Kaylees POV
"That's gonna take a while," you relaxed a your muscles laying back getting somewhat comfortable sitting against the wood that made this deck.
"Lucky for you I've got all the time in the world," if someone looked at you guys now it would look like a mom reading her daughter a bedtime story. It was kind of funny. And somewhat cute.
She sighed knowing there was no way out of this which she couldn't blame you for. You had a right to know and she knew you would eventually find out anyways as more and more memories came back to you.
"First how you and I met," you folded your hands together tucking them in between your legs.
"Well we had grown up pretty close since the remains of our old houses were just across from each other. But we never really were friends. We saw each other in town I would wave to you. And you would just smile. But I always noticed you looking at these journals one of the older ladies always made. So I saved up every scrap of money so I could buy one for you. So finally I think we were 12 or 13? I had finally saved up enough to get one. So I ran all the way to town the moment I finished counting my money and bought a black one with a silver dragon pendant that hung off the spine. I'm not sure if it's in that box. But it should be. And I ran over to your house and asked if you were home. Your mother answered and nodded and told me to wait inside while she went and got you from the garden. when she came back your hair was a mess. And it looked like you had just rolled in mud but you looked happy which I envied because if I would have done that my parents would have murdered me," she smirked at the joke and you laughed which made her smile as she continued. "I handed you the journal and your eyes went wide as you took it for me. Feeling the velvet cloth that held the pages and that dragon pendant. You pressed it against your chest and almost started crying as you threw your arms around me. And we had been best friends ever since. Always having sleepovers at your house, walking to school together, always talking about what we wanted our future to be. Then I think around your 15th birthday you had convinced me to invite my brothers to your birthday party since they didn't have many friends cause let's face it my brothers are weirdos. But I did anyways and our mom agreed to let us all come which your mom was overjoyed about. But your dad did not like my brothers. I remember all day we had been decorating your whole house and your mom had pie the best baker in town to make your cake. But me and you weee also a bit of a weirdo so we didn't have much friends either. So it actually turned out to just be me, you, Damon, Stefan and your family. Which was more than fine to us. But my mom walked them over and I remember you froze and your cheeks turn the brightest red I had ever seen as they introduced themselves to you. And we all were just hanging out until you wanted to show Damon your garden. I know people have been saying this over and over. But you guys did always have this connection. Like you were made for each other, it was sweet. It was what I wanted. And then we quickly all became best friends and I thought I had fallen in love with you. But you had always told me from the day we became friends that your dad was arranging your marriage. Not that it mattered considering what they did to gay people back then. But I didn't care. I was so in love with the idea of love. I would have done anything to be with you. But then we turned 16 and you started telling me of your secret meetings with my eldest brother. And I told you that you two were gonna get caught. I swore your dad could sniff you out anywhere in the world," you nudged her with your leg as she made another stupid joke. "And sure enough you did and that's why your parents sent you away. I didn't even know until Damon told me that you had gone. Which hurt my feelings. But then Katherine came into the picture of course taking a liking to my brothers. And a weird liking to me. It made me feel weird inside I had never been with a girl not that I ever was with her. But it was a difficult situation considering how I felt about you. And how I knew you didn't feel that way towards me which is why there's such a big gap in the letters I wrote to you when you were gone. I had to beg your mom for weeks to give me the address she was so scared your father would find out. And then being the kind gal I am I eventually gave it to Stefan and Damon. You were gone for so long and missed so much. I didn't even have any idea you wouldn't be back till your wedding date with Jacob just before your 17th birthday. I honestly didn't even know that your family had friends in England and you swore you could never tell me who they were or even what you were doing out there. But honestly I was just thankful to hear from you at all. But then you came back and all hell broke loose and Katherine was captured from my brothers. And had convinced me that you were too I had no idea that they took you claiming to the hunters that you were also a vampire and you were to be taken to the tomb. But when we went to take you down that's not who we met. We met a man named Mikeal just on the edge of town. That seemed real interested in you for whatever reason. But Damon said we would have enough time to go back to the old church grab Katherine and then come back for you. But clearly that didn't happen. When we finally tracked Katherine down she was in a locked carriage our father had followed us and shot all 3 of us while they took her away. And I woke up in the meadow near the quarry feelings so strange. Like I was hungry but nothing I normally loved seemed even remotely delicious in fact just the thought made me throw up several times. But then Emily found me with Stefan and told me I was transitioning and that I needed to feed on human blood in order to survive. That she promised Katherine that the 3 of us would survive and Stefan threw down an unconscious body in front of me, some distance traveler caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. I looked at Damon who was still passed out and I couldn't help myself so I fed becoming what I am today. Frozen at 16 for the rest of my existence. But then I remembered what we did to you and I ran back as fast as I could to try and save you. But by the time I got there you were long dead, the man had torn your heart straight out of your chest but Emily spelled your body and put you into our family krypt or whatever you call it. But no one knew about the reincarnation spell. Not who put it on you or what it even meant not until we realized that your body wasn't decaying. You still looked alive I guess. So we spent years tracking down different witches trying to figure out what it meant. Till we came across one, Lavender. Who said the story seemed strangely familiar to one her great grandmother would tell her. But under her coven laws she couldn't give out her name. Everytime you asked her what it was she would just redirect a question at you. But she did tell me it sounded like a reincarnation spell which is not easy to do. And my brothers figured it to be a dead end and gave up and we all split up but I never stopped looking which is why we at least have the basics but still don't know the extent or even what it means fully. But I'm hoping to find all the answers for you osoon. I am trying it's just a lot of my leads went cold about 60 years ago," she seemed out of breath but her energy seemed relieved like she was happy to get all that weight off her chest.
"That's because she isn't the first reincarnation at least as far as I know. I found a girl who looked exactly like you about 60 years ago. She died on her 17th birthday in a car accident which is how after some research I realized your birthday must have something to do with it. Which is why I told Damon to save you now," Stefan finished for her as he stepped out from the threshold of the house.
You glanced over at him wanting to be angry with him. But you weren't. In fact you didn't feel anything but happy to see him. Like you were seeing the same little boy you had met all those years ago. "Look Kaylee I know we had no right to do what we did to you. And I know it was the biggest betrayal which is why we understand if you hate us and want nothing to do with us."
"And we will leave if that's what you want," Damon interrupted walking around till he was standing in front of you and Charlie.
"Can I talk to her alone?" He looked at his you see siblings who then looked at you.
"We will finish this later," you beamed cupping her hands with yours and you turned giving Stefan a small smile as they walked back inside.
You turned your eyes back to Damon and he watched him soften into a puddle. "Are you okay? Truly?" He asked taking Charlie's seat next to you.
"It's not okay that you guys used me and betrayed me. But I'm different now. I would be a hypocrite if I hated you guys for something like that when I'm sure I wasn't always the greatest person to you either. We're different people now," you assured not sure how long this blissful happiness and forgiveness was going to last but appreciating it even more knowing it wasn't forever. You took his hand in yours and laid your head in the crook of his neck.
"I'm glad you have Kyle. He's good for you," he laid his head on top of yours brushing his finger on the outline of your hand.
"You'll get her back D," you assured looking at the forest coming to life the more the sun rose warming all the trees and animals from their good nights sleep.
"What if she doesn't want me?" Your heart broke hearing the sadness in his voice. The kinda that only comes from a person who always does everything they can for someone just for them to chose someone else. The kinda of person that's always the last choice.
"Damon Arturo Salvatore," you sat up and looked at him. His eyes darted to you hearing his middle name. "Yes I remember your full name don't look at me like that," you stuck your tongue out at him.
"Are you sure you're okay?" He asked again after he settled down from his laugh attack.
"I feel okay. I can't remember the whole night but it comes back in pieces. I'm hoping the training will help and chaining myself up in Kyles basement will help insure i don't hurt anyone, Logan Fell flashed across your eyes. You found him last night outside of the warehouse. And then him torn apart.
"Logan.." you muttered and Damon leaned forward grabbing your hands. "Did I?" You looked at him and he just nodded softly and you bursted into laughter.
"Definitely not funny but I can't stop laughing," you managed to get out through the brief pauses in your giggles.
You took a deep breath collecting yourself, "Okay I'm done," you half laughed and he just smiled at you. It was great seeing him smile something you hadn't seen in awhile.
"If Katherine as much as I don't like her can't see how great of a guy you are. Then she doesn't deserve you. And I know it's been hard for you but if it's not her you have an enternity to wait for your soulmate," you assured bumping your shoe against his boot.
Damon's POV
Hearing her say those words you just wanted to pull her into your lap and kiss the crap out of her. Kiss her and show her how much you've missed her the last 150 years. How sorry you were. She was your soulmate you didn't need to go searching again. She was sitting right in front of you. And one lifetime with her, even as a werewolf that seems to prefer vampires. It would be worth more than a hundred lifetimes without her searching for something you already had. You would never find another her. No matter how far and wide you searched. She was everything you wanted. But you needed to figure out this Katherine stuff and she needed to figure out her wolf stuff. But you knew this wasn't the end. You belonged together. Her boyfriend. Husband. Best friend. Protecter. Whatever she needed you were gonna be.
"I'm starving," she leaned over and kissed your cheek before walking inside. Man she even looked like she did back then. You caught your lip between your teeth thinking about all the naughty things you did to her back then. I mean for gods sake you guys lost your virginity to each other. Speaking of which it's been awhile since you had rubbed that in Stefan's face you grimaced.
You grabbed the railing to the stairs and pulled yourself up heading back inside when you realized wolf boy was sitting across the back decks couch.
"If you've got something to say wolf. I have things to do and being around you isn't pleasant," you turned to him as his green eyes looked up to you.
"Trust me Damon the feeling is mutual," he stood standing next to you.
"But I figured you and I needed to have a chat," he stopped facing you it was weird that he was about the same height as you.
"About what? I'm a busy man," You asked as he continued to stare you down.
"I just wanted to remind you that Kaylee is with me. And I know you two have a history that I'll never understand. But I will do anything to protect her and allow her to figure out all that's happened to her and what her supernatural destiny is. And if you hurt her again I will not hesitate to come after you or your siblings the next full moon. And trust me for both of our sakes you don't want that," he growled in your face seeming unfazed that you could reach inside his chest and kill him instantly with how close he was.
"No need to play the insecure puppy card. I'm glad she has you. You guys share more in common than we do. And you can help her more than I can right now," you were trying to keep your cool. Be a better person for once.
You grabbed his jacket punning him against the side of the house, "but if she wanted to be with me right now I wouldn't stop her. And the great thing about being a vampire is I don't need a full moon. So I would think twice before acting all big and bag when I can kill you in 2 seconds flat," you smiled letting go of his jacket and smoothing out the wrinkles you had created before turning to head inside.
"How many more times do you think she'll forgive you for breaking her heart? For betraying her? For everything you did with Katherine? You open that tomb Damon you will never get her," he side stepped you. "Katherine is what stands in your way between where you are now and being happy with her. I would hope you chose wisely," he brushed past you back into your house. It seemed wolf boy knew a little more about his history than he was letting on as well.
