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The Last Dance
We had decided to stay over at the Boarding House that night, to be ready for the lawyer to come over in the morning. However, waking up the next morning I realized that Elena and I didn't have a change of clothes. I sighed and shook my head, trying to rid myself of the tiredness that was trying to consume me. I decided breakfast would be a good start before I'd go and get some new clothes.
I walked past Damon's room and noticed the door was open. Peaking my head inside I saw the room was empty. I slipped inside and made my way to his dresser. If I stole one of his shirts to wear so as I wouldn't have to wear the same clothes I slept in again. I was sure he wouldn't mind anyway. I picked up a black shirt and quickly changed into it, not really caring about having half of my legs on show.
I yawned, making my way down to the kitchen and walked straight to the fridge, opening it and searching for something edible.
"Usually the girls don't stay for breakfast." I heard a voice behind me say. I turned around to see Damon leaning on the doorway. "But seeing as how delicious you look in my shirt, I don't mind." He winked.
"I don't have any clothes here, idiot." I replied rolling my eyes. "I'm hungry, make me food."
"What do I look like, your servant?" He scoffed.
"Not at all, but seeing as I'm giving you an amazing and free view, the least you could do is make me some food." He smirked at me.
"Only because I like you." He replied and made his way to the fridge, pulling out ingredients for something.
"What are you making?" I asked, sitting at the island.
"Its a surprise, dear, Lexi." He replied.
"Well then, is Elena up?"
"I don't know, I don't keep tabs on her."
"Well, while you make me food, I'm going to see if she has any clothes for me to wear."
"But that'll destroy the view." Damon complained.
"Then take a picture." I shouted over my shoulder as I left the kitchen and made my way to Stefan's room. I knocked loudly on the door and it was opened my Stefan, who took in my clothing choices with wide eyes.
"Alex, cover yourself." He said, covering his eyes.
"Oh don't be such a baby, its just legs." I scoffed. "You're the one who's shirtless so you should be covering up." He smiled.
"You noticed."
"Well, due to my height that is where my eye level is."
"Yet, you're not complaining."
"There's nothing to complain about."
"I see your point." He winked at me and I chuckled.
"Is Elena in here?" I asked Stefan. He nodded and opened the door wider. Elena was just coming out of the bathroom in a towel when she noticed me.
"Why are you in here? What are you doing in Damon's shirt? Did you sleep with him last night?" Elena asked, he eyes widening with each question.
"Clothes, lack of clothes, no." I said.
"What?" I sighed and rolled my eyes.
"Come on, Elena you asked the questions. I am in here because I need to borrow some clothes, I'm wearing Damon's shirt because I have no clothes and no I didn't sleep with him, though I can't say the same for you and Stefan." Elena blushed and looked away.
"I've got some spare clothes in there." She replied pointing to Stefan's dresser. I nodded and pulled out suitable clothing and made my way out of the room, stopping at the door.
"Way to go, stud." I said and ran out before Elena could hit me with a pillow. I ran all the way to the kitchen where Damon was just plating up a batch of pancakes. My eyes widened.
"You made pancakes?" I gasped. He looked up and smiled.
"Only the best for Alexandra Gilbert."
"Because you made me pancakes, I'm gonna pretend you didn't just call me by my full name." I said making my way towards him. I pecked him on the cheek and sat down to my breakfast, moaning in delight at the taste.
We had decided to invite Bonnie over as the lawyer said we needed an impartial witness. We were sitting around the coffee table in the lounge while Damon and Stefan waited outside.
"Please sign here and here." The lawyer said to us. Elena took the pen first and handed it to me when she was finished. I then handed the papers back to the lawyer. He started going over them as Bonnie piped up.
"So this place is all yours? They just gave it to you?"
"For now. As owners, we're the only one ones who can invite a certain type of person in here, if you know what I mean." Elena replied.
"Way to be sly, sister." I mocked. She lightly slapped my shoulder.
"Your own personal safe house." Bonnie nodded.
"That's the idea." Elena replied. Bonnie looked around the large mansion and sighed.
"Wouldn't want to clean it." She said and we laughed.
"That should be everything." The lawyer smiled at us, placing the papers in his briefcase and standing.
"Thanks." I said, getting up to see him out. Elena followed me. She opened the door and smiled at the man.
"Thank you, Mr Henry." Elena said and we watched him drive off. She smiled at Stefan and Damon who were just standing outside, looking at us. I cleared my throat.
"I'm sorry. I completely forgot." Elena said. She looked over at Stefan. "Stefan. Would you like to come inside my house."
"Its my house too." I said. She rolled her eyes.
"I would love to. Thank you." Stefan smirked. Elena looked over at Damon and he scoffed.
"What are we, 12?"
"One of us is." Elena commented. "If I let you in, do you promise to obey the owner of this house?"
"No." Damon replied.
"Seriously, Damon. My way. You promised. I call the shots. No lies, no secret agendas. Remember?" Elena said.
"Screw that." I said. "Come on in, Damon." I smiled at him. He smirked and walked into the house.
"Now this twin, I like." Damon said, kissing the top of my head. I smiled at Elena as she glared at me.
"I'm trying to get him to behave." She hissed.
"No, you're trying to get him to conform. Don't." I replied as Bonnie walked over to us and handed Elena and me our jackets.
"Thanks." Elena said to her. I nodded.
"Wait, where are you going?" Stefan asked looking at us.
"To school." Elena replied.
"Duh." I added, rolling my eyes.
"Huh?" Stefan asked, confused.
"Great sentence there, Stef." I mocked.
"No, no, no. We didn't create a safe house for you to leave it." Damon argued.
"Yeah, guys, Klaus is out there. We know that." Stefan said, finally able to string a sentence together.
"Right. But where? No one knows." Elena replied. "Look, I really appreciate what you guys are doing. And I'll be able to sleep at night knowing that I'll be safe here, but I'm not going to be a prisoner."
"Ditto." I said. Elena looked at Damon.
"Your way, Elena." He said falsely.
"Don't worry," Bonnie chipped in. "I'm ready. If he shows his face, I can take him. I know how."
"The way I see it, next to Bonnie is the safest place that I can be. Come on." Elena said and walked out the door.
"Sorry, boys." I smiled and left too. I ran to catch up with them and smiled. "I'm driving." I said dangling the car keys in front of Elena's face. Bonnie's eyes widened.
"We're going to die anyway." She said. I laughed and slid over the roof of the car to get to the driver's side. I opened the door and looked up to see Stefan coming out of the Boarding House.
"You coming?" I asked and he nodded.
"You're driving?" Stefan asked.
"Buckle up." I smirked and got into the car. When everyone had securely fastened their seat belts I smiled and turned the engine on. Revving the engine I heard Elena gasp before I floored the gas and drove to school.
As soon as I parked the car in the school parking lot, my three passengers were out of it in seconds. I rolled my eyes and stepped out of the car.
"Oh don't be so over dramatic." I said.
"You could have killed us." Bonnie said, breathing heavily.
"That's a lie, we weren't in danger at all."
"Except when you ran that red light." Stefan cut in.
"That was just for fun. God, guys, lighten up." I said smirking. They all rolled their eyes at me and we made our way into the school.
We had history first with Ric and I took my usual seat, between Bonnie and Elena. I got my textbook out and sighed seeing as I had forgotten something to write with. I got Bonnie's attention and mimed writing, she nodded and searched through her bag, pulling out a pencil and tossing it to me. I turned round to see Elena waving a poster for the decade dance at us. I looked to Bonnie and she smiled and nodded. I copied her movements and Elena smiled back.
A few seconds later, Ric walked into the room looking slightly disheveled.
"Hello, class." He said, taking off his bag and looking at his desk. He started to pick up some papers and move them about. "What are we learning today?" He asked.
"With the decade dance tonight, we've been covering the sixties all week." A girl in the front row called Dana said. Ric nodded.
"Right. The sixties." He looked around and spotted Elena and stopped. He held his gaze on her for a lot longer than was necessary before he seemed to snap out of it. He cleared his throat. "The, uh, ahem." He turned to face the board and wrote 'The 60s' on it.
"The sixties. I wish there was something good I could say about the sixties, but... Actually, they kind of sucked. Except for the Beatles, of course. They made it bearable. Uh, what else was there? The Cuban missile thing, the...we walked on the moon. There was Watergate."
"Watergate was the seventies, Ric." Elena smiled. The class went silent before she noticed her mistake. "I-I mean, Mr. Saltzman."
"Right. It all kind of mushes together up here, the sixties, seventies. Thank you, Elena." He said. The rest of the lesson was pretty weird. Ric seemed to be out of it and he was always talking as if he was actually there to witness everything. Something felt wrong but I couldn't place my finger on it. Plus the way he kept looking at Elena creeped me out.
Lunch rolled around and I was standing in the line with Elena.
"So do you think Klaus will show his face?" Elena asked
"I don't know. He's meant to be the big bad but it just feels like he's hiding." I replied, picking up an apple.
"I guess."
"Have you noticed anything strange today with Ric?" I asked, curious.
"No, nothing. Why? Do you think there's something strange with him?" She asked. I rolled my eyes.
"No I think he's peachy that's why I asked." I said, sarcasm oozing from every word. She scoffed.
"No need to bite my head off, Alex." She said. We paid for our lunches and walked over to the table that Bonnie and Jeremy were sitting at.
"Hey, Jer. How are you doing? Are you okay at the house alone with John?" Elena asked.
"It's not ideal." Jeremy replied getting up.
"You haven't heard from Jenna, have you?" I asked, Jeremy sighed.
"It looks like she's staying on campus instead of coming home. I'm late for class." Jeremy said and left.
"What's going on?" Elena asked Bonnie as we sat down.
"I told him he had to dress up tonight and he got all uptight." Bonnie replied. I looked at her, knowing full well she was lying but I said nothing, knowing that I would get it out of Jeremy sooner or later. I dug into my fries.
"Oh." Elena laughed. I looked up as a shadow was cast over the table. Dana was standing there, beaming at Elena.
"Hey, Elena, there you are. Okay. This is going to sound freaky, but this totally hot guy just asked me to ask you if you're going to the dance tonight?" Dana asked.
"Tell him she has a boyfriend." Bonnie said cooly.
"You could at least meet him." Dana pouted. "He'll be at the dance tonight. Look for him. His name is Klaus." She said. The fry I was about to eat fell from my hand.
"I'm sorry, what did you just say?" I asked.
"His name is Klaus." She said slower. "I know the name's stupid, but I swear he's hot." Bonnie and I started to search the cafeteria to see if we cold spot anyone we didn't know.
"Where is he? Is he here?" Bonnie asked.
"I don't know." Dana said airily, Elena and I sighed.
"She's being compelled." I said.
"But he wants to know if you'll save him the last dance. How cute is that?" Dana smiled before bouncing off.
"This is so not good." Bonnie said.
"We've got to tell Damon and Stefan, something is going down tonight and we have to be ready." I replied. The girls nodded and we went to fetch Stefan. Once we had found him, we explained what was going on and we went to the car.
"I'm driving this time." Stefan said.
"Please, it wasn't that bad." I rolled my eyes. Everyone else scoffed.
"If we live through Klaus's crazy sacrifice, I am so getting you lessons." Stefan smirked. I slapped him arm but got in the passenger side anyway.
Damon, Stefan, Bonnie, Elena and I were in the Boarding House lounge. I was sitting down on the sofa with Elena and Stefan, Damon was at the doorway and Bonnie was standing next to the fireplace. We had just finished explaining to Damon what had happened at school.
"So we go to the dance, we find him." Damon said simply.
"Really?" Stefan asked mockingly. "How are we going to do that? We don't even know what he looks like."
"Something tells me he's not going to be 16 and pimply." Damon shot back.
"Stefan's right, Damon." I said. "He could be anywhere at anytime. He compelled somebody at school." Stefan looked at Elena and Bonnie.
"I guess its not as safe as you guys thought, huh?" Stefan said. There was a knock on the door and I stood up to answer it. I opened it to see Ric standing there. I smiled and launched myself into him, hugging him close. He seemed startled but then gently patted my back.
"Hey." He said as we broke away. His eyes widened slightly and if I had been paying closer attention I would have noticed.
"Hi, sorry about that I just needed a hug and you're always there." I smiled. Ric chuckled and I walked in with him.
"There you are." Damon said.
"Sorry I'm late." Ric replied.
"Don't worry, you didn't miss much." I whispered. He smiled.
"Hey, I need you to put me down as a chaperone at the dance tonight. Klaus made his first move." Damon told Ric.
"Okay, so we find him and then what, hmm? What's our plan of attack?" Elena asked, clearly not happy about the situation.
"Maybe we can smother him to death with cuddles and love." I said in a high pitch girly voice. Ric and Stefan both chuckled and Damon smirked while Elena rolled her eyes.
"Me." Bonnie said, grabbing our attention. "I'm the plan. He has no idea how much power I can channel. If you can find him, I can kill him."
"That's not going to be that easy." Ric said with a slight hint of defense in his voice. "I mean, he is the biggest, baddest vampire around."
"Alaric has a point." Damon said, looking at Bonnie. "I mean, what if he..." He rushed towards Bonnie but she threw him into the wall with her powers. Damon grunted as he tried to pull himself up.
"Well, I was impressed." Stefan smiled.
"Who's up for round two?" I smirked.
"It doesn't matter if he's an Original. I can take down anyone who comes at me." Bonnie said turning to face Elena. "I can kill him, Elena. I know I can." She said.
"I believe you." Elena smiled.
"Well." I said clapping my hands. "I do believe we have a decade dance to prepare for and I have no clothes for it. You guys got a storage closet?" I asked to the Salvatore brothers.
"Sure, you're welcome to see what you can find." Stefan smiled.
"Well, lets rendezvous at the dance then shall we." I said and Bonnie and Ric left.
I was in Damon's room, looking through boxes of clothes marked '60s'.
"Do you just keep women's clothes from every era around for fun?" I asked Damon as he helped me search through the boxes for something to wear.
"No, its just what people have left behind, idiot." He said. I pouted.
"No need to be mean."
"I wasn't trying to be mean. I can't help it if you're an idiot."
"I'm less of an idiot than you."
"Maybe, but I tell you what. You would look like a very sexy idiot in this." He smirked and held up a blue dress that was covered in purple, blue and green flowers. I smiled.
"I do believe I would." He rolled his eyes and I went into his bathroom to change. The dress fit me like a glove, moulding to all the curves and stopping mid thigh, like any sixties dress would. They were such sluts in the sixties. I pulled on the pair of white gogo boots and smiled at myself.
I walked back into Damon's bedroom and he looked up at me. He wolf whistled and I blushed slightly.
"You are one hot piece of ass." Damon smirked.
"Well, thank you for putting it so delicately." I said sarcastically.
"Everyone will be lining up for your number. Even some of the girls." Damon winked at me. I rolled my eyes at him.
"I think we should be going, don't you?"
"No, I need a few more minutes to memorize this image."
"You're a pig. I'm going to get Stef and Elena." I chuckled. I walked into Stefan room and the sight of them eating each other's faces nearly made me throw up.
"Oh dear lord! Cut it out! I don't want to see that!" I yelled covering my eyes with my hand. Elena sighed.
"You can look now, Alex. We've stopped." Elena said.
"No, I don't trust you, that was disgusting." I said, keeping my hand over my eyes.
"Well, don't you look stunning." Stefan smiled. I finally removed my hand from my eyes, slowly and smiled back at Stefan.
"Thanks, Stef."
"I already told her she was gorgeous, brother." Damon said entering the room.
"And she can't hear it more than once?" Stefan asked.
"Maybe you should compliment your own girl." Damon bit out.
"Well, Alex, isn't your girl, is she?" Stefan pressed.
"I think we should go." I interrupted. "I'm driving."
"NO!" All three of them shouted.
We got to the dance and the hall was awesome. The walls were covered with balloons and streamers hung from the ceiling. There was a buffet with a chocolate fountain and I knew where I would be spending most of my night. Inside we met up with Bonnie and Jeremy.
"Brother dearest, don't you look dashing." I smiled at Jeremy. He laughed and brought me into a hug.
"Yeah, you two look great." Elena added. Bonnie and her hugged for a moment.
"You too." Bonnie said to Elena. "All of you look great!"
"You guys ready to do this?" Stefan asked.
"Way to bring down the mood." I said, slapping Stefan on the arm. I looked up at the stage as Dana stepped onto it, tapping the microphone.
"Thanks for being here, everybody. We have a special shout out tonight." She said. "This is for Elena. From Klaus." Elena's eyes widened in surprise. I looked around the hall, trying to see over people's head and find someone we didn't know.
"That was a lame, cheap shot." Damon said. "He's just trying to bait us."
"I know everyone here." Elena told us.
"Maybe he's not here. He just wants us to believe that he is." Stefan said.
"Don't be silly." I commented. "He's the baddest of the bad, he's not gonna back out like a coward. No, no, he's here alright."
"Its a party, people. Blend. Let him come to us." Damon said.
"Good idea." Bonnie agreed and grabbed Jeremy's arm.
"No, no, I really don't feel like dancing." He argued.
"Don't be a chicken." I mocked. He lightly punched my arm.
"Too bad." Bonnie said and dragged him onto the dance floor. Damon looked around and saw Ric standing on a platform next to the stage.
"There's Ric. I'll be back." He said and started to make his way through the crowd.
"Wait." I said grabbing onto his arm. "I'm coming with."
We joined Ric up on the platform and I began scanning the hall, now having a much better view. Again I couldn't see anyone I didn't recognize.
"Special dedication, huh?" Ric said, breaking me out of my scanning. "This guy's a little twisted."
"I'm not impressed." Damon shrugged.
"No?" Ric asked.
"Well I would have expected something a bit more flashy." I said.
"Flashy? How?" Ric asked.
"I don't know but if you've been around for as long as he has I would be expecting something more, spectacular. I guess." Ric smiled slightly as if I had offended him. I stared at him curiously as Damon grabbed my hand.
"Let me know if you see anything out of whack." He said as he dragged me towards the dance floor.
"Are we dancing?" I asked.
"Well, why not?" Damon replied. He took my right hand in his left and place his right hand on my hip. I placed my left hand on his shoulder.
"So how are you feeling about all this?" He asked.
"Well I'm worried about Elena but to be honest, it doesn't seem real."
"In what way?"
"It just doesn't feel like any of this is actually real. Its like I'm gonna wake up any second."
"I can assure you this isn't a dream. Then again I am too gorgeous to be real." Damon joked. I lightly slapped his shoulder.
"You're an idiot." I smiled.
"You love it." He smirked. "Lets go and see baby brother." Damon said and we moved to where Stefan and Elena were dancing. Elena turned to us.
"Caroline's here. She doesn't know what's going on. We have to tell her." She said. Stefan nodded.
"I'm on it." He let go of Elena and I followed him.
"Wait up." I shouted at him. He looked over his shoulder and slowed down.
"You tell Caroline, I'll distract Matt." I said. "Break." He chuckled and I smiled. We made our way towards where they were dancing.
"Hey, guys." Stefan said.
"Hey, man, what's up?" Matt asked.
"Do you mind if we change partners for a while, I need to talk to Caroline about something." Stefan asked.
"I'll make it worth your while." I joked and Matt laughed.
"No, not at all." He smiled and took my hand. He placed his hand on my waist and we moved to the music.
"Its been a while since we talked." He said. "How are things?"
"Not bad. I mean Jenna's still living on campus and stuff but its going fine." I smiled at him. "How about you?"
"I'm doing fine, things with Caroline are going alright I think, so we're doing good."
"That's great, Matt. You deserve to be happy. Out of everyone here, you deserve it the most."
"Thanks, Alex. You are just amazing, you know that?"
"Well, yeah." I laughed and he joined in. Stefan tapped Matt's shoulder and smiled.
"Thanks for letting me borrow your date." He said.
"No problem, thanks for the dance, Alex." He said to me.
"Not at all, don't be a stranger Matt." I said as Stefan led me to another part of the dance floor.
Stefan placed both his hands on my hips and I entwined mine round his neck and place my head on his chest.
"This is so stressful, Stefan. I just want it to be over."
"I know, I feel the same." I looked up at him.
"Do you think everything will be okay? In the end?"
"I honestly don't know. I mean to look on the dark side, anyone of us could die at any moment."
"That's cheery."
"It wasn't meant to be. It was meant to be realistic."
"Just promise me something."
"Anything."
"Don't leave me."
"Never, Alex. Never." I smiled and placed my head on his chest again. The song ended and a faster one started.
"I don't do fast dancing." I said.
"Well put." Stefan smiled and we looked around the room. I noticed Elena standing next to Jeremy at the buffet table and led Stefan towards them.
"What are they doing?" I heard Elena ask Jeremy, I followed their gazes and saw Bonnie dancing with Damon.
"Who knows?" He replied.
"Is there something going on, Jer? You okay?" Elena asked.
"Fine. I'm fine." He said and walked out the hall.
"What was all that about?" I asked.
"I'm not sure. Something's up." Elena replied.
"I'll go and find out what's going on." Stefan said.
"Thanks, Stefan." Elena smiled.
"I'm coming with. He's my brother." I said and followed the way Jeremy left.
I left the hall and saw Jeremy walking down the hallway.
"Jeremy!" I called out. He stopped walking and turned around. "What are you doing? Don't you think we should stick together?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I've got my ring." He said, pointing to his hand. He sighed. "It's...it's Bonnie."
"What is it?" Stefan asked but Jeremy refused to say anything. "Hey, you got something on your mind, spit it out."
"If Bonnie takes on Klaus, channeling all that energy's gonna kill her." He said finally. I gasped.
"What?" Stefan and I asked at the same time.
"But she doesn't want Elena to know, and she didn't want you to know either, Alex, 'cause if you know, you're gonna try and stop her. And then one of you could turn up dead, so...What am I supposed to do?" He asked, broken. I sighed and took his cheek in my hand, forcing him to look at me.
"We're gonna tell Elena and stop this insanity. We'll find another way to kill Klaus. No one has to die, Jer." I said. He leaned into my hand and sighed.
"Okay." He said.
We went back into the hall and found Elena where we left her.
"Is everything alright?" She asked as we got closer.
"No its not." I said. "Elena, if Bonnie uses her magic to kill Klaus, it'll kill her too." I said. Elena's eyes widened in horror.
"We've got to stop her."
"I know." I nodded. We looked around the hall for Bonnie and noticed her standing just off of the dance floor. We made our way over to her. Elena tapped her on the shoulder. She spun around to face us.
"We need to talk to you." Elena said. Bonnie nodded and we walked through the hallway and outside the school. Once we were outside, Elena rounded on Bonnie.
"How could you not tell me?" Elena demanded.
"Cause I knew how you'd react." Bonnie said.
"Yeah, badly. Bonnie this is a stupid idea." I said.
"It's not a option." Elena backed me up.
"It's our only option." Bonnie replied.
"Then we'll find another way, okay?" Elena said, her voice cracking a bit. "Bonnie, you're not dying to save my life."
"I have the power to save you!" Bonnie argued. "If I don't use it and something happens, then it would kill me more. Look, Alex, wouldn't you do the same?"
"That's completely different." I said. "Elena's my twin. Its not the same." I crossed my arms.
"I can't let you." Elena breathed.
"Just answer one question...if the situation was reversed, would you do it for me?" Bonnie asked. We couldn't answer. "So you know I have to."
"No." Elena and I said. The door into the school smashed open and Ric came bursting out of it.
"Alex, Elena." He said as he spotted us.
"Ric, what's wrong?" I asked.
"He has Jeremy."
"What?" Elena, Bonnie and I shouted.
"Yeah, Klaus has Jeremy. Come on." Ric said running back into the school. We looked at each other and followed him inside. We ran through the hallways but nothing seemed to be going on.
"Where are you taking us?" Elena asked.
"Just a little further." Ric said.
"What?" Elena asked.
"Something's not right, Elena." I said, slowing down.
"Where's Jeremy?" Bonnie asked and Ric stopped. He started laughing and shook his head.
"I just had to get away from that dance." He said. I furrowed my brows in confusion. "The sixties, uchh. Not my decade." He laughed again, sending a chill down my spine. "I mean whose call was that, anyway? I much prefer the twenties. The style, the parties, the jazz." He smirked.
"Alaric, are you on vervain?" Elena asked. Ric cocked his head to the side.
"Now why would you ask me that question, Elena?"
"He's being compelled." Elena said.
"Nope. Try again."
"What's going on?" Elena asked. I dropped my gaze to the floor as I was trying to figure things out. The weird talk, the odd reactions to what we've been saying, constantly staring at Elena.
"Okay, I'll give you a hint. I am not Alaric." My head snapped up as I looked at him.
"Klaus" I breathed.
"Surprise." He smiled. "I'm glad you didn't disappoint, Alex. I had you figured as the smart one. You haven't changed a bit. It seems Elena here got Katherine's idiocy."
"Oh, no. No, its not possible." Elena said.
"Just relax, Elena. I'm not here to hurt you. You're not on my hit list tonight." He said looking at Bonnie. "But you are." Bonnie glared at him and threw him against the wall with her powers. The cabinet behind him smashed as he fell to the floor. He got up in seconds.
"Now, did I mention that I knew a witch?" He asked. "You're gonna have to hit me a lot harder than that." He smirked.
"Everyone knows a bloody witch these days." I mumbled. He rushed towards her again and she threw him back into another cabinet, glass coating the floor. But he just got back up again.
"If you kill this body, I'll just get a new one. Maybe Jeremy." He said.
"Bonnie you can't hurt him." I said. She nodded and turned to us.
"Go. Run Run!" She shouted and we wasted no time sprinting through the hallways. We ran through a set of doors and Bonnie closed them behind us. I looked back to see if he was following and ran right into Damon. I fell on my back and groaned in pain. He offered a hand to help me back up and I took it.
"What happened?" He asked, checking me over.
"Klaus is in Alaric's body." Elena explained.
"What?" Damon asked, shocked.
"He's possessing it or something." Bonnie clarified.
"Because apparently, everyone knows a witch these days." I groaned. Damon looked at Elena.
"Go find Stefan." He told her. She nodded and took off. "You too, Alex." I sighed.
"Yeah, sure." And I followed Elena down the hallway. I stopped running and looked back to see Bonnie and Damon had gone. I looked the up the way Elena had run off and I sighed and started running back the way I had just come. I bumped into Damon as I got closer to the cafeteria.
"What are you doing here? I thought I told you to find Stefan." He hissed.
"Two people don't need to do that." I said. "Where's Bonnie? I asked, looking around him.
"She's doing what she has to do." He said coldly.
"What?"
"You need to let her do this."
"Do what?" He looked at me. "She's not trying to...She's not. She can't be that stupid." I said. "Where is she Damon?"
"Alex." He warned.
"Don't you dare." I said and ran towards the cafeteria. "Bonnie!" I shouted. Just as I reached them the cafeteria doors slammed shut in my face. I looked through the window to see Bonnie facing off against Ric. The light fixings were sparking all over the place and papers were flying about as her power buzzed in the air.
"Bonnie! NO!" I screamed, pounding on the door. "Damon help." I turned to face him, tears forming in my eyes.
"There's nothing I can do." He said. I turned back to see Bonnie looking back at me, her nose bleeding. She smiled and I couldn't hold back the tears. There was an almighty burst of power and Bonnie fell to the floor.
"NO!" I screamed. The doors opened and I ran inside. I slid to the ground and held my best friend's head in my lap. "Please, please, Bonnie. Don't be dead. You can't be dead. Please Bonnie." I whispered. "PLEASE!" I couldn't stop myself as sobs ripped through my body. I looked down at my best friend as Elena ran in the room. She looked over at me and screamed.
"No! Bonnie! Bonnie! Bonnie!" She sobbed, running over to me and dropping to her knees. "Stefan, she's not breathing! Stefan! Stefan, I can't find her pulse! Stefan! Do something, please! Stefan, please!" Elena begged. "Just give her blood, do something, please." She cried out.
"Its too late, Elena." I said numbly, staring into space. "She's gone." Elena looked at me.
"No, she can't be. Please no." Elena begged. Damon entered the room but I didn't see him.
"Stefan, get Elena and Alex out of here. I'll deal with this." He said.
"What do you mean, deal with this?" Elena yelled getting to her feet. I just couldn't move. I couldn't face the idea of losing someone else close to me.
"The sheriff can't know about this. Last thing we need's another mysterious death." Damon said as Stefan made his way towards me.
"This is Bonnie!" Elena screamed. Stefan gently lifted me up by my arms and placed me on my feet. I couldn't see anything past the tears in my eyes as Damon and Elena kept shouting at each other.
"Its going to be alright, Alex." Stefan whispered in my ear. "You'll be fine." He said. I nodded slightly.
"Bonnie won't." I whispered. "Bonnie won't be anything ever again. She's dead." Stefan picked me up bridal style as my feet weren't obeying me. I felt like I was shutting down, like I wasn't programmed for this much trauma.
I was sitting in the Boarding House on the sofa, next to Elena. She had lent her head on my shoulder and we were trying to give each other some sense of comfort. Stefan walked in with a glass in each hand.
"Hey. Here, drink this." Stefan said, handing us each a glass.
"I can't." Elena said.
"Yeah. Yeah, you can." Elena and I took the glasses from him but Elena started crying again. I hadn't said a word since I had watched Bonnie die in front of my eyes. I just couldn't find a way to make myself do anything other than breathe.
"This is my fault." Elena cried.
"No, no, no. Hey. This was Klaus." Stefan reassured her. "Listen to me. Klaus did this." He said as Damon arrived at the house. Elena stood up immediately.
"What did you do with her?" She shouted. Damon looked at his brother.
"Will you please calm her down?" He asked, rolling his eyes.
"Don't talk to me like I'm not standing right in front of you." She demanded.
"Will you please take a page out of your sisters book and calm down." Damon said to Elena.
"I'm not calm." I said, my voice hoarse from not using it. "I'm not calm, Damon." I said, looking at the ground. "I feel like I'm dying inside. Bonnie was my family and she was just ripped from me. So no. I'm not calm."
"You knew! Didn't you?" Elena accused, ignoring me. I took a large drink from the glass Stefan had given me. "You knew that if she harnessed all that power, that she would die, didn't you?"
"Yes. Yes, I knew." Damon said. Next thing I heard was a loud smack as Elena slapped him across the face. He looked at her.
"You need to listen to me, and prepare for what I'm about to say. Bonnie had to die." He started and Elena raised her hand to strike again but Damon caught it. "Klaus using Alaric's body was a total surprise. She wasn't prepared for that. And he wasn't going to stop, and we weren't going to be able to stop him until he knew she was dead. He had to believe it." I looked up at him.
"She cast a spell. She's alive. Bonnie's okay." He said. I dropped my glass on the floor in shock. Damon looked at me and left the room, Stefan following him out. Elena was just standing in the same spot so I walked to the doorway.
"You know, you could have told me." I heard Stefan say.
"How do I know when you're going to go blabbing things to your girlfriend?" Damon spat back.
"Do you even understand what you put her through? What you put Alex through?"
"See, that's why I didn't tell you. 'Cause you would have never been able to do it. Don't get me wrong, Stefan. I don't mind being the bad guy. I'll make all the life and death decisions while you're busy worrying about collateral damage. I'll even let her hate me for it. But at the end of the day, I'll be the one to keep her alive." Damon said and went upstairs. I sighed but followed him up, passing Stefan on the way.
"Alex-" Stefan started.
"In a minute." I said and went upstairs to Damon's room. He was just standing in the middle of the room when I entered.
"Have fun eavesdropping, then?" He asked.
"I understand why you did what you did." I said. Damon turned around to face me, surprise written over his face. "It had to be real. Klaus would never have stopped."
"I'm glad someone understands."
"You're not the bad guy, Damon." I said. "Well, not all the time." He chuckled.
"You realize. That if it ever comes down to it. If that ever happens again. I will gladly let Bonnie die. I will always choose you."
"And I you." I smiled at him. He wrapped his arms around me and I embraced him.
"Get some sleep." He said and I nodded. I walked out of his room and made my way to the lounge where Stefan was standing at the fireplace.
"You alright?" I asked, leaning against the doorway. He turned to face me.
"Shouldn't I be asking you that?"
"Yeah, but I'm doing fine." He looked at me.
"Alex, you were practically catatonic." He laughed.
"Shut up, its just the way I deal with grief. Did you know when my parents died, I didn't speak for 2 months and ate about twice a week."
"That's really unhealthy."
"That's how I deal with things."
"Think you could find a better way?"
"Is there one?"
"I hear making love helps." I laughed.
"Are you offering?" Stefan winked at me
"Name the time and place." I smiled
"Thanks for cheering me up, Stefan."
"Anytime, Alex." He said and pulled me into a hug. I rested my head against his chest like I head when we were dancing and breathed in his scent. I smiled and let go.
"I should get some sleep." I said.
"Let me know if you need anything." Stefan replied as I walked into the hallway. I passed Elena.
"Are you alright?" I asked her.
"Yeah. I just had a chat with Bonnie. She's fine, hiding out at the witches house, but fine."
"That's good." I smiled. "Elena. I hope you realize just how far people are willing to go for you. I don't want to cause you any more grief but I would be willing to go just as far as Bonnie went tonight to save you."
"I wouldn't ask you to."
"I know you wouldn't but you wouldn't be able to stop me. It would be my choice."
"Its not fair to have to make you even think about that."
"I know but its what we've got to do."
"We're 17, Alex. I don't want to die yet."
"I don't either, but I promise you I will die before I let anything happen to you." I said. I looked around to see if Stefan was still in the area. "I think you know what we have to do, Elena." She nodded at me and took my hand. I smiled at her as we made our way to the basement.
We entered the cell that we had placed Elijah in and knelt down on either side of him. I placed my hand on the base of the hilt and Elena placed hers on mine.
"On the count of three, then." I said and she nodded. "One. Two. Three." And we pulled the dagger out of Elijah's body. We sighed and I leant against the wall, Elena copying me as we waited for him to wake up.
So much happened here! Lots of fluff between a lot of people! Hope you liked that! Elijah has been reawakened and Alex has had her first run in with Klaus. To my reviewers:
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