Chapter 16
Days pasted by and Mom and Dad still wouldn't leave our sites. We told them we would be fine on our own but they still wouldn't listen. They were afraid of leaving us alone because of the four of us still being upset about Jenna's death and John's but when I finally promised them that we would get out of the house and do something together, they finally gave in but still wanted us to call them on a daily basis.
After Mom, Dad and Max left threw the portal to get home, I left Justin in the lair and went up to my room but stopped when I saw Elena standing in the doorway of Jenna's room.
"It's weird, huh?" I asked as I walked up beside her and looked into the room as well. She flipped her head and turned to me and gave me a smile before looking back into the room. "To think that she's actually gone"
Elena took a deep breath in and out. "Yeah" was all she said. She then turned around and left. I heard her door open and then shut.
How could it come down to this? How were we going to move on? I could see Elena took it the most because she and I watched Jenna die right in front of us? She lost another person so close to her.
I closed Jenna's room door and turned to walk in my room but I was, yet again, stopped in my tracks because I saw Damon standing right in front of me. "That will get easier" he said.
He looked different. Not like the energetic person he his. He looked…calm and peaceful. He looked like a mess though. He must have been pulling something.
I rolled my eyes at him. "What game are you playing?" I demanded.
"I'm not playing a game"
"Then why are you here?"
"I want to apologize"
A little laugh escaped from my mouth. "Whatever" I went to walk around him but he grabbed my hand ever so softly.
"Alex, Please," He said looking at me with those depressed blue eyes. "Feeding Elena my blood, I was wrong"
He actually…meant it.
"Hell yeah it was"
"And I know I don't deserve your forgiveness but…I need it" he pleaded.
I took a deep breath in and out. "I forgive you…but…I can't…deal with this right now. With everything going on in my life…I just…need to stay away from all this supernatural drama"
"Sure," he nodded as he looked at his shoes. "Of course," he then looked back into my eyes. "Take all the time you need" he said as he gave me a small smile.
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Elena called the four of us down to the kitchen where she told us that Caroline invited us to go see some 'Movie in the Square' event where they were playing 'Gone with the Wind' and lot of people would be dressing up for the event but she told us that we didn't' haven to. Caroline was going to be bring the food and all we had to bring was a picnic basket and ourselves. We walked up to the town square were it was packed with people dressed in their 1860s costumes.
"I can't believe," Justin said as we walked side by side with Elena and Jeremy. "You two brought us to see a chick flick"
"We had to get out of the house, Justin," Elena said to him as she carried the picnic blanket. "This is our three hour distraction from reality"
"Is that what we're doing?" Jeremy asked as he stopped and turned to look at us in the face. "Pretending like our lives aren't screwed?"
"Hey," I said as I hit him in the shoulder. "Like it or not, we need this. We need to start living human lives instead of living like this. We need to move on"
We set down the picnic blanket and then heard a "Hey!" we turned and saw happy Caroline, skipping to us with two picnic baskets in her hands. God, I wish I was happy like her.
"There you guys are," she said. "Whose hungry?" she asked as she set the baskets on the blanket.
"Are we really doing this?" Jeremy asked.
"Yes," Caroline said to him. "We are really doing this. We are going to take a page from Scarlett. We made it though the war," she then took a seat on the blanket. "I knew you guys went through hell and my mom knows I am a vampire, so basically it's like Atlanta has burned and yet, in spite of everything, we persevere" she said as she looked at all of us with a smile.
Elena and I looked at Jeremy until he finally gave in. "All right," he said as he took a seat on the blanket. "What are we eating?"
"Something good"
Elena and I looked at each other and nodded. Deep down, we knew Caroline was right.
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The four of us still sat on the picnic basket munching on carrots and chips until out of the corner of my eye, I saw Stefan walking up to us with Bonnie. Bonnie quickly sat next the Jeremy as Stefan walked up to me with a smile on his face.
"Well, well, well," I said with a smile. "Looks like some men," I looked at Justin and Jeremy. "Can stand a chick flick" Justin rolled his eyes and I looked back at Stefan as he gave me a smile.
He kneeled down in front of me. "Will you," Stefan said. "Come take a walk with me?"
I gave him a funny look before saying, "Sure" he helped me to my feet and we walked hand and hand far away from the group. "You know," I said. "Today is supposed to be about being human and that's what movie night is supposed to be about. So whatever it is you want to talk about, you'll have to tell me tomorrow"
Stefan stopped in his tracks and turned around and looked at me while putting his hands in his pockets. "I know," he said. "I wish this could wait but it can't. Listen, um…the other night when Damon was helping Tyler, something happened. Tyler was starting to transform and…Damon was bitten"
Right away I was hit with fear. I couldn't be the Rose situation all over again. "No," I said as I shook my head. "No…this can't be happening. He's not-"
"Yeah," Stefan interrupted me. "He is"
"That's why he came to the house this morning"
"What?"
"Yeah he came to the house to apologize. I forgave him but…deep down he knew I didn't really forgive him"
"He told me not to tell you but…I figured if you wanted to talk to him, I…I wouldn't wait"
"Oh my god, what are we going to do?"
"It's not over. There might be a cure but…I have to find Klaus to get it"
"No, he'll kill you. I'll go. He won't kill me. We could probably trade. If he has a cure…I'll go with him to Vlad"
"No, Alex, I'm not going to let you do something like that and what if he doesn't have a cure? He'll probably just take you anyway. Besides, he won't kill me"
"How do you know?"
"He had the chance to kill me but he didn't. Whatever Damon's done, whatever has lead him here...I'm the one that made him become a vampire in the first place, so if there's a chance for a cure, I owe it to him to find it"
I gave him a smile and then leaned in a kissed him ever so softly and then pulled apart. "Do what you have to do" Stefan smiled.
"Go talk to him. Just tell him that there's still hope" I gave him a nod as he kissed my forehead and turned his heel around and walked away.
I had to go see Damon.
I turned around only to knock into someone. "Hey-" I said looking down but when I looked up I saw that I ran into Klaus. My mouth dropped wide open and I saw Elijah stand behind him.
"Miss me already, love" Klaus said with a smirk.
I started shaking a lot as I moved my feet slowly backwards. "Wh-Wha-What are you doing here?" I asked.
He smiled as he took a step towards me. "It's time to take a road trip"
"No, I'm not going with you"
"Oh yes you are, unless you want me to force you"
A laugh escaped from my mouth. "You know, threatening a wizard isn't the smartest thing to do"
"Neither is threatening a hybrid" he said with a smile.
"What? Are you going to hurt me in town? Oh, yeah, I would like to see that happen"
"Oh, you will come with me and I will make you unless you want your pretty little boyfriend to get hurt"
That smacked the smile off my face and I filled with fear. He then grabbed my arm and started pulling me away.
"Hey, where are we going?" I asked as I tried to get out of his grip but it was no use, he was too strong for me.
"Doing some last minute packing before we hit the road" he said as he pulled me away from town square and pushed me into a car and drove off.
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We parked in front of the apartment block where Alaric's place is. Klaus grabbed my arm and dragged me out of the car and started pulling me inside and up the stairs while Elijah followed us.
"Please," I said as he pulled me up the stairs. "If you're going to kill me, kill me. Just do it quickly"
"Oh, I'm not going to kill you...yet. There's still the matter of meeting Vlad" He said as we walked down the hallway and opened the door and we walked in.
"Klaus," I heard what sounded like Elena…no…it was Katherine. "Look who decided to come for a visit"
Coming around the corner, Katherine stood there while holding onto Stefan. Stefan's eyes popped out of his sockets when he laid eyes on me.
"Alex," he tried walking up to me but Katherine still held onto him. "What are you doing here?"
"Well," Klaus said with a smile. "You see, you girlfriend and I just happened to bump into each other in town and thought it was time we moved on from Mystic Falls"
Stefan glared at Klaus. "You're taking her to Vlad"
"That is the plan," Klaus then looked between Stefan and I. "So," he said turning to Stefan. "Why is it you're here?"
Katherine then let go of Stefan and Stefan took a step towards Klaus. "I need your help…for my brother"
Klaus then slowly let go of my arm and walked up to Stefan and smiled. "Whatever it is, it's going to have to wait a tick. You see, I have an obligation to my brother that requires my immediate attention" he said as he pointed his right hand to Elijah, who was still standing behind us. Klaus walked pass Stefan and walked into the kitchen.
Elijah walked up to Stefan and stood a couple feet away from him. "You understand," Elijah said. "How important family is, or you wouldn't be here. My brother gave me his word that he would reunite me with my own"
"And so I shall" Klaus said as he stood behind Elijah in a flash, a couple feet away from me. Elijah turned around and that's when Klaus stabbed Elijah in the heart with a dagger. Elijah screamed in pain as the three of us watched in horror.
How could he stab his brother like that? Your own flesh and blood.
We watched Elijah turn gray and then he collapsed flat out on the floor, dead. Klaus then looked at Stefan and pinned him against the wall. "Stefan!" I called.
I ran up to them but somebody grabbed me and pinned me against the wall. "Isabella" I said threw my teeth.
"Surprised to see me?"
Klaus turned around and looked at Isabella and at the same time, Marisol walked up and stood beside Isabella. "What are you two doing here?" He asked as he still pinned Stefan against the wall. "I thought you two would have been gone by now since you killed Greta?"
"Well," Isabella looked at him and then looked back at me. "We had some last minute business to do"
"Such as?"
Marisol ran up to Klaus and threw him across the room and he hit the wall, leaving a mark. Isabella let got of me and her and Marisol walked up to Klaus. Klaus got off the floor slowly and looked up at the both of them. He ran up to them at vampire…or I guess you'd call it hybrid speed and went after the girl but Isabella brought her hand up and Klaus was thrown back.
"What the hell did I ever do to you?" Klaus said as he moaned from the pain.
"You didn't tell us" Isabella said.
"Tell you what?"
"About the curse! About Vlad! You didn't tell me the curse was fake! You told me the reason you needed us was to help you with the curse and I just find out now that Vlad needs three doppelgängers for his stupid vampire bride thing and I just find out that you had a sister that just looked like me? The Original doppelgänger. How could you keep that secret from me for this long?"
"Is that why you came? To yell at me?"
"No," Marisol said.
"We came to tell you we're leaving. No more lies. You have fun on your own because it looks like the only person you'll have is yourself," Klaus gave her a glare. "Good bye, 'friend'"
Marisol and Isabella turned around and walked towards the door and were almost there until someone ran up to Marisol, turned her around and shoved his hand into her heart. Marisol groaned in pain.
"No!" Isabella screamed as she stood there, praying for her not to die.
"You wouldn't" Marisol said with a tear rolling down her eye.
"I would" The familiar voice said. Where did I hear it before? Marisol quickly turned grey and fell to the floor.
"No!" Isabella screamed as she fell to Marisol's side and started crying into her hands, after a couple of minutes, she looked up at Klaus with her wet eyes.
"Why?"
"Consider it a warning" The person said, facing there back at me dropped Marisol's heart and turned and then, I froze for a second and so did he.
Mason. It was Mason.
"Alex?" He asked with his eyes wide open.
I took a couple steps towards him. "Mason?" I asked. "Is...Is that really you?"
"Oh my gosh," he said as he walked up to me and touched my face with his clean hand and started rubbing it. "I can't believe you're here"
"I'm more shocked then you. What are you doing here?"
"He works for me" Klaus said as he walked over to us. He then looked at Isabella. Isabella got up and then ran out of the apartment and was gone.
"Go wash yourself up and leave" Klaus said as he walked in between us.
"But" Mason said.
"I. Said. Go."
Mason nodded and looked at me one more time before leaving the apartment. That didn't just happen...did it?
"Now," Klaus said smiling at Stefan. "Where were we?" He grabbed a knife that laid on the table and stabbed in into Stefan's chest.
"No!" I ran up to pull Klaus off but Klaus pushed me off and I fell to the ground. I watched Stefan suffer and Klaus kept the knife in his chest.
"Do you feel that?" Klaus asked. "It's scraping against you heart. The slightest little movement and you're dead"
"Don't!" I screamed at I got up from the ground. Klaus looked at me and so did Stefan. "He's just trying to save Damon. His brother. I'd do the same" Klaus gave me a look before turning back to Stefan.
"The witches," Stefan said. "Said you had a cure. Make me a deal. Just give me the cure and I'll do whatever you want"
Klaus took the knife out of Stefan's chest and walked over to the island and placed the knife on there. Stefan fell to the ground in pain and I ran over to him to help him up.
"Trouble is," Klaus said as I heard him pour something into a glass. "I don't know if you'd be any good to me the way you are now. You are just shy of useless," I still held onto Stefan and he sat on the floor and I sat beside him. I heard Klaus' footsteps as he walked over to us and bent down and came face to face with us and he waved a glass of blood in front of us.
"I heard about this one vampire, crazy bloke, always on and off the wagon for decades. When he was off, he was magnificent," he then stood up straight. "1917, he went into Monterrey and wiped out an entire migrant village. A true ripper," Stefan look down at the ground and we both knew he was talking about him. I started rubbing his shoulder to try and comfort him. "Sound familiar?" He asked as he took a ship of blood.
Stefan lifted his head up. "I haven't been that way in a very long time"
"Well, that's the vampire I can make a deal with. That is the kind of talent that I can use when I leave town"
"You ass," I stood up and stood my ground right in front of him. "How can you do that to him? Can't you see he suffered enough and now he's trying he get better. Be human. You'll never understand that because you'll always be a monster," Klaus didn't say anything. "Is that how Marina viewed you?"
Klaus glared at me as he grabbed my throat and pinned my high against the wall. "You'll regret saying that" he said as I started grabbing for air.
"Let her go!" I heard Stefan say. "Why? I'd be doing you a favor killing her"
"Let her go…and I'll do whatever it is you want"
"Stefan-" I tried getting out but I couldn't breath.
Klaus turned around and looked at him. "What about your cure?"
"If you let her go and give me the cure, I'll do whatever you want…for however long you want"
Klaus looked at me and smiled. "Sounds like a plan, mate," he let go of my throat and I fell on my knees and started coughing as I breathed in and out. Klaus grabbed my shoulders and started pushing me out. "Time for you to go"
"Wait!" I flipped around and looked at Stefan. "Don't do this," I looked at Stefan but started at me blankly. I turned around and looked at Klaus. "I'll go with you. Just give Stefan the cure and I'll go with you. I won't try to run and I'll do whatever it is you tell me to do?"
Klaus, again, looked between me and Stefan. "I think I'll take the crazy vampire over a pathetic human" He grabbed me and started pushing me out the door.
"Stefan!" I called "Don't do this!"
By that time, Klaus already pushed me out the door and slammed it in my face. I was out but I still had Damon to deal with. I decided to go to the Salvatore Boarding House to wait for Stefan and help Damon.
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I was already walking threw town, on my way to the boarding house until my phone started ringing. I pulled it out of my pocket and saw that it was Elena and answered it right away.
"Elena, hi I'm-"
"What the hell happened to you?" she interrupted me. "We've been looking for you for and hour and you guys get up and leave"
"No, that's not what happened. Klaus kidnapped me"
"He what?"
"Yes, he was going to take me to Vlad…I…I think"
"How did you get out?"
"Stefan came by. He offered a trade. He's going to try to get a cure for Klaus for Damon…oh right you don't know-"
"I already know. We all do"
"How?"
"That's what I'm phoning you about. Damon ran off"
"What?"
"Yeah, I went to the Boarding House and the police showed up and tried to take Damon but he ran off. He's running around town and he's been bitten by a werewolf. Who knows what he's thinking? Where are you?"
"I'm just entering town. Listen, I'll go look for him. Can you do the same?"
"I…can't exactly?"
"Why?"
"When I went to the Boarding House and the sheriff came by, she took me to the station and now I'm stuck in here?"
"And she didn't bother taking you phone?"
"No, she's too busy trying to find Damon…but…I think I know a way out"
"Ok, I'll go looking for Damon. I'll call you if I find him"
I then hanged up my phone and ran into town searching threw the town for Damon. About half an hour in my search, I finally found Damon behind the movie screen.
"Damon!" I called as I ran up to him. He looked horrible. He was drenched in sweat, he looked like he was on drugs and he looked like he was such a mess.
"Isabella?" He asked looking at me funny.
"No Damon it's me, Alex," I grabbed hold of him. "Come on, lets get you home" Then I fell and it went to darkness.
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I awoke in a garden, the one that looked like the visions I had of Isabella. I turned and saw Isabella reading a book on a bench and an arch covered in veins hovered over top of her. She smiled as she read the page and twirled a strand of hair between her figures.
"Miss Giordano" I turned and saw Damon walking up to her with his arm behind his back. He looked so different. More like a gentleman then what he is like today.
Isabella looked up and gave him a smile as she placed the book on the bench and stood up, straighten her dress and walked up to Damon. "Mr. Salvatore," she said with a smile. "To what do I owe the great pleasure to your company this beautiful afternoon?"
Damon paused for a second and started at her and then realized what he was doing and shook his head. "I was…hoping…you'd…like to join me on a…walk this afternoon. Your father and lent me the horses and I was wondering if you'd like to accompany me"
Isabella smiled. "It would be an honor, Mr. Salvatore"
Damon smiled like a kid on Christmas morning. "Great! I mean…that would be wonderful"
"Mr. Salvatore?"
"Yes Miss Giordano"
"Since…we will be married in a month…I want you…to kiss me"
"Excuse me?"
"I want…to…see what it's like. Please?" Damon nodded and leaned in and she did as well and they leaned in closer and closer and then-
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I opened my eyes and saw Damon leaning over me. "Damon, what happened?" I asked.
"Miss Giordano," he said as he stared at me in the eye. "If I do this promise you won't tell my brother"
"Damon what are you talking about?"
"He get's awfully jealous"
"Damon it's me," he leaned in closer. "It's me"
Then our lips touched and he started kissing me hard and passionate. I tried pushing him off but he was too strong.
He finally let go and I screamed, "Damon it Alex!"
His eyes then opened wide. "Alex?" He then turned over and fell on the ground and passed out.
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I phoned Elena and told her I found Damon and I already brought him back to the Boarding House. She told me she just got out of the station and she'd be over soon. I took Damon to his room and placed him on the bed and ran over to the bathroom and grabbed a tea towel to wipe the sweat off of his face.
Damon finally woke up a little while after we arrived there and he opened his eyes slowly. "Alex" he whispered as I ran to his side.
"Damon," I said as I stood by his bed side. "Everything's ok"
"Alex, get out of here. I could hurt you"
"Friends don't leave friends in need. I won't leave you"
"Get out of here" he then started groaning in pain and started coughing.
I jumped on the bed immediately and grabbed onto his hand and started patting his forehead down the towel. "It's fine. It's going to be ok"
"It's not ok. It's not ok. All those years, I've blamed Stefan. No one forced me to love her. It was my own choice"
"Don't…blame yourself" "I made the wrong choice. You tell Stefan I'm sorry. Ok?"
I nodded. "I promise"
Just then, Elena burst threw the door. "Oh my god," she said. "Where the hell was he?"
I got off the bed and walk up to her. "Just…running around town," she nodded. "So…I'm just…going to go downstairs and take a…breather and I'll bring him some water when I come back up"
I passed her the towel. "Ok" she said with a nod.
I walked out the door and downstairs and into the kitchen and started thinking about Stefan. What was he thinking? I should be the one making a deal with Klaus instead of him. I got mixed up into this, not him.
I grabbed a cup out from the cupboard and filled it up with water and came back upstairs and went down the hall and was about to walk in but stopped when I saw Elena kissing Damon on the bed. My mouth dropped open as I witnessed it happening. I couldn't believe this was happening. Elena pulled apart from Damon.
"Thank you" Damon said to her.
"Your welcome"
"Well" I jumped and dropped the glass I had in my hand when I saw Katherine standing beside me.
Elena jumped off the bed and stood beside it. Her eyes opened wide when she laid eyes on me. "Did you just see that?" she asked.
"Every part" I said not looking at her.
"Anyway," Katherine said. "It's me you should be thanking. I mean, I'm the one who brought the cure" she said as she held a red vile up in the air and then walked over to Damon. She looked at Elena. "I thought you were dead"
"I was" Elena responded.
Katherine walked over to Damon's bed and leaned on it as she gave Damon the cure. "You got free" he said to her.
"Yup. Finally"
"And you still came here?"
"I owed you one" she then got off the bed.
"Is Stefan here? Where is he?" I asked.
Katherine gave me a smile. "Are you really going to care?"
"Damn it, Katherine. Where is he?"
Her smile faded away and she held up the red vial. "He's paying for this. He gave himself over to Klaus. I wouldn't expect him anytime soon"
"What does that mean? Gave himself over?"
"He just…sacrificed everything to save his brother, including you. It's a good thing you have Damon to keep you company. Good bye, Alex," she turned around and went to walk out. "Oh," she stopped in her tracks and turned to me. "It's ok to love them both. I did" She tossed me the vial and then she disappeared.
Elena and Damon looked at me with wide eyes as I could feel the tears filling in my eyes. "I…I gotta go" I said as I ran out the room and down the stairs.
"Alex wait!" Damon called. I ignored him and continued running. I almost made it to the door but then he stood right in front.
"Wow, you heal fast," I said as I went to walk around him but he took a step in front of me. "Damon get out of my way"
"Not until we talk first"
"What is there to talk about?"
"That kiss between me and Elena"
"I honestly don't care"
"That was just a good bye kiss. Nothing more"
"Yeah right" I went to walk around him again but he stood in front of me again. "Would you have rather it been you?"
"Yes!" I then put my hand over my mouth. I can't believe I just said that. "I have to go" I walked around him and almost made it to the door.
"Wait"
"Wh-" I said and then his lips touched mine and kissed me with those soft, cold lips that sent a shiver down my spine.
We then pulled apart and he looked at me for an answer. The tears started coming.
"I…I can't do this" I opened the door and slammed it behind me as I ran out the door.
I can't be a Katherine. I love Stefan with all my heart and now he sacrificed his life for me. Damon has feelings for me now and there's something in side me that wants him to but I staying loyal to Stefan and I always will. I will not stop looking for you Stefan. I won't stop until it kills me
That the the end of The Beginning of a Love Story. I hoped you all enjoy it. Thank you everyone for all your reviews. As you already know, I am doing season 3. It will be called 'Blood is Thicker Than Water'. Credits go to grapejuice101 for helping me pick a title.
Now, I'm not the best at movie editing but I did make a trailer for Blood is Thicker Than Water and its on YouTube. I will put it in my profile.
I'm thinking of posting the next story in a week or so and I will post on here that the next story is up and running.
Thank you everyone for reading my story.
Kitkat