Elena woke up slowly. She opened her eyes just to close them again. She remembered last night, and let out a heaving sigh. She had cried herself to sleep, and as hard as she tried she couldn't stop the tears from coming now. For a moment she wept in her bed, until she pushed her emotions aside and got up.
She sat at her desk chair and looked at her reflection. Her nose red, her hair askew, the lines under her eyes clearer than usual. She didn't know why she was so upset, about last night. She had gotten what she wanted. She had gotten him to feel.
But the look on his face, she thought. She shook her head in resistance to her overly sensitive thoughts. She couldn't let her thoughts; get in the way of attempt to find the stefan that she loves.
Loved, she reminds herself, loved. She got dressed, and headed over to the boarding house, to meet with every one, plot, and get stocked with weapons.
When she arrived most everyone was there except for Caroline. They were already going over the plan of attack as she walked in.
"Elena, good" said Damon pulling her out of the foyer and into the living room. "rebekah called bonnie." damon looked at bonnie, expecting her to continue for herself. but when she didn't, "she said she found a way to break the blood bond between all vampires, for bonnie to use with her voodoo."
"Were you not going to say hello fist or-"she attempted to get out
"We have much more important things to attend to, than any manner of simple salutation" he interrupted.
"so what are we planning on? we know we can't trust rebekah." elena contributed.
"well we have to hear her out it could be our only chance." bonnie replied. "she'll be coming over in a few minutes." elena nodded, though clearly upset with the notion.
"how much do you know of the spell?" elena asked.
"not much, other than the outcome."
"oh" she replied. She hadn't looked at Stefan until now. Damon continued talking, but she wasn't listening. Instead, she was focusing on Stefan, trying desperately to pinpoint what he was thinking. Wondering whether or not he had really noticed her arrival, and whether last night still had an effect on him. After a while she caught herself starring at his lips. She thought about looking away and paying attention to Damon again, but she didn't. He finally noticed her looking at him, and she jolted her eyes back to Damon who was still talking. But now he was staring at her, and he couldn't let go of her gaze. He kept looking at her. They continued to trade off glances until, a loud knock on the door made both jump.
Only Damon walked to the door expecting it too be Caroline, instead he was shocked to see a different blonde and a dark haired man.
"Rebekah." Damon said politely. And then after a long while
"Kol." He let out reluctantly. Something about that vampire made him want to set himself on fire.
"Hello, Damon." Rebekah said. "May we come in?" Damon opened the door reluctantly, but never said yes. Fully aware that because of that, Kol would not be able to enter. "Damon…Please?" Rebekah pleaded.
"What do you want?" he asked
"I want to help." Kol stated.
"Help with what?"
"Oh please, Damon, don't pay dumb. it's no secret that of course he wants our brother dead as much as the nest person." Rebekah said haughtily.
"will you let us in please?"Kol asked frustrated.
"Fine." He waited for a moment obviously toying with them. "Please won't you come in?" he said sarcastically, over emphasizing the please.
Rebekah and Kol entered and escorted themselves into the living room. The whole crowd had been staying quiet, hoping to hear more of the conversation in the foyer.
"so what exactly does this spell entail?" Stefan asked, finally peeling his eyes away from Elena.
"It's truthfully rather nasty." Rebekah said, as though she didn't believe her own words. "It involves a witch, an old lost spell, and a sacrifice."
"Wait, what kind of a sacrifice?" Bonnie asked, glancing in Elena's direction.
"The blood of the dople ganger." Rebekah answered.
"Wait, What?" Elena said. Truth be told Elena had had quite enough of rituals and sacrifices, and she definitely was not up to dying for the second time.
"The blood of the dople ganger." Rebekah repeated.
"How much blood?" Stefan asked, the slightest touch of concern in his voice.
"Well enough, but no worries!" She said a little too light-heartedly. "i'm sure that one of the salvatore brothers would be more than willing to share a drop of blood, and then they'd have you to fight over for all eternity!"
Every one was in shock for a long while, gapping at Rebekah and Kol.
"So… I will have to die?" Elena finally said.
"Yes." Rebekah confirmed.
"Forget it, this is not happening." Stefan said.
Rebekah tutted at him and reached for her phone.
"See, I had a feeling you might say that." Rebekah said, looking at her phone, as if looking for something. "ah, here it is!" she said as an ear-splitting-scream emanated from her phone. Bonnie grabbed it from her hand.
"Caroline?" She gasped. Elena rushed over to look at the recording. Sure enough, it was the blonde hair and innocent, pained face of their friend.
"What did you do?" Elena threatened.
"Just a little old school torture." Kol explained as Rebekah reached out to Bonnie for her phone. "You might imagine what will happen if you are not willing to perform the task assigned to you, Elena."
"There is a hotspot located just on the other side of the old Lockwood property, it is rather easy to find. we'll be there at midnight."
Rebekah and Kol left without another word. Every one was quiet, no one but Stefan noticed Elena's silent tears. He slowly walked over to her a grabbed her hand, unsure of what it meant, or why he did it, but he squeezed none the less. She didn't squeeze back.