Facing the Truth:
After a while, Stefan regained consciousness and Damon was feeding on one of the deputies to get his strength back. Beth couldn't watch it made her queasy just to hear it. Damon pulled back. He turned to a weak Stefan who Elena was sitting by, while Beth was next to Caroline. "You need to drink some deputy blood." He told his younger brother.
"No. I'm going to be fine. It's just going to take a little longer." Stefan assured him.
Caroline spoke up, worried about her friend. "Damon's right you know. If there's ever a time to break your diet…"
"He said he didn't want it, okay?" Elena snapped at them both and they backed off. She didn't want him to relapse like last time. Damon found the strength to stand up and walk over to Liz,
"This is a most unfortunate situation. Two deputies are dead and you." He looked straight at her. "What am I going to do with you?"
Caroline looked over at her mother, desperate. "You won't tell anyone, will you? Mom? Mom? Please! Look, I know we don't get along and that you hate me but I'm your daughter and you'll do this for me right?" She pleaded but her mother wouldn't look at her. "Mom, please! He'll kill you!"
"Then kill me!" She asked Damon. Caroline wouldn't have it.
"No!"
"I can't take this! Kill me now!" She begged Damon and Caroline was close to tears at her wanting to die rather than face that her own daughter was a vampire.
"But you were going to drag it out so painfully." He reminded her and he yanked her up and pushed her against the wall.
"No, no, no, no, no, no!" Caroline repeated.
"Damon, don't!" Stefan yelled at him.
"Damon, please!" Elena asked.
"Damon!" Beth yelled at him simply. He turned away from Liz and his eyes met hers. She was scared for Caroline and her mom. She wouldn't let him do this to her. She knew that deep down he wasn't that kind of person. And Damon couldn't do it, not with her looking at him like that.
"Relax, guys nobody is killing anybody." They all relaxed a bit and he nodded at Beth. He let go of Liz and looked at her for a moment before saying, "You're my friend." He turned to the dead deputies on the floor and sighed. "We've got to clean this up."
Beth went with Caroline to get her mother clothes from her house. They decided that they were going to keep her mom at the boarding house until the vervain she has been drinking leaves her system and Damon can compel her to forget everything. They got back to the boarding house with two bags filled with clothes "Hey sorry that took us forever! I just didn't know how long my mom was going to be here." Caroline explained to Elena as she walked into the house with Beth.
"Damon says it'll take three days top for the vervain to leave her system. Maybe even sooner." Elena said encouragingly as they walked into the living room. Stefan walked into the room.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" Beth asked Stefan.
"You get some bunny in you?" Caroline asked him. He smiled a bit and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm feeling much better, thank you." He said and he led them through the house to the cell in the basement of the house. They stopped outside of the door when they heard Liz talking to Damon.
"Can you keep Caroline far away from me please? I don't want to see her." She let him know, sadly. Damon glance over at Caroline was just visible by the edge of the doorway.
"She's your daughter, Liz." He informed her.
"Not anymore. My daughter's gone." She decided then. Caroline was on the edge of tears at hearing her mother say that. Beth felt bad for her.
"You have no idea how wrong you are about that." Damon told her, seriously. Caroline didn't want to hear anymore, she dropped the luggage and left. Beth went after her. Elena stopped though when she saw Stefan and motioned for Beth go on without her. She text Alaric though to let her know she was staying with Caroline and that she really needed her.
She walked to the living room where Caroline was crying on the couch near the fireplace. She sat next to her. "Care?" She asked quietly.
"She hates me! She hates me, Beth! My own mother hates me." Caroline cried out and Beth hugged her as she let the tears come out. "I know we never get along and that she's married to her work but I'm her daughter and she hates me."
"Shhh, it's going to be okay, Caroline." She soothed her. She couldn't imagine how she was feeling right now. She knew that she just needed a friend. "Your mom just isn't used to the idea of you being a vampire yet. She'll come around soon, I promise she will."
Caroline sniffled and nodded as she lifted up her head. "That's not all though." She admitted guiltily. "I've been passing on information about Elena and report it all back to Katherine." Beth's mouth dropped open in shock. "I didn't have a choice! Beth, she threatened to kill Matt! I was so scared and I didn't know what to do." She cried. Beth understood, she probably would have done the same in her position and brought her back in for a hug.
"Hey, hey, it's okay. I understand. You did the only thing that could keep him safe but you have to tell them, okay?" Beth said to her and she nodded in agreement. Right then Elena walked into the room. Caroline sat up straight her eyes still red and puffy from crying. "I'll be back okay?" She told her and she nodded as Elena gave her a small smile of thanks and she left the room to give them time.
After Elena and Caroline talked, Beth walked back in the room and lied down on the opposite couch. She knew that Caroline needed a friend and she wouldn't want to be alone. She was already asleep and Beth closed her eyes and focused on the warm heat of the roaring fire from the fireplace.
"Caroline is sleeping on the couch." She heard Elena say to someone.
"I heard and you?" Damon asked. Beth decided to let them have their moment.
"I'm going home." She decided and Beth heard her start to walk away but then stopped. "What you did for Caroline's mom, that's the Damon who was my friend." She heard her open the door.
"Hey, Stefan didn't drink the people blood, if you were curious, but he needs to and deep down you know that." He told her and he walked away. A moment later, Beth heard the door close and Elena walk back in. Beth's eyes fluttered open to see Damon, smirking and walking back into the room.
"Were you eavesdropping?" Damon teased as he walked over to the couch. He picked up Beth's legs to sit down and laid them back down on his own. It was so familiar to them both that he did it without thinking. "I'm shocked, El."
"I wouldn't call it that. You two knew where you were and who could hear you. I can't just shut it on and off, you know." She smirked at using his words against him. He chuckled.
"Touché." He admitted. They were silent for a while until Damon spoke up. "After everything today, you still want to try and be my friend?" He asked her confused. "I warn you I'm can be really mean." She let out a small laugh. He was used to being left but he should know that Beth would never do that to him.
"If I wasn't I'd be gone by now. And I haven't left yet. I can deal with mean." She told him. Those words reminded him of when he first saw her as a vampire.
It had been 3 days since Elizabeth had gotten the news of Stefan and Damon's death. She was in England and it had been over a week since it had happened. She had hardly left her bedroom she was crying all the time. She barely had the energy to wake up in the morning. The whole house was empty when she heard the doorbell ring. She managed to walk downstairs to answer the door. What she saw startled her. "D-Damon?" She asked. He took her in with a small smile. Her eyes were still red from crying. "They said you- you and Stefan were dead." She said not believing her eyes.
"They were wrong." He chuckled. Elizabeth didn't know what to say. "Can I come in?" He asked her with a small smile. She scoffed.
"Get in here!" She practically yelled at him and she went to touch him and felt something. She backed up. Damon looked confused but she gasped and looked up at him. He was different. She could see that now. Her best friend was a vampire. "Damon?" He knew that she knew. He didn't know how but her face revealed it all. He didn't know what to say. "When? After everything?" She asked him and he nodded.
"Elizabeth, it's…it's still me! Its still me, Day." He said desperately. She couldn't say anything. She never saw him, as this. She didn't know what to say about it. He understood. He moved to leave but she couldn't lose him. Not after thinking he was dead. She grabbed him and threw her arms around him. He was frozen, he was still trying to get used to his craving for blood and the last thing he wanted to do was hurt her. He felt his eyes turning when he heard her crying, just happy that he was alive. He hugged her back tightly. He knew now, she wouldn't leave him.
Damon was pulled back in to present day when he saw Beth shift slightly. She was sleeping. Damon gently got up and carried her, bridal style up to the spare bedroom next to his. He pulled back the blanket and slid her in. He sat down next to her as she shifted and got resettled in the bed. He remembered something. He hurried and got up and looked in the closet and under the bed, until he remembered the bookcase in the corner of the room. He found it, her old grimoire. He knew she would want to see it when she woke up. He glanced at her once more before leaving her to her dreams.
