Thank you to everyone who has read this story and enjoyed it. Im sorry that my updates are so unpredictable, i will try harder to upload it every second day or whatever.

Mandy xo

"You know … I still haven't forgot that phone call that I woke up to with you and Bonnie." I mumbled as me and Damon were making our way downstairs.

"Just the usual. Witchy stuff. We were just talking about your daylight ring." He said casually.

That was a lie and I knew it. "My daylight ring? Really? That's the best you could come up with?"

He looked at me and furrowed his eyebrows. "What do you mean?"

I sighed deeply before mimicking him perfectly. "How could you do this? I thought he was dead. No doubt blonde bombshell Rebekah already told him about Elena. He could come after her Bonnie." I remembered that phone call word for word.

"Oh, that." He said.

"Yeah, that." I said strongly.

"Okay, so Bonnie called me up to say that Klaus was alive and in his own body. That's all. Oh, and Tyler's alive as well." He said quickly.

I gasped as I heard this. Klaus? Alive? Oh my god. Im a vampire, not the doppelganger anymore. My blood is useless to him. Nothing is keeping me alive anymore. I have no more excuses that I can use. He will kill me without a second thought.

"More detail." I mumbled as I took a seat in the parlor.

He sat opposite me and began explaining. "Okay, so Klaus never died. Alaric never killed him, not properly. Bonnie did a spell so that when the stake went through his heart… his soul transferred to Tyler's body. When Ric closed the coffin before his body had burnt the fire was put out. His body perfectly intact and tonight … Klaus is walking around like nothing ever happened."

I breathed heavily as I processed this. "I need some air." I whispered as I walked out of the house.

"Yeah, I'll come with—" He began.

"No." I interrupted. "No thank you." I quickly kissed him on the lips before muttering. "I just … I just want to be alone. I need to think."

"Elena! Did you not just hear what I told you? Im not letting you go alone." He said as he grabbed hold of my arm.

"Damon, I was alone all day yesterday. I'll be fine." I said before rushing out of there. My head was pounding and I just needed to breathe.

I went back to the river.

I sat at the same patch of grass that I did last time. I kicked my shoes off and wiggled my toes through the soft grass. I closed me eyes and put my head back, soaking up the sun. I sat there for about an hour before I heard a voice.

"Hey there." Kol. This time I didn't flinch like I normally would have. I smiled slightly with my eyes still closed.

"Hi."

"You seem to like this place." He stated as I heard him sit down next to me.

I opened my eyes and looked over at him. "Yeah. Its beautiful."

"Are you alright?" He asked. I was so surprised at how he knew something was wrong.

"Yeah." I said and he gave me a look as if he wasn't buying it. "Maybe?" I said questioningly. I laughed slightly. "No. Not at all." I settled with.

"What's wrong?" He inquired.

I sighed. "Did you know that Klaus is alive?"

"Yeah. I actually did know that. Controlling Rebekah is one thing, controlling Nik? I can't help you there." He looked apologetic at me.

I shook my head slightly. "You don't need to do that. Im not your responsibility. I can take care of myself."

"Its about time." He joked. I laughed and bumped him with my shoulder.

"What was it like?" I asked, the laughter dying down.

"What was what like?"

"What was it like when you were a human? I can never imagine it. A thousand years ago? It would have been different."

He looked at me questioningly and didn't answer. "Sorry, that's so rude. I didn't mean to pry." I quickly said.

"Its not rude at all. It was different … to say the least but I liked it. It was home. It was always very cold though, because of no electricity." He laughed at this. "I liked hunting though. I still do it occasionally but it's just not the same. I think you would have liked it." He said.

I scoffed lightly. "You don't know me." I said, but it wasn't rude.

"You wouldn't believe how wrong you are on that." He replied, smiling.

"What the hell is this?" Crap. Of course.

I stood up quickly from my position and noticed that I was sitting a lot closer to Kol then I thought.

"Damon!" I said as I walked up to him. All he had was a look of disgust.

"So this is why you come here? To lay with Kol at the place that I showed you."

"No, of course not. I came here by myself. I needed time alone and then Kol showed up. We got talking and that's it." I shrugged, not knowing why Damon was blowing this up out of proportion.

"Elena, do you remember that he broke my bones using a baseball bat?" He glared at me.

"Yes, but I—" I started.

"So you don't care?" He interrupted.

"I do, but—" He interrupted again.

"Elena hes a heart-less monster!" He yelled, the veins in his face becoming visible and his eyes going red out of anger.

"A monster?" I scoffed. "You're scaring me more then he has!" I screamed, backing up.

"He's right here." Kol said putting his hand up and shaking it slightly.

"Yeah." I replied. "And we're leaving." I said walking up to Kol.

Damon's face cleared up. "You're leaving? With him?" He asked disbelieving.

"Yes." I replied simply.

"You've known the guy for what? 10 minutes?" He said questioning.

"Yep." I replied again.

"And you trust him?" He asked a little softer.

I looked at Kol before looking back at Damon. "I do. I will be home later. Think of a speech for then. Make it a good one." I responded, slightly squinting, before walking off into the trees with Kol by my side.

When I looked back Damon was gone. I sighed and looked forward.

"You chose to come with me?" He asked after a few minutes of walking.

"He was being stubborn." I replied.

Kol smiled before we sped off towards the Grill. We walked in and I groaned quietly as I spotted Caroline. Why did I come to the Grill? There is always someone I know here. I did not feel like getting questioned.

"Lets just go." I whispered to Kol.

Unfortunately Caroline started calling out my name. I put on a fake smile and turned around to face her.

"Elena! Hey!" She said before spotting Kol and crossing her arms over her chest. "What's he doing here?"

"He's a friend." I replied while internally sighing.

She glared at him before turning back to me. "Damn, I wish I could stay and chat but I just got the best news!" She looked at Kol again. "I'll tell you later." She hugged me goodbye before leaving the Grill.

"I've seen her before… oh yeah. The night she distracted Nik so that Alaric could stake me." He laughed like it was some funny joke.

I laughed once before leading us to the bar.

"What would you like?" The girl behind the counter asks, staring at Kol, not even trying to be inconspicuous about it.

"Nothing for me, thanks." He says, looking at me.

I laughed at him before looking over at the girl. "Two of the strongest drink you've got."

She walks off, glancing at Kol from now and then and giggling with another girl behind the bar.

That's how the night started. Before I knew it I was pushing down shot, after shot, after shot.

Kol soon got into it and was drinking with me. I didn't feel too drunk though but soon all of the rowdy old men came in and started checking me out. Even though Im a vampire I still don't like it, that was my cue to leave.

It was late at night and we walked out of the Grill. Kol walked me back to the boarding house and said it wasn't safe out here at night. I laughed at him and told him that I could handle myself, he only scoffed at this.

"You didn't have to walk me home, you know." I said, when we were in front of the house.

"What kind of man would I be if I left my date to walk home at the middle of the night?" He asked seriously, inching closer to me.

I backed up and put my hands in front of me. "Oh no. No no no no no." I replied. "This was not a date, Kol. I have a boyfriend."

"What if you didn't?" He pushed. "What would you do if he wasn't in the picture?"

I was lost for words. There was something about his eyes that were so compelling.

"If Damon wasn't in the picture … I would definitely go out with you." I answered almost robotically.

He smiled and stepped back. "See you later, darling."

I shook my head slightly and when I looked up again he was gone.

Now I have to face Damon. I sighed as I turned around and entered the house. Of course, he was waiting in the same chair but this time he didn't stand up when I entered.

"Hey." I said timidly. No answer. "Damon?" I asked. Still no answer.

I walked up in front of him and sat down on the little table in front of the chair. He was looking out to space.

I sighed heavily before he spoke. "You would date Kol?" He asked.

"No." I laughed lightly. "He tried compelling me, I could feel it, but I lied to him. So he wouldn't do anything stupid."

He looked at me questioningly. I held up my wrist to show a small bracelet with a charm that had vervain in it.

"I wanted to figure out who Kol is." I shrugged. "And Im earning his trust so that he will tell me."

Damon shook his head slightly while he smiled and grabbed my face in his hand. "That's my girl." He whispered before kissing me passionately. "I still don't like you 'hanging out' with him." I could almost see the quotation marks as he said that. "He could still be dangerous."

"I really don't think he is. Oh, and Im sorry about earlier. If Kol thought I was fighting with you and he was there to witness it he would have opened up more to me … I think."

"All is forgiven. Now, last night you said you would make it up to –"

He didn't even get to finish his sentence as I had already jumped in his lap. I was straddling his thighs while kissing him eagerly. How come I didn't want this last night? Why was I so stupid?

He sped us up to the bedroom as we continued kissing. He laid me down on my back in the middle of the bed and started kissing my neck. He gently lifted my top over my head. As he did he started kissing up and down my stomach. You know, sex with Damon is the best thing in the world. Have I said that yet? Maybe once? Well it is.

I fell asleep in complete ecstasy.

I slept for hours. It could have even been days. That's what it felt like. When I woke up I was extremely groggy and I was sitting in a chair. I went to stand up but there were restraints holding my legs and arms to the seat. I began screaming as I tried, and failed, to break the restraints off.

I started looking around, for a way, any way out and noticed that there was another chair across from me. And a knocked out Damon was in it. I could tell he was alive but the sound of his unneeded breathes.

Only one thought was racing through my head at this point.

Fuck.

Well there you go. What has Elena gotten into this time? Who do you think has her and Damon? Who's going to save the day, seeing as it was normally Damon, and now hes there with her?

Any opinions, statements, criticism, questions, tell me! Even in just a few words! It doesn't take long. I might or might not continue this story. It depends if I start getting reviews or not and if I know that people are actually reading this story and enjoying it.

Mandy xo