Star P.O.V
After all this time I heard those three words of I love you pass Nik lips I honestly didn't think he would ever say that to me again, after what I did to him leaving him broken hearted with him thinking I was dead. I kept reflecting on what he had told me by the lake 'I love you Star, I've always loved you, even in your 'death' my heart belong to you' a part of me long to hear those words from him. When I first came here I was torn between two men, but Niklaus stole my heart after all those years of walking this earth alone. The words 'I love you too' spilled out of my mouth naturally, Nik looked at me so lovingly before he kissed me, and when he did there was so much urgency and he literally took my breath away. But deep in my mind I knew this happiness wouldn't last for long that the day will come when I finally have to do what I was destined to do from the day I was born and that was to put Silas down.
Nik scooped me up into his arms he did so quickly he took my breath away, he brought me back to the mansion where he brought me to his room. He kissed me gently while we began to tear each other's clothes off. We both fell into the bed and made love all night long, I didn't want it to ever end. I wanted to be frozen in this moment, not worrying about everything that going on, or what's about to happen. Just wanted every little thing that has been spinning in my mind since coming here, to just fade away just drift away like a dream. I opened my eyes and the sunshine was bursting through the window, I could actually hear the birds cheeping. I felt embrace of a pair of strong arms around me which brought a smile to my face, I felt a butterflies kisses along my shoulder towards my neck it gave me a slight chill down my spine.
"Good morning." Nik whispered sweetly into my ear, I turned my head to him and kissed him.
"Good morning." He kept on looking at me with his blue- green eyes searching my face for something. "What's the matter?" He placed his hand on my cheek started to caress it gently.
"I know on the outside you're smiling, but deep down your upset about the incident with Damon." He was right I was upset, I hated when we argue. I mean part of me feels who I'm to judge what he does, because when I told him about Nik and I Damon wasn't happy about it. He put all his hatred to aside and accepted it as all he wanted is for me to be happy. Could I do that for him? I don't know If I could, there Stefan who was heartbroken with the fact the girl he loves is in love with his brother. I needed to tell him what Nik had told me, about Elena being sire to him; I mean if what she feeling towards him is just the sire bond then that would change everything.
"You know me too well." I gave him a weak smile and he pulled me to him and hugged me tightly.
"Why don't you go and see Damon." I pulled away from him to see if he was actually being serious. "Star don't give that look sweetheart, I know you're going to be miserable for days if you don't work it out with him." Nik was right I would be, I mean this was Damon. The guy who I could depend on no matter what. "So—" He grabbed me and swiftly put me on top of him so I was straddling him "—go and talk with your friend." I couldn't help but smile at him I leant down and kissed him. This was the side to him I wish everyone knew, the side that has a heart, that does care for another feelings.
"Have I told you yet today how much I love you?" I watched as wide grin appeared on his face.
"Well, you did say you love me numerus times while we made love." I felt my cheeks heat up from embarrassment of him bring that up, he touched my cheek his hand and it felt cold to the touch. "I do adore it when you blush." I gave him a kiss before climb off him, he was right I needed to fix thing with Damon and I think I really need to fix thing with Stefan too. I know we are kind speaking but I want all the negative tension to go away and be there for him too. "I didn't mean right now." Nik caught my arm and pulled me back to him.
"Nik…" He began to pout which looked absolutely adorable. "I'll be back soon, I'm sure you'll keep yourself busy by barking orders to you hybrids or something." I got out of his grip I heard him chuckling to my comment; I walked to the bathroom and got in the shower. Within seconds Nik had joined me, as much as he was tempting me with his kisses to draw me back into his bed; I need to fix my relationship with both brothers.
I had finally left the mansion and began to make my way to the boarding house, I didn't use my speeded to get there because I needed to figure out how I was going to drop this bomb shell to the both of them. I got my phone out and looked up Stefan number I knew he weren't at the house and he really needed to hear this too.
Stefan: Hey it's Star, there something I need to talk you and Damon about. Could you meet me at the house please x
I continued to walk down the streets thinking of ways I could actually drop this to the both of them, I felt like my head was going to explode. I began to walk down the road where the boarding house was and I had a horrible feeling that this is all going to go terribly wrong. I approached the house and the front door opened and there stood Elena and Damon looking at one another, as soon as they notice me standing in the doorway there was real tension in the air.
"Hey…" Elena gave me a smile, all I wanted to do is rip Elena head off, but I needed to be cool just be polite remember her acting this way could be because off the sire bond.
"Hey" I responded back to her there is a very awkward moment of silence between the two of us.
"See you in later." She said turning to Damon, who I finally looked at and he looked really awkward with the situation.
"Yeah." Elena nods and walks past me avoiding my gaze as I walked in the house.
"Hey." Damon seemed a little nervous I gave him a small smile. I hated this, Damon and I have never been like this where we didn't know what to say to one another, this just felt so wrong.
"Hey." Damon closes the door, he stood there like he wanted to say something so I thought I'll break the ice. "Nik told me you were looking for me." Damon facial expression soften, I guess he was surprised to hear Nik actually told me.
"I just wanted to make sure you were ok." He began to approach me. "I don't like to see you upset Star." Damon could be really sweet at times, I mean I was out of line with the way I acted he just gave her a roof over her head for the night not like he jumped into bed with her.
"I'm sorry, I'm just a little emotional at the moment." He had a worried look I wanted to tell him what had been on my mind everything about Silas the whole lot, because I knew that no matter how much Damon will not like what he will hear from me, I know if I told him to has to stay between us he would do that. The front door opened and Stefan walked in his face was fill with concern, I think I may of freaked him out a little with my message. "Great you both here." They both looked at me "Listen, we need to talk." I had told Stefan and Damon everything about what Nik and I have discovered about the sire bond. We were sitting down on the couch and I had the two brothers facing me with mixed emotion on their face.
"Sired? Really Star? That is the most pathetic nonsense I've ever heard come out of your mouth." I glared at him, it wasn't nonsense it all made sense with Elena behaviour.
"It was your blood that turned her, right? I mean, she's been different from day one because of you. You can't deny that." Thank you Stefan, at least he could see it and I'm guessing Damon in denial.
"Sure I can I finally got Elena to a good place about being a vampire. You two idiots can't stand that she's happy because of me." I got up from the couch before I hurdled myself at him to nock some sense into him, he was being a fool he wasn't even thinking of the possibility of this being true. Well there only one way to know for sure and let's see if Damon man enough to find out.
"All right you know what? Prove me wrong. Tell her it's OK to drink from a blood bag." Damon looked at me with disbelief like I told him to tell Elena to stake herself.
"She can't. Her weird doppelgänger body rejected the blood from the bag." I looked at Stefan and he seemed a little intrigue with what I had just said.
"Right, because you told her to you said she had to drink warm human blood straight from the vein. She almost died to make you happy." From the look on Damon's face, he clearly doesn't believe in what his brother and I are saying.
"Look, just ask her to drink from a blood bag make sure you'll tell her how happy you'll be if it works, and if I'm wrong, I'll be the first to apologize" Damon got up and looked between te both of us not happy what so ever, but if I was wrong about all this then I would do exactly as I just told him.
"When her body rejects this blood, which it will, your apology better be epic." Damon grabbed his jacket walked out of room, Stefan and I looked at each I hope we right about all of this. I meant every word I said yesterday I will not allow Elena Gilbert destroy the Salvatore brother I will not allow that If it the last thing I do. So for her sake she better be sired to Damon.
Damon P.O.V
Last night with Elena was epic, every single touch she gave me sent shiver through me, I had dreamt for this moment for a very long time and finally I had her here in my bed. The whole night and even more felt euphoric having Elena in my arms. Even though what I felt there was something niggling in the back of my mind, and that was Star. I hated the fact that we were in a fight, we had never been in a fight before, and it really did bother me, I tried to not let it show to Elena as I didn't want to ruin this….. I'm not actually quite sure this is. But know the one person who I had always held dear to me being mad at me really bothered me, and what trouble me more is that she will be furious with me going back on my promise with her. I gave into my urges with Elena I didn't think of the fact of what it would do to my brother having sex with the girl he was in love with, at the time I didn't care but right now this morning I was filled with guilt.
Elena had gotten ready for school I felt a little awkward with the situation, yeah I loved the fact I spend whole night making love to her, but where would this actually lead to? I mean if I let my feeling take over I will lose two people who I care more than anything in this world, but if I don't I may lose the girl that I'm in love with. As Elena was leaving Star turned up at the front door all that guilt if felt before just magnified, I had betrayed her by giving into my emotions and I know if Star would ever find out she wouldn't forgive me for that. There was a very awkward moment between the both of us; she looked like she had the weight of the world on her shoulder. Apparently she was feeling emotional all I wanted to do was just hug her, Stefan had come home and Star informed the both of us that she need to talk to us.
Well I never in my 170 years thought I would hear Star talk the most amount of crap, saying that Elena sired to me and of course Stefan began to agree to it. All I felt right now is rage that they couldn't just for one second thought that I was the one who brought Elena to happy place being a vampire. So Stefan and Star asked me to ask Elena to drink from blood bag and that it will make me 'happy' I only went along with it to shut them both up. I'm going to prove them both wrong and there apology better be freaking epic too. I made my way down to the basement and got out a blood bag and put it in my pocket, I rushed up the stairs and I got in my car and began to drive to the school. I parked up and got out, I swear if Elena has a bad reaction I'm going to kick Stefan ass hard. I walked into the school and began to search for Elena I found her talking to Bonnie and Caroline, she catches sight of me. I motioned for her to talk me we both went into an empty class room.
"You being here makes your selfish, secret day a little difficult, don't you think?" She had her arms around me as she spoke, I needed to do this I had to prove Stefan and Star wrong. I pulled away and took out a blood bag.
"Forgot your lunch." Elena looked at me with fear in her eyes.
"I can't. You know I can't." I can't believe I'm about to do this, but I had to prove my point.
"Well, last time you tried it, the circumstances were less optimal and I think maybe you should just give it another try, see if it works. I really think it will." Elena looks at me not convinced. "Please... for me?" I handed Elena the blood bag and she rips the top open, putting it in her mouth. She begins to drink it. I looked at her while she drinks it, I'm waiting for her to puke up but Elena looks up at me nothing had happened yet. "You okay?" Elena takes it out her mouth.
"Mm, I'm fine. It tastes like blood. Last time, it was like hot garbage." She puts it back into her mouth and continues to drinking it happily.
"You sure you're okay?" Elena nods and pulls the blood bag out of her mouth.
"I'm better than OK. I mean, maybe last time, it was a bad batch or something. I can't believe this, Damon. I don't have to hurt people anymore." I can't believe it Star was right, Elena freaking sired to me. Elena throws her arms around me and hugs me she pulls away "I have to get to class. Thank you." She kisses me before leaving for class, everything that happened last night was all down to sire bond, which would mean that none of it was actually real.
Stefan P.O.V
When I left home last night I went over to Caroline house, she had been kind enough to offer me to stay at her place. Which was really sweet of her considering that we hadn't known each other for long. Caroline reminded me a lot of Lexi the way she would try and be supportive, giving me words of encouragement to not let the other me take over, meaning the ripper side of me. We spoke all night we both couldn't get round our mind how differently Elena behaviour had been, that she a completely different person since she turned into a vampire. Caroline had brought up Star in the conversation, she couldn't understand how she could be so normal with Klaus with her know how evil he really is.
"The way she looks at him, it's like…. I don't know it weird." I notice there was a little tone of jealously in Caroline voice, Klaus clearly found her attractive before Star came back on the scene and she kept knocking him back.
"They were or are married, I-I guess there rekindling what that had." Caroline sat forward frowning.
"You're hiding something from me." I couldn't have this conversation with her, it enough talking about the pain of losing Elena, but to talk about Star I couldn't do that. I got up and walked over to pour myself a drink "What the deal between you and Star?" I couldn't look at her, I picked up my glass and drained it I felt her hand on my shoulder. "Stefan I'm not stupid, I've notice the tension between the both of you." I turned to her Caroline stood there with worrisome look filling her face.
"I can't…" I walked away from her I couldn't do this I'm breaking already with Elena , and if I finally say out loud what I'm feeling about Star I know I won't be able to control my emotions.
"Stefan…" I took in a deep breathe I turned to Caroline.
"I met Star in 1863 my father took her in as she was new to town, she had told us her story of her parents dying and being raised by her aunt. She wore a wedding band natural we asked her where her husband was, she told us that he had die at war. She instantly had a connection with Damon at first I thought they were together" Caroline looked at me confused "I had feeling for Star I was attracted to her." I walked over to the sofa and sat down Caroline followed and sat opposite me.
"So her and Damon….. Were like a couple? Is that why they are so close now?" I gave Caroline a small smile, it would look that way considering there closeness but those two had a bond like they were soul mates but there was never that sexual desire between them.
"That what I thought too at the time, but Damon and Star were genuinely friend's actually best friend. Damon loved her to death she was the only person that he had told his deepest and darkest secrets and thoughts." Caroline sat back into the couch looking a little taken back by what she heard. "The attraction I had with Star was mutual, we began to court, of course my father was happy about it all he consider Star as a daughter already. We had been courting for months and as each day went by I fell in love with Star more, we both spoke about wanting the same thing out of life." I glanced up at Caroline, and I knew she was dying to comment. "The day Katherine came into town after we had dinner, I told my father I wanted to have Star hand in marriage." Caroline jaw dropped at the mention of my intension with Star that I saw myself having a future with her.
"Wh-wh-what y-you were ask Star to marry you?" She practically shouted, that wasn't the reaction I expect from her, but then again the way I've been with Star no one would ever thought I was in love with her once.
"That very night I was going to propose to her she disappear, and you know the rest of the story with Katherine where she compelled me to fall for her." Caroline sat forward running her hands through her hair.
"Let me get this right, you and Star had this great love, didn't you know wh-what she was, I mean she has been alive all this time how—" I cut Caroline off.
"Star came back into our lives after 147 years wanting to explain everything to us, you may be surprised to hear this but Damon heard her out, but I couldn't. I felt hurt and betrayed because all of this time I thought she was dead." I don't even know why I'm talking about all of this is going to change or help matters
"Well that understandable." At the time I thought it was the right reaction too, but I should have heard her out like Damon did because everything would be very different now.
"Well it doesn't matter now. It's always been Klaus for her, he was her first love." I did I remember that night that what she had with Klaus consumed her, that was something hard to compete with.
"She was obviously yours…..You're in love with her still aren't you?" Caroline broke me out of my thoughts.
"It doesn't matter what I feel anymore." Caroline began to frown I knew she was going to fire another question at me. "Hey, do you mind if we call it a night." Caroline nodded she got up from the couch and began to walk out of the room.
"Stefan…" I turned to her. "You know when you feel ready to talk about your feelings, I want you to know I'll be there to listen." I nodded and she turned off the lights, I lay back on the couch and reflected back on everything that had happened. I woke up in the morning to my beeping I sat up and grabbed it from the coffee table, I looked at the screen and I had a new message from Star.
Star: Hey it's Star, there something I need to talk you and Damon about. Could you meet me at the boarding house please x
I don't know what Star wanted to speak about, but one thing I knew is I'm going to stop being a dick to her and try and mend things between us, try and get some kind of friendship going. I got showered and changed and made my way to the boarding house, when I arrived I notice tension between Star and Damon. Star began to tell us what Klaus had told her about Elena being sired to Damon; at first I thought it was one of Klaus games but as Star went into more detail it began to all make sense to me. Damon didn't react very well to any of it. So Star and I had told him to get Elena to drink from a blood bag, he weren't happy about it but Damon needed to prove a point that Star theory was wrong. After Damon left Star went up to her room, I need to try and fix things with her but with this thing now that Elena may be sired to Damon I think I needed to put what I need to say to Star on hold. I had called Caroline and informed her about what Star had told us, at first she reacted like me saying Klaus is trying to cause trouble. When I began to wheel off events where Elena agreed with Damon about certain things that she wouldn't of done before, Caroline was fully on board. She had told me that she will speak to Tyler and find out some information on being sired, I weren't too happy for Tyler to know but she assured me that he won't tell anyone.
I began to pour myself a drink I needed this after everything that had been going on in the last 24 hours, I could hear the sound of trickling water from the shower in Star room. Part of me really wanted to have it out with her, to start a clean slate, but how was I meant to do that? My phone began to ring and I saw it was Caroline; I picked it up and answered it.
"I talked to Tyler" There was silence for a few moments.
"And?" I wanted to know what he had said that the whole point of all this.
"The sire bond exists because the hybrids are grateful to Klaus for relieving them from the pain of having to wolf out every full moon, and that's why they have to turn until they're not ruled by the pain anymore." Well that make sense for them, but what did it mean with Elena?
"Right, but Elena's not a werewolf so what's the vampire equivalent?" I needed to know what we were dealing with here.
"Well, that's the problem. There isn't one." I didn't respond, there is no way to fix the woman I love, I hung up without saying goodbye. I looked up and Star was standing at the entrance of the parlour she gave me a smile.
"Hey, are you ok?" She stepped down the steps and walked towards me "I know all of this is overwhelming with the fact that Elena could be sired to Damon." Overwhelming isn't the word I would use right now, it was messed up beyond belief.
"It's just the way life is Star," She sat down on the couch in front of me, this was my opportunity to try and mend things between us. "I know things haven't been great between us since you came into town—" Before I could finish what I was about to say to her, she cut me off.
"It's fine Stefan. I understand why you reacted the way you did, I came out of nowhere after 147 years after walking out on you without any explanation." This was a good start that we were both trying to move on, Star has from day one said it been her fault I was to bratty to just hear her out.
"You know the night when you disappeared." I spoke as I looked into her eyes. "I was going to ask you to marry me, I only ever saw myself spending the rest of my life with you." Star looked taken back, I didn't tell her to hurt her, I told her because I wanted her to understand why I felt hurt when I saw her once again.
"I-I'm sorry for—" I didn't need her to apologies to me anymore, Star had apologies enough.
"I didn't tell you that to make you feel any worse, I told you because no matter how many times I have 'fallen in love' I haven't ever wanted that really with anyone." Star eyes began to glaze over as she shook her head, I should kept my mouth shut the last thing I wanted was to upset her.
"Yes you have. You wanted that with Elena." She was right, but I spoke to Elena about spending our lives together but it didn't give me the same feeling like it did when I thought of Star and I spending our lives together.
"Well it don't matter now, I've lost Elena." I looked up and our eyes locked. "And I lost you too." She began bite her bottom lip she did that when she felt nervous in a situation.
"Stefan you haven't lost me. I'm still here as your friend if you let me be." Hearing those words coming out of her mouth did sadden me, and from the look on Star face she could see that. "Stefan your hurting right now, Elena is the girl who you want to be with, not me. Do you remember that night when you thought she was dying, and you called Nik? You had a choice to either see the girl you love die, or the possibility of me getting killed by him, and you chose Elena." I didn't know what to say to her after that because Star was right I didn't think about her in that moment and what it would mean if Klaus saw her. "Listen I'll always be here for you, if you want me to be or not." She got up from the sofa, I wanted to tell her that it would always be her but my action from that night proved otherwise
"Thank you that means a lot to me" She stood there with a beaming smile as soon as I told her that. I heard the front door slam. "Looks like Damon back." We both made out way to the library, we walked and Damon was rummaging through old papers.
"What are you doing?" Star asked as she approached him, he looked a little stressed out.
"Elena is sired. You both were right, I was wrong. Happy?" He responded not even looking up at her, I weren't happy about any of this I wanted to know what we were going to do to fix it.
"No, I'm not happy. But what are we gonna do about it?" I questioned him, he continued to look though the trunk of paper work.
"Well, I'm working on it. Here." He holds a picture up for me to see. "Remember that?" I took the picture from Damon and looks at it.
"New Orleans." I looked up at him why would he show me this?
"1942, to be exact." I didn't get it what happened in 1942 that remotely related to any of this.
"What was in New Orleans in 1942?" Star questioned him while taking a seat, Damon smiled at her.
"Other than bourbon and beads—" He turns to me with a smirk "Us, Stefan" Star began to chuckled, she always found Damon sarcasm amusing.
"Well this will be interesting to hear." She seemed really amused by it all, but all I wanted to know what was New Orleans 1942 connected with Elena being sired to him.
"Oh yeah. What was the name of that girl you used to hang out with?" I remember she was always around Damon literally attached at the hip.
"That was no ordinary girl. That was Charlotte." Oh yeah that was her name she was one strange girl. "That was my first clue" So Elena wasn't the first being sired to him.
"She was sired to you, and I can only assume you took full advantage of that until you got bored of her, right?" Star began to chuckle again, she knew that he would of taken advantage as much as I thought.
"More like when she went all 'Fatal Attraction' on me, then I had to make a clean break." Star got up from her seat while Damon continued with his search.
"How'd you do that?" She asked as she began to approach him.
"Ah, phew, here." He hands it to me and I took it and read it 'VALARIE LAMARCHE, 920 DAUPHINE ST.
"Who's Valerie La Marche?" Damon walked over and poured himself a drink.
"The witch that I found to help me break little Charlotte's sire bond." Damon takes a swig of his drink I looked at him curiously, all it was going to take was a spell. Damon stands up and walks over to Star "As you are my BFF I need you to do something." Star began to frown at him, what did Damon want her to do? "I know Elena not your favourite person, you made that pretty clear last night, but I need you to keep an eye on her." Had I missed something what happened between Star and Elena last night?
"Damon—" He put his hand to her mouth to stop her talking.
"As my BFF you do this for me—" He pause for a moment "—and for Stefan." Star expression soften, Damon always knew how to change her mind about things, and to convince Star to watch Elena was proof of that. "Elena having a girly night here, all I needed you to do is try and get on for one evening." I didn't get why Damon would want Star to keep an eye on Elena. "Do you think you can tear yourself away from the half breed for the nigh.t" Star face harden she weren't amused with Damon comment she moved his hand from her mouth.
"Of course I'll babysit Katherine in the making." Damon clenched his jaw he didn't like that comment but then again he shouldn't insult the guy that Star clearly in love with. "We are BFF that what BFF do." She smiles at him sweetly for a moment then it falls. "But Damon you call Nik a half breed once again, I will snap your neck." She threaten him before giving him a wide smile, Damon looked a little taken back for a moment before he turn to me.
"Pack your bags, baby bro. We're going back to Bourbon Street." It looks like me and my brother going to go on a little road trip, I'm hoping that we can find a way to fix Elena from this sire bond.
Star P.O.V
Damon and Stefan left to go to New Orleans apparently some witch over there knew how to break the sire bond, well they better break it because if Elena breaks the brothers relationship and will personally break her. I had told Nik that I'm having a girly night he found it very amusing, he began to tease about pillow fighting in our little nighties. I think he had watched too many of them chick flick movies, could you actually imagine Nik sitting there watching a movie like the note book the thought of it just made me chuckle. Elena had come back from school she didn't seem too happy to see me, but I had to lie through my teeth and tell her I wanted us to move on from what happened. Elena seemed to of bought it which was didn't actually surprise me. Caroline and Bonnie had come over now they seem a little stunned that I was joining them. I explained I would like to get to know them better that I've heard so many stories about them and I would like to get to know them personally.
Elena had disappeared and I was making friendly conversation with Bonnie and Caroline they were actually really sweet girls, there was something about Bonnie that was different. Elena came back into the parlour with wooden crate filled with wine bottles, talk about making herself at home.
"One for you." She takes one of the bottles out and hands it to Bonnie who accepts it. "One for you." She hands a bottle to me, I gave her a fake smile I can't believe I'm having to keep up with this all night then she hands another bottle to Caroline who takes it as well.
"Ooh." Caroline admired the bottle of wine, yeah I'm sure Elena picked up the Salvatore vintage wine.
"I'm assuming this is for Caroline." Bonnie holds up a blood bag Caroline reaches out for it, but Elena grabs it before she can.
"Actually, it's for me." Bonnie and Caroline exchange a glance, their faces surprised well it wasn't. It was no surprise to me her 'master' had told her it fine to drink from a blood bag now.
"I thought –"Caroline spoke speechless.
"Oh. Are you saying that –" Elena drinks the blood bag and takes it out her mouth, showing her two friends that she can now keep blood from a blood bag down.
"Thanks to Damon, I am now a functional dysfunctional vampire." I opened the bottle of wine and took a large gulp from it; I think I need to get drink to tolerate her for the night.
"That's amazing." I glance over at Bonnie and she really looked genuinely happy for Elena, but Caroline on the other hand looked a little pissed.
"Uh, what do you mean 'thanks to Damon?'" Caroline really didn't like Damon from the sounds of it.
"Well, he suggested that I try it again. So I did and it worked. No more snatch, eat, erase." Elena couldn't stop smiling, well I guess Damon did something right by letting her just feed from blood bags.
"So where is my least favourite Salvatore?" Elena sits on the sofa next to me, god I hope she not going to try and get in my good graces,. we both sat opposite of Caroline and Bonnie, Elena holds up her phone.
"Out with Stefan for the night, don't wait up. Brother Bonding." Yeah brother bonding trying to fix you, and I'm hoping when they come back she won't be sired to Damon ass.
"Hm, so you guys check-in text now? What else do you do?" Ouch Caroline on fire tonight I'm guessing she's on team Stefan.
"I know that you're not the biggest fan, but he kind of just changed my life. Would you mind laying off on all the hate?" I think I need to step in and say something, they all knew that Damon and I are close and I can't sit here and no defend him.
"You know what until you get to know the real Damon under that highly annoying 'I don't give a dam' exterior, his the sweetest guy you will ever know." I was telling the truth. From what I been told Damon came into the town and acted like a dick to a lot people so I didn't blame them for judging him but they needed to get to know the real him.
"I guess you are drawn to the bad boys more." I looked at Caroline, was that some kind of dig? I was about to say something but Bonnie speaks up to break the tension.
"OK, new girls' night rule - no boy talk, yeah? Plus, why talk when we have this?" She holds up a bag full of a black herb.
"Is that stoner tea?!" I asked with a smile I think I needed that on top of the booze tonight.
"It's spirit tea. It opens up your chi or whatever." Bonnie chuckled at me but I notice that Caroline doesn't look convinced "Come on, it's not drugs! Shane is helping me do natural magic without having to access the spirits." Now I know why she felt different she a witch well that good to know maybe I could help her out some time show her some spells I know. I hadn't used my magic for long time but it would be nice to kind of bond with Bonnie.
"Mm-hmm." Caroline was still not convince, I would rather it be stoner tea but herbal find with me too.
"Don't judge" Caroline looks at Bonnie, who stares back at her straight-faced.
"OK, fine! I hereby vow not to be judgmental for the rest of the evening! Even if you two are potentially ruining your lives as I stand idly by, it's your choice." Elena stands up
"I'll drink to that." We all got up from our seats holding up our wine bottles while Elena touch their glasses with her blood bag "Cheers." The only one who I can tolerate right now is Bonnie I'm really hoping it going to get better as the night moves on.
Damon POV
I was still a little stunned with the fact the girl I was in love with was actually sired to me, I really thought it wouldn't happen about but I was definitely wrong about that. I had asked Star to keep an eye on Elena while we weren't there, plus I wanted Star to try and get to know her too. Stefan and I had arrived here and it hadn't really changed just a few more tourists and more lights. Like always Stefan and I got in a heated debate about sire bond and why Elena would have feeling for me. I reminded him of the last time we were here and how we were actually trying to get on, but his friend Lexi poking her nose in all the freaking time. I hated the fact that she always got in between Stefan and I, she was always worried that I would corrupt him. We had finally arrived at the apartment of where the witch who had told me how to remove the sire bond, we both stopped Stefan looked at me frowning.
"It's where the witch lived." Obviously this part of the city had changed,Stefan began to shake his head.
"What, you weren't expecting to find the same exact witch in the same place?" Stefan and sarcasm really don't mix well together.
"No, but since I couldn't remember where the store was, figured it'd give us a start." I looked around trying to remember what direction the store was.
"Maybe there's another place to start. You think Charlotte might be in New Orleans?" I shrugged my shoulders I didn't keep tabs on her.
"Yeah, maybe." I doubt it I mean there was whole world out there I'm sure she went and discovered it all.
"Where was the last place you saw her?" He asked approaching me.
"Corner of Bourbon and Dumaine kind of told her to count every brick in every building in New Orleans, and I'd meet her at the corner." I paused at the memory. "I was gone by morning." Stefan looks at me and turns around and walks away. "Where you going?" Stefan turns around and looks at me, still walking backwards.
"Corner of Bourbon and Dumaine see how literal the sire bond is." She wouldn't be there after all of this freaking time, I sighed and follows after him
Once again Stefan and I had another heated argument about Elena and the sire bond, you know if Star would hear us right now she would smash our heads together. Once again the Salvatore brothers are fighting over one girl I think there may be a defect in our jeans, I didn't want to argue with him anymore about all of this.
"I'm gonna go get a drink. Hunt me down when you stop being a dick." I walked away, I made my way around the corner and walks down a deserted street. He heard a noise behind me and stopped I turned to look behind me and spotted no one. When I turn back around someone rushes at me and throws me to the ground. Suddenly Stefan throws the vampire off of me, and I got up.
"What the hell just happened?" HE asked with worry in his voice, I looked at him.
"She kissed me." The vampire gets up I couldn't believe my eyes I was Charlotte, she smiles at me.
"Damon, I always knew you'd come back for me. I must have counted literally every brick on every building in all of New Orleans." She had to be kidding, no way could of done that, I turned to look at Stefan who looks horrified.
"Literally every brick?" I looked away what hell did I do to her? The next thing I knew Charlotte wraps her arms around my neck, I tried to back away from her.
"Uh, Charlotte, uh. Ha." I patted her arm and pulls away from her. "Please tell me you had a full life, and that you've done something other than counting bricks." Please tell me that she was kidding before.
"Of course I have, I'm not crazy." I shook my head, as if agreeing with her comment about not being crazy.
"Then why are you still here?" She turns and looks at Stefan.
"You know when someone breaks up with you and there's a song that reminds you of them. First, you hate it." She places her hand on my shoulder and caresses it. "But then it brings back all the good memories of them. Counting the bricks is my song and I've been playing it for decades." I stand corrected Charlotte needs the men in white coats to pick her up.
"That's a really long time stuck listening to the same song." Stefan spoke dryly, Charlotte has placed her arms back around my neck.
"Yeah, heh..." I grabbed her hands from around my neck and pulled them away, I gently pats them between my own hands "Well you know, in the plus column, you know New Orleans better than anyone in the world. Which is really nice, because we need your help finding someone." Maybe Charlotte will be useful to find that witch who told me about breaking the sire bond and I'm freaking inform her it didn't FREAKING WORK.
Star P.O.V
After about nearly 5 bottle of wine I was actually having some fun, I've actually never really had a girly night before, I was actually having fun. We were literally partying we were dancing and drinking while Bonnie is capturing it all on her phone. Elena pours another glass of champagne for herself, but realizes the bottle is empty. Elena uses her super speed into the dining room to get more champagne we began to cheer for her as she super speeds back into the room and pops the cork off the new champagne bottle. She pours herself another glass. Somehow we ended upstairs, we have made our way into Damon's bathroom. Elena is lying in the tub and Bonnie and Caroline are sitting next to her while lounged on counter.
"Check this out: Vamp speed video." I jumped down from the counter and walked over to have a look Bonnie hands Elena her phone and Elena plays the video starts to laugh.
"I look like Superman. Watch this." She pauses the video at the point where she is super speeding back into the room. The capture shows a giant blur behind her due to the speed at which she is running. She shows it to us. "This year's Christmas card." We all laugh. "Being a vampire is so weird. Oh my God, I love this bathtub. Why don't we come and hang out here more often?" Caroline got up from the floor and grabbed another bottle from the side.
"I'll tell you why. Cooties. Think of all the germ-ridden skanks that Damon has lured into his den of enequity" Caroline giggles I notice that Elena didn't look amused she sits up in the bath tub, Bonnie also looks unamused by Caroline's attempt at a joke. "Ok, I'm sorry. I've been good all night. I am stopping now." Once again the tension was building up.
"No, don't stop on my account. Rip away. I mean, it's only Damon, right?" Oh great here we go again.
"Well, say what you want about Ripper Stefan, but at least he wasn't a man slut." I really didn't like them talking about Damon like this, yeah he done wrong in the past but seriously there no need for any of this.
"Come on Caroline, that a little low to talk about him like that." Even though I defend Damon, Elena was still looking furiously at Caroline
"So, what exactly was it about him that made you jump right into bed with him as soon as you met him?" oh I get it Damon played around a little since he been back.
"I didn't know what a sociopathic narcissist he was." Caroline glanced at me and gave me an apologetic look.
"He's always been there for me when I needed him!" Elena half shouted at her.
"Yeah, because he's hoping you'll sleep with him!" Caroline snapped back, I knew that Damon wouldn't do not after he promised me he wouldn't.
"Well, maybe I did." I turned to Elena, she had to be kidding, no way would Damon would go back on his word with me.
"You did what?!" Caroline screeched, I couldn't believe what I had just heard.
"You didn't." Bonnie seemed just as stunned about it all.
"Yeah, I did." In that moment I literally saw red, I got up and I grabbed Elena by the throat pulled her out of the bath tub, super speed her into her wall, she looked at me all wide eyed.
"You better be lying Elena." Elena began to gag for air as I tighten my grip around her throat. "Tell me you didn't sleep with Damon!" I saw Caroline about to approach me and I flicked my hand and she went flying into Damon glass of the shower cube I heard the sound of it crashing into pieces.
"Star…" Elena could barely speak, I wanted to chock the life out of her, she will destroy everything that Damon and Stefan had built in one night of passion. I felt a buzzing sound in my head I knew what it was and I turned to Bonnie.
"That don't work on me Bonnie." I growled at her before snapping Elena neck, I let go and watched her collapsed the floor I turned to Caroline and she was slumbered against the broken shower glass. What the hell have I done? I super speeded out of there and didn't stop; I've not lost control like that before all I felt was rage brewing inside me when those words passed Elena lips. I arrived at Nik mansion I stopped in his parlour, Nik stood there looking at me with a mix of fear and worry in his eyes, he rushed over to me and cupped my face in his hand. I didn't even realise that I had been crying.
"Star what has happened?" I couldn't even talk I just sobbed; he pulled me into a hug and held me tightly, why I'm letting this affect me so much?
Stefan P.O.V
I was a little concerned about leaving Star with Elena, Damon had told me what happened when I left last night with Star going crazy that Elena turned up there and Damon had let her stay. Even though Star and I weren't on good terms then, it was nice to know that she still cared. Damon and I had been arguing the whole time since we got here, I think I hurt his feeling at one point when I told him I didn't understand how Elena could have feeling for him. He did walk off and I felt totally guilty about it, then I heard a commotion I went to look and Damon was being attacked by a vampire. Not any vampire it was Charlotte the girl who was sired to him in 1942, and was still here counting bricks waiting for Damon. I watched as Charlotte was all over him total obsession with him and that worried me, even though Damon was trying to not give her the wrong impression what worried me now is the fact that Elena sired to him and they may not be a way to stop it. Damon had asked Charlotte where he could find the witch and she gave him directions. We arrived and both of us entered the shop. A middle aged woman comes out from the back of the shop.
"Can I help you, gentleman?" She smiled at the both of us Damon stepped towards the counter.
"Hi. We're looking for a witch. Sorry, no time for pleasantries." I gave Damon a disapproving look talk about being very forward.
"I'm sorry. I don't understand." She looked at him a little confused, well he wasn't exactly explaining him self.
"Look..." He looks at a board behind her, where 'Nandi Special' is written "Nandi, is it? Let's skip the part where you pretend like you don't know what we're talking about." He looks at me raises my eyebrows. "We need a spell that could break a vampire sire bond. Now, there was a witch here named Val. Ring any bells?" She continued looked at Damon frowning.
"She was my great-grandmother." Great that would mean she's definitely dead.
"She had a grimoire and it had a spell."
Flashback—Of the shop where Damon is talking to Val about this magic in 1942
"The magic you are talking about is dark, powerful. Magic like this doesn't come cheap." Damon looks over at a little girl sitting at a table. She looks at him and smiles as she continues to write in a booklet. Damon looks back at Val.
"How much?" I didn't care about money as long as I got Charlotte off my back.
"Money won't cut it here, pretty one. Dark magic draws power from dark places. Casting the spell you need requires the sacrifice of 12 human souls." 12 souls I could do that in one night not big deal.
Present Day
"A sacrifice? You brought me here knowing that the spell required a human sacrifice." Was Damon out of his freaking mind.
"Well, I was hoping the recipe had changed." He was crazy to think I would ever consider having 12 innocent people die just to remove this sire bond.
"Look, there's no magic like that here. I sell herbs and homeopathic remedies and dress it up with a little witchy-woo-woo for the tourists, but I don't practice." She seem genuine to me I didn't blame for not wanting to mess with that kind of magic it didn't sound good.
"Okay, fine, listen, just tell us where we can find someone like your great-grandma who can break the sire-bond and won't flake out on us like old Val did." She began to shake her head.
"There's no one. All of her stuff is gone - the grimoire's, her journals. We lost it all during Katrina. If a spell like that ever existed, it's gone for good." Well it looks like there no hope in trying to stop the sire bond.
Damon P.O.V
I was a freaking lie of course she knew how to practise magic, I just wanted this sire bond to be gone, what happened between Elena and I was not out of attraction it was done so she could please me. Part of me felt used I wish I didn't know be right now. I felt dirty, yes me Damon Salvatore feeling like some cheap whore that karma for you. There had another way to do all of this, we were walking down the street
"Witch is lying. Doesn't practice magic, my ass." I was still feeling frustrated about it all there was a spell and she knew it and she just lied to our faces.
"Human sacrifice? Did you really think I would go for this?" I could see Charlotte sitting on the footsteps of a building as we walked towards her.
"Extreme circumstances call for extreme measures." I didn't care I wanted this freaking sired bond taken off and I didn't care what I had to do it.
"Did you kill those 12 people in 1942?" was that a trick question? Of course I killed them Charlotte was out of control I didn't want someone being with me cause of a sire bond.
"Absolutely, I did, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat if it meant a clean slate with Elena." I didn't want Elena having fake feeling towards me I wanted it to be real.
"Hmm." Stefan didn't seem convinced but I didn't care about that right now.
"Are you gonna help me good cop/bad cop this witch or not?" Stefan nodded his head, we made our way back to Nandi shop I walked in she turns around and looks at me.
"What are you doing here?" She asked a little nervously.
"Calling you out. You're not Val's great-granddaughter. You're her daughter." I remembered the time I visited the shop in 1942 and how the little girl sitting at the table behind Val was writing the name 'Nandi' all over her notebook "You're 80 years old. You don't look a day over 50. You're a practicing witch." Her face harden she didn't like the fact I caught her out.
"Get out of my store." she demanded, yeah right like I'm going to do that.
"Give me what I want." I started to walk towards her then Nandi turns around and uses her powers to give me aneurysm, I fell to the ground holding my head with both hands.
"I gave you a chance to leave with your life." She threaten, Stefan enters the store from the back.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait. We don't want any trouble ok? We just - we just need your help. That's all." Stefan of course is playing good cop right now.
"I told you there's no one here who can help you. The kind of magic my mother practiced, it's unnatural. Witches don't even call it magic. We call it expression." Nandi stops her spell on me, and my head felt like it was going to explode.
"Is that like black magic?" He questioned.
"Worse channelling the power of human sacrifices calls on darkness that can't exist on this plane without swallowing it whole. She sold you a bill of goods about breaking the sire bond because she wanted access to that power and you gave it to her when you killed those 12 people. No one can have that kind of power the only who can is unum praeditos only. She only can harvest that kind of power it been foreseen that when darkest demon will be woken only she can destroy him to fulfil her destine." Stefan walks over to me, I got up from the floor Star had told me some of this, but when I wanted to question her further she would change the subject.
"So what the unum praeditos meant to do to this big bad?" She looked between the both of us I needed to know what the hell Star getting herself into.
"So it is written she will lead the five, and with her light she will destroy him." I saw Stefan tense up next to me, I'm he knew that Star was the unum praeditos she did kind of advertise it "I you want to know the sire bond can't be broken with magic. A vampire only bonds to her sire when she has feelings for him before she turns human feelings. Vampirism only heightens those emotions. You want her free? You have to set her free. Tell her to live her life without you and never think of you again, to stop caring about you, and then leave her. That's the only way around the sire bond" I was trying to take in everything that Nandi had told me, right now I knew what to do about the sire bond, and I had to test it out.
I brought Charlotte into a pub and sat her down and told her to move on with her life that she needed to forget me and move on. Charlotte began to cry which made me feel really shitty about what I was going. I had to walk away from her that was harder than I thought, I left the pub Stefan was outside waiting for me on a bench I walked up to him and Stefan gets up.
"How'd it go?" I weren't going to go into any details with him about it all.
"I set her free." I began to walk away from him, as hard as it was to do that to Charlotte I now had to do it to Elena which was going to be a thousand times worse.
"Must've been hard. Doing the right thing, especially when it's not something you want to do." I turned to him he was really starting to piss me off.
"Get to the point, Stefan. You don't think I'm gonna be able to do what I need to when I have to tell Elena to stay away from me." I was willing to give it all up what I could have with Elena if it meant my brother not hating me, and that I didn't lose Star, I would give up my own happiness.
"Well, I mean, selflessness isn't exactly one of your most obvious character traits, Damon." My brother really didn't know me at all.
"Yeah? Well, one of these days you're gonna realize you don't know me half as well as you think" I began to tell him about the day he left for army, where I was ready to go with him but Lexi stopped me, by telling me that I wouldn't drag Stefan down. He had finally got to a place where he was happy. So I chose to walk away because I didn't want to ruin my brother life, I did a selfless action. Stefan stood there stunned by what I told him, and I walked past him towards the taxi I whistled down.
"I didn't know about that." Of course he didn't know I doubt Lexi would tell him that his brother actually still had a heart.
"Yeah, well, next time I'll hang a billboard." I teased him and he smiled, there was something I wanted to bring up with him and I weren't too sure how he will deal with it. "You know what the witch told us about Star." Stefan looked up at me
"Do you think it all true?" His voice was filled with concern, well I heard from her own mouth that she was some like of guardian for the five and she had to bring down some big bad.
"I think we need to have serious words with Star—" I opened the door to the taxi. "—and find out once and for all what part she plays." I got inside the taxi and Stefan follows me, I weren't worried about the whole sire issue because I knew what I had to do as much as it going to pain me to do it. Right now my only worry was about Star and with her being unum praeditos I didn't like the whole idea of her taking down some big bad. I just feel that she hiding something about it all and I'm planning to find out.
Star POV
Nik was really concerned about me he kept on trying to find out what had upset me so much, I didn't wanted to talk about it but he kept insisting. I did the only thing I could to stop him from asking I used my womanly charm, and brought him up to his room to distract him, like always there was a hunger a strong desire to each other. As awful as it sounds even while I made love to the man I claimed to love all I thought about was Stefan, the pain his going through the words he spoke today when he told me that he had lost me. Normally when Nik and I make love I feel lost within him I forget everything, but tonight I had everything going through my mind. From Stefan to Damon, the situation with Elena. Then the one that I've secretly feared for 12 year of know what I have to do to bring Silas down.
Nik had fallen asleep I laid there with my eyes wide open it was dawn now the sun was about to rise, I climb out of bed as quietly as possible so I didn't wake Nik. I walked over and got one of his shirts and put it on, I made my way down the stairs and I went into the parlour and got a bottle of scotch from Nik collection. I really needed some air I opened the front door quietly and closed it, I sat on the steps and opened the bottle of scotch and took a large swig from it.
"Bit early to be drinking." I jumped as I saw Damon was sitting next to me with a smirk. "So do you want to tell me why my bathroom looks like hurricane hit it?" I turned away from him and took another swig from the bottle, Damon had lied to me he told me he wouldn't do anything with Elena to ruin the relationship he has with Stefan. "Fine you're going to give me the silent treatment, how about we wake Klaus up, and tell him about this battle you're going to be having with big bad." I turned to him to see that he had this deadly serious look in his eyes.
"No you wouldn't dare…" He began to smirk, I wanted to hurt him fiscally or mental with aneurysm, but this was Damon I couldn't hurt him.
"You do know I'm hell of a lot stronger than you. I couldn't snap you neck before you even blinked." He began to chuckle, but I didn't find it amusing at all.
"Well that got you talking to me. Why are you even so mad at me?" I turned away from him again he reminded me why I'm so mad at him.
"I don't know, what could of you done to possibly to piss me off Damon? " I turned to him and he looked concerned. "You had sex with Elena." Damon face turned a shade whiter, which confirmed it even more that it was true. "Don't try deny either Damon, please don't insult me." I picked up the bottle and took another large swig, I was so mad at him right now the maddest I've ever been. The sad part is I know that if Elena didn't blurt it all out he would have never have told me.
"Star it just happen…. I gave in to my urges." I turned to him all he was thinking about was to wet his d**k ."You may not believe this but even though I was having a moment that I'd dreamt of for a long time, I didn't feel pleasure all I felt is guilt." I shook my head and turned away from him was that meant to make everything better that he was having sex with the girl his brother ex and he felt guilty. "I know you mad at me and you have every right to be, and you may not want to speak to me but I need to speak to you." A part of me wanted to walk away from him, but I couldn't this was Damon it wasn't as simple as getting up and walking. "I need to know Star what is the deal with you and the raising of this dude." I could feel a lump build up in my throat, because the only person who I know I could tell this dark secret to was Damon. I wanted to be angry at him, but I wanted to off load this burned I have.
"It's complicated Damon." He placed his hand on my knee as a sign of comfort, I looked at him and I didn't know if this was the right thing to do.
"Star, just tell me please." I watched as his eyes were filled with concern, I've been wanting to do this since the moment I came into town I know I can trust him with this..
"I tell you Damon, but you have to swear to me you won't tell a soul. Not Stefan. Not Nik. Not even Elena." I couldn't have anyone know what I had to do, because two of those people will stop me from doing it I couldn't allow that for so many reasons.
"I promise you Star." I looked at him sceptically he had broken one promise already to me. "Don't look at me like that Star, whatever it is, however bad it is I won't tell a soul." I looked away from him could I really trust him? "What do I have to do to make you believe me?" He held my hand and I turned back to him to see him looking at me with pleading eyes. "Please Star." I nodded in agreement. I turned to him and faced him held both of his hands.
"You're not going to like what about to tell you Damon, but I just want to say something first." He looked at me with worrisome looked now. "I don't know how you're going to take hearing the truth of what I have to do, but Damon no matter what you hear, you can't stop me from doing this." He looked away from me I knew he did that because that was something he couldn't keep. "Damon I mean it you can't." He turned back to face me.
"Ok Star, I won't." After all of this time I'm finally letting another soul know what the whole purpose of me being here, and part of me is frighten of how Damon going to react. I'm hoping he will be the Damon who I love that will support me though this.