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Chapter 9


Past


Damon rolled to her side and stared at the ceiling wide-eyed as they both panted and came back down to earth. He couldn't believe that she bit him back! It was so damn hot!

"You are not a human." He stated and she smirked at the 'undone' tone in his voice. She couldn't help loving that he'd enjoyed it so much.

"No. Not in the brain, I'm not." She agreed as her additional neck wound healed from the fresh blood that she'd just gotten from him. "I hope that my mom didn't hear that." She remarked amused and he chuckled, a little surprised that it sounded like she didn't care if her mother did hear it.

"She didn't." Damon confirmed. "Fuck, that was amazing." He mumbled and she smiled.

"Mmhmm." She agreed and was surprised when he reached down and took her hand. He lifted it up to his mouth then kissed her hand while he interlaced their fingers. He decided then that he was going to turn her. He decided that he was going to figure out a plan so that she didn't have to go back. He was going to figure out a way for them to be together without the future version of him messing it up. He wanted her so badly. Caroline watched his expressions change as he was clearly deep in thought and realisation hit. "You're totally planning to turn me, aren't you?" She cocked an eyebrow and he chuckled in surprise that she knew what he'd been thinking about.

"Yes." He nodded. "I want you to be a vampire as soon as possible." He stated and she sighed. She knew that past Damon would just randomly snap her neck if she didn't agree. That and she did want to turn back soon.

"Then it has to wait a couple of days." She stated, surprising him that she would agree to be turned.

"Why?" He tested confused. He wanted to do it now.

"Because I need to swap out my mom's vervain so that she can be compelled." Caroline answered and he thought about that.

"Okay." He agreed.

"And my first turning was really crap, so you have to drain me this time." Caroline instructed and he smirked.

"I'll do it the sexy way." He teased and she giggled.

"What's the sexy way?" She asked amused by his devious expression.

"Drained right when you orgasm. You won't even notice your death and you'll wake up all relaxed." He answered and she thought about that. That sounded good.

"Alright." She agreed and he grinned at her mischievously for agreeing to that because he couldn't wait. "But, in the meantime, I have to go make sure that Stefan doesn't force feed Elena a bunny." Caroline quipped as she sat up and he frowned at the fact she still wanted to leave. He thought that he'd thoroughly managed to distract her.

"Why does it matter?" Damon tested because he really didn't give a crap if Elena ate bunnies.

"Because future-Elena and Stefan asked me to make sure that he doesn't do that." Caroline revealed. "In retrospect, it was a stupid idea to leave her at the boarding house." She remarked as she hurried over to her dresser and got out underwear and a bra. She quickly got dressed and Damon saw that she was determined, so he reluctantly pulled on his own clothes. Though, he had to put his jeans and t-shirt on since Caroline had ripped his shirt – he smirked at the memory of that… it was awesome. He'd been really surprised that she'd had the strength to do that. Caroline pulled on her jeans and a top; she added a scarf so that her mother wouldn't see the unmarked skin on her neck. She fixed her bed so that it didn't look like she'd just had sex in it – she still couldn't believe she did that, she really didn't know why she did that either – pulled on her shoes and grabbed her purse then the two of them left and Damon drove them over to the boarding house.


Caroline climbed out of Damon's car and closed the door behind her. She was really surprised when he took her hand but she didn't feel like getting into an argument about it, so she let him. They walked in the door and found Stefan and Zack in the living room with Elena on the couch. They were both surprised to see Damon and Caroline hand in hand but neither commented on it.

"Hey." Caroline greeted the two men.

"Hello, Caroline." Zack replied and Stefan just gave her a nod.

"How do you know that she's turning?" Caroline asked Stefan who sighed.

"I'm just hoping." Stefan stated sadly and Caroline rolled her eyes at him being such a crappy vampire. She walked over to Elena, opened her mouth, leaned down and smelled her mouth. "What are you doing?" He asked confused.

"Well, the inside of her mouth smells like a penny, so you're assessment was correct." Caroline retorted surprising Stefan and Zack that she thought of that and they didn't.

"You didn't even smell her mouth?" Damon asked Stefan, amused by his ineptitude.

"I didn't think." Stefan muttered.

"Then smell it and see if you can catch the scent of who turned her." Damon shrugged and Stefan looked surprised that Damon was being remotely helpful.

"You have sharper senses." Stefan mumbled very reluctantly and Damon smirked knowing that Stefan did not want to admit that.

"Alright." Damon shrugged again. He went over and sniffed her mouth and Damon purposely looked at Stefan in surprise and deep amusement. "Well well well, at least now we know how Stefan knew that she was turning without smelling her mouth." Damon teased.

"What are you talking about?" Zack examined confused.

"Stefan's her sire." Damon smirked and Zack and Stefan's jaws dropped.

"What? That's not possible." Stefan gasped shocked.

"You turned her against her will?" Caroline asked Stefan in disbelief and he was wide-eyed.

"No, of course not! I didn't do it." Stefan refuted stunned. He grabbed Elena's mouth and smelled it and looked highly confused because it was his blood. "But… I didn't do it." Stefan reiterated shocked because he had no idea how she turned on his blood when he didn't do it.

"Wait." Caroline said then took Elena's hand. "Is that a sun ring?" She asked confused and both Stefan and Damon looked surprised. Stefan's surprise that she knew what a sun ring was was real, Damon's wasn't.

"You really didn't do it?" Damon queried Stefan who shook his head.

"I swear." Stefan promised.

"Then obviously someone planned this." Damon remarked curiously. "Might be Annabelle. She really hated Katherine after all." Damon stated thoughtfully and Stefan stared at him in confusion.

"Why would it be Annabelle?" Stefan quizzed sceptically.

"She's in town." Damon answered like it was obvious and Stefan looked stunned.

"How do you know?" Stefan pushed.

"Who do you think vervained me and tied me up?" Damon smirked surprising Stefan. Zack was shocked that Damon had been vervained and tied up.

"Why didn't you tell me that the first time I asked? Maybe she got my blood then." Stefan stated and Damon shrugged like 'I have my reasons and I'm not telling you' which made Stefan roll his eyes.

"Don't tell Elena that your blood turned her." Caroline said to Stefan.

"Why?" Stefan asked muddled.

"Just trust me on this. I've been friends with her since we were toddlers." Caroline stated.

"Okay." Stefan agreed confused.

"Can I have a glass?" Caroline requested from Damon who shot her a disapproving look but retrieved one from his drinks cart anyway then handed it to her.

"What's that for?" Stefan queried.

"So that she can transition." Caroline stated like it was obvious and Stefan looked stunned that Caroline would do that. She held up her wrist to Damon. "Bite." She bid shocking Stefan and Zack that she would allow him to do that. Damon carefully bit her wrist then she held it over the glass and her blood flowed into it.

"I think I'll leave you three to deal with it." Zack remarked because he really didn't like the idea of Damon biting the Sheriff's daughter. That, and he didn't want to be involved in the turning of Elena Gilbert considering that he'd been friends with her father and knew that he'd be horrified at the thought of his daughter becoming a vampire.

"Goodnight." Stefan bid him sadly and Zack nodded then hurried up the stairs.

"Don't you think that's enough?" Damon muttered to Caroline dryly as it was half full and she rolled her eyes at him being possessive.

"Fine." She said then Damon took her wrist, pricked his finger on a fang and dabbed his blood on the wound. Stefan was shocked that Damon would heal her so easily without her even having to ask. Stefan was eyeing the glass of blood with deep longing and Damon shot him a look.

"Don't even think about it." Damon warned his brother who rolled his eyes at being caught. "But that's not going to be enough for her to transition and feed on." Damon remarked to Caroline.

"I know." Caroline smirked.

"I'll take her hunting." Stefan declared.

"No, you won't." Caroline disagreed annoyed and he looked surprised at her flat-out refusal.

"I won't let her be a killer." Stefan stated seriously.

"And she won't be." Caroline assuaged. "But feeding on bunnies does nothing for control. She needs to be in control." She pushed.

"She'll kill people if she feeds fresh." Stefan pointed out.

"Were you dramatic as a human and it just magnified?" Caroline retorted annoyed and Damon laughed at her being blunt while Stefan looked confused.

"How do you know so much about being a vampire?" Stefan inquired suspiciously and Caroline sighed.

"Because I used to be one." She answered and he looked stunned because he had so not been expecting that answer. In all honesty, he'd formed a theory that she'd just known Damon longer than either of them let on.

"What? What do you mean?" He probed..

"I'll get to that later. For now, she can feed on this." Caroline stated while pulling out a blood bag from her bag and both Damon and Stefan's jaws dropped.

"Where on earth did you get that?" Stefan exclaimed shocked then Damon chuckled in realisation.

"Did you bring that with you?" Damon asked amused by the little blonde.

"Mmhmm. She doesn't want to feed on bunnies but she doesn't want to kill people either so she might as well feed on these." Caroline shrugged and Stefan looked highly confused.

"Wait a minute. You sound like you knew she would turn." Stefan stated suspiciously and Caroline sighed tiredly at him being so annoying.

"I'm from the future, Stefan." Caroline disclosed and Stefan's eyes bugged. "In the future, Elena is a vampire. She wasn't supposed to turn at this point though. She turned later. I brought the blood bags because I planned to get myself turned earlier than in the original timeline and I knew that Damon would want me to go hunting for humans and you'd try to do the bunny diet again, which made me kill two people last time, by the way." She said dryly and Damon snickered at her being in a mood with Stefan. "So, I brought bags." Caroline shrugged.

"The future?" Stefan asked shocked as that was really all that he took from what she said.

"Mmhmm." Caroline nodded. "By the way, Lexi's going to show up on your 162nd birthday. Tell her not to." She stated shocking Stefan.

"Why?" He tested deeply confused.

"Because she ended up getting killed in my timeline." Caroline remarked.

"Okay, I'll call her." Stefan agreed because he didn't want his friend dead. "That's how you know about Katherine." He remarked.

"Mmm, she smothered me with a pillow. It's how I turned." Caroline agreed and he looked stunned.

"That's terrible! Why are you back in this time then?" Stefan asked nosily.

"I need to stop certain things from happening. In my time, tons of people died because of certain events that happened in this time." Caroline revealed and he nodded in understanding.

"Does anyone else know about you being from the future?" Stefan asked. In all honesty, he was pissed that Damon knew about this while he didn't.

"Bonnie's grandmother, Sheila." Caroline said surprising Stefan. "She's going to help me take down Anna." She added.

"Hey." Damon interjected annoyed that she wasn't including him and she smirked at him.

"She's older than you." Caroline pointed out.

"Ah, but she wouldn't expect me to stake her." Damon countered and Caroline shot him an amused look because he was acting in front of Stefan like he still had the switch off. "What's that face for?" He tested and she giggled.

"That little switch of yours is moving in the other direction." She teased and he chuckled and rolled his eyes at her for saying that in front of his stupid brother while Stefan looked surprised as he hadn't known that – though, he was so happy about that.

"Are you together?" Stefan asked curiously as they both seemed really comfortable.

"No." Caroline denied. "Yes." Damon confirmed at the same time then they both chuckled at each other.

"You're a pain in the ass." Caroline stated with a smirk.

"Mmhmm." Damon agreed leaning towards her. "And you're a princess." He said then kissed her a peck on the lips and she rolled her eyes amused while Stefan cracked up into laughter.

"Wow. Damon, you have it bad." Stefan teased and Damon smirked his agreement.

"Anyway." Caroline said pointedly and both of them snickered as she clearly didn't want to talk about it. "I'm going to need your help with something during the week." She told Stefan and Damon frowned at her for asking Stefan and not asking him.

"What?" Stefan examined.

"In my time line, Bonnie discovered her powers at a charity carwash because she accidentally sets a car on fire and you stopped her last time. Can you watch her and do that again?" Caroline requested and Stefan nodded.

"Sure, but what about Elena?" Stefan tested. Caroline leaned over to Elena and took the sun ring from her finger.

"Problem solved. Maybe you should ask Zack to go on vacation for a week or two." Caroline suggested.

"I will." Stefan agreed.

"Wait, back to this car wash… are you going to be washing cars?" Damon smirked at her and Stefan and Caroline laughed at him having such a one-track mind.

"Can you keep your mind out of your pants for five minutes?" Caroline requested and Stefan laughed at the blunt blonde.

"It's not likely." Damon answered amused and she giggled.

"Yes, I will be washing cars." Caroline said. "In a bikini." She winked.

"Want help?" Damon flashed her a grin and she and Stefan shook with laughter.

"Perv." Caroline teased.

"Totally." Damon agreed and they both laughed.

"You need to get a hobby." Caroline quipped and Damon and Stefan shook with laughter at both the thought of that and that she would say that to Damon.

"Why? Pursuing a beautiful blonde is fun." Damon teased and she rolled her eyes while Stefan was highly amused by his very obviously smitten brother.

"Because you're distracting me from the mission." Caroline pointed out and he smirked.

"Guess you'll just have to stay longer to make sure it all goes well then." Damon teased and she deadpanned at him while he and Stefan chortled at her expression.

"How long are you staying here?" Stefan questioned.

"Another 93 days." Caroline answered.

"But we're going to find a way for her to stay, isn't that right, princess?" Damon flashed her a million dollar smile and she sighed.

"You're a pain in the ass." She muttered and he and Stefan chuckled. "Can I have another glass?" She bid Damon who looked at her sceptically then grabbed her a glass and handed it to her. She flicked the top of the blood bag open then poured the contents into the glass.

"What are you doing?" Stefan quizzed, surprised that in human form she was still so comfortable being around and handling so much blood with no hesitation.

"She's twitching. Small amounts often will help her stay in control." Caroline remarked then flicked the top again and put it back in her bag. She lifted up the glass with her own blood in it then sat on the table in front of Elena and put the fuller glass of blood from the blood bag behind her, so that Elena wouldn't see it, while holding the glass of her blood.

"Caroline, she could easily hurt you." Stefan pointed out.

"Will you just relax? She'll be fine." Caroline pushed exasperated – she was positive that future-Stefan was not this annoying. "Just chill out. If you stress, she'll stress." She advised and Damon chuckled at the funny little blonde while Stefan sighed and sat down on a chair at the side. Moments later Elena's eyes opened and she sat up with a start and a gasp.

"Oh my God. What… what happened?" Elena asked fearfully.

"Sweetie, it's okay." Caroline soothed softly and Elena's eyes locked with hers.

"What happened, Care?" Elena repeated worriedly.

"I'll explain everything, but first, drink this." She instructed holding out the glass to Elena – Stefan was shocked that she wasn't giving Elena a choice. Elena stared at it then snatched it from Caroline and drank it down hungrily. Caroline took the glass back just as Elena held her mouth with her hand and whimpered as her fangs came through her gums. Caroline set the glass behind her then took Elena's free hand. "Elena." Caroline said to get her attention then Elena looked at her confused and wide-eyed. Her face was vamped out too. "Listen to me, you trust me, right?" She asked and Elena nodded immediately. "I need you to block everything else out and just focus on being as calm as you can. Take a deep breath." Caroline instructed and Elena took a deep breath. "Good. Just focus on me, sweetie." She said soothingly.

"I can hear your heartbeat." Elena informed her wide-eyed.

"I know. Don't focus on that. Just watch my face and keep breathing. Calm right down. I'll explain everything to you, I promise." She lulled and Elena nodded and focused on being calm and moments later her face changed back to human – Damon and Stefan were impressed with the little blonde. "Good. That's really good, sweetie." Caroline praised.

"Something smells amazing." Elena commented and Caroline nodded.

"Are you hungry?" Caroline asked softly.

"Really hungry." Elena answered. "Wait… not hungry…"

"Thirsty?" Caroline asked and she nodded. "I can give you something that will help, but first, I need you to keep breathing and keep as calm as you can." She encouraged softly and Elena nodded.

"I feel a bit better now. I was really panicked before. But I'm okay." Elena admitted and Caroline nodded.

"Okay. What I want you to do is focus all of your energy on drinking as slowly as you can." Caroline instructed and Elena nodded. Caroline put her hand behind her and retrieved the glass of blood. Elena's face changed again and Caroline put it back behind her. "Don't focus on what's in the glass, sweetie. Just keep yourself calm and relaxed." Caroline said giving her hand a supportive squeeze and Elena took a deep breath and focused really hard and her face went back to normal. "Good. Very good." Caroline smiled then took the glass out from behind her again. "Don't look at it. Look at me." Caroline advised and Elena stared at Caroline. "Good." She praised then handed the glass to Elena. "Try harder than you've ever tried doing anything to drink that as slowly as you can. If you can sip it, that's even better." She smiled encouragingly and Elena lifted the glass to her lips and took a sip then moaned in pleasure. "I know it tastes amazing but just focus on me. Focus on drinking it slowly and staying calm. You can always have more, so you don't have to rush it. Enjoy it and take it slow. Make it last." Caroline coached and Elena nodded then sipped.

"It's hard." Elena complained uncomfortably and they all knew that she was dying to down it.

"I know it's hard, sweetie. It's so hard. But fight it. Take it slow." Caroline soothed and Elena nodded then sipped again. "Good. I'm so proud of you. You're doing so well, sweetie." Caroline said with a smile – Stefan and Damon were shocked at the fact Elena was actually sipping her first feed because of Caroline's method and encouragement. They were seriously impressed with Caroline. When Elena eventually finished the glass, Caroline took it back from her and put it back behind her then held both of Elena's hands. "You have no idea how proud I am of you. You did so well." Caroline smiled at her warmly and Elena nodded.

"What am I now?" Elena asked her in a whisper.

"You were turned into a vampire." Caroline informed and Elena's eyes widened in panic. "Stay calm Elena. I'm going to make sure that you don't hurt anyone, okay?" Caroline calmed and she nodded. "Just stay nice and relaxed. I promise, everything is going to be just fine." She mollified and Elena nodded again. "Just keep taking deep breaths and stay as calm as you can."

"Okay." Elena agreed.

"Can you tell me what happened?" Caroline bid her gently.

"I got out of my car after taking Bonnie home and I was just walking up to the house when someone grabbed me from behind, poured something into my mouth out of a bottle, I swallowed it without meaning to then they grabbed my head… and I don't remember anything after that." Elena explained and Caroline nodded.

"We don't know for sure who did this but we'll find out, okay?" Caroline asked her soothingly and Elena nodded.

"How do you know about vampires?" Elena asked Caroline confused.

"It's a long story. You've just turned. I'll explain everything once your body settles down. You'll feel a little weird for the next couple of days while you adjust to being a vampire." Caroline described.

"I do feel kind of dizzy." Elena conceded.

"I know. That's normal. It's because you have heightened senses. You can move really fast, you're strong, you can see far away, your emotions are magnified and your hearing is heightened too. Your body's just adjusting to that." Caroline detailed and Elena nodded. "Now, the person that turned you, left a ring on you that'll let you go out in the daylight, but until you're in control, you need to stay inside." She said. "I know that you don't want to hurt anyone." She added.

"I don't. Please don't let me hurt anyone." Elena pleaded.

"You won't. Just stay nice and calm. If you panic, it's heightened as a vampire." Caroline stated while keeping her voice soothing and Elena took another deep breath then she finally noticed Damon and Stefan…


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