Hey my lovelies.! I'm back with another chapter.! Yayy.!
But first I would like to address some questions and settle some things you guys have been worried about in the review section.!
Okay, 1. When Elena first walked in on Damon, it's not that she thinks he's a bad person (and no she is not still with Stefan at this time) she just doesn't know what to think. She walked in on Damon, (who let's be honest, doesn't exactly have a good track record) holding a baby covered in blood and her mind just races, scrambling for some sort of explanation. She doesn't have a final thought by the time she starts to scold Damon for whatever it is he's done but bottom line is, the sight of a baby with blood on it is not going to bring happy thoughts so she just jumps to the worst conclusion.
2. When Stefan says, "You're still the same selfish, uncaring bastard you were before." in chapter one, He means in regards to the last time Damon sent him off the deep end. He didn't mean it, since as we already established he was pretty much just talking out of his ass because he was angry and hurt and scared of what could've happened.
3. I completely agree that Damon would make a good parent, (he's loyal, and caring and protective as well as gentle when he needs to be) which is why I write him the way that I do (instead of awkward and bumbling and fumbling around in confusion atnd distaste) where He not only has to take care of Stefan, but he genuinely wants to. The part last chapter about him not being parent material was a thought completely all his own because it's pretty much common canon knowledge that who and how he is almost never matches up with the way he views himself.
Well.! Now the we've got that all cleared up, on with the fic.! Hope you enjoy.!
Caroline sighed, smiling as she heard the two Salvatores sleeping soundly upstairs. She sat back, stretching our her limbs as she got comfortable, noticing Elena hadn't really moved from her spot in the corner since she'd arrived.
"Hey," she called to her, frowning when Elena didn't really show much of a response, "What's wrong?" she asked, sitting up straight.
Elena exhaled, bringing her crossed arms tighter around her as she shook her head, "I'm just.." she trailed off not knowing how to explain the way she was feeling.
"Worried?" Caroline offered, looking at her in understanding.
Elena shook her head, "No.." she said, Caroline giving her an odd look. "Well I mean yes of course!" she amended, "But that's not what I'm talking about.."
Caroline frowned, "What do you mean?" she asked. Elena sighing before walking over to sit beside her on the couch, "I mean..."
"Stefan's a baby.." she said, stating the obvious, Caroline nodding at her, "okay.." she said signaling for her to move on.
"He's a baby.." she said again, "and not only that..even if we find a way to turn him back..he won't even remember.." she trailed off, turning away to look at the ground.
Caroline squinted at her, "He won't remember what?" she asked.
Elena turned to her sadly, "Bonnie said that, every memory of every thing that happened before Stefan was cursed is gone." she said, her eyes watering as she spoke, "Even if we find a way to get him back he won't remember anything!" she exclaimed.
"Not me, not you, not Damon-" she continued hysterically, "Every memory he's ever made with anyone he's ever loved is just.." she trailed off her voice weak as she finished, "gone.."
"Even the ones-"
"Even the ones he made with you." Caroline finished for her, Elena's silence serving as her confirmation.
"You're worried that if Stefan gets through this, then he won't remember loving you.." she said, looking at Elena in shock.
Elena didn't respond, avoiding eye contact as she stared at her hands in her lap, Caroline shaking her head in disappointment.
"Elena.." she said sadly, "What are you doing?" she asked gently, "You and Stefan.." she paused, looking at her friend in confusion.
"You broke up with him!" she said, Elena putting her head in her hands.
"I know." she said, sniffling before looking Caroline in the eye, "But just because it's over..doesn't mean I want to forget it!" she said shaking her head.
"I would never want to forget." she said, fire in her eyes even as tears spilled over, "And I don't want him to either.." she said, looking at Caroline pleadingly, "Is that so wrong?" she asked.
Caroline frowned, "Do you..still.." she trailed off Elena shaking her head vehemently, "No.." she said, "I'll always love him." she admitted, "Always."
"But I'm not the same person I was.." she said sadly, "and neither is he.."
Caroline sighed in frustration, "Then..why?!" she asked, Elena looking to her in confusion.
"Why what?"
"Why is it so important to you that he remembers?" she asked, Elena opening her mouth to speak, "I told you-"
"No really Elena think about it." she said, turning to face her head on, "You and Stefan..were so in love." she said, Elena smiling in reminiscence.
"I mean you were the definition of made for each other." she said, smiling right along with her.
"But that's over now.." she said frowning, "You ended it." she reminded her gently, "I was there Elena.."
"I was there the night he found out about you and Damon.." she said, looking at her sadly, "It killed him." she said.
Elena frowned, looking down in shame as Caroline continued.
"No matter how happy you two were before.." she said, holding Elena's hand in hers.
"I don't think that's something he's going to want to remember." she said, Elena looking up at her sadly as she asked, "So what am I supposed to do?"
"Just forget that it ever happened?"
Caroline nodded, "I think so.." she said, "If he doesn't ask, then I think it's best to just.." she trailed off.
"Walk away.." she said, Elena nodding at her, before she began to sob.
Caroline held her, for how long she didn't know and it didn't matter. Tonight she was finally a normal teenager as she grieved for the love she lost, the future she could've had, and the boy she thought was, the one.
Damon yawned, stretching as he struggled to wake up, he opened his eyes, smiling dopily as he found Stefan still on his chest. He sighed, raking a hand through his hair, stalling in actually getting up so as to give Stefan a little more time to rest by looking around the room. The first thing he noticed was the sunshine coming in through his window. He frowned in confusion, he had laid down in the late afternoon, the light shouldn't be so bright...
He scoffed, he'd slept through the night!
Stefan stirred, fidgeting and rubbing his mittens against his face harshly as he whined. Damon sighed, sitting up as he shushed him, getting up off the bed to go downstairs
He entered the kitchen, finding Caroline at the stove, frying an egg with laser focus and Bonnie and Elena staring on in worry. He rolled his eyes at them, "Well Well Well," he said, startling them at the sudden noise.
"The children decided to try and cook breakfast." he smirked, "I'm shocked." he said, "Would've thought you'd burn the house down by now.." he snarked, beckoning Caroline away from the open flame, a pout on her face.
"Almost did." Bonnie admitted, gesturing to the scorched hand towel floating in the sink. Damon groaned, the girls giving him sheepish looks in apology. He shook his head, 'teenagers' he muttered, adjusting Stefan as he took over, frying the eggs as Caroline made the safest thing she could manage. Toast.
He finished breakfast and served the girls their plates, nodding stiffly at their mumbled words of thanks before running a hand over his face. He needed a shower.
"Alright." he said, turning to Bonnie, "Witchy do you have the-"
"Got it." she said, reaching into her purse and taking out a small box, handing it to him. He took it, opening it and smiling at the size of the ring, he removed it from the box, discarding the empty container on the table before removing Stefan's mitten, slipping the tiny band on his equally tiny finger.
It was horribly anti climatic but it gave Damon an undeniable amount of relief as he sighed, "Good." he nodded, replacing the mitten to keep Stefan from trying to chew on the new object.
"Now." he spoke again turning to Caroline and looking at her pointedly, "You."
She blinked, surprised at the sudden singling out, "What about me?" she asked.
He smiled sweetly at her, "You.." he said, "my beautiful blonde friend." he paused, Caroline looking at him warily.
"Are on Stefan duty." he finished, plopping Stefan down in her lap.
"Hey!" she said, about to protest when Stefan pawed at her, his little mittens brushing softly against her cheek as he studied her face. She smiled at him, giving in to his cuteness as she adjusted his cap.
Damon smiled inwardly, turning to Bonnie and Elena and mouthing that he was gonna take a shower before rushing off.
After his shower Damon took his time getting dressed. He wanted to think about how to go about this. His brother was in this mess because of him. He would fix it. He would.
But that would take time..time he wasn't quite sure he had. He shook his head as his chest flooded with all the worry he had been putting off.
He gritted his teeth, finally letting it hit him that Stefan honest to god didn't remember him. Would never remember.
He would never remember all those summers they spent, playing tag in the trees until simmering day turned to cold stale night. Stefan would never remember all the times Damon had comforted him after their mother died. Wouldn't remember how for months afterward, he was the only one Stefan would speak to, his little brother too afraid of losing his grip in front of someone and disappointing their father.
He would never remember how close they were, all their most cherished memories..gone.
He stood there for a minute, frozen still as he let it all soak in...
Good.
He exhaled, his face hardening in determination.
Good. He was glad.
Stefan wouldn't remember Katherine, and her sick game of 'select a Salvatore'. That would no longer be his first experience with love. He wouldn't remember the guilt..or the pain.
He wouldn't remember Elena, or all the pain suffering and sacrifice that had come from knowing her. He wouldn't remember how Damon had thrown their relationship aside, ignored and spat in the face of it, all in the name of possibly having a shot at the love his little brother had.
He wouldn't remember all the reasons Damon had given him over the years to hate him, he would forget everything and they could start over. From square one. He shifted, reaching his hand into his pocket and fiddling with Stefan's old ring.
It was settled, as soon as Stefan was back to normal, they were gone.
He was taking his brother, and he was getting the hell out of this place. He had already severed his ties with this pitiful excuse for a town about a hundred and forty seven years ago. And with Stefan's memories gone, there was no reason left for him to stay.
Elena would understand. Well maybe not, but she didn't have to. It wasn't up to her. He loved her. He did. But he loved his brother more. For the first time in a long time, that was finally clear to him.
If it came down to choosing between Elena or Stefan..
It would always be Stefan. Over anyone.
Damon scoffed mentally, the irony not lost on him as he finally agreed and shared the same view as the only two women he had ever loved. Ever tried to love.
He was getting his brother back, and he was going to give him the eternity they deserved.
After this, he was never going to let anything come between he and his brother again.
Damon nodded, vowing to himself as he made his way downstairs and back to the girls. He didn't bother buttoning his shirt, it was his house and he could dress as he pleased.
He was surprised to say the least when he heard the faint sound of crying.
He froze in his steps, listening closely before breathing out a "Stefan.." and vamp speeding to the source of the cries.
Sure enough he found Caroline rocking him, trying her best to calm him down, but Stefan refused.
"What happened?!" he spat, rushing forward in admittedly unjustified anger.
Caroline just frowned at him, "I don't know!" she exclaimed, "he just started crying out of no where!"
"At first I thought maybe he needed to be changed," she said, bouncing him, "But there was nothing! So I tried to feed him some baby food-"
"He doesn't eat baby food." Damon told her, scooping Stefan up in his arms, his little face bright red.
Elena frowned, saddened by the sound of a baby crying, "Then what does he eat?" she asked.
Damon sighed, debating whether or not he should feed him again or just go and get a blood bag. Eventually he just shrugged, holding Stefan in an upright position, all of the girls gasping in surprise as his cries stopped and his vampire face appeared.
Damon however, was unfazed, bringing Stefan up close to his neck wincing a bit as his little fangs bit down and he began to drink. The second Stefan started, the wave returned, sending a peaceful calm through him as his brother drank.
The girls stared on, slightly in horror and slightly in awe.
"He drinks from you?" Elena asked, face pale as Damon nodded.
She gulped, "But isn't that like.."
"personal?" Caroline finished for her, Damon rolling his eyes at the both of them.
"Yes." he said, "But depending on the relationship you have with said person." he explained as though talking to a bunch of immature thirteen year olds who couldn't get their minds out of the gutter.
"It can vary between different kinds of 'personal'." he said pointedly.
The two girls blushed, looking down in embarrassment mumbling hushed words of apology that Damon simply shrugged off.
Bonnie nodded, watching the two brothers observation ally as she spoke, "It makes sense.." she said, walking forward.
"If the whole point of this curse is because Silas wants the two of you to have a better bond as brothers," she continued, thinking out loud.
"It's not surprising that he would make Stefan so dependent on you.."
Damon raised his eyebrows giving her a look as though to say 'yeah whatever' before going to sit on the couch.
Caroline snickered, the three of them looking at her in confusion as she smiled.
"What?" Bonnie asked, Caroline biting her lip.
"Guess you really are mommy." she said.
Damon rolled his eyes, huffing at her indignantly as the other two began to laugh
Alright.! Well there's the fourth chapter.! I hope you enjoyed.! And please by all means If you wanna share your ideas or opinions on things you'd like to see from this in the future feel free to let me know either in private message or in the reviews.!
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