Home, Sweet Home.
The Vampire Diaries.
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Chapter One; Arrival.
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Elena glanced around in curiosity, taking in her surrounding. The place hadn't changed much in the four years she'd been gone and In some ways, she was glad it hadn't. The brunette's deep brown eyes continued to stare at the house before her, her old home. She sighed, feeling a wave of memories suddenly spread through out her head. She shook her head, trying to ignore them. Almost all of her memories here involved them, The Salvatore Brothers. Elena tried to get their faces out of her head but they wouldn't budge. She felt tears in her eyes as she thought about them, about what happened, about what could have happened. Mostly, she thought about him, the one she loved…..
Forget about them Elena, they probably aren't even here. She thought to herself, trying block everything out.
She was here to see her Aunt Jenna, Alaric and Sophie, their two year old daughter, not them. As she had thought a moment ago, they probably weren't even there. Damon had probably fled after she did and Stefan had mostly likely followed not long after. She wouldn't ask Jenna or Alaric though, that would imply that she cared about them, and she didn't…. much. Elena sighed and tried to concentrate on walking up the path and not tripping over in the sky high heels she'd worn. She had no idea why she'd worn them, it was a pretty stupid idea. Yet she'd only realised that now. Dragging her suitcase along behind her, The brunette looked up at the door in front of her, looking at the number above it over and over and over…. Number 2104. Elena stepped carefully up the steps and rang the doorbell, holding her finger against the little white button maybe a little too long as she was so deep in thought. She was suddenly snapped out of it as she saw a dark strawberry blonde pull the door open to peer around it, a toddler was stood, peaking around her mothers legs at the strange girl at the door. Elena smiled at her and suddenly, a large grin broke out on the woman's face as she pulled Elena in for a hug.
"Elena! Oh my goodness, it's so good to see you!" Elena laughed and returned her aunt's hug. " Rick! Look who's here!" Elena heard footsteps walking on the wooden flooring and the sound of a male voice shouted back.
"God Jenny.." Jenny? Elena thought trying to stifle a giggle. " Did you really had to shout, I was only next door and I," He walked into the hallway and almost passed out. "Elena? Elena!" He smiled and walked towards his wife, daughter and step niece. "What are you doing here!"
"What, I can't visit my aunt, uncle and my new cousin without consent?" She smiled as her aunt pulled her through the door and out of the cold day air of Mystic Falls.
"Of corse! It's so good to see you Elena, you don't know how much I've missed you." Elena smiled and took a seat on the couch beside Jenna. "Oh! Sophie, this is your cousin Elena."
"Elena!" Sophie giggled going to grab her, making Elena laugh along with the youngster. Sophie crawled expertly across Jenna's lap and sat with Elena instead. This made her smile.
"So, how's life in California Elena?" Alaric asked her. Elena had been hiding out in California for the last four and a half years. The weather was wonderful and she lived in an apartment looking out over the beach. Elena smiled thinking about home.
"It's amazing, It's sunny almost everyday and the heat is unbelievable in Los Angeles."
"Well I'm glad you like it sweetie, but have you ever thought about coming home."
"I guess not…" Elena lied. She thought about coming home every single day and every night before she crawled into bed after a long day at work. She wanted nothing more than to come home and continue living in Mystic Falls like she'd done all of her life but she knew that wasn't an option knowing that either of the Salvatore Brothers could show up at any time, particularly Stefan, and once Stefan was home, you could almost guarantee that Damon would follow him just to continue to cause him so much grief and upset as he had promised. He surely would provide a life time of misery for his little brother after he'd lain this curse on him. She shook her head and refused herself to think about them, instead she zoned back into the conversation she was having with her aunt and Alaric.
"How long are you staying Elena?" Alaric asked watching his little girl get up off Elena's knee and toddle carefully over to her father, gripping onto his trouser leg.
" A few days, give or take…" She responded.
'How long till' he's back to normal?'
'A few days, give or take.'
'It's been a few days,'
'I don't know, give then.'
Elena gasped as the sudden memory surged through her body. Elena clamped her eyes shut as she tried to sustain the dizziness that was now plaguing her. She could almost feel herself rocking back and forth as if she was going to topple over. She shook slightly, remembering it, as clear as day, as if it was only yesterday. Damon lying on her bed casually without a care in the world, her teddy bear settled on top of him as she played around this it. She remembered trying to hold in a giggle. Her eyes shot open and glanced around. Her aunt looked worriedly at her.
"Are you okay, Elena?" She asked her. Elena nodded her head, taking in a deep breath. " Did you hear anything of what I just said." That was when Elena realised she had defiantly black out.
"Oh, no I'm sorry. What where you saying?"
"We were saying how you should really stay a little longer than that."
"Well, I do have a three week vacation from work," Elena blurted out before she could stop herself. "But I wouldn't want to get in your way, I mean I'd be more of a hindrance than a help to you both…"
"None sense Elena!" Alaric joined in. " We both haven't seen you in four years! And I know Bonnie and Caroline would love to see you too!" Bonnie and Caroline. Elena thought. Her best friends. And Matt too. She nodded.
"Okay, but I can't expect you to both put me up… besides you don't have a spare room." Then she remembered. She saw her aunts face drop and she felt her own do the same.
"Have you heard from your brother lately Elena?" Alaric enquired in a soft voice as if not to upset both women. Elena shook her head, feeling a tear coming into her eye.
"No, I was hoping you had." She answered him and Jenna sighed, clearly upset. Jeremy had left town a little while before Elena did. Her little brother had died at sixteen. Far too young. But he wasn't gone forever, he died with Anna's blood in his system enabling him to come back as a vampire. Elena felt her entire body shake at the memory. She hadn't seen him for almost five years. She'd kill just to speak to him one last time. He left town not wanting to hurt Elena or Jenna or anyone else. Right now, he was somewhere in Seattle, but know one had any clue where. He hadn't called, visited or texted, for all Elena knew, her brother could have been staked a year ago or killed by vervain.
"But of corse you can stay," Jenna said, changing the subject noticing Elena was beginning to drift away again. " Your room is still intact, we didn't take any of your stuff out of it that you left. " Elena nodded and smiled. She had left the entire room there deciding once she was in California that she would just buy all knew furniture. "Anyway, you should probably go put your suitcase in your room and start to unpack." Elena nodded and stood up, dragging her suitcase through he house with her.
"Thank you Aunt Jenna." Elena smiled and walked towards the staircase beside the door.
"Oh Elena!" Jenna called making Elena step back into the living room.
"Yes?" She asked her aunt.
"Have you eaten dinner? Would you like me to make you some?" Elena shook her head.
"No thanks, I was actually thinking about heading to the grill.."
"Oh okay, I'll see you when you get in sweetie." Elena nodded and ran upstairs with her suitcase. She pushed open her bedroom door and let out a small gasp. Her room was exactly as she'd left it. The white cabinets that held all of her little mirrors. The large double bed hadn't moved and inch and the large picture that hung above it hadn't moved either. Elena smiled and unzipped her suitcase, beginning to put her clothes in the drawers that were now empty. She finished moving her tops and jeans into the wardrobe at the back of the bedroom and now resumed putting her bra's into the small draw in one of her large white cabinets. Elena suddenly felt a cold breeze run across her back as she surged into another one of her power trips another memory running through her mind. It was of her and Damon, in her room. Damon was riffling through the same draw she had just opened and smiled when he picked up a white bra belonging to Elena. Elena scowled and grabbed it out of his reach, holding it still in her hands as she continued to talk to him. Elena breathed out as she felt her self come back around. She leant carefully on the cabinet making sure she wasn't going to fall to the floor. She let out a breath as she looked up into the mirror at herself. Who was she kidding, she thought to herself, the Salvatore brothers were never going to be out of her life, they would always remain in her memory… especially one of them.
Here you go :')
Chapter one.
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