The air was slightly chilled as we finally made it to the tombs. I turned to Damon.
"Remember our deal." I snapped. "I'm talking to her alone." I said. He grinned holding his hands up, backing away slowly.
"A deal is a deal." He said.
I turned and looked down into the hole that lead to Katherine. I had forgotten what a long way down it was and that Caroline had to help me last time. I sighed and heard a quiet laugh come from Damon. I rolled my eyes and turned to him.
"Can you help me?" I asked reluctantly. A sharp smile stretched across his face, knowing that I felt like an idiot now.
He walked up, wrapped his arms around my waist and we jumped in. The sound of Damon's feet hitting the ground was almost silent. I straightened out my shirt and began walking. Damon followed me and I began to protest but I didn't mind his company on the way in because is was pretty scary. We made it the open void of the tomb.
"Katherine." I said. I heard the echo of the heavy book close. The one I had just given her. She walked slowly up to the door, looking better then she did the last time but still looking very tired and pale.
"You again." She grinned, but it didn't reach her eyes.
"Geez Katherine...tired hag isn't a good look for you." Damon crossed his arms and smiled.
"You're probably still obsessed with me anyway." Katherine shrugged.
"I'm sure you wish." Damon snapped back.
"Okay, enough." I said turning to Damon. "Time for you to go." I said. He stood unmoving for a few seconds, glaring at Katherine and then he finally began to back away and leave.
After he was gone Katherine smiled weakly.
"So, you and Damon huh?" She said her voice worn and scratchy.
"No." I answered sternly.
"Hmm, does Stefan know you're here? With Damon?" She asked seemingly amused.
"I'm not here to talk about that, Katherine." I snapped, changing the subject. Her smile got a little stronger when I did and gave away to her amusement.
"Then what are you here for, Elena?" Katherine asked.
"I'm here to strike a deal with you." I said quietly and walking closer to the doorway, just in case Damon was straining to hear us.
"Oh really? You're getting much better at this." Katherine chimed.
"No matter what, do not give anyone the moonstone..." I said.
"And...?" She said.
"And I promise I'll bring you a blood supply every week." I said. Katherine's eyes widened but fell quickly trying to hide her surprise.
"Sounds fair enough." She said calmly. "But, you know I'll only honor this deal until a better deal comes along." She said.
"Sounds fair enough." I repeated her statement. Knowing from Katherine that was the best promise I would get.
I turned and left her and walked back to the hole looking up at the blue sky above.
"Damon!" I called. It wasn't long before he dropped down gracefully, picked me up and we went soaring out. Once on my feet we began walking again.
"Something tells me that you just did something really stupid." Damon said after a few silent moments.
"Then so be it." I shrugged.
He shook his head smiling lightly. "What am I going to do with you." He said.
"Nothing." I mumbled.
He stopped dead in his tracks and turned to me. I stopped to, startled by his sudden halt.
"Look Elena. I know you're scared right now. But don't let that get in the way of us doing what we can to help.
I looked at him, his blue eyes set very serious. A chilled breeze washed around us tossing his hair lightly.
"Damon, I know your always looking for a fight. Don't let that get in the way of the well being of everyone else." I said.
His eyes narrowed with anger and I sighed and walked on ahead of him.
Caroline & Stefan
"Don't worry, my mom won't be home for like another hour or so." Caroline told the tensed Stefan at the third glance at the clock.
"Okay we've talked about everything except for the matter at hand Caroline. So, about Tyler.." Stefan said tilting his head at Caroline, hoping he could get her to focus.
"Well, he doesn't know anyone is a vampire other than me, but we need to figure out like a way to help him when he turns so he doesn't wind up hurting any of us." She said
"We need to figure our way out of a lot of things, Caroline." Stefan sighed. Stefan's cell rang and he answered.
"Hello?"
"Hey Stefan, it's Bonnie. So there's this new friend of mine, Luka, who does spells... and a lot better than me. He suggested we do a spell that lifts compulsions, that way we can all be sure we don't have someone close to us that's going to be doing anything against their will, or maybe they will remember something that we need to know. I mean after the whole Jenna incident...it's better to be safe than sorry, right?" Bonnie said.
"Yeah, you know that's actually not a bad idea Bonnie." Stefan said.
"Great, well, I figured we could at least start with Jeremy, Myself and Elena." Bonnie said.
"That would be good." Stefan agreed.
"So, I'll get Jeremy and I guess we meet at the Boarding House?" Bonnie asked.
"Yes, yes...I'll see you tonight." Stefan said.
Bonnie, Jeremy...& Luka
Jeremy answered the door after the second knock. He opened it to find Bonnie.
"Oh hey! I was wondering what you were up to." Jeremy said smiling brightly.
Luka walked up beside Bonnie on the porch. Jeremy's smile fell a small bit.
"Hey man." Jeremy said nodding to Luka. Luka nodded back.
Bonnie explained where they were going.
"I don't know..." Jeremy said quietly.
"Why not?" Bonnie asked, her brows drawn in concern.
"There's a lot of things I've been compelled to forget that I don't know If I want to truly remember. Like Vickie." Jeremy said.
"Jeremy, I know it will be hard...but it's for the best. You know it." Bonnie said. She reached out and took Jeremy's hand in hers. "Please." She said.
"Fine." Jeremy said, comforted by Bonnie's touch.
Damon & Elena
We finally made it back to the Boarding House. We walked in to find a lot more people then when we left. Stefan looked up from behind the couch, his face showing a guarded sting as we walked in together. I felt panicky, hoping Stefan knew better then to worry. Rose on the other hand walked into the living room and her face fell automatically. Her and Damon shared an uncomfortable glance that he quickly looked away from. His eyes fell instead on Bonnie, Jeremy and who I assumed to be Luka sitting on the couch.
"What are we celebrating? And who are you?" Damon asked darkly to Luka. Luka stood looking uncomfortable as Damon walked up to him.
"Hi, I'm Luka...just moved here." Luka smiled trying to be top notch polite. He stuck his hand out to shake Damon's but Damon just looked him up and down causing Luka to glance around uncomfortably.
"He's gifted, like me." Bonnie said after a few awkward seconds.
"If that's what you call it." Damon sniffed and turned away. Luka sat back down... a dazed look on his face.
"You were right Elena...Elijah's body is gone...which either means they moved him or he got up and left." Rose broke in.
I nodded...not being able to think of that now. I was more concentrated on why everyone was gathered here.
"So what's this about?" I asked nodding towards the three on the couch.
"Luka is going to be doing a spell that lifts compulsions so that we can make sure everyone is clear about all the details, or any details we are lacking." Stefan explained.
"Well that sounds..." Damon began to speak but then suddenly his face froze. He stood staring seemingly at nothing other then the air before him.
"Damon?" I said alarmed at the look on his face. I touched his arm and he jumped suddenly.
"No!...No...we don't know who this Luka is...how do we know he's not up to something else?" Damon said quickly. He seemed to have a since of panic about him. Something we all picked up on for it was out of Damon's character.
"You can trust him, Damon." Bonnie said.
"I don't trust anyone." He snapped.
"Actually Damon, it's a good idea...we're all here...it will be fine." Stefan said looking curiously at Damon.
"Fine." Damon said with irritation. But the look of panic never left his eyes.
"Fine." Stefan repeated shrugging.
"Okay so just come sit down Elena." Luka said standing up. I walked over and sat down on the couch.
Luka lit three candles on a wooden end table close to the couch. He began whispering quickly, words I didn't understand. Suddenly I felt a chill in the air and everything began to fall silent. I saw Elijah standing in front of me. His voice soothing and calm as he asked me where the moonstone was. I remember telling him that is was with Katherine in the tomb. Then the vision blurred out and I saw myself walking out of the bathroom and into my bedroom. There was Damon, sitting by my window, my necklace dangling from his hands. He made his way over to me. I remembered his voice shaking,
his eyes filling with tears as he told me he loved me. That he couldn't be selfish with me, that his brother was better then him and that he deserved me. Tears stained his face. I remember thinking he was going to kiss me and that was going to let him but then he kissed me on my forehead and then
he said he was sorry that I would forget. Then the vision faded slowly and as if I was resurfacing from being under water, my hearing was suddenly back to normal and with a gasp I was back
sitting on the couch in the living room. I glanced around the room. Jeremy's face was etched in sadness, clearly rehashing over the uncovered memories of the night with Vickie. Bonnie was shaking her head, clearly trying to recover from the trance. They all looked at me as I gasped. Everyone was staring at me, waiting for me to speak. I looked at Stefan who was looking at me seemingly tensed and worried. Rose's brows creased with curiosity. And then I looked at Damon. His face was solemn but pitifully apologetic as his gaze laid thick into my eyes. Before I even realized it I began to feel a warmness in my eyes that I suddenly noticed were forming tears. Why was crying? But before I could stop it a sob ripped through my chest. Damon took a startled step towards me..but then he back away..turned ..and left the room.
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