11

A few days had been by. It was generally normal. I thankfully hadn't run into Damon lately. I was talking to Elena more now. She said that her uncle John was in town and to me it sounded like he had a douche complex.

It was time for the 150th founders day celebration. I decided to go to it. I had a really cute dress to wear and Tyler asked me to go.

Tyler was feeling a little out of it. He said he'd been doing some drugs and some drinking and I warned him it was a bad combo. He was only not doing bad things when I was watching over him.

I got dressed and looked at myself in the mirror.

I wore a black dress with long sleeves that was over the shoulder. It had two tool see through lines near the stomach. I wore strapped black shoes and my natural waves as well as a gold key necklace and the vervain bracelet from Elena. The necklace was my mom's and dad gave it to me for my birthday last year.

I saw dad waiting on the couch. "You cleaned up nice." I smiled to him.

"And you need a jacket. You know it's cold." He explained as he stood up.

"I'll be fine. I'm used to it." I shrugged lightly. "Let's go." I said as I grabbed my purse and put it around me.

Not long after we were inside. Tyler and his dad welcomed us in. His dad was very fake, but he was also the mayor so I didn't say anything.

I looked around the house for a while looking at all the pictures on the wall. At one point I grabbed a glass of champagne because why not. I saw a picture of the original founders day party. I noticed Stefan and Damon Salvatore on it.

"It's been a long time since the first party." I heard as I saw Damon next to me.

"Yeah. And you were there." I said pointing at the paper.

"I was. So are you gonna tell me how you remember everything?" He asked as I looked to him.

I clicked my tongue three times. "I don't even get to have a little bit of pointless conversation?" I asked looking to him as I took another sip of champagne.

"Since when are you the one to act all jokey?" He asked almost agitated at the place swap.

"Well the other day when I said I remembered that you-" I started.

"Stop talking." He sighed lightly as I chuckled.

"You deserve this." I added looking at him. "And I remember because I drink vervain. I have been since I was fifteen." I responded looking to him. "You should've known when I first came to town and you asked me all those questions."

"So you've been pretending this whole time?" He asked almost surprised.

"I should be an actress don't you think?" I asked with a small smile.

"Stop smiling." He said as he looked at me with squinted eyes. I bit my lips trying to hide it.

The music suddenly changed from classical to pop. "Hey I have an idea. Remember when you tried to compel me to dance? Well, I can pretend to remember even better if we dance now." I smiled. "Oh right." I pursed my lips remembering to not smile.

"You're such a tease. How do you manage to do that? Why aren't you the least bit scared?" He asked worried.

I shrugged lightly. I knew he wouldn't hurt me at this point and I was making the most of it. "You had your share of messing with me. It's only fair that I have my turn with you. If you won't dance with me, I'm gonna go find someone to dance with." I said as I moved my hair behind my shoulder and walked away. I found Matt and Tyler drinking.

"Wow." I said as I walked over. "You're those people." I smirked as I put my hand out. I took a swig and handed the bottle back to Matt. "God that's disgusting." I coughed lightly.

"Yeah it is but I need a buzz." Matt responded.

"How are you both doing?" I asked as I realized they were drinking. "Yeah that was a dumb question. If you need to let it out, come find me. I'm gonna try to keep it professional tonight." I smiled to Matt and then to Tyler who smiled back. I walked away and saw Jenna walking with dad away from Elena.

"Ooh." I said as I looked at Elena.

"Wow you look so- sexy." She said surprised.

"Don't I?" I asked with a smile as I posed. "You look great too." I said looking at her dress.

"I couldn't pull that off." She shook her head lightly.

"Please, we look the same. You totally could." I replied jokingly with a chuckle.

"But you have so much more confidence." She shrugged lightly.

"Maybe. I'll have to share it with you sometime." I smiled as Stefan walked over.

"I'll go over there." I smiled to Stefan as he smiled back. We weren't necessarily on bad terms but we weren't on good terms either.

I went to the back of the house and stepped outside. The stars were really pretty tonight. I heard footsteps and I saw Damon once again.

"Why are you stalking me?" I asked looking back at the stars.

"I'm not stalking, just checking on you." He replied as I looked at the stars.

"That's like the nice version of stalking. Did you want something?" I asked looking at him.

He shrugged lightly and stood with me. "Did you know your dad punched me in the face?"

I laughed lightly. "No I didn't." I responded as I looked back up. "You deserve it."

"When exactly am I going to stop deserving the violence and teasing?" He asked with agitation.

"I don't know, maybe never." I replied looking at the stars. "I see the Little Dipper." I said pointing.

"You know I could kill you right now if I wanted to." He said looking at me.

"If you wanted to. Key words there." I replied looking at him.

"What makes you think I won't?" He asked looking at me.

"I act like Katherine, and I scare you because I'm not afraid of you." I replied as I smirked at him.

All the sudden I was on the side of the wall with my shoulders pinned. All I could see was Damons face in the moonlight. His eyes were red and the veins under his eyes were black. Two fangs on either side of his mouth were showing. It was interesting to look at. The black veins pulsed and the red against blue made me want to stare longer. "Tell me you're not scared?" He said angrily.

I took a deep breath. "If you tried to bite me right now you'd choke." I whispered looking at him. I raised my hand from it being in my purse. I put my small stake against his chest. "And your dead." I said as I looked at his eyes.

He looked down at the stake and let go of me as his eyes went back to normal. "That kinda hurt my back you know?" I said as I rolled my shoulder putting the stake back in my purse.

"What is wrong with you?" He asked agitated with me.

"That's rude." I furrowed my eyebrows looking at him. "I just came outside to look at the stars. Why are you judging me?"

"You should be afraid Emma! You shouldn't be okay with what I am." He responded.

"What's wrong with you Damon?" I said squinting. "You act like the big bad wolf but you're just a guy who wants to be loved."

"I am the big bad wolf. I've killed countless people. I turned your mom for Christ's sake. Why do you still talk to me?" He asked looking at me confused.

"Damon, tell me one time where I willingly came up to you to talk." I responded to him as I crossed my arms. He stayed quiet. "Zero times Damon. You come up to me. You want to talk to me. You may be the big bad wolf to everyone else but you don't want me to see you that way no matter how many times you say it. If you really wanted me to see you as a monster, you wouldn't even bother trying to talk to me in the first place." I argued looking at him.

"Then I won't make an effort anymore. See if I care." He was sort of taken a back but he tried to hide it with anger.

"See the thing is, I'm bad at emotions. I grew up with a busy dad and no mom. I don't know how to react to situations and because of that I don't get scared around you. It's just how I am and I know that pisses you off, but it really isn't my problem, okay? Stop trying to blame me for who I am." I put my hair behind my ear and walked inside. He deserved that speech. I couldn't help I was a partial emotionless bitch. I cared but I wasn't worried.

I went to find Tyler and his bottle of alcohol but instead I found him fighting with Matt. Well it wasn't really with Matt because Tyler was definitely on top of him and doing all the punching. I saw dad in front of Tyler and I went over to him.

"Calm down!" I yelled at him as I looked at him. I looked in his eyes and he blinked a few times. "You good?" I asked as he nodded.

His dad showed up and grabbed him to ask if he was okay. He then thanked dad for being there to stop it and I went over to Matt. He was bleeding really bad and Elena was holding him.

"Matt? Can you hear me?" Elena asked as Matt groaned lightly.

"I'll go get a towel." I said as I got up and went towards the kitchen. I wet a towel and heard sniffling. I saw Matts mom sitting there with Stefan across from her. He touched her bloody cut and looked at his hand.

I quickly ran over. "Stefan?" I asked looking at him as he was almost out of it.  "Stefan I'll take care of it." I said as he looked at the blood on his fingers. I put my hand on his arm and looked at his face. I was actually a little nervous. He didn't seem to be in control of what he was doing. "Go get some air." I said as he looked to me. He nodded lightly and walked away. I looked to the woman. "You're a mess, here." I said as I gave her the towel and went to grab another.

I went to grab another towel and I saw Damon. He watched me as I wet the towel. I looked to him before heading out. I could tell he wanted to say something, but he said he wouldn't and I had no reason to say anything.

I got back to Matt and Elena looked at me concerned. "Sorry I ran into his mom." I replied as I started wiping the blood off of us his face and I realized he didn't have many cuts, he was just a bleeder.

"I'll take him home, you should check on Stefan. I just sent him outside." I said to Elena as I looked to my dad who nodded.  He helped Matt up and he was able to walk.

"I'm just gonna drive myself." He said looking at us.

"Are you sure? You're still banged up." Dad said looking at him uncertain.

"Yeah I'll be fine. I'll see you later." Matt responded as he looked to me. I nodded lightly and crossed my arms. He walked out and I looked at him worried.

"Hey Ric." I heard as dad and I both turned to behind us. Damon stood there. "We have a bit of a problem. Mind giving me some back up?" Damon asked looking to him.

"Stay inside." Dad instructed me before walking away.

I sighed lightly and walked to the back room. I saw Tyler with his dad. All he sudden his dad slapped him across the face really hard. "That's the last time you'll embarrass this family." His dad said as he walked towards the outside. I walked past him in the room. He smiled lightly to me and I kept walking towards Tyler.

"I'm fine." He sighed as I turned to him.

"Are you sure?" I asked looking at his cheek. "He really is an ass." I said quietly looking at his cheek.

"Yeah, I think I'm just gonna head up to my room. Have a good night Emma." He nodded lightly seeming disappointed.

"Tyler." I muttered grabbing his wrist as he looked up to me. "Feel better okay?" I asked with a small smile.

"Yeah. I'll try." He nodded as he smiled lightly back before walking away.

I turned around and saw Damon. "Where's my dad?" I asked looking to him.

"Waiting outside for you." He nodded lightly. I walked past him towards the door. "Do you like the Lockwood spawn?" Damon asked as turned to him.

"Do you not want me too?" I asked crossing my arms.

"I didn't say that." He titled his head lightly.

"Hmm." I nodded lightly. "Then it doesn't really matter." I smiled lightly before walking outside. It was an interesting night to say the least. I was just glad the violence didn't end in a death.