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The next morning the papers were legally signed and the Salvatore house was now hers. Everyone waited outside. After saying goodbye to the realtor Stefan, Damon and Lexi all moved to the front door.
Elena stood at her front door staring at Stefan, Damon, Rose and Lexi.
"Sorry I keep forgetting." She smiled.
"Just let us inside." Damon said.
Elena giggled and looked at Lexi. Then she smirked. "Thanks for the house, guys. I promise I won't throw too many wild parties." Then she turned to walk away.
Lexi and Stefan just smirked planning their revenge for when she did invite them in. They both knew she would so they let her have her fun.
"ELENA GILBERT!" Damon growled. "LET ME IN OR I SWEAR YOU WILL NOT LIKE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!"
Elena just giggled and turned around. She looked to Lexi first.
"Lexi, would you like to come into my house.
"I would love to, Thank you."
Lexi went inside and stood next to Elena. "Stefan you may enter my house under one condition."
"What's that?" Stefan asked.
"Kiss me after entering."
"Of course."
"Then you may come in."
Stefan stepped inside and they shared a kiss.
"Rose, you may come inside too."
Rose chuckled and thanked her. Then she looked to Damon and fought off the smirk. She knew he was having those "being picked last in gym" type feelings.
Then all four of them looked to Damon.
She looked at Damon, "Damon…"
Elena stopped as a thought hit her. He had always teased her and made fun of her, now was her change to get a little payback. She smirked.
"What are we 12?" Damon asked.
"One of us is."
Stefan and Lexi fought off the smirk.
"What were you saying before about me locking you out?"
"Elena Gilbert I swear if you don't let me in right I'll…"
"You'll what, as long as I'm inside you can't hurt me."
Damon growled. "Stefan tell your girlfriend she better let me in."
"Sorry Damon, she is in control now." Stefan smirked.
Damon growled. Elena giggled. Stefan just laughed. "Elena you know he's going to kill you once you let him inside."
"Who says I'm letting him inside?" she teased. "We could finally have this whole house to ourselves."
Stefan laughed. He knew this was driving Damon insane. He couldn't help but play along.
"You know you're right. This whole entire house just for you and I. No one to interrupt us in the morning while we cuddle, we wouldn't always have to watch what we say in fear of Damon hearing us…no one to annoy us at all." Stefan smirked.
Elena giggled. "Yeah."
"Also I would protect her against Damon." Lexi said.
"Yeah." Elena smiled.
"Ok how about this, either you let me inside or I'll go on a killing spree and kill everyone in this town starting with your little brother Jeremy, no or maybe…better yet I'll start with Caroline. She'd be easier to kill."
Elena glared at him. "I was just fooling around Damon, you didn't have to get all bad vampire on me."
Damon groaned. "Then let me inside and I'll leave then all alone."
"Promise?"
"Yes I promise."
"And Caroline, and everyone else that I love?"
"Yes, Elena I promise."
"If I let you in, do you promise to obey the owner of this house."
"No."
"Seriously Damon, my way you promised, no more secrets or lies. I call the shots remember?"
"Yes, Elena sure."
"Then yes Damon you can come in."
In a flash Damon was in the house and holding Elena with her arms pinned behind her back.
"Damon I swear whatever you're thinking of doing to her don't!" Stefan growled.
"Don't worry Stefan I'm not going to do anything that will hurt Elena."
Elena struggled to get free. "Lexi help." She said.
She didn't know what Damon had planned but she knew she wasn't going to like it…even if it didn't cause her any pain at all.
"Damon let her go, now." Lexi growled.
"No. I warned her. Now she needs to face her consequence."
"Help." Elena whimpered feeling terrified all of a sudden.
"What are you doing?" Lexi asked. "I said let her go."
"What I'm about to do will solve all our problems. I get my revenge and it gets Klaus off our backs." Damon said.
"What are you going to do?" Stefan asked.
"I'd rather show you."
But before he could move Lexi pulled Elena from his arms and behind her. "You're not going to touch her."
"Oh relax I was just going to tickle her."
"No you weren't."
"I'm hungry." With that Damon turned to leave.
Lexi shook her head and turned to Elena. "Are you ok?"
She nodded. "Thank you."
"Not a problem. But I'm also sorry."
"Why?"
"For this..." Lexi pulled Elena back into her arms pinning her arms behind her back.
"Lexi!" Stefan cried out in shock. "What are you doing?"
Elena just giggled. She trusted Lexi and knew she'd never hurt her.
"I don't think you'll mind what I'm about to do to her." Lexi said. "Besides Elena trusts me."
"What are you going to do to her?" Stefan asked.
Lexi smirked and whispered her next move so soft only a vampire could hear it. Stefan laughed. "She's going to hate you forever if you do that."
"She locked me out of my own house. She deserves it."
"Ok, whatever you say. Just watch her feet. She might kick."
Elena let out a scream when she felt Lexi running her fingers up and down her sides.
"LEXI NO! NO TICKLING!"
She couldn't hold back the giggles anymore. She squirmed trying desperately to get away.
"Stef-Stefan he-help!" Elena laughed.
Stefan just laughed. He had tickled Elena a few times before and knew all her weakest spots. He could be the evil boyfriend and tell Lexi that her most ticklish spot wasn't on her sides and then tell him where it really is, or he could just not do anything.
"Ok, ok, I'll help. Lexi, get her stomach or armpits." Stefan laughed.
"No! Elena screamed in giggles as Lexi moved to her stomach.
Lexi chuckled and stopped. "Your turn, Stefan."
Stefan chuckled and moved closer to Elena. "No! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Stefan shook his head. "You deserve this."
Elena squealed as he tickled her. She giggled and squirmed as Stefan got her in all her weakest spots.
"STOP!" She laughed hysterically.
Stefan stopped and let her go.
"I…hate…you..both." She gasped.
Stefan laughed. "You should know by now Elena, never tease a vampire."
She just giggled softly. Then she frowned. "What was Damon going to do to me?"
"It's better if you don't know." Lexi said.
Elena sighed and nodded. "You don't think he went after my family...do you?"
"No. He was just trying to scare you into letting him inside."
"Well it worked." Elena whispered.
"You're safe. Stefan and I would never let anything happen to you." Lexi said.
Just then there was a knock at the door. Elena jumped out of her skin.
"It's ok. It's just Bonnie." Lexi said. "Just remember a vampire won't be able to enter without your permission."
Elena nodded and opened the door. "Hey Bonnie, come on inside."
Bonnie stepped in. "Hey, I just found out some news. I've been talking with Luca and Jonas. We have a plan we think that just might work against Klaus. Jones was telling me that if a witch could channel enough power it would be strong enough to kill Klaus. Now, we would need the power of over 100 witches. But, Jones believes that if I, Luca, and himself all use our powers it should be enough."
"No." Lexi said instantly. "That's a bad idea. Using that much power could…it wouldn't be good." Lexi said filtering herself to protect Elena.
"But Jones, Luca, and I would all use our power so nobody gets hurt. I know what the outcome of using too much power will do to me, Lexi. Jonas made sure I understood."
"We will come up with another way, you getting hurt or worse is NOT an option." Lexi said.
"We're running out of time, Lexi." Bonnie said. "This is he closet thing we have to plan."
"It will be a plan, Our last and final plan if everything else fails." Lexi said.
Bonnie sighed. But nodded. "Fine."
"Come on, we should get going." Elena said.
"Going? Wait, where are you going?" Stefan asked.
"School." Elena answered.
"No, we didn't create a safe house for you to leave it." Stefan said. "Klaus is out there somewhere."
"Yeah, and nobody knows where. Look, I really appreciate what you guys did for me. I'll be able to sleep at night knowing I'm safe. But I'm not going to be a prisoner."
"She has a point." Lexi said.
Elena smiled at Lexi and Bonnie and turned to leave.
"Wait, I'm coming." Stefan said.
Lexi smiled as they all left. Finally she had the house to herself. Now she could make her own plans for destroying the man that destroyed her life.
At school Elena walked into her history class and saw a flyer on her desk for the decade dance and smiled. She showed it to Stefan with a huge smile. He just shook his head.
She frowned but then showed it to Bonnie who nodded. Elena looked to Stefan with a look that said 'ha-ha'.
Stefan rolled his eyes and turned to the front of the room. Then Alaric walked in. The day seemed to go by like normal. Nothing out of the ordinary happened. That is…until lunch time.
She was sitting there with Bonnie, Jeremy, and Stefan. It had taken some time but she finally got used to the idea of Bonnie and Jeremy dating. They were both happy so she was happy.
Another student went over to them. "Hey, Elena. I know this is going to sound weird. But this totally hot guy just asked me to ask you if you were going to the dance?"
"Tell him she has a boyfriend." Bonnie said
"You could at least meet him. He'll be at the dance, just look for him. His name is Klaus."
Everyone froze and Elena turned white. "What did you say?"
"His name is Klaus."
"Where is he? Is he here?" Bonnie asked.
"I don't know."
"She's being compelled." Stefan said.
"He wants to know if you'll save him the last dance. Isn't that cute!" Just like that she walked away.
Everyone was still in shock. They were finally about to meet Klaus, but they all knew it wasn't going to end well.
They all left school early and went back to the house to discuss a plan.
"Easy, we go to the dance and find him." Damon said.
"How? We have no idea what he looks like." Stefan said.
"He won't be sixteen and covered in pimples."
"Even if we do find him what's our plan of attack." Elena asked.
Before she could be answered the door opened and Ric walked in.
"Sorry I'm late."
"I need you to put Damon and I down as chaperones for tonight. Klaus made his move. He's going to be at the dance tonight." Lexi said.
"What are we going to do once we find him?" Elena asked again.
"I'll call Jones and Luca and make sure they are there to help me. Together the three of us can take him down." Bonnie said.
"That's not going to work." Ric said. "He's the biggest, badest, and strongest vampire in the world."
"I agree with Ric. I mean how do you know Klaus won't..." He went to attack her causing Elena to gasp.
But before he could touch her Bonnie sent Damon flying across the room with a flick of her finger.
"Well, I'm impressed." Stefan said.
Elena giggled softly. It was nice to see Damon getting a taste of his own medicine.
"I can kill Klaus. I'm strong enough I know I can." Bonnie said.
Lexi shook her head. "No. No way. We will find another plan."
"Lexi, we don't have time." Bonnie argued.
"Why are you so against her using her powers to stop Klaus?" Elena asked.
"Because she is a whiny brat who doesn't want us to do anything unless she came up with it first." Damon said.
"Liar." Elena said. "Lexi, what's going on?"
Lexi looked to Bonnie. Bonnie shook her head. Lexi looked to Elena. She inhaled and exhaled a deep breath and said "If Bonnie uses as much power as she needs to kill Klaus it will kill her first."
"Lexi!" Damon growled.
"What! No! You're not going to do it!" Elena cried.
"Wait, really?" Ric asked.
Lexi nodded.
"She's not going to do it! We will find a new plan." Elena said.
"With Jones and Luca's help I won't need as much power and it won't kill me." Bonnie said.
"But without them..." Elena asked.
"Yes, Lexi is right."
Elena gasped and forced the tears away. "You're not going to do that!"
"I might not have a choice." Bonnie said.
"No!" Elena cried. "NO!"
"Bonnie is right. We don't have time to come up with a new plan. Right now she and the other two are our best shot at getting rid of Klaus." Damon said.
"NO!" Elena cried again.
Stefan walked over to Elena. "It's ok. As long as Jones and Luca help her she will he fine. By tomorrow we won't have to worry about Klaus." He hugged her closely to his chest.
Everyone knew it was the best plan, but they were all scared even if they didn't admit it.
To help get her mind off tonight Stefan took her upstairs to dig through his family's old clothes to find something to wear.
"Your relatives were such packrats." Elena giggled. She picked her two favorite and held them up for Stefan to see. "Ok, so what do you think? Twiggy or sexy hippy?"
"Ooh." He smirked.
She faked a smile and then frowned and went back to looking.
"You know it's not too late to back out, right?" He said gently.
"And what, miss out on all the fun?" She said, but didn't look at him. She continued to dig through the box. Stefan knew what she was doing.
He slowly went over to her. "Hey…" He gently took her face in his hands, rubbing his thumb over her cheek bone.
"All this time spent worrying about Klaus. I think I convinced myself that he's not real but he is." she said softly.
"And tonight, we will put an end to him." Stefan told her.
They shared a kiss and pulled away.
"I love you." Elena said.
"I want you to tell me that when the night's over." He told her.
They share another kiss.
"Time to go." a voice said.
They pulled away and turned to see Lexi.
Elena just grabbed her dress and went into the bathroom. Stefan sighed. "She'll never admit to this, but I know she is terrified."
"We all are." Lexi told him. "None of us want to admit it either."
Stefan nodded. "Can you wait for her up here. I need to go get ready."
"Yeah of course."
Stefan left the room and Lexi sighed. She had said 'everyone' but what she really meant was herself. She was terrified. She was terrified of facing Klaus again. After what he had done to her….to her family, she wasn't sure she was ready to face him again. But she knew to help prevent Elena from going through what she went through she had to do this. She just hoped nobody got hurt or killed…Elena would never forgive her.
They arrived at the dance. They all went inside slowly and looked around, almost as if it was going to explode at any moment.
Just then the same student from the lunch room, Dana, appeared on stage. "Thanks for coming out tonight. We're going to start tonight off with a special request."
Everyone turned to the stage.
"This is for Elena…from Klaus."
The music started and Elena froze. "No." she whispered.
"Elena…" Stefan said softly.
"No, no." She started to shake her head. "No, no, no." She covered her ears as she continued to shake her head and mutter the word 'no'.
"Elena, what's going on?" Stefan asked. "Hey, it's ok."
Elena only got more upset. She started gasping for air. She pulled her hands away from her ears and wrapped them around her throat as she started choking. She sunk down to her knees. "No…no…no…no." she choked out.
"Elena, what's going on? What's wrong?" Stefan asked kneeing down in front of her.
"Stefan, cover her ears wth your hands, it will help block out the sound." Lexi said.
Doing as he said Stefan covered her ears with his hands. Elena seemed to calm down a little bit. She removed her hands from her throat and stopped choking but she recovered her ears, putting her hands over Stefan's. "Make it stop." She whimpered.
"Shhh, it's ok. It's ok. It's almost over. What's going on?" Stefan asked.
"This song." Jeremy choked out. "It was our Dad's favorite. He would listen to it all the time."
"That night of the crash, Stefan, I remember hearing this song playing before the car went off the bridge." Lexi said. "Not only was this her father's favorite song it was the last song that was playing before he…"
Stefan nodded. He kept his hand over her ears and leaned in to kiss her forehead. "You're safe. It's almost over. It's almost over." He said.
The music finally changed and Stefan released her ears and helped her stand up. "Are you ok?" Lexi asked.
Elena nodded. "I can't listen to that song. Whenever I hear it I feel like I'm drowning. I can't breathe. I don't know how Klaus could have known that. I've never told anyone."
Everyone shrugged.
"It's a party people, let's blend in. Klaus will come to us when the time is right." Damon said.
"Good idea, let's dace." Bonnie said dragging Jeremy away.
Damon left to go chat with Ric.
Stefan offered Elena his hand. She just sighed. He smiled. "Come on, how often do I offer to dance?"
"You should take full advantage of this, it might never happen again." Lexi laughed.
"What about you?" Elena asked softly.
"I'll go see if I can get in reach with Jonas and Luca. Also fill in Caroline on what's going on." Lexi said.
Elena nodded. "Please be careful."
"Always." Lexi smiled. She walked away.
Stefan smirked and Elena took his hand and they went over to the dance floor. Elena snuggled closely into Stefan's chest and hugged him close. It wasn't a slow song on but Elena was still shaken and wanted to just snuggle him for him.
"You ok?" Stefan asked kissing her head hugging her to him.
"How did he know about that song? Nobody, nobody, not even Jenna or Jeremy know about what that song does to me." Elena said.
"How did you know?" Stefan asked.
"I was in the car one and had the radio on. Usually the music helped keep me calm while I was driving but once that song came on I lost all control. I stopped and managed to pull over. A kind man in the car behind me came to check on me. He called Jenna and she came to get me. She didn't ask any questions and I never told her what happen. She knew I used to be scared in cars so she didn't think much of it."
"I don't know how Klaus found out. I promise we will figure it out though."
Elena sighed."I know it's not a slow song, but I just want to stay like this."
"That's fine with me." Stefan said kissing her head again. "Just try and relax. We will find Klaus and we will get rid of him for good. Just hang in there, ok?"
She just nodded.
Suddenly the music changed to a slow dance and Stefan looked over by the DJ and saw Lexi. He smiled Lexi and mouthed a small 'Thank you'.
She nodded and smiled and headed out of the room.
Lexi appeared outside and looked around for Jones and Luca. Neither of them were anywhere in sight. "They are just running late, they are running late." she told herself.
Just then a student walked over to her. "Are you Lexi?"
"Who wants to know?" Lexi asked.
"I have a message from Jones, he asked me to give you this letter." The student replied. They handed Lexi the letter and walked away.
Lexi grew nervous as she slowly opened the envelop. Jones wasn't here yet and now she was getting a letter from him…that wasn't a good sign.
She opened it and unfolded the paper. The handwriting was sloppy almost as if he wrote it in a hurry.
Dear Lexi,
If you're reading this I'm long gone. Before you get upset I'm not gone as in dead just no longer in Mystic Falls. Luca and I were ready to come meet you but Klaus showed up at our door. He offered us a deal…Lexi I'm very sorry but I took it.
The deal was that he would kill us where we stood or we could leave town and never come back. If we left town he'd use my daughter for what he needed and then once it was all over he'd compel her and make her forget everything that's happen and she'll be returned to us safe and sound without a scratch or even a bad memory.
I couldn't pass this up, Lexi. I hope you understand….
Lexi stopped reading, forcing the tears not to come. "I understand perfectly…you betrayed me." She didn't even bother to read the rest of the letter. She crumbled it up and threw it behind her.
Jones and Luca weren't coming so that means they needed a new plan before Bonnie got herself hurt or worse killed.
She rushed back inside and searched frantically for the others but nobody was anywhere to be found.
She came out of the room where everyone was dancing and focused on listening.
"BONNIE NO!"
Lexi got a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach and rushed toward the sound.
Is it possible to feel trapped, even though you've got tons of free space around you? Well for Elena Gilbert it was possible. That's how she felt as she stood trapped outside her school cafeteria watching Bonnie fight off Klaus, who actually turned out to be hiding in Alaric's body. Elena was terrified. She knew if Bonnie used all the power she needed to destroy him she'd die, but if she didn't use her power Klaus would kill her another way. Either way her best friend was about to be gone and she couldn't handle that! She stood outside banging on the door screaming, trying everything to get inside. Even Stefan wasn't strong enough to get in.
Lexi ran over. "What's going on!?"
"Klaus is in Alaric's body. He knew from the begging what we had planned! He trapped Elena and Bonnie alone to get Bonnie to try and use his powers. Now she's in there fighting him!" Stefan quickly knowing Elena would be too hysterical to speak.
"What! She can't do that!" Lexi cried. "She was supposed to wait for Jones and Luca!"
"There was no time. We tried but couldn't stop her!" Stefan said still struggling to get the door opened.
From inside Bonnie turned to look at Elena. Blood was dripping down her nose covering her mouth. She looked weak and Elena knew it was only a matter of time. Bonnie turned back to the vampire. The lights were bursting, vending machine were exploding , suddenly Bonnie's body jerked and she fell to the floor.
"NO!" Elena screamed.
The doors finally open and Elena and Stefan ran inside. Elena grabbed Bonnie pulled her into her lap.
"Bonnie, Bonnie, Hey, Hey."
Stefan looked around only to find Klaus/Alaric was gone. Lexi knelt down beside Bonnie too and quickly checked her over. Lexi knew…she was gone. It was all her fault.
"Stefan, she's not breathing ." Elena cried out.
Stefan grabbed Bonnie's wrist. There was no pulse.
"Stefan! Stefan, I can't find her pulse! Stefan! Do something, please! Stefan, please! Just give her blood, do something, please!"
"It's too late. I'm sorry…"
"No! No. No, no, no, no, no! Bonnie! Bonnie, please, no! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!" Elena cried
Stefan heard footsteps approaching so he turned his head and saw his brother Damon.
"Stefan get Elena, out of here." He demanded. "I'll deal with this."
Elena looked up at him, her eyes burning with hate. "What do you mean deal with this?"
Damon walked over to Elena and tried to take Bonnie from her. "The sheriff can't know about this. Last thing we need's another mysterious death."
"THIS IS BONNIE!" Elena screamed pulling Bonnie closer to her.
She wasn't going to let him just burry her in the woods somewhere and make up some lie about her leaving town.
Damon looked at Stefan. "Get her home now…so I can clean this up."
Stefan went behind Elena and wrapped his arms around her waist. She started squirming not wanting to be taken away from her best friend.
"No, Stefan, no."
She knew it was no use. He was a vampire and stronger than her but she had to at least try.
"Stefan no, no, please! Lexi,help, help!" she begged.
"I'll take care of Bonnie, I promise, Elena. I will make sure she is taken care of." Lexi said.
"No, no, let me do it! Let me do it! Bonnie! Bonnie wake up!" Elena cried hysterically.
"Hey, hey, hey," he cooed gently.
Elena continued to squirm but finally Stefan got her to her feet. That's when Elena was hit with another thought. Where was her brother?
"Jeremy. What about Jeremy?" she asked franticly.
"I'll find him." Lexi answered.
Elena took one look at Bonnie's body and broke out into fresh tears and let out a huge scream.
"NO!"
"Shhh, shhh, shhh." Stefan whispered into her ear as she gently pulled her away, despite her struggle to be released.
He finally made it to the end of the hallway. Elena turned in his arms, trying to run back to Bonnie.
"Bonnie, Bonnie!" she cried. "Let me go!"
Stefan hated doing this to her, but she would be a lot worse, if she saw what Damon was about to do. He lifted her legs, and carried her bridal style to cry, kicking and screaming, and of course crying. He set her down in the car and buckled her in. He closed her door and went over to his side and got in. After he buckled himself in, he drove away. He hated listening to the sound of her crying. It made him feel even worse knowing there was nothing he could do.
After a few minutes of driving Elena stopped crying. Stefan looked over at her. She was just staring ahead in the state of shock. He sighed. He only hoped she didn't go into denial, because that would kill her worse when it finally set in.
They finally arrived back at his house. He looked at Elena, she was the same that she was when he checked a few minutes. He un-buckled his seat belt and got out. He went over to Elena's side and un-buckled her before taking her back into his arms. He went over to the living room and set her down on one of the chair. He grabbed a blanket from the couch and wrapped it around her shoulders. He made a quick fire.
He kissed her forehead. "I'll be right back."
Elena wanted to protest. Her mind was screaming at her vocal cords to do something but they weren't working together. Stefan left the room. Elena just sat there staring at the wall in front of her. She was trying to wrap her mind around what just happen. All she could think about was Bonnie's dead body laying there on the floor. Then she thought about Damon and what he was doing to her. She was buried alone in the dark words scared, with no one to comfort her. Damon was so heartless treating Bonnie this way. She remembered the day Damon had tried to kill Bonnie because she destroyed the witch pendent.
She was never going to forgive Damon for this…ever. Stefan came back with a tea cup in his hands. He brought it over to her.
"Here, drink this."
She just shook her head and pushed it away. "I can't" she whispered.
"Yeah, yeah you can, drink this."
He got down by her side and gently rubbed her arm. Sighing Elena took the cup and put it too her lips but she couldn't drink it. "This is my fault." She cried.
"No, no, no, no, no." he said quickly.
She just nodded her head disagreeing with him.
"No, Hey, This was Klaus. Listen to me. Klaus did this."
Elena just sniffed. "What's he doing to her?" she choked out.
Stefan just sighed. He knew this was coming.
"I'm sure he's making her very comfortable."
Elena glared at him. "You and I both now that's not true."
Stefan sighed. "You're right, I don't know Elena. But I do know Lexi is there too. She would never do anything to disrespect Bonnie. She will take care of Bonnie and she will make sure Damon does the same drink your tea."
Again she shook her head.
"Please baby girl."
She shook her head.
"I want Bonnie."
Stefan sighed. "I know baby. I'm sorry but she is gone."
"NO!" Elena screamed. "SHE'S NOT DEAD!"
Elena stood from the chair and threw the cup at the wall making it smash into little pieces.
"SHE'S NOT DEAD! SHE'S NOT DEAD!" Elena screamed as she sunk down to her knees crying hysterically. Stefan got down by her and pulled her into his arms. He just held her and soothed her the best she could. He knew there was nothing he could do.
Suddenly her cell phone rang. She jumped startled by the sudden noise.
Stefan grabbed it for her. "I don't know the number." He told her.
She reached out for it. He handed it to her. She looked at the number. She didn't know either but figured it might be important so she picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Ding dong."
"What?"
"Ding dong the witch is dead, which old witch? The wicked witch! Ding dong the wicked witch is dead." A voice sang.
"Who is this?" Elena demanded working hard to not break out into tears.
"Elena, I'm surprised you can't tell by my voice. It's your good buddy Alaric…or better yet Klaus."
"You're sick, gloating about killing someone."
"I didn't do anything. You're the one who didn't stop her."
"I tried everything I could, there was nothing I could do!" Elena cried.
"You could have just came to me like I wanted. I thought you'd learn from Katherine's story, if you don't obey me I got after those you care about. Maybe now that Bonnie is dead you'll listen to me. It's still all your fault."
"It's not my fault!" Elena screamed as tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Ding dong the witch is dead, which old witch? The wicked witch! Ding dong the wicked witch is dead." Klaus sang again.
"NO! STOP IT!"
She was so upset and hated listening to this, yet…she couldn't hang up, she was nearly paralyzed. Stefan grabbed the phone from her.
"YOU LISTEN TO ME, YOU SICK TWISTED FREAK! WE ARE GOING TO DESTORY YOUAND WHEN WE DO YOU WILL NEVER HURT ELENA AGAIN YOU HEAR ME! LEAVE ELENA AND EVERYONE ELSE SHE CARES ABOUT ALONE OR I SWAER I WILL KILL YOU SO SOFTLY AND SO PAINFULLY YOU WILL CRY!" Stefan growled.
"Bring it on Stefan. You need to remember I'm older and stronger than you and your brother. Tell Elena to surrender or I will kill every person she loves and I'll force her to watch, including you."
With that the line went dead. Stefan looked to Elena, she was crying hysterically into her hands.
"It's my fault, this is all my fault. Bonnie is dead and it's all my fault!" Elena cried.
"No, no, no, Baby, hey listen to me. This is not your fault. Klaus did all of this."
"I couldn't stop her!"
"Elena there was nothing you could have done. Bonnie was going to do this no matter what you said or did. There was nothing you could do…listen to me…"
He took her face in his hands making her look at him. "Listen to me, this is not your fault. Klaus did this. He killed Bonnie, you're not at fault in anyway."
"I couldn't save her…just like before…I couldn't save them…when is everyone I love going to stop leaving me!"
Stefan sighed he knew she was talking about her parents. He pulled her back into him and let her cry into his chest. It was the only thing he could do, talking didn't seem to be helping at all.
A few minutes later, the door opened. Elena looked and saw Damon. She pulled away from Stefan and went over to Damon. "What did you do with her?" she asked.
Damon looked at Stefan. "Please calm her down."
"Don't talk like I'm not standing right in front of you!" she demanded.
"Please calm down."
"You knew! Didn't you? You knew that she was going to fight Klaus tonight with or without Jones and Luca, didn't you?
"Yes I knew."
Elena slapped him. "I HATE YOU!" she screamed. "I NEVER SHOULD HAVE INVITED YOU INTO MY HOUSE! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU I HATE YOU!"
"Good, I really don't care, you know why?"
Elena just glared at him.
"Because at least you're alive to hate me. If Bonnie hadn't done what she did you'd be dead not her."
Elena slapped him again, only this time Damon caught her wrist.
"Hey! This is getting nowhere, let her go." Stefan said.
Damon let her go. "You need to listen very carefully and prepare yourself for what I'm about to say."
"No, I'm never listening to anything you have to say again. You…."
"ELENA BONNIE IS ALIVE!" Damon said cutting her off.
"What?" Elena asked.
"Wait what? Damon if this is a joke it's not funny." Stefan said.
"It's not a joke. Bonnie had to die. Klaus using Alaric's body was a total surprise. She wasn't prepared for that. And he wasn't going to stop, and we weren't going to be able to stop him until he knew she was dead. He had to believe it."
"What?" Elena asked still not getting it.
"She cast a spell. She's alive, Elena. Bonnie's ok."
"Where is she?"
"At the old abandon witches house. The other witches are restoring her power and bring her back. Jeremy and Lexi are with her so she isn't alone. He's has a computer and wireless box. In a few minutes you'll be able to video chat with her."
"Why did you lie to me Damon? Why didn't you tell me? I trusted you, you promised me no more lies. You could have told me."
"No, because then the tears wouldn't have been real. The struggle against Stefan taking you away wouldn't be real, you'd be faking everything and a vampire as old as Klaus would be able to tell. He'd know it was a trap. No one knew except me and Bonnie. Not even Jeremy or Lexi knew until I told them after you left."
"You promised, no more secrets or lies."
"I'm not sorry Elena. If I had to do it over again I would. I will do whatever it takes to keep you alive, even if it means lying to you."
"Or killing off my best friend?"
"Yeah that too. I'll do whatever I have to, to protect you Elena, I don't care if you hate me for it."
"Good, because I do hate you. I'll never forgive you for this."
Elena walked away.
"You really are heartless, do you have any idea what you put her through tonight? Bonnie isn't just a close friend, Bonnie is like her sister."
"I honestly don't care because it kept her alive."
With that Damon walked away. Stefan sighed and shook his head.
Elena felt much better after her video chat with Bonnie. Also Lexi promising to protect her helped too. But that didn't mean she was able to sleep...
Later on that evening everyone was in bed. They had given Elena her own room, just in case she ever needed it. Although right now she was in bed with Stefan. She couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard she tried. She sighed as she rolled onto her side.
"Why are you so restless?" Stefan asked.
"I don't know. Bonnie is alive and I'm happy about that but I just can't sleep. I can't get that image from my head."
"What image?"
"Of Bonnie laying there…dead. No pulse, no heartbeat, Stefan I…that will be permanently burned on my brain the rest of my life."
"As time goes on it will fade. Bonnie is alive and that will take over the image of her dead. The more you see of her, the less you'll remember her dead. I promise."
Elena sighed and rolled over onto his chest. He rubbed her back.
"Try and get some sleep."
"I can't, will you sing to me."
Stefan laughed. "My singing is anything but soothing. Just ask Damon."
"I bet you're a better singer than him."
"Nope."
She pouted. He laughed. "Pout isn't going to work."
She pouted more. He laughed. "You're so adorable." He said kissing her on the lips.
She smiled and kissed him back.
They pulled away. "I promise you Elena, no matter what happens I'll always be here for you."
"I believe you. I love you Stefan."
"I love you too forever and always."
Elena slept for about an hour before waking up from another nightmare about the past events. Sighing softly she knew what she had to do. She quietly and carefully snuck out of bed and left the room.
She headed to the door to the basement. Just as she reached the door handle the front door open causing Elena to gasp as Lexi walked in.
"Elena, what are you still doing up?" Lexi asked softly.
"Um…couldn't sleep. I was going to make some more tea." Elena said. "Is Bonnie…"
"Bonnie is fine. Sleep peacefully a few feet away from Jeremy." Lexi smiled. "But you do know the kitchen is the other direction right?"
"Yeah, I know. I was on my way to the bathroom first."
"The bathroom is also in the other direction." Lexi said. Then she noticed Elena's hand on the door handle. She put the pieces together. "Elena , No."
"I have to Lexi it. I tried it without him and Bonnie almost got killed. I need him!" Elena cried.
"We will find another way, Elena. Waking up Elijah is not the answer!"
"He promised to keep everyone I love safe, that includes you and Stefan."
"How do you know he's trustworthy? I thought I could trust him too, remember?"
"I'm really sorry about that, Lexi. I really am, but I have to do this. We both want Klaus dead and he is the only one strong enough to kill Klaus. Besides he also promised a way to keep me alive also."
"Elena…" Lexi sighed. "Let's go somewhere and talk, just you and I. Somewhere with no Stefan and no Damon. It's time I tell you everything."
"I know everything, Lexi. What else could there possibly be to say?" Elena asked.
"You don't know everything, Elena. Nobody knows everything. There is a major part of my life that I've kept private and hidden."
"Like what?"
Lexi inhaled and exhaled a deep breath. "Elena, I'm an original."
A/N *smirks* I wish I could see your faces right now. How many of you saw that coming? We never actually got to see how Lexi was changed or anything about her past before she met Stefan so I'm creating it. As you can already tell it's going to take a different turn from the show. What do you think? Leave me your thoughts in a review. Those who review with an account will get a sneak peek at the next chapter so please review!
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