Long lost & gone
Chapter 13
"Now it's your turn, tell me everything." Coop took another bite from his ice cream and made a moaning sound, clearly enjoying it.
They had been hanging out a lot the past week, he had called her the day after Miranda's party and had asked her to hang out. They had so much fun together that she called him the next day with the same preposition, after four days he just started showing up at the boardinghouse or she would go to his hotel room when it took him too long, no calls or text were necessary anymore.
"Your stories are more interesting." she looked at him and grinned, seeing the ice cream all over his face, sometimes Cooper looked more like a twelve year old than an adult with thirty-four years of life experience.
A chunk of ice cream was suddenly on her nose, she gasped and wiped it off before her nose became an ice cube, glaring at him he held his hands up in a defending gesture "You promised to tell me, I was just punishing you."
She sighed in defeat "Okay, what do you want to know?"
He had told her all about his wife, how the cancer had killed her, how they had fought together against it for more than a year, how he had met the woman that he'd started an affair with, how that affair had worked, how it had ended.
"Just start at the beginning, how did you meet him?" he kept his attention on the ice cream in his hands, she loved this about him, everything was so easy with him, he knew a week ago she wasn't ready to talk to him about this stuff so he had started talking about his life, making her feel comfortable around him, letting her be herself around him, just like she had been with Damon.
"I dated his brother first." she looked at Coop and saw him doing his best to keep the ice cream in his mouth, she laughed and punched his chest "It's not funny, they lived together." that was enough to make him spit out the ice.
He looked at her in disbelief "You have serious problems Gilbert, you're a real piece of work, you know that?" she laughed and punched his chest again.
"Just listen to the story and don't be an asshole." she pointed her finger at him "So yes, they were brothers and they lived together." she gave him a warning glance "I didn't like him first, actually I hated him, he was the kind of person you hated with passion, with your whole body and soul." she grew quiet, thinking about her telling him that he had lost her forever, how wrong she had been.
Cooper noticed her silence and turned to face her "So what made you change your mind?"
She snapped out of her memories "There was...an accident, he almost died and I took care of him, there had always been this thing between us, something you can't describe, something that always pulled me back to him even if I tried to run in the other direction but that night it felt like if he was going to die he was going to pull me with him too." she took a breath and smiled "He made it though."
Cooper looked in her eyes "I'm sorry he didn't always make it." She knew what he meant, he was apologizing for the time Damon did die, she felt guilty for not telling him the truth, not when he was being such an amazing friend to her but she couldn't tell him the truth, at least not without telling him about vampires, witches, werewolves, a moonstone, originals, a sacrifice. He probably wouldn't take it so well.
She nodded and stared back "I'm sorry about your wife too." He nodded slowly before pulling her towards a tavern and asking the waiter for two beers.
"So what made him so different from his brother?" he played with the glass in his hand, she could still see the sadness in his eyes.
Sighing she put her beer down and looked at him "He let me make my own decisions, my own choices while everyone else tried to catch me before I fell, he would let me fall straight on my face but he would be there to clean up the scars on my knees and to put a bandage around my elbow."
"He set you free." like a week before it wasn't a question, it was a conclusion, a conclusion that was right again.
She shrugged "His brother kept me in a cage like I was the most precious bird on earth, maybe he did it too but he made sure the barriers weren't visible."
He nodded in understanding "What happened to the brother?" he stopped playing with the glass and looked up again.
"He became my fiancé." she chuckled, knowing it wasn't funny but having no other reaction to this messed up situation.
Coop's eyebrows frowned and his mouth fell open "He was Stefan's brother?" he managed to pull his mouth shut but she could still see the shock in his eyes.
She nodded "You couldn't tell though, they had nothing in common, not even in their looks." she took another gulp from her beer and played with the buttons on her jacket.
"So you just chose the hotter one?" his voice was teasing and she knew that he was trying to lighten up the conversation.
She laughed "Not to sound cliché or anything but yes, he was the most beautiful man I ever laid my eyes on." her smile faded "He still is."
Cooper stared at her before giving her a small smile "Well, now at least I know why I remind you of him." his smile became wider and she couldn't help but smile too.
"Nope, it's definitely your attitude, he had this ability to hide every emotion he felt, I see you do the same, he could be arrogant in a way that it was still charming, it's something you do too. But most of all you have the same expression on your face, there is this sadness on it, it's hidden but if you look long enough you see it through the cracks, it's something you carry with you all the time." she crossed her arms and saw his expression change.
He asked the waiter for the check and paid it "We should go, it's been a long drive, our beds are waiting for us." he smiled at her, forgiving her for hurting his feelings because he knew her words were true.
She stood up with him and pulled his arm around her to snuggle into his side. He pulled her closer, it made her feel save. They had arrived in Richmond this morning, Cooper had business to attend to for the weekend and she had begged him to take her with him, wanting to be away from all the drama in Mystic Falls. Stefan had agreed to it because he saw the effect Cooper had on her, she smiled again, she even laughed from time to time and she would even let people touch her, people meaning Caroline, Jenna and Alaric. She thought that Stefan only gave his consent because he was horny as hell, she noticed it in his behavior, she had slept five years with him and knew the signs but she wasn't going to give in, she had slept in Damon's room the past week and it made her even feel better because there was no other place in the world she rather woke up in.
They turned around the corner in a dark alley, there were three men standing against the wall in the darkest part of the alley. She felt like something was off and tightened her grip on Cooper, crossing the small group of men she was sure she heard the words 'Katherine', 'doppelganger','Klaus' and 'reward'.
Seeing the men approaching them she grabbed Coop's wrist and started running, pulling him with her, she heard him asking what was wrong, what she was doing but she didn't have time to answer him. Two of the men appeared in front of them, using their vampire speed to block their way, the other one stayed behind them, preventing them from turning around.
She could see the shock on Cooper's face but she didn't have time to deal with him "Please, I'm not Katherine, the curse is broken, Klaus is death, there won't be a reward." she could hear how desperate she sounded.
The tallest one of them laughed "That's what I would say when I was the doppelganger."
Before she could respond or do anything, she was thrown against the wall, she could feel her skull crack and she felt the blood running down her neck, she heard the men growl, she found it strange that they didn't come for her now she was lying here covered in blood. She didn't have much time to analyze the rest of the noises before she went unconscious.
When she came out unconsciousness again, she felt someone stroke the hair out of her face over and over again, the other hand was stroking her arm. Beeping sounds were around her and she didn't want to open her eyes, she knew where she was, she heard those sounds before.
"Elena, I know you're awake. Open your eyes."she heard the soft voice, it was soft but still demanding, it wasn't a question.
Wanting to shake her head, she felt the pain that came with it and opened her eyes automatically when the gasp of pain left her throat. Her whole body was sore but she focused on the blue eyes that were staring into hers.
"I'm alive." she felt how dry her throat was and how husky her voice sounded.
The vampire nodded and kept stroking her hair out of her face "Yes you are."
She felt panic taking over her body "Coop, Cooper, how is he? Did he survive?"
"Yes, he's still out but they think he's going to be fine." she sighed in relief, knowing that her friend wasn't death because of her.
"Can I see him?" she just wanted to make sure that he was okay, she believed the vampire next to her but she wouldn't rest before she had seen him herself.
"I'll take you to him." she was lifted of the bed and placed into a wheelchair.
She grabbed the hand that rested on her shoulder and turned around to lock her gaze with the blue eyes "Caroline, thank you for being here."
"That's what friends are for."
Cooper woke up two hours after her, she couldn't see a scratch on him but she didn't know about the internal damage "Hey, welcome back." she kept her voice soft, not wanting to scare him.
His eyes searched the room but finally locked on hers "Elena? Are you okay?" she could hear the panic in his voice.
"Yes Coop, I'm fine, we both are." she tried to reassure him, calm him down because the expression on his face scared her, he looked at her like a crazy person.
She could see he calmed down a bit, the expression on his face faded "It's just that man." his voice was a low whisper "I thought he was going to kill us."
Taking his hand and squeezing it "I'm sorry you had to go through that, I'm sorry that those men attacked us." she shook her head, still not believing that after six years her past would still haunt her, vampires, doppelgangers and sacrifices should have disappeared out of her world six years ago, the moment they'd killed Klaus.
"No." he shook his head fiercely, grabbing her hand tighter "Not those men."
She looked at him confused, not knowing what he was talking about "Coop..." her voice trailed off.
His eyes bored into hers "The man that killed them." he shook his head in disbelief "He wasn't human Elena, he moved faster than light, he broke their bones like they were toothpicks, his face..." he took a deep breath " it was like the devil."
Elena shook her head, not believing what she'd just heard. There were only three vampires in the world that would risk their life for her but only one that was strong enough to take three vampires on his own.
"Look who finally woke up." she turned around to see Caroline enter the room again, a smile on her face.
Elena was still shaking her head, her whole body was trembling, Caroline was at her side and shook her shoulders "Elena what's wrong?" she looked at Cooper who had the same shocked expression on his face as the girl in the wheelchair.
"He...he.. saved us." she managed to get it out and to look at Caroline, who didn't seem surprised.
The vampire nodded her head "I know."
The trembling didn't stop and she couldn't believe what she'd just heard "You.. you..kn...knew?"
Caroline looked at her, sympathy in her eyes "How do you think I got here so soon? Bonnie and Stefan will arrive in an hour because the hospital called them, four hours after I knew where you were."
She grabbed her bag and searched for something, when she found her phone she offered it to Elena "Go to my inbox, there's a text."
She scrolled down in the menu and found the inbox, she selected the first text, reading it.
From : CallerId unknown
Message : Richmond hospital. NOW
She let out a hard laugh "It sounds like him." her heart squeezed together, knowing that she had been this close to him, knowing that he had probably carried her inside this hospital, held her but the worst part, she didn't remember, she didn't remember any of it.
Caroline nodded "I tried calling but the number was disconnected." Elena nodded, not surprised.
"Can someone tell me what's going on?" they had forgotten about Cooper, his face was still shocked and he looked from Caroline to Elena "That man... the way he moved.. what he did...he wasn't.."
Caroline interrupted him before he could finish his sentence "He isn't human." her voice sounded steady.
"He's a vampire." Cooper looked at Elena when she whispered the words, looking at her like she had gone mad.
He let out a hard laugh, not believing them "Girls, seriously? There is no such thing as..."his eyes looked at Caroline's face, her vampire face and she could see the shock on Cooper's, he crawled backwards in his bed, trying to get away from her.
She grabbed his hand again "Cooper, easy, she's not going to hurt you, don't be afraid."
Caroline's face changed back to normal and she sat down on the edge of the bed"It's true, I won't hurt you, I can control it."
He looked at Elena "Are there any others?" his voice was shaky and she stroked his hand with her thumb, trying to give him some kind of comfort.
She looked at Caroline, who nodded "Stefan." it sounded weird to pronounce his name, she hadn't done it in a long time, she didn't like talking about him.
Coop nodded his head "But that man? How do you know him? Who is he?" his eyes were focused on her, he read every expression on her face, every movement she made with it.
Not wanting to admit that she had lied to him, that the man she loved the most in the world wasn't death, wanting to keep him out of that story just for now, they could deal with that later, she just knew one answer.
"He was my life once."
She was back in her room, the nurse had insisted that she would get some rest. Caroline was still in Cooper's room, explaining all about vampires, he seemed to believe that she wouldn't hurt him. But she couldn't focus on Cooper right now, her whole body was aching again, knowing that it had been so close to where it wanted to be, knowing that it had touched him again, knowing that maybe he was still here, knowing that she still couldn't be with him.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a soft knock on the door, revealing Stefan and Bonnie. She hadn't talked to Bonnie since their fight, glad about it, she had said what she'd wanted to say, she didn't want her in her life anymore. Stefan and she lived together so avoiding him wasn't that easy but with Cooper in her life, she hadn't seen much of him either.
"Hi." Stefan came to stand behind her bed with Bonnie on his trail, who gave her a small smile.
"Hi." she sat up and pulled the covers higher over her body.
He put his hands in his pockets "So how are you?" she could see that he was uncomfortable.
"I'm fine, you shouldn't have come all this way, there's nothing wrong with me." she shrugged.
Bonnie came from behind Stefan "The nurse told us you have a concussion, stitches in your head and bruises all over your body." her voice sounded compassionate.
"Yes, but I'll be fine, there just going to keep me here for one night and in the morning I can go home."she crossed her arms, not wanting to be treated like a patient.
Stefan pulled his hands out of his pocket and stepped forwards "What time? I'll be here."
She shook her head, not wanting to be in the same room with him for the four hour drive "It's okay, Cooper can bring me home. He just has to stay here in observation so he'll be able to drive."
"Elena, I'm your fiancé, this is my job, I have to take care of you." Stefan's voice sounded angry.
"It shouldn't be a job Stefan." she looked him in the eyes, she didn't know how he could still believe that she wanted to marry him, after all she'd done to him, he still thought that he was her choice, that he was the one she loved.
Before he could answer Bonnie put her hand on his arm, holding him back from whatever he was going to say "We're your friends Elena, we want to be here."
After all she had done, after all the heartache she had given her, the witch still thought that she deserved to be here "But I don't want you here."she knew it was rude but at this moment she didn't care, it was her fault that she felt this way, her fault that she was aching again, her fault that she couldn't love like she was supposed to.
Pain washed over Bonnie's face "You need a friend here."
"So that's done...Ow, hi guys." Caroline walked in, her timing impeccable as always.
She looked at Bonnie "I have one here, two actually, Cooper is in the room across the hall."
Stefan looked at her and shook his head, she could see the hurt on his face "Elena, please don't do this, we know we hurt you. But this has been going on for a year, it's time to forgive us, he may be gone but we're still here, everything you love is still here."
She shook her head, still not wanting to give in "No, you took my everything, you took it away and you never gave it back." tears were flowing over her cheeks once again.
"Guys, she can't handle this right now, the doctor said she needed to rest or the concussion could get worse." Caroline held the door open for them and a nurse came through it.
"I'm sorry to disturb you but visiting hours are almost over, please say goodbye to Elena, she needs her rest." the nurse turned around and disappeared again.
"I'll pick you up tomorrow." Stefan was still standing behind her bed.
She shook her head "I don't want you to."
Before he could say something Caroline said "I'll bring her home." Elena looked at her thankful.
Bonnie and Stefan left the room, she could see that they were both upset, Bonnie hurt because of her words and Stefan angry.. because of her words.
"I should go to." Caroline stood up and lifted her bag from the floor "I'm staying in the hotel a few blocks away, just call me if there's anything." she squeezed her hand.
"Thank you, you don't know how much I need a friend, that isn't cripple." she smiled at the blonde vampire.
"I think it's best if you don't say that to Cooper." she smiled at her friend in the bed before opening the door "Goodnight Lena."
"Goodnight Care."she heard the door fall back in the lock before the lights went out.
The room was dark, there was only a small shade of light coming through the herself around, she snuggled in the pillow. She was glad that her infusion was removed for the night, it would only bother her while she tried to sleep.
Drifting off into sleep, she could feel fingers against her cheek, stroking it and a kiss was placed on her forehead. If she hadn't felt the bed shifting next to her, she would have thought she was dreaming, but she'd felt the bed shifting.
She kept her eyes closed but she could feel tears rolling down her cheeks, she felt them being kissed away, softly. A soft kiss was pressed against her lips and she couldn't do anything else but answer it, her lips pressed against the other ones because they had met a long time ago, introduction weren't necessary anymore, they had missed each other and had finally met again.
The lips were pulled away and she opened her eyes, searching for them.
Blue eyes were piercing into hers, blue eyes she hadn't seen in more than a year, blue eyes that made everything in the world disappear, the ocean blue eyes that had brought her heart back home again.
The sobbing became crying but that didn't stop her from pushing her lips against his, over and over again. They fought, they fought for the year they had missed each other, they fought for the lives they had lived without each other, they fought because they would forever keep fighting for one another.
She rolled on her back, pulling him on her body, their lips never leaving each other, never wanting to leave each other. She parted her lips and his tongue filled her mouth before she had the chance to breath.
She could feel the need she had for him, the need her body had for him, the need she felt in her stomach, the need she felt throbbing between her legs, the need she had to be one again.
"Make love to me." she turned her head so she had the chance to breath and speak.
She felt him lower his forehead to let it rest against her temple "You're too weak." hearing his voice again, feeling what it did to her, she couldn't let him go without first giving him all the love she had saved for him in her heart, the love that had become a pile in the last year, waiting for his receiver to come back and pick it up.
She stared at him, feeling her heart again "I need this." her voice sounded desperate, begging and she saw him nod, seeing something in her eyes that told him that she wouldn't live another hour if he didn't give it to her.
He kissed her again, more urgently, telling her that he needed this as much as her.
He pulled his hands from her face and let them slide to the hem of her hospital gown, he rolled it up, not bothering to get it off her, she wasn't wearing any underwear so he was given free access to the parts of her that were begging for his attention.
He kept kissing her while rubbing her clit with his thumb and dipping one finger in her, he swallowed her gasps in his mouth and trusted his finger more violently in her wetness, she came on his hand, gasping for air in his mouth, she felt the waves taking over her body, every nerve in it was hit with his presence.
He pulled back to kick his pants off, the boxers she once wore with him flew of the bed and landed on the ground. He pressed his body back against hers and attacked her lips again, apparently not able to leave them for very long.
She heard herself whimpering, not able to wait anymore, not able to feel hollow anymore.
He moved his body so his cock was positioned on her entrance, dipping inside her folds, feeling how wet she was, feeling how her body was welcoming him home again.
Pushing in her slowly, feeling how tight she was, tighter than a year ago. She saw the unspoken question in his eyes when he locked his gaze with hers.
She shook her head "Not since you.."
He looked at her in disbelief "Stefan..." he let the sentence open.
She shook her head again "I am not Stefan's."
With that he pushed deeper into her, filling her completely, making them one again, making the tip of her hair the beginning and his toenail the end.
She held his hair, held his back when he placed kisses over her whole body, her cheek, her neck, her thighs, her calves, feet, he was enjoying her whole body. She tried to touch every inch of his body, every abs, every curve, every inch of his skin. Their eyes never left each other, they both hadn't seen the other for such a long time, they couldn't waste a second on watching something else than each other's face, she closed him in her memories like this, sweat on his forehead, his lips parted, pieces of hair falling in his face, his body trembling with the release that was on his way, the love that shimmered in his eyes, the love for her that was written all over his face.
Even though their lovemaking had been soft and slow, she came hard, the waves taking over her body, he kissed her face, letting her ride it out and enjoying it, he came two thrusts after her and collapsed on her body, they lay there, panting, sweating, throbbing.
She stroked the hair out of his face "Are you okay?" he didn't stop trembling and he looked pale, even for a vampire, his breathing still wasn't even and she could see the dark circles under his eyes that had never been there before.
"I'm fine." she heard how husky his voice sounded but not in the right way, the way she sounded when she was sick.
"You don't look fine." she pulled his head up so she could look in his eyes.
He sighed "It's just... I can't sleep without you next to me.. I haven't slept much in the past year."
She pulled him closer, encircling his whole body with her arms "I'm here now, you can sleep."
She felt him shake his head on her breast "No, I don't want to sleep when I'm finally with you."
She pulled his head up softly and kissed him "There isn't anything to say Damon, I love you, you love me, we know that, we miss each other, we can't live without each other, Bonnie is still looking for you, she still hasn't found you, I'm still the mess I was when you left. You can sleep, we don't have to talk all night to know those things we'll have enough time for small talk when we're finally together again."
His eyes fluttered, emphasizing his weariness "I won't be here in the morning." she could see the tears in his eyes and kissed his forehead.
"I know, just sleep, I'll keep the bad dreams away."
She wasn't able to sleep, not able to look away from him, knowing that if she closed her eyes he would be gone when she opened them again.
His face was resting on her breasts and his arm was draped across her chest, his hand was on her shoulder, she stroked his hair and rubbed circles on his arm, trying to let him sleep as peacefully as possible.
The handle of her door was pushed down and she could feel her heart start racing, hoping it wouldn't wake Damon up. But she couldn't do anything about the intruder, she couldn't move, not without waking him so she kept staring at the door, holding Damon's body tighter against hers.
Coop's figure pressed through the door, stumbling and trying to make his way in the dark towards her bed, she sighed in relief.
"Elena, sorry I couldn't sleep, apparently you couldn't either." he stumbled, unable to see something in the dark "They gave me this sleeping pill but I'm against pills so now I'll be up all night." he waved something in the air, probably the sleeping pill.
"Hi Coop." she kept her voice low, whispering, she didn't want to wake Damon.
Cooper came closer to the bed and put on the light next to her bed, he gasped seeing that she wasn't alone in it.
"It's okay Coop, he won't hurt you." she pressed a kiss to Damon's forehead indicating he was harmless, or at least as long as he was asleep.
Coop took the chair next to her bed "It's him, the vampire that saved us." he shook his head, not believing that he'd survived.
Deciding she couldn't hide it any longer, she took a risk, a chance of losing her friendship with her only human friend "Coop, I want you to meet Damon Salvatore." she looked at the sleeping man in her arms.
Coop's eyes became full of awareness and he nodded "He's Stefan's brother." like usually it wasn't a question.
She nodded her head.
"You told me he was death." she could see that he felt betrayed, he had been honest with her and she hadn't.
"He was death to everyone, except to me, never to me." she couldn't help but holding Damon's head tighter, pulling him in the crook of her neck, to shield him, to shield him from everything that would try to hurt him.
There was a minute of silence in the room, she not knowing what to say for betraying his trust, he putting the pieces together.
She heard Cooper sigh "You were right about one thing." he smiled at her.
She didn't know what he was talking about, afraid that he would tell her that their friendship was over, afraid that she had said something he could use against her.
"He is beautiful." she chuckled and she heard him chuckle with her.
"Getting in touch with your feminine side Coop?" she lifted her eyebrow, teasing him.
"Yes Elena, could we switch places please?" his smile was bright and she knew he had forgiven her, she also knew that he was expecting the whole story.
She shook her head and looked at Damon again "You know I won't do that."
"You really love him, don't you?" his face was serious again.
"Sometimes I wish I didn't, the times he's away.. It's like nothing matters, I can't breathe, sleep, eat or even be happy, the only thing that matters in those times is getting back to him. But the moments he's with me, are the moments I live for." tears formed in her eyes again, knowing she would have to give him up again, knowing that in the morning she would have to say goodbye to him.
"Cooper." he looked up at her "Can I have that sleeping pill?" she pointed her chin to the pill on her nightstand.
"Yeah sure." he handed her the pill and she swallowed it before realizing something.
"Shit, I shouldn't have done that, if he's still asleep and Bonnie or Stefan comes back in the morning, they'll find him." panic crept in her voice.
"It's okay Elena, I won't sleep tonight, I'll stay here, I'll make sure he's gone." he could see that the pill started working, her eyes started fluttering.
"Thanks Coop, I just can't see him leave again." her eyes closed and he could hear her whispering "Tell him to take care of my heart."
He squeezed her shoulder"I will." not knowing if she had heard or not.
She woke up and heard voices in her room, not wanting to open her eyes because she knew he wouldn't be here anymore, she could feel it, the whole in her chest was back.
"He was here? Did he say something to you?" she could hear Caroline's voice, annoyed.
"Yeah, he was in the bed with her, he got up and I told him what she'd asked me to tell him, he patted my shoulder and made me promise to look after her." Cooper was being very specific, she didn't like that.
"Just what we needed." Caroline sighed.
"What do you mean? She seemed glad to see him. " Cooper's voice was low, probably not wanting to wake her up, not knowing that she was already awake.
"Of course she was glad to see him !" she heard Caroline raise her voice "It's when he leaves she becomes a mess, the last time she saw him it took a year to get her out of bed, now he didn't stay long so maybe it will only take half a year." she could hear Caroline throwing her hands in the air.
"I didn't know." Coop's voice sounded guilty.
"You couldn't know." Caroline sighed "They're idiots." more muttering to herself than to Cooper.
"Who? Elena and Damon?" Cooper sounded annoyed too.
"No, Bonnie and Stefan. Thinking they can keep them apart forever, she'll find a way to get to him, she always does." she heard the tinkling of Carolines earrings, probably because she shook her head.
"Why don't they want to keep them apart? She told me everyone thinks he's death." Cooper's voice sounded annoyed again, not knowing what was going on.
"No, that's what they told her but they don't know she found him a year ago. They both have their differents reasons for keeping them apart, Bonnie thinks Damon will kill her and Stefan just isn't smart enough to realise that she stopped loving him, he thinks that Damon used her to get back at him." Caroline's voice was full of sympathy.
"But why would he hurt her if he loves her?" he pulled his eyebrow up.
Caroline sighed again " You don't know Damon, there are vampires like me and Stefan that have kept their humanity and we still care about humans. But Damon shut it off for a long time, the only person he really cares about is Elena and he'll kill, destroy or rip anyone apart that stands in his way."
"Than why are Bonnie and Stefan able to keep them apart?" he crossed his arms, still not understanding.
"Because Bonnie is a witch, she can kill him and Stefan has her on her side. It's a long story, you should ask Elena, she needs someone to talk to about it anyway, I try to be there for her but the past year I couldn't get through to her and you came into town and suddenly she was laughing again." Caroline laughed too, impressed with Cooper.
Cooper nodded "I'm sorry that she'll be a mess again."
Caroline patted his arm "It's okay, I have this feeling he won't be gone for very long."
"Why is that?" Cooper sounded intrested.
"Because he's not going to let her marry his brother."