Pairings: Kol/Bella, Rebekah/Stefan, Klaus/Hayley, Elijah/Davina, Matt/Caroline, Bonnie/Jeremy, Damon/Elena
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Diaries or Twilight nor its characters.
"Where have you been? It seems as though we haven't seen you since you've arrived." Jer exclaimed but I could detect a hint of sadness in his voice.
"Sorry," I sighed out semi-apologetically. "Everyone's been acting weird around me so I decided to snoop." I shrugged. Elena gulped.
"And what'd you find?"
"I met Kol and his family and they seemed …. nice." I said with another shrug. Ignoring their looks of incredulousness and continuing.
"That you," I pointed at Elena, "are a vampire and that Caroline, Jer, and I'm gonna assume Matt, Bonnie and the rest know too." I said continuing to walk as they stopped in shock. I turned around and sighed,
"Oh, come on guys. You weren't exactly conspicuous as you were more obvious." I laughed and they soon joined in but a bit less amused than I was as we continued to walk.
"Chill, I've had my own experiences with the supernatural, so don't beat yourself up too much about it." I said.
"How?" Elena asked.
"Edward was a cold one."
"A hard, cold, no bleeding, have to burn to kill, annoying version of vampires that are more nuisances than anything." I explained to their confurios (A.N: my word for confused and curious ;-P) filled faces. Their eyebrows shot up but they nodded anyway despite their curiosity. We continued to the grill in silence, me having a sinking feeling in my stomach that I chose to ignore, even if I did know that it was a stupid move on my part.
"Damon! Stefan!" I called out, waving, as I saw my longtime friends about to enter the Mystic Grill.
"Bells!"
"B!" Was called before they ran toward me, Damon reaching me first, hugging & swinging me in his arms.
"Damn, Bells, you look good." Damon stated with a smirk once he set me down and Elena rolled her eyes.
"Right here, people. Sheesh, lucky I don't have self-image issues."
"Oh, babe, you know you're the only one for me." Damon cooed pulling Elena into his arms, snaking them around her waist possessively. She rolled her eyes again with a soft smile on her cheeks.
"Yeah, yeah." She mumbled before placing a soft kiss on his lips. I smiled before I was hoisted and twirled in the air by an excited Stefan.
"B! It has been too long." He said before setting me softly on the ground with a look in his eyes and a grin on his lips. I wore a similar grin before we burst out in song.
"You," I sang first, pointing at him.
"And me," He joined, holding his hand out for me to take.
"Will be," I set my hand in his, doing our usual, complicated handshake that no one else seemed to be able to get down, human and creatures alike, as he sang.
"Together forever,"
"Long after,"
"The world ends and that's just logic." We belted out, doing our usual goofy dance, ignoring everyone around us, except for our friends, knowing that they were enjoying our show despite them rolling their eyes, shaking their heads and laughing at the greeting that hadn't changed in the 4 years we'd known each other. We eventually finished, walking into the grill, laughing so hard we couldn't breathe, alerting everyone of our presence. Matt's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree and he ran to hug me.
"Iz-biz! You're here!" He laughed rocking us back and forth as we hugged.
"Yeah. I'll be staying a while, so no need to squeeze me so hard I get absorbed into your body, Matty." I laughed before he released me with a sheepish smile and ran to the back of the Grill as he called out: "I'm gonna go tell everyone I'm taking my break."
We laughed and sat at a table, making small talk while we waited for Matt to come back. We were joking around and reminiscing when Matt came and he slipped into the seat in front of me.
"How long you been here, Iz?" He asked, right as his butt hit the seat making me smile at his eagerness.
"A couple days. I hadn't really had the time to meet up before, that's why yall didn't see me." I explained before they could ask.
"Yeah, meeting the Mikaelsons." Jeremy half-joked with barely concealed concern. I rolled my eyes.
"I'm a big girl and they don't seem so bad." I said before quickly adding "Or as bad as some other creatures I've met." Before cringing because that answer wasn't much better.
"So, what's been going on around here? How'd Elena, here, get herself turned into a vampire with two of the very same things protecting her with a witch? Or was it a choice?" I asked, directing the question to Bonnie, Stefan, and Damon with my arms folded and a raised eyebrow. They gulped before Elena elbowed Damon in the ribs and my eyebrows shot up. I wouldn't like what he'd have to say.
"Klaus used her in his ritual to unlock his wolf side. We had given her my blood before she went so she wouldn't -" He broke off, nuzzling Elena's head with a grimace while she stroked his back. I nodded, barely reigning in my anger.
"So, it wasn't a choice." I said slowly.
Elena shook her head and I had to take deep breaths to calm myself down and not go on a rampage.
"None of you thought to use a spell to bring her back? Or at the very least ask the Mikaelsons for help or, for all that's good in the world, use a spelled or cursed object?!" I whisper-yelled, not wanting to disturb the other customers.
"No, Bells, we didn't think of any of that. That's why we need you here, Bells. You think of everything!" Jer said, eyes wary but full of genuine excitement for my being here, making my anger dissipate and a small smile to involuntarily grace my lips and everyone visibly sagged in relief.
"So, that's all that's happened?" I inquired, "I mean other than killing an Original like morons?" I took a sip of the water that a waiter had brought a while back for me.
"You - uh, know about that?" Jer scratched his neck while everyone else looked embarrassed and I nodded taking another sip of my water so I didn't yell.
"Yeah, it wasn't the smartest move we've ever made." Damon admitted sheepishly and I rolled my eyes 'cause that was putting it lightly.