Chapter 14

Klaus sat at the bar and thought back to when he was human.

Flashback

Elijah and Klaus had been fighting with their swords playfully and Mikael had just embarrassed Klaus in front of the entire village.

Klaus ran off to the stream to think and get away for a little bit.

He didn't notice her until she sat down

"Nic?" she asked, "are you ok?"

Klaus turned to her; her eyes were full of concern her waist length hair had been braided back so he could see her entire face.

Klaus didn't answer but turned back to the stream.

Anita took his hand and held it not saying answer but being there with him.

"Why does he hate me?" Klaus whispered.

Anita laid her head on his shoulder "honestly, I don't think its just you" she said "he seems cruel to all of you." Klaus laid his head on hers.

"Your right" he said "it just seems that he hates me the most"

She stayed quiet knowing that any answer wasn't going to help him.

Klaus loved these moments just the two of them hiding from the world.

End flashback

Kol sat next to his brother, pulling him out of his thoughts. "She is at the Gilbert's, " he said

Klaus nodded and looked over at his sister, she was happy, he could tell from her face as some of the girls from high school kept talking to her.

"Becca seems happy" Kol said

"That would be because of Cassandra" Elijah said sitting on the other side of Klaus. "She helped Caroline and Rebecca see that the two of them are more alike then they knew."

The three brothers sat in silence drinking.

"Well, if I am ever going to get Elena a human again so I can make some more hybrids I'm going to need to take a trip to Italy and find a sword" Klaus said standing up and walking out of the grill.

Kol turned to his brother "after all of this" he said "and he still wants a new family"

Elijah didn't say anything but patted him on the shoulder and stood up and walked out of the grill.

Kol walked over to where Caroline and Rebecca were still talking. "Excuse me ladies," he said

"What do you want Kol?" Rebecca asked

"Easy sister, I just wanted to tell you we are having a family meeting" Kol said.

Rebecca looked at Caroline; afraid if she left the truce they had would be shattered.

Caroline nodded to her "go, find out what's wrong with your family"

Rebecca smiled. "I'll see you later"

Caroline smiled at her and nodded.

Bonnie slid into the seat once Rebecca was gone.

"So are you friends with Rebecca now?" Bonnie asked

"I wouldn't say friends, just not enemies." Caroline said.

"Do you think they want something?" Bonnie asked

"I don't know" Caroline said "but I want peace and if this is the way to do it, so be it."

Damon knocked on the door and let himself into the Gilbert residence.

He overheard laughing and he stood in the entryway of the kitchen and watched Jeremy and Cassie cooking.

Cassie had put flour on Jeremy's cheek and he was trying to do the same to her but she kept grabbing his arms.

"Jeremy stop it," she giggled.

Damon smiled until he got a face full of flour himself.

Cassie was on the floor laughing.

"How did you know?" Damon asked

"You walked into a room with two hunters, if we didn't know that would be concerning" Jeremy said trying to not laugh.

"Come here" Cassie said as she calmed down and grabbed a towel.

She started to wipe the flour off of Damon's face

"So what's for dinner Damon asked trying not to stare at Cassie.

"Pasta" Jeremy answered

"We were making dessert" Cassie said, "there all done"

Damon looked at the kitchen, it was a mess.

Cassie followed his gaze and looked at the kitchen "well, we were making dessert." She said giggling

Damon smiled and the three of them sat down and started to eat.

It was quiet for a while. Damon staring at Cassie. Cassie staring at Jeremy hoping he could make it through dinner.

Jeremy was looking between them. "You know for trying to act normal you two sure do suck at it," he said

Cassie giggled, "how are you feeling?" she asked

"A little jumpy" Jeremy said.

"Should I go?" Damon asked

"No, hold on" Cassie said standing up and going to the kitchen.

"So Jeremy let me know if you suddenly go all Van Helsing and want to kill me." Damon said.

"Will do" Jeremy said.

"So are you still seeing ghosts of your girlfriends past?" he asked

"Not since I got my hunter's tattoo," he said

Damon nodded and looked at Jeremy. His heartbeat had started to race and he started tapping his fingers on the table.

"Cassie" Damon said.

"Jeremy take a couple of deep breaths" Cassie said.

Jeremy closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Here" Cassie said setting a cup of tea in front of Jeremy.

Jeremy looked at the tea

"It has passionflower in it, it's a calming herb" she said.

Jeremy nodded and took a drink.

"Better?" she asked.

Jeremy shook his head.

"So why don't you want Elena to know you're like me." Jeremy asked.

"The less people who know the better" Damon said.

"So Damon, Alaric, and you are the only people can know." Cassie said

Jeremy nodded "so what's the plan?" he asked

"The plan is to get you under control" Damon said "as soon as you don't want to kill all of us then we can move on from there"

The three of them finished eating.

"Well since we don't have dessert, I guess dinner is done" Cassie said.

Damon frowned he was having a good time with the two of them and didn't want to leave.

"I'll help clean up," Damon said.

Cassie looked at him and smiled "ok" she said.

Jeremy looked at the two of them "well, I'm going to bed and let you two be alone."

"What?" Cassie asked

Jeremy just smiled and walked up the steps

"Hey Jer." She yelled following her.

Jeremy turned back to her.

"You did really well tonight," she said

"Thanks" he said smiling and he walked up the steps.

Cassie walked back into the kitchen to find Damon already halfway through the dishes.

"I guess that is one of the perks of being a vampire" Cassie said.

Damon laughed "it does make doing chores not so bad"

"Damon" Cassie whispered.

Damon turned and looked at her.

"Why are you here?" she asked

Damon walked over to her "honestly, I don't know" he said sighing.

Cassie looked up at him his blue eyes gazing down at her.

"You just met me" she said "and I have already stabbed you and snapped your neck"

"I let that go remember," he said

"I haven't bought you that drink yet," she said softly.

Damon tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. He left his hand on her cheek.

"Damon" she whispered.

He pulled her closer to him and leaned his head down.

Cassie closed her eyes.

Someone knocked at the door, pulling them out of the trance they were in.

Cassie jumped back and stared at Damon.

Whoever was at the door knocked again?

She turned around and went to answer the door.

Elijah was at the door.

"I heard that you made a deal with my brother." He said

Cassie turned back around to find that Damon was gone.

She frowned before putting back her mask and facing Elijah again.

"I did" she replied.

"What was it?" he asked

"Why do you want to know?" she asked back

"I want to make sure that you aren't doing anything stupid." He replied

"Look Elijah I don't want to start a war with you and your family, I told Klaus that and he said he would forget about it." she answered

"But you still haven't told me what it was"

"Are you really that concerned?"

"Lets not do this right here may I come in," he asked

"Nope" she replied. But she stepped outside and shut the door so they were on the porch.

"Klaus said we could start over with a clean slate if I would teach Jeremy how to control being a hunter" she told him.

"And why would he ask you?" he asked.

"Because I am the only family he has that isn't supernatural at the moment," she told him.

Elijah nodded. "I'm sorry to disturb you , I just wanted to make sure that Nicklaus did not do anything stupid."

"its no problem, and thank you for your concern." She said "and I hope you do not take my not inviting you in as rude, its just the fewer vampires allowed in the better."

Elijah nodded again. "goodnight Cassandra"

"Goodnight" she said and walked back into the house.

When Elijah returned to the manor he found Rebecca and Kol sitting in the living room.

"So, what did she promise Nic?" Rebecca asked

"That she would watch out for Jeremy" Elijah told her turning to face out the window.

"That's it?" Kol asked

"It would seem that way" Elijah said "she reassured me that she isn't looking for a fight from us"

"Well that's good" Rebecca said, "we are fighting with so many people adding another person wouldn't help."

Kol laughed. "That's true little sister"

Elijah turned to Rebecca "Rebecca you said that she was at school today"

"Ya, she showed up at cheer practice when Caroline called her." She said

"What did she do?" he asked

"She got me and Caroline to work together." Rebecca answered standing up.

"Elijah what's wrong?"

"Elijah I don't understand" Kol said standing next to his sister.

"I think Nicklaus was right in thinking there is more to the eldest Gilbert then she is letting on," Elijah said turning to his siblings.

Cassie shut the door and returned to the kitchen. She was sad that Damon had left, but she was confused at what had happened between them. And then whatever had just happened with Elijah she had no idea.

She sighed and ran her hand through her hair.

Damon had done most of the dishes but there was still flour everywhere. She put her hair into a messy bun on top of her head and got to work. She tried not to let her mind wander while she did it, but somehow she kept thinking about Damon and those amazing blue eyes.

Cleaning had worked for twenty minutes until it was finished. She leaned back on her knees and sighed. Heating up the tea again she made a cup and went to sit on the couch. Tucking her legs up under her she sat there in silence.

Damon left as soon as Cassie turned to answer the door, he needed to clear his head. He just met this girl and he was still in love with Elena.

He couldn't deny it he felt connected to her, she knew that sometimes you have to be the bad guy and was willing to do it.

He kept thinking about how much he loved those brown eyes and how they looked at him right before he kissed her.

No, he wasn't going to kiss her; he was in love with Elena. He told himself over and over again.

He pulled into the driveway of the boarding house and parked. He walked into the house and saw Elena standing by the fireplace looking at the fire. She turned around when she heard him open the door.

"Damon" she said smiling "where were you?"

"I was with your sister and brother," he answered pouring himself a drink.

"Why?"

"Cassie wanted to see how long Jeremy could last before he went all crazy hunter on us."

"How long did he last?" she asked

"All night, there was one tough spot but your sister got him through it."

Elena nodded and continued to look at him.

"So what's wrong?" she asked noticing there was something off.

"Who said anything was wrong?" he asked

Elena walked up to him "because I can tell, what's wrong?" she asked again

Damon stared into her eyes and was lost in love again. This was who he had feelings for he reminded himself. Elena.

"Just tired" he replied.

Elena smiled and kissed him on his check before heading up the steps.

"Goodnight Damon" she said as she left.

Damon walked over to the fireplace and put on hand on the mantle. He took a drink from his glass and listened to the crackling of the fireplace.

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