Stefan P.O.V
I have been coming to terms over with the fact of there isn't an Elena and I anymore, her feeling for Damon have become stronger since her turning into a vampire. What felt she had before has just been magnified, she felt more for Damon than she did for me. I couldn't be second best any more I can't compete against Damon and he had finally got what he always wanted. I had really screwed everything up not only with Elena, but also with Star. I have driven both girls away from me and into the arms of other men. The tension in the house was pretty bad, with Star and I not talking since our fight we had in the woods, then the fact I avoided Damon over the week, because I couldn't face him right now. I just stayed out of the house most of the time it was the safest option.
I had notice that Star had been spent a lot of her time around Klaus place, last night she came back to the boarding house and attempted to talk me, and once again I was a total dick to her. Why couldn't I just accept that she was with Klaus now, she had made her choice, and I don't blame her after the way I've treated her. Klaus seemed different around her like you can actually see he may have his humanity still, so I guess the best man won in the end.
This morning I woke up the first people who were on my mind was Elena and Star I couldn't get either of them out of my mind. That saying right, you don't know what you got until it gone. I needed to somehow come to terms with this all. I was in the woods working out while on the phone to Caroline, she had become a really great friend to me over the months. She had grown so much from the girl I met to the girl she is today. She gave great advice, but she wasn't happy when I told her I'm not going to Miss Mystic Falls that was real bad move.
"What do you mean you're not coming? I don't need to remind you that your Miss Mystic Falls attendance record totally sucks." Yeah I screwed up then with my bloodlust problem the last time. "Besides, you're a founding family member, by definition you have to be here." How could I turn up to an event with Elena being there? I wasn't ready for that. I don't think I'll be ready for that in a long time.
"Elena and I broke up by definition, I don't need to be anywhere." I spoke as I continued to doing my push ups, I had to try and keep myself busy.
"Did that sound as depressing to you as it did to me?" I wasn't in the mood for Caroline to be sarcastic, I wasn't depressed I was keeping myself away from a situation that will turn messy.
"Oh, I'm not depressed. I just want to rip into someone's artery and feed until I can't breathe anymore." That how I truly felt, what the point anymore holding back my desires, I just wanted to let it all go. I stopped doing push ups and lay down with my back against the ground.
"Well, you can't as your sober sponsor, I am not going to let that happen. Try and sublimate." I stared up at the sky in silence for a moment, how do I tell her that there no hope anymore?
"She said she has feelings for Damon." That was one of the hardest things I ever had to say, I had finally admitted to someone that it was officially over.
"What?! She can't have feelings for Damon! He's… Damon. And you're… you. And I'm – revolted. You know, I'm gonna talk to her. I'm going to shake some sense into her clearly diseased brain." She didn't take the news too well, but there wasn't anything anyone could do. Elena had feeling for Damon it as simple as that.
"Yeah, well I don't know what good that'll do Elena's right, being a vampire really has changed her" I heard Caroline gasps to my comment, but the fact of the matter that's what happened.
"With all of that going on there even more reason you need to cure for Elena, she disillusioned with her feeling for Damon." She was clearly worried about her friend acting out of charter, but Caroline had to accept this was the new Elena. "Look; I got to go be careful. And remember, there is sublimating and then there is insanity." I knew Caroline was worried about me but I didn't want her to be torn between Elena and I.
"I'll be fine. Bye." I hung up the phone I stood up, and then all of a sudden I was in a chokehold.
"In what world do the words tell no one mean tell your brother and every teenage sycophant in town?" Klaus threaten me, I knew this was coming I didn't think it would take him this long to come and kill me, maybe that was because Star had kept him busy.
"The secret's safe, no one who knows about the cure will endanger us trust me, you know I want to find it more than anyone else." I did, even though me and Elena weren't together I knew she hated the fact of being a vampire, so I would still do anything to make that possible.
"Well then, I suggest you find some more vampires for Jeremy to kill before I'm tempted to offer you up as a victim." Klaus releases me from his chokehold I stepped away, I turned to look at him "And try and keep this one to yourself, would you?" I nodded I knew that no one would be happy with the fact I what I was going to have to do.
Star P.O.V
Since that day when Jeremy killed that poor kid Nik hadn't let me out of his sight, he wanted to know what upset me so much. What could I tell him that me the unum praeditos got freaked out watching hybrid getting decapitated? So over the last week I had spent my time at the mansion spending time with Nik, he had brought me out for romantic nights out. We went to New York one evening where he had brought me to some fancy restaurant, and then to the top of the empire state building. Another night he brought me to Niagara Falls where we had a picnic and star glazed. I hadn't ever seen this side to Nik before I mean in 1490 he wooed me, but right now he completely impressed me, I felt like a teen not a woman who had live over a thousand years. When I was with Nik I forgot about all of my troubles, the brothers and there dramas didn't enter my mind, the fact that I was getting closer to finding Silas… Nothing else mattered to me as I gazed into his eyes.
Damon had been trying to get hold of me, I hadn't told him about what had been going on between Nik, and I knew it about time I fessed up. I had told him I would be coming home tonight, but apparently he had to do something, very typical I come home and his busy. Well I thought it would be best I had a little time away from Nik, I didn't want us to live out of each other pockets. When I tried to leave the mansion, but Niklaus Mikaelson kept on trying getting his way, he didn't want me to return to the Salvatore's that this was our home. I didn't know what to say that, everything was moving so fast, but it also felt so right. In the end I finally won by tell him that he could be my date at this Mystic falls event. Of course Nik found it very amusing that I called him my date, as technically he actually my husband, but even though we were still married I still wanted to take things slow. I finally went back to the boarding house when I walked in no one appeared to be home, I made my way up the stairs and I saw the light on in Stefan room. I approached his door and I saw him sitting at his desk writing.
"Hey." He looked up and gave me a small smile then continued to write, we couldn't continue like this, and it looks like I had to make the first move. "Stefan…" He looked up once again. "Can we just move on from what happened?" He put his pen down looked at me with a smile, it felt like I hadn't seen him do that in a life time.
"Yeah sure…" I began to smile I knew he would come around, Stefan wasn't one to hold a grudge. "You really think I can just move on, I'm sorry Star I can't." Why was he so freaking stubborn? I was trying here and all he kept doing is throwing my kindness back in my face.
"Stefan, why are you being like this?" He got up from his chair and suddenly he was in front of me, taking me by surprise.
"Because Star, I always screw things up, I always hurt and push away the people I love." What was he on about? We had a little fight things were said in anger, I didn't want him to think that he had lost my friendship. I touched his arm to comfort him, but he snatched it away. "Star forget it, you're happy, I'm happy." He walked away from me, I didn't know what else to say to him.
I turned around and made my way to my room. I got underdress and got into my bed, I didn't know what to say to Stefan and I didn't understand why he looked so sad. Elena was fixed now they should be all loved up. I kept thinking over what he had told me until I finally fell asleep. I woke up with the sun beaming in my room, I didn't want to open my eyes. I wanted to just stay in bed all day and hide away from the world. I felt the presence near me, I opened my eyes slowly and screamed.
"Good morning sunshine!" Damon spoke all perky, what the hell is he doing in my room? Actually what is he doing on my bed?
"Damon seriously!" I grabbed the pillow and covered my face, then grabbed it and moved it away.
"Star do you know how very cute you look in the morning with your grumpy face." He teased I really weren't amused by his perkiness, he had to be drunk. "So where have you been hiding for the last week?" I think it time to fess up; I sat up and looked at him, she sat there cuddling my pillow while arching his brow waiting for an explanation.
"Damon there something I need to talk to you about—" I notice that Damon weren't even looking at face, then I looked down at myself and I realized I was just in my bra. I grab the sheet and covered my chest. "—Eyes here Salvatore." I indicated to him which made Damon snapped out of his gaze. "Was there something you liked?" He looked at me a little confusion, I began to laugh I think Damon just got caught out.
"Ermm…" He spoke finally looking at me, he was actually blushing. Seriously what was up with him? Right now I need to tell him a few things and I really didn't want him flip out so I hope he stays in this good mood.
"You know since coming back a lot of thing has changed—" He began to frown. "Damon you're the only person who I could ever really trust—" A small smile appeared on this face "—but there a few things I want to tell you about, and the first being is that I'm giving it another go with Nik" I thought I better start off with that for now, then go into my whole purpose with the five and what I needed to do about Silas.
"What!" He shouted which made me flinch slightly, he wasn't going to take this too well. "You and Klaus, seriously?" I know Damon hates Nik that all he has seen is the monstrous side to him, but Nik wasn't like that with me… he was different.
"Damon he makes me happy, and I don't know where it going to be honest, but right now when I'm with him I'm happy." I looked up at him and he was frown with a disapproval, I just wanted him to be happy for me, for him to see with his own eyes that Nik was a different man with me.
"Well I think you deserve better than original half breed, and better than brooding Stefan too, neither of them are good enough for you." I couldn't help but smile at him because Damon was behaving like any brother would, who thinks that no one is good enough for their little sister. That's why I admired him so much because he saw me as his family, the little sister that he never had.
"So who would be good enough for me then?" I arched my brow while looking at him, he clenched his jaw, and didn't reply. "You?" He turned to me looking stunned and I smiled at him, I loved teasing Damon the look on his face right now was utterly priceless.
"We-Well Star… don't get me wrong here your attractive, well more along the lines of stunning—" I had to sit there and try and keep a straight face as he spoke. "I mean yo-your, your—" Damon Salvatore lost for words, I never thought I'll see the day. I moved closer to him and cuddle up to him with my head on his chest.
"Damon it's fine, I'm teasing you." I looked up at him to see that he looked a little relieved. "You know we both got a pretty screwed up lives you know." He began to stroke my hair which gave me comfort, I like the fact that we were the opposite sex and we could be like this to one another.
"Yep you're right there." He spoke in defeat, Damon was the sweetest guy I have ever known, and all I wanted for him was to be happy.
"Damon you will be happy one day, you know." I looked up at him he didn't look convince that would ever happen to him. "The right girl will come your way, and knock you off your feet." He began to smile, that all I asked for him to be happy with a girl who only loved him not his brother also.
"Well until then I have you to keep me company." He got up from the bed and looked at me. "Honestly Star I think you deserve better, but if Klaus makes you happy, I'm happy for you." I sat up still holding on to the sheet and smiled at him. "But I'm warning you, just because your dating or whatever don't mean his going to be my new drinking buddy." I couldn't help but laugh as I could never see that happening, he began to walk out of the room. "I'll see you down stairs." I couldn't leave it like this I had to tell him about the whole cure and what it would mean.
"Damon…." He turned around with this beaming smile, in that moment I knew it wasn't the right time to tell him. "Thank you for being a good friend to me." He walked out of the room with an even brighter smile, I think when I do talk to Damon few bottle of bourbon are going to be needed.
I got out of bed and made my way to the bathroom I looked in the mirror and I couldn't help but smile even though I know things are going so good right now. I know in time that all may change but for now I'm just going to cherish these moments. I went to have a shower and I got out and wrapped a towel around me, I needed to get ready for this Miss Mystic Falls event, but it wasn't for a while yet. So I got changed into sweat pants and fitted t-shirt. I walked out of my room and I saw Stefan with a bag over his shoulder as he walked down the stairs and I followed him. He was about to leave but Damon intercepts him on his way out.
"Where have you been?" Damon asked I hadn't been here over the last week, but I think Stefan been avoiding Damon but why?
"Ah, you know, out." Stefan walks past Damon and towards the front door as I came to the bottom of the stairs, he had been in a foul mood.
"Where you going?" I called out to him. I wanted to know where he was heading with a bag that looked like was filled with clothes.
"Out." He didn't even look back to me, what wrong with him?
"Okay, I see shady Stefan is back." Stefan stops and walks back towards Damon "Please don't tell me that you're still working with Klaus." Damon looks to me. "No offence Star." Before looking back at Stefan, I looked between the brothers and I notice that Stefan face was fill with so many emotions.
"You obviously haven't heard. Elena and I broke up." Damon stayed silent for a moment with a blank, expressionless face, Is that what Stefan meant last night by screwing things up?
"Oh. Got it. Uh, well, I'll be quick then. So, apparently, if we want to find the cure, we have to find a vampire hunter who can kill enough vampires to reveal the map on the hunter's mark. Now, unless we want Jeremy to go all Connor 2.0; I suggest we find a different hunter." Damon had a point there may be finding another hunter would be best, but where would even start looking? I could ask Luca and see if he knew of any being nearby or at least tell me where one was.
"Okay. And?" Stefan really looked like he didn't want to be here, but why was he so mad at Damon for the break up?
"And I was gonna ask Professor Shane, but turns out he's shadier than you are. Matt Donovan connected him and the Pastor through phone records. Apparently, the two were very chatty the day that the Pastor blew up the Council." Ok that all a little strange how would all of them be connected? None of this was making any sense to me, there was no reason for Shane to be talking to the pastor was there?
"Ah, so you're gonna confront Shane, threaten him, and possibly kill him, that sort of thing." Stefan spoke a little annoyed, wow he really had a few issue at the moment.
"Yeah, unless he tells me what he's up to." Damon pats Stefan on the shoulder. "What do you say? Should we tag team this?" Stefan looked over at me then back at Damon.
"Nah, you got Star to team up with." Stefan starts to leave again, but Damon stops him. I didn't think that we be a good idea not in the mood that he was in right now.
"Or we could just blow it off and go get drunk. Brother bond over some Tri Delts. If you, you know, want some quality time." Stefan grimaces and laughs
"Let's not pretend like this isn't the best day of your life." Stefan pats Damon on the arm and walks out of the house. Stefan knew that Damon had feeling for Elena? What was I going to do with the both of them? They couldn't let Elena break them apart just as Katherine had done.
"You know he needs you more than ever Damon." He turned around and looked at me still stunned by Stefan outburst. "I've told you before don't let a woman get in between the both of you." I spoke as approached him. "Promise me you won't let it happen again." I wasn't around the first time around to stop it from happening, but I'm this time. I know they had their differences but I knew that Damon loved his brother deeply, their bond was strong and I hope strong enough to overcome Elena Gilbert.
"I won't Star." He wrapped his arms around me, I didn't want Elena to come between the brothers and destroy what they have tried to repair over the years, in the end, love comes and goes but family always there.
Stefan P.O.V
Damon finally knew about Elena and I broke up, and now he can finally make his move on her. I mean I don't think Elena would even stop him, as now she had these feeling for him. I needed to focus and do what Klaus had said. Get vampires for Jeremy to kill, so the map will grow and we can get to the cure. I made my way to the local hospital I walked through a back entrance, I quietly closes the door behind me. I walked over to a room and picked up the clipboard from the door I read that the patient in this room is having an appendectomy at 8:30. I placed the clipboard back in its holder. I walked over to another room and looks at a man lying in a hospital bed I picked up his clipboard and read that he has quadruple bypass complications. This is going to be hard than I thought, none of these people deserved the fate I was about to give them. I glanced around once more at the man and placed the clipboard back. I walked down the hallway and looks over at a police officer standing guard at one of the doors to a patient's room, I walked over to him the officer looks at me.
"Can I help you?" I began to compel him.
"Time for a little break, he'll be safe with me." The officer nods and walks away I walked into the hospital room, I saw a man handcuffed to the hospital bed and looks at me.
"Who are you?" For him to be cuffed to the bed so he had to of done something pretty bad, maybe my luck had just changed.
"Why is there a cop outside?" He began to smirk.
"I'm a convicted murderer." That was all I needed to know, but something else I had to be certain before I did this, so I began to compel him.
"You guilty?" Once again he smirked.
"Of course I am." I wasn't one to talk I've killed hundreds maybe thousands over the years, but did he deserved what was coming I'll find out.
"Any regrets?" I wondered if maybe he paying back his dues.
"Only that I got caught." He began to chuckle. I bit into my wrist and places in the man's mouth and forces him to drink his blood before I snapping his neck, killing him. He seem perfect for Jeremy next kill, a man like that with no remorse didn't deserve to live.
Damon P.O.V
Finally Star come back home I notice her sleeping in her bed so I decided to lay next to her and freak her out when she woke, well my plan didn't work out too well it was her who left me stunned with her reliving herself in her underwear. I knew it was wrong but I couldn't help but stare Star looked absolutely stunning in the morning, and I had never looked at her in that kind of way before. She began to tell me about her rekindling something with Klaus again, I couldn't believe that she would go back to him he didn't deserve her and neither did my brother. Star deserved someone who would never plan to hurt her, and hold her high up on a pedal stood. There was a little awkward moment when she asked me who deserved to be with her and she brought up me. I hadn't ever thought of Star in that way, but if she hadn't been with my brother or Klaus I could actually see myself being with her. We were both very alike, but that could never happen because that wasn't what Star and I were about, we were best friends and that what we would always be.
I left Star to get ready and I went down in the parlour I kept on reflecting what she had told me, her and Klaus I really couldn't wrap my mind around it all, but if he made her happy then who I'm to judge. She told me I would be happy one day and I'll find the right girl I don't think that will actually ever happen, as I tend to have feeling for women who have feeling for other men. Stefan was about to leave the house I wanted to know why he had been avoiding me. Then he let it out that he and Elena had broken up. I really didn't know what to say to it all part of me felt sorry for my brother as I knew he loved Elena that he would anything for her. That was proven with him teaming up with Klaus to get the cure. I tried to see if we both could have some brother bonding but he threw in my face that I didn't need to hide the fact I was happy about it. Stefan walked out of the house leaving me speechless.
"You know he needs you more than ever Damon." I turned around and looked at her while she stood there with sorrowful eyes. "I've told you before don't let a woman get in between the both of you." She began to approach me. "Promise me you won't let it happen again." Star was right I couldn't let all of this happen again, I can't allow history to repeat again.
"I won't." I wrapped my arms around her, I knew Star worried about the both of us a lot and she was right I couldn't lose my brother once again.
Star and I had gotten changed for this stupid Miss Mystic Falls event, unfortunately I had to go as I'm part of the founding families. I waited for Star downstairs and when she came down she looked beautiful in her red dress. She twirled around asked what I thought, of course I told her the truth that she looked beautiful, we both left the house and made our way to the Lockwood's. Apparently Klaus was meeting Star there, wonderful I finally get the see them together. She better not think I'm going to start playing nice with him just because there back together. We arrived and Star had told me she going to look for the hybrid dick, I made my way into the house and I could hear Caroline and Elena talking to April about her dress for the contest. I thought I'll make an appearance, well that was a bad idea as Caroline didn't like it that I told April to wear the red dress, I even asked Elena if she thought that the red one was better and she agreed. I left them as I needed to find that professor Shane and have a word with him to see if he may know. Where I could find another hunter, because I couldn't allow Jeremy to turn out like Connor.
"Damon…" I heard Elena call out, I stopped at the bottom of the staircase and turns to look at her.
"Still here." There is a moment of silence between us before Elena sighs.
"We need to talk." I didn't know what she wanted to talk me to me about, maybe now would be a good time to talk to her about the break up. How stupid she is to leave Stefan considering everything he is trying to do to make her human again.
"Stefan told me about the break up." Elena starts to walk down the remaining stairs towards me; we start to walk across the room together.
"What did he say?" We stop in the middle of the room and face each other, she seemed a little concerned and she should be, she broke his heart.
"Oh, you know Stefan, he kind of just went on and on about it and wouldn't shut up." Of course from that comment Elena knew that he hadn't told me a thing, which in fact upset me slightly because I thought Stefan and I had moved on from loathing one another.
"So, he didn't tell you why?" It could be for many reason, maybe it's to do with her becoming a vampire, I didn't know but I wanted to know so I could fix this.
"Nope. But I'm sure it has something to do with you acting weird, so why don't you tell me?" Elena looked into my eyes nervously for a long moment, what was so terrible that she couldn't just blurt it out.
"You." I stares at her speechlessly this couldn't be happening, Elena broke up with Stefan because of me? That explains why he pissed at me, this wasn't good, not good whatsoever.
"Damon Salvatore. Looks like we travel in the same circuit." I heard Professor Shane voice from behind Elena, I looked over at him. I was so glad that Shane interrupted his moment with Elena because I had no come back from her stating she broke up with Stefan because of me.
"Professor Shane. Just the guy I wanted to see." I walked towards Professor Shane, but looked back at Elena who stood there looking speechless that I didn't stay to continue our conversation. We both walked out of the room, Shane and I were walking outside past the tables set up for the pageant. "So, I'm in search of another Hunter" he looked at me a little stunned.
"Hunter?" Why I'm even entertaining this guy he was a total douche.
"Mhm…" He still kept looking at me stunned like I spoke to him in some unknown language.
"With a capital H? Why?" I couldn't tell him the truth, Star already pissed that I kind of brought him into all of this already, but she wasn't pulling out a hunter from anywhere so it looks like it was down to me.
"Same reason anyone needs a Hunter. Loneliness, drinking buddy, or for golf." He began to shake his head. What was this problem was everything a joke to this guy?
"I thought you said you already had a Potential." Yeah we did, but unfortunately I think we all want to keep Jeremy the way he was not turn into rouge vampire hunter on us all.
"I did, but he ended up being a potential problem." I'm hoping he might actually be some kind of help to me, I was going out on a limb here but he was all clued up with all this stuff.
"There's nothing I can do to help you." Ok well I think I need to try a different approach was needed here.
"Hmm, why don't you help me with this—" I stopped and faces Shane. "Why are you here? What's in your little lesson plan there, Professor?" I wanted to know what his involvement in all of this he was linked to the young farm that I knew for sure, he was the last guy Pastor Young spoke to.
"You think too highly of me, Damon. I'm gonna go find the other judges." Shane starts to walk off, but I stopped him, I wasn't finished with him yet.
"Hey, no pity votes for April Young, okay? I mean, just because her dad blew up a house with a dozen people in it doesn't mean she should get a tiara. But you knew him, didn't you? Because I hear you two racked up a pretty impressive phone bill." He looked at me a little take back I knew I had caught him out, we both stood there glaring at one another.
"Is everything ok here?" I looked up to see Star standing near us looking little pissed, she didn't like this jerk and with good reason he was as shady as they came.
"If you want to know something about me, Damon, just ask." So he was willing to talk then, well he better answer right or I'll just kill him for the heck of it.
"Okay. How did you convince the Pastor to kill all those people?" It had to be him, he was the last person he spoke to minutes before the explosion.
"Did you just accuse me of mass murder in the middle of a high school pageant?" I smirks at him that what I was clearly telling him.
"Welcome to this season's Miss Mystic Falls." Carol announce and everyone claps while Shane and I were still staring each other down, but Shane backs away and walks away, gulping down his champagne.
"Real smooth Damon." Star began to walk away, great I didn't want her to be upset about me talking to Shane, I grabbed her arm stopping her.
"Star don't—" She stopped and turned around to me, with a very pissed off look on her face, I had some sucking up to do with her now. "—come on, I'm trying to find us another hunter, do you really want Jeremy to turn into what Connor was?" Her face began to soften as she shook her head, I wrapped my arm around her shoulder. "I think we need something a little stronger than champagne to drink." She began to chuckle, I didn't want her to be getting stress out over this, and somehow I'm going to get more information from Shane even if I have to torture a little.
Klaus P.O.V
When I walked out of the mansion and saw Star I knew she was upset, I tried to comfort her I did not like to see her this upset. I'm kept asking her what was the matter with her, but she kept on telling me that she was fine. I clearly knew otherwise, but what I know of Star she will only tell anyone what on her mind when she ready to tell. So I wanted to take her mind off whatever was bothering her, so I had arranged a few romantic breaks away from Mystic Falls. I thought it was the least she deserved. So I brought her to New York I showed her all of the sites even some of them she hadn't seen before, she looked like she was enjoying herself, to see her genuinely smiling made me happy. Things had picked up between us quite quick considering that we had spent 500 years apart; it felt like we hadn't been apart. I brought her one night to Niagara Falls I had made us a picnic I wanted to show Star that I weren't that horrible person everyone talks about. I only want her to see the true me the Niklaus who has a humanity. We began to Star gaze I held Star in my arms as I told her about all the constellations, she kept looking up to the sky admiring them. There was a reason why I brought her here, I wanted to say two words to her which haven't passed my lips for 520 years, but I was too much of a coward to say it I was worried that she would reject me.
Star had decided last night that she was going to go back to the Salvatore's home, I wanted her to stay with me; as much as I tried to convince her it didn't work. She said she needed to spend time with Damon, hearing that really got my back up. Damon Salvatore was a sexual predator he jumped on anything that had a plus, then Star had told me about their close friendship that she consider him as a brother. As she spoke believed her, Star had never a family and if Damon meant that much to her I had to accept that. I made my way to Lockwood manor as there was an event of Miss Mystic Falls, and I've come because Star had asked me to be her date. I found it very amusing when she asked me, but I accepted her invitation of course. I walked along the lawn at the Lockwood's and I could see Caroline barking orders, not looking very happy, every time I saw her she made me smile. I walked up to her and she turned around.
"And how am I doing?" Caroline stops what she was doing and admires me for a long moment.
"You're. Perfect." Caroline was a very sweet girl and I don't know why she wasting her time on Tyler she deserved far better. "Is all the effort for the wife?" I sense a tone of jealously in her voice as she spoke, Caroline had her opportunities with me before and she declined, but even if anything would have happened my heart always belonged to Star.
"Have you seen her?" I asked as I looked over Caroline's shoulder at Hayley and Tyler who are walking up the lawn towards the house together and holding hands. "They didn't waste any time, did they?" Caroline turns around and looks at them. She seems upset as she continues to watch Hayley and Tyler.
"Let's just get today over with." She strides past me I watched as she walked away, I hated to see her so upset maybe I should try and speak to her. Like I said before she deserve far better than to be with a small town boy like Tyler.
Star P.O.V
Damon really not smooth whatsoever I know he wants to find another hunter but asking that professor isn't going to help matter. Sorry did I say asking? I mean to say threatening. Maybe I should give Luca a call and see if he knows of any other hunters about sooner rather than later. I know what he will say, Star use your magic blah…blah. Don't get me wrong I love Luca to bits, but sometimes he could really annoy me when he would want me to practise magic, I hated it. Every time I attempted magic it would remind me of my time with Alana, that part of my history I didn't want to be reminded of. Not forgetting the fact if he were to find out what I've been up to in Mystic Falls, I wouldn't hear the end of it. Damon and I had been listening to Carol Lockwood speech about some beauty contest, were these people for real? We in 2012 not 1800 with that near touch dance which I absolute loathed. I notice that Damon kept on looking over at Elena; I hope his not going to do anything stupid like give in to his feeling after what we spoke about.
"Why do you keep looking at her?" He looked at me frowning. I swear if Damon goes back on his word I will seriously kick his ass, he will be begging me to stop.
"I'm not looking at her. I'm listening in, apparently Jeremy gone AWOL." Maybe I shouldn't pre judge, Damon and I walked over to where Elena and Caroline were.
"He's not picking up." Elena was really panicking, I didn't see the big deal his missing this boring event and I didn't blame him.
"Do the math. Emo teen, open bar, it's fine." Damon told her calmly, he was probably right I could do with a strong drink myself this was a total bore fest.
"Matt said that Jeremy's been having nightmares about killing vampires, and he's been hiding it from me." Both Caroline and I look at Elena surprised that wasn't a good thing if he doing that would mean his hunter instinct are really kicking in.
"Relax, I'm sure he's fine." Damon spoke to her casually like this wasn't an actual problem, how could it be fine when he dreaming about killing vampires?
"I don't know. I have a bad feeling." He places his hand on her shoulders and looked into her eyes.
"If I'm not worried, you shouldn't be worried. Let it go. I'll go look for him." I notice that Elena expression went from worried to total calm, like she was hanging on his every word.
"Okay." Damon walked away, and I couldn't stop looking at Elena who was acting too strange around him.
"Okay, you go home, Star and I are gonna start asking around here" Caroline announced Elena looked totally relaxed now like all that worried she just had faded away in a cloud of smoke.
"Maybe Damon's right. Maybe he grabbed a bottle from the bar and snuck off to the woods." I watched Caroline face turn into fury, which was something I hadn't seen from her before.
"No, Damon is never right. Damon is sneaky and manipulative and rude, but he's never right. How can you not see that?" Elena looked at Caroline really pissed, oh I see a cat fight about to break out, this will be interesting to watch.
"I don't know, but why do I think that you won't hesitate to tell me?" I really don't' like where this is going I think Elena has actually feeling for Damon, the way she's defending him was clear indication of that.
"Fine, friend-tervention. I think you're so called 'feelings' for Damon are really starting to cloud your judgment, and I don't like it." There is no way I'm having Elena screw with the brothers, I'm not letting her do what Katherine did to them.
"Your just another freaking Katherine—" Elena turned to me stunned by my outburst. "—So last week it was Stefan, and what this week what it's Damon." I stepped closer to Elena I was ready to finish off what I didn't get to do on that first night I met her, but before I could take another step Nik stood in front of me.
"Easy, love, you're making a scene." I really didn't need him to stop me right now, I felt a rage inside me that just wanted to rip her to shreds.
"Star's right Elena." I heard Caroline say from beside me, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks she a whore, Elena looked at Caroline completely stunned.
"Wow, thank you both for making this very difficult time so much easier." Elena walked away I tried to go after her, but Nik held me back I looked at Caroline, she stood there with a blank look on her face.
"How did we become the bad guy?" She said out loud, Nik let go of me and gave me the look, but I didn't care of his warnings I'm not having Elena play with their feeling. I walked away and he grabbed hold of my hand and turned to him.
"Let go of me." I snatched my hand out of his grip, Nik didn't look impressed with my outburst.
"It's none of your concern Star, leave them to it." I looked between him and Caroline I couldn't believe he wanted me to stay out of it; well he has another thing coming.
"Listen Nik, it is my concern. Damon and Stefan are like family to me, and I will not allow Elena to destroy their relationship." Nik expression soften I couldn't be around him, so I walked away from him. I had to find Damon for two reason one being to find out what the hell wrong with Jeremy, and two to stop him from doing anything stupid with Elena.
Klaus P.O.V
I had witness Star going full on crazy at Elena she was making quite a scene, I tried to stop her from doing something stupid, but it turns out I'm the bad guy in her eyes doing that. I didn't want her to get involved in the Salvatore matters it was none of her concern, well Star tore at my heart strings when she referred them to her family, and she will not allow Elena to come in between them. What could I really say to her? I wouldn't be able to stop her, I just had to let her do what she felt was right. I notice that Caroline looked rather upset and told her I would explain how it feels to be the bad guy. We were walking next to the lake on the Lockwood property, I had acquired a bottle of champagne and two glasses. I think Caroline may have needed this after the incident I just witness.
"It's just, as her best friend, it is my duty to warn her when she's making a giant mistake, right? And now she's taking Damon's side on everything." That didn't sound like very Elena I wonder…..
"So, being a vampire's changed her?" Caroline looked at me and shook her head.
"But being a vampire only amplifies who you already are. It doesn't turn you into a completely different person." Who would of though it Elena actually sired to Damon, that is the reason behind her behaviour the way she apparently want to please him and defend his honour.
"It's very peculiar." I couldn't help but smirks from knowing what I know, Caroline looks at me.
"What's that look for?" I wasn't going to spill to her, but the one person I should let know is Star before she intends to rip Elena spleen out.
"It'll all make sense eventually." I told her with a smile, she looked at me frustrated.
"Whatever just – just hurry up and find the cure." Caroline sits down on a stone bench by the lake I placed the champagne down next to her and looks at her.
"I'm working on it." I sat next to her and started to open the champagne bottle. Getting this cure will solve a lot of things and my plans could continue once I have Elena back to her human form.
"Would you ever take it?" I looked up at Caroline to see her looking at me curiously. There was a point in my life I dreamt to be human but I knew it wouldn't be possible.
"Now, why would I want to cure myself of being the most powerful creature on the planet? Hm?" She looked at me arching her brow, in trust I likes that I had this power I wouldn't change a thing about ti.
"You might need correcting there, you're not the most powerful creature on the planet. Star is." She was right Star far stronger than I or my siblings, but I feeling that she has a few abilities that she hadn't shown us yet. "So there's not one single moment in your whole life that you wanted to be human?" Caroline broke me out of my thoughts I looked at her as pops the cork off the champagne bottle.
"How about you?" I began to pour her a glass of champagne, she began to laugh. "Life used to be a lot easier—" I stood up and pulls a piece of paper out from inside my jacket "Don't you miss the days of being—" I opened up the paper began to read the context. "Chair of the Mystic Falls Beautification Committee' and the 'Director of the Policeman's Yearly Raffle.'" Caroline looks up at me with wide, horrified eyes as she knew it was her application from last years Miss Mystic Falls.
"Is that my Miss Mystic application?" She stands up and smacks the paper out of my hands. "Where did you get that?!" I couldn't help but laugh as caught the paper back off her.
"'When I am chosen I intend to redefine excellence—" Caroline runs her hands through her hair in frustration. "Now, I'm really enjoying your use of when here. It's very confident." Caroline looks at me and laughs sarcastically "—And above all, I promise to aspire, inspire, and perspire...'" Caroline has her hand on her hips and continues to nod and smile, clearly not enjoying this torment but I could not stop laughing. "Obviously, we found a shortage of words ending in spire." Caroline tries to grab the paper out of my hands again.
"Yeah, it's very funny." She continues to try to take the paper from me, but I kept pulling it out of reach. "It's hilarious. Just-" I held the paper out behind me and away from Caroline. I looked at her with an expression that clearly says try and take it from me, Caroline stops trying and cracks a smile. She begins to laugh, and I laughed along with her as we both sat back down on the bench and continue to drink our champagne.
"I never answered your question; if I ever thought about being human. Once I did in 1490." Caroline turned to me frowning. "That when I met Star we married in the same year, she meant everything to me. I fell in love with her instantly." As I spoke Caroline shifted uncomfortably in her seat. "Of course I wasn't aware that she was immortal, but at the time I wanted to spend a normal human life with her, have a family, and grow old together. I would have give anything to of had that, and that was the only time I thought about being human." I glance up at Caroline smile a little awkwardly maybe she finally saw that I wasn't a monster that I knew how to love prosper for a normal life.
Damon P.O.V
I was keeping an eye for Jeremy but I notice Professor Shane sit down at a table with Hayley while he pour her a glass of champagne. I wander how they know each other then I saw Tyler walks through the maze of tables, I stood up. He would be able to tell me if they knew one another.
"Oh, hey." Tyler stops and looks at me. "How do those two know each other?" Tyler looked over at them then back at me.
"They don't. Paranoid much?" He needed to tone down his attitude, he maybe a hybrid but I'll still kick his ass.
"The Council just got burnt to a crisp. Some mysterious Hunter just blew through town, and this guy just happens to know everything about everything. Yes, paranoid." We both continue to watch Hayley and Professor Shane. I watched as Professor Shane walk into the house, I think this is my idea opportunity to get some questions answered. I walked in to the room and he was alone.
"Oh, you again." He laughs. "I must be the least intimidating mass murderer ever." I needed him to tell me where I could find another hunter, this cure was needed more than ever now.
"Well, you still never gave me a name. And it's kind of urgent." I said while I approached him he looked at me a little assumed.
"Listen, there is no other name. Look, at any given moment there are five Hunters in existence, alright. Most of them have no idea who they are or what their purpose is. It means finding more than one in a lifetime is next to impossible unless you happen to know a unum praeditos" Shane walks past and starts to leave the room, did he just mention Star would know where to find another one? I used my super speed and rushes in front of him. Shane looks at me and laughed "Subtle." yeah right like he didn't know I was supernatural.
"Like you didn't already know." He shrugged his shoulders. If this guy wasn't valuable to me right now I would naps his head off clean, but before I could do that I need information.
"Well…" I weren't in the mood for his games, it was time for him to know I wasn't planning on playing them.
"You have five seconds to give me another name or you die." I threaten him, he began to smirk.
"You know, since it's generally unwise for a vampire to seek out a Hunter, it means you're interested in the mark. It's probably because of where it leads, but here's the thing, even if you complete the mark and you get the map, the thing that you're looking for is sealed with a spell only a certain kind of witch can perform. Let's not forgetting the special ingredient unum praeditos" what the hell did all of that even mean? Why was he referring Star to an ingredient!
"What kind of witch? What the hell is a unum praeditos?" I had to play a little dumb about unum praeditos if shady pants knew it was Star she would kill me for sure.
"Come on, Damon you clearly know who unum praeditos is, Stella tenebris. I think now days everyone calls her Star for short." I didn't want to confirm to him that he was right about Star being unum praeditos, so I grabbed Shane by the wrist and squeezes it.
"I love pressure points. You didn't answer my question what kind of witch?" I threaten him, he looked at me amused this guy wasn't scared of death I could see that from the foolish way he was acting.
"Come on, you're a big boy, you can figure this one out." I began to think for a moment then it hit me.
"A Bennett witch." Of course that he had invited her to Whitmore that day to get Bonnie on side, she had been working closely with him Stefan mention that to me.
"Aren't too many of those lying around as I'm sure you know. So, none of this matters until Bonnie's back in touch with her magic and between the two of us, who do you think she trusts to help her get there?" I released Shane from my grasp. "Five seconds are up, unless you just realized you need me alive. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a scholarship to award." Shane walks past I need to find out if there any truth in what he had just told me, I don't know if going to Star will help but she might hold some answers.
Star P.O.V
I really wish I never went to that stupid event, from the moment I turned up it went from bad to worse. With Damon and that professor, to Elena having goddamn feeling for Damon. Then I had Tyler on my case tell me that Nik was hitting on Caroline, I couldn't take much more of any of this stupid drama. I was about the leave and I heard a commotion, so me being very stupid I went to see what going on. I walked in on Jeremy trying to stake Elena in the heart, I automatically stopped him. I didn't do it for Elena, I did it for Jeremy because I knew that if he hurt his sister he would regret it for the rest of his life. Stefan came I told him to deal with Elena while I brought Jeremy home, he tried to struggle against me but it wasn't any use my strength out matched his. I brought him home and called Matt I had told him what had happened. He assured me that he will look after Jeremy I was about to walk out and I felt someone touch my shoulder I turned around and it was Jeremy.
"Star I just want to say thank you for stopping me." He was a good kid and unfortunately his urges are only going to get worse over time.
"Jer, listen I know you're all new to all of this, but when you're ready to have any those question that are running around in your mind answered. You know where I'm" He nodded and walked out of the house. What a day all I want to do now is go back to the boarding house and soak in Damon tub with a bottle of bourbon, and forget today even happened. I used my super speed to get to the boarding house I walked in and Damon and Stefan were both in the parlour. "Hey" I walked over to the bar and began to pour myself a drink.
"Star I need to speak to you about something" I heard Damon say, I looked up to answer him when the doorbell rang. Damon went to opens the front door, Stefan looked at me and we both walked out of the parlour to see Elena was standing in the door way with bags.
"I can't stay at home anymore" I looked over at Stefan and he nodded, was she out of her goddamn mind by coming here?
"Pick a room. I'll crash somewhere else." Stefan walks out of the house, Elena and Damon watch him leave without stopping him. How could she even come here didn't she have any other friends?
"You had to come and stay here." Elena turned around and looked at me a little startled. "Damon are you actually going to let her stay?" He looked at me, he didn't say anything "You made a promise to me Damon." He couldn't even look at me, I looked between the both of them. "You know what you both deserve each other." I super speeded out of the house I felt like I was going to explode. I couldn't believe that Damon letting a stupid little girl get in between his relationship with his brother.
Damon P.O.V
Not what I needed to finish off my day with Star flipping out at me for letting Elena stay, what could I do kick her out? Well I couldn't do that to Elena. I tried to go after Star to try and calm her down I wanted to explain to her why I couldn't turn Elena away. That I wasn't breaking any promise with her, but I couldn't find her I looked around everywhere, and I even went to Klaus mansion. Klaus had told me he hadn't seen her, and that's when he began to question me what had happened, I blew him off and I went back to the house. Elena was sitting on the couch in the parlour she looked pretty shaken up, I went and poured us both a drink, I walked over to her and hands her a drink.
"Thanks." Elena takes a drink I sat down next to her. What was I going to do with her, with her confessing her feeling for me hasn't only torn my relationship with Stefan but from the looks of it with Star too.
"I was being polite, I thought you hated whiskey." She looked at me with sadness in her face, I hated to see her like this.
"My brother wants to kill me." I've had that for the last 150 years. It's sad that we had gotten to the point that we didn't feel that hatred to one another and this has happened.
"Welcome to the club." I held my glass out to her and she clinks her glass against mine we both drank our drink.
"Jeremy can't live with me, Stefan wants to fix me, and Caroline flat out admitted that she doesn't like me this way. Star who thinks I'm another Katherine. I think it's safe to say that I'm not so great at this vampire thing." She really needed to stop knocking her self-down and think of the negative in her life.
"You want to know what I think." Elena looks at me. "I don't think I've ever seen you more alive." We both stare at each other for a moment then Elena smiles and laughs.
"That dance that they did today kind of reminded me of when—" I cut her off.
"When we danced together." I remember that day it was the one time I felt close to Elena, she looked so beautiful that day that memory played around in my mind alot.
"I wanted to dance with you today." She looks up at me; I placed my glass on the coffee table and took Elena's glass and put it down on the table. I stood up and offered my hand to her, she smiles, takes it, and stands up. I lead her over to the front of the fireplace, I took her other hand and lowered one of mine to her waist, while Elena places her other hand on my shoulder. We start to dance and they place our heads together. I twirled Elena around I pulled her back in and kisses her passionately, I had been waiting for this moment what felt like a life time, I had a twang of guilt knowing that I'm doing the one thing I promised Star I wouldn't but it felt so right. Elena super speeds me into a wall so hard that she knocks a lamp over and breaks it. We continued to kiss and Elena rips my shirt open, I couldn't believe that this was finally happening. I used my super sped Elena into the wall next to the fireplace and continues to kiss her. I held her leg up to my waist and Elena grabs hold to the wall. I picked Elena up and brought her up to my room I placed her on my bed we began to tear each other's clothes off. Elena is straddling me and pushes me down on the bed she starts kissing me. Then I rolls on top of her and kisses down her neck and chest, we continued to kiss each other all over, as we made love. To a lot of people this was wrong but to me right now this felt so right.
Star P.O.V
I didn't even know where I was going but I kept running, I finally stopped and I notice I was at the Lockwood lake, it strange I always use to come here when I was upset. I sat down on the bench and looked out on to the lake, I don't know why I'm getting so heated up about all of this I mean there both been through this before and kind of survived. I think it's the fact that I never stopped it with Katherine and I don't want them to make the same mistake again.
"Star…" I heard Nik voice I turned my head and he was stand next to me with a concerned looked.
"Hey." I looked back out on to the lake as he sat next to me. I had so many things racing through my mind right now, mostly of way to kill Elena slowly, I hated her, I hated the fact she had brought the brother back to hating one another.
"Would you like to tell me why Damon has been frantically looking for you?" Damon came searching for me? I thought he would have cosied up with Elena now he finally got the girl. I was in half a mind not to tell Nik, but I told myself when I rekindle our relationship I wouldn't hide what I'm feeling from him.
"It's this whole Elena thing, I just don't want her to drive Damon and Stefan apart like Katherine did." He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me to him. "I don't get it Nik, it's like she is Damon little lap dog. Agreeing to things that anyone with a sane mind would disagree with." Nik pulled me away from him so I was looking at him.
"This is what making you so upset?" Of course it was making me upset, because it also hurt me to see Stefan looking so hurt he didn't deserve this.
"Yes it is it may seem silly to you—" I began to say but he cut me off.
"What I if I told you I knew why Elena behaving like this—" Nik knew why she was being like this? "—from what I've learnt today is that dear Elena seem to be agree a lot to what Damon says, now I'm certain that it was Damon blood that turned Elena." I began to frown what was Nik getting at? "The reason why is because Elena is sired to Damon." I felt my jaw drop can that actually happen?
"Elena sired to Damon? Does that happen with vampires does it?" Nik gave me a small smile. If this was true then it would explain a lot, but what were the odds of this happening?
"It not common, but it can happen. What Elena is feeling is the effect of being sired to Damon that she feels to please him." I don't know what worse Elena having genuine feeling for Damon or being sired to his ass.
"Wonderful" I turned away and looked out on the lake, Nik got hold of my hands and pulled me up to my feet so I looked at him.
"Could we leave the Salvatore drama for the moment?" He had a serious tone in his voice which worried me. "There something I've been meaning to tell you Star—" I cut him off before he could finish his sentence as I had an idea what it was about.
"Look, if this is about you and Caroline cosying up, I know already." He began to chuckle which totally took me off guard, had I missed something here?
"Let me guess Tyler. Well it wasn't about that matter I wanted to speak to you about." He held my hand and brought me closer to the lake, I turned to him Nik looked like he had a lot on his mind. "Star I've wanted to tell you this a few days ago, but I was far too much a coward." Nik being afraid that was very unlike him.
"What's gotten the big bad hybrid afraid?" He chuckle lightly as he placed both of his hands on either side of my face and looked into my eyes.
"I love you Star." I felt myself stop breathing for a moment as soon as I heard those words come from his mouth. "I've always loved you, even in your death my heart belong to you." I felt a lump building up in my throat, after all this time Nik still had those feeling for me. I moved my lips closer to him so there were inch away from his.
"I love you too Niklaus. Always and forever." A smile appeared on his face; I leaned in and kissed him he pulled me closer to him to deep the kiss. I found a man I can trust and I really do believe in us but I am terrified of love for the first time, because I know our time together won't be for an eternity.