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Well as you all must know by now when something is in italic it means that it is a thought, and POV means Point of View which this chapter has only one.
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Rick POV
I arrive at the Mystic Grill. I came here to get a stronger drink because with everything that happened I will need more booze.
The whole way I went thinking about how I would be drinking alone. Although Damon and I had a lot of problems he is still my friend, as weird as it seems. I wonder if he will be able to forgive me for what happened to his sister…
I messed up and his sister could be dead, but Damon messed up so many times in the past… I moved past those things but Damon is really temperamental and something tells me that the probability of him killing me again next time we see each other is almost a hundred percent.
I walk in and when I give a quick look around I am shocked with what I see. Damon is seating and drinking tequila with the Originals, excluding Klaus that didn't seem to be here. I am unsure on what to do, but I know that if I walk away now I will probably never get a chance to really mend our relationship.
I walk towards them and they don't seem to notice me, like they are extremely focused on the conversation.
I am almost at the table when I hear Finn thanking Damon for something.
"No problem mate!" Damon says in a pretend English accent.
I am so in shock by what he said that apparently I said out loud what I was thinking.
"Now that is a change…" I say and they look at me.
No one says a thing for a while, or maybe it hasn't been a while, it just looked like it was because it was in slow motion.
Rebekah breaks the glass of tequila that he was holding, and I can see a bit of blood but soon the wound closes. Kol starts to make the moving of getting up with his face filled with anger but Elijah that is sending daggers with his eyes towards me stops Kol. Finn shows no emotion on his face.
Damon first looks shocked, then hurt, then angry and the two emotions that come after are the ones that stay, disgust and hate.
"I already had to deal with Katherine and Elena… I don't have time or patience to deal with you Alaric." He says serious.
I feel like I have been punched in the stomach, I can feel his anger through the fact that he called me Alaric and not Rick.
"Damon I…" I start to say but Elijah interrupts me.
"You should leave." He says serious, as if he is warning me that he won't be able to hold back Rebekah and Kol.
What happens next surprises me extremely.
"I think he should sit and make his point now, not leave." Finn says serious shocking his family and Damon.
"I don't think so." Damon says with disgust.
"Damon… From what I gathered he is sort of your best friend…" Finn starts to say but Damon interrupts him.
"Was… Past tense…" He says and I can feel the wave of hate coming out of him.
"Can you let me finish?" Finn says annoyed and Damon sighs and nods. "Good… Well… When putting everyone that tried to kill your sister together he is the last guilty."
"Why do you say that?" Elijah asks.
"Because I was with mother when she went to the doppelganger's house after the ritual failed."
"Your point being?" Damon says irritated and Finn sighs.
"My point is that from what I know the doppelganger thought you and your brother were compelled and told that to them but Mr. Saltzman said that they were not to harm her because it could be true that she was your sister. He had no idea what so ever that the doppelganger changed the vervain for werewolf venom. He didn't want Corina to get hurt because she could have been your sister. And then there is also the moment when mother said that Corina was to be killed because she could get in the way of her plan, I didn't know it was Corina so I agreed but Mr. Saltzman insisted that we shouldn't hurt her because he was starting to think she really was your sister." Finn says and everyone stays silent for a while.
I look at Finn in shock. I had no idea what happened would change the Originals so much, or were they always like this? I can't understand why he would be defending me. Could it be that he is doing this for Damon? If that's so why would he do something for Damon? Did things change so much?
"Damon… The truth is that when considering all your friends, Mr. Saltzman is the only one that cared enough to try not to harm Corina only considering the possibility of her being your sister, a possibility that in their eyes was probably very small considering that the most likely option was that you were compelled."
"I…" Damon tries to say something but it doesn't seem that his mouth caught up with his brain.
"Don't get me wrong. I am not defending him. Or maybe I am… I am not sure why I am saying these things right now but my point is that considering his actions the only thing he should be judge and blamed for is helping with the ritual, and since you and I took part on it, only my family and maybe Corina too, since she tried to stop, have the right to judge and blame him for that." Finn says and in the end takes a shot of tequila.
I take this as my chance to talk.
"I don't need to seat or anything, and even if it wasn't your point to the defend me I am thankful either way Finn." I say and then I turn to Damon. "I know that even though the chance of mending our friendship now is almost zero, if a leave it for later maybe it will be a zero chance. I just want you to know that I am sorry for what happened to your sister Damon, I could try to explain myself but it wouldn't matter. I am sorry Damon and I really hope we can be friends again someday."
Damon doesn't say a thing for a few seconds and when he opens his mouth to respond isn't his voice that I hear.
"Now isn't this sweet."
I turn to see Damon's sister standing next to Klaus. At least I think this is her. With everything that happened I wasn't able to get a good look on her during all that mess but now it is different. She is a lot more similar to Damon than Stefan is, the blue eyes and black hair. Her hair is long and wavy although the curls are well defined, her skin is pale with reddish lips. She is wearing an ankle boot, ripped jeans, I blue shirt with the words 'don't blink' written on it and a black blazer.
"I'm Corina Salvatore, we hadn't had the chance to be introduced while your friends tried to kill me and the ones I care about. You are Alaric, right?" She says smirking.
"Yes and I am sorry…" I start to say when I recover myself but she interrupts me.
"Not interested. You should join us! We were going to have to explain to you lot the deal we made sooner or later… Why not sooner?" She says studying me.
"I don't think it's a good idea…" I say.
"Why?" She asks smiling. "It is necessary, but if you are afraid then I let me assure you that we won't bite."
I sigh. "Ok then…"
"Fantastic!" She says and then looks at the table. "I don't think this table is big enough for all of us…"
"I will ask the waiter to put two tables together for us." Kol says standing up and when he walked passed me he hit me with his shoulder. I wince a bit from the pain.
"I apologize for Kol behavior." She says smiling at me, a smile that doesn't reach her eyes.
"I don't." Klaus says for the first time since he arrived with a tone filled with anger.
"Where is Stefan?" Corina says to Damon.
"Later." It's all he says and she nods.
"I thought it would take at least I month until I saw you again?" Rebekah says to Corina and everyone laughs leaving me wondering what this inside joke is about.
"Our speed makes everything easier, and although I truly enjoy…" Corina says smiling but Damon interrupts her with a disgust face.
"Eww! No need for me to know that…"
Corina giggles. "My point was that I really want to take this opportunity to spend more time with my brothers and sister." She says making me realize that she thinks of Originals as her family.
That's when the waiter arrives and everyone stands up, he moves the table joining it with another. Before he leaves I ask for scotch.
Everyone seats down but no one says a thing at first.
"Damon, do you have any response to what Alaric said? I believe I interrupted you when you were about to respond…" Corina says breaking the silent and then everyone's eyes turn to Damon, including mine.
"Rick has been a good friend and with everything that Finn said… I guess… I am willing to try to mend our friendship especially since I was the one always messing up and never trying but he still would give me a chance so… Yeah that's it! Enough now 'cause this is getting sappy…" Damon says smirking at the end.
I smile at him. "Thanks Damon!"
"Fantastic! The only one I actually hoped Damon wouldn't cut out isn't out!" Corina says smiling.
"You did?" Damon and I ask in surprise at the same time.
"Of course… I kept an eye on my brothers from time to time and I saw your friendship…" She says explaining and then turns to me. "You are a good friend for Damon."
"Thank you." I say smiling at her seeing for the first time the Stefan in her, the understanding part of her.
"Let's get down to business." Klaus says annoyed.
"Are you going to kill us?" I ask afraid of the answer.
"I wish!" Kol says sighing making Rebekah and Corina giggle.
"No we are not." Elijah says to me.
"For now…" Klaus says while taking a shot of tequila.
I swallow hard at this.
"Do you want me to explain?" Corina says to me sweetly and I nod. "After I woke up, we decided to sign… Well… Actually we didn't signed anything we just said but we meant it so let's take it as signing. Back to the point. We sort of signed a peace treaty between us, and to live this peace better we are giving you lot a chance, if you don't accept the rules… Well… We did give the chance what you do with it is up to you and maybe your funeral."
Everyone stays silent waiting for my response.
"And you are telling me this…" I say.
"Because you and your friends need to know but I won't force my brother to go and explain if they don't want you, so it is easier to tell you and let you pass the message along." She says simply.
"Why me? Because I am here?" I say.
She smirks at me. "You being here is a convenience but why you? Well, from all your friends I dislike you less."
I feel my mouth getting dry. It is obvious she is angry with what we did to the Originals and what almost happened to her, I guess my only advantage is that she supports my friendship with Damon.
"Can I be honest?" I ask her.
"I do hope you are." She says.
"I won't be killed for what I say?" I ask making sure.
"Do you plan on saying anything that will make us want to kill you?" Elijah asks serious and if I was standing I would have taken a step back.
"I… Uhn…"
"You won't be killed." Damon says looking at me.
I raise an eyebrow. "Do you speak for everyone? Besides how can I trust…"
"If I remember correctly you are the one that tried to kill my family and almost killed Cora… But we are still talking to you and giving you all a chance." Rebekah says bored.
"Cora?" I say confused.
"My nickname." Corina says and I nod.
I look around the table.
"Ok. I will be honest and I expect you to be too." I say serious to Corina and I see Klaus looking irritated at my tone but I try to not be scared and keep my focus on Corina.
"I am always honest." She says serious. "Well… Except when I am being sarcastic but then I try to let everyone that I am being sarcastic so they don't get confused."
I look at her eyes and it is obvious she is waiting for me to begin.
"All of this that is happening right now seems like a lie. Damon does not speak for them, the Originals are not trust worthy and definitely don't want peace. They are murders and monsters and can't be trusted. This is a sick game and I am not sure why is even being played. Why don't you all just stop pretending you are something you are not. You all drinking and acting like you are trying to be friends and want peace is bullshit. Now why don't we stop this game and put all the cards on the table."