Chapter 27

I heard the door knock as I open it with my left hand since my right one has still in had the injury in my arm and should try to do the less movement possible. As I open my door I found two familiar men.

"Come on we need a plan to kill Elijah."

"Good morning to you too Damon. Alaric, I was just having some coffee would you like some too?" I ask stepping inside the house as the vampire hunter follows my steps inside looking at Damon at the door with a childish face.

"Is not invited is he?"

"Nope." I say getting to the kitchen where I got another mug for Alaric as we both sat in the couch. "We shouldn't kill Elijah, at least not now. I am going with Jenna to help the new historian in town, who happens to be him so I can see for myself what he truly wants but I don't think he should kill him without being sure he can't trust him."

"Of course we can't trust him. Come on Sofia, Stefan and Elena are out of town, it's the perfect moment."

"And what will you do when Klaus appears?"

"kill him too."

"Damon, you know it's not that easy. Now I need to get ready for my day. Don't kill anyone without telling me."

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"I'm glad you could come Sofia. I hope your felling better." Carol told me as we meet at the city library where Elijah and Jenna were already waiting. "This is Sofia McCullough, Sofia, Elijah Smith."

"Pleasure." I say shaking hand with the man. I had to give him props he sure knew how to dress to impress with his classic suit.

"Sorry but my curiosity but what happened?"

"Oh Sofia had been in a coma for some days. She just came home last night." Carol says as the vampire looked surprised, it good to know he didn't knew everything.

"I'm sorry to head it. I hope your felling ok."

"Nothing much just felt of the stares. We should get start them." I tell them as I saw Jenna walking in the front with Carol as I stayed behind with behind with Elijah.

"So felt over the stairs?"

"More like fought a 500 year old vampire and lost." I tell him and he raise his eyebrow surprised. "In my defense I almost successful killed her if it wasn't for the stupid arm."

"You sure are something else." He tells me as I chose to ignore him.

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"The old Fell property actually starts just beyond that fence." Jenna says pointing to the place as the three of us explored as we keep out tour.

"Ah, the Fells. One of the "Founding Families".

"Why do you say it like that?" I ask having my own historian curiosity. After all I did loved the subject.

"My research showed me that this area was actually settled almost two full centuries earlier. It was a migration of townsfolk from the northeast, um, it was Salem, to be precise."

"Massachusetts? As in the witch trials?"

"Which means the ever lauded founding families... They didn't actually found anything."

"Well, I bet it was the men who made a big deal about being founders back in 1860. Men are very territorial." Jenna says I try to not laugh of how right she was.

"Yes, they are." He says looking at me with a very sexy look I had to confess at the same time I saw Alaric coming in our direction. Speaking of men being territorial.

"Elijah, this is my friend, Alaric Saltzman." Friend Jenna, really no wonder why the man is acting with jealousy.

"Yeah, I got your message about walking Elijah here through the old property lines. I thought I would tag along. You know being a history buff and all. Where to next?"

"I'm pretty curious about the freed slave property owners. Some say, you know, the descendents of the slaves are the true keepers of American history."

"Well, I only brought the surveys. I got that list in the car. Just give me a sec." Jenna says living me with the two men.

"Alaric Saltzman. So you're one of those people on Elena's list of loved ones to protect."

"So is Jenna."

"You don't have to be jealous. I don't really pursue younger women. Most of the times." He says looking at me with a look that was actually very actrivive and even made me bit my lip. God he sure was hot. "It's a joke, Ric, lighten up." He says patting him on the shoulders and walking away

"Right."

"God his hot and charming." I say as Alaric turns to me shocked. "What it's true but don't you worry Rick Jenna prefers you." I assure him as I walk after the original vampire was I find him not far from us close to the falls.

"Hot and charming?" He asks amused.

"I knew you were listening." I say trying to cover up my smile. Why the hell am I smiling I have important business and I need to get it done before Jenna comes back. "Can I trust you?"

"Yes." He tells me with a black expression.

"So my sister lives a normal life and then what? The sacrifice happens and she dies. There is no way I will let that happen without throwing a fight. A pretty good one."

"I know." He says honestly as I look at him expecting him to tell me something else. "That is why I have a way to keep her alive."

"There are you." Jenna appears before I could add something.

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"Hey, guys." Jenna says as, she, Elijah and I meet with Alaric and Damon at the grill. As I see him with a woman. Who the hell was she?

"So I hear you three had quite a meeting of historical minds today."

"Yeah, I guess you could say that." Jenna answers to him as he still had his eyes on me. What did he want?

"Well, as much as I'd like to continue this, I've got papers to grade." He says about to leave but Damon stops him.

"I got work to do too." Jenna says giving me a sad smile.

"Well I don't want to take more of your and Sofia time."

"Well I am taking some time off so I have a lot of free time. Maybe we could talk more about the town history." I tell him and I realize by the look Jenna was giving me that it sound a lot more flirtation that I intent it too.

"No, you know what? We should continue this. Let's have a dinner party."

"Ooh, my girl. Full of good ideas. I'll be happy to host. Say tonight. Maybe?" What the girl his Damon's girlfriend? Ok I spend four days in coma and apparently I lost a lot.

"It's good for me. Jenna?"

"I don't know if tonight works..."

"Yeah, I'm free." Jenna says not leeting the teacher finished.

"What about you Elijah?" The woman asks, god she was annoying and compelled.

"Are you attending the dinner too?" He says turning to me. Well no.

"Of course she is." Damon says as I give him a look that if it could kill he would be in very deep suffering right now.

"Then. It'd be a pleasure."

"Great."

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I finished putting my earrings when I heard someone at the door and I opened to see Jenna there.

"I remembered you couldn't drive. I tought I may give you a ride."

"Thanks. I'm just gonna get my bolero." I say walking to my bedroom as I took the knife from my safe place and hid it in my arm getting the sleeve back down and put the bolero on as I walked back in the living room.

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"You seem nervous Jenna."

"It's just. Did you ever been with someone who you knew they weren't completely honest with you." Oh Jenna, that is the story of my love life, dishonesty.

"Yes."

"What did you do?" she asks me and I look at her and I knew she was talking about Alaric. And if it was secret in Alaric past it had something to do with Isobel.

"I waited so that the person I loved couple opened up about it."

"Who was it? Sorry it's just; you're so frontal about men."

"Frontal?" I ask as we both got out of the car and into the boarding house

"Yes, Damon, Mason now Elijah." Elijah? Right. "Come on I saw the looks between the two of you. It's like you flirt and everything it's ok and it ends like it never happened. I'm not like you. I think about it."

"I used to be like that."

"What happened?"

"Just like everyone. I got my heart broken." I tell her trying to kept it normal as I knocked at the door seeing Damon's pet opening the door to us.

"Jenna, Sofia you're here."

"We thought we could help with the cooking. I'm sorry I didn't catch your name when we first meet."

"Andy Star but I knew who you are. Damon talks a lot about you."

"Hum. He does." I say not really caring about what he was to say about me.

"He told me you guys were friend and he was worry when you were in the hospital. He spent a lot of time there." He did? I couldn't remember.

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"So what's going on with you and Alaric? I feel like there's some tension." Andy asks as she and Jenna set up the table and I enjoyed a glass of wine since they wouldn't let me do anything.

"I don't know. I really like him. It's more than like and I want it to work, but I can't help but feel that he's hiding something from me. And then I've got John whispering things in my ear about him." of course it was the idiot who spoke about it.

"Like what?"

"Things I don't want to believe. Things I don't believe, not if they're coming from John's mouth."

"Oh. Well, there you go, then. Trust is the key to any relationship. I mean, I am so grateful that Damon tells me everything." She says and I try not to laugh as I cover up with the glass but I could see Jenna saw me. "What about you Sofia. Any interesting man in your life?"

"I'm not into seriously relationships, Andy."

"Come on everyone wants one. You just need to find the right man who wants it with you."

"Princes charming don't come into my door." I tell her as I listen to the door knock and take that opportunity to leave the room.

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"Who invited him?" I say seeing John standing at the entrance, great this dinner couldn't get worst. I had to listen to miss I'm in love journalist. Control Alaric jealous and past so he and Jenna could get back in the tracks. Keep Damon from doing something stupid and now the biggest idiot in town had to come to the party.

"John. Surprise. Leave."

"When Jenna told me she was coming to a dinner party for Elijah, I decided I couldn't miss out on all the fun and games."

"There are not going to be any games tonight, John. It's just a friendly dinner party."

"What she said."

"Damon if you do something stupid I will kick your ass and John you better kept the appearances or I will make sure you behave and it won't be funny either, at least not for you."

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"Good evening." Elijah says standing at the door with his put together look.

"Thank you for coming. Please, come in."

"Just one moment. Can I just say that if you have less than honorable intentions about how this evening is going to proceed, I suggest you reconsider." He says as I lean in the wall. Damn the man could treat someone with style and like he was just saying hello. I'm starting to like him.

"No, nothing, nothing dishonorable. Just getting to know you."

"Hmm. Well, that's good." He says entering as he looked at me with a intriguing smile. "Because, you know, although Elena and I have this deal, if you so much as make a move to cross me, I'll kill you and I'll kill everyone in this house. Are we clear?"

"Crystal."

"Sofia. Wonderful to see you again. How are you?"

"Nice to see you."

"You look incredible."

"Thank you. So do you. Always liked a man who can treat people with style." I tell him with a smile as I listen to the door closing.

"Careful with that one she bites."

"Can't say I'm surprised." John says coming into the room as I let go a frustrated breath.

"John remembered the conversation we had early?" I ask him with a fake gentleness and he shut up. God I love when it works. I could see Damon smirking at the fact that John was scared of me and I turned to the vampire. "Damon remember when I broke 3 of your ribs?" I ask with the same tone I used with John as his smirk disappeared and could see Elijah amusement

"Damn you need to tell me how that happened."

"I would love too. But I am wearing a dress Alaric." I tell him smirking as he just smiled at my actions.

"I was distracted."

"Of course you were Damon." I say sarcastically as I nod a no to Elijah as I saw him also smirking.

"I can see you're a dangerous woman."

"I know you know." I tell him openly flirting. "Now John, is probably going to try say bad things about me so if suddenly fells in the ground… it was my fault." I tell him and Alaric as I walk inside but turn to the four stunned man. "Oh and I am caring a knife and a gun fuller with wood bullets so … be nice." I could feel this eyes on my body probably trying to find the weapons well, my knife was in my right arm and the gun on my left tight all over up thanks to my dress.

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"I hate to break it to you, Damon, but according to Elijah, your family is so not a founder of this town."

"Hmm, do tell." He says as we all turned to Elijah waiting for him to tell the story.

"Well, as I mentioned to Jenna and Sofia earlier, a faction of settlers migrated from Salem after the witch trials in the 1690s. Over the next hundred years they developed this community where they could feel safe from persecution."

"Hmm. Because they were witches."

"Yeah, but there's no tangible proof there were witches in Salem."

"Andie's a journalist. Big on facts."

"Well, the lore says that there was this wave of anti-witch hysteria. It broke out in the neighboring settlement, so these witches were rounded up. They were tied to stakes in a field together and, uh, burned. Some say you could hear the screams from miles around us. They were consumed by the fire. Could you pass the..." he says as Alaric immediately gives him the plate.

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"I wouldn't repeat this to the Historical Society." I tell him with a smile, they would probably have nightmares of the story that I was sure it was true and something important for this breaking curse deal.

"It's starting to sound a little like a ghost story to me."

"So, why do you want to know the location of these alleged massacres?"

"You know... a healthy historian's curiosity, of course."

"Of course."

"What about you Sofia?" Elijah asks me nicely turning to me since I was next to him.

"Yale. Humans rights and Political Science."

"Interesting why pick those two."

"Well, John, there was something it spoke to my heart." I tell him faking once again a smile.

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While Jenna, John, Andy and Alaric took care of the plates and desert, I followed Damon and Elijah to the library since I didn't trust this two alone without someone, meaning Damon, tried to kill someone, meaning Elijah.

"So, let me guess. In addition to the moonstone, the doppelganger, the lion, the witch and the wardrobe, you need to find this witch burial ground."

"Hey I read The Chronicles of Narnia when I was young." I tell him as he pour out the drinks giving me a weird look. What when I was a kid I wanted my closet to take me to Narnia, it was perfectly normal.

"Because I feel as though we've grown so close, Damon, I'll tell you yes. Do you know where it is?"

"Maybe. Tell me why it's so important." He says handling the older vampire his scotch as I took the other from his hand and started to drink before he could say something.

"We're not that close." He says turning to the large bookshelf.

"It's quite a collection you have here."

"I think it too." I tell approaching Elijah as he smiled at me.

"You like books?"

"I loved them. When I was younger I read every time I could."

"It's a funny thing about books. Before they existed, people actually had memories." He tells me as I see Alaric bursting through the study and the look on Damon's face. Something was up between the two at it wasn't good.

"Gentlemen, we forgot about dessert."

"Elijah." I say holding my hand out for him to walk because I knew the other two needed some time alone

"Miss McCullough." He says giving Damon his glass as I do the same felling him taking my hand and twirls me around as I laugh got out of my lungs before I could control it and we walked out of the room. God I couldn't remember the last time I actually laugh without noticing. I could honestly say it has been years. "You're ok Sofia, you arm isn't hurt?" he asks and I noticed he took did pick the arm that wasn't injured.

"I'm fine. Just thinking about something."

"Something?"

"Something I haven't done in a while."

"Maybe you should do it again."

"I just did." I tell him showing him a true smile as I saw him returning the gesture.

"Sorry, guys, dessert is taking longer than I thought. I usually just unwrap food."Jenna says but then looked at us with a wonder, probably about the look Elijah and I were sharing that was lost the moment she spoke.

"So... I know this is a social thing, but I... I would really love to ask you some more questions about the work that you're doing here."

"I'd love to answer." He says pushing my chair as I sat and took his place again.

"Great, that's so great." She says as the other two enter the room, Damon sitting down, sending dirty look to John. Ok what did the jackass did this time.

"Ric, would you do me a favor and grab the notebook out of my bag?"

"Elijah, did John tell you he's Elena's uncle/father?"

"Yes, I'm well aware of that."

"Of course, she hates him, so there's absolutely no need to keep him on the endangered species list." Ok now I know john pissed him off.

"Well I hate to confess but I agreed with Damon." I say sending a treating look at John. "And how is in the list again?"

"You are sure in the first place." He says with charm all over his body as I bit my lip once again. "And apparently John his last."

"You know Elijah, I knew there was a reason I didn't hate you even after you trying to kidnap me and my sister."

"Sounds like I should apologize I didn't meant for you to get hurt."

"don't worry it wasn't my first kidnapping experience."

"I am sure of it." I voice says almost impossible to hear.

"Did you said something John?" I ask him once again with my innocent but treating look but before I could keep talking Andy's voice broke our connection.

"No Ric, it's in the front pocket. On the... you know what? Excuse me, guys. Sorry" She says getting up not that she was going to be missed if she didn't announced she was here almost as a pet.

"What I'd like to know, Elijah, is how do you intend on killing Klaus?"

"Gentlemen, there's a few things we should probably get clear right now. I allow you to live solely to keep an eye on Elena and for Sofia happiness." He says with looking at me as I was surprised by that, so he wasn't planning on killing me, that's actually the most romantic thing someone done to me in a wild. God my do have a sucking love life. "I allow Elena to remain in her house living her life with her friends as she does as a courtesy. If you become a liability, I'll take her away from you and you'll never see her again. don't worry Sofia, you can come, free willing of course."

"How nice of you." Damon says pissed off as I send him a dirty look. He didn't to shut up because I'm planning on taking a car ride with Elijah tonight and probably do other things. The guy is hot, charming, and intelligent and was actually nice to me. The fact that he was trying to protect my sister added a bonus so I couldn't think of a reason to not sleep with him. Elijah turns to me and smirk like he knows what I am thinking and I lick my lips at him as I caught him looking at them. Yep we also had sexual tension.

"Okay. My first question is when you got here to Mystic..." god why does this woman always interrupts good moments? Then before I realize Alaric daggered Elijah through his hard and I jump of the table shocked at his actions as I see him putting the dagger in the table.

"Now, get rid of him before Jenna comes back with dessert."

"All right." Guess I won't be having sex tonight after all.

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I stayed in the house after Andy, Jenna and Alaric left as I took another glass of bourbon.

"Sorry your boyfriend got daggered."

"He was not my boyfriend."

"You have been giving him sex eyes all night for god shakes."

"Well, I'm sorry but the last time I checked you don't get a say about who I sleep with." I scream at him frustrated but he gets safe by the phone as I see him rushing off the room as soon it ends and seconds after he was back on.

"Elijah is gone."

"Great. He's going after Elena come on."

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"You have nothing left to negotiate with." I listen to Elijah says and I knew for the silence that my sister was going to lose the battle.

"Elena I'm getting into your heard, I'm sorry but I have too."

"Do what you need to do."

"I promise you will be fine." I tell her as I looked over at Damon and put his arms around my waist as he looked at me confused and I whispered at him. "Don't let me scream."

As I got to Elen's body I pulled out a knife to Elijah amused look.

"I'd like to see you lure Klaus into Mystic Falls after the doppelgänger bleeds to death."

"Stefan won't let you die."

"No, he won't. He'll feed me his blood to heal me, and then I'll kill myself and become a vampire, just like Katherine did. So unless you want that to happen again, promise me the same as before... promise me... You won't harm anyone that I love. Even if they've harmed you."

"I'm sorry, Elena. I'm going to have to call your bluff." He tells me as I show him determination thought my sister eyes as I point the knife to her, for now mine, stomach. I'm sorry Lena.

Its ok do it if you need to.

Don't worry you won't feel a thing.

As I finished telling her that I stab in the stomach as I let myself in Elena's body screams in pain and falling to the floor but got my own under control since I was physiology felling the same just not physically. Elijah rushed towards the door, but stops at the doorway because he has not been invited in and I let the knife fall on the floor and try to clutch the stomach felling the body getting weaker.

"No! Yes. Yes, you can have your deal. Let me heal you."

"Give me your word!"

"I give you my word." He tells me but I knew it was too late to trust him because his desperation was a sign that something was up so once I got into his arms I stabbed him with the dagger and his body and Elena's felt on the ground but before something could happened I was already drinking Stefan's blood.

"You will be ok Elena." He cradles Elena's face in his hands.

"It's not Elena Steff." I tell him and I knew after some seconds he noticed it was me.

"Little tip. Don't pull the dagger out." Damon says as I let Elena take over her body once again and I pushed myself off Damon's arm and ran to my sister.

"You're ok?"

"I'm fine, I don't feel anything. I cannot believe you killed him."

"Well in theory it was you." I tell her trying to smile.