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Elena's Jealousy

"Elena you can't be serious." Damon couldn't believe what she was telling him.

"It's got to be true. It's the only possible reason Stefan would leave with Rebekah." Elena looked at him sternly. She wasn't going to back down.

"We all heard what they said. They both sounded pretty sincere to me. Just let it go." Damon was hoping that the sire bond would allow Elena to make peace with Stefan's decision.

"He's your brother, Damon. You would let him stay compelled to Rebekah forever?" Elena couldn't understand why she was the only seeing the truth of the situation.

"Stefan's not under compulsion. Now I said let it go." Damon repeated more firmly. The sire bond should have worked, there was no reason he had to repeat himself. He never had to before.

"I will not! I will not let him be Rebekah's slave for all eternity! If you aren't going to do something I will!" Elena disappeared in blinding speed before Damon could reply.

Not that he had a reply anyway. This was the first time since she turned that she didn't do something he had asked her to. The bond had always ensured that Elena always responded in the way she thought Damon would approve.

Damon shook his head as he headed over to the table and poured himself a drink of cognac. He didn't know how it was possible but what was happening was causing Elena to resist or maybe even break the site bond. He wasn't sure that was even possible but what other explanation could there be for what just happened.

Damon sat down in frustration. If the sire bond was indeed breaking then his worst fears were about to come true. Elena was going to have to decide between him and Stefan all over again. A small tear escaped the eye of Damon Salvatore. By the way Elena had rushed off to 'save' Stefan she had made her decision already.

He stood suddenly. He had to find Elena. If she thought Stefan was in trouble then she was about to do something incredibly dumb. Rebekah was not going to give up her prize whether or not Rebekah had compelled Stefan. Elena would eventually realize that the only way she could get Stefan back would be to kill Rebekah. If that happened, no matter the outcome, Elena would lose. If Stefan was compelled then he would fight to the death to protect Rebekah. If he wasn't and Elena did kill Rebekah then there would be no telling what Stefan would do. He already lost so many people. He lost Catherine a long time ago, then he lost his best friend Lexi, and then he lost Elena. Damon knew he had to stop Elena. He had played a part in Stefan losing every girl he had cared about. It had to stop. Then there was the fact that Rebekah was an original, one of the oldest vampires on the planet. Elena was a child compared to her, they all were. Elena would be no match for Rebekah especially if Rebekah was fighting for the love she had been searching for a better part of a millennia.

Elena was furious that Damon wouldn't even try to see her point of view. She couldn't believe how selfish he was being. He would subject his own brother to an eternity of compulsion. He was facing being a slave to one of the cruelest vampires she had ever met.

Her mind was struggling with so many things at the moment. Not only was Elena trying to figure out how to stop Rebekah but she was questioning her feelings for Damon. She didn't know how she could be with someone who was so willing to give up on his own brother.

That's when she realized something. She stopped in her tracks. She realized that tonight was the first time she became a vampire that she hadn't done what Damon told her to do. It was the first time she question what she felt for him. She didn't understand it. The sire bond should have prevented both from ever happening.

A tear rolled down her eye. She had been so stupid. When Stefan was under compulsion he had been able to resist because if his love for her and now faced with the fact Stefan would be gone forever the sire bond's hold on her was weakening. She began to feel everything that she did before she turned. She remembered how much she loved Stefan and how much he had given up to protect her. Elena dropped to her knees in despair. She must have hurt him so much when she chose Damon over him but at the time she only cared about what she was feeling. She suddenly remembered too that when she died she had been on her way back to Stefan to tell him that it was him she wanted to be with.

It was like waking up from a dream. The haziness that had blocked her head from feeling everything except the desire to please Damon was slowly peeling back. It was like someone had been living in her body until now. She thought back to when Klaus had told Stefan that the only thing stronger than his blood lust and Klaus' compulsion was Stefan's love for her. It was starting to make sense for Elena. It took losing the love of her life to break the sire bond.

All the pain she had caused Stefan came rushing back in a torrent. Elena's resolve became stronger than ever before. It didn't matter if Stefan didn't want to be with get anymore, she had to break Rebekah's hold on him.

A plan started to form in her head. She would take care of Rebekah the same way she had killed Kol. She would put vervain in the towns water and once she sprayed Rebekah with it, she would dagger her and that should release Stefan from the compulsion. She only hoped that she wasn't too late.

Stefan and Rebekah returned to Rebekah's apartment. They were laughing the whole time. They had just had a night on the town. Stefan couldn't even remember the last time he genuinely had this much fun. What impressed Stefan even more is that Rebekah didn't even suggest feeding on a human.

Once they entered the apartment they both fell on the bed still laughing at all they had done this night.

Stefan thought that it was as good a time as any to voice some of his concerns to Rebekah. He cleared his throat and looked at Rebekah in the eyes. "We need to talk."

She caught the seriousness in his tone and sat up immediately. "Okay." She said nervously. She hoped that he wasn't going to give her some bad news. She didn't want this relationship to end, it had barely started.

"We never talked about this but we need to before our relationship goes any further." Stefan tried to voice his concerns in a way that wouldn't offend her. "I'm not the same person you met in 1920. I don't expect you to convert to my lifestyle but there has to be some rules if I'm going to stay with you."

Rebekah laughed. She reached out and touched his cheek when she saw him raise an eyebrow at her. He thought she was making fun of him.
"Relax, I had already thought this all through. I'm not going to drink animal blood like you but I respect you and the person you have become. Blood bags are fine with me. No more killing."

"Just like that?" Stefan asked her curiously.

"When you have been waiting for someone for a long time, as I have been for you, compromises like that are easy. Now I have one of my own." Rebekah eyed him questioningly.
"Are you sure about this? About me? I'm not Elena and I will never be her. I need you to be sure because I really can't handle another betrayal."

Stefan was about to offer his reassurance when there was a soft knock at the door.

Rebekah was irritated at the interruption but put their conversation on hold to answer the door.

"Elena? Why are you here? Is something wrong?" Rebekah was surprised to see her standing there. She also didn't fail to notice that Stefan's and Elena's eyes went to each other almost immediately. Rebekah hated it. It was like the two have them had this insane connection that no one else understood. She felt like the two could have entire conversations just by looking at one another.

"Yeah. I really need to talk to you. Alone." She was speaking to Rebekah but her eyes were still on her ex.

"Fine." Rebekah said with more attitude than she had meant to.

She looked at Stefan and asked him to leave. Elena saw Stefan hesitate, not wanting to leave the two of them alone in case Elena mentioned that there was a problem.

Rebekah looked at him again, reiterating her request for him to leave. Elena saw the doubt in Stefan's eyes but watched him leave anyway. It provided her with further proof that he was under Rebekah's control.

Once Stefan had gone, Elena made her way to the kitchen and motioned for Rebekah to follow.

"What's this about Ele-arghhh!" Rebekah couldn't even finish her sentence when Elena grabbed the water spray from the sink and doused Rebekah with vervain filled water.

Rebekah crumpled down in a heap, still yelling in pain. Elena didn't waste any time. She only had a second before Rebekah would recover. Elena raised the dagger up and drove it straight down into Rebekah.

Only it wasn't Rebekah she stabbed. Even before Elena realized it. Stefan had thrown himself in front of Rebekah. He used his own body to shield her.

Elena was furious. She was so close to getting rid of Rebekah forever. Only when Stefan groaned and collapsed onto the floor did Elena realize what she had done. She had stabbed the man she was trying to save. Elena tried to reach out and take a hold of Stefan but Rebekah hissed at her.

"What is wrong with you?!" Rebekah screamed at Elena but didn't even look in her direction.

Fortunately for them, Stefan was not an original so a dagger wouldn't kill him.

He slowly started to stir. Elena made a move to hold Stefan again but this time it was Stefan who pushed her away.

"What the hell, Elena? Why are you doing this?" Stefan sat up but was still wincing in pain.

"I- I was trying to save you." Elena stuttered to explain herself.

"Save me from what?" They were both looking at her, irritated.

"You-are- I mean you and Rebekah-" Elena couldn't seem to form the words.

Understanding crossed Stefan's " face but instead of feeling grateful that Elena would rush so blindly to save him, he actually felt annoyed that she thought that she still had any right to him. She was just as good at playing with his emotions as Catherine was.

His anger and annoyance made him forget his injury. "I'm not compelled Elena! I am choosing to stay with Rebekah."

Elena saw Rebekah smile at him and it just made her resolve stronger.

Elena shook her head. "You just think that because of the compulsion. Resist it Stefan. You can break the compulsion. I love you."

"Enough, Elena. You and I had out chance. It didn't work out. I will prove to you that I am not compelled."

Stefan moved faster than any human possibly could. He grabbed the water spray from the floor. Before either of them could stop him, Stefan shot the vervain filled water straight down his throat.

The pain was horrifying but Stefan kept drinking. When he could not take anymore he crumpled to the floor. Smoke was still rising from his mouth and every other part of his face that the vervain touched.

"Satisfied?" Rebekah asked Elena with a sharp tone.

Elena nodded tears coming to her eyes. Rebekah's voice softened a bit when she saw this. "I'm sorry that I am taking him away from you Elena but I do love him. Besides after everything that he has been through for you, I think it's best that he has a fresh start."

"You really are leaving?" Elena asked heart broken.

"Yes. I'm going with Rebekah." Stefan saw Elena about to say something but he stopped her.

"Please do not say that you love me. It's not fair to me, Damon, or Rebekah. We deserve more than having our emotions toyed with. I did love you, Elena but its time we all moved on. There are some wounds that even a vampire cannot heal from." Stefan was still looking at her but took Rebekah's hand in his own.

"I think you should go. Tell my brother good bye for me. We will be gone by morning."

"But... So soon?" She dreaded not ever seeing him again but she didn't want to say it out loud. She had embarrassed herself enough in one day.

"Don't worry. It's not good bye for good. We will see each other again soon." Stefan told her. Elena was shocked how he seemed to pick up what she was thinking. She shouldn't have been surprised, he knew her the best after all.

Elena turned and did her best to pull herself together. After she turned back.

"I understand. I'm so sorry." She whispered. Unfortunately there was no one in front of her. They were already gone.

"What did you do?!" Elena turned to see Damon looking at her. He looked relieved that Rebekah hadn't harmed her but he was also mad at what she had attempted.

"I did something awful, Damon." She rushed into his arms.

"Where's Stefan?" Damon was concerned for his brother. For over a century they had been at odds with one another. He didn't want to lose what semblance of unity they had found again.

"They are gone. He left with her and it is all my fault." Elena cried softly into Damon's shoulder.

Damon didn't know what to say. He just held her silently, wondering if the girl who he held tightly truly loved him like she said she did.

A/N Hope this was okay. Please review. For those waiting for an update for my other story "A Different Take". "I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while. I promise I will soon. I'm still feeling a little off. Thanks for the support and reviews.