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Chapter 4
Elena laid in bed unable to sleep… so many things had changed all too quickly. First, werewolves were real, not only were they real but they were a threat to vampires, at least that's what the legend told. A werewolf bite could kill a vampire. Then there was a curse, vampires cursed by the sun and wolves were prisoners to the moon.
Ugh… she tossed in her bed, turning on her side. Then there was Caroline a newly born vampire who was on the outs with Bonnie because she hated them and the whole situation. And on top of that was the terrifying phone call from Stefan… They'd for sure encountered a wolf… meaning someone in town other than the Salvatore's had a dark secret. As if they needed more to worry about.
There was obviously no way she was getting a nap in today… she threw the covers off of her and sat by her window… She looked out into the distance to nothing in particular. Her mind focused on the only happy thing that'd happened the previous couple of days… Damon.
They didn't get a chance to talk anymore after they got back, but they'd at least talked, knew somewhat where they stood, and she knew the decision had been made… at least for her. The only thing that she just couldn't figure out, was the odd vision she'd had of Damon in the past, at least she assumed it was the past from the clothes he'd been wearing.
Maybe she'd just imagined it, she reasoned. She shook her head, but how, she'd never even seen a picture of them in the past. Okay now she was getting a headache… Onto better and happier thoughts, well other thoughts were more like it. Damon had apparently talked Ric into getting Jenna to invite Mason over for a barbeque. He seemed like the only person that had recently arrived to Mystic Falls when this werewolf citing started happening…
Elena sighed, she'd told Jenna she wanted to take a nap, so she might as well give it a try… again…
As laid her head down, she felt some comfort… she closed her eyes and she all too quickly felt sleep take her…
An odd dream began to unfold, she was wearing an old-fashioned 1800's dress and she was dancing with Stefan, it didn't feel like herself, it was as if she was in someone else's body, looking from the inside out. Stefan had this glow and smile about him… something she was sure she'd never seen him give her before.
Then suddenly, something changed and the same old-fashioned guiltless looking Damon from before was smiling at her with the sweetest gaze in his eyes, taking her hand in his. It was hard to believe he looked this naive, but she adored seeing him like this… genuinely and blissfully happy.
At that moment… the scene around her changed and she was at The Grill, playing pool with Damon. It was weird to see him actually flirtingly joke around with her, but then he gave her one of those heart melting smiles and it felt normal, he was handing her a drink while kissing her lovingly, then he pretended to teach her how to play as if she needed to be taught.
Next thing she knew, she woke startled…
Her heart was beating fast and she couldn't understand where these dreams or memories were coming from, could this mean she was connected to Katherine…?
Two things popped out at her, though. First, Stefan had never looked into her eyes the way he did when she was in that puffy looking dress, and second, having partial insight to the man that risked his life for her every day, only made her heart swell in affection …
"Elena!" Jenna called from downstairs.
She ran a hand through her hair as she walked over to open the door yelling back, "Yes, aunt Jenna…"
"Our guests will be here soon… do you plan to join us?"
"Be right down…" she closed the door needing to get ready; as she turned around… Damon was right in front of her… beaming.
She gasped… "Damon!" she smacked him…
"Ah! Feisty are we…?" he faked pain.
"You scared me…" she smiled reproachfully.
"I wanted to see you…" he said wrapping his arm around her waist to pull her close, "we haven't had a chance to talk about were… we stand, per se…" he whispered hovering over her lips, smirking his trademark smile.
She felt her body quickly react to his touch, his tender voice, and as he lingered over her lips teasingly, she began to feel hot all over. This just felt so right… she couldn't understand how she had not realized that she'd been with the wrong brother all along.
Yes, she'd loved Stefan, but she now realized the reason Damon drove her mad most of the time was because he made her feel like this… a love so passionate that it consumed her to the very core and that… terrified her.
All reason was leaving her mind, and before she totally lost it and gave into him, she whispered, "Damon wait…"
He pulled back with a slight wounded expression… "What Elena, changed your mind already…?" he questioned darkly, pulling his emotionless facade back on.
Elena smiled amused by his reaction, "No, Damon… I didn't change my mind, but I haven't spoken to Stefan…"
She walked over to him entwining her fingers in his while getting on her tippy toes to kiss him on the cheek, remaining still to take in the aroma of him… "But there can't be an us, without being honest with your brother first… I owe him that much, we owe him that much."
Damon scoffed, "I owe him nothing. I don't remember him, not gloating around in front of me that he had you…" he said walking towards the bed to pick up a box.
"Damon…" she tried to explain.
"Do whatever you want Elena… I have a werewolf to kill, see you at the barbeque…" and with that he was gone.
She sighed shaking her head; it wasn't just for Stefan that she was doing this… it was for him too. She didn't want to treat him like Katherine had, hiding around to be with him, while Katherine had flaunted her courtship with Stefan in public. Damon deserved to be treated like the main course, not the side dish in her life. She glanced at herself in the mirror, making sure she looked presentable and headed down stairs.
As she descended, she heard voices coming from the kitchen, Jenna, Ric, and who she assumed was the voice of Mason Lockwood. Here goes nothing she thought, today they would find out the truth about Mason and possibly the Lockwood's; the door bell rang then.
She retreated to get the door… "Damon…!" she smiled as if she hadn't seen him earlier.
"Elena…" he said with a tone of indifference, avoiding her eyes.
So… he was obviously still mad at her. She was about to say something when her aunt interrupted, "Damon…" she said faking enthusiasm.
"Jenna…" he said flipping his charm on, "thank you for letting me join the party…" he said winking at her while walking in, "brought dessert…"
Jenna eyed him annoyed and just made the gesture for him to walk in…
Great, Elena thought, Jenna hated Damon and she was about to break up with Stefan soon to then date Damon… this was going to be a hell of a conversation she was going to have.
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As the afternoon proceeded, Elena left the adults to have their barbeque; she grabbed a glass of lemonade and walked to the front patio… A flutter of images then invaded her head…
Someone by the name of George Lockwood and Katherine making a deal… she turns in all 27 vampires in exchange for her escape and make-believe death…
1864 Stefan confesses his love to Katherine… after the ball…
A phrase that reverberates in her head, "I never compelled your love, Stefan…It was real and so was mine…"
Katherine pondering in her bedroom her feelings for Stefan, as 1864 Damon shows up to be with her and she compels him to leave her alone…
Damon's heartbroken expression as he asks, "Is my love not enough?"
"We died for Nothing!..." the phrase rang with anger in her…
Elena's shock at all of this made her lose grip of her cup, and it fell to the ground breaking. She pulled her phone out then and noticed that Stefan hadn't called her all day… could he be in danger? She wondered, she began dialing his number and it went straight to voice mail…
That can't be right, she grabbed her keys and wallet to head to the boarding house, but she paused a moment deliberating to tell Damon, but decides he's got the whole werewolf problem on hand. About to walk out her front door, she stops when she runs into Caroline…
Right… she'd forgotten that she'd invited her over.
/
Moments later…
"What the hell is her problem…?" Elena walked aggravated. She'd told her, she'd explained that she needed to check up on Stefan because something was off and she just kept holding her back…
She huffed.
The Salvatore house was now in view and she began to sense this ugly feeling at the pit of her stomach…
She reached for the main door, opening it slowly… "Stefan…?" she called out, but no reply came.
Elena walked in scanning the area for anything or anyone, and everything seemed unnervingly quiet…
"You must be Elena…?" she heard from behind her. She turned around slowly and came face to face with her… her doppelganger.
In a matter of seconds, Stefan was soon present and Katherine was gone…
"Elena… are you okay?" she shook her head in response, she was stunned at their resemblance, it was truly eerie. It was one thing to see her in her mind as memories came, but being in the flesh of her presence was just… striking.
"Are you okay?" she asked him not knowing what else to say or what to feel.
"Not really…" he said, his expression and voice strained. There was so much emotion behind his words. She tried not to over analyze it, but the truth was that it seemed as if his worst nightmare had come true.
/
Not being able to actually talk about what had happened today, Stefan and Elena were sitting at a table at The Grill… Stefan felt stricken with the information that she had revealed and Elena was a wreck inside as she tried to find the words to tell Stefan that they should take a break from each other.
Elena felt it her duty to start, "So what now Stefan…?"
"I… I don't know… we figure out what Katherine's after and go from there…"
"Well did she say what she wanted, why she came back? Cause it seems to me she wants you…" she asked probing.
"No… she doesn't… she just likes to play games Elena, but she did make it clear that if we didn't break up, that she'd hurt the people we care about."
There was an awkward silence for a moment…
"So I think it's safe to say that you've decided what you want to do…" Elena said picking up on his hesitation to voice what he felt had to be done.
"Elena I just don't know what else…" he said worriedly.
"Save it Stefan…" she finished abruptly as she picked up her purse and walked out.
She left in a huff as the way Stefan was acting had really irritated her. It was true that this was what she wanted, but what did that say about their relationship… if he was willing to give up on them, the moment his ex showed up.
Damon watched an upset Elena go… and that bothered him more than he wanted to admit. How could he have been so stupid as to think that Elena would be any different than Katherine. She wanted his brother and wanted to have him on the side… the proof was in the fact of how'd disappointed she'd left from here at knowing Stefan was taking Katherine's side.
