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Caroline walked around outside picking up empty champagne glasses from tables, smiling at all of the attendees. Her mind was flustered. She couldn't believe Dia was awake and had no memory. She desperately wanted to see her best friend. She saw one of the bus boys and walked angrily over to him.
"Hey, why am I bussing your tables?" she snapped slamming the glasses on his tray. "I said no empty glasses" Caroline sneered. The bus boy rolled his eyes and walked away. Caroline quickly made her way to the orchestra.
"Will you guys pick up the tempo?!" she complained. "This is a pageant, not a funeral" Caroline snapped her fingers at the orchestra.
"And how am I doing?" Klaus asked walking to her
Caroline stopped and looked at him. "You're. Perfect" she spoke. Klaus smiled at her in response. "Just so beyond annoying, I can't even look at you" she grumbled.
"They didn't waste any time, did they?" Klaus stated looking over Caroline's shoulder and seeing Tyler with Hayley, the girl who he believed Tyler cheated on Caroline with. Caroline turned around and frowned, clearly upset. Klaus looked at her expression on her face.
"Let's just get today over with" she huffed walking past Klaus.
"This is your room" Elijah opened a door leading Dia to a room. She walked in looking around the room that was unfamiliar to her.
"This is mine?" she frowned in confusion.
"Yes" Elijah nodded. Earlier he had taken out some of her pictures of the two of them. Deep down he knew he should tell her about their relationship, but he wasn't sure what he should tell her.
"You told me I had an accident?" Dia suddenly spoke snapping Elijah out of his thoughts.
"Yes" Elijah replied.
"What kind of accident?" Dia asked.
"You were in a coma for sometime" he explained.
"Is that why I can't remember anything?" she asked.
"Possibly" Elijah told her. "We're not sure why exactly."
"I feel like something is missing. I can't explain it. There's something important that I should know but I don't" Dia sighed.
"The memories will take time" Elijah said walking closer to her.
"You seem sure of it" Dia frowned.
"I am because I know you so well" Elijah smirked.
"Tell me about myself" Dia requested.
"You're smart, compassionate, and strong among many other things" Elijah smiled.
"What other things?" Dia asked.
"Later" Elijah told her. "Come I'll make you something to eat."
"What do I like to eat?" Dia asked.
Elijah laughed slightly. "You'll learn soon."
Elena watched the Miss Mystic Falls contestants and their escorts' dance. Damon watched Elena and once she caught him looking at her he smiled. Elena stared at him wondering about her feelings for him. She walked out of the crowd and pulled out her phone when Caroline quickly walked down the steps to catch up with her.
"Hey, what's with the last minute escort change? Where is Jeremy?" Caroline asked. Jeremy had failed to show up to be April's escort and there was no sign of him.
"I'm calling him right now" Elena said as Damon walked up to them. "He's not picking up"
"Do the math. Emo teen, open bar, it's fine" Damon replied.
"Matt said that Jeremy's been having nightmares about killing vampires and he's been hiding it from me" Elena explained. Caroline frowned both shocked and worry about this new information.
"Relax, I'm sure he's fine" Damon shrugged.
"I don't know. I have a bad feeling" Elena sighed.
"If I'm not worried, you shouldn't be worried. Let it go. I'll go look for him" Damon told her.
"Okay" Elena nodded as Damon walked away.
"Okay, you go home, I'm going to start asking around here" Caroline suggested.
"Maybe Damon's right. Maybe he grabbed a bottle from the bar and snuck off to the woods" Elena shrugged.
"No, Damon is never right. Damon is sneaky and manipulative and rude, but he's never right. How can you not see that?" Caroline demanded.
"I don't know, but why do I think that you won't hesitate to tell me?" Elena rolled her eyes.
"Fine, friend-tervention. I think your so called "feelings" for Damon are really starting to cloud your judgment and I don't like it." Caroline told her as Klaus walked over to the pair. " You're too concerned with the fact about feeling something for Damon that I bet you won't even care when Stefan tells you that Dia woke up and doesn't remember who she is and the thought of you two together really makes me want to barf."
"Easy, love, you're making a scene" Klaus spoke.
"Dia awake?" Elena frowned. "Wow, Caroline, thank you for making this very difficult time so much easier." She walked away leaving Caroline with a blank look on her face.
"How did I become the bad guy?" Caroline groaned.
"Let's get you a drink. I'll tell you all about being the bad guy" Klaus smirked.
Caroline and Klaus walked near the pond of the Lockwood property. In his hand Klaus held a bottle of champagne and two glasses.
"So my brother's gypsy has finally awaken" Klaus spoke.
"You weren't suppose to know that" Caroline began. "I just lost it. Elena…she's just driving me crazy."
"Well she and Damon have grown close" he replied.
"It's just, as her best friend, it is my duty to warn her when she's making a giant mistake, right? And now she's taking Damon's side on everything" Caroline explained.
"So, being a vampire's changed her?" Klaus frowned.
"But being a vampire only amplifies who you already are. It doesn't turn you into a completely different person" she told him.
"It's very peculiar" Klaus smirked.
"What's that look for?" Caroline asked.
"It'll all make sense eventually" he replied.
"Whatever, just – just hurry up and find the cure" Caroline sighed sitting on a bench.
"I'm working on it" Klaus told her.
"Would you ever take it?" she asked.
"Now, why would I want to cure myself of being the most powerful creature on the planet? Hm?" Klaus smirked.
"So there's not one single moment in your whole life that you wanted to be human?" she asked him. Klaus looked at her and popped open the bottle of the champagne bottle, avoiding the question.
"How about you ? Life used to be a lot easier" Klaus stood up and pulled out a piece of paper from inside his jacket. "Don't you miss the days of being..." he opened a piece of paper. "'Chair of the Mystic Falls Beautification Committee' and the 'Director of the Policeman's Yearly Raffle." Caroline looked up with horrified eyes.
"Is that my Miss Mystic application?" Caroline stood up and smack the paper out of his hands. "Where did you get that?!" Klaus laughed and caught the paper and continued to read.
" 'When I am chosen I intend to redefine excellence." He read
"Now, I'm really enjoying your use of when here. It's very confident" he told her.
"And above all, I promise to aspire, inspire, and perspire.." Klaus continued. Caroline put her hands on her hips and glared at him playfully.
"Obviously, we found a shortage of words ending in spire" Klaus laughed as Caroline tried to grab the paper.
"Yeah, it's very funny" she said as Klaus pulled the paper out of her reach. "It's hilarious. Just-" Caroline continued to take the paper, but Klaus smirked at her. Finally she gave up and looked at him and started to laugh.
Inside the house away from the announcement that April had become Miss Mystic Falls, Jeremy sat in an empty room holding a skate. He pushed the stake into his palm until it started to bleed. Elena walked into the room and Jeremy looked her at her.
"Hey, where have you been?" she asked him. She stopped and saw the stake in his hand. "What are you doing with that?" Jeremy stood up and looked at her.
"Put it down" Elena told him.
"Connor was right. All I can think about is killing vampires" Jeremy spoke.
"You're nothing like Connor" she shook her head.
"I want to believe that. And I know I don't want to hurt you, but everything inside of me is telling me to drive this stake through your heart" Jeremy sneered.
"Why would you say that? It's me, Jeremy" Elena pleaded.
"And you're a vampire" Jeremy shot back.
"Yeah, but I'm also your sister" she said gently grabbing his wrist. "Jer, I would never do anything to hurt you." Elena stopped. She smelled blood. She turned his hand over and saw a cut across his palm. The veins started crawling towards her eyes.
"No" Jeremy looked at her.
"Get – get it away from me" Elena demanded. Jeremy walked towards her with a stake in a hand. Elena quickly grabbed his wrist and threw him to the ground. She ran over to him and started to shake him.
"Jer, Jer, hey, Jer, wake up. Jer, please wake up" Elena cried. She continued to panic and shake Jeremy. He opened his eyes suddenly and staked Elena in the neck. She gasped, clutching her hand to her neck. Jeremy kneeled down in front of her and raised the stake to kill her when Matt walked into the room.
"Jeremy!" Matt said running over to him.
"Get out of here, Matt" Jeremy told him.
"Jeremy, you don't want to do this, okay. That's your sister. It's that stupid mark on your arm" Matt replied.
"Shut up, Matt!" Jeremy exclaimed.
"Jeremy, look at me! I'm human and I'm telling you not to hurt her" Matt looked at him. Jeremy hesitated for a moment, but suddenly looked like he was still going to stake Elena. Stefan rushed into the room and grabbed Jeremy, holding him against the wall.
"Get him out of here, Matt!" Stefan exclaimed pushing Jeremy towards Matt.
"Come on. Let's get out of here" Matt said grabbing Jeremy. Stefan kneeled down in front of Elena, who was trying to take the stake out of her neck.
"Let me do it, let me do it, let me do it" Stefan said gently. Elena continued to gasp for air as Stefan took her hands off the stake and gently pulled it out. He placed his hand on her cheek and looked at her. Elena looed up at him and clutched his hand in hers.
Elena walked across the lawn of the Lockwood Property with Stefan running after her.
"Elena, wait" Stefan called out.
"I have to find Jeremy. This shouldn't be happening to him" she told him.
"Elena, wait. It's my fault" Stefan told her. He caught her arm and faced her.
"What are you talking about?" Elena frowned.
"I'm starting to think that when a Hunter kills a vampire, the urge to keep killing gets stronger" he explained.
"Tell me that Jeremy hasn't been with you this entire time" Elena replied. Stefan looked away, saying nothing. "Tell me that you haven't been making him kill vampires, Stefan."
"We need the map to get the cure" Stefan shot back.
"If getting my humanity back means stripping Jeremy of his, then I don't want the cure" Elena exclaimed.
"He's the only way to fix all of this" Stefan shot back.
"You mean me. The only way to fix me. You don't have to love me like this. This is who I am now. The old Elena died when she went off that bridge. Let her go" Elena snapped. Stefan's face fell, clearly upset by Elena's words. Damon approached them from a few feet away. Stefan shook his head and walked away as Elena watched up.
Stefan walked up to Dia's porch and sighed. Elena had made her choice. He was sure of that. He wished that Dia remembered everything. He knew that despite the fact that she was with Elijah, she would be upset. After all Damon broke her heart because of Elena.
"Stefan" a voice called. He turned and saw Caroline walking towards him.
"Can I see her?" she asked.
Stefan nodded and motioned for her to follow him. He knocked on the doorbell and moments later Elijah opened the door.
"Stefan. Miss Forbes" he greeted in confusion.
"Is she up for visitors?" Stefan asked. "Caroline wants to see her."
"Elijah who was at the door?" A moment later Dia appeared in the hallway. Caroline felt tears slowly come to her eyes as she ran over to Dia and hugged her. Realizing that Dia had no clue who she was she quickly backed away.
"I'm sorry" Caroline said wiping a tear. "You don't remember me. I'm Caroline. We're friends."
"Hi Caroline" Dia smiled. "I have a lot of friends I've noticed."
"You do" Caroline smiled. "We've all missed you so much."
"Because of my accident" Dia stated.
"Yeah because of that" Caroline nodded. Elijah motioned for Stefan to follow him into the living room. Once they were away from Dia and Caroline Elijah spoke.
"I've explained some of the situation to her" Elijah explained.
"But not all of it?" Stefan asked.
"Meredith said it might overwhelm her if she is told too much at once" Elijah replied.
"So she doesn't know about vampires or that you're engaged?" Stefan asked. Elijah nodded sadly.
"So what do we do till then?" Stefan asked.
"We wait" Elijah replied. "That's all we can do."
"Stefan we should probably go" Caroline appeared in the doorway. Stefan nodded walked towards her and stopped.
"We're all here for you both" Stefan spoke.
"I thank you" Elijah nodded.
Klaus sat in front of the fire in his mansion alive thinking to himself. He found it curious that Dia was awake, but she didn't remember anything. He also thought about how Elena was sired to Damon. Such curious things going on in Mystic Falls. He pulled out his phone and dialed a number.
"Hello brother" Klaus greeted. "I have some news that might interest you regarding a certain gypsy."
Stefan poured a shot for himself and Caroline in her living room after returning from Dia's house talking about Dia and the days events.
"Damon still doesn't know she's awake does he?" Caroline asked as Stefan handed her a shot. He shook his head in response.
"Well even if he did I bet he wouldn't care, being too caught up with Elena and all" Caroline huffed.
"Elena's right. I just - I need to let go" Stefan sighed.
"No, you're right, Stefan. It's not pretty and it's not easy, but you can't give up on her" she told him.
"Caroline, she looked me in the eye and she told me to move on" Stefan looked at her.
"She's lost. Okay, you and her, epic. Her and Damon, ugh, God. There's something wrong with her. Just promise me you won't stop looking for the cure" Caroline demanded.
"Klaus won't let me even if I wanted to" Stefan said placing his shot glass down and pouring himself another one.
"Why does he care? He doesn't even want it" Caroline asked.
"He wants to keep Elena human so that he can make more hybrids" Stefan explained.
Caroline sat back into her chair and relaxed. "He's going to need them. Tyler's almost got all of them unsired." Suddenly Caroline frowned and shot back up in her chair. "Oh my God." Stefan looked at her confused.
"Oh. My. God" Caroline repeated. Stefan looked at her wondering what was going on. Caroline stood up and looked at Stefan. "I was trying to understand why Klaus was so intrigued by Damon and Elena. He said I would figure it out. This is what he was talking about."
"What are you talking about?" Stefan asked.
"Think about it. Every time Elena's had a problem, Damon's been the magic solution" she replied. "Today, Elena was worried about Jeremy. Who swoops in and tells her to relax? Damon. And she listens" Caroline explained as Stefan still looked confused.
"When Elena started feeding, who said that she could only drink blood straight from the vein?" Caroline asked.
"Damon" Stefan realized.
"And when she tried to drink from animals?" Caroline asked.
"She couldn't keep it down" Stefan replied.
"And blood bags?" she continued.
"Same thing" Stefan said.
"Name one vampire in the history of vampires who couldn't drink blood from a blood bag. Damon said she couldn't, so she couldn't" Caroline spoke. "Damon likes the red dress. Elena likes the red dress."
"Damon says kill Connor and she kills Connor" Stefan nodded.
"What if it's possible? Damon's blood made her a vampire, right?" Caroline asked. "It's rare, but it happens. What if this is one of those times?" She sat back down in her chair. "What if this is really happening?"
Stefan leaned forward. "Elena's sired to Damon."
Dia woke up screaming in bed. Elijah quickly rushed into the room, grabbing her.
"Dia it's alright!" he said trying to calm her down. Dia breathed heavily looking around.
"It was a bad dream that is all" Elijah whispered.
"There was a man" Dia began. "He came up from behind me and bit my neck. It was terrifying." She hugged Elijah tightly. Elijah wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on her own.
"It's going to be fine" Elijah told her. "It was a dream. I'm not going to let anyone hurt you. Ever."
"Can you stay with me?" Dia suddenly asked looking up at Elijah. He stared at her lips. It was taking everything inside of him not to kiss her.
"Of course" he finally spoke. Dia pulled out of his grasp and laid down making room beside her for him. He laid down beside her and she turned to face him.
"Why do I feel so comfortable around you?" she asked.
"You tell me" Elijah looked at her. Dia shrugged before closing her eyes and falling back asleep. Elijah was unable to fall back asleep so easily. He knew there was something unusual about Dia's dream. It was a dream about a vampire. Only one person would manipulate a dream. Especially her dream. Kol. Kol knew she was awake and he knew Kol was back in town.
Sorry for the long wait. I've been under the weather for a few days and I've been sleeping a lot. Thanks for all the reviews from the previous chapters. Next chapter should be up sometime later today. Read and review!