By the time the trio got home Valencia had fallen asleep. Damon, not wanting to wake her up since she was always the most peaceful when she was sleeping, carried her into the house. Inside Elena was waiting for him and she wasn't too happy when the other vampires walked through the door, "Where have you been?" She demanded and Damon motioned for her to be quiet, casting a glance down at the sleeping girl in his arms. Elena had been about to express how little she cared about waking the demon he carried when Stefan appeared behind them, "He's right, " He said, his voice low, "Its best not to wake her, she's easier to deal with when she's asleep." Elena decided Stefan was probably right and stepped aside to let them pass, Damon carried the sleeping girl upstairs and put her to bed in one of the spare rooms before returning downstairs.

"Okay," He started, "Before you get mad, remember there's a girl upstairs with the power to wipe out Mystic Falls without blinking if you wake her up." He smirked at his girlfriend whilst she glared at him. Damon poured himself a drink, "Do you have any idea how worried I've been?" Elena asked as she watched her boyfriend take a seat. "Probably quite worried." Damon shrugged, he knew it would annoy her but he added a smile and hoped she'd find him adorable enough that she'd forgive him. She didn't smile at him but she did come sit next to him, leaning into him. Damon wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "So what disappointing things did Bonnie have to say?" He asked as Stefan came in from the kitchen, he took a seat on the opposite sofa. "Well she didn't know anything right away so we spent about an hour looking through some old grimoires she's collected, we thought we'd found something a couple of times but nothing really followed through. She's going to keep looking though." Elena explained, she sounded positive, hopeful. "Until then she wants us to keep your pet under control." She finished looking up at Damon as she said this.

Damon kept silent but Stefan spoke up, "You know she's a person right?" He said, "Sure she's made a lot of bad choices, killed a lot of people but so have I. You talk about her like she's a monster, well does that make me a monster too?" He asked, if Stefan was to answer his own question he would probably say yes but he knew Elena didn't see him that way.

"Oh Stefan, of course you're not a monster." Elena protested, "But that thing upstairs? From what I can tell she doesn't even question murder, like it's a sport, something to make her feel better when she's upset. She's insane! She doesn't have any control-" Stefan cut her off mid rant.

"You don't even know her," He said calmly, "You don't know how much she loves to dance, or how happy being in sunshine makes her. You don't know how hard it is for her to control herself - it's harder for her than for me - You don't know how she loves to sing or how when she does even the birds stop to listen." Stefan could go on for hours about how little Elena knew Valencia but he knew it was pointless, Elena's moral compass was set firmly pointing in the wrong direction, she wouldn't even take the time to see past all the mistakes Valerie had made. "You don't know how much I hate how many times we've sent her away or how terrifying it is for her when the compulsion starts to wear off and her memories start coming back. Seventeen times." Stefan concluded, he'd been there for at least seventeen of the times Valencia had been compelled into forgetting who she was, though he knew Damon had been there for more.

The room went silent for a moment and then Stefan walked out, he headed upstairs to his room leaving Damon and Elena alone. "He has a point," Damon said and Elena rolled her eyes at him before snuggling into him. He wrapped his arms around her and they sat there for a while, wrapped in each others arms in silence.


Stefan woke the next morning to sunlight streaming in through an open window in his room. The slight breeze coming in with the sunshine was cold so the vampire boy pulled the covers up and rolled over. He was a little more than startled to find the other side of his bed to be occupied. He sat up and the girl beside him groaned as he pulled the covers away from her. "What are you doing in here Valerie?" He asked, he was annoyed but at the same time he wasn't.

"Well Damon's bed was pretty occupied." Valencia replied as she reached out to take back the covers. "Gimme back the covers, Stefan, it's cold." Stefan chuckled to himself a little.

"Well it wouldn't be cold if you hadn't opened the window." He pointed out to her, She opened her eyes and looked up at him, she looked sleepy but the little smile on her face had a amused looked about it. "Well, it wasn't cold when I came in." She replied and instead of grabbing onto the covers she pulled on Stefan's arm, pulling him to lay down beside her. The vampire girl wrapped herself in the boy's arms, "That's better," She said relaxing into him. Stefan didn't know what to do, on one hand this girl was his brother's ex-girlfriend, she most likely wouldn't flinch at killing him and she had a tendency of getting too attached, but on the other hand it was really comfy and she smelt amazing. Stefan relaxed into her and told himself that he'd only stay there for a few minutes.


Ten minutes passed and neither one of them had moved, neither one even planned too move until the bedroom door swung open and Damon appeared leaning against the door frame. "Good morning sunshines." He said a wide smile on his face but somehow he didn't look happy. Stefan slowly moved away from Valerie and the pair sat up. Valencia grinned up at Damon, "Good morning, Damon." She said in her sing-song way, "Where's Elena?" She flat lined. Damon didn't seemed fazed as he replied, "She headed over to Bonnie's house about an hour ago, I came to check on you in your room but obviously you weren't there." By the end of this sentence his pale grey eyes had landed on Stefan in a not too pleased kind of way.

"So what are we doing today?" Stefan asked in attempt to change the conversation. All eyes turned to Valerie who had laid back down and pulled the covers over her head. "Something tells me someone doesn't want to do anything today." Stefan answered his own question.

"What's the matter with you?" Damon asked.

"Its raining." A muffled reply came from under the covers. Sure enough the streaming sunshine that had been in the sky only a moment ago had been hidden by grey clouds and rain was coming down heavily.


Thanks for reading, just a filler chapter while I work on bigger things. hope it wasn't too boring for you guys. Reviews always wanted. ~RainbowVeins