Disclaimer: I don't own The Vampire Diaries! If I did it would be hell of lot more gay.
Elena walked into the kitchen and saw John on the floor, bleeding badly. For just a second, she considered leaving him there but decided against it. She rushed over and pulled her outer shirt over her head to use to stop the blood flow, leaving her in her white tank top.
She quickly called 911 and puts it on speaker as she pushed her shirt against the stab wound in his stomach.
"911. What's your emergency?" The female operator answered on the other end.
"Hi, I need an ambulance to 2104 Maple Street." Elena said as calmly as possible. "My uncle has been stabbed and his fingers cut off."
"An ambulance is on the way, Miss." The operator told her. "Is the attacker still in the house?"
"I don't know." Elena said and tried to look around as she kept pressure on the wound.
"Behind you." John whispered.
"What?" Elena looked at John who looked behind her in fear.
"Behind you." John said again.
"Miss, is the attacker still in the house?" The operator asked a little more urgently.
"I think so." Elena admitted.
"Miss, you need to get out of the house, okay?" The operator urged her.
"I can't." Elena denied. "I have managed to wrap uncle John's hand tightly but if I let go of the pressure on the stab wound the chance of him bleeding out gets higher."
"No!" John tried to shift but before he could do anything Elena saw a blur threw the corner of her eye and then she felt a burning pain on the back of her right shoulder blade.
"Ouch!" Elena called out and then she felt something run down her back.
"Miss!" The operator called out. "Are you alright, Miss?!"
"I'm fine." Elena said even though she knew she was bleeding. 'Why would Kathrine hurt her? She hadn't in the show.' Elena thought to herself.
A few seconds later the door is forced open and several police officers come in with their guns drawn. Two of them come over to Elena and John. "You are safe now."
Everything went quickly after that, John was bundled into the ambulance and taken to the hospital, even as the paramedics did a quick fix on Elenas shoulder with instructions to get to the hospital as quickly as possible to get stitches.
When Stefan and Damon arrived, the officers tried to keep them from waling up to the house but Elena called out to them. "They are okay."
"What happened?" Damon asked worriedly as the three of them walked into the house.
"I was talking to Jeremy on the phone when I came home, then I hung up and walked into the kitchen where I found uncle John." Elena explained.
"What do you mean you talked to Jeremy on the phone when you come home?" Damon asked confused. "I was talking with you on the porch earlier."
"Damon, I haven't seen you since we split up at the town square." Elena told him.
"But…" Damon looked adorably confused at first then the look in his eyes turned dark as he spat out, "Kathrine! I should have known."
"What?" Stefan asked.
"I went over here earlier to thank Elena for saving my life." Damon explained. "I talked to who I thought to be Elena for a while, but something felt off."
"Felt off how?" Elena asked.
"She talked about how there might be good in me even though I know Elena doesn't really care if I'm good or bad as long as I'm happy and her friends and family are safe." Damon groaned. "But what really should have tipped me off that it wasn't Elena was the kiss."
"She kissed you?" Stefan gapped at him.
"Yes." Damon mumbled awkwardly, then he turned to Elena. "Do you want some blood to heal the wound?"
"I would love to but I can't." Elena groaned.
"Why not?" Stefan looked at her.
"Because way too many people saw my wound and the paramedics said that they would leave an order or something at the hospital so I'll get seen to as soon as I arrive." Elena explained with a shrug, which made her wince.
"Okay, fine." Damon looked worried but tried to hide it.
"Could you drive me to the hospital?" Elena asked hopefully.
"Yeah, come on." Damon smiled at her.
"I'll stay here and clean up the blood." Stefan offered as Elena and Damon started to leave.
"Thank you, Stefan." Elena smiled gratefully at him. "Can you call Jeremy to? Tell him about what has happened but make sure he stays at Anna's tonight."
"Sure, but you do know that he is very protective off you and might not listen?" Stefan smirked.
"So, tell Anna to tie him to the bed or something." Elena laughed and left.
XOXOXOX
"Hey, Sheriff Liz." Elena smiled softly as she and walked up to the front desk at the hospital were Liz stood. "How is Caroline?"
"She's in surgery, it's…they're doing everything they can." Liz told them.
"Elena Gilbert?" A doctor called out.
"You stay here with Sheriff Liz." Elena smiled at Damon and walked over to the doctor.
Getting stitches sucked, Elena decided as she sat on the bed. Why the fuck did they have to dig around with the fucking needle filled with local anesthesia? Elena gritted her teeth in pain and sat still as she let the doctor stich her up.
"Bonnie." Elena walked over to Bonnie after the doctor was finally done. "How's Caroline?
"She's weak and they don't know if she's going to make it." Bonnie sobbed.
"Is there a spell you can do or something?" Elena asked as she pulled Bonnie in to a hug. She was still slightly mad at her for the whole fake dispelling of the device but Elena figured that Bonnie had made up for it by helping save Damon.
"She doesn't know how, do you?" Damon asked as he walked over to them.
"No, I don't." Bonnie admitted.
"No, you don't because it took Emily years to learn a spell like that." Damon hummed a tiny bit mockingly.
"Well, I can take down a vampire, that spell was easy to learn." Bonnie glared at Damon.
"I can give Caroline some blood." Damon offered, completely ignoring Bonnie.
"Do you promise to teach her if she dies with your blood in her?" Elena looked at Damon imploringly.
"I promise." Damon looked at her seriously.
"Do it." Bonnie said before Elena could and then she walked away without another glance at either Damon or Elena.
"How are you, really?" Damon asked quietly.
"My shoulder feels a bit tight but it doesn't hurt." Elena smiled softly at him.
"Elena, I came as soon as I got your message. How are you?" Jenna walked up to her niece and pulled her into a hug. Then she added as an afterthought, "How's John?"
"I'm okay. Don't know about John though." Elena hugged back. "Where have you been?"
"At the fire department, I had to fill out a report." Jenna looked at her weirdly. "I told you earlier."
"No, you didn't." Elena denied.
"Yes, I did." Jenna argued.
"No, you didn't." Damon sighed. "You told Kathrine."
"Wait, Kathrine as in the one who turned you and Stefan, that Kathrine?" Jenna asked, wide eyed.
"Precisely." Damon nodded.
"I know you all explained to me that she looked like Elena but that is just freaky." Jenna shuddered.
"So, the bitch is back, back again, Kathrine's back, tell a friend." Elena started to hum and nod along to a beat only she could hear.
"Come on, let's go see John." Jenna laughed and led Elena away by the arm.
"Bye, bye, Day-Day." Elena called back, feeling all floaty. "Aunty I think the pain medilations…medicalations…meds have started to kick in."
"You don't say." Jenna laughed.
Two hours later Elena and Damon were back at home while Jenna stayed a while longer at the hospital.
"Stefan!" Elena bounced her way into the Gilbert house. "Why are you on the floor?"
"Are you okay?" Stefan looked at her curiously.
"Oh, yeah, they gave me the good stuff." Elena smiled dopily. "I am high as a kite."
"There was a bit of a mix up at the hospital and Elena got stronger pain medication than she actually needed." Damon explained with a small smile, then he frowned. "What happened?"
"Kathrine happened." Stefan sighed.
"What did she want?" Elena asked as she slowly spun around. "More of my clothes?"
"She didn't say." Stefan shrugged.
"Woman certainly knows how to make an entrance." Damon shook his head.
"She said she fooled one of us, at least." Stefan smirked. "Not knowing we actually talk to each other and figured her out earlier."
"She's an idiot." Elena giggled and fell.
"Let's get you to bed." Damon, who caught her, chuckled.
"My knight in shining fangs." Elena gushed and giggled.
"You are very giggly when your high." Stefan laughed as he followed his brother when he carried Elena to her room.
"Why did she hurt me?" Elena mumbled as Damon put her down on her bed. "That was very mean."
"I don't know Elena." Damon stroke her hair.
"She's been invited in." Stefan pointed out. "What are we going to do about that?"
"I would say move but…" Damon shrugged.
"Yeah, we can move to Hawaii!" Elena giggled tiredly. "I've always wanned to go there."
"I promise to take you one day." Damon smiled as Elena fell asleep.
XOXOXOX
The next morning Elena woke up with a groan, her shoulder aching but at least she wasn't high anymore.
"You okay, Lena?" Jeremy came in to her room from the bathroom when he heard her groan.
"I'm fine, my shoulder is just a little achy." Elena smiled as she sat up.
"I'm so happy that you are okay." Jeremy walked over and pulled Elena into a tight hug. "And next time, know that you can leave uncle John to die to save yourself."
"Noted." Elena laughed. "Damon promised me a sip of his blood today to heal my shoulder."
"You coming with me and Jenna to the mayors wake, memorial, thing later?" Jeremy asked as he pulled back.
"Yeah, I'm driving. I'm just going to the hospital with Stefan to talk to uncle John, who is technically my sperm donor, and find out what he knows about Kathrine." Elena shrugged. "And on the point of Kathrine who looks freakily like me, if I don't snap my fingers twice when we meet up, just assume it's not me."
"Sounds good in the short run but what about later?" Jeremy hummed saving the whole 'Uncle John is Elenas biological father' thing for later.
"I'm trying to come up with something permanent." Elena assured. "Can you tell Jenna about the finger snap thing?"
"Sure." Jeremy chuckled as he watched his sister try and pick out some clothes for the day.
"Can I wear this today?" Elena asked him a she held up a knee length white lace dress with an open back.
"Absolutely." Jeremy smiled at her. "Maybe you could wear the high heeled shoes Lexi sent you, the white ones where the heel looks like a butterfly's wings?"
"That would work." Elena beamed. "Thanks Jere."
Around an hour later Elena and Stefan was walking towards John's hospital room.
"Ready for this?" Stefan looked at her.
"Yup." Elena smirked and walked into the room.
John panicked when he opened his eyes to see Elena and tried to press the little red button that would call the nurse, but Stefan grabbed his hand and took it away from him.
"I'm not Kathrine." Elena groaned. She would have been flattered if he had actually been scared of her, Elena, but nooo, Kathrine had to be the one, didn't she? Bitch!
"We know Kathrine did this to you." Stefan told John.
"We need to know why." Elena continued.
"Where is she?" John looked around.
"You tell us." Elena said with a raised eyebrow.
"You're too weak to play tough guy." Stefan pressed John back into the bed when he tried to get up. "Why don't you just sit back and answer some questions?"
"You won't hurt me; you value human life too much." John said as he looked at Stefan. "You're the good brother."
"Few months ago, that would have been true, but you see, Elena have been helping me with accepting myself for what I am and see humans as food." Stefan explained a little mockingly. "Plus, you tried to kill my brother. So, tell me again that I wouldn't hurt you."
"Now, what does Kathrine want?" Elena asked placing the Gilbert ring into Joh's hand.
"She'll try again; we can't help you if you don't confide in us." Stefan added when John didn't make a sound.
"In you?" John looked at Stefan in disgust.
"In your daughter then." Stefan consented.
"My daughter should have driven a stake through your heart by now." John glared and then he turned to Elena. "I never spoke with Kathrine directly, she never trusted me."
"If you wanted me to have certain views on certain things you should have raised me yourself." Elena sneered.
"So, either kill me or get out because I can't stand the sight of you with my daughter." John kept glaring at Stefan and ignored what Elena said.
"You are such a fucking hypocrite." Elena growled and stormed out.
Elena walked towards her car when Stefan caught up to her. "I just need to pick up Jenna and Jeremy at home so we can go to the Lockwoods'"
"I'll meet you there." Stefan smiled and hugged Elena.
"Hey Stefan?" Elena called out as Stefan started to walk away. "Did you have fun threatening John?"
"Absolutely." Stefan smirked at her and got into his car.
Elena was just about to get into her car when her phone rang, "Hello?"
"Elena? Where are you?" Bonnie asked from the other end.
"Bonnie, I know that I'm late, but I got a bit caught up at the hospital." Elena explained. "I'm about to get in the car now."
"If you are at the hospital, then I just met your evil twin." Bonnie muttered.
"Why can't I be the evil twin?" Elena groaned.
"Is that what you focus on?" Bonnie chuckled.
"Yep." Elena laughed. "I'll be there in fifteen minutes, tops. But be careful Bonnie."
"I'll do my best." Bonnie said as she hung up.
When Elena, Jeremy and Jenna finally made it to the Lockwoods', the place was crawling with people.
"Looks like the whole town has turned out." Jeremy commented.
"Yeah, well, he was the mayor." Elena shrugged. "And even though he was an ass, most people won't say no to free alcohol and free food."
"Elena!" Jenna tried to sound reprimanding but the smile that twitched on her lips and the twinkle in her eyes ruined it.
"Why don't they save it for the funeral?" Jeremy chuckled at his sister.
"That's just what people do." Jenna shrugged. "The Lockwoods were there for us when we went through this. It'll be quick; we'll drop off the food and pay our respects and then we leave."
"In and out?" Jeremy hummed. "Sounds like a plan."
"You guys go on; I'll be right there." Elena told Jenna and Jeremy as she walked over to Damon. "Hey, Damon, are you okay?"
"Great Elena." Damon smirked but something was missing. "Walking on sunshine, thanks for asking."
"Damon, please." Elena murmured softly.
"I kissed you and I was so happy when you kissed back but turns out it wasn't you at all but my bitch of a sire." Damon ranted. "How do you think I'm doing?"
"I think you are hurting." Elena admitted.
"I don't get hurt." Damon denied.
"Everyone gets hurt, even you." Elena looked at him sadly. "You just cover it up with anger and a devil might care attitude."
"You're scared that Kathrine might send me off the deep end, aren't you?" Damon asked as he turned to leave. "I don't need her for that."
"You have not gone off the deep end, Damon, and you won't." Elena said with certainty. "You are stronger than you think."
"Why is it such a surprise that I would kiss you?" Damon looked at her, searching her face for something.
"Because people don't want me, Damon." Elena shrugged, sounding very certain of that. "I'm a weird, blunt freak."
"Elena…" Damon began sadly but was interrupted by Bonnie.
"Elena!" Bonnie called out.
"Bonnie what's wrong?" Elena asked worried.
"I just saw Stefan leave with Kathrine." Bonnie gasped out.
"Shit." Damon cursed and rushed out.
"Thanks for telling us." Elena hugged Bonnie and rushed after Damon.
A while later Elena was sitting on a bench on the Lockwood property, cleaning a wound on Stefan lower abdomen.
"You gonna be okay?" Elena asked softly.
"Yeah, it'll heal." Stefan reassured her.
"That's not what I meant, numb nut." Elena slapped him on the arm.
"I was trying to figure her out, you know." Stefan explained. "I was playing along and let her get to me."
"I tried to track her but she's gone." Damon said as he walked up to them, then he started to tease his baby brother. "Oooh, cover up, Fabio."
"Why? You jealous?" Stefan teased back with a smirk.
"Of that?" Damon nodded at Stefans well defined torso, then he pulled up his own shirt. "Nah, mines better."
"Let's ask Elena." Stefan laughed and both Damon and Stefan stood up and showed off their abs to Elena. "So, who's are better?"
Elena pretended to think about it for a while then she smirked at them both and said, "Mine."
"You can't just say that and walk away." Damon and Stefan ran after her when they shook themselves out of the shock.
"This is me, walking away." Elena chuckled.
"I want proof." Damon smirked.
"If I were wearing pants, I'd show you but I ain't dropping my dress out here." Elena stopped and turned towards the brothers.
"So, you would drop it if we were somewhere else?" Stefan chuckled.
Elena just kept walking with a smirk. When they started to get closer to the Lockwood mansion Elena quietly asked. "Can you two come over to my place later tonight? There is something I need to talk to you both about."
"Are you okay?" Damon asked.
"I'm fine but I don't want to talk about it where others can over hear." Elena explained.
"We'll be there." Stefan said as Damon nodded.
"Thank you." Elena kissed them both on the cheek and went to join Jenna and Jeremy.
XOXOXOX
A couple of hours later Elena walked out of her bathroom in her pajamas, booty shorts and a tight top, only to jump when she's startled by Damon sitting on the bed.
"Holy shit on a pogo stick!" Elena cursed with a chuckle. "You scared the bejesus out of me."
"Sorry." Damon said quietly. "I'm only doing my part in the neighborhood watch."
"Thank you for looking out for my family." Elena said sincerely.
"Well, I'm the brother who is calm in a crisis." Damon mumbled.
"Have you been drinking?" Elena laughed as she walked over to her dresser to put on some fluffy socks.
Damon held up his thumb and forefinger a small distance apart, indicating that he had been drinking a little.
"And you didn't bring any with you so we could keep drinking?" Elena mock huffed. "Rude."
"And you're surprised that I would kiss you." Damon muttered to himself in disbelief.
"Damon…" Elena looked at him.
"You see yourself as unlovable because someone has hurt you and forced all these thoughts about being weird and a freak into your head." Damon got up from the bed and walked towards her. "And it's like you can't see the way Stefan looks at you or even how I look at you, like you are the most important thing in the universe."
"What?" Elena exclaimed quietly, really not understanding what he was talking about.
Damon grabbed her face gently in his hands and kissed her softly with intense passion. Elena's eyes widened in surprise and she froze, then she pulled back while placing her hands against his chest.
"I can't." Elena mumbled. "I'm sorry but I don't see you like that."
"I hope you know that I won't stop trying to make you see me like that." Damon murmured to her. "You are the most amazing woman I have ever met."
"Damon…" Elena sighed and was about to continue when Jeremy cleared his throat from the door.
"Sorry to interrupt." Jeremy smirked, showing he was clearly not sorry. "But Stefan is here."
"Sorry I'm late." Stefan said as he walked in, sending an apologetic look at his older brother.
"That's okay." Elena smiled.
"I'm going to play some COD with Anna." Jeremy informed them. "Have fun you three."
"Say hello to Anna from me." Elena called after him as she closed her bedroom door.
"What was it you wanted to talk to us about?" Stefan asked when Elena turned back towards them.
"A few weeks ago, I started to have weird dreams of a dark being walking besides me. It wasn't evil or anything like that, It was actually protecting me from something." Elena explained as she started to pace. "Then I started to feel like I was being watched, followed by seeing the same dark being in the corner off my eye. It's presence, as I've told you both, feel powerful and old."
"This is the same thing you said stroked your face?" Damon asked, trying to clarify if it was the same being or not.
"Exactly." Elena nodded. "But then on the morning of the Founders' Day parade I noticed this." Elena pulled down her top to show the two tattoos in the valley between her breasts.
"Are those…tattoos?" Stefan asked as he and Damon walked closer to see better.
"I guess." Elena hummed. "Except they just appeared overnight."
"They look likes ancient Nordic runes." Damon hummed in thought.
"YR for Death, End, and War." Stefan mused quietly. "And ALGIZ for Life, Beginning and Protection."
"And you know this…how?" Damon looked at his younger brother.
"I looked up different runes after Elena gave me my armband." Stefan would have blushed if he could.
"You are such a nerd." Damon said fondly as he ruffled Stefans hair.
But Elena wasn't paying any attention to them, instead she started at the corner of her room, completely frozen. The dark being was standing there, just looking at her. Before the being flickered and vanished, Elena thought she saw It nod at her.
Elena was knocked out of her shock by her phone ringing. "Hello?"
"Elena?" Caroline sounded shook up and scared.
"Caroline, what's wrong?" Elena was on high alert in seconds.
"I think Kathrine killed me." Caroline murmured.
"Are you okay?" Elena asked softly.
"She looks so much like you." Caroline mumbled a bit dazed.
"Caroline, can you tell me what happened?" Elena coxed her best friend.
"Yesterday someone who I thought was you came to visit but she said her name was Kathrine and that I was supposed to give a message to the Salvatore brothers and then she smothered me with a pillow." Caroline sobbed quietly. "And then I woke up and I'm so very hungry."
"I'm sending both Stefan and Damon to you, okay?" Elena looked at the brothers and they nodded back and left.
"I don't want to hurt anyone." Caroline sniffled.
"I know and even if you accidentally do hurt someone, we'll fix it." Elena tried to reassure her. "What was the message, by the way?"
"She just said to tell them 'Game on'." Caroline sounded confused.
"Hey Elena." Stefan's voice sounded over the phone. "Me and Damon are here now and we'll take care of Caroline, okay?"
"Thank you both and tell Caroline that I love her." Elena told him and hung up.
If Kathrine was in town that meant that there soon would be werewolves and originals and a sacrifice in which she herself had center stage. Should she try and save Trevor and Rose or just let it play out as it did in the tv show? Well, this was going to be fun, note the sarcasm.
XOXOXOX
A few days later Elena and Bonnie are helping prepare for the Mystic Falls High School Carnival. Elena hadn't seen Damon or Caroline in that time but she talked to Caroline at least once a day.
"Kathrine looked just like you." Bonnie murmured. "It was freakish."
"Why do you think I went to the hairdresser and asked them to put in blood red highlight in my hair?" Elena asked, gesturing to her hair. The blood red highlights almost glowed as the sun hit Elenas hair, making it looked like she had actual blood in her hair.
"I understand that." Bonnie nodded. "And it looks really good."
"Thank you." Elena smiled. "By the way, I moved the student booth into the cafeteria."
"How do you know she's not out there pretending to be you?" Bonnie asked slowly.
"Oh, that's easy." Elena shrugged. "I don't. What I do know is that those 'in the know', so to speak, know to ask me a personal question if they get uncertain if I'm me or not."
"I can't believe Kathrine actually killed Caroline to send a message." Bonnie looked sad at the thought.
"If Damon hadn't given her his blood earlier, she would have been gone." Elena felt her heart squeeze at the prospect of losing her best friend.
"How you talked to her since she turned?" Bonnie asked softly.
"Yeah, I talk to her every day. She's doing good, Damon has been teaching her control." Elena smiled. "On that point, did you make the daylight ring for her?"
Bonnie looked through her bag and pulled out a ring, "Here, I hope she likes it."
"She will love it." Elena reassured as she took the ring from Bonnie. "I'm going to find my brother to see if he set up the goldfish thing, see ya later Bon."
"See you later." Bonnie smiled.
Elena found Jeremy at his locker talking to Stefan.
"Jere-Bear." Elena bounced over and hugged her brother.
"Sister-mine." Jeremy hugged back.
"How sure are you that I am me?" Elena asked with a smirk.
"100%" Jeremy chuckled. "I don't think that Kathrine would bounce over and call me Jere-Bear while hugging me and I'm certain she wouldn't ask if I was sure if you were you."
"You might me right about that." Elena giggled.
"What am I?" Stefan looked mock offended at being ignored. "Chopped liver?"
"I'm sorry." Elena looked down, then she bounced over to Stefan and hugged him with a squealed, "Steffy!"
"Elena!" Stefan hugged back with equal enthusiasm.
"Jere, did you…" Elena started to ask as she pulled back from Stefan.
"Yup, I set up the gold fish toss with all three hundred gold fish." Jeremy patted Elenas head with a smirk. "It's going to be epic!"
"Of course, it is." Elena laughed even as she tried to dodge Jeremys' hand. "You did it."
"You two are the weirdest people I have ever met." Stefan told them with a laugh.
"Thank you!" Jeremy and Elena chorused as they bowed to him.
"Anyway, Damon said that he would bring Caroline to the carnival to test her control." Elena beamed as she sort of bounced in place. "I have missed my bubbly blond bombshell of a best friend."
"She has missed you to." Stefan smiled at her. "But she didn't want risk hurting you."
"She is so sweet." Elena gushed. "But tell her I wouldn't blame her or be mad at her if she accidentally hurt me."
"Elena." Jeremy groaned.
"What?" Elena looked at him.
"While you might care if you get hurt, I do and I would bet that others do too, like Stefan, Damon, Jenna…"
"Okey, okey, I get it." Elena mumbled. "It's just…rather me than my friends and family, you know?"
"If you're not going to value your own life, we'll do it for you." Stefan declared.
Elena just looked at them sadly, not understanding why they would care so much, no one else ever had. When she was Alex, people only liked her for what she could do for them and when her usefulness was gone, they dropped her like yesterday's trash.
"Here." Elena said after a while, holding out Carolines new ring towards Stefan, trying to change the subject. "Bonnie made a daylight ring for Caroline."
"Thank you." Stefan said as he put the ring in his pocket. "I should get this to Caroline as soon as possible, but I'll see you both at the carnival this evening."
"Absolutely." Elena smiled as Stefan walked away.
"Hey Elena, could we talk?" Jeremy asked hesitantly after Stefan was out of sight.
"Of course." Elena looked at him with big earnest eyes. "You know you can talk to me about anything."
"How about lunch at the grill and the we can talk while we eat?" Jeremy asked hopefully.
"Oh, yes, I want a smokey BBQ hamburger with onion rings and Coca-Cola." Elena almost drooled as she pulled her little brother after her.
"I absolutely love that you never eat salads or healthy food, it's just pizza, hamburgers and steak when it comes to you." Jeremy laughed as he followed Elena.
"Why would I force myself to live on rabbit's food? I'm a carnivore and anyway; YOLO." Elena chuckled, then she stopped and frowned. "Unless you are a vampire, then I guess it becomes YOLT."
"YOLT?" Jeremy asked as they started to walk again.
"You Only Live Twice." Elena smirked.
The car ride was spent singing along to the radio and in Elenas case, who wasn't driving, dancing in her seat.
"So, what did you want to talk about?" Elena asked as her and Jeremy sat in a booth at the grill waiting for the food.
"Me and Anna." Jeremy admitted after a few seconds.
"Okey." Elena nodded and then thanked the waitress for their sodas. "What about you two?"
"Well, you know how we are dating and hanging out and stuff?" Jeremy mumbled awkwardly.
"Yeah…" Elena said slowly. "Jeremy what is bothering you?"
"I really, really like Anna." Jeremy looked at Elena. "But…"
"Here is your food, enjoy." They were interrupted by the waitress arriving with their food.
"Thank you." Elena smiled, then when the waitress was gone, she turned back to Jeremy. "But…?
"I think I only like her as best friend." Jeremy mumbled as he picked up a fry.
"Why do you think it's only like a best friend?" Elena asked kindly.
"I don't feel any sparks when we touch, no butterflies in my stomach when we are going to meet and that sort of stuff." Jeremy groaned. "But I like playing video games with her and watching movies. I don't know what I should do, Lena."
"Talk to her." Elena told him gently.
"That easy, huh?" Jeremy looked at her sadly.
"Trust me, she will appreciate it way more if you talk to her and explain how you feel than if you try to pretend to be something you're not." Elena smiled softly.
"But what if she hates me afterwards?" Jeremy asked, worried.
"She might be sad and hurt but I don't think she'll hate you." Elena reassured him. "But if she does then she wasn't worth your friendship anyway."
"Thank you, Lena." Jeremy looked at her with love. "You are an amazing sister and I love you."
"I love you to, little brother, and I always will." Elena smiled brightly at him.
XOXOXOX
The carnival was underway when Elena heard a squealed "Elena!" before she was pulled into a hug by Caroline.
"Oh my God, Caroline!" Elena laughed as she hugged Caroline back. "I'm so happy you're back. I have missed you so, so much."
"I have missed you too!" Caroline pulled back with a bright smile.
"Thank you so much Damon." Elena walked over to Damon who was standing a few paces behind Caroline and hugged him.
"Don't mention it." Damon hugged back, subtly breathing in her scent.
"I never get any love." Stefan pouted with laughter in his eyes.
"Poor, poor Steffy." Elena walked over and patted him on the head, then she linked her arm with Carolines. "Come on, let's go and find Jeremy."
Together the four of them wandered around looking for one Mr. Jeremy Gilbert, all the while laughing and having fun.
"Bonnie is off with this guy, Carter I think, and fixing the karaoke speaker." Elena told Caroline. "And he was definitely flirting with her."
"Go Bonnie!" Caroline giggled.
"Caroline!" Jeremy walked up to them holding a bag of popcorn.
"Hey Jeremy." Caroline smiled.
"Hold this." Jeremy shoved the popcorn bag into Stefans hands so he could pull Caroline into a hug. "I'm so glad that you are okay."
"Thank you." Caroline looked a little shocked at the hug but happily hugged back.
"I've missed my blond sister." Jeremy murmured.
"I've missed you to, little brother." Caroline smiled brightly enough to light up the evening with tears of happiness in her eyes.
After a while the group arrived at the arm-wrestling booth to see Tyler being challenged by several times and winning them all.
"He's got strength." Damon hummed as they kept watching.
"He's a triple letter varsity athlete, of course he has strength." Stefan chuckled.
"I bet I can beat you." Mason arrived with a smirk.
"You go Tyler!" Elena called out as Tyler and Mason arm-wrestled.
"What are you doing?" Jeremy asked with a chuckle.
"Cheering on a class mate." Elena smiled.
"You do know he wants to get into your pants, right?" Caroline hummed as she looked between Elena and Tyler.
"What?!" Jeremy started to glare at Tyler.
"No, he doesn't." Elena laughed.
"I heard him talking to Matt about it once." Caroline informed them. "He told Matt that he'd like to, and I'm quoting here, 'Make Elena scream in pleasure as I pound her against a wall'."
"I'm going to break his face." Jeremy growled darkly with Damon and Stefan nodding along.
"It could just be some male macho bullshit though." Caroline shrugged.
"Okay, he's the champ." Tyler stepped back from the table. "Who wants to go next?"
"Stefan wants to try." Damon called out with a smirk aimed at Stefan.
"I'll get you back for this." Stefan hissed at Damon as he walked towards Mason and the table.
"Get him Stef!" Damon encouraged.
"You can do it Stefan!" Elena and Caroline cheered.
"Ten on my uncle." Tyler smirked as he came over to them.
"Stefan's going to win." Caroline smirked and took the bet.
Elena wanted to stop her but what was she supposed to say, 'Don't take the bet, Mason is a werewolf'? That would go over well.
As Mason beat Stefan Caroline huffed and gave Tyler the money. Tyler smirked as he accepted.
"Nice doing busines with you." Tyler chuckled and walked back over to his uncle.
"Did you put in any effort at all?" Damon asked Stefan as he came over.
"I did, actually." Stefan looked a little weirded out.
"Is he…?" Damon asked as they walked away.
"No, it wasn't that sort of strength but it was definitely not human." Stefan told them.
"That family is not completely human but what are they?" Damon murmured in thought.
"Maybe they're ninja turtles." Stefan chuckled.
"Zombies." Jeremy piped up.
"Wendigos." Elena giggled.
"Elves." Caroline joined in.
"Werewolves." Elena, Caroline, Jeremy and Stefan chorused.
"Seriously you four?" Damon asked with a laugh. Then he got a thoughtful smirk on his face and walked over to one of the workers of the carnival. "Hey you!"
"I have a name, it's Mark." The man sneered. If Elena remembered correctly it was supposed to be Carter but he seemed to still be somewhere with Bonnie.
"Yeah, I don't care." Damon grabbed him by the shoulders and compelled him. "You're going to pick a fight with a kid named Tyler Lockwood."
"Well, that's one way to do it." Jeremy chuckled.
"I knew I liked you for a reason, baby Gilbert." Damon smirked, then he turned back to the man. "Get him mad, don't back down no matter what he does, okay?"
"I won't back down." The man repeated.
"Good man, off you go." Damon patted him on the back as the man left.
"You three have fun with that." Caroline smiled at the guys. "But me and Elena need to gossip for a while."
"See ya later, ma dudes." Elena called out as Caroline led her away by the arm.
"I'm going to break up with Matt." Caroline blurted out when they had walked for a while.
"Okay." Elena squeezed Carolines arm in comfort.
"And I think I might decide not to date for a while, you know?" Caroline mumbled.
"Caroline, as long as you're happy I'll support you and be happy for you." Elena informed her seriously.
"And if I decided to go on a killing spree?" Caroline asked.
"Then I would ask if you wanted company or help getting rid of the bodies." Elena vowed to her best friend.
"I adore you." Caroline beamed at Elena.
The walked around the carnival, looking at everything but not participating in the games.
Caroline froze suddenly and started sniffing the air, her eyes turning dark blood red with veins under them. She finally focused on the man Damon had compelled earlier who is whipping his bloody nose.
"I'm sorry." Caroline told him after she sped over to him.
"What?" The man asked confused then he gasped in pain as Caroline rushed behind him and tore into his neck.
"Caroline?" Elena walked up to her as she called her name gently.
"Oh shit!" Caroline exclaimed as she came back to herself and started to cry. "I was supposed to have more control than this! But I forgot to eat before we left for the carnival, I was just so excited."
"It will be okay, Care." Elena walked closer to pull Caroline into a hug but Caroline quickly backed away.
"I don't want to hurt you!" Caroline said horrified.
"You won't." Elena declared with absolute certainty and managed to pull a sniffling Caroline into a hug, just as Damon, Stefan and Jeremy arrived.
"Are you alright, Caroline." Stefan asked gently.
"I didn't mean to kill him." Caroline wept softly.
"Hey, it's okay, we are not mad or judging you." Stefan murmured as he looked Caroline in the eyes. "We all slip up. And some of us, like Damon, kill just because they can, and we still don't judge or get mad at him, okay?"
"Okay." Caroline nodded, feeling a bit better.
"You look pretty bad ass right now." Jeremy smirked as he looked at the blood around Carolines face and on her clothes.
"You are so weird." Caroline gave a wet laugh.
"But I made you laugh." Jeremy smiled proudly.
"Stefan, why don't you and Jeremy take Caroline home and I'll help Damon deal with the body." Elena offered.
"Sounds like a plan." Stefan smiled and left with Caroline and Jeremy.
"So… Where are we dumping the body?" Elena asked Damon after a few minutes.
"We'll just bury it in the woods, I guess." Damon shrugged.
"Okay, so we'll dig a deep hole and put the body in and then cover the body with around two feet of soil and dirt and then you'll just have to kill a deer or something and we'll put that in the hole and cover the grave completely." Elena thought out loud. "That way if someone is looking around with cadaver dogs they'll just think the dog marked the grave for the deer and ignore it."
"You are an evil and diabolical young woman." Damon laughed.
"Oh my god." Both Damon and Elena turned to see Bonnie standing there, looking horrified at the dead body.
"Bonnie…" Elena started but was ignored as Bonnie turned towards Damon.
"I told you what would happen if anyone else got hurt." Bonnie glared at Damon hatefully.
"I didn't do this." Damon told her while glaring back.
"Bonnie, it wasn't him." Elena said loudly.
"Everything that has happened is his fault, Elena." Bonnie declared and started a fire that was making its way towards Damon.
"Bonnie, stop it!" Elena cried out as Damon caught fire. "Just stop it!"
Bonnie didn't react at all, just kept glaring at Damon. Elena jumped over the fire and grabbed Bonnie by the shoulders, making her concentration break.
"Why did you stop me?" Bonnie half glared at Elena.
"Because you have no right, what so ever, to decide who should be punished and for what crime." Elena glared right back.
"He kills people!" Bonnie shouted as she gestured towards Damon.
"You can't keep judging him as if he was human!" Elena shouted back. "There are different rules when it comes to the supernatural world!"
"But…" Bonnie started to argue.
"No, you know what, I'm done." Elena sighed tiredly. "You need to get your head out of your ass and realize you don't know everything and you are definitely not always right!"
Bonnie glared and stormed off with a glare and Elena sighed with a shake of her head.
"You okay?" Elena turned and helped Damon up from the ground.
"Yeah, I'm already healed." Damon said quietly. "Thank you for defending me."
"Anytime." Elena smiled softly. "That's what friends are for."
A few hours later Elena was finally done with everything and was about to crawl into her bed when she saw the dark ancient being standing by her bed.
"Who are you?" Elena asked softly.
The being smiled at her and said in a quiet voice that was so old and powerful that Elena could feel it in her bones. "All in dude time, my dear."
Then he was gone in the blink of an eye and Elena was left alone in her room with her thoughts.
A/N: Season 2 has now begun!
I hoped you liked the way I handled the whole thing with Caroline being turned into a vampire :)
Now I'm having a problem with who I should pair Damon with and I would appreciate your input, the choices are:
Damon/Jeremy
Damon/Rose
or
Damon/Enzo
Until next time
XOXO
Nyxi