Notes from the author

Thanks to all viewers and followers of my story. Thanks for taking the time to read it. I am so sorry I left you hanging for 3 days but I will make it up to you. Juicy scenes are going to come soon, I promise. Feel free to leave a review, I would love to know if you're enjoying it.


Chapter 4- You're Always There

Stefan's P.O.V.

I woke up and started to understand what Damon was saying about Katherine last night. I thought to myself, this can work, but I have to be convincing. So with that thought, I got out of the bed and went to take a shower. Like Damon said, I need to look my best so Katherine won't be able to resist me.

When I got out of the shower and put my jeans on, I decided that I want to borrow one of Damon's designer tees. As soon as I opened my door, I could smell alcohol. With every step I took toward Damon's room, the smell was ascending. I knocked on his door to be courteous, but of course he didn't answer. I opened the door and saw about 20 bottles of bourbon scattered all over the floor and nightstand.

"Looks like you had a hell of a night." I said with curiosity.

"Yeah it was a hell of a party Stefan, you should've been there." Damon said sarcastically.

I picked up a bottle and asked, "Was it a party for two? And when I say two, I mean you and Rick."

"Nope, just me." Damon said with a yawn.

"Glad you had some fun. I was wondering if I could borrow one of your muscle tees for my talk with Katherine today?" I asked while opening his closet door.

"Help yourself; I have way too many anyway. Do you have any color in mind?"

While I looked through the tees, I asked "Do you happen to have a maroon one, I always wore that color around her back then?"

"Yeah, it should be in there somewhere. By the way, what time are you going over there today?" Damon wondered.

"As soon as I get ready, why?" I asked. I found the maroon tee and pulled it over my head.

"No reason, just wanted to know the plan so I can enlighten Rick. He can keep his eyes on Elena at school today. Speaking of Elena, you are going to need an alibi for missing school today or are you going to enlighten her of your plan."

"Got it covered brother, I told her that you and I are searching for more clues at the house she was held captive in yesterday. I need you to stay here until I get back, unless it is an emergency."

"Whatever brother, text me if you need me and good luck with Katherine." Damon said as he got up and walked into the bathroom.

I went back into my room to fix my hair and put on my cologne. I was about to head out door when I decided that I should maybe bring a blood bag for her and some other things. I thought that if I brought her some stuff she will think that I care.

After I gathered some things around the house for her, I went straight to my car and started heading in her direction. When I arrived at the tomb, I thought to myself, "I have to convince her, I must do this for Elena." I hopped down into the hole in front of the tomb's entrance, immediately greeted by Katherine.

Elena's P.O.V.

All I could think about was Damon last night, and this morning. How on earth am I going to act like last night didn't happen? I reached over to my nightstand to grab my phone. When I looked at it, I noticed that I have a missed call and text from Stefan.

Good morning beautiful, I was just letting you know that I won't be at school today. Damon and I are going to look for any clues at the house you were at yesterday. I will call you as soon as we are home. I love you and have a great day at school.

After I read the message I felt a weird feeling inside my stomach. Why were they going back to look for clues, I thought Damon was looking for clues when Stefan was walking me to the car. Damon must have looked the place up and down because he found my necklace. Something about this text just felt odd, but I wasn't going to dwell on it. Besides Stefan and Damon are going out of town for the day and I really want to speak with Katherine for some answers, this is perfect. I jumped out of bed and got dressed; I started to head down the stairs and before I got out the door, Alaric stopped me.

"Elena, where are you going so fast?" Rick said, with a suspicious look on his face.

"I've got some things I need to do before school. I'll see you later." I said in a hurry.

"With what car Elena, you left your car in the parking lot the other day, don't you remember?"

"Oh yeah, I totally forgot." I said trying to play dumb.

"Well Jeremy and I are ready to leave now; we can take you where you need to go." Rick offered.

"No, but thanks though, I'll just do it after school, no hurry." I said bummed that my plans fell through. I know that if I tell Rick, he'll call Stefan or Damon right away.

I have decided that I will go see Katherine right after school. All I need to do is call Stefan and find out what time they will be coming home. I pulled out my IPhone from my pocket and dialed Stefan's number, it only rang once before going to voicemail. That's odd, I thought, he is only with Damon looking for clues, why wouldn't he answer. I decided to try one more time, same thing happened. It felt like he was avoiding me, why would he be avoiding me? I decided to call Damon because I knew he would answer. I dialed Damon's number and it rang about three times. Deep down I was hoping he wouldn't answer, and then all of the sudden I felt my heart skip a beat.

"Just can't get enough of me huh." Damon answered seductively.

Something about the way Damon answered my call made me all nervous. "Hey Damon, do you know what time you'll be back today?"

"I'm not sure maybe around 5 or so, why do you want me to come over?" he asked in a flirtatious voice.

"I might if Stefan won't stop avoiding my calls." Having just realized what I said, I felt so embarrassed.

"Well just call me anytime and I'll be there in 30 minutes or less." Damon remarked eagerly.

What Damon had said gave me a tingling feeling in my stomach. I felt that this was unfair to Stefan, which was probably listening in on this conversation. To make sure that I was being respectful to him I made sure to say "I was just kidding Damon" to his flirty comeback.

"Well I wasn't." Damon said bluntly.

"of course you weren't" I added. Worried what Stefan was thinking, I decided that I should speak with him. "Can I speak to Stefan for a second please?"

"Stefan isn't around me at the moment." Damon said hesitantly. "I dropped him off at the house and I went another 5 miles down the road to get gas."

"Oh ok." I felt so relieved that Stefan wasn't around to hear our conversation. "I'll just call him in a couple of minutes then. Thanks Damon."

Damon asked curiously, "Thanks for what?"

"For answering your phone." I replied.

"Well in that case, you're very welcome Elena." Damon said kindly.

When I ended the call, I thought why couldn't get a hold of Stefan? It's getting very annoying when I can't get a hold of my boyfriend, but I can get hold of his brother whenever I needed. I decided that I would quit dwelling on this and wait until Stefan called me. Now that Damon and Stefan won't be home until about 5, I have almost an hour after school to go and talk to Katherine.

Suddenly I heard Rick calling my name from down stairs. "Elena, it's time to leave for school!" Rick shouted at the bottom of the staircase.

"I'm coming!" I shouted back, grabbing my backpack.

As soon as I get out at 3:30, I will head straight to the tomb; I just have do is wait.