When Liza woke up in her car, she was confused. She couldn't quite remember how she got there, or what happened after she passed out in the hallway. All she knew, was that she woke up in her car in the school parking lot, and no idea how she got there. She also couldn't quite figure out what happened in the hallway. Why did she pass out? What happened to the lights, the windows, the lockers? Did she cause it, and if she did, how?
So when she got home later that night, avoiding Elena's constant questions about where she was or what happened to her at the game, she simply went straight to bed. She couldn't wrap her head around anything that night, and she was exhausted. Elena, however, was worried. She didn't know where her cousin was between her storming off to find Damon and Tanners body being discovered by Matt. She knew that her cousin wasn't feeling well that night, and simply wanted to make sure she was ok. Elena simply sighed as her cousin stayed quiet and went to bed, but she knew it was a rough night for everyone involved, so she simply went to bed herself.
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Liza, despite her wanting to sleep in, woke up early in the morning. She knew she wasn't gonna fall back asleep so she made her way down the steps and into the kitchen as her mother was calling the news guy on the television different forms of the word "scum." She simply gave Elena a look that said "Don't ask me" and proceeded to get herself some coffee, all the while eavesdropping on bits of the conversation. She tuned out when Jenna said the name Logan 'Scum' Fell, already knowing the story behind it. She was in a daze, thinking about the night before last again, so she missed the whole scene between her cousins. Normally she would be either laughing at them or making some sort of sarcastic remark, but no one really noticed as the doorbell rang. Elena went and got the door, and in came Stefan. Elena and her boyfriend disappeared up the stairs and Liza spent the rest of the morning hiding in her room or hanging around her mother, but still very quiet. Jenna knew something was up with her daughter, she wasn't a clingy girl, not even when she was a child, only really staying this close to her mother when something was wrong. However Jenna also knew that her daughter would talk to either her or Elena about it when she was ready, and pushing her to open up about it would only make her shut them out. She knew her daughter well, and Liza was grateful.
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Liza was getting ready with Bonnie and Elena for the Founders Party. Then the phone rang and Elena answered it and more family drama unfolded before her very eyes. Apparently Jeremy took a watch that was technically supposed to be his, but that her Aunt Miranda had promised to loan to the Lockwoods for their little display. All very dramatic, but Liza did always love a little drama in her life. Now it was up to Elena whether she was gonna give Jeremy what was rightfully his, or keep her mothers promise. Liza would let her cousin decide what to do, she had her own demons to play with. Like what dress to where for this stupid party.
She decided on a dark red off-shoulder knee length dress with a pair of black pumps. It was the easiest she could come up with in a last minute decision. She had just finished fixing her hair into her natural waves when Elena came into the bathroom and grabbed the pocket watch she had set on the counter. Liza knew Elena would give it to Jeremy and lie to Mrs. Lockwood, her cousin wasn't heartless. So she simply sent Elena a proud smile and walked out of the bathroom, heading downstairs and out the door to her car to make her way to the infamous Lockwood mansion she heard so much about.
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She was greeted by The Mayor at the door, introducing herself to her new friends father. For the majority of the night, it seemed that everyone in town had heard about the young redhead, most people taking the time to introduce themselves. Liza quickly realized how small of a town it actually was, more than half of them already knowing her name. It was when she found Matt that she let out a breath of relief, happy to see a familiar face for once.
"Finally! Save me Matty, these people won't leave me alone." Liza gave him her best fake pout she could muster as the boy in front of her only laughed and dragged her outside. "Thank you, I felt like I was suffocating in there."
"No problem, happy to help." Matt took notice of how tired she looked, it was hard not too, even if she did put on enough makeup to hide the bags. There was something in her eyes that gave it away. "Hey, you ok? Elena said you haven't been feeling like yourself lately." Liza simply smiled at the boy sheepishly as she took in his concerned look. "Yeah. I'm ok Matty, just working through some stuff."
"Well just remember, I'm here if you need anything." Liza's smile only grew at his words, she reached out to hug him, surprising the boy. "Thank you Matt. It means a lot." The boy then held out his hand as he motioned to the dance floor, silently asking if she would like to dance. Liza smiled at him and gladly accepted, knowing that right now, when she couldn't make sense of anything, she could rely on her friends and family to be there for her. That was how Liza spent the rest of her night, dancing and chatting with Matt until Elena came to her steaming.
Liza knew by the look in her cousins eye that something was wrong, majorly wrong, and she had a feeling it had to do with Damon. She saw him smirking at Elena and Stefan after they had a fight on the dance floor a few minutes ago, and Elena had just gotten in his face about something mere seconds before she stormed over to Liza.
"I need to talk to you, now." Liza looked to matt with a small smile and went with her cousin, leaving the blonde haired boy behind. "What's wrong?" Elena was making her way over to Stefan, her hand tightly wrapped around her cousin's wrist, letting go as they approached him.
"I'm sorry, I take it all back. You guys were completely right about Damon." Liza looked to Stefan for a clue as to what she was talking about. He simply gave her a look and turned to Elena. "What did he do?" Liza looked at her cousin, waiting for a reply. The burnette looked at her cousin and grabbed her wrist again, preventing her from doing something like the other night and running off, leaving Elena to worry. "There are bruises all over Caroline's body. Bite marks, and he has her all confused and messed up in the head." Stefan simply looked down and nodded, almost like he was expecting something like this. Liza, however, was very protective over her new friends, and was steaming. She knew she couldn't go after him, not right now. She looked at Stefan, watching his reaction, "You don't look surprised." Stefan blanked for a moment, knowing the banshee in front of him was dangerous, the last of her kind, and most importantly his friend, he needed to make sure she didn't go after him and get hurt, not before someone could train her in her abilities. "I'm handling it." Liza was shocked at his answer, while Elena voiced what they were both thinking. "Handling it? Stefan you should be having him arrested."
Stefan looked between the girls, careful with his words, "Liza, Elena, please. I don't expect you to understand." Elena simply stepped back and shook her head, "I don't understand anything Stefan. So why don't you just clear it up for me?"
"Look there are thing that you don't know, ok? Things I want to tell you, but I can't and I may never be able to," At this point it was obvious he was speaking to both of them "and I just need you to trust me." Liza decided to speak up for both her, and her cousin, knowing they held the same standpoint on this matter. "Trust is earned, we can't just magically hand it over." Stefan then looked at something over Elena's shoulder, looking between her and Liza, and back to Elena, "I'm so sorry, I have to go," And with that, Stefan left them.
Liza turned to her cousin, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder and squeezing it, "We should go find Caroline, make sure she's ok." Elena nodded and followed her cousin to the house, the two of them splitting up to go find Caroline in the giant mansion. It took twenty minutes for Liza to receive a text from Elena saying she had Caroline, and that she was bringing her home. Liza smiled and replied to her cousin saying if Caroline needed anything then to text her.
With that Liza made her way home, exhausted from tonight's events. She was just about to turn off her light when she received a notification, saying she had a text message.
Matty Boy Thanks for keeping me company tonight, I had a good time. Goodnight :)
Liza Bear Happy to help Matty, Nighty Night :)
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Hello My Lovely readers! I made a promise to get this Chapter up as soon as possible and I delivered. I made this chapter shorter only because I didn't really see where Liza could fit into the episode. Let me know if you guys prefer the longer or shorter chapters. If I do shorter chapters, odds are I'm gonna end up splitting the episodes into two or more chapters. Until next time!
~Sami