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It had been almost three days since Caroline and Klaus were stuck together in that living room. It hasn't been the worst, Caroline thought. He wasn't being annoying and he showed how thoughtful and genuine he actually was. She especially loved listening to his travel stories. He told her about all the places he had been to around the world making Caroline want to go there someday in the future. Caroline opened her eyes and got up from the couch she had been lying on. She looked at Klaus who was now sitting on the single sofa reading one of Jonathan Gilbert's journals. He smiled at her when he saw her get up.
"Have you heard any news? Caroline asked. She was getting nervous. How could they not be back she wondered. She didn't even have her phone on her.
"No, not yet love. But are you ready to go?" Klaus said.
Caroline looked at him all confused. Go where? Was the spell over? She walked over to the barrier and knocked on the transparent barrier in front of her. Her fist hit the invisible wall; it was there solid as ever. She turned around and looked at Klaus who was now standing right behind her.
"It's still here. I know think we can get out get." Caroline said.
Klaus smirked. "From what I know, Bonnie must have used power from the new moon to keep me here and as the moon descends, so does the power." Klaus said.
"Well, it didn't seem like power has descended just yet." Caroline said as she rolled her eyes.
"Well baby vampire, let the stronger and experienced ones do this." Klaus said. He walked over to the invisible barrier. He rolled up his sleeves, curled his hands into a fist and punched into the wall. There was a deafening sound from the impact of his hand to the wall. Suddenly, cracks could be seen in the barrier. There were small pieces like glass flying everywhere and vanishing at the same time. Klaus walked past the point where the barrier used to be and looked back at Caroline.
"Are you coming?" He said.
Caroline just stood there shocked. She knew he was strong but she never anticipated him to be this powerful. He was unlike anyone she's ever met. He was someone so strong but with such a genuine personality. What was she thinking? He was a monster who will always kill people she cared about. She shook the thoughts from her head and walked towards the door.
"I should have never trusted that shady prof." Damon said as he paced the Salvatore boarding house.
"Damon don't blame yourself. We all trusted him." Elena said trying to comfort him.
They had just come back from their failed expedition. They didn't find any cure and on top of that there was a possibility that Silas was awakened. Bonnie and Jeremy had gone home and hour ago, Tyler and Matt left right after they got back, and Damon killed Shane on the island. Stefan and Rebecca sat there watching Damon bicker about what had happened. Of course, the cure seemed too good to be true. They were fools to have even believed it existed and went on towards Silas's grave after hearing all those horrific stories.
"I'm going home. This trip was a complete waste and my brother must be out of that house by now. Don't want to be here when he arrives." Rebekah said as she got up and walked towards the door. "Are you coming Stefan?" She asked.
Stefan stood up to follow her when he hears Elena,
"Stefan, I need to talk to you." Elena said. Damon looked at her with a confused look of his face. His eyes narrowed waiting for Stefan to make a decision.
Rebekah stood where she was looking at Stefan for an answer aswell.
"Sure…Rebekah, you can go ahead. I'll be there soon." Stefan said. Rebekah looked at him for a moment. Her light blue eyes gave him a questioning look which turned into pain and rejection.
"Okay, suit yourself." Rebekah said as she recomposed her face and walked out.
"I'm going to go take a shower." Damon said as he left the room.
As soon as they were alone, Elena walked up to Stefan, held onto his hands and her brown eyes looked straight into his green ones.
"Stefan, why are you doing this?" She asked.
"Doing what?" Stefan asked. He was confused, what had he done?
"Rebekah! She's not one of us. She will always be that Original bitch who's going to want to kill us along with her brother." Elena said.
"Elena, she helped us today! She's like any one of us. All she wants is to be human again." Stefan said. He understood where Rebekah was coming from now that he knew her better.
"Stefan that's what she wants us to think, if we did get that cure, she would have probably killed us all. Stefan I know I hurt you but that doesn't mean you should go to Rebekah just to get back at me. Even though we aren't together, I still care about you." She said with that cute, naïve look in her eyes that made him fall for her.
"Elena. Stop. I get it. I know it's over and I admit that at first it was just to get back at you but now I'm really trying to move on." Stefan said.
"What?" She looked hurt and confused.
"Elena, I have been in this place before and I don't want to be in it again. Last time it was Katherine and this time it's you. It's always a triangle between me, my brother and a girl we both love. I'm sick of it. You chose Damon and now I just want you guys to be happy with each other. He is my brother; I don't want to spend the next few centuries hating him or vice versa. I don't want history to repeat itself. It's time to move on." Stefan looked straight into her chocolate brown eyes. He was serious, this had to end now.
"I thought you believed that this was the sire bond?" Elena said.
"As much as I would like to believe that, I've done enough research to realize that the sire bond did not result in you becoming in love with him. As a matter of fact, it's the other way around. The sire bond occurred because you loved him from before." Stefan said. His words made complete sense. It was time to stop denying and start accepting things the way they were no matter how much he hated them.
"Stefan, I still care about you. I don't want you to get hurt. I still don't think you can trust Rebekah." Elena said with desperation in her voice.
"I care about you too Elena but now we have go in different ways." Stefan said as he took his hands out of hers and kissed her forehead.
He walked straight to the front door and shut the door behind him. Once he was outside he let out an unnecessary breath of air. He felt free and now all he wanted to do was run. But before he started to run, a thought came into his mind. What was up with the Petrova bloodline? They were always between two brothers. Stefan shook that thought out of his mind and smiled to himself. He was out and free. He broke into a run and went faster and faster. The wind coursing through his hair felt amazing. Now that he thought about it, he wasn't so upset about the cure not being found but there was still that downfall about Silas being awakened. He decided that he would deal with that problem when it came along.
Stefan stopped in front a white building on the high end side of town. He could see the lights on in Rebekah's room and the balcony in front some pots of different flowers. He smiled as he remembered Rebekah saying that she did care. All she wanted was to marry and have children with a guy who would stand outside her room window with a boom box. He knew he was right about her, she was a girl who wanted to be truly loved but she was unique; unlike any other. A thought crossed his mind as he stood there staring up at her window, would he ever be the one standing outside her room window with a boom box in his hand? There was no answer. His mind was blank until someone tapped him on the shoulder. Stefan turned to see who it was.
"Hey!" He said when he saw it was Caroline.
"Hi. So are we just having fun here standing and staring at Rebekah's window?" Caroline joked.
"Caroline, I..." Stefan started.
"Save it Stefan. I'm not holding it against you that you never told me you guys were going to look for the cure." Caroline said even though she looked hurt and annoyed. Stefan put his arm on her shoulder. She reminded him so much of Lexi.
"Sorry Care, we just got so caught up with everything it was just whoever was there went." Stefan said. It was the truth. There was the rush and excitement to go that no one really thought about anyone else.
"I told you, its okay. So why are you standing here?" Caroline asked and smiled. The grudge disappearing.
"Nothing really, I was just about to go up. What about you? What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" Stefan said.
"Well, I was just on my way to Tyler's. Have to take care of some stuff." Caroline said trying avoid looking into his eyes. Stefan could tell the anger glinting in her eyes. She seemed upset about something.
"Want me to come?" Stefan asked.
"No, I need to do this on my own." Caroline said.
"Okay, just call me if you need me." Stefan said.
"Yeah, okay." Caroline said as she zoomed off into the night.
Stefan climbed the stairs and walked to Rebekah's room. The door opened before he could even knock. There stood Rebekah in her light pink night gown.
"I thought you weren't coming." She said as Stefan walked in.
"I didn't want to stay there." Stefan said closing the door behind him.
Rebekah didn't say anything after that. She sat down on her bed and turned on the TV. Her expression looked solemn. Stefan knew she wanted to know what Elena said but he really didn't want to discuss it right now. He grabbed a towel and went into the shower.
Once Stefan was out of the shower, he came and sat down on the bed beside her. He could smell her sweet floral scent. She was watching a re-run of an episode of Friends. He looked at her trying to clarify his feelings. He knew he felt something but wasn't sure what it was. Then she looked right at him. She shut the TV off and turned so that her body faced him.
"So what do you want to do?" She asked.
"Nothing." He said as he lowered himself on the bed resting his head on the pillow facing her. She turned the lights out and did the same.
"Nothing?" She whispered.
"Nothing." He whispered back. He gazed into her piercing blue eye as they reflected the moonlight that was pouring in from the window.
They just laid there staring into each other's eyes until sleep came.
Bonnie paced around her house. She felt like her shoulders were holding a great burden. Her head was killing her and no painkiller was helping. She knew it was this dark magic, it was expression. She needed to get rid of it as soon as she could. She walked into her room got out Emily Bennett's grimoire. There had to be something in here that could help her. Frantically, she searched through the pages for an answer.
I know it's still background info, but I promise next one is when the story hits the road! Please let me know what you think! Thank-you!