Chapter 13: I'm Not An Angel

After everyone realized that they were all free, clear and alive for once in their lives, this is when Klaus chose to appear as his usual self.

He started smiling and then he said, "Oh, it's good that all of you figured it out, who finally did or was it a group effort?"

Bonnie spoke up first after she finally pulled away from Damon, "Actually, it was all Damon, he figured it out and convinced us all to trust him and we did."

"Wow, after everything that he has done to every single one of you, I am surprised that you guys just trusted him without fail. I mean how could you all do that, how does he continually gain trust that easily after everything that he has done? I can't even get my siblings to forgive me for what I've done. How do you do it Damon?"

"Well, I start by not trying to put my brother in a coffin for the rest of his life as you did with your siblings. I wouldn't be surprised if they all formed a mob to murder you as you would have done to them if you thought that it suited your needs. Unlike you, I actually do care about my brother, no matter what we've been through in the last few years together. I know that you find loyalty to be a foreign concept to you but some families that means everything and that is something that you never could understand. That's why you will always end up alone, I should know I almost was you but I turned it around."

Klaus laughed and then said, "I like all of you, that's the only reason that I haven't put an end to your existence yet. I could have you know, I have the time and the resources that I could have done away with the lot of you, multiple times already but you people are just too entertaining for me to do away with you. I know that it seems like you've won, for now Damon because you did the impossible and convinced the girl to forgive you and take you back but you'll screw it up without any help from me at all. Whether you want to believe it or not, Bonnie, Damon hasn't changed people like him don't know how to change. I should know we are so much alike that it's scary. I have never changed and I never would, not even for the love of a good woman. Don't you see it, a leopard doesn't change his spots, not for any reason or any person, he will do what he always does, pull you in just enough until you are head over heels more in love with him and then he will pull the rug out from under you and hurt you even than he already has in the past. You may not know it but I do, he'll hurt you again."

Bonnie was fighting back the anger inside of her and he just spilled that venom all over her and Damon as if they would believe a word that he said. It seemed that every single time that they trusted Klaus and decided to work with him instead of against him, that they regretted it because he betrayed them always.

Finally after Bonnie couldn't take another word from Klaus, she spoke up, "I don't care what you do or say Klaus because nothing that comes out of your mouth holds any water with me because as we all know your nothing but a liar. This is why no one will ever believe the lies that you were saying about Tyler either, so if you plan on one of us going to Caroline and telling her that he is cheating on her, then you will be sadly disappointed then. That's not going to happen and good luck in trying to convince Caroline that it's the truth because without any proof no one is ever going to believe a word that comes out of your lying mouth."

With that she smiled and turned towards Damon and kissed him passionately because she knew that it would upset Klaus, knowing that he ended up with nothing while they all got a better ending to their stories then he ever would to his story. It was really his own fault that he ended up alone in world because every person that tried to love him, Klaus rejected them as he did his sister and if a person has trouble showing their family affection then what hope is there for them to be romantically involved with someone.

Bonnie, Damon, Stefan and Elena knew why Klaus always ended up alone and how it was all of his own making. They all knew why Klaus was making the statements about Damon as well, it was an avoidance thing, and he thought if he could make them question their own judgments then maybe they wouldn't notice how he betrayed their trust yet again but he was dead wrong on that count.

"I know exactly why you are saying these things about Damon, and it isn't because he think that Bonnie shouldn't trust Damon again. You are implying these things to throw us off the track, thinking that we are not going to notice that once again, you are the one that can't be trusted. I mean after all this time, don't you think that we notice your stall tactics and the old bait and switch as well, I mean how well do you think that you have us all fooled?"

Elena was beyond angry because this was the chance to wipe the slate clean and lay all the cards on the table but Klaus as usual couldn't play fair because all he ever knew was lies, cheating and manipulation as well. Honestly, they were surprised that he got this far without trying to kill anyone that they knew recently, it was out of character for him, which in their mind it could only mean one thing that he had to be up to something else that required their help.

As they were discussing the Tyler and Caroline situation Damon and Stefan looked at the girls confused until Stefan finally spoke up, "What are you talking about Tyler didn't cheat on Caroline did he?"

Klaus just couldn't resist, especially because the two girls refused to believe him, "Yes it is true, while young Tyler was away trying to break his sire bond to me, he wasn't alone in the mountains. He had to have some hot werewolf girl to keep him warm at night. If you don't believe me, then why don't you go and ask Tyler because she's staying at his house as we speak? You may not believe me but don't let your eyes deceive you, I even confronted him about it, he didn't even bother to deny it at all."

Bonnie, Elena and Stefan were shocked because it was sinking in that he might be telling the truth for once because why would he tell them to ask Tyler if it were true. It made no sense to them, why he would risk everything for something that didn't mean anything to him. None of them could speak for a moment but the one that spoke up first was Damon.

"I told you guys to not trust a werewolf or a hybrid because they are the ones that deceive and lie right to your faces. And here everyone thinks that I'm the bad guy, I think that we shouldn't involve ourselves in this mess with Caroline and Tyler though. I mean if it's true then I am sure that Caroline will figure it out in her own time and if it's not true, then no harm no foul."

Elena was about to say something but Stefan beat her to it, "No, I can't leave it like this we need to find out for sure if Tyler is playing Caroline for a fool because if she is ambushed it could push her over the rails, I mean you saw what happened to me just recently, we owe it to our friend, whether you like it or not Damon."

"He's right Damon and you know it and besides of we are going to have a real future then you have to be more accepting of Caroline because she is my best friend just like Elena is. I think that we have to go down this road and save Caroline from any heartbreak, I know that you're not an angel but what Klaus said to me didn't sway my decision to be with you still, I do forgive you and I love you but we have to work on our trust issues if we are going to have a real shot at having a future together. I know that I want that but the question is do you want that or was this all about the conquest of having me again?"

"Please, if this were only about having you again, I wouldn't have fought so hard for your forgiveness, I want a real relationship for once in my life and I am in unchartered territory and while I may not always do the right things or say the right things, I do love you with every fiber in my being though. If I had to go to the depths of hell to get you back then I would because nothing is going to stand in our way this time, it's just you and me together and if that includes helping Caroline, out of this situation, then I will gladly get on board of this crazy train with you because I love you, Bonnie."

Stefan and Elena were both like, "Aw, isn't that too sweet for words."

They all decided that their best course of action was to confront Tyler with their accusations about his infidelity with another werewolf girl because if even part of that were true Caroline need to know the truth and from all of their experiences they knew that keeping secrets was a relationship killer and if Tyler learned anything from the past year, well he should have learned that but if he didn't, they were going to give him the wake up call of his life.