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Chapter 2 : Surprise Surprise

"Arabelle, is that you?"

"Fratellino?" I ran over to him in human pace and jumped on him, wrapping my arms around him, crying on his shoulder.

"Arabelle, I thought you were dead." he whispered as he pulled me close. We stood like that for a few more minutes. Not really caring about where we were. I wondered if Damon was alive too. Just as I was about to ask, a voice stopped me.

"Tisk tisk brother. This doesn't look good. Now what if Elena walked in and saw you hugging this blonde bombshell?" I let go of Stefan and turned around.

"Fratellone, I'm hurt. Don't you remember your little sister?"

"Arie..."

Before he could say another word. I jumped on him and the waterworks started all over again.

Stefan looked at us with tears in his eyes "Come on let's go home."

"Wait a minute I need to find Zach first."

Stefan and Damon looked at each. As quickly as the tears had come they left.

"What happened boys?" Both of them started to squirm under my gaze. Their eyes looking everywhere but at me.

"Answer me."

"Zach's dead."

"Damie did you kill him? Cause so help me."

"Why do you automatically assume it was me?"

"I assume because between you and Stefan, you look really guilty. Don't forget I've lived with you before."

Stefan interrupted, "Ara can we take this home, I don't need anyone overhearing this."

"Ok, but this isn't over, lets go."

And just like that our family reunion was over.

We walked out of the Grill and went to our vehicles.

Once we were home, we made our way to the living room.

"Ok, explain. How are you both alive and sitting in front of me. Why did you kill Zach? Why am I just knowing about this," I stared at my brothers, confused and hoping for some answers, "last time I checked father shot you both dead, after you tried to help Katherine escape."

"Well, as you can tell Katherine was playing the both of us, she fed Stefan and I her blood," Damon said with anger and disgust in his eyes.

"So, when father shot us, we changed and..." Stefan and Damon told me everything that happened since they'd changed and what was happening now.

They had met Klaus. He was now a hybrid and wanted the Petrova doppelganger blood for his hybrid army. I started trembling.

"Wait, Klaus is here, in Mystic Falls?"

"Yeah, weren't you listening… Arie, what's wrong?" Damon asked calmly, rubbing soothing circles on my back.

"Why are you wearing a wedding ring?" asked Stefan, almost at the same time.

"I... I... was married to him, we never got a divorce so technically I'm still his wife," I said crying.

"When did this happen?" asked Damon, who was still holding me in his arms as if he was scared I was going to collapse.

"I saw father shoot both of you. I was traumatized. I stopped speaking to him. I would never leave my room. I couldn't eat or sleep and when I did go to sleep. I had nightmares. Just replaying that incident over and over again. After a while father got tired of having me around and had drunk himself into a stupor. He decided to have a ball to find me a suitor so he could marry me off and get rid of me. I refused to but then I realized it was the only way I could leave. So I reluctantly agreed. At the ball I met Klaus,and immediately just by touching him, I knew what he was. I wasn't scared of him though and he was surprised by it. He was handsome and smart and everything I was looking for in a guy. He made me forget about everything. The next day he came over and took me for a picnic and we just talked. He told me everything about him and in return I told him everything that had happened. He said talked about his mother and his father and what they turned him and his family into. From then on we became a friends and then a few weeks later he asked me to marry him. On our wedding night, he changed me everything. Everything was a fairytale, we were in love. Three years later, this letter came and Klaus began acting weirdly. He was always out feeding and was never home. One day he came home and started packing his things and wouldn't tell me what was going on. Finally after arguing with him, he told me he never loved me and that I was just a toy and then he packed his shit and left." I said crying even harder now. I hated being weak it just wasn't me. I continue though. I told them about the Cullens, the birthday incident, and how Edward broke up with me in the woods using the same words Klaus used.

Stefan looked at Damon and then at me. They both came over and hugged me.

"I'm sorry Ara. I promise we'll protect you. If we ever see that sparkly fairy again. We'll burn him to pieces. Right Stefan?"

Stefan nodded and kissed me on my forehead.

Suddenly the doorbell rang. I untangled myself from my brothers and went to get the door. While walking to the door I thought to myself. I knew i was supposed to come back for a reason. I opened the door but no one was a there. I looked all around but nothing. Finally I looked down there was an invitation it read:

PLEASE JOIN THE

MIKAELSON FAMILY

THIS EVENING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK

FOR DANCING, COCKTAILS & CELEBRATION

I walked back in, my brothers still plotting. I threw the invitation at Damon, hitting him right in the back of his head.

"We're going and you're going to introduce me as your sister who was traveling the world. Before you say no, I have some unfinished business to deal with." The look on my face was determined. I walked back to my room.

*Damon Pov*

All this time she was alive. I can't believe she got married to that monster.

He's not even capable of love. First he was Stefan's best friend in the twenties and now he's married to my sister? And that cold one what was she even thinking. They're unstable. When I see him, he is going to become firewood.

Why does Ara even want to go to this ball anyway? I know she still loves him but its just going to end up in a fight like it always does. There's something fishy about this ball.

*Stefan Pov*

Wow Arie's been through a lot . First Klaus and now this little cold one thought he could just up and leave her. I hope I never get to meet him.

"Stefan? Damon?"

Ara came down from her bedroom and looked at me in question,

"Hello Elena, it's nice to finally meet you." said my older sister.

"It's nice to meet you too, but who are you?" Elena questioned. She was probably thinking she was one of Damon's girls.

"I'm Damon and Stefan's sister. I see you got the invitation too. Why don't we go dress shopping."

What was she up to, she was probably up to no good but I would let her have her fun. Right now I just wanted to sit and not talk about anything.

"Sister? Damon and Stefan never told me they had a sister."

"They kind of thought I was dead. So about that dress shopping it would be nice to have a girl's opinion."

"Um sure, but I came here to talk to your brothers."

"They just left. Come on, we'll take your car."

Ara grabbed her hand and pulled her out the door. What was she up to?

AN. fratellino - little brother Fratellone - big brother