It was morning by now and Eli still wasn't waking up. We haven't moved from our spots except occasional shifting. Suddenly he sits straight up twitching gasping for air. Elena and I quickly run to him. He looks at me first,"Jade?" He questioned. I nodded quickly knowing to not lie in this state of his. Then he looked at Elena in amazement,"Katerina...?" He breathed. Elena started frantically shaking her head,"No, no, its Elena." He ignored her seeming dazed,"Oh my god."

He snapped out of it as he stands straight up breathing heavily,"I cant breathe." He tells us. Shit,"He's not invited in!" I tell Elena. "Get me out of here." Then he starts speeding out hiting walls and doorways all the way there. While he did that I went to the blood bags and got 4 of them, 2 for me 2 for him. When I get to the door I see Elena handing Eli the dagger.

I nod at them then hug Eli,"Are you OK?" I asked as I pulled away handing him some his blood bags. "I'll be fine, Jade." He tells me smoothly as he and I drank a blood bag. Elena gives me a questioning look. "What?" I snap. "Jade?" I mentally cursed as I face palm,"Eli.." I groaned. He chuckled lowly. I turn my attention back to Elena,"Look, I'll explain when I get back. OK?"

I turn back to Eli,"If you get daggered again within the next week I will personally track you down and kill you." He smiled at me,"Love you to Jade." I watched them walk to Elena's car before speeding to the Gilbert's hoping Jeremy was home.

Though it wasn't till I got there that I remembered it was a school day. Urg! Then I saw his open window and grinned, what Jeremy doesn't know won't kill him. I jump through the window and start playing on his Xbox. I ended up playing COD, Battlefield, and Hit man before I heard yelling,"I said go!" That's Stefan. Then I heard running and a door being opened before the steps disappeared.

"You can't kill me Stefan. I may not have a witch protecting me today but if you kill this body what's to stop me from jumping into another? Maybe Jenna?" Alari-Klaus! What did I miss. I heard a growl from Stefan before speeding down there in time to see him punch Klaus in the face. He glanced at me then continued hitting Klaus till he passed out. I have to say I'm impressed with that.

"What the Hell did I miss?" I question him. Stefan turned his attention to me looking pissed,"Where have you been all day, Hayden? Or should I call you Jade?" I cursed under my breath. "Stefan I'll explain later I swear. To answer your other question I was on kicking ass on Jeremy's Xbox." He ran a frustrated hand through his hair.

"Go back to the save Elena crew, I'll try to keep him occupied." He looked doubtful, opening and closing his mouth multiple times before sighing. He looked me over for a second before nodding,"Just be careful." He said before speeding out. I sat down on the counter crossing my legs. Time to stall.

~~~Time Skip~~~

Not too long after I hear Alari-Klaus groan. I laugh,"Ah, so sleeping beauty awakes." He sits up holding his head and ribs to look at me annoyed, though clearly still in pain. "Jade love, be a dear and hand me that would you?" He asks pointing to the Advil on the counter. I roll my eyes but never less hand him some pills with a glass of water. I returned to my seat as silence fills the room.

Nikky continues drinking his water for a few before he breaks the silence,"Why are you here Jade?" I scowl,"It's Hayden." I tell him harshly . He chuckled,"That's a shame, I rather perfer Jade." I had to roll my eyes at that,"I guess it's a good thing nobody cares about your opinion then." His smirk just widens knowing he hit a nerve. Note to self - Alaric can't smirk.

"Now to answer your earlier question I'm, curious about you. You don't seem like the evil jackass everyone makes you out to be. Your just misunderstood, everyone has a past." He looked shocked. I took that as a 'your right'.

I looked at my phone to see it was already 7:00. Outside was dark and we had been here for 3 hours. Deciding that I spent enough time with the enemy for one day, I came up with a way to end the conversation. "Don't worry Nikky, I share your pain." I told him before speeding out and to the boarding house.

I didn't lie either, nobody would know what I meant, even Eli had no clue. There was a reason I let my parents die that night. They didn't know it happened but since I was 6, every night after dinner they would drink. Lets just say they are responsible for the scars all over my body. Although the net morning they wouldn't remember any of it so I didn't tell them. I figured once they were dead I could be free.

When I got to the boarding house I heard Elena yell,"Stop!" Great, more fighting. I walk inside and towards the library where commotion was coming from. "You invited him in?" I hear Damon ask in disbelief. I enter the library to see a broken table, bookshelf, and books all over the floor. I give Stefan the 'your doing it' look. He rolled his eyes, I stuck my tongue out at him childishly.

"An apology." I heard Eli say. What did I miss? "A what?" Damon asks him like he was insane. Eli raises a challenging eyebrow at him. Stefan steps forward,"I'm sorry for the part I played in your death. I was protecting Elena, I will always protect Elena." With that I roll my eyes and leave giving Eli the 'we need to talk' look. He nodded at me as I went back to the living room and sat down on the couch.

I mean seriously how needy can Elena be? I mean everyone is bending over freaking backwards just to protect her. She is so annoying with how she milks everything,"It's my fault."; "I can't do this anymore"; really it's pathetic. I mean its bad enough all of that but to top it off she is stringing both the Salvatores along. Stefan is awesome and sweet so if she breaks his heart I'm gonna kill her. It would be even worse if she broke Damon's since he's already been broken by Katherine. I just don't see how she could possibly be so; urg!

Eli appeared on the couch beside me,"You wish to speak with me, Hayden." He says cryptically. I bit my lip,"We need to tell them about Jade." He looks slightly shocked before nodding. He brought them down here,"Hayden has some information to give you." I take a deep breath,"Now listen well cuz' I'm only saying it once."

~~~Time Skip~~~

"That's how I ended up here." I finish. They all give me looks of pity, confusion, bewilderment, and gawked like I was some freaking zoo animal. I roll my eyes at that and turn to Elena,"Tell Perkyshit and Bitchywitch will you?" She glared at me.

"Any questions?" Elena speaks up,"Why aren't you crying? You just told us all you let your parents die and yet not a tear, did you even care?" Can she be more dramatic? "I haven't shed a tear since then, I consider it a record. Sides', I had my own reasons to let them die." I tell her easily.

Stefan pipes up,"Wait, why did you let them die?" I should have known that it would come up. Now even Eli was looking at me curiously. I sigh,"The scars on my body." I say as though I was complimenting the weather. I hear Elena gasp, urg. Sympathy, pity, it's not going to bring them back, not gonna fix anything. "I'll tell Jeremy." I tell them speeding upstairs. I was out once my head hit the pillow.