Chapter 19

Rebecca was over at Caroline's trying to decide what decade the dance should be when Caroline's mom called.

Caroline stepped outside to talk to her.

Rebecca sat and tried to think about what was happening. They weren't friend Caroline and Rebecca she knew that but they weren't enemies. In fact a lot of the gang had stopped treating her and her family like they were enemies and it worried her. Why? Was a question that kept running through her head. Was it just because her brother was helping Elena become human again?

Caroline ran back into the front room snapping Rebecca out of her mind.

"turn on the news" Caroline told Rebecca.

Rebecca grabbed the remote and quickly turned it to the news.

"we are reporting about the fire that is currently thirty miles from Mystic Falls" the reporter said

"mom" Caroline said still on the phone "they say its thirty miles"

the sheriff said farewell and hung up leaving the two girls to watch the news.

Rebecca pulled out her phone and texted her brother.

The house Cassie went to is on fire the think it wasn't an accident.

"that's the house Cassie went to" Caroline whispered.

The two girls looked at each other.

"I should go" Rebecca said.

Caroline nodded and the two girls stood up

"I should go tell Elena." Caroline said.

The two girls left Caroline's house to go tell their families

Cassie pulled into the driveway of the her home and saw Klaus on the porch. He was pacing and he looked nervous.

Cassie smiled a little and grabbed the bag from Isaac's house and got out of the car.

Klaus saw her and looked relieved. "thank god" he whispered to himself.

Cassie walked up to the porch "what are you doing here?" she asked

Klaus looked at her, she was covered in dirt and blood, she looked exhausted.

"I heard about the fire and wanted to make sure you weren't hurt love" he said.

Cassie stared into his eyes. He was telling the truth .

"I'm fine, I started the fire" she said her voice small.

Klaus looked confused at her.

"they didn't wait for me. They were dead when I got there." She said.

"and the vampires who did it?" he asked

"are no longer a threat." She said.

"why a fire?" Klaus asked.

A ghost of a smile played on her lips "when your in my line of work you make sure that your friend know what you want to happen to them and their home." She told him.

"and they wanted their home burned?" Klaus asked

Cassie nodded "they didn't want any question asked from what would have been found there."

Klaus looked at her "and they wanted to be burned as well?" he asked

"no," her voice barely a whisper "I buried them"

"are you ok?" he asked

Cassie looked at him "I'm fine" she replied.

Klaus walked over to her and took her chin softly.

"are you ok?" he asked again.

"I will be" she told him truthfully.

Klaus nodded and blurred away leaving Cassie alone on the porch.

Cassie looked where Klaus had left for a couple of seconds then opened the door.

Mason was standing there, waiting on her.

He hugged her, her arms not responsive then finally he heard it, the sound of her finally giving in and she hugged him back and started to cry.

Klaus walked back into his home, he saw his siblings there waiting for his answer.

"she is ok" he said.

He watched each of them physically relax and realized in the month that she had been there his family had come to care for as a friend.

"the fire?" Rebecca asked.

"precaution, her friends didn't wait for her and they were killed." Klaus said.

"well what are we waiting for?" Kol asked standing up "lets go get those vampire bastards."

Elijah laughed "Kol, do you honestly think that Cassie left with those vampires alive?"

"Elijah is right" Klaus said "she killed them."

Kol sat back down a little upset that he didn't get to hurt the vampires who killed Cassie's friends, he thought of her as a sister know and anybody who hurt her, well lets just say that is the last thing they will ever do.

Rebecca patted her brother on his back then left the room picking up her phone she needed to make a call.

Caroline walked into the Salvatore's house.

"Elena" she called.

Elena, Stefan and Damon came down the steps.

"what?" she asked.

"there is a fire thirty miles from here." She said

"so?" Elena asked confused to why Caroline is telling her.

"isn't that where Cassie went?" Stefan asked putting the pieces together.

Damon tensed waiting for what Caroline was going to say next.

Caroline just shook her head.

Damon sat down, worried that she was hurt or even worse killed.

"we haven't heard if there was anybody in the house." Caroline said.

Stefan sat down next to Damon on the couch. And glanced at his brother, she had to be alive for him. Damon couldn't lose another person.

Caroline's phone went off.

"hello?" she asked putting it on speaker.

"Caroline she is ok." Rebecca's voice said through the phone

"what? How do you know?" she asked

"my brother saw her, she is a little shaken but unharmed."

"thanks Becca" Caroline said and hung up.

She turned towards the three of them and saw Elena was angry but Stefan and Damon were relieved.

"what?" she asked Elena

"Becca?" she asked

"seriously, that's what you got from that conversation?" Caroline asked angrily

"she's ok" Damon said smiling.

Caroline just rolled her eyes and left.

After Cassie had cried all her tears she let go of Mason and looked at him.

"I ruined your shirt." She said

Mason looked at it and laughed "its fine, why don't you go take a shower and get cleaned up."

Cassie looked down at her self and saw what a mess she was she shook her head and made her way up the steps.

Mason waited till he heard the shower turn on then walked back into the kitchen to find Matt, Alaric, Jeremy, and Caroline all sitting there.

"how is she?" Caroline asked

"struggling" was all Mason said before sitting down at the table with them.

Jeremy stood up and started to make hot chocolate.

"what are you doing?" Alaric asked

"every time I was sad Cassie would make hot chocolate for mw]e, now its my turn." He said.

By the time he had made enough for everyone Cassie had made it down the steps and walked into the kitchen.

Her eyes shone with happiness at seeing her friends there for her.

"hot chocolate" Jeremy said handing her a mug.

She turned to her brother and gave him a hug carefully so she didn't spill her drink.

They all sat down and talked, about nothing important but just to get her mind away from what had happened.

There was a knock at the door and Alaric went to go see who it was.

Caroline smiled hearing who was there.

"Caroline?" Cassie asked

Caroline looked at her and winked and before she could say anything Damon and Katherine walked in.

"I'll make some more." Jeremy said standing up.

Katherine sat next to her, Damon sat next to Katherine.

Cassie smiled at the two of them and Katherine joined in but Damon couldn't say anything all that was going through his mind was that she was safe.

Jeremy returned to the table with hot chocolate for the two of them.

"so, did I miss something?" Cassie asked. "not that I'm not happy you are here but how?" she asked trailing off.

"its clear she wasn't leaving until you do, so we decided to call a truce." Damon said

"yep" Katherine said popping the p

Cassie nodded but her eyes were bright with happiness that her friends could get along.

At once their phones went off

We need to talk meet at the boarding house.

Jeremy laughed "we have been summoned."

"we can all carpool." Cassie said laughing.

"good idea." Damon said grabbing hand "I'll take Cassie." And he left with her.

The rest of them stood still after the two of them left.

Katherine and Caroline laughed.

"its about time he got over Elena" Katherine said. And the two girls left.

"come on Jeremy." Alaric said. "Matt you to."

"Tyler is coming home today so I need to go talk to him." Mason said.

The four boys left and went there separate ways.

"Damon" Cassie said as soon as they pulled into the boarding house. "listen"

"wait" Damon said. "before you say anything I need you to hear something."

He looked at her and she nodded.

"what I was doing was wrong, we were flirting and almost kissed and then I went and treated Elena the same way and that was wrong. I should of realized because Katherine did the same thing. And"

Cassie grabbed his face and kissed him.

His body was on.

Cassie ran her fingers through his hair as he grabbed her and pulled her as close as she could be in the car.

When they finally broke they kiss Damon rested his forehead on hers and they sat there. He could hear Cassie's ragged breath after that kiss.

Damon ran his fingers through her hair, loving the way it felt between her fingers.

"Damon" she whispered "I was trying to apologize earlier I had no right to be upset.

Damon kissed her softly on her lips "you do now" he replied.

She pulled back so she could look into his eyes.

She smiled at his words "really?" she asked

He nodded smiling.

There was a knock on the window and the two pulled apart jumping at whoever was there.

It was Alaric.

He was laughing as the two got out of the car.

"Elena thought maybe you had killed Damon." He told Cassie

Cassie turned a slight shade of pink and Damon grabbed her hand and the three of them walked into the boarding house.

They walked in and Cassie let go of Damon's hand and walked over to where Caroline was sitting, while Damon and Alaric went across the room.

Caroline nudged Cassie who mouthed later. Caroline nodded.

"so what did you need Elena?" Alaric asked drawing attention from Damon and Cassie.

"I knew it" Elena said looking at Cassie while ignoring Alaric's question.

"excuse me?" Cassie asked

"your fine, not even a scratch on you." Elena hissed.

"well I chop that up to my incredible skills.' Cassie told her.

Damon looked at Stefan a questioning look in his eye Stefan just shook his head unaware of where Elena was going with this.

Cassie ran her fingers through her hair.

"do you think we could go one day with out you being the center of everything?" Elena asked venom in her voice.

Cassie's head snapped up

"excuse me?" she asked anger tinted in the question.

"we were all worried about you in the fire and yet here you are not even a scratch." She told her sister.

Everybody tensed.

Matt, Caroline, and Alaric all looked at Katherine who nodded her head towards the door indicating they should leave.

The four of them stood up and left, leaving Jeremy and Cassie on one side, Elena and Stefan across from them and Damon was standing in the middle.

"I bet you were at the bar." Elena sneered.

Cassie remained silent.

"am I wrong?" she asked.

"is this why you called everyone over here, to lecture me?" Cassie asked her voice cold.

"I was trying to see if anyone had heard anything because I was worried." Elena said "and then here you come prancing in with Damon without a care in the world."

Cassie snapped and Jeremy saw, knowing what comes next he grabbed her hand and dragged her into the kitchen.

Jeremy turned on the water so they couldn't hear them.

"I cant do this Jeremy." She whispered. "I should go."

"no you cant leave" Jeremy said.

"I couldn't save her." She whispered. "after I buried Isaac I promised him I would save her and I didn't."

Jeremy hugged his sister "hey, its not your fault you did everything you could."

"exactly Jeremy I did everything I could and I couldn't save her, Jer. She was four years old, she had barely had a life." She said.

"its not your fault, you killed those vampires they are never going to be able to hurt anyone anymore." He said

Cassie laughed "when did you get so good at telling people the right thing?" she asked.

"I learned from my big sister" he said nudging her.

She smiled.

"are you ready for Elena round two?" he asked

"is anybody?" she replied.

Jeremy laughed and turned off the water and the two of them walked back into the room.

As soon and Jeremy had grabbed Cassie and left Damon turned towards Elena "what is wrong with you!" he yelled.

"Elena that was uncalled for." Stefan said

Elena turned to the brothers "she was faking cant you tell?"

Elena walked in front of Damon "she is only here going to cause to trouble I just don't know what it is." She pleaded.

She grabbed Damon's hands "I know you two have grown close but you cant trust her."

Elena looked Damon in the eyes and he stared back. He loved her and would do almost anything for her but he saw Cassie and he knew she was here to help.

"Damon please." She pleaded.

Damon continued to look into her eyes he didn't notice that Cassie had rounded the corner and saw the two hands clasped and gazing into his eyes. She turned back and waited for the two to be done. Jeremy looked down and at his sister and she put a finger to his lips to be quiet.

"Elena you need to talk to her" Stefan said.

"today" Damon added stepping away from Elena.

Elena just pouted and Jeremy and Cassie decided to walk around the corner.

"come on Jeremy." Damon said. "I'm going to teach you how to whittle."

The three boys left and Cassie turned to Elena who was sitting in a chair.

"we need to talk" Elena said venom in her voice

Cassie just nodded and sat across from Elena

"so talk" she replied coldly.

AN: so it finally happened, it took 19 chapters but Damon and Cassie finally kissed! this chapter i wanted to shoe that while Damon loves Elena he is starting to fall for Cassie.

also this chapter shows that Mason and Cassie are a lot like Matt and Elena they are ex's but they still care about each other, however neither one of them still have any feeling othr then friendship for each other.

so R&R and tell me what you think!