Hello everyone! I am so sorry for not updating in a while! School just started and I have a ton of work to do, but I want to get Season 2 done by Christmas, so be ready for that! Thank you all for bearing with me and reviewing during my little hiatus, I was working on another story that you should all check out! It is a Teen Wolf Fanfic called The Other Argent. I really do stick to the same kinds of stories on here lol. But anyways, here is the new chapter and I hope you like it!

I strolled into Stefan's room and called his name. "Stefan?" I sighed as I felt a presence in the room, "You're standing right behind me aren't you?" "Yup." He answered and I turned around to see him standing there shirtless.

We smiled at each other and I wrapped my arms around him as we brought our lips together. After a few moments, I pulled away and he murmured, "Good morning." I shook my head and stated, "I don't want us to be apart anymore. Ever."

Stefan breathed before looking into my eyes and saying, "Me neither, but-"I interrupted him and spoke, "Don't ruin the moment." Then, I kissed him, and after a second, he stopped and froze. "You're about to ruin the moment, aren't you?" I asked, and he agreed, "I'm totally ruining the moment. Look, I can't just pretend that everything's okay."

"Katherine's locked away in the tomb." I stated before walking over to get a drink. "I know, but we still have this little issue of you being Klaus' human sacrifice." He spoke, and I frowned as he put his shirt on. "Yes, but Elijah promised to keep everyone else safe as long as I play by his rules." I informed him as I poured the vervain into the water.

"Right, as long as you play by his rules." He pointed out, and I begged, "Please don't go after Isobel." "Katherine said that Isobel could have some answers, and I have a couple questions, that's all." Stefan said innocently. "Stefan, I made a deal with Elijah."

I took a sip of the water as Stefan argued, "Yeah, you made a deal with him. I didn't make one, you should keep your deal." "Stefan, I don't want anyone else to get hurt." I stated, and he countered, "When have I ever wanted somebody to get hurt."

I sighed and just looked down at the drink in my hands. "Vervain, I made it light. But, are you sure? Just because Katherine built up a tolerance.." "Yes, bottoms up." Stefan replied and took the drink out of my hand. He looked at it for a moment before gulping it down.

I rubbed his back soothingly as he started coughing on the ground. After a minute, he got back up, and I asked, "Are you okay?" He nodded and found his voice, "Yeah." "How can Elijah compel another vampire?" I questioned him, and he shrugged, "He's an Original. I'm not really sure what that means. I don't think anybody really knows what that means. Well, except maybe Isobel, and I'll be sure to ask her."

I was about to argue, but he just kissed me, gave me a look, and walked away. I huffed and texted Elena to come and pick me up. I walked downstairs and heard voices, so I decided to eavesdrop on Damon and Rose's conversation. "Just a little fatal to a vampire werewolf bite." Rose laughed a little, and Damon pointed out, "Well, according to legend. Which is a notoriously unreliable source. So, drink up blood heals."

I knitted the conversation together in my head, Rose got bitten last night. "Yeah, it does feel like it's working." Rose admitted, and hope sprouted within me. "Well, let's have a look." Damon said, and I tiptoed quietly into the room, wanting to see if she was okay.

"It's definitely better." Damon lied, and I knew Rose didn't believe it. Damon then turned his head to me and asked, "Right Erin?" My mouth gaped like a fish and I panicked as Rose turned around to face me, "It's not bad."

"Where's Stefan?" Damon asked, and I answered, "He left. I need you to talk to him; he's convinced he needs to find Isobel. But I think it's not going to go well with Elijah." "No can do, I'm with Stefan on this one. But if you can play nurse for just a little while." Damon spoke, and Rose interjected, "That's not necessary." "It is necessary. Erin's a do gooder, it's in her nature she just can't resist." Damon responded before leaving the room, and I gave Rose a smile before following.

"Damon." He turned around, and I added, "Is she going to die?" Damon shrugged and said, "Probably. The wolf bite caused some kind of infection, it's getting worse." "Like a poison?" I questioned, and countered, "I don't know, Erin. I'm not an expert in the field."

I apologized and he spoke, "Death happens, we come and we go. The sooner she dies the better; it's gloomy as hell in here." As he stormed off, Elena came through the door. I explained to her what happened, and I asked her if she would help me. She groaned, but ended up agreeing.

Elena and I led Rose to Damon's room, and she admitted, "I hate this. I'm a vampire, I haven't had a cold in five centuries." "Just get in the bed." Elena ordered, and Rose did. I pulled off her sweater and inspected the bite, it was definitely getting worse.

"When we die, it's fast and sudden. And it's certainly not drawn out with an illness." She spoke, and I tucked her into bed before stating, "You're not going to die." "Such a human thing to say." Rose countered, as she lay down.

I looked around the room, and pictured Damon in it. Rose noticed and asked, "You've never been in Damon's room before, have you?" I picked up the first book I found and saw Gone With the Wind. I scoffed and Rose asked, "Not what you expected?" I heard Elena state, "It's just a room with a bed."

I shook my head and argued, "No, someone's room kind of reflects who they are. This is definitely Damon's room, it's perfect for him." Elena gave me a look, but Rose smiled at me. I covered it up by joking, "Okay, maybe I expected there to be silk sheets." They both laughed at that, but it died down quickly.

"You're lucky, you know. No one has ever loved me the way you're loved." Rose told me, and I responded, "I doubt that." "Trevor was my best friend, nothing more. We spent all those years on the run from Elijah. I just never thought it was a good idea to set up roots. The whole idea of family is not really compatible with being a vampire."

I thought of Damon and Stefan at that moment, and everything they've been through. If I ever turned, would I lose my family as well? Elena gave Rose a glass of blood and she kept questioning me, "Why are you so eager to give up?" "I'm not giving up on anything." I stated.

"What do you call this whole deal with Elijah?" She asked, and I replied, "I call it my best option." "It's your easiest option." Rose pointed out, and after a moment I murmured, "That's not fair." "Do you really think your witch friend destroyed the moonstone?" Rose questioned, and Elena replied, "I spoke with Bonnie; I know she had the help of another witch."

I then finished off her statement by saying, "Assuming it's Elijah witch, so no, I don't." Rose looked at me and told, "You really are determined to die. At least I ran, you're not even trying." Rose handed the cup of blood to me and sighed, "I'm so tired."

I put the glass down and Elena and I got up. As we started to walk away, Rose exclaimed, "No, stop, wait. Tell them to prepare the horses." My voice was soft as I spoke, "Rose, go back to sleep. You'll feel better when you wake up." "Trevor, don't be stupid. We'll never make it there before the sun… Erin, Elena I need more blood."

I rushed to give her the glass, and she downed it. I rubbed her back, and she started to cough and throw up blood. "It's okay, you're gonna be alright." I told her, and Elena and I both rushed into the bathroom. Rose's cough made me rush faster to get a towel. I threw the towel to Elena who ran it under cold water.

We then ran back into the bedroom and found Rose gone. I turned around and came face to face with Rose. She snarled at me and threw me to the wall, pinning me. Elena started screaming for Rose to stop, but Rose ignored her and the veins under her eyes pulsated. "It's all your fault, Katerina!" She yelled.

"You, Katerina! You did this!" She blamed, and Elena spoke, "Rose, Rose that's Erin!" Rose then snarled, "Traitor!" I finally found my voice and yelled at her, "I'm not Katherine!" Rose's face suddenly went back to normal, and I sighed in relief. "Erin?" Rose asked, and I nodded, "It's me, it's Erin."

"Oh my god, Erin. I'm so sorry. I don't know what's happening to me." Rose apologized, and I spoke, "It's alright. You're gonna be alright." Elena and I led her to the bed as she explained, "It's my mind." "It's fine, it only happened for a second." I told, and she pleaded, "Please don't be scared of me."

"I'm not." I stated, and Elena added, "But you need to rest." We tucked her into bed, and she admitted, "I'm scared." "You're not alone, we're right here." I tried to comfort her, and she grew confused, "Here? Where's here?" "Damon's bedroom, you're in Damon's bedroom." Elena said.

Rose then cried, "I want to go home." I then sat on the bed next to her and offered, "Tell me about it." Rose breathed heavily before answering, "St. Lastel, 30 kilometers south of London. Full of fields and trees and horses." "It sounds beautiful." I whispered, and she continued, "When you live long enough, everything disappears. So much time wasted, I just wish I hadn't been more afraid."

She then fell asleep, and Elena and I went to fetch some clean sheets. We didn't speak, neither of us had to know what the other was thinking. "We brought some clean sheets." Elena said as we walked through the bedroom door. Rose was gone, "Shit." I stated.

I put the sheets down, and we both walked down the stairs. We looked everywhere, and when we searched the library, I grabbed my phone. I hit speed dial, and got Damon's voicemail, "It's Erin. I'm worried about Rose, I think you should come home." Elena and I heard a crash from the basement, and I called Rose's name and hung up the phone.

As we strolled down the steps, there was a trail of blood. Elena, who was in front of me, gasped as she turned the corner. I curiously looked at what she was staring at and whispered, "Oh my god." Rose sat on the basement floor covered in blood, and she was currently guzzling down a blood bag.

She saw me staring and I groaned when she spoke, "Katerina." "No! Elena run!" I yelled and blocked Rose by throwing a door in front of her. Elena and I sprinted up the stairs and tried to open up a door, but it wouldn't budge.

Just then, a snarling Rose appeared in front of us. "Rose, stop! Erin is not Katherine, you're hallucinating." I kept repeating "I'm not Katherine." Thankfully, her face went back to normal, but it quickly vamped out again as she attacked me.

Elena pulled the curtain down, and Rose started screaming. Elena and I grabbed hands and ran towards the front door. I tried to open it, but Rose slammed it shut. She then went to bite me, but I dug my nails into the werewolf bite. She cried out in pain, and I yelled at Elena, "Run into Stefan's room and don't come out until I say so!" She did reluctantly, and I ran in the opposite direction.

I cried out as I felt teeth being ripped into my neck. My brain went a little fuzzy as I could feel the blood being taken from my body. Then, I heard Rose start coughing, and she muttered, "Vervain." I was very thankful that I tested out Stefan's vervain this morning.

Just as I thought my luck was beginning to turn around, I was thrown to the wall. My head hit it hard, and I welcomed the darkness with open arms as I passed out.

No POV

After the sun went down, Elena thought it was safe to check out the house. She hadn't heard from her sister for a few hours, and she was worried. Elena had a vice grip on the stake in her hand, and she walked through the halls of the Boarding House cautiously.

She found the living room empty, and she gasped as she saw the front door open. Elena hoped that Erin at least got away. Elena felt a presence behind her and on instinct, she went to stab the person when she turned around. Damon caught the stake and looked at it with surprise. "Where's Rose and Erin?" He asked her, and Elena ran a hand through her hair and sighed, "I don't know."

Damon gave her an 'are you kidding me' look, and froze for a second. "What? What is it?" Elena questioned, and Damon lifted up a finger, signaling for her to be quiet. "I smell blood." He stated, and Elena spoke, "Rose went on a rampage, and she raided your blood supply." "No, it's not that. It's Erin, Erin's blood." Damon explained, and his head snapped towards the stairs.

Damon started to walk towards the stairs and Elena followed him. The pair made their way into the upstairs hallway, and Damon noticed that the scent grew stronger as he inched closer and closer to his room. Elena had hoped that Erin was okay and got out, but luck wasn't on her side.

Damon opened the door to his bedroom and his stomach dropped at what he saw. Erin laid on his bed, covered in her own blood. She had two holes in her neck, and a trickle of blood made a line down her forehead. There was a note next to her body that read:

I'm sorry

-R

Elena gasped and rushed towards the bed, hurriedly trying to find her sister's pulse. Elena sighed in relief when she felt her sister's wrist, her pulse was slow, but it was there. Damon quickly bit his wrist and made his way over to Erin. He cradled her head as his blood poured into her mouth. After a few seconds, he could feel her swallow it. Damon watched her and just admired how beautiful she looked, she would make an amazing vampire.

About a minute later, Erin's eyes opened and she tiredly asked, "Damon?" "Hey, I'm right here." Damon whispered and moved a piece of hair from her face. Elena then hugged her sister, and Erin spoke, "Lena, what the hell are you doing? Where's Rose?" "We don't know." Elena explained.

"What the hell happened?" Damon snarled, angry at himself for leaving her and at Rose for touching Erin. "It was Rose, she thought I was Katherine and attacked me. Then I just woke up." Erin told them. Damon then got a call from Liz, telling him that there was an emergency at the school. "That's probably Rose, go ahead I'll clean up here." Erin offered, and the pair reluctantly left Erin alone.

Erin POV

I got Damon new sheets, and I changed into some clothes that I left here. I decided not to call Stefan, he was already worried. About a half hour later, I heard the front door open, and Damon carried Rose inside. Rose was unconscious, and Damon brought her into his room. A few minutes after he changed her, she woke up, and I resumed eavesdropping.

"Hi there." Damon spoke softly. "I'm sorry." She apologized. "You went on a murderous rampage, it happens." Damon joked, and I cracked a smile at that. I then decided to walk into the room and Rose spoke, "I'm sorry Erin. I don't like taking human life, I never have." Damon turned to look at me, and we locked eyes, "You shouldn't be here."

"It's the worst part about it: the hunt, the need to kill, the thirst, the pleasure it brings you afterwards. I wasn't meant to be evil. It hurts." Rose continued, and Damon interjected, "So stop talking about it." I went to Rose's side as she explained, "Damon's a lot like me. He wants to care, and when he does he runs away from it. I'm sorry for what I've done today."

"I know." I whispered, tears coming into my eyes. "And you need to fight. I know that we haven't known each other for long, but I know that you're a fighter. You're not like other people, you're special, one of a kind. I know that you're scared, but you need to do it anyways." She told me, and when she started coughing again, I held her hand.

"Rose, hey listen to me. I'll fight, okay? I'm going to try my best and I'm going to fight. And it will be because of you." I whispered softly to her, even though I knew that Damon could hear me. She replied, "Thank you."

She hummed and questioned, "Even after everything I've done today, why are you so nice to me?" I answered, "Us humans." "You can never forget it, what it's like to be human. It haunts me, it's the only thing that keeps me going. It doesn't hurt so much anymore."

Rose then started moaning and screaming in pain while she clutched her stomach. I turned to Damon and asked, "What do we do?" "Go." He ordered, and I started to back up. "Damon," I spoke, and he just said, "Go, I got this."

I waited in Stefan's room until I heard Damon leave the house. I made my way downstairs and to the living room, made a drink for Damon, and waited. An hour later, Damon walked through the door and froze when he saw me, "You were supposed to leave."

"Well I didn't, and I wanted to make sure that you were okay." I said and handed him the drink. "I appreciate the gesture, but I'm just glad it's over." He sipped the drink and I shook my head, "You know I don't believe that." Damon motioned towards the door and stated, "Just go home, Erin. Get some rest, it's a whole new day tomorrow."

"Damon, I'm your friend." I started and he cut in, "I'm well aware of that." I just continued on, "And a friend usually knows when the other friend is hurting." "What do you want to hear, Erin? That I cared about Rose, that I'm upset? Well I didn't and I'm not." He said, and I scoffed.

"There you go, pretending to turn it off, pretending not to feel. Damon you're so close, don't give up." I begged him, and he replied, "I feel, Erin. Okay? And it sucks. What sucks even more was that it was supposed to be me. Jules was coming after me." I nodded in realization and told, "You feel guilty."

"That would be human of me, wouldn't it Erin? And I'm not human. You're one to talk about giving up, all you've done is give up. Go home. There's been enough doom and gloom and personal growth for one day." He spoke and nodded towards the door.

"Okay, I will." I said and looked into his sad, lost, baby blue eyes and melted. I pulled him into a hug and I hoped he appreciated it. After a few moments, I pulled back and whispered, "Goodnight Damon."

I was driving home when suddenly, my car started smoking. I groaned as I pulled my car over to the side of the road. I opened the lid of the car, and the smoke came out at the same time. I backed up from my car, and frustration came over me. "Seriously?! Right now is not the best time for this."

I then started thinking about my day, and about Rose. Tears came to my eyes, and in a fit of rage, I started kicking my car. After a few seconds of that, I just collapsed next to my car and cried. "You also cried the first time we met." I heard a voice in front of me, and I looked up to see Elijah.

"Yeah, well I guess I haven't been having the easiest life since then." I replied, and he came over to me. "Car troubles?" He asked, and I numbly nodded. "Would you like some help?" I nodded at that as well. As he fixed my car, Elijah questioned me, "So, is there any particular reason you're crying?"

My voice was hoarse as I replied, "Rose is dead." He stopped working at that, and I continued, "Werewolf bite." "That is a shame, I respected Rosemarie." Elijah told me, and after that, he worked in silence. When he was done, he sat next to me on the ground.

"Everyone thinks I'm giving up, and that this deal I made was me not fighting. I am fighting, I'm fighting for my friends and family. I know that we talked about keeping everyone else safe, but we never talked about me." I told him, and he just let me vent.

"Do you think I'm going to see them again, my family?" I asked him, and he answered, "I think you'll see whoever you want to see." "That would be nice. Maybe I'll see my parents again too. I miss them, I never really talk about them." I spoke, and he said softly, "You never got over their deaths. Tell me about them."

I sighed and just looked straight ahead, at nothing in particular. "My dad was a doctor, and he would take me with him to work sometimes. I knew that from a very young age that I wanted to be a doctor. I even went to med camp every year since I was 10, but I didn't go last summer. When my parents died, everything changed. I didn't have my mom anymore to help me with stupid problems like what outfit I should wear to school or what I should get Tyler for his birthday. And then, you realize everything that they're not gonna be there for. They'll never see me get married or have kids, or grow up. The kind of stuff you just need your parents for."

Elijah then took my hand and stated, "It will get better. Just know that wherever they are, they're looking down at you and smiling." I nodded and wiped my eyes. "Thank you, Elijah. For everything." He nodded and I got into my car and drove away.

I sighed as I walked through the door of my house. Seeing Stefan, I grew confused. "Stefan, you're home." "Rose?" He asked, and I just shook my head, hoping that he wouldn't ask if I was crying. He didn't. "I um I called Isobel." He started, and I nodded, knowing he would do it anyway. "I know."

"I'm sorry, I had to." He apologized, and I said, "It's okay. Did you find her?" "Not exactly." I heard a voice say. I turned to look and found my Uncle John standing next to Elena, who was glaring at him. "Hello Erin." "John." I stated, shocked.