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-TBTST-
The next afternoon, Summer finds herself sitting on the couch in the living room, watching the Big Bang Theory on TV. She's interrupted when there's a knock at the front door, and she sighs when Lucky begins to bark while he trots to the door, wagging his tail excitedly. Summer gets up, goes to the door, and opens it, and she's surprised to see Matt standing on the doorstep.
"Hey," Summer says with a smile.
"Hey," Matt says, and Summer moves out of the way so that he can come inside. "Your mom changed the place, huh?"
"Yeah, we finished a few weeks before I left for Jacksonville," Summer says, and they move deeper into the house.
"So are you going to the masquerade ball tonight?" Matt asks, and Summer's eyes light up a bit.
"That is tonight, isn't it?" Summer asks, smiling. "Well, of course I will be. I haven't seen Tyler yet. I felt awful that I wasn't able to come back for Mayor Lockwood's funeral," she says, frowning a bit. "And I haven't seen Carol for a while either."
"Yeah, Tyler will be surprised to see you," Matt says, laughing a bit. "Listen, I don't have a date, and you obviously don't have a date since you didn't remember… Wanna go together?"
"Why, Mr. Donovan I would be honored," Summer says, with a smile.
Later that night, Summer stands in front of the full length mirror in her bedroom as she pulls her red dress on. She looks over when there's a knock at her bedroom door.
"Honey?" her mom calls. "Matt's here, are you ready?"
"Can you come in here for a minute, momma?" Summer asks, and Allison enters the room. "Can you zip me?"
"I love this dress on you. I still think you should have gone with the blue one though," Allison says, zipping up the dress.
"Then I couldn't wear my favorite mask," Summer says, gesturing to the black and red mask on her vanity table. Once the dress is zipped, Allison turns Summer around, and looks her over with a smile.
"You look beautiful, sweetie," Allison says, and Summer smiles.
"Thanks, momma," Summer says, and puts on her mask. Allison takes Summer's hand and leads her downstairs where Matt stands waiting in his suit and mask, and he smiles when he sees Summer.
"Well, don't you look handsome?" Summer asks.
"And you look beautiful, Summer," Matt says, and Summer curtsies dramatically.
"I'll be back later, momma," Summer says as she and Matt go to exit the house.
"Alright, honey, you two have fun," Allison says, watching them leave, and the two teenagers wave to her. Once outside, Matt leads Summer to his truck, and opens the passenger door for her.
"What a gentleman you're being tonight," Summer says with a grin, and Matt laughs. He shuts the door, and walks around to the other side of his truck, and gets in. The short ride to the Lockwood's home is spent in a comfortable silence, and once Matt parks the truck, and the two friends get out. Summer links her arm through Matt's and they walk into the decorated mansion. "I'm gonna go find Tyler. I'll be right back, okay?"
"Alright," Matt says, smiling. Summer returns the smile before walking away. She searches for a while, and feels victorious when she finds Tyler talking with a girl she knows from school, Aimee. Aimee looks at her and smiles, and Summer puts a finger to her lips, gesturing for her to be quiet as she walks up behind Tyler. She reaches up, and covers his eyes with her hands.
"Guess who?" Summer whispers, with a smile. Tyler reaches up, and takes her hands off of his eyes and turns around, and he frowns when he faces her, before he smiles, shocked.
"Summer?" he asks, and Summer lifts her mask a bit with a beaming smile. Tyler laughs, and wraps his large arms around her, lifting her off of the floor. Summer laughs, wrapping her arms around his neck. "How the hell have you been?" Tyler asks when he puts her back down onto her feet.
"Pretty good, actually," Summer says, nodding. "You?"
"Alright," Tyler says, shrugging. "When did you get back?"
"Yesterday. And you were the only one I didn't get to see!" Summer says, shaking her head.
"You should have texted me!" Tyler retorts, and Summer narrows her eyes at him slightly, before she shrugs a bit.
"You got me there," she says, and Tyler smirks victoriously at her. "I'm gonna go find Matt. I kind of left him alone, but I'll be back."
"You better!" Tyler calls after her as she leaves, and she throws him a wave over her shoulder. She goes back to where she left Matt and looks around a little bit before seeing him talking to Elena.
"Hey, Matt," Summer says. "Hey, Elena. I didn't know you were gonna be here. You look great," she says, smiling at her friend. Elena looks at her, seemingly in shock, before the look is wiped off of her face, and Elena smiles at her, but her smile seems a bit forced.
"Thanks. You do, too," Elena says, and Summer grins at her. "I'm gonna go get a drink. But I'll see you later?"
"Sure," Summer says, and Elena gives one last look at Matt, before walking away. Matt blinks a few times before looking down at Summer.
"Let's go find Tyler," he says, and Summer nods. Summer leads Matt back to where Tyler is, and they all stand around and chat for a while, before Matt suggests that they go to Tyler's late father's office.
"We really shouldn't," Tyler says, shaking his head.
"Come on, man. It's no big deal. We'll just go in there and have a drink," Matt says, and Tyler sighs, before gesturing for Matt, Summer, and Aimee to follow him. They all enter Tyler's father's office, and Tyler shuts the door.
"We're really not supposed to be in here," Tyler says.
"Yeah, I know but we really need to turn this party up. Another shot?" Matt says, after taking a shot of liquor.
"Hey, I want a shot. Summer?" Aimee asks, and Summer shakes her head.
"Count me out," Summer says, and Tyler laughs.
"Yeah, Summer always gets the worst hangovers. It's actually pretty sad, but she's hilarious when she's drunk," Tyler says, and Summer sends him a mock glare. "You know, usually it's me corrupting you. I like this," Tyler says to Matt, and they take another shot.
"Okay, let's go party. Come on," Aimee says, putting on her mask, and Summer puts her own mask back on since she'd taken it off once she entered the office. The four of them exit the room, and rejoin the party.
-TBTST-
Meanwhile upstairs in the Lockwood mansion, Katherine, Stefan and Damon are all trapped inside one of the rooms.
"The three of us together just like old times. The brother who loved me too much and the one that didn't love me enough," Katherine says, smiling.
"And the evil slut vampire who only loved herself," Damon says, smirking.
"What happened to you Damon? You used to be so sweet and polite," Katherine pouts.
"Oh that Damon died a long time ago," Damon says.
"Good. He was a bore. You know, I met one of Elena's little friends earlier. The one that you all managed to keep hidden from me. Summer, was it? How does that feel, Damon? To have little Joanna's look alike running around?" Katherine asks, and Damon growls, blurring over to Katherine, and pinning her against the wall by the neck. Damon is quickly pulled away from Katherine sharply by Stefan, but he continues to glare at her.
"Too bad you won't have the chance to hurt her, because once you're unlinked with Elena, I'm gonna shove a stake in your heart," Damon growls, glaring venomously at her.
-TBTST-
A bit later, Matt suggests that they all go back to Tyler's dad's office again, and by that time, Aimee had disappeared, but had been replaced by her friend Sarah.
"Actually, I think I'm gonna go get some air," Summer says, smiling at Tyler, Sarah, and the drunken Matt. Tyler glances at Matt and nods.
"I don't blame you," he says quietly to her, and Summer chuckles. "We'll be in the office when you come back."
"Got it," Summer says, nodding to him, before turning around, and walking to exit the house. She walks outside the mansion, and walks over to Matt's truck where she left her cell phone. She opens the driver's side door of the truck, and takes off her mask. She places her mask on the seat, and grabs her cell phone out of the glove compartment, before checking for any texts or missed calls from her mother. When she's satisfied that there is none, she reaches over to place her phone back, but stops when she senses that someone is behind her. She frowns and turns around slightly, and opens her mouth to let out a scream when she's grabbed from behind. The man who grabs her immediately covers her mouth and nose with a chloroform soaked cloth, muffling her screams, and slowly rendering the teenage girl unconscious.
When Summer begins waking up, she immediately hears voices speaking around her.
"Please, I'm hurt," she hears Elena say, clearly frightened.
"I know. Just a taste," an unfamiliar British male voice says softly, and Summer opens her eyes slightly, and she's shocked when she sees the man's canine teeth elongate, and dark veins appear underneath his eyes in which the whites have turned dark red.
"Trevor!" a British female voice barks, and the man stops, his face going back to normal. "Control yourself," she says, and the man named Trevor's eyes move to Summer, who stiffens considerably. "Don't even think about it! He would kill you if he sees her harmed!"
"Buzz kill," Trevor grumbles, walking past the short haired woman. Summer sits up slowly and looks at Elena. Elena immediately grasps one of her hands in both of hers as she looks at the woman standing in front of them.
"Elena… What's going on?" Summer asks, frowning fearfully, looking between Elena, the nameless woman, and Trevor.
"What do you want with us?" Elena asks the woman.
"My god. You both look just like them," the woman breathes, shaking her head in disbelief.
"But we're not. Please, whatever you-," Elena starts.
"Be quiet!" the woman demands, cutting Elena off mid sentence. Elena gives Summer's hand a squeeze before letting go of her and standing up.
"But I'm not Katherine. My name is Elena Gilbert; you don't have to do this. And she's-," Elena starts, trying to reason with the woman.
"I know who you are, I said be quiet," the woman demands, and Summer reaches up and grabs Elena's arm.
"Elena, please," Summer whispers.
"What do you want?" Elena asks, a little stronger. Summer lets out a sharp gasp when the woman backhands Elena across the face, making her collapse unconscious onto the couch next to Summer.
"I want you to be quiet," the woman says, and Summer grabs Elena, holding her to her protectively.
"Your friend… He tried to bite Elena…," Summer says after working up the courage to speak to the woman. "But his face…"
"You don't know? Your friends didn't tell you?" the woman asks, frowning, clearly confused and a little shocked.
"Tell me what?" Summer asks, shaking her head, and subconsciously stroking Elena's hair.
"Then you don't know your story," the woman mutters, more to herself than to Summer.
"My story? What-," Summer starts.
"I can't. I can't tell you about your story because I don't know all of it, and he would kill me if I told you," the woman says, shaking her head. "But perhaps you should ask your friend there about what she and your other friends are keeping from you when she wakes up," the woman says, and briskly leaves the room. Summer sits on the couch impatiently, not daring to move, lest one of her two captors return to the room. Eventually, Elena wakes up and groans slightly. "Are you okay?" Summer asks, helping Elena sit up. Elena looks around and presses her finger against her lips, signaling for Summer to stay quiet, and she nods a bit. Elena points to Summer's shoes.
'Take them off,' Elena mouths to her, and Summer frowns before following her friend's advice. Summer takes off her shoes, and Elena grabs the hand that isn't holding her shoes. She pulls Summer onto her feet, and leads her up some stairs.
"So that's it Trevor. He either got it or he didn't. We just have to wait," they hear the woman say to Trevor.
"Look, it's not too late. We can leave it here. We don't have to go through with this," Trevor says, fear lacing his words.
"I'm sick of running!" the woman barks.
"Yeah? Well, running keeps us from dying," Trevor says.
"Elijah's old school. If he accepts our deal, we're free," the woman says, sure of her words. Summer winces when one of the floorboards underneath her feet creak, making the two beings in the other room turn their attention towards them. "You two! There's nothing around here for miles. If you think you're getting out of this house, you're tragically wrong. Understand?"
"Who's Elijah?" Elena asks, bravely.
"He's your worst nightmare," the woman says. Summer places a hand on Elena's shoulder, using her to keep her balance as she puts her shoes back on, not trusting to walk around on the dirty floor with her bare feet. Elena turns around and walks back down the stairs and Summer follows her.
"You've been keeping things from me," Summer says when Elena reaches the bottom of the stairs, while Summer stands on the fourth stair. Elena looks up at Summer, a bit shocked. "I saw his face," Summer says, gesturing up the stairs, referring to Trevor, "when he tried to bite you… You know. She said to ask you," she says, walking down the stairs the rest of the way. "What's going on, Elena?"
Elena sighs, and runs a hand through her hair. "I never wanted you caught up in this Summer. You… You're supposed to be the one out of us to have a normal life. You and Matt."
"I don't understand," Summer says, and Elena grabs her hand and pulls her to the couch, and the two girls sit down.
"The people who kidnapped us… They're… Vampires," Elena says, gently, and Summer scoffs.
"Really Elena? Vampires?" Summer asks, smiling sarcastically at Elena, but Elena's face remains completely serious, and the smile drops from Summer's face. "Elena… Vampires aren't real."
"Yes they are, Summer," Elena says, softly.
"You… What… I…," Summer stutters, shaking her head, having no choice but to believe her friend upon seeing the brutal honesty in her brown eyes.
"Not all vampires are dangerous though, Summer," Elena says, taking both of Summer's shaking hands in hers. "Like Stefan, and his brother-," Elena begins.
"Stefan and Damon are vampires?" Summer asks, shocked.
"Damon? You've met…. Never mind. But yes. They are. But they're good. They wouldn't hurt you Summer," Elena says, genuinely honest, and Summer nods, distractedly, still trying to process this new information in her mind.
"Who else? Is there anyone else?" Summer asks, finally regaining control of her thoughts.
"Yeah… Caroline," Elena says, gently, and Summer looks sharply at her.
"Caroline?" Summer asks, stressing her best friend's name, and Elena nods. "What? But how?"
Elena delicately explains the process in which someone becomes a vampire, and then tells Summer, Caroline's story, and by the end, Summer finds herself with shocked tears in her blue eyes.
"Oh my God," Summer says, standing, bringing both of her hands up to her mouth, and turning away from Elena while she paces the room. "Caroline can't be a vampire, Elena. We grew up together! She's one of our best friends! She can't be…," Summer trails off, wiping a tear off of her cheek, and Elena walks over and embraces her.
"I know that this is a lot to take in, Summer… Believe me, I know how shocking this all is, but you get used to it after a while. Caroline's still Caroline, you know?" Elena asks, pulling away and looking at Summer. "She's still the same peppy, happy, Caroline… She just… Drinks blood now."
"What about Bonnie?" Summer asks, looking at Elena.
"Bonnie's… A witch," Elena says, and Summer's eyes widen.
"What else is there, Elena?" Summer asks, throwing her arms out to the sides of her.
"There's vampires, witches, werewolves," Elena lists, and Summer shakes her head with wide eyes.
"Werewolves?" Summer breathes. "How many of those do I know?"
"Well… Mason Lockwood was one," Elena says. "And Tyler has the gene for it, but as far as we know, he hasn't triggered the curse. So he's still as human as he can be."
"Mason?" Summer asks, frowning. "What do you mean 'was'?"
"He… He died, Summer," Elena says, and Summer takes a deep breath, while shaking her head.
"Is… Okay. Is that all? What about you? Is there anything…. Supernatural about you?" Summer asks, looking Elena over, trying to find anything different.
"There's a vampire out there… Her name is Katherine, and I look exactly like her," Elena explains, and Summer frowns at her.
"What do you mean?" Summer asks.
"Exactly what I said. I look exactly like her, its like looking in a mirror," Elena explains.
"So… You're like her doppelganger?" Summer asks, and Elena nods.
"Yes. That's exactly what I am," Elena says, relieved to finally have a word for it and Summer runs a hand over her face. "And… So are you."
"What are you talking about?" Summer asks, looking sharply at Elena.
"You're a doppelganger too, Summer," Elena says. "After Stefan met you, he showed me a picture from back in 1864 of a girl who looks exactly like you. Her name was Joanna."
"1864… Oh my God, Elena," Summer breathes, and Elena nods.
"Look, I know that you probably have so many questions right now, and I promise you that I'll answer all of them, but right now we really need to either find out what they want with us," Elena says, gesturing out of the room, "or find a way to get out of here."
"Yeah… Yeah, you're right. Okay," Summer says, shaking her head. Elena grabs Summer's hand and leads her out of the room that they're in, and they find the unnamed woman in a room alone.
"Why are we here?" Elena asks, stepping into the room.
"You keep asking me these questions like I'm gonna answer them," the woman says, and Summer listens intently as Elena continues to question the female vampire.
"But why us?" Elena asks, after a long round of questions, and the vampire finally sighs and turns around.
"Because you're a Petrova doppelganger… And you're something else entirely," she says, looking back at Summer, who frowns. "Both of you are the keys to breaking the curse."
"The curse? The sun and the moon curse?" Elena asks, frowning.
"Oh, you do know your history," the vampire says.
"What do you mean we're the keys? The moonstone is what breaks the curse," Elena says.
"No, the moonstone is what binds the curse. The sacrifice is what breaks it," the vampire explains.
"The sacrifice?" Elena asks.
"The blood of the doppelganger. You're the doppelganger. Which means, in order to break the curse you're the one who has to die," the vampire explains, purposely not explaining Summer's part.
"Die?" Summer whispers, her heart clenching at the thought of her friend dying.
"But what about Summer?" Elena asks, gesturing to Summer.
"I can't say," the vampire says, simply, her tone implying that they would get no answers about Summer from her.
"Tell me more," Elena says, and Summer flinches away as Trevor passes her in the doorway. Trevor sends her an amused look, before turning his attention to the other two females.
"Captivity has made her pushy, eh? What do you want to know doppelicious?" Trevor asks, and Summer wrinkles her nose at the nickname.
"Who were you running from?" Elena asks.
"The originals," Trevor says, simply, and Summer listens to the three talk, deciding not to interfere since she has just been recently made aware of the supernatural world. After they finish talking, Trevor and the female vampire that Summer now knows is named Rose, leaves the room, and Elena sits down on the couch in the room, and Summer sits down next to her. After a while of sitting in silence, Summer hears the crinkling of paper, and she sees Elena with a note in her hand. Elena puts a finger to her lips after reading the note, and she shows the note to Summer.
'Stefan and Damon are coming for you. – B'
'Bonnie?' Summer mouths, and Elena nods with a smile. Summer is still shocked by all of the news, but can't help but smile a bit as well at the thought of getting out of there and going home. Suddenly, Trevor and Rose walk back into the room, and Elena hides the note in her hand.
"He's here! This was a mistake," Trevor says, clearly terrified, and this makes Summer internally panic a bit.
"No, I told you I would get us out of this. You have to trust me," Rose says, calmly.
"No! He wants me dead, Rose!" Trevor exclaims.
"He wants them more. Much more," Rose says, glancing at Summer.
"I can't do this. You give them to him, he'll have mercy on you but I need to get out of here," Trevor says, pacing the room.
"Hey! What are we?" Rose asks, taking Trevor's face in her hands, and Trevor sighs.
"We're family, forever," Trevor responds softly, and Elena and Summer glance at each other, and they both jump when someone knocks loudly on the door. Summer's hands begin to shake, and Elena places a comforting hand on her back.
"We're gonna be fine, Summer," Elena says, gently, and Summer nods, shakily. "You're scared," Elena observes, looking at Rose and Trevor.
"Stay here with them and don't make a sound," Rose commands, looking at Trevor, and she exits the room. Elena stands, and paces a bit with Bonnie's note clutched in her hand, while Trevor stands off to the side of the room. Summer stays planted firmly in her seat, trying desperately to calm herself, and she looks up sharply when Rose and a different man appear at the top of the stairs. Summer abruptly stands when the man is in front of Elena in less than a second. She watches as the man leans down slightly, and smells Elena's neck.
"Human," he mutters softly. "It's impossible. Hello there," he says, and Summer can only assume that this is Elijah. Elijah glances at Summer and his expression instantly forms one of complete palpable shock. He quickly looks at Rose who stands beside Trevor. "Why did you not tell me of her existence?" he asks, sharply, and Summer feels Elena's hand grip her own tightly.
"I thought it would be a pleasant surprise for you," Rose says, and Elijah looks back at Summer, moving to stand directly in front of her, his dark eyes looking deeply into her blue ones.
"You've finally come back," Elijah mutters, lifting his hand, and he frowns when Summer flinches away. He gently lets the backs of his fingers trail down one of her cheeks, and he smiles slightly at her. "What is your name this time, dear?" Elijah asks, and Summer frowns a bit, before glancing at Elena. Elena, who is watching the scene with a mixture of fear and interest, simply gives her friend a look of confusion, but nods a bit, knowing that if two vampires were afraid of this man, then its best not to anger him.
"Summer," Summer says softly.
"Summer," Elijah says, gently, and shakes his head. "A beautiful name, as always. We have a long journey head of us. We should be going," Elijah says, not removing his eyes from Summer once.
"Please, don't let him take us," Elena begs, looking at Rose, while keeping one of Summer's hands clutched tightly in her own.
"One last piece of business and we're done," Elijah says, finally breaking eye contact with Summer, and turning to face the other two vampires in the room. Once Elijah isn't looking at Summer anymore, Elena immediately pulls her closer to her.
"I've waited so long for this day, Elijah. I'm truly, very sorry," Trevor says, as Elijah approaches him.
"Oh no, your apologies not necessary," Elijah says in a false pleasant tone.
"Yes, yes it is. You trusted me with Katerina and I failed you," Trevor says, his eyes turned to the floor.
"Oh yes, you are the guilty one and Rose aided you because she was loyal to you and that now I honor. Where was your loyalty?" Elijah asks, tilting his head slightly.
"I beg your forgiveness," Trevor pleads, softly.
"So granted," Elijah says, and Trevor smiles slightly. The two teenage girls let out a sharp gasp of horror when Elijah smacks Trevor's head from his body, and Elena pulls Summer closer to her, wrapping her arms around her friend.
"You-," Rose starts, in a near shout.
"Don't, Rose, now that you are free," Elijah says, and turns back to the girls, who immediately take a step back. "Come."
"No, what about the moonstone?" Elena asks, trying to buy them time.
"What do you know about the moonstone?" Elijah asks, interested.
"I know that you need it and I know where it is," Elena says.
"Yes?" Elijah asks.
"I can help you get it," Elena says.
"Tell me where it is," Elijah demands.
"It doesn't work that way," Elena says, confidently.
"Are you negotiating with me?" Elijah asks, an amused look crossing his face, and he looks back at Rose.
"It's the first I've heard of it," Rose says, tears still leaking down her face. Elijah looks back at Elena for a few moments and frowns.
"What is this vervain doing around your neck?" he asks, grabbing Elena's necklace, and tossing it aside, before grabbing her. Summer goes to grab Elena and pull her back, and is caught off guard when Elijah wraps an arm around Summer's waist, pulling her to his side. "Tell me where the moonstone is."
"In the tomb, underneath the church ruins," Elena answers in a robotic voice, and Summer frowns deeply.
"What are you doing to her?" Summer asks, bravely, trying to pull out of the man's hold.
"What is it doing there?" Elijah asks, holding on tighter to Summer.
"It's with Katherine," Elena answers in the same voice.
"Interesting," Elijah says, and they each look up when they hear glass breaking upstairs. "What is that?" Elijah demands, looking at Rose.
"I don't know," she answers, stonily.
"Who else is in this house?" Elijah demands.
"I don't know," Rose insists. Elijah keeps his tight hold on Summer, and grabs Elena's arm, before leading them out of the room. He stops once out of the room, and pushes Elena and Summer into Rose's arms. Rose grabs onto one of Summer's and Elena's arms tightly.
"Rose," Elijah says in a warning tone.
"I don't know who it is," Rose says, honestly.
"Up here," a male voice says, and Elijah disappears.
"Down here," another male voice calls, and Summer immediately finds herself being picked up, and carried away to another part of the house at an inhuman speed. When she stops moving she finds herself looking into the crystal blue eyes of Damon Salvatore who is looking down at her with gentle eyes, and he raises a finger to his lips, signaling for her to be quiet, and she nods quickly. She looks over and sees Rose standing beside her, looking at Damon.
"Excuse me. To whom it may concern, you're making a great mistake if you think that you can beat me. You can't. Do you hear that?" Elijah calls, and Summer looks at Damon fearfully, but he gives her a reassuring look. "I repeat, you cannot beat me. So I want the girls, on the count of 3 or heads will roll. Do we understand each other?"
"I'll come with you, just please don't my friends, they just wanted to help me out," she hears Elena say, and her eyes widen. She opens her mouth to say something, but Damon puts his hand over her mouth, shaking his head.
"Where is Summer?" Elijah demands, angrily, and Summer clenches her jaw shut.
"No, please don't take Summer. She has nothing to do with any of this. Please… Just let her go," Elena pleads.
"What game are you playing with me?" Elijah asks, and Damon begins to back away, gesturing for Summer to stay put, and she nods. A series of crashes can be heard from upstairs, and after a few moments, Summer sees Elijah and Stefan tumble down the stairs. She watches as Elijah quickly gets up, and Stefan stays on the floor. Elijah goes toward Stefan, but Summer watches with wide eyes as Damon rushes forward and plunges a piece of wood into Elijah's chest pinning him against the door. Summer watches as Elijah's face turns a shocking shade of ashy gray, and the veins in his face appear prominently. Summer frowns when Elijah's dark brown eyes seek her out and lock onto her blue ones, before his head hangs limply. She feels a gust of wind next to her, and she looks to find Rose gone.
"Just let her go," Elena says, when Damon turns to go after her.
"Hey come here. Are you hurt? Are you okay?" Stefan says, wrapping Elena in his arms. Summer sees Elena mouth the words 'thank you' to Damon and after a few moments Damon turns to look at Summer.
"How about you?" Damon asks, moving closer to Summer. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah… Yeah, I'm fine," Summer says, nodding but taking a step away from Damon. Damon frowns and can see the fear in Summer's eyes, and he sighs a bit.
"I take it that you two had a little heart to heart while you were here," Damon says to Elena and Summer.
"I know what you are, if that's what you mean," Summer says, and Damon looks at her.
"You don't have to be afraid of us, Summer," Damon says. "We're the good guys," Damon says, smirking a bit, and Summer sighs, before nodding reluctantly.
"Okay," she says, softly, and Damon resists the urge to smile.
"Come on, let's get you two home," Damon says, and Elena pulls away from Stefan, and moves towards Summer, wrapping an arm around her to comfort her friend, and she leads her out of the house, neither of them daring to look at Elijah's gray, desiccated body that is staked to the opposite door.
-TBTST-
A/N: There's the second chapter! I hope you all like it! You get to find out what Summer is in the next chapter!
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