Continued from last chapter...*No Andie in my fic...just saying. Specifically at the end of this chapter.
The Grill
Elena and John were still locked in a battle of will when Rose walked in.
"You're not leaving this restaurant."
"You can't tell me what to do." Elena fought back.
"Yes I can, I'm here to make sure you stay safe."
"Are you talking about the deal you made with Elijah? Putting your faith in him was a dumb move."
While Rose agreed with him, he was visibly upsetting Elena and Rose needed to difuse the situation.
"Are you saying I should put my faith in you?" asked Elena. "After everything you've done."
"We had our differences and I've made mistakes, but we're family."
"No, you don't get to say that."
"Hey, what's going on in here?" Rose asked, interrupting. "There are a lot of people out there, so you may want to calm down." Rose told them. She was hoping it would distract them enough for Elena to dodge him.
"Who are you?" John asked.
Elena interrupted him.
"She's a friend. Here's something you should know. You may be my father, but I will never be you're daughter."
Rose felt bad for Elena.
If John was hurt by her statement, he didn't let it show for very long. Elena rushed out of the bathroom, Rose followed.
Rose caught up to Elena at the bar, Dean was still there.
"Damon ran out of here, what's going on? Your friend's missing?" Rose asked.
"Yeah, can't find Tyler either. We think Jules...Damon kept me from following him." Elena said,frustrated.
"For good reason." Rose countered. Elena just gave her a look, and left the Grill.
Dean turned to Rose.
"Damon said we might need you." Rose told him.
"I'll call Sam...I'm definately in the mood to go werewolf hunting." Dean said, smiling. "You on the other hand..."
"I'm fine. Not a full moon Dean, I can handle it."
"Right." Dean said. He then picked up his phone to call Sam.
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Dean, Sam, and Rose were heading into the woods. She could hear some talking, and used that to find their location.
"Which one of you killed Mason?" Brady, Jules friend, asked.
"Uh that would be me." Damon said, grinning.
Oh lord was Damon rubbing it in a good idea? Rose thought. Of course not.
"Make sure that one suffers." Brady told the others.
"We can take them." Damon said, looking at Stefan.
Rose turned back to look at the boys.
"It's not just Jules...there's quite a few."
"Awesome." Dean said. Sam rolled his eyes. The two of them both loaded the silver bullets into their guns.
"I assume you boys will take care of yourselves?" Rose asked.
Dean gave her a look that said 'seriously?'.
"Um yeah, you forget who we are?"
"No, which is why I asked." Rose said, smirking. Before giving a chance him a chance to respond, Rose blurred to catch up to Damon and Stefan.
"Huh...I don't think I can get used to that." Sam told Dean.
"Yeah...that was weird."
Damon and Stefan are fighting, full moon or not the werewolves are strong and the brothers are outnumbered. One of them is suddenly behind Stefan and drives a stake through his back and he falls to the ground.
As Rose shows up, she sees Damon fighting with Brady but Jules suddenly shoots him with a wooden bullet. Damon also falls, both him and Stefan are on the ground in pain. Rose blurs to Jules, knocking her down. She rushes behind a tree to avoid any more stakes or bullets.
Caroline and Tyler are leaving the RV that Caroline was locked inside of. Jules notices, and runs over to them, and puts a gun to Carolines head. Caroline is frozen, looking at Tyler to help her. He doesn't move either though.
Suddenly two of the werewolves yell out as they are hit with silver bullets to the heart, Jules turns to see the Winchesters. She tries to remain calm and refuses to let Caroline go. As the boys split up, Brady goes behind Sam ready to attack. Rose however is behind him, and quickly snaps his neck. As a vampire she doesn't really mind the kill, but at the same time she hates it. She does understand that it was necessary.
Jules realizes that her and one other werewolf are left, Dean is ready to shoot her. Rose goes to where Damon is, and begins to remove the bullets.
Suddenly Jules and the last werewolf are on the ground screaming. Caroline rushes away from her. Dean and Sam freeze, and look around. They see a man coming towards them, he's doing something to them but Dean can't figure out what. Jules and her friend finally collapse to the ground unconcious.
Damon and Stefan begin to get up, Rose helps Damon to his feet.
Jonas turns to Tyler. "When your new friends awaken, tell them to get the hell out of town."
Dean, Sam, and Damon looked annoyed. He was going to let them go?
"Who are you?" Sam asked.
Jonas looked at them, and turned towards Damon, Stefan, and Rose.
"Elijah made a promise to Elena, and wanted me to come make sure that promise was upheld. You need to go, do not worry about them any longer. All of you." Jonas said, and made sure that Dean and Sam got the hint.
Salvatore Boarding House. Driveway.
Sam was waiting in the impala as Dean finished organizing everything in the trunk. Rose appeared behind him, he jumped a little.
"You know I'm not really used to what you can do. Better than carrying a gun all the time?" he asked her.
"Sometimes." she answered. "If I find anything on this "Mother of All" or something about Purgatory, I'll let you know."
He nodded.
"Sam doesn't want you helping us." Rose commented.
"No, but he gets that it's necessary. You know it's weird hearing the word 'us' come out of your mouth...so used to you just looking out for yourself."
"I still do...but I care about them too."
"I know."
She gave him a funny look, like she was questioning the fact that he already knew she cared.
"Bela, it's obvious...you would have never went with us on a hunt before, and you would have ran like hell instead of going straight into a fight. You didn't do that tonight, so apparently you give a damn about him. To be honest I have no idea why...but good for you."
"Careful Dean...that was getting a bit too close to a compliment." she teased.
"Nah, just stating a fact. You gotta long ways to go and a hell of a lot to prove to me before I'll give you a compliment." He stepped over to the driver side door, then turned back to her. "If you get anymore info on Klaus let us know."
"I will." She told him.
Her got into the Impala and drove off. Rose noticed John Gilbert go at the door to the boarding house, and decided to let him and Damon talk...but she'd wait outside in case she needed to help Damon take care of him.
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Rose walked into the room where Damon was standing, he was engrossed in something.
"Hey. Saw John leave...everything okay?"
"Yeah. He gave me this."
Rose looked to see a dagger.
"What is that?"
"He says it can kill an original vampire."
"You believe him?" she asked.
"No not really, but no use in not trying it."
"You're going to try to use it on Elijah instead of Klaus aren't you?"
"I don't trust him Rose. I don't care if he saved us tonight."
"I don't disagree with you...but is it best to start a fight with him?"
"I won't start a fight." Damon smirked.
She laughed.
"You know we could have done it without Elijah's witch anyways." Rose said.
"Yeah yeah, you're little hunter friends helped save the day...good for them."
"They aren't really friends...well not yet anyways."
"You know I don't trust anyone, but can you trust them Rose?"
"I don't know. I don't trust anyone either, especially hunters. But them...maybe."
He nodded.
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"So this is what you had in mind when you said we should relax?" Rose asked Damon.
They were both sitting in his very large bathtub with a glass of wine.
"What?" He asked, grinning. "Not your thing?"
"Mmm yeah...but usually in the privacy of my own room with lots of quiet." Rose told him.
"Well if you want I can arrange that." he teased, pretending to start getting out of the tub.
She grabbed at his arm. "No. I was just surprised."
He laughed.
"Seriously though Damon...somethings up with you." she stated.
"I just needed a distraction from everything. These past few days have been crazy. And you, my sexy vampire friend, are best at keeping me sane."
"Sane?" she teased.
"Close enough. All these issues are messing with my mind."
"We talking Elijah and vampire issues, or Elena?" Rose asked.
"Both...but okay mostly Elena."
"So what's the problem, that you love her or the fact that she made this deal with Elijah and you're afraid that she's going to get killed?"
"The first one...I can't have her Rose. Never will."
"Because she loves Stefan..."
"That too."
"She doesn't hate you Damon. So other than her and Stefan's relationship what holds you back?"
"I'm not in control Rose. I don't get scared with you, you can take care of yourself."
"So your issue is with you, not Elena. You don't trust yourself with her."
"I don't trust myself with anyone. You seem to think I'm this good guy...but I'm not. I'm bad Rose, I've killed a lot of people."
"I didn't say you were good Damon. Trust me, I do know you better than you think. I can see you struggling. I'm not judging you for it Damon, I just know that you have a choice to be better, and I believe in you."
"I kill people because it's my nature though...I even enjoy it sometimes. It's who I am...what we are. At the same time I have to keep it together because along with you she too seems to want me to be the better man. So I can't be this bad vampire when she wants me to be this good person."
"You're right, it is in our nature. I can feel it too, but it's stronger for you. Thing is Damon, are you sure this you isn't the real you? Maybe this man that I met right now is you? We change Damon, I certainly have. You have too, but for different reasons. I know nothing about real love, but maybe it changes you."
He looked down. She could be right. He didn't want her to be right, he wanted to be that same guy he was last year...but he couldn't. It was easier when he didn't care, Rose knew that too. It was a comfort thing for him to slip back into the killer he'd beeen all these years...it was a hell of a lot scarier to try to be a better man and care about people.
"You know what? Can we stop talking now?" he asked her. "I wanted a distraction from all my problems..."
Damon brought Rose closer, and she put her glass down as he kissed her.
End chapt.
