Twisted Love
Season Three
Our Town
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries, I only own Grace and Fayth :)
Damon snuggled into Grace's throat, nipping at the skin as the stood in the shower, the water massaging their aching bodies from the night before. She giggled as he stepped back to look at her naked body in all of it's glory. "I love your laugh." Damon smiled at her, running his finger tips down her side, digging them into her hips.
"No." She moaned "My laugh is horrible."
Damon smirked as he leaned in and pecked her lips "There is no sweeter sound in the world."
"Damon." She whispered huskily, looking at him through hooded eyes "You know I love you, right? All of you. Only you."
"And I love you." He placed a chaste kiss to her lips.
"I'm sorry for everything with Klaus. I know how hard it must be... I remember when you were only in Mystic Falls for Fayth... How much it hurt... but I don't have feelings for Klaus-"
"I think it would be wrong of you to say that." Damon muttered looking down at their feet, the water splashing off the floor.
"Damon-"
"Because there is something that you do feel for him..." He paused "And I hate it. So much. But you do."
"No. No I don't." Grace hissed "The last time I checked, I was the one that could read minds... So I think I know my own quite well." She looked into his torn icy blue eyes "You, Damon Salvatore, are all I need for eternity... You and I... And as much as I would want to turn my back on Mystic Falls and leave with you forever... We can't. We're in too deep."
"I know." Damon whispered as he knotted his fingers in her damp long chocolate brown hair "I want to get out of here, too. I want to see the world with you."
"Me too." Grace let out a small sigh "But Stefan and Elena... And Bonnie and Caroline and Matt... Tyler and Jeremy and Alaric... We couldn't... It would be selfish."
"Where would you want to go?" Damon questioned and she gave him a look "Hypothetically, of course."
"Of course." She stifled a giggle "Europe... Somewhere beautiful and sunny... Italy, maybe." She smiled to herself "Spain... France... England. Not particular sunny, but a change of scenery, sure. What about you?" she paused "Hypothetically, of course." She mocked him.
"Of course." He mocked her "Brazil... Mexico... Somewhere laid back, not a worry in the world." He smiled to himself "To see you all bronzed and beautiful would be enough for me." He smiled "I'd follow you around the world, Gilbert. Get used to it."
"I'd drag you wherever I ran, Salvatore." She flashed him a pearly white grin, he could see where she had been blushing, a rosie tinge on her cheeks was just vanishing.
He linked their fingers before holding her hands back against the tiled wall, smiling down at her for a moment, he crushed their lips together passionately, smacking her head back against the wall as they shared a lust filled kiss.
Across the town Elena was taking out all her pent up aggression from having to let Jeremy go and losing Stefan on Alaric's punching bag. The teacher walked into the room and saw that she was going all out, a light sheen of sweat layering her body as she called out, kicking the bag over and over.
"Hey, you're gonna put a hole in that thing." Alaric teased "You want to talk about it?"
"Nothing to talk about." She retorted angrily.
Damon and Grace walk from the bathroom, fully dressed, but wanting to change that, rip each others clothes off, they were interrupted by a clearing of a throat "Good morning, brother." Damon smiled across at him.
"You're late." Stefan informed him, a slight edge to his voice "We were supposed to meet Bonnie at the witch house in ten minutes."
Grace's eye brows raised "Someone is in a good mood this morning." Her voice was thick with sarcasm.
"I was thinking the same thing, babe." Damon looked over at her as she pulled on her shoes.
Stefan let out a frustrated growl "Can we just get a move on, I've been waiting around for you all morning-"
"Relax. You don't want your hair to fall out." Damon smirked at him "Are you ready to go, or do you want some blood first?" He looked over at his young girlfriend.
Stefan let out a frustrated growl and Damon growled back at him "We don't have time, brother. We're already late thanks to your shower antics."
"I'm fine, Damon." Grace smiled as she leaned up to peck his lips carefully "Thank you... Let's just go get started on trying to crack that pesky coffin open."
"It's gonna be great." There was a thick layer of sarcasm in Damon's voice as he kissed her again turning on his heels, taking her hand and walking from the room with his younger brother in tow.
Elena was still training whilst Alaric was holding the punching bag for her, keeping it steady for her to deliver a harder blow with her kicks and punches.
"So, what's got you all worked up?" Alaric questioned.
"I didn't really sleep last night." She admitted in a soft voice punching her brunette locks from her eyes.
"Yeah, me neither. Probably something to do with dying..." Alaric mused with a slight smirk.
"Are you ok?" Elena asked, in the mist of Jeremy leaving and Stefan drama she had completely forgotten about poor Alaric and his experiences with death.
"Yeah I'm fine, I'm fine... I think the ring, however, is running low on batteries." He chuckled looking at the raven black rock ring on his finger, twirling it carefully.
"Yeah, it's another reason why Jeremy has to get out of town. If those rings have a shelf life, he is not protected, neither are you." She punched the bag against with all the strength she could gather.
"Nice, nice, you're getting stronger." Alaric approved.
"I'm just channeling frustration..." What she really meant was, Stefan frustration "I need coffee." She turned and walked over to the kitchen peeling her gloves off of her sweaty palms and placing them on the table whilst getting some coffee for herself.
At the abandoned witch house Bonnie was down in the basement with her grimoire held out in front of her, trying to use a spell to open the locked coffin, she peaked her eye open and saw it didn't look any different
Reaching her hand out she tried to pry it open again "Why won't you open!" She growled as the coffins vanished in front of her, the floorboards were creaking above her "Hello?" She called "Someone there?"
"You haven't said anything to Elena about the coffins, right?" Stefan questioned as they walked into the witch house, looking over at Grace who was looking down at her phone casually.
"Nope." Grace answered "I know the rules, I'm willing to follow them." she paused for a moment creasing her thin eye brows "You know I won't, I'm loyal to the cause, why are you asking?"
"Because protecting the location of Klaus' family is my number one priority right now. And the fewer people who know, the better." Stefan told her firmly before both Grace and Damon stopped dead "What?"
Bonnie looked around the corner of the door before walking around, she jolted when she saw Grace standing there, her finger placed over her pouted pink lips telling her to keep quiet.
Upstairs one of Klaus' hybrid minions leaving the house after failing to find anything for his master, as he stepped out he walked into Stefan, he growls before snapping his jaws at Stefan, who managed to keep him at arms length until Damon zipped out and ripped his heart out ending him.
"Hey, sorry I'm late." Bonnie ran over to Elena who was setting up Caroline's locker for her birthday "I... I got held up." She lied
"What's got you running late?" Elena questioned "You're never late."
"I was working on some spells... You?" Bonnie answered avoiding eye contact with the doppelgänger.
"Working out with Alaric..." She answered looking around her "Have you seen Grace? I haven't heard from her yet this morning, she knows it's Caroline's birthday." She looked over at the witch
"Nope. I haven't seen her." Bonnie lied as she looked away from her friend "Probably with Damon."
"At least someone in this town has a bit of romance..." Elena scoffed "So, I have something I need to tell you, Bonnie, and you're not gonna like it." Elena informed her with a timid look on her face.
"What happened?" Bonnie's voice was worried.
"Jeremy is gonna be leaving town for a while. He'll be staying with some old family in Denver, until this whole Klaus thing blows over." Elena informed her.
Bonnie scoffed "Jeremy wouldn't just leave you to deal with Klaus on your own."
"I know." Elena voice was low as she avoided eye contact her with "I got Grace to compel him..."
"No." Bonnie shook her head "No..."
"It's not safe for him here anymore!" Elena argued "Leaving will give him a better life."
"The only reason I'm telling you is because you two haven't really worked out your stuff... and I thought that maybe you'd want to say goodbye." Elena informed her as Bonnie looked over her shoulder at Jeremy who was at his locker in the background.
Damon was hitting the coffin repeatedly with a shovel at supernatural speed with his supernatural strength, Stefan walked in the room and watched him for a moment "You're wasting your time. It won't open..." He paused as Damon through the shovel to the ground "Did you bury the body?"
"Yeah." Damon answered "Any sign of our little hybrid buddies?"
"Nope, just the dead one." Stefan answered
"I've checked all around." Grace walked back into the room, sensing the tension between the two "Er... Forests are clear..." she continued "No sign of Klaus or his hybrids..." She walked past them both towards the coffins, running her fingers over the soft wood.
"You know Klaus' family better than any of us, right?" Stefan looked over at Grace, giving her a taunting look, she narrowed her eyes at him.
"I wasn't his best friend back in the 20s." She retorted in a low voice.
"No, but you're his Barbie sisters best friend now, right?" Stefan questioned.
Damon smacked his hand against the lid of the locked coffin, gaining their attention "As amusing as this is to watch you both, it's not helping us... Grace, he's right, Rebekah told you the story..."
"Alright." She thought back "Klaus has six siblings. Rebekah is now with Klaus. There was one dead kid in the old world, one dead kid in the new world, which leaves Elijah." She pointed to one coffin "and two others. Three sleeping Originals, four coffins. So who is in the locked box?" Grace went through Klaus' family history, she had found out from spending time with Rebekah.
"No idea." Stefan replied "But whatever is in here, Bonnie seems to think will help us kill Klaus. So the sooner she can get this open, the sooner we will know if she's right." Stefan added.
"Oh you'd think spirits of a bunch of dead witches that can make the coffins invisible would have figured out how to open one." The raven haired vampire called out to the witch spirits that inhabited the house, nothing happened "Fine, don't help." He added spitefully.
"You know none of this is gonna do us any good if Klaus' hybrid friends find out hiding place, right? They need to go away." Stefan informed him.
"Oh yeah, that's a great idea Stefan. Why don't you just ask them to pack their bags and take a long rest while we are on it." Damon's voice was thick with sarcasm "How about we keep the peace? Don't draw attention to the real thing we are trying to hide." He referred to the coffins.
Stefan glared at his brother "Well I'm not gonna play defence when I have what Klaus wants. He does what I say or I dump his family to the bottom of the ocean." He hissed.
"And he kills you and everyone you know like, I don't know... me!" Damon told him firmly "Grace... Elena... Do I need to continue?"
"No, he's bluffing. His family means more to him than anything else." Stefan growled.
"You sure about that?" Grace cocked an eye brow skeptically.
"Well I don't know, Grace. I mean, I guess there's only one way to find out, right? Call his bluff." Stefan smirked.
"The only way to call someones bluff, Stefan, is to be willing to loose everything if you're wrong." Damon glared, Stefan just turned on his heels and walked from the basement leaving Damon in a state of suck.
"This isn't going to be good." Grace muttered looking across at her boyfriend.
"Mmm." Damon mused.
At Mystic Falls high Bonnie and Jeremy were having a quiet conversation by his locker in the crowded hallway "Denver, huh?" Bonnie questioned "So, were you going to say goodbye?"
"I wasn't sure you cared." Jeremy retorted crossing his arms over his chest.
"Of course I care." Bonnie shook her head "I was hurt by what happened between you and Anna, Jeremy. I didn't want you to leave town."
"I think this could be a good thing." Jeremy just repeated what Grace had told him to say during his compulsion "Until all this Klaus stuff blows over. I think I could have a better life there."
"That's what Elena said." Bonnie muttered "It's exactly what she said."
"What do you mean?" Jeremy creased his eye brows.
"Nothing." Bonnie dismissed him "I'm just sorry you have to go, that's all."
Caroline parks her car in her regular parking spot outside of the school, she let out a small sigh before seeing Tyler walking across the field towards her, a breathy sigh fell from her lips when she noticed the song on the radio 'Up In Flames – Coldplay' seemed to fit her mood, her relationship was drawing to a close, a painful close...
As she climbed from her car the lyrics stuck in her head 'So it's over, this time, I know, it's gone, salt water, tasted it too long, I only know I'm wrong, now I know it's gone' after Elena had told her about Tyler being a part of the almost murder of Jeremy and the murder of Alaric she had felt her heart shatter into a million pieces, unrepairable pieces.
"I can't talk to you." The blonde's voice was small as she tried to get past the hybrid, but he stood directly in her way.
"I know you're upset but-"
"Upset?" Caroline scoffed, tears beginning to well in her silvery orbs "You almost got Jeremy killed! And before you ask me to understand and support you at least tell me what you're planning to do about your sire bond to Klaus?"
"There is nothing that I can do about it Caroline!" Tyler voice was low and regretful "That's the point. I just wanted you to know that I understand why you can't be with me. Even though I want to put your first, before anyone, I can't, I'll never be able to. And I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I just want you to know that." His finished a sorrow filled look written all over his face.
"I'm sorry, too." Caroline whispered refusing to shed any tears, not today and not in front of him.
Tyler dug deep into his pocket and pulled out a beautiful bracelet, her eyes widened as he slipped it on her wrist "Happy birthday." He muttered before turning on his heels and walking away from her.
Klaus was standing in his living room closing Rebekah's coffin, he patted the soft wood carefully as a hybrid waited for his next move "Sweet dreams, Rebekah. Show her to her room, would you, love?" He asked the waiting minion.
"Sure." The woman rolled her away obediently.
"I'm surprised you're still in town." Klaus turned and saw Stefan leaning casually against the the arch of the door.
"I live here Klaus." He referred to Mystic Falls.
"Well, if you're playing that game, then, I was here first." Amusement flashed in the hybrids eyes.
"You know, I don't like your hybrid friends. They're everywhere, kind of like fleas. I want them gone." Stefan growled narrowing his forest green orbs at him.
"Yeah, well I kind of like having them around." Klaus replied "You know, I'm hurt. I hoped that when I freed you, we pick up where we left off. But here you are, guzzling vervain like the rest of them, I'm sure. So much for friendship." He scoffed.
Stefan's eye brows raised a little "Friends don't strip other friends of their free will." He countered.
"Ok, granted, that was a little extreme, but I get a little moody. Just ask my siblings. Speaking of whom, isn't it time you handed them over?" Klaus questioned a little tired of Stefan's games, trying to make a power play and was failing at it.
"Klaus, get your hybrids out of Mystic Falls, or I will remove them myself." Stefan growled narrowing his eyes.
"You see, if you continue to threaten me, I'm gonna be forced to retaliate. Kill people. And it will get messy again." He smirked a little thinking back to the Alaric/Jeremy accident.
"Do whatever you want, I don't really care. Or you know what? Maybe I do." Stefan nodded "Yeah, maybe I care so much, that I drop Elijah in the Arctic..."
"Well, maybe I'll be willing to lose one brother if it meant killing yours." The corners of Klaus' lips pulled up into a daring smile.
"Try me, let's find out." Stefan's forest green eyes flickered with intense challenge.
"Is everyone ok?" One of Klaus' female hybrids stepped into the room.
"Everything is find, Mindy. Stefan was just leaving after failing to make his point..." Klaus replied when suddenly Stefan lashed out removing Mindy's head from her shoulders, letting it drop at Klaus' feet.
"Well, one down. You may want to send the rest of them away before it gets messy... again." He smirked as he turned and walked from the room, leaving the hybrid there filled with rage.
Caroline walked into her house, upset from her encounter with Tyler earlier on, suddenly Elena, Matt and Bonnie jump up with party hats on, a pink banner and pink and white balloons, the scream surprise at her "Happy birthday!" Matt laughed.
"What are you guys doing?" Caroline smiled at them all.
"Well, you blew off school." Elena told her in a playful voice "Missed our work of birthday art, so..."
"Change into warner clothes, we are going to the falls. Smores, camp fire." Bonnie gushed excitedly.
Elena giggled and nodded "Cake, like when we were little."
"Except with tequila!" Matt grinned holding the alcohol, adjusting his party hat so it wasn't so uncomfortable.
"Thanks, guys. Really, I'm just not feeling my birthday this year." The blonde shrugged a little.
"I'm sorry, what?" Bonnie chocked a little "You've already claimed your birthday as everyone's favourite day of the year."
"Yeah, and now, it's just a reminder that technically, I'm dead." She gave them all a solemn look "I'm dead. I'm going to be 17 forever... and the only point to get to 17 is to be 18. It's a filler year, I'm stuck in a filler year."
"You're not suck, Caroline." Elena told her, her face creased with concern.
"Yeah I am. But it's ok... you know, it's all good, I will be fine. But I just need some time to wallow in it." Caroline told them all.
"Ok, well I think I have another idea." Elena smiled at her.
Inside of Klaus' mansion they were cleaning up the body of the hybrid Stefan had decapitated, Klaus was drinking heavily, trying to wash away his anger, but it just kept bubbling inside of him.
"What do you want me to do with her head?" Klaus' slave asked holding a black carrier bag out in front of him.
"Just get rid of it." Klaus growled "Burn it. I honestly don't care, Daniel."
Tyler walked into the room swiftly walking towards his sire "You called? I'm here. What happened?" He looked around at the blood layering the floor.
"What happened is Stefan had two paths in front of him and he chose the one that made me angry... I need you to help me do something about that." Klaus hissed.
"Can't you just leave me out of it?" Tyler begged, he'd already had enough heart break today from his encounter with Caroline, now he had to do Klaus' dirty work too?
Klaus scoffed "What would be the point of that?"
The younger hybrid let out a small growl, frustrated and anger filled "Seriously, man, can't you just ask another hybrid to do your bidding? I lost my friends, my girlfriend-"
"Right, your girlfriend, about her, I need you to bite her." Klaus added casually.
"What?" Tyler spat.
"Don't make me repeat myself." Klaus straightened up looking down at his minion.
"A hybrid bite will kill a vampire." Tyler gulped as he looked up into the eyes of his master.
"Yeah, I know exactly what it will do." The Original growled "Stefan pushed me too far so I'm pushing back."
"I'm not biting Caroline." Tyler told his master firmly, he would do anything else, but hurting his lover was something he just couldn't do.
"Tyler, I've been supernaturally blessed with the good fortune of a sire bond to you. So one could consider this me putting your undying loyalty to the test." Klaus countered.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Tyler bit out "I'm not hurting Caroline!"
"Alright. Alright." Klaus backed off "I'm disappointed but, you know, it's your choice, free will and all that." He rolled his mixed coloured orbs "I'll find another way to strike at Stefan..." He paused before looking down at the teen "You can go now."
Grace and Damon were getting ready for the small get together of the council meeting, she was wearing a beautiful, short sequin filled white dress, that stopped before below the middle of her thigh and a beautiful pair of huge white pumps.
"Damon." Grace called as he walked from the bathroom "Zip me?"
"I'd rather unzip." He smirked pecking her neck as he slipped the soft material off her pale shoulders.
"Mr. Salvatore." The younger vampire giggled as she turned to him, pulling the straps back up again "I ask you one simple task..."
"I can't resist." He through her a devilish look as he reached around and pulled the zip up "You look gorgeous, as always."
She blushed heavily "And you look stunning, as always." She pecked his lips, a small chaste kiss which left them both wanting more "Alaric is waiting for us."
"Mustn't keep the human waiting." Damon breathed as he pulled away, holding his elbow, she kindly slipped her hand in the crook and he walked her down the stairs.
As the three all approached the Town Hall they were talking about Stefan's conversation with them both earlier "I thought Stefan saved you life..." Alaric stated, clearly confused by the odd mood swings of Stefan Salvatore.
"He did." Damon replied.
"And now he is willing to risk it just to see how far he can push Klaus?" Alaric growled
"It seems so." Damon answered looking down at Grace, she had a nervous expression "What's wrong?"
"Hmm?" Grace looked up at his boyfriend surprised "No, I just, I don't want anyone to get hurt..."
Damon scoffed "No one is going to get hurt, alright?" He gave her an assuring smile "I promise."
"So... Is his humanity on or off?" Alaric questioned from the other side of Grace.
"I think there is another option playing, a dimmer switch, which is a huge problem." The older vampire shook his head slowly.
"Why?" Grace asked.
"Because I can't predict how far he is willing to go until someone gets killed..." Damon's voice was low and Grace gasped.
"Damon-"
"So, you suddenly care who lives or dies?" Alaric looked at the raven haired vampire in a skeptical way.
"I have a small list... Top priority..." He glanced down at Grace "Somewhere in the middle." He looked over at Alaric with a teasing look.
"Talk about humanity dimmer switch." Alaric scoffed sarcastically making Grace giggle a little.
"Screw you." Damon retorted.
"Can't a council meeting ever just be a council meeting?" Alaric asked shaking his head as he opened the door for Grace to walk in first, very gentleman like, then both Damon and himself walked in after her.
Caroline, Elena, Bonnie and Matt all approach a tomb deep in the forest of Mystic Falls, they were all still holding the blonde's birthday items, like a cake, balloons, and her banner, all still wearing their pink party hates, and drinking too.
"There it is." Elena announced happily.
"This is creepy, even for us." Bonnie muttered.
"No, Carline was right..." The doppelgänger looked over her shoulder at the blonde "Technically, she is dead. Sorry. But you don't need a birthday, you need a funeral. You need to say goodbye to your old life so that you can move on with your new one."
"Ok." Caroline nodded, her silvery orbs firing up with excitement "Here lies Caroline Forbes." She started them off.
"Cheerleader, Miss Mystic Falls, third grade hopscotch champion." Elena listed all of Caroline's achievements as she stuck candles into the white forested cake.
"Friend, daughter, overachiever." Bonnie added with a genuine smile.
"Mean girl, sometimes, no offence." Matt added looking over coyly at the vampire.
"Ah, none taken." Caroline giggled.
Elena grinned at the two "She was 17, and she had a good life. So rest in peace, so that she can move forward. That's what you really need. What we all really need. Amen, or cheers or whatever." She smirked "Bonnie?" She glanced over at the witch who used her powers to light candles "Nice. Ok, make a wish." She held the cake out to the vampire and she did close her eyes and made a wish.
Inside of the Town Hall Alaric and Grace were both looking at the model of the Wickery Bridge when Damon walked over to them.
"This is the bridge where Elena and Jeremy's parents died in the car accident." Grace noted and the two exchanged looks.
"Something is up with her. Elena. Something more than usual. You know what it is?" Alaric looked over at Grace curiously.
"Well, I'm sure it starts with 'Stef' and ends with an 'n'. I need a drink." Grace muttered.
"Alright, I'm gonna go write a check and then we're out." Damon rubbed the small of her back as he escorted her towards the bar.
"Alaric Saltzman. Miracle patient." An angelic voice came from behind Alaric, he turned and saw his Doctor, Dr Meredith Fell.
"Dr. Fell." Alaric nodded at him.
She smiled at the use of her professional name "I'm glad to see your still alive. A part of my thought you would have drop dead in your sleep..."
"Well I guess I have nine lives." Alaric countered.
"Not a bad thing to have in a town with vampire problems." Meredith's voice was small.
"Sorry?" Alaric's eyes grew wide "Are you on the Founders Council?"
"I'm a Fell." She replied with a small shrug "I come form a long line of founders. May they rest in peace." She looked over at the structure of the bridge "My senior prom date dumped me on this bridge."
"Oh yeah, did you throw him over?" The human chuckled.
"No, but I should have." She let out a small giggle "I've been holding a grudge ever since..." She paused looking around "Where did you friend go? I'm supposed to hit him up for some money for the fundraiser."
"Well you should, he is loaded." Alaric chuckled looking around the room for Damon or Grace.
"He is in good company. Some British guy pledged to match every dollar we raised." Meredith's voice was thick with surprise.
"What do you mean a British guy?" Alaric's voice was low.
Grace and Damon were stood up at the bar, he was whispering sweet things in her ear whilst she sipped at his drink, he was running his finger tips up an down her sides.
"What colour are your eyes?" A british voice came from across the room, it made both of their blood run cold as they turned and saw Klaus flirting with Carol Lockwood.
"They are blue." She replied, a small blush running over cheeks, giving her a bit of colour.
The younger vampire grabbed his hand and dragged Damon over to Klaus, a deathly look set into her features as they both reached the two "Ah, Grace." He smiled at her "Good to see you here, sweetheart."
"What are you doing here?" Her voice was low.
"Carol and I were discussing about whether you would be the other big benefactor..." He looked up at Damon.
"What do you say, Damon?" Carol's eyes blue flashed with excitement "Klaus has made a very generous pledge. You know how we're chomping at the bit to begin renovation."
"Carol, don't take this the wrong way, but you do realise that you've been kissing the ass of an immortal hybrid who ruined your son's life?" Damon growled in the direction of Klaus who let out a small series of chuckles.
"Oh, come now, mate. Some would say that I saved him from all the nasty full moon business. I know, had to go through it myself, more than twice to be honest but still, I'm very sympathetic." Klaus informed the two vampires, placing his hand over his heart.
"Klaus has promised to protect Tyler, Damon. And our town." Carol added.
"From who?" Grace scoffed "His hybrids are the ones the town needs protection from."
"Well, love, you see, I'd have no use from them if your boyfriends brother would kindly return my family." Klaus retorted.
"Not gonna happen." Damon hissed placing his hand on Grace's waist.
"That's what I thought, which is why I've come to an agreement with the mayor. You and the council stay out of my hair, I stay out of yours. Your town gets protect, my hybrids get left alone and everyone will be happy." He placed a finger under Grace's chin, Damon growled protectively "All you have to do is to get Stefan to stop decapitating my friends."
"Please Damon, just get your brother under control or the council will be forced to take action against him." Carol added.
"You've got to be kidding me." Damon scoffed.
"That's ridiculous." Grace shook her head, rolling her chocolate brown orbs.
"Oh, come on, love, give peace a chance." Klaus through her a devilish smile.
The teens were still down in the tomb all eating cake and drinking their tequila, Elena was chugging it back "I need it more than you do, trust me..." She smirked as she saw the blonde vampire texting "Caroline, what are you doing?"
"What?" Caroline hiccuped "Nothing."
"Ok, you're a bad sober liar, you're an even worse drunk liar." Elena stumbled drunkly towards her.
"I might have texted Tyler." Caroline's voice was small, like a small child that was in trouble.
"Caroline!"
"What? I'm delicate." The blonde pouted.
"Give her a break." Bonnie slurred "You can't control what everyone does all the time."
"Wow." Elena's eyes were wide as she looked across at the witch.
"Ouch, Bon." Matt smirked a little taking the drink.
"Sorry, I know it's Caroline's birthday, funeral or whatever." She rolled her light brown orbs "But, I just feel it's really wrong that you got Grace to compel Jeremy to leave town."
"I'm going it to protect him, Bonnie." Elena countered "I want to give him a chance to have a quiet normal life."
"He should be able to choose how he wants to live it, you're taking his choices away!" Bonnie growled angrily.
"Bonnie, you can't tell him-"
"Why? Are you gonna get Grace to compel me not to?" Bonnie narrowed her eyes at the doppelgänger.
You know, you guys are ruining a perfect funeral." Matt announced from where he was sitting.
"I'm sorry." Bonnie rose from where she was sat "I'm just going to go sleep it off or something. Happy Birthday." She patted Caroline's shoulder before leaving.
Grace was sitting on her own in the Town Hall, waiting for Damon to get back from his conversation with Sheriff Forbes, she was eating olives and sipping at Damon's drink he had left for her.
"You look lonely." A crisp British accent came from beside her.
"Not lonely." She replied "Peaceful. Happy. Not wanting company."
"Oh, come one." Klaus took a seat next to her, grabbing an olive throwing it to the back of his throat "Mmm... I'm not that bad company am I?"
"When you insult me, almost kill me, and kidnap me, yeah... your company is pretty bad." Grace replied.
"Well, it wouldn't have to be that way if I had my family." He gave her a look and she rolled her chocolate brown orbs "Olive?" She nodded holding her hand out, but he fed her one directly into her mouth, she chewed it slowly and he smiled "Tasty?"
"Mmm." She agreed licking her lips "You know, I don't know why you're not more nice more often..."
"What do you mean?" Klaus looked across at her.
"I mean, the other day when... when you told me about how you hated it when I cry... I like that side of you." She paused "It's a better side than any other I've seen."
"Rarely comes out, love." Klaus informed her in a small voice as he turned placing his elbows on the bar "Reserved for people who... who I feel worthy of it."
"Oh, right. So... Rebekah... Elijah-"
"You." Klaus added with a soft small sly smile that mad her heart jump up to her throat, she gulped heavily "How is Damon treating you? Good?"
"Really good." She calmed herself, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear casually "He's a good man for putting up with you and your flirty comments all the time..."
"Oh, this was just one sided is it, love?" Klaus looked over at her and Grace shook her head gently.
"Everyone seems to think that I feel something for you... they assume it to be love, but it's not. I only have enough room in my heart for one man and that's Damon, I'm sorry if that upsets you, Niklaus, but it's true." She paused, he didn't fail to notice that she had used his full name looking over seeing the pain flick through his eyes "But... But there is a small part of me that feels sorry for you."
"I don't need your sympathy." He spat glaring over at her.
"No. No." She quickly tried to recover herself "Listen to me... I know that you long for companionship... I-I'm the same, and I know that when you love... that you really love, and any other girl would be privilege to fall for you, but Klaus... but I already have a love and there is no way that I'm going to turn my back on him... Not now, not ever."
"Why can't it be me?" Klaus' voice was small "Why couldn't you have fallen for me? I saw you first! I met you first!"
"I know and if I would have remember it was you maybe our lives would have been different." Her voice was low as she reached over and touched his hand softy "but it would never had worked out... You know that never would I have forgiven you for the deaths and taking me from the man I love."
"I was stupid to think that I could threaten you into loving me." Klaus' admitted as he bowed his head "For that I am sorry, but for loving you, never."
"I know." Grace breathed out as she looked over at Damon, he was giving her a concerned look "See that?" Klaus glanced over at his shoulder at Damon who's face was now hard as he watched the two "That man... he would die for me, and rightfully I would die for him... You tried to kill me, my family, the people I love..."
"But I saved your life." Klaus told her "I did that because I cared about you and because I couldn't stand to lose you..."
"Damon has done that too... countless times." She sighed heavily.
Klaus breathed out as he retracted his hand "Just because we've had this small heart to heart doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying..." The Original told her firmly "Have a good night, Grace..." He pecked her hand before turning and walking away.
Damon watched both Klaus walk away from Grace from across the room, he was standing with the Sheriff talking about the Original being in town.
"The Mayor is looking out for Tyler." Liz argued "For now we have to assume Klaus has her in his pocket."
"Oh please, don't tell me you're gonna drink the Klaus Kool-Aid." Damon spat.
"I'm not going to let him hold this town hostage." Liz retorted throwing him an icy look "But I'm also not gonna let innocent people get caught in the cross fire in a power contest between a hybrid and a vampire."
"Liz, I'm impressed, you're all strong and sheriffy." Damon's voice was thick with a large amount of taunting.
"I'm not kidding Damon." She hissed at him "Get Stefan to stand down from this one before someone gets hurt."
Dr. Fell was talking with a brunette man who had a thick pair of black glasses on, he was giving her a stern look as Alaric stood off to the side being able to hear their entire conversation.
"What are you doing?" The man growled at her "You're gonna ruin your career."
"Says the guy who got his job from his dad." Meredith scoffed.
"Do you have any idea what you're messing with?" The man questioned, cocking his eye brow at her.
"I know what I'm doing." Meredith replied firmly.
"Damn it, Meredith." He hissed staring her down intently.
"Back off, Brian." Meredith narrowed her eyes.
"everything alright here?" Alaric walked over to the fighting two, drink in hand.
"Everything is fine." Brian answered taking a step away from the woman.
"Didn't look fine." Alaric narrowed his icy orbs at the man.
"You might want to get to know her, before you become her white knight." Brian informed him in a cold voice "She's kind of a psycho case."
"You're that guy, aren't you?" Alaric chuckled to himself and Brian gave him a questionable look "The one begging to have his teeth kicked in."
"Take it from me, man, life is too short." He glanced down at Meredith.
"Just go away, Brian." Meredith growled, turning quickly Brian stalked off into the crowd, she let out a small sigh "Behold, my senior prom date..."
"Well you definitely should have thrown him over the bridge." Alaric chuckled a little.
"Unfortunately, I have to work with him." She answered "He is on the council, the medical examiner. The guy who signs his name under cause of death, 'Animal Attack'."
"I get it." Alaric nodded.
"Duty calls..." she looked over her shoulder "Thanks for the hero moment."
"Anytime." Alaric grinned handsomely as Meredith turned and walked away from him, a small blush covering her cheeks.
Stefan was walking through the Town Hall when he walked over to the food table, grabbing a sharp knife and tucking it away behind him discreetly.
The younger vampire stalked one of Klaus' hybrids, the one named Daniel, into an upstairs room, shutting the door behind him he shoved the end of the knife into the hybrids gut, Daniel fell to his knees feeling the edge of the knife against his neck, about to slice, when the vampire was stopped.
"What are you doing?" Stefan growled as Damon braced him against the wall.
"What are you doing? No dead hybrids at the Founders party!" The raven haired vampire growled menacingly.
"No, I told Klaus to get his hybrids out of town, he didn't listen so I'm going to say it louder." Stefan answered.
"You don't think there's 10 more where they come from? And if you kill them, Klaus won't make 20 more? Have you forgotten Elena's part in all of this? Or do you not care if she is a human blood bag for the rest of her life?" Damon spat.
"Protecting Elena ins't my problem anymore. You see, I'm not compelled by Klaus to do that!" Stefan argued "Elena wants protecting, she can look to her sister!"
"Don't give me that no-humanity crap, you can't just flip your switch! Your witch is fried Stefan, just like your brain!" Damon growled "You want to take out Klaus? You want to be the villain? You got to be smarter!"
"No, no, to be the villain, Damon, you have to be the better villain!" Stefan hissed as he walked past Damon, bumping his shoulder aggressively on the way past.
Down at the tomb deep in the woods Tyler appeared in the door way, a devilish look on his handsome features in the dim light of the lanterns "Sorry, I didn't mean to crash the party." He informed them.
"So don't." Matt retorted harshly.
"No, it's, it's ok." Caroline informed them all "Hi."
"Can I talk to you for a sec?" Tyler questioned "It's kind of important." The blonde nodded her head and they turned as they walked from the room.
"Are you ok?" Elena looked over at Matt concerned for the human, he snatched the almost empty bottle of tequila from her hand.
"Yeah, I want her to be happy, you know?" The blond boy shrugged "It's what I want for all your guys, in the middle of this crazy life we got stuck living."
"Is that how you see it?" Elena's voice was low "That we're stuck?"
"I'd say it's attached itself to you pretty tight, yeah." Matt looked up at her capturing her eye line "I can understand that you can't just walk away... with Grace and Bonnie and Caroline... none of us can."
"Bonnie is right, you know, I have no business messing in Jeremy's head. I just don't know what else to do. He is in danger here. I can't loose anyone else that I love." She leaned her head on his masculine shoulder.
Tyler was standing opposite Caroline under the beaming light of the half moon, their sin glowing beautifully as they stood close to each other "I take it all back. Everything I said this morning. Klaus can't control me. Not when it comes to you!" Tyler announced proudly "I won't let him."
"Tyler, it's ok." Caroline sighed heavily "Maybe we just weren't meant to be together. Maybe we just have to accept that and move on."
"I'm not moving on from anything." The hybrid told her firmly, taking her small hands "I love you."
"What?" Caroline gawped, leaning down Tyler crushed his lips against hers, moving her back against the large tree that cast a shadow over them the bark gnawing into her marble like skin, he started to peck down her neck.
Suddenly he couldn't resist it anymore, the disappointment that had been in his masters eyes when he told him he wouldn't bite Caroline, he hadn't noticed his fangs had actually pierced her skin already.
"Ouch! What the hell! What just happened?" She felt blood running down her neck.
"Oh no." Tyler sighed.
"Did you just bite me!" The blonde shrieked.
"Oh my God. I'm sorry." Tyler pulled back covering his mouth, retracting his fangs back up into his gums.
"Oh my God! Just get away from me!" Caroline ordered "Get away from me!" With that Tyler look off into the night.
"Caroline!" Matt called into the woods, stumbling over tree roots looking for the blonde, she hadn't returned.
"Great, we've been abandoned." Elena announced as she followed the blond "OK, we're going on a search party, I don't trust that she won't get back together with him."
"Caroline!" Matt hollered.
"Come on Caroline we don't have anymore drinks!" Elena called "Matt's being haunted by the Fell ghosts." She jokingly pushed Matt, he chuckled and pushed her back when suddenly he was shoved against a wall.
Stefan jumped out and covered Elena's mouth keeping her quiet, she tried to scream, but the sound was muffled as he whisked her away.
"What are you doing, Stefan?" Elena asked firmly as she sat in the passenger seat of his car, her phone began to ring in her pocket, she pulled it out about to answer it but Stefan snatched it.
"Hello Grace, she's a little busy right now." Stefan informed the younger vampire.
"Why the hell do you have Elena's phone?" Grace growled as she walked through the Town Hall looking for Damon but she couldn't find him.
"I'm making my next move. Let me ask you something... What will Klaus do if he can't make anymore hybrids?" Stefan smirked across at the doppelgänger.
"What?" Elena whispered.
"Stefan, leave her out of this!" Grace growled but he had already hung up throwing her phone out the open window.
"What are you doing? Stefan let me out of this car." Elena told him "Do you hear me! Let me out of the car!"
Grace spirited through the crowd and found Damon walking down the stairs staring down at his phone "Damon!" She called "Damon... Stefan has Elena."
"What?" Damon looked at her confused "Calm down. Breathe, Gracie... Now tell me what happened."
"I think he's going to kill her to get back at Klaus." Grace whimpered as tears stung her eyes "We need to find Klaus, tell him to back down."
After finding Klaus they dragged him into an empty room within the Town Hall, closing the door behind them "What now?" Klaus rolled his mixed coloured eyes "You just pulled me away from a fascinating conversation about landscaping the Town Square."
"Stefan just grabbed Elena." Grace informed the hybrid, her voice was shaking with fear.
"Well, he's getting desperate." He turned and was about to leave when Damon stood in front of him.
"He's gonna try and use her against you. Do what he says, get rid of your hybrids." Damon ordered in a low, threatening voice.
"Or what?" Klaus scoffed "Stefan would never dream of killing her."
"You sure about that?" Damon spat "He just tried to behead someone in the middle of a council party." The vampire informed him and Grace looked over at him shocked "He's operating on crazy right now."
"Well, crazy or not, that kind of love never dies." He glanced over at Grace, she turned away and Damon growled under his breath "He's bluffing."
"Maybe he is, maybe he isn't but if you don't want to believe him, believe me. I know my brother better than anyone and right now, I don't have a clue how far he is willing to take this. So if he says blink, I suggest you blink." The Older Salvatore brother growled, the youngest vampire in the room gave him a grateful loving look as he walked over to her capturing her waist, snaking his arm around it.
Matt was carrying Caroline towards her house, he had her placed in his strong arms, holding her close to his chest as he kicked the door open "Sheriff Forbes!" Matt called.
"What happened!" Liz stepped around the corner seeing Caroline weak in Matt's arms, her usually bright silvery orbs, were dull and lifeless.
"Tyler bit her." Matt informed her in a low voice.
"Oh my God, sweet heart." Liz lead them both upstairs to her girlie room, laying her on the bed "Careful. Oh, honey." She stroked her hair back off her pretty face that was covered with a light sheen of sweat "Caroline, honey, can you hear me?"
"I'm sorry mom." The blonde coughed weakly.
"She keeps hallucinating or something..." Matt's voice was thick with fear as he watched Caroline wither in pain "No one's picking up the phone!"
"It's alright, sweetheart." Liz brushed her daughters hair back off her face.
Elena sat with her arms crossed over her heavy beating chest, on the inside she was screaming and terrible scared, but on the outside she was trying to act calm and confident "So what's the plan, Stefan?" Elena looked over at him "What's the big move you're making?"
"I took Klaus' family to make him suffer." Stefan explained "I'm not gonna let him make himself a new one."
"So what are you gonna do? Are you gonna lock me in some cave and keep me hostage?" She snorted.
"Maybe I'll just turn you into a vampire." He cocked his eye brow as he pulled his phone out, calling Klaus and put it on speaker phone.
"Stop the car, Stefan!" Elena ordered "Stop the car, Stefan!"
"Stefan, how nice to hear your voice." Klaus purred as he answered the phone.
"Tell your hybrids to get out of town Klaus." Stefan yelled over the sound of his roaring engine.
"Well, that's not going to happen until I get my coffins back." Klaus answered looking over at Grace and Damon who could hear the conversation with their supernatural hearing.
"Ok, well, then I'm going to drive your blood source of Wickery Bridge." Stefan answered.
"What?" Grace whispered as she stepped forward.
"I don't believe you Stefan, you won't kill her." Klaus countered narrowing his eyes.
Stefan gnawed into his wrist, tearing the skin before shoving the blood into her mouth, force feeding her his blood, if this was to go bad at least she would come back "What are you doing?" Elena screamed.
"What's going on?" Klaus asked.
"I just fed her my blood." Stefan shouted, Grace gasped as she covered her mouth with her hand, Damon took her hand "No more hybrids if she is a vampire."
"You won't do it." Klaus narrowed his eyes.
"Klaus, don't test him." Grace begged.
"Really? Try me, because your coffins are next to go. Say goodbye to your family Klaus." Stefan smirked as he pressed his food to the gas pedal harder, making the car pick up a dangerous speed.
"Stefan slow down! Stefan! Stefan stop it!" Elena screamed.
"Klaus, make him stop." Grace begged "Please!"
Klaus gritted his teeth looking down into her fearful, teary eyes "Fine!" He growled "I'll send them away, you win."
"Stefan!" Elena screamed "Stefan stop!"
"Stop the car, Stefan!" Klaus growled as Stefan slammed his foot of the break, making the tires screech roughly against the ground, they sat on the bridge, a dust cloud behind them.
Elena quickly scrambled from the car, her heart going 10 to the dozen, tears in her chocolate brown eyes as she gasped for air "get back in the car." The vampire called.
"Stay away from me." She ordered in a low voice.
"Elena, get in the car." Stefan climbed out too.
"How could you!" She shrieked tears rolling down her cheeks "My parents died going over this bridge. I almost died. You knew that! You're the one who saved me!" She reminded him as more tears balled down her face.
"Look, he had to believe that I would do it, alright? Your fear sold it." Stefan's voice was soft as he approached the sobbing girl.
"What if he hadn't?" Elena rasped out.
"He did."
"Well, what if he hadn't?" She looked up into his pain riddled forest green eyes.
"He did Elena!" He roared angrily "He backed down! He has a weakness. If I know his weakness, I can destroy him!"
"After everything, that's what mattered? Destroying Klaus?" Elena breathed out in complete and utter shock.
"Destroying Klaus is all I have left." Stefan's voice was low as he turned away from the hysterical girl.
"You had me!" She screamed making him turn and look at her, both of them gulped as they looked deep into each others eyes.
"I lost you the minute I left town with him and Grace. You just... you haven't let yourself admit that yet." He felt a pain roaring deep within his chest as he stepped away from her.
"Is that what you're doing? Trying to make me hate you?" She sniffled as she looked over at him.
"I don't really care what you think about me anymore, Elena." Stefan countered with a lie as he turned, jumped back in his car and drove off leaving the doppelgänger on the bridge stranded and still crying.
Over at the Forbes house Matt opened the front door to reveal Klaus standing there with a small smile playing on his lips "Tyler came to see me. Poor boy, he seems quite distressed, he said Caroline had a terrible accident."
"You made him do this to her." Matt spat "He would have never done something like this-"
"I'm here to help, Matt." Klaus informed him a low voice "My blood will heal her, please ask the Sheriff to invite me inside."
Liz was standing at the bottom of the stairs a solemn look falling over her beautiful features "I know how this game works. You want something in return."
"Just your support." Klaus smiled.
"Come in." Liz nodded.
Caroline was laying on her bed underneath the covers as Klaus walked into the room, he shut the door and she looked over at him "Are you going to kill me?" She rasped.
"On your birthday? You really think that low of me?" Klaus scoffed.
"Yes." The blonde nodded, he looked at the bite residing on her throat.
"It looks bad. My apologise, you are just collateral damage, it's nothing personal..." He paused for a moment looking at the cards that read 'Happy Birthday' "I love Birthdays."
"Yeah, aren't you like... a billion, or something?" She coughed loudly.
"Well, you have to adjust your perception of time when you become a vampire, Caroline." He answered "Celebrate the fact that you're no longer bound by the trivial human conventions. You're free." He added.
"No, I'm dying." She hissed.
"I can't have that..." He mused "You're one of Grace's friends, I can't have her hating me even more because I let another person she loves die..."
"You really do love her, don't you?" Caroline looked up at him.
"Mmm." Klaus nodded once "She doesn't understand, there is so much for her to see out there, so much for her to explore and I would love to be with her whilst she discovered it, but she doesn't want to know me." He paused "I really am sorry about this Caroline... Do you want me to heal you?"
"I don't want to die." Caroline looked at him.
"There you go, sweetheart." He poured some of his blood into a glass "Have at it." She pounded it, chugging it back and healing herself with that he zipped from the room leaving her there all alone.
Elena, Grace and Damon arrived outside of the Gilbert House hold, there was a large black cloud overhead signally rain was about to layer the little town of Mystic Falls.
"Thank you for picking me up." Elena smiled at Damon graciously.
"No problem." Damon nodded once sitting in the car whilst Grace and Elena spoke.
Grace sighed heavily as she followed her sister to the porch, playing the hem of her elegant white dress "You know Stefan won this round for us today. He pushed Klaus to the edge and Klaus blinked... I didn't think he had a weakness, but he does, Elena and now we know it."
"Well, his methods sucked." Elena countered holding her arms around herself.
"Still, we needed it. Klaus has been calling all the shots and Stefan beat him at his own game... He was the better villain." Grace whispered and Elena gave her a look "Are you going to be ok? Do you want me to stay here tonight?"
"No, no." She rubbed her sisters arms "You have the love of your life waiting in the car for you... go be with him."
"Goodnight, Elena." Grace smiled as she turned on her heals.
"Goodnight, Grace." Elena replied as she walked into her house closing the door behind her.
Caroline woke up from her deep slumber to feel that her neck had healed, looking across at the bed side table she saw a small box with 'Happy Birthday – Klaus ' in a beautiful text on it, opening it she saw a elegant diamond bracelet.
As Grace and Damon arrived home there was a heavy down pour the weather had mustered up, they climbed out and the younger vampire ran for shelter under the porch, as she looked back out she noticed her boyfriend was standing out there in the pouring rain smiling at her, perched on the bonnet of his car.
"What are you doing?" She called over the cracking thunder "Get your crazy vampire ass inside this house right now! You'll ruin your clothes!"
"Isn't this every girls dream?" He called back with a cheesy grin "Dance in the rain? Kiss in the rain?"
Slowly walking towards him the icy cold water soaked her clothes, chilling her to her very core, her huge heels crunch the ground under her feet as she arrived in front of him, he had left the door open to his car letting the music burst out, it was a tranquil slow melody, perfect to dance to.
"Can I have this dance, Ms. Gilbert?" Damon questioned as he held his hand out.
Grace giggled, a heavy blush creeping over her cheeks "Of course, Mr. Salvatore." Quickly she placed her hand inside of his and he dragged her close to his soaking body, both of them laughed as little.
"Do you know how to dance?" He questioned as he straightened up his body looking down into her wary eyes.
"Nope." She answered truthfully, gnawing on her juicy bottom lip.
"I'll catch you." He promised as he took the lead, waltzing them around the front yard "No matter how hard this all gets, I will catch you." His voice was full of assuring promises.
"I take it you're not talking about dancing anymore." Her voice was small as she looked down at their feet, she was basically standing on his toes.
He released one of her hands and put his finger under her chin lifting her head so she was eye level with him "We've been through a lot, been pushed through the ringer and we're come out the other side... still together." He sighed "I knew that after you left with Klaus it was never going to be the same once you returned, but I still have you in my arms."
"I tried to set Klaus straight." She promised "He's so... he's so full on, but you're the only one I want forever, Damon."
"I know." He nodded brushing her wet tresses from her gorgeous, glowing, liquid orbs "I know, Gracie. That's why I'm not going to let anything come between us."
"Good." She breathed "I'll hold you to that, Salvatore."
"You're on, Gilbert." He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers "Was this everything every girls wants?"
"And more." She whimpered as she cupped his cheek pressing her lips to his again, because of the rain he hadn't noticed the tears pouring down her cheeks, but she was crying from the sweet, romantic, unexpected moment.
Elena, Jeremy and Bonnie were all standing in the foyer of the Gilbert house, the older sister was hugging her little brother with as much force as she could "You're gonna have to let me go, eventually." Jeremy chuckled as he pried Elena off of himself.
"Be safe, ok?" Elena sniffled.
"Yeah, ok, alright. Alaric is waiting." Jeremy announced as he walked towards the door, as he opened it he saw the resident witch standing there.
"Good, you haven't left yet." She breathed out pulling her hood down.
"What are you doing here?" Jeremy questioned timidly.
"I came to say goodbye." She gave Elena a small nod before throwing her arms around Jeremy.
After they pulled back from their loving embrace Jeremy grabbed his backpack and walked towards the car, turning giving a knowing smile to the two as he climbed in the car.
A little later on the night Elena was standing at wickery bridge, the rain had stopped by this time, she wasn't too sure why she had ended up there, but it felt right "You're not gonna jump, are you?"
"Thanks for coming." Elena smiled at Matt as he approached her "I was just thinking about what you said, about is being stuck."
"I was buzzed." He shook his head "I can't be help responsible for being judgemental."
"I do feel stuck, Matt." She whimpered "I feel like, I've been holding on to the girl that was supposed to die here with her parents. The girl who had a normal life and didn't fall in love with a vampire."
"You're not that girl anymore." Matt told her "It's ok if you want to let her."
"Is it?" Elena whispered "Cause I feel like I disappointed her a little like, I disappointed them. My parents." She looked down into the water
"My two cents, as a guy who knew that other girl, you're doing a lot better than you think." He smiled as he rubbed her hand, taking from flowers from a sign and throwing them into the water "Here lies Elena Gilbert. A fun girlfriend and an amazing friend." He pulled her into a tight hug.
Alaric was sat in the bar of the Grill drinking heavily feeling guilty about putting Jeremy on that plane to Denver "Thank God." A female voice came from beside him, Meredith joined him up at the bar "Someone else is here this late... I lost a patient... what's your excuse?"
"I put a kid on a plane."Alaric answered.
"Yours?" Meredith gave him a concerned look.
"No, it's a long story." Alaric shrugged.
"Then you should probably buy me a beer." Meredith threw him a cocky smile.
A/N
So here we are, another chapter! Thank you so much for all the reviews I got, as much as I would like to have Grace be with Klaus for just a little while, I think I agree with what most people say with the whole it wouldn't work this, I really appreciate all the feedback I got, it was amazing reading everything and I really love you all!
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