I do not own the vampires diaries or twilight. I only own Grace, Aidan and Alexander.

This chapter is a bit messy. I didn't really watch episode 15 because I read about it on tumblr and decided against it after finding out what happened. And to clear this up for the hate I might get for this chapter:

I do not hate Elena but I do put some blame on her for the events that have transpired.

I don't like the choices she makes and how she is so quick to judge people and then not take full responsibility of everything. I don't like how she tries to mother Jeremy; sending him to Denver was not a choice she or Alaric should have made. Jeremy killed a freaking hybrid and I would have liked to see more of that but if he wanted to leave, he should have said so. (I didn't watch the episode there he left, I just know he's gone).

I don't hate Damon.

I just don't like how they made him fall in love with Elena. I like how he is in the books with his relationship with her. He does love her, but he's willing to let her go because she loves Stefan more. And Damon; as he should have stayed in the show, wants Elena because it pisses off Stefan.

I do not hate Klaus.

I love his character in season two and the first few episodes of season three. But when he magically fell in love with Caroline, it made me shake my head. Here was this extremely BAMF who scared everyone if you so much as mentioned his name and he falls in love with a woman he's never really paid attention to. Klaus loves only a few things: his family and power. He's got his family; granted I would have loved to see him continue to kick his ass, and he could have had power if he had convinced Bonnie to join his side. (it would have taken some time and the events of her mother being turned would have been the straw that broke everything she felt for the Salvatores and there ya go, Dark!Bonnie and possible Original/Bonnie pairing) but it didn't go that way.

I'm not making Bella a bitch.

I'm making her guard herself around Klaus. How would you feel if your brother tried desperately for forgiveness for ripping out the heart of the one you love and giving it to you? I'd be pissed off at my brothers for years on end. But Bella does not hate Klaus.

Also, I'm taking bits and pieces from 3x15 and 3x16. Sage does not exist in this fic because to be honest, she doesn't appeal to me.

So in this chapter, Bella reveals her own plans for her family, Mike and Jake reunite, the Denali meet the Originals, Abby and Mike have a chat and Edward makes up his mind on his relationship with Stefan while Bella begins to give into her own curiosity about her kiss with Aidan. Along with Abby turning, Elena trying to correct her wrongs, Matt realizing something about Rebekah, and another Kennett kiss XD

PS: I am considering writing another VD/Twilight (OMG another one?) fanfic but with some of the Secret Circle as well. The basic plot is Bella and Klaus were lovers 1000 years ago BUT the Originals weren't the first vampires. It would take place before Twilight but after Nick's death in Secret Circle and beginning of season 3 of VD with the Original family being brought in early.

Should I do it?

Enjoy

Izzie

Seven

Sooner or Later Our Minds Are Made Up

"You've been avoiding me,"

Edward sighed and removed himself from the pool table and turned, meeting Stefan's eyes. "Of course I have. It's called space, Salvatore. Ever heard of it?"

"Last time I checked, it was skyward, not between us," Stefan snapped. "Especially since you wanted to fuck me."

"How vulgar of you," the bronze haired boy remarked, rolling his emerald eyes. "I don't want to get physical with you in anyway at the moment. Even if your Ripper persona is drop dead sexy to me, I'm not touching you with a ten-inch pole. And not in the sexual sense either you perv."

Stefan lost the smile on his face when Edward said that. He pressed himself to the younger boy. "You're touching me now."

"Do you hear yourself?"

"I do. But I'd love to hear you say my name," Stefan breathed into his ear. "Or scream it. I don't care which."

"Stefan," Edward rolled his eyes. "People are starting to stare and last time I checked, vampires were unknown to them."

"Same sex relationships aren't," the Ripper countered.

"Stefan-"

"Is he bothering you Edward?" the bronze haired boy looked up the moment he heard that Spanish accent. Stefan growled softly and turned to see a woman with bronze skin and gold eyes. Her dark hair fell over her shoulders in curls. "Hmm?"

Grateful for the distraction, Edward kneed Stefan in the gut, hard and moved before he could remove and wrapped his arms around her. "Carmen, hello cousin."

"So different," she breathed along his neck. "You are not longer...?"

"No, I am, just a different bred. His," he jabbed his finger at the recovering Stefan.

"Your diet?"

"Still vegetarian," he smiled. Carmen was about speak when Bella came rushing over, hiding behind Edward.

"Save me, Niklaus is here." she pleaded. Edward frowned. Was Klaus still mad at her for coming home at three in the morning? She hadn't had sex with the siren, she had told Edward that and he had seen it in her mind. Bella seemed to have fed Edward's expression. "He's still mad."

"Seriously?" Edward smiled.

"Yes,"

"Isabella," the hybrid called as he walked up to them. "Are you ever going to tell me where you were?"

"Out," she answered vaguely. "And no, I was not being a strumpet, that is all Bekah."

"Then why do you smell like sex?"

"Because the person I was talking to smells like it," she snipped.

"You were chatting with him?" Edward asked with a grin. "Oh Ms. Mikaelsen you're so - OW!" he exclaimed when she snapped his arm back and twisted until he could hear his bones breaking. "Okay, okay I give. I'm sorry."

"Good," she smiled warmly at him and turned to Klaus. "I'm not tell you who it is because you'll evidently do what you do best, Nik."

"Which would be?"

"Rip out their hearts and deliver them as a gift," she scoffed and walked past him, ignoring his hurt expression. Edward and Carmen followed after her. As Edward introduced them both, a strawberry blonde came rushing over to them from the car Carmen had been in and wrapped her arms around Edward. The bronze haired vampire staggered, falling back a few steps. He was about to speak when the blonde kissed him.

Which Stefan had seen.

"Oh my," Bella said cocking her head to the side. "Curiouser and curiouser."

Edward pulled the strawberry blonde off of him, a blush staining his cheeks. "Tanya!"

"It's good to see you Edward."

"Why did you kiss me?" Edward groaned. He heard a growling behind him and turned just in time to catch Stefan by his collar. "Down Ripper."

"She kissed you."

"Evidently," Edward rolled his eyes.

"You're mine!"

"Last time I checked, I didn't have a tramp stamp on me Salvatore." Edward snarled and shoved him back. "Just because we had a relationship and I enjoy teasing you doesn't mean I'm going to jump into your arms anytime soon. I told you, Stefan, when I want you, I'll come to you. Be patience."

"I don't think that's going to happen any time soon." Bella grinned.

"Isabella," Edward warned. The Original rolled her eyes.

"And who is this?" Tanya asked, glaring viciously at the brunette girl. Bella arched an eyebrow.

"I'd watch my tongue, child." Bella expressed with a smile. "Especially since I like to play with my toys before breaking them."

Edward arched an eyebrow in amusement while Stefan wrapped his arms around the bronze haired boy when he didn't notice. A few second later, he felt a painful jab in his stomach as Edward shoved him back. "What did I say? No touching." he growled.

"Edward," Stefan began.

"I'm not asking you, I'm tell you, Ripper."

"Oh dear," Bella giggled. "And I thought Niklaus didn't understand the meaning of no."

"Say my name sister?" the hybrid asked, walking out the Grille. He took in the sight in front of him. A Spaniard woman, a strawberry blonde who was glaring daggers at his baby sister and Stefan and Edward. He kept his eyes on Bella.

"I was expressing how much you and Stefan have in common. Edward, did Stefan ever kill any of your ex lovers?" Bella asked.

"Let it go," Klaus almost begged. "Please."

Bella just shook her head. "I'm going to talk to mother."

Mike Newton hummed to himself as he walked through the town square. Many of the residents were smiling at him, giving him friendly greetings. But he could feel the eyes of Mayor Lockwood and Sheriff Forbes looking at him from across the way. The young witch knew that both women suspected him of being a vampire. If only he could tell them he was human and could preform magic. But if he did, it could cause trouble for him, Abby and Bonnie.

And he didn't want that to happen.

If that happened, then Jake would be alone. Isabella would be sad and he knew she would be cursing him after death if he did that. He took a sit on the bench and closed his eyes. He missed his boyfriend. And the very thought of him made his heart ache for him.

"Is this seat taken?" He cracked open an eye to see Abby Bennett-Wilson staring down at him. He opened his eyes and moved aside. The older witch took a seat next to him. "So you're Mike."

"Yes I am. It's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Bennett-Wilson." The blonde said and looked over at her. "To what do I owe this honor?"

"The Original Witch wants my daughter's help in a ritual."

"You mean Operation: Off My Children?" Mike smirked at her shocked look. "I may be pretty but I'm not dumb. I know all about Esther wanting to kill my mistress and her family."

"Mistress?" Abby asked. Was this boy a sex slave to the Originals?

"I refer to Isabella as Miss or something formal. Calling her Bella just don't cut at times. She rarely acts like a teenage girl. She's been around for centuries and deeply cares for others she lets in," he paused and she noticed the light touch of love in his eyes. "She's strong, beautiful, selfless and cunning. She will do anything to protect those around her. She doesn't lie, she just bottles up the truth until she feels its time for it be popped open."

"Do you love her?" Abby asked.

"I wouldn't say love," Mike smiled. "I had a crush on her. She had this air around her that I couldn't felt but feel drawn too. But all those romantic feelings went under the table when I met eyes with Jake."

"Jake?"

"My boyfriend," the blonde said timidly, a blush donning his cheeks. "We're only two years apart but I love him. He's goofy, adorable and likes to tease both me and Bella," he paused and remembered the feeling utter dread that had weighted down on him like an anchor when Jake had been injured saving Leah from the the newborn almost three weeks before. He brought his knees up and wrapping his arms around them, resting his head between them. He glanced over at the elder witch. "Have you ever wondered why your daughter is so angry towards the Salvatores and vampires in general?"

"No."

"They destroyed her life," he told her. "'Well, they damaged it I should say. She lost you because Mikael wanted to kill Elena as a child, she lost her grandmother because Damon would only leave Mystic Falls if he had Katherine; whom he thought loved him. Her best friend was turned into a vampire. Elena was placing Stefan above her friends, and couldn't grasp anything. She didn't understand why Bonnie was avoiding her. Bonnie has a fear of vampires because tried to kill her. Fear cripples us; but I'm sure you know that. And don't go seeking revenge, Abby Bennett, it will not end well. I am not placing blame on anyone, I am stating facts and all I want is for you to help your daughter get over that fear."

"Why?"

"Because it would do Kol no good to be courting her if she fears and/or wants to set him on fire. Although I believe he might like that." He laughed.

Abby gave a warm smile. "He is smitten with her."

"Quite," Mike agreed.

Talking to her mother was a bust. Bella groaned and sank into a booth at the Grille. Out the corner of her eye, she could see her sister. Rebekah had been trying to talk to Matt Donovan after she had almost gotten his killed. She felt sorry for her sister, she truly did, and she hoped that the quarterback would at least look at her.

"Well, aren't you cheery this afternoon?" Rebekah asked, her voice laced with sarcasm as she took a seat across from her sister.

"I'm not in the mood, sister," Bella responded. "This is my second visit to the Grille this afternoon and I want to be alone. No pestering siblings,"

"I just wanted to tell you that some boy came up to our estate while you were out earlier. He said he wanted to talk to you." The blonde game a hungry smile. "Just who was he? He looked delicious."

"A siren," Bella grumbled and flagged down Matt. The blonde boy stilled but walked over anyway. She smiled warmly at him, "Can I have a large order of fries and a coke?"

"Sure," he wrote down. "Anything for your friend?" he continued, not looking at Rebekah.

"Bekah?" Bella prompted.

"Just a diet coke, please. I'll just share with her." Rebekah responded.

"Alright." Matt said and rushed off.

"Oh stop with the kicked puppy look, Bekah," Bella teased. "He'll come around."

"Enough of my mopping," the elder agreed, "What does a siren want with you?"

The youngest Original laughed warmly at her sister. "He wants to court me,"

"Then let him," the blue eyed harpy frowned. Matt placed their drinks on the table and left, slightly hurt that Rebekah was not looking at him. "Why ever would you not want to let someone as interesting as that trying to make you his?"

Bella twirled her drink. "Niko,"

Rebekah paused. Bella had not called Klaus that nickname since they were human, as father had stabbed them all in their hearts. That had been the last thing she had said to Klaus as she fell into his arms, her eyes loosing their light. Reaching her hand across the table and covering it with her younger sister's paler one, she gave it a tight squeeze. "What did he do?"

"I had a lover," Bella began and told her everything. Everything Nik did to her, all the pain he caused her. Meeting her sister's gaze at the end of the tale, Bella gave her sister's hand a squeeze. "Don't hurt him."

"He ripped out your lover's heart and delivered it to you as a gift," Rebekah was seething. "How can you not want me to hurt him? He has no heart Bella. He doesn't deserve to beg for your forgiveness."

"I forgave him years ago, Bekah," Bella spoke softly. "Because I realized, he had lost the woman he loved the most. She had been apart of the ritual used to turn us into what we are. Tatia, rest her spirit, did not deserve to let that happen to her."

"Tatia had nothing to do with Nik leaving your lover without a heart," The blonde countered.

"Love makes you do crazy things," Bella whispered. "When you love someone, you're giving them the ability to destroy you, but but only if your trust them to to. I let Alexander's death cripple me for centuries. I guarded my heart and thought I could never love again. But," she placed a finger to her lips, feeling the light tingle from Aidan's lips the night before. "Maybe I didn't let the right person destroy me."

"You're speaking nonsense, Isa." Rebekah scoffed and shook her head.

"Am I?" she titled her head to the side. "I can't be certain."

"Large order of fries," Matt said and placed the basket of piping hot string potatoes in the middle of the table. "Anything else I can get you girls?"

"A question," Rebekah said. "Would you allow your sibling to forgive another for causing them pure and utter pain and rendering almost incapable of wanting to love someone because they fear they will lose them?"

Matt looked at her, and scratched the back of his head, "I wouldn't know. My sister's dead."

Rebekah's face fell and Bella looked pained. "But," he continued, "It would depend on if my sister's forgave them first. It's not my job to let her choose if she can forgive them or not. It's her decision, not mine. I can only accept it and move on."

"Thank you," Rebekah whispered. "That's all Matt."

He nodded and walked off. Bella took a fry and tossed at her sister, causing her to frown before laughing warmly. Bella grinned and joined her sister in laughter, neither of them noticing Finn watching them with a sorrowful look.

How could Isa forgive Niklaus for all the wrongs he had done? He had left almost all of her family in coffins, Kol being separated from his sister for a hundred years while he had not seen his sister go through love and lost. And to be honest with himself, the Isabella he was seeing now almost felt foreign to look at him. His baby sister kept quiet, rarely spoke her mind in fear of their father; their now dead father, and helped their mother with every chore. She was her mother's shadow and had never felt the stirrings of love. Even though she had many suitors, they were not allowed an audience with her.

Her older siblings made sure of that. Elijah would be gentle at first, then turn on you like a viper. Klaus, he didn't understand how they could fear him unless they spoke of wanting to marry their little Belladonna. That was Klaus's fear; loosing Bella to someone else. He loved his baby sister, she understood him, had been there for him whenever Mikael kicked him down. Rebekah just threatened to destroy them in every way possible and succeeded twice. Finn himself would simple ask them to leave because what good would it do? Isabella was a girl who kept to herself and refused to leave her family.

And no wanted to go through Kol.

Being her twin brother only added onto the face that if a man wanted his sister, Kol would have to see if they were worthy of loving, cherishing and providing for their youngest sibling. If almost ripping out Edward Cullen's undead heart had not shown Finn how much Kol valued his sister, he didn't know what did. He knew how Kol worked. He would cause you serious pain without so much as trying. His boyish looks and arrogance only made way for the fact that he would kill you slowly and mercilessly if you angered him. He wouldn't be surprised if their mother had not interfered, Kol would have tortured Klaus for simply daggering him in the early 1900s. And then it also had to do with being separated from his twin; so the torture would have been doubled.

"Finn?" he glanced over to see his mother looking at him. "Are you ready?"

He gave another glance at his siblings, silently asking them all for forgiveness. "Yes."

The Witch's House made Mike slightly uncomfortable as he and Edward walked through the front door. Edward shuddered as various thoughts began to run through his head, giving him a headache. "Want me to help with that?" Mike asked, bending down to his level. He shook his head. "You're sure?"

"Certain," Edward whispered. "I just have to focus on the Salvatore brothers. If I know what their thinking, maybe we can stop it."

Mike laughed. "Still can't believe Elena's overly trusting ass decided to tell Elijah about his mom wanting off them all."

Edward nodded. "Even if Bella was human, she wouldn't have done that."

"Bella knows regardless," Mike whispered and began to draw out his diagram. He lit several candles and stepped in the center, closing his eyes.

"What are you doing?"

"Channeling the Bennett witches and Esther. If they use the spell, I'll feel every last ounce of magic."

"But what if something happens?"

"You mean I die?" Mike asked. "I've done it before."

"You're rather optimistic about death," the emerald eyed boy muttered.

"Says that guy who brooded for a century because the guy he wanted is being a complete asshole and wanting to wanky him every chance he gets." Mike laughed and grinned when Edward glared. "I'm also unbinding the spell."

"Spell?"

"The one used for Operation: Off my So-called Demonic Children with Doppelganger Blood." Mike joked.

Edward nodded and sank to the floor. As Mike was chanting, he decided to go search for the brothers. As he walked through the house, he could hear Bonnie. And he sounded, terrified. He focused his hearing.

"Stefan...Stefan please don't do this," she whispered, fear crippling her. Green eyes snapped down and he flashed towards the voice, when he heard another sound. Abby whimpering as Damon forced blood down her throat. He bit his lip and blurred towards them and came in just as Damon snapped Abby's neck.

"No!" he cried and heard a thud from downstairs in the basement. Mike. Damon looked at the bronze haired boy and blurred out the room. Just as he left, both Bonnie and Stefan came inside. Bonnie's eyes watered before she screamed for her mother, rushing over to Abby's body. Arising almost robotic-ally, Edward turned and met Stefan's gaze. There was pain, remorse and anger written all inside those grey-blue eyes he once thought he knew. He walked right up to him. "Why?"

"It was for Elena, it was to keep her safe," he whispered in response. Edward wasn't sure what possessed him to deliver a painful right hook to his face; it could have bee anger, jealousy or heartache, he didn't know which and he didn't care. "Edward - "

"You're an idiot," the other boy whispered. "And I was an idiot for thinking, maybe, just maybe, you'd stop trying to worship Elena-fucking-Gilbert's doppelganger ass and see that there are other things more important then her life."

"Please listen,"

"I'm done listening." Edward growled. "Get the hell out of my sight, Stefan."

Stefan nodded and flashed off. Edward crumpled to the ground, tears brimming in his eyes. Bonnie glanced up from her mother and turned to him. She walked over him, wrapping her arms around his neck. "You tried to save her," she whispered.

"I wasn't fast enough," he muttered. "I was trying to save you, but then I heard it and ran as fast as I could for her. I'm so sorry Bonnie."

"Don't be," Bonnie muttered. "I'm always getting hurt. Everything that happens to us, it happens because of Elena or related to her."

Edward finally caved, crying into her shoulder as Bonnie send at text to Caroline to come get them. Once it was sent, she wrapped her arms around Edward's shoulders as he cried.

Bella walked into the manor, finding Kol and Elijah dressed to leave. Her eyes darkened and she shook her head. "If you're going to leave, you're bigger cowards than I thought."

"Mother tried to kill us," Kol snapped back. "She wants us dead."

"Because she believes us to be monsters," Bella reasoned. "How can we be monsters unless we make ourselves to be? And to make ourselves monsters, there must be a reason. What reason do you have, Kol, to be the way you are?"

He stayed quiet. What reason did he have?

"And you Elijah," Bella turned on her older brother, "What reasons do you have? Because Klaus tore apart our family out of fear? Fear that could have been destroyed had Mother stepped up and no allowed Mikael to destroy his esteem and confidence. Finn has never understood this life because he spent simply the first one hundred of it not grasping the fact that our humanity will never die. He spent nine hundred years in a coffin and is more afraid then aware."

She turned her gaze back on Kol. "You would leave Bonnie here? In the state she is in?"

He burrowed his brows in confusion. "What state?"

"The Salvatores have turned her mother," Bella snarled. "She is in transition."

Kol's eyes darkened. "Where is she?"

"Caroline Forbes' home," she answered. Dropping his former plans, Kol sped out the door. She smiled warmly and turned back to her brother. Elijah looked pained. "Stay a few more days brother. Who knows? Perhaps you have not found your reasons for staying."

"Why do you want Elena dead?" she stopped at the foot of the stairs, her hair curtaining her expression.

"I want her dead for a reason," Bella whispered and looked at him. "Balance must be restored. Both supernaturally and in our family. And I won't rest until Elena Gilbert is dead."

Elena found herself outside Caroline's home. Damon had told her all about what he had done and when she asked Stefan why they did it, he looked at her like she was poisonous and went upstairs. Damon muttered something about it being because his boy toy had socked him in the jaw for wanting Elena's safety. She didn't understand the depth between Stefan and Edward, but she knew that Edward loved him. He had gone a longer amount of time without Stefan than she did and he didn't try to love again until Bella Mikaelsen graced his presence.

While Elena had tried to hold onto those feelings while trying to change Damon into what Stefan could be. She had wanted a substitute, a surrogate for the love she had lost. In a way, Damon wanted the same thing. He wanted to her because he couldn't have Katherine.

Shaking her head of such thoughts, she rasped on the door and Caroline opened it. Opening her mouth to speak, Caroline stopped the doppelganger before she could utter a word.

"She doesn't want to see you."

"Caroline if you'll just let me-"

"Elena." Caroline stopped her. "We've all lost something important. But when it all comes down to it, why is it Bonnie is always the one getting hurt? How many more people do you think she'll have to loose; that any of us will have to give up, before the Salvatores can deem your life safe? Will I have to go on without my mom? Will Jeremy have to have Grace ripped away from him too? What about Alaric or Tyler?"

"I know things have to be sacrificed, but Caroline, it was the right thing to do." Elena tried.

"No Elena," came Bonnie's voice and they both turned to see her standing there. "The right thing to do was to not tell Elijah. The right thing to do was to not offer up your blood if you were going to remember all the good things he would have done. The right thing to do was to just let me kill Klaus when I had the chance. The right thing to do would have been to not let Stefan or Damon into our lives. But you did."

"Bonnie..."

"I want toy to leave," Bonnie whispered.

"Bonnie..."

"I believe she said leave," the three girls looked to see Kol walking up to the door. His eyes locked with Bonnie's and she felt a light weight lifting from her chest. "If Bonnie does not want to see you, Elena, you should take that as a hint. Do it now, or I will be forced to cause you some harm."

Caroline was about to speak about not killing her, when he continued. "Your death will handled at my younger sister's hands, not any one else's. Rebekah might be fearful, but Isabella is force you do not wish to anger until its time. Your death will come, one way or another. Now leave before I make sure it comes sooner."

Elena looked at Bonnie one more time, "Bonnie..."

The witch's eyes darkened and she shook her head. "I have to ties with you at the moment, Elena Gilbert."

With tears slowly running down her face, Elena turned and left. Caroline noticed the change of tension in the air and cleared her throat. "Come in Kol."

Stepping inside, the Original gathered up the shaking witch in his arms and let her cry. Caroline smiled softly and went to check on Abby, giving them a moment.

"I wanted to leave," Kol confessed after a few moments as her sobs quieted down. She glanced up and met his dark brown gaze.

"Why didn't you? I tried to kill you," Bonnie reasoned. He cradled her face, his eyes warm and filled with emotion.

"Because I would be leaving behind my family; my siblings and you." He rested his forehead against hers, green meeting brown and his fingers tangling in her hair. He watched as more tears came to her eyes, "Feraline no more tears."

Bonnie smiled despite her waterworks and leaned up on her toes, pressing her lips to his. He pulled her closer and she sighed into the kiss, allowing his tongue to enter, deepening it. He pulled away, allowing her breath. "I'm glad you stayed." she giggled lightly.

"Come along, we should check on your mother."

She nodded and took his hand in hers, following him upstairs.

Damon swallowed his bourbon and stood up to get another and laughed when he opened it. "You're back,"

"I'll admit, I didn't believe a word she said about us but after spending a day in Alaska and feeling like I was being turned inside out, it's a possibility for us to be mates."

Damon turned and met Victoria's gaze, glaring at the redhead. "And what makes you think I felt the same way?"

"Never said I did."

"Hmm," he downed the drink and slammed the glass on the table, blurring over to her, so that their faces were close and their bodies pressed against each other. "So you think I might just be your soul mate?"

She shrugged. "Maybe,"

"Hmm, not gonna happen. You see I kind of like someone else."

"You mean Katerina's carbon clone?" he frowned and Victoria laughed. "Oh yeah, I know all about that."

"So came to annoy me?"

Victoria shook her head, "My friend's family is in town and I tagged along."

Damon just stared at her. It was something about her that made him want to kiss her. He shook his head. He didn't want to kiss her. He wanted to hurt her, didn't he? His eyes gazed down at her lips and he groaned. Yup, he wanted to kiss her. Throwing caution to the wind, he leaned down, pressing his lips to hers.

Edward awoke to the gentle caress of fingers running along his chest. He frowned and cracked open an eye to see Tanya smiled at him with a look of lust and slight adoration in her gold eyes. He groaned and rolled on his side. He had been avoiding Stefan for days and now he had to deal with Tanya's flirting. Didn't the woman know he was gay?

"Good morning, Tanya,"

"Good morning, Edward. I was wondering, would you like to show me around Mystic Falls?" Tanya purred into his ear. He rolled his eyes and turned to look at her.

"How did you get inside?"

"I came through your window."

Now he could understand why Bella found that to be creepy. "Fine, but only once I've fed."

"Okay," she chimed with a grin.

After getting dressed, Edward came downstairs with Tanya behind and found the rest of the Denali in the living room with the Mikaelsen family. He noticed Mike was still asleep and Kol had returned with Bonnie Bennett. The bronze haired boy cleared his throat and Bella smiled warmly, handing him a mug. Tanya frowned when she smelt the human blood.

"You drink from humans?" she asked.

"Yes," he rolled his eyes. "But I still drink from animals as well. It's not too hard once you get used to it."

"You've changed," she whispered.

"Correction, he's embraced who he is," Rebekah said and tossed something at Edward. "Your boy toy sent that."

Edward looked down at the letter and balled it up, throwing it into the dying fire. "He's not my boy toy."

"So you say," the blonde Original smirked.

"Where's Mike?"

"Probably sleeping," Bella commented. "Jake showed up around midnight and Mike will be in for a surprise when he wakes up."

"I believe we were gathered here for a different reason," Klaus said and looked at Bonnie. "You had an announcement."

"I'll help you," she said. "Both Elena and the Salvatores crossed the line with my mother. I'll help you end it," she looked at Bella. "I just want to know, what will you do after this?"

"Live as a family. We will not bother you, unless we need an alliance should the moment arise." Bella told her and smiled. "You have my word."

"Then you have my alliance," Bonnie spoke and held out her hand. Bella took it and shook, sealing their deal.