A/N: Honestly the only few things I can say about this chapter are... Miranda, Drama, Flashbacks and well...Stefan finally makes a very important connection that leaves him very pissed off!
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Begin Again- Chapter Thirteen
Caroline's P.O.V.
"I'm sorry to inform you Mrs. Lockwood. But, you have a 10% chance of getting pregnant, naturally..." His voice trails off, shuffling the papers in front of him when he runs his hands through his lightly graying hair, shrugging his shoulders back as he looks up at both me and Tyler. Terrified and hopeless expressions on our faces, tears in my eyes when I get up to leave. But, the doctor's voice stops me.
"I'm sorry, Caroline. I know how much you and your husband want a child." He states. How much we want a child? It's the one thing that I've dreamed about, that I've always wanted to have and here this guy is telling me that I'm messed up, that I'm the one who can't give my relationship with my husband that small push it needs, that boost of starting a family.
"For years, I've watched my friends become mothers, having families and children that call me by my title-Aunt Caroline. For once, I was hoping that I could hear a child, my own child call me mom. That's all I wanted..That's all that Tyler and I want Dr. Thomson. That's all we want." I tell him through my tears, feeling them fall down my face when I turn towards the door again, leaving without even telling Tyler to follow me.
Instead, I end up in the middle of the clinic, looking around for anywhere that I can hide, any place I can go that will allow me to just release all of my failures out without having to hear Tyler tell me that everything will be okay. That everything will work it's self out!
He finds me though, like he always does. Sitting on the dark blue carpet of the clinic in a small waiting room, staring up at the TV and sobbing. "Caroline...Sweetie. Let's talk about this-" He starts to say, watching me lift my hand up at him, a saddened smile tugging across my lips.
"Talk about this? Tyler- There is nothing to talk about! God, you sound just like your mother!" I tell him, hearing him exhale, an annoyed tone in his voice as he sits down next to me, watching me shutter when he places his hand onto my shoulder.
"I'm not trying to counsel you. I'm trying to be here for you. Caroline, you don't think that this is hard for me too? Because, it is. You don't know what it's like for me. Seeing Stefan and Damon with their kids, having lives that I've always wanted with you. I have always wanted to be a dad. But, if's it not meant to be for us. Then, maybe we can-" He starts say, watching me look up at him with a tearful gaze. My head hurts, my eyes dried out from this last batch of tears that I've shed and I can't deal with it anymore when he tells me what I don't want to hear.
"Maybe we can adopt." He explains, watching me stand up suddenly, glaring at him.
"No. I don't want to do that. I know there are a lot of kids that need homes. I know that, Tyler. But, I want our own baby and I don't care if they have to pump me with hormones every day or drugs to get one...I'll do it. I'll do anything to have a baby, Tyler. Our own baby!"
"Look at it." I tell him, turning on the lamp light again in our bedroom with a smile on my face, my tears all dried from crying in the bathroom. Tyler rolls towards me with a groan, rubbing his face as he squints his eyes and looks at the pregnancy test in my trembling hands.
"Honey, are you sure? I mean, this has happened before and it was never the result you or I wanted. So, what are we going to do?" He asks, patting my side of the bed as he watches me sit down, my back turned away from him when I lean back and rest my head onto his stomach, feeling his hands running throughout my curly hair, massaging my scalp.
"Well, I guess we'll find out tomorrow when I make an appointment to see the doctor again." I tell him, exhaling deeply and allowing myself to relax a bit, hearing Tyler sigh out a breath as he adds. "Yeah, I guess we'll see. But, whatever happens, Caroline. I love you. Don't ever forget that."
Elena's P.O.V.
"Let's talk about him...about the facts right in front of our faces as to why you and your husband aren't together anymore." She says, watching me cringe.
I can't even look at her, feeling her eyes staring at me intensely when I open my mouth to speak and wipe away my falling tears. "He came to see me a few nights ago, but it was really because the kids missed him. I don't want to talk about it, Bonnie. I can't." I tell her, watching her push herself up from the couch in their living room, an empty red colored mug in her hands when she shrugs her shoulders.
"You may not want to talk about it, Elena. But those kids of yours are changed because of everything that's happened between you two. I mean, they're afraid that they'll watch one of you walk away for good this time and never come back. What kind of parenting is that? To have your kids live in fear of losing their parents?" She scolds me, scoffing when she turns towards the kitchen, hearing me get up and follow her.
"What? Olivia and Sam have nothing to worry about..I'm going to-" I starts to tell her, as she narrowed her eyes on me, shaking her head.
"You're going to fix it? Elena, I love you and you are one of my best friends in this whole world. But, you need to stop talking about how pissed off you are about him and tell it to his face. You need to stop avoiding your husband, no matter how much it hurts. And you need to start doing it now." Bonnie says, placing her hands over her chest and watching me lock my eyes on her. She's right, I've been mostly all talk and no action these last few months when it came to Stefan and all its resulted in is fights and screaming matches about how much he's hurt me, how much we've hurt each other over the years...digging up the past and practically living in it all over again.
"Bonnie. He-" I start to say, hearing her laugh a little as she rolls her eyes at me.
"For god sakes! He kissed another woman, that's all he did and to be honest, I believe him!" She says in a confident tone, turning away from me again and quickly walking over to the sink, placing the empty mug into the sink as she looks over at me and adds. "Don't listen to what everyone else tells you. For once in your life, Elena..Listen to what your heart says and know that he loves you. Trust me, because if he didn't. Stefan would have never came back to New York, he would have never sacrificed all those things for you and for the family you both have. My advice is fix it before you do really end up getting a divorce and your kids become bitter towards the both of you for ruining a once good and stable home."
His breathing picks up a little, his hands pulling me to him as he pushes a strand of my hair behind my ears and murmurs against my skin, causing me to shake myself out of the past and into the present with him. "I never meant to hurt you the way I did. The way I have been. I want you to know that even though we haven't been really on the same page lately that I love you even more than that first day that I saw you at the diner. Even back then..I knew."
My arms firmly gripping his shoulder, pushing myself back as I make small circles on his skin, tears in my eyes. And, to be quite honest I don't even know why I'm crying. I guess it's just him, the things he says- the way he says them that makes me turn into a huge emotional mess. I swallow back my tears, sniffling a little as I question his words. My mind is trying to figure out what he means by "I knew."
"Stefan, we were younger back then...You couldn't have known that we'd end up here, years later." I tell him with a little laugh, feeling his breath on my neck, his lips on my skin as he leaves a kiss against it, working his way up to my ear when he whispers in a raspy tone. "I knew, I've always known that even after everything..We'd end up here. Together, and that you'd be my wife, I knew it then and I know it now, that even throughout everything. We're stronger together than apart. I love you, Elena..I love you so much that it breaks my heart to see you hurting because of me." He says, pulling me closer to him as I tighten my grasp around his neck, looking into his darkened green eyes.
"I've missed us being a family. I've missed you." He tells me, pulling away from me when he grabs onto my hand and walks us over to the middle of the living room. My bare feet stick to the wooden floors throughout the house and when they hit the carpet in the dark, Stefan laughs when I almost trip over myself and into him, latching onto his body as I find my balance.
"I know that I haven't been the best husband lately. Truth be told though, neither of us have been that good to each other. So, I thought we could start over." He says, turning on the lights in the living room as I watch him push the coffee table to one side of the room and he smirks at me, confusion on my face as to what he even has planned.
"Start over? Stefan, we've done this before. we have..The safe house." I counter, placing my hands onto my hips as I remember the Safe house, the one place where I had felt brought us a lot more closer than anything. But, ever since we came back into the fold of our real lives, obviously a lot has changed between us. It's almost awkward being around him now in a way. Stefan doesn't say anything as he nods at me and starts to re-button his shirt that I had started taking off earlier for a brief moment before looking at me again and offering me his hand.
"I know. But, you said it yourself. You wanted to take things slow. You always have really, I guess we just got caught up in speeding things up, like they would make things better for us when really. All speeding our relationship up has done is caused us to be here. It's allowed you to hate me and it's allowed me to dwell on everything that I've done wrong ever since I came back to you. I don't want to cause anymore problems for us anymore, Elena. I want me and you to be like we've both always dreamed. A happy married couple that love each other and on occasion fight over stupid little things. Normal. I want us to be normal." He tells me, extending out his arms to me completely as I stare at him, tilting my head to the side, taking him in.
He's got his shirt halfway undo, his hair a tasseled mess from me running my fingers through it and his eyes are piercing into me, almost like they're telling me that he's sorry for allowing this whole stupid mess to go so far, for us being here right now. Maybe he feels it too, the awkwardness between us as I take a step towards him without replying to his words.
My hands reach his, tightening my hold onto his fingers when he pulls me against his chest and we begin to sway to the humming rhythm that he's making from the back of his throat. It's silent for a long moment before I finally speak up.
"We're never going to be normal. We're completely dysfunctional. You and me. Although, we can try and change it. We can try being normal together, living our lives with our kids and being happy, like we always planned." I comment, feeling Stefan's hand slide down to the middle of my back, his face just inches away from me as he nods.
He stares at me for a long while, taking in what I've just said before he smiles and leans towards me again, our lips just inches apart when he adds. "So, we'll be dysfunctional and normal. If there is such a thing. All that matters is that I can wake up to you, every morning for the rest of my life and we can begin again. Because, life isn't easy and it isn't simple. Although, the beauty of it is that you can always start over. And, this right here. Is us starting over..." Stefan's voice trails off as I feel him place his hands on to my cheeks, licking his lips when he leans forward and kisses my lips, engulfing me with the scent of him. The feeling of him is all around me and when I tighten my grip around his broad shoulders, I can hear a small throaty moan escape past my mouth, savoring the moment and relishing in the taste of my husband's mouth against my own.
Stefan's P.O.V.
Her lips against mine cause me to push us back against the couch, hearing Elena let out a little giggle when she playfully wraps her arms around me, running her hands up and down the back of my neck, tickling me.
"You know, if you keep doing that with her fingers. I won't be able to do what I've got planned." I whisper against her ear, lowering her down onto the couch and hovering over her body as she looks up at me with desire in her brown eyes. I can see them shining when she licks her lips, slowly lifting up her dress with her hands, smirking at me.
"Stefan, I thought we weren't going to plan anything anymore. Since, all of our planning pretty much turns into an utter disaster." She says with a laugh, leaning her head back as I place my knee in between her legs, lowering my body down towards hers, a grin on my face, shaking my head when my lips find my favorite part of her body, the curve of her neck and I inhale deeply, her floral perfume making me a little light headed and weak in the knees.
"Are you trying to say that Aiden was an utter disaster?" I ask her jokingly, feeling her slap my arm as she glares at me with lips pursed, a sudden seriousness in her tone when she adds. "No. Aiden was-"
"Unplanned. Aiden was completely unplanned. But, he's the best unplanned surprise ever" I tell her, an appealing expression on my face as Elena nods, tracing the collar of my shirt with her fingertips when she asks. "So, what are we doing?"
"I don't know. You just said that you don't want to plan anything..So, you tell me..What are we doing here, Elena?" I ask her. Elena licks her lips, pulling me down towards her mouth. Her eyes are intensified in the moment, lips quivering when she states. " I don't know. Although, I do know that I'm going to kiss you again and I'm going to make sure it's all you can feel, My lips on yours, the longing and desire I have for you, only you. Stefan."
She pulls me down against her body, legs wrapped around my torso as I hoist her up into my arms and move us away from the couch. Elena's fingertips are running through my short brown hair, her arms wrapped tightly around me as she kisses me fiercely.
"I love you." She mutters out against the flesh on my neck as she tries to catch her breath, leaning down and unraveling her hands from me when she begins to work the buttons open to my shirt again, finally after a few minutes getting the three undone when she smirks and kisses my chest, slipping my shirt off and watching with a smile as it falls to the ground, her hands touching my face and my chest as if she's never seen it before, an expression of wonder in her eyes when she says. "I don't care where we go. As long as I'm here, with you. Because, I've missed you. I have missed you so much."
I don't really know how we end up there, her body pushed back onto the dining room table, the placemats and plastic floral arrangement knocked down onto the floor as I hover over her, sliding my hands underneath her dress and watching when she arches her back towards me, eyes closed as Elena says my name in a breathless tone. "Don't make me beg, you know that all it will-" She starts to say, inhaling all the air inside of her lungs that she can as I watch her chest rise and fall when I slide my hands against the lining of her panties.
"Stefan-" Her voice gets cut off with a smattering tone. I watch Elena's eyes flutter, leaning her head back more as she tries to grab a hold of my hands. But, I stop her. Leaning down instead and kissing the inner part of her thigh, gently placing her hands above her head when I hover over her more, kissing her breasts as I make my way up towards her mouth.
"What?" I ask her with a laugh, leaning back down to her lips as Elena's gaze focuses on me and she utters out with a barely there whisper. "We're going to need to get rid of this table when we're done here."
"I'm trying to...Ha, you're worried about the table? Seriously?" I pause, watching when her brown eyes lock on me, a gleeful and pleasurable expression filling her face as she smiles, nodding.
"We can just burn it. I mean, I can always put the fire out." I tell her jokingly, hearing a laugh escape her mouth when she lifts her head up off the table and places her finger on to my lips, when she adds. "Preferably without any clothes...Like nothing at all, in the middle of summer while it's sweltering outside, you can burn it then."
"Sweltering huh?" I ask, watching Elena nod as she huffs out a breath and grabs a hold of my shoulders, pulling me down to her as she speaks against my ear.
"Sweltering. Oh God..When did it get so hot in here?" She moans out when I place my hands back against her thighs, watching her face change from concerned to relaxed within an instant as she gasps and I finally slip off her underwear. Elena's hands grab for my pants and undo the zipper briskly when she pulls herself up towards me again, placing her legs around my waist. She smiles to herself with confidence as she pulls us both down together and leaves a searing kiss against my lips. I can hear her long nails scarp the table top as I slowly watch all of her emotions fade into passion and yearning as she murmurs out. "We'll definitely have to burn this table."
The morning light shines through the blinds as Elena sleeps soundly against my chest. But, I can't stop thinking..I can't stop my mind from drifting off into the night of where I made my mistake, which ultimately lead to us being here, barely together and barely apart..Somewhere in between the lines of love and hate for each other- distant from one another, all the way up until now.
She stirs in my arms a bit, exhaling deeply when she places her hand back into my chest and runs her fingertips down my stomach, her eyes fluttering open as my hand runs through her mangled hair and I lean down to kiss her forehead.
"What time is it?" She asks, pulling the red sheets over our naked bodies with her hand and wrapping herself closer to me when she lets out a yawn.
"A little past 4am." I tell her, my hand stroking her shoulder, our breathing synching together when she looks up at me and rolls on to her stomach, her head propped up by her hands under her chin, her elbows on the bed, looking down at me.
"What are you doing awake then?" She says in a soft sleepy tone, watching me push a strand of her hair behind my ears.
I don't say anything, instead I pull her closer to me, mumbling something about how she should go back to bed and how it isn't important. But, she can see it in my eyes, the way they fill with self hatred at the memory.
"Tell me." Elena urges, stroking my arm with her fingers, a smile lingering on her face.
"I was thinking about you. About us and how lucky I am to have you in my life and how I never want to mess anything up between us again." I comment, hearing Elena huff out a breath as she turns back on to her back, nuzzling her head against my shoulder when she says "I like that, it's 4 in the morning and you're sitting here thinking about us..Hm..as if you have nothing else better to do." She remarks with a laugh. Elena watches me nod my head, glancing up at her with wonder when I add. "Nothing else better to do? Elena, you feel asleep on me. I was going to get up and go for a run with the dog. But, you kind of prevented me from doing that."
She laughs, her voice echoing throughout the dim bedroom when I shake my head at her and watch as she climbs on top of me again, a smile lingering on her lips when she says "Who needs a run with Charlie when I can keep you all lean and fit. Besides, they say that sex burns a lot of calories. So, what do you say...how about another go?"
"Sweetheart..I-" I stammer out of from the back of my throat, feeling as she starts leaving moist kisses on my chest, slowly making her way down my body, removing the sheets away from me.
"Elena..." My voice cracks, her name ends up coming out in more of a groan when I feel her fingers trace the outlines of the muscles on my upper body.
I glance down to see her smiling face when she smirks and adds. "I never said you had to do anything, Stefan. I'll do all the work. Now-" I cut her off, grabbing a hold of her suddenly and pulling her down against the mattress as my body hovers over hers and she gives me a mischievous grin, lifting her hand up and grazing her fingers against my face.
"What?" She asks.
"You know that I like doing all the work better. I like watching your face light up with amusement. So, how about you just hold on tight and allow me." I say, hearing Elena try to cough out a breath but it stops when I lean into her and pull her arms above her head so that she can't touch me as my lips absentmindedly leave an assault of kisses on her body, working my way down her exposed skin. Elena gasps and when she somehow gets one of her hands free. I can feel her fingers slip into my hair, begging me to stop. It comes out of nowhere, the memory and suddenly all I can seem to think about is her and what really happened that night at the fire house...
Rebekah's words echoed in my mind, as I felt her hands on my body, her finger tips aggressively running though my hair, placing my hands onto her ass, pulling herself to me.
"I can be everything you've always wanted. You know, Elena will never have to know.." Rebekah whispered against my lips, leaning in and kissing me roughly as I finally pushed her away, taking a step back from her and pulling down my shirt when I turned towards the door, hearing Rebekah exhale an annoyed tone.
"You're too loyal to her. It's sickening really, the way you love her. I can't believe that you
never would be tempted by someone else. You're a man, Stefan. They all are..every single one is always somewhere deep down haunted and tempted by a woman. Tell the truth Stefan, is it because she looks like the woman that saved your life when the building collapsed on you? You know the one, that pulled you out of the rubble and didn't allow you to die...What was her name?" She questions, smirking a bit as I turn on the soles of my feet to glance at her. Her words feeling like they're poking small holes into my body, inflicting wounds and past memories that I don't want to talk about as she tries to compare Elena to Katherine.
"You..You want me to tell you what my life was like with Katherine Pierce and if I love Elena because she looks just like that evil and manipulative bitch! My wife will never be anything like Katherine. And, what I had with Katherine. My life in Florida with your brother and her is none of your god damn business! Besides, I never want to see either of them again. I'm glad that they got what they deserved. Although, I wish they would have gotten a lethal injection right into their hearts because that's what they did to me, poisoned me with their lies." My voice shakes as I talk about them, my body tenses as I think about what it was like back then, thinking and believing I was someone else for 5 years! Loving Katherine as if I could have ever had a life with her...Which, now I know would have never happened, because eventually all of their scheming lies would have been exposed, no matter how hard they tried to hide them.
"Ha. It's funny you say that, that you're over it all. But, really. I can see that it still bothers you, the mention of my brother's name. The mention of hers...You're still traumatized by them." Rebekah pointed out, hearing me scoff at her words as I took a step towards her, anger in my tone when I spat out. "Be thankfully you'll never know what it feels like to be manipulated, Rebekah. We're done here, you and I. So, listen very closely to me. I don't want you anywhere near me or my family. Do you understand? Nowhere near us and this..This was a mistake." I comment, pushing the door open and turning my head to look down the hall, feeling her hand grip onto my shoulder as she says "Come on, Stefan. I was just joking...I've heard stories about you and Katherine from Klaus. I'm the only one who visits them in prison..I just wanted to see what you'd say. He was right you know, he told me that you'd always defend your wife..saying that she's not like Katherine..But, I bet in some ways she is. You probably don't see it though."
I'm filled with animosity towards them all, for everything that they've done to not only me. But, to every single person that I've known in my life and when I turn around, nearly slamming Rebekah against the wall. I can see the fear in her eyes as I lower my lips to her ear and whisper in a threatening tone. "Leave now. And, I swear to god that if I ever see you or any of your family except for Kol. Since he seems like the only sane one. I will make your life a living hell, just like your brother did to me. I will destroy you."
I push away from her, watching Rebekah's blue eyes glistening with a hint of giddiness as she traces her fingertips against my shirt and looks up at me with lowered eyes when she hisses out. "I like when you're threatening and all angry. It's sexy. However, something tells me that I'll destroy your life first before you ever come after me. Remember, Stefan. I'm a woman and I can easily make your life miserable with just a few words spoken to anyone that will listen. Besides, who'd they really they believe..the distraught young woman saying that she was nearly attacked by a fire fighter the night after a party that was set for him or the father of three, the cheating husband that has a tendency of violent outbursts..So, you better be careful what you wish for because it can all come crashing down within minutes. It would be my word against yours and if tonight didn't prove anything..It should make you realize this. I can be very convincing when need be. "
The memory of that night comes back in spurts and I feel my body tensing when it finally falls into place. Around the same time that Rebekah and Kol came into town, Miranda reappeared and to me, that only means one thing...Miranda Gilbert has been scheming and plotting against me for the very moment she set foot back into town and something inside of my head screams that without a doubt, everything that Damon has been telling me from what Kol and Lexi have found out about his own sister and Elena's mother is true..Miranda and Rebekah have been working together to tear Elena and I apart for months now.
Miranda P.O.V.
"Where is your sister?" I ask him, watching Jeremy almost slam the door in my face as it swings back. But, I stop it with my hand.
"Why do you care, mother? All of a sudden when Stefan and Elena are having trouble with their marriage. It's pretty coincidental that you show up again. I thought I told you to leave town!" He says, his hands tightening around his chest as he stands his ground and glares at me.
"Well, I did briefly. But, I figured that if I left so soon that I'd miss the-" He cuts me off, taking a step forward and pushing me out into the hallway of his apartment, closing the door behind him and leaning against it.
"The results of your master plan working. Look, you got what you wanted. Elena and Stefan aren't together anymore and as far as I know. It's all because of you. So, if you have anything to say to her. You might as well tell it to her face because I don't know where my sister is and for her own sake, I sure as hell hope that you don't find her." Jeremy says, turning away from me without another word and this time shutting the door hard in my face, leaving me standing there and trying to think of the only place that I know she could possibly be. Most likely, licking her wounds and broken heart over her dead beat 'cheating' husband.
I park the car in front of the house and all I can see is one of the cars that I know he had bought for her, sitting in the driveway as I turn off the engine and make my way to the front door. I exhale deeply, putting on the biggest smile I have on my face when I look down at my watch and realize that she's probably awake, tending to the kids needs or something because it's around 9:35 in the morning and from what I've heard, Elena usually gets up and does things around the house at that time.
It takes three knocks on the front door of their house when I hear the dog barking in the backyard, a loud thump coming from the entry way into the house and when the door swings open. My mouth nearly drops the floor when I see their faces. She's smiling, wrapped up in cotton red bed sheets as Stefan stands there in front of me, dumbstruck in a pair of sweatpants, his hair a mess and a red lips stick smudge on his neck when he clears his throat and steps protectively in front of Elena.
But, I cut him off before he can speak. Taking a step towards them as I look down at my daughter and frown a bit when I say. "For someone who was crying over her husband cheating on her a few months ago. Funny how quickly things can escalate and change. Because, this morning you look like a slut whose just had a one night stand. To be honest, I thought that the two of you wouldn't be together so soon. Although, I can clearly see why you couldn't keep your hands off of him. He's pretty good looking.." I point out to Elena with a wink, walking past Stefan and brushing my hand across his shoulder with a smile on my face.
Elena rolls her eyes at me, tightening the bed sheet around her when she says "I'll give you 5 minutes to explain what the hell you're doing here. Because, I'm sick and tired of seeing your face. So, start talking now because after those five minutes are gone. You better be half way to where the hell you know that you and I won't cross paths again, somewhere far, far away from here. Now, what do you want, Miranda?"
"I was hoping to speak with Stefan actually. I mean that is, once he puts a shirt back on or I don't mind if you stay like that. I just won't be staring at your face." I tell her, brushing past Elena as she shakes her head, both of us turning to look at Stefan who looks sick to his stomach almost, like he's about to vomit when he suddenly stammers out. "First Rebekah and now you...You know, it took me a while to put the pieces together. But, I can't stop thinking about what she told me that night..That she would make them all believe I slept with her. But, this was all your doing. Wasn't it? You tried to wreck our lives with your twisted schemes! Admit it, Miranda! You did this to us!" Stefan yells abruptly, causing Elena and I to jump a bit at the increased tone in his voice when he steps closer to me and repeats. "You did this to us, you planted this idea in my wife's head, in everyone around me. Because you wanted them to all think I was this cheater, this liar! You made her think that I did things with Rebekah. But, I never did anything!"
I laugh at him, a sinister smile forming onto my face as I lean towards him, hissing out my own words when I speak to him directly, pointing my finger against his chest and ignoring Elena completely. "No, my dear son in law. You did this all to yourself when you decided to get involved with my daughter. When you took her away from me and turned her against me. That is when you ruined your own life. Although, to be completely honest. I really was hoping that they would have never found you alive. Because, all you have ever done to this family is ruin it. Face it Stefan, everything you touch, you ruin. And, in my opinion, you would have been better off dead. Maybe then Elena could have had a chance at life without all the hurt you've brought into it."
"A life with a controlling mother who would have hated every man that she brought home because no one is good enough for her daughter. A mother who would have rather wanted her daughter growing old alone, believing she was worthless. You know what, Miranda. Let's be honest. You're just pissed off at me because Elena chose to be with me, someone that she loves over living under a roof with her overbearing and psychotic mother who brainwashed her into believing that she wasn't good enough for anyone. " Stefan says, his eyes narrowing on my face as I push away from him and hear Elena exhale deeply.
She takes a step towards me, anger in her eyes when she adds. " I can't believe you were behind it. Ha, of course you were! You've been manipulating people for years, scheming with them and ruining their lives until they had nothing left. And, here I was thinking that we could fix things between us when really, I was just one of your targets! Miranda, I made my choice long ago that I would never have a relationship with you again. You're nothing to me anymore. Because you are the one that tarnishes everything you touch. And, I'm thankful that I met Stefan who has made his fair share of mistakes. But, he would never do what you did to me and Jeremy, to our own children. He would never abandon them or hit them like you did to us."
"I'm sorry..I-" I try to tell her, realizing that Elena's serious as she locks her eyes onto me and chokes out more words past her vocal cords.
"It's too late for that, way too many years late for that. All the times I cried to you about how sorry I was when you'd let our step dad beat me until I was black and blue...What about all those times I would tell you that I was sorry as you sat there and watched him abuse us. Allowing it to happen. I was 6 years old, just a child and you just sat there..telling me that you never wanted me. That I was worthless to you! No matter how many times you apologize to me, I'm never going to believe you. You made me believe that being abused by someone was normal. So, I fell in love with Matt and he was the same way. It took me a long time to just come to terms with how much he belittled me, brainwashed me into thinking that everything he said or did to me was normal. I guess he was just trying to finish the job for the daughter that we all know you never wanted when he put a gun to my ribs and threatened to kill me, pulling the trigger to a jammed gun. And, now..years later..here we are again. How dare you! How dare you ruin the good things I had in my life, everything that never involved you!" She screams at me, tears welling up into her eyes when she steps back towards Stefan, shaking just a little. I watch as he holds her in his arms, kissing the top of her head when he looks up at me and firmly says "Leave, Miranda! Just go, before I do something I'm going to regret and don't you ever think about setting foot near my wife, me or my family ever again and tell Rebekah the same thing, that I know now..Everything she's said to make them believe her, was a lie. It was all to make Elena turn against me. Well, not anymore. Because as of right now, we both want you gone!"
A/N: So, I hope you guys are still finding this story interesting haven't completely lost interest in it! I don't know how much more we will see of Miranda. But, I think that she kind of will be out of the picture for a while. Might reappear in a flashback or two though. Because, I really want to kind of get back to the root of the story which is SE and everyone else. ;)
Also, anyone miss Sam and Olivia yet? No worries, they'll be in the story again soon. I promise! :)
Thanks so much for reading & hope you've all enjoyed CH.13!
-Until Next Time!-