Andrea Samantha Salvatore

Chapter 7

Damon P.O.V

It has been a couple of days since Andrea’s witch friend found the spell to take away the compulsion. Andrea was right, we did need to reverse it because the day after her return I woke up thinking she was still dead and I had to go through that whole shock and confused feeling when seeing her down in the kitchen.

Today was her first day of school being our sister; she made a promise to Stefan that she would keep going to school; I think Stefan wanted this because he didn’t want her to leave his side, in some ways he was a lot like me.
Even though we never acted like the big protective brothers around other people we both knew each other were very scared that we were going to lose her again. I knew I couldn’t handle it, if I lost her all over again.

“So I heard you again last night” I heard from behind me. I turned round to see Stefan grabbing an apple with his back pack on.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about little bro” I said giving him a smirk. Hoping he would drop the conversation

“You went into check on her a couple of times last night. You know she is going to figure it out soon, the way we both are acting around her” he said while leaning on the bench.
I just looked at him while sipping on some blood. I knew he was right, but I also knew he was worried about her to.

“It is not like you haven’t checked in on her; I do recall you sitting up waiting for her to arrive home from spending the night hanging with Jeremy.” I said glaring at him, trying to shown no emotion.

I could tell it was getting to him.
“Hey I didn’t say anything was wrong with keeping a close eye on her, I just saying she is probably going to figure it out and I don’t want to do anything that might push her away, but you have every reason to check on her. I know both of us wouldn’t be able to handle, if we lost her again.” he said while glancing at the door, we both knew Andrea was on her way down stairs to the kitchen.
I just stared at him trying to be the Damon that everyone around here knew I was, the one with no heart or feelings.

“So you ready for school” Stefan said while Andrea walked into the kitchen wearing black skinny jeans and a top that just covered her stomach. She just looked at him, making him re think his question.

I couldn’t help but laugh a little making her turn round and glare at me. “ you think it is funny Damon, so I guess you are doing something way more fun than attending school for like the fifth time.” She asked while smirking at me.
I knew she wouldn’t want to know the answer but I didn’t want to lie to her.

“Well little sis, I am spending the day trying to figure out a way to get Katherine to leave Elena alone.” I said while walking to the skink and placing my cup down.
As soon as I said it, the whole atmosphere in the room changed. Andrea’s smirk turned into a frown.
We all knew Katherine was a touchy subject, back in the day we barely spoke about it but It was ok because we thought Katherine was dead, but now we all knew she was still alive and talking about her made all the bad memories re surface.

Stefan and I both looked at her and could see the sadness in her eyes, we knew she hurt the most and she had every right to.

She finally broke the silence “Well, looks like you have a fun day ahead of you, I’m just…. I’m just going to go grab some books then head off to school, Stefan you go and I will see you there” she said stumbling, we knew she couldn’t wait to get out of the house.
Stefan and I just glanced at each other. I knew it must be hard for her with everything that has happened with Katherine, but I know that no matter what Katherine couldn’t come a main priority like she did when we were human.

“I will talk to you later; I have to go to pick up Elena.” Stefan said while walking out.

Stefan P.O.V

I walked down the school hall, the first two periods had already past and I still hadn’t seen Andrea. Elena was by my side talking about her weekend with the girls I think, though I wasn’t really paying attention.

“Stefan, Elena said while playing with my fingers trying to grab my attention.

“Oh Sorry” I said while coming back down to earth. Even though I was trying to pay attention to her. I just couldn’t get this morning out of my head. Seeing the sadness in my sister eyes, while talking about the girl who was the reason behind my sister dying in the first place. Even though I was kind of glad that she did turn into a vampire and I did get to spend another 100 years with her, I just hated how it happened.

“Are you ok, has something happened with Katherine or something” she said while looking up at me. I was quick to reassure her that it was nothing to do with her.

“no, no, no nothing to do with you, just something from the past was brought up this morning that kind of upset Andrea a little bit, she ran off and I haven’t seen her today, I just want to make sure she is alright, that’s all” while stopping and softly grabbing Elena wrist to bring her towards me.

“Is she ok, like since meeting her I feel like she always has an excuse to get away from me, I just hope she forgives me for what happened. I don’t think she likes me a lot. Who blames her I was the reason she did get tortured a couple of days ago” she said while sadly looking down.

“She is fine, it’s not you, I am sure she loves you. Let’s just say that it is hard for her to see someone that looks so much like Katherine, they didn’t really get along. But give her time, I’m sure she will come around and see that you are nothing like Katherine. That reminds me, do you mind if we only have dinner tonight, it is just that Damon and I are still trying to get our heads around being big brothers again and well we are having trouble letting Andrea out of our sight. I thought if we hang out more as a family well we will get more use to it.” I said while holding on to her chin to look up at me.

“Yeah that’s fine but what do you mean, having trouble keeping her out of your sight? Damon doesn’t really look that he cares if she even comes home” She said while giving me a smirk. I put my hands in my pocket

“ look, you have every right to hate Damon, but he cares about Andrea more than anyone and he is having a really hard time trying to be not so protective” I said while looking at the floor, she just looked at me in surprise that I actually said that.

“ you know Damon doesn’t sleep at night, he is constantly awake just in case he hears a noise come from her room and you know he checked in on her last night 2 times to make sure she was a sleep and that nothing had been disturbed and I honestly thinks he checks up on her sometime during the day. We just have to get used to having our little sister back and then get use to the fact that she is nearly 130 years old” I said smiling at Elena’s surprise face, I placed my hand on her shoulder, leaned in and kissed her on the forehead before walking off to find Andrea.

I walked outside and saw her; she sat by herself on a lunch table near the football field. She would of known I was there starring at her but she was to into her writing.
She had been writing a lot since being back. I knew she used to write diaries but her writing had doubled since then. I stood there looking at her, so many memories flood back from when she was human to her trying to stop the ripper from me.
She had changed a lot, back then she was wearing long dresses and corsets, now she is in clothing that barely covered anything, but it wasn’t that, which caught my attention. It was her emotions. She looked sad and for some reason I knew it wasn’t because of this morning. Both Damon and I noticed the emptiness we saw in her and that was very unusual for her. I wondered what it was that was making my sister so empty and down. I knew she mentioned she was in love with a guy named Kane but he walked out on her, I wonder if he leaving was the reason my sister looks so sad and miserable.
I just hoped she wasn’t going to turn into someone like Damon and turn of her humanity over losing someone she loved, but I knew she wasn’t, it is just she doesn’t really like to talk about her problems she has always been the one to put on a smiley, brave face and pretend she was ok, when we knew she wasn’t. I began to walk over to her, she realized I was coming over and quickly stopped writing.

“Hey Stefan, sorry for running out this morning, just have to get used to having Katherine being alive” she said while smiling and putting on a happy face.
I could tell she had been crying though. I sat down and made sure she was telling the truth.

“Are you sure, I can tell you have been crying” I said while placing my hand over hers. She looked at me and laughed.
“ You know it is funny you haven’t changed one bit since I last saw you, honestly I thought you would of gone back to the ripper after everything that happened.” She said while smiling, I couldn’t help but let out a small giggle as well.

“You know that’s the reason why I didn’t go back to my ripper days, cause I know how much it meant to you to keep your humanity and I just wanted to make you proud” I said, we starred at each other.
She just softly answered with a thank you.
“So tell me about this Kane guy, he must have really stolen your heart” I said breaking the silence between us.
She smiled and then starting talking about him, we talked for ages about what they use to do, how they travelled. It was nice listening to my sister ramble on about all her happy time. I was glad that she had good times, even though I would of loved to been there, I was glad she was with someone that loved and protected her, even if he left and ran away.

“Look, I would love to stay and chat more but I have to make dinner for Elena, I was thinking maybe we could hang out later tonight, watch a movie or something.” He said while getting up and grabbing his stuff.

“Yeah sure, I will ask Damon as well, but knowing him he is already busy” I said while joining Stefan in laughter. He said his goodbye then walked over to Elena and Bonnie who were just coming out of the school.

After he left, I was kind of relieved that I had talked to him about Kane, it was nice to get it off my chest. With taking one glance at Stefan and the girls, I started to get back to my letter.

Dear Kane,

You will never believe the last couple of days I have had. I know I never told you a lot about my family, all you knew was that I had two brothers who had died. You would never guess that they are actually alive, I still can’t believe it. For once in my life I am kind of feeling complete, except for the whole in my heart that will always be from not having you in my life. I am home again, in mystic falls. Every day I regret not having told you about me Andrea Salvatore not Andy Stamons. One of the promises I made my brother Stefan, was I had to go to high school again for like the fifth time, if you were here you would laugh and find it so ridiculous, I miss your sarcastic jokes. They have been very protective of me lately, they think I don’t notice them always checking up on me, last night Damon checked in on me twice, I know a lot of people would hate being so guarded but to be honest I missed it, I missed been told what to do and having father figures around, but I know it isn’t going to last. They have other concerns, I think they are all just wrapped up in the moment; they will get over me soon and go back to having Elena has their main priority, but when it happens I will be ready , hopefully it will be different this time because we do know Elena is not like Katherine. I met a few more other people, their names are matt and Jeremy, their humans but of cause they know about vampires and the supernatural world. I have to admit it must be hard living this life and not knowing that all of this was going to happen, no matter how hard they tried to stop it. Its fate, but I am going to keep my promise on protecting her and her brother. I know I say this all the time but I miss you, I miss waking up to you and having the most amazing breakfast ready for me, the way you always use to spoil me and make me feel like the most beautiful woman in the world. I need you; I need to know that you are alright.

Love Andrea