Previously on the Vampire Diaries:
Sophie's POV
Why was Klaus calling me?
"Hello."
"Sophie is Lana with you?" he sounded like he was on the verge of a panic attack.
"No I'm having supper with Stefan and Damon. Isn't she at home?"
"No I just got here and it's empty I tried calling her but she didn't answer."
"Calm down she is probably just mad at you and ignoring your call," I said although on the inside I was freaking out.
"Stefan call Lana," I said.
He dialed her number and shook his head when she didn't answer.
"Klaus meet us at the boarding house we are on our way there," I said.
SOPHIE'S POV
I shoved my chair back. Damon threw some money on the table as I ran from the restaurant.
We pulled up in front of the house and Klaus was standing outside his face was tight and drawn.
I ran past him into the house, "Lana." I yelled. Stefan, Damon ran past me and started racing through the house trying to find her. Klaus looked at me his eyes begging me to let him in, "Go inside," I said. He was gone in a blur. I pulled out my phone and dialed her number. Stefan ran into his room and came out holding her phone.
I could hear the three of them storming through the house. I felt like I was going to be sick and fall over. We had done our best to keep her safe and now she was gone. I knew it was Mikael or Katherine behind this. I scrolled through my phone and dialed Katherine.
She answered with a bored sounding, "What is it now?"
"What did you do with Lana?" I screamed.
"What? Nothing, I haven't seen her since Chicago. What's going on?"
"She's gone we can't find her."
"How long has she been gone?"
"I don't know we just noticed she was missing a few minutes ago."
The front door slammed shut behind me. I spun to see Lana looking bedraggled, exhausted and furious.
LANA'S POV
All the lights were on in the boarding house as I walked up. I opened the door and Sophie was standing there.
"We just noticed she was missing a few minutes ago," she said into her phone.
I had been missing almost all fucking day and they just noticed. I slammed the front door as hard as I could; Sophie spun and stared at me with her mouth hanging open.
"Lana," she cried and I could hear the relief in her tone.
I heard a whooshing noise and I put my hands up in a stop gesture. Klaus was in front of me with Damon and Stefan flanking him.
"What happened are you alright?" Klaus asked as he tried to pull me into a hug. I shoved him back. Rage coursing through me.
"No I am not alright. Mikael took me fucking hostage. I have been held at gun point all day and the worst part is that you just noticed that I was gone. I had to walk back into town because I don't have my phone and Mikael ripped the phone's out of Gladys' walls so now I have to replace them and I had to walk ten damn miles to this god forsaken house. I have blisters all over my feet and I am just done….done."
I had started my speech in a quiet deadly voice but by the time I finished I was yelling and the four of them were flinching backwards.
A loud silence filled the room once I stopped yelling.
"Who's Gladys?" Damon whispered loudly.
I glared at him and I heard the loud smack as Sophie backhanded him in the chest.
"Lana I am so sorry…I don't even know what to say," Sophie said quietly.
I glared at all of them.
"Lana," Klaus said. "Let's just go home and I'll take care of you."
He was going to take care of me the same guy who said I had to stay behind to make sure I was safe.
"I just want to go to bed," I said.
Klaus stepped towards me and the door. I pushed past him and the other three and headed for the stairs. My foot had hit the first tread when I heard Damon chuckling, "I can't believe she was held hostage by a woman named Gladys."
That was the last straw I turned and ran at him. I wasn't sure what my plan was but all I saw was red. Damon blurred out of my reach.
"Really Damon you are such a chicken shit," I yelled. I was mad and I thought I was going to cry so I just fled up the stairs and into Stefan's room slamming the door behind me. I took a few deep breaths and started searching through my bags until I found some pajamas. I had a shower and crawled into bed.
SOPHIE'S POV
"Someone should go talk to her," Damon said.
I assumed he was talking to Klaus but when I looked up all three of them were staring right at me.
"I'll go." I said.
I walked up the stairs and cautiously opened the door to Stefan's room. Nothing came flying at me and she didn't yell so I entered and closed the door quietly behind me.
"Lana?" I said softly.
There was no reply. She was in the bed with her back towards me facing the wall. I knew I needed to do something drastic and that had up until this point been a no fail in fixing our friendship when we would have disagreements.
I crawled onto the bed and flopped on top of her.
"Lana you need to smile," I sang cheerily.
"Come one let's see a smile," I said as she rolled so she was looking up at me.
"Get off of me Sophie," Lana said tiredly.
"Not until you cheer up we are all sorry and we love you."
"I said get off of me," she screamed.
I wasn't sure what happened but I was suddenly smacking loudly against the floor. Then I realized she had actually tossed me into the air and off the bed. I looked up at her and she was rolled the other way. I was shocked and didn't know what to do but I figured it would be a good time to leave. I got up and headed for the door. I glanced back at her once as I opened the door and backed into the hall. I turned around and Stefan, Damon, and Klaus were all standing there.
"What happened?" Damon asked.
"Klaus have you been giving her vampire blood because she threw me up in the air," I said.
"I'll go and talk to her," Klaus said.
"No, no, no," I stopped him. "I have never seen her this mad," I looked at the three of them I knew she would just rip Klaus a new one if he went in there so I surveyed Stefan. She had grown oddly attached to him but he wouldn't be able to reach her.
"Damon go talk to her," I instructed him.
"What, why me?
"Because it has to be you," I said.
He looked around as if trying to find a reason to avoid this but then he looked like he was steeling himself then he charged into the room closing the door behind him.
LANA'S POV
I heard the quiet steps of someone who could only be a vampire.
"Get out Klaus I don't want to talk to you," I said quietly.
"Ouch I'm hurt that you could mistake my good looks for him," Damon said as he walked to the edge of the bed and sat down in front of me.
"Get out Damon."
"No we need to talk."
"Hey maybe you should have wanted to talk to me earlier, oh yeah that's right I was missing and you geniuses didn't even know."
I rolled to face the other way but before my head was back on the pillow he had changed sides and was looking at me.
"Can you just leave? Please," I said.
"No I can't."
"Why?"
"Because Sophie sent me in here to talk to you so let's talk."
"Do you always do what Sophie says?"
Damon smiled, "Only when I have to."
"Whatever she has you so whipped."
"Well I didn't come in here to talk about me."
"Well I just want to sleep so get out."
"No I refuse to do that. While you are in here being sad your hybrid freak is in my house and I can't have that. So perk up and go home."
I had just had an awful day and this was not the time for him to start this fight. I sat up quickly.
"See look at that you are already feeling better," Damon exclaimed triumphantly.
"Damon stop! You guys constantly bitch about Klaus and how awful he is but do you know what he knows Rebekah is in the basement and has he once tried to go and get her. He took care of Sophie all night so that Mikael couldn't hurt her. You make him out to be so terrible for going after Elena but at least there is a reason for it, what was the reason for killing Vickie Donovan, or compelling Caroline, or you just being your usual douche bag self. What you did was because you were pissed at Stefan for changing you. So you ruined all of those people's lives for revenge when really they had no bearing on Stefan's life at all that was just your pathetic excuse. So stop with the judgements and get the fuck out of this room." I said with as much vehemence as I could muster.
Damon didn't say anything he just stood up and left
SOPHIE'S POV
I was leaning against the stair railing when Damon came walking out.
"How did it go?" I asked.
Damon pulled a face, "Not good."
"That's an understatement she destroyed you," Stefan smiled.
"What did she say?" I asked.
"Nothing," Damon said quickly.
"Should we just let her sleep it off?" Stefan asked.
I thought about the one thing that Lana always turned to in a moment of crises.
"I've got it," I cried gleefully as I went down the stairs.
They followed me to the kitchen.
"We are going to make her a cake."
"Don't be silly, that won't work," Damon laughed.
"Yes it will. It's a grand gesture and it's a cake Lana loves both of those things," I replied knowingly.
I started digging through the cupboards. I settled on a raspberry chocolate cake. I found everything I needed and started mixing it up.
"Can one of you make the icing?" I asked.
I looked up and all three of them were standing awkwardly on the other side of the island watching me work.
"Okay all of us love Lana and yet I'm the only one actually doing anything. Can you tell me why that is," I snapped at them.
Stefan looked at me, "I have no idea how to make icing."
I explained the basics and he got to work.
Damon and Klaus stood on opposite sides of the kitchen. Damon kept shooting malevolent glances at Klaus.
I put the cake into the oven and we sat around waiting for it to finish and then for it to cool.
"Am I supposed to just leave the icing white?" Stefan asked
"Lana bought food colouring," I replied.
"Is purple okay with everyone?" Damon asked.
"Make it yellow it's her favorite colour," Klaus answered before I could say almost exactly that.
I watched Stefan smear icing around in clumps and it was driving me nuts to watch him destroy the cake I had laboured to create. I kicked them out until it came to writing on it.
"Who has the nicest writing here?" I called out.
Damon was the winner so he came over and we thought of what to put on it.
I decided on 'We're sorry'.
"Put some vampire fangs on it," I instructed. I knew Lana would love that.
We walked up the stairs and I could see the others bracing for the worst before we walked in.
LANA'S POV
I was sound asleep and I woke up when I felt someone shake me.
"Wake up lady," Sophie insisted.
I blinked a couple of times and sat up. Sophie was sitting next to me and Klaus was on my other side. Damon and Stefan were standing at the foot of the bed.
What was going on, I pondered then I looked down at the most hilarious cake I had ever seen.
"Did you guys make this for me?" I couldn't help the smile that was spreading across my face.
"I did most of the work," Damon sighed.
"Thank you Sophie I know this was you're doing," I said. "I can tell because of the fangs."
Klaus passed me a plate with cake on it.
"We forgot to grab forks," Sophie said as she waved at Damon to go collect some.
"We can eat without them," I said as I picked up some cake.
"Are you sure?" Klaus said.
"Certainly."
He sat down next to me.
This whole scenario had a dream like quality to it with Klaus being in the boarding house and nobody was fighting and it was just peaceful.
I saw how close Sophie and Klaus were to me and I just couldn't help myself I picked up my cake.
"I love you guys." I smiled before wiping cake across their faces.
I laughed at their expressions. Sophie collected herself first and returned the assault by rubbing her plate full of cake across my face and into my hair. I laughed as I wiped cake out of my eyes and smeared it on the bedding.
"Hey take it easy." Stefan chided us.
"Settle down Professor Sexy Pants." I quipped in a British accent.
"Yeah don't get you panties in a bunch Professor." Sophie added.
"Please stop calling me that." Stefan begged.
I grabbed more cake and threw it at him while Sophie targeted Damon who avoided most of the attack.
"Your accents are terrible." Klaus laughed.
"Pipe down you," I said as I wiped more cake on him and threw more at Stefan.
"Why did we have to make a cake for you when you didn't even eat it?" Stefan asked.
"Oh professor I can't explain such mysteries."
"Why do you keep calling him that?" Damon asked.
"It's his nickname." Sophie said as if he was dense.
"Do we all have nicknames?" Klaus asked looking a little worried.
"No."
I glanced at Sophie and she mouthed the words 'duck face'. I started laughing.
I looked at the cake that was mostly destroyed now.
"What kind of cake did you bake me?"
"Chocolate raspberry." Sophie said.
"Ritzy," I replied. "I bet it was delicious."
I grabbed Klaus shirt and pulled him to me and licked the cake I had smeared on his cheek.
"That is delicious cake," I exclaimed.
"I can't believe you just did that." Sophie burst out, "I thought the most embarrassing thing you could ever do in front of me was that time you told Andrew that you wanted to lick Robert Pattinson's face when we just met him for the first time."
"Ex-boyfriend Andrew?" Damon asked.
"But no that was far worse I can't believe you did that." Sophie continued as if Damon hadn't even talked.
"Whatever Andrew was into it," I said as I crawled over Klaus and stood up.
"What are you doing?" Stefan asked as I dug out a pair of jeans and a clean shirt.
"I need to go home," I answered.
I knew that they had banded together for me but this weird reality where they tolerated each other couldn't keep going. I knew it was time for me and Klaus to leave. I walked into the bathroom and changed and removed as much cake from my hair as I could without having a shower. I walked back out and Klaus and Stefan were the only ones left.
"I need to go talk to Sophie," I said.
I walked into her room and she was sitting on the bed.
"I've come to bid you adieu," I said as I sat down next to her. I realized that I wouldn't get to see Sophie nearly as much. This is the last time I would stay at the boarding house and I knew she wouldn't come to visit me at my new home. I felt tears welling up in my eyes.
"Are you crying?" Sophie laughed.
"Yes."
"Why you get to go home with old duck face and you don't have to give him up or have him leave you again. You should be celebrating."
"I know, but I'm going to miss this."
"Lana you aren't moving across the country you're only a few minutes away," Sophie said.
"But things won't be like this ever again," I said as tears slipped down my cheeks.
Sophie gave me a quick hug, "You'll be fine and you can have sleepovers," she said sagely.
I gave a watery chuckle
"You should go and say good bye to Stefan," Sophie said.
I gave her a final squeeze and then went back into the hallway. Damon was leaning against the wall.
"Why Mr. Salvatore were you waiting for me?" I asked. I assumed his answer was that he was waiting for me to get out of his room.
"I was."
"Don't worry I'm taking Klaus out of your house… I'm sorry about what I said earlier," I said.
"I've heard worse," he laughed.
I hugged him impulsively.
"Are you sure you want to go with him?" he asked.
"You always seem to say something along those lines and I always leave. I'm going to ask Klaus to lift Stefan's compulsion. I don't know if he will do it, but I'll try. Now go and see to your woman," I shoved him towards his room.
I walked back into Stefan's room he and Klaus were still there.
"Stefan would you mind taking my stuff outside I need to talk to Klaus for a second," I said.
He grabbed my stuff and took off out the door.
"I want you to lift his compulsion," I said figuring it was better to get straight to the point.
"Why?"
"Because he has done everything you ask and in the original plan you lift his compulsion when he stops Damon from killing you."
Klaus still didn't look convinced.
"Stefan's earned this. He took care of me for almost the whole summer and trust me that was a full time job."
I opened my mouth to try a new tactic but Klaus cut across me, "Fine I'll do it."
"Thank you," I said as I hugged him. "Tell him to come talk to me when you're done."
Klaus nodded as he grabbed my last bag off the floor and headed down the stairs.
I sat down on the bed and wondered how we had gotten cake on the ceiling. Stefan came through the door. His whole demeanour was different and I could see that Klaus had followed through.
"I'm not cleaning this up," I said as I gestured to the mess.
Stefan smirked.
"How are you feeling?" I asked.
"Different. I assume this is your doing," he said as he sat down next to me.
"I just put in a good word for you."
We sat there quietly for a few minutes. I felt tears building up again. I had gone through several emotional melt downs in this room and I had been with Stefan almost constantly for the whole summer and that was finished. Now that he was free there was no way he was going to come to Klaus' on purpose. I felt Stefan's hand slip into mine.
"I'm going to miss you," I said
"I'll still be around."
"You'll be here. I won't be," I clarified.
"Are you and Klaus leaving town again?"
"I have no idea."
Stefan gave me a funny look, "Well you know Mystic Falls is a small place and you and Sophie need to plan her wedding so you will be here as much as ever."
Everyone kept trying to tell me how things wouldn't change but I just knew in my soul that wasn't true.
"Of course the wedding plans," I mumbled.
I brushed the tears away with my free hand, "I should go," I stood up. Stefan gathered me in a hug I wrapped my arms around him.
"You know you can always come and stay with me when you need it," Stefan said.
"I know…you love when I hog the blankets and force you to cuddle me," I cried.
Stefan chuckled, "No I love when you snore and kick me."
"I'm just a treat to be around," I sighed. "I love you Stefan."
"Love you to," he replied.
I pulled back and then walked out the door. Klaus met me at the bottom of the stairs, "Ready to go?" he asked.
"I am."
SOPHIE'S POV
"So now what happens is Lana leaving town with Klaus again," Damon asked as he dropped onto the bed.
"I don't know," I replied.
"I thought you had all the answers," Damon smiled.
"Not anymore. This is as far ahead as me and Lana saw," I said frowning slightly.
I figured it was best to give Damon this information now so that he wouldn't be reliant upon my decisions anymore.
"So this is it you saw up until the night of homecoming and now you don't know what's coming next?"
I nodded than I thought about Lana, "Damon you can't say anything us not knowing the future for Lana's sake. If she wants to tell Klaus it has to be her choice and in her own time."
"You still don't trust him do you?"
"Not at all. This will be a game changer for them. Up until now he has had a reason to keep Lana around, when he finds out she doesn't know anything he might toss her out."
"So you're saying enjoy this time because she will be back here in a week." Damon said as he pulled me against him.
"That would be wise." I smiled before I leaned in and kissed him.
"So what does this mean for us?" Damon asked me seriously his blue eyes searching my face.
I wasn't sure what he was getting at.
"Are you breaking up with me because I don't know the future?" I asked half laughingly hoping his answer was a resounding no.
"You said once you didn't know anything else I could change you," Damon said, "Have you changed your mind?"
"No but I would like to get married before you change me."
"Is it really that important?"
"Yes we will only get married once and I want to be able to enjoy it and just be focused on how much I love you and how beautiful I will look in a white dress not on trying not to kill any guests," I replied.
"I see your point. Besides I need to coerce Bonnie into making me a daylight ring for you."
"Thank god you're here because I wouldn't have thought of something like that until after," I said impressed by his ability to think ahead.
"I do what I can," Damon replied. "So what happens now?"
"I told you I don't know."
"I mean in regard to wedding stuff. I'm not really up on how those work."
I sighed because I had no idea what we needed to do either.
"I guess our best bet is to talk to Lana she can be our wedding planner. So once she knows how much time she'll need to put something together we will know what to do. But for now I guess a daylight ring and a guest list and you need to pick a best man are the only things we can do."
I got off the bed and changed into my pajamas and then crawled in next to Damon.
"So are you ready to be a married man?" I asked.
"Only if I can have a girlfriend on the side," Damon smirked.
I smacked him in the chest, "The only way you can have an extra marital affair is if it's with Lana."
"Well that won't happen," he laughed.
"I know because you two are too similar."
"That and Klaus would murder me."
We laid there quietly for a few minutes.
"So are you ready to become Sophie Salvatore?" Damon asked as he turned his head to look at me.