Twisted Love
Season 3
Disturbing Behaviour
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries, I only own Grace and Fayth :)
Grace was sleeping soundly in Damon's bed whilst he stared down at her, he couldn't take his eyes off the beaded bracelet laying on her wrist. Why hadn't she taken it off? She was with him! She loved him! Yet she continued to wear something that Klaus gave to her.
A small part of him was actually hurt that she was still wearing something that he had given her, but then there was a larger part of him that said 'you have her! Don't let her go, you idiot! Don't let a stupid piece of jewellery come between you and the woman you love' A small growl left his lips as he rose from the bed and walked into the bathroom turning on the shower letting it warm up.
He showered in complete silence, only the water hitting the tiles on the floor was to be heard, nothing from the bedroom, nothing from downstairs. As he turned around he saw a petite, beautiful girl with long locks of chocolate brown hair falling down her slender back, contrasting with her pale skin standing there naked smiling at him. His icy orbs ran up and down her toned body as quickly grabbed her in his strong arms moving her back against the tiled wall making her back arch at the feeling of the cold hitting her back.
"Morning, Damon." Grace purred placing small kisses on his firm chest, her forearms resting on his shoulders lazily.
They washed each other romantically, loving the feeling of each other, the water massaging their skin kindly as they caressed each other intimately. When they finally got out of the steamy shower Damon wrapped a fluffy white towel around her shivering, little body holding her in his arms for a moment.
"Did you sleep well?" He asked the women he loved whilst grabbing a towel for himself draping it around his waist.
"Yeah, a lot better because I was in bed with the man I love." She purred lovingly as she turned standing on her tip toes to kiss him, she didn't fail to notice when he didn't really kissing her back with the same amount of passion "are you ok?"
"Hmm, oh, yeah fine." He nodded "Just have a few things on my mind."
"Sharing is caring." Grace giggled when he didn't answer she turned to him "Seriously, Damon. What's wrong? I can just read your mind and find out, or you can tell me… Up to you."
"It's just… nothing." He shrugged trying to brush off her question, but he knew how persistent she could be "Nothing, just forget about it."
"Can I ask you a question?" She whispered as she slipped on one of her oversized, off the shoulder shirt to make sure they kept focused on what they were talking about, she knew how easy it was for them to go off on a passionate, love tangent.
"Sure." Damon nodded as he opened his clothes closet grabbing some clothes for himself "What's wrong?"
"When I first told you that Klaus… that Klaus and I kissed… what did you think?" She asked tilting her head to the side innocently, she truly wanted to know what he was feeling, whether it was betrayal or jealousy, she wanted to know so that she could make it up to him in any way she could.
"That would did it for a right reason..." He replied trying to not to sound angry, or upset "You wanted to live and Klaus was going to taunt you with something. It was his fault."
"So, did you ever forgive me? Or did you just pretend to make me feel better?" Grace asked, not trying say that he was lying to her, she just wanted the truth.
"Honestly?" Damon asked looking over his shoulder at her and she nodded, her eyes were wide with a scared anticipation "I completely forgave you, as much as it hurt to admit it, he wasn't going to stop until he got something from you and you deserve to have choices, at least you've made the right one now." A smile spread across his lips as he pulled up his dark wash jeans over his black Calvin Klein boxer-briefs.
"Ok." Grace smiled, a rosie blush creeping over her pale cheeks as she gnawed on her juicy bottom lip gently "Now, Mr. Salvatore, it is your turn..."
"What do you mean?" Damon asked creasing his eye brows.
"Tell me what's on your mind. I told you what was on mine... it has been plaguing my mind all night long and now I want to know what's plaguing yours." She asked as she began to search through some of the draws trying to find suitable clothes for her to wear.
He went to walk for the bedroom door as he pulled the black v-neck shirt over his head, yanking the sleeves up so the rested in the crook of his elbow "Do you want a drink of blood-"
"Damon." She zipped in front of him blocking the doorway placing her hands either side so he couldn't get past "Will you... will you just tell me?"
"The bracelet." He whispered looking down at his feet "I know it sounds pathetic, but I hate seeing in on your wrist, knowing it was his... I don't like it, Grace. I want you to take it off."
"Is that all?" She giggled unclipping it placing it on the dresser before looking up into his icy blue orbs "Happy now?"
"Much better." He smiled tracing his thumb across her soft cheek cupping her chin delicately, his thumb trailed over his cheek living a trail of icy fire wherever it touched, as he reached her lips her jaw dropped open and it ghosted over her juicy bottom lip making her breathing become shallow "Now, about that blood..."
Chicago
Klaus and Stefan were sat in a fancy clothing store, champagne glass in hand whilst Rebekah and was trying on clothes, she had none from this decade, only for the 20s so it would be hard for her to blend and fit in.
She was stood in the fitting room looking down at the short, black, studded minidress, exposing her beautiful tanned legs, she scrunched up her face as she saw herself in a mirror "There has to be more to this dress."
"There's not." Klaus assured her from the other side, where he was sat on a white leather lounging chair.
She walked from the fitting room and Stefan's eye brows raised in surprise at her radiant natural beauty "So women in the 21st century dress like prostitutes, then. You know, I got got dirty looks for wearing trousers." The blonde spat.
"You wore trousers so women today could wear nothing." Klaus countered.
"And what is this music?" Rebekah scoffed at the loud dance music playing from the speakers echoing the room "It sounds like a cable car accident."
"It's dance music." Stefan replied with a small shrug.
"People dance to this?" Rebekah smirked her jaw falling open in surprise.
"Hmm." Stefan nodded as he tilted his glass up to his lips emptying the crystal champagne flute completely.
"Are we done?" Klaus asked, he was clearly bored of shopping with his baby-sister already.
"And why are you so grumpy?" Rebekah pouted "Is it because you let that little telepathic wench run off into the night with another man? You'll never see her again, you do know that right, Nik? She's probably fled the country now... if she was smart she would."
"No." Klaus growled "I needed one thing from you for my witch to find out why my hybrids are dying, one thing. Your necklace. And you lost it." He reminded her
"I didn't lose it. It's just been missing for 90 years." She shrugged before looking over at the younger vampire milling around "So what do you think?"
"I like it." Stefan replied but she gave him a look that was less than pleased "What? I said I like it."
"I can always tell when you're lying, Stefan." Rebekah countered with a glare, turning on her heels and stomping back into the fitting room.
"Nice one, good work." Klaus told the younger vampire sarcastically raising his champagne flute towards him.
"You're the one that pulled the dagger out of her." Stefan countered making Klaus smirk.
"I heard that." Rebekah called angrily from inside of the dressing room.
"Alright." Stefan placed his glass on the table before standing up "I'm going to get some air." He walked from the shop looking at the busy streets of Chicago, all the people trying to get to work, or going out with friends or family, but one face stood out the most, Katherine.
Mystic Falls
"Knock. Knock." Grace called as her and Damon walked into the Gilbert house, Elena was busy it he kitchen making chili "mmm, something smells, like chili." She scrunched her face as she walked into the kitchen Damon close behind "Wow, you have been working hard..."
"I just don't know why you want to bring chili to a potluck. Everybody brings chili." Damon informed her as Alaric walked in the room "Hey, Ric."
"What's up?" Alaric smiled.
"What time do you want to go to the Lockwood party?" The oldest Vampire in the room looked at Alaric and then Grace.
"Ah. Those founders parties aren't really my thing." Alaric shrugged.
"Show up, there's going to be nine other people that brought chili." Damon smirked towards the twins who both grimaced at him evilly, the phase 'if looks could kill' came to mind.
"Hey. Give it a rest, buddy." Grace told him firmly "This is an old Gilbert family recipe, right 'Lena?"
"Yep. This recipe is awesome. No doubt." Elena grinned as Grace started to help her prepare.
"Yeah! I know. I knew your old family. They made sucky chili." He leaned down looking directly into Grace's chocolate brown orbs squaring up to her.
"Are you disrespecting our family?" Grace asked cocking an eye brow a small laugh leaving her lips.
"Maybe I am." Damon smirked his eyes flaring with a challenge "What are you doing to do about it baby-vamp."
"Baby-vamp!" Grace laughed and Damon smiled too watching her carefully "Whoa. Whoa. You've made us a nickname for me?"
"Can I just ask, why are you both here? Aren't you meant to be... getting couple-y at Damon's place or something like that?"
"No, we had shower sex this morning, then again whilst having out morning blood... it was fantastic if you wanted to know..." Damon answered bluntly before Grace slapped his chest giving him a look.
"Damon! That's kinda private!" Grace hissed narrowing her eyes at him as Elena and Alaric shared a look "I'm just here to keep an eye on my lovely sister 'Lena."
"You think I'm going to break. I'm not going to break. I am just going to keep making chili, pretend like I didn't just spend the entire summer looking for someone who didn't want to be found." Elena shrugged.
"She's in denial." Damon whispered to Alaric who gave him a look.
"I'm not in denial." Elena whispered narrowing her eyes at them both "I'm not." She looked at Grace for support.
"I believe you." Grace told her rubbing her back throwing Damon a look "Will you just... just back off?"
"She's still wearing the necklace." Damon shrugged "Isn't that a reminder of your unbreakable bond with Stefan?"
"Damon." Grace hissed "Give it a rest, ok?"
Chicago
Stefan followed Katherine down an alley to see Fayth waiting, she was on her chewing gum as they both approached her "What the hell are you both doing here?"
"You two look chummy. Klaus your new bestie?" Fayth smirked tauntingly fluttering her eyes tauntingly.
"You know, if he finds out you're both here in Chicago, you're dead." He spat.
"Happy to you that you still care." Katherine smirked knowingly "So tell me if I'm wrong... Rebekah's necklace that Klaus is looking for... That's the necklace that you have to Elena."
"Goodbye." Stefan went to walk away from them both.
"Hey, hey. Wait." Katherine called "You're up to something, tell me."
"They don't know where the necklace is. I just have to keep them from figuring it out. I have it all under control." Stefan shrugged like a badass.
"Please, tell me you have a better plan than that." Katherine scoffed and when he didn't answer Fayth looked up now suddenly interested "You do. Come on, Stefan. You're not the diabolical type. Whatever you're planning, it's not going to work."
"well, if the two most diabolical women I know can't seem to figure it out, then I must be doing something right." Stefan countered cocking an eye brow a smirk appearing on his lips.
"Uh-huh. I forgot. You're bad now. Don't get too cocky. Klaus is smarter than you. He's smarter than everyone. And I've heard about that sister. Be careful. She'll ruin you." Katherine told him.
"Happy to know you still care." He retorted a smirk appearing on his lips as he turned and left.
Mystic Falls
Jeremy was still asleep in his bed snoring gently, as he woke up he looked over to check the time when he saw a glassy pair of chocolate brown eyes staring at him, he jolted and moved away from the ghost.
"Jeremy." She whimpered.
"Anna!" He hissed.
"You heard me?" The very much dead Vampire asked a layer of surprise in her voice, she was so desperate for some kind of conversation.
"What are you doing here?" Jeremy asked slightly scared.
"wait, like heard me, heard me, or did it sound more like a-"
"Where have you been?" Jeremy cut her off.
"I need to know can you hear me." Anna demanded.
"You drop in, you tell me not to trust Vicki, and then you disappear?" Jeremy shook his head clearly disappointed and confused but her disappearances and reappearances.
"Jeremy!" She hissed "Tell me you can hear me."
"yeah, yeah, I can hear you, alright? What the hell! What is it?" He hissed.
"I've been trying to get you to hear me for days. Yell your name and screaming." She replied.
"You have?" Jeremy creased his eye brows, he hadn't heard anything, it had been complete silence to him.
"What changed? I've been trying to get through to you, why now?" Anna asked.
"I was dreaming and you, I-"
"You were dreaming about me?" She asked carefully her eye brows raising slightly.
"I can't believe this is actually happening. That you're actually here." Jeremy smiled at her.
"I'm here." Anna assured him with a kind smile.
The door bell rang and Elena walked over answering it, Caroline was standing there holding a large pot and smiling at the brunette happily, she had a huge surprise, just as Elena did.
"I come bearing gifts!" Caroline gushed.
"Please say that's not chili-" She was cut off as the blonde walked past her and Bonnie stepped into view "Bonnie!"
"I'm back!" Bonnie giggled and they both hugged tightly "I leave town for the summer and everything goes to hell for the both of you." They smirk as they walk into the kitchen to see Grace smiling at them "Whoa." She almost got ready to fight her, unsure of why the telepathic-vampire was in their presence.
"Grace?" Caroline whispered almost dropping the pot of food in her hand "But you're... you're with-"
"It's a painfully long story." Grace replied shaking her head gently "But I'm here now... So do I get a huge hug like Bonnie did or-"
Caroline passed her food to Elena and rushed over to the smaller girl hugging her as tight as she could, Bonnie followed and they shared a group hug "Stole my lime light." The witch joked.
"Sorry about that." Grace smirked "I'll try better next time."
"Bonnie!" Jeremy was surprised to see her as he ran down the stairs.
"Jeremy." Bonnie sighed as she ran over and kissed him, they embraced tightly as he looked over his current lovers shoulder he saw Anna staring back at him.
Around Mystic Falls Damon and Sheriff Forbes were walking talking about the recent events that the vampire had missed whilst he was out of town "So Mayor Lockwood called your gay ex-husband to torture your vampire daughter?" Damon questioned.
"Yes. I've been keeping him detained to make sure the vervain's out of his system. So you could, you know..." She pointed to her eyes meaning that the vampire could use his gift of compulsion.
"Can't we just kill him?" Damon asked lazily.
"No, Damon!" Liz hissed "He's Caroline's father..."
"He sounds like a douche-bag to me." Damon shrugged carelessly.
"Yeah, well, just 'cause you and I are on ok terms doesn't mean that I'm suddenly a big advocate for you 'lifestyle'." The Sheriff replied sharply.
"Is that what you told him when you two got divorced?" Damon smirked at his own joke as they both walked down into the cellar of the home where Caroline had been tortured only a day ago.
"Double check him for Vervain before you compel him." Liz reminded him as if he hadn't done this before, Damon walked towards Bill and removed the duct tape from his mouth brutally.
"You brought another vampire into this?" Bill rasped.
"It's the best thing for all of us, Bill." Liz replied as she stood in the doorway to the dungeon.
"So, Bill, I hear you're into the whole daddy-daughter vampire torture thing." Damon taunted.
"I was trying to help her." Bill replied narrowing his eyes at the older vampire.
"Well, if there's anyone who doesn't need help, it's your annoying control freak of a daughter." He countered as he crunched into his neck tasting his dull blood run into his mouth "Yep. He's vervain-free."
"Just erase his memory, Damon." Liz sighed heavily.
"So, Bill, I have a question. What makes you think that you can change the basic nature of a vampire?" The blue eyed vampire questioned curiously crossing his arms over his chest rolling his weight from one leg to the other patiently.
"The mind's a powerful tool." Bill replied "It can be trained and retained. You just have to be strong enough."
"Oh, yeah? I completely agree. I actually happen to love mind control, myself." Damon noted as he grabbed Bill's face beginning to compel him "You will leave town immediately. All you remember is you came to bring your daughter back to school shopping."
Chicago
Stefan walked into Gloria's bar to see the witch sitting at a table and Klaus and Rebekah sitting up at the bar "You left us." She pouted.
"Yeah, sorry. Retail therapy was making my head explode." Stefan replied.
"Tell me about it." Klaus nodded feeling for the poor younger vampire.
Stefan looked over at the witch again who was silently chanting a spell under her breath "What's she doing?" He creased his eye brows crossing his arms over his chest in his well know Stefan pose.
"She's failing." Klaus replied bluntly.
"It's hard to find something when you don't have anything to go on." Gloria hissed.
"So use me. I only wore it for a thousand years." The british blonde Original scoffed sarcastically.
"See? Now this one offers a solution." Gloria smiled as Rebekah took a seat next to her "Alright, give me your hand, sweetheart..." Rebekah gave the witch her hand waiting patiently.
"She's, uh, she's looking for the necklace, huh?" Stefan questioned nervously.
Mystic Falls
Bonnie, Grace, Caroline and Elena were all still stood in the Gilbert house, the two twins were just finishing up the chilli "The problem with my dad's normal side of the family is normal made for a really boring summer." Bonnie explained
"After the last few days, I would kill for a normal family." Caroline pouted seeing Grace chopping some items to put into a pot "Since when did you learn how to cook? Last time I checked you burnt toast..."
"It isn't too hard to follow instructions." Grace shrugged.
"Instructions that Damon gave you." Elena muttered and both Bonnie and Caroline giggled at her.
"Damon is part Italian, he's meant to be a good cook, he can help me out every once in a while." Grace shrugged as she stirred the chili pouring into a bowl with the help of Elena.
"Ow!" Elena hissed pulling away from the vampire to touch her neck gently.
"What happened?" Grace asked concerned for her twin "Did I burn you?" She looked over whilst putting the pot back down on the stove.
"No." She shook her head peeling her necklace off of her burnt skin "My necklace did." She creased her eye brows at it.
Chicago
Gloria was sitting with her eyes closed still clasping Rebekah's hand as she searched for the Originals necklace she had lost many years ago "I can sense something..." the powerful witch whispered.
Mystic Falls
"It burned me." Elena told her friends putting the necklace down on the kitchen counter not wanting to wear it anymore.
"Maybe it's a sign you shouldn't be wearing it." Caroline mused tearing off piece of bread stuffing it into her mouth.
"Caroline." Grace hissed giving her a look.
"What, I'm just saying." The blonde shrugged "If you're going to be 'cooking' without Stefan..."
"Let me see it." Bonnie reached out and took the jewellery from the table as she grabbed it a electric shock was blown from it and she dropped it to the counter again.
"What is going on?" Elena hissed.
Chicago
Gloria finished casting her spell and looked over at the blonde female with a knowing smile playing on her lips "I found it."
"So where is it?" Rebekah asked pulling her hand away.
"It doesn't work like that, doll. I get images. There's a girl with her friends..." Gloria remembered "It's blurry, I can't make it out completely."
"Yes, a dead girl with her dead friends, if I don't get my necklace back." Rebekah growled menacingly.
"Well, I'll have to dive back in to get details." Gloria replied.
"So dive." Klaus ordered firmly.
"I need more time. And space." Gloria added shaking her head gently "You're harshing my ju-ju."
"We can wait." The hybrid told her patiently crossing his arms over his chest.
"I'm sure you can. But that's not what I asked." Gloria threw him a look.
"Hey. Hey, you know, why don't we just come back later. I'm hungry anyway. I'll let you pick who we eat." Stefan smiled as the brother and sister exchanged a look before shrugging and walking from the bar with Stefan in tow.
Mystic Falls
A little later that day the four girls had gone to the Lockwood mansion for the party. Grace and Bonnie were walking through the crowd, the witch was hiding her grimoire from sight. A hefty, leather-bound, tattered, ancient book would draw attention which was what they didn't want, and that was why they were sitting away from the party to do the spell.
"I have an identification spell that might be able to tell me what magic affected the necklace." Bonnie informed the two vampires and the doppelgänger as they all took their seats on a benches.
Grace and sitting next to Caroline on one stone bench and Elena next to Bonnie on the other one, the grimoire laid across both of their laps casually "It's going to take a while, so tell me if anyone's coming, ok?"
"That's a pretty necklace, Grace." Caroline smiled leaning over to touch the white gold open heart necklace "Where did you get it?"
"Damon gave it to me... as a birthday present." Grace replied "It's a good pick, huh? I was very proud of him..." She giggled looking at her friends.
"Yeah." Caroline smiled "You're so lucky to have him... He's go great to you."
"Yeah." Grace nodded looking down at her feet "He's great and I'm... never mind."
"What?" Caroline looked at her "What's happened?"
"I... I kissed Klaus-"
"You what?" Elena hissed "Why would you do that? Did he compel you?"
"No. It was at my own will... I was dying. A wolf had bitten me and for him to give me his blood he... he said I had to kiss him." Her voice was full of shame as she told them all.
"Does Damon know?" Caroline questioned her jaw was slack with shock.
"Yes." Grace looked at her nodding, her chocolate brown hair bouncing with the action "But I just feel so guilty, and ashamed... like I should have chosen death over a stupid kiss."
"No." Elena shook her head "You made the right decision."
"But was he calling my bluff? Would he had given me his blood if I had said no?" Grace asked looking at them for an answer.
"Klaus is a sadistic ass." Elena replied bluntly "He didn't hesitate in killing Jenna to get what he wanted, or Jules or even me." The twin reminded the vampire.
"What else happened whilst you were away?" Caroline tilted her head to the side concerned.
"Klaus gave me a picture on my birthday." Grace added with a small sigh.
"Of what?" Elena asked.
"This..." She pulled the picture of her and her adoption family out of her pocket and handed it to Elena who gasped before handing over to Caroline so she could look.
"That's your mom and dad." Caroline noted "H-How did he get this."
"I don't know. That's the thing... I thought it burned in my parents house." Grace replied "When we were in England it burnt to the ground destroying everything and taking their lives, I remember when I woke up in the hospital they told me I'd be going back to live with my Gran in America, but everything I had was destroyed."
"So... so how did he get this?" Elena looked over at her.
"I don't know." Grace replied
"Do you remember anything from before the house was burned, or after?" Caroline asked
Grace nodded "When I was recovering in the hospital. They told me that a... a man saved me, but he didn't tell them his name... he just dropped me off at the hospital and vanished."
"Vanished." Caroline noted "You don't think... you don't think Klaus-"
"No." Grace shook her head before looking at the looks everyone was giving her "No? No. He... he couldn't... right?"
"Then how did he get this?" Caroline asked.
"How would he have gotten into my parents house?" Grace asked "I mean, when we lived in Mystic Falls before they were on the council, they must have known about vampires, vervain, compulsion... everything."
"Maybe they moved for a reason." Caroline suggested "To protect you from the vampires of Mystic Falls... Maybe they thought that England was infected and... and they just let their guard down."
"Maybe your parents invited him in some time before." Elena added "Without knowing of course that he was a crazy Original wanting to be a Hybrid."
Grace sighed heavily again "He said something to me, before I left with Damon... He said there was a part of me that cared for him and that he would wait for me... he said that one day I'll wake up and feel something for him."
"I bet Damon loved to hear that." Elena muttered.
"Do you?" Caroline looked at her and Elena looked too, and even thought Bonnie was concentrating on the spell she was interested in the answer.
She hesitated for a moment then laughed "Are you kidding?" Grace scoffed "I love Damon, plus Klaus killed Jenna, attempted to kill Elena, John is dead because of him, So is Isobel." She listed the deaths "Damon was bit and almost died because him, I was bit and almost died because of him... Stefan and I were stolen... but above all else. I love Damon. It would just... it would never work. It would never happen." As she finished the necklace began to levitate off the page of the grimoire "Bonnie, what are you doing?"
"I'm not doing anything." The witch replied watching the rotating necklace "It has its own magic." The four girls shared a look of disbelief.
Down at the main party Damon was walking around all the food giving it all a questionable look as Alaric joined him passing him a beer "I'm going to let you in on a little secret... Founders parties are just an excuse for the council to gather in the back rooms and plot against vampires." Damon informed him in a hushed voice.
"So, Grace is back..." Alaric nodded at his friend.
"Yeah... why do I get the feel you're about to say something that may piss me off." Damon replied sipping his beer.
"Well... How do you know that Klaus hasn't compelled her to do something, or call him and give him an update every hour or so?" Alaric questioned concerned for Grace's return to Mystic Falls.
"I was there when he gave her back to me, Ric. I think I know my girlfriend a little better than you do, buddy." Damon replied sharply "I trust her..."
"Do you? Do you really trust her? She's been away for two months with an evil, psychopathic, dagger-happy, Original hybrid... That has got to change a person, Damon. In one way or the other Grace isn't the same girls he used to be." He told him, his eyes were set with concern.
"I think you need to stop trying to tell me about the woman that I love, because you don't know. You've never lived with her, or had a conversation with her like I have. I trust her." Damon growled protective of his girl.
Alaric sighed heavily "Damon. I don't want to have a fight with you-"
"Then stop picking a fight, Ric." Damon spat "you expect me just to sit here and take all your accusations about my girlfriend and be quite and just nod... That's not going to happen, alright?"
Alaric looked at him surprised by his outburst "I'm trying to protect you-"
"And I don't need protecting, not from Grace anyway." Damon told him firmly cutting him off mid sentence "You just don't understand."
"Damon?" Liz walked over to him "Uh, the mayor just called for a council meeting."
Chicago
Klaus and Stefan were sitting on a couch in a brightly lit warehouse draining two innocent girls, Rebekah was watching them from a distance with a dead girl at her feet "My girl's dead. I'm bored." The Brit told them.
Klaus looked over at Stefan who was continuing to drain the girl "You weren't kidding about being hungry."
"Yeah. It's been a long day." Stefan replied, his nerves were shot knowing that Klaus was one step closer to finding Elena.
"Try being related to her." Klaus countered with a laugh thinking he was talking about his younger sister.
"You're being mean." Rebekah narrowed her bright eyes from across the room "And why are you being mean? You used to love me."
"It's been 90 years, Rebekah. Give him a minute." Klaus cooled her down.
"Why are you taking his side?" The girl hissed at her older hybrid brother.
"Because, my dear sister, I feel pity for any man who doesn't give you what you want." Klaus replied looking over at Stefan who had a emotionless look on his face.
"Will you stop making me out to be a brat? I'm not a brat!" She hissed putting her hands on her hips stubbornly.
"A thousand years of life experience says otherwise." Klaus smirked at her.
"Well, you're no picnic, either." Stefan spoke up looking across at the hybrid "I mean, I've only spent one summer with you and I feel like I want to blow my head off." This statement made Rebekah laugh loudly.
"Fantastic!" She grinned as Stefan rose from his seat.
"I need to go." He informed them as he walked from the room, Rebekah looked over at Klaus confused.
"Where's he going?" The female asked.
"To write a name on a wall. It's a long story." Klaus shrugged carelessly at his baby-sister.
Mystic Falls
Jeremy was wandering around the Lockwood mansion when he walked into an empty room upstairs closing the door behind him "Anna?" He called into the silence "Look, where are you? We don't have much time." Suddenly she appeared in front of him her frosty brown eyes staring at him.
"We've got all the time in the world." Anna replied with a small smile.
"I'm sorry about before. I just got, um, distracted." he told her with a shrug.
"It's fine. I get it. Why haven't you told her?" Anna asked knowing about Bonnie.
"Well, she's been gone all summer." Jeremy answered.
"Yeah, I know that. Now why haven't you told her, really?" Anna cocked an eye brow at him crossing her arms over her chest.
"I don't know. You know, I don't even understand how any of this is possible." He looked at his dead vampire girlfriend who was now a ghost haunting him.
"Well, it's kind of a push and pull. I'm pushing from the other side trying to contact you, and sometimes, like just now, if you pull..." She trailed off.
"The other side?" Jeremy questioned "Is that... Is that what it's called?" Jeremy asked his voice was small.
"That's what I call it." Anna shrugged carelessly "I'm all by myself here. It's like I'm part of your world., only no one can see me. I'm just... On the other side." Anna shrugged.
"Wait, well what about Vicki?" Jeremy looked at her.
"Whenever you say you see her, I feel something. A darkness. And when I try to tell you not to let her in, something crazy happens. Like, she's trying to push me out." Anna struggled to explain to the boy who could see ghosts.
"Like the windows breaking." Jeremy remembered.
"Just be careful." Anna replied simply "Try not to let her in. 'Cause she can't get through if you're not open to it. You don't understand how amazing it is to finally be able to talk to you. I'm all by myself here. I don't have anyone." She reminded him in a small voice as she reached out and touched his hand, he wasn't until he looked down that he realised that she was holding his hand "I'm sorry. I know you can't feel anything."
"Do it again." Jeremy ordered as he raised his hand, she touched it and smiled.
Chicago
Stefan walked into Gloria's bar and saw the powerful older witch sitting at a booth just casually sitting there whilst she was supposed to be resting "There you are."
"Thought you were resting." Stefan looked at her cocking an eye brow surprised to see that she wasn't doing what she had told the Hybrid she would be doing.
"well, now we both have a secret." Gloria retorted with a knowing look.
"What did you see?" Stefan questioned.
"I saw the little telepath that Klaus brought here then realised, I also saw that they were talking about you." Gloria looked at him.
"Yet you didn't tell Klaus. Why?" Stefan cocked an eye brow.
"Cause I wouldn't help that hybrid half-breed with anything." The witch spat "The necklace is a talisman from the Original witch herself. I want it." Gloria told him firmly.
"well, I'm sorry. I can't help you." Stefan replied sternly.
"Don't be difficult. You know, I'd hate to have to tell Klaus what a liar his sidekick is and where his precious Grace is hiding out..." Gloria teased, the vampire ran for her about to take her down but she provoked an aching pain throughout his whole body "Guess I've got to get it out of you the hard way, huh?" She noted as he fell to the floor unconscious.
When Stefan awoke he was shirtless laying on one of the tables in a empty Gloria's, candles were surrounding every flat surface and the powerful witch had a knife in her hands "What is that? Why can't I move?" he was completely paralysed.
"Relax. It's just a little paralysis spell. Nothing major." Gloria answered as she stabbed the knife into his forearm making the blood spurt out into glass jars on the floor "Just got to get the information out of your pretty little head. You know, witches nowadays, they're into that new age stuff, but... I'm a little more old school voodoo." She grabbed an small iron hook and jabbed it into his forearm wound she had just created to keep the wound open, he screamed "This will stop that pesky healing."
"I won't tell you anything." Stefan hissed at her through gritted teeth.
"You don't have to." Gloria smirked as the blood began to sizzle smoke arising from it "You feel that? That's your essence. Your spirit. It lets me make a connection. Herbs help, too. Diviners, sage, witch hazel." She reached over and grabbed another herb holding it firmly in her hands "But my personally favourite." She rubbed her hands together making the herb become dust "Vervain." She smiled as she rubbed it onto his chest making him call out as his skin melted under the herb.
Mystic Falls
At the Lockwood mansion the Founder's council were having their secret council meeting whilst the party continued outside "There have been no incidence of question since spring. It's been quiet." Liz explained to them all.
"Anyone else have anything to add to the minutes? Damon?" Carol looked over at the vampire who had been awfully quiet the whole meeting.
"Ah, no. I think the Sheriff covered it, Mayor Lockwood. Looks like we've made it through the worst." he nodded.
"well, I have nothing new to add, so thank you all for coming." Carol smiled at them all, everyone walked from the room except for Carol, Damon and Liz suddenly Bill entered staring them all down.
"I have a question. Do you three think that everybody on the council is clueless... or just stupid?" Bill scoffed.
Bonnie and Jeremy were sat in the Gilbert house surrounded by the Grimoires and pre lit candles sitting casually on his bed "Ok, tell me if you see anything in these grimoires that involves precious metals or a symbol that resembles a necklace." Bonnie smiled at him.
"Wait, can't you just ask all the dead witches you were channeling?" Jeremy looked at her confused.
"I don't have access to them anymore." Bonnie answered "They cut me off."
"Since when?" Jeremy looked over at her surprised.
"Since I brought you back to life. I messed with the balance of nature and there were consequences. Hey. I'm sorry. I know I should have told you. I told Elena when it happened. I just didn't want you to feel weird about it, you know?" Bonnie asked sheepishly.
"Hey, no, no, look, you don't have to apologise for anything. Ok? You didn't do anything wrong." he assured her.
"Elena said you've been having kind of a hard time since then." The witch looked over to the boy concerned.
"No, I'm fine. You know, just been, ah, a little out of it lately. So should I concentrate on the older books? Or, uh, I mean how old is this necklace?" Jeremy questioned.
"Old." Bonnie laughed as he opened a grimoire looking over at the witch to see the ghost of Anna lurking behind her.
"Jeremy. The darkness. It's here." She whispered as the grimoires set alight.
"Jeremy!" Bonnie screamed as she took the grimoire he was reading and threw it to the ground using her powers to put of the fire "Are you ok?" She asked.
"What the hell just happened?" Jeremy asked shocked.
"I have no idea." She replied in a small voice.
Chicago
Stefan was still paralysed on the table resisting all of her attempts to get answers out of him. The powerful older witch clapped together her hands spreading a red dust over her palms.
"I'm impressed." Gloria nodded "You've got discipline, Stefan. It's not going to do you much good, but... just let go, honey." She cooed as she pressed her hands to his pecks, the skin sizzled on contact "There you go, there you go." She saw images of Stefan and Elena in his head, he was handing her the necklace "There's the girl with the necklace. You love her. You'd do anything for her. And you have. A lot of darkness, a lot of guilt. All to keep her away from Klaus. Why would he be interested in one girl?" She pondered.
"Don't do this." Stefan hissed "Don't do this." as images of Elena dying in the sacrifice popped into his head and Gloria saw them.
"She's the doppelgänger. She's supposed to be dead, and that's why Klaus can't make hybrids, isn't it?" She laughed.
"This is creepy." Katherine was standing behind the Fayth at her side, both of their arms crossed over their chests, hips cocked out to the side looking badass.
Katherine zipped towards Gloria and shoved a stake through her neck making her rasp out and fall to the floor dead, Fayth picked her body making sure she was truly gone.
"Maybe you do need our help, after all." Katherine noted from where she was looking down at Stefan with a knowingly smirk playing on her lips.
Mystic Falls
Grace, Caroline and Elena were all talking in the middle of the Lockwood mansion keeping a look out for Bonnie or anything suspicious "Did Stefan ever tell you where he got the necklace?" The blonde looked over at her.
"No. And I never asked." Elena replied "hopefully Bonnie will be able to figure it out." She shrugged as Alaric joined them.
"Please tell me it's time to go." He begged.
"Beyond." Elena laughed.
"Where's Damon?" Grace looked around for her raven haired lover.
"Probably off somewhere doing bad things to good people." Caroline smirked and Grace threw her a look "Consider me the honesty police." Suddenly her eyes widened.
"What is it?" Grace asked.
"What's the matter?" Elena asked.
"It's my dad." Caroline whispered and the three looked around to see Bill standing amongst the crowd.
"Why would he even show up here?" Elena asked.
"I don't know. But I can't..."
"I get it. I'll call you later." Elena nodded at her, Caroline quickly zipped up the stairs into Tyler's room.
"Ok, what was that all about?" Alaric looked at Elena.
"Speaking of doing bad things to good people..." Grace told them as she with Alaric and Elena in tow, Damon quickly followed them trying to get them all to stop.
"Wait, wait, Houston, we have a problem." He told them.
"Where have you been?" Grace asked.
"Managing Bill Forbes. Apparently he's impervious to compulsion." He informed her.
"What?" Grace looked up at him.
"How?" Alaric asked.
"I have no idea. But he threatened to out us." He looked at Grace "I'm not sure how he knew about you... And don't even get me started of the irony of outing us."
"What did you do to him?" Elena asked "How do you know the compulsion doesn't work?"
"That's not the most important piece of information I mentioned, Elena." Damon replied to her firmly.
"What does he want?" Grace asked.
"He wants to control the council. Says it's been compromised." Damon scoffed.
"it has!" Alaric growled.
"He wants to put vervain in the town's water supply." Damon's face was full of disgust.
"Maybe it's not a bad idea. I mean, it'll help keep you both in control so you're not tempted-"
"Elena." Grace hissed.
"I should have killed him this morning." Damon muttered.
"He's Caroline's dad, Damon." Grace replied rubbing his arm.
"Yeah, and when I kill him, she'll have one more parent than we do." Damon replied shortly as he went to walk around her, but Alaric stood in his way.
"Oh, come one, Damon." He tried to calm him, but Damon wasn't having any of it, Alaric had already pissed him off once today and he was just about ready to snap with anger.
"You're repeatedly killing my buzz today, Ric. Step aside." He hissed but Alaric continued to stand in his way.
"Damon, just calm down." Grace told him.
"Your temporary funeral." Damon narrowed his eyes as he snapped his neck temporarily killing Alaric.
"Damon, no!" Grace screamed completely shocked by what she had seen "What is wrong with you?" He shared a final glance with her before turning and walking away from the two shocked females.
Chicago
Stefan pulled a sheet over Gloria's now very dead body, Katherine and Fayth were stood across the room again watching him carelessly "So, I've been thinking about your diabolical plan."
"Oh. Do tell." Stefan nodded as he looked over at his former lover and her shorter twin sister.
"Well, you must know that Klaus is too paranoid to ever fully trust you. But the sister, she loves you like it was yesterday. She's the easier mark. But you can't just pretend to care, because Klaus will know better, so you do the opposite. You bond with him; make her feel left out. That will only make her want you more." Katherine explained.
"Oh! So you mean, I'm, uh, I'm taking a page out of Katherine and Fayth Pierce's playbook." Stefan replied bluntly and both twins narrowed their eyes at him.
"The only question is why, Stefan? I mean, I get it, you want to keep Klaus away from Mystic Falls, but... what else do you expect to get from it?" Katherine cocked an eye brow.
"You know what's funny? You keep talking to me like I actually trust both of you enough to tell you anything." Stefan scoffed.
"Oh, come on, Stefan, we're beyond that. I saved you from Hilda the high voodoo priestess." Katherine grinned.
"Ok. I knew them, back in the 20s. They were running from someone. Someone who scared them." Stefan replied.
"A hunter. I heard stories about him centuries ago." Katherine added and Fayth nodded in remembrance.
"Don't you want to know why an Original vampire who can't be killed is afraid of a vampire hunter?" Stefan smirked at her.
"If you're planning on making a move against Klaus... We want in." Fayth told him.
"That's good. It's good to want things, Fayth." He taunted her evilly.
"Stefan-"
"Katherine. I'm in this alone. If you're looking for a diabolical partner in crime, I suggested you look left." He replied as Fayth was standing to her left, he gathered Gloria's lifeless body in his arms and walked from the bar.
Mystic Falls
Tyler walked into his bedroom surprised to see the beautiful blonde sitting on the edge of the bed, she looked up at him with a sad smile "How was football practice?" She asked.
"What are you doing here?" He smirked.
"Hiding from my dad." Caroline answered "He's here."
"Are you ok? Do you want me to kick his ass?" He smirked.
"Yes." She smiled then regretted it, Tyler probably would go out there in the middle of a crowd party and protect her honour "No. I brought him the shirt he's wearing, it is really expensive." He rested his hands on her petite shoulders as she continued to sit cross legged on the bed "And though everything... He's still my dad. You know?" He embraced her gently playing with her golden locks "God, you reek!"
"What?" Tyler pulled back slightly offended.
"It's bad." She laughed.
"No, this? This is sexy." He replied grinning at his manliness.
"No! It's really bad." She brushed him away before he yanked his shirt over his head letting it fall in a heap on the floor before kissing her passionately, it soon got deeper as they lay back on the bed Caroline on top, suddenly her phone began to ring in her pocket "Oh! Hang on, my phone."
"Oh, come on." Tyler whined as she hit answer.
"I'm only answering cause it's a friend emergency." Caroline told Tyler in a hushed voice before putting the phone to her ear.
"It's an emergency." Elena told her.
"Hey." Grace followed Damon as he walked towards the study that Bill was in "Hey. Will you stop?" She called but he didn't stop for anyone.
Damon ignored her and walked straight into the room to see Bill pouring himself a scotch "Whoa, whoa. Is that scotch? I figure you for an abstainer."
"Everything in moderation. Keeps the mind clear from... influence." Bill answered seeing Grace standing in the doorway "Hello Grace, I haven't seen you since you were this high." He motioned to her height when she was around 13 before she left for England only to return two years later to find he had moved away from Mystic Falls with a new boyfriend.
"Yeah... It's been a while." Grace answered shyly.
"Still as shy as I remember." He nodded "But now you drink blood." He added as Damon growled loudly staring him down.
"Clear from influence... Like vampire compulsion." Damon noted as he stood in front of Grace protectively.
"Yeah, I tried to tell you-"
"Yeah, yeah, powerful tool. Got it. I'm impressed. Can't say I've ever seen this before..." Damon informed him.
"well, it takes a certain human focus. It's a skill that I've been honing for decades. Plus, your technique... it a little lazy." Bill shrugged.
"Duly noted." Damon replied narrowing his eyes "I'm curious. Why not just expose us tot he council?"
"I know you think I'm the bad guy here, Damon, but I would never expose my own daughter to those morons." Bill answered.
"It's a pretty risky move, taking me on, don't you think?" Damon growled menacingly.
"Damon." Grace put her hand on his shoulder.
"I knew what I was risking when I didn't leave town, but I figured... You're not self destructive enough to kill the sheriff's ex-husband." Bill shrugged thinking he was untouchable not knowing how unstable Damon was.
"Makes you yet another person to underestimate me today." Damon hissed as he zipped towards him drinking his blood, Grace rushed for Damon and threw him across the room.
"no!" Grace screamed but Damon sprinted for her holding her securely against the wall, pinning her hands above her head, holding her wrists securely against the wall.
"Aww, sweetie." Damon cooed brushing his hand over her cheek now using his forearm to buckle down Grace's hand to cease her from moving "You can't stop me from doing what I want. You know I forgot how good human blood tastes when it's... fresh, want a taste?" He asked pressing his lips against her letting the blood cover her lips.
"Damon!" She squealed against his lips, Bill Forbes blood ran over her lips and when she tasted it she smiled a little, she quickly feels same and stops smiling.
He smirked as he turned back to Bill staring him down from where he was kneeling on the floor holding his bleeding wound "What are you doing to do? Kill everybody who discovers your secret?" Bill hissed.
"No, I'm not going to kill you, Bill. I"m just going to find pleasure in perfect little moments like this." He crunched into Bill's neck again before Caroline rushed in and threw him through a window before running over to her father.
"Daddy! Are you ok?" Caroline asked concerned.
"Fine." He replied as she bit into her risk offering it to him.
"Here. It'll heal you." She informed him.
"I said I'm ok." He told her stubbornly.
"Grow up." She spat making her father drink his blood.
"Let me teach this ass-wheel a life lesson." Damon climbed back in through the window.
"Grace, will you get him out of here." Caroline ordered.
"Or what?" Damon hissed and suddenly she punched him in the face, he in turn threw her onto the desk holding her there by her neck.
"Damon! Back off." Grace ordered.
"I'm stronger than you, little girl." Damon hissed at the blonde.
"Well, I'm angrier!" Caroline screamed as she threw him off breaking his arm in the process, she helped her father up and they walked from the room.
"Bummer... I was hoping for a good girl fight." He looked across at Grace who just scowled at him.
"You can't do this anymore, Damon. Both of us have to control ourselves..." Grace told him her voice was small as she licked the last of the blood from her lips.
"How can you say that? All you've lived on your short vampire life is blood from a bag, you don't even know how good it is from a person..." Damon told her "How can you resist your basic nature which tells you to drink from a person. We could do it together." He took her hands
"I don't want to be... I don't want you to be-"
"Be what? A monster? Sorry to disappoint you, Gracie, but the last time I checked, we were vampire, and all we know is love, lust and blood." He stroked her cheek.
"No. We don't have to be like that-"
"I'm not going down Stefan's route and I'm not letting that happen to you, resisting now will kill you in the future, you have to learn to control it or it will control you." He told her firmly before leaving the room.
At the Gilbert house Jeremy was in the bathroom washing his hands when he saw Bonnie standing in the doorway smiling at him "Hey, Jeremy. There's ashes everywhere." He informed her.
"I'll go grab the vacuum." Jeremy told her drying his hands.
"No, I got it." Bonnie replied with a smile as she walked from the room.
"Are you ok?" Anna asked as she appeared next to him.
"Don't." Jeremy hissed.
"What?" Anna looked at him confused.
"Bonnie's here, ok? You've got to stop." He told her firmly.
"I was just trying to warn you. I felt something bad. Dangerous." She replied innocently.
"You... you just can't pop up every time she and I are together." Jeremy told his former lover firmly.
"It's a two-way street, Jeremy. I only pop up when you're thinking about me. That's why you haven't told her. Isn't it? You don't want her to know you still care." Anna looked at him.
"I can't do this right now. I can't. This is just too much." Jeremy hissed at the ghost.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that." The lonely ghost replied.
"Goodbye, Anna." He dismissed her.
"Don't! Jeremy, please. Don't shut me out!" She begged as her voice became less clear, her pleas became silence as Jeremy shut his eyes and reopened them to reveal Anna was gone, when he walked into the bedroom Bonnie was in there.
"What's wrong?" Bonnie asked.
"You asked me before if something was wrong and I said no." He reminded her.
"Yeah." Bonnie nodded.
"That was a lie. I was lying to you. When you brought me back to life..." He couldn't find the words, he could hear Anna's whimpers coming from behind him.
"Say you can hear me, Jeremy. Please!" She screamed in her whispery voice.
"Something happened..." Jeremy sighed.
"I am all alone!" She reminded him trying to scream as loud as she could.
Chicago
Stefan walked into the warehouse where Klaus and Rebekah were hiding out, he stopped in front of them and ran his hand over the soft wood when suddenly the blonde Original walked in "You're back." She announced "Finally. Nik went to check on the witch..." She informed him as she saw him looking at the coffins "Dreary, isn't it? The family cargo."
"Hmm. Why don't you undagger them?" Stefan asked.
"Because he would hunt me down and kill me. He's a vindictive little bastard, my brother." She reminded him.
"But you still care about him. Why?" Stefan looked over into her sparkling blue eyes.
"well, I hated him for a long time. It was exhausting." She informed him as she hopped up into a coffin and Stefan took a seat next to her.
"You know, when I met you two, you were both on the run." Stefan looked at her coyly.
"Also exhausting." She looked at her perfectly manicured nails.
"Who were you running from?" Stefan asked the Original curiously.
"What do you mean?" Rebekah looked over at him too her pretty blue orbs widening.
"Last night I saw you, there was a man looking for you. You both seemed afraid. I just.. I wouldn't think Klaus would be afraid of anybody." Stefan shrugged.
"No one in this world is truly fearless, Stefan. Not even Niklaus." She used her brothers full name.
"Who was that man?" Stefan asked again.
"I can't. Please." Rebekah sighed as she climbed down "If Nik knew we were talking about this, he would-"
"No, no, no. I'm sorry." He climbed down too "Just forger I asked. Ok?"
"He told me about the girl you loved. The one that died. He also told me that you're only with him because the girl he was falling for, Grace... I think he said was her name did it to say the man she loved... your brother."
"It's true." Stefan nodded.
"You know, I think he secretly admires that about you... You'd sacrifice anything for you family... Don't tell him I told you that." He giggled.
"Your secret... Is safe with me." He smiled as she leaned up and pressed her lips against his.
"Do you think you'll ever love anyone like you loved that girl?" Rebekah asked exposing her true feelings.
"One day, maybe." He smiled at her.
"I can always tell when you're lying, Stefan." She replied her voice low.
"What?" Stefan looked at the Original surprised "I'm not-"
"Don't bother." The blonde cut him off "Your kiss already gave you away." She replied firmly as Klaus walked into the room.
"Gloria's gone. She's cleared out. We need to find a new witch immediately." The sentenced died when he felt the tension in the room "What's going on?"
"Something's wrong. He was asking about Mikael. He's not with us, Nik. I can sense it." She whispered to her older brother.
"She's wrong. Klaus-" Before Stefan could defend himself Klaus zipped towards him.
Mystic Falls
As Grace walked into the Salvatore Boarding house alone she saw Damon pouring himself two drinks whilst waiting for Alaric to wake, suddenly the human woke back up.
"It took a bit longer than usual, huh? Might want to get that ring checked. Hope it's not going bad."
"You killed me." Alaric patted his chest making sure his breathing returned to normal.
"You pissed me off." Damon answered.
"You killed me!" Alaric growled.
"Ric, no hard feelings, alright? I was on a bit of a tear. First you upset me about Grace then you tell me how to behave... Everyone keeps doing that, what is it about everything thinking that know me?"
"Well, maybe they finally realised you're just a dick." Alaric replied firmly as he got up and walked from the room patting Grace's shoulder as he left the house.
"What you did to Alaric... it was uncalled for." Grace told him firmly.
"He'll get over it." Damon replied "Thought anymore about my offer?"
"About draining humans?" Grace asked and Damon nodded "I'm good thanks."
"You just don't understand..." Damon shook his head "Everything is better on fresh human blood... everything." His eyes flashed with excitement at her "Come with me." He held out his hand.
She slid her hands into his and he lead her down into the basement, she could hear a soft whimper coming from one of the cellar rooms, Damon walked in and as he returned he brought a girl with him, she was around Grace's age with fire engine red hair falling just past her shoulders not even half the length of Grace's great masses of chocolate locks.
"Damon." Grace hissed.
"Just once." Damon pushed the girl towards her "I snatched, we eat, then I'll erase." He promised "Bite here." He pointed to a small spot on the girls neck, the girl had a pair of dark blue eyes that were tearful, she was in complete silence, Grace assumed that Damon had compelled her not to speak.
"No." Grace resisted the fast heart beat of the human, her fangs were tearing through her gums making her wince in pain.
"You can't resist it, Gracie." Damon stroked his girlfriends cheek "it isn't a big deal, she won't remember a thing..." Grace leaned forward to the girls throat, her nostrils were filled with the sickly smell of her cheap perfume as she tore into her neck "Good girl." Damon purred before leaning in and biting the girl from the other side, after a while Damon pulled back "Enough, baby." He pulled her away and compelled the girl to leave and not remember a thing not before giving her blood so that she would heal "How did you like that?"
"Mmm." Grace breathed before leaning up and kissing him, he slid his tongue in her mouth and she moaned again feeling the girls blood mingle in their mouths as their tongues tangled, he gathered her up into his arms and moved her back against the wall, she winded her legs around his waist before stopping everything "No." She whispered "Damon. This can't happen again. We can't be like this."
"This is how I want to be." He replied letting her down looking at her intensely "What don't you understand about that? Just you and me. We could travel the world, we don't have to be stuck in Mystic Falls for the rest of our eternity together..."
"Fresh blood, it changes you..." She shook her head "We can't go around draining girls or guys, or anyone! She was my only age, Damon, would you want that happening to me?" He didn't answer "Please for me..."
"You can't tell me what you do." He hissed as he pulled away from her towards his room.
"Damon." She called but he was already walking away from her "Fine. I'm going to see Elena." She yelled as she slammed the front door leaving.
Standing in the middle of Mystic Falls square Grace was sitting between Caroline and Elena, she hadn't told them the whole story, just the fact that her and Damon had a fight.
"I'm not going to say I told you so..." Caroline mused.
"Thank you." Grace nodded.
"But I did tell you... so." She shrugged as Elena threw her a look.
"Ok, you and Damon were both right. I was trying to change him when clearly he didn't want to be changed..." Grace replied.
"Wait. I... it's been a long week, so I'm going to be blunt. But I think Klaus gotten under your skin..." Caroline told her.
"That's not true, I love Damon." Grace replied "Not Klaus. Damon."
"God, just admit it, Grace, ok? You feel something for Klaus! As much as you don't want to-"
"No, Caroline. No I don't." Grace hissed "Not at all, I love Damon and that is final... I don't love anyone else but him, because he's the one who knows me inside and out, he is the one who I first fell in love with, he is the first man I made love to and he will be the last, he's the one I trust with my heart and my everything."
"Alright." Caroline hissed "I get it, you love Damon, it's only Damon... I'm just saying maybe the two months you were running around with Klaus, maybe it's taken a toll on you both." She said as she saw her dad "I'll see you both soon..."
"are you ok?" Elena asked as the blonde walked away.
"Fine..." Grace replied in a low voice.
Caroline bounced towards her dad in her usual chirpy self, Bill looked up at her strong, blonde daughter feeling a small sense of gratitude towards her "Hey." the vampire smiled.
"Hey. Don't worry, I'm going to go back home before somebody kills me." He assured her.
"How's your..." She trailed off motioning her own neck meaning the bite he had received off Damon.
"Oh, healed." He shrugged "Thank you. For coming to my rescue."
"You're welcome." Caroline smiled.
"Bye, Caroline." He nodded at her.
"Daddy." She stopped him for leaving "I'm going to be ok." She assured him in a sure voice.
"You're a vampire, sweetheart. I don't think you'll ever be ok again." He took her down a peg before turning and leaving.
Back at the Lockwood mansion Alaric was talking with both Carol and Liz about him being on the council so he could protect the people of Mystic Falls.
Liz nodded listening to Alaric's argument "I understand where you're coming from, but-"
"The Gilbert family is a founding family, and they deserve to have a voice on the council. I'm taking care of them, I should be that voice."
"That's not the way it works, Mr. Saltzman." Carol replied.
"Oh, really? Well, then tell me how it does. The council's job is to protect the people of this town. Now your daughter's a vampire and your son's a werewolf. So who's looking after the actually people? Some of them may be family or friends, but they are still supernatural. They don't follow our rules and our laws, they look after themselves, and that's what we need to do. I'll see you at the next meeting." Alaric added before getting up and walking from the room.
Katherine and Fayth walked into the Grill to see Bonnie sitting at a table, they were both posing as their doppelgänger's again "Hey there." Katherine smiled.
"Hey." Bonnie smiled.
"I just saw Jeremy. He said that you still have my necklace?" Katherine asked casually.
"Yeah, I haven't figured out what's going on with it yet." Bonnie replied shrugging a little, Fayth gave Katherine a look.
"I know. But I just... I feel weird without it." Katherine lied "The whole Stefan of it all."
"Ok." Bonnie nodded handing Katherine back Elena's necklace.
"Did Jeremy also tell you that he's been seeing ghosts of his dead girlfriends all summer?" the witch looked at the two vampire curiously.
"What?" Fayth hissed.
"Vicki and Anna. He's been talking to them." Bonnie replied.
"You're kidding." Fayth creased her eye brows.
"I wish. It's because I brought him back to life. The witches said there would be consequences. Guess they were right." She turned to look around the room "you know, what am I supposed to-" As she turned back Katherine and Fayth had disappeared.
Damon opened the front door when it rang to reveal Fayth, she wasn't going to pretend to be Grace this time, she needed his help "Look, I didn't meant to force you-"
"What kind of sick tricks have you been trying to get that baby vampire into doing now?" Fayth scoffed.
"Fayth. Wonderful. What do you want?" Damon hissed.
"I'm just a girl with a twin who is looking for a man to help us damsels in distress'. Feel like hitting the road? Getting the hell out of dodge?"
"Impeccable timing." Damon grinned "I need to get some air, stretch my legs."
"Is that a yes?" Fayth smiled "I'll drive."
"Why not? Where are we going?" Damon asked seeing Katherine approach them.
"Away from here. That's all I'm going to give you right now. But believe me... It's good." Fayth smiled as Katherine flashed Elena's necklace.
Stefan wakes up and Klaus was looking over at him "Give me a change to explain myself, ok?" the vampire begged.
"No need. I'm not mad, I'm just curious." Klaus shrugged "Rebekah seems to think you're holding onto something. A piece of your old life. The thing is, she's got flawless instincts, borderline supernatural. So I thought I would check it out. See for myself what it is you've been hiding..." He smirked looking out of the window of his truck "Welcome back to Mystic Falls, Stefan."
A/N
Oh no, Stefan and Klaus have returned to Mystic Falls when Damon, Katherine and Fayth have just left! This is not gonna be good
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