Life compelled

61~The Past

"What's taking her so long?" Ethan groans. "She'll be here soon"

"Well if she's gonna interrupt my day this better be important"

"Oh relax I'm sure you can be an ass this is done". The door opens as soon as Brie says her last words. Olivia walks in holding a big open book in her hands. It was so heavy she held it with both "this better be good" Ethan says  "believe me. It is"

Grayson, Brie and I all move in closer to her but Ethan says where he is

"I reached the ancestors and asked about connections and fate and they found something. Apparently this isn't the first time this has been happening and it all started with a doppelgänger"

"A Petrova doppelgänger? Like Katherine and Elena" I ask. She shakes shakes her head and flips through the pages of the book "yes and no. Long before Katherine or Elena, you had your own doppelgänger. A few of them in fact. But lucky for you they all died and aren't trying to ruin you're life"

"So how is Grayson in all of this?"

"Grayson is the same story" she lifts the book and shows me a passage. It's old English language so I didn't quite understand so she explained "Your doppelgängers were destined to be together from the start"

I turn to Ethan, who now has his head down looking at the floor "does that make you a doppelgänger too?"

"Actually no" I turn back to Olivia. "But they're twins?"

"According to this, Ethan wasn't supposed to be born. But since he was born first and Grayson was last there was nothing that could have been done. But there's something that's throwing me off. You two met long before all of this dream stuff had started. If this is saying what it's saying then this should have been going on for awhile. Or not happening at all"

"So what are you saying?"

"That someone might be making these things happen"

"But who would do this to us?" "Take a lucky guess"

"Melissa"

We all turn to Ethan and he looks at us confused "what?"

"You have to see what's she's up to" I say "Why me?" "Because you slept together" he throws his hands up in annoyance

"Just talk information out of her"

I turn to Brie "And you have to see if Michael knows anything. He's back in town so he must know something" she signs in annoyance as well

They both leave the room

Ethan's POV

I walked into a couple bars and cafes to see if she was there

She couldn't be that far

I eventually saw her sitting alone at a table

I walked up to her and she said "I thought you didn't want to sit with me" "consider it Opposite Day"

"What are you up to?" She asked "Nothing. You?" "Nothing"

She crossed her arms then a girl comes to the table and asked for Melissa

They both walk to the bathroom and I carefully wait for them to enter

I get up and stand next to the door as casually as possible so I didn't look like a complete creep

"Do you have it?" Melissa asked "no. Are you sure it's where you say it is?" "Of course. Look harder" "what if we can't find it?" "Then it's going to end very badly for you. I've already have one. I need the other one. And if I don't get it" "I know. I know. We'll keep looking tonight"

I hear footsteps walking closer and I run back to my seat

Fuck talking. I've got my own plan

I wait for her to come back to the table. "Sorry. Minor problems" I nod and stand up "let's get out of here"

I give her my hand and she takes it and we walk out of the bar

We continue to walk until I get to a very empty part of town where I know no ones watching

"Where are we even going?" "Some where fun" I turn the corner to an alley way

"Ok now where are we?" "Just where we need to be" I stop and quickly snap her neck cause her to fall in my arms

I pick her up and carry her to Isabella's dorm

Brie's POV

It was easy to find him

All I had to do was literally walk outside and there he was running behind

"Walking alone?" "Clearly not. You're here"

"Well it dangerous out here in the open" "I can protect myself"

He stepped in front of me causing me to stop walking "Do you want to grab a bite?" I open my mouth to refuse then remember what I had to do "sure"

As we sat I asked "what brings you back to town?" "Nothing but pure guilt for leaving" "then why did you?" "Needed to get away. This town is home but it's hell. Not that many people to stick around for"

"You mean your sister?" "Yeah. Let's say that"

"Listen I don't wanna talk about my sister. I get enough of her at home. Let's talk about you" "about me?"

Is this a date?

"Yeah. I don't know how you even agreed to this so this is my only chance. Talk about your hobbies. Talents. Pet peeves"

"Why do you care about these things?" He shrugs "just do"

"I like to sing" "any instruments?" "Guitar here and there maybe" "oh we've got a musician oh our hands" I laugh

Why am I enjoying this?

"Ok well how about you? I bet you've lived long enough to learn every instrument"

"Was that an insult?" "Could've been"

Ethan's POV

I open the door to check if anyone was there "hello?"

No one

I throw Melissa on a chair and look for something to tie her up with

I hear the door open and see Olivia walking "What did you wa....what did you do?" "Relax. Conversation wasn't well so I need you to search her brain"

"Why can you just get inside her brain?"

"Because I have no clue what's going on and you're the only person who might know what they're doing". She sighs and grabs Melissa's head

"A box" she says. "A box?" "Surrounded by clothes"

"Just great. You found her shoe collection". She takes her hands off Melissa's head "What I get is what I get" "whatever"

She rolls her eyes and begins to walk out the door "hey" she turns "thanks"

She nods and walks out

After dropping Melissa in the nearest alley I walk home to see Grayson

"Did you find anything?" "Nope but Olivia looked though Melissa's mind" "and...." he says waiting for me to continue. "It's nothing important. She said she saw a box...surrounded by clothes"

He furrows his brows and thinks

His lips part and he runs upstairs. I follow

He throws all his clothes out of his closet "it's gone" "what's gone?"

"How did she even get in?" He panics "Gray what's gone"

"The cure"