Every single word that came from her lips, hurt his undead heart. She said all those things like Damon was her lover, her soul mate. The was she asked him to wake up like she he was her life, as if she couldn't live without him.
He noticed that there was a fear in her tone, she was afraid of losing him, but wouldn't it be the same if it comes to him, her boyfriend? Will Elena mourn him if something bad happen?
He didn't want the history to repeat itself, but things seemed direct them to the same history. He didn't want to share his girlfriend to his brother. Well, Katherine was smart, she tore brothers apart without mercy yet the brothers still didn't have any power to get rid of her.
He knew that his brother loved her too, unconditionally, even knowing that she was a vampire, yet he still wanted to get to know her. He only knew that Katherine would choose him instead of his brother, but why it felt so wrong?
What did she come back? Why did she bother to tell me about the council's plan and warn me about that?
He got lots of questions in his head now and Katherine must be know the answers. He was disturbed by someone who just gently lay her hand on his shoulder.
"Stefan.." he turned to see who it was.
"What do you want?"
"Is that how you say thank you? I mean, I just saved your life, otherwise you might end up like Damon..or worse" she said as she stroke his cheek. She did miss him after all, but he flinched by her touch.
"You did that! How..how? I don't get it or is this the part of your master plan?"
"Trust me, it's for the best"
"Turn my brother into human? How could this be the best for him?" There was a jealousy in his tone and Katherine noticed. She turned away from him, after all, she did intent to get his attention.
"Katherine! You owe me an explanation!" he sped up and grabbed her by the neck.
"uhh yeah..? You're waaay hotter when you're upset, Stefan..." she was trying to seduce him, tracing her fingers trough his cheek.
He slapped her hand and looked her in the eyes, trying to have a serious conversation. "You knew that the council were going to invade, yet here you are and you warned me about them. What's inside of your pretty little head, Katherine? What's your dirty plan?"
She remained silent.
"Answer my question! Or-"
"Or what, Stefan? Kill me? We both know that I'm older than you, which means I could easily make your life miserable - otherwise we could go to your place and let's say I'm gonna think about your question"
He let go of his hands and considered her offering.
"Fine, you'd better tell me the truth!"
Bonnie came to the hospital as soon as Elena had asked her. Frankly, she was not a big fan of Damon but hearing her best friend sobbing on the telephone, she just couldn't let her be sad alone. The shocking truth that she just knew was Elena had feelings for Damon, but she didn't know how big was that part yet.
She pushed the door open and found Elena sat next to him. Elena held his hand and leaned her head on his hand too. She stepped closer waiting for any sign if she was aware but it was useless, Elena seemed so comfortable to be close to him, in fact, she fell asleep. Damon was still the same, he was lying motionless in the bed. How on earth that Damon Salvatore, the cocky evil vampire who killed her grams to save his lost love from the tomb, was now so vulnerable.
Bonnie tapped Elena's shoulder to wake her up, there were so many things that she need to tell. Elena stirred sleepily and met Bonnie's gaze.
"Bonnie" Elena only mentioned her name as she stood up and hugged her best friend.
"Sshh, Elena, it's okay.." Bonnie gently ran her hand through Elena's hair to comfort her. "There's something I need to tell" She pulled herself to meet her eyes. "It's about him.." slowly her gaze moved to Damon.
"Okay.." She replied sadly, unwilling to leave Damon alone. "Let's go to the canteen"
They didn't speak any words in their way to the canteen. Bonnie was worried of her best friend, how could she not. Elena barely spoke any words, she answered questions with yes or no or even with nod her head. She still could see her eyes swollen and there was dark circle around her eyes.
"Elena, please drink it.." Bonnie pushed the mineral water to her.
She only circled her palms between the glass without drink it.
"What happened to him, Bonnie?" she asked raspy.
"He's under a spell, Elena..."
"What do you mean he's under a spell?"
"Someone cast a spell on him before he was shot, that's why he can be hurt. It's a...it's a mortal spell and only powerful witch can do that"
"But why? Why would they do that to Damon? Is he gonna be okay? Will he stuck in this human body forever?"
"Slow down, Elena... I don't really know that much about the spell, but I take a look in my gram's book. This spell is not permanent but it's not mentioned in the book how long it will last, yet it won't give any damage to the vampire. It really makes, let say, Damon, will be completely human, he can feel all emotion that we feel and his body's function will work just like us. He will feel pain, angry, sadness, happiness, hunger, anything just like us"
Elena tightened her grip on the glass while listening to Bonnie. She digested all those information in a flash and that was shy she couldn't hide confusion in her eyes. It was all sudden, Damon would feel every emotion that human feels, meanwhile he always pretended to turn the switch off, wouldn't it be the same?
She still needed some more information about the spell, yet she didn't know that this changing was a good or bad thing.
"...and he can procreate..." her eyes widened as she heard the last statement that Bonnie gave.
What did she mean? Why did she tell her this?
The next reaction she showed her was brought the glass to her mouth and drank it slowly.
It meant that there was a chance for Elena to have children with vampire, but with Damon? She had thought about that, once, but it was only just a dream since she knew what they were, moreover, she had Stefan to think about, but after hearing that, she couldn't think straight at that moment so she focused on who want to hurt him.
"But who would do that to Damon? Who would want to get rid of him?"
"That's a good question, but did Sheriff Forbes tell you what exactly happened out there?"
"She only said that Damon was shot by some strangers at the bar not far from town, but I'm not sure they were just some strangers. I mean, they knew what he was..." she leaned on a chair. "I'm not sure, Bonnie, I don't know what to think anymore..."
"Just tell me, what bullets he was shot? My point is, if the bullets were made from wood, that meant they knew what he was, but if they weren't bullets then someone tried to mess up with him"
Elena's gaze moved from Bonnie to the things around, she was trying to remember the conversation she had with Sheriff Forbes, but she didn't mention about the bullet at all. Suddenly she remember the conversation that the doctor and Sheriff Forbes had when she had to leave Damon to call Bonnie.
"These are the bullets.. you have to be careful next time, Liz, he's just a human. He was lucky that he was brought here sooner, otherwise, we'd lost him forever.."
"I know, but that's the information that I have after the council meeting. Damon was a vampire and so was Stefan, but I don't know how this is change.."
"Well, he is a human, Liz, I can see his heart beating when I was operating him" the doctor inhaled, trying to calmed himself down and continued. "At least you have to make sure when you are going to hunt them down"
"They were wooden bullets"
Boarding house later...
Katherine came inside and poured herself a glass of bourbon that actually belong to Damon. She felt very comfortable in that house with Stefan.
"You better start now"
"C'mon Stefan, is this how you treat the guest?"
"Well, you are not guest, Katherine, so we can start from why the hell is Damon lying in the hospital?" his tone was raising as he lost his patient every time the clock is ticking.
There was a bit part of him that he couldn't see his brother hurt. If he looked their past, Damon was always be there to accompany him, to comfort him, until Katherine came to ruin their bond.
"Fine, if you want to straight to the point.. Damon is a human now, one of my friend convinced one of my another friend to change him... and that's why he can be hurt, badly, when he was shot.."
"Who's your friend of yours, Katherine? and stop goofing around!"
"You'll know, eventually.. Trust me for that matter, everything will come up to the surface when it's time.."
Stefan was growing impatient but it was Katherine he was dealing with and he knew it wouldn't be easy so he continued, hoping there was another information that he could get.
"Who would want to shoot him?"
"mmm, let's see, who wants to kill him? It might be his old enemies?" she brought herself in front of the fire and stood there. "...or..." she turned around to face him and pointed a finger to his chest. "...you..."
"You want him dead, don't you, Stefan..." she walked slowly encircled him. "Admit it, you want him dead... because you're afraid if Elena falls for him and she'd leave you for him. It'd make you live all alone again for the rest of your undead life and you don't want that to happen.." she paused right in his back. He went rigid and not even a word came out from his mouth.
"Maybe someone noticed and wanted to help you with your problem... After all, you're the selfish one, Stefan.. Forcing your brother to change so that you're not alone in this world, yet, you can't let him compete to have Elena.." she said that slowly and it was painful for him to hear that. That wasn't true, was it?
She slipped her hand to hug him from behind and strangely, he didn't even flinch.
"It's okay, Stefan... Everything will be okay, I'll always be by your side.."
and there it was, the moment when he didn't have any power to push her to answer his questions. There were so many things that he wanted to ask but not now. He promised himself that he'd ask her anytime soon.
After spending time with Stefan, Katherine decided to stay with him at the moment. She knew that Stefan needed someone else, and judging by his girlfriend's attitude lately, she saw an opportunity to get him back.
"Where're you going?" she asked when Stefan walked toward the door.
"That's none of your business..." he replied coldly.
"Stefan, you know about the council that I've told you before, they're still hunting us down.. You can't just go wherever you want, they could be anywhere and they could catch you anytime.."
"Really, Katherine? Are you seriously care about me right now?"
"I always care about you, Stefan, not Damon.. Okay..?" she really didn't want him to end up like Damon or worse. After all she only got to choose between the brothers and her choice was Stefan.
She cleared her throat and continued. "Why don't you drink from the bag?"
"We ran out of it.."
"Fine, I'll come with you.."
In the distant, a woman with a black hat was watching Elena and Bonnie while also listening to their conversation. She got enough information and soon she dialed a number.
"I've seen enough, you did a good job.."
"It's done, we're even now... I don't owe you anything"
"No, you don't.."
and she hang up the phone.
to be continued...
What do you think of human Damon? and I love the part when Bonnie said "...and he can procreate..."
Do you want to see the mini Damon? ;) well, if you can't wait any longer you can check on my list story titled Lullaby or if you can wait, I might think about that idea.. What kind of story you want to read.. ;)
Please let me know about what you think of this chapter and I'm soooo sorry for not update this chapter in a 2 weeks or more.. I got final exam so I had to prepare and good news : I will be graduated next month!
Well, that is why I haven't updated all my stories sooner.. I hope you can understand, and I will try to think of any ideas and write more!
Thank you so much for the feedback for all this time and I hope you enjoyed this chapter! :)
