Disclaimer: The Vampire Diaries belong to L.J. Smith, the producers of the show and all the other people involved in the CW. I'm just borrowing these characters from the show for fun purposes, even though I wished I owned Damon Salvatore;)
CHAPTER EIGHT
Elena sat across from her mother on the metallic round chair waiting for the food to arrive.
"How's everything with Klaus?" Bianca questioned once she stopped placing a thick layer of crimson colored lipstick on her lips.
"We're fine." she quickly answered not wanting to blurt out something she would regret saying later on.
"Just fine?" the elder woman's eyebrows scrunched up in suspicion.
"Yes mom, the birthday party for Allison went great by the way." she pointed out; her mother never seemed to have any interest in her life unless it involved Klaus or the duties she was expected to do as his wife.
"That's fantastic honey, but you know you have to keep Klaus happy right?" she said looking straight into her eldest daughter's eyes.
The brunette sighed at her mother's words "I know mom, you've told me this thousandths of times before." she knew there was no competing with the older woman, no matter how much she tried to show some signs that there was something wrong Bianca would just ignore them as if they were nothing.
"And, I will keep saying so till I hear the gentleman is happy with you."
Sometimes she wondered if the cold-hearted woman who sat before her was actually her mother, the last time she remembered a happy memory with her mom was back when Jason and her father were still alive. Back when everything was normal, it wasn't just about the money, glamour, or publicity it was just the fact of having a happy family that mattered the most.
The 9 year old girl ran around giggling holding onto her little sister's hand while the youngest of the Gilbert family was chasing the sisters with a water gun.
"Imma get chu!" shouted the brown haired boy.
"Let's see you try." Elena giggled looking around the backyard for a good place to hide.
"This is fun." giggled Faye the second youngest child of Bianca and Michael Gilbert.
The sisters ran towards the best hiding place which was behind the big oak tree located in the beginning of the deep forest that was most of the time forbidden to walk into. They crouched down in front of the big piece of wood, time to time Elena looked up making sure Jason wouldn't make a surpass ambush.
When icy water sprinkled over her skin the brunette turned around finding a nine year old Damon with a sly smirk on his thin lips.
"Gotcha." he said pouring water over her little sister as well.
"What are you doing?" she asked with a questioning stare.
"Just helping the little guy out, after all it's one against two, I'm just evening out the fields." he replied with a not quite innocent smile.
Jason came running in with a giddy smile when he saw how wet his siblings had become. "Chu got em good." the little kid said looking up at Damon as if he was a heroic figure that needed to be places in a gigantic Museum.
He chuckled and petted her brother on the head. "Thanks kid." for his young age Damon had always been more mature than any other boy she had played with or even talked to. A blush crept from her spine to her cheeks as she noticed those hypnotic blue eyes were intensely gazing at her boring doe orbs.
Their stare were broken when Bianca yelled from the door of her comfy home "Come on guys time to get cleaned up for dinner !" after that was said she closed the door knowing her children would obey her orders and come back in the safety of their wooden house.
"Wanna come for dinner?" Elena asked while watching her siblings run inside their home.
"If your mom doesn't mind." he said taking the plastic water gun from the dirt floor.
"She won't mind." she said with a small smile.
"Alright, see you in a few minutes." he went up to her and lightly kissed her cheek before running towards the boarding house which was only minutes away.
Once she got all cleaned up Elena ran down the steps and walked towards the kitchen finding her mother cooking up a storm inside the spacious room. "Need any help mom?" the curious girl asked as she looked around the kitchen that contained varieties of food lying on the counter.
"Sure honey, why don't you decorate the sugar cookies?" the elder woman asked helping her pride and joy on top of a chair so she could get the job done.
"Yay! These are me and Damon's favorite." a smile spread on the little girl's lips as she took the blue icing and began to spread it on the blank cookie.
Bianca chuckled at her daughter's words knowing Damon would probably come over for Dinner that day. "Just don't put too much, okay?" she placed a soft kiss on her daughter's forehead and got back to putting the last ingredients on the first dish.
once their orders came both mother and daughter digged into their food finding pleasure on the fantastic flavors that hit their tongues.
"How's Faye doing?" Elena asked not really liking the awkward silence that filled the air.
"She's alright." She answered not really paying much attention to the question that was just asked.
"Just alright ?" it had been a long time since she spoke to her sister and to Elena it seemed as if her mom could care less on what was going on with either of her children.
"We don't really talk much honey, ever since she went off to college, she barely calls home so I have no idea what's going on with her." she said with an unconcerned shrug.
She scoffed at her mother's choice of words; she knew Bianca could've tried harder to get in contact with her now youngest child if she truly cared enough. "Or your just not trying to get in contact with her." she murmured under her breath.
"Of course I am." she responded in mock offense.
"If your trying so hard, then how come you don't know that she had a skating accident or better yet how come you haven't noticed that I've been getting beaten by my own husband." she blurted out in a hurt tone.
"Elena, stop telling me lies, we're in public for god sakes." she spoke in a hushed whisper.
"Why would I lie to you about this?" she asked in looking at her mom with disgust.
"Because you want out of your marriage and you would do anything to get out of it. But let me tell you something young lady I never raised liars so stop acting like one."
She shook her head and grabbed her purse from the floor. "You're unbelievable." after that was said she walked out of the restaurant leaving her mother to finish her brunch alone.
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If it wasn't for the fact Damon was head over heels in love with Elena he would've probably punched Klaus on the face when he asked (more like demanded) for them to go out for a friendly lunch. Now he was miserably sitting across from the devil himself, waiting for his food to arrive.
"So you and Elena seem to be really close." Klaus observed.
"She's my childhood best friend, why else would I be close to her?" the blue eyed man questioned looking at the blond haired man before him with a repulsive stare.
"I don't know, maybe because she's a pretty good looking thing, and you wouldn't mind taking her away from me ?" he said as if the words that flew out of his mouth was exactly what Damon had in mind.
"Excuse me ?" he said squinting his eyes at the man that sat only a few meters away from him, one word that could describe him would be insane. There was no way a sane man would talk about their wife as if she was a treasure that needed to be won.
"You heard me, I've seen the way you look at my wife and let me tell you something, you should back off if you know what's best for you." he warned looking straight into his opponent's eyes.
"Let's get one thing straight, I am not your little minion so don't think you can boss me around. Just because you're the mayor of this town doesn't mean I have to follow your every word." his hands were turning into fists as he tried his best to control his anger. Ever since he was little he never liked it when people would boss him around, unless it was his mother who would ask him to do something he didn't feel like doing, then he would probably just ignore anybody else and do what he wanted to do.
He chuckled at him "That my friend is your biggest mistake, if I want something to be done, it gets done. So if you care about her as much as you seem to- maybe even more so then I suggest you take my warning into consideration."
When he heard Elena being mentioned into the conversation he lost it, he pushed his tight fist to the bastard's face in one take and made Klaus fall off his chair "If you lay one hand on her again you're a dead man." he didn't give Klaus a chance to answer since he was walking away from the table as a waitress ran towards the fallen mayor.
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Elena had been aimlessly driving through Mystic Falls with no real destination in mind; her car came to an abrupt stop when she saw the slightly faded sign of Mystic Falls cemetery. Once she saw the small gate in front of the sad place she knew who she needed to see and talk to.
She stepped out of the car and closed the door making sure it was securely shut so no wandering person would try and steal her car. Even though her home town was not really known for burglary, you just never know when something like this could happen.
She slowly walked to the aging gate and opened it getting a squeaky sound in response. The doe eyed girl took in a deep breath trying her best to stay calm, she never really liked going to the cemetery but sometimes she needed to talk to someone who wouldn't judge her, she just needed a person to hear her rant on and on about her not so perfect life. Once inside she quickly walked by the many headstones that contained multiple engraved words from their families.
Finally getting to the plaque that contained,
IN MEMORY
JASON MICHAEL GILBERT
MAY 14, 1992
HERE LIES THE LOVING SON AND BROTHER.
Elena dropped on her knees letting hateful tears fall freely from her chocolate brown eyes. "God, I miss you so much Jason, you didn't deserve this. I am so sorry, If I never had gotten drunk that night then you would still be here. But I guess karma works in mysterious ways doesn't it?" as she spoke heart felt as if it was getting broken into a million pieces. "Everyday I look at the picture of you, mom, dad, Faye and me and I realize how much I miss those days, it was so much easier back then, there were no responsibilities, no getting older, no bills to take care of, no abusive husband." she admitted with a sad chuckle.
"But I guess that's what I have to live with. You know Allison just turned 6 a few days ago and Damon came back from the war a few months ago as well. I have no idea what to do anymore, I try so hard to pull back from my old life and stick onto this one pretending this is what want, when in reality I just wish he had never gone to that stupid war and stayed home so we could've gotten the chance to take care of her by ourselves. You know, you would've loved her Jason; she has a little part of you in her, mostly the energetic part anyway. I want to take Damon's advice and run away but I can't, if I leave I have to worry about Allison and getting a new school for her, making her find new friends and that's so much on a little girl that has no idea what's truly going on." Sighing she passed her hand through her brown curls "I tried telling mom about what Klaus has been doing to me but she just denies it as she always does and I'm not surprised she's pretending nothing is going on. It seems like nothing matters to mom but the money and publicity she gets from my marriage. You know ever since your death she turned into the shell of the mom I use to love, but I'm not surprised either since when she lost you she lost dad as well. I wonder when you're up there if you're alright, have you been with dad all these years? I just have no idea on what to think or do. Do you think I should just leave or stay with him for mom's sake?" she questioned as if she would get answer to all problems. Surprisingly a gust of wind went through the cemetery and somehow she felt her brother and father's presence by her side.
She shook her head at her own thoughts and brought her fingers to her lips. she then pressed her fingertips to the cold stone "Goodnight baby bro." she said in a squeaky tone before getting up from the floor to walk to her car.
/
She softly closed the door behind her hoping Klaus wasn't home. At this moment she couldn't deal with all the troubles that came with her husband, all she needed was a good night's sleep and maybe a small glass of champagne.
"Welcome back." a voice whispered in front of her.
She immediately opened her eyes finding Klaus in front of her with a black eye. "What happened?" she asked with a small amount of concern in her voice.
"Your little friend happened." he said taking a big gulp of his amber colored drink.
"Damon did this?" she couldn't believe Damon, she had told him not to do anything idiotic and now she comes home finding a very unnaturally calm husband.
"Yes he did, and you want to know the best part of it all?" he rhetorically questioned as he stepped closer to Elena.
"What?" she asked feeling her limbs start to tremble from his menacing stare.
"The little bastard ordered me around and no one tells me what do, especially when it comes to you." he said throwing the almost empty glass against the wooden wall.
She flinched when the glass object hit the wooden surface with a loud bang. "You're going to wake up Allison."
"Does it look like I care if your little brat wakes up or not?"
"Don't call her that." she said taking her body away from his.
"Come back here." he grabbed her arm in a tight grip forcing her body to face his.
"Klaus you're hurting Me." she spoke softly as she felt his hand tighten around her small arm.
"Good." he said with a smirk as he banged her against the wall and started to rip off her clothing.
"Stop it." her hands were trying to take his cold palms away from her body but as always her strength was nothing compared to his.
He inwardly groaned when he saw that tonight was the night she chose to fight him, wrong move he thought to himself. "Since it seems like you won't give me what I want then I just have to teach you a lesson won't I?" he said throwing her frail form on the floor, he then began to beat her bare belly with his fist while he straddled her bottom area with his front.
She moaned at the pain he was giving her while trying her best not to get hit in the face, she didn't have any idea when or how it happened but a second later she heard her daughter's voice "Stop hurting my mommy !" she ran to his back and started to hit his head with her small fist.
Klaus groaned and threw the small girl off of him with one swing. Allison yelped one last cry before her head hit the wall with a loud bang. Elena's eyes widen at the sound and quickly jumped from the floor to crawl towards her unmoving daughter.
"Oh god, no no." she cried while she began to hypervanalating, she gulped down a think layer of saliva before she held her daughter's head on her lap trying to see if there was any blood coming from her head.
Klaus stared at them with no remorse and walked out of the hallway. She watched him walk away as more tears fell from her eyes. With blurred vision Elena dialed 911 as quickly as she could while still holding onto her daughter's small body.
AN: This is kind of short but the next one will be longer, promise :) and if you're probably wondering how Faye looks like, she's looks exactly like Faye from the secret circle. Thank you for your reviews on the last chapter and I hope you enjoy this one.