Twisted Love
Season Two
Smells Like Teen Spirit
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries, I only own Grace and Fayth :)
Elena was up early in the morning, Bonnie had been in to visit her the night before but she was too tired to talk, she was when a couple of days ago she woke up to see a text from Grace telling her Stefan didn't leave town. She had wanted to see Stefan again, but he was gone, his emotions was gone along with his humanity.
The time was 5am, but Elena couldn't sleep anymore, walking over to the mirror in her room she grabbed her make-up and covered the bite marks she had received from Stefan on her neck. Her logic was, if she covered them then she could cover her true emotions. As she walked from the room she saw Alaric about to walk down the stairs, he had a pain ridden look on his face as he held his head "Good morning." She called, but he didn't answer, it was obvious he was suffering from a hangover.
Grace and Damon were in the bathroom, she was applying her make up in the mirror was Damon sat in soapy, bubbly water sipping a deep red wine "You don't need that, you know?"
"Hmm?" Grace looked over her shoulder at him blending her pale foundation into her already pale skin.
"You don't need that make-up, you're beautiful without." He smiled at her and she blushed heavily turning back to look in the mirror at herself "Anything planned for today? Or can we head straight back to bed, snuggle and have fun."
"I have school." Grace answered "It's my senior year and Caroline has already told me off for pining over you too much, I'm just too in love." She rolled her eyes throwing him a look "But I think it will be good for my to get back to a normal life, just for a little while..."
"But..." He pouted "I want to spend time with you."
She giggled as she walked over to him "well, we have a little while. Feel like giving a few lessons on how to fight?" Her eyes fluttered with innocence as she asked her older boyfriend to teach her how to fight someone.
"Why do you want to learn how to fight?" Damon asked "You're a vampire, just run and I'll protect you." He shrugged sipping his wine.
"But what if you're not there." Grace asked in a soft voice was she knelt down beside the stand alone tub resting her chin on the side "I was on my own yesterday and that didn't end well for me, Klaus... he almost ripped my heart out." she cringed at the memory of Klaus wanting to end her life because she didn't want him.
"That won't happen again." Damon promised her, he saw the pleading look in her eyes "But, if you really want to learn, I can teach you... After you get home from school..." She was about to protest but he stopped her "education first, Gracie."
"Fine." Grace stood up and walked over grabbing her bag, slinging it over her shoulder as she went to walk from the room, suddenly he was standing in front of her, dripping onto the floor eyeing her up and down "How long have we got?" Damon asked cocking an eye brow seductively.
"You're kind of getting water everywhere." Grace laughed pushing her arms against his wet chest to keep him at arms length, but it was no use "Go get a towel."
"Hmm. No." He pulled her towards his body and she squealed as his warm, wet, toned body soaked her clothes.
"Damon!" She screamed.
"Oops." He smirked looking down into her anger filled chocolate brown eyes "Looks like I got you all wet." He winked at her.
Elena was training out in the woods behind her house with Alaric there to train her, she was using one of his mannequins to act as a vampire, the history teacher grabbed a black forearm sleeve with two small wooden stakes attached to it "So the pressure of your punch ejects the stakes." He explained.
"Easy enough." Elena nodded as she slipped it on her wrist and punched the mannequin, the stakes didn't emerge "That's weird." She noted as she punched it again, but nothing was happening "Must be jammed or something."
"You're not strong enough." Alaric answered "Better start lifting some weights, put some meat on your bones."
"Thanks for sugar-coating it." Elena told him sarcastically, as he reached into his bag and pulled out a grenade.
"You know what this is?" Alaric asked.
"A vervain grenade." Elena answered with a nod "I've used one before..." It was on Elijah when her and the Salvatore brothers went out to save Grace from the clutches of Rose and Trevor.
"Then you know the element of surprise is your only advantage when it comes to a vampire." He noted as he pulled the pin from the grenade and threw it to lena "Surprise."
"Oh my God." She hissed as she threw it into the air and it exploded "This isn't a joke to me, Ric."
"You think I'm joking? Vampires will take whatever they want. They will hurt whoever they want. And they'll do it without remorse. It's their nature." He told her bluntly.
"You don't have to use pronouns. You can say Stefan." Her voice was low as she though to her ex-lover who was bare of all emotions.
"Look, I get why you're here. Stefan hurt you. You don't want it to happen again-"
"But you think that I'm crazy to believe that I can protect myself from a vampire who's flipped the switch on his humanity." Elena replied a frown on her lips.
"I think you found a way to get out of bed this morning. And that makes you the strongest person I know. I think that you can do pretty much anything." He handed her over the sleeve and she smiled as she slid it back on her forearm.
A little while later that day the four new senior girls were standing out front the school looking on with mixed emotions "Here we are. Senior year." Caroline noted.
"Anyone else think it should feel slightly more empowering?" Bonnie looked at her friends.
"Like we need to feel anymore empowering." Grace scoffed throwing her a look "You're a witch, you're a doppelgänger, Care and I are vampires... we're pretty much too overpowered for this school."
"But still, it seems like we've spent forever to get to here and now we are, it's been ruined and pushed aside by something bigger." Bonnie replied.
"Ok. So prank night was a bust. But we are accepting it, and we are moving on." Caroline told them all firmly.
"You're right." Bonnie nodded "I mean, why should I let the face that my boyfriend is seeing the ghost of his dead girlfriends hinder this experience."
"Yes! And why should I let the fact that my boyfriend was turned into a hybrid put a damper on a otherwise fabulous day." The blonde noted.
"I almost got my heart ripped from my chest last night, by a man that said he loved me and saved me from a fire that burnt my adoption parents alive." Grace told them "But, this is my senior years and I'm not going to let that son of a bitch spoil it for me!"
"Today's our anniversary." Elena added from the other side of her "Technically, Stefan and I met on the first day of school."
"Yeah. You win." Caroline stated.
"Are you sure you want to be here?" Grace asked.
"I have to be here. I have to put it behind me. New year. New life." She nodded confidently as she walked towards the school building, the three supernaturals glanced, all of them smiling proud at each other before walking after her catching up.
Damon walked down the stairs brushing his hands through his raven black damp hair, as he got to the bottom of the stairs he noticed two dead girls slumped down on the rug, he walked into the living room and saw his baby-brother playing twister with a bunch of bitten girls, heavily compelled girl.
"Uh-oh." Stefan smirked at the pointer after he had spun it "Alexandra, left hand, please." She walked over to him offering her wrist which he gladly accepted.
"Hey." Damon called gaining his attention "the two brunettes on the staircase owe me a Persian rug." The older brother told him firmly.
"You mean, they owe us a Persian rug?" Stefan corrected him "It's my house, too, brother. Oh! Would you like a spin?" He offered him the board.
Damon glared gently "What are you doing back here? Why aren't you with Klaus?"
"He wanted me to protect Elena, she's an asset now." Stefan shrugged.
"And this is what he had in mind when he wanted you... protecting her?" Damon asked looking around the room at the drunk, compelled girls.
"These ladies are helping me all that I can be." Stefan replied with a cocky smile.
The front door was suddenly knocked and Damon answered it and opened the door to reveal Barbie-Original, Rebekah stood there with shopping bags up and down her arms and a less than pleased look planted on her face.
"Where's Stefan?" She walked straight past the younger vampire.
"Who the hell are you?" Damon asked confused as to who the blonde girl was.
"He left me here." Rebekah told Stefan as she saw him sitting on the couch feeding from one of the girls "My brother actually left me here."
"Oh, I'm sorry. Your tone implies that I'm actually supposed to care." Stefan replied.
"You're Klaus' sister?" Damon asked eyeing her up and down carefully.
"Rebekah. Pleasure, I'm sure." She smirked "Which one's my room?" She looked around.
"You're not staying here." Stefan told her firmly.
Rebekah looked over her shoulder at Damon but he didn't correct Stefan in anyway, he didn't want anyone who had anything to do with Klaus living under his roof, that included Stefan, but his brother didn't look as if he was about to leave any time soon.
"Rude." Rebekah hissed "Both of you. I'll see to it myself." She stalked towards the stairs.
"So, I guess she's staying here." Stefan shrugged.
"Get these girls out of here before Grace gets home." Damon told Stefan firmly as he walked away from him.
Bonnie was standing at her locker placing items that she didn't need right now in there whilst grabbing the books that she did need from there. Jeremy spotted her from across the hall and walked over to join her.
"So what?" He spoke suddenly "It's not cool to talk to juniors anymore?"
"Hey. Happy first day." She replied.
"You're mad?" Jeremy asked.
"I'm not mad. I'm resigned to the fact I'm sharing space in our relationship for Anna and Vicki." She retorted.
"I haven't talked to Vicki in a while." Jeremy answered innocently.
"That's not the point, Jeremy." She hissed.
"I know that. I know. Ok? But I had to see Anna again, Bonnie. She had information that Damon needed." Jeremy replied.
"I get it, Jeremy. But put yourself in my shoes. You loved both of them. And you guys didn't break up. They died. And you keep letting them back in." The witch shrugged.
"You think I want any of this?" Jeremy asked his voice was low.
"I, um... I think you have the power to decide whether or not you see them. Remember that. Ok?" Bonnie asked as she turned on her heels and left.
Outside the school Matt parked his truck in an empty parking spot, suddenly his sister appeared next to him "You were always so much better at being a part of this than I was." The young girl announced and her brother seemed startled to see her "Sorry."
"You can't just keep appearing like this. Freaks me out." Matt told her firmly.
"I'm a ghost. It's all I got. And I couldn't appear if you weren't think about me." She countered.
"Well, I was just thinking about our first day last year. I was worried about running into Elena and you said-"
"Suck it up. Be a man. And show her what she's missing." Vicki smiled at the memory.
"Yeah. Instead, she met a vampire." Matt nodded solemnly.
"You ok, Matty. You seem unhappy." Her voice was low with worry.
"Yeah, I just, life stuff. You know, with you gone and mom not around, it's... A lot to deal with alone. I'm glad I get to talk to you, though. I miss you." Matt smiled across at her.
"I miss you, too. What if I told you there was a way that you could help me come back?" Vicki looked at him.
"What do you mean come back?" Matt creased his eye brows, suddenly the girl disappeared into thin air and the window next to him was knocked.
"Donovan!" Tyler called "What are you doing? Come on, man. Let's go!" He grinned as Matt climbed from the car "You talking to yourself?"
"What's got you in such a good mood?" Matt asked his friend not answering his question about talking to himself, he didn't want to explain to the new hybrid that he was seeing the ghost of his dead sister.
"We're seniors, man. Life is good." Tyler grinned.
Katherine and Fayth were standing inside of the Mausoleum which was holding Mikael, he had gone back to sleep and the twins were attempting to try and wake him up offering blood and animals that he could eat.
"Come on, Mikael." Katherine taunted a mouse in front of his face "breakfast." She noticed her sisters phone began to ring behind her "Yummy. Mikael, wake up!"
"What?" Fayth hissed as she answered her phone.
"What? What do you mean, 'what'? I've been calling you for 2 days." Damon replied firmly.
"Odd, that's exactly how long I've been ignoring you." Fayth retorted.
"Jeremy Gilbert told me you and Katherine found Mikael." Damon asked.
"Sort of. He's a little bit out of commission. He won't eat. And we've tried everything... Gravediggers, mourners, mice, rats, bats. He's not interested." She listed the blood she and her sister had tried to feed the mummified vampire.
"Well, try harder." Damon hissed "We need him to kill Klaus so I can de-rippefy Stefan before he destroys my house."
"Fine." Fayth hissed "I'll give it another shot." She turned on her heels and peaked through the door to see a man in the cemetery, he was holding a bouquet of flowers as he walked towards a grave, a mournful look on his face.
Grace was standing at her locker placing her leather jacket inside whilst grabbing her history book for her next lesson, her phone began to vibrate in her skinny jeans pocket, pulling it out she hit answer "Hey... I already told you, Damon. I can't come home, I have to be here." She giggled as she leaned against her locker.
"I wish you could, but I'm sure sure you'd want to be here... We have a new housemate. Barbie Klaus." Damon informed her.
"Rebekah?" Grace hissed "She is not living with us, Damon. No way."
"It's not like I want her to, Gracie." Damon replied in a soft voice "Apparently Klaus left her in the dust after I name-dropped Mikael."
"I don't want her there." Grace hissed.
"Neither do I." Damon replied "But she isn't leaving any time soon, and I'm not sure I need to remind you but she's an Original, which means she's very, very strong... Stronger than both of us put together."
"I know." Grace pouted as she saw Elena walking down the hall towards her "What about Stefan? What is he up to?"
"Oh, you know. Journaling, reading, shaping his hair." Damon smirked not telling her the truth, he knew that Grace knew how bad Stefan was, but the boy was like a brother to her and Damon didn't want her to see him any other way.
"Come on, Damon. I can't handle it. What?" Grace pried.
"Is that the bell?" Damon replied knowing Grace was in the hallway "Oh... Ring! Ring! Don't want to be late." He replied as he hung up.
"Hey." Elena walked over to the girl and Caroline walked over to them putting a flyer up for the bonfire on the wall "Oh, I forgot about the bonfire."
"You have to go. It's out first spirit squad event. And it sets the bar for the whole year." Caroline answered "You both have to be there!"
"Relax, Caroline." Elena laughed "We'll be there."
"Thank you. It's just that-" Tyler arrived and kissed Caroline passionately.
"Happy first day, ladies!" Tyler gushed.
Elena noticed a red stain on his shirt and her eyes grew wide "Is that blood?"
"Tyler." Grace shook her head.
"Oh my God." Caroline hissed as she caught Tyler's wrist tugging him to the bathroom with Elena following, Grace just laughed as she stood in the hallway.
"What's going on?" Tyler hissed.
"Vampire 101... don't wear your breakfast to school!" Caroline told him firmly as Elena checked the stalls to make sure it was empty, she gave the vampire the all clear with a nod.
"Chill out. It was just a blood bag." Tyler replied.
"From where?" Caroline asked, she hadn't given him the blood and began to wonder if Damon or someone else had given it to him, or he had found it for himself.
"Rebekah hooked me up." The hybrid shrugged.
"Rebekah?" The blonde growled "And what are you even talking to her for?"
"Klaus told her to keep a watch on me. Protect his new asset." Tyler informed her.
"His what? Why are you amused by this?" Caroline growled.
"I'm his first successful hybrid, Caroline. Don't you think that's the tiniest bit awesome?" Tyler gushed.
"Oh, wow! I cannot believe you just said that." Caroline's silvery eyes flared with anger.
Grace went to walk down the hall when she collided with a hard chest, she half expect to look up and see an icy pair of blue eyes, instead she saw a forest green set watching her.
"Hello, Gracie." Stefan purred "Sorry for interrupting you and Damon last night, I honestly didn't mean to... Hope it didn't spoil the mood for the rest of the night."
"What are you doing here?" Her voice was low as Elena walked from the bathroom to see Stefan, her eyes were wide as she gulped.
"What do you mean? I'm going back to school. Go Timberwolves!" Stefan chanted as he eyed Elena up and down, a mysterious look in his eyes.
"What!" Elena hissed as she stood next to her sister "Why?"
"Klaus wants me to keep an eye on you. I'm just going what I'm told." Stefan shrugged.
"C'mon, Elena. We're going to be late for Klaus." Grace took Elena's wrist.
"Klaus mentioned that he tried to kill you... said he's really sorry and hopes you'll forgive him." Stefan called.
"That Hybrid dick can drop dead for all I care." Grace hissed "And you don't need to talk to me about him, Stefan."
"Have I touched a nerve?" Stefan taunted.
"You just need to leave us alone until you sort out your attitude. Ok?" She hissed.
"Do you think I want to be a senior for the 100th time? No. I don't have a choice in the matter. And neither do you two." He stood in front of them blocking their exit.
"Move, Stefan. Before I move you." Grace told him, she didn't want to hurt the man, she thought of him as a brother and didn't want to lose him, but when he was acted like this she felt the need to protect herself and her sister.
"Everything ok here?" Alaric approached eyeing Stefan protective of the girls, the vampire turned the tables on him and pushed him back against the lockers holding him there firmly with one hand.
"Stefan, stop it." Elena ordered.
"You're not gonna want to get in my way. You hear me?" Stefan told Alaric, who stood strong and acted as if Stefan wasn't scaring him "I will see you all in history." He released the teacher, gave them all a sickly sweet smile and walked away.
"What the hell is he doing here?" Alaric hissed as the three of them walked into his room.
"Klaus compelled him to watch over me. Apparently I'm one of Klaus' assets now that my blood is the only way to create a hybrid." Elena replied.
"Now he's a bodyguard?" Alaric asked dumbfounded.
"I don't know what he is. But he's definitely not Stefan." Elena retorted as the bell rang "Look, his being here is not good for any of us. We have to do something." She added as her and Grace took their usual seats at the front double desk next to each other.
All the other students enter, Caroline and Bonnie take their seats behind them giving them kind smiles, the rest of the room fills up as Stefan walked in late, he looked at a boy sitting the other side of Elena and gave him a hard stare "You're in my seat." He told him firmly and the boy quickly moved letting Stefan take his place, Elena shakes her head giving Grace a look.
"Welcome back, seniors." Alaric smiled at them all as they settled down "Let's turn out brains back on, starting with this country's Original founders... the Native Americans." he wrote on the chalk board.
"What about the Vikings?" Rebekah asked in her lovely British voice taking up the empty seat next to Stefan. All of the others Bonnie, Caroline, Grace and Elena share looks at the Original Brit that was now invading their classroom too.
"There's no evidence that Viking explorers actually settled in the United States." Grace stated in a matter-of-factly tone and Rebekah threw her an icy look.
"That's very true, Grace..." He nodded at the young vampire before looking over at the new blonde girl "Who are you?"
"My name's Rebekah Mikaelson. I'm new. And history's my favourite subject." She grinned reaching for her notebook.
Matt walked over to the stoner pit by the school and Vicki reappeared next to him throwing him a dirty look "You have no business in the stoner pit."
"Figured you'd feel comfortable here." Matt retorted to his dead sister.
"Touché." She giggled.
"So what do you mean that I can help you come back?" Matt asked curiously.
"Right now, I can only come back when you're thinking of me. But there is a way that I can be free of that." She replied.
"How?" Matt looked at her.
"I know this sounds crazy but I have help from the other side." Vicki told him.
"The other side?" Matt asked confused as Jeremy arrived, he couldn't see Vicki as he wasn't thinking of her.
"Dude, what are you doing over here?" Jeremy asked his sisters ex-boyfriend.
"I could ask you the same question." Matt gave him a look.
"Just looking for my stoner lab partner. Alright, see you around." Jeremy gave his friend a defensive look as he walked away.
"Can he not see you anymore?" Matt asked Vicki.
Jeremy walked into the boy restrooms and waited for Anna to appear, as soon as he thought of her there she was smiling sweetly at him "He was talking to Vicki right out there in the open."
"How?" Anna asked.
"When he died and came back, he must have started seeing her. She said that she could come back, that she had help on the other side." Jeremy had seen the girl but had been ignoring her to Matt's sake.
"Help? What kind of help?" Anna whispered.
"Who's helping you?" Matt asked Vicki curiously.
"The witch I've been talking to say that there's a ritual. She can do magic from my side to push me over to yours." Vicki replied with a small smile.
"Is it even possible?" He asked his ghostly ex-girlfriend "Could she come back?"
"I guess if she had a stronger foothold." Anna replied.
"Like an anchor?" Jeremy asked.
"Exactly. Right now, I'm tethered to you. My only access point to your side is through you. But if she were to get a stronger foothold..." Anna suggested.
"I'll be able to come and go as I please..." Vicki explained to her older brother "When I want, where I want. I won't have to rely on you."
"But you'll still be a ghost, Vicki." Matt shook his head.
"In a town full of vampires, werewolves, and witches, I'll fit right in." She snorted.
"Seriously. You're going to make jokes about this?" He gave her a look.
"Matt! Relax. No one else will be able to see me." She replied with a small smile.
"She's bad news, Jeremy." Anna told Jeremy firmly "There's nothing but darkness around her."
"This is Vicki we're talking about. Alright? She's not a bad person." Jeremy shrugged.
"You can't upset the balance of nature without a price. If she's using a witches energy from the other side, you don't know what price she's going to pay..."
"I can be past of this life again, Matt." Vicki smiled "Instead of being on the other side all alone. You won't have to be alone anymore either." She began to sob and Matt felt a sense of protect for his sister.
"What do I have to do?"
Grace was sitting down on the field catching some rays whilst watching the cheerleaders, she was 'helping' Caroline with the squad, but really she was relaxing, it was the first time she had been able to do that in a while "Has anybody seen Dana?" One of the girls asked.
Caroline through Grace a look "No, we'll have Grace step in for now."
"Oh, Care. No." Grace shook her head "I'm coaching..."
"Sounds like you have an opening on the squad." Rebekah approached wearing tiny shorts and a tight fitting tank top.
"What are you doing?" Caroline hissed as the Original ignored her, Grace quickly stood up and shoved her hard, everyone crowd around them excited to see a fight break out.
"You think you're going to saunter into this town and move into my home, with me and my boyfriend, you've got another thing coming. You're gonna pack your stuff and move out. Now." Grace hissed "I don't give a damn if your precious brother left you stranded here, you're gone as soon as I get home."
"well, I didn't hear the boys complaining when I did moved it." Rebekah smirked a lie, knowing Grace's young vampire emotions would get the better of her her "That lovely one with the gorgeous bright blue eyes, Damon that's his name, he showed me to my room, ever the gentleman. Helped me put my stuff away, lead me to the beautiful bed-"
"Say another word, I dare you." Grace hissed taking a step towards her, Rebekah instinctive backed away, even though she could easily kill the girl Niklaus would never forgive her.
Tyler quickly moved forward and captured Grace's arms moving her away "Cool down." Tyler told her "You'll end up getting yourself killed."
"You can't just come here and infiltrate all of our lives." Caroline hissed at Rebekah as everyone left the crowd.
"I'm only interested in yours." Rebekah answered throwing her a dirty smile "Your spunk, your popularity." She looked over at Tyler who was speaking with Grace "Maybe even your boyfriend."
"Just... Go back over there and sit down. Ok?" Tyler told her.
"Fine." Grace hissed as she shrugged him off walking down to her bag and laying back calming down in the sun.
"It's not the ballet, ladies." The football coach yelled "Let's move! Let's move!"
"I think we're done here, coach." Tyler replied as he walked back over.
"Did you have a mental breakdown, Lockwood? Get back in line." Coach told him firmly.
"I have a better idea." Tyler began to compel him "Shut the hell up so we can go get drunk at the bonfire."
"Hit the showers, gentlemen." Coach told them.
"Try to be a little more subtle, Tyler." Caroline walked over to the hybrid.
"Come from the queen of subtly?" He smirked "Relax. I'm in total control. Grace on the other hand, what's her problem? Picking fights like that? I think she's losing it, Care."
"Picking fights?" Caroline hissed "Tyler, she's one of your best friends. You're meant to be on her side with this. Why are you acting like this?"
"Drop it, Caroline. I've never been better. Klaus has given me this... gift." He gushed.
"What?" The blonde hissed.
Some of the footballers walked over to watch Rebekah do some impressive gymnastics finishing with the splits, they all applauded, and cheered her, as she threw Caroline a smug smile.
"My God." She growled.
"Damn, girl's got moves." Tyler smirked.
Elena was jogging around the track, she was going to start but building up her cardio then she would move on to gaining new muscle "Look at you being all fit." Stefan taunted as he caught up with her "Hey, you going to the bonfire tonight? Sounds like fun, right?"
"Seriously, Stefan, leave me alone." Elena hissed as she turned on the track to run the other way.
"You think I'm annoying now? Wait till homecoming. Hey, who you bringing, by the way? I don't want it to be weird..." The vampire smirked before a boy crashed into Elena, it was an honest accident, but Stefan didn't see it that way.
"I'm sorry." The boy told her before Stefan shoved him to the floor.
"Watch it, dick!" Stefan growled.
"Who are you!" Elena hissed at the man, Stefan had honestly changed into someone who she didn't want to know or be associated with.
"I'm the guy who's bee assigned to protect a human blood bag. I mean, no offence or anything." He smirked, she glared at him as she turned on her heals and walked away from him "What?"
Fayth was holding the body of a dead man above Mikael's mummified body so that the crimson blood was falling into his mouth, suddenly his skin began to brighten and get firmer and he shook in the chains "No! Get it away!" He hollered.
"You need blood." Katherine told him.
"Get it away from me." Mikael warned her and Fayth launched the body across the room dusting off her hands.
"Happy?" She shrugged.
"Thank you." Mikael nodded.
"I remember you. Chicago, 1920s. You were looking for Klaus." Katherine remembered and Fayth nodded at the memory as Mikael re-closed his eyes shutting them out.
"You're not so scary for... a badass vampire, vampire Hunter." Fayth added.
"Damon." Grace called as she walked into the Salvatore Boarding House after school had finished looking around throwing her bag to the floor "Damon? Are you here?" She saw a note on the side.
Gracie,
you want to learn how to fight then meet me in the forest out back. Come and find me, I'll be waiting.
Your lover x
Grace giggled as his beautiful script on the note, folding it back up she placed it on the table zipping out into the forest she tied her hair back into a pony tail keeping it from her eyes "Damon." She called "are you still out here?" She walked around for a while looking for any signs of him but she couldn't hear him, turning around she went to walk back to the house when she was suddenly tackled against a tree held there firmly "Ah!"
"Did I scare you?" He purred against her ear lobe kissing her neck.
"Damon!" She screamed "Have you been hiding this whole time!"
"Yep." He smirked "How was school?"
"Terrible." Grace replied "Rebekah showed up and started acting like a dick... just like her brother. And Stefan... he's not the same."
"I know." Damon noted.
"I nearly got into a fight with the Original bitch." Grace told Damon in a small voice.
"You what?" Damon growled "That's incredibly stupid of you... why would you do that?"
"I didn't want her being in my house, she was talking about you... making up stories!" Grace replied breaking from his grip to face him "No one talks about my man."
"So you got into a fight with her?" Damon questioned tilting his head.
"Almost." Grace corrected him turning back around so that she wasn't looking at him anymore "Tyler stepped in and stopped me..."
"Well, he finally does something good for once." Damon added "Ready to learn?" He asked turning her so she would be facing him, kissing her neck gently "For every fight you lose... you lose a item of clothing."
"But..." She pouted.
"Honey, you want to learn, don't you?" He smiled "Those are my conditions."
"Fine." Grace nodded "Same for you."
Damon smirked "Seems fair. Let's do this..." he walked away from her making sure they had an equal distance between them "Attack me."
"What?" Grace giggled.
"Attack me." He told her.
She ran directly for him, he trapped her in his arms and suddenly flipped her pinning her to the floor holding her neck light, just to pin her "Straight forward attack? Really Grace?"
"You didn't give me a chance." She replied firmly.
"Will any other person that attacks you?" Damon retorted removing his hand "I can't go easy on you, babe... no one else will. I'm preparing you."
"Fine." Grace stood up and dusted herself off.
"Shirt." he ordered giving her a serious look.
"Damon." She complained but he just gave her a look, she pulled her shirt over her head and dropped it to the floor by her feet, her skinny jeans were slung low on her bony hips as she stood opposite him smirking "Ready?"
"Whenever you are, sweetie." Damon replied.
This time she ran straight for him again, when he went to capture her, she grabbed his arm and flipped him, quickly he moved to hold her arm behind her back and shoved her against the tree snapping his jaws down on her neck drawing blood.
"Ah!" She screamed as she bark chewed into her taut stomach.
"Dead." Damon muttered as he lapped at her broken skin "Shoes." he ordered and she kicked off her high tops leaving them on the floor "Again."
Grace pushed off of the wall and zipped under Damon he turned to see she wasn't there, he was surprised when he felt bare skin touch his clothed back and her lethal jaws ripped into his neck drinking his blood, he grunted.
"Better." he told her as he unbuttoned his shirt, she giggled as she climbed off of his back letting the shirt slid from his skin onto the floor.
"My turn." He ran for her, she zipped out of the way, hiding behind one of the many trees, she was panting as she heard his footsteps approach. When he zipped around the corner she went to run but he caught her pulling her towards him ripping into her neck making her arch her back.
"Ah, God." She hissed "Your bites are so hard."
Damon smirked and kissed her neck before unbuttoning her jeans letting them slid down her body to the floor "Only a couple more piece of clothing left to lose, Gracie." He purred cockily.
"I'm not strong enough." Grace hissed as she broke from his embrace "I'll never be able to protect myself, or anyone else..."
"Is that what you're worried about?" Damon chuckled looking at the small frustrated girl "Protecting Elena?"
"Yes... and protecting you." She looked at him her chocolate brown eyes fixing on him sadly.
"Me?" Damon smirked "Gracie, I can protect myself-"
"But what if you can't? And I have to save you but I'm not strong enough? What then?" Tears sparkled in her eyes as her voice began to shake with fear.
"Hey. Hey." Damon took her hands "Everything will be ok, alright? We'll protect each other, you are strong enough, you just have different strength and weakness to me... you can move a lot quicker than I can, you're more agile and quiet, which is a good quality to have..."
"And you're not?" Grace whimpered as she turned away from him drying her eyes "Stupid vampire emotions." She muttered taking a deep shaky breath.
He chuckled darkly "Look there is only one thing you need to know." Damon ran his hand down the side of her stomach moving around to just below her ribcage next to her back "Want to kill a vampire? Here." He pushed his fingers in, massaging the spot gently and she gasped her eyes fluttering shut "Mmm, so sensitive, huh? All you need to do is stake them here if you get the chance..."
Her bottom lip quivered greatly as he rubbed the spot harder before letting her go pecking her lips, he gathered all her clothes for her and helped her pull them back on.
"This is probably the first time you've helped me put my clothes on." She joked threw her tears and he chuckled nodding a little, suddenly her phone began to ring and she picked it up "Hello?"
"Hey, can you meet me at my place?" Elena asked on the other line "I need to speak with you and Damon."
"Sure." Grace nodded "we'll be right there, ok?"
It didn't take long for Damon and Grace to visit Elena, she let them in and shut the door after them, after offering them a drink she finally cut to the chase.
"I want to lock Stefan up." She finally stated "At least until this Mikael guy comes, kills Klaus, and the compulsion breaks..."
"Compulsion or not, Stefan's high on human blood, ok? A lot of it." Damon replied bluntly.
"You've gotten him off of it before." Elena answered.
"This is different. It's not a stint in rehab, Elena. His humanity's gone. Light's out. No one's home." Damon added.
"Damon, it has to be worth a shot, right? It can't be any worse than it is." Grace looked over at her boyfriend.
"Every single time I look at him, I feel like I'm going to break. And I'm not going to give him that satisfaction." Elena told them firmly.
"Elena. I'm in. I'll help you with anything you need." Grace promised and Damon made a noise "Damon." Grace's voice was soft as she took his hands "We can do this with you, or without you."
Damon sighed heavily "I'll do whatever it is you need me to do." He stroked the telepath's face "No one is going to hurt you. Especially not my brother."
Grace, Elena and Damon all joined Caroline and Alaric in his classroom at Mystic Falls High, they were talking of a way to capture Stefan and lock him away Elena was discussing her plan "I'll lure Stefan away from the bonfire. Then when he's distracted-"
"I'll shoot him." Alaric added.
"Can't Bonnie just ju-ju him or something?" Damon questioned.
"We're keeping Bonnie out of this. We can't be sure that Stefan won't hurt her." Grace shrugged.
"Caroline, are you covered?" Elena asked her blonde friend.
"Yes! I will make sure that the old Forbes jail cell is prepped and ready." She nodded firmly giving them all a sure smile.
"We're forgetting a key plater here. Rebekah? Whatever Stefan goes, the blonde ponytail tends to follow." Damon argued.
"Which is why it's your job to keep her away." Elena replied.
"How! She's an Original. Last time I checked, we're out of daggers." Damon informed her.
"So then preoccupy her with your charm." Elena shrugged.
"Might have better luck finding the dagger." Grace scoffed throwing him a teasing look.
"She has a point." Alaric added, he on the other hand wasn't joking he was still mad with Damon for killing him.
"Are you ever not going to be mad at me for a day?" Damon hissed at his friend.
"Doubtful." He replied shortly.
"Seriously though, Damon is not using his charm on Rebekah." Grace crossed her arms over her chest firmly "No."
"Jealous." Damon smirked and she threw him a dirty look.
"Fine, both of you both distract her." Elena shrugged as the new hybrid walked into the room "As long as she distracted."
"Sorry I'm late. What's going on?" Tyler asked.
"we need you to raid your mom's vervain supply. Enough to keep Stefan down for a while." Grace looked over at him.
"You can't do that to Stefan." Tyler smirked.
"Trust me, Tyler, it's in his best interest." Elena told him.
"Yeah. It's not in Klaus'." Tyler replied firmly.
"But Klaus is the bad guy, Tyler. You know, why are you acting like some freaky, hybrid, slave minion." Caroline hissed at her man.
"Uh-oh." Damon's voice came from the side lines.
"What?" Alaric looked at him.
"Klaus made me who I am, Caroline. I owe him everything." Tyler told his girlfriend.
"Oh, boy." Damon muttered.
"Ok, can we cool it on the commentary, please." The blonde hissed.
"What is going on?" Grace asked as she saw Damon grab a vervain dart.
"I'm just going to go." Tyler told them before Damon shoved the dart in his neck knocking him out.
"What are you doing!" Caroline growled.
"He's been sired." Damon told her.
"What?" Alaric asked.
"Sired. He feels loyal to Klaus because Klaus' blood created him." Damon informed them.
"Grace was created by your blood and she doesn't feel loyal to you..." Alaric told them "Well, not in a way she would do anything for you including play for the bad guys team." Damon nodded about to explain "Caroline was created by your blood, too, and-"
"What? Loyal how?" Grace asked frustrated.
"He'll seek acceptance from his master. It's really rare. But maybe not so much in hybrids." Damon noted.
"So how do I fix him?" Caroline asked the older vampire.
"Get a new boyfriend." Damon replied bluntly.
Later that night at the bonfire deep in the woods, Rebekah was grabbing a drink of beer from the keg, but she couldn't figure out how to work it, Stefan joined her "You alright there?" He smirked.
"I thought Tyler would be here." A small pout appeared on her lips.
"You're into Tyler now? That's kind of fickle." Stefan noted.
"When you're willing to give me the time of day again, then we'll talk. Until then, a girl has needs." She replied firmly.
Elena walked over to the two snatching the nozzle from her hands and aiming it into her red cup pouring the beer in with ease "Excuse me."
"Elena, hi. What are you doing?" He asked.
"I'm having fun, Stefan. You have a problem with that?" She growled as she drank the beer quickly.
"Alright, take it easy. We both know you're kind of a lightweight." Stefan smirked at the young girl.
"Uh-huh. Really? You think I'm going to let a blood addict tell me how to drink?" Elena scoffed as she walked away from the two leaving them both in shock.
Matt and ghost Vicki were out in the garage of the Donovan house, there were candles lit all around the two and he takes the picture of the two as kids and placed it it front of the candle before taking a knife and cutting his hand holding it above the picture "Concentrate on me, Matty." Vicki whimpered.
"This is too weird." He cut his hand deeper.
"Just focus." Vicki retorted "This is a good thing." She assured him as the blood dripped from his hand to spread across the picture "Now say you accept me."
"I accept you." Matt chimed and a gust of wind blew into the room making the candle's flame roar higher, smoke began to rise from the picture of them both, after moments of this the room began deathly silent before the door slammed shut.
The boy rose from where he was sitting and was about to run when he fell on a body, he saw his sisters deep brown eyes staring at him "Did you just-"
"I felt that." He assured her as she reached out and touched his face "I felt that, too."
"It worked!" She gushed and hugged him "I'm here, Matty."
Bonnie and Jeremy were in the hallway of Mystic Falls High, they were talking about Jeremy speaking with Anna and Matt with Vicki "Did you just talk to Anna about this?" Bonnie questioned.
"She's on the other side, Bonnie. Ok. I thought she might know something." Jeremy argued.
"About what? I thought they were all alone over there." Bonnie stated.
"Somehow Vicki's been communicating with some super strong witch." Jeremy shrugged.
"If there's anything witch involved, don't you think you should have come to be before you went to Anna." The witch hissed as Anna appeared next to Jeremy.
"Tell her not to be upset. I was just trying to help." Anna whimpered.
"Not now, Anna." Jeremy hissed at his ex.
"She's here?" Bonnie's eyes flared with anger.
"She's just trying to help." Jeremy told her.
"I can't... I can't deal with this right now." Bonnie shook her head.
"Bonnie!"
"Matt's trying to resurrect his dead sister. I think I'll go deal with that instead." She held her hands up as she turned on her heels and walked away.
Vicki leaned over and touched the burning candle, the fire licked at her skin burning her, quickly she moved her fingers away "Ah, I can feel this. I can feel everything." She gushed.
"The witch didn't mention this part?" Matt questioned curiously.
"Makes sense. Our deal was that she's help me do what I need to do." Vicki shrugged.
"What are you talking about? What deal, Vic?" Matt looked over at his sister.
"Well, if I want to stay here, I have to help her restore the balance. Klaus' hybrids can't be allowed to survive." Vicki informed him.
"You can't kill Tyler, Vicki." Matt told her firmly.
"Not Tyler, Matt. It's Elena who's the key to creating the hybrids." The young girl told him.
"What? Vicki, no!" Matt tried to argue but the girl lashed out hitting him and knocking him unconscious.
"I'm sorry, Matty. But I want to stay." Vicki whispered.
Back at the bonfire some of the students were playing a game where they held one boy upside down so he could pour beer into his mouth that way, there was a gathering audience including Elena, she was laughing and drunk when she caught the icy forest green look of Stefan's eyes watching her, she held her drink up in a cheers fashion and giggled.
Across the party Grace was sitting down by the fire thinking to herself privately whilst the party buzzed around her, suddenly a person was perched next to her on the log smiling softly as he pecked her bare shoulder. "Here, I brought this." Damon pulled a small bottle of scotch from his leather jacket pocket "I know you hate beer."
"You're a good vampire boyfriend getting me drunk." Grace smirked as she snatched the drink from his hands opening it and pouring it down her throat.
"I know." Damon smiled stroking her hair softly "What are you doing?"
"Burning marshmallows." Grace replied bluntly "I never got how to make these." Grace noted as she looked at the burnt marshmallow, Damon chuckled as he took the stick from her.
"Can you cook anything?" He smirked taking the cooked candy off the stick pulling the burnt ends off slinging them to the floor "Here." He offered her some and she sucked the sticky mess from his long, tanned fingers "my God." He grunted as she pulled her lips back and swallowed the white mess licking her juicy lips before throwing Damon a cocky smile "Come with me." he pulled her up from her seat.
"Going somewhere?" Rebekah asked from back at the party, hands placed on her hips as she watched them both.
"Oh great, it's Barbie Klaus." Damon muttered making Grace giggle cutely "No friends your own age?"
"Could say the same for you." Rebekah countered "A bit young for you isn't she?"
"Is Stefan?" Grace retorted giving her a deathly look.
"Stefan isn't who I'm after at the moment." Rebekah told her "I'm more into the rugged, hybrid, footballer type."
"Tyler?" Grace scoffed "as if he'd ever be into a fake blonde bimbo like you." Grace hissed and Rebekah went for her, she stopped herself.
"Aww, Nik would kill me if I messed up that pretty little face of yours." She stroked her cheek with her icy finger tips "I bet he misses his little play toy greatly." this time Damon growled deep in his throat warning her.
Elena was the other side of the party watching the three as Stefan approached her, she couldn't keep her eyes off the way Damon looked at Grace, the passion and love that filled his eyes with every move she made, the way he would hold her or even stand next to her, she began to wonder if her and Stefan's love was ever that deep and romantic.
"What's that look?" Stefan questioned.
"What look?" She asked.
"The way you're looking at Damon and Grace... Looks like your jealous of your sisters epic love." Stefan noted.
"I'm not jealous, I'm just wondering if we ever had a love like that." Elena told him coldly, obviously it was a lie, Elena knew that her and Stefan had a deep passionate love, and she missed it more than she would care to admit, but now she had to be strong for his own good.
"Ouch, Elena. Ouch." He feigned hurt as she walked away, he followed.
Bonnie was speaking on the phone with Matt, he was very distort about what Vicki had done, leaving him there unconscious then vanishing "Matt! Matt, slow down. What happened?" Bonnie asked.
"I messed up, Bonnie." Matt's voice jolted with fear.
"What? How? Where is she?" Bonnie demanded.
A man was sitting alone in his car just outside of the forest by the school where the kids were having their bonfire, he was smoking a joint, he placed it down and left it there as he walked away. A long pair of legs walked over to it and a hand reached out picking it up putting it to her pouted crimson red lips, Vicki continued to smoke the joint as she leant against the car.
Damon fed Grace a s'more and she bit off a bit chewing it making a satisfied sound, Rebekah gagged watching them "You're 18, how haven't you had one of these before." Damon smirked biting a bit too.
Grace shrugged "Camping was never my thing... neither was any of these parties."
"That's no excuse." He sneered jokingly.
"You two are just disgusting." Rebekah hissed.
"I'll take that as a compliment." Grace licked her lips throwing Damon a smile "So Becky, any idea of where Klaus ran off to?" She glared using a childish name for the Original.
"Missing him already, Gracie." Rebekah countered narrowing her bright blue eyes.
"Nah." She shrugged "Just glad to see the back of him is all, can't wait for you to leave, too."
"Funny girl." Rebekah hissed as she stood up shoving the wooden stick into her gut, she growled in pain, she walked away and Damon pulled it from her she hissed in pain.
"Are you ok?" Damon asked.
"Fine." She whimpered.
Over at the Lockwood mansion Tyler awoke to see Caroline waiting for him, he creased his eye brows as he looked around his room "What the hell? How did I get home?"
"I brought you here." Caroline answered "You were being a d-bag." She told him firmly.
"What is your problem today?" Tyler hissed rubbing his neck.
"My problem is you've been sired. Do you even know what that means?" She asked and Tyler shook his head "It mans that you put Klaus' needs first. He is your master now."
"I'm not anyone's pet, Caroline. He doesn't control me." Tyler growled.
"Well, something got to be controlling you. Because I don't know why else you'd be acting like the old you."
"The old me?" Tyler questioned.
"Yeah. The old you. The pre-werewolf you. You know, the obnoxious you that I would never be friends with." She went to leave but he stopped her.
"Whoa! Wait, wait, wait, wait. I'm sorry." He apologised "I don't want to be that guy. I hated that guy."
"You're a vampire now, Tyler. Everything about your personality is heightened. So you have to be careful." She told him giving him a sad look.
"I will. I promise. Just... Don't hate me." He begged "Everything I like about me is you." He whispered as she leaned in and kissed him.
Elena was laying on the bleachers looking up at the stars, more drunk that she wanted to be, but the alcohol was helping numb the pain of Stefan's change in attitude. She now understood why Damon drunk so much when he had lost Grace, and how easy it would be for her to just be trashed all the time and forget the pain.
"I used to know every constellation. How did I forget them all?" She slurred at Stefan approached.
"You're drunk." Stefan answered "You need to go home."
Elena rose from where she was laying stumbling "Fine. Let me find my car." She replied searching her pockets for her keys.
"You're joking, right?" Stefan smirked.
"Uh-oh. It's the fun police." Elena laughed loudly "I thought that ripper Stefan was supposed to be the life of the party."
"well, alright, I'm driving you home." He told her firmly "Come on."
She walked to the railing of the bleachers holding on tightly about to make her way down when she changed her mind and mounted it climbing over so she was in danger of falling to her death.
"What are you, 5? Get down." He told her.
"Why? Are you afraid that I'm going to-" Before she finished her sentence her leg slipped, if it wasn't for her conveniently placed hand she would have been falling, Stefan flinched about to run for her and Elena saw that "Oh. Ha. That was close." She noted "Klaus would not be happy with you."
"You're hilarious." Stefan scoffed sarcastically.
"Look, Stefan, no hands." She slurred removing them for a second before capturing the rail again, Stefan's face was cold and hard, she was laughing to herself when suddenly her foot slipped and she screamed as she fell hurdling towards the floor but a strong pair of arms was there for her "I knew you'd catch me." She breathed as they look deep into each others eyes, he slowly places her on her feet.
Alaric arrived and shot him in the back with a dart knocking him unconscious, he gives Elena a worried look "You ok?"
"Yeah. I'm... fine." She nodded.
"You look, uh, not sober." He noted eyeing her carefully.
"The plan worked." Elena replied "That's all that matters. Let's just get him out of here."
Elena opened the trunk of Alaric's car and they both move Stefan inside, she quickly runs around to the passenger seat and closes the door behind her.
Vicki was leaning against the wall behind the car looking at them both, she smoked a little more from her joint and blew out the smoke at a slow pace smiling to herself.
Bonnie and Matt were using Alaric's history room to do a spell that could stop Vicki from using any kind of magic to help her "I'm so sorry. I didn't think she'd do something like this. I trusted her." His voice was low and apologetic.
"You need to tell me exactly what you did to let Vicki out. So I know exactly how to send her back." Bonnie answered.
Alaric closed the trunk sealing Stefan inside as Elena checked through her phone to check of any news from Damon or Grace, the history teacher for a spilled canister of gasoline on he floor "I see all the geniuses came out tot he bonfire tonight..."
Vicki threw her lit joint to the floor and it hit the trail of gasoline that was leading towards the car, quickly Alaric reacted and tried to open the door to get Elena out, but it was jammed "Elena! Elena! Open the door!" He called she tried but it wouldn't open.
"I can't!" She called "It won't open! What the hell?" Vicki was sat in the car next to Elena, but she couldn't see her as she frantically kicked at the door.
"I'm sorry, Elena." Vicki's voice was low and terrifying, but Elena couldn't hear.
Alaric was trying to find something that he could use to break a window on the car, he saw a lacrosse stick lying on the floor, picking it up he swung it at the window but it refused to break.
Matt light a candle and Bonnie was surfing through her grimoire trying to find the right spell to use, she stopped on a certain page "I found a spell that can block whatever magic is helping Vicki."
"What do I do?" Matt asked.
"Give me your hand." She replied, he held it out to her and she stabbed it with a knife.
Elena was trying to preserve any air she had left in her as the car was filling with smoke, she coughed and spluttered, as she turned to look in the back at Stefan's body "Stefan!" She called weakly and he opened his eyes to see Elena at the brink of unconsciousness, he kicked his legs out and broke the trunk door off letting the smoke escape.
Bonnie glanced over at the spell a final time before she closed her eyes and began to chant the spell softly under her breath.
Elena crawled into the back joining Stefan in the fresh air, Vicki attempted to capture her and lock her in, but she couldn't get her, something was wrong, she quickly vanished and appeared in the room that Matt was in "What is she doing?" Vicki demanded.
"Fixing my mistake." Matt answered.
"Make her stop." Vicki hissed.
"Bonnie..." Matt glanced over at his friend.
"The spell is working, Matt. She's still here because of you." Bonnie replied.
"Matt, please." Vicki begged.
"I can't let you hurt anyone, Vicki."
"I won't. I'll stop. Just, please, don't make me go." she sobbed.
"I have to. This is wrong. You shouldn't be here." Matt answered.
"I'm sorry. I just didn't want to be alone anymore." Vicki replied softly.
"Neither did I." Matt admitted "But I have to let you go." he looked over at Bonnie who continued to cast the spell "Goodbye, Vic." She suddenly disappeared from in front of him "She's gone."
"Hurry up before it blows." Alaric helped Elena climb from the car.
"Wait! Wait, wait, wait!" Elena growled as she grabbed Stefan, with the help of Alaric they moved them at a safe distance from the car before it exploded.
Later on at the Salvatore Boarding House Grace and Elena were sat in the living room, she was using a tube of cream to clean her wound that was on her cheek.
"Give it to me. I can do it." Elena protested.
"No, let me." Grace insisted.
"Grace, c'mon." Elena frowned.
"Elena, you almost got barbecued. The least I can do if apply first aid... Now be a good sister and stay still." She swabbed a her sister's cheek.
"You know, I'm really happy that you and Damon worked it out." Elena informed her "I was always Team Damon when it came to you, him and Klaus."
"Thanks." Grace blushed heavily "Admittedly, so was I."
"Can I ask you something?" Elena asked in a low voice.
"Anything." Grace promised.
"Would you have ever chosen Klaus? Like if he wasn't such a dick who kills the people you loved and it was just a simple task of choosing between him and Damon. Who?" Elena looked at her.
Grace paused momentarily "No matter what Klaus has done in the past... with saving me from a burning building and... letting me live a life until he 'wanted to take me'." She rolled her eyes "It was always Damon... I met him first, I fell for him first..."
"Good to hear." Damon walked in the room and Grace blushed "How are you feeling?"
"Not to bad." Elena nodded.
"How about you?" he stroked his woman's hair gently.
"What happened to you?" The doppelgänger looked at her sister concerned.
"Rebekah skewered her whilst you were being burnt alive with my brother." Damon answered handing his girlfriend a glass of blood.
"Are you ok?" Elena asked concerned.
"Nothing a nice glass of blood can't fix." Grace smirked sipping at it tentatively.
"Ready to get going, Elena?" Alaric asked as he walked into the room.
"Great work tonight, Ric. Sorry about the car, man. Bummer." Damon noted patting his friends shoulder.
"See you tomorrow." Elena hugged Grace before leaving with Alaric.
It didn't take long for Grace to begin to pour herself a glass of whisky, she felt his icy gaze boring into her back, turning to him he was smiling "What?"
"It was always Damon." He mocked her "Always?"
"Always." Grace giggled blushing heavily.
Caroline slid her dress straps over her shoulder as Tyler lay naked in his bed a thin bed sheet wrapped around his waist "You're always running out on me." Tyler noted.
"You have to earn the overnighter." She winked.
"I consider that a challenge." Tyler grinned as she laughed pulling on her leather jacket.
"Bye." She smiled.
"Bye." He replied, they share a final kiss before she fled from the room, after a moment of silence another array of blonde hair appeared in the room "What are you doing here?"
"I have something for you." Rebekah replied with a smirk.
"What?" Tyler cocked an eye brow.
"A little present." She answered as she zipped from the room returning with a small, mousy girl with a wound on her neck.
"You should go." Tyler told her.
"You sure? I think my brother would want his hybrid to indulge in everything life has to offer." She tore into the girls wrist and Tyler quickly rushed over ripping into the females neck as they both drank from her.
Katherine was lighting a candle as Fayth was perched onto the side of the side of Mikael's tomb, his eyes opened again as he watched them both carefully "I apologise for my outburst. It would have made more sense had you know that I've been denying myself human blood for as long as I can remember. Why is it that you both awoke me?"
"We thought you might know how to kill Klaus." Fayth answered inspecting her chipped nails "But something tells me that we've been sorely misinformed."
"Would you mind helping me with these?" Mikael questioned referring to the chains that tied him down "I can assure you there's not way I can kill Klaus from beneath them."
"Does that mean you do know how to kill him?" Katherine asked a hint of hope in her voice.
"I can kill Klaus." Mikael confirmed "And I will." Fayth leaned down and broke the chains for him, he nodded rubbing his wrists "Thank you."
"A little blood will grease those muscles up real quick." Fayth nodded "Just saying..."
"I don't feed on living things." Mikael answered.
"Then what do you eat?" Katherine asked.
Mikael smiled as he grabbed Fayth pulling her into the stone tomb ripping into her neck drinking her essence, Katherine screamed and ran to help, but he grabbed her and began to fed from her too.
Alaric and Elena were about to leave when Grace intercepted them, Damon was no where to be seen and she smiled at them both "It's ok if you want to be friends with Damon again." The vampire informed Alaric.
"I don't." Alaric replied flatly.
"I think he kind of misses you." Grace answered as Stefan walked from his room.
"Well you got me tonight. Definitely wasn't expecting that." Stefan nodded.
"That was the point." Alaric answered.
"Yeah. You know, you can hate it all you want, but Elena needs me. I'll always protect her. I think you're both better of having me around." Stefan informed them as they walked towards the door about to leave "Elena, wait." Stefan called "You could have let me die in that fire tonight. Why didn't you?"
"Because I still have hope." Elena answered.
"After everything I've done, you... you still think I'll be able to find my humanity again." Stefan smirked.
"Yes, I do. I know who you really are better than anyone, Stefan. And I'm not giving up." Elena replied.
"Elena, do you have any idea how pathetic that makes you?" Stefan told her and Alaric and Grace glared.
"No, Stefan, it makes me strong." She answered as she punched it in the gut, two stakes ejected from the sleeve Alaric had given her, he grunted as they did, she took of the sleeve and handed it back to Alaric before leaving with the teacher.
"Can't say you didn't deserve that." Grace told him snidely before turning and leaving to find Damon.
At the Gilbert house Jeremy was leaving Bonnie yet another voicemail, she had been ignoring him all night "Bonnie, come on. Stop dodging my calls. Don't you think we should at least talk about this?" He hung up and took a seat on his bed, Anna suddenly appeared next to him.
"I shouldn't be here." Anna noted.
"No kidding." Jeremy muttered.
"No, I mean, I shouldn't be here, Jeremy. Why are you thinking about me when you're calling her?" Anna quizzed.
"I didn't think I was. Look, I don't know. Ok. I don't know what I'm doing, Anna. The problem is I don't think I can stop thinking about you." Jeremy admitted in a hushed over.
"I can't stop thinking about you, either." Anna whispered as she took a seat next to him.
"What are we going to do?" Jeremy asked, she raised her hand and he touched it softly, he seemed surprised as he took it "Do you... feel this?"
"what's going on? I can feel you. How can I feel you?" Anna asked.
Damon was rolling up the blood stained rugs as he heard Grace turning the shower on, he smiled as a vase broke from across the room "Keep it up, Stefan." He growled as he began to pick up the pieces of the vase, suddenly something hit him hard he fell to the floor as he reopened his eyes he saw a dark pair of dead eyes watching him. Mason Lockwood.
"This is going to be fun." The dead wolf noted.
Grace pulled her hair back into a ponytail as the door slammed shut, she jolted and turned to see no one standing there "Damon?" she asked "I'm done with training for today, please." She begged.
"A Salvatore, really?" A voice asked from behind her "And Damon? Grace, a vampire..."
Quickly Grace turned her fangs bared to protect herself when she saw a soft pair of green eyes staring back at her, the look of slight disappointment was apparent on her older face "Gran?" She whimpered as she saw the face of her Gran, Heidi Johnson staring back at her, her jaw dropped open in shock.
A/N
I'm not sure if you all remember Grace's Gran, Heidi, from Season One, but I feel as if it's a good time to bring her back :( not necessarily under the best circumstances.
Anyway, some Drace scenes, Grace will always choose Grace, cute :) sorry if there was any Klace lovers out there, doesn't mean there won't be more Klace scenes later on, but it is a Damon/OC so I feel as if I should stick to my original pairings.
Please leave me a review, I love reading them so much and I really enjoying reading about why you love Drace or Klace, and I love hearing what you want to happen, so thank you to everyone that has been review or has reviewed, I really do appreciate so much!
Plus, I have a tumblr account set up, so if you want to follow me I will start to put little sneak previews of the chapters to come, and update on when I have updated, or you can ask me questions and so on... Anyway, here it is http : / / little-vampire-girl1 . tumblr . com / but just without all the spaces :)
Graciiee xx