them play shitty music at my funeral.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It took Bella some time to wrap her mind around everything that had happened, what Zach had said and all the experiences she had brushed off as \u2018coincidence\u2019 or \u2018hallucination\u2019 before. Life was fucked up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She kept going to school and work her shifts at the Mystic Grill, but she wasn\u2019t ready to socialize outside of that just yet. She missed the Halloween party, no big deal, really, even though Moritz really wanted to go. The day after the party he broke up with her. Also, no big deal. She had weirder things to concern herself with. It just hurt that he left her for some blonde bimbo with a bigger ass and a bigger rack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella\u2019s notebook was starting to get full now. Not with fantasized shit, but with the things that she had noticed. The things she knew now and she was going to have to buy herself a new one soon. Just as she was planning on going out to buy some food, a knock was on her door and she opened it, revealing a strange woman in front of her. She had long blonde hair and was about Bella\u2019s height. \u201cUhm\u2026 can I help you? You passed the boarding house on the way here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHi, I\u2019m Lexi,\u201d she smiled at Bella. \u201cI\u2019m a friend of Stefan\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOkay, hi Lexi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAren\u2019t you going to invite me in?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo. If you can\u2019t cross the threshold on your own, you\u2019re not coming in,\u201d Bella replied, crossing her arms over her chest. She had read up on the regular vampire lore online, and with Zach\u2019s warning in the back of her mind, she hoped that the invitation thing was true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCool,\u201d Lexi nodded with a smile on her face. \u201cYou know about our kind then, that\u2019s cool. So, what are you then? A witch?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m a mere human, protecting myself. Now, what can I do for you, Lexi?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBullshit. You\u2019re like us! You\u2019re a part of our community!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLexi, leave the poor girl alone,\u201d Damon suddenly appeared out of nowhere, like a knight in shining leather. Despite Zach\u2019s warning about his nephews – or actually his uncles, Bella couldn\u2019t help but find the elder Salvatore brother extremely attractive. Always dressed in leather\u2026 his hair\u2026 his beautiful blue eyes\u2026 it was enough to make a girl swoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella felt guilty, but not that guilty, that she had written a character looking just like him in one of her original stories and she might have used some self-insertion to pair him up with her. And have great sex. Like, the best. Seeing stars kind of sex and then fireworks. Oh yeah. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think she has the hots for you, Damon,\u201d Lexi smirked as she looked at him. \u201cAnd I am a free person, I can go wherever I want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut you can\u2019t go in there, so come on, leave her alone,\u201d he countered playfully, putting an arm around her to steer her away. \u201cGo bother Stefan. He\u2019s a miserable little thing after the whole Elena debacle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ah yes, Elena. The girl found out about Stefan and Damon being vampires and had demanded space; causing Stefan to feel all sorry for himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAw, but the girl looks like she\u2019s in for a party! Why not invite her over to party with us? Get drunk, drink blood\u2026 dance\u2026 drink\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019s off limits,\u201d Damon reminded her, looking over his shoulder to wink at Bella before marching Lexi away from the guest house. \u201cShe\u2019s our tenant, not a meal ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGenerally when you\u2019re collecting rent from someone it means that they\u2019re your meal ticket,\u201d Lexi countered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe lives rent free, now, come on. You have to get dressed for a party,\u201d Damon looked over his shoulder again. \u201cYou\u2019re not working tonight, are you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella shook her head. \u201cI\u2019m going to get food and watch a movie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood. Stay here. I\u2019ll make sure you get some food.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh yeah?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI make a killer lasagna!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMake sure it\u2019s blood free, I hate the smell of it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, you little baby!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, you both definitely should hook up,\u201d Lexi laughed all the way to the main house. \u201cLike an old married couple!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few hours later, there was a knock on the door and when Bella checked, nobody was there but a picnic basket with hot steaming lasagna in it, a couple of books and a note from Damon saying that she\u2019d enjoy these books and that should she have any questions that she could send him a message. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon\u2019s lasagna tasted phenomenal, and the books Damon had given her looked like journals; perhaps the journals that Zach had mentioned. She was careful not to drip any lasagna on the books as she read and she wasn\u2019t surprised that the true history of Mystic Falls, the supernatural history, was close to the one they were being taught in school or during every Founders party, but then with a supernatural twist and no animal attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first book was mainly about vampires and witches, and by the time she\u2019d read through it, she\u2019d polished off all the lasagna Damon had made. Bella hadn\u2019t realized she was that hungry. Or perhaps his lasagna was indeed that good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she returned from her kitchen with a glass of wine, shimmery Lexi was standing at the table, peeking into the journal that lay open. \u201cWhat the fuck,\u201d Bella muttered under her breath. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNice place you have,\u201d Lexi grinned as she looked up to Bella. \u201cAnd I totally confirmed that you are supernatural. You\u2019re a medium!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah, that would work. \u201cIf it decides to work, yes,\u201d she replied, downing her glass of wine in one go. \u201cWho killed you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDamon,\u201d Lexi shrugged. \u201cIf only I could come back from the dead and return the favor. I\u2019m older, you know. I\u2019m a lot stronger than he is. He was only able to take me down because I was being shot at.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUhuh.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good thing you have that rule of not being able to cross your threshold means not entering your home. Damon is dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOkay,\u201d Bella sighed. \u201cBut he made me a damn good lasagna and he\u2019s my landlord so yeah, nothing you can really do about it. Anything else? Do you want me to pass something on to Stefan?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNah,\u201d Lexi waved away Bella\u2019s words. \u201cI just came here to check to see if you were telling the truth and you were. And now it\u2019s time for me to move away from the portal and go live out the rest of my existence on the Other Side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She didn\u2019t know what to say about that. \u201cHave fun?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThanks!\u201d Lexi smirked before she winked out like a candle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.0.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of weeks later, the school had their annual decade dance and unfortunate for Bella, her friend Jeri wasn\u2019t allowing her to skip this one, too. Bella thought she looked ridiculous in her fifties outfit and there was no way that she was going to dance. Bella was going to have punch, be around for maybe 30 minutes and then leave again. She\u2019d been in the middle of doing homework and revising after having ignored it in favor of reading journals chronicling the supernatural world in Mystic Falls, and she didn\u2019t want to fail her exams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella had expected Stefan to be there, but she was surprised that Damon came with him and she watched him approach Bonnie Bennett. Oh, Bella knew about the hateful relationship between the two, Damon had told her all about it, and decided that Bonnie could use the night off, so she intercepted him. \u201cHey, wanna dance?\u201d Bella said as she looped her arm through his and started to pull him away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, actually, I—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can skip torturing Bonnie for one night, Damon,\u201d she replied gently, smiling up at him. \u201cFair warning though, I don\u2019t usually dance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen let\u2019s make this short then,\u201d Damon said as he took the lead. \u201cBecause I\u2019m not really here for the dancing or the chaperoning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReally?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReally,\u201d Damon nodded as he kept his eyes on the crowd. When Bella looked around, she saw that Stefan was doing the same as he danced with Elena. \u201cSomething bad is afoot. I half expected you to stay at home so you\u2019d be safe, but no, you just had to attend the dance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBlame Jeri,\u201d she chuckled and pointed at her best friend, who was now dancing with Moritz. \u201cOh, that\u2026 bitch! She\u2019s seeing Moritz now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour ex boyfriend?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah!\u201d Bella felt angry. \u201cShe\u2019s my best friend and she\u2019s dancing with my ex boyfriend. I hope that\u2019s all they\u2019re doing and not\u2026\u201d Her eyes grew wide when she saw them kiss. \u201cOh, she\u2019s dead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon laughed darkly and turned Bella around so she didn\u2019t have to watch her best friend kiss her ex boyfriend. \u201cJust say the word and I\u2019ll use her as my pet for awhile. Young blood, so delicious.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI doubt you\u2019d have to compel her for that. No, she\u2019ll only enjoy it,\u201d Bella sighed, shaking her head. \u201cNo, it\u2019s fine. Jeri\u2019s more exciting than I am. She has a better ass and better tits\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd Moritz has a new girl every week\u2026\u201d Damon added playfully. \u201cWasn\u2019t he dating a blond bombshell earlier?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShut up,\u201d Bella muttered and stomped on his foot. \u201cSo how much closer are you to freeing your Katherine?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon smiled widely. \u201cClose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd you still think it\u2019s a good idea to free her?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYep,\u201d Damon replied as he spun Bella around. \u201cAlright, enough dancing. You\u2019ve shown your face, you\u2019re going home. Don\u2019t want you to end up as an accidental snack.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, vampire business,\u201d Bella cooed as she allowed Damon to escort her to her car. \u201cSpooky!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his quiet moments, Damon liked to sit on her front porch with her door wide open while she sat inside. Both drinking alcohol or tea or eat whatever he came to offer. Simply to talk. Mostly about the disappointment of not having found Katherine in the tomb underneath old Fell\u2019s Church, where he believed she\u2019d have been with the other 26 vampires Guiseppe, his father, had locked them in. But that hadn\u2019t been the case. Katherine was still lost. Maybe dead, even. Bella knew he was hurting bad, and it was likely that he was acting out around his friends and family because of this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At some point, he slipped her a folder and when she looked inside, she found plane tickets and hotel reservations in her name. \u201cWhat\u2019s this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou need to leave town for a while and both Stefan and I are too preoccupied to look out for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella was confused. \u201cI have school. I have a job. I have exams starting soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t worry, I\u2019ll take care of that. It\u2019s only until it\u2019s safe. You\u2019re still new at all of this and you\u2019re obviously still trying to make this part of life your own,\u201d he pointed at the folder. \u201cThey\u2019re tickets to Orlando, Florida, in case you\u2019re wondering. Disney world!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDamon\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, don\u2019t you Damon me, Bella Swan. You\u2019re going away until it\u2019s safe or until you can protect yourself. Just because they can\u2019t enter your home, doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t take you while you\u2019re wandering around in the forest or in town,\u201d he then let out a dark chuckle. \u201cI\u2019ve been trying to get Stefan to drink human blood for years and he\u2019s finally fallen off the wagon. That sure taught me, he\u2019s a fucking lunatic now that he\u2019s off bunnies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t trust your brother?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot right now, no. So please, go have fun in Florida. Soak up the sun. Do things in complete freedom. I\u2019ll let you know when it\u2019s safe to come back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd what if that takes too long and I miss my exams?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCongratulations, you graduated high school with flying Aces!\u201d Damon cheered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She huffed. \u201cI think you\u2019re overreacting,\u201d she pushed the folder back. \u201cI\u2019m staying, I\u2019ll be more careful but I\u2019m staying. Your uncle\u2026 nephew, whatever told me to stop running. So I\u2019m not running away for danger. I\u2019m staying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDisney.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll go to Disney when I\u2019ve done my exams, how\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFine, but if you get killed, it\u2019ll not be my fault!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella grinned as she looked around the doorpost to face him. \u201cDeal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it turned out, Bella didn\u2019t have anything to fear from the new, old vampires in town. It was Stefan who looked like a pressure cooker bomb, ready to go off at any time, and she feared for his immediate circle; Elena and Bonnie. Not that it mattered that much to Bella, but she didn\u2019t want to miss her entertainment during lunch breaks at school. Damon informed her that Stefan was doing better after they had managed to wean him off human blood cold turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was likely that wasn\u2019t going to last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Founder\u2019s Day came around, and a quite special one at that, celebrating 150 years of Mystic Falls, Bella didn\u2019t quite feel like it. It was almost as if the entirety of Mystic Falls had a shroud over them, suffocating. As if something was coming. Something bad. So she didn\u2019t go and instead shopped for a couple of days of supplies and stayed in her house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a big fire. There were accidents. While Bella could see on her days out and about that life went on as normal, she could also see who was connected to all the happenings, people acting strange or looking around skittish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon came to her door at the end of February with a big smile on his face. \u201cWe\u2019ve got werewolves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReally?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUhuh, Lockwood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTyler?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd his uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCool,\u201d Bella grinned. \u201cCan I see?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHell no, it\u2019s too dangerous for you but I brought you a book so you can read up on them. Also, Caroline is a vampire and Katherine is back but she\u2019s a bitch so\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHmm\u2026\u201d Damon nodded. \u201cOn a sadder note, Stefan nearly died and the mayor has died. There\u2019s a wake today. Are you coming?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella thought for a moment. She wasn\u2019t sure about it, if the Lockwoods were supernatural, it could prove to be a disaster. On the other hand, werewolves were animals, right? Wouldn\u2019t they take to her like the foxes did in the forest? It was best to remain at a distance. She didn\u2019t quite like Tyler. \u201cWhile I would love to pay my respects, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good idea. Besides, I have a shift at the Grill. But I\u2019ll send some flowers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI told you, you should have taken me up on my offer for you to go to Disney.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not running, Damon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, but you\u2019re hiding. It\u2019s the same thing,\u201d he pointed out before running off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of frustration, she slammed her door shut. He made it sound as if she was enjoying herself, locking herself away like this. She knew that werewolves were the natural enemies of vampires so why was Damon so upset about this? If she\u2019d somehow attracted the werewolves, they could go off on him and he could die. Was that what he wanted? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella booted up her computer and opened skype. Maybe her friend Trashpanda was online so they could chat while she was reading the lastest book that Damon had given her. Trashpanda was a female, Bella\u2019s age, and she lived in New Orleans. Unlike Bella, Trashpanda had a lot of issues with her family but for some reason she couldn\u2019t get away from them. College was her way out and even though she was planning to attend the University of New Orleans, they had dorms and she was going to live there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until then, Bella kept her spirits up and they both discussed their writing together. They\u2019d been talking for a couple of weeks now and Bella hadn\u2019t learned Trashpanda\u2019s real name just yet. Which was fine, seeing as Bella\u2019s nickname was CeilingCat. Oh, there were worst names she could have come up with, but that was the freedom of the internet, wasn\u2019t it? To be something you\u2019re not. Bella liked talking to Trashpanda about random stuff that was not related to what Bella\u2019s life had become. Tell each other stupid jokes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, her friend wasn\u2019t online so Bella settled in in front of her computer and read Damon\u2019s book. By nightfall, she decided to go to the main house to return some of these books. It wasn\u2019t as if she needed them, and she could use it as an excuse to find a bottle of wine or something. She had forgotten to pick up something on her grocery run because she was distracted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As she closed the door of her home, she could hear MSN messenger going crazy with alerts, but that just had to wait. Bella was already outside and on a mission. Bella opened the front door to the Salvatore home and nearly dropped her books in shock when she saw Damon sitting on top of Elena, his hand around her neck, fiercely kissing her. \u201cDamon!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a panic, Damon looked up to see Bella standing there. \u201cIt\u2019s not what you think,\u201d he said like a deer caught in headlights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, threesome!\u201d Elena giggled as she pushed Damon off of her and started to circle Bella like a predator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not Elena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe fuck?\u201d Bella carefully watched Not Elena circle her before looking at Damon. \u201cWhat the hell!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon sighed and ran his hand through his hair. \u201cBella, meet Katherine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKatherine?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHi,\u201d Katherine smiled at her as she kept her eyes on Bella. \u201cOh, she\u2019s special, Damon, I can smell it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKatherine as in\u2026 the Katherine you spent the last century and a half lusting over? Missing? The one who\u2019s hurt you by leaving you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYep.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd she looks like Elena.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid I miss that out? Elena looks like Katherine,\u201d Damon pointed to the door. \u201cI\u2019ll explain to my best of my abilities later. Out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to make her leave?\u201d Katherine pouted. \u201cAw, Damon! Threesomes are fun!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBella\u2019s a tenant and off limits,\u201d Damon said as he positioned himself between Katherine and Bella. \u201cGood night, Bella,\u201d he said with his back towards her. \u201cTalk to you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She wasn\u2019t even going to fight him on this. From the stories he had told her about Katherine, Bella knew that she was bad news and really couldn\u2019t understand his infatuation with her. Then again, according to him and Stefan Katherine was a manipulative bitch, so what was going on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As she got into her house, messenger was still making too much noise for her liking and when she slipped behind her computer, Bella had to laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>Did you choke on your kitty nibbles or something? You can\u2019t be online and not be here. Where are you? Did you get eaten by a dog? Hello? FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat:<\/em><\/strong> Relax. I had to step out for a moment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>And do what? Jesus. Don\u2019t be online and not be here, okay?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat: <\/em><\/strong>Okay, Mom. What\u2019s so urgent anyway?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>Nothing. Just bugging you for an update on your Twilight\/Supernatural fic. Holy shit, you\u2019ve been going at it for so long and it keeps getting better and better! You have some creative brain, yo!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat: <\/em><\/strong>Just about to write the last chapter. Not too fond of the story right now. Too much going on. Too\u2026 complicated.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>Or too close to the truth?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat: <\/em><\/strong>Seriously, this again? Trashy, vampires aren\u2019t real. People just love the idea of it, hence why Supernatural and Twilight are attracting so many viewers. I mean, if we have to believe the stories, New Orleans is like a hotbed for supernatural creatures.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>And yet, Sam and Dean never visit us! *pout*<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat: <\/em><\/strong>Funny. Nah. I\u2019ve told everything that was needed to tell with the story and I really need to focus on my school shit.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>I thought you were an excellent student?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat: <\/em><\/strong>Who studies hard for that honor, thank you very much. History teacher has slipped into mythology now. Werewolves.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>Sounds interesting. For something that\u2019s not real, of course. Greek Gods and Goddesses for me. Boring. I mean, you\u2019re right, if we have to believe the stories, New Orleans is a hotbed for supernatural creatures, why can\u2019t we have your teacher and learn about the cool stuff?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeilingCat: <\/em><\/strong>Maybe because you can just walk into a store and get a book or a future reading by a \u2018medium\u2019. Unlike small town me!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TrashPanda: <\/em><\/strong>You think you\u2019re so funny! Anyway, I have to go. Mom\u2019s complaining that I\u2019m using the internet. She wants to call grandma\u2026 which will likely resort into some fighting but eh. Beggars can\u2019t be choosers. Talk to you later! Xx<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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