The Vampire Princess [Sequel to NS]

Chapter 15: The House Guest

"Yeah, well easier said than done. I gave him back his ring so.." He trails. "Look, Jenna keeps asking about Isobel. You know, was she murdered? Why haven't they found the body? I mean, how much longer can she stay in the dark?" Ric inquires.

"You think we should tell her the truth?" I responded.

"I'm saying I can't be with her and not tell her. It's not fair to her, and it's not the kind of relationship I want. Not to mention it's becoming more dangerous for her not to know." Ric goes further into detail.

"I think we should tell her." I spoke.

"Yeah , but I just thought that we'd at least hold off until after we dealt with Klaus. You know? And even then, how do we tell someone what we know? How does someone hear that?" Len rants. I run my hands through my curls.

"Look I'm sorry to put this on you two, but I feel it's you guys decision to make. And whatever you decide to do, I'll respect it. I want to be honest with her. But until then, Jenna and I are done." Ric states.

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"Chinese food or pizza ?" Care asked. I looked at her.

"Like you even have to ask." Len responds.

"I will get it." She says. Care looks at her tablet with a sad face and I take it from her.

"I'll do it." I say eyeing her. I type in the Chinese food place and click order.

"Do you believe Jonas was being sincere?" Len questions.

"I don't know what to believe. I think he's at a lost. He's not sure who to trust." Bonnie answered.

"Join the club." Len and I say in unison.

"Well, what are we going to do about this movie situation? What about The Notebook?" Care suggests. I glare at her.

"You've seen that movie non stop , Care." I remind her.

"True." Bonnie and Len comment.

"That is so not the point." She defends. I look at her.

"Well, yeah I mean.." Len stops when Jenna enter the kitchen.

"Hey." We greet.

"What's going on?" She wondered.

"Girls' night." I answered.

"Oh." She responded dryly.

"How are you doing?" Len inquired. Jenna gives us a look.

"You heard about my fight with Ric." Jenna mentions.

"He feels terrible." Len says.

"Is this some kind of disguised attempt to cheer me up?" Jenna accused. I place the palm of my hand on my forehead.

"Alright , Jenna you caught us." I leaned over to Len's ear. "Told you she would've figured it out." She swats her hand in front of my face. I push her lightly.

"No. No, this is about us girls hanging out and you know, we'll be here if you happen to want to talk, or...." Len cleared up.

"Because I am a winner when it comes to successful relationships." Caroline mentioned sarcastically.

"Ditto." I agreed with her.

"You, too?" Jen questioned.

"You have no idea." Care answered.

"Ok, then." She replied.

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"It's this whole Isobel thing. He's hiding something from me." Jenna explains.

"To play devil's advocate , maybe there is a great reason why he's not telling you. Maybe he's just trying to protect you." Care defends.

"Well, that's not his call to make. I mean, I deserve the truth. Everybody does." Jenna remarked.

"Sometimes it's harder than that." Caroline attempted to reason. Oh God I feel her guilt.

"Not if it's somebody you care about, it isn't." Jenna stated. There is a brief pause until Caroline spoke again.

"You know what we need? Dancing. There is a band at the grill." Care suggested. I'm really tired though.

"I'm in." Bonnie says.

"In." Jenna joins.

"In." My twin agrees.

"Out." I disagree. "I'm going to bed. My head hurts bad." They all give me sad looks and I head up stairs to my room and plop on my bed.

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As soon as my eyes shut I wake up in a blank place. I look around in search of anything , but find nothing. Nayla appears and I place my hands on my hips.

"Nayla." I greet. She gives me a smile.

"Arielle." She greets.

"What's the deal this time around?" I ask her. She looks at me.

"I trust my sister is there in Mystic Falls, correct?" She questioned. I nodded my head. She rolled her eyes and moved closer towards me. "My goodness you've discovered your powers!"

I give her an eerie look as she silently rejoiced.

"Meet me in the park tomorrow at 3 and bring no one." She orders. I nod my head.

I wake up with a gasp and my heart is beating uncontrollably.

I need to get Nayla a damn cell phone!

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