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Season 3 Episode 15 All My Children

"So, how was Paris?"

I was pacing my bedroom, my cell phone pressed to my ear. It was early, because of the time difference between America and Europe, but I didn't tell mom. I knew she would tell me to go back to sleep, and all I really wanted was to hear her voice.

"Fantastic!" Mom replied. "It's like a whole new world over here!"

I smiled to myself. She sounded like she was having fun. I could practically imagine her face right now, a wide smile, bright on her face. I missed that smile.

"I'm glad you are having a good time." I said, then I frowned. "I miss you."

"Oh, baby." Mom replied. "I miss you too."

I could feel a lump forming in my throat. I wished she was here, even if she didn't know what was going on, I still needed her here. I needed my mother.

"I'll be back soon." Mom said. I swallowed at the lump in my throat. "I love you."

"I love you too." I told her. "Have you talked to Alaric lately?"

"Not really." She said. I could practically hear her shrug. "I've been pretty busy and so has he."

With Meredith Fell, the psycho doctor who may have killed her ex-boyfriend vampire style.

"How are things with you and him?" I asked. I didn't want to think that Alaric was cheating. It wasn't a crime for him to be friends with another woman. However, he had been spending a lot of time with her, and we still hadn't ruled her out as a subject for the recent killings that had happened. So, I was a bit wary.

"Fine I guess." She said. "Why? Is there something going on?"

"No!" I replied quickly. "No. Just want to make sure he's treating you right."

Mom let out a laugh. I missed her laugh.

"My little protector." She said. I let out a weak laugh at the comment. "Everything is great."

"Ok." I replied. "Well, I'll let you go."

"Ok, baby." She said fondly. "Love you."

"Love you too." I replied and closed my phone. I then fell backward on my bed. I lifted my phone above my face and started scrolling. Everyone else was probably asleep, so I didn't really have anyone to call. My finger stopped at Damon's name. I sighed.

I hadn't talked to him since that outburst from last night. I hadn't meant to make him mad. But I had a feeling that his anger was not exactly directed toward me. Something had happened before, when we were separated, that made him angry. I just didn't know what.

I sighed again and set my phone down. I couldn't go back to sleep, and there was nowhere to go. I then sat up slowly and reached out for a blank sketch book. Damon had bought me it over the summer, and with everything going on, I hadn't had the chance to pick it up.

I grabbed a new pencil and just started sketching. I hadn't gotten into that zone in so long. I barely even thought about how my loops and swift movements across the page resembled Klaus' artwork that he had showed me. But it was still in the back of my mind.

I don't know how long it was before I had finished, but when my sketch was done I looked at it hard. It was good, really good. So lifelike and resembled exactly who I had been envisioning when I began drawing. His eyes were big and bright, his hair light and shaggy. I even got that beautiful smile right.

Jace stared right back at me on the page, and I could not be prouder. I smiled at the paper again before signing and dating it at the bottom. I then closed the book and set it back where it was before. Going down the hall, I went to the shower to get ready for a boring day at work.

Elena huffed before she walked up to the Salvatore house. She had called Stefan with no answer. She tried not to let it get to her that he was avoiding her, but it was hard. She was still in love with him, but he was convinced that they couldn't be together.

But she had to talk to someone. And that someone happened to be Damon.

"Damon." She said banging on the door. "Open up."

There was a short pause before he opened the door, a button up shirt on without any button's done. He smirked at her, making her roll her eyes.

"Aren't you chipper this morning?" Damon commented, stepping aside. "Come in."

Elena passed by him, smelling the alcohol wafting off of him. She narrowed her eyes, turning back to assess him.

"Are you drunk?" She asked. Damon shrugged. "Damon, it's 8 in the morning."

Again he shrugged, walking past her and into the foyer. Elena followed him. She knew he was mad at her for not keeping him in the loop about her plans with Esther. She knew that he would have kept her from speaking to the witch, so she had Stefan… take care of him. So, she went behind his back, and he was angry. And in that anger, he had snapped at Alex.

"Have you talked to Alex this morning?" Elena asked. Damon made a face. "You should apologize."

"For what?" He snapped. "For saving her ass, again?"

"No." Elena replied. "For getting angry with her when you are angry with me."

Damon scoffed, taking another swig of his drink. Elena crossed her arms over her chest. Damon was a friend, a good friend, but Alex was her sister. And things between them had just started fixing themselves. So, in an effort to continue that trend, Elena was going to do everything in her power to keep Damon from messing up their relationship.

"I'm sorry about last night." Elena said. "I just knew that you wouldn't let me talk to Esther."

"You're not wrong." Damon replied. Elena sighed. "So, is that why you are here? To fix my relationship?"

"No." Elena shook her head. Damon cocked an eyebrow. "Ok, well maybe it would get me some points with Alex, but that's not all I came here for."

Damon smirked, sitting down on the couch. Elena sat in the chair across from him.

"Esther is planning on killing her entire family." Elena explained. "She's linked them all together with a spell. Whatever happens to one, happens to all of them."

"Well, that's great! Klaus will finally be dead. We win." Damon said. Elena made a face. "Why do you look like someone just shot a panda bear?"

"Uh, because to kill Klaus she has to kill all of them, including Elijah." Elena replied, guiltily. "And he doesn't deserve this!"

Damon scoffed.

"I don't care about Elijah." Damon said. Elena narrowed her eyes at him. She should have known he wouldn't help her. He wanted Klaus dead just as much, if not more, than Elena did. Then an idea came to her.

"What would Alex say?" Elena asked. Damon tensed, glaring at her. "She cares about Elijah and Rebekah, and I hate to say it but Klaus. What would she say if she knew that you let this happen?"

"Alex wants Klaus dead." Damon said, getting up to get another drink. "Whatever it takes."

"Alex wouldn't let this happen to Elijah." Elena challenged. "And you know it."

Damon didn't say a word. He just downed his drink. Elena sat there, grinning triumphantly. The best way to get Damon to do someone would be to involve Alex. Both of them knew that she wouldn't allow this to happen, even if she hated Klaus. She cared about Elijah, and she even cared about Rebekah. So, Alex would never let them die just to make her life easier.

"You're right." Damon replied. "Which is why we aren't going to tell her."

Elena furrowed her brows.

"We have to tell her." Elena replied. "I can't keep this from her."

"Yes, you can." Damon replied. "If Alex sets her mind to save them she will stop at nothing, and then she could get hurt. And I don't know about you, but I would like her in one piece."

Elena grumbled to herself. He was right. The best way to keep Alex safe, would be to keep her in the dark so she didn't do anything drastic.

"Besides, I don't want to be the one to tell her that this is all your fault anyway." Damon said, smirking at her. "Do you?"

Elena glared, before she got up and stormed out of the house. She knew he was right. If she said anything about how she had given Esther her blood and then didn't tell Elijah about it when he asked, she knew that Alex would be mad.

So preferred to deal with that rage later, because mad Alex was never a fun Alex to be around.

The morning seemed to drag, and I wondered if that was because I was stuck working or if maybe it was because none of my friends had popped by. Usually, on weekend especially, one or two of them would come into the Grill and bother me while I was trying to work. This place had a lot of supernatural meetings, and I hadn't seen anyone supernatural that morning.

Even Jace seemed to be avoiding me. I had texted him, but he hadn't responded and I was starting to get worried. What if something happened and I was stuck here. I tried to text all of them, but none of them responded. I started to panic a bit.

"Hey, Alex."

I looked up from my phone and was met with a familiar face. Alaric was sitting across the bar, looking at me expectantly. I shoved my phone in my pocket, feeling a bit relieved that at least one of them was alive.

"Thank God." I said, making him cock an eyebrow. "I was starting to think I was going crazy."

He chuckled, still seeming a bit confused. There was something off about him, like he was hiding something. I narrowed my eyes.

"Where is everyone?" I asked him. His eyes flashed something I couldn't recognize in such a short amount of time, and he seemed to tense a little. Yeah, he was hiding something.

"Well, Damon's probably drinking." Alaric said. The sound of Damon's name made me wince. "I have no idea what everyone else is doing."

"Right." I said, narrowing my eyes. "I'm not stupid Rick."

"I never said you were." He said, making me huff. "Alex, just relax."

"I can't relax when I don't know what the hell is going on." I replied. "Why is everyone avoiding me?"

Rick sighed, leaning back into his chair. I waited patiently, waiting for him to give me some kind of explanation. However, none came from him. I scoffed, turning and trying to get away from him. They could all act like there wasn't something going on, but I was smarter than that. I would figure it out. I always did.

I took a table's drink order before heading back to retrieve them. A soda and two glasses of water later and I was walking out of the back and back toward my customers. However, when I heard the bell over the door ring, I felt compelled to look up. And when I did, I wish I hadn't.

Klaus and Kol strolled through the door, as if it was a normal occurrence. I stood in my spot frozen. After last night, I hadn't wanted to see Klaus or Kol for a long while, if at all. Klaus threatened me, again, and then Kol made it very clear that he didn't care about my wellbeing. My hand was still sore, not broken, but he definitely did a number on it.

"There's our favorite girl." Kol said, nudging Klaus. Klaus looked up and smirked. The two brother's started walking toward me and in an instant my adrenaline started to pump. I turned back toward the bar, so that there would be some kind of barrier between us.

"Original alert." I said when I was behind the bar. Alaric turned, looking toward Kol and Klaus. I could see him narrow his eyes. "Don't do anything stupid."

"I promised your mom I would protect you." Alaric replied to me. I gave him a tight lipped smile. The two originals came up to the bar, Kol looking between Alaric and I with a smirk. Klaus had his eyes trained onto me. They didn't move and I shifted awkwardly.

"Hello Alexandra." Kol said, looking down at my hand. "How is your hand?"

I hid it under the bar, glaring at the younger Mikelson. Klaus was still staring at me.

"It's fine." I spat. "Thanks for asking."

"Of course." Kol replied menacingly. I glared at him, wanting nothing more than to smack that smirk off of his face. However, I didn't even get to say anything before Alaric was up and standing mere inches from Kol.

I could see Kol's smirk widen, probably because it seemed that Alaric was challenging him. I couldn't see Alaric's face, but I could tell by the way his back was straight and how he was puffing out his chest, that he was protecting me.

"Do we have a problem?" Alaric asked, glaring at Kol. I could see Klaus looking ready to step in, and I was ready to do the same. I wouldn't put it past Kol to make a scene, even if it meant revealing their secret.

"No problem's mate." Kol said, still smirking. "Besides, what are you going to do about it?"

I decided then that I needed to step in. I came around the bar and latched onto Alaric's arm. He looked down at me before turning his narrowed eyes back to Kol. Klaus seemed to be doing the same thing I was, trying to diffuse the situation.

"There is no need to fight brother." Klaus said. "We came here to have fun. Remember?"

"Last time I checked, ripping humans apart was fun." Kol threatened glaring back at Alaric. Klaus tugged on Kol's arm and he begrudgingly followed the hybrid to the far end of the bar. I still kept my hold onto Alaric until the two brothers sat down.

"Thank you." I said, making him turn around. Alaric smiled lightly at me, forcing me to smile back. He was a good guy. Alaric was a really good guy.

"No problem." He said. I opened my mouth to say something else, but his phone dinged. He looked down at it and I could see his jaw set. He looked back up at me before pocketing his phone.

"Everything ok?" I asked. He simply nodded. "Seriously, what's going on?"

"Nothing you need to worry about." Rick said. "You going to be ok here if I step out for a bit?"

I nodded, not feeling the urge to fight with him anymore. He touched my arm for a second before he turned toward the door. I watched him leave, walking past the glass windows, until he was completely gone. Slowly, I turned my head to my right, seeing the two Original's sitting at the bar.

They were throwing back shots, laughing obnoxiously. I felt a feeling of dread come over me, realizing that I was alone here. I was my only protection. I touched the stake I had on my side, making sure it was still there.

If it came down to it. I would stake them both.

Jace stood in the living room of the Salvatore boarding house, watching an anxious Damon pace the room. Elijah had just left, threatening Elena's life if they didn't figure out a way to save the Originals from the fate their mother had sealed for them.

"Leave it to Elena to get kidnapped and ruin the whole plan." Damon mumbled, still pacing. Jace rolled his eyes. He knew it wasn't Elena's fault, but Damon was always looking for someone to blame.

"Why don't we just tell Alex?" Jace asked. Damon stopped pacing. "She has to have some way to use the bond to find Elena."

"No." Damon responded quickly. "Alex does not need to be involved with this."

"Why not?" Jace asked. "We both know that she would help us now that it has to do with saving the Originals."

"I'm still not sold on that one." Damon said. Jace furrowed his brows. Elijah made it very clear that the only way that Rebekah would not kill Elena would be if they found a solution.

"You do realize that doing that, Rebekah is going to kill Elena." Jace said. Damon huffed. "I don't think Alex would think to much of you getting her sister killed-"

"Would you just stop talking about Alex?" Damon snapped. Jace jumped a little, but recovered quickly. He simply glared at Damon and stopped speaking all together.

Jace knew that involving Alex would put her in danger. But when had that ever stopped her before? Every time they tried to keep her out of something, she always ended up getting involved, or worse hurt. Jace wondered if keeping her in the dark was really smart when it came to her safety.

"Dammit." Damon huffed. There was no other option, they both knew it.

To stop Esther they needed to break the family line that she was getting from the Bennett witches. To do that, Bonnie or her mother had to die.

"There has to be another way." Stefan appeared, as if he had read Jace's mind. Jace was surprised that Stefan even cared, considering he didn't have his emotions turned on. He was starting to revert back to the old Stefan.

"What if there is?" Damon said. Both Jace and Stefan looked at him. He got a wicked grin on his face before he disappeared. Stefan and Jace shared a look and in an instant Damon was back. In his hand was a silver dagger.

"You want to dagger Elijah?" Jace asked. "That's… smart."

Damon smirked at Jace. The human hated to admit it, but it made sense. They daggered one Original, they would all go down.

"Smart?" Stefan repeated. "We don't know that that dagger will affect Klaus."

"Ironically, Klaus is not our current problem." Damon said. Stefan scoffed.

"That dagger is lethal to any vampire who uses it." Stefan said. Damon rolled his eyes, huffing at his brother for always finding something wrong with his plans.

"Too bad we don't have a human to do it for us." Damon said in a condescending voice. Stefan was staring at Damon, and then the two brothers looked at Jace. At first, Jace was surprised. They had never really trusted him with something this big before. But the idea of stabbing an Original was peaking his interest.

"I'll do it." Jace said. Damon grinned, looking at his brother as if he was telling him 'I told you so.' Stefan huffed, but seemed to be giving in.

"Let's get this over with." Stefan grumbled.

I watched in disgust as Klaus and Kol knocked back another shot. They had practically drank their way through our whole supply of alcohol. I could see the bartender getting antsy, but Klaus kept smacking money on the table so he didn't say anything. I huffed, clearing off a table and stomping past them. Kol had been giving me evil eyed glances all night, and it was starting to freak me out. Klaus kept his distance, although he did look at me every so often.

"Lissa!"

I froze in my spot. It was Kol's voice, most definitely. I slowly turned around to glare at him. He was drunk off his ass.

"I mean…" He snickered. "Alexandra!"

I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself. It wouldn't be smart to dagger them in the middle of a public restaurant. No, I had to be smart about this. I walked over to them begrudgingly.

"May I help you?" I spat He was giggling, much like a child would. Klaus was rolling his eyes, much like a big brother would. "What do you want?"

"Nothing." Klaus replied. "Sorry we bothered you."

I made a noise in the back of my throat and turned to leave.

"Wait!" Kol yelled. I turned back around. "You're friends with that blonde… Caroline right?"

Caroline? What did Kol want to know about Caroline?

"Shut it Kol." Klaus said. The two were acting like teenagers, not centuries old vampires who killed people without a second thought.

"What do you want with Caroline?" I asked. They had definitely peaked my interest. When it came to my friends, or my family, I was protective. The Originals even knowing her name made me suspicious.

"It's not me who wants anything." Kol said, looking at Klaus. "It's him."

I furrowed my brows, not fully understanding. Klaus hit Kol on the arm, evoking a half groan, half laugh from him. I then crossed my arms over my chest, looking at Klaus with narrowed eyes.

"Is there something you would like to share?" I asked Klaus. He set his jaw. He was obviously not as drunk as Kol, and he knew what I was thinking. If he ever tried to hurt her-

"He fancies her." Kol laughed before knocking back another shot. My back straightened and I stared at Klaus. He looked down ashamed, and Kol just laughed. I swallowed.

"You like her?" I asked. Klaus nodded slowly. "Wow…"

"Is that so hard to believe?" He asked, sounding defensive. "She's lovely, intelligent, so very sweet-"

"But she's also a good person." I cut him off. "Something you aren't."

Klaus narrowed his eyes at me. Caroline would never go for him, not after he sent Tyler away. Besides, he was on the wrong side. He was mean and cruel, he killed people and he enjoyed it. He was the polar opposite of Caroline. She would never fall for him.

"I mean her no harm." Klaus told me. I could tell that he seriously believed that. Klaus cared deeply about certain people, like his family. But even though he loved them, they always ended up getting hurt. He killed his sister, someone he claimed to care about more than anyone.

"It doesn't matter your intention." I said. "Everyone around you gets hurt."

Klaus opened his mouth, but I didn't stick around to hear it. I walked away, hoping that I had gotten my point across. He needed to stay away from Caroline. And if he didn't, I would make him.

As if on cue, that was when my blonde friend strolled in. The bell above the door dinged, and I looked over. Caroline walked in, looking very sexy her blonde curls bouncing as she walked. Immediately her eyes went to me, but she looked away as if she hadn't seen me. I furrowed my brows. What was she up to?

"Caroline!"

My head snapped to the right, where I left Klaus and Kol. My blood began to boil. I had just made it very clear that he should stay away from her, and what did he do? The exact opposite of what I said. But what did I expect? That he would listen to me? He hadn't really done that before. I guess I was more hoping than expecting.

I began stomping over to Klaus, but someone caught my arm. I didn't get much chance to see who it was or where they were taking me. I was being pulled away from the scene, very aware that Caroline was now speaking to Klaus. I fought against the arms around me, to little avail. They stopped pulling me when we reached the bathrooms.

"What the hell?" I spat, when they let go. I turned, seeing who it was that had pulled me away. "Rick? What are you doing?"

"I couldn't let you mess anything up." He said. I furrowed my brows. I knew something was up. They were planning something, and I wasn't part of said planning. I wasn't sure if that hurt my feelings more than I was pissed off about it.

"I knew something was going on." I said, crossing my arms over my chest. "Spill."

Alaric stared at me for a while, rubbing the back of his neck, and looking as if he was contemplating telling me. I huffed, my arms still crossed over my chest. It was then that I realized how weird this looked. I looked like a parent, scolding their child. But Alaric was my teacher, and he was dating my mom. It should have been the other way around.

"Please, tell me." I said quietly. Alaric met my eyes before he sighed. He stepped closer to me, leaning toward my ear.

"Esther cast a spell." He whispered. "The Original's are all linked."

"Linked?" I repeated. He nodded.

"What happens to one, happens to all of them." He explained. At first, I wondered why it was being kept a secret from me. This was the way to kill Klaus. This was how we could defeat him and everything would be normal again. My mom could come home.

But then I realized… if Klaus died… they all died. Elijah, the one who had saved my life countless times and I had such a special connection with. Rebekah, who frightened me, and yet I felt like we understood one another. Finn, who was so kind to me the night before. Even Kol, who I wasn't a big fan of, but the idea of them dying made my stomach sink.

"We can't do that." I said. Rick sighed again. "Is that why you guys didn't tell me? Because you knew I would stop you?"

"Yes." He answered honestly. "Alex, this is the only way."

"There is always another way!" I shouted. "This isn't fair."

"They have Elena." He said. I shut my mouth. "If we don't break the line that Esther has on the Bennett witches, they are going to kill Elena."

As much as I hated the idea that they would all die, my instinct to protect Elena was much stronger.

"Break the Bennett line?" I repeated. "But that means-"

"One of them has to die." Alaric said. I let out a loud sob. "But we are going to fix this. I promise."

I felt tears prick my eyes. Whatever they were doing, they better figure it out soon. I couldn't lose anyone else. Especially not a friend. Especially not Elena.

"Come here." Alaric said, bringing me into a hug. I buried my face into his shoulder, clinging to him. How could this all turn into such a mess? It seemed like every day someone was being killed or threatened. What I would give for things to be normal. For things to be good.

Suddenly, I felt a severe pain in my chest. I felt blood fill my throat, and then I started to cough, choking on it. Alaric pulled me back, but I was unable to hold myself up anymore. I vaguely heard him calling my name before my whole world went dark.

Jace walked into the Grill, looking around to make sure that Kol was still inside. He had seen Caroline luring Klaus out into the square. Divide and Conquer that's what Damon had said. Jace could feel his adrenaline pumping, his hands curling around the silver dagger in his hand.

I can do this, he chanted to himself. Kol was drunk, and unsuspecting. All he had to do was lure him away from the crowd.

"Hey." Jace said when he reached Kol. The vampire looked up, narrowing his eyes at Jace. "Kol right?"

He didn't seem to recognize him at first, but after a second he finally recognized him.

"Ah, I remember you." Kol said. "You're Alexandra's friend."

"Yeah." Jace replied. "Jace."

"Of course." Kol said, knocking back another drink. "What can I do for you?"

Jace swallowed, making himself seem more confident than he was. He could do this. He had to. Otherwise, Alex would never have a normal life. None of them would. He had to do this for them. For her.

"You can leave town." Jace said sternly. Kol seemed surprised. "You and your freak show family should get lost."

Kol chuckled, standing up from his seat. He was skinny, very lean. He didn't seem to have a whole lot of muscles, but Jace knew that he was much stronger than he looked.

"And what are you going to do about it?" Kol asked. Jace gripped the silver dagger tightly. Kol was egging him on, daring him to make the first move. So, he did.

Straight into the vampires heart went the dagger. Kol's eyes widened and he let out a grunt. Jace smirked to himself as Kol's skin turned grey and he fell onto Jace for support.

He did it. He really did it.

"Good work." Damon said to Jace. They were out in the back alley, looking over Kol. "I have to admit I didn't think you had it in you."

"Thanks." Jace muttered sarcastically. Damon chuckled before he leant down to pick up Kol. They had to hide the body so that Esther wouldn't be able to find it. He assumed that wherever they were holding Elena, she would be running like hell right now.

"Come on." Stefan mumbled. "We don't have time-"

Suddenly, Klaus appeared, knocking Damon into a wall. He hit it hard, but not enough to really hurt him. Stefan attacked Klaus, but Klaus brushed him off effortlessly. Klaus then grabbed the silver dagger from his brother and he pulled it out.

"What are you doing!?" Damon yelled. Klaus grabbed Damon by the collar, looking at him murderously.

"I should have killed you months ago." Klaus threatened through his teeth. Damon scoffed.

"Do it." Damon challenged. "It's not going to stop Esther from killing you."

Klaus' eyebrows furrowed, as if he didn't know what Damon was talking about.

"What did you say about my mother?" Klaus asked. Damon let out a laugh, making Klaus glare even harder.

"You didn't know I was friends with your mummy?" Damon taunted. "Yeah, we have a lot in common. She hates you as much as I do."

Klaus is about to kill Damon when Elijah appeared at the top of the stairs.

"Leave him!" Elijah commanded, stopping Klaus. "We still need them, Niklaus."

Suddenly, the door opened and two figured stepped out. One was Alaric, whose face was covered in a panic and blood all over the front of his shirt, and in his arms was a very limp Alex. Damon's eyes widened, as did Klaus'. He dropped Damon and both of them rushed over to Alaric.

"She started bleeding and then she went down." Alaric said, panic in his voice. "I didn't know what to do-"

Damon took her from him, putting her down on the ground. Blood was covering her whole front side. Damon felt for a pulse, very weak, but still alive. Leave it to Alex to survive a stab to the heart. He bit into his wrist and put the wound into her mouth. Once she started to revive, she coughed a bit, alerting him that she was alive.

"Thank God." Damon said in a whisper. Alex looked up at him with wide eyes. She was frightened, it was very obvious.

"She linked us all." Klaus said, a fury in his tone. "Elijah, this can't happen."

Alex clung to Damon, but stared at Klaus. He knelt down in front of her, ignoring Damon's attempt at keeping him away.

"I'm not going to let anything happen to you." Klaus told her. Alex stared at him for a long while before she nodded. He stood up straight and headed up the stairs. Kol followed close behind, hesitating a bit. Elijah still stood at the top of the stairs.

"It looks like we are now on the same side." Elijah said. He then looked directly at Alex. "We will be careful, but that line must be broken."

"We got it." Stefan muttered. Elijah nodded once more before he and his brother's disappeared. Damon pulled Alex up with him, she still clung to him for dear life. He wouldn't have let her go anyway.

"I hope you guys have a plan." She said, finally. There was a pause of silence, not reassuring Alex in anyway. She shivered a bit.

"We have to break the line." Stefan said. "But… that means one has to die."

Alex balled her hand into a fist on Damon's chest. There wasn't another way. One person had to die, Bonnie or Abby. And if they didn't do it, then Elena would die. And if they let Esther go along with her plan… Alex would die. Nobody wanted either to happen. It was a lose-lose situation.

"What if…" Alex said. "What if… they came back?"

Everyone stared at her in confusion. Her voice was weak and shaky.

"What do you mean?" Jace voiced everyone's question. Alex blinked a few times, as if she was still trying to think it through herself.

"Abby doesn't have any powers anymore." Alex said. "And you cant be a witch and a vampire…"

"Are you saying we…" Stefan began. "Turn Abby into a vampire?"

Alex nodded slowly. Damon stared down at her and then up to Stefan. The younger one shrugged. It wasn't a bad idea. Abby would come back, she wouldn't have to die. No one would have to die.

"Bonnie won't like it." Alaric pointed out. No, Bonnie wouldn't like it. This was her mother they were talking about. If they turned Abby against her will, Bonnie would never forgive them.

"This is our only option." Damon said sadly. "So, we have to do it."

Alex buried her face in Damon's chest, unable to stop the few tears from falling from her eyes and onto his shirt. Bonnie would never forgive her for her idea or her involvement. But what else could she do? Let everyone die?

Damon rubbed her back soothingly, but that didn't give her much comfort.

Stefan nodded once before he started walking up the stairs. They didn't have much time. Jace and Alaric followed soon afterward, but Damon didn't move. He just held onto Alex. Her face was still hidden, but he knew that she was upset. She had just come up with a plan where everyone lives, and yet she looked like she had condemned them all to death.

"Pretty girl…" Damon said. Her green eyes looked up at him. She looked so lost, so forlorn, tears on her face. He wiped them off of her face, forcing himself not to look at the blood on the front of her shirt. For a fragile human, his girl was pretty strong.

"Bonnie is going to hate me." Alex muttered into his chest. "She will never forgive me."

"You're her friend." Damon said. "She will forgive you."

Alex let out a noise that sounded like a sob into Damon's chest. The two of them stood there, just holding one another for a good couple of minutes. Then Alex pulled back, wiping the tears from her eyes.

"I don't want to die…" She said. Damon held her face in his hands, making her look at him. She looked much older, less innocent. With everything she had gone through, he shouldn't have been surprised.

"You are not going to die." Damon said. She swallowed hard. "None of us are ready to lose you yet."

She laughed lightly, putting her arms around his neck. He leaned his forehead down on hers. She closed her eyes, breathing him in. If something went wrong, she could die… or become a vampire. She wasn't sure if she liked that option any better.

But she trusted him. She trusted Elijah. She trusted her friends. And for a fleeting moment she even trusted Klaus.

"Make sure you come back to me." Alex said, eyes still closed. Damon chuckled lowly. He placed a kiss to her nose.

"Always."

I waited for a long time. For a call, or something that would tell me that everything was alright. I paced my bedroom, hoping that they would hurry up and let me know what the hell was going on.

Ever since Damon dropped me off, I had been thinking of what could happen. If they failed, I could die. I wasn't even sure if the vampire blood in my system would work, considering if one of the Mikelson's died they all did.

I shivered, thinking about how now… whatever happened to them… it happened to me. Because I was connected to them. No matter how much I tried, I couldn't hate Esther for doing this. I couldn't believe that she was trying to kill me on purpose. It only strengthened the idea that I was part of them… whether I wanted to or not.

A ring of my front doorbell alerted me that someone was there. I practically sprinted down the hall and to the front door. I wrenched it open, to find not Damon, or Stefan, not even Elena.

But Elijah.

There was a moment where I just stared at him. He was alive, which meant I was ok. It also meant that the plan worked and they broke the line. I swallowed the lump in my throat.

"So, I guess the spell didn't work." I said, crossing my arms over my chest. He stood there on my front step, looking somber and… forlorn. But he was alive.

"Your friends successfully broke the line my mother was using." Elijah explained. "Esther and Finn have disappeared."

I didn't respond. I just stood there, waiting. Why was he here?

"Kol and I are leaving town." Elijah explained further. "I just wanted to see you."

I furrowed my brows.

"Why's that?" I asked. He swallowed visibly, as if he was nervous.

Out of all the siblings, Elijah was the one I connected with the most. He seemed to understand me, instead of trying to understand why I was so against being one of them. He understood that I would never be. And yet, there was still that hope in his eyes, one that I desperately wished I could help him with.

"I am sorry that you have been involved." Elijah explained. "You never asked for this."

I swallowed hard. He was right. I never did ask for any of this. I shook my head.

"You didn't either." I told him. He seemed surprised. "None of you did. I'm sorry that your mother tried to kill you…"

Elijah shrugged, but I knew it made him much more upset then he was letting on. Then I did one of the boldest things I have ever done. I stepped out of the safety of my house, and hugged him. Much like when I was comforting Rebekah after she found out how her mother had died, I was comforting Elijah.

And it was nice.

He was tense at first, but eventually relaxed and hugged me back. There was something in my gut, that remembered this, how it felt to hug him. I assumed that it was my past lives coming through. I felt tears prick at my eyes.

"I hope to see you again." Elijah said after a while. I smiled, pulling back from him.

"Me too." I said. "Good luck Elijah."

He nodded once before he turned and disappeared into the darkness. I sighed, closing the door behind me. I now was a target. I was the easiest to kill. If they killed me, that very well meant that it might kill them all. I cried at the realization, wanting nothing more than to talk to my mom.