Blair's POV
As I sat by the side of the couch next to my unconscious sister, all I could think about was the way Damon would stare at me and then at Arielle. He was genuinely concerned about my sister. I haven't seen much of anything redeemable in him since I have been here, but right here and now as he's staring her, there's humanity, feeling inside of his eyes that make me feel warm and safe inside. Damon was very different from Stefan because Stefan would never do anything to hurt us, but his brother would trade us off for blood or booze in an instant.
As Arie lied there, I turned to the boys with seriousness on my face.
"What the hell happened?" I asked once again. I folded my arms over my chest and glared at them both. "What did you do Damon?!" I yelled.
"What makes you think it was me?! It could have been one of Stef's bunnies trying to get even." He joked. It took everything inside of my melting body not to laugh at him.
"Now is not the time for jokes Damon." Stefan said sternly. "Blair," I turned to look at him. "She's fine. I gave her some blood and it's taking awhile, but she's healing." I breathed calmly. I knew another way to heal her and a lot faster than vampire blood.
"I can help her even more." I stated turning to her. The brothers looked at me with confused faces.
"Blair? What the hell are you talking about?" Damon asked sounding a little scared. I just stood there is silence. I was in my own thought about saving my sister. "Blair, dammit, answer me!" Damon said with clenched teeth as he made me face him by grabbing my shoulders roughly.
"Its nothing. Never mind." I said quickly, hoping that they would drop it. No one is supposed to know, not even my sister. I've always been the one to protect her. If she found out now, she would think I betrayed her. "I need to get some air."
I walked outside the boarding house. I almost slipped my biggest secret to them. Mom told me, many years ago, to never tell anyone about what I really am or they may try to use me for their own gain. I have to protect Arielle from anyone who would hurt her and from me.
Arielle's POV
The light.
It was so bright. I could faintly hear voices in the back of my head mumbling about how it was someone's fault that a person is either hurt or dead. I could feel something soft underneath my limp body. The voices became clearer and I could make out one voice distinctly more than any of them.
Damon.
His voice was so crisp and beautiful. I focused on him and tried to come to reality because I couldn't imagine what hell Blair had chewed into him since I'm only here for one more day and I've been attacked by something. What was that? I know it was a person, but that sharp pain in my neck. It felt like an animal attacking me, but I know it was a person because of the way the figure was shaped.
"We can't let her go without knowing what she meant!" Damon said with curiosity and worry in his voice. Who was he talking about? Blair? Speaking of my sister why is she not here with me?
I slowly opened my eyes and was blinded by the fire that was blazing in the fireplace. The noise that escaped my mouth was something foreign to me. I had never heard such a sound, but I wasn't worried about that because the pounding in my head was unbearable. I blocked the light with my hand and tried to focus my eyes to find my surroundings. The room I was in was very modern, but with an elegant old look to it. The looked at the mantle of the fireplace and saw a lot of pictures and random things on top of it.
"Arielle. How do you feel? l" I heard a voice next to me. I turned to my right and saw Stefan with concern in his eyes.
"I'm fine, it's just the fire is hurting my eyes." I groaned. As if he cared about my well-being, Damon stood in front of me to block the light from my eyes. I looked up at him, but didn't nod a thank you or even say it. I just smiled and he did the same. Maybe there was something to worry about. Falling for this man that I've known for only a day.
"Do you know what happened?" Damon asked. I dug around in my mind to figure out what exactly happened. It was still so surreal for me.
"I was going to Elena's and I felt like I was being followed. There was a guy or person following me, so I turned into the woods to get away. I tripped over a damn root and that's when I was attacked. What or who the hell, was that?!" I yelled. I regretted doing that because my headache grew worse. I grabbed the side of skull and winced in pain. I felt a hand on my upper back trying to comfort me. After my episode, I looked and saw Stefan with a lot of guilt on his face. Why? It's not his fault I feel like this. It's my attackers.
"Listen Arielle-" Damon started sitting on the cushion in front of me.
"Just call Arie. We've known each other long enough." I laughed. They were being so formal.
"Arie, you need understand what I'm telling you." He said staring straight into my eyes. I don't know why, but I felt compelled to understand.
"Damon, what are you doing?" Stefan said with a little edge in his voice.
"She needs to forget her little encounter in the woods with our new friend, Vicki."
"No. Not without Blair saying so." Stefan argued grabbing Damon by the shirt and pulling him away from me. What does Blair being here have anything to do with me? What does he mean forget? There are too many questions for my pounding head.
"Look, you need to calm down, both of you! I'm big, tough girl. I don't need Blair as a baby-sitter." I said. "Now do you want to explain what the hell you mean by forget?" I said standing up off the couch. My legs felt numb, but I had to be strong. I can't look like a little wimp in front of these two Adonis'.
"Woah, you need sit back down Arielle. You're not strong enough to walk around yet." Stefan said, stabling me by holding my arm.
"I'll be fine Stefan. I have to find Blair. Where is she?" I asked looking at Damon since,as far as I know, he was the last to see her.
"She went outside for some air." He said looking guilty. What is with his bipolar attitude! I began to walk towards the door. I will admit, I felt better than I did when I woke up, but still not back to normal. Someone grabbed my arm and pulled me back. "She needs some time Arielle." Damon said staring in my eyes again.
"She needs some time." Why did I just repeat his words? "Wait, no. I need to talk to my sister and you're not stopping me Damon." I said harshly and began walking again. No matter how sexy I thought he was, no one bosses me around like that.
I made it to the door, without falling, which surprised me. Opening the door was harder than I thought because apparently you need strength and energy to do that and I had none of it.
"Blair?" I called out into the open. I couldn't see her anywhere in sight. Where is she? I stepped out on to the pavement and looked around. "Blair please come out and talk to me!" I called again. "I swear I'm losing my mind." I mumbled under my breath. I sat down on the concrete porch and sighed in defeat.
"Arielle? Are you okay?" A voice interrupted my thoughts. I looked up at them and smiled.
"Always looking out for me aren't you Elena." I smiled. She laughed and nodded.
"What are you doing out here? You should be resting after what you've been through. Stefan called me and told me what happened." She explained. Elena in a way reminded me of my sister. She was always looking out for me, protecting me, just being a good friend. All the qualities Blair had.
"Thanks Elena, but I have to find Blair and talk to her. We kind of got into an argument at the grill." I sighed looking at my feet.
"Over what?"
"Mister smirks-a-lot in there." I nodded my head towards the front door.
"Damon? Yeah, I can see the problem." She said. What does she mean?
"What is so bad about him? He was so nice when we met." I explained. Everyone is telling me to stay away, but I still didn't understand why and the only people I wanted to ask were Blair and Elena.
"He's just cruel. A monster I guess. He doesn't care about anyone but himself and the girl he's in love with." I could feel a strange sensation in my heart that I had never felt before when she said he's in love. I felt hurt, but I wasn't quite sure why because I didn't love him or anything. I only met him a few hours ago.
"Now I know you're not talking about Katherine again, Elena." Damon's voice rang out behind us. We both quickly turned to face him and saw him leaning against the door frame with a glass of Bourbon in his hand.
"Why do you even care Damon?" She snapped.
"Because if she's going to hear the story, she has to hear the whole story. Not just the part Stefan told you and Blair. If you even cared to listen." He said walking towards us.
"She doesn't need to know your story Damon." Blair's voice harshly said. "Arielle just needs to stay away from you and your evil. Just get Katherine and leave Mystic Falls."
"I was here long before your family Blair-bear." Hey! That's my nickname for her! "Besides it's her decision anyway. Like Arielle said, she's a big, tough girl. I bet you can tie your shoes and everything." He joked looking at me.
"Damon just stop pestering the girls." Stefan said walking out of the house. Thank God! I couldn't handle anymore of that tension between these three.
"So Damon. What is your story?" I asked folding my arms over my chest.
"Why don't we discuss over a drink?" He smirked. I looked at Blair, who was glaring at me. I looked back at Damon and nodded. "Grill?" He asked.
"Sure." What am I getting myself into. I still have one more day here and I need answers before I go back to Tennessee.
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Okay! I just had to get that chapter out of the way. The next one will be eventful!
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