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chapter seven - "This is actually my fifth cup -- actually my sixth."

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"Are you sure you wouldn't want someone to come with you?" Michael asked his daughter who was making coffee.

Clem had to go answer a few of Sheriffs Forbes questions. While she got ready she had gotten a bunch of texts from Elena, Stefan and even Damon. She figured he got her number from Stefan's phone.

"No, I will be completely fine. Besides I have to do a few thing's anyway." She said stirring the coffee.

"One of us should go with you it only makes sense,"

Melissa sat the paper down, hearing the conversation that was going on between her dad and sister. "Daddy," She said getting his attention. "She'll be fine Clemmy is a big girl and knows to call us if she needs anything."

She mouthed a thank you to her before placing a lid on her to-go cup. "Alrighty I'm gunna head out." She said throwing her purse over her shoulder.

"I love you," She said reaching up and kissing her dad's cheek.

"And you," She said doing the same with Melissa before walking towards the door. "I'm leaving!" She announced grabbing her house key's.

She walked out the door backwards so she could lock it. And as soon as she turned around she ran into someone's chest. Making her coffee spill all over the front porch.

"You spilled my coffee," She said looking up to Damon, giving her an innocent smile. "In my book's that calls for murder."

"I'll get you another one. I figured you want some company on your way to the police station." He said following her as she walked down the porch steps and down the side walk.

"What's the real reason?" She asked placing her keys into her purse.

"To make sure you weren't thinking of doing anything stupid." He said throwing an arm around her neck only for her to push it off. "Like telling the sheriff that vampires are real?"

"Bingo, but of course if you were to do that than I would have to kill you." He said as she rolled her eyes, "I would to see you try."

"Tell me something," He said throwing his arm back around her neck, "How does Buffy The Vampire Slayer know everything she does."

She stopped at a cross walk and looked up at him. "Why would I ruin the fun, besides it's fun watching you squirm." She muttered before walking across the street and into the police station.

"Clementine?" Stefan questioned seeing the small girl walk in only to see his brother follow in after her. "Damon?"

"That's the lost puppy that's been following my since I left my house?" She said with heavy sarcasm.

"Ouch and here I thought were bounding." He said holding his chest.

"Clementine," Sheriffs Forbes called walking into the doorway getting all three of their attentions. "I'm happy you could make it...You're parents do know about this, right?"

"Yes ma'am they do, and they said to call if anything happened." She said smiling sweetly.

"Alright, come on in this will only take a second," She said stepping aside for the Lightwood girl.

Both Salvatore's watched knowing everything rested on Clem matching their stories. Once she was inside the room, Liz shut the door behind her as Clem sat down sitting her purse in her lap.

"So, Where did Vicki say she was going?" She asked sitting down at the desk in front of her. "She didn't, well, if she did tell anyone it wasn't me."

"Did she tell her brother where she was going?" She shook her head, "No ma'am, the last time I saw him he was looking for her. Actually the last time I saw either one of them was at the Halloween Party."

She nodded looking down at the note pad in front of her. "Why did you and Elena leave early?"

"Some idiot thought it would be fun to spray people with fake blood. Now we would be find with it if it didn't make us sticky. We were sticking to cobwebs and fake spiders. It just ruined our night."

"And what about Stefan Salvatore?"

"I'm sorry, I don't think I follow." Liz clasped her hands together. "I've heard that the two had a problem/thing going on."

Clem sighed lightly before leaning closer to her, "Okay but this has to stay between us." She insisted as she mimicked her position, nodding her head. "Elena was concerned for Jeremy after finding out the two were dating. We love Vicki it's just...She didn't want her drug problem to effect Jeremy. Which I completely understand since you just want to do the best for your siblings. Anyway, she had asked Stefan to watch over them. You know since he's a strong guy that could do anything. She just wanted to make sure they were okay."

She wrote some thing down, "Uh-huh, what was her behavior like those last few days?"

The teen thought about it for a moment, "Up and down,"

"So do you believe Vicki really has left town?"

"Yes ma'am," She answered being polite knowing if her parents find out she was rude they would kill her.

"Alright, that's it." She said smiling standing up. "Like always it's a pleasure talking to you Clementine. Tell your parents I said hi," She said walking her to the door.

"Of course, bye Ms. Forbes." She said walking out of the police station only to see Damon to follow after her.

"You're smarting than what Stefan gives you credit for," He said walking up next to her.

"I'm busy Damon I don't really want to deal with you today." She said going for her phone, to let her dad know everything went good.

"Where does Buffy need to go now?" He teased as she paid no attention.

"Nowhere that you need to know, Spike." She remarked back.

He scoffed lightly staring down at her not breaking eye contact, "Why don't you actually tell me how you know everything." He said trying to comply her.

She smirked glancing down for a second, "I don't think we should do it in public."

"Why's that?" He asked stepping closer, closing the small space between them. "Cause I don't think you want the whole town to see you get your ass handed to you." She said kneeing him in the gut before walking off.

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The next morning Bonnie picked up Clem and the two went over to Elena's. "You up?" Bonnie asked walking in as Clem followed. "We have caffeine and frosted carbs." She said holding coffees in one hands and a bag of doughnut's in the other.

"No." She said pulling the covers over her head.

The two girls looked at each other before sighing, she set the things on her dresser before following Bonnie's lead. "No, no, no." She pleaded as Bonnie pulled the covers off sitting on the edge of her bed. "Why haven't you called me back?"

"I'm sorry."

Clem jumped onto the empty side of her bed landing on her stomach, "And are you gonna stay in there forever?"

"Yep."

Bonnie sighed, "Is there any room for me?" She asked as Clem and Elena moved over. The two girls laid on their side as Elena laid on her back and she fixed her bangs, "That's it I'm officially worried. What's going on?"

"I'm tired of thinking, of talking. I--"

"Can I get a one-line version so I can at least pretend to be helpful?" Bonnie asked smiling, "Stefan and I broke up." Elena said as Clem quickly laid on her chest, "I'm sorry El,"

"I'm so sorry. Are you ok?" Bonnie asked as both girls gave her a look. "Right, stupid question. I know I've been kind of M.I.A. when you need me the most. I suck,"

"You wanna make it up to me? Get my mind off of it." Elena sighed out.

Clementine quickly held herself up with huge grin. "Just remember that you asked for it." She said before getting up but Elena grabbed her arm. "Don't you even think about firing arrows on fire at his door." She pouted, "You're no fun."

"I have an idea. That doesn't get anyone hurt." Bonnie announced getting up and shutting the window.

Clem watched as she grabbed her coffee. She watched as she grabbed one of Elena's pillows and some scissors hand riped it open.

"Hey!" Elena said before looking at Clem.

She held her hands up, "I don't know what she's doing," She said sitting down next to her sipping the coffee down.

"Uh, be patient," Bonnie said pouring the feathers on the bed and sat down across from the Gilbert and Lightwood teens. "I need to swear you both to secrecy."

"It's kind of a bad week for that kind of stuff." She said as Clem gave her a quick glance.

"Swear, cause I'm not supposed to be showing you this." She instead making Clem groan, "Ok. We swear, I swear, she swears just come on the double caffeine is making me anxious." She said anxiously. "Ok, there's no windows open, right?" She asked as both nodded, "There's no fan, no air conditioning."

"None. What are you doing?"

"Grams just showed me this. You guys are gonna love it. You ready?" She asked smiling as both nodded.

Bonnie held her hand over a feather and it started floating. Floating so high that it reached Clem's forehead which wasn't saying much since she was five foot nothing. Her hand slowly sat it down.

"Bonnie, what's going on?" Clem breathed out smiling. She couldn't explain why but when she saw it she just felt extremely happy.

She didn't say anything, she just smiled rubbing her hands together. Than held her hands back over the feathers making more rise and than set them down. And than in a second raised all of them. Clem covered her mouth, not believing what she was seeing. "It's true, everything my grams told me. It's impossible, but it's true. I'm a witch."

"I believe you." Elena said as Clem noticed she was standing up now.

"Clementine?"

"Of course I believe you I mean..." She trailed off at lost for word's.

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"It's weird huh?" Bonnie asked as her and Elena sat on the bed as Clem laid on her stomach three-fouths down the coffee. "After all this time joking about being psychic, I really am a witch. You don't think I'm a freak now, do you?"

"No. Of course not, but only if you cast a spell to help me find a guy that isn't a dick." She said halfway joking.

"I just -- I don't understand, though. If your grams asked you to keep all this a secret, than why tell us?" Elena said ignoring her remarks.

"You guys are my best friends. I can't keep secrets from you." Bonnie said digging the dagger deeper.

Clem noticed that Elena was taken aback from that. Growing up her Dad made sure she understood how important it was to keep the secret. She still felt bad for not being able to tell then everything. She was just able to hid the effect it had.

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Clem walked into the Grill, Caroline had thrown some party and Clem was arriving a bit late.

She looked around at everyone dancing and probably drinking. She fixed her bangs sighing lightly.

"Ms. Lightwood so happy you could make it."

She rolled her eyes looking down to see Damon smiling at her. For once she was taller than him thanks to him being on the bottom steps. "What do you want?"

"So happy you asked that," He said as she walked down the small steps. "You see I'm in a tiny situation."

"Don't see how that's my problem," She said as he wrapped an arm over her shoulders. "See I need you to get me something from Bonnie." She pushed his arm off before going to the bar.

Damon quickly stood next her wrapping his around her again, pulling her close to him. "I need that crystal from Bonnie's neck." He said deadpan.

"Huh? Let me think about that...no!" She said cheerfully before turning back to the bar waving the bartender down.

"Yeah?"

"Can I get a iced coffee with seven creams and seven sugars, please." He nodded as she crossed her arms sitting on one of the stools.

"Seven?" Damon sighed out.

"What?" She asked getting really annoyed by him.

"Seven?" He repeated as she huffed. "Yes, I prefer my coffee to be enjoyable. You're problem with that is?" He shrugged, "I just expected you to be a black coffee type person,"

She hummed before turning back to the guy watching him place the coffee down as she handed them the exact change he needed. Being as how many times she got coffee there she knew how much it was.

"Coffee at ten at night?" He asked raising a brow.

She laughed a little, stirring the coffee with the straw. "This is actually my fifth cup -- actually my sixth." She corrected.

He nodded before looking over his shoulder seeing a blonde girl and pulling her over to the two. "Lexi I don't think you have had the pleasure of meeting Mystic Fall's own vampire hunter, Clementine Lightwood." He said.

Both girl smiled at each other, giving each other the same look, 'He's just wants something to happen'.

"Clem," She introduced holding her hand out.

"Lexi," The blonde vampire introduced shaking her hand. "I love you hair, bangs are so cute on you."

Clem's smile grew, "Thank you. Can I just say that matching a dark colored dress with your hair is stunning." She gushed over the black mini dress she was wearing.

"Please, you look amazing I mean it's causal but not the type were you don't want to be here. And those heels I would kill to be able to walk in those." She gushed as well seeing it was making Damon upset as this was not what he wanted to happen.

"What brings you to Mystic Falls I mean we aren't that exciting?" She asked pushing part of her pony tail from her shoulder making it join the rest behind her back.

"The nicer Salvatore,"

"Oh," She said being taken back a bit after hearing him and Elena had just broken up and was thinking the worst.

"It's his birthday actually," Damon chimed in.

"Right, well I should down my sixth cup and find Bonnie." She excused grabbing the cup and smiled towards Lexi before turing to Damon. "I think it's wise to tell you I have a stake so keep that in mind for whatever evil plan you have in your twisted mind." She rambled off before walking off.

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"I mean who does she think she is just trying to rip the thing off my neck." Bonnie ranted off to Clem, who listened while picking at her nails.

"Why didn't you just give it to her it's ugly, bulky and I know it goes with nothing in your closet Bon." She said resting her cheek on her hand.

She sighed before leaning closer, "Okay first off, Damon wants it so I'm not giving it to him, and secondary grams said it was a witches talismans."

Clem looked up, mentally going through her head for what she knew about witches talismans.

"Okay," She whispered back looking back at Bonnie, "What if something made her do it."

She gave the Lightwood girl a weird look. "What does that mean?"

Clem shrugged, "I honestly have no idea...I just have to infamous Lightwood gut feeling."

Bonnie let out a chuckle laying her head onto the table as Clem started back on the coffee. But stopped hitting Bonnie's shoulder seeing Caroline walking towards them. "Bon, two o'clock," She said hitting her lightly.

"Caroline--" She called getting up after her.

"Don't talk to me." Caroline cut her off. "Don't do that. Let me explain." She pleaded stepping in front of her.

"Well, what is there to explain, Bonnie? Ok, you got what you wanted, yeah, and something that doesn't even belong to you, by the way. And I get called a shallow, useless waste of space."

"Who said that to you?" Clem asked standing behind Bonnie.

"Well, who do you think?"

"You know that's not true. Don't let him treat you like that." Bonnie said but Clem was already leaving.

She went through the crowd and towards the bar to find Damon. That's when she saw Stefan and Lexi playing pool.

"Stefan!" She called getting his attention. "Where the hell is your dickhead of a brother?"

"What Damon do now?" He sighed leaning on the pool stick.

"Well besides destroying Caroline's self-esteem, and her relationship with Bonnie, oh and turning Vicki into a vampire and making me kill her I think a vervain stake into the stomach or leg is in order." She informed crossing her arms.

"You staked her?" Lexi asked pointing towards the girl.

"Yeah, and I knew it for two minutes." She said before turning back to Stefan. "Do something about him or I'm going to." She said as she went to storm off.

"Clem!" Lexi said stopping her. "I need your help really quick."

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"All right, the shots are a bribe." The blonde vampire said as the two placed four shots down next to Damon who was at the bar. "I need you to answer a question. What are you really doing in Mystic Falls?"

"Have you tried the brittle? It wins awards." He said sarcastically.

"It's mediocre at best," Clem shot back crossing her arms.

"Cut the crap." Lexi said ignoring the two.

Damon took one of the shots, "Ok. I have a diabolical master plan." He said. "What is it?" Clem asked both getting tired of him trying to be mysterious. "Well, if I told you, it wouldn't be very diabolical," He said standing up and getting very close to her. "Now, would it?"

Lexi pulled her back, "Stop messing with her before I kick you in the ass."

"But it's fun hearing her heart beat speed up when I close. Makes me all warm and fuzzy," He said sitting back down.

Clem let out a huff, mentally screaming at herself for doing it.

That's when she saw Liz and a few other officers behind her. She walked up glancing at Damon and Clem before pushing a needle into Lexi. It had to be filled with vervain because she gasped and was taken aback. Someone came up behind her hand held her back as the two officers held onto Lexi.

"What are you doing?" Damon asked standing up.

"Sheriffs Forbes what's going on." Clem asked before realizing the person that was holding her back was her dad. "Dad?"

"Thank you for the vervain. Now if you'll excuse me." Liz said as they took Lexi out.

"Dad what's going on!" She asked ripping her arm's away from him.

He glanced up seeing Damon, "Just -- Let's go outside and I'll explain everything." He said quickly walking her out.

When they got outside Clem saw Lexi throw the two officers off her and went to attack Liz only for Damon to come out of nowhere and stake her.

Michael quickly shield his daughter from the scene. "Car! Get in the car now!" He said pointing towards the police car.

She nodded before getting in as Michael followed. "Dad the hell is going on!"

"Vampires is what," He said making sure she was okay. "I'll explain everything at home but I need to make sure Liz is okay."

So he left her alone in the passenger seat of a cop car. Watching as the stuffed Lexi's body into a trunk. Her eye's started to water seeing the girl she was just talking to, who was standing next to her dead.

They eventually got back into Clem's car. The drive home was quite, she didn't know what to do. She didn't know if she should tell him that she knew about Lexi. Because than he would question her about it and she would end up getting Stefan and Damon killed.

Michael came back down into the basement, checking on everyone to make sure they were all still asleep. Locking the door behind him and walked over to the single table and chair, leaning on the table.

"That girl was a vampire. A girl that she attacked pointed her out to Sheriff Forbes." He spoked softly not knowing how she would react to the news.

She was silent, deciding to pull the other Melissa card. Play dumb. "But -- but she was -- I was..."

"Listen to me Clementine, from here on you have to tell me everything. No detail is to small no secrets. And please keep your eyes peeled for anything out of the ordinary." He pleaded as she nodded quickly.

She hugged him tightly before going up to her bedroom. Saying she wanted to go to bed earlier.

She pulled her phone out standing in her closet to muffle any noise. "Hello?" Elena asked answering the phone.

"Hey it's me, we have a major problem. You need to come tomorrow as soon as you can." She quickly said. "Clem what--" She started but the teen cut her off. "They know vampires are back in Mystic Falls."