Little By Little Things Unravel
"Nice to meet you." Elena said.
"You sure do look like Katherine." Angela commented as she shook Elena's hand.
Damon noticed Bella was wearing a black turtle neck and he wondered why. Since Bella had been here she wore tank tops and low hanging jeans and now all of a sudden she was covered up.
"So Bonnie, how long have you been practicing?" Angela asked.
"A few months." Bonnie replied shyly, "My grandma started teaching me and then she passed away; I've been learning on my own ever since."
"I can tell, you're very powerful for being so new." Angela said and then leaned in closer, "We'll talk later about the little effects." And winked at Bonnie.
"So what is the plan for the day?" Jeremy asked.
"Caroline and I were going to the Grill, do you want to join us Angela?" Bonnie said.
"Sure that is unless Bella here needs me?" Angela said.
"No I'm good." Bella said and sipped on her tea.
"Cool let's get going." Caroline said, "I want to see Matt."
The three girls left with Jeremy in tow.
"What about you three?" Bella asked.
"Well I think Elena and I are going to her family's cabin." Stefan said. "Unless we need to be here."
Bella shook her head, "No, go have some fun," she said and headed for the stairs, "But remember use protection." She yelled as she headed up the stairs.
Damon followed her and knocked on her room.
"Come in," She said and he entered.
"So what are your plans for today?" Damon asked sitting down on the edge of the bed.
"Well there is that historical thing today. Jenna told me I should come." Bella said.
"What's so interesting there?" Damon asked.
"Elijah is the guest of honor." Bella replied.
Damon froze for a moment then carefully said, "What are you going to do?"
"Catch up." Bella said, "I'm not stupid Damon, I'm not gonna kill him; to do that requires careful and precise planning."
"Need a date?" Damon asked, "I mean me being head of the council gives me an automatic invite and you a cover."
"That's sweet, but I've already got a cover remember I'm one of Jenna's friends' daughters." Bella said. "Now get out, I have to get ready."
"Fine, but I'll probably see you there." Damon said and left the room.
Bella dressed in a grey turtleneck sweater dress. She turned in the mirror and concluded she looked fine. The wounds are her neck hadn't healed yet, but no one needed to know. She knew what was needed, but right now there was no time.
Bella arrived at the Lockwood's house and handed her keys to the valet. Bella walked up the steps, but was stopped by a voice.
"Don't you clean up well." Damon's voice said behind her.
"Quit staring at my ass Salvatore." Bella replied and turned to face him.
"Well it is quite an ass." Damon said and walked up to her.
"Don't get any ideas, you won't be tapping it." Bella replied.
"Yea, you said the same thing about your vein and yet I did." Damon said and grabbed her hand kissing it.
"Only because I let you. I'm not the one night stand kind of girl Damon and I definitely don't get with people who are in love with someone else." Bella replied and walked into the house.
"Bella," Jenna said "You made it."
"Of course." Bella replied and hugged her.
"Damon's behaving?" Jenna questioned.
"Yes, he is quite the host." Bella said and winked at Damon, who gave a rare genuine smile.
"Jenna, who is this lovely young lady?" Carol Lockwood asked.
"Carol Lockwood, Isabella Swan, my friend's daughter I was telling you about." Jenna said.
"Mrs. Lockwood, it's a pleasure to meet you." Bella said.
"Yes, Jenna said you are an English Lit major." Carol said appraising the young girl.
"Yes ma'am." Bella replied very politely.
Damon was amazed at how easy it was for her to play a role and he began to wonder if she was playing him.
"Well than you must meet our guest of honor." Carol said as she directed Bella and Damon through the crowd, "Elijah Smith meet Damon Salvatore."
"Hello," Elijah said.
"Nice to meet you." Damon replied.
"And this is Isabella Swan," Carol said and Elijah looked at Bella and froze.
"Hello Elijah." Bella said, "It's been quite some time."
"Isabella," Elijah said, "What are you doing here in Mystic Falls?"
"I think you know why I'm here." Bella replied.
"You two know each other." Carol said.
"Yes, Isabella and I have a mutual acquaintance." Elijah said. "Isabella, you are absolutely right it has been a while; Carol is there some place Isabella and I may catch up?"
"Of course, you may use the study down the hall to your left." Carol said.
"Shall we?" Elijah asked and offered Bella his arm.
Bella took it without hesitation and looked back at Damon; she mouthed I'll be fine and they disappeared from the other guests.
"You've grown up." Elijah said the moment the door was closed.
"You haven't changed." Bella replied. "Let's cut the chase; I'm not gonna let you sacrifice Elena."
"Isabella, we both want the same thing…Klaus dead. You're reasoning is more personal than mine." Elijah said.
"Don't go there with me Elijah." Bella warned.
"Am I interrupting?" Damon asked opening the door.
"Damon, where's Elena?" Elijah asked.
"With Stefan; we're having a bit of a werewolf problem." Damon replied.
"And yet here you are in the room with one." Elijah said and looked at Bella, who smiled.
"I'm confused though as to why you're here." Damon said taking a seat.
"Just focus on keeping Elena safe." Elijah said and started to head for the door.
Damon blurred and blocked his way, "Not good enough."
Elijah grabbed Damon by the throat and pinned him against the wall, "How dare you come in here and challenge me."
Bella quickly blurred and grabbed Elijah throwing him into the door then she grabbed him by the throat, "Careful Elijah, wouldn't want to make a scene now would we."
"No," Elijah said and pulled a knife from his jacket stabbing Bella with it. "We wouldn't want that. Hope to see you soon Isabella, we have so much more to catch up on." He said then blurred to Damon stabbing him in the neck, "Listen carefully, the moment you become useless, I will kill you."
Elijah left and Damon walked over to Bella, "Are you alright?"
Bella pulled the knife out of her abdomen, "I'll be fine." She said and looked at him.
The blood pooling from his neck caused her to take a deep breath and then it was too late. Damon watched as Bella's eyes became dark and veins popped out around them. He watched as her teeth elongated to points like his did.
"What the hell?" Damon said and stepped back, "You're a vampire?"
He was confused; he had seen her in wolf form just the night before and now here she was full on vampire face.
Bella wasn't paying any attention to Damon's reaction all she could focus on was the blood that was on his neck even though the wound had healed. Internally she was fighting…she felt the fire burning in the throat and it needed to be quenched, but finally she came to her senses.
Bella's eyes returned to normal and she looked at Damon, "I'm sorry." She said and blurred out through the other door.
Damon went after her, but was stopped by Carol who rambled on and on about some news woman he had to meet.
.*.*.*.*.*.
Bella grabbed her coat and car and left, calling Angela on her way.
"What's wrong?" Angela asked, "Something feels off."
"We need to get our stuff from the boarding house." Bella said.
"Bells what happened?" Angela asked.
"Elijah stabbed me and Damon and when I saw Damon's blood my face changed." Bella said.
"So he knows?" Angela asked and Bella heard a car start in the background.
"No, I ran out." Bella said. "Meet you at the house." and they hung up.
.*.*.*.*.*.
About fifteen minutes later they were packing and that's when Angela saw the small black bag.
"Isabella," she said as she picked up the bag, "Tell me you aren't using this stuff again."
Bella sighed, "I had to."
"You had to…Bella this crap makes you weak." Angela said and took out the vial, "It's poison to you and you know it. You can't do this to yourself…what would Charlie say?"
"Doesn't matter," Bella said and grabbed the bag from her.
"The hell it doesn't," Angela said, "This stops now you hear me." She grabbed the bag back from Bella, "No more."
Bella sat down, "I don't want to be like him." Bella said.
Angela came to sit next to her, "That's the biggest issue; you don't want to be like him." She said and Bella nodded, "You listen to me Bella, I've known for five years, you are a strong independent woman. You have had to deal with so much and you still are here. I saw Edward break you and Jake too, but you overcame that. This is just another obstacle; you are not him you are you. Sure there are aspects, but that doesn't mean shit. We aren't our parents and we make our own destinies. You won't be like him because it's not who you are."
Bella smiled a little, "Nice pep talk."
"What can I say? I was student body president, I had to give pep talks remember." Angela teased and they laughed. "But seriously Bella, no more of this crap." Angela said holding up the black bag.
"No more." Bella said.
"Which means you have to feed." Angela stated and gave Bella her wrist.
"Come on Ang, no." Bella objected.
"Bella don't think I didn't notice the turtleneck." Angela said, "You aren't healing because you've been on this crap and you haven't been feeding. Now drink before I put a spell on you."
Bella knew she couldn't win against Angela so she let her face change and sunk her teeth into Angela's wrist. Instantly Bella started to feel strong and her wounds started to heal. When Bella did pull away she was completely healed.
"You look a hell of a lot better." Angela stated as she bandaged her wrist.
"What do you mean?" Bella asked.
"You looked like a walking corpse." Angela replied.
"Well I'm partially a waking corpse given that my birth father is a vampire." Bella said and they laughed.
Then Angela became very still.
"Ang?" Bella asked and then realized what was going on, "Ang what do you see?"
"Elena and Stefan are in trouble at the lake house." she said and came out of her daze.
Bella grabbed her bag and keys, "You stay here if Damon asks where I am, tell him I had to leave on business and I'll be back to explain everything."
.*.*.*.*.*.
Three hours later Bella arrived at the Gilbert cabin just as Tyler was about to shoot Stefan.
"Tyler wait!" she yelled.
"No, we get Elena we can end the curse." Tyler said and pointed the gun back at Stefan.
"Jules hasn't told you everything; the only way to end the curse is to sacrifice Elena." Bella said and Tyler's eyes shot to hers, "It's true, that's the only way. So are you ready to kill a girl you've known your entire life?"
Tyler lowered the gun and then dropped it. Bella closed her eyes and listened; she heard Elena running and she blurred to the front door as Elena came out. Bella grabbed Ray as he came out of the house and slammed him into the outside wall.
"I warned you and you didn't listen." Bella said and took the knife from him and stabbed Ray in the chest, "You should have listened."
Those were the last words Ray heard and Bella watched as his eyes became lifeless. She pulled the knife from his chest and looked at Elena.
"You alright?" Bella asked.
"Yes." She said.
"Elena," Tyler said and came out of the shadows, "I'm sorry…...I didn't know."
Elena walked over to Tyler and hugged him letting him know she understood.
"Let's talk Tyler." Bella said and they walked away from Stefan and Elena. "Ask me."
"What should I do?" Tyler asked, "I don't trust you and I don't trust Jules, but I feel like she can help me more."
"I can't force you to stay, but I will warn you, if you go with Jules and you come back to kill Elena or anyone else, I will be there to stop you like I did the other night. I will not hesitate to kill you…I just killed Ray and at one time I considered him a brother." Bella said.
"You would have killed Mason." Tyler said quietly.
"Yes, I would have killed Mason." Bella said, "Do what you have to, just leave a note for your mother if you decide to go with Jules."
.*.*.*.*.*.
Bella returned to the cabin and saw Stefan outside.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Elena knew when she made the deal with Elijah he plans on having her die and yet today she made all these insinuations about our future." Stefan blurted. "She's given up before it's even begun."
"Go hunt." Bella said, "Give me some girl time."
Stefan hesitated for a moment, but then disappeared.
.*.*.*.*.*.
Bella walked into the cabin and shut the door. She walked into the living room and there sat Elena by the fire.
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asked.
"Hunting." Bella answered, "We are gonna have a little girl time."
"What are we gonna tell each other secrets?" Elena scoffed.
"Actually yes, I'm gonna tell you why I'm here and everything there is about me." Bella said.
Elena sat there stunned as Bella went into the kitchen grabbing two wine glasses and a bottle taking not that there were at least five bottles more. Bella prayed that was enough otherwise Stefan was gonna be running to the nearest liquor store.
A/N: Here you guys go I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed reading it. Now unfortunately I have a huge test this week so I probably won't update again but you might get lucky.
Now I know some of you are following my other story Awake and Alive, but the next chapter is supposed to be filled with some sensual and romantic stuff unfortunately I am blocked due to a fight with my ex that has left me seriously lacking in the romance department so it's hold, but as soon as I get passed what happened I will write it and post.
Thanks go out to Dark-Supernatural-Angel and AllyDLV for their opinions and help on this chapter.
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