Chapter 10

Elijah and Brittany stand there in shock, but Elena just looks pissed.

"how the hell did you find me?" she hisses. Brittany flinches because she barely ever cusses. Damon and Stefan stare at her like she's nuts.

"we told you we'd fine you again." Stefan reminds her. She huffs.

"yeah, but I thought you two would've stopped by now. My life was just getting back to normal." she pauses, seeing their sad faces. "Look, it's nice that..." Brittany places a hand in front of her to stop. "what?"

"you don't need to be kind to them. If they came here and expected you to drop your semi-normal life to be with them or help with their stupid problems, they have another thing coming." Brittany tells her. Then Brittany turns to the brothers. "ok, well it was nice to meet you, but time for you to go."

"has she always been this straight forward?" Elena whispers into Elijah's ear. He chuckles.

"yes, though it usually causes issues." she laughs at that. She watches as Brittany tries to kick them out, but Damon grabs her arm, easily.

"and who are you, exactly?" he questions. She suddenly remembers the last time someone said that to Brittany. Just like when that werewolf attacked me. Oh no. Brittany shakes his arm off and steps back while raising an eyebrow.

"I'm a girl with a short fuse. Now go!" Brittany replies. Elena looks around, half expecting a floating stake to come out of nowhere, but it never comes. I won't kill them if you don't want me to, Elena. Brittany whispers to her.

No, just find a way to get rid of them, please. Brittany nods. "um, I would listen to her, you guys. You have no idea what she's capable of." Elena warns. They just ignores her. Just like old times. She says to herself.

"oh yeah, sure. Like this weakling could do..." he was cut off by a fist that hit him in the jaw and he falls over, barely conscious. Stefan runs over to his brother to help him and Brittany stands back in her place next to Elena.

"not so weak now, am I?" Brittany responds to his insult. Stefan holds his brother up so he doesn't fall.

"how did you..." Stefan starts. Brittany just rolls her eyes.

"after living for like a thousand years, you tend to learn a few things and gain some strength along the way. Plus, I'm just awesome." Elena hits Brittany's shoulder. "what?"

"stop being so cocky." she scolds. Stefan clears his throat and the girls look at him

"wait, are you that other original we heard about in Mystic Falls?" Brittany shakes her head.

"nope, I really don't no what I am. You could say I'm original, but I'm not one of them." his eyebrow rises in confusion. "ok, simply put, no I'm not an original, but I know them." she glances at Elijah. "but I've never seen the last original before."

"ya know, maybe we should leave. Brittany still needs to close up this shop." Elena chimes in.

"why do you have to close up shop if you don't work here?" Elijah asks Brittany.

"I'm good friends with the owner. He trusts me and I like to keep my trust. I've known him for probably 5 years." she pulls out a key from her pocket as they all wall outside. Damon finally regains his strength and pushes Stefan away. Brittany locks up and shoves the key back in her pocket.

"doesn't he ever worry about you stealing money?" Damon questions.

"no. I don't have a key for the cash register." she desides to switch the topic. "anyway, why are you two here?"

"we came to bring Elena back home." they answer. Elena sighs.

"I am home. To me, this is home." she insists. She turns to Brittany. "my best-friend is with me." Brittany smiles at her. "I'll be seeing Caroline and Tyler soon. And one of my old friends are here, too." she glances at Elijah then turns back to Damon. "I now realize that I am my own person and can choose what I want."

"any decisions you've ever made has gotten someone killed or hurt." once the words flew from his mouth, he instantly regretted them. Tears start pouring out of her eyes and Brittany pulls her into a hug.

"I think you two have overstayed your welcome. It's probably best for you two to leave now." Elijah orders. They just stand there.

"you maybe an original, but you have no control over us." Stefan interjects. Brittany lets go of her and walks up to them, now reaching her breaking point. Brittany's so mad, that if they don't leave now, hearts will be gone.

"oh, so you two thinking that you can just control Elena because she's weaker and can't stand up to you guys is fine? No, no way in hell does that work out. If Elijah has no control, then neither of you have control. Leave before things get ugly."

"aw, are you angry at us? Well I don't really..." Damon starts, but him and his brother look into her eyes and they don't look the same as her beautiful brown ones. They turned... bright pink.

"what the hell?" Stefan barks.

"leave and I'm not going to say it again." the Salvatore's are suddenly gone in a flash. Brittany rubs her eyes before she turns around to see Elijah hugging her. Brittany's anger abruptly vanishes and smiles and hugs them, too. "I think it's time to go home now." the two girls say their goodbyes to Elijah and head home.

Once they reach their dorm, Brittany drags her feet to the table.

"what are you doing?" Elena asks. "you look tired. Go get some rest." she tires to pull her friend from the chair when suddenly they hear a knocking at the door.

"ugh, if it's them again, I really am going to kill them." Brittany stands and grabs the door knob, swinging it open. They see a girl and boy with huge smiles on their faces. Elena's head looks over her shoulder to see them.

"oh my god! Hi Caroline, hi Tyler!" Elena welcomes, completely forgetting about what happened earlier. "how are you guys?"

"oh, were great!" the blonde turns to Brittany. "and you must be Brittany."

"the one and only in the flesh." Brittany hugs her. "Tyler, nice to meet you." they shake hands.

"likewise." Tyler replies back.

"aren't you guys here early? I thought you were coming in this weekend?" Elena questions.

"well, when you called and told us you were having trouble we came over hear as fast as we could. Besides, we wanted to see you again and meet the mysterious Brittany." Caroline says.

"well, now we have two problems." Elena speaks up.

"Salvatore's again?" she nods.

"and demons."

"demons? Aren't there enough supernatural creatures already?" Tyler complains.

"I don't know. Look, will tell you everything tomorrow, ok?" Brittany suggests. They all nod. "good, since we don't have a guest bedroom or anything..."

"actually, we have a hotel room, so we'll come back tomorrow. Night you guys." Tyler and Caroline leave.

"Bye!" the other girls call after them. They head up the stares and drift off into a long sleep.

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