I could hear her heart race and her breath get heavy. When she looked up at me, I saw tears run down her red cheeks. She flipped over onto her back and crawl away from me. I stood over her and I laughed at her helpless state. "I know a thousand ways...
I laid in my bed watching the sunrise. I watched the dark blue turn to pink. I watched the sunrise over the horizon. I listened to my phone vibrate again and again. I didn't pick it up because I knew who it was. I don't understand why I still have the phone he gave me in Chicago. I don't understand why I am lying in bed sulking like someone who just broke up with her boyfriend. Klaus isn't my anything. He is the one who killed Jenna and Elena. I rolled over on my back and looked up at the ceiling. I signed and then pushed the covers off. I walked over to my closet and pulled out an outfit and got ready for the day.
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I walked down the stairs as I heard the doorbell ring. I walked over to the door and opened it. a man stood there holding roses. "Dawn Gilbert?"
"Yes," I said as I leaned on the door frame.
He handed me the flowers and I took them. "They're from your husband." He said with a smile. "Well, have a good day." Then he left. I looked down at the roses and rolled my eyes. I threw them into the brushes and closed the door behind me.
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Luckily for me, Tyler picked me up before I walked too far. "How are you doing?" Tyler asked me.
"I am great." I sighed as he pulled up to the school. "I just spent the whole summer with an indestructible bastard who wants me to recover memories of his long-dead wife that I don't want." I pulled my bag out of the back. "How do you think I am?"
"I think you are depressed." He says as he opened his door. I narrowed my eyes at him. "I only say that because of your outfit alone. You never wear those boots out of the house."
"True, Maybe I just want to be comfy," I said as I climbed out. "I am super tired today." I closed the door behind me as Tyler came around the car. "Oh, and guess what I got this morning."
"What?" He asked as we walked to school.
"Roses. A giant bouquet of roses." I rolled my eyes again. "and the massager said it was from my husband. Last time, I checked I don't have a husband."
"Maybe, he really cares for you," Tyler said as he looked to see Matt in his truck.
"If he cares so much, why didn't he ask me if I actually want to remember?" I asked as he shrugged and went over to Matt's truck. I rolled my eyes and went into the school building for a fun school day.
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I walked out of class and went to my locker. I heard my phone ring again and rolled my eyes. I pulled it out of my bag and answered it. "What?"
"Oh, someone sounds cranky." I heard a long-missed voice.
"It's nothing if you like getting calls and texts from the oldest thing on Earth every 20 minutes." I sighed as I exchanged my books. "So how have you been, Damon?"
