Part 2
-6- Elena -6-
"why are vampires such morons?"
Elena thought loudly as she pretended to sleep to avoid conversing with the freezing cold vampire in the seat next to hers. she had decided to act like Bella earlier that day and go for a walk at the local rez. a chance slipping on a rock had sent her swimming in the equally freezing ocean until one of the werewolves got her out.
When he snapped at her later berating her for her actions (as if she had chosen to dive!) she turned on the tears and the guy softened. however when Jacob drove her home she had been greeted by a tiny vampire (even shorter than her) with a bone crushing hug.
That in turn led to a super long flight to Italy to save Edward from the vampire royalty. thankfully her being in Bella swan's body and life meant that the lead-evil-vampire couldn't read her mind either so luckily she didn't change the way Bella's life was supposed to go.
However she couldn't help but be annoyed. Edward had left Bella in September and came back in March with a sob story about how he missed her and loved her and regretted leaving her as it had killed him too. Elena had rolled her eyes and told him that if he missed her so much maybe he shouldn't have left at all.
She was baffled (even though it was a book and not supposed to be real) at how he expected everything to be the same when he came back.
Stefan would never have done that.
-7- Bella -7-
In turn Bella was annoyed at the now arrogant Stefan. Sure, being human drinker an all actually gave him a personality, but the guy was more stifling than Edward!
On the other hand she actually - predictably - liked the bad guy. In her mind she had paired the TVD crowd with the people she knew. Klaus was James, Rebekah would be Rosalie, Caroline would be Alice (especially since the vampire refused to let her get dressed on her own and kept forcing outfits on her while oblivious to the fact that Bella wasn't acting like Elena at all), Tyler was Jake by default, Matt was Mike and Stefan with his arrogance would be Edward. That last made her wince.
Was Edward really this annoying?
According to Damon - yes. His response when he had looked through her papers and saw the comparisons was "what is it about this Bella girl?" had sent her laughing loudly and embarrassingly. her only response was
"nothing"
-8- Elena -8-
Elena got grounded by Charlie because she snuck out to Italy. it had been a while since she had gotten grounded and she found out she liked being looked after. The last person that did that for her was her parents. Jenna had tried but she wasn't that older than Elena herself so she had failed epically.
what she did not like in fact was working. she was more of a party girl that could put a good show with the waterworks on demand but strangely enough Charlie saw right through that.
he kept a tight watch on her as she went to school, went to work, went home, did chores (which she also hated) and her homework (she hardly knew what the thing was) and to bed.
At school she realized Bella wasn't the center of everyone's universe, unlike her, and that people had no problem ignoring her. that led her right where it had led Bella herself and she found herself spending more and more time with Edward going on dates. in her mind she knew she was cheating but shrugged it off. It wasn't like Stefan would ever find out.
-9- Bella -9-
after being locked in a car by a ghost Bella had finally had enough. she told everyone to get off her case and that there was a tiny little thing called 'privacy'.
everyone heard her but they ignored it. they were used to Elena turning everything on herself to be in the spotlight 24/7. it annoyed Bella. seeing Jeremy lip locking a ghost didn't help either. she thought about telling bonnie, Elena's BFF and Jeremy's girlfriend, but she pulled Jeremy, Elena's brother, aside instead.
"you do realize she's dead Jeremy, right?"
"so are your vampires, 'Lena"
was his response. seeing the truth in his words Bella nodded and left him alone. maybe she should give Jacob a chance when - if - she went back home. At least he was alive!
still, she felt responsible for Stefan being in the state he was so while the town was filled with ghosts she asked Jeremy if he could contact Stefan's old Vampires Anonymous sponsor. the diseased Lexi and then left them alone.
-10- Elena -10-
a full month passed by for Elena before she got horny enough to seduce Edward. he refused her again and again until she played her favorite card. Jealousy. She pretended that Jacob had kissed her against her will and it was enough to get Edward in her bed. having read breaking dawn she was sure to stock up on condoms and to be on the pill and have a pillow nearby.
wake up in a mess of feathers she could handle. A kid however would be a big no no. the morning after she mused
"I had forgotten how it was to be a virgin again"
"what?"
Edward asked her sharply.
"nothing"
Elena stated smiling softly.
-11- Bella -11-
it wasn't long before Bella's will also crumbled. watching Stefan eat someone innocent - watching Original daddy try to kill his kids and failing, dying himself instead - playing mean girl facade to Rebekah only to literally stab her in the back, finally got to her.
she had to bite her tongue not to ask just how Original daddy survived all these years. The man was an idiot! you don't get to the enemy's lair unprepared! Even Bella knew that! not to mention that maybe it was high time to get the Winchester brothers here. They managed to defeat their YED, Klaus was child's game compared to that! Even the Cullens defeated James easily with her playing bait.
Huh! Saying their names doesn't hurt anymore. Renee was right, Bella did need a distraction in order to move on from her sparkly vampires. Luckily a town filled with vampires, werewolves and a witch was just what the doctor ordered, she snickered.
Damon kissing her didn't make thing worse either.
The only sane and interesting person around was Katherine. Bella found herself becoming friends with the vampire version of Elena.
-12- Elena -12-
As more time passed Elena grew bored with Edward. sure, he was rich and the sex was pretty good (two things very high on her list) but that was just it. She thought about Victoria but knowing she would be defeated soon made her unafraid of the fiery redhead.
she tried getting Edward to tell her more about Victoria like she had with Stefan and Damon about the tomb vamps, but unlike them, Edward wouldn't budge and by sleeping with him Elena had messed up. he didn't allow her to visit the wolf anymore. Instead he sent her over to Renée in Florida for a weekend by the beach.
Renée was as cool as Jenna but as the plane flew over Virginia she wondered what would happen if she tried to go to mystic falls.
-13- Bella -13-
"now this is a cool party"
Bella announced as she grabbed a beer. she was in the middle of the freaking woods with matt and bonnie to try and get Caroline to the birthday spirit. the blond vampire wasn't having it however.
the more the witch and the human tried to get the vampire to loosen up and celebrate, the more Bella laughed.
"want me to throw you to a glass table filled with glasses?"
she suggested tipsily. Caroline laughed at the reference to her favorite book and shook her head.
"Already a vampire. wouldn't do me much good"
"wanna find a werewolf to bite you? it's the same premise"
she called out. Caroline laughed loudly but the two regretted it later on when sired Tyler did just that. thankfully Klaus did save Caroline in the end, but Bella began to understand that her life was a joke.
however so was Elena's. when Stefan kidnapped her, fed her his blood and threatened to kill her as a ploy to get Klaus give his hybrids away. Klaus did cave and never heard Bella call Stefan's bluff
"go ahead Stefan. I actually DO want to be a vampire"
"what?why?"
Stefan sputtered and Bella shook her head.
"you can talk the talk but not walk the walk, right? You give Elena the option to be a vampire during the whole sacrifice deal but then you take her for a walk to get the blood out of her system. You threaten to change me now but you don't mean it. You're just like Edward!"
she spat and got out of the car on the bridge and walked home. Damon was waiting for her and she walked right up to his lips. she made the choice Elena couldn't.
then she told Damon to get out of her house because she wanted to sleep.
