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"Now that we are older, I remember you. Reaching out to show me all the things that I must do. Now that we are older, I remember youth. Now that we are close to death and close to finding truth. We might fall, we might fall."~We Might Fall-Ryan Star

Elena

I woke up feeling groggy and tired, the threat of a headache looming. And making me want to sink down into the familiar bed and go back to sleep. But there was something about being here that felt wrong. I was in Stefan's bed, but he wasn't here too. He was somewhere else, with Klaus and Rebekah. And after my conversation with Damon last night, that made everything seem a lot worse.

After finally forcing myself to get up, I wandered downstairs in search of Damon and hopefully a cup of coffee.

I was instead surprised by the sight of Alaric, Damon, and Bonnie in the living room looking like they were plotting something.

"What's going on?"

They all turned at the sound of my voice. "Good morning." Damon smiled.

"What are you guys doing?" I walked further into the room.

"Nothing much." Damon took a drink from the glass of what looked like bourbon in his hand. I noticed that Alaric had one too.

"Well it must be something kind of serious if you're drinking this early in the day."

"It's Klaus, Elena." Bonnie finally spoke. She had been eying me nervously ever since I had entered the room. An obvious sign that something was wrong.

"What about Klaus?"

"Bonnie!" Damon hissed.

"No, Damon. Tell me the truth. Now."

"Fine." He let out a sigh. "But you're probably not going to like it."

"Which is why you're going to tell me."

"Ok. Well, I had witchy help me figure out a plan to deal with Klaus."

"What do you mean 'deal with Klaus'?"

He shrugged. "Find a way to get rid of him."

"Why?"

"He wants to take your blood for his freaking hybrids Elena!" Damon stepped closer to me. "Do you honestly think that's ok? That we can let that happen? He may not want to hurt you, but I don't think he would hesitate to kill you if he needed to."

I swallowed. "Well what can we do to stop him?"

He gestured toward Bonnie. "The plan."

"Will it kill him?"

"No."

I didn't believe him. I looked to Bonnie to see her answer. She wouldn't lie about it. "No." She answered quietly.

"So what exactly is it going to do then?"

"It's going to make him human again." Bonnie watched for my reaction.

"Human?"

She nodded. "He won't be a vampire anymore."

Klaus definitely wasn't going to like that, but it was a lot better than having him dead. He actually had worked his way into my heart, I guess you could say. There was a big part of him there that still just cared too much and wanted to be loved. And Stefan obviously cared about him, so it would hurt him too. "So what do we have to do?"

Damon looked surprised. "Wow. I thought this was going to take an annoying amount of convincing."

"Don't push it Damon." I turned my head when I heard the front door swing open and then close.

"Well look who's finally up. Did you fill her in on the plan?" It was Katherine, with Elijah trailing behind her. He nodded in my direction.

"Yes." I glared at her.

"And you're game for it?"

I nodded.

Stefan

I had been lounging around my room all through the morning into early afternoon, coming up with things to do to prevent myself from having to go downstairs and see Klaus. I hadn't heard anyone leave all day, so I knew he was still here.

I was currently in the process of writing in my journal, having run out of anything else to do, but it was taking longer than usual. Things weren't coming out right, and there were some things that I wasn't really ready to admit to myself yet. Having to see the words on the page made it seem much more real. And of course these things had to do with Klaus.

Thankfully though he had never actually came up to my room, until now.

"Stefan." He knocked on the door.

"What?" I called out, hoping I could still avoid actually having to open the door. Even though I knew that probably wouldn't be the case.

"Do you mind opening the door?" He asked with a hint of sarcasm.

I sighed and pushed myself up from the chair.

I pulled the door open and found Klaus standing there smirking. "I was starting to worry you might have died in here."

"Yeah you seem really concerned."

He smiled. "Oh I was. I also figured you might want to know that we have a house guest."

"House guest? Who?"

"She came to see you. You can come downstairs and see for yourself." Of course.

"Fine." He stepped aside just enough for me to pass by, but he left a small amount enough of room so that I would have to brush against his body to go by him.

So I slowly did just that, hoping to get a reaction out of him like he always did to me. But he just stood there, face expressionless. So in the end I ended up only torturing myself.

I pushed past him and started for the staircase, hearing him chuckle behind me as I went.

My eyes started searching as soon as I reached the stairs, wondering who was here. She?

I heard the tapping of feet before I could even see who it was. But as I reached the bottom and turned to the left, following the noise, I saw Caroline pacing in the kitchen, with Rebekah sitting on one of the counter stools glaring at her.

I quickly made my way there. "Caroline? What are you doing here?"

She smiled when she saw me. "Stefan! I came to talk to you."

"How did you-?"

"It's one of the nicest houses in the area and it's under foreclosure, I took a wild guess." She explained as if it was one of the simplest things in the world. But when she put it like that it kind of did seem like it was.

"Well I'm glad you're here."

Rebekah let out a loud sigh. "Is Nik coming back down? You two are irritating the hell out of me."

"It's nice to know that you're in your usual good mood."

She faked a smile.

"Don't be so hostile baby sister. We have a guest." Klaus came strolling into the kitchen.

Rebekah rolled her eyes and Klaus walked over to Caroline. "I'm sorry love, I don't believe we've ever been properly introduced. I'm Klaus."

"Yeah you don't really have to tell me who you are. I've heard plenty of stories."

"I'm sure those have all been pleasant."

She glanced at me. "Some." Thanks Caroline.

Klaus' eyes lingered on me before looking back to Caroline. "So you need to talk to Stefan?" She nodded. "Alright. You two can have some privacy then, because my sister and I have some things to attend to ourselves."

Klaus grabbed a set of car keys and Rebekah snatched them out of his hands. "I'm driving."

"We'll see about that. I'll see you later then Stefan, Caroline." He offered a smile before following Rebekah out.

As soon as the door shut Caroline turned back to me. "I think I like him."

"It'll pass, trust me."

"Well I don't think it has for you." She grinned. "You did look like you wanted to jump his bones and stab him with a kitchen knife at the same time though." She started rummaging through the cabinets, so I didn't even try to respond to that. She stopped when she found what she was looking for, pulling out two glasses and a bottle of whiskey. "I don't think I'm ever going to have that." She sighed as she started pouring.

"Do you want that?" I took a glass as she offered it out to me.

She shrugged. "It's passion."

"You'll find passion Caroline. That's not what you came to talk about is it though?"

"No, right!" A determined look came over her face and I just leaned back and admired her. It's hard not to love Caroline. "I'm kind of worried Stefan."

"About?"

"Ok, so I was supposed to meet Bonnie at the Grill for lunch today, but she said that she was running late and she was at the boardinghouse. So I went there and-"

"Caroline." I urged, hoping she would get to the point.

"Ok, I think they're planning something against Klaus."

"Are you sure?"

"No I don't know for sure, they didn't say anything to me about it, and Bonnie just deflected when I asked her. They all had their plotting faces on though, and that has to be it."

"Were Elijah and Katherine still there?" My brain felt like it was going into overdrive mode. If they were actually planning to kill Klaus then there were a lot of things that I needed to figure out quickly.

"Yes. And oh my gosh, that was the first time I ever actually met Elijah! And I really do like him. He was, charming. Does he have a thing with Katherine though?"

"Kind of not the point right now Caroline."

"Right. Sorry. What are you going to do?"

I tried thinking through different scenarios, and wondered whether or not I should tell Klaus yet. I couldn't come up with much, but I did have something. "Want to go with me to see my brother?"

"Sure. I'll drive."

Damon

"Is this actually going to work Damon?"

"Yes, it is, Katherine." I muttered sarcastically as I poured myself another drink. It was my sixth of the day and it still hadn't helped one bit.

"It better. Because otherwise I'll probably end up dead."

"And wouldn't that be a shame."

Just as she started to retort something back, someone opened the front door. I didn't even have to look up to know who it was. Caroline and Stefan. It was like a mix of brood and sunshine that you could almost feel. "Hey Barbie. Decide to come by for a visit Stef?"

"Damon." He walked across the room until he was standing directly in front of me. Caroline stood off to the side. "Is there something you need to tell me?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't be a dick. Just tell me what's going on."

"Yeah you should tell him Damon." Katherine was standing beside me now.

I rolled my eyes and looked down at my drink. "We have a plan against Klaus. Happy?"

"What kind of plan?" His voice sounded bitter. Maybe he really did care about Klaus more than I thought?

"I don't know if I can trust you not to tell him brother."

"Are you going to try to kill him?"

"No." I answered flatly.

"Really?"

"Yeah, witchy can explain it better. We're going to turn him back into a human."

"What? How?"

I shrugged. "I don't know the details, it's a complicated spell. Elena actually even has to be there for it. Apparently they drank the Original Petrova doppelgängers blood when they turned, so we have to use Elena to reverse it."

"And she's ok with that?"

I nodded. "She said she was. So I guess the real question is, are you? Or are you going to go tell Klaus?"

"You're not going to actually hurt or kill him?"

"No."

After a long break of silence he sighed and said, "Fine. I won't tell him. But I'm still talking to Bonnie first before I actually agree to this."

"Fair enough." I felt my stomach tighten as my brother said his goodbyes and left with Caroline. I wasn't telling him everything.

I felt Katherine's hand lightly there on my back. "You're doing the right thing Damon."

I pushed away from her and grabbed my jacket up off the couch on my way to the front door. I had to get out of here. And I needed advice, someone to talk to.

Are Bonnie and Damon lying about what they're going to do to Klaus? Will Stefan be able to not tell him? All to come in the next chapter.

And Kalijah or Carolijah? ;) I can ship them both. Thanks for reading & reviews are always appreciated! :)