A/N: Thank you guys for all the reviews! I really love reading them and getting your opinions and thoughts. I can't believe I'm on the last episode of season 2! This is the first chapter of the last episode. I really hope you guys like it! Thank you again!

Trying to Make it Through the Day:

"Come on, Care. Can't I just sleep the day away?" Beth complained as Caroline led her through the town square, where a lot of the girls were dressed up in period dresses. She wasn't in the mood to watch Gone with the Wind. Beth honestly wanted to curl up in her bed and sleep since she still wasn't up to her best strength. But Caroline refused to let her mope around.

"We've got to get some normalcy after everything that's happened and a movie will help." She encouraged her. "But since Tyler is here, you should probably talk to him." She said and she looked over to where Caroline was pointed. She groaned. She already talked to Matt and he felt bad for pretending to forget everything but she said it was okay and they decided to stay friends. "Hey! He's your friend so go give him hell for treating you like crap."

Beth couldn't help but laugh but Caroline was right. She deserved an apology. He pushed her away when she was trying to help. "Okay, I will." She agreed as she walked over to him. Tyler looked at her guiltily as she came up to him. "Tyler."

"Hey." He greeted her. She raised her eyebrows at him. "I'm sorry about ignoring you and then taking off without saying goodbye. I thought it'd be best to do this on my own."

"Well, it wasn't! And you should have talked to me!" She berated him and he continued to look guiltier by the second. "And you should know that I would never try and isolate you. But since Caroline told me you had a rough night and I missed you, I forgive you."

He looked up and smiled at her, which she returned. "I missed you too, Beth." She hugged him tightly.

"And you need to make a move on Caroline already, cause dude, it's so obvious." She teased him. He rolled his eyes and she nudged him and he nudged her back. Caroline waved her back. "I'll see you later, Ty." He said goodbye feeling a bit better. He had his friend back.

Caroline smiled, seeing her friends make up. "I'll give you the details later." Beth promised her.

"Deal." Caroline agreed. "Hey! There you guys are!" She said excited as she pulled Beth over to Jeremy and Elena. Jeremy smiled at her. They became better friends, over everything. They understood each other. Caroline sat down next to Elena and Beth sat next to her. "Who's hungry?"

"Are we really doing this?" He asked in disbelief.

"If I'm doing it, you're doing it dude." She told him and he laughed. Elena rolled her eyes but was happy to see that Jeremy could still laugh.

"Yes we are really doing this!" Caroline said more enthusiastically. "We are going to take a page from Scarlet. We made it through the war. I know you guys went through hell, and my mom knows I'm a vampire, so basically it's like Atlants burned. And yet, in spite of everything, we preserve!" She smiled at them with a fist raised.

Beth smiled at her friend but she knew she was right. They had made it, it wasn't without struggle but they were still standing. That's what was most important. She looked up at Jeremy and nodded in agreement with Caroline. "All right." He agreed as he sat down next to Beth. "What are we eating?"

"Something good." Caroline told them; happy to see she got them there.

"Hey!" Stefan greeted them. He showed up around an hour after Beth and Caroline got there. Beth gave him a small waved while Elena smiled, lovingly at her boyfriend.

"Hey! Look who couldn't resist an epic romance?" She teased him and he gave her a weak smile. Beth could see something was bothering him as he bent down.

"Will you come take a walk with me?" He asked politely. Elena was worried too but she walked off with him.

"What's up with them?" Jeremy asked curious.

"If we're lucky some regular scheduled teen drama." She joked and he chuckled. They turned back to talking but Beth couldn't help but continue to look at the couple. Stefan and Elena were looking more worried by the minute. Elena gave him a hug and then left. "I'll be back, guys." She stood up and walked over to Stefan. "What's going on Stefan?"

"Nothing." He assured her.

"It's not nothing cause Elena looked close to tears and you won't look me in the eye when you say nothing." She told him. He sighed. "Stefan…what happened?"

He bit his lip. Damon would kill him if he knew he told Beth. She was the one person he didn't want to worry. "Damon got bit by Tyler when he rescued him and Caroline." Beth's eyes got wide.

"What? No, he said he was fine."

"He didn't want you to worry." He admitted sadly. "He got bit but they're might be a way to save him." He told her quickly. Her eyes started to fill up with tears. Damon was dying. "Hey! Beth. It's going to be okay." He said putting his hands on her shoulders. She should have known something was weird. He seemed to be sick but she shook it off. No. She couldn't let him die. A few tears fell from her eyes and Stefan embraced her. She knew that she had to calm down. She needed to help.

"Okay, what do we do?" She asked sniffing back tears as she pulled back. She didn't have time to cry right now. She needed to help Stefan find a cure for Damon. She was not going to lose him.

"I'm going to see Klaus. Bonnie contacted the witches and said that he might have a way to cure him." Stefan told her.

"Okay, well he's probably still at the apartment and I'm coming with you." She decided nodding her head.

"No, you don't have to do that Beth. Klaus is dangerous and you already tried to kill him. I doubt he's going to be very lenient to do anything for you."

"I don't care. This is Damon we're talking about. I can't just sit here and not do anything. I am not going to let him die!" She told him determined. Damon was as important to her as Alaric was. He was her family and if she could save him she would. Stefan understood that.

"Okay." He agreed. "Let's go." He told her

xxxxx

"Listen, he's not in there right now. But I need you to be careful, Beth. I'm serious. I can't let you get hurt." Stefan said looking into her eyes. She nodded earnestly. He opened the door and they walked into to see Katherine sitting on the bed, looking bored. "Hello, Katherine."

"2 days, I've been waiting." She said annoyed as she got up. "I'm supposed to be free of Klaus' compulsion by now. He's supposed to be dead!"

"We ran into complications."

"Complications!"

"Forgive us if your freedom to whore around isn't on our list of priorities right now." Beth apologized sarcastically. Katherine glared at her. It was apparent that Damon was definitely rubbing off on her.

"It doesn't matter." Stefan interrupted their fight before Katherine could retort. "We just need to find him. Do you have any idea where he might be?"

Before she could answer she shoved Stefan against the wall and put a finger to her lips. Beth went to throw her off of him but Stefan put up a hand as the door to the apartment opened. "Klaus, you're back." Klaus and Elijah walked in. Elijah glanced at Beth curious to what she was doing here but then looked away. "Look who decided to come for a visit."

She let him go and walked to the corner. "You keep popping up, don't you?" Klaus asked Stefan amused and then turned to Beth. "And with Elizabeth as well."

"We need your help…for my brother." Stefan told him getting right to the point. He walked over to stand near Beth as Klaus got nearer to her.

"Well, whatever it is, it's going to have to wait a tick." He informed them as he walked behind them. "You see, I have an obligation to my brother that requires my immediate attention."

Klaus looked over at Stefan and Beth. "You understand how important family is, or you wouldn't be here. My brother gave me his word that he would reunite me with my own."

"And so I shall." He agreed Beth saw that he rushed behind Elijah and he quickly turned. Before either of them could do anything he shoved the dagger through Elijah's heart. Elijah died as he fell to the floor.

Suddenly, Beth remembered. She could have been used in the sacrifice. Maybe even had saved John and Jenna. But Elijah compelled her. She didn't have time to completely digest this information as Klaus rushed to Stefan and pushed him against the wall. "Now, what am I going to do with you two?" He asked as he glanced at Beth.

He took a stake and shoved it into Stefan's chest. Beth let out a gasp of surprise and went to run to him but Katherine stopped her. She knew that it wouldn't do any good. "Do you feel that?" He asked as Stefan's face contorted in pain. "It's scraping against your heart. The slightest little movement and you're dead."

"We're just trying to help his brother!" Beth yelled out. Katherine looked surprisingly concerned about Stefan as well and nodded in agreement.

"The witches said you had a cure. Make me deal." Stefan groaned out. "Just give me the cure and, I'll do whatever you want." Klaus looked over at him and then Beth. He yanked the stake out of his chest and Stefan fell to the floor. Beth ran over to kneel beside him.

Klaus was curious at how much concern she had for him, though it wasn't surprising. She was always very compassionate. Stefan gave Beth a quick nod of assurance that he was okay. Klaus walked over to the counter and poured himself a glass of blood. "Trouble is I don't know if you'd be any good to me the way you are now. You are just shy of useless."

"What about me?" Beth stood up. Stefan gave her a cautious look, while Klaus looked over at her amused. "

He grinned. It was very much like her to try and save Damon. "Well, love, what makes you think I'd make a deal with you? I let your godfather go even though you did try and kill me. By the way, fantastic try, but not quite enough." He was patronizing her. She was inclined to throw him across the room but resisted the urge.

"Because I'll do whatever you want if you'll help us save Damon." She promised. Klaus trusted her word. Even he could see how important Damon was to her and vice versa.

He simply smirked at her, though as he sat down. "Well, let's see what do I want." He could have some fun with this. Beth sighed as she stayed quiet but kept looking over to Stefan to make sure he was okay. Klaus pretended to really think about it. "Well, sweetheart, there's nothing really you can offer me."

Beth glared daggers at him. He was purposely drawing this out. "Your witch is dead. At some point, you're going to need help."

"How do I know you're up for what I might need you to do? You couldn't even kill me." He smirked at her. He was waiting for a response when the apartment started to shake. Stefan was worried, she shouldn't be using so much power. Katherine was looking around anxiously also. The counter top where Klaus had his hands caught on fire. He moved just in time as the whole kitchen went up into flames and then less than minutes later, they were extinguished with everything still intact. He looked at her with raised eyebrows, seemingly impressed.

"I think I'm up for it."

xxxxx

Klaus decided to think on Beth's deal but he knew in the end what he wanted from her. He decided to move onto Stefan, who was still sitting on the floor. Klaus had his glass of blood in his hand. He bent down in front of Stefan. "I heard about this one vampire, crazy bloke, always on and off the wagon for decades. Oh, but when he was of…. he was magnificent." He praised him. It was obvious from the guilt on Stefan's face, he was talking about him. He stood up straight. "1917, he went into Monterrey and wiped out an entire migrant village…. a true ripper. Sound familiar?"

"I haven't been that way in a very long time." Stefan informed him. Beth knew that Stefan hadn't been a vegetarian forever. He had to have his time that he slipped but that was in that past. She hoped.

"Well, that's the vampire I can make a deal with. That is the kind of talent that I can use when I leave this town." He told them both. Stefan got up and walked over to stand near Beth. Klaus turned to Katherine. "Katerina, come here." He commanded and she walked over to his side, cautiously.

Klaus was still looking at Beth and Stefan, who were standing in front of him as he took Katherine's arm and bit into it deeply. She yelled in pain and then started to freak out when she realized it wasn't healing. Klaus however wasn't worried as he bit his own wrist and made Katherine drink his blood. She struggled for a moment before realizing that the bite was healing. "You want your cure? There it is."

"Your blood's the cure." Stefan realized.

"Gotta love Mother Nature." He winked at Beth and she narrowed her eyes at him. He took Stefan by his shoulder. "Now…let's talk. You and I." He guided Stefan into the kitchen where Beth followed. Klaus sat in front of the sink as he cut his hand with a knife and the blood filled a vial. Stefan sat to the side of Beth, watching him. Klaus finally finished and he looked pleased. "There it is. You want to save your brother? How about a decade long bender? And I have big plans for you when we leave this town." Klaus smiled.

"I'm not like that anymore."

Klaus was disappointed with his answer. "Well, that's too bad. You would have made a hell of a wingman." He started to pour the blood down the sink and Beth wanted to stop him but it was Stefan's choice.

"Wait."

"Now that's more like it." Klaus stopped pouring the blood and set it back down. "I want you to join me for a drink." He took a blood bag from beside him and threw it over near Stefan. Stefan looked down at it and ripped off the top and took a sip. "Finish it. All of it. You do everything I say and I save your brother. That's the deal for you." He told Stefan pointedly. Stefan looked down and drained the whole blood bag, leaving it empty. Klaus smile and threw another one at him. "Again." He ordered.

"Stefan…" Beth said. She knew that once he started this, it would be hard for him to stop. Stefan placed a hand on hers, telling her he had to do this, for Damon. He started to drink again.

An hour had passed. Stefan went through too many blood bags for Beth to count. Over a dozen empty ones were now on the floor. Beth could see that even Katherine was worried. Stefan picked up another one and started to drink. Klaus looked pleased. "You're very cooperative. It's almost as if you're enjoying it."

"No more." Stefan stopped drinking. "Not until you give us the cure."

"Not until we make a deal." Klaus counter offered. "It's your choice, Stefan. You can either remain here living your life in Mystic Falls, or you can embrace what you truly are, leave town with me, and save your brother's life."

Stefan looked like he was considering it but they all knew what he was going to choose. He took the blood bag and started to drink it, with anger towards Klaus in his eyes. "That's the spirit." He grinned and then he turned to Beth, who was patiently sitting watching them. "All right, love. Here's the deal. You come with me and Stefan here and Damon gets my blood and I won't kill him." Klaus offered. Stefan stopped drinking.

"No, Klaus!" Her leaving wasn't part of it! Let me go instead!"

Klaus didn't take his eyes off of Beth as her mind went through what he just said. "I told you, mate. Two different deals but both of you have to agree. So, Elizabeth, what's it going to be?" He already knew the answer was before she said it. He wanted her with them. He didn't know why but Stefan was his best mate and Elizabeth was his witch.

Beth swallowed hard. She'd be leaving everyone she loved, Alaric, Damon, Jeremy, Tyler. All of her friends. But Damon would life and Klaus would stay away from Mystic Falls. It was safe for everyone, especially Elena. She knew what she had to do. "Fine. I'll go with you."