~ This story is over a year old! :) I will more about my thoughts on that at the end of the chapter.
~ It feels longer than it has since I posted the last chapter.
~ This chapter is the last part for the episode 'Klaus' which means the full moon is the next chapter!

wades wife: When I originally wrote down a summary for this story (which is about a notebook page long) I wrote at the end 'possible sequel'. That will only happen if there are enough reviews... even though I've sort of have so many chapters already planned *slight facepalm* The possible sequel would kind of go along season three, if I were to do it eventually. lol I'm glad you like the flashbacks. With Jessica's increasingly growing issues with what's going on, there will be more flashbacks... they might not all be nice though.

SomebodyWhoCares: It is ending soon because I only had the story planned to go so far which helps because I want to thin down the number of stories I'm doing at once so I can update the more popular stories more often. I have mentioned in past chapters that his story is nearing it's end... but the last chapter will be with the end of season two, since this story has season 2 events... and the possible sequel will be along season 3 (which I actually doubt I'd make it at the moment).

ENJOY!


Jessica's POV

I walked down the stairs fully aware that Elijah was awakened. 'He's the reason Klaus compelled you' I told myself. Klaus wanted me to be safe so he compelled me to forget our relationship. There was a part of me that just wanted to be with him, but I stopped myself. 'I'm with Damon now'I had to keep repeating to myself. If I didn't I felt like I would go to Klaus, despite everything that has happened.

I broke out of my thoughts when I saw Damon coming out of the kitchen.
"You weren't in bed." I said to him.
"I was letting you sleep." He said to me.
"It didn't help too much when you were gone." I said and he smiled at me before kissing me on the cheek. My mind flashed back to this morning when Elena took the dagger out of Elijah. I wasn't going to tell them about that because I felt that they would find out about it sooner or later. "I love you." I said before pressing my lips gently on his.
"I love you to." He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me close to him as we started to walk towards the living room.
"Have you seen Elena?" Stefan asked the both of us.
"No." I lied to Stefan. I knew Elena had gone somewhere with Elijah, but I was keeping that a secret.
"I don't have to keep tabs on her." Damon said. "She's your girlfriend. Mine's right here." Damon kissed my head.
"You want to go back to your bed?" I asked in a whisper to Damon as Stefan called Elena.
"Why not the couch?" He asked which made me smirk.
"Because the bed has more room." I said to him, which made him smirk. Out the corner of my eye, I saw Stefan go towards the basement. Damon decided to follow and I went after them.
"No, she didn't." Damon said when I got behind him. I wasn't surprised when I didn't see Elijah, Elena or the dagger in the room where his body was.
"She's going to be in trouble." I said, mainly to myself. 'Hopefully they won't find out that I knew' I thought before taking out my phone so I could text Elena. 'I didn't tell them'I texted her when I knew no one was looking before I slipped it into my pocket. Before I went upstairs, I took one look into the room where Elijah had been.

I walked up the stairs to see Stefan sitting on the couch, holding his phone to his ear and Damon watching him.
"Where are you?" Stefan asked into his phone. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine." I heard Elena say. 'Please don't tell him' I thought towards her. I'd rather not have them know that I knew about her letting Elijah out of the basement.
"Where's Elijah?" Stefan asked Elena and I kept my ears on the conversation.
"He's right here." Elena said, which made me wonder. I wanted to talk to Elijah, but I didn't know if she would tell me where they went.
"Where? I'm on my way." 'She's not going to tell you' I thought to Stefan.
"No, Stefan, Elijah and I need some time alone." I looked at Damon, who was looking at me before we looked back at Stefan.
"Listen to me. He can't be trusted he'll use you to get to Klaus." I couldn't help but flash back to when Klaus compelled me to forget everything. He said he did it because he didn't want to have Elijah use me against him, but in a way that backfired. When I didn't know about what Klaus meant to me, I plotted with Elijah and Katherine to kill him. 'Elijah wouldn't use me now, would he?' I asked myself.
"Elijah is a noble man, Stefan. He lives by a code of honor. I can trust him."
'Can I trust him if I talk to him later?' I couldn't help but ask myself.
"He knows that I'd be incredibly stupid to betray him again. By removing the dagger, I have proven myself."
"You can't do this alone."
"It's my decision, Stefan. Please respect it. And make sure that Damon doesn't do anything stupid. I'll be in touch." I could hear the call end, which made Stefan lower his phone.
"Did she just hang up on you?" I asked, hoping that if I played along, they wouldn't ask me about the situation.
"She did." Stefan said as he looked from me to Damon.
"She's lost it." Damon said.
"If anyone can get him to help us kill Klaus, it's her." Stefan said to Damon, which made me think of Klaus again. 'Do I really want Klaus dead?' I asked myself. Sure, he compelled me, but it was to protect me. I knew that I was going to keep asking myself that until the day after the full moon. At the moment, I tried to focus on the fact that Elijah was out and that I could get some answers from him if I got the chance.
"Bonnie's the way to kill Klaus, Stefan. He thinks she's dead. We have a chance with her."
"She'd kill herself in the process." I said to Damon. Personally, I didn't mind Bonnie and I'd rather her stay alive, but if she did kill Klaus she would be better dead. I don't know yet how I'd feel if Klaus was actually dead.
"Elena's looking for another way." Stefan said to Damon.
"Her way's going to get her killed." Damon said as he stood up from the couch across from Stefan. "So we need to find her and stop her."
"No, you need to back off." Stefan said as he stood, stopping Damon.
"What?" Damon asked Stefan.
"Look, I don't like this any more than you do. But we need to trust her. We gotta just let her do her thing."
"That might be your plan. Mine's better." Damon was about to leave, but Stefan caught him by the arm.
"I said back off."
"Okay boys, settle down." I said, getting in between them. "I'll just occupy Damon upstairs." I looked at Damon and tried to give him a 'We'll talk upstairs about this' look. I started to drag Damon towards the stairs, up towards his room.


When Damon and I were in his room and I knew Stefan wasn't listening, I turned to Damon.
"I have a plan." I said to him. "I want to try and sneak a visit to Katherine and give some vervain."
"You want to help her?" Damon asked, slightly confused.
"Not so much help as make a deal with her." I said. "If I give her some vervain to prevent any further compulsion, then she will owe us."
"What if Klaus catches you?" Damon asked with worry.
"That's no problem." I said with confidence. "If Klaus is still in Alaric's body, then I can take him."
"What if Katherine's not alive?" He asked.
"I'm pretty sure she is. From what she told me about Klaus I don't he'd kill her." I said, not telling him that I knew that he wouldn't kill her. "Plus, Elena didn't tell Stefan to watch me." I gave Damon a smirk.
"You are devious." He said with a smirk before kissing me.
"I know." I said when he pulled back before kissing him. We quickly moved to his bed. He had me under him as he kissed down my neck.


After a while, I prepared a small vile of vervain and left the boarding house. Damon was going to tell me any information that Stefan told him while I was out. I was just waiting for the opportunity for Klaus to leave Katherine alone so I could sneak a visit to her. I was sitting at a table outside of the Grill and thought I saw someone out the corner of my eye. When I turned, I saw Klaus I figured was still in Alaric's body. He didn't look at me, but he started to drive somewhere. 'Perfect' I thought, knowing that he wasn't watching Katherine. After I finished my drink, I made my way towards where Damon told me Alaric's loft was.


I walked up the stairs, stood in front of the door and knocked. There was some music and some noise inside, so I knew Katherine was inside. I opened the door and saw her standing there, looking at me.
"Surprise." I said with a small smile.
"What are you doing here?" Katherine asked as I tried to see it I was able to enter, which to my surprise, I was. "It can't be to just check up on me."
"I came to bring you this." I showed her the vial of vervain. She tried to get it, but I held it away. "Not so fast Kat. I need to talk to you first." I sat on top of the counter. "First thing, did you know I had a past with Klaus?"
"Of course I did." She casually said to me. "I also knew that if it wasn't for me Elijah would have found you."
"So the entire time I was with you and I was helping you, you knew about my past?" She just nodded her head. "Well, now that it's cleared, on to the second thing. Damon and I thought it was best to see what he's done." Katherine looked at me with slight confusion. "Has he said to stay in this apartment until it was safe to leave?" She tried to say something, but couldn't. "Okay, so he has." I slipped off the counter. "Has he said that you have to do everything he says until the end of time?"
"No." And I slightly smiled.
"Damon knew there would be a loophole if you were compelled." Katherine caught the vial when I threw it to her. "Be careful with that. If he finds out you have it he will kill you." I said, knowing Klaus before I walked towards the door. "Oh now you owe us." I said, turning towards her. "Either Damon or I will come to collect."
"Jess." Katherine said when I was out the door. "Thanks." I just gave her a nod before walking away.

As I exited the building, I got a text from Elena.
'If you want to talk to Elijah, now's your chance. He's at the Lockwood's.'
'That's good news.' I thought before slipping my phone into my pocket. I was going to drive there, but my car was still parked at the Grill and it was faster if I ran.


I walked straight through the doors, because I had already been invited in. Elijah was leaning against the fireplace.
"Jessica." He said when he saw me.
"Elijah." I said, taking a step closer to him. "How nice to see you up and about." I sat on the couch and made myself comfortable. "You've missed so much."
"I'm aware of that." Elijah said as he stood straighter.
"For starters, I know more than I did before." I said, trying not to use the words 'I remember'. "You knew when you saw me my first week here, didn't you?"
"I know my brother Jessica."
"I'm sure you'd like to think that." I said, knowing full well that Elijah really didn't know Klaus. Klaus told me they were brothers when we were together, but I knew more about Klaus than anyone. "I spend almost three years with him and that was almost thrown away because of you."
"He killed our family."
"I'm well aware of that Elijah." I stood up from the couch. "I remembered everything he's told me in the past."
"Then you know why I'm doing this."
"No, I don't." I took a deep breath. "I'm not with him anymore, but I don't see why you'd want to kill your own brother. Sure, he killed your family," 'And he carries them with him' I thought ", but he's your brother. If I had a brother that killed my entire family, I'd still have him near me. Family is family no matter what happens."
"You're still sticking up for him." I scoffed.
"He wishes. I'm just saying that you'd want to think about having family more than revenge." I said before making my way towards the door.
"Do they know?" Elijah asked, which made me stop.
"No." I said without turning towards him. "They don't need to know." I said before walking out.

I wanted to talk more to Elijah, but there wasn't really anything that came to mind. I had decided to run back to the Grill to get my car before going back to the boarding house.


I parked my car in the driveway and saw that Elena was still gone. 'She must have gone back to Elijah' I thought before getting out of my car and going inside. There was no one in the living room, but I could hear some stuff coming from the library. I quickly got a blood bag and went into the library.
"Hey." I said when I saw the top of Damon's head over the liquor bottles. "Miss me?"
"Of course I did." He said as I walked around the couch and sat next to him.
"Good." I said as I gave him a peck on the cheek before drinking from the bag. "I'm actually tired." I leaned my head on his shoulder.
"Then sleep." He whispered as he brought his arm around me.
"I love you." I murmured.
"I love you to." He quietly said before kissing me on the lips. I moved my legs onto the couch and slowly fell asleep on Damon.


~ I was going to put a flashback in this chapter, but I'm going to put it in the next one instead. I was also going to have some more Elijah in this chapter, but he's going to be in the next chapter because it will based from 'The Last Day'. The next chapter might also have some 'The Sun Also Rises'scenes. I am going to try to combine those episodes into one chapter, but if I can't do that, they will each be their own chapter.

~ In the next chapter, it will also be the last Karaoke night for the story. Is there any specific song or artist that you want in the next chapter? If the song is after the events of the story (mid 2010+), I will have it (maybe) that Jessica has written it. Who do you think she should sing the song for, Klaus, Damon, or both of them?

~ There are about three (maybe four) chapters left for this story until it's done. I will try to get them up before February is over, which would mean about one a week until I'm done. If I get a lot of reviews on this chapter, I'll try to get the next chapter up within a week. If the whole story gets a lot of reviews on the story over all, then I'll consider making a sequel. That would be nice because I have an idea on how to start it. (:
~ I honestly didn't think that this story would get this far, so thank you to all that have read, reviewed, favorited, and added to your story alerts.

~ I would love to read your ideas for how you think the story is going to end. I have a majority of it planned, but I might be able to add some of your ideas, if you want to see anything specific. I look forward to reading your ideas.

R&R 'till the next update