Dear diary,
Why does life have to be such a bitch sometimes? Why do bad things happen to good people? And lastly, why am I such a wreck right now?
I know, I know, it's my first day back. I should look forward to it, think of it as a fresh beginning, start it on a positive note, blah, blah, blah. But being the little ray of sunshine I am, choosing to moan about my pathetic life seems like the best thing to do.
I am gonna smile, gonna pretend like I don't want to kill every frickin person in this world and gonna act like my parents death didn't affect me at all, I am gonna switch off my emotions and just hope that the pain goes away. Sure, I wasn't as close to them as my sis was and they treated me like crap compared to her but they were still my parents. I almost regret my last words to them – Go to hell. That accident changed everything, I was lucky enough to be back at boarding school during the accident or who knows, I would have been on the highway to hell myself.
But I am not. I am still alive and so is Elena, miraculously. I have to start my life all over again. Things don't get worse from here, they can't.
I shut the diary and chucked it under my bed. Aunt Jenna said it would be therapeutic for me to write my 'feelings' down and surprisingly, I felt better. I just didn't know how long that feeling would last
"You ready?" I heard a voice behind me asking. Yup, three seconds; that's how long my happy feeling lasted. Of course, who else could it be but my perfectly lovely little twin sister? The resemblance was indistinguishable and not to forget - extremely annoying. Her hair was always perfectly straight while mine was messy and wavy, it was the only way to tell us apart. Even our frickin names were similar – Selena and Elena Gilbert. I still blamed my parents for their lack of creativity when it came to us. It was almost like I didn't have my own identity. And I hated it
"Hmm…let me think. Our parents died in a car crash, I had to leave my school, my friends, my life to come to place I never wanted to and as the cherry on top of the cake - I am stuck with you. Yup, I think I am ready." I snap. We hadn't talked properly in days. The last thing I said to her- if I remember correctly- was 'I am sorry your parents died' during their funeral. We weren't exactly close as you can guess.
We were best friends once, but that time seems so long gone. Everyone loved her; everyone wanted me to be like her. Sweet little angelic Elena got everything she ever wanted while I was stuck with her leftovers and I was sick of it.
She looked at me with her 'oh-so-innocent' big brown doe eyes and a hurt expression; I gazed back with a bored one. I really didn't feel like arguing with her the first thing in the morning. When we finally broke our little staring contest, She turned to the face the door, just as she was about to leave; she stopped, turned back and said
"What happened to us Selena?" her voice was hoarse and cracked, almost like she couldn't believe she was asking me this. What happened? She was asking me what happened? Maybe she should have asked that when mom and dad shipped me off to boarding school, maybe she should have asked that when she heard me crying into pillow, muffling my screams so no one could hear. But she didn't and now it was too late.
I innocently raised both my hands "I really don't know sis. Maybe you should ask Mom and Dad that. Oh that's right; you can't. So you know what? It doesn't matter. I hated them; I hated you. They're dead and I still hate you. Nothing is going to change." I said rather casually, which just added to the whole 'do I really look like I care?' effect
She looked at me like I slapped her across the face and without uttering a single word, turned to leave. Realization of what I just said hits me. For a second, I felt guilty, I feeling like following her and telling her I didn't mean what I said, but the bitterness, envy and anger bottled up over the years and my enormous ego didn't allow me to, so I just shrug it off . Those feelings were overwhelming me and there was nothing I could do about it; nothing I wanted to do about it. Let the chips crash and burn where they may, I was going to speak my mind.
Xxxxxxxxx
The first day back to school was not going as eventful as I thought it would. I had come about two days after Elena. Leaving my old school was hard but settling back here was even harder. Sure, I had my old friends and Mystic falls was my home but I was already homesick - as in sick of home. Caroline and bonnie, our best friends since as long as I can remember were the people most excited about us coming back. Caroline had already made plans about how this year was going to be 'the best we ever had' now that I was back and had pushed us into cheerleading. I and Elena didn't talk much about our little showdown. I pretended as if I didn't care and after a while, the guilt just faded away.
I was on my way to the last class of the day - history when someone stopped me from behind
"Elena?" the voice said. I turned and found myself facing a guy, and not just any random guy but an extremely handsome green-eyed guy. Shame he had met Elena before me.
"Sorry wrong answer. Try again" I tilted my head and said with a coy smile. He looked startled and lost for words. I was so used to this kind of reaction that I hardly took notice of it.
"umm…Her evil twin who wants to annihilate her identity?" he finally answered. Evil twin? So cliché
"Ding, ding, ding! That's correct, except the evil part. I'm Selena Gilbert, her prettier counterpart" I replied in a flirtatious manner. Elena hadn't told me about him so he was fair game
"Of course, but a lot of times people who look like angels could be devils in disguise." His expression changed into a more somber one. He looked like he had learnt that lesson the hard way, like he was re-opening an old scarab. He waited for me to comment on it .This conversion was getting way too serious for a first meeting. He was still gorgeous but for some reason he looked much less desirable now. I didn't do broody very well.
"uh…Sure. Pretty people are always wicked" I finally answered "like me" I added with a clueless smile
"Oh that's not what I meant" he replied, trying to make things better
"Sure you didn't" I replied with a smile. I was honestly starting to feel like a dumb blonde who just smiled for whatever he said so I decided to drop the ' smile for everything' act
4 seconds, that's how long it takes for silence… to get awkward
"Anyway, she didn't tell me she had a twin." he said, realizing how uncomfortable the silence was for both of us
"She didn't tell me she got a new boyfriend either"
He smiled but didn't add on. Elena was so the luckier twin
"So what is your next class?"
"History" I replied in a bored voice. Even the world 'history' alone was enough to put me to sleep
"Cool, even me. I think Elena too"
"Yay" I said in a completely understandable fake cheery voice.
"I take it you two aren't exactly close."
"Far from it. Do you know how immensely grueling it is to have a sibling?"
He scoffed "You have no idea how many times my brother has screwed me over. He practically promised me an eternity of misery" he replied. No expression change, no 'I've had bad experiences and you don't wanna know about them' mode. Even a little time with me was enough to make a person like me. A little more and he might almost be my type.
"Guess you and I have a lot in common…" I stopped in the middle of the sentence realizing that I didn't even know his name.
"Stefan" he completed
"Stefan…?"
"Salvatore"
"Salvatore" I repeated. It wasn't a family name you heard a lot.
"It means salvation. Savior" he added
"Oh really? Well Mr. Salvatore, as of now you've just got me into trouble. Its history and we're late."
He looked around and realized that we were the only people left in the now deserted hallway
We reached the class as fast as we could. The professor was already talking about some event so old it didn't even matter now. When he noticed us, he stopped his sentence midway and scowled at us. A look of disapproval plastered on his face
"Just who do you think you both are?"
"I am Selena Gilbert and this is Stefan Salvatore and we both are students who ought to be in your class right now." I'm such a smart mouth sometimes
"Then why aren't you?"
"Because you're not letting us. Now, if you'll excuse me" I snap back and try to walk into the classroom right past him but a hand holds me back, Stefan's hand
"Sir, we are extremely sorry about the delay. Actually, we are new and we just got a bit lost. We assure you it won't happen again. Now if you will please let us in" Stefan spoke slowly and steadily, looking right into his eyes. It was almost like he wasn't asking for permission but in fact, inducing him to do so. Knowing Mr. Tanner there was no way he was going to let us enter without giving us a lecture about how 'tardiness will not be tolerated'.
"Get in. And don't be late; I won't be so lenient next time." Wow, this was the first time Tanner had let me in without a lecture
"Asshole" I muttered under my breath as I sat.
History + Mr. tanner = pure affliction. I was bored out of my mind so I decided to inquire Elena about Mr. mysterious Salvation.
You didn't tell me about your new boy toy – S
Oh? So are we back on talking basis? – E
ooh, looks like somebody was still pissed off.
In case you didn't notice Ms. Brainiac, we had never stopped talking. Now cut the crap and tell me – S
Why are you so worked up about it? – E
I am your elder sister. I think I am allowed to care about who my little sister dates. – S
It's true. I may not seem like a loving, compassionate sister but I am, I guess.
We are twins. And you made it pretty clear this morning that you don't care about me. – E
Fine, you don't wanna tell me don't. You know I'll find out anyway. – S
Instead of quietly passing the last chit, I turned back and threw it directly at her face in annoyance, which obviously got me into trouble.
"Do we have a problem Ms. Gilbert?" Mr Tanner asks. Being the bigmouth I am I replied
"I think we do sir, you see I am getting bored to such extent that I have to pass chits with Elena" I regretted it the moment I said it. But I wasn't going to show it.
"Out!" he shouts and points at the door. I could have said sorry, I could have just sat and not argue back. But I didn't.
"Gladly" I walked out.
Xxx
"So tell me about Elena and her new mystery guy" I told bonnie. Elena was busy with Caroline, so I was here with Bonnie. The four of us were best friends but frankly, me and bonnie got along better with each other the same way Elena and Caroline did.
"Hmm…I am worried about her. She went through this huge trauma and then there's this completely unknown mysterious guy who I get a bad vibe from and they connect. It just seems too fast. I mean, the last thing we know is this guy could be a psycho rapist."
"I thought he was nice"
"Yeah right, like you have a good sense of character judgment. For example, you dated Tyler Lockwood. And that weirdo, what was his name again?" she sneered
"Edward…but it's not my fault Tyler turned into a total jerk. As for Edward, he practically ran away. Some people just can't handle my charismatic personality. "I smirk
Bonnie gives me one of her 'oh really?' looks
"Nothing is wrong with Stefan. Don't be worried about Elena, she'll do fine" I continue
"She is not the one I am worried about." Her voice became ten times more serious and she looked at me
"What? I am doing fine, great in fact" I defended myself.
"Elena told me about whatever happened in the morning, you were flirting with Stefan; you argued with Mr. Tanner and basically walked out of history. You know what is going on with Jeremy. He is messed up and so are you. I don't want you to go down the same road."
"Are you telling me that you think I am doing drugs?" my voice became deadly. This was outrageous! My best friend thought I was on drugs! Ha!
"Selena…" bonnie said
"I don't know bonnie! I don't know who to talk to; I don't know what I am feeling. It's like the whole world is against me and I am crumbling down. It's like no one would care, I wouldn't care if I were to disappear into nothingness. It's crushing me, but I won't admit it. Not to Aunt Jenna, not to myself, nope. The only thing that is keeping me going is the belief that I can do it. I can survive it and when it's all over, I'll come back stronger than before. I am not going to do drugs. I have problems and I am going to deal with them, not inject something into my system just so I feel better about life, better about myself again cuz that feeling is going to be fake. So bonnie, don't you dare accuse me of any crap like this again!" I shout at her, letting it all out.
She quickly pulled me into a hug and tried to calm me down "Ssh…Selena, we care about you, all of us, we love you."
"I know" I smile "it is the only reason I am not suicidal"
"Good. Cuz if you ever decide to take your life, I'll bring you back to life and kill you again"
"Can your witchy powers do that?" I joked.
"No more witch jokes please. I am already frustrated."
"Well, life isn't all unicorns and rainbows. So suck it Bennet. You'll survive"
"So will you Gilbert."
Never had I realized before now how much I had missed this; the girl moments, the hugs, the laughs, all the good things about mystic fall. Suddenly, I didn't feel that bad about being here. Maybe things could get better
"Am I interrupting something?" Elena asked. Impeccable timing. Just when I feel free, like I belong, like I am myself again she comes and ruins it all.
"No, not at all, in fact –"I start bonnie cuts me before I say something rude
"Nah, we were just talking. Nothing important"
"Well, I was thinking of having a little get-together. You know…so you can get to know Stefan better."
"Sounds great"
Here I am, standing like a clueless idiot while Elena talks about the little get together that I don't know about.
"Umm…Selena? You can come too you know, so we can...uh...sort things out." Elena invites me to a party that's happening in my own house. How considerate of her.
"Sure, whatever" I shrug and turn to close the door.
"Look Selena, this is not how I want us to be" she stops the door midway with her hand and tries to explain but I cut her off
"But it is how I us to be. Now go. It's bad enough I have to share a house with you, get out of my room at least." I say as I close my bedroom door on her face.
"Why do you do it?" Bonnie asks in a 'oh-so-serious' voice
"Do what?"
"Shut her out. Every time she tries, you just close yourself and shut her out." Bonnie questions
"Ah bonnie… I opened up to you once today. Don't expect me to do it again. I have expended my sentiment reservoir today, it's all gone."
She smiles at me and looks in disbelief. For a while, both of us are silent
"I miss the old Selena"
"I don't."
Xxxxxx
"c'mon people, I am serious! It was bad! Like creepishly-evil bad" bonnie screamed, trying to get us understand what she meant but honestly, it sounded like her grams and all the witchy mumbo-jumbo were getting her.
"yeah right, you touched him and he felt like death. The guy is just a mysterious loner, associating him with death is kinda chauvinistic. Okay, he has a past but that doesn't mean he doesn't deserve a chance" I reply as I put the food in the microwave. Me and Elena were getting things ready while bonnie was blabbering about how it wasn't right for Elena to date Stefan.
"He makes me feel normal bonnie…almost happy. Please try to understand" Elena pleaded. For once, I was with her. Stefan did seem like a good guy
"You know what? I'm just concerned. This is me expressing concern about my best friend's new boyfriend." She raised her hands and said.
"And I love you for that but please, for me, try to accept him"
"I'll give him a chance" bonnie said as we heard the bell
"Be nice" I said for one last time to bonnie before Elena opened the door and welcomed Stefan in.
"Hello Selena" he smiled at me and said "bonnie" he gave a curt nod which bonnie didn't return.
The three of us sat at the dinner table. Our 'how are you?' and 'I'm fine thank you''s were followed by a few minutes of awkward silence. The three of us had no clue what to talk about. I sent Elena a look to get this conversation started, one more second of that uneasiness and I would have gone insane.
"Why don't you tell Stefan about your family?" Elena asks bonnie. Great, out of all the things she could tell she told this.
Erm, divorced, no mom, live with my dad." Bonnie replied. I sent her a look, she knew exactly what Elena meant.
"About the witches bonnie…." I tell through my gritted teeth to her but when she doesn't respond, I talk "Bonnie's family has a lineage of witches. It's pretty cool" I add, doing my bit to keep this dead conversation going.
"Cool isn't the word I would use" she said
"it is interesting. I know that there's a history of Celtic druids that migrated here in the 1800s." Stefan replied
"My family came by way of Salem." She interrupted him.
"Really? Salem witches?" Stefan asked.
"Yeah."
"that's pretty cool."
"Really? Why?"
"Salem witches are heroic examples of individualism and nonconformity"
"You seem to know a lot about this" bonnie said with a questionable look on her face. I knew where this was going to get.
"Well, Stefan is great at history. Aren't you Stefan?" Elena said indicating that Stefan's expendable knowledge on this was from nothing but reading a few old boring bunch of books.
The door bell rang
"Are we expecting any more guests?" I cocked my eyebrow and asked
"No, would you mind going and seeing who it is?" Elena asked me
"no probs" anything to escape this awkwardness
I opened the door
"Surprise! Oh how much I missed you!" Caroline squealed and hugged me.
"We saw each other this morning Caroline" I say in a flat voice. My eyes were focused on the guy standing next to her. He was gorgeous and had the most amazing blue eyes I think I had ever seen; I quickly composed myself, by the look on this guy's face, a typical player expression; like he was used to women falling all over him.
"I know, but you were gone for two and a half years straight! You have a lot more hugs coming up for each time you missed."
"I honestly can't wait"
"Care to introduce us Caroline?" the guy asked
"Damon this is Selena and Selena this is my boyfriend Damon" boyfriend…damn, why were all the hot guys taken? I know I can be a big-time bitch sometimes but I was never the boyfriend-stealing bitchy-bestfriend.
"Isn't it supposed to be Elena?" He asked.
"Nope, that's my twin. I am Selena, the one and only…sort of" I replied. Did I mention how I hated to be confused with Elena?
His expression was a mix of surprise and confusion but it was soon replaced with a smug grin.
"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you Selena"
"Sorry I can't say the same" I say in a really low voice. I don't know why, but something was telling me stay away from this guy
"I got the other brother, hope you don't mind." Caroline said. Huh? What did she just say to me?
"Why the hell would I –"I stopped in mid sentence realizing that it was Elena Caroline was talking to, not me. That was so awkward. I wished no one had heard me but judging from the smirk on Damon's face, I'm betting he had.
"Damon" Stefan's expression suddenly turned more cautious and grim as he stared intently at Damon. I guess this was the brother who had promised to make his life 'an eternity of nothing but misery'. I didn't need to be Einstein to know they had some serious sibling rivalry. Caroline walked in and handed Elena the dessert she had made but Damon remained outside. "What are you doing here?"
"Waiting for Selena or Elena to invite me in" I was kind of surprised by this. He definitely didn't look like he cared about manners or anything.
"yeah, sure you can-" Elena started but was cut off by Stefan
"No…erm… he can't" Stefan stuttered "he can't stay. Can you Damon?"
"C'mon in" Caroline piped up
"We're just finishing up" Stefan shot a desperate look at Elena
"Its fine. Come inside Damon" she brushed it off and invited Damon in. I didn't open the door any wider – a subtle sign that he was not welcomed- but he just slid in, brushing against me in the process.
"You have a beautiful home" He said to Elena and me but honestly, I found him concentrating more on us than our house. I avoided making eye-contact with him but every time I did, my heart felt weird, I didn't know good weird or bad weird yet.
The rest of the people proceeded towards the living room while I waited for Damon to go ahead but he didn't.
"Ladies first" he smiled
"hmm" I narrowed my eyes and looked at him. Despite of being outrageously hot, I was getting the bad vibes bonnie claimed to be getting off Stefan.
I moved slower when I was passing him, his eyes were firmly on me and I couldn't look away. All I knew was that I didn't want to be anywhere near this guy
"Selena" the voice startled me and I turned back abruptly "Are you okay?" it was Stefan
"yeah…its nothing" I answer passively and sit down. There was something about Stefan's brother that I couldn't ignore, no matter how much I wanted to. He sat in front of me with Caroline next to him. I was listening in and out of the conversation until I heard my name.
"Selena, have no idea how you are going to catch up with the routines" Caroline said
"It's not like I want to" I muttered under my breath
"I'll work with her and Elena" Bonnie said "they'll be great by the next few games"
"Yeah…maybe we'll put them at the back or something. So they don't grab too much attention" I said in a low voice, as if talking to herself. Me and Elena exchanged glances of annoyance. Caroline was the one who pushed us into cheerleading, I would have stayed out of it if given my free will but no, Caroline didn't even bother asking whether we wanted to or not. She just told us we were in the squad.
"You know, neither of you seem like the cheerleader type" Damon commented. First thing the guy had done right since he came
"yes! Thank you Damon. Neither of us are cheerleader type!" I said
"Well, that is because you two have been through some tough times that didn't exactly leave you cheery" she said to me and turned to Damon "trust me, they used to be way more fun before. No offense" she added after seeing Elena's hurt, my killer and Bonnie's 'just shut up' expression
"I'm sorry. I know what it's like to lose everyone you love, in fact me and Stefan –"Damon told but
"We don't need to get into that right now, Damon." Stefan glared at his brother.
"You're right stef. Bringing her up was the last thing I wanted to do. I know how much her death affected you" He tried to sound sorry but I could tell he wasn't.
"I clear everything" I volunteered and gathered up all the plates and moved to the kitchen where I started putting them into the dish washer. I turned around to get another plate when suddenly Damon was right in front of me. I hadn't even heard him come in; I jumped and put my hand over my chest. "
You should really stop doing that. People have got heart attacks because some idiot like you sneaks up on them" I told him as I tried to recover.
"Oh really?" he smirked and said
"Yeah…somewhere in the world I am sure"
"Here's one more" he held a glass up. As I went to take it from him, it slipped from my hand. I waited to hear the sound of shattering glass but Damon had caught it centimeters from falling. I smile in relief
"Good reflex"
He smirked and leaned back "I like you; you know how to laugh"
"I like myself too"
I leaned closer to him to keep the plate in the dishwasher; apparently he took it as an invitation to step closer too.
"Stefan has told me a great deal 'bout you" I said
"Has he? He not the one to brag normally" his 'trademark smirk' was back on
"Well, this time he did. We were just talking about whose sibling was more infuriating. And guess what? He won" it was my time to smirk now.
"I'm sure Elena's worse than me. The goody-two-shoes are more irritating than anything in the world I assure you." Damon defended himself
"She didn't promise me an eternity of misery"
"Ah, so you know about it" he said in a little defeated manner
"It was Katherine, the girl you were talking about" I wasn't asking him, I already knew the answer
"Mmhmm." He replied as if he was waiting for me to bring her up. Like I said earlier, this guy gave me creeps
"How did she die?" maybe I was little insensitive but I didn't want to waste time with the formalities
"Fire. Tragic fire" he genuinely sounded sad
"Recently?" I wondered.
"It seems like it was yesterday." Damon shrugged.
"What was she like?"
"She was beautiful, a lot like you in that department. She was also very complicated, selfish, at times not very kind, but sexy and seductive."
"Sounds a lot like me then" I said smugly "which one of you dated her first?" I asked him and from the look on his face, I knew I was right
"Smart girl, but you should ask Stefan that. I'm sure his answer differs from mine"
"I am asking you"
He came closer to me till our face was inches apart "I think it's my turn to ask questions now"
I wasn't scared. Even if I was, I wouldn't show it "what if I don't answer them?" I challenged him
"Oh you will" he stared into my eyes "you are going to answer each and every one of my questions" he told sternly
"What do you wanna know" What the hell did I say right now? No. no. no.
"I haven't seen or heard about you before. Why?"
I wasn't going to answer it but the words slipped out before me realizing "I was shipped off to boarding school for being such a nuisance to my parents. I didn't keep much contact with anyone from here after that"
"Are you here for good?"
"Yes"
"I noticed a little tension between you and Elena. What was that?"
"Our relationship is complicated. I detest her but at the same time she is my sister."
"You haven't put the dishwasher on yet, have you?" I turned to see Elena bringing in a plate, snapping me out of my trance. For the first time, her impeccable timing had come of use to me.
"No, I haven't" I replied, taking the plate from her and loading it in. She looked at both of us, smiled and left. I was about to follow in her lead, but Damon's voice stopped me.
"I would quit cheerleading if I were you." Damon said, taking a seat at the kitchen table.
"Why would you say that?" I asked, not daring to make eye contact with him after what happened last time.
"I saw your face when Caroline brought it up, you looked fed-up."
"I was, but I am not quitting it. You don't get it Damon. For a long time now, I have shut everyone out. I am surprised that they even count me as their best friend. Those people matter to me and I don't want to lose them again. As for cheerleading, yeah I hate it but I am going to do it, for Care." I don't know why I told him this when I could have just told 'yeah whatever'.
"She said she was going to put you at the back so you don't grab too much attention and you're still not going to quit?"
"Caroline can be aggravating, insensitive, obnoxious and a whole lot of other adjectives which I would rather not say sometimes." I tilted my head "But that's a part of the deal" I said shrugging it off
"Is there any good part in the deal?"
"Asks her boyfriend. Why don't you tell me?"
"She's pleasing in bed but I am guessing that doesn't exactly count to you"
"Ugh. I am not having this conversation with you right now" I said in disgust, squinting my eyes and acting as if I was going to barf.
"You're not the worst company Selena" he looked at me and chuckled
"So I have been told. In fact, I am betting I am the best out there"
"You think very highly of yourself don't you?
"Yup. I am my favorite and I would do anything for myself"
"You're a lot like Katherine" his voice became low and grim. Touchy topic I am guessing
"You loved her a lot didn't you? You went against your brother for her and you still are"
"Your speculations are astounding Selena. But no, she isn't the only reason me and Stefan aren't exactly buddies"
"Then what is?" I was so going to report everything back to Elena, prove to her and everybody else that I could be a caring sister when I wanted to be.
"That my dear Selena, is a story for another time"
Our trance was broken by Bonnie. "Do you need some help?"
"uhh," I lost the words. "yeah." I answered dumbly. I looked down at Damon and then stepped away from him, realising how close I was leaning to him. I am sure I was going to hear about it later "I better go" Damon said and escaped.
"What was that?" Bonnie asked suspiciously
"What was what?"
"Don't play dumb with me Selena Gilbert. You have been back a day and you are already flirting with your sister's and best friend's boyfriends"Bonnie started her lecture but I cut her off
"Woah! What the hell bonnie? First you accuse me of using drugs and now you think I am a boyfriend stealing bitch?" I yell at her.
Her voice softens "I didn't mean to…" she looks at me asking for forgiveness but I just roll my eyes
"Save it bonnie" I walked off
Stefan's POV
"Don't even think about it Damon" He had spent a long time in the kitchen with Selena. It troubled me; he had definitely been captivated by her resemblance to Katherine; even I was at first. He thinks my guard will be down with Selena, but I will protect her just as I will protect Elena
"Aw Stefan! Why do you always think I have some scheme going on?" Damon sneered
"Because it's you Damon. I've known you for 150 years"
"Then you should know nothing is going to stop me" he snapped
"They are people Damon, she's not a puppet, she doesn't exist for your amusement for you to feed on her whenever you want to."
"Sure she does, they all do, they're whatever I want them to be. They're mine for the taking." Damon replied indifferently
"You're not going anywhere near them unless you want a stake in your heart" I threatened but he just laughed
"And who is going to do that? Not you surely…"
"You've had your fun, you used Caroline, you got to me and Elena. Now go"
"I haven't quite got a taste of Selena you know"
"you are not-"
"That's going to be a problem Stefan. Now, that I have been invited in, I will come back tomorrow night, and the following night, and I will do whatever I want to do, because that is what is normal to me. Go ahead and try to stop me. We both know you can't"
"She is not Katherine"
He stopped and turned around. "She might as well be the next best thing."
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