Sweet Dreams are Made of This
Chapter 10: Daddy Issues
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Disclaimer: I own nothing of TVD's, only Cassandra and my story.
Cassandra groaned seeing the sun cut through the curtains hanging on the window. The light bothered her eyes and it didn't add to her pounding headache. She took the pillow she was sleeping on and buried her head under it, hoping to silence the throbbing in her head. She took a deep breath and realized the bed she was in wasn't hers. It smelled of bourbon and musk. She picked her head up from the pillow to see that she was in Damon's room. Why? She couldn't recall the events from last night. All she could remember was drinking and screaming…at Damon. Shit. She flopped back to the bed and stared up at the ceiling.
"You're up." A fully dressed Damon said from the doorway. She bolted up but immediately fell back down to the mattress, her head was spinning. She groaned pulling the pillow back over her head to try and stop the room from spinning.
"Yeah, I wouldn't make any fast movements. You've got one hell of a hangover." He said sitting down next down to her on the edge of the bed. He removed the pillow from her face and handed her a cup of blood. She smiled at him, sitting up slowly and taking it before muttering a 'thanks'. She took a few sips before asking, "How much did I drink last night?"
"A lot." He answered before taking a sip from his own mug. "You really can't hold your liquor very well."
They both chuckled. It was true, she could hold her own for the most part but sooner or later she'd spiral into a hot mess.
"How bad was I?" She asked, not really wanting to hear the answer.
"Pretty bad. You got me good a couple of times." He said lightly elbowing her, trying to lighten the mood.
"Lovely…I just can't believe that she's gone." She said quietly. "I know. But she's not in pain anymore" He comforted putting his arm around her shoulders. She kissed his cheek and happened to look down at her attire. She was dressed in one of Damon's button down shirts and a pair of her underwear.
"Did you change me?" She asked.
"Yep." He said popping the 'p'. "And I enjoyed every second of it." He smirked and she got an idea. She stretched her body upwards rising the shirt just enough to expose some skin on her stomach. Damon's eyes immediately zoned in on it, "Tell me Damon, did you like what you saw last night?" She asked in a sultry voice.
"As a matter of fact, I did." He said moving closer. She giggled and pulled him closer by his V-neck shirt.
"Care to see more?" She asked coyly and with that she started unbuttoning her shirt at an agonizingly slow pace. Damon's eyes clouded over with lust when he saw her lace push-up bra peeking from behind the fabric of the shirt. She was three buttons down when she yanked the cover under Damon towards her, effectively sending him crashing to the floor. He was speechless, she deliberately pulled the rug from underneath him – or in this case the bed sheet.
He heard her giggling and she looked over the bed and flashed him a Cheshire cat grin. She jumped out of the bed and sauntered toward the bathroom door, "Not today Damon. Not today." She yelled over her shoulder before shutting the bathroom door.
"Tease!" He yelled at the closed door. The door opened and Cassandra peeked her head out, smirking before tossing him his shirt back before closing the door again.
Emerging from Damon's room fully dressed, Cassandra made her way down the stairs to hear Damon yell, "You brought back John Gilbert? That was your big 'save Elena' move?"
"Wait as in 'the John Gilbert Katherine tried to kill'?" Cassandra asked joining Damon and Stefan in the lounge.
"That's him. I went looking for Isobel and got John instead. He said he could help us and we're desperate." Stefan added.
"We're not that desperate, Stefan! The guy tried to barbeque me!" Damon said.
"Let me guess Damon. You tried to kill him and he came back to life? You probably deserved it." Cassandra butted in.
"Yeah I tried snapping his neck and it didn't work." Damon muttered.
"Look guys, Bonnie's new witch friend is working with Elijah so we have to assume that the moonstone was never destroyed. Elena is putting all of her faith in some deal she made with Elijah to keep everyone safe. I mean do you trust Elijah? I don't trust him! He's an Original, he can't be trusted! No offense Cassandra." Stefan ranted.
"It's alright Stefan, the guy tried to kill me. I don't exactly trust him either." Cassandra said, "Wait! Bonnie's new witch friend? Luka, he's Dr. Martin's son." She added.
"Doctor Martin?" Damon asked.
"Yeah he's Elijah's witch. He's the one who made me my ring. Even though it's so not helpful." The female said.
"You know them?" Stefan asked.
"Yeah, let me pay them a visit." Cassandra said snidely.
"Okay I am waiting for the part where John Gilbert is the answer." Damon interrupted.
"He knew about the sacrifice from Isobel. He said he knows a way to keep Elena safe." Stefan answered.
"And how do we do that?" Damon asked.
"He's not talking. At least not to me anyway." Stefan responded.
"Great job, Stefan. Top notch. As if we didn't have enough problems." Damon said angrily before leaving the room. Cassandra was halfway out the door to find the Martin's but Stefan lightly gripped her upper arm. "Hey, look I'm so sorry about Rose."
"Thank you Stefan." She whispered before he enveloped her in a big hug. That was the thing about Stefan, he gave the best hugs. They made her feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
"I told you we are here for you. Even vampires have their good and bad days." He said pulling away from her. She gave him a warm smile and at that moment Caroline came bursting through the door.
"Hey, I got your text. What's the emergency?" Stefan asked quickly.
"It's Tyler. He knows about you and Damon and he knows that Damon killed Mason!" Caroline blurted out.
"Shit! It's Jules! I had a run in with her yesterday, and so did Damon." Cassandra said. Caroline had somehow roped Stefan into talking some sense into Tyler.
Luka was sitting in the apartment doing some homework when he felt a presence in the room. He got up and looked around but he saw nothing. Then out of nowhere a force knocked him to the wall.
"Where is the moonstone?" Cassandra seethed, holding him to the wall.
"What? I-I don't know what you're talking about!" He said timidly trying to shrink away from her.
"Don't play dumb with me Luka! I know you and Bonnie were supposed to destroy the moonstone but did you actually do it?" She asked. He didn't answer her so she let him go and tried looking around the room. She picked up the moonstone between her fingers.
Luka concentrated on the vampire and soon she doubled over in pain holding her head. He couldn't concentrate long enough and the spell broke. She dropped the moonstone and flashed toward him once again, sending him to the wall again.
"You've only succeeded in one thing. Making me angry!" She yelled, her face vamping out which made her all the more intimidating. But her hold on Luka diminished when she felt a much stronger pain in her head. She back away and doubled over once again. She looked to see Doctor Martin focusing on her. He started chanting faster and the pain got more intense. She yelled out and Luka begged his father to stop. Once he did, Cassandra whipped around to face the witches, "You couldn't destroy the moonstone even if you tried! You're a pathetic excuse for a warlock!" She yelled to Luka who had moved to stand by his father.
"You must be out of your mind for coming here and threatening my son!" Jonas's voice boomed.
"No! You must be out of your mind thinking that Elijah will help you find Greta!" Cassandra stalked closer to them.
"At least we trust Elijah! I can't say the same for you!"
"Trust him? He's tried to kill me and my friends. That's something that doesn't sit well in my book!"
"You should obey him since he's the one who gave you life! If it wasn't for him you'd be dead!"
"He took life from me! I'd rather be dead then under his thumb for the rest of my life! You think being on his side will help you do anything? He won't help you find Greta! All Elijah makes are empty promises!" She saw anger flash across both Jonas and Luka's faces at the mention of their missing daughter/sister.
Jonas seemed to be getting angrier and angrier by the second while Luka just watched the two of them go at it. The warlock focused hard and Cassandra felt her heart stop. She clawed at her chest and Luka pleaded with his father to stop once again. His chanting got more intense and soon Cassandra found herself on the outside of the threshold of the Martin residence. Her heart was beating at a normal pace again and she felt the invisible barrier over the door. He placed a spell on the house to keep her from entering. In short, he revoked her invitation into the apartment.
"Jonas. No." She said sadly from the other side of the door.
"I've heard enough from you. Leave." Jonas said coldly before retreating farther into the apartment. Cassandra gave one last pleading look to Luka and his sad eyes met hers. "Luka, please!"
"I'm sorry Cassandra." He said before storming back into the apartment. She could have waited outside but what good would that do her?
Cassandra moved into the Grill to see Damon eyeing John Gilbert. She made her way over to him and he placed an arm around her waist, "Play along." He whispered pulling her close and the two of them made their way over to John.
"John! Buddy! How you been?" Damon said cheerfully.
"I've been alright Damon. It's good to see you." John said giving Cassandra the up and down with his eyes.
"I think she'll be a little old for you John." Damon joked but giving away the fact that she was a vampire. This let John know that it was two against one.
"Hmm, one of your 'projects' I trust?" John asked.
"Oh no she's one of Elijah's. Cassandra meet John Gilbert, Elena's father." Damon said. Cassandra smiled and lifted her hand to shake John's. She pulled his hand closer and turned it palm down. "Hmm, I don't see your magic ring on your fingers." She said and John yanked his hand back.
"How do you know this one isn't working with Elijah?" John asked completely ignoring Cassandra.
"How rude John. Please don't talk about me like I'm not here." She said standing up to him, "Katherine is still in the tomb because Elijah compelled her to stay."
"And that's only because all of the vervain has left her system." Damon chimed in, "Stefan and I on the other hand are chock full."
"You guys are drinking vervain?" John and Cassandra asked simultaneously.
"It's an acquired taste. Now as my little friend pointed out before, your magic ring isn't stitched on your finger so if you know something about Klaus, you better start talking or I will kill you in your sleep." Damon threatened.
"Is that anyway to convince me that we are on the same side? First I need to know that I can trust the both of you. Then we'll talk." John said dismissing himself from the two vampires.
"What a dick!" Cassandra said under her breath but Damon caught every word. He chuckled and led her to the bar, "C'mon you look like you had a rough day. I'll buy you a drink."
"Thanks." She said sitting on the stool. They ordered their drinks, "The moonstone is still in one piece. Luka tricked Bonnie." She said, "And on top of it Doctor Martin put a spell around the house so I can't get in."
"Oh great." Damon said taking the straw out of his drink and tossing it down on the bar. Cassandra did the same, "To shitty days." She said lifting up her glass.
"To shitty days." Damon repeated clinking his glass with hers before nearly downing the entire glass and asking for a refill.
Jenna came up to the two of them with a tall blonde, "So my friend would like to meet you, Damon Salvatore this is Andie Star." She introduced.
"Nice to meet you." Damon nodded to the both of them.
"Can I buy you a drink Damon?" Andie asked eagerly.
"Actually my glass is full, Andie. Thank you. I'm afraid Miss Emerson beat you to it." Damon politely declined, "Jenna, Andie, this is Cassandra. She's an old friend of mine." He introduced her to both woman.
"Nice to meet you ladies." Cassandra said sweetly.
"Cassandra? You're the one who drove Elena home that night?" Jenna asked trying to recall who Elena said drove her home.
"Yeah that's me." Cassandra smiled.
"Thanks so much! I've heard a lot about you from Elena." Jenna said.
"She's such a sweetie. You ladies wanna join us?" Cassandra asked politely.
"No we were actually gonna head out. Nice seeing you Damon." Jenna said leaving with Andie.
"Damon Salvatore turning down a drink." Cassandra said once the two women were out of ear shot. That never happened!
"I know, how tragic for us both." Damon said sarcastically.
"And that drink would have come with a long legged blonde." Cassandra added with a smirk.
"It's alright. I'd much rather spend time with you." Damon said finishing his drink and Cassandra couldn't help but smile. Her phone buzzed and she saw a message from Stefan. "Duty calls. It's Stefan. Jules has Caroline."
"And this day just keeps getting better and better." Damon said sarcastically before grabbing his jacket and the two of them bolted from the Grill.
Damon, Stefan, Tyler and Jules were standing in the clearing when Jules called on more members of her wolf pack. They all carried stakes and guns with wooden bullets. Damon went for Jules but she back flipped onto the RV. No one saw who threw the first punch but the fight began. The ratio of werewolves to vampires was and Stefan were clearly outnumbered. Tyler ran into the RV and Cassandra took that chance to tackle Jules to the ground. The gun was knocked out of her hand and both women were rolling around on the dead leaves.
In the interim, Stefan got staked and Damon got shot by the wolves. The vampire took several punches from Jules and Cassandra scratched, clawed and bit at her. Cassandra reached for the gun but Jules elbowed her, effectively snapping a couple of ribs. Jules got the gun and shot the vampire in the head.
Caroline and Tyler emerged from the RV and Jules shoved Caroline against the wall of the RV with the gun cocked at her head. Cassandra reached for the bullet in her head but one of the wolves stood over her with a gun cocked at her. The vampire held her hands up in surrender. Damon and Stefan did the same. Before Jules could pull the trigger on Caroline she collapsed, screaming and clawing at her head. But it wasn't just her; it was all of the wolves were howling in pain. With the wolves distracted, Cassandra pried the bullet from her head while Stefan, Damon, Caroline and Tyler got their bearings. Soon they were all unconscious and Jonas came through the clearing. His hands were held up and he was chanting a spell. Soon all of the wolves were unconscious.
"Jonas." Cassandra acknowledged the warlock. Jonas spoke to the group, "Elijah made a promise to Elena. I'm here to see that it's upheld." Damon, Cassandra, Stefan and Caroline took this chance to leave before the wolves woke up. Jonas moved closer to Tyler, "When your wolf friends awaken, give them a message: they need to get the hell out of town." He threatened.
Tyler just nodded.
Back at the boarding house Cassandra sat in the lounge with ice pack on her head where the bullet entered. Sure she had really strong blood but it was still painful. It turned out Damon had given Miss Andie Star a call and they were both in Damon's bathtub upstairs. Cassandra couldn't help but feel a little jealous. At the bar he didn't give her a second glance and now he was compelling her to be his 'distraction'.
Cassandra always felt that compelling a human to do her bidding was wrong. She had done it in the past but she realized that it was wrong. She wouldn't enjoy it if some vampire had been able to compel her. Cassandra heard Andie whimpering as Damon drank her blood before turning in for the night.
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