What has been going on in the life of Trinity you may ask? Not much. I know, I know. I always say that right before shit goes down but honestly there wasn't much to say. Ever since Silas and Tessa were eradicated, everything was chill. I had been teaching Taylor magic and in turn Bonnie was teaching me, blah blah. Who cares right? Well being completely honest, I do. I had grown to love being a witch and so had my brother, who had insisted on being called a warlock these days. Same thing Taylor, calm down. Besides, witch sounds cooler, right? Anyway, I was kind of enjoying my time at college. I had kept my growing friendship with Caroline alive and I was slowly becoming better friends with Elena and Bonnie now. Elena wasn't as insufferable as I thought. She was actually a pretty good friend. And Bonnie was amazing as well. She was teaching me so much. I had come to spend a lot of my time with her. Like right now, I was sitting on my bed watching Bonnie film a video of herself on her cell phone.
"Hi, Mom. I know we haven't seen each other, or talked in a while...so I wanted to make you a video update. I finally finished my whirlwind summer tour, got a new 'do and, I'm in college at Whitmore, where Grams taught. And this is my dorm! It's huge, right? It even has a fireplace! I mean, what dorm has a fireplace?" She exclaimed, panning the camera to the fireplace, which also happened to be near me
"Oh, and there's my new friend Trinity" I waved to the camera as the door swung open and Caroline and Elena stepped in.
"Oh, here they are. Hey, guys! Say hi to my mom!" The girls waved at the camera before Bonnie continued
"They're planning me a welcome party. Just something, just low-key. I miss you. Please come visit when you get a chance. I'll, um, talk to you soon. Bye!" Bonnie plants a kiss on the phone via her hand before turning the camera off.
""By the way, Mom, I'm not a witch anymore, because I died and then came back from the Other Side."" Elena commented, mimicking Bonnie before Caroline joined in.
""Yeah, I'm this supernatural anchor that connects the two worlds together, so...""
""Technically, I'm a ghost, that people can still see, and touch, so..."" I finished the mocking
"Okay, so I left out a detail...or two. I'll explain when she visits. How big is this party going to be?" Oh, and did I mention we were throwing a party? I know what you're thinking and yes, I was completely opposed. When they first brought the idea up I immediately told them I was out but Caroline is extremely persistent and in the end, I gave in just to shut her up. Besides, maybe I'll enjoy our party more since it's being thrown by us in our dorm.
"Well, let's see. Silas and Tessa are gone, and you finally aren't." Elena happily explained
"Which equals a massive cause for celebration!" Caroline cheered
"Which equals a massive party. Hopefully. I mean, since each of us have only made one friend and Trinity in college so far."
"And given that mine went radio silent after he kissed me, and yours was last seen at a tea party for a vampire-hating secret society." Caroline commented
"Hmm...Augustine, right? The one who covered up that dead girl's death and wants you kicked off from campus." We all give her a look. How did she know?
"What? I've kept up! The Other Side is boring. What else am I supposed to do?" Bonnie defended
"All right. So, Augustine wants us gone. Who cares? It doesn't matter. It's not gonna happen. We're moving on with our lives, together, as functional vampires, "Elena started, turning to point at Bonnie as she continued.
"-a former witch, anchor-thing. I don't know." We all laughed at that one
"And a baby witch" Caroline said, referring to me of course
"And we have a party." Elena finished
"With Jell-O shots." I excitedly smiled. I may not like parties but I sure do love alcohol infused with jelly. I watched as Bonnie picked up her cell phone again, looking at the time.
"Oh, shoot. Um, I have to go register for classes." Bonnie informs us and we all shared another look, we knew exactly why she wanted to escape the dorm
"What?" Bonnie questioned
"Nothing." We all sung in unison
"Have fun registering." Elena teased in a low voice before Elena and Caroline pretend to act like they're making out. I rolled my eyes with a laugh as Bonnie turned to me
"I'm not that immature" I tell her and she seems to accept my lie before turning back around, headed for the door.
"Have fun sucking Jeremy off" I yelled out at the top of my lungs as she swung the door open. I watched a few students turn their heads at my loudness
"Gross" Elena comments as Bonnie rushes away but I can tell she found it just as funny as I did.
"I'm gonna go too" Elena told us before she made a quick exit, probably to avoid the embarrassment Bonnie received.
"Guess it's just us. The sad lonely people" I sighed sadly to Caroline but I honestly didn't feel that sad. Who needed a boyfriend when you had a best friend like Caroline. I watched Caroline walk over to the kitchen before returning with glasses of wine. How fancy. She handed one to me before we both sat down on my bed
"You know, I guess we could make out" Caroline shrugged, obviously joking
"By the end of tonight with the amount of alcohol we plan on downing, I'm sure we will Care" I laughed along with her.
After a few more glasses of wine, Caroline and I were giggling like little girls. Bonnie and Elena still had yet to return from their booty calls. Which is why I was incredibly surprised when my phone rang and the caller ID read that of one of the participants in one of the booty calls
"Good afternoon Mr Salvatore" I giggled into the phone while Caroline continued sculling her wine
"Are you drunk already?" He asked, his voice laced with amusement
"Shouldn't you be having phone sex with your girlfriend instead of judging me?" I retorted
"Good point but sadly no."
"What? Elena not into that?"
"Not the topic I rang you about"
"Oh, and why did you ring me?"
"You going to that party tonight?" He asked
"You mean the one being thrown by my best friends in my dorm where all my friends are gonna be? Yeah I might drop by" I sarcastically responded as Caroline giggled in the background
"Good, I don't know if I would be able to survive it without you"
"And why is that? Your girlfriend is gonna be there. You might get laid" I tease
"Yeah whatever, smartass. See you tonight" He hung up the phone, leaving me with a small smile on my face. I was feeling pretty giddy and slightly excited for tonight now.
"What was that?" Caroline's voice snapped me back to the room. I had honestly forgotten she was here listening to my conversation
"Damon?" I answered, how could she not hear him, isn't she a vampire?
"Duh. I meant, what was that as in could there be anymore sexual tension between you two?" Why did everyone keep saying that?!
"I don't know what you're talking about" I defend as I stood from the bed, going towards the kitchen to refill my glass.
"You like him!" Caroline exclaimed from behind me and I was relieved to be facing away from Caroline or I'm sure she would've seen my bright red face
"No I don't, he's with Elena" I sigh, hoping back on the bed
"Doesn't sound like it. 'I don't know if I would be able survive it without you'. He's in love with you too" She fake gushed, imitating Damon
"We're just friends" I continue to defend
"Damon and Trinity sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes marri-"
"Okay someone needs to be cut off" I laugh, pulling her glass away and placing fair enough away she couldn't reach it. She was smashed.
"We should paint our nails" She giddily clapped, excited at the prospect
"Painting our nails drunk? Sounds fun" I sarcastically commented but she still chose to get up and run to her nail polish collection. I laughed at her antics but I couldn't help but think about what she had said. Damon liked me? I liked Damon? I mean sure we were good friends and every time I saw him it made me feel giddy inside. We talked a lot, probably more than him and his girlfriend. Every time I was sad, Damon cheered me up just with the sound of his voice. Wait a minute, did I like Damon? I couldn't like Damon… could I? Thankfully, my confusing thoughts were interrupted by Caroline gushing about what nail colours we should have. I needed to forget about Damon
The party started ay 8 so that meant that of course we had to start getting ready at 5, well that's what Caroline insisted. So now, Care and I were slightly intoxicated still rom our day drinking binge whilst also trying to get ready for our party along with a sober Elena.
"I... uh...handed out all of the flyers. Oh, and Damon said he was going to try to bring Stefan." Elena told us
"Funny. That sentiment implies that Damon is actually coming." Caroline mused and I nudged her lightly in the ribs. He said he would come so he was coming. Caroline's phone began to ring and Elena picked it up, checking the caller ID.
"Hmm. Maybe a call from a mysteriously hot biology TA will help?" Elena handed the phone to Caroline who answered.
"Well look who rose from the dead." Caroline answered the phone with that delightful greeting. Elena and I left her to chat in piece, moving over to work on setting up another part of the dorm. We worked in silence for a bit until I opened my big mouth
"So… do you think Damon's gonna come?" I asked
"Yeah hopefully. I'm more hoping that Stefan is going to come though, he needs to get out, you know, socialise" Don't do it Trinity, don't open your big mouth again
"I know it's not my place or anything," Oh god Trinity, shut your mouth
"But it kinda seems like maybe you're more into Stefan than you are Damon" Yep, good job Trinity, you're an idiot. I knew I should have kept my mouth shut when Elena's head snapped to me and she paused her work, instead choosing to glare me down
"You're right, it's not your place" She snapped before storming away.
"Why do you have to be so stupid Trin" I sighed under my breathe, banging my head lightly on the wall in front of me. I turned around, hoping to seek comfort from Caroline but she had disappeared on me too. So much for helping. Now Caroline had left for a booty call. Why was I the only one not getting any?
By 8 pm, I had this place looking pretty good and I was looking pretty good if I do say so myself. I hadn't really worn a dress in so long but this skin tight, white bodycon dress was making me feel hot. Looking around the dorm, it was completely filled with people. I'd say this party was a raging success. I scanned the crowd and noticed Bonnie talking with Jesse. I smiled sadly in their direction. Caroline had told me that that crazy biology or micro science or whatever the hell it's called professor turned him into a vampire. I felt slightly bad for him but honestly, since I had met everyone and found out what they were, my mind sometimes thought about what it would be like. I'm sure it would be awesome to have all of those cool powers but it would mean I would lose my magic, like Bonnie's mom, and I definitely did not want that. Guess little ol' me will never be a vampire. Oh well. I continued to search the room. No Damon but at least I could see Caroline and Elena. I'm sure Elena was still pissed at me but I had to make it right, even if the whole feelings and apologising thing mad me want to puke. Taking a deep breath, I made my way over to them as they stood by a table.
"Hey" I greeted. Elena gave me a small but gentle smile. I hope that meant she was over it too. Caroline, being the overdramatic girl she was, leaned over and encased me in a tight hug
"Thank you so much for all your work. This place looks amazing. Who knew you were so good at parties?" Caroline laughed as she pulled away
"I used to do it all the time" I shrugged
"Really? You used to throw a lot of parties in high school? Were you popular?" Caroline asked but I felt my whole-body freeze. This was exactly what I wanted to avoid. I did not need my past life coming back to haunt me. As if the universe was looking out for me, we watched Jeremy sneak past us to get some alcohol and Elena was not happy, diverting the attention from me
"No way Jer" She told him. He was a senior in high school, of course he was going to drink.
"Come on Elena, it's a party" Jeremy argued
"Let him do it Elena, he's old enough to make his own decisions" I defended and I immediately regretted as Elena turned to glare at me
"You know what Trinity, you don't know us, so just butt out" Elena snapped once again, walking away
"Well then" Caroline commented as the awkwardness remained in the air
"Yeah, she's already snapped at me once today." I sighed. Why do I keep opening my big mouth?
"She told me." Caroline informed me
"I just don't get it, I mean she has Damon, so why is she so concerned about Stefan? Why does this bother me so much?" I groaned.
"Maybe because you're in love with Damon and don't want to see him hurt" Caroline suggested
"Care-" I began, trying to defend myself before I was cut off by Caroline
"No, look Trin, whether you like him or not, you don't know him. He's not a nice person and I don't want you to get hurt by him because he will hurt you if you let him in" Caroline told me.
"I don't believe that" I refuted. I had known Damon long enough and I knew enough about him to know he may come off as that way, but he had deep emotions about a lot of things. I watched as Caroline sighed, as if in defeat
"Don't believe me? Go down to Doctor Maxfield's lab. You need to see what he's capable of" Caroline instructed. I looked at her sceptically, hoping to receive more detail but instead she was whisked away by Jesse to the dance floor. I wasn't sure what to do. I didn't know what Damon was doing to him and I wasn't sure if I was prepared to see it but I had to. I had to know, my curiously was peaked. I managed to make my way out of the dorm, heading towards the Doctor's lab. Before I had time to regret my decision, I was outside the door. Raising my hand, I hesitated for a moment before swallowing my fear and knocking on the door. I waited a few moments but I didn't receive an answer. So, I knocked again, this time yelling out
"Damon, it's me" That elicited some movement inside and soon the door swung open and Damon was revealed
"T, you shouldn't be…" His voice trailed off and I furrowed my eyebrows at him in confusion. I watched his eyes roam my body and I realised what had caught him mid-sentence
"Oh, you like?" I asked, doing a little bit of a twirl. His facial emotion never altered as he continued to stare, as if in a dream
"You look beautiful" He said, still starstruck
"A raving review from Damon Salvatore? I must be pretty special" I joke which breaks him from his trance, getting him to laugh
"As much as I love your compliments, I didn't come here for that" I told him, getting back to the real reason why I was here.
"Why are you here?" He asked
"Honestly, not really sure but Caroline told me I had to see the 'real you'" I informed him as I heard him curse Caroline under his breath
"T, you really shouldn't be here" He replied, shaking his head
"Oh, come on D, I'm not as innocent as you think and let's be honest, I'm gonna be exposed to this sort of thing eventually" I argued but he gave no response, indicating he wasn't giving in
"You know me, I'm tough" I further persuaded. I heard him sigh and hang his head. A smile creeped on my face, knowing that I had won.
"Fine but don't touch anything" He told me, opening the door for me to step inside
"I'm not a child Damon" I responded, steeping into the room. I was slightly taken aback by seeing Dr. Maxfield strapped to a gurney. I didn't feel bad for him in the slightest, knowing he had turned Jesse just so he could do sick experiments on him.
"This is super kinky, even for you" I commented as Damon snickered, taking a seat by Dr. Maxfield.
"Well, rabies was a bust." Damon sighed, throwing away a needle.
"I guess I'll find something a little more immediate." Damon says, rolling away in his chair to go through the rest of the vials.
"Oh, I'll help"
"You sound a little too excited to be torturing an innocent man" Damon comments as we began going through the vials, trying to find the deadliest.
"Innocent?" I snickered
"He locked another person in a cage so he could experiment on them. I don't know about you, but people who do things like that make my skin crawl" I shivered at the thought, bringing bad memories back
"I wanted to turn Jesse into a new kind of vampire." Dr. Maxfield spoke from the background
"Well, that's awfully ambitious of you." Damon commented as we continued our search
"I am awfully smart." Dr. Maxfield responded but by then Damon had apparently found a good disease and wheeled back over to the professor. He holds up a little glass vial with liquid inside
"Ebola." Damon clarified as Dr. Maxfield flinched at the thought
"Why?" Damon questioned, inserting the liquid into a needle before placing it into the doctors arm
"Your kind is dangerous to humans. You're dangerous because we're your food source. I want to change that." Dr. Maxfield explained, watching the disease go into his arm, infecting him.
"If vampires don't need to feed on humans, they're no longer a threat." He continued to explain
"I'm not buying the good doctor bit." Damon told him, slamming his fist on the table. Seeing Damon angry in front of me was rare, but it was incredibly hot.
"Human blood will only satiate Jesse temporarily until he gets a taste of what he really craves."
"Well, what exactly does he really crave?"
"Vampires" Dr. Maxfield answered but I could see a hint of smugness on his face. Damon turned to me shocked before his phone began ringing. He stood up to answer it, moving away from the table. With Damon's back turned, I seized my opportunity and stole his seat. He told me not to do or touch anything but I couldn't let this go
"Do you get pleasure out of torturing people?" I ask him
"They're not people" He spat
"Not people?" I scoffed
"They're animals" This set me off. Damon and Caroline and even Elena, they were not animals
"They're not animals" I snapped standing from my seat, making a lot of noise. I turned around quickly, making sure Damon hadn't noticed. He hadn't so I leaned in close to Dr. Maxfield's face
"You're an animal" I growled in his face
"I don't know why Damon is delaying the inevitable but I won't" I commented. I was going to get this over and done with
"This may hurt a bit... or a lot" I threatened, taking a step back before I focused all of my energy into my magic. Keeping my eyes trained on this monster strapped to the table, I began a non-vocal spell in my head. I pictured his body writhing in pain, him struggling to breath and what I thought in my head, began to come true. Dr. Maxfield's breath became short and difficult and his body began shaking in agony.
"T!" I heard Damon shout before his arms came around my waist, dragging me back which then in turn broke my connection with Dr. Maxfield
"We can't kill him" Damon sighed sadly
"Are you kidding me? He deserves it" I angrily hissed, glaring at the doctor over Damon's shoulder
"I know but we can't" He told me before he walked back over to Dr. Maxfield
"Problem is I know people like you a lot better than you realize. If I let you live, you're just gonna do it again. You're gonna turn another vampire, you're gonna do another experiment. The only way to really handle you is just to snuff you out. You're lucky I don't feel like burying a body." Damon explains before cutting open his wrist and offering it to Dr. Maxfield. My mouth opened in shock as he did this. This scum didn't deserve to live and he sure as hell didn't deserve to be healed. I watched as Dr. Maxfield began leaning forward to accept the blood but I was startled when Jesse burst in.
"What the hell did you do to me?" The new vampire demanded
"Easy there, killer." Damon warned
"Wasn't bad enough that you locked me up and poked me full of needles? Now I want to feed on the girl I like?"
"You feed on monsters, Jesse." The doctor explained. I watched Jesse closely as his eyes were diverted from Dr. Maxfield to Damon. More specifically, Damon's bloody wrist. Jesse's eye transform into one of a vampire and he rushes forward to attack Damon. I don't know what possessed me to do it, but I pushed myself in front of Damon, activating a protection spell as I came between the new vampires. Jesse looked like a rabid dog in front of my face but my protection spell prevented him from coming anywhere near Damon and a few inches from my face
"T, move out of the way" Damon calmly instructed
"No" I refused. With a flick of the wrist, I sent Jesse flying across the room. His heavy body hit the wall with a thud and he collapsed to the ground. Unfortunately, he recovered quickly and managed to get back up and was about to attack Damon again but I breathed a sigh of relief when Damon caught him by his throat
"In case Professor Forbes forgot to tell you in your training, sweetie, I'm a lot older than you, and that means I'm a lot stronger than you."
"Actually, that's not one hundred percent accurate." Dr. Maxfield chimed in. Before Damon and I had time to process this new information, Jesses vamped out even deeper, becoming more aggressive. He pushed Damon through the glass door and they both went tumbling out into the hallway. I was about to go follow them but Dr. Maxfield's words stopped me
"Not even you can stop him. He's too powerful for you, witch" He spat at me and I could tell he thought calling me a witch was an insult
"Oh yeah, let's see about that" I rushed out into the hallway to find Jesse with his fangs in Damon's neck and Elena nearby, doing shit all.
"Jesse, Jesse, let go. Jesse!" Elena tried to persuade. Was she serious
"Really Elena?" I questioned before I began actually doing something unlike her. Like before, I flicked my wrist and Jesse went flying off Damon.
"Go, both of you go, quick" I told the two vampires
"T" Damon protested
"He doesn't want to eat me, I'll be okay" I reassured him. He Looked hesitant but he had no choice in the matter because Elena began pulling him away by his arm. I turned my attention to Jesse, who was still trying to get back up. Using my powers, I helped him get up, only to push him against the wall, my spell keeping him in place. I slowly approached him, his jaws snapping at me. He had to die. Grabbing a nearby piece of wood from the nearby broken door, I used all my strength and pierced it through his chest, straight into his chest. I let him fall to the ground, watching his body begin turning grey.
"No! No!" I heard Caroline's panicked and upset voice behind me. I turned around as rushed to Jesse, placing his head on her lap but I had already killed him
"No, Jesse! Jesse, come here. Hold on. Hold on. Just stay with me, please. Jesse, just stay with me, please. What did you do?" She demanded to know from me
"He was gonna kill Damon—" I tried to defend
"But we promised that we would help him." She argued, tears running down her face
"She didn't have a choice, all right?" Damon defended me, coming back into the hallway
"Once he had the taste of vampire blood, there was nothing stopping him. Go ask Dr. Frankenstein. I'll go deal with him." Damon told us, going into the lab. I turned my attention back to Caroline who was still upset.
"Caroline, I'm so sorry. I—" I apologised before she cut me off
"I told you. I told you this is what he is like and he was going to make you just like him" She spat, standing to face me
"Damon didn't do this Care, I did. He was going to kill one of our friends" I reasoned
"No, he was going to kill the guy you love. You did this for that reason alone" And with that, she stormed off. I felt like my whole heart had been stomped on. It hurt to have real friends
"You did what you had to do, regardless of what she said" Damo spoke from behind me
"I didn't have to kill him" I responded, looking at the dead body at my feet
"Yes, you did T" He answered, coming to stand with me
"I could've knocked him out or something" I couldn't take my eyes away from the person I had just killed. I just killed someone
"No, listen to me" He grabbed my shoulders, turning me to face him
"He ate vampires, there was no way to change that. Next time, it could've been Caroline. You saved her"
"Doesn't feel that way" I answered sadly, still broken from my fight. I sighed one more time before I moved around Damon, heading out of the hallway
"Where are you going?" I didn't answer because I honestly didn't know. I just needed to process this. I needed my brother.
I had managed to pull my brother away from the dorm party and asked him to meet me by the fountain, my favourite spot. As I waited for him to arrive, I couldn't help but feel like I wasn't as upset as I should be about the fact I just killed someone. Maybe it hadn't hit home yet but I just didn't feel that bad. I had saved Damon's life and Damon life was far more precious to me than Jesse's. I felt horrible about Caroline mostly. I had killed the guy she liked.
"Hey Trinny, what's going on?" Taylor asked as he approached me, taking a seat next to me. I didn't reply for a few moments
"I killed someone" I finally confessed, keeping my eyes forward so I didn't have to face my brother
"What? Are you okay? What happened?" My brother, always full of questions.
"He was going to kill Damon. I had to stop him. I saved Damon's life but I killed the guy Caroline liked and now she hates me" I continued. I tried to show my emotions on a regular basis but it just didn't come natural to me, even like right now. I still hadn't shed a tear or displayed any emotion.
"I'm sure you did what you had to do" Taylor tells me, wrapping an arm around me, pulling me closer. I sigh as I rest my head against his shoulder.
"Thanks Tay, but I think I just wanna sit here" I answer. I didn't want to talk about it. I never wanted to talk about anything which meant keeping my feelings bottled up. Healthy, right?
After sitting on that cement seat for over an hour, it was time to face the music. Saying goodbye to my brother, I stepped into the dorm. I was hoping that maybe the girls had already gone to bed but unfortunately, as I stepped into the main area of the dorm, Caroline was still cleaning up. She stopped what she was doing when I walked in and faced me. She looked better than she did before but I didn't know if that meant she was okay or not.
"Hi" I awkwardly greeted
"Hey Trin" She gave me a soft smile before we were plunged into awkward silence
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean what I said earlier. It was out of line. It just sucks, you know, cause Jesse was one of the good ones." Caroline sighed and I stepped forward, approaching her.
"I know, and I wouldn't have killed him if I could have done something. He was dangerous. I need you to believe that." I argue, but Caroline doesn't answer.
"I need you to believe me when I tell you that Caroline." I persisted
"I believe you, okay? I believe you want to celebrate the fact that we can go to school and function like regular freshmen. I get that. I want that, too, but, Trinity, when are you gonna figure out that the outside world is not nearly as dangerous as the person you're in love with?"
"Wow! Why don't you tell me how you really feel?" I sarcastically answer
"And besides, I don't love him. He's my friend" I defend
"I've seen the way you look at him, and how he looks at you Trin." She tells me. Damon looks at me a certain way?
"He doesn't look at me any special way," I argue, although I had never really noticed if he had or hadn't
"When are you gonna stop trying to convince me he's a bad person?" I ask
"The day that I stop telling you that is the day that we're no longer best friends, and I hope that day never comes." And with that she left. I sighed heavily before I slowly followed her back to our room. I needed to talk to someone about this, someone who understands. I needed to talk to Damon. I stopped following Caroline and paused in the stairwell, hoping to have some privacy. I pulled my phone and rang Damon. It rang… and it rang… and it rang, until finally I got his voicemail. Damon hadn't answered my call? He always answers my calls. I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach that maybe something was wrong but I shook it off. I was probably just paranoid and stressed out about what happened tonight. I really needed to sleep. I made my way to my bed and collapsed on it.
A/N: Hey guys, I'm back. Please review :)