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(A/N: I really don't know why the text was in all bold in the last chapter. I tried fixing it but it wouldn't work. Sorry if it was a bit distracting!)
~Elena's POV~
My eyes shot open when I heard banging coming from the hallway outside my room. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and let out a short moan when I got to my feet. I figured I had only been asleep for about an hour or so since it was still light outside. I unlocked my door and peeked out,praying that it wasn't dad.
But it was only Caroline knocking hardly on Stefan's door. "Stefan please open up!"
I let out a huff of annoyance and almost decided to go back to bed and sleep through the rest of this horrible day. But this could be important and dad would probably beat me senseless if I skipped dinner.
"What's going on?"I yawned,shuffling my way over towards her.
"I've been standing out here for half and hour arguing with him to take his meds but now he's not even answering. I tried to go through your room to get into his but your door was locked! And I have to get dinner started before dad comes home from work and beats the shit out of us!"She rambled,breathing heavily.
Any anger that I had towards my sister instantly vanished as I saw the fear in her eyes. I took the bottle from her hands and sighed. "I'll deal with Stefan while you start dinner. Then I'll come down and help you."
"No it's fine. Just take care of him and I'll come up with something quick to cook. Thank you!"She rushed towards the stairs as I walked towards my room. "And Elena?"
I turned around and looked at her expectantly. "Yeah?"
"I'm sorry for what I said earlier. I shouldn't have approached it like that."
"It's fine,Care. I just..need time to think things over I guess."I shrugged,fiddling with the orange prescription bottle in my hands.
"Okay. I understand."She nodded and turned on her heal,towards the kitchen.
Once I was in my bathroom,face to face with Stefan's door,I decided against knocking. He would probably lock it before I could get in. So I twisted the knob,that fortunately wasn't locked,and found that Stefan's room was empty.
If he was smart,he'd run away. But he doesn't want to leave us behind apparently. Trust me,we've all tried to run away before. Elijah figured out our plan though before we even took a step out the front door. Every few months or so,Stefan will come to us with a plan but things just never worked out.
My eyes drifted towards his window that was open slightly,now knowing where he was. I made my way over towards the glass and pushed it open,stepping out onto the flat part of the roof. There I saw Stefan sitting on the edge of the roof,staring off into the distance. It definitely wasn't unusual for us to find him here. This was where he liked to be to get away from everything.
"So you left Caroline talking to an empty room for however long?"I said with a light laugh as I went over to him.
He looked up at me,startled but gave a sheepish smile. "Yeah.."
"I definitely wouldn't tell her that or she might put you in the hospital again."I smiled.
He rubbed the back of his head and stared off towards the forest not too far from our house. I saw mist forming in his eyes. He blinked at them and looked away, almost ashamed for some reason. I put a hand on his shoulder, kneeling down beside him.
"Stefan..Stefan hey,what's wrong?"
"Back in the car..y-you were thinking about it weren't you?The night..the night of the accident,right?"
He looked over at me when he felt me tense up by his question. I simply nodded my head. "Yeah. Yeah I was."
"I should of told you both in the car,but Caroline..She seemed so sure about mom."He sighed.
"Wait,what do you mean?"I questioned him,confused on what he was saying.
"Elena,the reason we were even in the car the night mom died was because she was running away."He merely whispered to where it took me a second to process what he even said.
"Who was she running from?"I asked,shutting my eyes. I felt like I already knew the answer.
"She was running from dad. And she took us with her."
~Stefan's POV~
Elena pulled her knees up to her chest and shook her head. "I-I don't understand though. How..How do you know this,Stefan?"Her voice now sounded choked up.
"Because that was the same night I saw him hit her."
I raised my eyebrows in question as she let out a scoff which was followed by a hollow laugh. "What?"
"Nothing. It's just..today's been hard. And let's just say the last story I heard wasn't so happy either."She sighed.
When she looked over at me though,the expression in her eyes was just complete sadness. I've never seen her look at me like that..almost as if she were feeling sorry for me.But I didn't see why.
I opened my mouth to ask her why but she immediately cut me off.
"Tell me about what happened that night. I don't really remember that much..just being in the car."
"It's not exactly a happy story,Elena. You know that."
"Please,Stefan. I want to know."She replied,grabbing a hold of my arm.
"I only remember that night though.."I pointed out but she nodded her head,telling me it was okay.
"I had gone downstairs in the middle of the night for a glass of water. But when I was in the kitchen I heard to what sounded like mom and dad whispering back and forth in dad's office. I could tell they were mad at each other again so I peeked around the corner because I was curious to see why they were fighting. Mom was crying and dad was just pacing back and forth. God,he looked so pissedand it scared the hell out of me pretty bad. But mom kept telling him over and over to 'be quiet,you'll wake the kids!' or 'just calm down,please!You'll wake them up!'. That's when he pushed her to the floor and started slapping her."I told her,feeling frustrated tears sting my eyes.
"Oh my God..w-what?What happened next?"Elena asked,looking as if all the color had drained from her face.
"He just yelled at her. Telling her stuff like,'Don't you dare order me to ever do something!That's for me to do and for you to listen! Those are my kids not yours bitch. And don't even think for a second that I won't hurt them if you do something stupid.' So of course I made some kind of scared noise,making them both notice me. Mom just looked completely horrified that I had seen what he just did..but dad?All he did was smileat me. I remember asking him why he would hurt her but he just saidthat 'Daddy was just teaching mommy a lesson. You'll understand when you're older and have a wife of your own.'"I muttered through my clenched jaw.
"He said that to you?Right in front of mom?!That fucking bastard!"Elena was now seething with anger from what I could tell. "How can he tell his own kid that?Making it sound so normal and okay to hit someone!"
"Exactly. I knew he was wrong so I just ran back upstairs,nothing but terrified. He must've left a few minutes later because that's when mom came into my room,carrying you with Caroline by her side,saying we were going to Uncle Damon's house. And well,we never got there."I sighed,running my hand through my hair.
"I couldn't even imagine what I would do if I saw that. And I mean,he pins her death on us when really,he was the one that killed her. We wouldn't have even been on the road that night if it wasn't because of him."She hissed,locking her hands into fists.
"You mean we wouldn't have been on the road if I hadn't seen him hit her."A shaky breath escaped my lips.
"What?Stefan..don't think it was because of you. Please.."She breathed,blinking hard at me.
I didn't say anything in response. Instead I took my prescription bottle from her hands,opened it,and dry swallowed a pill. She stared at me surprised as I handed it back to her.
"I assume that's what you came out here in the first place."I shrugged,probably answering her question.
"Stefan why don't you like taking these?"
"It just..makes me feel numb I guess. Like I'm not feeling what I'm supposed to feel. I don't know,I don't want to seem like I don't care with what he did to me."I answered,summing everything up to the point.
"But it also makes you angry or have panic attacks if you don'ttake them,Stef. You really scared me last time."Elena replied,rubbing my back comfortingly. "And trust me,we know you care what he did to you. We just want to make things easier for you."
I nodded my head and was about to answer but stopped when a pair of headlights pulled into the driveway. Great,dad's home from work.
"I'm still far too pissed off at him. I don't care how long ago it was either."Elena muttered,crossing her arms.
"Trust me. I am too."I said,giving her knee a reassuring squeeze.
I felt Elena stiffen underneath my touch as a voice,that belonged to Alaric, was heard,followed by a car door slamming shut. She quickly moved to the edge of the roof to get a better look. But what she saw made her eyes widen.
"Um,Stefan.."
My whole body froze and the color drained from my face as I heard hisvoice echoing through the air as well. Elena was instantly by my side,her hand now gripping my shoulder.
"Stefan,listen it's going to be okay."She tried reassuring me as my breath caught in my throat.
"N-No..h-he's gonna hurt me!"I exclaimed as I felt my hands begin to tremble.
"Shh..just calm down. I don't want them to hear us."
"But Elena,y-you don't..you don't understand!"
"Yes,Stefan I do. Caroline told me what he really did to you this morning. She was afraid something like this would happen."Elena confessed,grabbing both sides of my face,trying to get me to look at her and not freak out.
"H-he always does this!He never stops!"I whimpered as I heard the front door close.
"You mean he's tried to take advantage of you more than once?"She quickly asked me.
"He's..tried."I replied,biting my lip nervously.
"Alright. Uh,just stay right here. I'll be right back."
~Elena's POV~
Stefan gave me a slight nod and I quickly went over to the window,and stepped into his room. I then grabbed his jacket that held his wallet and cellphone before silently walking into the hall. It sickened me hearing Alaric and Klaus in my own home,laughing and carrying on a conversation with my dad. But how can he be so cruel as to actually invite them over?
I moved carefully across the hall and opened the door to Caroline's room.
"Elena?"Caroline said,a hint of worry in her voice. Which is understandable because I probably looked terrified.
I motioned for her to be silent as I closed the door behind me. "We need to get out of here. Dad is home and he brought Uncle Klaus and Alaric with him."I explained to her,quietly.
Her eyes doubled in size as the words left my mouth. "Where's Stefan?"She whispered,now concerned.
"Outside on the roof. He's really freaking out,Care. So let's just go to the Grill for a while until they leave."It wasn't the best plan in the world,especially since we don't know when they'll leave..but I just want to get Stefan out of here first. And get as far away from Alaric as possible.
Caroline nodded and slipped on her boots.
I placed Stefan's prescription bottle on her dresser before I could forget to put it back.
A minute later we were out in the hallway. We had to be quick this time to get to Stefan's room because we could faintly hear footsteps coming up the stairs. But we made it in unnoticed and managed to get back onto the roof silently but still fast.
"W-What's going on?"Stefan questioned us,worriedly.
"We're going to the Grill,come on. We need to be fast."I replied,handing him his jacket.
He slipped it on and we were able to climb down by using the tree that grew close to our house. We always used to climb this thing when we were kids,so it was easy.
Once my feet touched the ground,I was able to look through the porch window as I waited for Caroline and Stefan.
I almost wanted to scream when I saw Elijah and Alaric sitting at the table,too focused on their conversation. But Uncle Klaus was nowhere to be seen. Which means the footsteps on the stairs was his..heading towards Stefan's room.
"Should we take the car?"Caroline asked me,wiping her hands on her jeans.
"No. They'll notice it if it's gone all of the sudden. Plus they might hear so we will be better off with just walking."
They both nodded in agreement and we set off down the road. The Grill was only three blocks from here so it wasn't that long of a walk anyways. The only thing I didn't like was that it was now dark outside,but that's not a big problem.
"Caroline,be sure to text dad to tell him where we're at the Grill and we'll just have dinner there."
"Okay,but what if he tells us to come home?"She questioned,pulling her cellphone out of her pocket.
"Well we're certainly not doing that any time soon."I said after Stefan shot me a worried glance.
I looked over my shoulder,half expecting to see all three of them chasing us down the street,but fortunately that wasn't the case.
Yeah,nice try dad.
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