Someone commented that this story is slightly confusing because at the beginning Elena was in love with Stefan and Stefan alone, and now it seems as if all she's in love with is his money. And also that her feelings have changed so dramatically that it's confusing. But they did like it! They just found it confusing. And… I agree!
Like I said previously Elena WAS supposed to be nice and lovely and in love with Stefan and JUST Stefan, but I can't write a nice Elena. In fact in all my stories so far, Elena is not a nice person. My goal is to finally write a story where Elena is how she started out in the show. Awesome, beautiful – although she is still beautiful bitch or not – always caring about all her friends and not just herself and anything named Salvatore. But that is a FUTURE goal. Something that I do hope will happen.
For this story however the change came when I saw a snippet online about how emotionless Elena just about killed her best friend and suddenly SHE'S the victim. Despite the fact that she almost ATE Bonnie, Elena is the victim. Elena is the one who the brothers were worried about. Elena, Elena, Elena! So yeah at the time I wasn't really thinking about the plot line at the beginning just wanting to make her out to be a bitch. Now because of that I have to come up with a plausible excuse as to why she was so good at the beginning and not so good now. Hopefully I can do it! I think I can, I think I can… so because of this we will be revisiting some of the previous players just to work things out.
Woah long as authors note so I'd better get into the story! Thanks to everyone! Love your reviews and love yous! Mwah!
There were times like this Giuseppe Salvatore wished he was a father of girls instead of a father of two hot headed, testosterone driven idiotic, always-fighting-with-each-other boys.
There was always some sort of drama with them. Always some scuffle that one had to break up. Always someone threatening the other with a black eye or a broken limb.
It was bloody tiring. And irritating. To be constantly put in the middle of some stupid argument because both parties refused to listen to the other and both parties were too damn stubborn to even understand where the other was coming from.
But then again maybe it wasn't boys in general that were the problem. Maybe it was just his idiotic boys.
They both could try the nerves of a saint. Giuseppe had a feeling that even if you had the patience of Job it would be still hard to deal with the two idiots that claimed to be his sons.
There was Damon, the volatile, over confident, spoilt, sarcastic son, whose main objective was either to piss everyone off or try his last damn nerve.
The boy's other main objective was Bonnie Bennett. Ever since he was little he had always been about Bonnie Bennett. The boy was completely infatuation with her. And later as they grew up that infatuation turned into obsession.
And it was a little disconcerting how obsessed the boy was when it came to Bonnie.
The girl could barely breathe in the direction of another male without the boy going ape shit. And that was when they weren't together. When they were together … hell.
When it came to Bonnie, the boy had three basic emotions. Anger, jealousy or scorn. Anger that the girl would never bow down to his wishes, jealousy at her relationship with anyone that wasn't him and scorn at any male that was the girl's friend.
He was never content. Not even when he had Bonnie was the boy content. Instead he was just a jealous, possessive idiot.
And now that she was dating someone else the boy was an insane jealous, possessive idiot.
His boy was too arrogant for his own good. Something he got not only from his side but from his mama's side as well. The two mixed together led to an annoyingly arrogant idiot that thought the world owed him something.
The boy was so arrogant that he annoyed even his father-in-law who told him that he had spoilt Damon.
He had. But he had spoilt all his kids and none of the other two turned out like him.
Damon was in a class of his own. He had arrogance in spades, intelligence by the bucketful as well as good looks to back the other two up.
Women came easy for Damon, which was probably why he treated them the way he did. A means to an end. Because in Damon's mind the end was always Bonnie. They filled the need for now as he waited for Bonnie to grow up.
And when he finally got Bonnie, Giuseppe harbored the thought that Damon would change. Not his whole personality because hell that was too much to ask, no what he thought would change was the way he treated people.
And for a while it had. Damon seemed happy, not really content but happy.
But that age old emotion called jealousy would rear its ugly head causing for many accusations and idiotic threats on his part and thrown items and frustrated screams on her part.
Damon was the reason why that relationship didn't work. It could've and a small part of Giuseppe hoped it would, but Damon was too – Damon to allow it to work.
And then there was Stefan. The argumentative, always contrary to everything his brother wants youngest child who irritated the hell out of his older brother by just breathing.
Stefan being friends with Bonnie was the reason why Damon and Stefan were always at odds. Being best friends with Bonnie was the reason why Damon and Stefan were always at odds and Damon and Bonnie were constantly fighting during their relationship.
Damon demanded that Bonnie give up her relationship with Stefan, Bonnie told him to piss off.
Damon demanded that Bonnie not hang out with Stefan nor the other two male friends that had been in her life longer than he had, Bonnie told Damon hell no.
Damon demanded that Bonnie ask him first if she could hang out with her female friends and Bonnie laughed in his face.
But the main point of contention in Damon and Bonnie's relationship. Was Stefan.
Bonnie and Stefan had always been close. As kids growing up into teenagers and then into adulthood you couldn't find one without the other.
It was something that was a given. If Bonnie was around then Stefan wouldn't be too far away or vice versa.
So in a way Giuseppe could understand Damon's – reactions.
But watching them you could see that their relationship wasn't anything more than that of siblings. They protected each other as such, teased each other mercilessly and loved each other without reservation.
So Damon's jealousy when it came to Stefan and Bonnie. Not needed. Understandable in a round about way, but not needed.
So those were his sons. Hotheaded, idiotic and always at odds with one another.
And by having two hotheaded, idiotic always at odds with each other sons, they were definitely going to drive him to an early grave.
That was the reason why Giuseppe thought that daughters would be a hell of a lot easier than these two.
Although if truth be told did have one baby girl. Bonnie Bennett may not have his genetic makeup but she did have his heart. The little thief stole it when she was all of five years old, turning up on his doorstep and peering at him with those big green eyes and that crooked little smile.
She had been insanely cute, really respectful and burrowed her way under his skin and into his heart by the end of that first meeting.
The deal was sealed when at the age of eight she asked him to be her date to the father/daughter dance. Giuseppe had heard her father was in town from Bonnie's grandmother and had resigned himself to the fact that Rudy Bennett would be taking his daughter to the dance. He had been looking forward to it, even buying himself a new suit just for the occasion but when Rudy rolled into town a few days before the dance Giuseppe had been disappointed.
But then she appeared at his office building – Stefan trailing behind her, charmed her way past his secretary – who even Damon couldn't charm – and asked him to be her date to the father/daughter dance.
She had floored him. He remembered just staring at her almost stupidly at first. A discreet cough from the doorway had him meeting the cold grey eyes of his secretary who looked at him pointedly, eyes narrowing as if daring him to say no.
Stella Crawford had been his secretary since he started in the business. She was frightfully efficient, incredibly loyal and scary as hell. Which was why he kept her on. Well that and the fact that she was his first cousin and his daddy's favorite niece.
But Stella didn't like anyone. Not even him. Actually no that wasn't true. She liked Bonnie. Liked her from the very moment a seven year old Bonnie heard it had been Stella's birthday, and gave her a small packet of homemade cookies she made especially for Stella, as a birthday present.
That was the day he saw his tough as nails secretary soften, give the girl a genuine smile and thanked her for her gift by placing a kiss on the top of Bonnie's head.
So the idea of him declining Bonnie's invitation had Stella glaring at him like he killed her pet rattlesnake, which he was almost positive she had locked away in her bottom drawer.
He had accepted Bonnie's request – like he'd turn her down. He never turned Bonnie down a day in her life - only after enquiring why she hadn't asked her own father. Her answer had both angered him and filled him with pride. Angered him because he couldn't see how a man could not see how precious this little girl was and filled him with pride because her first choice was him. Not her birth father but him.
Rudy Bennett was a poor excuse for a father. Actually he was a poor excuse for a man but that was neither here nor there.
Leaving your fifteen year old daughter at home to fend for herself just daysafter her grandmother had died - was a bitch ass move and it was something that had him wanting to find the man and smack some sense into him.
Lucky for Rudy Bennett, Sofia talked him out of it. Because Giuseppe had the means to dispose of Rudy Bennett's badly beaten body without any evidence pointing towards him as the culprit.
So instead Giuseppe bought Bonnie a car, writing it off by telling her that is was an old company car that they were thinking about replacing. Or course he was lying through his teeth, and he was pretty sure she knew it too, but he refused to take it back and refused to let anyone else touch it.
Giuseppe knew he spoilt her, just like Sofia did, but she was the only daughter they had. Blood or not.
So yes there were times, just like this, where he wished he had only daughters. Because his damn sons, were fucking idiots.
Shaking his head he pushed Stefan back beside his mother, his face coldly furious.
"Not here." He commanded his youngest son, who was intent on ignoring him.
He stood glaring at his older brother, looking like he wanted to kill him in the middle of the room, and fuck who witnessed it.
"And what the fuck was that shit with Bonnie in the bathroom?" Stefan snapped at his brother, causing Giuseppe to stiffen.
He had seen Damon exit the bathroom earlier a little gingerly but he hadn't really paid it any further attention. What the hell happened with Bonne and Damon in the bathroom? He thought spinning to confront his eldest son.
"None of your fucking business, little brother." Damon taunted, ignoring Giuseppe's narrowed eyed glare.
"Bonnie is my business!" Stefan snapped. "Especially when you can't take no for an answer."
Giuseppe's eyes narrowed as he took a step towards his eldest son, all thoughts of diffusing the situation flying out of his head.
"What did you do boy?" he growled. If he had hurt Bonnie, the boy was going to pay.
"Seppe." He felt his wife's hands on his arm, pulling him back. "Calm down, it's not as bad as Stefan's making out to be."
"If it wasn't bad then why did Bonnie find it necessary to knee him in the nuts?" Stefan asked his mother.
"Stefan!" his wife hissed. "Stop it." She glanced around at them. "Don't bring this up now."
"Fuck this I'm out of here." Stefan snapped, turning to walk away.
"Stefan Amato Salvatore." Sofia said softly, her voice lined with steel.
"No, mama." Stefan said with a cutting gesture his voice equally as soft. "I need to leave. Because this –" he gestured between the four of them. " – this always happens. Damon does some fucked up thing and you always make excuses for him. So I'm going to leave before I cause a scene you are so trying to avoid." He told her turning on his heel to leave.
"Yeah run, little brother." Damon sneered, ignoring the brunette who placed a restraining hand on his son's arm. Giuseppe frowned, glaring at the girl. He didn't like the girl. Never had, despite Bonnie and Stefan's affection for her. Even Sofia was wary of her although she gave the idea that she liked the girl. There was just something about her.
"You're good at that." Damon finished, interrupting Giuseppe's thoughts. He shook Elena's hand off him, shooting her an irritated look.
Stefan moved so fast that Giuseppe barely saw him. He rounded Giuseppe and Sofia to get into his brother's face only to stop short as Bonnie appeared in front of him from nowhere.
"Stefan." She said quietly, almost soothingly. "I need you to calm down." She murmured, the Lockwood boy coming up behind her like a sentinel.
Giuseppe watched as his youngest son's jaw tightened as he refused to look at Bonnie.
"Stefan." She clicked her fingers in front of his face, drawing his attention before she placed her hands on Stefan's chest pushing against his chest, ignoring the growl that came from Damon. "Look at me not the idiot –"
"Hey!" Damon snarled, offended.
"- ignore him, and calm down." She told him pointedly. "- don't start this here."
Conflict raged on Stefan's face as he continued to glare at Damon before he stepped back his eyes falling to Bonnie.
"Ok?" she asked him, one brow raised questioningly.
"Fine." He bit out, his glare going back towards his brother.
"Well isn't this just sweet." Damon mocked bitingly, eyes going from Stefan to Bonnie. "Bonnie Bennett to the fucking rescue just like always. This is the reason why people questioned which brother you were actually with, Bon-Bon. Because you always came to hisrescue." He splayed his hands towards them, face dark with anger. "Never to mine."
"Like I said, let's not start this here." Bonnie pointed out, turning on Damon. She met his gaze full on, face closed off from emotion.
"And why the hell not?" Damon laughed. "Everyone should know that your first choice will always be my little brother. Fuck wit over there –"he pointed to a silent Mason. "- should know that if it comes down to it, my baby brother will always come first." He finished mockingly.
People were starting to notice the little family gathering causing Giuseppe to scowl. He didn't need this. His employees seeing a private family discussion. Especially when it looked like his idiot sons were going to come to blows.
"Enough." He snapped at Damon. "If you want to carry this on, then take it elsewhere. Not here, not in front of the employees and certainly not in front of the board."
Damon sneer turned on him, his lips twisting bitterly. The boy was forever sneering at him and to be honest Giuseppe didn't know what he did to earn Damon's derision.
He was hard on the boy, he knew that, but he was hard on Stefan. And even though he may not show it openly he did love the boy.
"Because it's all about saving face isn't it daddy dear." Damon drawled. "That's all you really care about."
Giuseppe refused to take Damon's bait. He was in a fine mood tonight, hitting out at everybody.
"Damon." Sofia said softly. "I am asking you, please. Not here."
Damon met his mother's stare before backing down, the sneer taking permanent residency on his lips.
"Fine." He said mockingly. "Let everyone here have the false sense of security that the founding family of their lovely company is a loving one." He bowed mockingly, his eyes flicking to Bonnie, some unnamed emotion crossing his features before he turned on his heel and left.
The girl, Erica, Elena whatever the hell her name was stared after him concerned.
"I'll go see if he's okay." She told them, turning to leave.
Giuseppe frowned. Why the hell was she worried about Damon when she should be worried about Stefan? He was her boyfriend.
"No." Sofia cut her off strongly. His wife's ice blue eyes were staring at the girl shrewdly. "I will go. You should stay." She glanced at Stefan who was staring at Elena through narrowed eyes. "With your boyfriend." She finished, looking pointedly at Stefan.
"I – okay." The girl replied flushing, her face pleading as she met Stefan's eyes.
Sofia paused, looking at Bonnie who shook her head. Frowning Giuseppe watched as his wife sighed before pasting on a smile and following after their son.
He knew what Sofia wanted. For Bonnie to go with her to see after Damon. To help her calm Damon down.
But that's what Damon wanted. For Bonnie to run after him like she did when they were going out.
Bonnie's refusal to play Damon's game had him almost smiling in amusment.
"What was that about?" Stefan asked Elena tightly, green eyes dark with suspicion.
"I – nothing!" Elena said quickly, taking a step towards step, hands on his chest pleadingly. "I was –"
"Going after my brother." Stefan finished for her, shaking off her hold.
"Stefan –"Giuseppe warned, knowing his son was going to create another scene.
"No I –" the girl began, big ole tears filling those big ole eyes.
"What Elena?" he snapped. "You what?"
Elena blinked, hurt all over her face as she stared at his son.
"Stefan." Bonnie's voice was firm, unyielding.
"No Bonnie, I want to know why my girlfriend would rather go see how my brother is doing than stay here with me." He insisted, giving the girl a narrow eyed glare.
"Okay." Bonnie sounded fed up. Reaching up she grabbed Stefan by the base of his tie, dragging him behind her. "We'll be back." She tossed over her shoulder and Giuseppe had to smirk at the sight of a 5 foot nothing female dragging a 6 foot something male across the room and out the side doors.
The Elena girl looked torn her eyes following after Stefan and Bonnie. Eyes narrowed he continued to stare at her watching the display of emotions on her face.
"Do you want me to follow them?" Giuseppe blinked at the male voice, having forgotten all about the Lockwood boy.
Turning he met the boy's gaze square on, secretly liking how he didn't cower beneath his stare. Not too many men could lay claim to that.
He very much like his eldest son tended to intimidate a lot of people by just staring at them.
Mason Lockwood however didn't seem to care. Good to know.
"Follow them?" he asked the boy.
"Stefan and Bonnie. Would you like me to follow them so that the scene they are more than likely to create won't be explosive?" There was a small quirk at the corner of the boy's lips. "And to stop Bonnie from killing Stefan, because we both know that thought was running through her mind when she dragged Stefan out of here."
Giuseppe allowed a smirk to touch his lips. He liked how this boy knew Bonnie. He also liked how this boy didn't try and squash Bonnie's relationship with Stefan. Unlike his idiot eldest son.
"It should be fine." He told the boy. "Bonnie understands the meaning of not creating a public scene." Unlike his two idiot sons, he thought scowling.
"Are you sure?" the boy asked, chuckling. "Because that look on Bonnie's face was her I'm-gonna-kick-some-ass look. And Stefan wasn't exactly in a listening mood."
Giuseppe paused, thinking. Come to think of it, yeah she did have that look on her face. He should know it, because he saw it enough over the years while she was trying to deal with both Damon and Stefan at the same time.
"Yeah maybe you should. Just to minimize the blood shed." Giuseppe allowed, staring in the direction the two disappeared in.
Chuckling Mason quirked a brow in his direction before following after his missing girlfriend and her stubborn best friend.
"Do you think I should follow them as well?" Elena asked him, watching as Mason disappeared through the doors Bonnie and Stefan had gone through.
Giuseppe frowned.
"You don't want to know what I think little girl." He told her quietly, watching as her eyes went wide. "But I will say this. If you are playing my son and his feelings for you, I will make you regret it." He promised softly, staring into those big brown eyes.
Elena jerked, blinking at him.
"I – I'm not. I love Stefan!" she told him, almost desperately, and Giuseppe almost believed her. Almost.
"Then leave Damon alone." He told her. "Concentrate on your boyfriend and not on his brother." Giuseppe shot her a calculating look. "And just remember this family's money is locked up so tight that only God Himself will be able to get through all the legal work."
Elena stared at him, shocked.
"I – you – I'm not after your son's money!" she told him hotly, anger entering her eyes.
Giuseppe stared at her.
"Yeah." He snorted, raking her with a glare. "Only time will tell." He muttered turning on his heel, he left her standing there, in the middle of the floor, looking lost, pissed and confused all at the same time.
Yeah, he may not know the girl but his instincts told him to be wary of her. And his instincts were never wrong.
Read and review please! Next chapter is going to be from a number of people's perspective. I want to play out the rest of the scene. Thanks everyone!