AN: thanks to everyone who reviewed for the last chapter. I'm just going to get real sappy right now and say: thanks to everyone for all your support for this story and just for my writing in general!! When I started this story, I never imagined it would be well liked… but guess what?? It's my most popular story! And I want to give a shout out to all my readers, reviewers, and favorite-ors who made it that way
Damon POV:
There was nothing more I could do than stare wide eyed at the blonde, vampire recreation of Elena. What was she here for?? Why was she here? I hadn't seen her in five hundred years and, for the majority of those years, I believed her to be dead. What purpose could she be trying to fulfill while being in Fells Church?
"Damon," her musical little voice brought me out of my thoughts," Damon, is that really you?"
"Of course it's me," I spat out, "do you not remember the face of the man you claimed to love over five centuries ago?"
"Oh, no! No! of course I recognize you!! It's just…it's been so long since I last saw that unnaturally handsome face of yours!!"
"If it was so handsome then why did you fake your death to escape it?"
"Damon, my eternal love, is that what you and your lovely brother have been thinking for all these years? My, my you have it all wrong!! I didn't fake my death to escape you two!! I thought you would've figured it out by now. I faked my death so you two would join together as loving brothers. But, alas, it seems my plan hadn't worked."
I looked at her, my face surely showing the unconvincing I felt. There was no way I believed her.
"You're as dirty a liar as you were back when I first met you. I'm sure the only reason you made us believe you killed yourself was so you could be free of my brother and I and go find some other mortal to have fun with," was my response, my tone turning more venomous with each word I uttered.
"Damon!! I'm appalled!! How you could even think that about me is…. Is… ridiculous! I'm beyond insulted!! I gave you both three years of my life along with the gift of immortality!! If that's not a pure sign of true and honest love, well then I don't know what is!!" she exclaimed, her voice raising to octaves I didn't know were possible to reach.
"Yes, and apparently three years was plenty enough for you to handle. You left after that, remember?? And as for immortality; the only reason I wished for it to begin with was to be with you. You should've guessed that once you 'died', it became no more than a curse that was only good for one thing- supplying me blood thanks to mind control."
She stared at me, shocked. It was a long pause before she responded with: "Damon, has someone else stolen your heart? Has someone else captured your love?"
It was my turn to look amazed and stunned. Though I would never admit it, she was right. Right beyond any human comprehension. That little red-headed pixie witch had captured my dead heart and thrown away the key. All I could do was nod at a response to Katherine's assumptions.
"I see… would it be possible for me to meet this young girl?" she asked me.
Would it be? I wasn't sure. There was the possibility that she might hurt Bonnie, which was something I could never allow. So, no. she couldn't. not until I was sure Katherine wouldn't hurt my girl.
"If you're concerned about her wellbeing, I won't hurt her. I just want to see if they're good enough for you," she stated- she had obviously been checking my thoughts- innocently. A little to innocently…
However, something came over me. A strong urge to invite Katherine over. It was as if my mind had been made up for me with out my say in the matter. I knew this had to be compulsion all thanks to Katherine, but I was powerless to resist. Normally, I would've been able to beat this, but I hadn't hunted lately. I was weak and was overcome easily.
The compelled me muttered something about loving to have her meet Bonnie and Katherine linked her arms in mine. The two of us set off down the street to my Bonnie's house.
Elena POV
I knew there was someone out there. I just knew it. However, I certainly wasn't expecting it to be Stefan Salvatore, the eye of my affection. And I also wasn't expecting him to magically appear in front of my window. I was so startled out of my wits that I fell back from my seat on my window sill.
I felt a strong hand pull me up by my wrist and set down on where I had been before. I was now face to face with the most amazing Salvatore brother. His emerald green eyes bore into mine.
"May I come in?" his velvety voice said.
"I-I sure…" was my clever response.
"Move back," He instructed.
I barely had time to do so before he sprung himself off of the ledge of my open window and did a back flip into my room. I was just lucky I had moved when I had. My body surely would've been crushed from him if I hadn't.
Stefan smiled his tremendous smile at me before standing himself up, brushing off, and taking a seat on my bed. If it had been anyone else, I would've been pissed off at the fact that they had just taken a seat and acted as if this was their own home… but it was Stefan we were talking about, here. I'll take any chance I could get with him even if that meant he was doing something that seriously ticked me off.
The two of us were latched into an uncomfortable silence. I wanted answers; why was he outside my house?? How had he gotten here so quickly?? But I didn't want to make him uneasy. This may be my only chance with him and I didn't want to take that risk.
"I'm sure you want to know what's going on," he said finally, as if reading my mind, "but, I'm not sure if I can tell you."
"And why wouldn't you be able to tell me?" I questioned, my frustration growing slightly higher.
He sighed, "It's not just my secret to tell."
And with that, he had hoped off my bed and out my window at an incredible speed beyond my comprehension.
But, I knew one thing after today: I was more determined than ever to find out his secret.
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