A/N: The song I listened to while writing this chapter was...
BloodStream by Stateless. This song just got me into a TVD mood, considering they did play it on The Vampire Diaries and it's a good song. Take a listen to it? You should. (:
The ride home was silent, and uncomfortable. At least for Elena that was, it was as if she couldn't breathe. Almost as if she was underwater, screaming and trying to fight her way to the surface but to no avail drowned in the silence. "Elena?" she heard a voice from the front seat ask. Elena looked up from the window she had been looking out to see the friendly face of Lexi. "Are you alright?" she asked. Elena nodded her head, "I'm fine." Though it was a complete lie, Lexi fell for it. With a sigh Elena's gaze returned out the window.
Katherine glanced at Lexi, "Stop comforting her." She whispered harshly. "It won't help her when she finally comes to the realization that Stefan's gone." She retorted. Lexi just snorted, "I know Stefan. He's been off the bandwagon before. Compelled by an Original before? No. That's just something we've got to learn to deal with." She said bluntly, which earned an eye roll from Katherine. "Why are you always so protective? So naïve about things?" Katherine mused. "In the end you'll just end up hurt. Fend for yourself, care about yourself. No one else. You'll be safer that way." She said. At that Lexi laughed, "Why? So I can turn out to be a complete bitch like you?" she asked with a shake of her head. "No, thanks." She said. Katherine, being angered that she was, made a sharp turn into the Salvatore's driveway and brought the car to a halt. Getting out she stormed inside.
[[ Katherine's POV ]]
Lexi. Always the perfect one, the sensible one. The sheer thought of that disgusted me. How could one person, be so loveable and nice and caring? She was just like Elena, but blonde. With a shake of my head I headed inside, fed up with both Lexi and Elena's antics. Bursting through the door, I saw an empty hallway. "Stefan? Damon?" I called out. Glancing around I surveyed the room, a fire still burned strong in the fireplace, and the scent of alcohol was strong in the air. "Katherine." I turned my head to the side, and looked over to see Stefan. "Stefan," I said with a mused expression. Pausing to take in his expression, I blinked and Stefan now stood in front of me. "I'm hungry." He said.
I let out a laugh, "If you're hungry, go feed." She said. That was when I noticed how much paler his skin was, the darkness under his eyes. They way he moved very stiffly, only making little effort to move. Trying to save energy, that wasn't like Stefan. "Stefan, what's wrong?" she asked. He shook his head, slowly. "I can't." he said. I normally wasn't one to care, but this state Stefan was in had me worried. "You can't what, Stefan?" I asked sharply. No response. "You can't what?" I repeated. More silence. "YOU,CAN'T WHAT? STEFAN." I growled. He looked up at me with a sickening grin, "Every time I try to feed. On humans, I can't." he growled out. What was going on?
"Elena," Lexi said, disrupting me of my thoughts. "Hm?" she asked glancing over at her. She gave her a gentle smile, and patted her hand. "We're here, back at the Boarding House." She nodded, taking a deep breath. Stepping out of the car she looked up at the house, the house she once knew and loved. Where in the depths of that home lay Stefan's room, the one place she felt safe, cherished, and loved. Now she only felt guilt, and darkness. "Elena?" Lexi asked, she sighed. "I'm sorry. It's just…memories. Thoughts. They all seem to be crowding into one." She said trying to make up an excuse. Lexi gave her a nod and said, "Let's get inside before Katherine does something stupid."
At that moment Elena smiled, not only due to the Katherine joke but because she felt a twinge of happiness deep down inside her. As they entered the home, the same eerie quietness returned. "Stefan?" Lexi called out. "Damon? Katherine?" Elena asked. Lexi motioned for Elena to stay quiet, and the two stood in the main hall way, the door shutting behind them. Suddenly Katherine's voice could be heard. "Don't come in here!" she yelped. The two vampires exchanged looks. "Katherine?" Elena asked, daring to take a step forward. "Don't." Katherine growled, though you could hear the pain and struggle in her voice. Lexi and Elena exchanged a quickly look and then flashed into the room. Once there, they found Katherine pressed against a wall, and Stefan feeding hungrily on her. "STEFAN!" Elena and Lexi both yelled in unison. Not a word, or even a flinch from Stefan. He just kept feeding.
"Stefan! What're you doing?" Elena yelled, she flashed over and tried to pry him off. A growl escaped Stefan's mouth and he pushed Elena back, Elena caught herself and stood back up. Glancing at Lexi, Lexi nodded and decided she'd try something. "You don't want Katherine's blood. Stefan, think of who you're hurting her." An idea came to her. Even with compulsion, maybe it'd get him to stop. "You're hurting Elena, Stefan. That's Elena." She looked at Elena and Katherine to see that they would go along with it, and the two nodded. "That's Elena!" she shouted. Suddenly the air in the room that was once filled with tension dropped, and changed. It was now full of remorse. "Stefan?" Lexi asked gingerly. He looked at her, his face returning to normal, "I'm…sorry." And then Stefan was gone.
Elena walked over to Katherine, she didn't like Katherine much at all but she wanted to make sure she was okay, that she was healing. "I'm healing just fine." She said, wiping away the blood from her neck watching as the wound closed up. Then Katherine did something unexpected, when she turned to Lexi. "I believe a thank you would be in order." She said, holding out her hand to Lexi. Lexi took Katherine's hand and shook it as Katherine said "Thank you." This had Elena severely confused. First Stefan who was supposed to be compelled and doing ripper like things, was showing emotions and apologizing. Now Katherine was apologizing? She shook her head, and looked at the two women. Katherine cleared her throat and sighed, "Good luck with the Klaus thing." She said handing Lexi something, "You'll need this." Elena must've blinked because when she opened her eyes, she saw where Katherine was standing was now just a bunch of air.
July 10th, 2012.
The summer seems like it's dragging on forever. I can't keep track of the people I've had to kill, had to hurt. All the lives I've ruined, how ashamed Elena must feel. I can't fathom how she could still love me, being the monster that I am. I'm doing this all for her, and I know that somewhere deep down Damon must be too. Otherwise, a mere three months ago neither of us would've started taking vervain to build up a tolerance to it. Klaus has yet caught wind of Damon and I's compulsion being faked, and we hope to keep it that way. By not telling Elena.
I fed on Katherine today. I still can't believe I did that, that I hurt her. And when Lexi told me it was Elena? I really, truly believed it was her. It got me to stop. I know that if I hadn't Katherine wouldn't be alive right now, she'd be dead, her corpse taking it's toll to rot. I'm ashamed of the things I've done, and I can never fix any of it. I can only hope that after all this is over. After Klaus is finally gone and out of our lives, that Elena will still love me. I. Love. You. Elena.
~Stefan
He closed his journal, staring at the leather cover and bounding. With a sigh he shook his head. He needed to go and find Damon, see where he was. Where Klaus was, and what he and Damon's next move would be. He left his journal there on his desk, got up and fled into the night. Elena looked at Lexi, and the object she held in her hand. "Is that?" she asked her suddenly. Lexi nodded solemnly, "You're problems are almost over, Elena." She said. A small flicked of hope and happiness flared inside of Elena. They were going to do it, kill Klaus. And finally, this nightmare of a life would be over and things would finally be back to normal. Or so she could only hope. "This is the weapon that can kill Klaus."
A/N: I must apologize for not updating since sometime in December. I've updated now though so, don't shoot! Put those weapons down. Yeah you! I see you with that fork, put it down. xD
Please review this chapter! I tried to make it longer since there was such a huge delay. So, what do you think? You all know Stefan and Damon's plan. The compulsion was/is fake. I Hope you enjoyed this chapter.
I was so heartbroken last week when I watched TVD, that Delena kiss pissed me off. I am such a hardcore Stelena shipper, so you know how that is. Anyways, I'll probably add more Stelena Fluff into it soon enough. Get ready for more cliffhangers, and the battle that finally end's Klaus. Are you ready? I'm most defintley not.
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