JUICY

ch 23

At the Boarding house, Zach sat on the couch scrolling through the messages Kayla had left him

"EVERYTHING OK? I HAVEN'T SEE U AT THE LOCKWOODS"
"TEXT ME BACK BRO, TY AND I GOT ICE CREAM"
"DID U KNOW VICKY FREAKING DONOVAN WENT TO SEE JEREMY?!"
"UR JERK NEPHEWS LEFT ME, CAN I RIDE BACK WITH YOU?"
"HELLO?"
"R U GOOD? DO I NEED TO GET LIZ?"

"HEY KID, SOMETHING REALLY BIG CAME UP, CAN YOU STAY WITH THE LOCKWOODS FOR THE WEEKEND?"

"I GUESS SO...R U OK?"

"GREAT KID. I'LL CALL YOU WHEN EVERYTHING IS FIXED. LOVE YOU"

Zach leaned his head back and sighed when he heard a noise from the cellar
"Not again Damon"

When the sound came again, Zach got up and walked down the stairs to the cellar

"Are you really trying to get me to come closer so you can feed on me? I'm full of vervain. I've been putting it in my coffee for 16 years. My blood will only make you worse"

Groaning Damon sat against the wall of the cell "So it was your vervain. Good for you. Good for you. Family only runs so deep"

Zach shakes his head

"We're not really family, Damon. Only in the most dysfunctional sense. In fact, the only reason I put up with you is because Kim saw you as a friend"

Chuckling Damon spoke again "I don't guess I could talk you into bringing me a rabbit or something? I'd settle for Stefan's diet at this point"

"You know I can't do that"
"You succeeded, Zach. I'm shutting down. You're like your grandfather. He didn't like it when I came to visit, either"
"But you don't visit, Damon. You appear, unannounced, reminding me that this isn't my house; that you're just permitting me to live here. Hell, that you're permitting me to live"

The oldest Salvatore shrugged "Someone had to mow the lawn"

"I only came to say good-bye, Damon. Im sure Kim appreciated you not hurting Kayla, I do" Zach shakes his head and prepares to turn around when Damon comes up to the door and grabs Zach by the throat
"Unlock it. Unlock the door, Zach. I don't want to kill you but I will hurt you"

As Zach struggles to get out of Damon's hold, Stefan appears and wrestles Zach out of Damon's grasp and locks eyes with his brother
"Keep it up, Damon. The more energy you expend, the faster you'll go"

As Stefan helped a heaving Zach up the stairs, Damon turned away from the door and sat back down

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After school, Kayla found herself back at the Gilbert home having Jeremy listen to her speech for the Miss Mystic Fall's Pageant when Stefan texted asking for her and Jeremy's help

Now, Kayla sat on the freshly washed sheets of Jeremy's bed when he walked back into the room

" How oddly nice of you to aid my treacherous cousin in his wooing of Miss Gilbert"

Jeremy closed his door and deadpanned at the girl who pursed her lips to fight a smile

"Rather romantic of you bookie"
Rolling his eyes at the nickname, Jeremy walked closer to the bed
"Well, I was feeling romantic"

Before the boy could lay on the bed the doorbell was heard, Jeremy turned to Kayla and said "I'll be right back" before heading down the stairs telling the older teens in the kitchen that he would get the door

While Jeremy went to answer the door, Kayla got up to grab her phone from the charger and glanced out the window noticing a familiar truck outside

"Oh nah"

The girl slide on her shoes and skipped down the stairs to see Jeremy trying to turn Victoria Donovan away

"Vicki, one, I am no longer interested in you, I thought I made this clear and two, why are you always trying to get high? Give me back those pills you took for the bathroom yesterday"

Before the girl could respond Kayla made herself known by side stepping in front of Jeremy

"Kayla" Vicki greeted
"Raggedy bitch" Kayla replied

Jeremy's eyes widen at the Salvatore girls words and spoke up before the whole interaction became physical
"Okay yea, keep the pills Vicki, just leave me alone"

Vicki shakes her head confused "I don't understand, you were so head over heels in love with me like a week ago. What happened?"

"He realized that your drug coochie wasn't good. Now kick rocks you wretched deviant"

Kayla slams the door and sighs before turning around and grabbing Jeremy hand and pulling him upstairs

As the teens make a move to walk up them, they catch the eyes of Elena and Stefan who peeped around the corner worried a fight would break out

"Nothing to see here, Bella and Edward"

Once Kayla and Jeremy got to his room Jeremy turned his head to the girl

"A wretched deviant?"
"Mhmm"
"What is that?"
"I'm not too sure, I've heard Stefan call Damon it once...Now give me feedback on my speech"

Jeremy threw himself on his bed "Why do you even wanna be Miss Mystic Falls?"
"I don't really, but no one black has won before or even run for real and I'd love being an inspiration to little black girls. There's hardly any black people period in this town. I think this place needs a cleanse, either I have to win or Caroline" Kayla expresses

"That's really inspiring"
The girl rolls her eyes at the boys comment "Shut up"

"I'm being serious, I know how important your culture is to you and how important it was to your mom. Your the only correct choice, I don't care who else is running. They're losing, even Caroline....don't tell her I said that though"

Kayla looked at Jeremy who had a cheesy smile on his face and threw a pillow at his face "Do your homework or something Gilbert"

Kayla stood up and started grabbing her stuff and putting it into her bag when Jeremy caught her hand
"Where you going?"
"Fundraiser planning with Caroline"
"Just call her on the phone, why do you have to go in person?"
"You clingy hoe, if you wanna have my kids just say that"

Kayla chuckles as Jeremy rolls his eyes and replies sarcastically
"I'd want nothing more than to bring your kids into this world"
"Well tough luck poo bear"