Not so heartless | D. Salvatore

Family drama

"What's she want?" Damon asked

"She wants to see me, Damon." Elena suddenly spoke up

"Alaric is supposed to arrange a meeting. We don't know why or what she wants." Stefan said

"You don't have to see her if you don't want to." Damon said to Elena

"I don't really have a choice." Elena said

"She's threatening to go on a killing spree." Alaric said

"Oh. I take it that's not okay with you guys?" Damon said jokingly, knowing what the answer would be.

"I wanna do it. I wanna meet her. If I don't, I know I'll regret it." Elena said

Everybody went quiet for a moment, the decision had been made. If for no reason other than avoiding innocent people being killed.

"Is this a bad time to mention that John was in my room last night when I was sleeping?" I asked

The responses from my friends came practically all at once, their words overlapping each other.

"Excuse me what?" Damon asked

"What?" Elena said

"Sorry?" Alaric said

"Wait, what?" Stefan said

They all looked concerned, but Damon looked pissed. His eyes held a certain danger that would make anyone nervous.

"Yeah, I woke up to him standing over me. He had something in his hand but I didn't see what it was. He hid it from me and then left." I said

"Oh, my god." Elena said

"You are having a sleepover at my house tonight." Damon said

"What?" I asked him

"No, no questions. You are not safe around him. I do not trust him." Damon argued

I sighed to myself before nodding. It wouldn't be the worst thing to be away from him for a night or two.

"Perfect. Now, let's cut off his ring and kill him." Damon clapped his hands together

"No. If we kill him then we won't know why he was even in my room in the first place." I said

"True. Let's interrogate him, then kill him." Damon stated with a smirk

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The autumn air was chilly, causing me to pull my jumper sleeves down over my hands. Damon was pacing along the path across the road from the mystic grill in an agitated manner.

"We should be in there." Damon said

"No. Isobel made it clear that we're not to step foot inside." Alaric said

"I'm not gonna kill her in a restaurant." Damon said

You're not gonna kill her, period." Alaric argued

"She ruined your life. You wanna protect her?" Damon asked

"She's my wife. Was. Was my wife. I looked for the woman I married and she wasn't there. Whoever that is...is cold and detached." Alaric said

"Yeah. She's given up her humanity." Damon said

"See, I don't get that. Stefan has his humanity. He's a good guy. You kill people, but I see something human in you. But with her, there was-there was nothing." Alaric said

"You can turn it off. It's like a button you can press. I mean, Stefan's different. He wants the human experience. He wants to feel every episode of how I met your mother...so he shuts his feelings out. The problem is, as a vampire, your instinct is not to feel. Isobel chose the easier road. No guilt, no shame. No regret. I mean, come on. If you could turn it off, wouldn't you?" Damon asked