Meanwhile Stefan was laying on the couch, his eyes were closed,
"I brought you some pillows and a blanket," Krystal softly. He opened his eyes,
"Oh, um, thanks," Stefan sitting up, he had already taken his shoes and socks off and had his shirt off. He noticed she had on a pair of black silk pajama pants on with a tank top on, she gave him the pillow and blanket,
"Why don't you lay down with me, there's enough room and that way we both can get some sleep," Stefan explained.
"Are you sure that's such a good idea?" Krystal asked,
"I'm not Damon," Stefan explained,
"Clearly," Krystal smirked, noticing Stefan had more muscles.
"Can I have the inside?" Krystal asked,
"Yeah, lay down," Stefan getting up and letting Krystal lay on her side, Stefan laid on his side, their bodies were touching and Stefan threw the blanket over them.
"You're warm," Krystal softly,
"I don't drink alcohol as much as Damon does, you are a frozen, you need to drink more coffee, it keeps your skin warm to the touch," Stefan holding her,
"I guess I do," Krystal shyly, she took in a shaky breathe.
"You okay?" Stefan asked,
"I just don't know how to react to a guy who's actually been nice to me," Krystal explained. Stefan petted her hair,
"I want to be your friend, I was thinking I could come with you to Colorado and help you with the funeral arrangements, I need to get out of town for a while and you need someone even if you don't want to admit it," Stefan explained.
"What about your place here, you have that nice boarding house?" Krystal asked,
"Damon is there, if I know Damon, he has Elena there living with him already, I cant go back not right now," Stefan seriously.
"What about Elena, are you just going to leave her here with her unborn child growing inside her?" Krystal asked.
"She doesn't love me like she used to, I'm sure I'll be in my child's life but she has enough support here," Stefan explained. Krystal thought about it for a few minutes,
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to have some company," Krystal softly,
"Good, now get some sleep, we have a busy day tomorrow," Stefan petting her hair,
"Yeah," Krystal closing her eyes and finally relaxing in his arms. Stefan held her protectively, he wondered if this was her first time she had ever felt safe in someone's arms, or if this was the first time she had ever let her guard down, he fell asleep holding her and thinking of how hard her human life had been.
Morning
It was nine in the morning when Stefan woke up, before he even opened his eyes he could feel Krystal's arm draped around him and her head on his chest. Slowly he opened his eyes finding her hair spread out over him, he didn't dare move, he didn't want to wake her, she seemed peaceful for once, her guard was down, and if anyone saw her like this they probably would think she would break, that she was that fragile. He moved his head around and found a clock, it was 9:05 AM, though he hated to see her go back to having her guard up all the time he had to wake her, she was wanting to leave for Colorado today.
"Hey Krystal, you need to wake up," Stefan softly as he sat up slowly,
"Hm, what time is it?" Krystal asked blinking her eyes and rubbing them.
"Its 9:06," Stefan replied,
"I was sleeping so good," Krystal mumbled still half asleep, she sat up and moved off the couch, one leg straddling Stefan's legs and when she got the other leg over she stood, she rubbed her face and tried to walk but was tangled in the sheets and started to fall, Stefan grabbed her before she could hit the floor.
"Thanks," Krystal grumbled,
"Not a morning person?" Stefan asked,
"Hm, I never like mornings," Krystal stumbled over her feet to the kitchen. Stefan got up to follow her, he watched as she made coffee,
"That's going to be a bit strong," Stefan warning her,
"I like it this way," Krystal going to the fridge, she took out the last bag of blood. She grabbed a glass down from the cabinet and put some of the blood in a glass and gave it to Stefan,
"I cant, I have a problem with…" Stefan being interrupted,
"I know, that's why I am going to teach you, you will be staying with me for how ever long, you need to learn to drink at least from a bag, I will help you get that monkey off your back," Krystal explained. Stefan stared at the blood in the glass, he took it slow,
"I'll need to hunt before we leave," Stefan explained as he finished the blood in the glass, his veins popped out around his eyes, his eyes blood red, and his fangs had yet to disappear.
"Slow, calming breathes," Krystal doing an example, he followed her breathing and finally was himself again.
"Good," Krystal smirked,
"We'll need to get you drinking vervain," Stefan finishing washing the dishes from last night,
"I thought that stuff was poison?" Krystal drinking on her blood bag.
"It is, when we don't get used to it, it makes us vulnerable, a needle full of vervain will take us out long enough for someone to stake us, and it has been used on us before, while on vervain the older vampires can not compel us," Stefan explained as he leaned against the kitchen sink.
"So we can be compelled by the originals?" Krystal asked Stefan nodded,
"You don't want to piss Klaus off or his siblings off, if they try to ever compel you, play along until the right moment so you can…" Stefan being interrupted,
"Get the upper hand, I gotcha," Krystal laying her head on the table.
"Did you not get enough sleep last night?" Stefan asked,
"Hm, its just, I am used to sleeping in," Krystal mumbled.
"When we hit the road I'll drive, you can sleep some more," Stefan explained,
"Are you sure?" Krystal asked as she looked up at him.
"Yeah, when I get tired you can drive since you know where we are going," Stefan explained,
"Alright, Casper does have a built in GPS, he knows the shortest route to take, but it may have been shot to hell when I used him in the crossfire," Krystal thought out loud,
"We will need to hit a blood bank as well," Krystal explained. Stefan nodded, soon the coffee was done, she fixed him a cup and herself a cup, he took a sip,
"Wow, that could wake the dead," Stefan looking at the black liquid in his mug.
"That's the point, good morning sis," Krystal hearing her before she entered the kitchen,
"I'll never get used to that, smells like you have been making coffee again, no one likes it that strong," Cadence grumbled,
"I knew you would need it for the night you had, feeling better?" Krystal asked.
"Than what exactly? I feel like I have been hit by an 18-wheeler," Cadence rubbing her temples. Krystal poured her sister a mug, Cadence got a whiff of it,
"Dear god, thank you sis," Cadence closing her eyes and enjoying the smell.
"Yep, Stefan is going back to Colorado with me, we will have everything set up to go, I'll call when everything is good to go, that way you don't have to miss much work," Krystal explained.
"When are you guys leaving?" Cadence asked,
"Um, after I go talk to Damon and Stefan grabs some of his things to hold him until he can come back and get his car, he will probably ride back with you guys after the funeral," Krystal explained.
"Sounds fine," Cadence nodded as she sipped her coffee,
"You got a to-go cup for this?" Krystal asked,
"Yeah, so you guys are pretty much leaving from their house?" Cadence asked,
"Yeah, so this is it until you come for the funeral," Krystal shrugged.
"Thanks for being here sis," Cadence hugging her, she hugged her back,
"You are my sis, I love you," Krystal pulling away slowly,
"Its okay that Eddie comes too isn't it?" Cadence asked,
"As long as he doesn't try to kill me or Stefan it will be fine," Krystal smiling as she poured the coffee into the to-go cup. Stefan grabbed a cup too, Krystal sat her coffee down and cleaned their bed up in the living room as Stefan poured his coffee in the to-go cup and threw on his shirt. Krystal ran upstairs and packed her stuff that she had gotten out, and changed into a pair of jeans with holes in the knees and a tank top, then last but not least her trench coat along with her black knee high boots that buckled all the way to her knees.
She came downstairs, Stefan was shocked that she even had a pair of jeans, it must have been among her old clothes that she brought back with her, his eyes widened a little and mouth agape.
"What is it?" Krystal asked,
"You actually own a pair of jeans and they aren't black," Stefan smiled a little, Krystal rolled her eyes,
"We aren't doing anything but riding and driving and listening to music today, I mean sure we'll have to stop for gas but other than that we need to get back to Colorado," Krystal explained.
"Right, are you ready to go?" Stefan grabbing her things,
"Um, yeah, hey Eddie," Krystal seeing him by the kitchen doorway,
"Hey," Eddie flinching a little,
"No hard feelings, and take care of my sister," Krystal seriously,
"I will," Eddie nodded,
"See you in a couple of days," Krystal nodded a little back, he was afraid of her, that was okay, maybe he would get used to her, since she was Cadence's sister she would visit from time to time.
"See you guys then," Eddie wrapping his arm around her sister, Krystal gave her a small smile and left.
At the boarding house
Damon was being lazy in bed with Elena, that is until Bonnie knocked on the door,
"Go away," Damon grunted out,
"I need to talk to you," Bonnie replied through the door.
"Is it about my pregnancy?" Elena asked,
"No, I still haven't found anything yet," Bonnie softly, Damon was still in his clothes from last night, he got up and left to go downstairs with Bonnie, when they got to the kitchen, Damon started whipping up waffles for Elena and Bonnie,
"So, what is it?" Damon asked,
"There is no way to break a vampire sire's bond," Bonnie softly. Damon's facial features turned into a confused look,
"What, there has to be," Damon harshly whispered,
"Shane said, that there is no sire's bond for a vampire, one doesn't exist, then I asked my mother, she said that she never heard of one but that if Elena had feelings for you before she turned and then you turned her, that makes a sire's bond, she will do whatever you say," Bonnie looking hurt. Damon had that 'Damon's thinking' look written on his face, then the light bulb clicked on his head,
"This cant happen," Damon thinking about New Orleans.
"I'm sorry," Bonnie softly,
"No, I'll find a way, there has to be a way to break this," Damon explained, he resumed cooking, he heard two cars drive up, it wasn't long until the front door opened and shut,
"I'm going to go pack," Stefan leaving Krystal to search out for Damon to talk. She smelled food cooking, she followed the smell to the kitchen, where Bonnie sat looking through the grimoires she had collected, Damon having his back turned to her,
"Hello Krystal," Damon knowing it was her,
"I need to talk to you," Krystal seriously,
"I am in the middle of fixing breakfast, would you like some waffles?" Damon asked,
"No, I've got to get on the road, after you make a batch, I need to talk to you," Krystal seriously.
"Alright," Damon almost done with the batch that he had already whipped up,
"Have you found anything yet that could help Elena?" Krystal asked.
"No suck luck yet," Bonnie giving her a small smile,
"How is she doing?" Krystal asked,
"Grouchy, but we took her to see Dr. Fell, the baby is human," Bonnie explained,
"Wow, its must be the doppelganger bloodline, is she feeding properly?" Krystal asked,
"Yeah, Damon has a handle on that, she's doing fine," Bonnie reassured her, Krystal nodded,
"That's good," Krystal nodded,
"Yeah," Bonnie nodded.
"So I am going back to Colorado for a while," Krystal explained,
"Why?" Bonnie asked,
"I need to go through my parents things, see what we are going to keep," Krystal glancing at Damon's back, a second later he turned around with a plate of waffles and poured some syrup and put some whip cream from a can on them and topped them off with a strawberry.
"Can you take that up to Elena?" Damon asked,
"Sure, I'll see you later Krystal," Bonnie hugging her, Krystal hugged her back,
"Maybe you can come for Christmas, give you a chance to get out of town for a couple of hours," Krystal suggested,
"That would be fun," Bonnie nodded, they pulled away, Krystal and Damon left and went outside, Krystal didn't mind if Elena heard her, it wasn't bad, and it wasn't about her.
"So, you are leaving town?" Damon asked,
"Yeah, I don't know when I will blow back through," Krystal explained. Damon nodded,
"Look, I understand, I know your with Elena, and I am happy for you, I do like you Damon, but you love her, and I know you want it to work out with her, we are just friends," Krystal explained. Damon nodded,
"I do love her, I want this child with her, but I don't want to risk her life over it, I think it would be better if she were human to have this baby but I don't see that happening," Damon explained. Krystal nodded,
"Stefan has asked me if he could come and stay with me, I told him he could, he said he couldn't stay here with you and Elena, and I understand that too," Krystal strongly. Damon nodded, he was trying not to get pissed off, he knew he had hurt Krystal, but he owed it to himself and to Elena to try to make a relationship with her work, he so badly wanted it to work out, he didn't want to waste anymore time on Elena if she was just playing mind games with him.
"Hey, are you ready to hit the road?" Stefan asked as he put his things in the trunk,
"Yeah, just a second," Krystal replied,
"Damon, thank you, thank you for getting me to turn, thank you for helping me protect my sister, for paying for my parent's funeral and things," Krystal explained, she gently gave him a small kiss to the cheek. She didn't understand why he was pissed but she could have sworn that steam came out of his ears, she hesitated a minute longer, icy blue eyes staring into stormy blue eyes, she could practically see a storm brewing in his eyes. She turned and left to sit in the car, Stefan walked back into the house. He found Bonnie coming down the stairs,
"She wont talk to me, so can you give her this," Stefan asked.
"Sure, bye Stefan," Bonnie hugging him,
"Bye Bonnie, take care of yourself," Stefan seriously,
"You take care of Krystal, she needs someone," Bonnie explained, he nodded, then headed out to the car, he gave his brother a simple nod, then got in the car and left.