I want you forever, forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together, and always remember
Whether happy or sad or whatever
We'll still love each other, forever and always

~Forever and Always by Parachute

Well I'm back guys. Sorry it took so long to get this started but I've been swamped with school and I'm sure you all know how that goes. Well, better late than never, I guess. Anyway, hope you enjoy the first chapter of Forever And Always.

Disclaimer- I don't own the Vampire Diaries, Marvel, or anything else you recognize.

Chapter One-June

Audrey's P.O.V

I pulled up in front of the boarding house and turned off the Impala before turning to Elena to see that, save for a few patches of dried blood and a torn outfit, she seemed to be unscathed from our fight with Katherine. My wounds had also healed by now but there was much more blood covering me from where Katherine had staked me in both the stomach and throat. All in all we were fine and if I had to rank my near death experiences from the day this would have come in last place.

After Elena had shoved the cure down Katherine's throat and she had told me what had happened with Kol, he had tried to kill her but had disappeared before he could do any real damage, we decided to head home. I was pulled out of my musings by the sound of the passengers side door opening as Elena tried to exit. Without so much as a glance in her direction, I slammed the door shut with my telekinesis, keeping it shut when she tried opening it again. After a few moments of this, Elena finally realized that I was the one keeping her door shut and sighed before turning in her seat to face me.

"What the hell was that back there?" I questioned her before she could get a word out, her face clouding in confusion by my question, "You know, when you gave Katherine the only cure for vampirism?"

"She was going to kill you, Audrey." Elena pointed out, "I did it to save you."

"There were other ways of saving me without wasting the cure on Katherine." I said as I turned to face my cousin, "Ripping her so called heart out for example."

"I panicked okay!" Elena snapped, "She was gonna kill you and I had the cure. It was the first thing that came to mind. So sorry for trying to save you, Audrey."

"Elena, I'm not upset with you or anything. It's just…." I trailed off with a sigh, trying to calm myself down, "That cure was it. The only way you were going to be a human again. You do realize that right?"

"Of course I realize that but I already lost Jeremy, I wasn't going to loose you too." I felt my heart break a little at her words and immediately felt terrible for pushing her, "And if that meant being a vampire then so be it."

I watched Elena for a few moments not sure of what to say before sighing and opening my own door and allowing Elena to do the same. "Well, I guess I owe you a thank you." I said as I began walking toward the front door of the boarding house, Elena following behind me, "So thanks."

Elena didn't say a word as we entered the boarding house and I immediately headed up to my room to clean up. I noticed Damon lounging on our bed reading Gone With The Wind as I entered the room, but as soon as he heard me he looked up and was shocked by all the blood covering me.

"What the hell happened to you?" Damon asked, voice full of concern, as he threw his book to the side and got off the bed before walking up to me.

"Kitty Kat paid Elena and I a visit while we were looking for Jeremy at the school." I told him as I headed into the bathroom, grabbing a hair binder and throwing my hair into a loose bun allowing me easier access to my neck so I could get rid off all the blood. "Trust me, between Katherine and I, I got off easy."

"Let me guess, she's laying somewhere with her heart halfway across the room from her." Damon said as he leaned against one of the sinks and crossed his arms over his chest. I stood in front of the other sink, taking off my now ruined shirt before looking myself over in the mirror to see that I was covered in a good amount of blood.

"If I had it my way that would be true." I replied, throwing my shirt in the thrash before grabbing a towel and beginning to wipe off all the blood, "Though I gotta say, Katherine may wish that had happened when she wakes up." I turned to see confusion written all over Damon's face before I continued, "Elena shoved the cure down Katherine's throat to save me."

"A human Katherine?" Damon questioned in disdain and I nodded as I got rid of the last bit of blood. I set the towel on the edge of the sink before walking past Damon and heading back into the room and over to the closet.

"Yep." I said, quickly changing into a pair of black sweatpants and a red tank top, "And I'm sure that isn't going to come back and bite us in the ass." I turned around and wasn't surprised in the least to find Damon standing less than a foot in front of me, concern once again the most dominant emotion playing across his face.

"We can deal with that later. Right now I just wanna make sure you're okay." Damon said before bringing up his hand to cup my cheek.

"What, me? I'll be fine. It takes more than a few near death experiences to faze me." I said jokingly, but continued when I noticed that Damon was serious, "I will be fine, Damon." I told him, giving him a quick kiss before adding, "But I might need a drink... or five first." I smirked as I took Damon's hand in mine and pulled him out of the room in search of booze.

Seeing as I lived with arguably the most alcoholic person on the planet, it didn't take more than a walk to the parlor to find the bourbon along with Aurora who was still celebrating graduation and me not dying. I had decided to forgo a glass and ended up just sharing a bottle with Damon instead seeing as we would probably just drink the whole thing anyway. Almost twenty minutes later we heard the front door open and I didn't even bother to look, figuring it was just Stefan returning from dumping Silas's body. I heard Aurora gasp as I took another swig of bourbon and nearly choked when I saw my formerly dead cousin standing in front of me. I was skeptical for all of a second before I realized that both Aurora and Damon could see Jeremy as well.

"Oh my God." I said in a whisper, mindlessly passing the bottle in my hand to Damon, getting to my feet and running over to Jeremy in a fraction of a second. I felt tears of joy form in my eyes as I looked at Jeremy, quickly wrapping my arms around him in a tight hug.

"A little tight there, Audrey." Jeremy chuckled as he returned the hug with a smile, "Remember, I'm not invincible."

I pulled back with a scoff and pushed him back lightly, unable to keep a smile off of my face at the lame joke. I heard the sound of the floor creaking coming from down the hall and both Jeremy and I turned to see Elena looking at us in shock. She stood frozen, clearly unsure of what to make of the what she was seeing. After a moment it seemed like she didn't care about whether or not she was seeing things and attacked Jeremy with a hug. I watched the siblings with a smile. Deep down I knew that Jeremy coming back from the dead would have some sort of consequence, but at the moment I didn't care at all because all that mattered was that he was back.

After Elena and Jeremy separated and Aurora and Damon had welcomed Jeremy back, we all moved back into the parlor to figure out what had happened. I mean, it's not every day that someone returned from the dead, granted it did happen much more in Mystic Falls but not without cause.

"How exactly are we all talking to you right now, Jeremy." I asked as I sat beside Damon on one of the couches right across from where Aurora, Jeremy, and Elena were sitting, "Not that I'm complaining or anything but we know Bonnie put the veil back up. And you're miraculously still here."

"It was Bonnie actually." Jeremy replied simply though I could tell something was wrong because he almost sounded…sad when he said it, but given the faces of everyone else in the room I guessed that I was just reading into things. "She did some kind of spell before she put the veil back up. She would have come here to explain it to you herself but it must have taken a lot out of her cause she seemed pretty exhausted. She just decided to go home instead."

"I hope she's okay." Elena said worriedly and I had to say I didn't blame her, putting the veil up was one thing but bringing someone back to life was something completely different? Even if Bonnie had the power to both it definitely couldn't have been easy on her.

"I'm sure Witchy's fine." Damon said, earning a glare from Jeremy and Elena for the nickname, "She's been through a lot worse."

"I've gotta agree with Damon on this one." Aurora added with a shrug, "Bonnie's a lot stronger than before. Say what you will about Shane but he did open Bonnie up to some pretty powerful magic. I think she's gonna be alright."

The look on Jeremy's face told me otherwise but before I could call him out I felt my throat go dry and began coughing. Seeing as everyone in the room had seen me coughing the same way earlier when I was infected with werewolf venom, it didn't surprise me when they started freaking out and asking if I was okay but I just waved them off, telling them I just need a glass of water when I stopped coughing long enough to choke out the sentence. I got to my feet, well aware of the four pairs of eyes on me, and made it all of five steps before the coughs were cut off. I had about a fourth of a second of relief before my throat went tight and found I found it impossible to breathe. I heard Damon call out my name as I stopped dead in my tracks. He was at my side in an instant when I didn't respond, trying to find out what the hell was going on with me. I brought a hand up to my throat, staring at Damon wide eyed before dropping to my knees, trying unsuccessfully to get any air into my lungs. As Elena, Jeremy, and Aurora made their way over to where Damon and I were I felt myself getting light headed, black spots clouding my vision. Fortunately enough for me, just before I passed out, whatever had been blocking my airway disappeared and I was able to take a deep breath, followed by a few more coughs that quickly dissipated. As soon as I was able to breathe semi-normally, Damon took my face in his hands as he looked me over.

"What… the …hell…?" I questioned breathlessly

"That's what I was just about to ask." Damon replied, removing his hands and helping me to my feet, wrapping an arm around my waist to keep me stable since I was still a little shaky, "What was that?"

"I don't know. All of a sudden I just couldn't breathe. It was like I was suffocating or something." I said before groaning and running a hand through my hair, "I swear today is just one sucky thing after another when it comes to me."

"Are you sure it wasn't a panic attack?" Elena asked from next to Jeremy

"I think I know the difference between a panic attack and suffocation, Elena." I snapped but ,seeing the look on Elena's face, quickly composed myself, "I'm sorry. It's just been a very long day. Um, I think I'm gonna call it quits for tonight guys." I didn't wait for a response before moving out of Damon's hold and moving toward the stairs. As I headed to the room I could help but feel like whatever had just happened was going to be another thing that ended up coming back and biting me in the ass.

A few weeks had passed since the mess of graduation day and everything seemed to be getting back to normal. No near death experiences, no more mysterious suffocation, no more evil masterminds. Nothing. Not even Katherine had reappeared after she had been turned human. But don't get me wrong, I definitely wasn't complaining. Now I could spend as much time with my family and friends before everyone headed to college, not that I was going or had told Caroline I wasn't going along with her college fantasy yet. Although Bonnie and Matt had both disappeared after graduation to explore the world. Matty had run off with Rebekah, I was doing my best not to judge, and last I heard they were somewhere in Italy. Bonnie was apparently with her mom but I found it strange that she had left without so much as a goodbye. Either way I was happy that my friends got out of the small town for some much needed fun after our stress filled year. I, on the other hand, was fine lounging around the house much like I was currently doing with Elena, Caroline, and Aurora. Aurora and Jace were leaving in just over a week so we had decided to have a Marvel movie marathon since they were Aurora's, and my, favorite movies.

"Okay, who's hotter: Captain America or Thor?" I questioned my friends, putting in The Avengers after we had finished The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Thor and the first two Iron Man movies.

"Thor." Caroline and Aurora said without so much as a second thought

"Captain America." Elena answered from where she was lying across one of the couches

"Of course you would like Captain America, Elena." Caroline said with a smile as the movie began, "The whole old school sweet heart is sorta your thing. Speaking of which, have you heard from Stefan lately?"

"Caroline!" I snapped, throwing a pillow at her for bringing it up. I guess I should explain that too. See, Matty and Bonnie weren't the only ones that left after graduation, but in Stefan's case he had just dropped off the face of the Earth. No phone calls, texts, or emails. He had just left after getting rid of Silas and no one had heard from him since.

"What?" Care asked, feigning innocence as she threw my pillow back at me, "It's an innocent question

"Uh, no." Elena replied, looking down at her entwined fingers, "I've left him a bunch of messages but he hasn't called back or anything."

"Okay, new rule." Aurora spoke up, noticing how uncomfortable Elena looked at the mention of the subject, "No boy talk unless it is about the movie."

"I'm down." I said, Elena and Caroline nodding in agreement as we focused our attention back to the movie in time for Loki to appear on screen.

"Loki or Thor?" Aurora asked offhandedly, grabbing a few pieces of popcorn from the bowl in between us

"Thor." Caroline and Elena said as if it was the most obvious choice in the world

"Loki." I answered with a smirk earning confused looks from Caroline and Elena, "What? His sass is clearly the best part of any of the movies he's in. Thor one day wishes to have the same sass as him."

"Good point." Aurora mused before a smirk formed on her lips, "Okay, Loki or Tony Stark?"

"How could you ask me something like that?" I questioned in horror, tearing my eyes of the screen to stare at my best friend, causing her smirk to grow. "You are a cruel, cruel person."

"It's not that hard of a question. Just pick one." Elena said and I immediately grabbed the DVD player remote and paused the movie.

"Oh God, now look what you've done." Caroline mumbled with a small smile, moving to get a better view of my freak out.

"Just pick one? Just pick one? They are the two best characters of the entire franchise. Smart, handsome, misunderstood by everyone especially those closest to them. Not to mention the massive amount of sass that comes from them. They are both equally amazing, how could I possible choose one over the other?"

"I see you've thought a lot about this." Elena said with an amused smile

"They're her favorite characters." Aurora told Caroline and Elena

"Someone is clearly a closet nerd." Caroline added in a sing song voice

"I have no regrets." I said, earning a few laughs from my friends as I flopped back down on the couch next to Aurora and started up the movie again, "Nor am I ashamed of my inner nerd. Embrace the inner nerd, Caroline, embrace it."

Elena and Caroline had passed out on the couch they were sharing about an hour later, leaving Aurora and I alone to finish the movie.

"Aurora?" I started as I turned to face my friend

"What's up?" she replied, her eyes still glued on the movie

"I'm gonna miss you." I told her and she finally looked my way, "You know we've been friends for years and now you're heading back home to college and I'm barely gonna see you. Everything's gonna change, man."

"Audrey no matter what happens we will always be friends. We are kinda immortal remember. So what if I go to college for a few years, we have all the time in the world. Plus well Skype and text all the time. Nothing's gonna change." Aurora said and I nodded as I sat back in the couch, "Plus, I'm sure with Damon keeping you busy you won't even realize I'm gone." she added, wagging her eyebrows suggestively.

"Oh my God." I laughed, shoving her playfully, "He is still here and he can probably hear you. And I will most definitely miss you."

"And I'll miss you too." Aurora smiled, "I mean, what am I going to do with myself if there aren't any evil guys trying to kill everyone? Life's gonna be boring without you. At least we have one last hurrah together when you come up north with me and Jace."

"Ugh. Do I have to?" I groaned, I really was beginning to regret agreeing to that a few weeks earlier. The last place I wanted to be right now was back in Minnesota

"Yep. You've been putting it off long enough, you can not avoid it forever." Aurora told me forcefully, knowing that I could very easily avoid it forever but making it clear that she wasn't going to allow it. "Plus it will be good for you."

"Oh yeah, visiting my old house with all the memories of my dead parents. It'll be a blast." I said sardonically before sighing in defeat, "But I guess you're right, I can't avoid it forever. Guess I better start packing." Aurora shot a small smile my way before we both turned back to watched the end of the movie, a feeling of dread coming over me once again at the thought of returning back home.

Author's Note

And thus ends the first chapter of Forever and Always. So I decided to start the story off with a few low key summer chapter before I jumped into the action packed season because I didn't just want to skip the entire summer and come back with everything being all unicorns and sunshine. Anyway, I thought that I might as well put this chapter up today since the big 100th episode is on tonight and because my school got a snow day due to -40 degree windchill so yeah, be happy for the crazy northern winters! Anyway, let me know what you thought of the chapter. Until next time...

Audrey;D