Forever young

Chapter 11

Mystic Falls

Stephan's POV

This week had been weird to say the least, first meeting Damon's grand kids, then finding out he has a 145 year old daughter, then him, Katherine, and Klause just taking off after a phone call.

"Where do you think they went?" Caroline asked.

"Who cares with all of them out of town we can look for a way to kill Klause once and for all." Elaina exclaimed

"Why he's toned down a lot since he broke the curse, he hasn't threatened anyone he hasn't gone after anyone. If you go after him or his family, he's just going to hit us harder. I say leave well enough alone." Caroline said, making sense.

"No if we don't kill him now we won't have a chance." Bonnie said before storming out.

Bonnie and Elaina left to do research for their kill Klause scheme leaving only Caroline, Jeremy, Matt, Tyler, Alaric and me.

"Is it wrong that I'm starting to like the supposed bad guys more than those 2?" Tyler asked.

"I know what you mean; I watched Damon with his grandsons and he is a completely different person with them than anyone else including Stephan." Alaric said adding to the discussion.

"Really after hearing Damon explain from his point of view, I understand why he acts the way he does." Jeremy told everyone.

"I just don't get why he wouldn't tell me." I confessed.

"Can you blame him, you act like you hate him, you treat him worse than you do strangers, you had everyone convinced he was the devil, before we even had a chance to meet him you had everyone scared of him, you and Elaina depend on him to do the messy work but ignore his opinion; when really we should be ignoring you. He's the one that fought in a war, ran the family business, always fed off humans discreetly, is always there to help when we fuck up, values our opinion, and is honest with us whether we want it or not. Really Damon is a better friend to us then you, Bonnie, and Elaina." Caroline said looking like she just figured something out.

The next few weeks flew by; Elaina and Bonnie found a way that they might be able to kill Klause and his siblings. They had become so obsessed that nobody wanted to be around them.

Damon came home after being gone for 2 weeks, but as he walked through the door I knew everything was about to change.

Everyone was sat in the lounge listening to Elaina and Bonnie's plan. When Damon and Katherine walked through the door.

"Honey we're home, and I have a surprise for you." He said as he came into view of everyone. Damon sat down pulling Katherine into his lap.

"Kat and I just came from Vegas where we got hitched" Damon told us. None of us knew what to say till Elaina came out of her haze first.

"What? I wouldn't go with you so you went for my homicidal copy. That's low even for you."

Damon and Katherine busted out laughing.

"I told you before; why would I want some cheap knock off when I can have the real thing." Damon told her.

I was about to call Damon a liar until I heard Caroline, Matt, and Alaric laugh, and saw Elaina turn red with anger. I realized it was true she had hit on Damon; he had turned her, from the look on her face I would guess more than once. The rest of us congratulated them.

Bonnie went back to explaining the plan. Half way through Damon cut her off.

"Sorry witchy but none of that will work, First of all a true hybrid is immortal, if given enough time they heal from anything. The first time Bells met Klause they ripped each other's hearts out; I sat there holding her lifeless body for what seemed like forever, Elijah found us not long after, I was just about to have him stake me when I saw Bella's finger twitch and Klaus's eyes twitch. Elijah and I took turns bringing them anything with blood in it we could find. After a week and a half of gorging them with blood I woke up one morning to the 2 of them laughing and having a food fight in the kitchen. They've been friends since. Klause had his head ripped off, one of his minions delivered his body to Bells. She laid him down, put his head on his shoulders, and hooked up blood bags 3 at a time. He was well enough to drink after 4 or 5 days and was good as new after 2 weeks. Also Emily told me if an original is killed every vampire from their line dies too." We all looked shocked except Bonnie.

"I don't see a down a side to no more vampires, as for killing Klause Esther said she could. I believe her." Bonnie said earning a growl from EVERYONE.

"You are real bitch. I can't believe we were actually friends." Tyler said

"Don't get mad at Bonnie, how do we even know Damon is telling the truth. He could just be saying that because it's not his plan?" Elaina asked instantly taking up for Bonnie.

"I think it's time you both left." I said.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, had they all been right? Had Elaina always been this way? Had I always been blind to her true personality? Was I the real bad guy this whole time between Damon and I?

I had ignored Elaina and Bonnie since that night a week ago. In the week and half since they let Esther out the town had completely changed, and for the first time in a long time I was scared of the changes.

The Original family were on their best behavior; apparently their mother was the original witch and their father the hunter of all. A few days ago Damon called his daughter for help, on top of being a true immortal she had a tight leash on Klaus, but Damon warned us she also has a temper as bad as Klaus'.

Today we all had went to the airport to pick up Isabella and her back up. As we stood at the gates a strong wet dog smell started toward us. All of a sudden I heard a female scream daddy and a woman come crashing into Damon.

"What am I chopped liver?" Katherine muttered

"Hello Katherine." 2 tall odorous men said.

"Hi baby girl, mutts. I want you to meet so people." He went on to introduce us all.

After a while of talking at the airport, we made our way back to the boarding house.

After question and answer time. Isabella put Bonnie in her place before leaving with Caroline, Jake, and Paul for a snack.

"You know I like that nick name for you witch bitch; you should really be thankful she was trying cause she does have as bad if not worse of a temper than Klaus." Katherine told Bonnie after a while.

"I don't know why you all are suddenly so against Bonnie and me all we do is help you, and all you do is rag on us you are all so ungrateful." Elaina shouted

"I don't think we should see each other anymore Elaina; I don't know if you've changed, or if I was too blind to see who you really are. You are rude and disrespect to our friends. You're selfish, manipulative, and ungrateful. And you are downright nasty, hateful, and mean both my family and your own. I hate that I was man that thought you were perfect for him, it scares me that I've done more damage to people I care about as your boyfriend and protector than I ever did in my ripper days." I then turned to Damon and Kathrine.

" I know I can never make up for damage I let control our relationship as family, but I swear I will try to be better brother, the brother I was when we were growing up, if you just promise not to give up on me like I did you." I didn't realize I was actually crying till Damon wiped my face and pulled me into his arms.

"You're my baby brother, I would never give up on you. You're my family if we don't have each other we have nothing." He told me hugging again.

"I think you 2 need to leave now before you become walking blood banks." Katherine told a stunned Elaina and Bonnie who finally realized they weren't wanted left.

Katherine went to bed stating that me and Damon had a lot to talk about. My brother and I spent the rest of the night talking.

Damon told me what it was raising Bella especially without Katherine, and I told him what it was after he left. We realized that my resentment towards Damon started as a human, when he joined the war and left me to fend off our father on my own. I felt like he had abandoned me then; but when we turned that loneliness and abandonment turned to resentment.

In turn Damon told me my treatment of him hurt and the way he has always reacted to hurt was with anger.

Neither one of us realized it was that bad; until Damon realized almost everyone he encountered was afraid of him, including me; and I realized that there was this big part of my brother's life that I wasn't included in, and worse I never even bothered to find out about.

While Damon always found me and tormented me, he said it was his way of checking in on me without setting himself up to be hurt again. While I never bothered to ask Damon what he had done in our time apart.

By the time we left each other to go to bed, we both felt like this was a new start for us. I had a family again.

I slept peacefully that night for the first time since I woke up a vampire.

Tomorrow's a new day