Chapter 9:

Damon ran faster than he ever had to reach Candy's house before she left and he arrived just in time to see Klaus carrying two bags to a car.

"Candy stop! Don't go!" Damon yelled before he stopped in front of her, grabbed her shoulders and when she faced him, said:

"Please don't go with them. I love you Candy and I want you to stay here with me."

Out of the corner of his eyes, Damon saw Klaus smiling and carrying the bags back inside. Somehow, he knew what Candy's reply would be.

"Please Candy… I'm so sorry, I'm dense sometimes and I don't always say what I should. I want to give us a chance. I want you to stay here and give us a chance." Damon said, looking her in the eyes and baring his soul for her to see.

"Damon… I…Okay…I'll stay… That's all I wanted to hear…" She replied before she locked her arms behind his neck and went to kiss him.

"Well then, I guess I'll see you in a few weeks Candy… Call if you need anything okay?" Anna commented as she lent against the car.

"I will… I'll miss you Anna. Promise me you'll be careful and call as soon as you can." Candy asked her sister.

"Of course I will. We're sister, this isn't the end of anything." Anna replied before they hugged each other close and Anna went in the car with her mother, started it and drove away from her soul sister.

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While Damon and Candy were now a couple, they took things slow and Candy stayed in her own house, with her father. Damon stayed in his family house with his brother for now. He really wanted to make things right with Candy and since she was a virgin, he wanted to let things go to her own pace.

The next few weeks were peaceful. Candy and Anna called each other often and if Klaus' witch had been delayed with his coffins, he was still on his way.

Candy was happier than she had ever been and after 4 weeks with Damon, she decided to give him her virginity. It was something important to her and Damon knew it so he did his best to make things as perfect as he could for her.

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When Katherine arrived in town, she went directly to see Damon and Stefan and was enraged to see them both happy without her. Stefan was apparently dating the new doppelganger and Katherine thought she was hallucinating when she saw the sweet innocent Candy, Anna's friend, making out with Damon. How dare she take him away from her? She needed them both on her side for her plan to get free from Klaus and now it was all ruined...

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Candy and Klaus were having a nice joyful dinner with Damon, Stefan and Elena and everything was going perfectly. Klaus left the room to go get some more wine from the kitchen when an enraged Katherine stormed in and started to throw small wooden stakes toward Candy.

The sweet blond got one in the arm and Klaus ran back in the room in time to see Damon rushing to place himself between the stakes and Candy, getting them all in some place. They were apparently laced with vervain and the elder Salvatore was rolling in pain on the floor while Stefan tried to fight off Katherine.

"Katerina… If you think your life was hell for the past five centuries you're going to change your mind and think it was heaven compared to what I'm preparing for you now. How dare you attack my daughter? What has she ever done to you, you filthy little bitch?" Klaus screamed so loudly that the walls started to shake.

Katherine froze for a second.

"Klaus…your daughter…I…I didn't know… I swear…I…" Katherine tried to defend herself as Klaus caught to her and punched a hand through her chest, wrapping his hand around her heart.

"Please… I didn't mean to…I was just mad that she was with Damon…he…I…" Katherine stuttered, fear obvious in her eyes.

"I'm going to be merciful Katerina and put you out of your misery right away." He spat at her before he ripped her heart out and threw her heart in the light fire in the chimney.

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Candy had taken the stake from her arm and drank some blood to make it heal faster and then started working on Damon who was now unconscious. She took the stakes out, one by one, not caring that they were burning her hands every time.

"Dad, can you run home real quick and bring back the bottle of blood I prepared please?" She asked him.

"Your special recipe?" He asked her.

"Yes, it will help him heal faster." She commented.

"I'll be right back." He replied before he kissed her on the forehead and ran home to do as she asked.

When Klaus came back with Candy's bottle, she asked him to heat up a cup of it and she helped Damon drink it.

"Well, if it isn't my favorite nurse…" Damon commented weakly before he added "When I imagined you playing nurse with me, I imagined it very differently…" He smiled.

"I'm glad you're feeling well enough to joke around…" She said.

"How are you doing?" He asked her.

"I'm fine… It's you who got hurt." She told him.

"I'm fine now… Hey, take that worried look out of your face right now and come here." He told her as he invited her to snuggle up to him, which she did happily.

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In a few days' time, Damon was in top shape again, just in time to help Klaus and Candy un-dagger the rest of the original family since they were supposed to arrive later in the day.

As Klaus was about to go back home after going to buy groceries for his daughter, he got interrupted by Bonnie Bennett.

"My grandmother sends me to tell you that your curse has been lifted. You're finally the hybrid you wanted to be and your mother's curse is no longer effective. Congratulations." She told him before she turned around and went back to looking for some desert to make for Jeremy.

Klaus was overjoyed to hear this so he got home quickly, his arms full of bags and celebrated with his daughter, her boyfriend and Stefan. They were just finishing the bottle of champagne when his witch parked the truck in front of the house and rang the doorbell.

"Ready to meet the rest of your family sweetheart?" Klaus asked his daughter who nodded happily.

They were all starting a new life and even if Finn, Rebekah and Kol started a bit pissed, everything would be all right eventually. They were a family and would stick together now that there was no more danger.


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