Groaning loudly I try to move my hands up to my neck, my eyes flying open when I can't move them an inch. Blinking a bit I look down and realize I'm tied to a chair. Stefan.

I'm going to murder him.

I may not truly die, but coming back to life after having my neck snapped hurts. It's the worst kind of pain imaginable. Every muscle in your body aches when you try to move at first, my neck always stiff and almost to difficult to move for a few minutes. This was now the third time it's happened, and I swear to god I'll destroy the next person who does it.

Taking I deep breath I look around to notice I'm in the old witch house…with the coffins. If Stefan really believes that he can win against Nik, he's got another thing coming.

"You won't be getting out of that." Stefan comments as he walks in seeing me tugging my arms.

Glaring at him, "It's in your best interest that I do."

"Klaus took everything from me, Olivia. I'm only returning the favor." He tells me smug.

"How the hell do I have anything to do with this?" I ask him.

"Klaus considers you family. I can't exactly kill you permanently, but I can keep you out of commission over and over again." He says with a smirk.

Closing my eyes I start to laugh, "Stefan…oh Stefan, I'll give you credit where its due. You're predictable, and it's not just Nik that's going to be looking for me. I almost pity you for what will happen. I mean do you honestly believe that you can beat Nik? He's an Original, a thousand years and some change old, and has a vindictive streak ten miles wide. For every time you kill me, there are a few people who will make you suffer twice that. Go ahead and try to win though, I imagine it'll turn into a tale of what not to do to the Original family."

"Enough!" He growls as he runs up to me, his hands once again finding my next.

As I come back to life…again, I can hear Stefan talking to someone. Shaking my head, I listen, as the voices get closer to the room.

"What do you want with me?" I hear a female voice ask him, Bonnie. Of course it's Bonnie. I'm in the witch house. Stefan really should get new tricks.

"Relax. I just need your help." He tells her condescendingly.

"Why would I help you? Elena said you saved Klaus' life." She seethes.

"Let me fill you in on a little secret about Klaus. He kept his family with him at all times, daggered, stored in coffins. And now, I have them. And I need you to help keep them hidden." He explains to her slowly.

"You're out of your mind." She tells him, "You're just going to make him angrier."

"His family is his one weakness. As long as I have that, I can ruin him." He scoffs, "Besides, I have another incentive for you."

"I don't have enough power to hide four Originals." Bonnie says, "How can there be more? You took his family already, there's nothing left."

"You're a witch. You hate Klaus. I know you can figure something out." Stefan baits her, "Come in down here and see for yourself."

Lifting my head up, I look at the entrance to the room, shaking my head as they walk in, Bonnie's eyes going wide.

"You kidnapped Olivia!" She yells at him, "You really have lost your mind."

"I told you, more incentive for you to figure it out." He tells her as he walks closer to me, "We wouldn't want anything to happen to her, now would we?"

"Hello Bonnie." I laugh, "Stefan's trying to be the villain, I don't think he's that good at it. I mean he has to keep killing me just to succeed. Which lets be honest, he won't."

"They know she's missing. It's not just Klaus that's on the war path trying to find her." Bonnie tells him.

"Exactly why you're going to help." He tells her, resting his hands on my shoulders.

"You can't expect me to just leave her tied to a chair down here?" She asks him incredulously.

"You can and you will. If she's not down here, she'll be helping him. She can't be trusted." He tells her.

"You've got to be fucking kidding." I mutter, "Bonnie, if you leave me down here I promise you, I will not be the reason you're afraid to leave your home."

"I…I'll see what I can do about the coffins." She says quietly.

"I knew you would do it." Stefan mocks, "Go ahead, look through your grimoire's. I'll take care of Olivia."

Third Person

"You haven't heard from her at all?" Chris asked as he walked into the house Nik is renovating.

"Nothing. Stefan has her, I'm certain of it. I told her to go to the coffins until I gave her the call to leave, since Stefan has the coffins I can assume he has her somewhere as well." Nik seethed.

"I'll kill him if she's hurt in anyway." Kyle mutters angrily as he holds Jenna in his arms.

"Why would he take her?" Jenna asks them, "What does that accomplish?"

"Stefan believes that he's one step ahead of me, that if he has Olivia, I wont do as much in the way of revenge." Nik tells her, "Though I'm certainly not the only one who he should be worried about. Olivia is quite loved and protected."

"Did you tell Tyler to get Jeremy off the vervain?" Chris asks Nik, "Elena tends to do reckless plans when her family is involved. Or when Jeremy is involved anyway."

"Yes, Tyler is currently spending much needed bonding time with the baby Gilbert." Nik smirks as he pours himself another drink.

"Wait, no." Jenna intervenes, "I don't like the idea of using my nephew as bait, in what I can only imagine will result in death."

"Don't worry love, if the history teacher Elena is so fond of doesn't save his life, then he'll come back as a vampire." Nik waves her concerns off.

"Can't we just have a witch do some kind of locater spell? Isn't that a thing?" She asks them, "I remember Olivia telling me about them before."

"Witches." Chris mutters to himself, his brows furrowing as he tries to remember what else Olivia mentioned about witches. "John!" He exclaims loudly.

"Who?" Kyle asks confused as Jenna jumps startled.

"Her father, John, he died to save Elena's life. In the house that the witches burned in." Chris explains to them, "Olivia told me all about it, she was upset about it for weeks before she pulled herself together."

"What does this have to do with anything, Chris?" Jenna asks him, trying to get to the point.

"Stefan would have used that place to hide her." Nik says, "I don't know where it is."

Without saying a word to anyone, Chris gets up and rushes out of the house.

"I guess he does." Kyle shrugs.

"He's lucky Olivia cares for him so bloody much." Nik mutters darkly to himself. "He better bring the damn coffins with him."

"Calm down, Klaus. Even if he doesn't, I'm sure you can think about another – more painful way to get them." Kyle laughs.

"You two are not a good influence on each other, I swear it's like dealing with children." Jenna scoffs, as she takes a sip of her wine. "I suppose that I should get back to the house and attempt to figure out what they're up to."

"I'll take you back," Kyle smiles helping her up, turning to Nik, "Call me when he gets back with her."

"You're so sure that he'll find her?" Nik asks him, genuinely curious.

"Olivia and Chris, they're the closest people I know. They've been inseparable since they met each other when they were children. He willingly became a vampire to be with her for eternity. That girl is his little sister and he would destroy anyone who tried to hurt her, if there is anyone on this planet that's awake and not daggered in a coffin, who can find her, it's gonna be him." Kyle explains to them. "I know that neither of you have had the opportunity to really watch them interact, but trust me, those two will always be able to find each other."

"Rise and shine sleepy head." I hear someone tell me as the ropes are cut off my arms.

Groaning I move my head and open my eyes, "Chris?"

"The one and only." He smiles as he helps me up, "Klaus called Kyle and me when the coffins went missing and he couldn't get a hold of you or Rebekah."

"Stefan he –"

"I know – we know." Chris cuts me off, "He kidnapped you and the coffins. Rather an idiotic move on his part, isn't it?"

"I told him that. He snapped my neck. Multiple times." I growl, "The coffins, they're here. I just, I don't know where."

"I didn't see any coffins when I got here." He tells me, "There's someone coming."

Picking me up quickly he speeds us out of the house and into the woods, just as Elena and Bonnie enter the house, Stefan following closely behind them.

"Perfect timing Chris. Thank you." I smile up at him, "Take me to Nik, please."

"Your wish. My command." He laughs.

"Nik!" I shout as we walk into the house, looking around it's coming together rather nicely. If you want massive holes in the walls anyway.

"In here." He says loudly.

Following his voice, Chris and I find him staring at what seem to be blueprints. Walking over to him, I stand next to him until he turns towards me, and I wrap my arms around him in a hug.

"I'm glad you're alright, love." He comments. "Kol would be furious if something happened to you."

Pulling back I laugh, "Yes, I'm sure only Kol would care if I was harmed."

"Technically, you were." Chris chimes in, "Stefan killed you repeatedly."

"He what!" Nik growls.

"Don't worry, Nik. I'm perfectly fine, for the most part. I assure you, he will pay dearly for that." I tell him my voice cold.

"You should go shower – no take a bath." Nik tells me, as he gently pushes me towards the stairs.

"Does the water even work?" I ask him confused.

"In the master, yes. I even have those bath bombs you're so fond of up there." He tells me, "Now go. I need to keep you safe so you'll be under constant protection."

"Sir yes, sir." I salute him as I walk up the stairs laughing.

Sighing as I sink down into the tub, I close my eyes. I can't believe that Stefan got the upper hand on me, out of everyone in this town I never thought it would be him to snap my neck. Not after Damon, anyway.

I know he's lost his mind recently, wanting revenge and all of that lovely bullshit, but kidnapping me and breaking my neck over the course of – well I'm not even sure how many days I was down there, but that is unacceptable.

I'll give him credit for taking me to get back at Nik, and I'm sure Elena and Jeremy didn't even notice my absence at all, but Jenna and Kyle did. Stupid boy thought only Nik would notice only proves that he's never once listened to a word I said.

"You gonna come out of there before you turn into a prune?" Chris asks me as he knocks on the door.

"Have I been in here long?" I ask him as I stand up and grab the towel off the rack.

"About thirty minutes. Klaus is getting impatient." He laughs, "Wants to talk to you."

"Nik needs to learn some damn patience. I was trying to relax." I mutter, as I get dressed into the yoga pants and hoodie that Chris brought to the house for me.

"You can by all means tell him that while I stand in the corner and laugh." He says as I open the door.

"Wouldn't be the first time." I laugh, "Now come on, we wouldn't want Nik's forehead to get another frown line from his own annoyance."

"Honestly, love, we have work to do." Nik seethes as we walk into the room.

"You need to learn to take a breath, Nik. It's not the end of the world." I tell him.

"Once I take care of Stefan, I'll take a breath." He mocks.

"Stefan will pay dearly, Nik, that much I can promise." I say as I pour myself a glass of wine. "I think Kol will be thrilled to help with that."

"I'm sure he will." Chris laughs from his seat.

"Speaking of the coffins…they were in the witch house." I say cautiously, "Or at least they were. The first time I woke up they were next to me but when I woke up the next time, they were gone."

"Bloody witches. An awful lot really, if they weren't so useful I'd have killed them all by now." Nik mutters, "I want you to stay out of sight. I don't want Stefan to know that where you are. I'll be back, it seems your lovely sister has something I want."

"Have fun!" I call after him as he rushes out of the house.

"How are you doing?" Chris asks me concerned.

"I'm dealing. Ya know if you had asked me where my life was going, getting killed repeatedly wasn't on the list." I say as I finish my wine, looking over at him from my spot on the couch in Nik's study, "Love me and get me another drink?"

Laughing at me, he gets up and pours me another one, "I'm clearly the worst enabler for you."

"Nah, no way. You're one of the few keeping me sane these days." I sigh, "Elena and Jeremy are so involved in themselves it's amazing. I doubt they even realize I'd been gone. And Bonnie! That fucking bitch left me tied to a chair!"

"I don't think going up against a witch is in your best interest." Chris says, "Your siblings, yes."

"I'll let Nik take care of it for now…right now I just want to relax. I want to try and remember that I'll get my happy ending eventually."

Coming over, Chris wraps his arm around me and pulls me into this side, kissing the top of my head, "You'll get your happiness. Kol's close, you know he's close and you do have people on your side to help you. Why don't you take a nap, and I'll wake you when Klaus gets back."

"I'm not tired, Chris." I protest as he picks me up and carries me into Nik's room and throws me on the bed.

"You may not feel tired, but honestly, Olivia, you spent days getting your neck snapped. Your body needs time to heal, and your mind does too. So stop arguing and take a damn nap." He tells me as he tucks me in.

"God you're so pushy." I mutter as I roll over.

"Nik! Nik I know you can hear me, where the hell are you in this place?" I shout as I walk down the stairs.

"We're in here, love." He answers.

"I was hoping you'd be back by now, what did Elena –" I stop as I notice Rebekah lying in a coffin, "What the hell?"

"Turns out the reason we couldn't find Bekah, is all thanks to your twin. She daggered her and locked her away in the Salvatore basement." Nik says as he closes the coffin and sends it off. "She gave me my sister as long as I spared Jeremy."

"As if I would let you kill our brother, she's an idiot." I mutter, "You're not taking the dagger out of Bekah then?"

"She knows I killed our mother, she'll want revenge and get in the way. When I get the others back, then I'll gladly let you pull the dagger out of her chest."

"You better. After all, I am the one who convinced her that she should travel instead of want you dead." I shrug.

"Always looking out for me, love." He says with a smile, "How did my family get so lucky to have you?"

"You can thank Kol when you remove the dagger from his chest. It is really all him, the fact I like all of you is just an added bonus." I laugh, "On a more serious note, I'm gonna be going home. Jenna and Kyle are there and to be honest, all the construction in this house is going to drive me crazy. I'll keep a low profile, but it'll be fun to just pop up next to Stefan at The Grill. And Bonnie…little bitch."

"Take Chris with you." Nik tells me, "I want you to have one of them with you at all times. We've come to far to let something like this happen to you again, and I won't allow you to get hurt."

Rolling my eyes, I walk over to him and wrap my arms around his middle in a hug. "Yes, yes, I understand. Ya know, I don't remember ordering another over protective big brother and yet here you are."

"For eternity." He teases.

"I have a feeling Kol and I will be taking lengthy vacations in the future." I mutter as I pull Chris out the house.

"Can you pull over?" I ask Chris as I spot Caroline walking on the sidewalk. "I'll be right back!"

"Care!" I call after her, "Wait up a minute!"

"Olivia!" She smiled as she pulls me into a hug, "Where have you been?"

"First thing, Happy Birthday! Second, I was tied up thanks to Stefan." I tell her.

"Thanks…I ditched school and have been kinda avoiding going home since I have a feeling Elena, Matt and Bonnie will be there and I'm not up for celebrating." She tells me sadly, "Wait, what did Stefan do? I mean I know he's been off the wagon but he wouldn't hurt you."

"Oh he would and he did. He snapped my neck repeatedly. I'm feeling a bit petty and vengeful about it, but I've been a good girl and am waiting for the right moment." I say matter of fact, "I just…look Caroline, things in this town have changed, they will continue to change and I don't want you to get hurt. It's going to come down to sides, and I really don't want you to pick the wrong one."

"Olivia, I know that it's been hard for you but do you hear yourself?" She asks me, "These are our friends. You can't just turn your back on them."

"Bonnie knew I was there, Care. She saw me and didn't even consider letting me go. After everything that Damon and Elena have pulled, I'm happy with where my allegiance lies. I have a bigger picture in my head and I'm being selfish with it, and I want to tell you why I can stand here and be so cold towards people I once considered family, but until I know for sure who you're with, I can't. Spend some time and really think about who has been there for you, who hasn't used you for some other agenda…when you figure it out, you call me." I plead with her, "Be safe tonight."

Walking away I get back into the car with Chris, who to his credit at least waited until we were a block away before he began talking.

"I thought you had burned the bridges here."

"Not with Caroline. She's the one friend that was always a real friend to me here. Despite our differences and the petty fights we got into, our friendship was more real than any of the other ones we had growing up. She just needs to remember that." I explain to him. "Besides, don't you think her and Nik would be lovely together?"

Opening the front door to the house, "Jenna! Kyle! Please for the love of everything good, don't be naked in the house!"

"Why would I be naked in the middle of the kitchen?" I hear Jenna laugh, "That's what my bedroom is for."

"Don't knock kitchen sex, it's great." I tell her as I sit down next to her and steal her glass of wine.

"I'm aware of that, and one day when I don't have to worry about my nieces and nephew or really anyone at this point, waltzing through the front door, then I'll participate in kitchen sex, living room and even backyard sex." She tells me with a smirk.

"Get it Aunt Jenna." I laugh.

"How are you feeling?" She asks me concerned.

"I'm out of the damn basement, and I'm not getting my neck snapped every time I make a comment Stefan doesn't like, so I think I'm fine." I tell her, "I'm a tad angry about the whole situation, and I want to kill him permanently but I'm holding off."

"You do plan on killing him though?" Kyle asks he places food in front of me.

"I'm open to other options, just know he will suffer for what's been done to me."

"Can I borrow those black booties I love of yours?" Jenna asks me changing the subject.

"Yeah, of course. What for?" I ask her, as I take a bite of the pasta.

"The Wickery Bridge Restoration Fundraiser." She sighs, "I'm once again roped into this by Carol Lockwood."

"I'd come if I could, but I have a feeling that's the exact opposite of what Nik would like me to do right now." I laugh, "Be sure to tell him I said hello."

"He'll be there?" She asks surprised.

"Of course he will. Stefan had two paths in front of him. He chose the one that made Nik angry. Naturally, Nik will do whatever he can to prove a point." I tell them, "I'm sure Damon and Alaric will be there as well, so just be careful."

"I'm taking Kyle with me, I'll be perfectly safe." She promises.

"Good. I don't want anything happening to you, not while you're still very mortal." I hug her, "I guess that means Chris and I get to spend the night watching movies together on the couch."

"I'm not watching sappy girl movies with you." He deadpans.

"One girl movie, and then we can watch something you want to watch." I smile over at him.

Holding my gaze, he falters after a minute. "Fine."

Clapping happily, I hug him, "You're the best!"

"Yeah, yeah." He mutters, "I'm going to go change."

"Oh, before we go to the fundraiser, you should know that Elena wants to compel Jeremy to leave town." Jenna tells me as she comes back down stairs.

"She what?!" I ask her, "How the hell would that solve anything?"

"She brought it up to me, I told her that wasn't an option. She's being adamant about it. Thinks because of Klaus that he'll be safer in Denver." She explains.

"Because of Nik, he's safest here. Nik knows that he can use Jeremy as a pawn in the very slightest definition and he wont truly hurt him. Having him go to Denver with no one there to watch out for him is utterly ridiculous." I seethe, "She never fucking learns! People need to be able to make their own choices! She can't just compel him when it's convenient for her."

"I agree. That's why he's not going. I pulled him aside after Elena had a fit about it and left. I told him what she wanted to do and why, I gave him the choice to leave or to stay. He's staying, and I'll add that he's avoided Elena since." She tells me.

"As he should. Being around Elena is nothing but trouble these days." I complain, "Stupid doppelgänger business."

"Fair warning, Elena's in the kitchen with Bonnie." Jenna tells me as she opens my door.

"It's my lucky day." I say sarcastically, throwing on a pair of boots and walking down, just as Damon walks through the front door.

"Sooner." He says as he walks into the kitchen. "Abby Bennett Wilson. Monroe, North Carolina."

"Don't you know how to knock?" I ask him as I push him out of my way. "Hello Bonnie, don't look so shocked, I do live here."

"Olivia…" She stammers.

"I know I look good when I'm not tied up and having my neck snapped, don't I?" I laugh, "You're looking for your mother. How interesting."

"What do you mean having your neck snapped?" Damon asks me.

"Your brother took it upon himself to kidnap me when he took the coffins, and then proceeded to kill me over and over again." I tell him, "Consider this a warning that eventually, I'll repay him."

"Stefan wouldn't –" Elena starts.

"Shut up, Elena. Face the facts, you don't know Stefan anymore and he's willing to do whatever it takes to bring Nik down. To bad that's a fools errand." I tell her, "If you were smart, you'd leave it alone."

"I can't do that. Klaus is evil, he needs to be stopped." She demands.

"We clearly have different definitions of that. Personally, evil is wanting to compel your brother to leave town without his opinion or consent." I tell her as I grab my car keys.

"It was for his own good. It's not safe here." She argues with me.

"The world isn't a safe place, Elena. You don't get to choose for him. He chose to stay, and you will respect that."

"What happens when Klaus kills him to get to me? Then what will you say?" She mocks.

Laughing loudly, "The fact that you think I'd allow Nik to kill my little brother is astounding. Nik respects me. He knows the limits of when to push and when to back off. Unlike you."

"You shouldn't be here. You can't be trusted at all." Elena tells me angry. "You should just leave."

"That's enough, Elena!" Jenna intervenes. "You need to get off that high horse of yours and face reality. You are not in charge of this house, I am. Damon, Bonnie, I think it's time you left."

"You can't do that!" Elena yells, "They're allowed to be here! We have things to do."

"Then go, Elena. As of today, no one is allowed to come into this house without asking my permission first." Jenna tells her calmly. "I'm the guardian, what I say goes."

"Badass Jenna." I comment, "I'm gonna go and help out. You should come by later with Kyle."

"We'll meet up with you later, sweets. Have fun."

"Olivia!" Sheriff Forbes greets me happily as she opens the door, "It's good to see you, she's in her room."

"You too Sheriff." I smile as I walk past her and into Caroline's room, "Hey there Care, you called."

"Tyler bit me last…I was – I almost died, Olivia." She tells me quietly, "Did you know?"

"Did I know you were bitten, no I didn't." I tell her as I sit next to her.

"Tyler told me Klaus told him to do it and he tried not to, but he couldn't." She explains, "When he came here to give me his blood, he talked about seeing the world and the beauty it holds. Celebrating thousands of birthdays and getting the hell out of this town, and I realized something. While I was lying here dying, I thought back to all the times you told me that the world was so much more than this town and our petty problems…you were right.

"I didn't want to die last night. I want to get out and see the world. I want to have my best friend with me for eternity. I should be furious that Klaus had Tyler bite me, but I know that has to do with Stefan and not me. He was proving a point, and as much as I wish I wasn't the one it happened to, I'm glad it did. I'm on your side, Olivia."

Wrapping my arm around her shoulder I pull her in for a hug, "I'm not gonna say that the people on my side are the best, but they're not the worst. They won't just use you and throw you to the side when they're done like Damon and Elena tend to. I know you hate Nik, but I do think he fancies you."

"You're spending to much time with him if you're saying words like fancy." She laughs at me, "I know that he's done terrible things. You tried so hard to help Elena though. I was there for that. You did everything you could to keep her alive and even after Klaus came back to town you did what you could and they shut you out. They didn't give you a chance and it drove you away…I didn't even try to stop them."

"I didn't expect you to, Care. We've been friends since the sandbox. It wasn't exactly easy to see everything wrong. I just spend more time away from this town than anyone else, I can see the bigger picture and most of them can't." I tell her.

"Hello love, you should come home…there's been a bit of a surprise." Nik tells me when I answer the phone.

Looking at Caroline confused, "What kind of surprise, Nik?"

"Damon and I came to an understanding today while you were dealing with girl troubles all night. We have a lot to discuss, there's to be a dinner tonight." He tells me.

"Fine, I'm on my way over." I say as I hang up.

"Sorry to cut the girls night short, but it's better to just get this shit out of the way now." I apologize as I grab my shoes.

"Don't worry about it. I'm gonna take a long bath and watch Casablanca." She smiles at me.

"Well have an Audrey night soon. It's been to long." I tell her as I rush out of the house. "Goodnight!"

Walking up to the house, the door opens before I can get to it and my face breaks out into a smile. "Elijah!"

"Olivia, it's good to see you again." He says as he hugs me quickly, "I believe Nik has a dress for you up your room."

"Of course he does. Want to tell me what this is about?" I ask him curiously.

"In due time." He tells me cryptic.

Coming back down after I changed into the black cocktail dress and heels that Nik laid out for me, I hear Damon's voice.

"Who's the fifth seat for?"

"That would be me." I announce as I walk towards the chair in between Nik and Elijah.

"Olivia, big surprise there." Damon drawls at me.

"Pleasure as always." I smirk. "Stefan, long time."

"Yeah, can't say I'm surprised." He tells me.

"Lost your appetite?" Nik asks Stefan as we all begin to eat.

"Eat. I thought we agreed that we would leave the grumpy Stefan at home." Damon tells him.

Smirking at them from behind my wine glass I watch as Stefan smiles and takes a bite of the food.

"Now that's the spirit." Nik mocks, "Isn't this nice? The five of us dining together. Such a treat, isn't it Olivia?"

"Just the best, Nik." I answer, rolling my eyes. Personally I could think of a million things I'd rather be doing than have dinner with the Salvatore's but I'll bite my tongue and play nice.

"Is this what you had in mind when you pulled the dagger out of my brother?" Nik asks Damon.

That's new, I had assumed on some level that Nik took the dagger out, I probably should have known better. Though now I'm more curious as to what this dinner is truly about, there is no way it's as friendly as they're trying for.

"Well, I know what he felt about you, so I figured, the more the merrier." He says as he eats.

"Elijah and I have had our share of quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through." Nik tells them, as he turns towards Elijah.

"Kinda like uh, you and Rebekah right?" Stefan chimes in, "Where is she, by the way? Last I checked, she was still daggered because you were afraid to face her."

"If you're referring to the fact that Rebekah knows I killed our mother…I've already come clean to Elijah." Nik tell him, "Besides, Olivia filled me in the night of the homecoming that Rebekah knew about it."

"Don't drag me into this mess, Nik. I'm here for food and the dinner theatre." I say as one of the girls fills up my wine glass again.

"Hey, Stef, remember when you killed dad? Might want to dial down the judgment till dessert." Damon says finishing off his drink.

"We're here to make a deal, Damon. Doesn't mean we need to kiss his ass for seven courses." Stefan tells him annoyed.

"I'm just saying, we have a long evening ahead of us. Pace yourself." Damon says playing peacemaker.

"Stefan," Elijah begins as the night starts to wind down a bit, "Where is the lovely Elena tonight?"

Choking on my drink, I laugh a bit, "Wrong brother, Elijah."

Nik starts laughing, "I'm sorry, you've missed so much."

"Trouble in paradise." I chime in with a smirk.

"One more word about Elena, and uh, this dinner is over." Stefan intervenes.

"You know what, probably best to keep Elena in the do not discuss pile." Damon says, as Nik and I laugh.

"I don't think she's ever been in that pile before, how nice." I mock.

"It's just the allure of the Petrova doppelgänger is still so strong. What do you say, brother? Should we tell them about Tatia?" Nik asks mockingly.

"Now why should we discuss matters long since resolved?" He shakes his head.

"Well, given their shared affection for both Elena and Katerina, I think our guests might be curious to learn about the originator of the Petrova line." Nik tells them as if it was obvious.

"Please do tell." Damon concedes.

"I'll be back, gonna go powder my nose or whatever." I say as I stand up, "I have no desire to learn about another doppelgänger."

"Don't take to long." Nik calls after me.

Sitting on the bed in the room that Nik designed for Kol and I, I'm tempted to walk into the room I know holds the coffins and take the dagger out now. This dinner was fine at first, even entertaining but I'm failing to see the point of it all. We all know that none of them will ever agree on anything, especially not Elena, so I'm thoroughly confused.

As happy as I was to see Elijah, I can't help but feel as though something is wrong. Something more than just being daggered again. Of course, I can't ask these questions so blatantly, at least not in front of Damon and Stefan.

Having to sit in the same room as Stefan and be civil was proving difficult too. I have never wanted to take a knife and stab someone with it as much as I would love to do to him. That would be the start of the pain that will be coming his way, arrogant prick. Honestly, how he can sit at the table and truly believe that anything he does will just be forgotten is beyond me.

Hearing a crash from downstairs, I rush back down to see what the hell is going on.

"You're free to go. " Elijah tells Damon, "This is family business."

"What the hell is going on?" I ask them calmly as I walk into the room.

"Olivia! You're here." Rebekah says as she hugs me.

"Good to see you awake, Bekah. Now someone answer the damn question." I tell them.

"Hello Darling." I hear from behind me.

Turning on my heel, I look at the man who lets Nik go and walks closer to me, his hand coming up to cradle my face.

"Kol."