Twisted Love
Season One
Fool Me Once
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries Characters, I only own Grace :)
Elena woke up and her head was hurting, she glanced around and took note that she was in a motel room all alone, except for the man sitting opposite her on a chair fast asleep.
She knew who this man was, it was Ben McKittrick, Bonnie went out on a date with him the night before... This was when the brunette began to panic, was her witch best friend Bonnie alright? Was her small telepathic twin Grace alright?
Getting up almost silently from the bed she knew if she could leave and try and find Stefan or Damon that she could come back and help her friends. Stepping over Ben's feet she went to the door and gently slid the deadlock across, then she twisted the lock before she head a husky voice
"I wouldn't." Ben breathed attempting to compel her "Don't try to escape. Don't even try to move. Do you understand?"
"I understand." Elena played along
Ben nodded thinking he had successfully managed to compel a human into not moving, he turned going to get a celebratory drink from the mini fridge when he heard the door unlock and saw Elena try to escape.
The next thing he new Elena stepped back and Anna walked in the room with a face like thunder directed at him
"Seriously?" Anna growled as she caught hold of a squirming Elena
"I told her not to move! I did that eye thing you taught me!" Ben attempted to reason with the older Vampire
"And forgot the lesson about Vervain! She dates a Vampire, Ben. Duh!" She steered Elena towards the motel room bathroom opening the door
"Who are you? What do you want?" Elena asked "Where is Grace?"
"Does it matter?" Anna forced the brunette into the bathroom closing the door and locking it shut from the outside
She looked around and saw her olive toned friend in the bathtub out cold and Grace was on the floor by the sink
"Oh my God! Grace." Elena attempted to wake her "Bonnie! Wake up." The awake human then ran over to the witch attempting to wake her too
"Anna took Elena." Stefan stated as he walked into the library in the Salvatore Boarding House where Damon was reading Emily's grimoire
"Yeah, I got that from you 600 voicemails." Damon rolled his eyes continuing to read
"Damon, all night long, every street in town, I've been searching..." Stefan paused knowing that using Elena wasn't going to help his case "They have Grace, too." He noticed that Damon looked up for a split second before trying to concentrate on the grimoire again "What if your blood hasn't passed out of her system?"
"Well then at least you'll see her again." Damon grinned evilly "Not sure we can say the same for Elena..."
"Damon, please. You were with Anna, you must know where she is living... Just tell me where I can find them." Stefan basically begged
"Nope." Damon popped the 'p' "You can go now. Really."
"You know, all I can remember is hating you... There might have been a time when that was different, but your choices have erased anything good about you. But see, I know you have just as much reason to hate me. This all began with me. Fayth got taken away from you because of me. And I'm sorry." Stefan took full responsibility
"Apology accepted." Damon almost smiled kindly as he flicked further into Emily's grimoire
"So please, just tell me what you know. This is Grace we're talking about, Damon." He reminded him making Damon flinch at the name "If you know something, tell me."
"I mean this sincerely – I hope Grace dies." Damon replied flatly before leaving the room
Grace had woken up by the time Elena was trying to wake Bonnie up, she was still knocked out in the bathtub, Grace leant against it and Elena dabbed her forehead with a wet hand towel, this successfully woke the witch up
"Elena? Grace?" The witch noticed the telepath sitting there too
"You're ok." Elena breathed
"I hurt." She complained "Oh my God! Ben's a-"
Elena shhed Bonnie of saying anything more as Ben and Anna would be able to hear them speaking, she got up and turned on the tap to the sink so that they could talk normally
"I'm so stupid." She groaned
"He had all of us fooled." Grace told her
"What's going on? Why are we all here?" Bonnie asked confused
"It must have something to do with the tomb and Emily's spell book..." Grace shrugged
"Spell book?" Bonnie questioned the telepath
"Damon said that it could be used to open the tomb." Elena informed her
"Why don't I know about any of this?" The witch looked at the two brunettes, and Grace glanced over at Elena who sighed heavily
"I was trying to keep you out of it, hoping it would never come to this..." Elena leant back against the wall
"Come to what?" Bonnie asked again
"They need a witch to break the spell and let the Vampires out." Elena explained
"No way!" Bonnie growled
"I know –." Elena nodded
The door suddenly burst open and Ben is standing there looking annoyed, Grace and Elena both protectively cover Bonnie from him whilst he turns of the tap for the sink
"You're wasting your time." Bonnie glared "I'm not going to help you."
Ben sauntered over and grabbed the telepath and the human "That's why they're here, motivation for you to behave..." Ben leaned close to Bonnie "You know, you shouldn't be so desperate... you made it too easy." Bonnie continued to glare at the Vampire as he turned to the other girls "She wants to talk to you both." Ben pushed Elena and Grace into the main room of the motel and he shut the door behind them
"Well, well." Anna grinned at them both "Elena and Grace Gilbert... you really are Fayth and Katherine's doppelgängers." She smirked "You must both have the Salvatore boys reeling."
"Who are you?" Elena asked
"She's Anna." Grace replied knowingly
"Grace broke into here yesterday with Damon." Anna explained "I'm surprised you don't know me... I'm basically dating your brother." she smiled menacingly
Jeremy is sitting in the Grill doing some school work whilst Tyler is playing a game of pool whilst talking to Matt who was trying to work
"Ten kegs? You know how much damage we could do with ten kegs?" Tyler asked his best friend "Duke's got it all hooked up..."
"Duke's a douche." Matt reminded him
"Yeah, a douche with ten kegs." Tyler reasoned "A.K.A, my new best friend." This made Jeremy scoff from where he was sitting "What's the problem, Gilbert?"
"Don't have one, Lockwood." Jeremy replied not even looking up
"Yeah, I didn't think so." Tyler replied looking at Matt
"You ever get bored of it?" Matt asked
"Of what?" Tyler asked
"Yourself." Matt replied sharply before leaving, this statement made Jeremy laugh again
"Keep laughing, buddy." Tyler glared at the younger boy
"Hey, Jeremy." Caroline walked over to him "Where is Elena? I've been texting her, Grace and Bonnie all day about Duke's party." She informed him
"Uh, she went somewhere with Stefan..." Jeremy replied
"I am so not going to be one of those girls who disappears just because she has a new boyfriend." The blonde stated proudly
"Who is Duke?" The brunette boy finally asked
"His real name is Bob or something... He's a total ass. But he buys the beer. Maybe you should come." Caroline smiled kindly
"Uh, yeah – I don't think so." Jeremy shook his head
"No, seriously. Everyone goes. Even quiet loner little brothers." She ruffed the Gilbert boys hair teasingly "Think about it." She called as she walked over to her man "Hey!"
"Hey." Matt grinned
"So, I have a speech. It is fully scripted and well rehearsed. Are you ready for it?" Caroline questioned the blond boy
"You wrote a speech?" Matt smirked
"Yes. It's a 'you kissed me and I don't way things to be weird' speech. It's pre-emptive." She explained
"Pre-emptive." He smirked nodding
"You, you know, in case you were having second thoughts or regrets or were, like, ooged out-"
"ooged out, huh?" Matt teased
"Can I just get on with the speech part?" The blonde girl questioned
"Yeah, go for it." Matt nodded getting comfortable
"So I know that you don't think that this is going to work out between us. I just want to let you know that right here and right now, I'm offering you an out. Like a escape clause." She explained to him
"Why are you giving me an escape clause?" Matt questioned
"I don't want to make assumptions about what it is we are going here." Caroline replied
"Got it." Matt nodded
"So, if you would like to exercise it, just let me know." She smiled at him
"I'm good, but thanks." Matt chuckled
"Ok. Good." She nodded awkwardly
"Yeah." He replied making the situation even more awkward
"So... See you for Duke's tonight?" She asked
"Yeah." Matt nodded as she walked away
Damon walked up to Bonnie's Grams house, he was going to find Bonnie so that she would be able to open the tomb for him.
"Yes?" Sheila asked as she opened the door
"Hi there... I'm looking for Bonnie." Damon stated
"She's not here." Sheila replied her eyes narrowing on Damon
"Oh, do you know when she will be-" He was cut off
"Never." She spat
"You have quite an opinion for someone who doesn't know me." Damon now narrow his eyes
"You got some nerve knocking on a Bennett witch's door and asking her for anything." Sheila stated knowing all about Damon and what he had done
"What'd I do?" Damon played dumb
"Spirits talk, Mr. Salvatore, and so does my Granddaughter. You are no friend to us. Now get off my porch." She hissed
"Step outside and say that." Damon tested her
Sheila smiled once and stepped outside her door so she was standing right in front of the murderous Vampire, she then narrow her eyes again and Damon felt an burning sensation begin in his brain as he flinched away from her
"I am not Bonnie. You do not want to mess you me." Sheila stated
Anna is glancing out of the window looking up at the bright sun as Grace and Elena continued to stare at her, waiting to see what she was going to do next
"Bonnie's not going to open that tomb." Grace stated
"Oh, I think she will." Anna grinned at the telepath
"Do you really want Fayth out that bad?" Elena asked
"Trust me no one I knows wants to see that girl again. I doubt even her sister wants to see her again. Well, everyone except Damon, the lovestruck idiot." Anna rolled her eyes
"Then what is it?" Elena asked
"Who is it?" Grace tilted her head at the Vampire knowing she was hiding something
"My mother's in there. Katherine and Fayth couldn't help themselves. They just had to mess with the Salvatore brothers. And when they caught caught, so did my mother. I watched Jonathan Gilbert take her away." Anna told them her eyes narrowing
"I'm sorry." Elena whispered
"You really mean that, don't you?" Anna questioned and Elena nodded "Yeah, I think we'll skip the dead mom bonding so you can start serving a purpose."
"Which is what?" Grace asked
"Leverage. This belongs to you." Anna replied with Elena's blackberry and she tried to grab it but Anna took it back "ah, ah." she dialled a number holding it to her ear
"Elena, are you ok?" They could hear Stefan
"She's fine, for now. Tell me you have the grimoire and they'll both stay find." Anna looked over at the twins
"I can get it." Stefan tells her
"Which means your brother has it." Anna looked at Grace "And I have the witch. So one of you had better meet me in a very public town square in 30 minutes so we can safely discuss how fund it doesn't to be working together." Anna grinned before ending the call
Stefan looked down at his phone as Anna ended the call before turning and see his brother had been listening to the whole conversation
"Go ahead grovel again. Oh, no, wait... I don't care." The blue eyed monster growled before walking away
"I'm leaving." Anna stated as she banged on the bathroom door to alert Ben as he walked out pulling Bonnie with him, she pushed her down on the bed next to Elena and Grace too "Keep them buttoned down. Compulsion won't work. Just use violence." Anna grinned before leaving the room
"Right. I got that. Sit. Behave. You're the key to this, literally. The one who opens the door. Tell me, how long have you been a witch?" Ben asked Bonnie
"Heidi left." Grace told Elena as she stared blankly at the hall behind Ben
"What?" Elena looked at her twin "What do you mean?"
"She left... Just went off into the night, leaving me my parents money and a note." Grace replied tears beginning to sting her eyes "I drove her away, this is all my fault."
"Grace, no." Elena soothed her "It's alright, everything is going to be alright."
"Why does he hate me?" Grace asked her voice cracking "I did nothing wrong to him, I even saved his life once! And he tries to kill me. I just – I just want him to be gone now."
"Who?" Elena asked now confused at where the conversation was going
"Stop talking." Ben ordered the twins "You're both so annoying."
"Dick." Grace murmured
"What did you say to me?" Ben growled
"I said, do you have any drink?" Grace glanced a look at Bonnie
"Pass me the drink when you're done." Bonnie spoke in her head to Grace
"Are you offering?" Ben hissed at the telepath who covered her neck protectively "There's water on the nightstand." He nodded his head to the nightstand behind her
Grace reached back and grabbed the glass with her small shaking hand and took a small sip from it before looking at Bonnie
"Can I have a sip?" Bonnie asked
Grace nodded as she passed the glass to Bonnie, Ben watched from where he was standing suddenly Bonnie threw the water at him and it exploded into fire as it hit his body.
Grace and Bonnie managed to get out of the door but Elena was captured as Ben managed to put out the fire that was on his body, he held the human tightly in his iron grip
"Come back in and shut the door!" Ben ordered
"Don't hurt her." Bonnie whispered as her and Grace shuffled back in the room
"Don't make me." He growled at the two "Lock the door." Bonnie flicked the lock on the door
Anna was walking through the park when she heard someone calling her name, she looked over at the bench she was meant to be at, then she looked back to Jeremy who made his way over to her as he was just leaving the grill
"Where did you go last night?" Jeremy asked
"Sorry, I had to leave." Anna apologised "I told your sister to tell you."
"Oh, I haven't seen her." Jeremy shrugged
"Well, I got to run, so –." She was about to walk away
"Hey, do you want to go to this party tonight?" The human boy questioned
"Do I what?" Anna shook her head trying to focus on what the boy was saying
"The guy that's throwing it is a total douce, but it's, uh, it's supposed to be fun." He explained "I figured, you know, safety in numbers." He smirked
She giggled "So you're finally ready to go out with me, are you?"
"It's been a while since I've been to a party, and I kind of want to get back out there and not be such a loner. And, uh, I like you. You're fun, and you're also kind of strange and lurky, but I guess I like that, too. So, yeah, you should come to the party. With me. It's in that old cemetery." He explained the location to her
"Oh. It's there." She grinned "That sounds cool. Uh, I'll meet you." She told him as she wandered over tot he bench
"Oh-ok! Great! Cool! Ok." Jeremy nodded as he walked the opposite direction away from her
Anna was sitting there for a couple of seconds when a raven haired younger vampire with icy blue orbs was sitting next to her
"Got a hot date, or are you planning on nabbing the entire Gilbert family?" Damon questioned
"A party, right next to the old cemetery. Isn't that nice of them? Lots of warm bodies for starving Vampires." Anna grinned
"I told you. I work alone." Damon spat
"Yeah, so do I." Anna replied quickly "But you're minus a witch and I'm minus a spell book... So what do you say?"
"Stefan will come after you, you know that. For messing with Elena." Damon explained
"Why are you coming after me for the other one? Grace." Anna reminded him "What has she done that is so bad that you don't want to rip my head off to save her life?"
"I love Fayth, I don't have time for other women." Damon replied bluntly
"Oh, well." She stood up "You won't be too mad when I kill her when I don't get what I want." she began to walk away
"When do you want to do this?" Damon asked quickly
"God, it's like 1864 all over again." She laughed turning back to him "You Salvatore's are truly pathetic when it comes to women." She smirked "Tonight. After sundown. Meet at the church."
Grace, Elena and Bonnie were all huddled on the same bed whilst Ben stalked around them like they were his prey.
"Witches don't have eternal life, right? So you guys can die." Ben stated to Bonnie
"Yeah, we can die." Bonnie replied mournfully
"Ah! That sucks." Ben smirked
Suddenly the door burst open, Ben yelled as it began to burn his skin, Stefan walked in and pulled the curtains back making sure Ben had to hid completely so that he wasn't burnt to death
"Stefan!" Elena announced happily
"Get outside." The older vampire ordered the three girls and they quickly obeyed, he then walked over to Ben "When the sun goes down, leave town. If I ever see you again, I will kill you." Stefan threatened calmly before following the girls
Grace, Elena and Stefan sat in the living whilst Bonnie was in the dinning room talking to her Grams
"What were you talking about earlier?" Elena looked at Grace
"When?" Grace asked
"When you said that he tried to kill you, but you saved his life..." Elena looked confused
"It's just Damon... I'm done with it all."
"But, Grace–." Elena started
"But nothing." Grace shook her head "I want him to take Fayth and leave, I'm fed up with all his games."
Stefan nodded at the young telepath understanding completely before the two with Elena walk into the dinning room to meet up with Sheila and Bonnie
"So what do we do now?" Elena questioned
"For now, you need to stay here." Stefan informed the four women
"A prisoner, in my own home? I don't think so." Sheila shook her head
"I can't protect you if you leave the house." Stefan warned the older woman
"We'll protect ourselves." Sheila stated
"We need to let him have Fayth back. He's not going to stop until he gets her. If we help him, maybe that ends it." Grace suggested from where she was standing next to her twin
"No!" Bonnie looked up at the telepath "He doesn't deserve to get what he wants."
"What other choice do we have?" Elena sighed agreeing with Grace
"Witches being pulled down by Vampire problems. As much as we tried to stay out of it... I'll open the tomb. You get you brother's girl, and destroy the rest with fire. Then this will all be over." Sheila announced
"We still have to get Damon to agree." Stefan looked at Grace and Elena
"He already agreed once." Grace shrugged
"Yeah, and then Elena and I double crossed him. So now he's angry. He tried to kill you once, Grace." Stefan told Grace like he needed to remind her
"He's hurt." Grace replied quickly ignoring his last comment "There's a difference. I think I know what I have to do."
Anna walked towards the hotel room that they were keeping the girls captive in when she saw that the door was open and the curtains were drawn. Quickly walking into the room she saw Ben cowering behind the bed
"You've got to be kidding me." Anna growled
"It was Stefan. There was nothing I could-" Ben was cut off by Anna's anger
"Shut up! Stoping talking." She ordered "Without the witch, we don't have Damon or the grimoire. Damon's not going to stop. He'll find a way to get in and we're going to be there when he does." Her angered face suddenly turned smug
Damon was standing in the library of the Salvatore Boarding house packing some books into a box when Grace walked in
"I'm going to have to change the locks." Damon stated turning to look at the small telepath "How did you stage a jailbreak?" He smirked
"Stefan." Grace replied sharply "Considering you weren't there."
"Oh, brother." Damon shook his head "Ever the white knight."
"Even after all this, I convinced Bonnie to help you." Grace told him placing her hands on her slim hips
"I doubt that." The older Vampire rolled his crystal blue eyes
"I'm waiting for an apology, because I didn't know, Damon. That is the God's honest truth. Neither Stefan or Elena told me that they were going after the grimoire... I was with you the whole day... How would I have know?" Grace asked tears pricking her eyes
"Not interested." Damon turned away from her
"You're a selfish ass..." Grace hissed tears threatening to fall "But despite everything you've done... I'm willing to forget it all for one apology."
"Why would I apologise to you?" Damon growled zipping over so that he was standing in front of her leaning down close to her face "Give me one good reason."
"Because you were wrong." She spat "I was lucky that today wasn't my last day as a living human... So that is why you should apologise."
Damon stared at her for a second, anger flashed in her eyes as he leaned down and brushed his lips against her shaking ones
"Sorry." He breathed before moving back to where he was standing before
"So... will you work with us?" Grace asked suddenly breathless
"Fool me once, shame on you..." He told her from the other side of the room
"When we were in Atlanta, why didn't you use your compulsion on me?" Grace questioned quietly
"Who's to say I didn't?" Damon wiggled his eye brows at are
Grace paused for a second, he was right, she had no proof that he didn't use it, but her gut feeling told her that he didn't, she just shook her head
"You didn't... I know you didn't, but you could have." Grace nodded "You and I... we have something..." She paused again "I'm not sure what it is... maybe an understanding, and I know that Elena and Stefan have hurt you with their betrayal, but, Damon, I'm going to promise you this right here and right now, I will help you get Fayth back." She nodded surely
"I wish I could believe you..." He whispered not looking at her
Slowly she unclipped her bracelet and placed it on the side "As me if I'm lying now, I've never lied to you before, why would I start now?" She asked
He took slow steps towards her "You know I wont by the way, no matter what I do." He stated only inches away from her
"Then we'll deal with it." Grace breathed as she took in the smell of his cologne looking up into his deep icy eyes
He reached over and grabbed the bracelet from the table slowly putting it back on her wrist, before trailing his finger tips up her arm, to her shoulder, stopping on her neck to feel her rushing pulse, then to cup her face in his hands
"I didn't compel you in Atlanta because we were having fun." He informed her "I wanted it to be real. I'm trusting you, for real this time. Don't make me regret it." He pleaded
They started to get all their things together before driving out to the cemetery where Duke's party was being held, the music was blaring and drunk teenagers were stumbling around everywhere.
"Ah, the Duke party, I forgot." She mumbled "I hope they stay clear of the church..."
"You're hope, not mine." He replied snidely and she glared up at him
"Grace, hey." Matt smiled at her as he walked over to the two
"Grace, oh my God, where have you been?" Caroline asked excitedly before placing her hand in Matt's hand, everyone look at it for a second
"Long story, no time to tell it." Damon replied bluntly before placing his hands on Grace's waist trying to move her on, but she stuck where she was, he looked down at her pressing himself firmly against her back "We have to go."
"I wasn't talking to you." Caroline hissed
"Sure you were." Damon smirked at the blonde
"I'm Matt, we haven't met." Matt held out his hands
"Matt, there's a reason we haven't met." Damon replied his voice low as he grabbed her waist tightly pulling her through the crowd "You and I are going that way."
"I'm sorry, you guys." Grace called over her shoulder "Damon, that was rude."
"When your tying to open a tomb, there is no time for politeness." He replied with s smirk before they arrived to where Elena, Stefan, Sheila and Bonnie were all standing
"Brother, Witches." Damon greeted them all
"Everything ok?" Elena asked Grace
"I just want to get this over with... Are we ready?" She looked towards the two witches
"I guess so." Bonnie shrugged
Jeremy was walking through Duke's party when Tyler came over to him, trying to act all nice
"Hey, man." Tyler smiled "You got any weed?"
"Wait, you're kidding me, right?" Jeremy asked in disbelief "You act like a total dick every time we cross paths, and now you want to party with me?"
"Lighten up, Gilbert, I'm just asking a question." Tyler covered for himself
"I don't get you, man." Jeremy hissed
"It's a party." Tyler stated "You're a partier, ok? There's no need to psychoanalyse it."
"I don't party anymore. And even if I did, it wouldn't be with you." Jeremy spat
"No problem." Tyler held his hands up "Carry on just standing there, by yourself, all alone. The enemy of fun. Do you even have any friends?" Tyler asked going for a low blow, before walking back to where the party was happening
Jeremy stood there for a while until Anna appeared next to him, he'd never been more happy to see his cute stalker friend
"Thank God." Jeremy grinned
"Weird hello, but ok. What's the matter?" She questioned curiously to the sudden change of heart of actually wanting to see her
"Uh, nothing." he lied "Nothing, just... nothing."
"Come on, let's walk." Anna smiled at him
Sheila and Bonnie stood in the middle of the room surround by three unlit torches. Damon, Stefan, Grace and Elena stood on the outside of the circle watching in
"Air." Sheila lit the first torch "Earth." She lit the second "Fire." She lit the third
"Water." Bonnie handed her Grandma the bottle
"That's it? Just water from the tap?" Grace smirked
"As opposed to what?" Sheila questioned spraying the water on the floor
"I just figured maybe it would have to be blessed, or mystical or something?" Grace looked at the older witch who was smiling at the young telepath
"You're just like Heidi, always looking into something." Sheila announced "Trying to find something magical in a normal thing."
"You call this normal?" Grace laughed "How many tombs to you open daily?" there was a long pause around the room "She's gone." Grace replied
"Gone, where?" Sheila replied
"Is now really the time for this?" Damon hissed at the two as he got a blood bag from a black bag on the floor
"What's that?" Stefan questioned
"It's for Fayth. Gotta have something to get her going. Unless my little telepath is offering a vein to tap." Damon glanced over at a frowning Grace "Admit it, you can't wait to get rid of me."
"I can't wait to get rid of you." Stefan replied
"Hmm." Damon smirked glancing over at Grace again
"We're ready." Bonnie announced
Anna and Jeremy were walking through the deep, dark woods, both holding each others hand, they could hear the party was now fairly far behind them, the music was more faint and the people were dark shadows
"This place is wild." Anna announced
"You kind of like dead people, huh?" Jeremy questioned
"I'm strange, remember?" She laughed "You ok?" She asked when she saw his pained expression
"Yeah, yeah. Uh... this place makes me think about someone..." He shrugged
"A dead someone?" Anna pried
"No, no, just... someone I used to know. So, uh, hey. We made it all of, what, 37 minutes in that party." He joked
"Not your scene?" Anna tilted her head
"No, I'm not really sure what my scene is anymore..." Jeremy argued
"Hmm." Anna mused
"So, what do you say? Want to be part of my non-scene?" He smirked
"I would happily be part of your non-scene, except, uh, I'm leaving." She told him with a sigh
"Wait, what?" Jeremy asked
"Yeah, my mom and I are moving away." She happy talking about her mom
"Oh, uh... that's – that's a bummer." he stated sadly
"Yeah?" Anna asked surprised he was saddened by her departure
"Well, yeah." Jeremy nodded at her
"Guess this is goodbye." She told him
"I guess it is." he moved closer and stole a kiss from her lips, she pulled back and turned away from him "Anna, your face!" He'd caught a glimpse of the deep veins and blood red eyes
"It's nothing." She replied hastily continuing to face away from him
"It didn't look like nothing." He replied before he was hit in the back of the head, he fell down to the floor unconscious from the blow
"You didn't have to hit him so hard." Anna told Ben
"Yes, I did." Ben smirked
"Grab him and let's go. I'm taking him to meet my mother." Anna grinned
Matt was leaning up against one of the trees, a beer in hand and Caroline no where to been seen. Tyler saw his best friend moping and decided to go over
"Hey, where's your date?" Tyler questioned
"Who knows." Matt shrugged taking a swig
"Ah, is the honeymoon over already." Tyler teased
"Maybe." Matt sighed
"After all that grief you gave me about liking her. I figured it would have lasted longer than give minutes." The black haired boy shook his head
"Look, I just – I don't know if I can do the whole public couple thing. She – she seems like she might be a little clingy." Matt remember earlier in front of Damon and Grace
"Well, good." Tyler nodded "I need my boy single anyway." He noticed Caroline walking towards them "oh, incoming." He stated trying to sober up in the presence of the blonde
"Hey. There you are." Caroline smiled at her man
"Here I am." Matt stated taking another swig of his drink
"Yeah, well, I'm not drunk enough, so I'm going to get another beer." Tyler told the two before leaving them
"So..." Caroline shrugged
"So." Matt matched her
"I have another speech." She announced
"Ok." Matt braced himself
"The hand thing with Grace and Damon, it was lame. Well, I was lame and, hey, it was just because of Damon and him being there, he was always such a jerk to e and I wanted to show off that I was with the good guy. So, anyway, I was lame. So... Forgive?" She looked at him with her best puppy dog eyes
"Yeah, of course." Matt smiled
Back to the tomb Bonnie and Sheila were holding hands chanting a spell in another language, it was unknown to the four onlookers.
"What is that?" Damon asked
"It sounds like Latin." Stefan stated
"I don't think it's Latin." Elena replied looking over at her twin who was silent "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, just my head hurts a little." Grace replied rubbing her temples
"She can hear them." Stefan whispered to Elena "They're screaming."
Bonnie and Sheila continued to speak their unknown language when suddenly the tomb door began to make odd noises
"What's happening?" Elena asked
"It worked." Bonnie exclaimed
"Of course it worked." Sheila grinned
"We have some fires to build." Damon looked at his younger brother
"I'm going to get the gasoline." Stefan kissed Elena's forehead "I'll be right back." He zipped from the room
"You ready?" Damon looked at the telepath who's head ache had now passed
"What?" Grace asked
"You think I'm going to go in there by myself." Damon grabbed her holding her by the door "So you can seal me in." He glanced at Sheila
"Don't take her in!" Sheila told him sternly "I'll bring the walls down."
"You'll bring the walls down if I don't... You think I trust you?" Damon spat
"As much as I trust you." Sheila glared
"Enough!" Grace told them no longer squirm in Damon's embrace "Both of you. Look, he needs leverage. He needs to know that you're not going to shut the door when he gets inside. I get it. I'll go." Grace nodded
"May I?" Damon smiled smugly grabbing a torch and leading Grace in the tomb
"Dark down there?" Ben questioned to Stefan who was collecting all the stuff he needed
"I thought I told you to leave." Stefan warned the young Vampire
"I considered it. Then I thought, screw you." Ben smirked
"Hey, hero." Anna stepped forward next to Ben "I'm going down there to get my mother."
"Can't let you do that." Stefan shook his head simply
"Well, Ben's about to make a main course out of Elena's little brother, so you can stop me or him. Your choice." Anna nodded
Damon pushed Grace in further his hand on her lower back rubbing it in small circles she tried to back out when they started to hear whispering
"What is that?" Grace asked
"They can sense you." Damon murmured in her ear about to let it go when she gripped his hand
"Damon, please don't leave me alone in here." She whispered
"Would I ever?" Damon smirked wrapping his arms around her body "Now, where is she?" he moved her further into the tomb
"Hey, you're not going in there." Elena told Anna as she walked to the entrance of the tomb
"You think you can stop me?" Anna questioned
"Elena." Sheila voice was full of warning
Anna took a glance at the three females before walking into the tomb as well, Elena looked at Bonnie who in turn looked at her Grandma
"Why did you let her go in!" Bonnie exclaimed
"Because she isn't coming out, baby. None of them are." Sheila stated mournfully
Stefan looked at Ben who through Jeremy's lifeless body to the ground, he smirked which made Ben curious
"Do you really think she cares about you?" Stefan asked referring to Anna "You're disposable."
"I don't care." Ben sneered "She already gave me what I want."
"You're going to say eternal life? You're really that stupid?" Stefan smirked
"You know, I've heard about you. You don't feed. You're not strong enough to beat me." Ben grinned cockily before launch at Stefan, who evaded him and Ben ended up on the floor, he quickly righted himself "Is that all you got?"
"No. I got this." Stefan began to burn Ben who ran around for a while, burning to death, until finally he hit the floor.
Quickly running down to the tomb entrance she saw Elena looking in anxiously, she was waiting for Grace
"Where's Grace?" Stefan questioned holding Elena
"Damon took her inside." Elena whispered still not believing it
"What!" Stefan was about to run in
"Stefan! If you go in there, you wont come out." Sheila warned
"What did you do?" Stefan looked at the elder witch
"Opening the door didn't remove the seal, it just opened the door." Sheila stated simply
"What's the seal?" Stefan asked
"Some seals keep Vampires from entering. This one keeps them from... coming out." She explained to the younger Vampire
"Grace is human, she can leave." Elena stated
"Anna and Fayth can't." Stefan nodded "Damon can't. You weren't even planning on breaking the spell, were you?"
"I told you. I will protect my own. Grace can get out. That's all that matters." Sheila stated
"Just wait here for a second." Damon told Grace gently
"Damon, please don't leave me, you promised." She hissed
"I'll be five seconds, I promise." Damon kissed her forehead before zipping off further into the tomb
"You've been longer than five seconds." Grace called into the darkness
"You must have a taste for it." Anna announced behind the telepath "You scream and shriek and even bother to escape, but then you just come right back to it." Anna grinned, Grace turned to run when suddenly the torch Anna was holding flashed on a mummified woman "Mother! Your boyfriends brother did this you know." Anna hissed at Grace
"Stefan's father." Grace corrected her
"And Jonathan Gilbert." Anna snapped "I made a choice a long time ago that it would be Gilbert blood that brought her back, you're the newly found Gilbert... I had Jeremy all ready to go, but considering you're here."
Elena and Stefan stood watching the door, hoping that Grace would come back through any second when a scream erupted from inside, it was female
"Grace!" Elena screamed launching herself inside the tomb in an attempted to save her twin
"Elena! No!" Stefan followed her
"Stefan! No, you can't leave him in there, Grams." Bonnie looked to her Grandma
"He made his choice." Sheila stated
"No. Here." The younger witch was determined to get Stefan out, for Elena's sake, she started to hunt threw Emily's grimoire "Just tell me what to do. I'll do it!"
"We are not strong enough. Even if we were able to bring the seal down, there's not guarantee that we can get it back up again." Sheila argued
"You said it yourself – many things can fuel a witches power. Help me! Or I'll do it alone." Bonnie told her
"Please don't! No!" Grace screamed as Anna fed Grace's open slit wrist to Pearl
"Let her go!" Elena grabbed Anna's hair, but it had no effect, she was shoved back against a wall
"Hey!" Stefan grabbed Anna, she threw her hard against a wall
"No!" Anna screamed
"Go, get Grace out of here." Stefan told Elena
Elena quickly grabbed her weak twin and pulled Grace from the tomb, as they reached the entrance Grace fell to the floor
"Is she ok?" Bonnie asked fearful
"I'm fine." Grace coughed
"Elena... Stefan." She whispered
"He's just coming." Grace whispered
"No." Elena moaned covering her eyes
Grace creased her eye brows as she saw Stefan standing at the door of the tomb "What are you doing?"
"I can't." Stefan stated
"We'll fix it." Sheila assured Elena
"Can't? Can't what?" Grace looked at everyone
"The spell is still up, we can't get them out... yet." Bonnie announced determined and fuel by Elena's sadness
"I'm so sorry, it's my fault." Grace whispered
"it's ok, I'd do anything for Elena's family." Stefan smiled at her
"But you went in knowing that you wouldn't be able to get out." Grace looked up into his hazel eyes
"We can't leave him in there." Elena stated to Sheila
"You can't leave Damon." Grace whispered stumbling towards Stefan "You both promised him, I promised him..."
"I know." Stefan nodded
"Even if we're able to break through the seal, we won't be able to hold it for long." Sheila told the girls
"Please, Stefan, find Damon, get him out." Grace told the younger brother
Stefan nodded once and zipped into the tomb to find Damon extremely angry, he was unsure what about
"She's not here." Damon whispered before smashed the blood bag he had ready for Fayth against the wall "She's not here!"
Sheila and Bonnie were both chanting a spell again, it was really taking it out of them, Sheila turned to see Anna emerging from the tomb with her mother in tow
"I think it's working." Elena gripped Grace's hand as Anna walked out holding her mother firmly
"I just wanted my mother." Anna explained "Jeremy's fine. He's outside. We won't touch him." She promised
"Bonnie! Keep going! You better hurry!" Sheila told Grace
"Stefan!" Grace screamed in "They can't hold it much longer!" she turned to Elena "I'm going to get them."
"Grace, no." Elena whispered
"Elena, do you trust me?" Grace asked
"More than anyone." Elena replied
"I will come out, with them both." She assured her as she turned and sprinted into the tomb
"Damon, we need to get out of here." Stefan told his older brother as he heard Grace's voice
"It doesn't make sense. They locked her inside." Damon remembered
"If we don't leave now, we're not getting out!" Stefan growled at his brother
"How could she not be in here?" Damon asked to himself
"It's not worth spending all of eternity down here!" Stefan exclaimed to his brother "She's not worth it, Damon!" he took hold of his brother
"No!" Damon shoved him off before seeing a bright pair of brown eyes looking at him
"Damon!" She announced "Please. You promised you wouldn't leave me, so I'm not leaving you in here." She whispered
Damon stared at her for a long couple of seconds before adjusting his coat and leaving with both Stefan and Grace
They all got out in the nick of time, Grace stopped herself when Elena gripped her into a tight hug, she let go and pulled Stefan into a tighter embrace holding him there
"Thank you." She told Grace sincerely
"Is this for real?" Matt asked Caroline
"Is what for real?" Caroline mused
"You being all cool and honest and open?" Matt wondered
"Speech number three?" She raised an eye brow "I want this to work and I'm scared that you're going to change your mind and you're not going to want it. I don't want to mess it up." she admitted honestly
"I don't want to mess it up either." Matt replied
Grace walked to the top of the tomb whilst Elena and Stefan sprinted through the forest to find Jeremy's body, he was just waking up. She felt someone walked past her, turning she saw the raven haired Vampire staring out into the distance
"Damon." She whispered getting his attention
He turned to her and she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a tight embrace, his arms found themselves snaking around her thin waist and they stood there hugging
"I'm sorry." She whispered sincerely
He just continued to hug her back, playing with the ends of her long chocolate brown hair, Stefan and Elena watched from where Jeremy was laying
Bonnie and Sheila get back to Sheila's house and Bonnie was going to help the older weaker witch to a sitting place, but she shooed her
"Let me help you." Bonnie asked
"Oh, I'm fine." Sheila laughed "You don't need to coddle me, baby."
"It was a big spell, Grams." Bonnie argued "I could tell it took a lot out of you."
"I'll be fine." Sheila assured her
Grace was sitting on a chair whilst Elena was giving Jeremy some water and an aspirin, he would remember what had happened with Anna or Ben
"How's your head?" Elena asked
"Oh, it's, uh, it's alright." Jeremy shrugged taking the aspirin "I just – I wish I knew how I passed out. I didn't drink that much, I swear."
"And you don't remember anything?" Elena questioned
"The whole thing's pretty cloudy. I just... I know how this looks. I'm – I'm sorry." Jeremy murmured
"No, Jeremy, don't be sorry. You didn't do anything, ok." Elena stroked his head
"Ok." Jeremy nodded
"Grace and I have got to go head over to Bonnie's for a little bit, but is there anything you need?" Elena asked as Grace was starting to gather all their things together
"Oh, no, I'm just – I'm gonna crash." Jeremy nodded
"Ok. Well, Jenna's here, and I'll be back soon." Elena assured him kindly
Anna guided her mother into the motel room where her and Ben had been saying, she switched on the light to see a pair of icy blue eyes watching them
"You knew Fayth wasn't in there." Damon announced angrily
"You wouldn't have helped." Anna shook her head
Damon moved quicker than Anna could think and he grabbed her mother by the neck crushing it beneath his hands, she gasped
"No!" Anna screamed
"Why do you get happiness?" Damon growled at the older Vampire
"Damon, please, you wouldn't have helped me! You know you wouldn't!" Anna exclaimed trying to push him away
"Why do you get it and I don't!" Damon's voice was pained
"The guard, the one at the church, the one who locked us in, she promised to turn him, he was obsessed with her." Pearl rasped as Damon continued to crush her throat "She had him under her spell like everybody else. He let her go." Damon let Pearl go and her daughter caught her into a loving Family embrace
"The last I saw her was Chicago, 1983... She knew where you were, Damon. She didn't care." Anna announced brutally seeing the look change to depression "Sorry." She whispered
"Grace and I have just got to Bonnie's." Elena told Stefan on the phone
"Everything alright?" Stefan questioned
"Yeah... Hold on Grace wants to speak to you." Elena passed the phone to Grace
"How is Damon? Is he going to be ok?" She asked lightly
"I don't know. I'll call you later?" He asked
"Thanks, Stefan." She smiled before hanging up
Stefan walked into the library to find Damon just staring blankly into the fire, he took small steps in before just sitting down next to him. Neither of them said a word. They didn't have to.
Bonnie walked into her Grams room holding a cup of tea, she placed it on the side and sat down next to her
"Grams." Bonnie said lightly to wake her "Grams." She repeated, but still nothing "Grams. Wake up." She started getting more frantic shaking her she then began to cry "Grace! Elena!" She called
Grace made it to the room first stopping dead when she saw Sheila laying on the bed, Elena was next to arrive
"She's not breathing!" Bonnie screamed continuing to cry
"Bonnie." Grace tried to pull her away from the body
"Please wake up!" Bonnie sobbed
"I need an ambulance." Elena spoke down the phone
"I can fix this!" Bonnie stated
"Bonnie." Grace held her tightly "Bonnie, I'm sorry."
"No! No!" Bonnie squirmed from her embrace
"It's an emergency." Elena stated before telling the a dress and hanging up, she ran back in the room and saw Bonnie struggling
"No!" Bonnie sobbed
"Bonnie." Grace gripped her tightly
"I can fix this." Bonnie stated determined
Elena quickly wrapped her arms around both of them, Bonnie continued to cry and she was sandwiched between the twins arms.
A/N Sad ending :( Please review tell me what you think of Grace/Damon so far and where you think it will go. Thank you.
Graciiee xx