So I decided to continue with this story…I hope you all continue to enjoy it!! Sorry about all the Stefan and Elena in this chapter lol Also this will probably be the last chapter to use direct dialogue from the show, after this it's all me lol…ENJOY!!

Chapter 2

After Damon left I could feel Stefan's eyes on me. I just knew he wanted to bring up the fact that Damon and I had been a little closer than usual, so to avoid any awkward lie I would have to come up with I spoke first.

"I went to see Trudy Peterson." I could see the concern that washed over his face. "I know, I am sorry. I didn't plan it.

"How was it?" Stefan asked as he folded his arms over his chest.

"She has vervain. She knows about vampires Stefan, it can't be a coincidence."

"It isn't." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded photograph. "This is Alaric's wife."

I took the picture from him. "This is her. This is Isobel." I looked down at the photograph; she was beautiful. "He gave this to you?"

"Everything he knows about vampires he knows from her." I looked up to meet his eyes but at that moment he looked down. "He believes." He raised his head to finish his sentence. "That she was killed by one."

"Oh my god." My body became numb and it became difficult to breathe.

"Listen Elena there's a lot about Isobel that Alaric can tell you but I need you to hold off a little while before you talk to him."

"Why?" Why on earth would Stefan ask such a thing of me? I found out a couple weeks ago that I was adopted then I just find out that my birth mother was dead; probably killed by a vampire and now he was telling me that I couldn't speak with my mother's husband about her.

"I know that it is a lot to ask of you but will you do that? For me?"

I didn't answer. I nodded my head slightly. He never answered my question as to why I couldn't speak to Alaric right away. More secrets, it was getting a little ridiculous.


Stefan had wondered off. I was sitting at a table with Jenna at the fundraiser. We were watching and listening to all the eligible bachelors being introduced.

"Last but not least, Damon Salvatore. We don't have much on you."

I looked up and waved to Stefan who was a few feet from us.

"Well I am tough to fit on a card." Damon responded.

"Do you have any hobbies, like to travel?"

"Oh yea, LA, New York. Couple years ago I was in North Carolina, near the Duke campus actually. I think…I think Alaric went to school there. Didn't you Rick? Yea except I know your wife did. I had a drink with her once. She was…oh she was a great girl. Did I ever tell you that? She was…delicious.

I sat there stunned. My eyes began to water. How could he? He just admitted to killing my birthmother. And not only did he admit it; he was rubbing it in…rubbing it in to Alaric…Isobel's husband.

"Are you OK?" Jenna asked looking over at me.

I was trying my hardest to hold back the tears. How would I explain to Jenna why what Damon just said made me cry? "I just need some air." I said barely able to get the words out. I quickly got off my chair and headed for the door.

Once I got outside I pulled my jacket closer to my body. I turned around and saw Stefan.

"Elena."

"He killed her? Damon was the vampire that killed her?"

"I don't know what happened. Alaric said they never found the body."

"Oh my god." I was really having a hard time breathing now. "Stefan." I couldn't believe he kept another huge thing from me.

"I know I'm sorry I wanted to tell you I just…I wanted to know more."

"I was just feeling sorry for him. Hoping that this whole Katherine thing would change him. I'm so stupid." I can't believe I was kissing him an hour ago. What is wrong with me?

"He doesn't know about the connection to you. I thought about confronting him but he is already so on edge."

"Why are you protecting him?!" I yelled out of frustration.

"Because, you're not the only one…hoping that he might actually change."

We were both quiet for a few seconds. I looked up into his eyes. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a man looking in our direction. I shifted my focus to the man. It was the same man I had saw at Trudy's house earlier.

"That man." Stefan turned to look. "I saw that man outside of Trudy's."

"Let's get back inside."

I walked inside and turned the corner I was looking down so I didn't see Damon coming in the opposite direction. Instead of stopping I crashed into him.

"Whoa easy there. Buy a ticket like everyone else." He said smirking.

"You enjoy that. Rubbing it in to Alaric Saltzman."

"What? He asked sounding slightly confused.

"Just when I was starting to think there was something redeemable about you."

"Elena." Stefan said shaking his head walking up behind Damon.

Damon turned to look at Stefan. "Am I missing something here?"

"Did I forget to mention earlier, when we were talking about my birthmother the one that gave me up." Damon closed his eyes, smirked and nodded slightly. "Her name was Isobel." I paused because I knew if I didn't take a second tears would pour out of my eyes. Damon's smirk quickly disappeared. He looked…upset. I knew he couldn't have known that Isobel was my mother or even that I existed. I knew he had killed people…but it still hurt. "Go ahead. Reminisce about how you killed her."

I walked back outside and Stefan followed. "Let's get you home." He said.

We noticed the man from earlier standing a few feet in front of us. Stefan grabbed my arm and pulled me back a little.

"I have a message for you." The man said.

"What?" I asked confused. I had no idea who this man was, what could he possibly have to tell me.

Stefan gently placed his hand protectively on my stomach. "Who are you?" He asked.

"Stop looking." The man said.

"Stop looking for what?"

"She doesn't want to know you. She doesn't want to talk to you."

"Isobel." It came out in a whisper. She wasn't dead. That meant she must have been turned. Damon didn't kill her; he turned her.

"You need to stop looking. Do you understand?"

"She's alive?" I asked. I needed him to confirm my thoughts. "Does that mean she's a…"

I felt Stefan's body move towards me a bit and he cut me off. "Elena he is under compulsion."

"Do you understand?" The man repeated this time with a little more force.

"Yes I do." I quickly said. I had no idea what he was told to do if I wasn't cooperative so I figured I should be.

"Good." He said in a normal tone. He paused and looked to his right. "I'm done now." He took a step backwards toward the street. Just then a truck drove by and ran him over. I was in shock. He killed himself.

Stefan ran over to the truck and I followed. I noticed the man's cell phone on the ground. I picked it up without Stefan noticing. I was going to get to the bottom of this.

"Come on, let's get out of here." Stefan lightly grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the crime scene.

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