It's a beautiful day, as Stefan and I walk into the parlor.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTGJVF08et
"We're gonna lose her, Damon," Stefan tells me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQflc5Bhzn
"She needs time. It's only been a couple days," I tell him.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGcBLObg6I
"Her humanity's off. She's basically numb to everything that makes her who she is."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwn3Cjv4K2e
I pour myself a glass of bourbon, as I say, "She's a vampire. Off switch is one of the biggest perks. If being undead gets you down," I snap my fingers. "voila, vampire Prozac." I take a swig of bourbon.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Txp2PZ5B4
"She burned down her family home with her brother's dead body still inside."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEWOqgbqEZ
"Save us the trouble of having to do it ourselves. I call that a win. Worst case scenario: I'll invoke the sire bond and tell her to turn it back on."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNdZC4NX2K
"No, her brother just died. If you force all that grief on her at once, it's going to overwhelm her. We need to give her a reason to want to turn it on."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSHmU3hjrQ
"Fine, we'll show her a good time."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpWC3WXNoX
Stefan looks skeptical about my plan.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vPvVAM85c
"I know it's controversial, Stefan, but people actually like to have fun."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJ7DzpQV1O
"You really think that's gonna work?"403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLm5Egwwg6l
"There's only one way to find out."
That night, I watch Elena feed on a road from a woman that doesn't know us, but I realize she probably won't stop, so I walk up to Elena.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLaPEiTrHH
"That's enough," I tell her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSv4yoM3yqc
She ignores me and continues to feed.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRLmqH921e
I grab Elena's arm and pull her off the woman.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlAUZoeA1H
"I said that's enough."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhIZIeCCKJ
I turn Elena around to face me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCwmKAiodU
"We agreed on no killing," I remind her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhnbqGmWHc
"This is the first person I've seen in days whose body isn't laced with vervain and I'm hungry," she tells me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOOqUtVNV1
"If you leave a trail of bodies, people are gonna start asking questions."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WP2HF4lRc
"I don't care."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydMbqCzeqA
Elena turns away and starts feeding on the woman again.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3HiA0Q3So
"I can't believe you're making me say this. Hey," I grab Elena's arm and pull her off her again. "Show a little restraint."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LGohmv7y6
She looks annoyed at me, as she says, "I thought this was supposed to be fun."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuBnkToKKK
She throws the woman's body aside and her body hits the ground.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvFDx5Lgrz
Elena walks away with blood staining her mouth and I watch her walk away.
The next day at the Salvatore boarding house, Stefan and I are standing in my bedroom, while Elena showers in my bathroom.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDwPDFz5nE
"So that's the plan? You're gonna take her back to school?" I ask him.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBXdZFLnn1
"Well, the fun route didn't exactly pay off, did it?" he asks me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedPL8aiSn2
"I don't know. Got a free meal out of it."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPsOtBfF3M
"Look, do you think I want to go to school and play chaperone? You can't go because you're not a student. Besides, you've got to go look for Katherine. I mean, Elena needs this cure now more than ever."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPvx0e6QPs
Caroline enters my bedroom with a bathrobe on and we both turn to look at her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mrmwM2b3t
"Not that anyone asked me, but I think taking her back to school is a great idea."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjyhcGQiti
"Why are you here?" I ask her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9qudEcfKG
"Uh, blame it on your fancy water filters. Your house has the only vervain-free showers in town."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEB5rzSZnl7
"Oh, yeah. The mayor put vervain in the water supply." I click my tongue. "So many people to kill."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafpxmWTGeo
"Yeah, my mom says it's about to get worse, so she could use a little help."
Stefan looks at me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwypoEBngsL
"Fine, I'll go after the psychotic doppelgänger. Stefan, you wanna go talk to the sheriff?" I say to him.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM437BuUy54
He nods at me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZg4C5KOS1
"Blondie, take her to school," I tell her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOYHAq8R3l
Caroline smiles at me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsCYcvPbPQ
Elena emerges from the shower and walks into the room completely naked, and Stefan and I stare at her, while Caroline averts her eyes and smiles awkwardly.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXsL9frILS
"Sounds like fun," Elena says. "What? It's nothing you guys haven't seen before," she adds to Stefan and I.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwX0acN54HB
Elena wraps a towel around her body and Stefan and I share a look.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sFpcDNAum
"And as for the, uh, "going to school" idea... I've got nothing better to do."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgAzxEWpaw
Stefan clears his throat and looks at me, motioning towards Elena with his head, and I walk over to her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIBjD2s2XC
"Elena, it would make me very happy if you went to school today. And studied hard--you know, get involved in whatever activities, and please, for me, no matter what, don't eat anyone. Okay?"403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIRkHXfJWc
Elena nods at me.
I go to Klaus' place and he opens the door to see me there, and I grimace at him, before walking inside without an invitation since I've been here before.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6ssdTnq4k
"Ah, what an unpleasant surprise," Klaus says to me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXuEMqNaGq
I stride into the parlor, a piece of paper in my hand.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRdiARWnGW
"So I just came up with a list."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNvdT33p56
Klaus closes the door and follows me into the room.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfXFqoT3gA
"It's called "Things You Suck At"." I stop and turn to face Klaus. "Number one: Finding Katherine. Ever. Number two: covering up your secret phone conversations with that little backstabber Hayley." I wave the phone transcripts a bit and put them down on the end table. "Yeah, so where is she? What does she know about Katherine?"403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTikwtMZQQX
"I should help you?" Klaus asks me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNO6bNoouG3
I nod and say, "Mhm."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWSOn5BIVf
"After you lot killed my brother and imprisoned me in the Gilbert living room?" Klaus asks.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXUM8GaWJN
I walk closer to Klaus.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GKSvsQzxT
"You might want to prioritize, Klaus. You have much bigger problems."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAPi06WzBf
Klaus looks at me blankly.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpzKCa2Kwj
"Katherine has the cure." Klaus looks displeased by this news. "My guess is she's gonna want to cram it down your throat. You help me find Katherine, I'll get the cure, I'll give it to Elena, everybody wins. Just let me question Hayley about Katherine."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRvQFfNHoe
Klaus smiles and walks towards me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9qU1mAinV
"Can't help you, mate. Hayley's off limits." He walks past me and sits down on the couch. "Although, I did have a run in with a vampire who may know where Katerina is." I turn around and look at him, as he continues. "Too bad for you, I bit halfway through his bloody neck. He probably won't have much time for chit-chat."
I'm walking around and find myself at the truck stop, talking to Stefan on the phone.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMo8iLJONTt
"What do you mean, she fed?" I question my brother. "I specifically told her, No Feeding. The sire bond should make her listen."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wvwSqJkqg
"Right. That's what I'm saying. The sire bond isn't working," he says in a quiet voice.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9FXKoK3Me
"That's not possible."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFDn9mvKdu
"Think about it. Elena's sire bond stems from her feelings for you, right? With her humanity off, she has no feelings."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDMCL5BJNP
"All I wanted was to break that damn bond. You're telling me now this whole time all she had to do was turn it off? What happens if she turns it back on?"403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWKPDfibcU
"I don't know, but more importantly, where are you right now?"403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihu9UKB4m9
"I'm at a truck stop in the boonies looking for a dead vampire that might lead to Katherine and the cure." I hear an engine and start to look around. "Look, just grab her and get her home. I'll be there when I can."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgAgbHcv7V
I hang up and look around suspiciously.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8SAqnK0lD
When I turn around, I see Rebekah a few feet away from me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lVANprV7w
"You. I thought you were still vacationing on Numbskull Island," I greet, though it's not really a greeting. She's not exactly my favorite Original.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCF7ixayjL
"Well, I was looking for answers, and all I found was your Professor Shane, dead, and with him, anything anyone knows about the cure."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMi3KkFGq9n
"Guess you won't turn into a real girl after all."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCX0UaCFBRl
I start walking away.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSRgWIu4X6
Rebekah speaks to me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EIEcyHu0n
"Oh, I'll get the cure. I just need Katherine, and I'm betting you can help me find her."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3y7zQu1ZfH
"Why would I help you?" I ask her, facing her now.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MiinACFfC
She holds up a vial of blood and says, "Because I was smart enough to bring a pinch of my brother's blood. How else would you interrogate a vampire who's practically dead from a wolf bite?"403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyV15oqgt9l
I try to grab the vial of blood, while she's talking, but she snatches it away.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0sz37lXxc
I grudgingly say, "Fine. Follow me. I might know where to look."
That night, I lead Rebekah down a hall in the hospital.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOWBytTwTW
"Why exactly would you think a sick vampire would check into a hospital?" she asks me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOVlNF3IkE
I point upwards and answer her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRy9N4rPEF
"See that little bright thing in the sky? It's called the sun. He needs to avoid that. Plus, the hospital's open 24/7. Not to mention he's hungry and delusional."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQsXMJk3WA
I stop and surreptitiously push open a door into another room and Rebekah follows me. We then find ourselves entering a dark storage room.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCeSOBE8id
I open up a cooler, but it's empty. Confused, I close it and go to the next one. It's also empty. The trays labeled "AB Positive" and "AB Negative" and etc. are empty too.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3UiLo0VkQ
"Impressive. You're like Sherlock Holmes with brain damage," she comments to me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuT60kgGvC
I continue checking the coolers to no avail, and groan in frustration.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0FOh24d88
"Stefan said the Mystic Falls Hospital had its entire blood bank raided, too," I inform the Original sister.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7ofZxoIMz
"It looks like our vampire gets around," she replies.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxNcU30ZsD
"No. The guy's dying of a werewolf bite. He wouldn't have time to steal from both hospitals. This is someone else."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuw2zmn0Zd
"Who?"403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LnyZUfPxj
"That's another problem. But on the plus side, if our guy did by chance come here, he's got nothing, which means he's nearby and he's hungry."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UJEuchYyZ
I start to move to the door, but Rebekah blocks my way.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraPPgOSDHU
"This better not be a wild goose chase," she warns me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlunquCsAnu
"I want to find Katherine as much as you do," I answer her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGA9RcMJDGP
"Really? Why? I heard your little chat with Stefan. I know Elena's broken the sire bond. So why would you wanna find the cure? You'd just cure her back to loving your brother. I think you're best off leaving it for me."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDRO82xCJx
Rebekah leaves the room, leaving me there to think about what she just said.
Later that night, Rebekah watches me as I feed on a hospital employee outside of the hospital.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzZFQUrAvk
"Well, nobody could ever mistake you for subtle," Rebekah comments.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZ1rzJkbWx
"You have to take pride in your work," I inform her. I then say to the woman, compelling her, "It's okay. Come here, come here. Now." She does as I tell her to do and I continue on, saying, "I want you to walk very slowly to your car. Off you go."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52Sipy98AJ
She walks away.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFopcucdSIk
"You know, I just don't see how this increases our odds any," Rebekah says.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBbRtYzAMj
"I've been on the other side of a wolf bite. First you get really sick. Then you get really hungry. Since the sun's gone down, I'm imagining he's gonna be looking for his last supper. I just laid out a 3-course, 115-pound meal for him," I inform her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPHVxkJiKf
The woman stumbles towards her car and the dying vampire appears several yards away behind a tree. I then pin him against a tree at vamp speed. I get ready to swing at him, but I stop when I see his face. I know him very well. I turned him into a vampire all those years ago back in New York.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrBJxk5n86
"Damon?" Will says to me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBZ8ezU5Ra
"Will?" I say to him.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotnS2at770
"Hey, buddy," he greets and pull his collar away from his neck. His bite wound looks ugly. He then adds to me, "I think there's something wrong with me. I need help."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO2PpYCCaM
I sympathetically say, "Yeah, it's okay. I know what to do."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZehEyNVHBX
I plunge a fist into Will's chest and pull out his heart, killing him. He drops to the ground and Rebekah rushes towards us.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcd0ZMmQqky
"What the bloody hell are you doing?" she angrily ask me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF93nlgXBsM
"He was too far gone. I put him out of his misery," I tell her, before walking away, leaving her there.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6E4rGsNjRs
He was one of my old friends, but I didn't want him to suffer or for Rebekah to ask him things he didn't know. Will wouldn't know anything about Katherine or anything else. He always kept a low profile. It grieves me that I had to kill my friend, but it had to be done.
Later at the Salvatore boarding house, I walk into the party with an amused face.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RnWKfKJHB
I take a bottle of liquor out of someone's hand.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk83Wx6lPct
"Thank you."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQEmG5Bo9F
I take a swig from the bottle but then I sense Rebekah behind me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOk3LgRCkuq
"Will you please just take a hint and leave me alone?" I ask her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsj0AbTPpSq
"What are you hiding? I know you knew that vampire," she says to me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCJi2Zynaa
I turn around to face her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTYboIUY31
"I know a lot of dead people."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pJVrLVR4e
"You killed him to prevent me from finding Katherine to keep me from getting the cure."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOV4KEv1Pa
"Do you really want the cure? I mean really? Look. Let me give you a little bit of advice." I lead Rebekah a little farther into the crowd and point, as I continue, "See these girls? They look happy, now. In five years, they're gonna settle for a mediocre starter-husband and a mind-numbing career, and about that time, they're gonna realize something you're never gonna have to learn."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWa1eQ1KMz
"And what would that be?"403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrUWBR5Dn4
"Life sucks when you're ordinary. And what makes you exactly not like them? You're a vampire. You take that cure, become human, well, you're no one, nothing. Trust me. Losing this cure is the best damn thing that ever happened to you."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7EPiYl3h7
I walk away, leaving Rebekah there. I then walk up the stairs and my phone starts to vibrate. I take it out and read a text message from Stefan that reads, Elena is AWOL. Need help.
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I arrive in the woods and go in search of Elena, which isn't hard. I hear Caroline and Elena fighting and soon arrive. I then see Stefan grab hold of Elena.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1bMRpFh79
"Let go of me!" Elena yells, as she struggles against his hold.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqMAhcti59
I take Elena from Stefan and it's all I can do to keep hold of Elena. She's so strong, because she's young and young vampires can be stronger than older vampires.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5yz3y3hIu
"I admit, under any other circumstances, this would be a major turn-on," I tell her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hNYjScp3Z
Stefan kneels beside Caroline who's on the ground after being viciously attacked by Elena.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoUYNWv3sE
"Get her out of here. Go," Stefan tells me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3nl7snitZ
I disappear with Elena at vamp speed, while Caroline and Stefan catch their breath.
Later that night, I'm upstairs looking through pictures through a wooden chest.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzSO0pNNJg
Elena is seated on my bed behind me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLI0u9mfIPM
"How much longer am I supposed to sit here?" she asks me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18LeSt48Mo
"Well, I'm not big on goal-setting, but let's just imagine a time when you don't wanna kill your best friend," I answer her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwiFMON2sL
"Are you judging me?" she asks me, standing up. "How many times have you tried to kill Stefan?"403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mGcIGvFVN
I look at her over my shoulder, but I don't answer her. I just turns back to the chest.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93NeSGiG12
"What is that?" she asks, once she's standing at my side.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIJFMxfnOR
I look at a photograph of Will and I from centuries ago.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBjMd80WoM
"One of life's many mysteries. Elena, look--" I start, but she cuts me off.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAxdRB0NRO
"Don't," she warns me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRRrIp5GmP
She turns and starts walking back over to my bed.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNL57BDIwYG
"Every time someone starts with "Elena," I get some stupid lecture. Everyone just needs to stop telling me that I need to feel. I do feel, Damon. I feel amazing," she tells me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzP5xn3y4d
"You don't want to be like this," I tell her.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhYjtzrN9V
"Then how should I be? Should I go back to being the scared little girl who couldn't admit what she wants? Is that how you'd prefer me to go back to being, or-- Look. For the longest time, you wanted to be with me, but you were scared that I'd find out how awful you are. But it doesn't matter anymore because I don't care."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fg3Xbk5nT
She grasps my lapel.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cqbBMCL5V
"Be honest. You like me better like this," she says.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzuZOfJgIL
I look at her, but I don't say anything.
Later on that night, I'm in my car when my phone vibrates and I answer it.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg89zzsqYMR
"Hey," I greet.
"Where the hell are you?" my brother asks me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnogg803ub
"Out for a drive. I needed some space. It's not me, it's you," I lie to him.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLimzyoEbF
"Well, we got a little problem. You said blood was stolen from Grove Hills Hospital? The sheriff said there's been reports of six other blood bank thefts all within 30 miles of Mystic Falls. Somebody's stockpiling blood. It wasn't Elena, and it's not us."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGbSxfiRL8
"Okay, so..."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJD8BCiF9d
"I think Silas followed us back from that island. He hasn't fed in 2,000 years, so he would need to gorge on blood. It explains the thefts."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgV9O6E73Oi
"You know, I'm really not in the mood to scooby-doo our way through the case of the stolen blood supply, so why don't you hold the fort down until I get back, and I'll be in touch, brother."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljd7sosa1C
I hang up.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRUiWBRRuw
"He's gonna hate you for that," Elena says, seated in the front passenger's seat of my car.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPZZIDe9ox
"Yeah, well, emotions are overrated."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelkMGTRJ1M
"So where are we going?" she asks me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjat7OcMRZ6
I pull down a picture of Will and I from the visor.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLaYJAowZX
"A place every newbie vampire should go at least once in their life--New York." I look at her mischievously, before adding, "The city that never sleeps."403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSnKDL19Cx
I look at her and see that she's excited to be going to New York with me. But I have a secret. I'm not just taking her to New York because newbie vamps should go there. I'm also taking her with me, because I have to go there to see if Katherine has gone there. I have a lead that tells me that she should be in New York.
