a/n: Sorry it took me so long to update. I was writing a new story and I like to write a few chapters before I continue on with my other stories. I will try to update at least once a week from now on. Maybe more. This chapter is just them figuring out what to do. I hope you enjoy it. There will be more action and drama in the future chapters. Keep reading and reviewing. I love the reviews. :))))

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Kylie walks out of the room she was using the next morning and down to the kitchen. She listens briefly to her surroundings and hears silence. She smiles to herself. She loved to be the first one up. She walks over to the coffee pot and turns it on. She speeds down to the basement to get some blood and speeds back up. She pours it into a glass and drinks it while staring out at the yard.

Bella walks in, "Oh. Hey." She takes a deep breath before she continues, "Listen, I want to apologize for last night. I might have overreacted a little and stepped over the boundaries of our relationship. I just don't want the same thing to happen to you that happened to me."

Kylie smiles, "I get it. And maybe it is a bad idea, but I have to figure out why I feel so connected to him. When I looked at him, I mean really looked at him, it was like I had found something that I have been searching for my whole life. That sounds stupid."

Bella shakes her head, "No, it doesn't. I felt that way when I met Damon. I just want you to be careful. Klaus is a…scary guy. Sometimes he act before he thinks and those actions can end up hurting someone. But if he makes you happy I shouldn't get in the way."

Kylie walks over and hugs her, "That is all I ask. And thank you. For looking out for me. I will be careful. I promise."

Bella grins and pulls back, "Good. Now let's drink some coffee."

They laugh and talk until the rest of the house wakes up and join them. Damon sits next to Bella with his cup of coffee. Stefan and Elena enter a couple minutes later and sit across from them.

Bella looks at the two of them, "So what are we going to do about this sire bond?"
Elena's eyes widen and she looks down, uncomfortable, "I don't know. Ignore it?"
Bella laughs, "Honey, if it were that easy I wouldn't be so worried about it. But…the sire bond is more than that. You will start to feel jealous. And a jealous vampire is way more dangerous than a jealous human."

Stefan broods into his cup of coffee, "So, if what you are saying is true, then Elena no longer loves me. She is all about Damon."
Bella shakes her head, "No, of course not. She does love you Stefan. But since she is sired to Damon the love she has for him will overpower."

Elena sighs heavily, "But how? I had feelings for Damon that were love once, but since you came and he fell in love with you…I thought they had gone away."
Damon smirks, "It is hard to get over me."

Bella elbows him in the stomach, "Shut up. You pushed them back out of respect for me. And because at the time you loved Stefan more."

Kylie frowns, "You said you could get rid of the sire bond with me if I had it. Why can't you get rid of hers?"
Bella looks over at her daughter, "The sire bond that the hybrids have to Klaus is gratitude. They don't have to turn anymore. If you had finished your first shift you would understand that pain and be sired. With Elena…its love that sires her."

Elena takes a drink of her coffee, "So what do I do? I don't want to be sired. I love Stefan. I want to be with him."

Bella considers, "Do you? Or are you settling for him because Damon is with me? These are the questions you have to ask yourself. Who did you really love in your human life? Maybe if you confront these emotions you will be able to find your answer."

Stefan runs his hand through his hair, "But how will she know? If she is sired to him wouldn't she love him more?"

Bella nods, "Which is why we need some witchy interference. Since Bonnie doesn't have her powers anymore, we are going to have to find someone else."

Elena shakes her head, "No. Bonnie said she got her powers back or some form of them."

Bella frowns, "What form? There is only one way she would be able to do that and that is a darkness every witch should stay away from."

Damon coughs, "What do you mean 'darkness'? It can't be that dangerous if she is in control of it."

Bella laughs bitterly, "You don't understand. The type of power we are talking about is expression. More powerful than anything. She can try to control it but eventually it will consume her. Make her into something she never wanted to be. Giving someone that much power is dangerous and can possibly end up with her dying." She glances at her daughter apologetically, "That is why the original witch put the curse on Klaus. Him, being an indestructible hybrid gave him way too much power over everyone. He let that power control him into becoming the monster he is today."

Kylie bites her lip, "That makes sense. It's the same with bullies in school, nothing compared to vampires and witches, but still the same. They feel they are bigger and stronger. The more popularity they have the more they feel like they can control everyone around them and have people fear them. No matter what race you are a part of there is always a power struggle."

Bella smiles, "Exactly. They all start out like the rest of us. Good people. Give them an edge and it goes straight to their head. Bonnie can't use this power."

Elena looks up, "The cure." All heads turn to her, "That's how I will get rid of this sire bond. If I am human it would go away."

Bella raises a brow, "It would, but finding the cure means finding Silas. Are you sure you want to do that? He is more dangerous than anything we have ever faced."

Elena nods, "I have to. I can't sort out my feelings like this. Not with the sire bond clouding everything."

Bella closes her eyes and sighs, "You know how I feel about the cure. But it might be best for you. You still have a chance at a normal human life, Elena. No offense to Stefan here, but I would reconsider who I fall in love with if you get the cure if I were you."

Elena frowns, "But I love Stefan. I want to be with him."

Bella looks at her sympathetically, "Do you want to be a vampire?"

Elena shakes her head, "I never wanted this."

Bella stands up, "Then you can't be with Stefan. It will end in heartbreak for you and everyone around you. Vampires aren't good company to have. Trust me."

She walks out of the room. Damon laughs, "She is right. Vampires really do love to cause trouble." With that he leaves.

Elena tries to consider everything that Bella said. She knew she was right, but what could she do? She was the idiot who fell in love with two vampires.