Chicago
Klaus, Aalleeyah (Outfit on profile) and Stefan are in a clothing store, drinking some champagne while waiting for Rebekah to finish trying on clothes.
"There has to be more to this dress." Rebekah complains from the dressing room
"Trust me, there isn't" Aalleeyah calls back. Rebekah steps out of the dressing room in a short black dress.
"So women in the 21st century dress like prostitutes, then. You know, I got dirty looks for wearing trousers." Rebekah continues to protest.
"You wore trousers so women today could wear nothing." Klaus smirks and looks at Aalleeyah
"Asshole" She curses as she punches him in the arm
"And what is this music? It sounds like a cable car accident." Rebekah whines
"It's dance music." Stefan explains
"People dance to this?"
"Hmm."
"Are we done?" Klaus asks
"And why are you so grumpy?" Rebekah questions, walking over to him
"I needed one thing from you for my witch to find out why my hybrids are dying, one thing. Your necklace. And you lost it." Klaus growls
"I didn't lose it. It's just been missing for 90 years." Rebekah replies
"So what do you think?" Rebekah asks Stefan
"I like it." Stefan lies and Rebekah can tell by her facial expression
"What? I said I like it." Stefan defends, seeing her face
"I can always tell when you're lying, Stefan." Rebekah storms off back to the dressing room
"Nice one, good work." Klaus says to Stefan
"You're the one that pulled the dagger out of her." Stefan answers
"I heard that." Rebekah yells from the fitting room
"All right. I'm going to get some fresh air." Stefan gets up and leaves the store. Klaus turns to Aalleeyah
"How are you feeling today love?" He asks her, knowing of her and Damon's break up
"Fine"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. It wasn't really the break up. We broke up the moment you abducted me" Aalleeyah spits.
"It isn't my fault that he got with another girl Lee"
"If I was there, he wouldn't have"
"You sure about that?"
"God, you're such an fucking asshole" She yells angrily, just as Rebekah walks out of the dressing room in a pair of shorts and a top.
"He is isn't he? Good to know we have something in common" Rebekah agrees, getting herself a glass of champagne as Aalleeyah continues to glare at Klaus.
Outside, Stefan has stepped outside when he spots Katherine across the road. He sees her make a sign, so he follows her.
Gilbert's House
In the Gilbert kitchen, Damon is helping Elena cook.
"I just don't know why you want to bring chilli to a potluck. Everybody brings chilli." Damon complains and Elena stops stirring the mixture in the pot to face him
"Are you okay?" She asks
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, you and Aalleeyah just broke up for a second time and you seem strangely fine" Elena tries to get him to talk but to Damon's relief, Alaric walks in
"Hey, Ric." Damon greets
"What's up?" Alaric replies
"What time do you want to go to the Lockwood party?" Elena asks
"Ah. Those founders parties aren't really my thing." Alaric complains, just as Jenna walks in.
"We're going." She declares and Alaric relents
"Show up, there's going to be nine other people that brought chilli." Damon warns Elena
"It's an old family recipe, okay?" Elena answers
"Yeah! I know. I knew your old family. They made sucky chilli." Damon smiles and Elena laughs in response.
"Why are you here, exactly?" Jenna asks Damon
"She knows." Damon replies
"He thinks I'm going to break. I'm not going to break. I am just going to keep making chili, pretend like I didn't just spend the entire summer looking for someone who didn't want to be found." Elena
"She's in denial." Damon whispers loudly
"I'm not in denial." Elena whispers
"No?" Damon walks closer to her and touches her necklace
"You're still wearing this necklace. Isn't this the reminder of your unbreakable bond with Stefan?" Damon asks
Chicago
Aalleeyah POV:
After nearly punching Klaus in the face, I needed to get some fresh air. I step outside and take out a cigarette from my bag. Yes, when I'm stressed or upset, I smoke. It's a dirty habit that I really need to work on getting rid of. After lighting up, I look around the streets of Chicago in front of me when I realise that I can't see Stefan outside with me. I look around some more and I spot him talking to someone across the street. And that someone is Katherine. Angrily, I stomp on my cigarette and walk over there.
"What's going on here?" I interrupt, getting both of their attention.
"Oh Aalleeyah, good to see you again" Katherine fakely smiles.
"What are you talking about?" I ask, again
"Stefan and I are were just talking about Rebekah's necklace and how that necklace happens to be the same one as the one he gave to your sister"
"What?" I gasp, then punch Stefan as hard as I can in the arm
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I only just remembered" He defends
"Look, they don't know where it is. We just have to keep them from figuring it out. I have it all under control." Stefan tells
"Please, tell me you have a better plan than that." I beg and he doesn't respond
"You do. Come on, Stefan. You're not the diabolical type. Whatever you're planning, it's not going to work." Katherine informs
"Well, if the two most diabolical women I know can't seem to figure it out, then I must be doing something right." Stefan sasses
"Uh-huh. I forgot. You're bad now. Don't get too cocky. Klaus is smarter than you. He's smarter than everyone. And I've heard about that sister. Be careful. She'll ruin you." Katherine warns
"Happy to know you still care." Stefan smirks and walks off but I remain behind
"What are you doing here?" I glare at my doppelgänger
"How are you and Damon doing?"
"Fine" I spit, not wanting to talk about him
"No you're not. So what was it? Was it that he's an asshole or was it that he was making out with your sister while you being abducted?" Katherine smirks. I can feel my face completely fall.
"Ohhhh.. He didn't tell you. I guess he just didn't have time, you know, with him being so preoccupied these days with Elena… Bye" Katherine smirks then walks off, happy of her actions. I can't even move right now. I feel absolutely paralysed. I don't whether I'm upset of angry. Probably both. I just wanna cry and punch both of them in the face. He was kissing my sister while I was having my neck snapped. Assholes! I march back off to the store, about to charge in there and tell Klaus all about Elena being alive and where that stupid necklace is. Before I can walk in though, somebody catches my arm, pulling me away from the door. I look at the person and sees it's Stefan. He drags me to an alley, far enough that Klaus wouldn't be able to hear.
"What happened? What did she say to you?" Stefan asks
"She told me about Damon and Elena" I snap
"What about them?"
"They kissed. They were sucking each others faces while you were breaking my neck"
"What?" Stefan breathes, obviously hurt
"Yep" I try to run off again but Stefan catches my arm once again
"What are you going to do?" He asks
"What do you think I'm gonna do? I'm going to tell Klaus why his hybrids aren't working!"
"He'll kill her Aalleeyah"
"So? I don't care!" I yell
"Yes you do Aalleeyah. You're hurt and you're acting out" Stefan soothes and I have no response because I know just how right he is. I sigh defeatedly and Stefan pulls me closer to him, embracing me in a hug. I wrap my arms around his neck and lean my head on his shoulder
"Stef?" I whisper into his shoulder
"Yeah?"
"What's wrong with me?"
"Nothing's wrong with you" He assures me and I pull away to look at him
"There must be something wrong with me because all my boyfriends cheat on me. Tyler cheated on me constantly, Klaus cheated. And now Damon. You can't tell me that it's not me when every guy I've dated has done the same thing"
"Nothing is wrong with you Aalleeyah trust me" Stefan re assures firmly. There has to be something wrong with me.
Gilbert's House
Jeremy's in his bedroom sleeping. He wakes up suddenly and sees Anna lying next him. Shocked, he gets out of the bed
"Jeremy." Anna breathes
"Anna!" Jeremy gasps
"You heard me?"
"What are you doing here?"
"Wait, like heard me, heard me, or did it sound more like a..."
"Where have you been?" Jeremy interrupts
"I need to know you can hear me."
"You drop in, you tell me not to trust Vicki, and then you disappear?"
"Jeremy! Tell me you can hear me."
"Yeah, yeah, I can hear you, all right? What the hell! What is it?"
"I've been trying to get you to hear me for days. Yelling your name and screaming."
"You have?"
"What changed? I've been trying to get through to you, why now?"
"I was dreaming about you, I—"
"You were dreaming about me?" Anna asks and they sit down next to each other on the bed
"I can't believe this is actually happening. That you're actually here." Jeremy smiles
"I'm here." Anna returns the smile. Then the door bell downstair rings. Elena opens the door to reveal a smiling Caroline holding a dish in her hands.
"I come bearing gifts!" Caroline announces cheerily
"Please say that's not chilli..." Elena groans but then Bonnie walks in
"Bonnie!" Elena yells happily
"I'm back!" Bonnie smiles and they embrace each other
"I leave town for the summer and everything goes to hell for the both of you." Bonnie jokes just as Jeremy comes down the stairs
"Bonnie!" Jeremy grins
"Jeremy." Bonnie rushes over to him. They kiss each other sweetly before hugging. As they're hugging, Jeremy looks over his girlfriend's shoulder and sees Anna standing there, looking at the couple.
The street
Damon and Liz are walking and talking.
"So Mayor Lockwood called your gay ex-husband to torture your vampire daughter?" Damon asks
"Yes. I've been keeping him detained to make sure the vervain's out of his system. So you could, you know…" Liz points to her eyes, referring to the vampire compulsion Damon has.
"Can't we just kill him?"
"No, Damon! He's Caroline's father."
"He sounds like a douche-bag to me."
"Yeah, well, just 'cause you and I are on OK terms doesn't mean that I'm suddenly a big advocate for your "lifestyle.""
"Is that what you told him when you two got divorced?" Damon smirks
A cellar
Damon and Liz walk down the stairs that led to the cellar.
"Double check him for vervain before you compel him." Liz instructs before they walk into the cellar where Caroline was previously detained. Bill is now tied to the chair and has duct tape covering his mouth. Damon walks over and rips the tape off.
"You brought another vampire into this?" Bill asks his ex wife
"It's the best thing for all of us, Bill." Liz explains
"So, Bill, I hear you're into the whole daddy-daughter vampire torture thing." Damon says
"I was trying to help her." Bill defends
"Well, if there's anyone who doesn't need help, it's your annoying control freak of a daughter." Damon bites into his neck and tastes his blood, not finding any trace of vervain
"Yep. He's vervain-free." Damon announces
"Just erase his memory, Damon." Liz commands
"So, Bill, I have a question. What makes you think that you can change the basic nature of a vampire?" Damon questions
"The mind's a powerful tool. It can be trained and retrained. You just have to be strong enough."
"Oh, yeah? I completely agree. I actually happen to love mind control, myself." Damon grabs his face roughly in his hands and starts to compel him
"You will leave town immediately. All you remember is you came to bring your daughter back to school shopping." Damon compels
Gloria's, Chicago
Stefan and Aalleeyah walk into the bar to find Gloria sitting at a table with her eyes closed and Klaus and Rebekah looking on.
"You guys left us." Rebekah pouts
"Yeah, sorry. Retail therapy was making my head explode." Stefan explains
"Tell me about it." Klaus answers
"And I couldn't stand your brother anymore" Aalleeyah tells Rebekah, who smiles in return
"What's she doing?" Stefan asks, referring to Gloria
"She's failing." Klaus snarls
"Can't you help?" Rebekah asks Aalleeyah
"It probably won't help. It's hard to find something when you don't have anything to go on." Gloria says, answering for Aalleeyah
"So use me. I only wore it for a thousand years."
"See? Now this one offers a solution." Rebekah walks over and sits opposite Gloria
"All right, give me your hand, sweetheart." Gloria instructs and Rebekah hold her hand out
"She's, uh, she's looking for the necklace, huh?" Stefan asks, looking very nervous and suspicious.
Gilbert's house
In the kitchen, Elena, Caroline and Bonnie are talking as they make chilli
"The problem with my dad's normal side of the family is normal made for a really boring summer." Bonnie complains
"After the last few days, I would kill for a normal family." Caroline responds
"Since when did you learn how to cook?" Caroline asks Elena
"Damon helped a little." Elena answers
"Damon's helping you cook now?" Bonnie questions
"Both of you stop judging. He's just trying to be a good... ow!" Elena gasps, her skin bring
"Ahh! Did I splash you?" Caroline asks, worried
"No, no, my necklace." Elena touches it and her fingers burn
Gloria's, Chicago
Gloria still has Rebekah's hand in hers.
"I can sense something." Gloria announces . Stefan looks on, very worried that he has found where the necklace is. Aalleeyah notices his look and sends him a confused glance.
Gilbert's House
"It burned me." Elena says
"Maybe it's a sign you shouldn't be wearing it." Caroline shrugs
"Caroline…" Bonnie warns
"What, I'm just saying. If you're going to be "cooking" without Stefan."
"Let me see it."
Gloria's, Chicago
Gloria is still casting her spell
Gilbert's House
Bonnie examines the jewellery and touches it. It gives her an electric shock and Elena drops it. The two look at each other, stunned.
Gloria's, Chicago
Gloria releases Rebekah's hand and turns to the other three
"I found it." Gloria declares
"So where is it?" Rebekah asks
"It doesn't work like that, doll. I get images. There's a girl with her friends…" Gloria explains
"Yes, a dead girl with dead friends, if I don't get my necklace back." Rebekah hisses
"Well, I'll have to dive back in to get the details."
"So dive." Klaus pressures
"I need more time. And space. You're harshing my ju-ju."
"We can wait."
"I'm sure you can. But that's not what I asked." Gloria glares
"Hey. Hey, you know, why don't we just come back later. I'm hungry anyway. I'll let you pick who we eat." Stefan persuades and they all leave
Lockwood's Mansion
Elena and Caroline are sitting on a bench away from the party when Bonnie joins them with her grimoire
"I have an identification spell that might be able to tell me what magic affected the necklace." Bonnie informs and Elena passes off her necklace to her
"It's going to take a while, so tell me if anyone's coming, okay?" Bonnie instructs
"So you're not, like, switching Salvatore's, are you?" Caroline bluntly asks Elena
"What?"
"Caroline…" Bonnie warns again
"Stay focused." Caroline commands Bonnie
"As your friend who worries for you daily, what is the deal with you and Damon?" Caroline questions Elena
"There is no deal. He's been just as focused on finding Stefan and Aalleeyah as I have."
"Yeah, but that doesn't make him any less Damon. If my own father, who I love dearly, can't change me. No one's changing Damon. Not even you."
"Aalleeyah did"
"No, Aalleeyah temporary fixed him and now that she's gone, he's back to being Damon because she dumped his ass."
"I'm not into Damon"
"Then why did you kiss him?"
"Look, why are we even talking about this?"
"Because you've never actually answered the question" By now their voices are slightly raised
"Hey guys." Bonnie interrupts the fight between her two best friends. The two stop bickering and look over at Bonnie and see the necklace, floating in the air.
"What are you doing?" Caroline asks the witch
"I'm not doing anything. It has its own magic."
Meanwhile at the party, Damon is looking around at all the different families chilli when Alaric walks over to him and passes him a beer.
"I'm going to let you in on a little secret... Founders parties are just an excuse for the council to gather in back rooms and plot against vampires." Damon says
"Hey, uh, I think you need to take a beat with Elena." Alaric replies
"Excuse me?"
"Whatever it is you two have going on, I think it's a bad idea."
"Nothing is going with us Ric. I still love Aalleeyah."
"Do you? Because you and Elena are real close right now."
"I don't really think it's your problem, Ric."
"It is my problem. I'm supposed to look after her, and this is me doing that."
"What do you think I'm doing?"
"What I think is you need to take a beat." Alaric says as Liz joins them
"Damon? Sorry. Uh, the mayor just called for the council meeting." Liz interrupts
A warehouse, Chicago
Stefan, Klaus and Aalleeyah are all drinking from a girl each while Rebekah looks on with a pout
"My girl's dead. I'm bored." Rebekah complains
"You weren't kidding about being hungry." Klaus comments, seeing Stefan's thirst
"Yeah. It's been a long day." Stefan replies, eying Rebekah
"Try being related to her." Klaus laughs
"Oh please, I much rather her than you" Aalleeyah tells Klaus as she finishes off her girl and drops the lifeless body to the floor. Rebekah smiles at her and then turns to Stefan, her pout back.
"You're being mean. And why are you being mean? You used to love me." She pouts at him
"It's been 90 years, Rebekah. Give him a minute." Klaus replies
"Why are you taking his side?"
"Because, my dear sister, I feel pity for any man who doesn't give you what you want."
"Will you stop making me out to be a brat? I am not a brat!" Rebekah yells
"A thousand years of life experience says otherwise."
"Well, you're no picnic, either. I mean, I've only spent one summer with you and I feel like I want to blow my head off." Stefan tells Klaus
"Seconded" Aalleeyah smirks
"Fantastic." Rebekah laughs
"I need to go." Stefan leaves
"Where's he going?" Rebekah asks
"To write a name on a wall. It's a long story." Klaus explains
"I'm gonna go with him" Aalleeyah announces about to get up
"I don't think so love"
"I'm going" Aalleeyah hisses and storms out, following Stefan out. She walks out and sees Stefan walking away so she jogs to catch up to him
"Stefan!" Aalleeyah calls and he stops
"What's wrong with you?" Aalleeyah asks
"What?"
"I saw your face when Gloria was trying to find the necklace. What's wrong?"
"That necklace that was Rebekahs, that was the necklace I gave to Elena" Stefan confesses and Aalleeyah's eyes widen.
"Are you serious?!" Aalleeyah yells
"Yep"
"Well we gotta stop them from finding it" Aalleeyah instructs
"Really? This morning you wanted her dead."
"I've had a change of heart. I still hate her but I don't want her dead."
"How are we going to stop them?"
"I'll figure it out" Aalleeyah tells him and walks off in the opposite direction.
Lockwood's Mansion
Jeremy walks into a room void of anybody and makes sure to close the door
"Anna? Look, where are you? We don't have much time." Jeremy says aloud and then Anna appears.
"We've got all the time in the world." Anna smiles
"I'm sorry about before. I just got, um, distracted." Jeremy explains
"It's fine. I get it. Why haven't you told her?"
"Well, she's been gone all summer."
"Yeah, I know that. Now why haven't you told her, really?"
"I don't know. You know, I don't even understand how any of this is possible."
"Well, it's kind of a push and pull. I'm pushing from the other side trying to contact you, and sometimes, like just now, if you pull..."
"The other side? Is that... Is that what it's called?"
"That's what I call it. I'm all by myself here. It's like I'm a part of your world, only no one can see me. I'm just... On the other side."
"Wait, well what about Vicki?" Jeremy asks
"Whenever you say you see her, I feel something. A darkness. And when I try to tell you not to let her in, something crazy happens. Like, she's trying to push me out."
"Like the windows breaking."
"Just be careful. Try not to let her in. 'Cause she can't get through if you're not open to it. You don't understand how amazing it is to finally be able to talk to you. I'm all by myself here. I don't have anyone." Anna touches his hand but he doesn't feel it or realise it''s even there until he looks down and sees it. She withdraws her hand
"I'm sorry. I know you can't feel anything." Anna apologises
"Do it again." Jeremy commands and raise his hand. She complies and touches his hand as she smiles
AN: Hey guys, I'm getting like zero reviews and I'm really losing motivation right now like I haven't written in ages. Please review.