I slowly open my eyes and look around, I am in someone's bedroom that is not my own. I gasp and sit up, looking around panicked.

"Calm down Gilbert." Damon says amused. I look at him and then suddenly all the memories flood back, Damon luring me over here, him killing some dude, then biting me. I look down at my wrist and see his teeth marks. I burst out laughing so hard that tears are coming to my eyes.

"Why are you laughing? Normally people scream, cry, run, etc." Damon asks amused.

"You're like," I laugh harder and force myself to finish the sentence, "Edward Cullen!" I burst out laughing and suddenly Damon is straddling me, his hand around my neck squeezing lightly. Not enough to hurt but enough so I know he is stronger than me.

"I am nothing like that poor excuse of a vampire. Don't insult me." he glares. I laugh and smack the back of his head.

"Get off me Edward." I laugh and slip out from underneath him. He growls and starts to chase after me but I laugh and run away. He suddenly appears in front of me and looks into my eyes.

"Don't move." I want to move but for some reason I can't.

"What did you do to me?" I ask nervously.

"I compelled you." he shrugs, "A vampire can get inside your head and like control you. It's fun and very useful." he smirks.

"That's why Caroline didn't tell anyone about you, you compelled her." I glare at him.

"Very smart Ari. I'm impressed." he smiles.

"Let me move Damon." I command. He shakes his head and smirks at me. "Damon please, I'm already scared enough as it is and I just want you to explain everything to me." I beg.

"Fine, you can move." he sighs and sits down on the bed. I smile and go sit down next to him. I notice how he flinches in pain when he sits and he is still very pale.

"Damon you should drink more from me, you look like your in pain." I frown, actually pretty worried.

"If I drink anymore from you, I will most likely kill you. Your blood is the sweetest I have ever tasted, Aria. I will explain to you about me then once the sun goes down, I will go out and feed." he says. I shiver when I realize he is going to kill people tonight.

"Why when the sun goes down? You have been in the sun before." I ask.

"When Stefan locked me up down there he took my daylight ring. Without it, I will burn in the sun." Damon explains.

"How do those work?" I question.

"Witches spell them, mine was spelled by Emily Bennet, Bonnie's ancestor." Damon says. I look at him in shock.

"Witches? Bonnie's ancestor? How old are you?"

"I've been 24 since 1864." he shrugs, "When I was human Emily was Katherine's maid."

"Wait, wait. Katherine was alive in 1864?"

"Yes, she was a vampire. Her blood turned Stefan and I then because of Stefan she was burned alive in a church." Damon says bitterly. I shake my head shocked.

"Anything else I need to know?" I ask in a shaky voice.

"Vampire blood heals a human so if you got shot and I gave you my blood, it would heal you." he states.

"How do you even become a vampire?" I ask nervous, looking down at the bite mark on my wrist.

"It's a very lengthy process, don't worry the bite won't turn you. You have to have vampire blood in your system, die, then feed on a human." he explains.

"Okay.." I breathe out. I groan and lean back on the bed, my head pounding.

"You know your making yourself very comfortable on my bed." he smirks. Oh, God. This is Damon's room. I get up quickly and try to get out but I have to grip the wall for support so I don't pass out. Damon is at my side in a second, helping me stand.

"What's wrong?" he asks, I must be hallucinating because I hear worry in his voice.

"Just a bad headache." I try to smile but I think it looks like a face spasm. I quickly look away and look out the window. It's nighttime. Shit! Elena is probably going to kill me. I push away from Damon and stumble down the hall.

"Where do you think your going?" he asks, suddenly in front of me. I glare and push him away.

"I need to get home and you need to go feed, you look awful." I say and continue walking. Again he blocks me off, grabbing my wrist. "What are you doing?" I ask nervous.

"Wrapping a bandage over your wrist. People can't see a bite mark can they?" he asks, wrapping the bandage around my wrist. Once he's done, he looks into my eyes and his pupils dilate. "You will not tell anyone about Stefan and I, if someone asks what happened to your wrist lie. Say you don't remember, you just noticed it was bleeding and you bandaged it up."

I nod, it's like I'm not in control of myself. "You didn't have to do that. I wouldn't have told anyone about you or Stefan." I glare. He smirks and disappears, leaving me staring at a wall.

"What have I got myself into?" I whisper.

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I tiptoe into the house and hope no one is awake. I have been gone most of the day and totally bailed on the carwash thing so.....

I smile when I realize Jenna and Elena are both gone. Jeremy is home but he doesn't really give a shit. I walk to the kitchen and grab a can of Coke. I open it and take a nice long sip. I finish it quickly and throw it into the trash can, I wince at the loud noise it makes from hitting the bottom. Ugh, my head is pounding. I stumble up the stairs and into my room.

I barely make it to the bed before I collapse on my knees. I try to push myself up on my bed but I am not strong enough. I feel like I am going to pass out, not good.

"Jeremy!" I scream as loud as I can. I sit there and wait for a few moments but he doesn't come. I guess he has headphones on, stupid little brother. "I can do this." I say and use all my strength to push myself up. I do a mental happy dance when I get on the bed. I groan and rub my temples to make the headache go away.

I think about everything that happened today and it finally all sets in. Damon and Stefan are vampires that have been alive for a very long time. Damon kills people and is a monster but yet I'm not afraid of him. I try to think why I am not afraid but I eventually drift off.

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When I woke up this morning Elena was still gone, or maybe she came home then left again. Either way was fine with me as long as she was okay. I am trying to sit and watch Pretty Little Liars in peace when the doorbell keeps ringing.

"Coming!" Jer yells running down the stairs. He opens the door and in burst Vicki.

"Ugh, the sun is killing me. My eyes are on fire." Vicki complains even though she has dark sunglasses on.

"Where have you been?" Jer asks wrapping his hands around her waist.

"It's fine everything is good." Vicki says, leaning up and kissing my brother. I look away and try not to puke. Vicki pulls away, gasping for breath.

"Did something happen?" Jeremy asks worried.

"I'm hungry. What have you got to eat?" Vicki says rudely barging into our kitchen. Jer looks over at me worried and I shrug, I stand up and follow her to the kitchen. She is pulling all this food out of the fridge and is breathing heavily.

"Your high?" I glare at her. "Vicki it's the middle of the day."

"Could you not talk so loud!" Vicki yells, "My head hurts. I need quiet." she keeps pulling all this stuff out of the fridge.

I watch in horror as she stuffs food into her mouth and then keeps grabbing more. I look over at my brother and see he is just watching her eat like a friken pig. It's so gross, I just want her out of my house.

I pull out my phone and send Matt a text saying get over here, Vic is high. I just sit down and watch Vicki be a pig. I shake my head in disgust and wait over by the door for Matt.

He arrives in a few minutes out of breath and worried. "Where is she?"

"Come this way." I say leading him over to the kitchen. Vicki is sitting on the floor drinking a soda.

"What's she on?" he asks.

"I..I don't know." Jeremy answers. Matt sighs and walks over to his sister, kneeling down next to her. He slowly takes off her sunglasses.

"Hey Vic, how you doing?" he asks gently. I smile at how good of a brother Matt is.

"Not good Matty, I hurt." she says pained. I go over to Jer and squeeze his arm reassuringly. I know he cares about Vicki.

"Okay, where does it hurt?" he asks.

"My gums! My jaw hurts..my gums...there's something in my gums!" she says panicked. "It hurts." she cries. Matt tries to help her up but she pushes him away. "No just leave me alone!"

"Come on Vic, don't be like that, let's get you home." Matt smiles.

"Just turn it off!" Vicki screams.

"Turn what off?" Jer asks.

"The talking!" she screams pushing Matt away and standing up. "Just turn it off!" she starts walking to the living room but suddenly freezes. We all follow her over and see the news is on. It says bodies found. Oh, God. What did Damon do? Jeremy walks over and turns it up.

"Three bodies were found dead in what is believed to be a drug deal on wrong. The bodies have yet to be identified. They were discovered earlier today at the old Mystic Falls Cemetery." news guy reports.

"That's where we were last night!" Jeremy says shocked.

"What happened Vic?" Matt asks. Vicki just stares at the screen in horror.

"There asking anyone with information to come forward." news guy says.

"Alright, I'm calling the cops." Matt says obviously fed up.

"No! Don't." Vicki pleads grabbing Matt's arm. I walk over to Vick, narrowing my eyes at her.

"What happened last night, after Jeremy left?" I question. She glares at me and pushes me back hard. I hit the sofa and fall down, shocked at her strength.

"Aria, are you okay?" Jer asks running up to me.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I sigh, waving him off.

"Damn Vic." Matt frowns.

Elena and Stefan walk in and see the scene in front of them. Elena looks over at me worried.

"What's going on?" she demands.

"She's really messed up." Matt says worried.

Stefan frowns, "Elena move back." he says walking up to Vicki. "Look at me." he whispers, looking into her eyes. I want to just tackle Stefan and tell him to screw off. He has been lying to us. "Focus." he instructs, "You're going to be fine." he looks at her for a few more moments. "Guys take her up to bed, close the blinds. She is going to be fine." he instructs us. He walks over to me and tries to help me up but I ignore it and stand up. He practically pushes us out of the room to talk to Elena.

Matt and Jer take Vicki upstairs but I stand right by the kitchen eavesdropping on Stefan and Elena's conversation. "You know what's wrong with her?" Elena asks, but it's not really a question.

"Yeah." Stefan answers.

"What is it?" Elena presses on.

"She's transitioning." he says.

"Into what?" Elena asks nervous.

"A vampire." Stefan states, an edge in his voice.

I gasp and they quickly look over at me. "What?" I whisper.

Stefan and Elena look each other having a silent conversation.

"Aria.." Elena starts to say but I cut her off.

"Don't give me some speech Elena, and don't have Stefan try to make me forget either." I glare at them.

"Wait, how do you know Stefan can make you forget?" she asks shocked. I start to say Damon told me but nothing comes out. Shit! Damon compelled me not to say anything.

"Um..uh.." I trail off looking at the ground. Stefan frowns and walks over to me, looking at the bandage around my wrist.

"What happened there?" he asks.

"I don't remember. I just saw it was bleeding and wrapped it up." I say quickly because Damon told me too. Stefan frowns again, grabbing my wrist and undoing the bandage. Elena gasps when she sees the teeth marks.

"Damon did that?! Didn't he?!" she yells at Stefan. Stefan nods and looks at me.

"Did Damon do this?" he asks looking into my eyes. I smirk and pull away from him.

"Can't compel me Stefan, I'm wearing the bracelet you got me." I say. Elena walks over to me.

"When did you see Damon?" she asks gently.

"Yesterday, I can't tell you what he said, he friken compelled me not to." I shrug. Elena laughs bitterly and looks over at Stefan.

"He compelled and bit my sister, you have to do something about him." she fumes.

"No!" I say much too quickly, "I let him and he's not as cruel as Stefan. He would never lock his brother in a basement and let him starve." I say glaring at Stefan.

"You don't understand Aria, how evil Damon is." Stefan says. I let out a humous laugh.

"Changing the subject to something more important, what happens if Vicki doesn't feed." I ask.

"She'll die." Stefan states and Elena and I both gasp. If Vicki dies it will destroy Jeremy. I look over at my sister and see the same fear on her face. "She has a few more hours at the most."

"She's upstairs with them now." I say pointing above us. If she touches my brother I will kill her, vampire or not.

"It's okay, she doesn't know what's happening to her yet." Stefan reassures us.

"So when is she gonna know?" Elena asks pacing.

"Right now, she doesn't remember anything, a part of her is still human. Slowly, the deeper she gets into the transition, her memories will start to come back. Then she will know, she has to make the choice." Stefan explains, to a very panicked Elena. I look over at my sister worried, it looks like she is going to have a heart attack.

"The same choice you made." Elena glares at him, Stefan looks down ashamed. Uh, what is going on? Elena finally stops glaring at Stefan and looks over at me.

"You need to stay away from Damon, he is a monster."

"Elena you can't tell me what to do, Mom could but she's dead. Damon may be a monster but so is Stefan. How can you take his side so easily?" I storm off into the living room, sitting down on the couch. I pull out my phone.

Did you turn Vicki Donovan?!

I send the text to Damon, hoping he will reply honestly. I sigh and wonder how we got involved in any of this. "VIcki!" I hear Matt yell then run out the door. I get up and follow him out the door. We all run out the door and look around trying to find her.

"She was fine then she just freaked out." Jeremy says.

"I'm gonna go look for her." Matt says running to his truck. "Call me if you hear anything!" he yells before speeding off.

"I can track her." Stefan whispers to us.

"Go!" I whispers harshly and then watch as Stefan goes off to find Vicki. I turn around and look at a very panicked Jeremy.

Please, Stefan. Find her soon.

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Elena and I are trying to clean up while Jeremy just stands there looking worried. "Maybe we should check in with Matt?" he says for the thousandth time.

"He'll call when he finds her." I tell him bringing him another dirty dish.

"Well, what are we supposed to do?" he asks picking up Chinese leftovers off the ground.

"We wait." Elena sighs, "Were supposed to wait."

"I don't know what's wrong with her." Jeremy says sadly.

"She'll be fine." I tell him gently walking over to get more dishes, "We'll all be fine." I whisper to myself. I hear the doorbell ring right as I am picking up another plate. We all hurry over to it, hoping it's some news about Vicki. Elena gets there first and starts opening the door. She gasps when she sees Damon and tries to shut it but he easily over powers her.

"Jeremy, Aria, go upstairs." she commands never breaking eye contact with Damon. Jeremy looks at her weirdly before going upstairs, I on the other hand, go run and give Damon a hug. I pull away and see him smirking and Elena looking at me in shock. Damon looks over at Elena and smirks.

"Your afraid of me." he smirks, "I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess. Stefan finally told you."

"Stay away from us." Elena glares puling me back inside. I glare at her but let her pull me inside anyway.

"Hey, no need to be rude, I was just looking for Stefan and Aria." he smiles, "May I come in." he pauses then smirks, "Of coarse I can, I've been invited." he steps right in making himself at home. He shuts the door behind him and just looks around.

"Make yourself at home, Damon. It's not like it's mine or anything." I tease. He just smiles a little. "Oh and can you un-compel me please?"

"I guess I can." he shrugs. "Your free from my compulsion." I narrow my eyes at him.

"I have vervain on, how can that work?" I ask.

"Doesn't matter about the vervain, I am not compelling you. I am un-compelling you." he smirks then it fades when he looks over at Elena. "Let's cut to the chase, shall we?I am not going to kill you, that would not serve my greater agenda. So, where's Stefan?" he asks harshly.

"He's out looking for Vicki." she glares at him. He tilts his head and steps closer to her, she steps back afraid.

"Don't look at me with those judgey little eyes. That girl is going to thank me for what I did to her." he says darkly.

"Did you thank Katherine?" Elena says not very nicely. Damon looks her up and down before stepping away and coming back over to me.

"Think you got the whole life story, huh?" Damon asks amused.

"I got enough." Elena says.

"Oh, I doubt that." Damon shrugs he starts to head towards the front door. "Tell my brother I'm looking for him, bye Ari." he says before heading out, right as he is about to lose it, he pops his head in. "Oh and tip for later, be careful who you invite in the house." he smirks before shutting the door.

"How could you do that? Hug him after all he has done." Elena fumes at me. I glare at her.

"Don't judge me Elena, your the one who is dating the monster." I argue.

"You and Damon looked pretty close." she seethes. I let out a disbelieved sigh.

"I cannot believe you just said that. Were friends Elena, you know that I am still getting over Tyler." I run up the stairs and slam my door shut. How could Elena be such a hypocrite. She hangs out with Stefan but I can't hang out with Damon. All I know is one thing.

The Salvatore brothers are getting between the Gilbert sisters.