Twisted Love
Season One
162 Candles
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries Characters, except for Grace, her family and her home :)
Stefan was asleep on the couch in his living room, a book lay on his chest as he continued to drift away him his peaceful slumber. He was suddenly awoke by a bump from upstairs, he shot up the book cluttering to the floor by his feet
"Damon?" He called to get no response
He pushed himself up from the comfortable couch and walked around the room, hesitating to go upstairs, he crashed to the floor a heavy body on top of him, he shoved the person off and look up into a amazing pair of bright blue eyes and a smile spread across his face
"Lexi?" He sounded excited
"Hey." The blonde beauty replied casually
"What are you doing here?" He asked standing up and helping her up too
She hugged her best friend tightly "How could you even ask that?"
"I missed you." He told her sincerely
"Happy Birthday." She pulled back to look into his dark hazel eyes a mischievous grin spreading across her plump pink lips
They soon made their way up into Stefan's bedroom, the curtains were closed as Lexi did not own a day light ring and they were listening to loud music just messing around like old times
"Stop." She interrupted his story "I don't know, some freak shot me with wooden bullets. I bail in under sixty. And why is a news reporter hunting vampires?" She asked genuinely confused
"I don't know who knows about us." He admitted "That guy did. There could be others... Do me a favour, while you're here, please be careful." He asked her with puppy dog eyes
"Why stay?" She joked "I'm headed to New York for the weekend." She informed him of her plans "Bon Jovi in the Garden. 'Wanted Dead or Alive' It's out theme song! It'll be a blast!" She tempted him with her music plans
"Do you think he would remember us?" Stefan asked with a chuckle "That was a pretty crazy weekend, huh?" He reminisced in the memory
"we can make him remember us." Lexi's eyes lit up as Stefan considered it "Come on! Let's go! I mean, what's keeping you here?" She looked around the cluttered room
"I told you, her name is Elena." he gave his best friend a look
"Let's hope she's better than the last girl you got all sprung over." Lexi walked over to the small table and held of a picture of both Fayth and Katherine
Stefan got up and grabbed the black and white photograph from her hands "You didn't even know Katherine or Fayth."
"Cause if I did, I'd kick Katherine's pretty little ass." Lexi glared "Speaking of... Where's Damon?"
"Inflicting misery somewhere." Stefan shrugged "You going to be ok here alone? I got some thing I got to take care of."
"It's not exactly like I can go anywhere... You and Damon are the only ones with these nifty little day light rings." She took his hand wiggling the finger with the large S ring on "Oh, I have a mood ring from '75!" She held her hand out "trade ya!"
"Doesn't work that way and you know it." He gave her a look
"Yeah." She sat back down on the bed
"Hey, Lex, I'm really glad that you came here." He smiled at the pretty blonde girl
"What are we going for your birthday?" She asked again "It's not everyday a guy turns a hundred and sixty-two years old." She grinned remembering earning a groan from the birthday boy
"Really?" He asked
"Oh yeah." She grinned
A little while later down at the police station Sheriff Forbes was questioning Elena, Stefan, Matt and Jeremy. Grace and Jenna were waiting outside from them to come out having a nice chat about things that have been going on
"It seems like I haven't seen you in a while." Jenna announced as they sat on the car bonnet licking their ice creams
"Mmm." Grace nodded "I've had a lot of stuff to deal with."
"Oh really." Jenna looked at her "You don't know anything about Vicki?" She questioned
"Feels like I should be in the station." Grace laughed "No I don't..."
"Fair enough..." Jenna shrugged "How is Elena holding up?"
"With what?" Grace asked
"You know... School, Boys, Girls..." Jenna licked the chocolate ice cream again
"From what I can tell ok with school, boys not so good." Grace gave her a lopsided smile
"That bad?" Jenna asked
"Oh yeah." Grace smiled
They finished their treats as Jeremy and Elena walked out, walking over to them Grace gave them both a half hearted smile, she saw Stefan waiting to talk to her
"I'll meet you guys over at the car." Elena told the three
"Ok." Grace nodded dragging the other two away
"You're ok?" Stefan questioned Elena
"I don't think that the Sheriff suspected anything. Jeremy had no memory al all, all he knew was what Damon made him know." Elena explained
"Thank you." Stefan nodded
"I can't do this, Stefan, every time I look at Matt or Jeremy, all I think that Vicki is never gonna come back. And they'll never know why." Elena vented "Around you people get hurt and people die, I can't I just... It's just too much." She explained
"Why don't we go somewhere and talk about it." He tried to take her hand but she snatched it away
"no, Stefan, you have to stay away from me." She ordered
Lexi was fast asleep in Stefan's room with a light music playing in the back ground, the trouble with staying up during the night is that you have to sleep during the day, unless you're awoke by a blue eyed devil. She turned over and saw his perfect orbs staring at her with a smirk playing on is face
"Boo." He smirked earning a groan from the older blonde "Hello, Lexi, what an unexpected surprise."
"Unexpected surprise." She smirked "I think the wrong brother went back to high school..."
"How long are you here for?" Damon questioned
"Just for Stefan's B-Day." She explained
"Oh, you mean you didn't come all this way to see me." He gestured to himself
The blonde snorted "That's it, Damon, after a century I finally realised death meant nothing without you." She purred leaning close "Do me." she went to kiss him but pulled back
"Why are you so mean?" He pouted
"Have you met you?" Lexi smirked "You're not a nice person."
"Because I'm a Vampire." He explained
"But you're only the bad parts." She shook her head side to side
"Teach me to be good." He grinned at her
Leaning closer to the blonde goddess he was surprise when a hand tightened around his throat and he was flat against the bed unable to move
"I'm older and that means stronger." She growled
Damon gasped for air "Sorry."
"Don't ruin my time with Stefan, 'cause I'll hurt you, and you know I can do it." She threatened in a voice as dark as night
"Yeah." He rasped
Lexi released him from her iron grip and got up leaving the room, Damon lay there running his sore throat
Bonnie was at her Grams house packing her suitcase about to return to her fathers house so she could get some school work done and be with her friends
"you leaving?" Grams questioned the younger witch
"Dad doesn't like it when I stay here too much." She informed her
"Because he misses you or because he doesn't trust me?" Grams smirked "You're father's problem is he lacks in imagination..." she shrugged "he thinks I fill your head with amy witchy ju-ju."
"He's right." Bonnie gave her a look
"He always right, that's his other problem." Grams saw the amber pendant laying on Bonnie's hand bag "You need to be wearing that." She informed her
"I got to give it back to Caroline, it doesn't belong to me..." Bonnie explained
"Yes, it does." Grams nodded "It was your ancestor's and not it's yours."
"Emily was your ancestor too." Bonnie shrugged holding the pendant towards her grams "Why don't you wear it." She offered
"Because it didn't find me." Grams argued "It found you, protected you. A witch's talisman is a powerful took, don't be giving that back to anybody..." She placed it around her granddaughters neck
"I just wish it was prettier." Bonnie complained
Elena and Grace were sitting on the couch in Elena's home, Grace was channel flicking as always and Elena was rummaging through a back of chips, Jenna joined them soon enough with the same bored, miserable expression of her face
"You're both wallowing." Jenna complained
"So are you." Grace sneered
"My wallow is legitimate." Jenna replied in a matter-of-fact tone "I was dumbed."
"I was dumped." Elena replied
"I gave in to a jerk." Grace hissed
"You didn't get a brush-off e-mail saying: 'I'm leaving town. See ya.'." Jenna rolled her eyes
"Wanna keep it down over there." Jeremy called from behind them
"Why?" Jenna asked "What are you doing?"
"Homework." He replied
"Since when do you do homework." Grace smirked
"I got to finish this. I'm way behind and I have a quiz tomorrow so..." He trailed off continuing to write
Grace, Elena and Jenna shared the same expression, Grace fought to hold back a huge laugh and just covered her mouth
"What do you think?" Jenna asked
"Alien." Grace shrugged
"Some sort of replicant?" Elena suggested
"He can hear you." Jeremy glared
Sheriff Forbes sat in her office sifting through huge amounts of paper work, she was stressed due to the attacks in town and now this over load of work, it was too much
"Yeah so send him in." She replied back down the phone before he walked in the room
Damon stood at the door holding a regular sized cardboard box in both hands, she looked up into his dazzling bright blue orbs before putting her endless paper work to one side.
"Could you get the door for me." She asked before offering him a seat
"Sure." He replied closing it and sitting down on a seat opposite her
"I understand from Mrs. Lockwood that your uncle is out of town." Sheriff Forbes had been fed Damon's lies too
"Yes he is." Damon lied smoothly placing the box on the desk in front of him "But I spoke to Zach and he filled me in and asked me if I could bring this to you." He tapped the box
She opened it and was surprised to see the potent herbs laying inside "Vervain."
"That's all we have at the moment." He informed her "I hope it's enough."
"It's a small circle... Founding families, a few city officials." She shrugged as an answer
"And your deputies..." He nodded and she agreed "Are we any closer?"
"I think our facts are wrong." Sheriff Forbes explained "We've always believed that Vampires can only come out in the dark. What if that's changed?" She wondered aloud
"So is that even possible." Damon played the naïve human game very well
"We've exhausted every other option. We have to consider the Vampire may be walking around during the day." She almost shivered "Right in front of us."
How ironic Damon smirked in his head before nodding slightly "So what's the next step?" He asked
"We are looking at anyone new to town, since the deaths began." She looked at him "Should turn up a suspect or two."
"And I, of course, will do anything I can to help." He promised trying to lead the trail of him, as he was one of the newest to town
Bonnie walked up the stairs into Elena's room, Grace was lying on top of the duvet, face of on the pillow and Elena lay under the duvet pulled right up over her head
"You up?" Bonnie shook Grace
"No." Grace replied into the pillow
Bonnie attempted to pull the duvet off of Elena "No, I'm not either." She pulled it off "no." Elena groaned
"Why haven't either of you two called me back?" Bonnie asked hands placed on her hips
"Sorry." Elena yawned sitting up crossing her legs
Grace turned over and sat up too, crossing her eyes and leaning back against the heavy wooden head board "my phone is off."
"Are you going to stay indoors forever?" Bonnie asked sitting on the end of the bed following the crossed legs game
"Yeah." Elena answered simply
"I was planning on it." Grace nodded
"I'm officially worried, I can deal with one of you being depressed, but not both." Bonnie looked at them "You." She looked at Grace "What's wrong?"
"I gave into Damon." Grace pouted
"Huh?" Bonnie tilted her head
"I kissed him." Grace shook her head
"You kissed him." Bonnie shook her head "Ok, I can deal with that later, what about you?" She eyed Elena
"Stefan and I broke up." Elena replied in a glum voice
"I'm so sorry." Bonnie gave her a sorrow filled look "Are you ok?" This earned a look from Grace "Alright, stupid question, I know I've been kinda M.I.A when you need me the most. I suck."
"You wanna make it up to me? Get it off my mind." Elena compromised
Bonnie's chocolate brown orbs lit up like a Christmas tree "Just remember you asked for it."
Jumping off the bed Bonnie ran over to the open window and closed it, then she grabbed one of Elena's pillow and ripped it open so feathers fell over the bed
"Hey!" Elena gave her a look
"Be patient." Bonnie sat back down
"Ok." Elena gave Grace a confused look, she just shrugged in response
"I need to swear you to secrecy." Bonnie looked at both girls "Both of you."
"It's kind of a bad week for that kind of stuff." Grace played with her nails
"swear, 'cause I'm not suppose to be showing you this." Bonnie raised her eye brows at her friends
"Ok, I swear." Grace nodded and Elena agreed
"There's no windows open, right?" Bonnie asked
"Right." Elena confirmed
"There's no fan. No air conditioning." Bonnie asked again
"None." Elena replied
"What are you doing?" Grace asked impatiently
"Grams just showed me this... You're gonna love it, you both ready?" Bonnie's eye lit up again
"Bonnie what's going..." Elena's words die out as Bonnie started to levitate a single feather
"Whoa." Grace whispered sitting forward
Both Brunettes were even more surprised when more feathers started to rise from the bed filling the whole room like a snow globe, Grace and Elena started to get really excited before they looked at Bonnie for an explanation
"It's true." She grinned ear to ear "Everything my Grams told me."
"It's impossible." Elena stated
"But it's true, I'm a witch." She confirmed
"I believe you." Elena grinned
Caroline was walking down the street looking in her bag when suddenly she collided with someone she looked up quickly to have a go at this person, but her words died in her mouth, her jaw dropped open as she looked into a pair of icy blue eyes. She suddenly closed her mouth and toughened up
"Look, dungeon boy, I'm done being you little slave girl." She put it lightly "you seriously hurt me and I will be damned if you think..." The words died as his eyes dilated "Oh my God, where have you been? It's really good to see you." She grinned happily at him
"Much better." He told himself "You wanna throw a party."
"Oh, why don't you do it?" She asked
"Because then Stefan and his BFF wont come." He informed her "I need a lot of people. Big crowd. Invite everyone."
"And why am I having this party?" She asked confused
"Because you're gonna help me solve this towns little Vampire problem." He replied "And I want my crystal back."
"But Bonnie has it." Caroline looked at him
"I know that." He rolled his amazing eyes "Get it from her." He flashed her a grin
Sitting in the living room of the Salvatore Boarding House, Lexi and Stefan were talking about his new love, and his new break up
"So this Elena girl." Lexi started "She'll come around. I'm sure of it." She grinned "Have you had sex yet?" She invaded her best friends privacy
"No." Stefan smirked
"Sex always works." She informed him from experience "Mean you'll rock her world so hard with your Vamp sex." She winked "She'll be yours forever."
"Yeah, but see, this isn't about sex or... or compulsion or any of our other tricks. She has to want to be with me on her own terms." Stefan informed her
"Wow." She whispered "That sounded all mature and grown-up."
"I'm not getting any older." He grinned
Lexi reached over the chair she was sitting on and pulled up a suitcase laying it flat on the coffee table in front of her. Stefan was intrigued by what she was doing. Opening up the suitcase she reached in and grabbed out a hospital blood bag popping it and taking a sip
"Want some." She offered the thick, metallic smelling liquid
"No." He shook his head "Thank you."
"Relax, I didn't kill anyone for it." She smirked taking another sip "This phelbotomist I went out with a few times, he's my supplier." She shrugged as she saw the expression Stefan was giving her "Oh don't judge." She glared "Listen, I tried the animal diet; lasted three weeks."
"It doesn't matter." He shrugged "Cause if I started again... I don't know if..." He couldn't finish his sentence
"You could stop." She smiled knowingly at him
"Lexi, I'd never judge you." He smiled comfortingly at her
"I'm just jealous of your restraint. I have none." She laughed "I delight in hedonism. Speaking of which, what are we doing tonight?"
As if it was planned Damon walked into the room with a smile on his face
"Funny you should asked." He grinned
"Well I wasn't asking you." The blonde glared at the older Salvatore brother
"There's a party at the Grill." Damon informed the friends "You'll love it. Banquettes, tacky wait staff, all of Stefan's friends." He gave his younger brother a look
"Oh I don't want a Birthday party." Stefan shook his head
"Well, it's not for you." Damon informed his shy brother "It's a party party, no one will know it's your birthday... Caroline's throwing it."
"Damon, stay away from Caroline."
"Seriously, Stefan, I don't have to keep away from every girl in Mystic Falls, stay away from Caroline, stay away from Elena, stay away from Grace..." he thought back to when Grace has kissed him with a grin "But it's fine, me and Caroline we're friends, and besides it's important for the town to see us out and about like normal folk, we need to bleed." the blood bags caught his attention and he gave Lexi a look "I prefer mine at 98.6." he left the room
"Let's go." Lexi grinned as she saw the look Stefan was giving her "please." she begged
Grace, Bonnie and Elena continued to sit in Elena's bedroom talking about what they just seen, Elena was still in shock and utter confusion
"It's weird, huh?" Bonnie laughed "After all this time of joking about being psychic... I really am a witch." She gushed with excitement "You don't think I'm a freak do you?"
"I'm not really one to talk." Grace held her hands up "I'm a telepath."
"Of course I don't, Grace is the freak." She budge her best friend
"I may look ok on the outside, but on the inside, I'm emotionally scarred." Grace joked
"But I have a question." Elena looked at Bonnie "If you're Grams said not to tell anyone why are you telling us?"
"You're my best friends." Bonnie laughed "I can't keep secrets from you two."
Later on that night Lexi and Stefan were getting ready to go to the party at the Grill that Caroline was throwing, Stefan was still against the idea, but Lexi had convinced him to get ready to go out.
"I'm almost ready." Lexi stepped out of the shower with a small towel wrapped around her petite body
"I can't believe you actually think we should be going to this thing." Stefan gave her a look
"It's not like I'm asking you to run outside at midday with your ring." Lexi rolled her bright blue orbs, they were more caring that Damon's, softer "I mean, seriously, it's a party!"
"A party that Damon wants us to go to." Stefan looked at his best friend "So my question is, why? I think he's up to something."
"Who cares." Lexi laughed "What can he possibly do in front of all those people in a public place?"
"He knows how to keep it low. Believe me." Stefan replied
"Ok, so he'll behave. Come on. One day a year I get you, one day." She held up one finger to make her point "that you're not brooding and existing in your own head."
"It's my birthday, yeah?" He made clear looking at her
"It's my day; and that guy that jumped naked in the Trevi fountain; and got drunk on the torch of the statue of Liberty; that guy can take a break from all of his worrying one night and go to a stupid party. So quit your whining and go get ready."
"Fine." Stefan laughed
Elena drove up towards the boarding house with Grace in the passenger seat, she prayed to God that Damon wasn't there, she couldn't face him after what she'd done last night, in his eyes he'd won. Both girls walked up to the door and knocked it when they heard a female voice in response
"It's open come on it." The female called
Both of them entered the house to see Lexi walking towards the casually in her towel, after being alive for a really long time a person would grow to be comfortable in their own skin, so Lexi didn't really care what she looked like, Grace and Elena on the other hand were shocked
A smile dropped from Lexi's plump lips as she saw Katherine and Fayth standing in front of her, although she'd never meet either of the twins that had destroyed the Salvatore brothers she had seen pictures
"Oh my God!" Lexi looked at both of them "How... How... Who?"
"I'm Elena." Elena replied
"I'm Grace." Grace informed the blonde
"Who are you?" Elena continued
"Lexi a friend of Stefan's." Lexi continued to look at both brunettes with complete and utter shock
"Is he here?" Elena asked still surprised that a almost naked woman was standing in front of her
"He's in the shower." The blonde jerked her thumb behind her towards the stairs "Do you want to wait?"
"No." Elena grabbed Grace's wrist leading towards the front door
"I'll tell him you stopped by." Lexi called
"That's ok." Elena replied shutting the door behind her and her best friend
Lexi turned with anger and stormed up the stairs to see Stefan removing himself from the shower trying to decide on something to wear
"Are you out of your freaking mind?" Lexi asked fury in her pretty blue orbs
"What are you talking about?" Stefan asked confused
"I've just met Elena and Grace." She held up the photograph of Katherine and Fayth "You have some serious explaining to do." She cocked an eye brow
After Lexi had got dressed she was sitting in front of Stefan's mirror applying her make up as Stefan attempted to explaining\
"You have some serious emotional damage." Lexi told him shaking her head from side to side
"No, it's not what you think. She's not Katherine." Stefan explained to his best friend
"So they're related, 'cause they could be twins." Lexi referred to Katherine and Elena "Grace and Fayth too, seriously what is going on there?"
"I don't know." Stefan admitted
"You don't know or you didn't find out?" She looked at him through the mirror
"No. Maybe. I don't want to know." He told her frustrated "I have no desire to tie Elena to Katherine or Fayth to Grace." He looked at the blonde's expression "Ok, yes, yes the resemblance of Elena and Katherine is what drew me in. But that's it." He promised "Katherine and Elena may look the same on the outside, but on the inside they are completely different."
"So Elena's not a raging bitch then, huh?" Lexi wiggled her eye brows
"No." Stefan shook his head "Elena is... Elena's warm and she's... she's kind and caring and she's selfless and it's real... and honestly when I'm around her... I completely forget what I am."
"Oh my God!" Lexi squealed "You're in love with her!"
"Yeah, I am." Stefan gave off a goofy smile
Caroline walked through her amazing party at the Grill when she spotted Damon sitting up at the bar, she wandered over to him with a smiled on her lips
"amazing party right?" She looked at him
"Glad you thought of it." Damon raised his whisky glass
"Well, are you having a good time?" Caroline asked
"Do you have my crystal." Damon answered her question with another question
"No." Caroline admitted
"Then I'm not having a good time." Damon replied
Damon turned to look around the bar when he saw Grace walked in looking pretty in her tight skinny jeans and cream shirt that said 'The Beatles' on, he wandered over to her
"Evening." Damon gave her a smouldering smile
"Damon." Grace nodded at him
"I assume you're looking for your friends." Damon stood in front of her denying her access to the rest of the Grill
"You assume right." Grace replied coldly
Damon smirked "you're angry about that kiss but might I remind you that you, Grace, kissed me." Damon wiggled his eye brows
"And I'm starting to wish I didn't." She didn't look at him
"You don't mean that." Damon smirked taking a swig of his whisky
"What makes you say that?" She pried the glass from his hand taking a sip too
"You didn't look me in the eyes, and you know I can't compel you if you look into my eyes... so." He watched her drink
She brought her lips away from the glass leaving her lip gloss markings "I wouldn't read into that too much if I were you." She handed him back the glass before stepping around him and walking further into the party
Lexi walked past Damon and he followed her "Where's my brother?" He questioned
"He said he's meet me here." Lexi replied casually looking around the room
"Buy you a..." The offer died as she walked away from him, he knocked back the rest of his whisky
Stefan walked up to the porch and knocked the door waiting for Elena to open it, and when she did he smiled kindly at her
"hey." He smiled
"What are you doing here?" She crossed her arms over her chest
"Lexi said that you and Grace came by and you seemed upset." Stefan was concerned
"The girl in the towel." She put emphasis of Lexi being naked under a towel
"The girl in the towel?" Stefan tilted his head slightly before actually getting what she was trying to say "Oh, no, no, no, no, it's not like that." He promised "She's not exactly a girl – she's just 350 years old."
"You mean she's a..." Elena cocked an eye brow
"And she's my oldest friend. Nothing romantic." he chuckled "Ever."
"Ok, well... she kept staring at me and Grace, it was weird." Elena informed him
"Yeah, well I've talked about you both a lot, with Grace being a telepath and you being... you... I guess she felt like she knew you." Stefan lied smoothly "So why'd you come by?"
"It way... it was a mistake." She replied
"... Elena, talk to me." Stefan looked at her with those deep puppy dog hazel eyes
"I can't. Stefan. I can't, and that's the problem, I'm keeping all these secrets from everyone. I can't even tell my best friend. Do you know how hard that is? It's like I need to talk to someone but the only person I can talk to is you... and..."
"You can talk to Grace." Stefan argued
"I know, but she's dealing with all her telepath stuff at the moment, I really hate to bother her, and she's also deal with Damon... she's on her back every five seconds."
"I'm trying to sort that out." Stefan admitted "I want you to know that I will always be here for you... You can come to me about anything, ok?"
"Well, thank you for coming by." Elena nodded at him
"Hey, do you need a ride to the Grill tonight?" Stefan asked politely
"Are you going to Caroline's party?" Elena sounded surprised
"Lexi's dragging me." He shrugged "and it's my birthday."
"Really?" She asked and he nodded "Well, happy birthday then."
"Thank you." Stefan nodded gratefully
"I... I think I'm gonna stay in tonight."
"well have... have a good night." He told her sincerely
Damon looked over and saw Grace flirting with one of the waiters, he walked over and compelled the guy to leave
"Leave. Now." He growled and the guy did
"What are you doing?" Grace asked slapping his chest
Damon shrugged "Having fun."
"You call that fun?" She asked "You need to get out more."
"Every guy you flirt with tonight is going to get that, just so you know." Damon grinned his eyes flashing with delight
"God." Grace hissed stamping her foot on the hard wood floor "Why are you doing this?"
"Until you admit you actually wanted to kiss me, that's going to happen." Damon looked into her deep chocolate brown eyes
"I really don't get you." She walked away from him
"Bonnie, I've been looking for you." Caroline grinned hugging the olive toned girl pulling her away from a group of her friends "I'm totally sorry to do this, I know it's so Indian giver, and I know we're totally not even suppose to say that anymore." The blonde babbled on "but I need my crystal back." She eyed the Amber Pendant hanging around the young witches neck
"Why?" Bonnie asked "You said you hated it."
"Then I saw on you and I realised how great it is, and I've got three outfit I can coordinate it with so..." She looked at her hopeful
"I can't give it back to you." Bonnie replied
"Well, I didn't want to tell you this but I'm your friend, when you wear the necklace it makes you look fat." Caroline made a low blow but Bonnie was unfazed "There I said it, but it's because I'm your friend so..."
"I'm sorry, Caroline, I can't." Bonnie shrugged
"What do you mean you can't?" Caroline lost her temper "Bonnie it's mine."
"I thought you said it was Damon's." Bonnie looked at the blonde with suspicion
"It is." She replied flustered
"So he's the one who really wants it back." Bonnie guessed right
"No, maybe, just." She attempted to snatch the pendant from her neck but was shocked and pulled her hand back straight away "Are you wearing polyester?"
"You were really going to pull it from my neck?" Bonnie hissed "What the hell is wrong with you?" She shook her head walking around the blonde
"Argh!" Caroline hissed before walking away too
Stefan walked into the Grill and looked around when suddenly he saw Matt walked past him, he hadn't given a chance for Stefan to explain and now that's all Stefan wanted to do
"Matt." He called and Matt turned unwillingly "Just hear me out please." he looked at him hopeful and smiled as Matt continued to stand in front of him "I was just trying to help Vicki." He explained "I went through something similar once, I'm really sorry."
"Don't be." Matt shrugged "It's no the first time she's run off. Turns out Vicki's like her mother; I can't count of wither of them. Thank for trying." Matt patted his shoulder before walking away
Caroline was walking around the Grill at her wits end, she was trying to come up with a plan to trying and get the necklace back but couldn't seem to think of one
"Where is it?" Damon's voice came from behind her and startled her
"Bonnie won't give it to me." She explained
"So rip it off her neck." Damon replied
"I tried." She looked up at him "It shocked me."
"Damn it!" Damon hissed "Why does it do that? I need that crystal."
"Why are you being like this?" Caroline asked frightened "I'm so good to you and I'd do anything." She played with the buttons on his shirt "It's just some stupid necklace."
"No." He pushed her hands away "You are the only stupid thing here, and shallow, and useless." He walked away leaving her standing there
Lexi was dancing against Stefan, but Stefan was refusing to make a fool of himself dancing in front of a load of his school friends, but soon he started to dance too
"Woo." Grace giggled dancing over "Love it, Stefan Salvatore, Dancing."
"You don't even know what this boy is capable of." Lexi laughed "We haven't officially met, I'm Lexi, you're the one Damon is obsessed with."
"I go by Grace." Grace gave her a look "And obsessed is a little much."
"you be surprised when it comes to Vampires." She grinned dancing with the young telepath "So where's your friend?"
"She couldn't make it." Grace shrugged
"Ah, that sucks I really wanted to get to know her, I feel as if we got off on the wrong foot." Lexi gave Grace a lopsided smile
"Elena isn't one to hold a grudge." Grace informed the blonde "So why are you in town?"
"This one's B-Day." Lexi jerked her thumb behind her referring to Stefan
"No way!" Grace laughed "Happy Birthday." Grace shouted to Stefan
Damon walked from the Grill to get some air, his supernatural hearing was picking up some talking from a nearby ally way, this was maybe his chance. He walked towards where the noise was coming from and saw two teens kissing in the ally, he smirked and appeared down their next to them savagely biting into the boys neck, the girl erupted into terrified screams until Damon caught her eye line and started to compel her.
Meanwhile Grace was sitting at the bar when she was joined by someone, she looked around to see a familiar brunette, jumping down off the bar stool she threw her arms around Elena
"Hey!" Grace giggled
"Have you been drinking?" Elena asked looking into Grace's eyes
"no, it's just really good to see you here." She informed her best friend
"Where is Stefan?"
"Playing pool with Lexi." Grace replied looking over in the direction of a joky Stefan and a Happy-go-lucky Lexi
"They seem happy." Elena's eyes went back to the telepath
"Jealous?" Grace asked
"Stefan smiles, alert the media." A Dark voice came from behind them
"You have really given him much to be happy about lately." Grace countered the older Salvatore brother
"No you're right." Damon nodded "Poor Stefan, persecuted throughout eternity by this depraved brother; does it get tiring being so righteous?"
"You'll find it flares up in the presences of psychopaths trying to spoil my good time." Grace glared
"Ouch!" Damon rested his hand on his no longer beating heart "Consider this psychopath's feelings hurt." he joked
"What did you do to my brother?" Elena interrupted their games
"I'm gonna need a less vague question." Damon turned to look at the other brunette
"When you did what you did to Jeremy's memory of Vicki, what else did you do to him?" Elena questioned
"You asked me to take away his memory of the fangs and the..." He made a growling noise "and the bad stuff. You wanted me to take away his suffering."
"But he's acting different, he seems ok with everything and a little too ok. I mean he's studying; he's not doing drugs; he's not drinking; are you sure you didn't do anything else?"
"Elena, I took away his suffering." Damon replied his voice cold and dark
Bonnie walked on her way to the ladies when her blonde friend bumped into her, she looked upset and distant and had to stop her from actually walking away without saying a word to her, which was very unlike Caroline.
"Caroline." The witch looked at her concerned
"Don't talk to me." Caroline scolded
"Don't do that, let me explain." Bonnie tried to take her hand, but Caroline snatched it away
"What is there to explain, Bonnie? You got what you wanted... and something that doesn't even belong to you by the way, and I get called a shallow, useless waste of space." tears stung Caroline's eyes
"Who said that to you?" Bonnie asked
"Who do you think?" Caroline's voice broke
"You know that's not true. Don't let him treat you like that." Bonnie tried to find Caroline's fighting side
"as opposed to how my best friend treats me." Caroline scoffed before walking away from her
Outside in the cold air of the night a police cruiser was making it's usual rounds outside of the Grill to check everything was ok, when suddenly the cop in the car heard a cry for help coming from a small dark ally at the side of the Grill. As he got out he pulled his flash light with him and shone it down the narrow passage, he saw a distressed young girl and a young boy whom was covered in blood.
Meanwhile inside the Grill Lexi had too found her way to the bar and she was ordering some drinks for herself, when she saw Grace and Elena, waving at them the telepath was the only one to wave back at the Vampire
"Four shots of tequila." Lexi ordered
"I need to see some ID." The Bartender replied doing his job
"No you don't." Lexi started to compel him
"That'll be..."
"Free!" Lexi's eye lit up
"On the house." The man replied with a grin
"Thanks." Lexi picked the four shot glass' up and carried them over to Grace "Two for you, one for you, one for me." Two for Grace, one for Elena, one for Lexi "The famous Elena."
"Towel girl." Elena eyed her mysteriously
"I've been called worse." Lexi shrugged
"Damn, me too." Grace replied doing one shot
"I need know you guys could drink." Elena looked at Lexi surprised
"oh yeah, it helps to curb the cravings, but makes for a lot of lush vampires." Lexi joked doing her shot
"I've never seen Stefan drunk, he always seems so..."
"Uptight." Lexi guessed
Elena nodded with a laugh "But now with you."
"Well that's the benefit for knowing someone for over a hundred years. You can just be yourself." Lexi shrugged "You two must feel like you've know each other for a hundred years, huh? I hear you're close."
"Never had a fight." Elena elbowed her friend
"Very true." Grace nodded
"Why can't Stefan be himself with me?" Elena questioned his closest friend
"Not yet." Lexi shook her head from side to side "The first steps telling you, the rest will come with time."
"You seem so sure." Elena looked at the blonde with surprise
"The love of my life was human." Lexi explained "He went through what I imagine you;re going through: denial, anger, etcetera... but at the end of the day, love really did conquer all." She looked down at the tequila shot Elena was ignoring "Are you gonna drink that?" She asked
"Go for it." Elena laughed before sobering up "I'm scared." She admitted
"But you're here." Lexi smiled at the brunette "because you are crazy about him, I get it ok? I mean what's not to love." The three girls glanced over at Stefan was was still playing pool "When it's real, you can't walk away." Lexi went to leave
"Hey, Lexi, it' has been nice meeting you." Elena smiled sincerely
Lexi returned a smile to both the brunettes before making her way through the crowd to a waiting Stefan he gave her a look
"Yep, I drank yours, sorry." The blonde laughed
Smiling Stefan replied "Thank you."
Lexi laughed rolling her bright blue eyes "You we're suppose to be listening..." She then saw his facial expression "I was feeling epic, whatever."
Back outside the Sheriff had now turned up to access the situation, she was telling her officers what to do and how they were going to deal with this death
"Keep this contained." She ordered
"That's not all." The officer that had discovered the body announced before he shone the torch light at the sobbing, whimpering girl
"Hey, hey." The sheriff knelt down to the girls level "Did you see who did this?" She asked and the petrified girl nodded "Tell me everything you saw."
"Go over to him." Grace budged Elena "You can't stay mad at that face, huh."
"Fine." Elena walked over to Stefan with a smiled on her face "Hi!"
"Hey, you came." Stefan looked pleasantly surprised
"I couldn't miss your hundredth and... whatever birthday." She giggled not knowing his real age
"Can I interest you in a drink?" Lexi asked Grace who was standing on her own "I have a few questions for your boyfriend."
"My who?" Grace asked confused as she got pulled away
Caroline had been treating herself to a fair few alcoholic beverages, she was stumbling around the party when she saw Matt's table, wandering over she accidentally stumbled straight into it almost knocking a few drinks over
"Oh hey." Matt laughed
"I slim – I'm slipped." She slurred "I slipped." She corrected herself a third time
"Hammered, huh?" Matt knew the truth
"well... a very nice but not handsome bartender was very kind to me tonight." She explained "unlike the rest of the global human-verse." She pouted mixing up her words before she saw food on the table in front of her "Oh, are those curly fries." She grabbed a handful
Matt turned to his friend that he had been talking to "Coffee for the drunk girl." He ordered and Caroline replaced his friend continuing to eat "Bad night, huh?" He guessed
"Baddest." She replied "Am I shallow?" She asked
"Is that a trick question?" Matt smirked
"I don't mean to be." She complained aloud "I wanna be deep, I wanna be, like... the abyss deep."
"No offence, Care, but deep's not really your scene." Matt put it to her as nicely as he could, he didn't want a crying drunk girl in his hands
"Then it's true." She explained "I'm shallow I am worse than shallow, I'm a kiddie pool!"
"You're not a kiddie pool." Matt patted her hands "You're not a kiddie pool." He repeated trying to assure her
"Can I just go home?" She asked feeling suddenly too tired and depressed to party
"I'll take you home, c'mon." He stood up lifting her up too "She's alright; hold still, hold still."
As Matt was leading a extremely drunk Caroline from the building he saw Sheriff Forbes standing in front of him, gulping deeply he looked straight up at the Sheriff
"What happened is she ok?" Sheriff Forbes asked concerned
"Like you care." Caroline sneered
"She's drunk?" The Sheriff's jaw dropped open
"As a skunk." Caroline snorted
"Are they serving you in there?" Sheriff Forbes asked
"I'll take her home, it's on my way." Matt explained "I haven't been drinking."
Sheriff Forbes nodded before replying "I would appreciate that, Matt, thank you." before she turned with scorn to her only daughter "you and I will discuss this later."
"Can't wait." She replied carelessly
As soon as Caroline and Matt were out of ear shot, Sheriff Forbes turned to her officers and gave them a look of seriousness
"Don't let anybody else leave." She ordered
Lexi pulled Grace over to where Damon was sitting at the bar, he could hear the brunettes signature laugh before she arrived anywhere near him, grinning he turned to look at her
"And what do I owe this pleasure?" Damon asked looking directly at the telepath
"drinks." Grace placed them down on the bar
"The shots and this girl are bribes." Lexi explained :I need you to answer a question."
"So you're saying if I answer this single question, I get Grace?"
"No." Grace protested
"Yes." Lexi replied
"Lexi." Grace looked at her
"Do you think I'm that heartless to just let Damon take you?" Lexi asked in her head knowing Grace was a telepath "Just go alone with it."
"Fine." The brunette crossed her arms over her chest in defeat
"What are you really doing in Mystic Falls?" Lexi demanded
"Have you tried the Brittle, it wins awards." Damon changed subjects
"Cut the crap." Lexi hissed
"Ok." Damon ran his eyes up and down Grace's body "I have a diabolical master plan." He took a shot
"What is it?" Lexi asked
"If I told you it would be very diabolical,would it?" He smirked
Across the other side of the bar Sheriff Forbes walked in with the still terrified girl by her side, as soon as the girl answered one question she would be lead straight back out for her own safety
"Look around let my know if you see him." Sheriff Forbes lowered her voice
The girl look around the crowded Grill and saw them all sitting there, pointing in their direction to scared to raise her voice, as soon as Sheriff Forbes saw the three she knew whom she had to take down.
After removing the girl from the premises she stalked across the room a Vervain injection ready in her hand, as she reached them she stabbed it into the blondes arm and looked directly at the blue eyed boy
"What are you doing?" Damon acted surprised
"What the..." Grace jumped back from the Sheriff to be caught by Damon
"Thank you for the Vervain; now if you'll excuse me." Sheriff Forbes for her officers to carry a unconscious Lexi from the room
"You did this." Grace hissed at the raven haired boy "You knew that they would come after her-" Damon quickly covered the hysterical girls mouth
"Grace, I did it for the right reasons." He explained quickly seeing Stefan running across the room towards where Lexi was being taken away "I have to go."
"Good." Grace hissed looking over at Stefan and Elena
"Don't go out there." He warned
As the officers were carrying Lexi to the police car she suddenly reanimates and throws both of the full grown men off her, turning to the woman that had attempted to kill her she looked on with death in her eyes, the Sheriff pulled out her revolver that had been customised with wooden bullets for situations like this, firing one shot clean into her chest Lexi was knocked back, but overall it didn't effect her, another shot nothing, and another.
Lexi was getting pretty close to the Sheriff whom was by now getting extremely fearful of the strong Vampire coming her way, out of no where Damon was in front of Lexi pushing a stake into her heart, ending her.
Stefan and Elena had been watching the whole thing from the sidelines, when he saw the stake push into Lexi's heart he almost felt it too, they were like brother and sister after all, almost family... and now she was gone too.
Damon turned to face the Sheriff before asking "are you ok?"
"Thank you." She nodded gratefully "Get her in the car quick."
After getting Lexi in the of the police car, Sheriff Forbes then went into the Grill to pursue the bartender that had been serving minors
"Lady, I checked everyone's ID." The bartender attempted to explain
"Yeah, apparently you didn't." She Forbes glared as she lead him out of the building placing him in another police cruiser and walking over to Damon "You're pretty handy with that stake."
"It just..." Damon couldn't explain how he knew "reflex." he lied "I guess the adrenaline kicked in."
"This nightmare is finally over..." Sheriff Forbes whispered with relief
"Yeah, call it a lucky break with that witness, without her you wouldn't have been able to ID the Vampire." Damon shrugged
"We're lucky." Sheriff Forbes confirmed "well, thank you again."
"You're welcome." Damon replied with his famous smile
Meanwhile, Matt carried Caroline into her large bedroom laying her down on the double bed, she groaned as she felt the soft material against her back
"You gonna be ok?" Matt asked concerned
"No." Caroline replied "Do you ever feel like there's not a person in the world that loves you?"
"Life can be a little rough." Matt knew all too well since he had been dealing with losing his sister lately
"I just wish..." She couldn't finish
"What?" Matt asked encouraging her
"Wish that life was... different." She chose her words carefully
"Yeah, me too." Matt agreed turning to leave
"please... don't leave me alone." Caroline's voice broke as she called out into the darkness of the room
Hesitating Matt sighed heavily climbing in the bed next to Caroline, he wasn't sure when Sheriff Forbes would be getting home, and he hoped she wouldn't catch him in bed with her daughter, but soon the awkwardness of the moment drifted away as Matt fell into unconsciousness
Outside the grill Stefan stood there angry, his brother had killed his best friend, Damon was going to pay this time...
"Stefan, wait." Elena called
"What's going on?" Grace asked walking over "What's happened out here?"
"He killed her." Stefan growled "He killed Zach; he killed Tanner; he turned Vicki; I have to kill him!" Stefan announced
"Damon killed..." Grace covered her mouth "no, Stefan, you can't do that."
"Why are you trying to save him? Grace, he's not going to change! Don't you see that? He's not going to change!" Stefan snapped at the young telepath
"She's not trying to save him." Elena stepped in front of the small girl "She's trying to save you! I'm trying to save you! You have no idea what this will do yo you, please, Stefan." Elena begged
"Everywhere I've been, pain and death follow; Damon follows me. No more." Stefan confirmed
"Stefan, please." Grace whispered
"Stefan, please talk to me." Elena took his hands "Let me be here for you. Talk to me!"
"No." Stefan took his hands back "You were right to stay away from me, Elena, both of you should." Stefan added before leaving just a brush of wind as he ran off
Damon was walking around the study in the Salvatore Boarding house with a whisky in one hand, he was expecting his younger brother any minute now... and right on cue Stefan walked through the door
"Told you I'd take care of it." Damon smirked
Running at his older, stronger brother Stefan attacked him, but all the human blood in the world wasn't going to stop Stefan's vengeance, this time Damon had gone too far, but something happened inside of Stefan which told him, no, you can't kill your brother... yet the anger boiled so furiously he was torn.
Pinning Damon against a wall holding him there with all his strength whilst holding a well hidden stake him his hands
"Come on, I did this for you." Damon announced trying to help himself "To get them off our trail."
"You never do anything for anyone but yourself!" Stefan growled threw a locked jaw before stabbing the stake just below Damon's cold heart
Shocked Damon stated "You missed."
"No." Stefan shook his head "You saved my life, I'm sparing yours." he announced evening the playing field "we're even, and now we're done."
"You were trying to protect him." Elena announced to Grace as they arrived at the Gilbert house
"Huh?" Grace looked up quickly "no, I have protecting you by trying not to get Stefan to kill Damon... there's a difference."
A/N
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