Chapter 9
"Give a Little More"
I'm waiting for something, always waiting
Feeling nothing, wondering if it'll ever change
And then I give a little more, oh babe ohhh
Give a little more, oh babe ohhh
I'm not falling in love with ya, I'm not falling in love
I'm not falling in love with ya, I'm not falling in love
'til I get a little more from you baby ohhh
Get a little more from you baby
Maroon 5
Elena woke up with a big smile on her face. She looked up to see Damon still sleeping peacefully beside her. Without a second thought, she threw one leg around him and moved her body to straddle his hips, lowering her torso so she is lying completely on top of his nude form, equally naked.
"Good morning" she greeted in a seductive voice while kissing his neck and chest lightly. He slowly opened his eyes to see Elena in all of her naked glory laying on him and kissing him, he couldn't think of a better way to wake up. He slowly pushed her hair away from her face, "good morning beautiful" he responded while placing a soft kiss to her lips, "I could definitely get used to waking up this way you know" he smiled up at her. "I'm sorry but I'm not moving you" he said quickly before pulling the sheet up to cover her butt and bare back just as his bed room door swung open. Jeremy's shocked face unwillingly taking in the scene before him.
"Oh shit. My eyes. I'm scarred for life" Jeremy whined loudly while walking away from the open door.
"Jeremy, at least shut the fucking door" Elena yelled to her brother while rolling off of Damon and pulling the sheet up to cover herself. Then they saw Anna poke her head in, she smiled and said "nice Damon. You heard him coming. You couldn't have at least moved her off of you" she chastised while laughing. Damon started to laugh while Elena slapped him on the arm.
"It will teach him to knock" Damon explained before yelling out the door, "It could have been worse, at least we weren't mid thrust" he reasoned while laughing harder. They both heard Jeremy groan down the hall and Anna cackling loudly before she shut the door on the couple. "Well, I guess we better get up and figure out what they wanted" Elena said while getting out of bed and walking over to her bag to get dressed.
"Ughh, I have never wanted to kill your brother before, but I am kinda tempted to now. He's making you put clothes on. That should be a crime" Damon complained while rolling over to watch her walk around his room naked.
"Well, do you really want to see both of our brother's reactions if I don't put clothes on" she giggled while slipping into fresh underwear. Damon growled lowly thinking about his brother's reaction to a nude Elena. It made him physically sick to think about. "Not funny" he warned while hoping out of bed and walking up to her, hugging her from behind. "Can we at least shower before we have to face everyone" he pouted while Elena moved away from him to put her bra on. "Damon, you know that if I join you in that shower, we will never leave this room" she reasoned and he smirked.
"Exactly" he answered like it was the greatest idea in the world. "We have to go check on Stefan and Caroline and we should probably spend some time with your house guests and we really need to check up with Jenna and Alaric. Sex can not be an all day adventure babe" she chastised while smiling at his pouty expression. He still made no move to dress and Elena avoided looking at him at all costs. If she looked, her resolve would crumble and they would never leave the room. Elena finished dressing quickly and looked over at Damon to see him standing in the same spot wearing jeans and a black t-shirt. She didn't remember seeing him move but that wasn't new. They walked to the living room to see Anna and Jeremy on the couch patiently waiting for their arrival.
"It's about time" Anna complained, "I thought you guys were gonna go another round before gracing us with your presence" she smirked at Damon. They seemed to be getting alone in a mock sibling dynamic and Elena enjoyed the banter, as long as it wasn't about their sex life. Jeremy cringed and before he could say anything Damon responded "Yeah I tried and I got a lecture about sex not being an all day adventure, blah blah blah. Hey if you do something well, might as well keep it up, right?"
Jeremy lost it, "Jesus, that's my sister you guys are talking about" he whined, "Can we not do anymore mental scarring this morning, please". Elena shook her head and laughed while walking to the kitchen to get some water and search the cabinets for breakfast.
"Jer, it could be worse. You could have to listen to it." Anna rationalized and Elena was happy she had walked out of the room because her face had turned bright red. "Once you get vampire hearing, you can look forward to hearing every pant and moan" she teased and Jeremy shivered. Damon's head jerked up when he heard something hit the floor in the kitchen, Elena stormed in seconds later.
"When he gets vampire hearing? Are you guys already talking about turning him?" she demanded. Damon sat down in a chair, perfectly positioned to watch the action. Jeremy stood up and approached Elena, "It's been a conversation, just like I'm sure it will be with you and Damon. We are going to wait a few months to see how things play out" he reasoned and Elena relaxed a little while Damon stiffened. He had spent a lot of time thinking about Elena changing and they had discussed the possibility but nothing had been decided.
Anna got off the couch and joined Jeremy in front of Elena, grabbing his hand. "Elena, I love your brother. I don't want him to make this decision because he feels threatened or because he feels like he needs to protect you. We are going to wait until things settle down around here before we will consider him changing" she explained and Jeremy clenched his teeth, he obviously wasn't happy with the idea of being a burden to everyone by being human, but he didn't argue.
Elena nodded, happy with the explanation and nervous about the conversation with Damon she was now tempted to have. She knew it would be a lot easier to keep them all safe if she wasn't human anymore. She would be more durable and that would give everyone peace of mind, but she figured Damon's attitude would mirror Anna's on the subject. She brushed it off for now and sat down on the couch.
"So what were you coming to tell us earlier Jeremy?" Elena asked and Jeremy shuddered remembering the position he had seem Elena and Damon in when he opened the bedroom door. Damon chuckled which caused Jeremy to glare at him before answering Elena, "Oh Stefan called earlier. He said you didn't answer. He was having an issue at the hospital, he didn't elaborate" he explained and Elena and Damon exchanged a weary look before abruptly gathering their things and walking toward the door.
"Anna, you got Jeremy? This might be bad" Damon asked while opening the front door.
"Yeah, I got it. And I think I'm gonna call Bonnie to see if we can put a spell on the place to keep that bitch out. It's too dangerous with her being able to come and go as she pleases" Anna quickly told Damon and he nodded it response before him and Elena took off to his car and raced to the hospital.
While in the car Elena pulled out her phone to check it. She had six missed calls from Stefan. Something was really wrong.
"Fuck. He called me six times. Why was my phone on silent? I didn't do that." She wondered out loud and Damon looked away from her.
"I turned it down. I wanted you to get some sleep. I'm sorry" he explained while stepping on the gas.
Elena ignored his confession. Now wasn't the time to be arguing about unimportant shit. They needed to be at the hospital now. As soon as the car was parked, the both ran into the hospital and to Caroline's room, only to be stopped by a nurse. "I'm sorry but you two cannot go into that room. It's off limits" she explained. "Why?" Elena asked. "I don't remember. I just know it's off limits" the nurse said while giving a blank stare, she had been compelled. Damon grabbed her by the shoulders and looked deeply into her eyes, "We are allowed in. No one else can come in unless I tell you its okay. Do you understand?" he compelled.
"I understand" the nurse answered in an emotionless voice before they walked away and into Caroline's room. The curtains had been drawn and Stefan was sitting in the visitors chair with his head in his hands in the dark room. Stefan looked upset but Caroline looked downright miserable. "Stefan, what's wrong?" Elena asked worried.
"Elena, I'm so sorry. The blood was too much. I only left for twenty minutes to go hunt but when I came back…" he paused as realization seemed to hit Damon and Caroline sobbed. Elena was still confused so she urged him to continue. "The room smelled like Katherine and Caroline didn't have a heartbeat. She woke up about an hour after I got back. She's in transition" Stefan locked eyes with Elena for a spilt second before he put his head back in his hands. He had been apologizing to Caroline since she had woken up but she had been so focused on the blood in the air that she barely responded to him.
"Oh god, and we can't get her out of here because of the sun and she has to feed. What happens when he mother and Matt come back? Oh no, oh no" Elena paced in front of the door mumbling to herself. "So what do we do?" she looked up at Damon, silently pleading for him to help them.
"Well, we have two options: we can try to get Bonnie to spell her a ring and compel her way out of here or we feed her here and wait until the sun goes down, running the risk of her eating a family member or her boy friend" he weighed the options.
Caroline finally snapped into the present at his statement "And I'm supposed to trust you to help me with this? Fuck no. You used me. You almost killed me" she almost yelled at Damon. Elena cringed; Caroline had gotten her memories back at the worst possible time.
"Caroline, if you hold everything you remember against him right now, you are going to get killed. The girl who changed you will be back for you. And Damon might not have the best track record with you but he did try to save you last night. He gave you blood to save your life" Elena reasoned and Caroline seemed to calm down.
"Fine, just help me please. I'm so hungry and Elena is just making it worse. This whole place smells like blood and I'm going crazy. Please help me" Caroline begged to Stefan and Damon, not really caring who the help came from.
Elena backed up to the farthest corner of the room to help with the blood lust but continued to talk to Damon, "Leaving her here until sun down it not gonna be a good idea. I think you should call Bonnie" she reasoned and Damon looked up at her surprised. "Why am I calling her?" he asked. "Because she is aligned with you. No one else. She told you she would help you, this is her first favor" Elena explained and Damon nodded in understanding. He grabbed his phone to call Bonnie.
Stefan got up from his car and walked over to Elena, "Bonnie is aligned to Damon?" he asked confused. "She agreed to a truce and being Damon's ally in exchange for him giving Caroline blood to save her" she explained, her anger with Stefan fading for the time being. "This isn't your fault you know" Elena assured him and he locked eyes with her, slightly smiling. "Yeah it is. My weakness caused Caroline her humanity" he explained the small smile disappearing at his statement. "Elena, I'm sorry about earlier with Katherine, I shouldn't have…" he started but she cut him off. "Stefan, its okay, I know it didn't have anything to do with me. I'm not your girlfriend anymore; you don't have to explain anything to me. We are okay" Elena replied softly, locking eyes with Damon across the room still on the phone. Stefan nodded and reached for her hand, squeezing lightly before letting it go and going back to his seat.
Damon was off the phone minutes later looking physically drained by the conversation. He sighed heavily before explaining, "She knows. She's pissed off. She wants Katherine's head on a platter. She's on her way with the jewelry and the Grimoire".
"Why does Katherine look just like Elena?" Caroline asked Stefan quietly. He shrugged, "We aren't really sure. We just know that Elena comes from Katherine's bloodline" he explained briefly, not wanting to get into the story.
"Well, why did she look so pissed off when she came here? All she said was to tell you guys "game on" and then she smothered me with a pillow" Caroline continued to ask, Damon and Stefan exchanged a meaningful look at the news of Katherine's message. They both were working out a timeline in their head. Katherine had followed Damon and Elena here after her confrontation with Stefan. Stefan's guilt seemed to double in size as he realized this. Caroline cleared her throat, slightly aggravated that they were ignoring her.
Stefan knew they were going to have to tell her the whole story soon but he really wanted to hold off until she had some blood and was safely at the boarding house. "We can explain everything to you when we get you to the boarding house after you have had some fresh blood. There are other people that need to hear the story so you will fit in in your cluelessness" Stefan continued to explain while taking her hand and squeezing it reassuringly before placing their intertwined fingers on the comforter of the bed. Caroline smiled at him.
Elena noticed they really seemed to be bonding during this whole situation. Damon gave her a meaningful look signaling his acknowledgement of this development. He looked hopeful for their outlook; Damon was secretly wishing that this relationship would develop and quickly, effectively distracting Stefan and placing Caroline in his care.
"Damon we should go wait outside for Bonnie since she can't get in without your okay" Elena reminded him before grabbing his hand and walking out of the hospital room. Once sitting in the waiting room, Damon turned to Elena, "So how do you think Caroline and Stefan will play out? I'm interested to see that out come. It will take some of the heat off of you" he explained.
"Caroline deserves a good guy and being around Matt is going to be too dangerous for a while. And Stefan deserves someone who can love whole heartedly like Caroline. I think if they decide to take it that way, it could be good for both of them" Elena replied, emotionally unaffected by the idea of Stefan moving on. She knew he deserved to be happy, she wanted that for him.
"Hey, I don't really care, as long as he leaves you alone" he said while leaning forward to rest his elbows on his knees.
Damon was happy that she didn't seem upset about Stefan possibly moving on, but he wasn't really happy that they were heading into friends territory. She could see in his eyes that her reaction didn't make him feel any better "But you do care, I can see that. You are worried. Why are you so worried about me and Stefan? I haven't done anything to cause you to doubt me. What's up Damon?" she interrogated. He avoided her eyes, "Nothings up, I'm just worried about you two being friends, that's all" he reluctantly admitted.
"But why? I mean it's not like I can cut him out of my life Damon" she reasoned and he looked at her, determination in his eyes. "You were friends with me when you were with him. Please tell me, how did that play out Elena?" he questioned, sounding angrier than he intended, his old sarcasm flaring up in his statement. She flinched at his words; she hated that he doubted her. She knew it wasn't the same situation but he didn't seem to understand the difference. Just then, Bonnie walked into the waiting room, a pissed off expression on her face. Damon stood to let Bonnie into Caroline's room, walking away from Elena without a glance. "We will continue this conversation Damon" Elena declared to his back. He didn't turn around and she didn't get up to follow.
Damon and Bonnie walked into the hospital room after compelling the nurse to let them enter. Bonnie set the Grimoire on the bed along with a ring.
"Where's Elena?" Stefan asked Damon while Bonnie flipped through pages, not really acknowledging anyone.
"Waiting room" Damon quipped and Stefan smirked, "Trouble in paradise already. That was faster then even I guessed" he taunted causing Caroline to look at him questioningly. "Wait, Elena's with Damon now? Wow, I really missed a lot in one day" Caroline reeled from the news. Bonnie looked up at her and smiled. "Yeah, things really change quickly with vampires and witches around" she mused and Caroline smiled at her in return. "Yeah, you guys need to catch me up before I get even more behind. Especially you, all powerful witch" Caroline laughed and Bonnie continued to smile before turning to Damon.
"I need your blood" she told him. "Okay. Why?" he asked, slightly hesitant. "I'm not gonna hex you Damon, I need it because you sired her. Your blood runs in her veins" she explained. He shrugged, he let his fangs elongate and her pricked his finger with one of them. He held the bloody finger out to Bonnie who squeezed his finger into a brass bowl. Then she dropped the ring in the bowl and moved over to the closed curtain. She opened the curtain and Caroline jumped, Stefan squeezed her hand again and she relaxed. The sun light hit the ring and Bonnie started to mumble in a strange language. Then she pulled the ring out the bowl and rinsed it off before handing it to Caroline, she put it on and thanked Bonnie profusely.
"Okay, one down, one to go, she needs blood so she can complete the change and I don't want to feed her a nurse because the bite would be too obvious with Sheriff Forbes around" Damon droned, he only saw one option and he didn't like it. "I'll ask Elena and then I can give her blood to hide the bite" Damon answered his own musings and Stefan nodded. Bonnie shrugged and Caroline looked scared, she turned to Stefan. "I don't want to hurt her" she said in a small voice. "You won't Caroline. Damon and I will make sure you stop, and Damon will bite her so you don't hurt her" he reassured her. Now all they had to do was talk to Elena.
Damon left the room to get her. Her mood hadn't seemed to improve but she followed him into the room anyways.
"What's up?" Elena asked while giving Caroline a reassuring smile. "I assume we are ready to leave" she asked again when no one answered her. Everyone was warily staring at her and she was getting the creeps.
Damon broke the silence, "Caroline is too weak to walk out of here on her own and I can't compel the whole hospital to not see us carrying her out. She needs blood and we can't run the risk of Sherriff Forbes seeing a bitten nurse" he explained, everyone but Elena was shocked by his hesitance.
"You want me to give her blood" Elena stated avoiding everyone's gaze. Damon reached forward and brought her face up to look at him, "It's the only option, we need a knowing participant and I can bite you so she doesn't hurt you and then I will give you my blood to heal the mark" he explained.
Elena nodded, "okay, let's get this over with" she reluctantly agreed while raising her wrist to Damon. He softly kissed her wrist before his fangs elongated and pierced her skin, as gently as he could manage. Elena felt the pain of him breaking her skin but it only lasted a few seconds, his never ending gaze took all of her attention, then he removed her wrist from his mouth and led her over to Caroline.
Caroline's eyes locked on to the beads of blood on Elena's wrist and quickly brought it to her mouth, her fangs pierce through her gums for the first time but she didn't bite her, she held control a drank deeply from Elena.
For the others in the room, it looked like Caroline was sucking the life out of Elena, all of her energy and color drained. When Elena started to feel light headed, she leaned on Damon weakly and he reached over to remove her wrist from Caroline's hold.
"Okay Elena, now you are going to take some of mine to give you some strength and heal the bite. Alright?" Damon asked her weak form, she nodded sloppily. Damon quickly bit his wrist and brought it to Elena's mouth, the whole room fidgeted uncomfortably in the room, feeling that the exchange was too intimate to witness.
Damon's blood filled Elena's mouth. At first she tasted the tangy copper that she usually tasted when she bit her lip or licked a paper cut, but then after a few more pulls, the taste changed. It tasted like his emotions, she could feel him in the blood, all of his feelings and worries, it left Elena breathless.
He pulled away from her and she looked up into his beautiful eyes, he knew she could feel what he felt in that moment. They were frozen. Damon looked at her lips, his blood still their. All he could think about was how much it added to her beauty.
Caroline cleared her throat loudly and Elena jumped. "Sorry to interrupt the moment but can we go now. The smell of blood is still killing me" she asked more than slightly annoyed. Damon smirked, "Sure Blondie. Get dressed and then we will get you out of here. I have to go get your nurse to sign your discharge papers".
They slowly filled out of the room, leaving only Bonnie with Caroline to help get her situated. Damon left to go find the nurse and Stefan and Elena awkwardly hung out in the waiting room. "Well, that was pretty intense" he finally said, breaking the silence. Elena snorted, "You really wanna talk about this?" she asked knowingly. He smiled at her and let out a small laugh, "Yeah not really. I hope you guys don't make a habit out of that. It messes with your smell" he told her and Elena stayed silent. She didn't know how to respond.
Seconds later Damon showed up holding Caroline's discharge papers, he looked questioningly between Elena and Stefan who were still awkwardly standing in silence. "Okay ignoring the recently broken up awkwardness" he said while walking back to Caroline's room, Stefan smiled.
"Well, that's new" Elena mused and he looked at her questioningly. "You are smiling at something Damon said, it's almost like you two are getting alone, imagine that" her sarcasm making him smile again but it was short lived. If they had had this conversation two days ago he would have denied it and continued joking with her and then kissed her, and it only hurt more to know that he couldn't ever again. He couldn't even remember the last time he kissed her. He continued to zone out trying to remember.
"Hello, earth to Stefan. Are you okay?" she asked trying to continue their playful conversation and get a reaction. "Yeah fine, just thinking; I can't remember our last kiss. How sad is that?" he asked and all humor left Elena's face. Just then Damon walked out with Caroline closely by his side and Bonnie walking closely behind.
"Lets get out of here" Bonnie urged, "I'll take Caroline and Stefan in my car" she offered and everyone nodded, "okay meet you at the house" she finished before walking away with her passengers.
Damon and Elena quietly walked back to the car. As soon as he started it and pulled out of the drive way he asked, "So which conversation are we going to have first? Or rather, which argument? The Katherine one from yesterday? The Stefan one from earlier or the new Stefan one that's currently bugging me?" he asked sarcastically.
"Might as well start currently, what did I do know?" she asked in an emotionless voice, not really wanting to have any of these conversations.
"He can't remember the last time he kissed you and you just feel so bad about that. I saw the look Elena, the wheels were turning in your head, you were gonna give him his last kiss" he argued and Elena's face went blank. He really did know her well, she was considering it when Damon had walked up but she never would have gone through with it.
"I was considering it. But it would just cause more problems" she answered reluctantly and his hands clenched on the steering wheel, "what do you want me to say Damon, he loves me and I ended it. That comes with some guilt" she reasoned trying not to turn this into a full blown argument.
"Guilt that he is using to his advantage Elena, he is gonna at least try to get you back, and he knows your weaknesses" he argued back, more angry at his brother then at her.
"Damn it Damon" she snapped, "Do you really think I would try so hard to break down all of your emotional barriers if I thought for a second that I might want to go back to Stefan" she yelled.
He pulled into the driveway and shut the car off, making no move to get out.
"And as for the argument from earlier, the situations are not the same. I don't want Stefan. I had Stefan. I was bored out of my fucking mind. I spent my time thinking about you and kicking myself for it later. I was fighting for the wrong brother then, not now. I am completely confident that I can be his friend and nothing will happen, I was never like that with you. I was always worried something would happen" she continued to explain. He nodded still not looking at her, the ridiculousness of their argument very obvious to him now.
"So that only leaves one argument left. Katherine. That's your queue. Start talking" she pushed and he nodded.
"I don't want Katherine. The comment from yesterday was strictly me wanting revenge because she used us and fucked me over. I hate her" he explained, not wanting to fight with her. "I'm sorry" he said softly and she nodded.
"Alright, I'm sorry too if I gave you any reason to doubt me. Are we okay now?" she asked with a small smile. He nodded and smiled her, "yes, we're good" he said before they each got out of the car. Elena started to giggle as they walked up to the house, "what's so funny?" he asked.
"Our first real fight and I totally won. Your big bad reputation is totally blown when I tell Bonnie and Caroline" she said between fits of giggles. He growled, "You wouldn't" he dared and she laughed harder.
"Oh I totally would" she said while opening the front door and walking in. Elena walked into the living room to see Stefan, Bonnie and Caroline already on the couch talking with Jeremy and Anna. The group exchanged looks before the vampires in the group smiled at Damon, obviously hearing the end of their conversation and Elena laughed again. Bonnie and Jeremy exchanged a confused glance before looking at Damon expectantly. He ignored them and walked to the bar to pour himself a drink, swirling the amber liquid in his glass.
Stefan decided to explain to the clueless humans, "Damon and Elena had their first fight and Elena won, she was all proud of herself while walking up to the house", he smirked at his brother.
"Well, I'm going to go change my clothes really quick, I smell like hospital" Elena told the group before walking upstairs to Damon's room. "Elena, your shampoo and conditioner is still in my bathroom if you wanna shower" Stefan yelled up the stairs to her, getting awkward looks from the majority of the room.
"What? Keep in mind we have only been broken up for like twenty four hours" Stefan justified, causing Caroline to laugh with Bonnie and Anna to say "god this is weird, I thought wife swapping went out in the 70's" with a smirk, Jeremy to busted up laughing and Damon to glared at her in response.
Elena walked into Stefan's room, went to his bathroom and pulled out the two bottles before walking back to Stefan's bedroom and dropping both the bottles and freezing. A woman Elena had never seen before was kicking back on Stefan's bed, obviously trying to make an entrance. She bolted up out of the bed and backed Elena up against the wall. "You have a lot of nerve to show up back here after almost a hundred and fifty years, you crazy bitch. Damon Isaiah Salvatore, get your ass up here" she yelled the last statement through the house.
Damon was their in seconds, his eyes bugging out at the position Amelia had Elena in. "Amelia, stop what you are doing and listen. She has a heartbeat. That's not Katherine" he said warningly and Amelia's grasp loosened and she backed away from Elena with a small smile to Damon.
"What the fuck is wrong with you? She smells like you. Are you hooking up with Katherine's doppelganger? Wow you really are sick" Amelia inquired while looking Elena up and down in awe.
"Well, hello to you too Ami. It's been fifteen years and all I get is twenty questions" Damon pretended to be offended.
"I'm sorry Damon, where are my manners? How are you handsome?" she asked hugging him.
"I'm good Aims. I actually missed you. Oh and speaking of manners. This is Elena, you know, the girl you attacked" he pointed to a still frozen Elena. Elena snapped out of it and reached out to shake Amelia's hand, still bewildered but at least getting control of her movements.
"Ami?" the three heard Stefan say from the door way. They all turned to watch him walk into the room.
"Hey Stef, how are you?" she said walking up to hug him. "I'm good. I though you weren't coming for another month. Did I miss an email?" he asked, shocked by her sudden appearance in his bedroom.
"Yeah, well I wasn't supposed to be here for another month. But then I got the Katherine email last night and I took off running. I wanna help my two oldest friends take down the crazy bitch, and judging by the presence of the doppelganger, you already have the key to end her once and for all" Ami said getting three confused expressions in response.
"Speaking of Elena" Ami started at the brothers before turning to Elena and saying, "and no offense hunny" before turning back to the boys, "What the hell is wrong with the two of you. First I went to Damon's bed but her scent is fresh there, not to mention her clothes and stuff in his room. So I decided I would make my way to the single Salvatore's bed before everyone got back, and her scent is their too, just not fresh. So let me guess… Stefan had her first but she fell for Damon" Ami started to pace, her words evoking a smirk from Damon and awkward stares from Elena and Stefan.
"Unless history is repeating itself and you are sleeping with both and I just outed you" Ami smirked to Elena.
"Nope, you had it right the first time. And now that you have me all figured out, can I get your explanation?" Elena asked, throwing the same amount of attitude back to Ami.
"Sure hun" she answered before turning to an amused Damon, "I like her. She's got fire", Stefan even cracked a smile at that.
"Well, I am the only woman to date that has ever effectively been friends with both Damon and Stefan" she explained. "You see, I was around in the Katherine days. I saw how bad she was playing them and I tried to talk them both out of being with her. But we both know they were too smitten to listen to me. I took off before she threw all the vampires under the bus and into the tomb. I had been turned for about ten years at the time and traveled with Katherine's group. That's how I met these guys. They didn't figure out what I was until after they turned and we had already been friends for like four years at the time" she explained to Elena. "We have been friends ever since. I normally get Damon's drunken New Years Eve's and Christmas with Stefan. Since they "hate" each other" she fingered in the air quotes around the word hate and Elena laughed, "this is the first time we have all been in the same place in like fifty years. Damn, break out the bottle, we should celebrate" she said while walking out of the room and into the living room.
Amelia stopped frozen in at the head of the stair, Damon, Stefan and Elena stopping behind her. "Wow, you guys have a full house theses day. Wait, Anna?" she yelled surprised. Amelia raced down the stairs as Anna looked up.
"Oh my god, Ami. What are you doing here? I haven't seen you in forever" Anna asked, obviously happy to see her.
Ami hugged her "I'm here to help take down the bitch and spend time with Damon and Stefan. Man, I missed you kid" hugging her again. The rest of the room looked at the spectacle slightly confused by the new comer.
"Well, I'm guessing this is the team on operation kill the crazy bitch. We have quite the group here boys, a witch, a spelled doppelganger, a total of five vampires; including myself, and a human with… a come back from the dead ring" Ami assessed, causing everyone to look at Jeremy questioningly. "Damon pulled the ring off of John's finger and gave it to me" Jeremy explained and everyone but Caroline nodded in understanding. She stood up frustrated, "What the hell. I need someone to explain all this shit and now. My head is going to explode in confusion".
Elena spoke up, "Okay Caroline, we'll explain just sit and calm down" she comforted, effectively calming her down.
"Oh wow, we have a newbie. This should be fun" Ami said under her breath, getting some warning glares in response from Bonnie and Caroline.
"Hey Ami, not helping" Stefan told her, getting nothing but a shrug in return. "So, before history rears it's ugly head, why don't we introduce everyone to Amelia" Damon queued
"Sounds great Damon" Amelia agreed. "So hi everyone, my name is Amelia or Ami, sometimes I will get an Aims, but that's mostly from Damon. Wow, I feel like I'm at an AA meeting" she joked before continuing, "I have been friends with the Salvatore brother's since about 1860. I was one of Katherine's followers for a while before I realized how poisonous the bitch really is, I tried to talk both of them out of their relationship with her but I didn't get very far because I couldn't tell them I was a vampire without risking exposure. I left town before the vampires were thrown in the tomb and I reconnected with Damon and Stefan after they were turned and we have been friends ever since" she explained and everyone but Caroline relaxed in her presence.
"And judging by the look on blondie's face, she has no idea what I am talking about so who's next to explain" Ami asked looking around.
"Well, first let's finish the introductions" Elena said while making her way to the couch, sitting next to Bonnie.
"Ami, this is Bonnie. She is a witch, a Bennet witch to be exact. A direct descendent of Emily" Elena introduced and Bonnie smiled and waved at Ami in response. Then Elena moved to Caroline, "This is Caroline Forbes, she was turned early this morning by a very pissed off Katherine, she was Katherine's first move in the war if you will. Her mom is the Sherriff and she has been friends with Bonnie and me since the first grade" Caroline looked up and gave Ami a weak smile which Ami returned, sympathy visible in her expression. "And this is Jeremy, my brother in love and cousin in blood, oh and he is also Anna's boyfriend" Elena finished her explanation and Ami gave Anna a thumbs up and a wink at the boyfriend comment.
"So now that everyone knows everyone, can we please explain everything so the whole conversation we just had finally makes sense" Caroline begged and Damon stepped forward. He looked to Elena first, "Should we bring Jenna and Alaric over first?" he asked and Elena shook her head violently. "No. Alaric already knows the story and I would like to explain everything to Jenna myself later. We can handle that tomorrow" she asserted and Damon nodded. Ami smirked, "Oh, I didn't know you could be submissive Damon" she joked. Damon glared in response and Elena looked at him questioningly because on the innuendo behind the joke, he shook his head and mouthed "later" to Elena.
"Well, here is goes" Damon started, "In 1864, Stefan and I met Katherine…" and he talked for about an hour, explaining the love triangle and Katherine getting caught, them trying to save her and the tomb. He explained coming back to Mystic Falls to save her and finding out that she was never in the tomb and how she showed up on Founders Day and killed John. Then he got to the more recent stuff.
"Well, I think Stefan should explain the happenings of the last few days. I'm not sure how much you want me to tell, little brother" Damon taunted causing Elena to smack him on the arm lightly and the whole room to look at Stefan curiously.
"Katherine showed up here twice last night. The first time she met Elena and told all three of us that she came back for me. I kicked her out. She came back a few hours later and I pissed her off and then she must have followed us to the hospital 'cause she changed Caroline a couple hours later, giving her a message to give to us" he explained, while avoiding the naked truth of how he had pissed her off.
"What was the message?" Ami asked. Stefan nodded to Caroline.
"She walked in, I thought she was Elena. She told me her name was Katherine and told me to tell the Salvatore brother's "game on" then she smothered me with a pillow" Caroline explained calmly, obviously relieved to be in on the whole story. Ami nodded, still giving Caroline a sympathetic look.
"So now what? Now that everyone is on the same page, what are we going to do?" Jeremy asked, while grabbing Anna's hand.
Damon answered first, "Knowing Katherine, she will back off for a while. She wants us to lower our guards. So first things first, Anna did you talk to Bonnie about the spell to block off the house? Obviously, it didn't happen while we were at the hospital 'cause this one could sneak in no problem" he motioned to Ami who smiled at him.
"I already found the spell, the only thing is, you guys have to pick a human to verbally gift the house to so they decide who is invited" Bonnie answered, having looked through the Grimoire for a few hours to find the right spell. She did her homework, so to speak.
Damon and Stefan looked at each other; Stefan nodded in an unverbalized agreement. "Elena, do you accept ownership of the Boarding house?" Damon asked.
"Yes" she answered.
"You guys have to make some kind of physical acknowledgment of passing it on, both brothers do" Bonnie told them. Elena nodded and kissed and hugged Damon before awkwardly walking over to Stefan. She paused before hugging him quickly, but obviously not quick enough, Stefan kissed her cheek while she was pulling away. She didn't acknowledge it but Damon growled lowly at his brother. Stefan smirked, but didn't say anything.
"Okay now all the vampires have to be re-invited in to the house" Bonnie instructed and Stefan, Damon, Anna, Ami and Caroline all walked to the front door. Elena followed. Damon tested the seal after crossing the threshold and it worked, none of them could get back into the house. Elena realized she could play with this; she was going to get some answers. "Caroline, Anna, please come in" Elena invited and the girls came in. Damon looked at her questioningly. "Before the rest come in, I have a question" she started and Ami started laughing.
"Wow, I really do like you" Ami told her while leaning up against the threshold.
"Stefan, do we have any reason to worry about you and Katherine? Basically, I want to know if we can trust you" Elena asked, catching everyone off guard and slightly wounding Stefan.
"I would never do anything that would put any of us in danger Elena, you can trust me" he promised and Elena could immediately see the sincerity of his comment. "Stefan, please come it" she answered and he walked past her but hung out in the entry, not wanting to miss the rest of the show.
"Babe, what the problem with me and Ami?" Damon asked, slightly scared of her question. Elena smiled sweetly, "Have you two ever slept together?" she asked serious voice. Ami started to laugh again, "I didn't see that one coming, did you Damon" Ami taunted but he never looked at her. "Come on Damon, just tell me" Elena persuaded and Damon nodded.
Ami vocalized the explanation that Damon couldn't, "Yeah we've slept together a couple times. I mean, he's good as you know, but I was never in love with him or anything. We were just friends with benefits for a while. Haven't been for quite a long time though; you have nothing to worry about with me, I would be more worried about Katherine getting her claws back into him, if I were you" Ami answered and Damon cringed, uncharacteristically quiet.
Elena nodded, not at all surprised by anything she said, "thank you Ami for your honesty. Please come in" she invited and Ami walked in the house to stand by Stefan. Elena turned around to face them, "Can you guys give us a minute" Elena asked them and they walked off seconds later.
Elena turned back to face him and Damon's gaze locked with hers. She waited for him to speak but he didn't say anything. He was being stubborn, he was pissed that she played this game instead of just talking to him. He crossed his arms over his chest defiantly. "Fine, come in" Elena said before walking away, not making eye contact with him again.
She walked back to the living room and Damon followed, she sat next to her brother while Damon went back to the bar to make another drink, Ami joined him at the bar. "Wow Damon, what a bitch move. You should have talked to her" was all she said before taking the glass and going back to the couch.
"Well, I'm gonna go home. It's been a long day and it's only like 3 o' clock, I'll see you guys tomorrow" Bonnie said before leaving quickly.
"Hey Elena, how about we go search the cabinets and try to get some dinner going for you and who ever else feels like eating human food. I can give you some dirt, it'll be fun" Ami proposed and Elena agreed, all four girls walked to the kitchen to start dinner. Jeremy, Stefan and Damon just stared at each other, awkwardly before Damon passed a drink to each guy, trying to break the silence. It worked.
A.N. Okay chapter 9 is done. And it is long. I'm pretty proud of myself. What does everyone think of Amelia? Please send the love. Thank you- Ashley
