Stefan Salvatore's daughter ~ Miracle

75. New Orleans... worse than Mystic Falls?

Damon's P.O.V.

I slowly wake up, feeling the ray of sunlight laying on my bed up to my face as I hear birds singing outside. Last night was... unexpected and hot. Who knew Elena needed to be a vampire to express her feelings for me. I remember kissing her sweet skin and lips before she rolled us over and did the same thing with my body. It quickly got heated, leading to my bed. I slowly open my eyes when I discover that Elena isn't laying down next to me anymore. Where is she? Is she at school already?

- Elena? I call the brunette with a sleepy voice while looking around with my sleepy eyes.

- Hey, I hear the brunette saying from behind me. I turn around and watch her walking out of the bathroom with my shirt on over her black lingerie. She walks over to me before jumping into the bed next to me.

- Thought you might've left, I tell her with still a sleepy voice as I look at her. I put my head on her stomach to caress it.

- No I don't have to be at school for... she holds her wrist up and looks at it as if there's a watch. At least twenty minutes ago, she says with a smile before she grabs my head and kisses me. I kiss her back, smiling at the same time before pulling away. I gently play with her hair when Elena looks at me with a confused look but a smile spread on her face. What's that face?

- What face? I ask her, smiling even more.

- That face, she repeats with a happy smile.

- I'm happy, I whisper as I smile again at her. Elena smiles back before we kiss each other again. The brunette rolls on top of me and lifts my chin up with her finger as we continue to kiss.

She then slowly go down my cheek, my jaw, my neck, my chest and finishes by my stomach, kissing and sucking on my skin. I close my eyes appreciating the feeling as I feel her travelling her left hand on my chest. I re-open my eyes to look down at her when I remark Elena looking up at me, smiling. I roll us over and go on top of her. I immediately go down to her stomach and place kisses on it which caused the brunette to close her eyes and breath heavily. I slowly go up until reaching her lips and putting a pressure on them. We continue to make out, me kissing down her neck and sucking on it when I feel her nails digging into my back. I pause for a moment as I feel them digging harder. Am I bleeding? Oh... I don't care. I go back down to her neck, kissing it with as much passion as I can give her.

Stefan's P.O.V.

- This is a disaster! exclaims, Caroline with an upset tone as she frowns upset.

- Look, we don't know anything for sure, I reply to her with a calm voice as I fold the blanket she let me borrow for the night.

- Yes we do! Elena is sired to Damon! Which means her one singular burning desire is to make him happy, just like Klaus and his hybrids! answers and reminds me, the blonde vampire as she speaks with the same tone. She faces me, still frowning.

- No, it's not. A vampire sired to another vampire is one in a million. Maybe it won't affect her the same way, I reply, trying to change her mind and mostly to reassure myself.

- We already know it's affecting her. She's become Damon's lapdog, tells me, Caroline which makes me giving her a look. It's true! exclaims, the blonde vampire. Everything he says, she agrees with. Everything he asks her to do... she does. She's right... I know she is right, but I hate to know that it is right. We need to do something, tells me, Caroline as she gets her phone out and is ready to call Elena. No, she can't tell Elena yet...

- Wait, no, hold on Caroline, I begin to say as I walk up to her and stop her from calling her brunette vampire friend. This isn't gossip. You can't just drop this on her before we know what's happening for sure.

- I need to talk to Tyler, okay? Maybe he'll know what to do, she tells me with a gentle tone as she stares seriously at me. Oh, it's Tyler she was about to call...

- All right talk to Tyler but please don't tell anyone else. If this is true, then it may have influence on Elena's every action and emotion since she became a vampire, I tell and remind her with seriousness as I stare into her blue eyes. The blonde vampire nods understandingly before the two of us sigh.

Gillian's P.O.V.

- It's almost time for you to go, Beautiful, I hear Kol telling me from the room as I am standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom. This morning I have to attend Kayla's funeral. She didn't deserve to die like this... Even at all... Kyle went way too far the other day...

- I know, I know, I'm just finishing my hair, I reply to my boyfriend as I put the last hair clasp on the side of my head. I guess I am ready... I sigh and stare at myself for few seconds before walking out of the bathroom. Kol is drinking his coffee, wearing only his dark pants.

- Are you sure you don't want me to come? I mean, nobody knows me there and there will be only you so neither your friends, your family or my brother will see me, questions and tells me, Kol as he puts his arms around my neck to embrace me. I crack a smile before looking up at him and embracing him by his waist.

- I will be fine, Kol. I promise, I answer, whispering before placing a kiss on his chest. I will just... Try not to get messy and cry too much, I reply with annoyed and bothered tone.

- Okay, whispers back, Kol, before he grabs my face between his hands with delicacy before placing a kiss on my lips. I respond to his kiss, smiling against his lips before he pulls away. However, he keeps his hands on my face and sticks his forehead onto mine. I close my eyes, enjoying this moment. Call me if you need me, okay?

- I will. I love you, Handsome, I whisper lovingly.

- And I love you more, Beautiful, whispers back, Kol before he kisses me again and suddenly picks me up. I giggle when he walks us over to the bed and gently places me on it. His body follows me as his lips never got unsticked from mines. The Original Vampire grabs my right wrist with his left hand and holds it above my head as his other hand holds my right one also above my head. He intertwines our fingers together as I feel him making a line of kisses from my lips to my neck. I breath heavily and rapidly when Kol bites gently my skin. I moan and giggle at the same time which caused him to chuckle as well. Kol comes back to my lips, puting a hard pressure on them when my phone goes off. It's a joke, right? If it's Caroline... I will rapidly have that girl talk that she told me we will have. I roll Kol over to be on top of him before pulling away and groaning upset. I grab my phone on the night table. Oh...

- Dad, hi... I say, trying to sound as normal as I can as I feel Kol's hand travelling up and down my waist. The boy sits upright and goes in my neck, kissing me again. I hate when he does that...

- Hey, baby, I need you at the boarding house in ten minutes, can you make it? It won't take long, he gently asks and tells me over the phone.

- F-fine. I'll be there, I answer as I close my eyes and cover my mouth with my hand. Kol Mikaelson, you're so dead... I hang up quickly as Kol pulls away from my neck, smirking. You like doing that, huh? Kol gives me a confused, yet, amused look. You're such a kid. I hate when you do it, especially when it's my dad, I tell him, chuckling while gently slapping his chest. The Original laughs before rolling us on the bed again. I am under his body again as he crushes me down. I have to go, Kol, I remind him while the boy hugs me. I hug him back, running my hands in his back. After a long silent moment, Kol looks up and me, kisses my lips again before he pulls away, rolling over me.

- You're free little bird, he tells me as he looks half annoyed and half sad that I have to go.

- I'm coming back, you know, I tell him as I get up from the bed and readjust my dress. I grab my phone back and walk up to the door.

- You better come back, otherwise, I come get you, he tells me, following me to the door.

- I know you would. I love you, I tell him, smiling happily.

- I love you too, he leans down to kiss me one last time. We both smile into the kiss before pulling away. I turn around and exit the motel room before rushing to the boarding house, like my father asked me to.

Tyler's P.O.V.

- Please, no more, I can't, complains and pleads, the still sired Hybrid as he is on the ground, breathing heavily and rapidly. The boy has been breaking his bones over and over again, screaming in pain, but it is far from being the end for him.

- Yes, you can. Block out the pain, I tell him, insisting. The Hybrid, Adrian, continues to scream in pain, breaking more bones in his body until Kimberley, who is standing behind us, speaks up and makes her way over to Adrian.

- That's enough. This is torture, exclaims, Kimberley with an upset and seriously tone.

- Kim, stop. He needs to finish, replies, Hayley with a serious tone as she has her arms crossed over her chest.

- Not today, he doesn't, responds, Kimberley, with the same tone she used before as she unchains Adrian. That is not good...

- Yes, today. Nate, Dean, and Chris are all dead, which makes Adrian Klaus' right hand. We can't let Adrian anywhere near Klaus until his sire bond is completely broken, answers and reminds, Hayley to Kimberley as she speaks with a mad tone. Kimberley ignores her and helps Adrian to get up before she starts to walk him out. However, Hayley and I block her way out.

- Hayley is right. The bond isn't broken until he doesn't feel the pain of transformation anymore. If we want to get back at Klaus for everything he's done to us, Adrian has to keep turning, I respond and explain her with a serious and almost stern tone as I talk madly.

- He doesn't have to do anything. Isn't that the point of breaking the sire bond... free will? tells and asks, Kimberley to us, frowning upset. Both, Hayley and I stay speechless in front of her, not knowing what to answer. I exchange a look with Hayley for a small moment. Let's go Adrian, Kimberley holds Adrian up as she leads him outside of the barn. If each and every single Hybrids we help to break the sire bond do this... we are going to have a huge problem.

Damon's P.O.V.

- Bag? I ask to Elena as her and I just walked downstairs together and through the hallway.

- I got it, answers, the brunette as she grabs her bag from off a table.

- Scarf, I say as I discretely take the scarf from her bag.

- What... Elena turns around at the same time as I put the scarf around her neck. Oh! I pull her into a kiss and the two of us smile against each other's lips. Mm. Hmm, giggles, the girl. I pull away and kiss her again. Listen, Damon, we...

- No. No, no no. Don't ruin it, I interrupt her, puting a finger on her lips.

- You didn't even know what I was gonna say, she replies, pushing my hand away and smiling.

- Well, I'm assuming it starts with, "What are we?" And then ends with, "Going to tell Stefan?", I respond to her with a faint smile as I perfectly know what she was going to say.

- He should know, she tells me, looking guilty.

- I know he should know. I just don't know when he should know it, I reply to her before shrugging and sighing.

- Well, he knows that something is going on between us. I mean, it's the reason that he and I broke up, reminds me, Jeremy's big sister while lightly shaking her head.

- Yeah, but can't we just let ourselves enjoy one secret, selfish day before we destroy his? I say and ask her as I gently caress her cheeks. I see her smiling for a very faint second before she backs away a bit.

- Maybe we shouldn't...

- No, Elena. This is our time. It's never been right before but it is right now. Just one day? One day? I interrupt her again before asking her. I smile as the brunette smiles back. I hold up one finger and look at her with a pleading, puppy dog eyes.

- OK, one day, agrees, Elena while nodding positively and smiling. I smile back brightly before she turns around. We walk up to the front door and I open it for her. Oh... The two of us stop abruptly as we see Stefan walking up the porch, followed by Gillian behind him. She is wearing a black dress, with black heels and her hair are well done for someone who goes to school... My niece stops next to her father when she sees Elena. she frowns angrily before scoffing and looking away as she shakes her head negatively. I watch her crossing her arms over her chest before seeing Elena frowning with guilt and sorriness. Hey, says, Elena to the both of them.

- Hey, answers, Stefan as there is a very awkward moment of silence between the four of us. Gillian continues to look away, angry.

- See you in history? tells, Elena. Stefan nods positively before the brunette walks out of the boarding house. She walks passed Stefan and Gillian, avoiding their gaze. It might be better this way for now... Stefan puts his hand in Gillian's back and gently pushes her inside the boarding house as he follows her behind.

- Hey, I tell them, lightly avoiding their look as I hold the door for them.

- Hey, responds, Stefan before I close the front door behind them. I turn around and face my brother and my niece. Stefan has his hands on his daughter's shoulders as he is standing up behind her. Listen, we need to talk, tells me, Stefan which got me to frown confused for a moment before looking serious.

Gillian's P.O.V.

Dad and I are sitting in the living-room, on a sofa as Damon is sitting on the one across from us. I let my father explaining to my uncle the possibility of Elena being sired to him. I don't know why dad wanted me here this morning. He could have explained all this without me being here...

- Sired? Really Stefan? asks, Damon with a disbelief tone. I see dad nodding while lightly shrugging. That is the most pathetic nonsense I've ever heard come out of your mouth, and you've said some crap in your day, replies, Damon with an upset tone as he isn't happy about what we explained to him. I roll my eyes, annoyed.

- Damon, it is not nonsense. It makes perfect sense actually. It was your blood that turned her, right? I mean, she's been different from day one because of you. You can't deny that, I tell and explain to my uncle with a serious tone while staring at him.

- Sure I can, Gillian, answers, Damon to me with an upset tone before he looks at my father. I finally got Elena to a good place about being a vampire. You two idiots can't stand that she's happy because of me, responds, Damon, getting mad. I was about to say something back to him but my uncle stops me, frowning madly. And don't deny it, Gillian. You're the one who threatened Elena and I if we would hurt Stefan, reminds me, Damon of my words. I sense my father looking at me.

- I didn't threatened you, I warned you, I correct him which caused my uncle to shake his head negatively and madly. I sigh upset before exchanging a look with dad. All right. You know what? Prove us wrong. Tell her it's okay to drink from a blood bag, I say to my uncle with a serious tone.

- She can't. Her weird doppelgänger body rejected the blood from the bag, responds, Damon as he frowns and shakes his head again.

- Right, because you told her to. You said she had to drink warm human blood straight from the vein. She almost died to make you happy, I explain to my uncle as he looks away, clearly not believing in what I am saying. Oh my, God... I don't have time for this. I shake my head as well, losing patience quickly.

- Stefan talk some sense into your daughter before I get too upset, replies, Damon to my father as he frowns at the both of us. I quietly scoff as I frown upset.

- Look, just ask her to drink from a blood bag. Make sure you'll tell her how happy you'll be if it works, and if we're wrong, we'll be the first to apologize, tells, dad to his brother with a calm voice. What? I know... We know we are right, so why would we apologize?

- I'm not going to apologize for something that we know isn't wrong, I say to my father as I look at him, frowning.

- Baby... whispers, Dad to me with the same calm tone but warning me at the same time.

- When her body rejects this blood, which it will, your apologies better be epic... Both of you, tells, Damon to us as he points at the two of us. I scoff and shake my head again before getting up, upset.

- Whatever, I'm done with you not believing us. I mean, I'm always wrong, aren't I? I'm always the one lying to you two, aren't I? I reply madly while walking toward the door. I have to go, I say with an upset tone as I walk out of the boarding house before slamming the door behind me. I have a funeral to attend now...

Stefan's P.O.V.

Both, Damon and I watch Gillian leaving the boarding house with an upset face and pace before she slams the front door behind her. I don't think the conversation upsetted her, but it is the funeral she has to go to. I didn't forget about it... I should probably go put a smoking quickly on to go there as well. I know Gillian hates funerals... She gets rapidly affected by everyone's emotions and hardly handle it.

- She's tensed up, tells me, Damon with an upset tone as he gets up from the sofa. He walks around it to go to the small table to go pour himself a drink.

- No wonder why, she's still extremely mad at you, I reply to him, getting up as well, but not moving. Damon turns around to look at me as he frowns lightly.

- You two seem better, he says with a slight jealous tone. I know Damon loves a lot his niece and hates when she is mad against him... But he doesn't seem to do much to stop this between them.

- We are, but she is still pretty pissed...

- At me, I know... repeats, Damon with an upset tone after he took a sip from his drink. And I guess it has to do with Elena? he asks. I nod positively. I told her to apologize to Gillian and to go easy with her, admits, my big brother to me. I stare at him while faintly nodding. I take back what I said... Maybe he does do something to make her stop being mad at him.

- That's... She'll appreciate it, I tell him before beginning to walk out of the room and towards the stairs. I rush up to my bedroom and quickly change into a smoking before vamp-speeding back downstairs. I do the buttons of my sleeves as I lead myself towards the front door.

- Where are you going like that? I hear my brother asking me as I see that he is still in the living-room, finishing his glass.

- Gillian is attending a funeral. She hates funeral. She'll struggle with her emotions adding the ones from all the people there. She'll need support, I explain him as I adjust my collar now.

- Right... Well, try to get answers of what happened to her the other day when we idiotically ignored her calls, answers, Damon to me, still frowning as he finishes his glass in one gulp. He puts the glass down on a table before walking down in the basement. Let's go to the funeral before it starts... or end.

Gillian's P.O.V.

I am sitting at the very back of the church as it is full. I think I've never seen so much people at a funeral before... I stare at the photo of Kayla, smiling as people walk one by one on the stage to give their respect to the girl and recount a beautiful memory of her. All of what they are saying are making me more and more sad. She seemed to be such a nice person. She was a friend, a daughter, a sister, a niece and even a girlfriend... I can feel my eyes watering up when the priest calls for the choir to come on the stage to sing their gospel to the girl. My heart aches so much... I take a deep breath in to calm down a little bit and shake some feelings away when I feel someone sitting discretely next to me. What is he doing here?

- I told you I didn't want you to come, I whisper sadly to my father as I stare at all the people on the stage and at a man grabbing a microphone. I feel my father looking at me.

- What's her name? he whispers as he mentions Kayla.

- Was... I remind him as I feel my throat tightening. I let a shaky breath out as it begins to be harder to retain my tears. I can sense each and everyone's emotions which are crushing my chest. I don't know how dad doesn't get as hurt as I do. Kayla, I continue to whisper when they begin the song.

Heaven came for us
Reconciling hearts
To You our God

Everyone gets up from the benches and begins to sing with the choir on the stage and the man holding the microphone. I slowly get up as well, puting my lips in a thin line as my tears are finally rolling down my face. Dad stands up as well when I feel him passing an arm around me and bringing me to him. I let him do as I let my head resting on his chest.

Heaven and earth collide
The saviour for everyone has come
Bringing the dead to life
All for the glory of Your Name

I sniff sadly as I struggle to calm down. My father holds me tighter as his left hand runs up and down my back. He shushes me in my ear and kisses the top of my head as I stare at Kayla's photo next to the coffin. Suddenly, I hear several people sobbing hardly in the church. The music might be loud but my vampire hearing let me hear this... horrible sound. I hear a woman uncontrollably sobbing as she repeats the words "my baby...". Mrs. Field... Kayla and Meryl's mother. I cover my mouth with my hand to quiet and choke my sobs. Dad turns me so I face him before he holds me against him, hiding my face in his chest.

- Breathe, baby. Breathe... repeats, my father in a whisper in my ear as he does his best to calm me down.

- I can't... The pain, the sadness, those sobs and that woman crying for her daughter... It breaks me... I... Don't tell me you don't feel all that sadness and pain from all those people, I whisper back at him through my sobs and my shaky breaths as I hug my father even more tighter. I hide my face even more into his chest as I grip onto his tux. The song comes at its end and everyone gives one last respect to Kayla before walking out of the church. I push my father gently on the side as I need to get out of that church. I walk toward the first tree that I see and lean on it, still crying. I put my left hand over my mouth, sobbing hardly before taking a dip breath. I slide my hand to my chest, still leaning against the tree when a hand touches my shoulder. I'm sorry... I couldn't handle it anymore, I tell him, sniffing sadly as I don't turn around.

- Why do you think I came, baby? I stare at the ground, still breathing shakily and heavily as I hear people exiting the church. I feel dad wiping my tears away before he embraces me from behind, passing his left arm around my chest and his hand holding my shoulder while his right arm is around my stomach. Dad kisses my cheek. She seemed to be a nice girl.

- She was... And she was courageous too, I whisper back as I see Kayla's family standing not too far. It breaks my heart to see all those people crying. Meryl is looking around as she is hugging her mother. The little girl seems lost and sad...

- How did she died? questions and whispers, dad as the two of us look at them.

- She got turned into a vampire before her heart got ripped out, I answer with sadness before grimacing sadly. Dad sees it even though he is still embracing me from behind. He sticks his head to mine after kissing my cheek again.

- I'm so sorry... I'm sure she is happy that you attend her funeral, he tells me as I feel one more tear rolling down my cheek. I weakly nod. You still don't want to explain me what happened? I shake my head negatively as I sniff sadly. I stare at Meryl as I want to take the little girl in my arms and tell her how sorry I am for what happened... But she doesn't even remember who I am... Who is this little girl that you've been staring at? whispers, my fathe, talking about Meryl.

- Kayla's little sister, Meryl... I answer in a whisper as I watch her and her family walking away. People are already leaving or driving away from the church. I wipe my cheeks and pull away from my father's embrace before turning around. I compelled her to forget everything. She was so traumatized, so shocked, so... Scared and hurt. She watched her sister turning into a vampire, her sister drank from her and then she saw Kayla having her heart ripped out from her chest. Do you, for one second, imagine what her eight years old mind must have thought? I explain and ask him with an upset and sad tone as I feel my eyes watering up again. I grimace sadly before looking down. Dad grabs me by my shoulders before he kneels down in front of me. He looks up, frowning with sorriness.

- You did the right thing, baby, he tells me with a reassuring tone while squeezing my shoulders. I stay silent and don't move for a moment as my last tears roll down my cheek. I look one more time at the church before letting a long and deep breath out. I look back down at dad before kneeing in front of my father and embracing him again. Dad envelopes me back tightly, holding me until I decide to pull away.

Elena's P.O.V.

I walk down the hallway of the school, smiling and leading myself towards my locker. I keep remembering the moments with Damon last night, his lips on my skin and lips, feeling his hands travelling and touching me and his face sticked to mine... It felt so right. What didn't feel right is the guilt that I feel. I know Stefan will take it hardly but I'm not going to stop my happiness because the vampire cannot let go. I turn and take another corridor, full of students. I continue to smile when I hear someone calling for me.

- Elena, hey. Is everything okay? greets and asks me, Bonnie as her and Care are standing next to my locker.

- Yeah. Why wouldn't it be? I answer and ask with a confused tone as I stop in front of them.

- Well, Caroline told me you had to move out to stay away from Jeremy, replies, Bonnie, giving me a sorry look.

- Matt is at the house staying with him right now to make sure he keeps all of his hunter stuff in control. He's OK, I respond to my witch friend while nodding but losing my smile. I only spend one night at the Salvatore's and I am not complaining, it was great with Damon, but I miss my brother and I am worried for him.

- But are you? questions, Caroline which makes me look at her. I mean, clearly, they don't have a flat iron at hotel Salvatore, replies, the blonde vampire while giggling. Bonnie cracks a smile.

- Oh... I was in a rush, I respond while taking the ponytail out in my hair, letting my hair falling down. I mean... look, do you girls have any plans tonight? I'm in desperate need of some girl talk, I ask them while lightly sighing.

- Yeah, I'm in. Shane taught me some small spells I've been wanting to try, smiles, Bonnie.

- Oh, creepy professor guy is just Shane now, replies, Caroline with a playful tone as she crosses her arms over her chest and smirks.

- He's not creepy, corrects, Bonnie.

- We're not judging, I tell to the witch while I shake my head.

- I am, answers, Care, still smirking. Of course, you are...

- Don't listen to her, I say while laughing. So, girls' night? We can raid the Salvatore wine cellar.

- Um, are you sure that Stefan, Gillian and Damon are cool with us crashing at their place? questions, Care to me as her and Bonnie frowns confused and seem uncomfortable.

- I can't go home because my brother is trying to kill me. So their place is mine now, too, I respond to them with a serious tone a I lightly shake my head. I look away, through the corridor when I spot Damon walking towards a classroom. He looks at me and motions for me to come talk to him. I'll see you in a bit, I tell them with a faint smile before quickly walking passed them to go meet Damon. I enter the class he walked in, close the door behind me and step up towards the vampire with a bright smile. I put my bag on a table and pass my arms around his neck, still smiling. You being here makes your selfish, secret day a little difficult, don't you think? I tell and ask him. Damon smiles and pulls away from me as I watch him taking a blood bag out of his jacket.

- Forgot your lunch, he tells me with a smile.

- I can't. You know I can't, I remind him with a serious tone as I lose my smile.

- Well, last time you tried it, the circumstances were less optimal and I think maybe you should just give it another try, see if it works. I really think it will, I stare at him, staying silent. Please... for me? insists and pleads, Damon.

Damon's P.O.V.

I hand to Elena the blood bag and she takes it. She opens it while lightly sighing as she looks unsure of this. Please, tell me Stefan and Gillian were not right... Which I, 99.8%, think they were not. I watch Elena puting the blood bag to her mouth before she cautionary drinks it. I frown concern at her. Elena takes the bag out from her mouth and pauses before starting to drink again. What?

- Are you okay? I ask her with a concerned tone as I continue to frown. The brunette takes the blood bag out of her mouth.

- Mm, I'm fine. It tastes like blood. Last time, it was like hot garbage, she answers with a smile before she begins to drink from the bag again.

- You sure you're okay? I repeat my question, still frowning concern. This is not happening...

- I'm better than okay, answers, Elena after pulling the bag away. She smiles and nods positively. I mean, maybe last time, it was a bad batch or something. I can't believe this, Damon. I don't have to hurt people anymore, she tells me with a happy voice as I look and nod positively to her. They were right... She's sired to me... Suddenly, she throws her arms around me and hugs me as she keeps smiling happily. Elena pulls away after a small moment. I have to get to class. Thank you, she thanks me, still looking happy before she kisses my lips. I nod again, staying silent as Elena grabs her bag and walks out of the class with a smile spread on her face. What did I do?

Hayley's P.O.V.

- Trespassing, breaking, and entering all before noon? I hear the familiar voice of Shane as he enters his office. I am behind his desk, looking through some papers. What is happening with Adrian isn't good at all. I can't let it pass because we need one more hybrid for whatever Shane wants to do and it is out of question that I give Tyler to him.

- Having trouble breaking Adrian, I admit to the professor while sighing desperately.

- Don't worry about it. You already got the twelve hybrids I need, replies, Shane, not sounding nervous. I watch him walking around his desk to arrange everything I messed up.

- We have eleven. I told you, Tyler Lockwood isn't part of the deal, I remind him seriously while facing the professor.

- Well, now there's eleven hybrids. You deliver me twelve without loyalties to Klaus or your friend Tyler becomes fair game, replies, Shane with almost a threatening tone.

- You haven't held up your end of the bargain, I tell him, losing patience. Professor Shanes smiles humorlessly before looking into his pocket. What is he looking for? He takes out a flashdrive from his coat pocket and shows it to me.

- This is everything you always wanted to know about your biological parents. And it's encoded in case you're thinking of a smash-and-grab. Just bring me twelve unsired hybrids and it's yours, tells me, Shane with a serious tone as he is still holding up the flashdrive.

Stefan's P.O.V.

After Gillian and I walked back home, the two of us changed into normal clothes. I was broken-hearted when I saw my little girl crying that much and hardly at this funeral. She knew that girl for not even a day and she was as affected as if she spent a lifetime friendship with her. I didn't know what else to do than hugging her to attempt to ease the pain and sadness. Especially when she heard that woman unconctrollably crying and repeating the girl's name.

My daughter and I are now laying on her bed, me having my right arm around her as she is resting her head on my shoulder. She stares at my chest, thoughtful, as she lightly plays with the collar of my shirt. I stare at her sweet face, smiling before bringing my left hand to her cheek. I delicately and softly caress it which caused her to stop thinking, or day dreaming, and to smile. She hides her head in my neck as I slide my hand in her back to hug her. I missed my daughter so much those passed few days... I hated when she was angry at me. It was like... I felt like I lost her in a way which was not even possible for me to think about it. Gillian pulls away from my neck to look up at me with her eyes adjusting to the day light as she lightly sighs.

- Are you okay, daddy? she whispers with a concerned tone. I frown confused at her, not understanding why this sudden question. I mean... since the break up.

- I'm... struggling but I'll be fine, baby. You help me getting fine with Caroline, I whisper back to her, faintly smiling to not worry her as I lie to my daughter. I'm not fine... I hate that Elena fell for Damon, I hate that she is sired to him, I hate that I broke up with her. But I had to do it for my daughter...

- We all know that "fine", doesn't really mean "fine", replies, Gillian to me with the same concern tone as she slightly frowns. I look at her and lightly smile at her. She knows me so well...

- You think I will turn it off, don't you? I ask her as I put my hand on her arm and gently caress it.

- I'm scared that you'll do it, dad, she admits and corrects me with the same concern tone and frown. I look away from her while weakly and slowly nodding. I will completely understand if you turn it off. I would never judge you if you do turn it off, dad. And I would never think you're weak either. I'll just think that you were in so much pain that you just couldn't take it anymore, I look back at her as I see the seriousness and concern in her green eyes. My daughter puts her hand on my chest. You know I'll always be there for you if you turn it off, right? I'll help you come back and take the right way again, I faintly smile and nod again. I know she will... I trust my little girl with my whole life. But just so you know, before helping you, I will kill Elena for hurting you, she tells me with a serious and almost mad tone against the brunette.

- Nobody is killing anybody, that won't do any good, I tell her with a slight amused smile as I put my hand on her neck.

- Fine, she says as she rolls her eyes. I'll just break her neck or stab her really close to her heart, replies, Gillian as she still sounds serious. I laugh and weakly shake my head which caused her to giggle.

- You might be my daughter, I might have been the one raising you, but you remind me so much of Katherine sometimes, I tell her with a serious tone as I caress her neck with my thumb. Gillian slowly loses her smile after I mentioned her mother. Did I say something wrong?

- I miss mom, dad. She hasn't talked to me or called since a while, tells me, my little girl with a point of sadness in her voice. I frown lightly.

- I miss my mother too sometimes, baby, even though I didn't know her for a long time. We all miss someone at times as we remember them... I respond to my daughter as I stare into her eyes.

- You do? she asks me with surprise. I nod positively while faintly smiling.

- You know what? You don't need your mother, baby. You never needed her, I reply to her with a serious and reassuring tone.

- Actually, I kind did, dad... I needed a woman's presence in my life which is what aunt Lexi gave me, admits, Gillian to me before she lays on her back, her head still on my arm.

- Yes, maybe, but you did pretty well without her, didn't you? My little girl turns her head to look at me as she waits for me to continue. I mean look at you today. You're the achievement, the fire of the Salvatore and Petrova's family, baby. You're strong and smart, Gillian. If Katherine wants to talk to you, she'll call you, okay? I say as I place my hand on her cheek. And if you really want to talk to her, then call her. What is stopping you?

- I don't want to bother her... responds, my daughter with a bothered tone before sighing.

- Baby... Even though I hate to say it, she is your mother and you will never bother her. I'm sure she'll be happy that you call her, I say to her with a serious tone as I stopped myself from rolling my eyes when I talked about her mother I don't think I will ever like to say that Katherine is her mother... The fact that she left and never came back for her daughter... I never accepted that. If Katherine would have come back, I wouldn't have got back with her but Gillian would have known what it is to have a mother.

- Right, and if she doesn't answer to my call? questions, my daughter as she rolls back against me, her head on my shoulder again.

- Maybe she is busy. Didn't she told you she has a lot to do? For you? I ask and remind her with a gentle tone. Gillian nods positively as she looks down. See? Don't beat yourself up about this, Lilou. You have enough to deal with lately. You don't need to hurt yourself even more, she nods again as she stares at my chest. I quietly sigh, frowning lightly sadly before placing a kiss on her forehead. I missed doing this to my little girl, holding her and kissing her sweet face... I let my forehead against hers until I hear my phone buzzing in the back of my jean pocket. I take it out and look at the I.D. caller. Caroline... I have to take this call, Lilou. I'll be downstairs, okay? I tell her with a gentle tone again while faintly smiling at her. My daughter faintly smiles back at me and nods positively before I kiss one last time her cheek. I get up from her bed and walk out of her bedroom while answering the phone call.

- I talked to Tyler, I immediately hear Caroline telling me before I could even say a word. I walk toward the staircase and down the stairs.

- And? I ask her.

- The sire bond exists because the hybrids are grateful to Klaus for relieving them from the pain of having to wolf out every full moon, and that's why they have to turn until they're not ruled by the pain anymore, she explains to me before I hear her lightly sighing.

- Right, but Elena's not a werewolf so what's the vampire equivalent? I question as I stop in the middle of a corridor, frowning confused.

- Well, that's the problem. There isn't one, answers, Caroline. I don't respond, feeling upset that there is no way to fix the brunette. I hang up without saying goodbye to Caroline. There is always a way out, why not with this case? I sigh when I hear Gillian coming up behind me. I turn around and see my daughter puting on a vest as she looks at her phone. I wonder who she is talking to for smiling like that...

- Did you call your mother? I ask her which caused her to stop abruptly and to look up at me with wide eyes. I surprised her...

- Huh... no, I just sent her a message. I told her to call me whenever she could and that I really, really, really, really miss her, answers, my little girl before looking back at her phone and smiling again. I nod and frown confused.

- Who are you talking to for smiling like that? I ask her as I cross my arms over my chest. Gillian looks back up at me for a moment before shaking her head, like she is coming back to reality.

- Nobody... Let's find Uncle Damon to see if he did what we asked him to do this morning with Elena and the blood bag, she tells me as she puts her phone in her pocket before turning me around and pushing me towards the library. I hope you prepared a good apology for the both of us if we were wrong, which I strongly doubt that we were, because I will so not apologize, she tells me, stopping to push me as she comes to my right side. I smile lightly amused by her stubbornness and pertinacity and shake my head before passing my arm around her shoulders, bringing her closer to me as we approach the library.

Gillian's P.O.V.

Dad and I enter the library, holding each other by our backs and smiling when we see Uncle Damon, kneeing on the floor and rummaging through boxing full of old papers. I'm guessing he did what we asked him to do... I frown confused and glance up at my father to see him frowning confused as well. Dad lets me walk down the three small steps first before following me behind.

- What are you doing? questions, my father as we approach my uncle. I look at all the papers with a frown before sitting on the arm of the sofa since there is no place on it.

- Elena is sired. You were right, I was wrong. Happy? answers, Damon as he doesn't look up at us. He sounds so annoyed and upset...

- Yes... I say but dad quickly and immediately reply to his brother.

- No, says, my father as he looks at me with warning eyes. I roll my eyes before smiling humorlessly at him as I hear my uncle sighing upset to my answer. My father puts his hands in his jean pockets before looking down at his brother. I'm not happy. But what are we gonna do about it? tells and asks, dad to Uncle Damon.

- Well, I'm working on it. Here, I watch Damon holding a picture up to my father. Dad takes it and looks at it. Remember that? questions, Damon.

- New Orleans, answers, my dad. Why did Damon gave a picture of New Orleans to dad? I frown confused as I get up from the arm of the sofa. I walk up to dad and he shows me the picture.

- 1942, to be exact, answers, Damon as he continues to rummage in the boxes.

- What was in New Orleans in 1942? I ask to my uncle with a confused tone. Dad sits down on top of a chest as he frowns confused as well.

- Other than Bourbon and beads... Damon turns his head and looks at me. Us, Boo, he says with an annoyed tone. Right... I kind of forgot that period... It was when dad was in the army.

- Oh yeah, replies, dad as he picks up a hat and looks at it. What was the name of that girl you used to hang out with? questions, my father as he places the hat on my head. I look down at him, not amused at first, but smile and weakly shake my head as I see him smiling at me.

- That was no ordinary girl. That was Charlotte, answers, Damon as he looks alternately at the both of us with a smirk. She was crazy about me from the minute we met. So, of course, when she asked me to turn her, I did, explains, Damon.

Damon's P.O.V.

Flashback New Orleans 1942

I am in a bar, music is playing and a man is singing and playing a guitar. Sailors are dancing with women, drinking and having fun around the bar. I am sitting at the counter of the bar, my glass of Bourbon in front of me when a girl joins my sides. Charlotte... She smiles at me as she sits on the stool next to mine.

- Hi, I smile at her while greeting her.

- Hi, greets and smiles back, Charlotte to me.

- So, did you decide who you would like to have for dinner tonight? I ask her with a smirk this time. The girl turns her head and points discretely at someone. I turn my head and look at where she is pointing at.

- Him. He looks tasty, she answers, still smiling. The singer...

- That's a very fine choice, Miss Charlotte, I say with a seductive and playful tone. The girl smiles more. I will go set that up. Now, if anyone tries to touch my drink, I say as I touch the glass, you show them no mercy, okay? I tell and ask her as I joke. Charlotte nods positively before I walk away toward the man singing. I stop in front of the man who stops singing but keeps playing his guitare. I stare into his eyes. I'll buy you a few set. Come join us, I say as I compel the man.

- You spilled my man's drink, I hear Charlotte saying to someone. I slowly turn around as the man puts his guitare down and stands up.

- Sorry, apologizes, a sailor with a smile. It's crowded in here.

- That's no excuse, replies, Charlotte, getting up from her stool.

- Hey, take it easy, lady, says, the sailor as he frowns upset at her. I frown as well. What is she doing?

- I'm not gonna take it easy, replies, Charlotte with a mad tone. Suddenly, she grabs his head and snaps the sailor's neck. No... I run up to them and grab the man before sitting him on the stool I was in earlier, making it look like he is still alive.

- What did you do? I ask her in a whisper as I look around nervously.

- He touched your drink. You said show no mercy. I thought you'd be happy, she answers which got me to frown confused at her.

End of the flashback

- That was my first clue, I say, staring at a glass of Bourbon in my hand as I recount to Gillian and Stefan what happened with Charlotte back in 1942.

- She was sired to you, and I can only assume you took full advantage of that until you got bored of her, right? tells and asks me, my baby brother with a smirk as he stands up in front of me, his arms crossed over his chest. Gillian is sitting on the chest, Stefan was sitting on few minutes ago as she looks at me with a light frown.

- More like when she went all "Fatal Attraction" on me, then I had to make a clean break, I answer to him with an annoyed tone.

- How'd you do that? questions, my niece with a confused tone. I look at some papers next to me when I find what I needed.

- Ah, phew, here, I say before handing a square card to Stefan. He takes it and flips it over to read the back.

- Who's Valerie LaMarche? questions, Stefan to me with a confused tone.

- The witch that I found to help me break little Charlotte's sire bond, I anwer before taking a swig of my drink. Stefan looks at me curiously as Gillian frowns confused and annoyed. I stand up. Pack your bags, baby bro and little niece. We're going back to Bourbon Street, I say to them before walking out of the library.

Caroline's P.O.V.

It is nighttime and Bonnie, Elena and I are in the Salvatore boarding house. It is so weird to be here without having the Salvatores here. I mean... It doesn't feel right. Elena comes towards us with a wooden crate into the parlor filled with bottles of champagne. Bonnie and I are sitting on the sofa as we watch her.

- One for you, tells, the brunette as she hands a bottle to Bonnie. The witch accepts it. One for you, she says after handing me a bottle of champagne as well. I smile and take it too.

- I'm assuming this is for Caroline, tells, Bonnie as she grabs a blood bag and reaches it out for me. I smile as I look at the blood bag. I was about to grab it when Elena takes it from her hands.

- Actually, it's for me, replies, Elena which caused Bonnie and I to exchange a surprised and a confused glance. What? She can't drink from a blood bag now...

- I thought... begins to say, Bonnie but stops herself, too confused.

- Oh. Are you saying that... I begin to ask when I see her drinking from the bag. She takes it out of her mouth, showing to us that she can finally drink and keep the blood from the blood bags. I frown confused as Elena smiles at us.

- Thanks to Damon, I am now a functional dysfunctional vampire, smiles proudly, Elena before beginning to drink the blood again.

- That's amazing, says happily, Bonnie as she smiles to Elena.

- Uh, what do you mean "thanks to Damon?" I ask her, repeating her words and frowning confused.

- Well, he suggested that I try it again. So I did and it worked. No more snatch, eat, erase, replies and explains, the brunette vampire, still smiling before she walks around the sofa to go sit on the one across from us. Right...

- So where is my least-favorite Salvatore? I ask her as Bonnie and I look at her.

- "Out with Stefan and Gillian for the night, don't wait up. Brother/niece bonding.", answers, Elena, holding up her phone and reading a message she received from Damon. Okay, since when do they talk by text messages together?

- Hm, so you guys check-in text now? What else do you do? I ask her, frowning and shaking my head as I totally disapprove this. Elena loses her smile as she stares at me.

- I know that you're not the biggest fan, but he kind of just changed my life. Would you mind laying off on all the hate? she tells and asks me with an annoyed and upset tone.

- Sure, whenever you do the same with Gillian. She never did anything to you and you still treat her like a piece of garbage, I respond to the brunette with the same tone and frown plastered on my face.

- And Damon never did anything to you either and still, you hate him, replies, Elena, not happy about this.

- Damon used me by using his compulsion on me. He did things to me that I can't forget anymore. I have every right to not like him, I respond to her, my voice getting lightly louder as the two of us frown at each other. 

- Okay, new girls' night rule... no boy talk, yeah? tells, Bonnie, speaking up and breaking the tension between us. Elena looks away from me, losing her mad frown as she looks at the witch. Plus, why talk when we have this? questions, Bonnie as she takes and holds up a bag full of black herb.

- Is that stoner tea?! I exclaim to the witch with disbelief.

- It's spirit tea, corrects me, the witch which got Elena to laugh. It opens up your chi, or whatever, replies, Bonnie while shakily her head confusedly. Right... open up our chi... I look away, not convinced at all. Come on, it's not drugs! Shane is helping me do natural magic without having to access the spirits, explains, Bonnie to me. I look at her and nod positively while humming. Don't judge, tells me, the witch with a serious and stern voice. I look at her lightly frowning. They're both against me or what?

- Okay, fine! I hereby vow not to be judgmental for the rest of the evening! Even if you two are potentially ruining your lives as I stand idly by, it's your choice, I reply with an annoyed tone as I look alternately to the two of them.

- I'll drink to that, tells, Elena while smiling and standing up. Both, Bonnie and I grab back our bottle before holding them up. The three of us clink them together, saying "cheers" at the same time.

Gillian's P.O.V.

Dad, Damon and I are all three of us walking in the streets of New Orleans as the night has fallen. It's been so many years since we came here. Music is playing everywhere, people are partying in the streets, dancing to the rythm of the jazz music playing by men... Nothing changed much. It was already like that back in 1942. I walk between Damon and dad, my father holding my hand since we entered that street. I'm guessing it has to do with the huge crowd and of the numerous men wasted around us... Even Damon is standing extremely near me as he looks at everyone.

- Well, the city is the same. Just brighter, states, dad I see him looking around at the buildings.

- Have you been back here since '42? questions, my uncle to his brother.

- Nope, not since I shipped off to join the war effort and you didn't, answers and reminds, dad to his brother with an annoyed and almost upset tone. I lightly frown as I remember the day dad went to war. I was so sad that day...

- Somebody had to entertain the ladies who had been left by their menfolk, replies, my uncle when he receives a text message. Dad and I keep walking when Damon talks to us again. Hey, good news. Elena is at the house with the girls where she can't get in trouble, informs us, Damon which got me to roll my eyes and to sigh heavily as I look away. Bad news... I think they got into the Dom. Told her to make herself at home, tells, Damon, I glance at dad, giving him an annoyed and upset look. My father faintly smiles at me as I feel him squeezing my hand before he looks at Damon, lightly hurt.

- Yeah, you told her so she does, right? replies, dad, with a jealous, bothered and annoyed tone.

- Sire bond is not that literal, Stefan, responds, Damon before he walks passed us while scoffing.

- Really? Name one thing that you've asked her to do that you haven't gotten, huh? answers, dad, turning around with me to look at his brother as he doesn't releases my hand. Damon looks at him, frowning.

- You know what I haven't gotten? Blame, guilt. I get it Stefan. I get that your pissed that Elena dumped you because she has feelings for me. Bet you blame the sire bond for that, too, replies, my uncle. Dad releases my hand and walks up closer to his brother.

- Yeah, you know what? I absolutely do, agrees, my father, upset.

- Why, because it's impossible to think she could have feelings for me? questions, my uncle to his brother, frowning upset.

- No, because it's impossible for her to be so blind that she doesn't see how wrong you are for her, answers, dad with a mad tone as the two of them are face to face. I frown, staring at them with disbelief. I don't know who I am going to scream at at first... I watch Damon turning around and walking away from us. Really?

- Oh my God, you two are just unblievable, I say with an upset tone as I go stand between them two. Damon, stop, please, I plead my uncle but he keeps going. I turn to my father and slap his chest before giving him a mad look. What are you waiting for? That guilt hits you because you can't excuse yourself anymore? I ask to my father with a mad tone. Dad stares down at me with an understanding frown before he sighs and looks up at damon.

- Hey, wait, Damon, I'm sorry, apologizes, dad. I turn around and see Damon stopping abruptly and turning back around too, to look at us as he stands in the middle of a crowd.

- What'd you say? asks, my uncle, frowning confused.

Stefan's P.O.V.

Flashback New Orleans 1942

- "I'm sorry, I blamed you for my bloodlust and for me becoming a ripper. It wasn't your fault." I say to Lexi as I walk through the bar in New Orleans. Damon is supposed to be here... Gillian's behind me and in front of Lexi, walking between us as she is dressed like a lady. It might have been 78 years now that she is alive, but I am always as impressed and as proud as when she was born. I pause and look over my shoulder to glance at Lexi. Do I really have to say it wasn't his fault, Lexi?

- Yes, keep going, she answers as she stands in front of me. My daughter stands next to her as she looks around the bar.

- "You're the only brother I have, the only uncle Gillian will have, and I hope that we can be friends again.", I finish to say which caused Lexi to smile.

- Perfect. Now, just remember we're here to talk to Damon, not to yell, not to drudge up the past and most definitely not to pick a fight, reminds me, Lexi as I nod positively and understandingly to her and faintly smile.

- Does dad have to mention me in his apology? questions, Gillian with an annoyed tone. I look down at her with Lexi, the both of us frowning confused but lightly smiling amused. I mean, last time I saw my supposed uncle I screamed at him for what he did to dad. And beside, I don't know him that much. I saw him once or twice, she replies and explains as she turns to look at her aunt Lexi. My best friend smiles at her and places her hand on her cheek to caress it.

- Yes, he does. Damon are your family to the both of you, Mini Stefan, she answers to my little girl, still smiling kindly. Gillian lightly sighs before looking at me. I wink at her and touch her shoulder before giving a light squeeze.

- That's the real trick, isn't it? I ask to Lexi as I look back up at her.

- You've spent the last twenty years turning your life around to be a better man and father for your daughter. It's time to make nice with your brother, answers, Lexi to me, smiling gently.

I nod positively before her, Gillian and I turn our head to find Damon sitting at the bar, dressed up in a suit. I glance back at my best friend who gestures me to go, encouraging me with a smile. I take a deep breath and turn around to go talk to my big brother. It is so weird and awkward... Damon is bobbing his head to the music as he drinks a glass of Bourbon. I give him a light slap on the back, making Damon turning around to look up at me. He looks surprised to see that it's me and not someone else.

- You look like a guy I used to know, tells, my brother to me, standing up from his stool and looking at my military uniform.

- Hello, Damon, I say with a smile.

- Come to put a stake in my heart? questions, my brother with a light frown of guilt before smirking.

- More like bury the hatchet, I answer before holding my hand out for him to shake it. Damon looks at my hand for a moment before looking up at my eyes, seeing if I am lying or not. I guess he has the right to doubt... We both exchange a look together as we faintly smile at each other. My big brother grabs my hand and shakes it before bringing me in a hug. I guess few things will go back as it used to be...

Few minutes later, Lexi, Gillian, Damon and I are all four of us sitting at the bar, drinking. Well, except Gillian because I don't want her to drink yet... Just one glass. No more.

- Egypt, ha! Finally gonna get to see the pyramids, tells me, Damon with a smile and an impressed tone. I smile and nod positively.

- Oh, I doubt I'll be doing much sightseeing. Driving an ambulence through the front lines, but yeah, yeah, Egypt, I answer and explain to him as I grab my glass and continue smiling to my brother. It is so good to have found him back...

- Think they have room for another driver? questions, Damon to me which got me to frown confused but put a smile on my face. I could handle some war, if it meant spending quality time with my little brother, responds, my vampire brother before taking a sip of his drink.

- Tell you what, I'll talk to my CO, I respond to him before I swallow the rest of my drink. I get up. I'm gonna get us another round, I say happily before walking off and waving to the bartender to get us more drinks.

Gillian's P.O.V.

I watch dad getting up and asking more drinks to the bartender. Damon is going to war with dad? That is not a good idea... What if he makes him a Ripper again? Dad is perfectly fine the way he is now. He is getting stronger and stronger each days and he doesn't need to struggle like that anymore. I look up at Lexi with a worried frown as I see that she isn't happy about what she heard Damon saying. Aunt Lexi looks down at me as she runs her hand in my back to reassure me before she looks at Damon, attracting his attention to us.

- You're not going, she tells him seriously.

- I don't like you, responds, my supposed uncle with an upset frown.

- In 1912, you pressured Stefan to drink human blood. He's been trying to put his ripper days behind him, but he needs to see death and blood and deal with them as part of life. He needs balance, restraint, explains, aunt Lexi to dad's brother.

- What makes you think I'm not balanced and restrained? he questions to her with a smirk as he sounds annoyed.

- The fact that you never have been. You think of what you want, first, second and third. Stefan is better off alone with Gillian than in your company, replies, Lexi to him with an upset tone as she speaks seriously and almost sternly to Damon.

- Well, I beg to differ, whispers back, Damon when dad comes back. I see aunt Lexi smiling at him as dad places drinks in front of everyone... even I. He must be really happy...

- To the Salvatores in Egypt! cheer, my father before the brothers clink glasses together and say "cheers". I take a sip of my drink as I look up at Lexi to see her giving a look at Damon who glances back at her. It's awkward... I put my glass down when someone calls for dad's brother.

- Damon, calls, the woman as Aunt Lexi, dad, Damon and I look at her. She is holding an unconscious woman. That smell... I glance at Damon to see him looking alarmed. Did you forget you were supposed to meet us for dinner? she asks to my supposed uncle.

- Sorry, I lost track of time, answers and lies, Damon to her.

- I brought you leftovers, she says with a huge smile before she shows to all of us the bite in the victim's neck which is smeared with blood that is pouring down from it. Dad...

- Charlotte! calls and whispers, Damon with a warning and nervous tone as he looks around. Suddenly, the girl hands the victim to my father who touches the bloody neck with his fingers. No... Damon takes the lady from dad's arms as I get up with Lexi.

- Get away from him! I tell to Damon with an angry tone as I remark that dad's eyes are becoming red and veins as crawling under his eyes.

- Stefan! calls, Lexi to my father with a nervous tone as she stands next to him. Dad stares at his bloodly fingers like the blood is calling for him. Stefan, repeats, aunt Lexi. Damon puts his hand on his shoulder but I push it off of my father while frowning madly.

- I... I... tells, dad, strongly struggling with the blood.

- Stefan? calls, Damon to his little brother with a sorry tone. I sigh and groan at the same time before taking dad's hand and wiping the blood off with the bottom of my dress.

- Daddy? I whisper before making him looking at me. It's okay, it's gone, I tell him which seems to lightly calm him down. The veins slowly disappear from under his eyes as he stares into my eyes. I smile at him to reassure him.

- Gillian, Sweetie, take your father outside, tells me, gently aunt Lexi as she sounds mad against Damon. I nod positively and grab my father's arm before giving one last mad frown at Damon. 

- Stefan, I hear Damon calling one last time my father before I begin to gently push and lead dad toward the exit.

- She's better off without you, too, I hear aunt Lexi saying before she follows us behind.

End of the flashback

Damon's P.O.V.

- I apologize, all right? As much as I hate this sire bond thing, I shouldn't take it out on you. It's not really your fault, apologizes and tells me, Stefan as Gillian and him are following me behind. The three of us are still walking through the crowd-filled streets of New Orleans.

- Well, dont get all warm and fuzzy on me yet, I reply before I stop in front of an apartment. Both Stefan and Gillian stop as well, looking up at it. It's where the witch lived.

- What, you weren't expecting to find the same exact witch in the same place? tells me, Stefan with an annoyed and disbelief tone.

- No, but since I couldn't remember where the store was, figured it'd give us a start, I answer him with a smirk when I see Gillian shaking her head, annoyed.

- Maybe there's another place to start. You think Charlotte might be in New Orleans? replies and asks, Stefan as he looks seriously at me.

- Yeah, maybe, I answer him, frowning curiously and with wonder.

- Where was the last place you saw her? questions, Gillian to me as she frowns confused and has her hands on her hips.

- Corner of Bourbon and Dumaine. Kind of told her to count every brick in every building in New Orleans, and I'd meet her at the corner, I explain to them before smirking again. I was gone by morning, I look down at my niece to see her staring at me for a moment before rolling her eyes and turning around. She begins to walk away. Wait a minute. Where you going? I ask her as Stefan and I watch her leaving. Gillian turns around and looks at us, still walking backwards as she sighs.

- Corner of Bourbon and Dumaine. See how literal the sire bond is because I am so not staying in front of that house. I mean, seriously? she answers as she frowns with disbelief while pointing at the house. You thought I was going to stare at this house until someone magically appears and says : "Oh, I know you. Damon Salvatore, right? I helped you break a sire bond.", responds, Gillian to me before lightly scoffing and turning back around to walk normally.

- How do you do to live with a mini Katherine every days? I question to Stefan in a whisper as I turn my head to look at him, exasperated.

- I am nothing without her, Damon. It might sounds weird to you but this determined side of hers is one of the numerous things that keeps me going in my life. And she's right. I am not staying in front of the house, waiting for someone to come, either, answers, my baby brother to me as he begins to follow his daughter.

- Are you two going to keep talking about me or you're going to follow me? questions, my little niece with an annoyed tone as I see Stefan running up to her sides. I sigh and roll my eyes before giving up and following them.

Tyler's P.O.V.

- They are gonna get us both killed and we are just sitting here, tells me, Hayley as her and I are sitting at a table in the Grill. We are discretely watching Kimberley and Adrian playing pool table not too far.

- Kim is right. The point of breaking the sire bond is being free. They dont have to listen to me, I answer to her, shaking my head negatively before lightly sighing.

- Yes they do, Ty. You can make them. Hybrids are werewolves first. Wolves run in packs and every pack needs an Alpha or they end up challenging each other for dominance. Kim is challenging your position as Alpha. You need to put her in her place. Now, responds and reminds me, Hayley as she looks and speaks with a serious tone. She's right... A werewolf loves to show its dominate side, but only one Alpha can dominate all of them. I nod positively and understandingly at the girl before getting up from the table and walking over to the pool table. I watch Adrian shooting the cue ball at the black eight ball, but I put my hand out and grab the ball before it could roll into the pocket. Both Kimberley and Adrian look up at me, frowning.

- Long day tomorrow Adrian. You want it to go better than today, you need to get some rest, I say with a serious and almost warning tone as I stare at them.

- Who do you think you are? questions, Kimberley to me with a mad tone as she is clearly challenging me.

- The guy telling you to call it a night, I answer her calmly as I watch the Hybrid girl walking up over to me. We stare at each other down as Kimberley suddenly grabs a pool stick. What is she going to do with this? Suddenly, she tries to attack me with the stick but I grab it, stopping her easily. This could get a lot uglier right now but I'm not gonna let it. Challenge me again, this conversation will end differently. You understand? I say and ask her with a stern and mad tone while staring in her eyes, making my point and taking my domination over her.

- Fine. Whatever you say, she answers, backing off.

- Finish your drink and get Adrian back to the stables. We'll meet you there, I tell her seriously and madly before pushing Kimberley back. I turn around and walk away.

Kimberley's P.O.V.

I watch Tyler leaving the Grill while Hayley stands there for a moment, glaring at me with a mad frown before following Tyler out of the Grill. The two of them think they can control us? They helped us getting unsired from Klaus, it is not for us to obey them like little puppies! I begin to walk off when Adrian stops me.

- Where are we going? questions, Adrian to me with a confused tone.

- To pick a fight, I answer to my friend with a serious tone before walking out of the Grill. Adrian reluctantly follows me out of the Grill. I can't let Tyler dominating everyone like this... This is not our purpose...

Gillian's P.O.V.

- There's no way she's gonna be in the same spot after seventy years, complains, Damon to us as we are walking down the streets of New Orleans which is less crowded.

- So, what are we gonna tell Elena? questions, dad to his big brother which caused me to roll my eyes. The three of us stop walking in the corner of the street.

- I was hoping we wouldn't have to tell her anything, responds, Damon as he looks up at him.

- Well, we can't just lie to her, answers, my father after scoffing. Dad starts to pace around.

- It's not a lie. It's an omission for the greater good, responds, Damon which caused dad to stop pacing and to look at him.

- Oh, I see. I see. That's Damon speak for "Let's not do the right thing, let's just do what's right for me.", replies, my father as he walks up towards his big brother and points at his chest. Oh... here we go again. I roll my eyes and lean against the wall as I cross my arms over my chest. What else can I do?

- Oh, what about you, O selfless one? Are you doing what's best for Elena or what's best for you? Because it looks to me like the only reason you want to break Elena's sire bond is to restore her original factory "Team Stefan" settings, questions and responds, Damon with a mad tone as the brothers are challenging each other. Oh no... I stand up, taking my back off from the wall as I stare at them. I'm so tired of their childishness... Seriously, can't we do one thing without them fighting and bringing Elena up? I'm gonna go get a drink. Hunt me down when you stop being a dick, I frown madly as Damon approaches dangerously my father. I am not letting them fighting here... I rush up in front of my father before pushing Damon back.

- Hey! Stop it, Damon! I tell him with a mad tone and frown before looking at my father behind me. And you too! We have been here for almost two hours and yet, I am already suffering and extremely annoyed from your idioting fights, I say, looking alternately between the two brothers before stopping on my father. You're mad at Damon because Elena likes him, Fine, I turn to look at Damon. You're mad at dad because he can't let go of Elena, Fine. But you two are even madder that she is sired because you, I point and look at dad, hate the fact that she is sired to Damon and not you, and you, I, then, point and look at Damon, hate the fact that she is sired, leading you to doubt her feelings for you!

- Hey, why don't you back off and leave me the hell alone? questions, Damon to me with a mad tone as he comes closer to me. I frown madly as I face my uncle.

- Why do you always deal with things this way? Why do you always take it out on people like that? I ask him as Damon stares at me with his maddest frown. We're not the ones you should take everything out on, Damon. Things happen, deal with it. 

- Gillian, be careful... warns me, Damon with a dangerous and warning tone. I know those eyes... He had the same ones the last time he hit me... I know Damon would never hurt me, but he is mad.

- You want to hit me? I ask him with disbelief as I get closer to him.

- Gillian... calls me, dad with a warning and protective tone as I guess he saw his brother's face.

- You want to hit me Damon? I repeat my question with disbelief. What's stopping you? You already did it! So go ahead and hit me. You'd be exactly like... I didn't have time to finish that dad interrupts me.

- Damon, don't you even... quickly says, my father as I feel him gripping on my wrist to pull me back. However, Damon was faster and his hand hits my cheek first. I groan and turn my head due to the shock as I hold my cheek. I look back up at my uncle, frowning angrily as dad gets in front of me and grabs his brother by his collar. Don't ever do that again, Damon, I'll make you regret it, warns, my father to his brother with a threatening tone.

- Get away, Stefan... replies, Damon with a threatening tone as he is still staring madly at me. I frown but not madly this time. I frown shocked and sadly as I am still holding my cheek. Damon is struggling to come back towards me but dad pushes him away, staying right in front of me, protecting me. I hope you're enjoying this, Gillian. Your Daddy-O is finally all over you now.

- You know what, Damon? I never asked dad to do anything. I'm not the one who told him to break up with Elena. I'm not the one who told him to go get a cure or to work for Klaus. I just asked him and you, at the same time, to spend time with me. That's all I wanted and needed from you two. I never asked for any of this! I respond and remind to my uncle while still frowning. Damon scoffs and shakes his head. Whatever, maybe you should go get this drink and think for a moment while dad and I take a walk. It will only do good for all of us, I say with a calm tone before I look down and walk toward the wall I was leaning against minutes ago. My uncle sighs and scoffs again at the same time before turning around and walking away. I look up at my dad to see him frowning with an upset frown as he looks ashamed as well. I lightly shake my head, still holding my cheek before looking away. I hear my father walking up to me before he kneels in front of me.

- Are you okay? he gently questions as he takes my hand off of my cheek to delicately touch it. However, I push his hand away, slightly grimacing, and take a deep breath as I continue to stare away.

- Seriously? No, I am upset. You two keep bringing damn memories and talking about Elena which resumes to you two fighting at each street corner. I didn't come with you two to live this, I respond to him with an upset and bothered tone as I look up into his eyes which makes me remark that my eyes are faintly watering up. I guess it is due to the pain on my cheek because I don't want to cry actually...

- I'm sorry, apologizes, my father. I sigh and get up, dad follows me.

- Go say that to Damon, dad, not me, I say while shaking my head. I should to. I went too far, so did you and so did him. But the Salvatores are just stubborn idiots, aren't we? I tell and ask him which caused my father to crack a smile and nod. However, his smile doesn't stay up for long as he gently grabs my chin and makes me turn my head.

- Did he hit you hard? You're cheek is pink, he questions and tells as he frowns upset and delicately caresses it with his thumb.

- Doesn't matter, I whisper, taking his hand off of my cheek and looking down as well.

- Yes, it does matter, he whispers back as he grabs my face to make me look up at him. 

I do it and let a single tear rolling down my cheeks. I roll my eyes, annoyed that the tear of pain escaped my eyes. My father faintly smiles at me with a reassuring smile as he softly and delicately wipes them with his thumbs. I grab his right wrist with my left hand and squeeze it as I smile back at him. Dad leans in and kisses my forehead, making me closing my eyes and enjoying it. He pulls away when, suddenly, both dad and I hear noises around the corner, where Damon went to.

- Uncle Damon... I whisper as dad takes his hands off of my face. The two of us vamp-speed to where the commotion happened when we see Damon on the ground with someone on top of him. Dad rushes up to them and throws the person off of Damon who quickly gets up. Uncle Damon, you're okay? I ask him as I grab his shoulder and stands in front of him, checking for any wounds.

- I'm fine, Boo, I'm fine, he answers me with a reassuring tone while staring at the person on the ground, shocked. He sounded like the conversation that happened a minute ago and the slap didn't exist... I look up at him and nod positively before turning around.

- What the hell just happened? questions, my father with a confused tone as the three of us stare at the... She's a woman... at the woman on the ground.

- She kissed me, answers, Damon which caused me to frown confused.

- She what? I ask surprised as I see the woman standing up and walking slowly closer to us. It's her... She smiles at the sight of Damon behind me.

- Damon, I always knew you'd come back for me. I must have counted literally every brick on every building in all of New Orleans, tells, the girl to my uncle as she looks at him with love. I arc my eyebrows as I keep my mouth slightly open, looking shocked and horrified at the same time.

- Literally every brick? questions, my father as he sounds as horrified as I am. I look up at Damon to see him looking away, ashamed. This is crazy... I look back at the vampire as I see her walking up towards Damon. I move out of her way, going to stand next to my father. I exchange a confused and concern glance with him before the two of us see Charlotte passing her arms around my uncle's neck.

- Uh, Charlotte, uh. Ha, tells, Damon with an awkward voice as he takes her arms off of his neck. He pats her arm and pulls away from her. Please tell me you had a full life and that you've done something other than counting bricks, says, Uncle Damon with a pleading tone to the vampire as he glances awkwardly at us.

- Of course I have, I'm not crazy, answers, Charlotte. Damon shakes his head, as if agreeing with her comment about not being crazy. Right...

- Then why are you still here? questions, my father to the girl. She turns around and looks at him.

- You know when someone breaks up with you and there's a song that reminds you of them? First, you hate it, she says, turning back to Damon as she places her hand on his shoulder to caress it. But then it brings back all the good memories of them. Counting the bricks is my song and I've been playing it for decades, she continues to explain as she smiles lovingly at my uncle.

- That's a really long time stuck listening to the same song, replies, dad with a dry tone. I see Charlotte placing her arms back around Damon's neck which caused me to lightly frown. That is so awkward...

- Yeah, heh... says awkwardly, my uncle. Damon grabs her hands from around his neck and pulls them away. He gently pats them between his own hands before he looks at us for help. I look up at my father to see him looking down at me, giving me a look to do something. Really? Why me? I roll my eyes and sigh.

- Well you know what? I say as I walk up toward Damon and Charlotte. Let take that in the good way and accept a help that I'm sure you will give us... or at least to Damon, I say while shaking my head and shrugging as I push her gently away from him. You have been here for what? 69 years? You must know New Orleans better than anyone in the whole world. Which is really nice, because we need your help to find someone, I say to the vampire which got her to frown confused. I look up at Damon who is smiling awkwardly and nodding positively at e before I look at my dad who winks at me and nods positively as well. This is going to be a long night...

Elena's P.O.V.

Caroline, Bonnie and I are partying, dancing, drinking and jumping around the Salvatore boarding house. We laugh as we dance and drink more. I missed those kind of nights... it reminds me of the time before all this supernatural things happened. Caroline and I keep dancing and playing around as Bonnie captures it all on her phone. I smile even more while pourring myself another glass of champagne... Right... I guess we have to open another bottle! I vamp-speed to the dining room and stand on the table as I grab a new bottle of champagne. Both, Caroline and Bonnie cheer for me as I super-speed back into the room, laughing happily. I love it! I pop the cork off of the new champagne bottle and pour myself another glass before drinking from it. Caroline and Bonnie come over to me, dancing at the same time before the three of us hug each other and fall on the couch.

Minutes later, the three of us are in Damon's bathroom. I am laying in the empty tub as Bonnie and Caroline are sitting next to me, on the floor. The three of us are giggling, having a great time together as friends. I miss those kind of nights so much... We should do it more often.

- Check this out. Vamp-speed video, tells us, Bonnie with a smile as she hands me her phone. I play the video and see myself vamp-speeding to the table before vamp-speeding back to the living-room.

- I look like Superman, I say while laughing and pausing the video. Watch this, I turn the phone around and show them the screen. The capture shows a giant blur behind me due to the speed at which I was running. This year's Christmas card, I joke which caused them two to laugh with me. I hand the phone back to Bonnie before laying completely in the tub. Being a vampire is so weird. Oh my God, I love this bathtub. Why don't we come and hang out here more often?

- I'll tell you why. Cooties. Think of all the germ-ridden skanks that Damon has lured into his den of enequity, answers, Caroline as she giggles to her own joke. I sit up in the bath tub, frowning not amused while Bonnie also looks unamused by Caroline's attempt at a joke. Okay, I'm sorry. I've been good all night. I am stopping now.

- No, don't stop on my account. Rip away. I mean, it's only Damon, right? I say and ask her with sarcasm.

- Well, say what you want about Ripper Stefan, but at least he wasn't a man slut, answers, Caroline, humorlessly giggling.

- Come on, tells, Bonnie to Caroline, giving her a look to stop.

- So, what exactly was it about him that made you jump right into bed with him as soon as you met him? I ask her, turning around to look at her as I frown upset.

- I didn't know what a sociopathic narcissist he was, responds, the blonde vampire, looking at me, upset as well.

- He's always been there for me when I needed him, I reply to her, still speaking with an upset tone.

- Yeah, because he's hoping you'll sleep with him, answers, Caroline, as she looks and sounds annoyed and upset.

- Well, maybe I did, I admit to them with a sarcastic, yet, serious tone.

- You did what?! questions, Caroline, frowning at me with shock.

- You didn't, says, Bonnie, looking shocked as well by the revelation. Wow... So not only Caroline is against me and Damon now, but so is Bonnie...

- Yeah, I did, I answer with a serious and upset tone while looking alternately between the blonde vampire and the brunette witch. Look, I know you two have issues with him, but I'm happy, and I wanted to spend tonight with my best friends so that I could tell them about it, I complain before getting up from the bathtub and walk away, leaving my two supposed best friends in the bathroom, still in shock.

I walk up into the hall, sighing heavily and madly when I pass next to Gillian's bedroom. I scoff and enter the bedroom before looking around. I hate this room so much... I frown even more before going into her bathroom and seeing what stuff she has. Perfume, make up, brush, masks to clean faces,... only girls stuff. I grab a perfume and break the top of it before emptying the bottle in the sink. I do it again with the three other perfumes before taking her make up and ruinning it. I re-enter her bedroom and messed up her desk and her shelves. I let a breath out before looking at everything I did. I am still so mad... I groan madly before vamp-speeding downstairs to clean up the mess we did.

Gillian's P.O.V.

- So here's the shop we're looking for, I say while standing in front of a shop, standing between dad and Damon. Do you recognize it, Uncle Damon? I ask him as I stare at the building.

- I do... It's different but it does look familiar, he answers which caused me to nod. Hey, I turn my head and look at him, I'm sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have slapped you, he apologizes as he frowns with sorry.

- No, it's okay, I reply while shaking my head and shrugging. I'm sorry too. I kinda went too far I guess, I answer him, faintly smiling which caused my uncle to do the same. Uncle Damon puts his hand on the back of my neck and squeezes it gently. Suddenly, Damon looks up at Dad. I turn around and look at him as well, giving him a look. Dad glances at us for a moment before he nods.

- I'm sorry... again, apologizes, my father. I smile to the both of them when Uncle Damon steps up towards the door of the shop. I follow him with my father behind me. A bell rings, informing whoever works here that we just came in. I look around finding this place rather dark and... surprisingly empty.

- Can I help you, gentleman? questions politely, a woman, coming from the back of the shop.

- Hi. We're looking for a witch. Sorry, no time for pleasantries, replies, Damon to the woman as he stands at the counter. I lightly frown before smiling to the woman, just like dad does. Damon has his very own tact with people...

- I'm sorry. I don't understand, answers, the woman with a calm and confused tone.

- Look... begins to say, Damon, before he looks at a small blackboard behind her, where "Nandi's Special" is written, Nandi, is it? Let's skip the part where you pretend like you don't know what we're talking about, I discretely slap my uncle's hand to tell him to be a bit more polite as he looks at my father. I smile to the woman who glances at me, feeling awkward. We need a spell that could break a vampire sire bond. Now, there was a witch here named Val. Ring any bells? explains and asks, Damon as he looks around the place.

- She was my great-grandmother, responds, the woman as she doesn't sound as innocent and as ignorant as she used to.

- She had a grimoire and it had a spell, replies, Damon with his famous smirk.

Damon's P.O.V.

Flashback shop in New Orleans, 1942

- The magic you are talking about is dark, powerful. Magic like this doesn't come cheap, informs me, the witch Val as she places a grimoire in front of her. I look over the back of the shop, seeing a little girl sitting at a table and drawing. She looks up at me and smiles politely before she goes back to her booklet. I look back at Val.

- How much? I demand to the witch, ready to do anything for Charlotte to stop acting like my lapdog.

- Money won't cut it here, pretty one. Dark magic draws power from dark places. Casting the spell you need requires the sacrifice of 12 human souls, answers and explains to me, the witch as she looks seriously into my eyes.

End of the flashback

Gillian's P.O.V.

- A sacrifice? You brought us here knowing that the spell required a human sacrifice, asks and states, my father with an upset tone. I frown and look up at my uncle, not happy about this either.

- Well, I was hoping the recipe had changed, replies, Damon which caused me to roll my eyes, annoyed.

- Look, there's no magic like that here. I sell herbs and homeopathic remedies and dress it up with a little witchy-woo-woo for the tourists, but I don't practice, responds, the woman behind the counter as she looks seriously at us. I sigh and look behind us in the street through the windows. What. The. Hell? I frown confused and with disbelief as I look at a man standing across the street, staring at the shop we are in. What is he doing here?

- Okay, fine, listen, just tell us where we can find someone like your great-grandma who can break the sire bond and won't flake out on us like old Val did, says, Damon, still with his famous smirk. I slowly and discretely step back, letting dad taking my place.

- There's no one. All of her stuff is gone... the grimoires, her journals. We lost it all during Katrina. If a spell like that ever existed, it's gone for good, answers and explains, the woman to my uncle and my father as I discretely walk out of the shop, attempting to not make the bell ringing. Yes! I silently close the door before turning around and vamp-speeding to the man, pushing him in a dark alley next to the building across the street. I hold him against the wall, frowning madly.

- What the hell are you doing here? I ask to Kyle when the vampire switches our position, sticking my back to the wall and holding me by my throat.

- No, what are you doing here? You're crazy or what? He answers and asks me with an upset and disbelief tone as he backs off. Kyle takes his hand off of my neck. You can get killed here! he exclaims as he sounds worried.

- Excuse me? I ask him like I heard wrong.

- Gillian, now that you know everything about what I am doing, you can't be in New Orleans, answers, the vampire with a serious and almost stern tone while shaking his head negatively. What is he talking about?

- I don't understand... I say while shaking my head as well, confused. What are you talking about? Who wants to kill me?

- Hundreds of vampires plus the one I am working for, responds, Kyle with an obvious tone. I widen my eyes with surprise before frowning confused again. Why would they go after me? Each corners of those streets are either crowded by vampires and sometimes witches. Rare are the humans, explains, Kyle as he looks around nervously.

- Wait, you're telling me that I am being chased? I ask him, frowning confused and in shocked as I point at myself.

- He knows... He told me that if I told someone everything he will chase and hunt that person down until killing him or her. He knows you know. I'm so sorry, Gillian. I never wanted this... explains to me, Kyle as he shakes his head and frowns with sorriness. I stare at him, mad, in shocked and with disbelief as I remark how panicked the vampire is. Kyle keeps looking around us, like someone could come attack us at any time.

- Okay, hum... I shake my head, feeling trapped in a pitfall. What... What can I do to stay... alive?

- Keep running, answers, Kyle while shrugging. I look at him, giving a look that says "Are you kidding me?". The boy sighs. There's nothing else you can do. Just... If you see someone staring at you, walk far away. Do not stay in the same street as that person. Even change town or hide well. They can easily call their friends and tell them to join him to erase you, explains and informs me, Kyle with a serious tone.

- Erase me... I repeat in a whisper, shocked and scared this time. I close my eyes and take a deep breath before looking at Kyle in front of me with a hateful look. I so want to stake you right now.

- I'm sorry, apologizes, the boy while shaking his head.

- Oh, stop saying that, it won't do anything. We need a plan so this can be finally over, I argue with him before beginning to pace around the alley.

- Yeah, well, I'm open for everything, but it has to be quick because that man I am working for will call me in less than an hour. Octavia is still there, Gillian, tells me, Kyle with a nervous tone as he follows me with his eyes. I stop and turn around to face him.

- What's his name? Does he lives here? I question him, frowning confused and still scared. Kyle laughs humorlessly as he approaches me. I frown upset. That's not funny, Kyle.

- He doesn't just live here... he says which caused me to frown confused. He rules this place, Gillian, I sigh and pass my hand through my hair before covering my face with them. So that guy he is working for isn't someone we can joke around easily...

- Okay, hum... Maybe we could find a necklace that looks similar to the one he needs and make him believe that it is the one? I propose to him, shrugging and throwing my arms in the air. Kyle stares at me for a moment, like it is the worst plan I could propose.

- I am so dead, whispers, the vampire for himself as he is the one to begin to pace around.

- Oh, come on, be a bit optimistic. My life is in danger because of you, what should I say for that? I say and ask him with an upset tone when we both hear someone calling me.

- Gillian? I hear the familiar voice of my uncle, sounding worried.

- You didn't tell them, did you? questions, Kyle with a concerned and nervous tone.

- No, I did not, I answer while frowning.

- Lilou? where are you? calls me, my father this time, sounding worried as well.

- I have to go, I say to Kyle before walking toward the end of the alley.

- Wait... he catches my wrist and turns me around. Fine, go for the necklace, but good luck to find one that looks exactly that the one he wants, tells me, the vampire. We exchange a long glance before he vamp-speeds away, leaving me alone in the alley.

- Gillian? Where are you?! screams worriedly, Damon, calling for me again.

- Baby?! screams, dad as well, worried as I hear them running in the street. I sigh and rush up to them.

- I'm here, Jees, calm down, I say as I stand in front of both of them.

- God... Don't do that, we were scared for you, complains, Damon as dad walks rapidly up towards me and takes me in his arms. I widen my eyes surprised by the sudden hug and how tight he is holding me. I envelope my arm around him, feeling his nervousness and scaredness flying away.

- What were you doing? Are you okay? questions, dad as he pulls away from me and checks for any wounds or anything. Damon comes standing next to his brother, still frowning concern. I grab my father's hands and stop him.

- I'm fine, guys. I was just taking fresh air. I didn't feel well in that shop. It was too... dark, I reply with a serious tone even though I lie to them. I hate lying to my family but... I can't put their lives in danger. I'd blame myself forever...

- Well... try to take fresh air around us next time, answers, Damon as I know it is his way to be concern for me. I smile and nod before looking around nervously. I quietly sigh when I see dad and Damon looking at each other. Dad looks upset as Damon looks annoyed. Okay, what happened in that shop after I walked out? My father passes his arm around my shoulders before pushing me towards the opposite of Damon.

Elena's P.O.V.

I can't believe them... They are supposed to be my friends and to support me in my decisions, in my life. I do it for them so they could do it for me! I am downstairs, in the living-room, cleaning up the mess from the party before the Salvatores come back. I guess it is all I have to do anyway until Damon comes back...

- Elena, come on, I hear Bonnie telling me with a gentle voice as I hear her and Caroline walking up towards me. However, they keep distance between them and I as they stay at the entrance of the living-room.

- Party is over. You guys need to leave, I tell them seriously and madly as I let my back facing them.

- Don't be mad, okay? We're just looking out for you, says, Caroline with a calm voice.

- Do you think it makes me happy that you guys hate him? I tell them while turning around, finally facing them both. I get it. His track record has been kind of spotty but I don't hate him. I can't. He's... I think I'm falling in love with him, I admit to the girls.

- Ugh, you're not falling in love with him, Elena. You're sired to him, groans, Caroline, dropping a major bomb on me. What? I frown in shock at her, just like Bonnie standing next to the blonde vampire.

- What? questions, Bonnie with surprise and shock.

- What are you talking about? I ask her, shaking my head confused.

- I... Caroline sighs as she walks slowly down the steps towards me. Look, I'm sorry that it came out like that, but it's true. Damon's blood turned you. You couldn't feed from animals or blood bags because he told you so. Then he suggested that you try again with blood bags and suddenly... she begins to explain before I interrupt her.

- No. There's no way, I... I say, still shaking my head as I don't want to believe to that... revelation.

- Are you sure? asks, Bonnie to the blonde vampire, frowning confused.

- Yeah. Ask Stefan about it. He can explain it better than I can, answers, Caroline, shaking lightly her head.

- I'm sorry, you talked to Stefan about this? I ask her angrily. By what right does she speak with him about me? Why does she even talk with him?

- It's not your fault, Elena. Okay, Damon took advantage of you, tells me, Caroline with a serious tone as she stares at me.

- Okay, you need to leave, I tell her angrily. However, Caroline stands still, looking shocked and speechless. Now! I scream at her, frowning angrily before walking passed them and towards the front door.

- Elena! calls me, Bonnie with a disbelief tone.

- Come on! exclaims, Caroline with an annoyed tone.

- I said leave, I repeat angrily while opening the front door and looking back at them.

- Hello girls, tells, an unfamiliar voice. What? I frown confused and look at who is standing on the porch. Suddenly, a girl rushes into the house and knocks me into the wall behind. She, then, rushes at Caroline and grabs her by the throat strangling her. No!! I was about to rush up to her when a man enters in a rush and grabs me by the throat as well. Who the hell are they? What do they want? I fight back and push him against another wall. However, he gets the upperhand eventually and slams me back into the wall. I gasp shock as I feel him tightening the grip around my throat, blocking the air. Suddenly, lights are flickering before they break one by one. Bonnie... Stop! I hear the girl screaming sternly to my witch friend. I see Bonnie looking at the girl and stops immediately the spell she was doing to defend us when she saw Caroline's state. Suddenly, the eyes of the girl turn yellow. She's a werewolf? One bite from a hybrid and she's dead, remember? states and reminds, the girl. A Hybrid? What are they doing here? Suddenly, the man throws me to the floor. I get up with Bonnie's help before looking around the livng-room. Where's Care?

- Caroline? I call my vampire friend with worry. Bonnie and I look out the front door and see that she isn't there nor outside. They took her...

Stefan's P.O.V.

- Witch is lying. Doesn't practice magic, my ass, complains, Damon as I keep my arm around my daughter. She really scared me earlier. Even Damon was worried for her. We don't know this town, if she was lost... I'd have look around and search every building until finding her, even if I had to compel or kill people.

- Human sacrifice? Did you really think I would go for this? I state and ask him while shaking my head. Charlotte is still sitting on the footsteps of a building like Damon asked her to do until we came back.

- Extreme circumstances call for extreme measures, answers, my big brother to me with a smirk.

- Did you kill those 12 people in 1942? questions, my daughter to her uncle as the three of us stop next to Charlotte.

- Absolutely, I did, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat if it meant a clean slate with Elena, responds, Damon while staring into his niece's eyes. Gillian rolls her eyes and sighs before looking away. I humm, shaking lightly my head as well. Are you two gonna help me good cop/bad cop this witch or not? questions, Damon to the both of us with an annoyed tone. I stare at him, staying silent when Gillian takes my arm off of her and walks up across the street. Where is she going? Gillian, what are you doing? questions, Damon as he sounds and frowns confused at her. My daughter doesn't answer as she stands in front of a shop.

- Gillian? I call her, walking up towards her with Damon following me behind.

Gillian's P.O.V.

That is exactly what Kyle needs... I mean, that is exactly the necklace he needs so our life won't be in danger anymore... Wait, how come this necklace looks so much like the real one? I lightly frown as I hear my father and Damon calling me. I don't answer to them and look inside the shop to see an old lady in it. I lean my head on the side as I open the door of the shop, feeling like there is something pushing me to go inside. A bell rings, informing the old lady that I just entered. She turns around and looks at me with a welcoming smile.

- Hi, hum... Evening. Are you still open? I greet and ask her with a gentle and polite tone as Dad and Damon enter the shop behind me.

- I was about to close but I can accord you five minutes, young lady, answers, the old woman as she stands behind the counter. I smile and nod positively before lightly pointing at the spot where the necklace is.

- I was looking at a necklace in your window shop, could I see it a bit more closer, please? I tell and ask her politely and softly.

- Of course, dear... answers, the old woman as she walks around the counter to go to the window shop. I feel one of the brother puting his hand on my shoulder and pulling me but I take the hand off as I stare at the old woman. She is limping... I wonder what happened to her. She takes the set of necklaces that I showed her before she puts it down on the counter. Which one is it? she asks me with a smile.

- Gillian, what are you doing? questions, my father almost in a whisper. I look up at him but don't answer.

- That one, ma'am, I answer to the old lady as I point at the necklace looking extremely like the old I had.

- Ah, yes, a very special one for a special lady like you, responds, the old woman, still smiling as she takes the object off of the set. I frown confused as I continue to smile.

- Special? What do you mean? I gently ask her as she holds the necklace up.

- Gillian... calls me, Damon. I discretely raise my hand, telling him to wait a bit.

- That necklace can have history you know. Each and every single objects have history just like humans... If something or someone exist, it is for a reason, to accomplish something in their life, no matter the period they are living in, she explains me before taking my hand and placing the necklace in it. I look down at it, frowning lightly as I try to understand her words. Why does she tell me this? Time is just a number, I look back up at her, still frowning confused, a concept and an illusion, young lady. Do not let your eyes deceive you... tells me, the old woman, still smiling as she nods. Appearances are deceptive.

- How much does it cost? I ask her as I hold the necklace tightly in my hand.

- How much can you give me, young lady? she questions back. I take my wallet out and look for the money.

- I only have... I begin to say but get interrupted by my father.

- I pay, it's okay, tells me, dad with a gentle voice before he turns and looks at the old woman. Will 25$ do?

- Absolutely, sir, she answers, smiling to my father. Dad gives her the money. Make the best use of it, young lady. It might change thousands of lives, she tells me, pointing at the necklace in my hand before she envelopes it between her hands. I faintly smile at her before she turns around and goes to the back of her shop. Damon, dad and I walk out of the place. I was about to walk away when Damon grabs my shoulder and turns me around.

- Okay, what was that? asks me, my uncle with a confused tone and frown. He crosses his arms over his chest, just like my father did.

- Me going into a shop and dad buying the necklace I needed which, I answer to Damon before looking at my father, I thank you for. You didn't have to, you know.

- I wanted to, Lilou, answers calmly, dad, but you're uncle is right. What was that woman talking about? he says and asks me, frowning confused.

- I wish I could tell you... I begin to respond but Uncle Damon interrupts me again.

- Oh, yes, you will, he says seriously and impatient.

- I am not telling you because I don't know yet what it means, I answer seriously as I stare at him.

- Yet? questions, Damon, frowning confused.

- Is there something we should know about? questions, my father with a confused and almost concerned tone as he frowns. Actually, there are few things you two should know about but I can't tell you... I sigh and stay silent for a small moment.

- There's nothing to worry about, dad, okay? She is an old woman who sells tones of objects. She has to make a little show to have more clients. She must be lonely and maybe she appreciates to see young girls like me coming into her shop, I explain to him, trying to find an argument while shrugging. I glance at Damon as well as I am also talking to him. She seems to be a little granny cookie maker who seems to like spending time with kids, there's nothing wrong with that at her age. Anyway, shouldn't we go back to that creepy witch? I finish to say. Both brothers exchange a look together before looking back me. I kindly smile at them before turning around and walking back toward where the shop is. I. Hate. Lying. To. Them...

Elena's P.O.V.

- I get it, Hayley. I'll find them and I'll get them in line, tells, Tyler as him and I are walking in the woods, toward a barn or something like that.

- Bonnie says no luck with the locater spell, I tell him as I read the witch's message.

- They've gotta be here. They're not dumb enough to risk getting caught by Klaus in town, replies, Tyler with a mad tone as he accelerates his pace.

- Well, what do they want with Caroline? I question him with a concern tone for my blonde friend and an upset one against those Hybrids. I stop walking, just like Tyler before the boy faces me.

- Kim is trying to prove that she's the Alpha. If I can make her submit, the pack will fall in line and we can finally get them free of Klaus. You'd think they'd play along with how much they hate him, explains to me, Tyler, speaking fast and madly. He looks more than worried for his girlfriend...

- But Adrian doesn't, does he? I mean he's still sired to Klaus, I ask him before reminding him.

- Being sired doesn't mean you feel differently about someone. I hated Klaus but I still did everything he said, explains, Tyler to me which caused me to frown confused. So... Does that mean I am in love with Damon? The bond affects how you act, not how you feel, he finishes to say, shaking his head before turning around and sighing. I continue frowning when we both suddenly hear a familiar voice screaming in pain. Caroline, whispers, Tyler with a worried voice before the both of us rush toward where the screams are coming from.

Damon's P.O.V.

- What are you doing here? Questions, the witch we came to see earlier after she turned around to see who entered her shop.

- Calling you out. You're not Val's great-granddaughter. You're her daughter, I say as I remember herself as a kid, writing the name Nandi on a notebook. You're 80 years old. You don't look a day over 50. You're a practicing witch, I tell her with a serious voice as I frown upset that she lied to us. She turns back around, her back facing me again.

- Get out of my store, she tells me sternly.

- Give me what I want, I say seriously while slowly approaching her. However, Nandi turns around and uses her powers to give me an anuerysm. Oh my... The pain... I'll never get used to it. I fall on the ground on my knees, holding my head and groaning in pain. Stefan, Gillian, now or never...

- I gave you a chance to leave with your life, says, Nandi with a mad tone as she continues her powers on me.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait. We don't want any trouble okay? We just... we just need your help. That's all, says, Stefan with a worried tone as him and Gillian appear in the shop from the back room.

- I told you there's no one here who can help you, repeats, the witch with a serious tone. I continue groaning in pain as I hold my head. The kind of magic my mother practiced, it's unnatural. Witches don't even call it magic. We call it expression, explains, Nandi to us before she stops the spell. I release my head and stop groaning when I sense someone next to me in a second. Gillian...

- Is that like black magic? questions, Stefan. Gillian passes her arm around my back. I look up at her to see her worried face. I take her hand with my right one and squeeze it to reassure her before the two of us look up at the witch.

- Worse. Channeling the power of human sacrifices calls on darkness that can't exist on this plane without swallowing it whole. She sold you a bill of goods about breaking the sire bond because she wanted access to that power and you gave it to her when you killed those twelve people, explains, Nandi to us with a mad tone as she stares at me with a frown. Stefan walks over to his daughter and I as she helps me getting up from the floor.

- Are you saying there's no spell? I ask her with a disbelief tone.

- The bond can't be broken with magic. A vampire only bonds to her sire when she has feelings for him before she turns, human feelings. Vampirism only heightens those emotions, what...? I feel Gillian taking her hand away from mine before seeing her looking up at her father with a sorry frown. You want her free? You have to set her free. Tell her to live her life without you and never think of you again, to stop caring about you, and then leave her. That's the only way around the sire bond, explains, Nandi to us as she looks alternately between Stefan and I.

Caroline's P.O.V.

Why me? Come on... I had enough to deal with Elena throwing me out of the boarding house because she can't take the fact that I don't like Damon and that she is sired, but this... I don't even know why she is doing this... Kimberley chained me up in an abandoned barn, lost somewhere in the woods. I don't know why she brought me here... I don't even know why she needs me... or took me. I watch the unsired Hybrid walking up to me before she presses down on the chains, making me shouting in pain.

- Arghh. Why are you doing this? I ask her in pain as I see her smirking. I grimace in pain as I feel sweat rolling down my skin.

- To show Tyler who's in charge, answers, Kimberley to me before she grabs my wrist and breaks it. I scream in strong pain again before groaning when people enter the barn.

- Stop! Stop it, Kim. Caroline's with us. All right? We're all on the same team, tells, Tyler with a nervous tone for me but a serious one to Kimberley. The girl stands up.

- She's on your team, not mine, responds, the unsired Hybrid to my boyfriend. I look up at him, frowning with pain when other hybrids suddenly enter the barn. This won't end up well...

Tyler's P.O.V.

Kim is really pissing me off... I will show to Kimberley who the alpha is here. I turn around with Elena as we heard other people coming in the barn. It's all the Hybrids I just unsired with Hayley. What the hell are they all doing here? They are with Kim? This can't be happening... Army of unsired hybrids or not, I am the alpha here and if I have to show it to them... Let's do this! I turn back around to see Kim kneeling back next to Caroline before she grabs her wrist and continues to torture the blonde vampire, making her screaming. Suddenly, Hybrids come grab me and Elena. I attempt to free himself from their grasp but fail.

- Stop it! Stop! I scream as the hybrids pull me back and hold me tight.

- Ease up, Kim. Klaus won't like this, tells calmly, a Hybrid that I unsired as he smirks.

- That's a very good point, says, Kim before releasing her grasp from Caroline. Do you think he'll like this? What? Kimberley picks up a stake from the ground and shows it to me and the rest of the hybrids. No!

- Kim! Don't do it. I swear to God! I tell her with a serious and warning tone while still struggling in the hybrids grip holding me. I watch Kimberley lowering the stake towards Caroline's heart, causing me to stop breathing for a moment. No!

- No, wait, wait, wait, wait, Kim stops and looks up at Elena. If you really want to hit Klaus where it hurts, then torture me instead. He's fixated on keeping me alive. You want real revenge or not? tells and asks, the brunette vampire. I glance at her before looking back at Kim who seems to hesitate for a moment. However, she pulls the stake away and gets up, moving towards Elena with a smirk. She grabs Elena by the throat and chokes her. Come on... She was ready to kill her but I finally and rapidly manage to get myself loose from the hybrids holding me back. I grab Kimberley, turn her around and stick my hand in her chest, grabbing her heart. Kimberley gasps in pain when I see the other hybrids moving toward her to help her.

- Stay back! I'll rip her heart out right now! I warn them seriously and sternly as I talk loudly. The hybrids don't make any more moves towards us, staying back immediately. I glance on each sides of me before looking back at Kimberley dead in the eye. Kim put you all at risk today but I'm not gonna hurt her. I'm not Klaus. I don't kill and torture my own friends to get what I want. Now, we broke the sire bond, but if you want to be free we have to work together. No one can step out of line, I explain seriously and sternly to all of the hybrids before addressing myself to Kimberley, looking in strong pain. Now, you're either with me or you're against me. Submit. Submit or you die, I tell her with a threatening tone while frowning furious. Kimberley falls down on her knees and I kneel down with her, keeping my hand in her chest, my tight grasp around her heart.

- I'm... I'm sorry, apologizes and submits, Kim as she struggles with the pain. I remove my hand from her chest, still frowning. Kimberley gasps and catches her breath as I stand up from the floor. I look down at her before looking around at the other hybrids with the same frown I gave to Kim. Suddenly, one by one, all of the other hybrids get down on their knees, submitting to me and showing me that I am the Alpha. Things are going back to normal...

Damon's P.O.V.

- So, you're just leaving me again? questions, Charlotte with a sad voice as her and I are sitting at a table inside a pub.

- No, I need to get on with my life and so do you, I answer her, frowning awkwardly.

- I don't want to live without you, she replies, frowning sadly as her voice slightly cracks.

- If you want to make me happy you will. You just forget about me. You'll never think of me again, and you'll find someone new, and you'll be happier than ever, I tell her, explaining her gently when I see her starting to cry. Come on... I turn my head to look away, feeling annoyed that I made her cried. What will it be with Elena? Please, stop crying, I demand her, kind of annoyed. She wipes the tears from her eyes and stops crying just like I asked her. However, the sadness and pain is still visible in her eyes.

- I'm never gonna be able to forget about you, she whispers sadly.

- Yes, you are. And I'm never gonna be happy until you realize that you're never gonna have the life that you deserve if I'm in it, I answer her gently again before getting up from the chair. Goodbye, Charlotte, I tell her with an extreme faint smile before walking out of the pub.

Gillian's P.O.V.

- Here's the necklace, I tell to Kyle after sitting on a chair next to him, outside a pub. I place a tissue with the necklace in it and hand it to him. Kyle looks at me surprised that I am here and that I found him before he opens the tissue to look at the object.

- You found one? How? questions, the vampire in a whisper as he puts it in his jacket.

- I used my eyes which boys don't do unless it is to check a girl, I respond to him, smiling humorlessly as I see him looking down ashamed and guilty while nodding positively. I look away and sigh.

- Thanks for doing this, he whispers sincerely. I look back at him, lightly frowning due to the sun in my eyes.

- Whatever... I reply annoyed and upset. Kyle nods before getting up. He begins to walk away when he puts his hand on my shoulder.

- Stay careful, Foxy. Keep an eye around you all the time, he whispers in my ear. I look up at him, staying silent before weakly nodding positively. The vampire pats my shoulder and walks away. I sigh again, feeling like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders. In what did I bring myself into? I get up from the table and start to walk away when someone bumps into me, spilling coffee on my shirt.

- Oh God... I am so sorry. I should look up when I walk, tells me, a stranger with an apologic tone. I look up at the man to see the sorriness on his face. He grabs some clean tissue from a table and hands them to me.

- No, it's okay. There was no harm, I answer, accepting the tissues and cleaning my shirt the best I can.

- Could I buy you a drink to pardon myself? proposes kindly, the man with a warm smile as he points at a table. I stare at him, surprised as I begin to shake my head negatively. A coffee. Just small coffee so I can pardon myself? insists, the man, still smiling.

 - I really have to go, I'm sorry, I reply gently, smiling back before I try to pass next to him. However, he blocks my way, causing me to look back up at him, losing my smile.

- I understand. Another day maybe? he questions.

- Yes, maybe... I answer, smiling nervously this time. Is he just a weird guy or...?

- What's your name? he asks me suddenly. I stare at him for a moment, lightly smiling as I discretely look around.

- Faye... Bustelo, I answer and lie to him, continuing to smile as I saw the mark of the coffee inside the pub.

- Like the coffee? questions, the man, frowning confused.

- Hey, no judging, I reply, lightly giggling while warning him.

- I'm not, says, the guy while puting his hands in surrender and chuckling as well. I'm Marcel Gerard, he tells me his name as he holds his hand up for me to shake it. I look at it for a small moment before grabbing it and shake it.

- Nice to meet you, I reply, smiling carefully again. I should go, I'm... I tell him when he interrupts me.

- Of course, I hope to see you soon again, answers, the man before moving out of my way and letting me pass. I smile on last time and quickly walk away from him, feeling nervous. That guy was so weird...

Marcel Gerard's P.O.V.

I watch the girl leaving quickly as I frown seriously and madly. I sit at the table behind me and take my phone out to call one of my vampires... my friends.

- I just met her. She's good so don't let yourself fooled by her and have no pity for her. Kill her whenever you see her, I say with a dark and serious tone to him before hanging up.

Gillian's P.O.V.

I quickly arrive to a bench and sit on it, bringing my legs up against my chest as I stare at those huge boats navigating on the Mississippi. The water is moving constantly in synch and the honk echoes loudly. The wind blows in my hair as I hear musicians playing some jazz music not too far from me. This city is beautiful, full of life, of lights, of fun, of musics, of people,... But also of magic, witches, vampires, darkness,... How can such a beautiful place be so dark? I sigh and take my phone out to see a message from Kol. I smile and bite my lower lip as I read it.

- "Come back soon, Beautiful. I miss you. One night without you feels so weird, baby" My smile grows wider as I read over and over his message. I was about to answer him when my phone buzzes. She's calling me...

- Mom! I answer the phone call with a smile.

- Little Fang! How are you, baby? How's life in Mystic Falls? she replies and asks me with a cheerful tone. I smile again, happy to hear her voice.

- I'm good. Tired, but good, I answer as I look down. A small silence takes place in the phone call, leading to an awkward tension.

- Is that all you have to say to your mother who is far away from you? She asks while chuckling. I smile, lightly amused by her question, but stop rapidly.

- Mom, I'm scared... I admit to her with a voice expressing my fear.

- Baby... What are you scared of, Sweetie? questions, my mother as she sounds concerned.

- Of my future... I answer as I play with a little rock with my feet.

- Gillian, what is going on? She questions to me with a serious tone mixed up with concern.

- Things happened, mom... and I am being chased by vampires now, I respond to her, still speaking with fear as I look around I this time. I feel like someone is watching me...

- What?! What do Stefan and Damon to protect you? Are you out of town? Are you safe? She questions to me with a scared, nervous and worried tone while talking fast this time. It almost sounded like she didn't know what to say at first...

- They don't know yet, but I'll tell them, mom. I promise, I answer and talk rapidly as well while trying to reassure her.

- Gillian, I am not joking with this. If you don't tell them today, I'll call your father and will tell him about this, she warns me seriously and worriedly.

- I will, I am just waiting to go home, mom, I answer while looking down again when one of the boat's honk echoes.

- Home? Where you, Little Fang? And what is that noise and music that I hear in the background? She asks me nervously.

- I'm in New Orleans with dad and Uncle Damon, I answer to her.

- Why are you all in New Orleans? she questions curiously.

- Having a family trip, I respond, lying to her about Elena and the sire bond. I don't think she knows about Elena being a vampire, less about the sire bond, and it might be better this way for now...

- Okay, well,... Oh, Sweetie, I have to go. I'll call you back soon. Take care of you and be extremely careful, okay? I don't want to receive a phone call from your father or Damon telling me you're not of this world anymore. I won't be able to take it... She says seriously, nervously, scaredly and almost sadly before a long pause takes place in the phone call. Don't forget to tell your father and you uncle about those vampires after you, okay? I'm serious, Gillian.

- Yes, mom, I promised you, remember? I respond and remind her.

- I love you, Little fang, with all my heart and I really, really, really, really, miss you too, she tells me sincerely as she mocks me with all the word "really" I put in the message I sent her yesterday. I smile and giggle.

- I love you too, mom and I miss you more than you think, I reply to her with a serious and sincere tone. I hear her giggling before she does a kissing sound. I do it too before hanging up. I faintly smile, happy to have talk to her while I stare at the horizon. I sigh when, suddenly, I feel someone sitting down next to me on the bench. I put down my phone and look at the person next to me. Dad...

- Do you mind if I join you? I smile and shake negatively my head, telling him to stay. I thought you might want some, he tells me before handing me a plate with few beignets in it. You loved them back in 1942, he says with a smile. I look at him, smiling as well while accepting the plate. I grab one beignet and bite in it. It is so good!

- And I still do, I say while giggling. Thanks, daddy, I thank him while letting my head resting on his shoulder as I continue to eat. Dad smiles and passes his arm around I as we wait for Damon to come back.

Stefan's P.O.V.

I watch the boats navigating in front of me as Gillian is laying on my shoulder, still eating the beignets I offered her. I love to see that smile on her sweet face. Gillian finishes her plate before getting up and throwing it in the trash not too far from us. I watch her going and coming back before she leans against me again. I put my hand on top of her head and bring it closer to mine before I place a kiss on it. My daughter giggles before she looks up at me and kisses back my cheek. I smile at her happily before she lays her head on my legs. I run my hand in her back, looking down at her as she rolls on her back to look up at me. I have my hand on her stomach when she puts her hand up. She used to do this when she was a kid... I smile brighter at her before taking her hand in mine, intertwining our fingers together. She lowers our hands, puting them on her stomach as I run my thumb on the back of her hand. The two of us look back at the boats navigating when Damon joins us. Gillian sits up right and gets up so I do the same.

- How'd it go? I ask him, curiously.

- I set her free, answers, Damon as he looks upset, not by the fact that he let Charlotte go but by the fact that he has to do it with Elena too.

- Must've been hard. Doing the right thing, especially when it's not something you want to do, I say to him, standing in front of my big brother to face him.

- Get to the point, Stefan. You don't think I'm gonna be able to do what I need to when I have to tell Elena to stay away from me, responds, Damon with an annoyed and upset tone as he frowns.

- Well, I mean, selflessness isn't exactly one of your most obvious character traits, Damon, I remind him, talking calmly as I stare at him.

- Yeah? Well, one of these days you're gonna realize you don't know me half as well as you think, replies, my big brother before whistling for a cab.

Damon's P.O.V.

Flashback New Orleans 1942

At the Union Station train station, I step out of a taxi cab in full uniform, ready to go to war with my little brother. I messed up last time, but I won't do it again... I understood my mistake. I want to be apart of the family him and Gillian have. They might just be the two of them but it is always better then me being by myself. Beside, I want to spend time with Stefan and I want to know about Gillian. She seems to be a very smart woman and I am proud of her. I am proud of Stefan as well. He raised her so well... I thank the man in the cab for driving me here and enter the train station. I place my luggage on a cart as I hear a man outside, shouting for the militarians to line up for the train.

- Damon, I hear someone calling me. I look up and see Lexi, standing in the shadow, in the back of the station. Great... I know what you did and you're not going overseas with Stefan. Do you understand me? she says and asks me seriously and almost sternly. I laugh humorlessly.

- Well, Uncle Sam begs to differ, I reply, joking and playing the innocent card.

- You just killed twelve innocent people, she reminds me seriously and with an upset tone. I frown madly at her as I walk up toward her.

- How do you know they didn't have it coming? I ask her madly as I speak discretely.

- Your brother has spent the last twenty years racked with guilt, fighting the temptation to drink human blood. He's serving in war as penance for the pain that he has caused. If he finds out what you did, he'll want to know how it is you function without guilt for the things that you do. He'll turn to you for guidance like he did before and he'll become the Ripper of Monterrey all over again, explains, Lexi to me with a serious tone as she approaches me. I look away, annoyed while sighing.

- I've pretty much been on my own since our little falling out in 1912. Did you ever think that I just need my little brother? Did you ever just think that I might want to be apart of my niece's life? I state and ask her with an upset tone while pointing at myself.

- And that's why you can't go. It might be good for you, Damon. But it will destroy Stefan, she answers when she suddenly looks away. I turn around and look out of the station at Stefan to see him hugging and smiling at Gillian. For once, you need to put someone else in front of yourself, she gently tells me as the two of us stare the father and the daughter outside. My little brother continues to hug his daughter as I remark that he is looking around for me. You need to let him go, I sigh and look down, sadly.

- Does he treat Gillian well? Is she happy with him? I ask her with a sudden gentle voice as I frown sadly and stare at my brother and niece. Stefan grabs her face and places kisses everywhere on it, causing her to giggle.

- More than you think. Gillian lives for her father and he lives for her. Stefan keeps his good side on for her. He doesn't go back to being a Ripper because he wants to show her how to be a good vampire. He wants to be a model for her, answers and explains me, Lexi as I continue to watch them. My brother pulls away from kissing his daughter's cheeks, nose and forehead as she continues to giggle. You might not know her well but that girl has a strength and a courage that is rare to find. She's different, I lightly frown surprised before quickly glancing at Lexi. She can take pain and suffer, she maybe will turn off her emotions to ease and deal with stuff but she eventually gets away from those difficulties and gets quickly back up on her feet, tells me seriously, Lexi. I look back at my little brother and niece to see him looking around for me again.

- It reminds me a lot of someone I knew, I whisper as I mention Katherine.

- You mean her mother? questions, Lexi. I frown lightly but do not look up at her. I never met her, says the blonde vampire. I walk away from her, frowning sadly as I continue to watch Stefan and Gillian.

- And you won't, I tell her almost with a dry tone before picking up my luggage. Good luck, Brother. We'll meet again, Gillian, I whisper before turning around and leaving the station.

End of the flashback

Stefan's P.O.V.

- I didn't know about that, I tell to Damon, turning around after staring blankly at the ground. Lexi did this... I look down at my daughter, seeing her frowning confused as well. Damon walks towards the cab that is waiting for us, followed by my daughter. I follow them.

- Yeah, well, next time I'll hang a billboard, jokes humorlessly, Damon.

- Look, I know it may seem like I'm being unfair about this, like I'm upset about losing Elena to you, and I am. But after all this is over, if she never feels the same way about me as she used to, at least it'll be her choice, I say as I approach him. The three of us are standing next to the cab.

- The dreaded C-word, replies, Damon with an upset tone. I know what I have to do Stefan, he tells me, sounding mad this time. My brother looks down at Gillian, frowning when he changes his mad frown against a confused one. Where's the necklace your father bought for you, Gillian? he asks her confused. I look down at my daughter's neck to remark only the necklace I bought for her birthday but not the one from yesterday. Gillian touches her neck as she looks nervous.

- I don't have it anymore, answers, Gillian with a small voice. Both, Damon and I arc our eyebrows in surprise as we cross our arms over our chests. I gave it to someone.

- What? Who? I ask her confused as well while shaking my head.

- I can't tell you, she answers, looking down sadly and nervously.

- Oh, okay, you know what? begins to say, Damon with a mad tone again. I am sick of those secrets you keep from us, Gillian. You're mad at us, we got it, okay? We are not perfect! But you have to stop being so stubborn and talk to us. I mean, all you have been doing is threatening people around you without any reasons! tells and complains, my big brother to his niece. Gillian looks up at him, frowning sadly and like she just got lectured by her uncle. Something is wrong with her... Why is she reacting that way? I put my hand on Damon's chest as I remark the way she is looking at her uncle and push him lightly back.

- Damon, calm down, I tell him gently as I frown confused at my daughter. My brother was about to argue with me but he stops as he sees my face. I gesture him to look at Gillian. He does and his mad frown changes into a surprised and confused one as well. Lilou...

- First, I didn't say I didn't want to tell you, Damon, I said I couldn't as I am forbidden, suddenly interrupts me, Gillian as she is still frowning nervously and sadly. Forbidden? What does she mean? And Second, I didn't threatenend everyone, I only threatened Elena because she insulted me, because she told me to disappear, either by going away or by losing my life, because she told me that I was an humiliation to my own family, so to you two! And she told me that I was the biggest disappointment to dad's eyes and that since ever, answers and explains, my daughter to her uncle, her sadness transformed into madness. And, oh wait, because it is not done, she blamed me for the period when dad "gave" his life to Klaus to save mine when I had the werewolf bite! She told me herself that she hates me! So excuse me, but I think I have every rights and reasons to threat her, replies, Gillian, pointing at herself as she looks alternately betwen Damon and I. I frown, confused, upset and worried.

- She said all this? questions, Damon with a surprised tone as he looks down blankly.

- Yes, Damon. I am not making such things up, responds, my little girl as she shakes her head and looking away.

- Let's talk about this later... I say while stopping them in the conversation about what Elena said to her. Forbidden? Forbidden by who and for what? I ask seriously to Gillian, frowning with concern. I see her looking at both her uncle and I before she sighs.

- Can you two drop this, please? she asks gently before opening the door of the taxi. However, Damon shuts it back immediately slamming it.

- No, we're not going anywhere until you tell us what is going on. What happened the day we didn't come help you? exclaims and asks, Damon to his niece with a serious and worried tone.

- Gillian, it's for your own good, I tell her calmly, seriously and worriedly.

- And I am doing this for you two to stay alive! responds, Gillian with a mad tone before she looks around to make sure nobody heard her.

- What? questions, Damon, shaking his head confused. My daughter sighs nervously.

- I can't tell you what is happening because if I do, you two will be in danger. It's out of question that I put your lives in danger, replies, my little girl as I remark her eyes watering up. I exchange a look with Damon, the two of us more worried then upset. Look... All I can tell you both without puting your lives in danger is that... that day you both didn't answer my call, Kyle took me, I arc my eyebrows, surprised, just like Damon. He broke my neck and took me in the woods with two people. One kid, Meryl, and one adult, her sister, Kayla. They had nothing to do with it and yet he killed Kayla for torturing me mentally, for using my weakness against me! I watched him compelling them, I watched scarying them, I watched Kayle turning into a vampire for no reasons, feeding on her baby sister to complete the transition, all of this under Kyle's compulsion, before he ripped Kayla's heart out without remorse or hesitation, she recounts her with pain and sadness as tears suddenly roll down her face. I cried over her body as her eyes stared at me lifeless when Kyle threw her heart right next to me. He almost stabbed me in my heart to get an answer but he backed off, incapable to do it, I frown sadly and lightly confused as I feel angry towards that vampire. I always knew Kyle would hurt her in any way sooner or later. I never liked that guy... I had my reasons. My daughter's cheeks get more and more flooded as she chokes her sobs. I exchange a glance with Damon, the two of us frowning sadly and worried for her. It was my fault... I feel like it was my fault, cries, my daughter as she wipes her cheeks and grimaces sadly. I step forward, not able to see her like this anymore, and embrace her tightly.

- Shhh, it's okay, Sweetie, it's okay, I whisper to her while rubbing her back and soothing her. I kiss the top of her head before sticking my head on top of hers. It is not your fault, baby, it is Kyle's. He is the one who hurt them, not you. I'm sure you did everything to help them. I know you, Sweetie, I whisper to her, reassuring her as I feel her body shaking due to her crying. Why don't you tell us what danger you were talking about, baby? I ask her gently, pulling away from her despite that I felt her trying to keep me against her. I put my hand under her chin and make her looking up at me.

- Can we go somewhere else? she asks me with a shaky voice as she almost whispered.

- What danger, Gillian? repeats, Damon a bit more harsher than I did but while being careful to not rush her.

- I am being chased, okay? admits, my daughter with a tired and crying voice which caused both Damon and I to widden our eyes in surprise, shock, nervousness and fear. No, she... she can't be chased! Gillian looks away, stepping back from me, as she passes her hand in her hair when I see her frowning. She looks down, looking scared suddenly. I look behind at where she was looking at, but I don't see what she saw. I... There is someone watching me right now so if we could go that would be great, she says with fear when I remark a man leaning against a wall and staring at her. I elbow Damon and discretely show him where the man is. He gets away from the wall and walks away. I look at my brother and exchange a mad and worried look with him who shares the same feelings. Look, I can die at any moment at Mystic Falls and even more while being here so please... tells, Gillian with a nervous and scared tone as she plays with the bottom of her shirt.

- Get in, I say serious as I open the door of the cab with my right hand and pass my left arm around her protectively. 

Gillian was about to get in but Damon passes first. I guess he is right... It might be better if she is not next to the window. I let Gillian passing and get in the cab before entering it and sitting next to my daughter. The driver begins to drive away when I hear Gillian sighing before she puts her head in her hands. I look at her with a sad and worried frown before looking up at Damon. My brother frowns as well before he looks through the rear windshield to see if anyone is looking at the cab or following it. I put my hand on Gillian's back and run it up and down to calm her down as I hear her sniffing sadly and see her discretely wiping her cheeks and eyes. My baby...

Caroline's P.O.V.

- I'm sorry! I say to Elena as I hug her tightly. I know I can be hard sometimes and really, really annoying for saying everything that I think. But I just want what is good and right for my friends. Her and I are standing in the Salvatore boarding house, it is the morning and the vampires haven't come back yet. Stefan told me they wouldn't be long now... A moment of silence between Elena and I happen as I continue to hug her. Okay, if you don't start hugging me back this is gonna get really awkward really fast, I say nervous and kind of sad that she hasn't hug me back yet.

- You've got my hands pinned down, replies, Elena to me, as she sounds lightly amused by my nervousness. I take my arms away from around Elena for a second, smiling with a sorry smile before the two of us wrap each other in each other's arms.

- I'm a jerk. I promise to never again judge ever, I apologize and tell her with a guilty tone while lightly frowning.

- Just, Elena pulls away from the hug, frowning lightly sadly and guilty, please don't tell Stefan about me and Damon. I promise that I'll tell him. I just... I need to figure out some stuff first, explains, Jeremy's sister to me as she seems lost.

- Of course, I answer while nodding positively. But, just to be sincere with you, I don't know if you should feel more guilty about this Damon thing or if you should be more worried about Gillian killing you for hurting her father, Elena arcs her eyebrows with a small smile before looking away, looking annoyed and like she knows she won't get away from the vampire girl. I rub Elena's arm when Bonnie walks in from behind Elena.

- You guys friends again? Thank God, questions and says, our witch friend with a smile as she approaches us.

- Well, she saved my life. In spite of me being the nasty, bad witch, I joke as I look down, ashamed.

- Thankfully we had our good witch, answers, Elena, smiling before turning to look at Bonnie. You know, your hottie-creepy Professor really knows his stuff, Bonnie.

- It's been baby steps but he's helping with a whole new kind of magic. He calls it expression, explains to us, Bonnie, looking alternately between the brunette vampire and I as she smiles.

Hayley's P.O.V.

- You ever hear of a text message? Maybe just give a guy a heads up? questions, Shane after he entered his office and saw me sitting on top of his desk. I stare at him, looking serious at him.

- Adrian finished breaking the sire bond. You have your twelve hybrids. Now, where are my parents? I explain to him with a tired tone before asking him followed by a sigh. I am tired of all of this crap... I get up from the desk and stand before it.

- They're dead, answers, Shane after a small moment. What...? No, it's.... No!

- You lied to me? I ask him, getting upset as I feel like everything I have been doing secretely for him was for nothing.

- No, I didn't lie to you. I said I'd tell you where to find them, replies and reminds me, Professor Shane of his words. He pulls out a flashdrive from his jean pocket before showing it to me. This is everything you ever wanted to know, including where they're buried, he explains me but I walk up to him angrily before snatching the flashdrive from his hand.

- You just picked a fight with a werewolf. You know that, right? I tell him with a threatening tone while standing right in front of the man with a furious look.

- Easy, killer, all right? I'm not declaring war here. Now, just cause they're dead, doesn't mean you can't see them again, says calmly, the professor as he steps once more closer while staring into my eyes.

- What? I question with a disbelief tone. What is he talking about?

- This is far from over, Hayley. We are the beginning, smiles, Shane. I stare at him, lightly frowning as I still don't know what he is talking about.

Gillian's P.O.V.

Uncle Damon, dad and I arrive to the boarding house. My uncle pays the man driving the cab before this one drives away. I sigh and look around before staring at the boarding house. I miss my house, my room, my bathroom, my bed, my stuff... everything. I miss sleeping here, spending nights with dad and Damon, doing Eskrima Stick in the back,... everything.

- Do you know who is after you? I hear my father asking me with a gentle voice while he puts his hand on my shoulder. I turn around and look up at him to see the worriness, the fear and the madness in his eyes. Uncle Damon joins his sides, lightly frowning as he seems to wait for me to answer.

- No, I don't know which is even more scary, I answer while shrugging and shaking my head. I just know that there is a boss and hundreds of vampires working for him, chasing and hunting me down, I explain them, trying to not say too much to not put them in danger.

- I would like you to come back to the boarding house as soon as you can, Lilou. And today, like in the next half an hour, tells me, dad with a serious and almost stern tone as he does this to protect me.

- No, I can't... I begin to say to him, shaking my head again when Damon interrupts me.

- Gillian, I know you and Elena can't see each other but we are doing this for your life, to keep you alive and safe. Your dad's right, you have to come back, responds, Damon with a stern tone as he looks at me seriously. I look alternately between both brothers.

- No, I can't, guys! I exclaim with a stern tone as well which caused them to frown confused. I am your daughter, I say while pointing at dad, and I am your niece, I, then, point at Damon. I am a Salvatore and they probably know that... I am 99.9% sure that they know that I am a Salvatore. So if I am chased, the first place they will go to is here, I explain them seriously and with a clear voice while pointing at the boarding house this time. If I come back, it's like I am offering myself to them. If you two are really scared for me...

- We are more than scared for you, Boo! We're terrified! We can't lose you! tells loudly and seriously, Uncle Damon while interrupting me again. I stare at him, frowning sadly as I know what I am puting them through.

- Lilou, I look at my father, you have to tell me where you're staying at and with who. I am not letting you go anywhere otherwise, says, dad with a stern tone this time even though he keeps his calm voice. I look away, sighing. They won't like it... I am scared of the way they will react. But what is worst? Telling them that I am at the motel with Kol and risking them to be mad at me or telling them about Kyle and all? I'd prefer them being mad at me, but staying safe and away from all of this madness I got myself into.

- I am staying at the motel in town... with Kol, I respond, feeling nervous as I stare at them, scared of their reactions.

- Kol Mikaelson? What the hell is wrong with you? questions immediately, Damon while frowning uset.

- Wait... You slept with Kol Mikaelson? questions, my father to me with a confused and almost disbelief tone and frown. Right... Thanks, Caroline for bringing him on this track.

- Dad! I exclaim, feeling nervous and uncomfortable to talk about this with the both of them.

- What?! Gillian, are you sick? What the hell crossed your mind at that moment? continues to ask, Damon as he gets madder and madder each seconds.

- I... Wow... Thanks for the support, I thank them with sarcasm as I look alternately between them, frowning disappointed. I mean, I kind of pictured they would react like that but, I was hoping it would have been another way.

- Gillian, you don't get it... begins to say, Damon while he shakes his hand and paces around.

- No, you don't get it! I reply with an upset tone while pointing at him, frowning upset at him. Kol is the one who protected me, who gave me a place to stay at, who helped me while you two were being dicks and idiots to me so you could deal with Elena! He makes me happy, Damon, I remind and explain him with a serious and upset tone while staring at my uncle. I follow him with my eyes, going left to right.

- I can't believe what I'm hearing... complains, Damon with an upset and disbelieving tone while he looks away and shakes his head.

- I don't care that you don't like him, but you can't deny that he gave me nothing but kindness, protection, safety, a home and a friend. He was there when you two were not. And I didn't just slept with him... Damon stops pacing around and stares at me with wide eyes, looking surprised that there is more. Dad looks down at me, wide eyes as well. We are together, I admit, looking down for a very small moment. I look up to see my father's reaction. He stares at me, obviously not happy about this, but not knowing what to say yet. However, I quickly remark Damon starting to walk towards the boarding house. No, Uncle Damon. Damon! I run after him, frowning sadly as he gets more and more closer of the boarding house. Please, you have to understand, you... I say grabbing his hand to stop him but he rips it from my grasp and frowns madly at me. Damon? My uncle turns back around to reach the steps of the front porch. However, I vamp-speed in front of him, blocking his way. Uncle Damon, please! Don't go, I didn't choose to love him. It happened. Damon! I tell and call him as my uncle walks passed me and enters the boarding house before slamming the door behind him. I don't know why it hurts me so much that he is not supporting my relationship. I mean... he is my uncle, I want him by my sides. I feel my eyes watering up as I stare at the door for a moment. Dad walks slowly up to me. I turn slowly around, staring at the ground. You're not approving either, are you? I ask to my father with a sad tone. Dad doesn't reply but stands next to me. I scoff sadly when the tears fall down my cheeks... again. I grimace sadly, starting to cry. You're going to leave me too? Judge me for loving someone? I ask him sadly as my lips and voice are shaking.

- No... answers, dad as he grabs my head between his hands, making me looking up at him with my glassy eyes. Of course not, Lilou. I'll never leave or judge you, he reminds me while wiping my tears away. Damon is just... He's being Damon, Sweetie. He is scared for you because of those vampires after you and he wasn't ready for you to reveal this relationship. He'll come around eventually. I mean you kind of just dropped it on us like a bomb, gently and calmly explains, dad to me while caressing my cheeks. He smiles at me with a small smile, but a reassuring one. I sniff sadly as more tears roll down my cheeks.

- I know, I'm sorry, but you two needed to know. How come you don't react like Damon? I apologize and reply with my shaky voice before asking him. I look down sadly, more tears rolling down.

- Well, first, I am your father and I am here to support you, to help you, not to leave you or to judge you at the slightest... problem or news that I don't agree with, answers, my father which caused me to look back up at him. You told me that he treated you well and that he makes you happy, right? questions, dad. I nod positively, sniffing sadly. I approve that, whispers, my father while smiling. I stare at him, calming down. He does? Let's walk you to the motel. I think I have a talk to give to that Original, suggests, my father taking his hands off of my face and passing his right arm around my back. I let him lead me towards the front gate of the boarding house before passing my left arm around his back as well and leaning on his chest to thank him. Dad tightens his embrace to respond to my hug as we keep walking.

Five minutes later, dad and I arrive to the motel in town after we vamp-speeded from our house. The sun is still pretty high in the sky. Well, it's not even half of the day yet... I wonder how Kol is going to react that dad comes to talk to him... Or even just that I told dad and Damon about us. I hope he'll take it well... I stare at the motel, taking a deep breath in as I feel nervous again. Dad puts his hand on my back and runs it up and down to give me courage. I look up at him to see him nodding and faintly smiling. I nod as well before the two of us walk across the road and toward the room. We walk up the balcony, stepping room by room until almost arriving in front of Kol's room. I get more and more nervous, feeling myself shaking when I see Kol getting out of the motel room, looking at his phone. I smile at the sight of the Original vampire when, suddenly, Kol looks up at us. He smiles when he sees me but quickly stops after he remarked dad behind me.

- Hey, Handsome, I tell him with a nervous tone as I arrive to his height. I pass my arm around him and so does he around me as I turn lightly to look at dad. Kol stares at me father with a confused look. We need to talk... I tell him. The three of us enter the room Kol and I are staying in. The Original vampire sits on the bed and dad stays up. I pace around the room, between both men. Kol, while we were in New Orleans, few things happened leading me to talk about us to my father and Damon, I explain him with still a nervous tone while looking at my boyfriend to see him reaction. Kol looks confused, lost and disturb but not mad. I try to find my next words but nothing comes in mind. I sigh and turn to my dad before leaning against the table. Your turn... I tell to my father. Dad steps in, walking closer towards my boyfriend as he crosses his arms over his chest.

- Gillian told me that she has been staying here for few days... with you, he says as he looks at the two beds with a slight frown. Right...

- Yes, sir, answers, Kol with a polite voice. Sir... He calls my father "sir"... He is trying to impressed him, hoping dad will like him? I smile, liking what he is doing for my father to accept him.

- Right... tells, dad before looking quickly at me. I smile at my father when I see him taking a deep breath in as he thinks for a small moment while he stares at me with a look saying "I'm doing this for you". Dad turns back to Kol. Well, I need to ask you something important, Kol nods, waiting for the question. Are you willing to protect my daughter at all cost? No matter who you are fighting with, no matter the reasons, no matter who else is in danger, no matter the trades or the deals they could offer you? questions seriously, dad as he stares into his eyes.

- Yes, sir, responds, Kol without hesitation as he speaks as seriously as dad did. My father nods positively as he stays silent for a small moment.

- Gillian is being chased by someone. We don't know who yet, but she can't go back to the boarding house for right now. Can I trust you on keeping her safe here? explains and asks, dad while still speaking with a serious tone. Kol looks at me surprised with a flash of scaredness in his eyes for me before he looks back up at my father.

- Absolutely, sir, answers, Kol while nodding positively. I smile again as I see how well this is going.

- Well, then, goodnight to the both of you, tells, my father before he turns around and walks towards the door. He opens it and is ready to walk out but I run up to him and embrace him immediately.

- Thank you... I thank him, whispering as my father embraces me back tightly.

- I love you, baby, stay safe. Call me for anything. I'll run for you, he answers, whispering in my ear before kissing my cheek.

- I will. I love you more, daddy, I whisper back before kissing his cheek. My father pulls away and we smile at each other before he looks up at Kol, one more time. He nods at him and walks out of the room before vamp-speeding away. I'm guessing he is going back to Caroline's... I close the door and turn around before walking over to Kol. I put my arms up and embrace him as well, sitting on his lap. The boy passes his arms around me, smiling before I crash my lips on his with a furious passion. And I love you too, I whisper lovingly to my boyfriend after pulling away and smiling at him.

- I wasn't ready to see your father here, jokes, Kol as he sounded lightly nervous of what happened. The two of us lightly laugh as I nod positively.

- It was a last time thingy, I explain him as I caress his neck.

- How did they take it? questions, the Original vampire while frowning curious. I look away as I put my lips in a thin line before taking a deep breath.

- Dad took it... rather well I find and Damon... It's another story, I admit him, shaking my head as I look down.

- I hope I didn't worsen the situation between your uncle and you, he replies with a gentle tone as he brings me back on his lap since I was falling. I smile sadly and shake my head before looking back up at him.

- He'll come around... I mean, I know Damon and he knows me. We are two stubborn idiots sometimes. I guess it runs in the family, I tell with a playful tone as Kol smiles back. The vampire brings his left hand to my face and pushes some hair away from it before caressing my cheek. His left arm is still holding me. I smile at him, feeling happy and complete with him when the boy brings my face to him so he can crash his lips onto mines. I respond to his kiss, puting a hard pressure on his lips before he lays himself down on the mattress, bringing me with him. Kol rolls us over to be on top of me. The Original supports his weight to not crush me as he pulls away from the kiss.

- So... He grabs my hand and intertwines our fingers together, I wanted to bring you somewhere in the woods tonight, I prepared a little surprised for you, but since someone is after you... I don't want you in danger, explains and admits, the vampire to me as he looks concerned for me. I faintly smile and bring my left hand to his face to caress it.

- Actually, hundreds of vampires are after me, I inform and admit to him. Kol stares at me while weakly nodding.

- You do not do things by half, do you? jokes, the vampire which caused the both of us to laugh. I will protect you, Gillian. Like I told to your father. I will kill each and every single one of them before they even lay a finger on you, tells me seriously, Kol while staring into my green eyes with his chocolate ones.

- I know, I trust you and I think my dad trusts you too... in a way, otherwise I wouldn't be here, I reply and laugh again which caused the boy to laugh back. Kol lays down next to me, keeping our hands together. I turn to face him. Just be careful. I don't want to lose you, I tell him seriously while frowning sadly.

- You won't, baby, whispers seriously, Kol. I nod positively before taking a deep breath in and out. Kol releases my hand before crashing his lips against mines again. I kiss him back, the two of us fighting to dominate each other before I gently bite his lower lip. The Orignal vampire smiles before kissing the tip of my nose. So, would you like to go to the woods like I told you or stay here? he questions softly.

- Well, maybe we could go there for two or three hours now and come back here before the night, just to be sure... I answer him with a smile as I put my hand on his chest.

- Sounds good to me, whispers, the vampire before kissing my forehead and then my lips again. I smile against his lips and lightly giggle happily.

Stefan's P.O.V.

- You feel sorry for him? questions, Caroline to me with a disbelief and confused tone. After escorting my daughter to the motel and giving a talk to Kol, I went immediately to the blonde vampire's house. I barely recognized the Original... I mean, I did recognized him but he seemed to really love my daughter and he respects her. And the fact that he called me "Sir" and not "Stefan"... I still don't know if them being together is right, but I can't deny that he isn't trying to show me his respect and his love for her. Caroline is sitting on a chair in front of me while I am slowly pacing around the living-room.

- Look, there's no other way to break a vampire sire bond. As much as you and I both hate it, Damon does love Elena. Now he has to completely let her go. Ever imagine having to do that? I answer and remind her before asking her with a calm tone as I approach her. I stand up in front of Caroline, looking down at her.

- I'm sorry I told her. Okay, I kind of didn't have a choice. All I know is he better do what he's supposed to do, responds, Caroline while sighing.

- He'll do it, I tell her while sitting on the small table before her. He's not as bad as he wants you to think. He'll do what he needs to do, he told me he would, I reply while nodding positively.

- Is that all he told you? questions, Caroline, still doubting in Damon.

- What do you mean? I ask her with a confused frown and tone.

- Nothing. It's just... The blonde vampire sighs while shaking her head. It's just... how can you trust him?

- Because I think he loves her as much as I do. He can't be selfish with her. Not anymore, I answer to her, still with a calm tone as it clearly bothers me whatever is happening between the brunette and Damon. But I guess, it isn't the only thing bothering me... I can't stop myself from worrying for Gillian. Those vampires after her, that supposedly boss after her, my little girl staying with Kol Mikaelson and not me... I frown while staring blankly at the floor and playing nervously with the ring on my hand. I see Caroline nodding understandingly when she frowns confused.

- Are you okay? You seem... off, thoughtful, questions and states, the blonde vampire with a confused tone. I look at her for a moment before nodding positively and taking a deep breath.

- I learned that my daughter is being chased and hunted by hundreds of vampires plus someone else that seems to be their boss, I begin to explain her which caused the vampire to arc her eyebrows in surprise. And she is in a relationship with Kol Mikaelson, I admit to her, causing her to widen her eyes this time.

- What?! exclaims loudly, Caroline, in surprise. Oh my God, I didn't see that coming, she says, mentioning my daughter's relationship. I nod as well, telling her that me neither saw it coming. I guess I should have... Who the hell is that boss guy after her? questions, Caroline with an upset and confused tone.

- I don't know, I reply while shrugging and shaking my head. I look back down, frowning worried again. Caroline moves on her chair and puts her hand on my shoulder as she smiles gently.

- Don't worry, Stefan, Gillian is a big girl. She knows how to defend herself and she isn't alone. You'll be there, Damon'll be there, I'll be there, we will all be there to defend her, she tells me with a reassuring voice while nodding positively.

- Adding Klaus and Kol to the list, I reply to her which caused her to nod positively. I sigh and look away, shaking my head negatively. I don't care that my daughter is big enough to defend herself. She is my baby. I taught her everything she knows today. I did everything I could for her to be the best she can be. I showed her the way to be a human and then to be a vampire, a good one, I explain to Caroline while staring into her ocean eyes. The blonde vampire stares at me lightly frowning sadly. She wasn't supposed to be born. She wasn't supposed to exist and yet, she miraculously arrived. She entered my life and made it immediately better, brighter, Caroline smiles despite her sad frown. I smile too, remembering memories of her being a kid. When she was a baby and then a kid and a teen, she was the cutest thing to my eyes. She was so precious, so... perfect. And she is still the cutest, the most precious and the most perfect thing in my life, Caroline continues to smile as I smile as well. I remember a day, when she was three years old and she was doing paint, I smile to the memory, she drew a drawing for me with her and I on it, on an empty field. But they were as much paint on the paper as there was on her face and hands, I recount, chuckling which caused the blonde vampire to chuckle. Her small face and her tiny hands were covered of blue, green and red paint. I can still see her smiling with her baby teeth and hearing her laughing as she holds up her hands for me to take her. I did. I grabbed her, not caring about the paint that could ruin my clothes bad hugged her so tightly... I gave her a bath immediately after that, I say still smiling and while shaking my head. However, I quickly stop, coming back to reality. I clear my throat while quietly sighing. She can't be in danger... I don't want her in danger. I can't imagine a life without her, Caroline. It's just not possible, I reply to the blonde vampire with a serious and sad voice as I look up at her. Caroline frowns sadly again.

- You know that she can come sleep here whenever she needs. And if you want her near you, in your sight because you feel the need to see that she is fine, it might be better that you take the guest room upstairs then. You don't have to sleep on the couch, she tells and offers me kindly with a small smile. I nod positively, lightly smiling as I appreciate her gesture.

- I'll talk to her. Thank you, I thank her sincerely. And... If you could have that girl talk with her. I mean, I know Gillian is not someone who has a lot of friends, she is like me on that side, I say, chuckling with Caroline. I know you two get along pretty well...

- I'll talk to her. Don't worry, interrupt me, Caroline with a reassuring and serious tone while she nods positively and continues to smile. I smile back one last time while nodding to thank her again.

Damon's P.O.V.

- Hey, tells me, Elena after tiredly sighing. The brunette is cleaning up some bottles of champagne from the sleep over, I guess as I am leaning against the doorframe of the living-room. Her back is facing me but I guess she heard me.

- Hey back, I reply, frowning as I keep thinking of Gillian. The vampires after her, being in a relationship with Kol Mikaelson, Elena insulting and threatening her... Too much to deal and take at the same time. I know I might have badly reacted earlier with my little niece, but I didn't know what to think of her relationship. I mean, that guy did almost killed me, I think I have a right to hate him.

- How was your night? she questions to me, turning around to look at me.

- Awful. Yours? I answer while sighing, before asking her with a curious tone.

- Same, she responds, looking and sounding tired.

- Elena, um... we need to talk, I reply to the brunette while walking slowly over towards her.

- I know that I'm sired to you, Damon, immediately tells me, Elena which caused me to stop walking and look up at her, looking surprised. How does she know? Caroline told me, of course that blonde vampire told her... She can't keep her mouth shut. That's what you, Stefan and her were doing, isn't it? Is there a way to break it? Asks, Elena, not even daring to pronounce my niece's name. I frown upset of the way she calls my niece. 

- Not exactly. Which is why we need to talk, I answer her with a serious tone as I continue to frown upset.

- Tyler told me the bond doesn't affect how I feel, just the way I act. My feelings for you haven't changed, Damon. Nothing has changed, responds, the brunette with a nervous tone as she smiles and laughs nervously.

- Everything has changed, Elena, I reply with an obvious tone, getting closer to her as I keep frowning upset. Is she really that blind?

- Okay, fine, yeah, I mean, I've changed. So have you, Damon. And I'm happy. Just like you were yesterday morning before we knew about any of this, answers, Jeremy's sister, trying to find an argument to calm me down.

- You know what would make me happy? To know that this entire time that I've been completely in love with you; that what you actually felt for me; was real, I ask and tell her with a serious and upset tone. I guess everything that is happening, Gillian, the sire bond with Elena, Stefan being jealous and annoying... it's just upsetting me.

- It is real. I know that it is. Damon, I know what you're about to do. Please, don't do this to me, says, the brunette with a pleading and sad tone as she comes standing up right in front of me.

- I don't want to do this, Elena, I correct her with almost a mad tone while frowning upsetly. I'm not the good guy, remember? I'm the selfish one. I take what I want. I do what I want. I lie to my brother, I fall in love with his girl, I don't do the right thing, I remind her with a mad tone, talking loudly as she frowns hurt and sadly. But I have to do the right thing by you, I whisper upsetly to her before quietly scoffing. Suddenly, Elena takes my hand in hers and places it against her heart. What is she doing?

- Does this feel wrong? she asks me as I look at her in silence. Elena places her other hand against my cheek as she continues to frown sadly. Does this feel wrong? she asks as we continue to look at each other with my hand on her heart and her hand on my cheek. Maybe Stefan was right to doubt in me for doing this... But there is one thing that I can't let go like this. I take my hand off from hers and push her hand away from my cheek, frowning upset again.

- You know what feels wrong? I ask her with an upset tone as I remark her frowning confused. You insulting and telling to my niece to die. What the hell is wrong with you? I say with a mad tone this time which caused Elena to scoff.

- She threatened me, Damon, responds and reminds me, Elena while frowning upset and shaking her head.

- And? That do not gives you the right to tell her to disappear. What kind of a person have you become? And really? An humiliation to the Salvatore family? I say and question her madly which caused Elena to lower her head with guilt and shame. She is the best thing that has happened to this family, Elena! She is what keeps this family together. She is Stefan's progeny and she was and still is that miracle baby born in 1864! I say with madness in my voice while gesturing crazily. You are not spliting my family apart! Aren't you, daughter of Gilbert's hunters, the one who became what they hated the most? I tell and remind her with a mad frown while pointing at her. Hating, insulting and threatening my niece is the worse thing you can do, Elena. It's shabby and so low of you!

- Damon... she calls me calmly but with a small voice.

- You hurt me, Elena! I almost scream at her, interrupting her. You hurt be by hurting my family! I am not happy! I can't be with you, I can't do this if you do not accept Gillian, I tell her loudly and angrily as I back away from her. Elena looks up at me, looking hurt and nervous as I get slowly away from her.

- Damon, I will accept her. I'll apologize to her, I'll do anything you want me to do but please, do not do this to me, she says with a sad and nervous tone while grabbing my hand. However, I rip it off from her grasp and turn around to leave the room. Damon! she calms me desperatly and hurt. Don't you see that she is all making these things against me for you and Stefan to stop caring for me? questions, the brunette as she sounds powerless. I stop abruptly and turn around, frowning madly. What is she doing? Don't you see that she wants the both of you to get back to her, that she is being selfish and egocentric? She doesn't care if you're fine or not, I mean, isn't she the one always saying that she will do anything to make sure Stefan isn't hurt? Isn't she the one saying that it is her father and always her father? She doesn't care about your love, Damon. She only wants her happiness, questions and tells me, Elena with a serious tone as she almost sounds upset. The brunette vampire frowns while raising her arms before slamming her hands on her tights. I listen to her, frowning confused and upset before looking down. I mean, Gillian does always say that Stefan is the one she will protect not matter what... It is him that she will choose against anyone... even me, right? But she also always says that family is everything to her... And I'm her family. I know I have not been the best person to her, but she has no right to treat you and me like that, Damon, answers, Elena to me with a serious tone as her and I exchange a glance together. Is she inviting again? Is she creating all this for me to be against my niece? I mean it does sound right but also off...

Gillian's P.O.V.

Kol holds my hand as him and I are walking through the woods. I don't know where we are going, but we have been marching along a small creek for ten minutes now. The sun is still pretty high in the sky since we decided to not go there during the night. I can tell that Kol is worried for me. But I will be fine... I can't assure it though... I just hope those vampires won't come here soon. I feel Kol running his thumb over the back of my hand as he helps me climbing up on top and over a rock. I smile to my boyfriend when he suddenly hugs me from behind and lifts me up, causing me to laugh. He puts me back down, laughing with me before he kisses my cheek twice. I turn my head and kiss his lips. The Original vampire takes his arms off from my waist, but he takes my hand back in his after pulling away from my lips.

- Are we almost there? I gently ask him as we climb up a long and high slope.

- Almost... replies, Kol with a smile as he squeezes my hand. I hope you'll like it. It would have been better at night because of the lights, but I guess it will do, he says with a slight nervous tone.

- I'm sure it will be amazing, Handsome, I respond sincerely while looking up at him and smiling brightly. The vampire pulls me with his hand releases it before he passes his arm around I. I giggle and pass my right arm around him as well when we reach the top of the slope. Wow...

- We're here, says, my boyfriend as I discover a red blanket on the ground, a packed lunch, two glasses and a bottle of champagne next to it. A small creek in flooding down the slope we just climbed. We can hear it but not too loudly. Butterflies fly above the grass as I remark the view of the landscape we have in front of us. It's beautiful and magical... even during the day. I pull away from Kol, walking toward the blanket as I stare at the amazing view. You like it? I didn't know if you would like something simple or fancy so I just... I went for the simple, yet a bit fancy with the view, explains, Kol to me, still sounding nervous.

- It's perfect... I reply, looking amazed as I smile. I spin on myself to look at everything before looking up at my boyfriend. Kol smiles, looking happy that I like it. You did all this today?

- Yes, I wanted to surprise you for our first date, responds, the Original vampire as he walks closer to me before taking me by the waist and sticking our bodies together.

- You did... I love it so much, I say, laughing happily as I continue to look around. My eyes connect with his again. I get on my tip toes as I put my hand behind his neck to bring his head down. I kiss him passionately which he immediately responds to the kiss. Kol passes his hand on my neck as well, pushing my head harder against his. After a moment, we pull away from each other, smiling, but still holding each other. I love him so much...

- I bought these for you, he whispers to me before turning around and taking a bouquet that he hidden behind the packed lunch. Kol walks back up to me and gives me the bouquet of roses. They are so red...

- You bought me flowers... I whisper happily surprised as I smile and look up at him. I remark the light shade of pink on his cheeks. I smell the flower, smiling a bit more. They are beautiful, I say while delicately touching some petals. Thank you, Handsome, I thank him, kissing him again.

Kol smiles to me before he gestures for me to sit on the blanket. I smile and sit on the blanket while my boyfriend sits down next to me. I put the flowers down on my side before Kol hands me a glass. I take it, still smiling happily. The Original vampire takes the bottle of champagne and opens it, the cork flying far away from us. He pours the alcohol in my glass before pouring some in his. We clink our glasses together, smiling at each other before pecking our lips. I take a sip of my drink, staring at his chocolate eyes. How can a boy make me melt like this? I turn my head to look back at the view as I hold my glass.

- I also got this for you, suddenly tells me, Kol. I look at him, frowning confused when I remark a black velvet box between his hands. I put the glass down. I smile and frown curious as I slowly take the box in my hands. I open it and discover a bracelet in the shape of the sun. A stone is in the center of it while the rays of sunshine are covered of diamonds. I thought it represented you well, I look up at him as my eyes sparkles. You're my sunlight, my ray of sunshine during the day and my light of the moon during the night. The stone in the center is the stone of your birth. I reasearch for hours to find which one it was, admits and explains to me, Kol with a loving and happy tone. I continue smiling before looking back down at the bracelet. I delicately take it off from the box when Kol takes it from my hand. I watch him unclipsing it before gesturing me to hand him my wrist. I do it and he puts the bracelet on it. I love it... And I really love him...

- I love it... thank you so much, I tell him happily and still smiling, before frowning uncomfortable, but I don't have anything for you.

- I don't want anything, Beautiful, except your love, he answers while puting his hand on my cheek. I smile as I lean my head in his hand.

- You already have it, Handsome, I reply lovingly. I get closer to him and kiss him to thank my boyfriend. I pull away but peck his lips again. Kol smiles happily as he plays with my fingers. We both look down at our hands when he holds it up.

- One day, I will put a ring on that finger with the hope you will say yes, Beautiful, he whispers to me as he caresses my ring finger. I smile, but suddenly stop while looking up at him to see if he is serious. I have been living for a thousand years and even though I was staked down into a box for centuries, I have never been in love like I am with you. You changed me, Gillian, and you're making me being a better man. I want to be that man just for you, Beautiful, he says with a loving tone while he stares into my eyes. He is serious... I smile again as I feel my cheeks burning up this time. I stick my forehead to his before kissing him, our lips moving together. I pull away but I leave my forehead sticked to his.

- I love you, Kol, I whisper sincerely. And I'll wait that day impatiently. I might have not been alive as long as you have been, but after 145 years, I can tell that my love for you is deeper than I thought it could possibly be. I didn't know I could love someone that much and that fast but I'm glad it is you. You complete my heart, my mind and myself, Handsome. I am happy with you, more than happy... I'm in love with you, I tell and finish by a whisper while smiling. I pull my head away from him, still smiling as I remark that happiness on his face. Kol nods positively and happily before he kisses me again. I respond to his kiss with as much passion as he puts in it before the two of us look at the horizon. I put my head on his shoulder and he puts his head on top of mine as we let the happiness enveloping us.

Heyy guys!! How are you? 😁 New chapter here! 😁 Thank you so much for the 80k!!! 💖💖💖 Can't believe I got this far!! 😱😱 It is so amazing!!! 💖💖 What did you think of this new chapter?

- Would you like for Kol to ask her to marry him? Soon?
- I saw that Kol dies in few chapters, should I change the plot and keep him alive?
- When should Klaus know about Gillian and Kol's relationship?
- Did you like the phone call between Katherine and Gillian?
- What did you think of Kol and Stefan at the end?
- Did you like the date between Gillian and Kol?
- What did you think of Damon's reaction when Gillian told them about her relationship and the vampires after her?
- Marcel is the boss Kyle has been working for, what do you think Stefan, Damon, Klaus and Kol will do if they find out?
- Do you like what happened in New Orleans with Gillian? And the fake necklace?
- Do you think Damon will believe Elena or Gillian?

Thank you so much for reading Ng this new chapter!😁 I apologize for the mistakes!😏 Please, feel free to vote and/or comment!😘😘😘