A/N- Thanks TXKat for reviewing, and for the helpful tip! I hope that this chapter would be easier to read. This chapter isn't my best and it might be a snooze fest. I just had to incorporate Stefan's POV to get their storyline moving.I'm going to try and post every day, but I can't guarantee it! The characters are probably going to be super OOC in this.
Disclaimer- I don't own Vampire Diaries, although I wish I did.

Chapter 2- Fault

2 weeks later

It's been 2 weeks since Damon has disappeared. Stefan's wrinkles his forehead in confusion to where the missing brother could be because he hasn't seen him for weeks. Stefan's with Caroline together at the Grill.

"I haven't seen Damon messing up this town lately. Is everything okay with him?" Caroline asks. Her bright eyes smile at Stefan. Stefan knows that she was just joking, but something inside of him tells him that he shouldn't be taking it as a joke. If no one saw him then something was clearly wrong.

"I'm not sure. I haven't seen him at all." Stefan replies wondering where he might've gone.

"Oh, well I'm sure he's going to turn up any day now. He probably just left town." Caroline says, assuring Stefan.

"Why would he leave town? That's not a Damon-like move."

"I mean like- Elena's gone. I would have left if it weren't for you staying here with me and coping." Caroline was smiling.

Her affection for him grows more and more each day. Stefan can tell her feelings for him have grown since the wedding day. She brushes her hand against Stefan's, letting him know that it was going to be okay.

He sits there pondering over what Caroline said. I would have left if it weren't for you staying here with me and coping... His mind keeps on replaying the same sentence over and over again.

"I wasn't there for him. He obviously wouldn't admit that he needs help. I was insisting." He pauses to think. "Except, Damon wouldn't skip town, he would've at least told someone… Have you talked to Alaric?"

"Yeah I just spoke with him on the phone before I met up with you."

"Call him and ask him if he has seen or spoke with Damon for these past few weeks."

Caroline snatches her phone out from her leather purse that was hanging on her chair. She calls Alaric.

"Hey Caroline."

"Hey Alaric! I was wondering, have you spoken with Damon for these couple weeks?"

"No, I haven't. Why? What happened to him?" Alaric was getting anxious

"Well, Stefan and I haven't seen him for a long time and we thought that you might have seen him around or something."

"Well, I didn't. He's been avoiding me and I don't know why."

"Come to the Grill, we'll talk there."

"Okay. I'm right around the corner. I'll be there."

Ric hangs up the phone and runs to the Grill.


"What are doing?" Alaric asks, breathless. He glances between Stefan and Caroline, as no one is answering his question. Alaric hops onto a dark brown bar stool next to Caroline.

"Call Bonnie and ask her to do a locator spell." Stefan declares, interrupting the silence that fell upon them.

Caroline quickly types in Bonnie's number. Ric leans in, trying to hear the conversation, while Stefan leans back using his vamp hearing to hear the conversation. Perks of being a vampire.

"Hey Bonnie, Damon's missing, can you do a little favor for us and do a locator spell on him?"

"Damon? What happened?" Bonnie and Damon grew a lot closer ever since they got trapped in the prison world together. Everyone can hear the strain in Bonnie's voice, it's pretty obvious that she's worried about him.

"I'll explain to you later, but right now I need you to meet us at Stefan's."

"Yeah sure, I'll be there in five."

Caroline hangs up the phone, and breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that Bonnie would say no. She knows that they got closer, but when Bonnie came back they had an argument, which ended with Damon apologizing.

"She's on the way to your house right now." Caroline speaks, looking at Stefan. Stefan looks exhausted. His forehead is wrinkled, and his eyes are looking down at the glass of Bourbon, immediately reminding him of Damon.

"How could I have not noticed? He's my brother, I should've noticed that he wasn't around the house and no one has talked to him. What if he was hurt? It would be all my fault."

"Stefan, don't blame it all on yourself, I guess it was sort of all of our fault." Alaric quietly speaks; embarrassed that he didn't notice his best friend missing. He feels like he was betraying Damon. He misses his annoying yet witty remarks, and the smirk he would always do. Silence falls upon the group of friends gathering at the Grill.

"We better get going if we're going to meet up with Bonnie," Caroline says, a hint of happiness in her voice, trying to lift up the spirit. Stefan nods at Caroline, and finishes his Bourbon in one gulp, and slams the glass cup down on the wooden bar. They all shuffle towards the door, and drives to the Salvatore Boarding House.


They meet Bonnie at the front, and opens the front door to go inside. Before they do the spell, Stefan goes and pours himself a glass of Bourbon.

"Pour me a glass too, Stefan" Alaric speaks amidst all the ruckus going on in the house.

"Okay," Stefan says while pouring another glass for Alaric, "but you better not get drunk on me." And hands the drink to Alaric.

"Thanks." Alaric murmurs to Stefan smiling.

Caroline goes around the house collecting candles, and Bonnie grabs a map and hands Stefan a knife. They set down all the required things, and Stefan cuts his hands open, blood oozing out of his palm, and squeezes it onto the middle of the map. Bonnie chants in a Latin sounding language. The Salvatore's blood runs off the map, hinting that he's not on the map. Bonnie opens her eyes and stops chanting. Everyone looks at Bonnie with their mouth gaped wide open.

"What does this mean?" Caroline screams out, scared.

"He's not here…" Bonnie spoke, disbelief in her voice. Everyone starts panicking.

"What? Well, maybe he's not on this map... This map only shows the United States! He could be in Canada, or London, or... or..." Caroline quickly speaks, her brain scrambling around trying to think of a place Damon could've run off to. Caroline and everyone finds themselves silent once again.

"Is he dea-" Alaric says.

"My brother is not dead. He wouldn't do this to himself," Stefan pauses.

"at least-"

"Unless, somebody did it to him." Caroline says interrupting Stefan. Slowly, all eyes turned to her. Fuming with anger, Stefan throws his- now empty- glass cup to the wall, creating a huge explosion of glass exploding off of the wall. It's what Damon would've done, Stefan thought.


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-Angela