AN: Okay finally I'm uploading another chapter. Sorry to keep you all waiting for so long. This chapter is about everything getting good. So hope you will enjoy reading it. Sorry for the grammatical mistakes I may have made. The story continues...

Chapter 25: Lover's Patch Up

Third Person's POV

Both Amelia and Jacqueline were in the Mystic Falls hospital. They were admitted there after the gang rescued them from Tennessee. Both the girls were given vampire blood to heal but still they were unimaginably weak and needed medical attention. But they were slowly getting better which was a very good thing. Everyone was worried about them. Speaking of the well wishers, Damon was walking down the corridor of the hospital. He was going towards Jacqueline's room to visit her. They needed to talk. When Damon reached Jacq's room he heard someone talking inside. Instead of barging in, Damon decided to eavesdrop. He recognized the voice immediately. It was Amelia who was inside the room with Jacqueline. They were talking about something. Damon didn't know Amelia was already awake. He concentrated on what they were saying. Being a vampire it wasn't a problem for Damon to listen to each and every word that left their mouth.

"Jacq, I can't do this anymore." Came Amelia's soft voice.

"But why Amelia, what happened? Did anyone say anything to you?" Jacq asked. She sounded quite desperate. Damon didn't need to go inside the room to sense that the situation was quite tense between the girls.

"Jacq, you put your own life at risk to save mine. I can't take risk with your life. I am sorry but I can't kill you." Amelia said at once. Jacq sighed out impatiently.

"Amelia, you are not going to kill me. Why are you thinking like this all on a sudden?" Jacq asked with thick confusion in her voice.

"Jacq, we both know that I'm not powerful enough to send you back to your own world. What if I accidentally kill you instead?" Hearing that Damon got shocked. Inwardly he started freaking out.

"Amelia, you won't kill me, I trust you." Jacq showed complete confidence in her but Amelia sighed out in frustration.

"But I don't trust myself Jacq. No matter what you say now, I'm not gonna put your life in danger, no... I'm not helping you anymore." Damon couldn't believe his own ears. They were being such besties lately but no one noticed a thing. How did they miss to see it? Damon also figured out that moment how Jacq escaped from the Boarding house to save Rebekah. Damon focused more on their conversation.

"Amelia, please don't say this. You know I have to go back." Jacq pleaded with Amelia but she didn't listen to a word Jacq said.

"No, you don't Jacq." Amelia snapped at her angrily. "Can't you see? You are a part of this world now. If you don't belong here, then you won't fit anywhere else. This is as much your world as it is mine. You are no longer a non-existing character Jacqueline. You are now a very important character of this story. This is your story now, your life. And if you leave it and go away then you'll only prove yourself a coward." Amelia paused for a little before speaking up again.

"Things are getting messed up Jacq. I know whatever you did, whatever you've changed before was for everyone's good. But somehow, it's having the opposite affect now. And if you just run away leaving us in a more messed up situation, everything you did before, would lose its meaning. You will die for nothing. And whatever difficulties you went through so far, would be in vain." Amelia inhaled a deep breath then said-

"I know you think that if you leave this world then all the problems will be solved but you are wrong Jacq. The plot is already changed like you said yourself. And it's going to stay this way even if you leave. So if you really want everyone to stay safe and alive, then you better stay in this world and make sure of it. You running away won't fix anything for us, that I can assure you. But in the end it's up to you really. Run away and leave us to rot in hell or stay with us and keep us safe like you did before." There was a long silence in the room before Jacqueline finally spoke up again.

"Even if I decide to stay here,…but then what about you? Would you be able to live without Damon? You do realize that he will never love you back if I stay here." Amelia slowly nodded her head.

"I know,…..I've been thinking about it for some time now. Jacq, even if you leave and even if Damon starts loving me back, he will never be completely mine, ever. He'll always love you more than he could ever love me or anyone else for that matter. You two are meant for each other. And I am done coming in between you." A small gasp escaped Jacqueline's lips as she listened to what Amelia just said.

"Amelia, you know what you are saying right?" Amelia nodded her head vehemently in reply.

"I know what I'm saying Jacq. I'll always love Damon. But you are made for him. One day, I'll find love again, in someone else. I'd move on and it's best for me in all aspects. Besides, whatever it was between me and Damon, it was nothing compared to the love you feel for each other. Even after going through so many messed up situations, your love survived. I want that kind of love for myself but I'll never have it with Damon." Jacq was gaping at Amelia. She couldn't believe her own ears. Jacq never thought Amelia would so readily let Damon go.

"So, you don't want Damon back anymore?" Jacq asked for confirmation. Just to be clear that there was no misinterpretation. Amelia couldn't help but laugh heartily at the question.

"Damon was never mine, Jacq. And he will never be anyone else' but yours." Again silence fell over the girls.

"Is this because I put my life at risk for you?" Jacqueline asked this one last question. Amelia shook her head right away.

"No Jacq, even if what happened hadn't happened, I'd have stopped being the villain in your love life. You are the only true friend I've got really. You stayed with me when everyone else hated me. How could I ruin your life? I am not that bad. I admit I'm a little spoiled but I'm not evil you know." Jacq wrapped her arms around Amelia and pulled her in a hug.

"You are an angel Amelia. Thank you." Amelia hugged Jacqueline back as much enthusiastically.

"I am sorry; I kept you separated from Damon. You need to talk to him, fix everything that got messed up because of me. I wish I could help you but, I don't think Damon would like to see my face let alone talk to me." Both girls sighed out heavily.

"He shouldn't be mad at you. After all he screwed you up first. You guys are kind of even now. It's me I'm worried about. Damon must be furious about what happened last night." Jacq said that more to herself than to Amelia.

"Well at least he's not gonna kill you" said Amelia and both girls laughed a little. More like giggling.

"You should go back to your room, take rest. You don't look so well" said Jacq with concern in her voice. Amelia agreed with that immediately and got up from the stool beside Jacq's bed where she was sitting.

"I'll see you later." Amelia gave Jacq a light hug before walking out of her room. But as soon as Amelia got out of the room, she came face to face with Damon. A loud gasp escaped her breath right away. Amelia tensed up visibly but then she looked at Damon's face properly and there was no sign of anger in his entire demeanor. Amelia relaxed a bit but didn't completely calm down. Not knowing what else to do, Amelia looked down at her feet and started to walk away without making a single sound. However Damon stopped her.

"Amelia." Damon called her name, stopping her from walking away. Amelia turned around but didn't dare to look up into Damon's eyes again.

"I am sorry." Damon said out of nowhere and he really meant it too. It shocked Amelia to no limits. She couldn't help but look up this time. Confusion was written all over her face. Amelia blinked couple of times just to ensure that she wasn't dreaming it up or hallucinating. Damon on the other hand inhaled a deep breath before speaking up again.

"I am sorry Amelia for what I did to you. And thank you for making Jacq understand. I'm grateful to you for doing this." Amelia relaxed more and smiled a little at him.

"I'm sorry too Damon. Jacq was staying away from you because I asked her to. I think I wanted revenge on you more than I wanted you back in my life. And I am really sorry for that." Damon nodded his head in understanding.

"Well, like Jacq just said, we are even now. And I'd really like to give us a fresh start as friends. You know I don't have many of them." Well apart from Alaric and Rose, Damon didn't really call anyone else his friend. But he'd definitely like Amelia to be one; especially after what she did. Amelia grinned happily and extended her hand towards Damon.

"Hi, I am Amelia Wilson." Damon smirked and took her hand, then shook it lightly.

"Damon Salvatore."

Right then a third person spoke up from distance. "Hey, hey hey…why only Damon deserves a fresh start? What about us?"

Caroline approached them along with Bonnie and Elena. Being a vampire, Caroline heard everything and she was really happy about the new turns of events. Truth to be told, Caroline was getting tired of maintaining a bitter hate attitude towards Amelia. After all Caroline wasn't a hateful person. She couldn't hold a grudge against someone for long. And since Damon has forgiven Amelia for everything then why couldn't she or others do the same as well?

"Wanna join the Scooby gang again Amelia?" Caroline offered cheerfully. Amelia didn't need to think about it for a single second.

"Yes, please." With that, they shared a group hug, all the girls together. Damon rolled his eyes at them though a smile was playing on his lips. After the reuniting happy moment was over, Damon cleared his throat in order to gain the girls' attention back to him.

"Okay ladies, I think you can take it from here. I'm going back home. Stefan and I have some business to take care of." Damon announced making Amelia frown in confusion.

"Damon, aren't you gonna meet Jacq?" She asked. Damon shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly before replying.

"Well, I've been running after her for all this time, now it's time for her to run after me for a while" said Damon smirking mischievously. Amelia, Elena and Bonnie shook their heads to themselves while Caroline scoffed at Damon darkly.

"Jacq will never run after you Damon." She said confidently. Damon scowled at her annoyingly.

"Wanna bet Blondie?" Damon challenged that Caroline accepted rather quickly.

"Why not, knowing you would lose." Damon glared at her with playful anger.

"We will see about that Blondie." Damon said confidently. The other three girls shook their heads again seeing their friends' immaturity. Damon and Caroline never let go of a chance to fight with each other. If the Scooby gang didn't know better, they would've thought that Damon and Caroline were secretly in love with each other. But it just wasn't possible. Caroline was madly in love with Tyler and Damon couldn't love anyone else but Jacqueline. It was just the way they were with each other. The bitter sweet friendship of Damon and Caroline.

"Caroline, are you gonna come or not?" Elena asked tiredly as Caroline and Damon kept glaring at each other.

"Let's go" said Caroline and after throwing one last heated glare at Damon she walked away from there. Elena and Bonnie followed her sighing out heavily. Damon looked back at Amelia.

"Let me walk you to your room" said Damon and Amelia couldn't help but smirk at that.

"I knew you could be a gentleman when you want to be" said Amelia as they started to walk towards her room.

"Did you ever doubt that?" Damon asked; smirking his famous Damon smirk.

"I'm not answering that question" said Amelia laughing lightly.

Jacqueline's POV

A few minutes later Amelia left the room, Dr. Meredith Fell entered to check up on me. I didn't know she already joined the hospital. According to the show timeline, she appeared on screen a bit later. Well I wasn't really surprised since nothing else was happening according to the show story line. I of course pretended that she was a stranger to me, as she should be. Already a lot of people knew about me being from another world. Meredith didn't need to be on that list. Though I wondered what would be her role in the story this time since Jenna wasn't dead, not to mention she was Alaric's wife therefore Ric wouldn't be interested in Meredith like he was in the show. Obviously. I believed Alaric wouldn't turn into a serial killer either this time. So what purpose would Meredith serve in the story? In the show, her character's main purpose was to help Ric and support him through his hard time. I guess, I'd have to just wait and watch.

Meredith gave me a smile and started checking my test results carefully. "How are you feeling Jacqueline?" She asked softly.

"I'm feeling fine, please call me Jacq." I said. She gave me another friendly smile.

"Okay Jacq, your reports are all normal but still let me check." Saying that she looked into my eyes deeply then checked my pulse and did some other stuffs as well.

"You are perfectly fine Jacq. Everything is normal." Meredith declared and I inwardly sighed out in relief.

"So, can I go home now?" I asked eagerly. I really wanted to get out of the room.

"Sure, let me sign your discharge papers. But if you feel something wrong, anything at all, you'll come straight back to me okay." I nodded my head with a huge smile.

"Sure, you are the best doctor." I praised her since she was letting me go without much trouble. It made Meredith grin. However, while signing my papers she asked me a question in a casual tone of voice but the question itself was suspicious.

"Do you know Damon and Stefan Salvatore?" Though Meredith sounded normal but I could tell she was damn curious about the Salvatore brothers. I could tell because after all I did watch the show. I could barely stop myself from smirking.

"Yeah, I know them. They are my good friends." I answered her with a completely innocent face. Then I frowned in confusion, perfecting the act further.

"But why are you asking about them?" I asked curiously. Meredith sighed out heavily and looked at me with a different kind of expression on her face this time.

"Jacq, I know you know what they are and I know about them too. Let's stop being strangers about this matter. The Salvatore brothers are vampires, I know about them." I sighed out heavily. The cat is already out of the bag. There was no point in pretending anymore.

"Well, of course you know. Your medical interest and all," I said with a casual tone of voice but Meredith was surprised to hear that nonetheless. She frowned at me with confusion.

"How do you know about that?" I shrugged my shoulders at her nonchalantly.

"Lucky guess." I replied confidently though Meredith looked like she didn't believe my answer completely. But let it go anyway.

"What are they like, the Salvatore brothers, I mean?" Meredith asked and this time she didn't bother to hide her curiosity about them. I had to think about it for a moment before giving her a proper answer.

"Well they are quite interesting vampires. If you want to meet them personally, I could help you with that." Meredith thought about it for a few seconds.

"I am not sure about meeting a vampire personally yet." I nodded my head understanding her hesitation.

"Well if you ever decide to, just give me a call." Saying that I wrote down my number on a paper and gave it to Meredith.

"Thanks." She said tucking the piece of paper in her apron pocket. Right that moment, the door opened and Caroline, Elena and Bonnie walked inside the room.

"Well your friends are here. Here is your discharge paper. Have a nice day." With that Meredith left. The girls immediately engulfed me in a group hug. I hugged them back as well.

"I missed you guys." Obviously. I was living in Mystic Falls for quite some time now but I was avoiding everyone like plague. Not to mention I was being mean to them as well. I had my reasons but those reasons didn't matter anymore. I changed my mind about leaving this world. Amelia was right. If I want everything fixed, I must stay here and do it myself. If I run away I'd only prove myself a coward.

"We missed you too" said Bonnie giving me another extra tight hug.

"Never ditch us like this ever again" said Elena like the big sister she was for me since the beginning.

"Never, I promise."

Everything got back to normal so suddenly that it kind of felt like a dream to me. I was back to being friends with everyone. And it felt amazing. Though my purpose remained unchanged and it was to keep everyone safe in this town. Though this time not from Klaus but from someone called Markus. I also felt like being on the right track. All this time, I was thinking about leaving this world, I had a feeling in the back of my mind that I was going the wrong direction. Thanks to Amelia for knocking some sense into me. I was really being unnecessary stubborn. Also, I should fix things with Damon as soon as possible. I knew after everything that happened, it wouldn't be an easy job for me. But I won't give up.

"Hey Jacq, were you talking to the doctor about vampires?" Caroline asked in a confused and wondering tone of voice. I nodded my head in reply.

"She already knows everything. Don't worry. She is a good doctor. I mean to say, she is on our side." Caroline just nodded her head, not putting much thought to it. But Elena got curious about it.

"How did she get on our side?" I opened my mouth to answer the question then shut it again. The three of them raised their eyebrows at me immediately. I hesitated a bit but then again thought, what was the point in hiding this.

"Well, in the show she and Ric got very close over some issues. I'm not explaining them though." I added the extension quickly.

"What do you mean by got close? You mean romantically?" Elena asked. The three of them already looked very shocked about it. I licked my dry bottom lip with my tongue to wet it while thinking for a proper answer.

"It wasn't romantic but it was something more than just friendship." Then suddenly a thought came into my mind and I voiced it without putting much thought to it.

"Oh, I think this time Kol and Meredith are gonna have some serious chemistry between them as Alaric won't be there in the picture with her." Hearing this, all the three pairs of eyes went wide which got me really confused.

"Kol, as in Kol the original vampire?" Bonnie asked and I nodded my head while furrowing my brows at them with confusion.

"Why do you guys look so shocked? Have you met him already?" I asked curiously and Caroline made a duh sound instantly.

"Of course we did. And we also heard that you made out with him. Which brings me to ask, what is wrong with you Jacq? How can you make out with an original? They are so egotistical and arrogant and not to mention cocky. I mean next to Kol, Damon seems like a decent person actually." Caroline crossed her arms over her chest after the rant. I on the other hand was downright gaping at her with wide eyes.

"Woah woah hold on girls…..who told you I made out with Kol?" I asked very seriously.

"Kol did" replied Caroline which made me roll my eyes to myself.

"Argh, I am gonna kill him." I said growling out a little. Kol could be such a jerk sometimes, well all the time actually.

"You mean; you didn't make out with him?" Elena asked quite seriously. I rolled my eyes once again but this time at her.

"Oh gosh no! He kissed me but I never kissed him back. And Caroline, did you just say something good about Damon? Woh! This day is really getting crazy." Caroline rolled her blue eyes muttering something under her breath.

"Then why did Kol say that?" Bonnie asked sounding confused. And Elena had the same question on her mind and me too. Thankfully Caroline answered the question for us.

"To piss off Damon obviously…You have any idea how furious he got when he heard about you and Kol." Great, it was getting better and better. I thought to myself sarcastically.

"Seriously Caroline, I don't wanna know." And I finally understood why Damon wasn't here, in the hospital, inside the room with me. I thought when I wake up, I'd find him looking at me, caressing my face lovingly. But he wasn't here.

"Let's get you out of the hospital first. Then we are gonna figure out something to patch things up between you and Damon" said Caroline with a hopeful look on her face. A smile appeared on my lips as I shook my head to myself seeing Caroline's enthusiasm. Soon we were walking out of the hospital building. Caroline was supposed to drive me back to my house. Though later we planned to hang out again and possibly have a night over at someone's house. However when we reached Caroline's car, we found Elijah standing there in the parking lot. Caroline and I looked at each other and then I walked up to Elijah. He obviously came here to meet me.

"Hey Elijah." I said while looking at Elijah with wondering eyes. Did he just come to see me or was it something else?

"I believe we have something to talk about Jacqueline." Elijah spoke up after a moment. I sighed out heavily knowing what he meant. I nodded my head in reply.

"Yes, I believe we do." I looked back at the girls.

"I'll meet you girls later at Elena's house." They didn't argue with me and just nodded their heads. I got in the car with Elijah. Bonnie, Caroline and Elena watched us drove away from the parking lot. Elijah spoke up again after some time.

"How are you Jacqueline?" He asked with concern in this voice and his usual seriousness.

"I am fine Elijah, thank you." He nodded his head, though looked at me to check for himself.

"Where are we going?" I asked wondering about it.

"Back to my house" replied Elijah quickly but I shook my head.

"No, let's go somewhere else. This is something; I only want you to know." Elijah nodded his head without any question and took a u-turn. He took us in the middle of woods. There was no one around for miles. After pulling over the car, Elijah looked at me with concern in his eyes.

"What is it Jacqueline?" I took in a deep breath before starting to speak.

"Before, I speak Elijah; I want you to promise me that this is going to remain between just the two of us, like old time." Elijah got more serious and concerned but nodded his head anyway. Thankfully.

"You have my word." Elijah said and then I told him everything that happened. And everything that I learned about Markus. I didn't mention these things to anyone else but Elijah. And no one else would know about them either.

"I have heard this name Markus before. But it was a long time ago, back when we were still humans. He lived in the same village we were living in" said Elijah recalling the past more properly.

"You mean to say, he lived here a thousand years ago. The present day Mystic Falls was his home once like it was yours." I'd never understand. Why is it that Mystic Falls was home of every important supernatural creature in this world? What's wrong with other places? Other states or countries.

"But a werewolf can't live for such a long time. They are not immortal unlike vampires. I am sure they aren't the same Markus" said Elijah but I doubted that. The Markus I heard about has been living in this world for over fifteen hundred years. That is if the information is correct. Then it was quite possible that they were the same person. Elijah understood that I disagreed with his opinion.

"Markus is an original werewolf. Well that's what I was told. What do you know about werewolf origin?" I asked Elijah with serious interest and extreme curiosity. Elijah thought about it for a moment then said.

"I am sorry Jacqueline but I don't know much about it. When our parents moved from Europe to Mystic Falls they only heard that the people living here were blessed by the spirits of nature and they could turn into wolves on full moons. We never tried to find out about why they were blessed or in my opinion cursed." I was a little shocked to hear this to be honest.

"Elijah, you and your family have been living in this world for a thousand years now but you never got curious about your enemy's origin? How werewolves emerged into this world? How come you never wondered about it? They must have a history too, like you have." A very serious look came over Elijah's face as he got lost into his thoughts.

"Niklaus always kept us busy with finding a way to break the curse on him. Also running away from Mikael was a big part of our lives. I am ashamed to admit this Jacqueline, but we never got curious about werewolf origin before. I don't know why, it never occurred to me that we should learn about their history." I nodded my head in understanding as Elijah explained himself to me.

"Well Elijah, now it's time that we learn about their story. If Markus is really so powerful, and if his bite could really kill an original, then you do realize that we have a huge problem at our hands." Elijah nodded his head in agreement.

"I will do everything within my power to find out about werewolf history, don't worry." I trusted Elijah would be able to find out at least something about Markus.

"We need to know what exactly we are up against and what would I have to deal with soon." Elijah looked at me with shock as I said that.

"What are you talking about Jacqueline?" He asked with confusion in his voice. Elijah was downright frowning at me. Now that was something you don't see everyday. I sighed out heavily to ease off my sudden discomfort.

"Well you see, those werewolves wanted to get to me for a reason. Markus doesn't want Klaus only. He also wants me." To say that Elijah was shocked would be a huge understatement. Then he looked at me with such a serious face.

"Why does he want you?" Elijah asked straight away. I again sighed out heavily before replying.

"Apparently because I'm the girl from another world who knows the future of this world." Elijah stared at me for a while with unblinking eyes.

"Tell me you are not planning on going after him." I stayed quiet but he got the answer anyway. Elijah gave me a disbelieving look.

"Come on don't give me that look. I don't have a choice here. If I don't go to him then he'll come here for me. And if anything I heard about Markus turns out to be true then the people of this town will fall in grave danger. I can't let that happen. Besides, Markus isn't planning on killing me so even if I go to him, I'd be safe and alive." Elijah however didn't like the idea a bit. No surprise there.

"Damon would never let you go." Elijah said right away making me inhale and exhale deeply.

"Damon would never know anything. It's just you and me Elijah. I told you. Don't make me regret telling you this." The calm original sighed out in frustration for the first time.

"This is suicide. What if Markus is actually planning to kill you and his men lied to you about it." I shook my head to that.

"I don't think so. And even if he is planning that, I still have to go to him. We can't risk Markus coming to Mystic Falls no matter what. Also we have to hide Klaus somewhere else. That cave is protecting him from other vampires but it's not gonna keep the werewolves out." Elijah thought about it for a moment.

"The only other place that is safer than the cave is the old witches' house." I nodded my head in agreement.

"Exactly, I am gonna ask Amelia to help us hide the coffin." Elijah frowned at me with confusion as I said that.

"Why Amelia? Why not the Bennett witch?" He asked curiously.

"The witch I told you about who saved us from those werewolves single handed, I'm hundred percent sure she is related to Amelia. Along with Markus we have to search for her too. Her name is perhaps Revenna. I have a strong feeling that there is a connection between them, I mean Markus, Revenna and Amelia." And probably a connection with Cassandra as well, I said that in my mind though.

"We'd need Amelia to find out her relative. So even though I don't like it but we have to involve Amelia into this as well. But, she isn't gonna know everything especially about Markus wanting to get to me." As I finished, Elijah sighed out soundlessly and looked away from me.

"You know it's not your responsibility to keep us safe. You are too young to make such sacrifices. You should be worrying about your homework and exams and boyfriend. This isn't normal Jacqueline, the way you are leading your life. You are just a mere human being." Only if Elijah knew how much I want my life to be like other teenager girls. Normal and full of only boyfriend dramas and nothing else.

"You are wrong Elijah, of course it is my duty to keep all of you safe. It's me who changed things in the first place. You weren't supposed to deal with Markus but because of me, you're now in a more dangerous situation than you were supposed to be. For a mere human being like me, your lives are at stake. So yes it is my responsibility to set things right. No one else'." Elijah looked back at me again and said-

"You can't do this alone." I nodded my head in agreement. There was no denying that. I could never pull it off alone.

"That's why I told you everything Elijah. But no one else should get involved in this. It's for their own safety. I trust you are still a man of your word and just as much noble as you were before." Elijah didn't say anything and remained quiet but his silence told me that I could count on his trustworthiness. But clearly he was nowhere near happy about it.

"Is there anything else I need to know?" Elijah asked calmly while looking straight ahead.

"No, that's it." I said and he nodded his head.

"Should I drop you to Elena's house or do you have somewhere else to be?" Elijah asked with the same calmness in his voice.

"Take me to the Boarding house. I have a very pissed off Salvatore to calm down." Elijah couldn't help but smirk a little as I said that. It made me grin as well. Elijah started the car and before I knew it, he pulled the car in front of the Boarding house. I glanced at Elijah and he looked at me with a crooked smile.

"Good luck." He said and I sighed out heavily. Suddenly I was feeling very tensed.

"Yeah thanks, I really need it." Saying that I got out of the car and walked up to the front door. Elijah drove away as I waved at him. After that I inhaled a deep breath and tried to calm my fast beating heart down as much as possible. God knew what kind of mood Damon was in at the moment. But it was a now or never kind of situation so. I inhaled another deep breath and entered the house. I walked in with slow steps, looking around for someone, anyone. Honestly I didn't want to be alone with Damon at the moment. I was near the parlor but no one was there, not even Damon. The house seemed empty. I decided to come back later and turned around to leave. But just as I turned around I came face to face with none other than Damon. I had jumped back getting startled obviously. I should've felt him behind me. How did I miss feeling his presence? Maybe because, I wasn't paying much attention. Damon was looking down at me with cold unmoving eyes. His arms were crossed over his chest. He didn't look pleased to see me at all. I tried to gulp down my nervousness without making it obvious.

"What are you doing here?" Damon asked kind of rudely. He even narrowed his piercing blue eyes at me. I took a step back from him instinctively.

"Damon, I came here to talk to you." I said confidently though it was difficult for me not to let my voice shake with nervousness. Damon walked away from in front of me and went to the parlor to help himself with a drink.

"About what?" His voice was getting more rude and rough. I sighed out heavily inwardly. Damon wasn't making the situation any better for me. If anything he was making it worse. The entire way from the woods to the Boarding house, I was rehearsing in my mind how would I began talking to Damon. But at the moment, while I was standing right in front of him and Damon was looking right at me, I forgot about everything I had planned to say.

"I came here to tell you that Kol was lying to you. We never made out. He just wanted to piss you off." It got out of my mouth before I could stop myself. Damon raised his eyebrows at me while taking a sip from his glass of alcohol with blood mix.

"Why are you telling me this? That is none of my business, what you do with your new boyfriend and what not." Damon said that with light and casual tone of voice as if he couldn't careless about it but I could tell that his inner thoughts were completely opposite of what he was expressing. Damon's ignorant attitude helped me regain my courage and confidence back. This is Damon I am talking to. He'd never hurt me intentionally. Why do I fear him? I told myself in my mind. And with that thought my nervousness vanished too.

"I'm telling you this because I know you. And because I know you, I know that you are just waiting for an opportunity to drive a white oak stake through Kol's heart." Damon finished his drink in one gulp before speaking up again.

"So, you came here to plead me to spare your boyfriend's life. Well, you have nothing to worry about then because I wasn't planning to kill him anyway." Damon said with mirth in his voice and he also gave me a tight smile. I sighed out heavily. This wasn't going good and definitely not how I planned it to happen.

"I admit it Damon that I have hurt you, in many ways. I've lied to you, I had taken away your free will; I was hostile towards you and kept you away from me when you wanted me. I did everything possible to break your heart and more than once at that. I didn't come here to apologize for them because being sorry for doing all those things to you won't change a thing. Apologizes will never be enough. Things have gone too far and me feeling sorry about it isn't gonna fix anything for us. Yes, I have done horrible things to you but cheating on you isn't one of them. I'm incapable of loving someone else Damon. So hate me all you want for hurting you but know this that for me, it will always be you Damon. Always." There I said it all I wanted to say to him. Then I prepared to leave the house since standing there and let Damon stare at me with unblinking eyes was kind of making me feel awkward. But before I could take a single step Damon blocked my way. Something he was very fond of doing.

"You can't simply leave after saying all this. But you are right though, things have gone too far this time and apologizing will never be enough. You deserve to be punished for what you did to me." Damon sounded very serious about it. I inhaled a deep breath and nodded my head.

"Alright, what's my punishment?" I asked mentally preparing myself for anything and everything.

"I want us to end everything between us, well whatever there is left anyway, so that we could move on with our lives. I don't want to be with you anymore." Well if I say that it didn't crush my heart, I would be telling a big fat lie. The way Damon said those words to me, with seriousness in his voice as if really meaning it, it didn't take me a second to break down from inside. Well at least now I understand how Damon truly felt when I was being cruel and mean to him. But I wasn't complaining. Damon was right. I deserved punishment for hurting him so severely and so many times. However, I did wonder how come he could pine after Elena till the end of season three in the show when she technically just used him when she needed to and then threw him away like he was nothing. Well things are changed now, aren't they? I nodded to Damon in agreement about what he said.

"Fine, if that's what you want. Whatever makes you happy Damon. And I should probably remind you about the compulsion you put on me. You would want to take it off to keep me away from you. I'd leave town right away and never come back. I promise." My throat was getting wet but I didn't let it affect my voice. I also kept a very calm and strong demeanor. I inhaled a deep breath before saying one last thing.

"I am on vervain right now, so I would come back three days later. You can undo the compulsion then." Since there was nothing left for me to say, I got around Damon and started to walk towards the door. But then Damon spoke up again and stopped me in my way.

"You lied to me, didn't you?" Damon asked and I turned around to look at him with confusion written all over my face.

"You don't really love me Jacq, do you? Because if you did, you wouldn't have agreed to let me go so easily." I crossed my arms over my chest and stood straight as Damon accused me of lying.

"No Damon, I do love you but unfortunately we don't share the same ideology on the concept of love. For me love isn't just staying together forever, or about keeping someone in a cage just to make sure of their safety or being unnecessary overprotected of them. For me love is a feeling that connects people with each other in a unique way. And I have that feeling for you Damon." I spoke each word very clearly and meant what I said. Damon walked up to me and stood so close to me that he was practically invading my personal space.

"Then why did you make Elijah compel me to stay alive and not kill myself after your death. Why were you being overprotective of me then?" Damon asked and I had an answer ready for that.

"First of all, if you had killed yourself back then, you wouldn't be doing it because you really wanted to but because of some stupid blood bond would have made you do it. Second, back then I thought that my purpose of being in this world was to keep everyone alive and safe. And knowing that you would kill yourself right after learning about my death, I had to make Elijah compel you not to do it. It had nothing to do with love." Damon nodded his head wisely.

"Well good to know what you think about being in love" said Damon with a bit of sarcasm in his voice. I sighed out heavily and shook my head in my mind.

"Anything else?" I asked. I really wanted to get out of there. So that I could break down somewhere.

"Yes" said Damon and suddenly, I was trapped between Damon and the wall behind me. Before I could realize it, Damon crushed his mouth on mine. This sudden change startled me a lot and it took me sometime to overcome the shocked state of my mind. Damon meanwhile was kissing my lips hungrily with longing and passion. When I regained my lost senses back completely, I started kissing Damon back without thinking about it for a second. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer to me. Damon deepened the kiss by putting his tongue in my mouth. A low moan escaped my throat as his hand roamed over my side. I grabbed onto his hair and ran my fingers through it that gave him pleasure to no limit. Damon left my lips when I ran out of air and attacked my neck instead. I closed my eyes as his soft lips started to touch my sensitive spots. For a moment, I thought I must be dreaming. How come things between us changed so fast? One minute we were talking about leaving each other and the next minute we were making out.

"What was that before?" I asked in a breathless tone of voice.

"I just wanted to torment you for a while for keeping me away from you." Damon said against the curve of my neck.

"I can't live without you Jacq. I don't want to stay away from you even for a second. I love you so much." He left my throat and captured my lips once again. He ravished them with his own lips and I let him do that willingly.

"I love you too Damon." I said in between the kisses Damon was showering over my lips. I was so happy that things finally got back to normal between me and Damon. I'd do everything to keep it this way. And I just hoped that Damon never finds out about Markus or what I was planning to do. Otherwise thing would again get bad between us. And hurting Damon was the last thing I ever wanted to do.

**AN: Okay this is it for now. How was it? Hope to get a lot of reviews. Be free to give me your ideas and opinions. And another important notice, anyone interested in a Kol/OC story, please check out the new story I am writing. It's called 'Unforgivable sins'. I really need some support with that one. I would appreciate it very much if you give that story a chance as well. Lots of love my amazing readers. :)