Chapter 15: School Dance

MID'S POV

Me and Elena were talking to Stefan about stuff when Elena brought on the vampire topic. "Stefan, who was that man in the road?"she asked. "I don't know. Do you remember anything else about him Mid?" Stefan asked me. I shake my head. "Nope, never saw his face. Just remember a guy in a hoodie walking to me in big black boots. It was creepy."I tell them with a shudder. They both kind of chuckled.

"I brought some vervain." Stefan says picking up a box. "For you two and Jenna. And um, I made this bracelet for Jeremy. A few extra once for friends. You can put it in jewelry, or you can even put it in food or drink. But as long as it's in you or on you, a vampire cannot control you."he tells us. I pick up a necklace and new I just had to give it to Caroline.

"So much to remember." Elena says. "No, not that much."I mutter. She sends me a look, I just put my hands up in defense. "I know, but there's another vampire in town. So until we find out who it is and what he wants, we have to be careful."he tells us. I hear the doorbell ring and then Jeremy yell, "Sister's I need the money!" Elena looks at me and I sigh. "Fine."I mumble and walk downstairs.

I see the guy put the pizza on the table and look at me. He looked a little spooked when he saw me but I just shook it off. "Here, keep the change."I say handing him $30. He nods nervously. "Thank you. H-Have yourself a goodnight."he stutters then leaves. I close the door behind him and look at Jeremy. "Did he seem... scared?"I ask him. He shrugs his shoulders. "I don't know. You can be very scary."he tells me. I scoff. "That is not... ok it may be true."I say then take the pizza to the kitchen. That was weird.

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NEXT DAY

Damon called me over today to look for his father's journal. The now dead Bree, may she rest in peace, told him that Emily's grimoire might help open the tomb. He thinks that his dad's journal will tell him where it is. We have been looking all morning. The floor was full of books and more were flinging around the place. It was very awkward between me and Damon since my little... selfish act for a selfless act incident. We haven't even talked to each other since I got here. Man, what is wrong with you Mid?

My mind rant was interrupted by hearing Stefan walk in. Damon gives me a look that says 'Keep looking, I'll handle this.' I nod and continue to look along with Damon. "What are you looking for, you two?"he asked. "Not your concern." Damon answers. "No, but putting Elena and Mid in harms way, that is my concern."he tells him. I scoff. "What are you talking about?" Damon asks. "I'm talking about Atlanta." Stefan says seriously. "Oh ya, we all had a blast." Damon says smirking at me.

I roll my eyes and bend down to check the bottom shelf. "I get it. You are just bitter one of us gets to be with the one we love and poor Pierce twins are just out of reach." Stefan retorts. I feel eyes on my ass so I just stand up and look on the top shelves. Pervs. "Unless there's another way for you to get into that tomb. Is that what Bree said?" Stefan asked. "You're pathetic when you're fishing."Damon tells him.

"And you're transparent when your deflecting." Stefan says smirking. Damon turns to glare at him. "Don't you have school?"he asks annoyed. He goes back to looking and Stefan looks at me. "Mid, you coming?"he asks. I nod. "Ya, just give me a minute."I tell him. He nods and leaves. I turn to Damon and smile. "I better get to school."I tell him. He sort of smiles back and nods. "Ya, wouldn't want to get in trouble with little sister."he says smirking. I laugh and head to my car and to school.

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I was with Caroline now. I gave her the one vervain necklace I knew she would love it because it was a heart with a small red gem in it. "It's so pretty."she says looking at it. "Thank you."she says hugging me. I hug back and smile. "No prob Care."I tell her. "It will go with like everything."she tells me. "What's the occasion?"she asks as we sit on a bench. I shake my head. "No occasion. Just a gift for my best friend."I tell her.

"Lesbian friend necklace, 'cause we're freaky like that."she jokes winking at me. I laugh a little. "You're friendship is important to me."I tell her. "Why are you being so mushy? You're only mushy when you're upset."she tells me. I sigh shaking my head. "It's nothing I want to talk about."I tell her thinking about helping Damon get his loves back. "So, what's going on with you and Matt?"I ask wiggling my eyebrows.

She blushes and looks down. "I was going to tell you about that. But, we've just hung out a couple times. That's it but..."she trails off. I scoff. "You never just hang out with people Caroline."I tell her. She smiles and perks up. "I feel like we have peeked as friends. But..."she trails off. "What Care?"I ask. "It's all about Elena. I mean, he's not over her and we all know it."she tells me. I sigh. "But she is with Stefan now. He needs to move on."I tell her.

"I just don't want to be a rebound." she says. I look and see she has teary eyes, "Oh Care."I walk over and pull her into a hug. She sobs silently in my shoulder. "You're not a rebound, I promise."I tell her.

AT THE GRILL

Me and Elena were having lunch with Bonnie. I just had a bourbon while Elena and Bonnie actually ate. "I can't believe you two are adopted." Bonnie says. "I never saw it coming. But it get's weirder. I checked our birth certificates, it lists Miranda and Grayson Gilbert as our birth parents. None of it makes sense." Elena tells her. "Well I heard it from dad so... If you're still not sure ask Jenna."I told her. She nods.

She then groans. "Come on, we gotta go. Our outfits lack accessories." Elena tells me. "I'll pay the bill" Bonnie says but I already have money on the table. I smirk at her. "Sorry Bon Bon, I already got it."I say and walk with Elena as Bonnie yells, "Love you Mid!" I smile and wave at her heading out of the Grill.

We walked to the car when I heard my phone ring. I didn't bother to look and see who it was when I answered it. "Midnight speaking."I answer. I see Elena roll her eyes but smiling. "Hello Midnight."a mans voice says. "Ya, who is this?" I ask getting the keys from my bag. "You hit me with your car. Is that a new one?"he asked. I stop and look around. I see the vampire with a hoodie and glare at him.

"Elena get in the car, Now!"I yell at her. She sees the guy and gets in the car. "You guys got away from me once, but you won't this time."he threatened. I hung up and started to walk to him. I felt my eyes burn and my vision turn slightly red but ignore it. He soon runs off, like a coward. I sigh and get in the car, heading home.

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NEXT DAY

ELENA'S POV

I was at the Salvatore house. I don't know where Mid is but I am here with Stefan. "Why us? What does he want with us? And if he's trying to kill us, why call us first then leave when Mid tries to get to him?"I ask all at once. "It's because we're predators Elena. We hunt, we stalk, it's often as exciting as the kill."he tell me sitting beside me on the couch. "I want you and Mid to have this."he says giving me a watch. Wait... "This is Jeremy's pocket watch."I say examining it.

"How did you get it?"I ask. "I took it from Damon, who took it from Logan, who must've took it from you."he tells me. "What happened to it?"I ask. It looked like a compass now. "It's not just a watch. It's a sort of compass. It points to vampires."he says. The dial then starts to spin then point to him. "Why did my father have it?"I ask. "The Gilbert's were one of the founding families. In 1864 they sought to eradicate the vampires."he tells me.

"The compass was used to find us."he finishes. "Did you know them?"I ask. "Yes."he says. "I want you and Mid to keep this that way you two will know when you're in danger."he tells me. He cups my face in his hands and brings me into a kiss. I pull away and smile at him. He really is the best. I'm glad he's mine.

MID'S POV

I was at school with helping with some stuff for the dance. Caroline roped me in saying it was a good distraction for what was on my mind the day before and yada, yada, yada. I was currently making the music play-list for the dance when Tyler walked beside me. He stopped by me but I ignored him and kept my eyes on the screen in front of me.

"Hey Mid, how are you?"he asked like nothing happened. "I thought I told you to never speak to me again." I asked him still not looking at him. "Come on, you don't mean that right?"he says laughing. I finally look at him and just glare. He stops laughing and knows I'm serious. I look back at the screen and check a few songs off. "Come on Mid, I'm sorry."he tells me. I scoff. "Ya, sorry isn't going to help."I tell him. A girl comes up to me and gives me the papers for the stereo.

I sign them and get back to the play-list. "Please Mid, I shouldn't have said that. I was angry and... I'm sorry."he says. I sigh and look at him. I knew he was sorry and I shouldn't hold a grudge. "Fine, I forgive you."I say. He smiles and goes in to kiss me but I back away. "That doesn't mean I want to get back together with you."I say. "But I said was sorry."he tells me with disbelief. "Ya and I forgive you, that doesn't mean my feelings for you have changed."I tell him.

I finish the play-list and get up. "Sorry Ty, I still want to be friends if you're up for it."I told him and walked away. Man, why is life so difficult? Caroline came up to me with a sad look. "What happened now?"I ask. She takes my arm and leads me to a poster. "Here, paint." she tells me. I take off my jacket and roll up my sleeves. "Ok."I say and grab a brush and start painting.

"I upset Matt. I didn't mean to I just... asked him about his job and he took it the wrong way-" I cut her off my painting her face with red. She scoffs. "What was that for?"she asked shouting. I smirked. "It got you to shut up didn't it?"I ask her. She scoffs and paints my face with black. My mouth gaped at her. "Oh you're dead."I say with a mischievous smile. She drops the brush and starts to run. I run after her. Just like old times.

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I finally got home the same time Elena did. "Where were you all day?"she asked. "At the school helping for tonight. Like you should have been."I told her walking into the kitchen. "So I talked to the insurance company. Your car is in the repair shop and will be ready by tomorrow. You and Elena can keep using mine for now."she told me.

There was a lot of tension between her and Jenna so I walked to Jenna and kissed her cheek. "Thanks Jenna, I'll take over here." I say and move her from the clothes she was folding. She sighs and hugs me. "Thanks. At least there is one good kid in this house." she says. I laugh and nudge her. "Talk to her Jenna. For me."I say using my big puppy dog eyes. "Fine, just stop using the eyes on me. They're too cute."she says and walks to Elena.

I laugh and continue to fold. "You coming to the dance?"Elena asked her. "Alaric asked me to help chaperon." she said proudly. I wanted to make a comment but kept my mouth shut so she'll talk to Elena. "Why didn't you tell us Jenna? That we were adopted. Mid got told in a letter which made her swear to secrecy but you?" Elena asked. "Your mom was going to do it eventually, I'd never thought I'd have too."she answered honestly.

"If my mom were here right now and I asked, she'd tell me the truth." Elena says. Oh that was low. I give her a warning glare but she ignored it. I walked up to Jenna and hugged her. "It's alright Jenna, if you're not comfortable I'll tell her."I tell Jenna, but she shakes her head. "No, then you would be breaking a promise and we don't want that."she tells me smiling. I nod and go back to folding.

"Your dad was about to leave the office one night when this girl showed up. She was 16, a runaway, and about to give birth. He delivered her twins, and he gave her a place to stay, but a few days later she disappeared. And there you two were." Jenna says with a small smile. "Your parents were trying so hard to have a baby, it just wasn't happening. All Miranda wanted was to be a mom."she told us. I could feel tears brimming my eyes but held them back.

"Well, why were our parents names on our birth certificates?" Elena asked. "Our dad was a doctor Lena, he took care of it I'm sure."I told her. "They didn't want to lose you two, so they kept it quiet. Told as few people as possible, but if anyone wanted proof, they had documentation." she told her. "What else do you know about her?"she asked.

"Just her name, Isobel."Jenna finished. I felt a tear fall and I think Jenna noticed because she came and hugged me. I wipe the tears and got out of her grip. "I'm going to shower."I say and run upstairs. I heard her sigh but let me leave. I'm not weak, they don't need to see me weak. Not now, not ever.

DAMON'S POV

I was currently writing down all the names of the old council members in 1864 that could have had the grimoire. I didn't want Mid here right now because she looked stressed the last time I asked. I really appreciate her helping me but I can't help but feel she is hiding something away from me. More like two things. I mean, she first has some miracle healing ability, that's number one. Then there is that she kissed me as her 'selfish act for a selfless act' deal.

I heard Stefan come in. I looked up and saw he was dressed for the 50's dance tonight. "Got the hair right."I told him. He put a book in front of me which was my father's journal. "Why are you bringing me Dad's journal?"I ask. "'Cause you were looking for it."he answered. "And why would I want it?"I ask. "Gee, I don't know Damon. Maybe you wanna do a little bit of posthumous bonding. Go ahead, enjoy it, read it. I have. No where does it say anything about Katherine and Nataline or the tomb or how to open it."he tells me.

"I'm not surprised, the man could barely spell his own name."I state, I hated my father and he hated me. No other way around it. "I'm really sorry that it won't be of any help to you and Mid's diabolical plan, the sequel."he tells me. "What does Mid have to do with this?"I ask. "Oh come on I know she is being a good friend and helping you out." he says. I ignore his statement. "You know I could help you too."he tells me. "You help me? Umm, I don't know it seems a little... unnatural."I tell him sarcastically.

"I'll do anything to get you out of this town, even release Katherine and Nataline."he tells me. "What about the other 25 vampires?"I ask. "No, no. They can't come. They have to stay put, but Katherine and Nataline, I would consider that."he tells me. I look at him trying to figure him out. "What are you doing? Hmm? What's your angle?"I ask him. "Think about it."he tells me. I scoff and go back to writing.

"Why would I trust you?"I ask. "See, that's your problem Damon. You apply your shortcomings to everyone else. If history's any indication, there's only one liar among us."he tells me. I look up at him and see him shrug. I give him a fake smile and he leaves. I sigh and pick up the journal. I'll ask Mid tonight if she thinks I should trust Stefan, I mean, I at least- no. At most trust her.

MID'S POV

I had just finished getting dressed and was done curling my hair. (Dress in pic) I went into Elena's room to see her finish getting dressed to. "Cute Lala. Here."I tell her and grab her comb. I start to comb the back of her hair for her. She smiles at me. "What?"I ask. "You just look a lot like mom."she tells me. I smile and hug her. "No, if anyone it's you."I tell her. She turns around. "No, it's you. You act like her, smile like her, you are like another version of her."she tells me.

I giggle a little. "Me and Jenna try to be her... but at the end of the day it's you who will be like her."she says hugging me. I hug back but pull away when I hear the compass go off. Elena told me about it when she got home today. I grab it and turn to her. "Call Stefan."I tell her and run downstairs. I look around and see no vampire. I look behind me and a vampire jumps on me and bites me. I screamed in pain as he drank a bit but he was soon ripped off by Stefan.

He throws him across the room, and I was thrown against the wall. I looked at the vampire and my eyes started to burn again. His eyes got big and ran off. I feel my eyes start to cool off and Stefan runs to me as Elena comes downstairs. "Mid, are you alright?"he asked. I nod. "Ya, just peachy."I say with a weak smile. He nods and bites his wrist and holds it out for me. I grab it and take in the familiar salty-sweet substance.

"Mid! Are you ok?"Elena asks walking to me. I nod. She pulls me into a hug and starts to cry. I just rub her back letting her. "I thought I was going to lose you."she sobs. I nod. "I'm ok though, I'm ok."I soothe. Man, that was close.

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I was sitting on the couch with Damon pacing in front of me. I was still a little shake up but I just kept my face emotionless. "How'd he get in?"he asked. "He was invited in." Elena says. "He posed as a pizza delivery guy."Stefan finished for her. Elena wouldn't let me go, she clung on my for dear life it seemed. "Well, he get's points for that." Damon commented. He walked over to me and grabbed my hand.

"You ok?"he asked. Before I could answer Elena took my hand out of his. "Don't touch her."she growled. I shushed her and rubbed her back, calming her down. I nodded answering Damon and he nodded. "Did he say what he wanted?"he asked. "No, he was too busy trying to use my sister like a chew toy you son of a-" I covered her mouth with my hand. "No, he didn't."I answered. Damon was chuckling but nodded.

"You have no idea who this is?" Stefan asked him. "No." Damon states. Stefan gives him a look. "Don't look at me like that, I told you we had company."he tells him. "Do you think there is more than one?" Elena asks finally letting go allowing me to breath. Man, this girl was strong. "We don't know." Damon says. "Damon, he was invited in. I don't need Elena or anybody getting hurt in this house." I tell him. He sighs. "Then we get him tonight."he tells us.

"You two up for it?"he asked me and Elena. "What do we have to do?" Elena asked. "Well, you let Stefan take you to the dance. Damon will take me and we kill this son of a bitch if he shows up."I tell her standing up. "It's a bad idea."Stefan says. "No, I like it." Damon says smiling at me. "Stefan, he could be anywhere, anytime. This house isn't safe. We got to do this."I tell him. He looks up at me. "I will not got to another funeral."I tell him.

He nods. "Ok."he tells us. I smile. "Ok, you two go. I'll catch up."I say and they nod. They leave and I go up to my room. I open my closet and take out a stake. I hide it under my dress and turn around to see Damon there with a smirk. "What?"I ask. He chuckles. "Come on Buffy."he says holding out an arm. I take it and we go to the dance.

We got to the dance and there was already a lot of people there. We walk in with Stefan and Damon side by side, me on Damon's right and Elena on Stefan's left. Elena gave me a knowing look when she hears the song. "You made the play-list huh?"she asks over the loud music. I nod. She shakes her head laughing. We see Bonnie and Caroline so we go over to them.

"Hey, having fun?"I ask. "No, but this took about two hours so I'm at least staying have that." Caroline says motioning to her outfit. I laugh with Elena. "What's Damon doing here?" Bonnie asks. I look behind us and see Damon and Stefan looking around. "He's here with me. I promise he'll behave."I told them. "So what is this like a foursome now? The Gilbert Twins and the Salvatore Brothers?" Caroline asks sarcastically.

"No, he is just friends with Mid. Right?" Elena says stressing out the word friends. I nod. "Ya, sure Lena."I mumble. "Plus, if I want to be with Stefan the I have to learn to tolerate Damon. It's not like I can kill him." Elena adds. "There's a thought." Bonnie mumbles. "Mmm, I'll help." Caroline adds and they clink glasses. I roll my eyes at there immaturity. Speak of the devil and he shall appear, I think as Damon walks up to us.

"Hi ladies."he says walking over. I roll my eyes at his attempt to make conversation. "Wanna dance Bonnie?"he asks. I covered my mouth to stop me from laughing. "I'm out of here."she mumbles. She tries to leave but he gets in front of her. "Please give me another chance."he says. She just walks away. "Back off Damon." Caroline says then walks off as well.

"Where'd they go? What'd you say to them Damon?" Stefan asks walking up as too. "I was perfectly polite."he defends then turns to me. "Midnight... would you like to dance?"he asked. I shake my head. "I don't really-"I start but he pulls me away. "Oh come on."he says. "I look to Stefan and Elena for help but they just laugh. We get there just as a slow song comes on, as if planned.

I put my arms around his neck and he rests his hands on my waist. He looks at me and smirks. "You look beautiful tonight if it isn't obvious." he tells me. I smile up at him. "Thank you."I say. "So, the last time we were in this position was your... selfish act."he says smirking. I look down blushing. "Ya, about that... Look Damon, can we just forget about that?"I ask. His face falls and turns serious. "What if I don't want to forget about it."he says. I look at him confused but before can respond, his lips were on mine.

I seemed to forget it all when the spark jumped from his lips to mine. Vampires, the man trying to kill me and my sister. It was perfect. Until I remembered I looked exactly like his old love, and pulled away. "Why'd you stop?"he asked. I look up a little hurt. "Because you belong to Nataline and Katherine..."I say and walk off. And he didn't try to stop me.

I heard my phone ring and I picked up. "Hello?"I ask. "Hello Midnight." says the same voice as before. I instantly tense. "Here's what you're going to do. There's an exit door in front of you. You have five seconds."he says. "No."I say sternly. "Or your sister dies."he says. I look over y the punch bowl and see she's talking to Jeremy. "I don't need her dead but I don't really care. Start walking."he says.

I hang up and walk to the exit. I go and run into the cafeteria. I try the doors but he grabs my head and throws me into a wall. I sit up and he's about to bite me but I kick him back sending him into a table. I feel my eyes burn for a second but then it's gone. I grab the stake from under my dress and grab him, throwing him into the middle of the room. "Hey dickhead." I hear a voice say. I turn and see Damon and Stefan and Elena. "Nobody wants to kill you, we just want to talk."he says.

I stab the vampire threw the stomach with the stake. "Aww, come on Damon, don't lie to the guy. I certainly want to kill him. But I won't."I say. "Now, let's talk, ok?"I say. He gets the look of fear in his eyes and nods quickly. I smile. "Why are you doing this?" Stefan asks. "Because it's fun."the vampire answers. "What do you want with Elena?" Stefan asks. I roll my eyes. "Jeez Stef, I feel so loved."I mumble.

"I wanted Mid not Elena. I liked Nataline better."he answers. "You knew Nataline and Katherine?" Damon asked. "Oh, you thought you two were the only ones."he smirks. I push the stake further in. "No sassing mister."I scold and he nods again. "Tell me how to get into the tomb." Damon demands. The vampire just laughs again. I push it in further. "The grimoire." he grunts out. "We know that, where is it?"I yell at him.

"Check the journal. The journal. Johnathan Gilbert's."he gasps out. I smirk at him. "Good boy, now who else is working with you?"I ask. He shakes his head. "No, you're gonna have to kill me."he says. I shrug and stand up taking the stake out. I twiddle with it in my hands when he asks. "What are you?" I just smirk. "I'm just a hunter."I say and stake him in the heart. He falls to the ground, dead.

"What do we- How are we gonna find the others now Mid?!"she yells at me. "Elena, he was invited in. He had to die."I say simply. We hear a noise and I look at Damon. He nods and goes to take care of it. Elena looks at me and shakes her head. "Who are you? Because the Mid I knew wouldn't have killed someone!"she yells at me. I roll my eyes. "The Mid you knew died saving you the night of the accident. This is the new me, get used to it."I say and walk out.

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I got home and went straight to my room. I closed the door and locked it. I sighed looking at my now bloody hands. Man, what got into me today? I went into the bathroom and washed my hands. I took off my make-up and changed my clothes. When I got out I saw Damon sitting on my bed, with a scowl on his face.

DAMON'S POV

After I talked with Stefan I knew I couldn't trust him on helping me. I had to talk to Mid to see what she thought. I also wanted to talk to her about what happened at the dance. What she said. I sat on her bed while she was in the bathroom. She came out and jumped when she saw me. "Damon... what are you doing here?"she asked. I sigh. "Stefan told me today that he'll help me get Katherine and Nataline. Should I trust him?"I ask her. Her face fell a bit at the mention of Nataline and Katherine but she quickly hid it.

"Well... you know Stefan. He wouldn't want you to be happy. He doesn't think you deserve it."she told me. I look at her. "Do you think I deserve to be happy?"I ask her. She shrugs. "I think everybody deserves to be happy. Even you." she tells me sincerely smiling a bit. Man, those lips. they're so plump and soft and- oh fuck it. I lean in and capture her lips in mine. She gasped in surprise which made an entrance for me to enter my tongue in her mouth.

I kissed her for sometime before she eventually pushed me off. She stood up with tears in her eyes. "Stop doing that! You can't do that!"she shouts. I look at her. "Mid-"I try to say but she cuts me off. "I think you need to go."she says quietly. "Silver..."I say quietly. She shakes her head. "Goodbye... Damon."she says stress-fully. I nod and jump out the window. She closed it and locked it and I sigh. I hear her crying so silently that her sister wouldn't hear. So, I walked up to the door and knocked. Elena answered it. "Damon? What do you want?"she asked. "Look, Mid is upstairs upset and she won't let me in so..."I trial off.

She nods understanding. "Thank you Damon."she says and closes the door.

THIRD PERSON'S POV

Elena went into Mid's room and saw the room torn to shreds. She sighed and went to Mid who was in the corner. She bent down and hugged her sister. "Just go away... I don't want you to see me like this..."Mid mumbled. Elena just hugged her tighter. Mid cried harder into her sister's shoulder. "It's ok. You're going to be ok..." Elena mumbled, not knowing what she was upset about but knew it was very bad. Mid shakes her head. "No... I don't know if I will be..."she sobs and Elena hugs her tighter. She wanted to cry seeing her big sister so... broken.

And outside, Damon heard the whole thing. He hated himself for hurting his best friend, for hurting her. She'll probably never forgive him. So now he has another reason to leave. To let her be happy and stop hurting her. A tear slipped out of his eye. He didn't want to believe it but he knew... he broke her. He broke her...

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