I was sitting on the couch in the boarding house. I was listening in on Stefan and Elena.
"Stefan? Stefan? You're standing right behind me aren't you?" Elena asked
"Yep." Stefan said
I heard them kiss.
"Good morning." Stefan said
"I don't want us to be apart anymore. Ever." Elena said
"Me neither, but…" Stefan said
"Don't ruin the moment." Elena said
They kiss again.
"You're about to ruin the moment, aren't you?" Elena asked
"I'm totally ruining the moment. Look, I can't just pretend like everything is okay." Stefan said
"Look Katherine is locked away in the tomb." Elena said
"I know but we still have this pressing little issue of you being Klaus' human sacrifice." Stefan said
I hear a drawer open then close.
"Yes but Elijah promised to keep me and everyone else safe as long as we play by his rules." Elena said
"Right. As long as you play by his rules." Stefan said
"Stefan, I made a deal with Elijah." Elena said
"Right, you made a deal with him. Damon, Nevaeh and I didn't make one. You should keep your deal." Stefan said
"Stefan, I don't want anyone else to get hurt." Elena said
"When have I ever wanted somebody to get hurt?" Stefan asked
"Vervain, I made it light but are you sure? Just because Katherine built up a tolerance…" Elena said
"Yes, bottoms up." Stefan said
I hear Stefan start coughing.
"Are you okay?" Elena asked
"Yeah." Stefan said
"How can Elijah compel another vampire?" Elena asked
"He's an original. I don't really know what that means. I don't think anybody other than Nevaeh really knows what that means, or Isobel. Maybe we should ask her." Stefan said
"Isobel or Nevaeh?" Elena asked
"Isobel." Stefan said
Rose and Damon walk into the library. Damon has a blood bag.
"I was born in 1450, that makes me 560 years old." Rose said
"Well, if you were a bottle of wine…" Damon said
"So I can die. I've lived long enough." Rose said
"No, you haven't you've been running for almost all of it." I said
"You know, if you're gonna be morn, I'm just gonna kill you myself just to put me out of your misery." Damon said
Damon pours the blood into a glass.
"Come on, it's just a little werewolf bite, and Nevaeh is going to find a way to save you." Damon said
"Just a little, fatal to a vampire werewolf bite. There is no cure for a bite." Rose said
"There is, but it doesn't exist yet." I said
"According to legend which is notoriously unreliable source. Drink up." Damon said
Damon hands the glass to Rose.
"Blood heals." Damon said
Rose drinks it.
Yeah, it does feel like it's working." Rose said
"Let's have a look, come on. Let us see." Damon said
I walk over to them. The bite has gotten bigger and much worse, and has spread further down her back.
"How is it?" Rose asked
"Definitely…better. Right, Nevaeh, Elena?" Damon asked
Elena had walked in, she has a look of shock on her face.
"Um, it's not bad." Elena said
"Where's Stefan?" I asked
"He left. I need you to talk to him. He's convinced that he has to find Isobel bit I thinks that's gonna upset Elijah." Elena said
"No, an do. I'm with Stefan on this one but if you and Nevaeh could play nurse for a little while…" Damon said
"It's not necessary." Rose said
"It is necessary." I said
"Elena is a do-gooder. It's her nature, she just can't resist." Damon said
Damon leaves the room. Elena looks at Rose then me, then leaves to talk to Damon.
"Damon. Is she gonna die?" Elena asked
"Probably. The wolf caused some kind of infection and it's getting worse. Nevaeh is looking for anything to help but I don't think she will find it in time." Damon said
"Like poison?" Elena asked
"I don't know, Elena. I'm not and expert in the field." Damon said
"I'm sorry." Elena said
"Death happens. We come, we go. Sooner she dies the better. It's gloomy as hell in here." Damon said
I stopped listening to them when I heard Rose start coughing. I hugged her and patted her back.
"It's going to be okay, I'll find a way to save you, Rose." I said
Elena walked back into the room, Elena and I helped Rose upstairs and into bed.
"I hate this. I'm a vampire. i haven't had a cold in five centuries." Rose said
"Just get in bed." I said
"We don't get sick. When we die, it's fast and sudden and it's certainly not drawn out in Illness." Rose said
"Your not going to die today." I said
"Such a human thing to say." Rose said
"Good thing I'm not human in least." I said
I see Elena looking around, we are in Damon's room. I have been in here before, Elena on the other hand has not.
"You're never been in Damon's room before, have you?" Rose said
"I have, Elena not so much." I said
Elena picks up the book on his night stand to see it's Gone with the Wind.
"Not what you expected?" Rose asked
"It's just a room with a bed. Maybe I expected there to be silk sheets." Elena said
We smile.
"You're lucky, you know. No one's ever loved me the way you're loved." Rose said
"I doubt that." Elena said
"Trevor was my best friend. Nothing more. I spent all those years on the run from Elijah. I just never thought it was a good idea to set up roots. The whole idea of family is exactly compatible with being a vampire. Why are you so eager to give up?" Rose asked
"I'm not giving up on anything. Here." Elena said
I hand Rose a glass of blood.
"What do you call this whole Elijah deal?" Rose asked
"I call it my best option." Elena said
"It's your easiest option." Rose said
"That's not fair." Elena said
"Life's not fair." I said
"Do you really think that your witch friend that's not Nevaeh, destroyed the moonstone?" Rose asked
"No I don't." I said
Elena glared, but Rose smiled.
"I spoke with Bonnie. I know that she had the help of another itch; unless you mean it's Elijah's witch, so no, I don't." Elena said
"You really are determined to die, aren't you? At least I ran, you're not even trying." Rose said
Rose closes her eyes.
"I'm so tried." Rose said
Elena and I get up to leave the room, but stop when we hear Rose start talking.
"No, stop, wait. Tell them to prepare the horse." Rose said
"It's okay Rose. Just get some sleep. You'll feel better when you wake up." Elena said
"Trevor, don't be stupid. You're never going to make it there before the sun." Rose said
Rose bolts up, clearly in pain. I run over to her, as does Elena.
"I need more blood." Rose said
"Yeah, of course, here." Elena said
Rose takes the blood and drinks it then not even a second later throws it all back up.
"It's okay, everything's gonna be alright." Elena said
Elena and I both run into the bathroom, when we come back Rose is not where we left her. We turn around and there stands Rose. Rose throws me across the room, and attacks Elena.
"It's all your fault, Katerina. You Katerina, you did this." Rose said
"Rose that's not Katerina." I said
"It's Elena. Rose, Rose! I'm Elena." Elena said
"You betrayed us." Rose yells
I get up to get Rose off Elena but she gives me a look.
"I'm not Katherine." Elena said
Rose lets go, I run over to Elena.
"Elena? Nevaeh?" Rose asked
"It's me. It's Elena." Elena said
Rose comes to her sense. Her vampire face disappears.
"Oh my god Elena, I'm so sorry. I don't know what's happening to me. I'm sorry." Rose said
"You're gonna be alright." Elena said
"My mind, I'm…" Rose said
"It was just a second." I said
"I'm so sorry, don't be scared of me." Rose said
"I'm not. I'm not, but you need to rest." Elena said
We get rid of all the blood.
"I'm scared." Rose said
"You're not alone. Nevaeh and I are here." Elena said
"Here, where's here?" Rose asked
"Damon's bedroom, you're in Damon's bedroom." Elena said
"I want to go home." Rose said
"Tell us about it." I said
"St. Austell, thirty kilometers south of London. With fields and trees and horses." Rose said
"Sounds beautiful." Elena said
"When you live long enough, everything disappears. So much time wasted, I just wish I wouldn't have been so afraid." Rose said
Elena and I leave the room to get a blanket, when we come back Rose is gone. We leave the room. Elena calls Damon.
"It's Elena, Nevaeh and I are worried about Rose. I think you should come home." Elena said
We hear a noise. We go towards it, we end up in the basement. I find a blood bag. I push Elena behind me. We find Rose in a corner drinking from blood bags.
"Oh my god." Elena said
Rose sees Elena.
"Katerina." Rose said
"No." Elena and I said
Rose runs at us.
"Run." I said
Elena runs, I fling Rose back, she comes at me again faster this time, she push's me and I go flying. Rose runs past me and up stairs. I run after them. I hear Elena.
"Rose, stop, stop, it's Elena. I'm not Katherine." Elena said
I see them Rose stops.
"You're hallucinating. I'm not Katherine. I'm not Katherine." Elena said
Rose grabs her and pushes her to the ground, Elena opens the curtain which at one point would have worked but she now has a daylight ring, I fling Rose off Elena. Elena runs for the door but Rose stops her. She tries to bite her. I grab a letter open and cut my hand. Rose stops and looks at me, Elena runs up to Stefan's room. Rose stops hallucinating. We both walk upstairs.
"Elena? I know that's you and not Katherine. Elena? Please, I need your help." Rose said
Something happens. Because everything goes black. When I come to Damon's shaking me.
"Hey, are you okay?" Damon asked
"Yes, where is Rose?" I asked
"Good question?" Damon said
He turns and we see Elena.
"Are you okay and where is Rose?" Damon asked
"I don't know." Elena said
A few minutes pass and I receive a call from Liz. Damon and I leave we arrive at the High School.
"Hey." I said
"Thanks for coming so quickly." Liz said
"No, we were close by, what happed?" Damon asked
"A vampire. Luckily one of my deputies discovered the body before anyone else saw him." Liz said
"We have to secure the area then." Damon said
"(to her deputies) Don't cause panic, but let's take this into the cafeteria. (to Damon and I) I take the east side of the school, you two got west?" Liz asked
"Sure." Damon and I said
We leave the sheriff. A few minutes pass and we see Elena. She is on the phone.
"Hey, Stefan, it's me. I don't know where you are but please call me. It's important." Elena said
Damon and I walk up to her.
"Hey. Have you heard from him? Do you know what he's up to?" Elena asked
"My baby brother is not exactly my priority right now. Take this." Damon said
Damon hands Elena a stake.
"Come on, let's go." Damon said
We leave and keep looking. We hear screaming and head towards it. We see Rose.
"Rose, stop." Damon yells
She runs at us, but Damon runs at her and pins her to the ground.
"Rose, Rose. It's me, it's Damon. It's Damon." Damon said
Her face goes back to normal. She starts crying.
"Did I do this? I never meant to hurt anyone. I never wanted to hurt anyone." Rose said
"We know." I said
Elena walks up.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Rose said
"Come on, let's get you home." Damon said
"No, I don't have a home, I haven't had a home is so long." Rose said
Rose starts to cry.
"Oh make it stop, please make it stop. I hate it, make it stop." Rose said
Damon carries her in his arms, Elena and I follow behind him. We arrive back at the boarding house. Damon and I head up stairs. Damon lays her down on the bed. Rose is covered in sweat.
"Hi there." Damon said
"I'm sorry." Rose said
"You went on a murderous rampage. It happens." Damon said
Elena walks in.
"I'm sorry, Elena. I don't like taking human life, I never have." Rose said
"(Looking at Elena, annoyed.) You shouldn't be here." Damon said
"It's the worst part about: the hunt, the need to kill, the thirst, the pleasure it brings you afterwards. I wasn't meant to be evil. It hurts." Rose said
"Stop talking about it." Damon said
"Damon's a lot like me. He wants to care but when he does he runs away from it. I'm sorry for what I've done today." Rose said
"I know." Elena said
"And you need to fight. I know that you're scared but you have to do it anyway." Rose said
Rose coughs, Elena and I go over to her. Elena puts her arm around Rose.
"Why are you so nice to me?" Rose asked
"Us humans." Elena said
"You can never forget it, what it's like to be human. It haunts me. It's the only thing that's kept me going. It doesn't hurt as much anymore." Rose said
I leave the room and head downs stairs to the living room. I conger candles and light them.
"Hear these words, hear my cry, spirit the other side. Come to me, I summon thee, cross now the great divide." I said
The white lights turned into a person.
"You called." gran said
"How do you cure a vampire from a werewolf bite?" I asked
"Right to the point aren't we." gran said
"Look I don't have time for games, she is dying." I said
"You have rip her heart out and then give her some of your blood." gran said
"What's the blood going to do?" I asked
"Just do it." Gran said
"Thank you." I said
I run up stairs, I see Damon about the drive a stake into Rose's heart.
"Stop." I yell
Damon looks at me. 12-6
"I know how to save her." I said
"Are you sure?" Damon asked
"Yes." I said
I walked over and ripped Rose's heart out, she opened her eyes.
"Rose I need to drink from my wrist." I said
She nodded. She bite down and started drinking from it. I pulled her shirt over to see the bite healing. Once it was completely gone, Rose let go. I handed her a blood bag.
"You need some sleep." I said
I grabbed Damon's hand, and pulled him out of the room.
"Come on we have to find a vampire for Liz." I said
We left the house, we drove outside of Mystic Falls and quickly found someone. Damon staked them and we drove back to town. We called Liz and told her to meet us in the woods. We wait a little while and see Liz pull up and get out of the car. We get out and open the trunk.
"Here's your vampire." Damon said
The vampire we found is in the trunk. The sheriff is more than surprised.
"How did you find him?" Liz asked
"It doesn't matter. What matter is that it's over." Damon said
"Thank you Damon, Nevaeh. Once again, you've helped keep this town safe." Liz said
"We'll take care of burying the body." I said
I close the trunk. I quickly set the body on fire. We drove back to the boarding house. Elena was there with Rose.
"You were supposed to leave." Damon said
"I did but then I came back to make sure that you're okay." Elena said
Elena hands Damon a glass of scotch.
"I appreciate the gesture. I'm just glad it's over." Damon said
Damon drinks it, Rose and I walk out of the room.
"You know I don't believe that." Elena said
"Go home, Elena. Get some rest. It's a whole new day tomorrow." Damon said
"Damon I'm your friend." Elena said
"I'm well aware of that." Damon said
"And a friend usually knows when their friend is hurting." Elena said
"What do you want to hear? That I cared about Rose? That I'm upset? Well I didn't and I'm not." Damon said
"There you go, pretending to turn it off, pretending not to fell. Damon, you're so close, don't give up." Elena said
"I feel Elena, okay? And it sucks! What sucks even more is that it was supposed to be me. Jules was coming after me." Damon said
"You feel guilty." Elena said
"That would be human if me, wouldn't it Elena? And I'm not human. You want to talk about giving up? That's all you've done is give up. Go home, it's been enough doom, gloom and personal growth for one night." Damon said
"Okay, I will." Elena said
Elena gives him a hug.
"Goodnight Damon." Elena said
She leaves. I come out of hiding. Damon turns around a faces me.
"Where did Rose go?" Damon asked
"To live, to have fun and be reckless." I said
Damon nods then leaves the house. I don't follow because I know he needs time. I'm about to leave the boarding house, when my hand heats up. I put it out in front of me, palm up, I scoop my hand like I'm scooping something up. The mirror appears. I sit down on the couch and watch.
A girl is driving down the road, she stops when she see a man in the road. She gets out and rushes over to him. It's Damon.
"Sir, are you okay? What happened?" the girl asked
"I'm…lost." Damon said
"And you're laying in the middle of the road?" the girl asked
"Not that kind of lost." Damon said
He sits up.
"Metaphorically, existentially." Damon said
"Do you need help?" the girl asked
"Well, yes I do. Can you help me?" Damon said
Damon takes his flask from his pocket and takes a drink.
"You're drunk." the girl said
"No. Well, yes a little maybe." Damon said
The girl starts to leave.
"No please don't leave, I really do need help." Damon said
He rushes over to her and compels her.
"Don't move." Damon said
"I don't want any trouble." she said
"Neither do I but all I got is trouble." Damon said
"Why can't I move?" the girl asked
Damon takes another drink from his flask, then puts a hand on her shoulder.
"What's your name?" Damon asks
"Jessica." Jessica said
"Hi Jessica. I have a secret, I have a big one and I never said it out loud. I mean, what's the point? It's not gonna change anything, it's not gonna make me good, make me adopt a puppy. I can't be what other people want me to be, what she wants me to be. This is who I am, Jessica." Damon said
"Are you gonna hurt me?" Jessica asks
"I'm not sure because you are my existential crisis. Do I kill you or do I not kill you?" Damon asks
"Please don't." Jessica said
I put the mirror away, and orb to them.
"But I have to, Jessica because I'm not human and I miss it. I miss it more than anything in the world. That is my secret but there is only so much hurt a man can take." Damon said
"Pleas, don't." Jessica said
Damon cries. He looks up and sees me, I smile.
"Okay. Compels her) Forget everything I just said, your free to go." Damon said
She walks to her car, gets in and drives away. I walk up to Damon. I hug him, he cries even more.
"Come on lets get you home." I said
He nods, I orb us back the boarding house, I help him upstairs and into bed.
"Get some sleep Damon you've had a long day." I said
I go to leave the room but he is in front of me. He step towards me, I step back. We keep doing this till the back of my knees meets the bed. I look back at it then back to Damon, who is now inches from my face.
"You let Rose bite you." Damon said
"I did." I said
Damon close the space and kisses me, I fight an battle inside my head. I know this means nothing to him and nothing to me, but I feel like my cheating. In the end I kiss back. Damon pulls away and pushes me back on to the bed, and then he's kissing me again.