Elena could not for the life of her fall asleep. Not because she was thirsty not because she was excited to see what tomorrow would hold but because of the fact of who she was sharing a bed with in the small spaced motel room.
Kai was seemingly asleep considering Elena could hear his even breathing.
Thoughts were flowing through her head. She felt like she just couldn't get comfortable in the tiny sized bed.
And then there was the fact that as stupid as this may sound she wasnt used to sleeping next to someone who had a heart beat. Be it Stefan, Damon or even when she would have slumber parties with Care after she turned they would share a bed there would be nothing. barely noticeable breathing, that's it. No little thump thump thump beat after beat.
It's not that she minded it though, it was actually quite relaxing and if she were thirsty it would be different, it would certainly test the exhausted young vampire's control but like she, she wasnt.
What was going to happen tomorrow? Kai and her were going to Mystic Falls she knew that for sure. She hadn't decided who she would go see first. Stefan? Damon? Her brother? She didn't know.
Elena willed the thoughts out of her head, knowing she desperately needed some sleep she glanced over at Kai who was facing her with his eyes shut, his slow breathing evenly paced she allowed the beat of his heart sensitive to her vampire hearing help her fall asleep, and it did.
When Kai woke up the first thing that he noticed was the empty motel room.
"Elena." He breathed out, rubbing his eyes and sitting up.
He went into ultimate panic mode, his mind thinking of the worst possible scenario as he rushed up from the bed, grabbing his t-shirt he got it about half way past his chest when the door opened, and a sunglasses wearing Elena walked in wearing a different outfit than yesterdays.
She smiled when she saw him, raising a curious eyebrow at his frazzled look. "Hey..Good morning."
"Where..Where the hell did you go?" He asked, scrunching his eyebrows together and pulling his shirt down all the way.
"Okay one your heart is beating way faster than normal and two I went to go and get something for me to eat." She held up a clear cup that was less than half full of a dark blood red liquid that he presumed to be blood and then a paper small bag. "And something for you, you're welcome by the way."
Kai let out a sigh and half laugh. "Yeah, okay, thanks."
Elena raised and eyebrow and when he reached for the bag she pulled it away, and then suddenly grinned. "You were worried about me."
Kai scoffed, instantly shaking his head. "No I wasnt. Give me the bag I'm starving-"
"Not until you admit that you were worried." She teased him, letting out a small laugh at the annoyed look on Kai's face.
"Okay haha I was a bit worried. Not about you particularly just worried that I would have to kill you for ditching me." He smirked at her.
Elena rolled her eyes, not believing him.
She gave him the bag that was filled with a few donuts and a bottle of pepsi, Elena began drinking from the blood that she compelled the the gas station women to give her, it was better than her feeding from the vein and it's not like she had hurt her so she didnt have a reason to feel guilty, plus she had only taken a tiny but, not even filling the cup half way, she would have got a bit more but a couple of teenagers walked in and she quickly fled.
Kai gratefully ate the food, knowing it would recharge his witch magic a bit quicker since most of it was sucked from him from doing such a big spell to get them back here, giant old rock or not, it drained him..Mostly.
After he rather quickly finished eating he sat and observed the brunette vampire as she drank from the blood filled gastation cup, it was gone very since it was barely even filled half way though, he could see the disappointed look in the vampire's face when it was gone still looking thirsty.
Kai moved from the small table in the motel room and walked up to her, offering his wrist.
She gave him a confused side glance. "What are you doing?"
"Well you're obviously still hungry, I'm not gonna let you starve." He rolled his eyes at her.
She seemed to actually consider it for a minute before shaking her head and pushing his offered wrist away gently. "No, I'm fine."
Kai didn't give in, moving his wrist back into place. "Come on Elena. You need it, quite literally."
"So do you." Elena glared at him, refusing. "You lost a lot of blood yesterday-"
"And you healed me so I'm fine." He said, sighing. "And plus, like you said you healed me so I owe you one anyway.
Elena wanted to say no again but Kai didnt seem like he was going to let this go anytime soon, and he was right she was still thirsty so she gave him, taking his wrist in her hand she allowed her vampire featured to show, glancing up at Kai once who was staring at her, she didnt hesitate further before sinking her fangs into his wrist.
He barely flinched when her fangs penetrated his wrist directly on the vein, She was right though it did hurt more on the wrist then it had on the neck but still is wasnt terrible, he took a moment to wonder who would have fed on her for her to know that, probably her seemingly dick of a boyfriend, or hopefully future ex-boyfriend.
She pulled away about half a minute later with a hiss, she never really prided herself on her good self control but she had to acknowledge that it was way more difficult when she had not fed on a human in a long time besides for Kai.
Elena's formally red, veined eyes turned back to their normal shade of light brown, her fangs retracted, and she wiped down the bit of blood that had gone passed her lips.
"Thanks." She said sounding thankful, smiling at him.
Kai smiled back and nodded, holding his only slightly bleeding wrist in his hand. "No problem."
Elena cleared her throat and moved past Kai, she through the empty cup in the garbage before sighing and grabbing her black bag that was underneath the bed and put the pile of yesterdays clothes in there as well as her toothbrush.
Kai excused himself to take a quick shower before they left, much to Elena's dismay, she wanted to get to Mystic Falls as soon as possible and it was already 11:00am, and they were still about an hour away.
Shortly after Elena was leaning against there stolen car that now had the top down, looking slightly annoyed at how long Kai was taking to get showered and dressed and she was honestly about to go in their and kick his ass when he walked out of the motel room.
"Okay seriously Kai it has been.." She paused to look at her watch. "An hour and a half."
Kai smirked and rolled his eyes. "Did you really time me?"
"Shut up and get in the car." She declared in a faux sweet voice that held annoyance but no real anger at the witch in front of her.
"Hey, I'm sorry that it takes time to look this good."
Elena rolled her eyes and got in the driver's seat of the car. Kai got into the passenger seat before she started the car.
Elena let out a calming breath, a smile coming to play at her lips.
It was about 15 minuets laters that Elena was tapping the steering wheel to the beat of the song on the radio when Kai suddenly shut it off causing Elena to silently glare at him as the witch who just stared straight ahead, seemingly deep in thought.
10 minutes later Elena found herself getting worried. Kai was never and she meant NEVER this silent for this long which may sound like she was exaggerating but she honest to god wasnt.
"Kai?" Elena asked gently, glancing away from the road for a minute to look over at him, once again he was still just staring straight ahead onto the long road, like he was a different world, no pun intended.
"Kai!" Elena repeated, a little bit louder this time to check and see if he had heard her or not, when he didn't respond she took one hand off the wheel and slapped him in the back of the head slightly too hard because of her vampire strength.
Kai instantly flinched, knocked out of thought, he looked at the brunette accusingly, not really looking angry just confused.
"What?" Elena said in a higher pitched voice that normal, trying her best not to laugh. "You were like daydreaming."
"So? Kai said, laughing. "It's day and I felt like dreaming."
Elena chuckled and shook her head, looking back at the road for about a minute before talking again.
"What were you thinking so hard about?" She asked him curiously, subcotiously leaning more towards him.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw Kai smirk. "None of your business."
Elena faked as if he was insulted but really she wasnt. "You are in my car so it is my business."
Kai snorted. "Okay this is not your car you know."
Elena shrugged, smiling at Kai. "Tehcincally it is now."
Elena didn't push further on why Kai appeared to be in deep in thought, the rest of the ride wasnt as silent as the first 25 minutes which Elena actually enjoyed.
It was when they were about 20 minutes away from Mystic Falls that Elena stopped at a gas station for fuel.
"40 dollars on pump 3 please." Elena smiled at the cashier as she handed over the money in cash that had been left in the compelled car they had technically stolen.
Elena was about to walk out the store when she heard a laugh. Normally she wouldn't think twice about this but it sounded so familiar, like something that she had heard many times before.
Her mind is getting the best of her she turned around she instantly came to tears at what she saw.
Caroline
She let out a shaky breath. Tears stinging her eyes as she stared at the wavy haired bubbly blonde who had just walked into the store with somebody that she didn't recognize.
"Care." She whispered before she could stop herself but instantly regretted it as the blonde whipped her head around, the blondes vampire hearing getting the best of her she began looking around the store.
""You okay?" Liam Davis, a boy in one of Caroline's class' asked her, looking concerned at the heart broken look on her face.
"What?" Caroline snapped her head back to Liam, looking away from the blur she thought she saw. "Yeah, um yeah I'm- I'm okay, why?"
Liam still looked concerned. "You kinda just zoned out looking around the store? Is everything-"
"I'm fine." Caroline said, faking a happy voice and a smile, not ready to admit that she swore on her mother's life that she just heard her deceased best friends voice clear as day, whispering her name. She gave the store another look around but just like before saw no one but Liam and the male cashier.
She gulped and pushed back her tears at the memory of her best friend, of Elena and continued onwards like she had been doing for what seemed like so long.
Kai was just about to start pumping the gas when well leaning against the drivers side of the car he saw Elena rush out of the gas station, looking behind her steadily twice, looking worried before using her vampire speed and suddenly she was in front of Kai, pushing him away from her door and ushering him to the passenger side of the car.
"What- Elena what the hell are you-"
"Get in the car Kai!" Elena yelled in a hushed voice, getting into the car at vampire speed after Kai had barely even sat down. His door not even closed yet she drove off rather quickly.
"Okay, are you ready to tell me what the hell that was about?" Kai raised an eyebrow at Elena who was just staring at the road. Her eyes looking a bit puffy and her hands clenched to the steering-wheel like her life depended on it.
"I.." Elena paused, not really sure what to say. "I saw someone I knew.."
Kai didnt look satisfied with the answer and actually looked pretty confused. "So? I thought that the whole point, go back to Mystic Falls and become one big happy family with your little friends-"
"Shut up Kai!" Elena hissed at him, her vampire features itching to come out.
Kai actually did shut up for a few minutes and Elena felt a tinge of guilt tug at her heart as she sighed.
"I'm sorry." She muttered, meaning it honestly. "I just..I dont know I mean I saw Caroline and I wanted nothing more than to run up and hug her, tell her I'm here that- that I'm not dead, but I just- I just couldn't! I mean I froze and then she turned around and I just left.."
Elena was crying by the time she finished, hastily trying to both drive and wipe the tears away from her eyes.
"Pull over, Elena." Kai said in an authority like voice, leaving no room for her to disagree as she pulled the car over on the empty road.
She shut off the car, and leaned back, letting the tears go down her cheeks.
She felt Kai shift a bit closer to his side of the car, he definitely couldn't have been used to a girl breaking down in front of him.
"Have you ever considered Elena that maybe you dont want to go back home?" Kai asked, his voice the softest she had ever heard it, obviously not meaning to upset her further.
Elena looked at him, red eyes from crying, a confused look on her face as she shook her head.
"What? No. Of course I want to go home. I need to go see my friends Kai. They need to know that I'm not dead!"
Kai rolled his eyes, sighing. "Your little boyfriend and your witchy friend are the ones who contacted you to get the rock and come back, I'm guessing that she already knows that you are back-"
"No." Elena shook her head. "Care seemed surprised when she heard my voice, like she was hearing someone from the dead, she could not have known-"
"Then your boyfriend obviously didn't want a couple of your friends to know." Kai muttered into a breath of air.
Elena looked at him, pursing her lips. "What exactly are you accusing Damon of Kai?"
Kia shrugged. "Nothing at all 'Lena, I'm just looking at the facts."
Elena looked away at Kai and back at the empty road, she stayed quiet for what felt like a little too long.
"They need to know I'm alive Kai." Elena's voice broke, sounding like it held a bit of guilt to it.
"Then let's go." Kai said simply, shrugging his shoulders but smiled gently when Elena didn't re-start the car, nor move.
"Can-" Elena cleared her throat. "Can you take over driving?"
"For 20 minutes?" Kai raised an eyebrow but at the almost dead look of Elena just staring forward he nodded regardless.
Elena was already out of the car and to his side at vampire speed.
Kai rolled his eyes and took his time getting out the passenger's seat earning a glare from Elena that he was actually happy to see instead of her either being upset or emotionless looking.
He got into the driver's side and started the car, looking over at Elena before he did so. She had her eyes closed and her head leaned against the seat.
Kai sighed and began driving.
"Damon!" Caroline called as she entered the Salvatore's house without knocking, crossing her arms and screaming out for Damon one more time before she saw him walking down the stairs, bourbon in his hand, His black shirt unbuttoned and seemingly a bit ruffled just like his black hair was.
"What do you want Blondie?" Damon sighed, seeming that he couldn't care less about what she could want.
Caroline glared at him. "I need to talk to you and Stefan-"
"Dear little Bro hasnt been here in weeks, Barbie." Damon rolled his eyes.
Caroline looked a little shocked at this information causing Damon to smirk.
"Are you and Stefy not buddies anymore Care-Bear?"
"Would you shut the hell up Damon!" Caroline snapped, sighing and feeling very annoyed, pushing back her questions she wanted to ask about Stefan and remember that she was there for a reason.
"I heard her." Caroline said, her voice suddenly low.
Damon raised an eyebrow, taking a chug of his bourbon before asking. "Who did you hear? Are you hearing voices Blond-"
"Damon!" She hissed, moving forward and taking the bottle from him.
"Hey-"
"I heard Elena." She said, her voice higher than before, emotions on her face as she watched Damon's face go from playfulness to sadness to serious furious anger.
"Get. Out." He suddenly said, not surprising Caroline.
"Did you hear me Damon?" She laughed. "I swear to God I heard her! You said a couple weeks ago that you and Bonnie thought there was a chance and that you tried to contact her- I heard her-"
Before Caroline could realise what was happening Damon had grabbed her by her neck and slammed her to the wall.
"I said to get out-"
"Damon-"
"No." Damon growled, pressing harder at the blonde's neck. "Elena is DEAD Caroline, okay? I was in denial and thought there was a chance she wasnt, but SHE IS. Bonnie checked every plane on the freaking planet and she said that she could not find her!"
Damon let go of her neck, grabbing the bottle from the blondes grasp.
Caroline coughed a few times, scowling at her. "You said you saw her!"
"I thought I did." He said, releasing her instantly. Grabbing the bottle from the blonde and taking another long sip, a look of pure sadness washed over his face. "I saw it because that's what I wanted to ask Caroline! Bonnie channeled me to attempt to see if there was a shot- just a little chance that she was alive! I thought I saw her..It felt so real, she felt so real. I told her what Bonnie said, that there was a way to bring her back if she was where we thought..It wasnt real though Care. None of it was real-"
The empty bottle of bourbon cracked loudly against the wall, anger overcoming Damon's sadness.
"It was all in my head, I saw what I needed to see, what I was desperately hoping I would see.."
Caroline said nothing for a minuet. Her eyes watering. "And Bonnie said there was no chance that it could have been-"
"No Care." Damon said, his voice hushed to a husky whisper. "It wasnt real."
"Maybe.."
"SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN BACK!" Damon exploded, yelling at the upset blonde. "Even if there was a slight chance! Just a tiny one that it was real! That Bonnie was wrong! She would be back! She would have known how to come back! IT'S BEEN 2 WEEKS!"
"Bonnie said that if it would have been real, like we both thought it might have been. She would have been back. She's not, because she's dead."
Caroline was crying silently, her head looking at the ground and her arms hanging at her sides, not willing herself to believe what she feared she already knew. Seeing the emotional wreck of anger that was Damon she almost instantly felt sorry for him, finally realizing that she wasnt the only one who lost someone important-
A sudden bang coming from upstairs caused Caroline to flinch and look up and Damon's eyes to instantly meet the upstairs staircase.
Caroline's eyes went from sadness and pity towards Damon to instant disgust and a bit of anger. "Is someone up there Damon?!"
The look of shame that passed over Damon's face as well as the silence gave her the answer she didn't want to hear.
She scoffed, giving him an angry look. "And to think I actually felt sorry for you."
The blonde vampire walked right past him, purposely bumping into his shoulder hard as she went straight to the front door.
Damon sighed a few minutes after Caroline had left, walking over the his table he poured himself another drink, taking a sup he closed his eyes tightly and held onto the glass to where is almost broke.
His heart felt heavy, guilt, sadness, grief all mixed together with the strong alcohol caused a burn in his heart where the love of his life once was.
He shook his head, sat down the glass and walked back up to his bedroom. Elena Gilbert was dead. No amount of deniel or sadness would ever change that.
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-Amber ❤❤