𝓢𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓛𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓣𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓢𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓲

I woke up early in the morning and made breakfast. I called my friends. We had breakfast in peace. It felt normal after the events from last night we needed something normal. Everyone spent time with the kids. Damon compelled the best babysitter. She can't let anyone in and can't open the door either. If someone came to my house, they wouldn't hear or see anything. After everyone left I went for a run. I got ready for school and said goodbye to my kids and Damon.

Elena, Bonnie, Caroline and I stood in front of the school. We were supposed to feel excited. Happy even to be back at school. But, all I felt was dread. As if something bad was about to happen at any moment. "Here we are. Senior year," Caroline said, the lack of excitement is noticeable. "Anyone else think it should feel slightly more empowering?" Bonnie asked, me and Elena nod in agreement. "Okay. So prank night was a bust. But we are accepting it, and we are moving on," Caroline says trying to cheer us up and she is right. "You're right. I mean, why should I let the fact that my boyfriend is seeing the ghost of his dead girlfriends hinder this experience," Bonnie adds to what Caroline said. "Yes! And why should I let the fact that my boyfriend was turned into a hybrid put a damper on an otherwise fabulous day," Caroline adds to her statement.

"He almost killed me last night and he doesn't even want to see his two boys," I say although I meant to say more to myself than the rest. Elena looked at me with sadness in her eyes. "Yeah. You win" Care says and I give her a sad smile. "Are you sure you want to be here?" Bonnie asked, putting her hand on my shoulder for support and I nod. "I have to be here, for me, for you guys, my baby sister, and baby brother. I have to put it behind me. New year. New life" I say with a smile. They smile before we make our way inside the school.

On my way to class, my phone starts to ring, the screen flashes Damon's name "Hey, are you checking up on me? Because I'm fine" I say before he can speak. "Yeah. so... You might not want to come here for a while. We have a new housemate. Barbie Klaus," Damon ignores my question. "Rebekah? She's living with you now? Why?" I ask, a little confused but I can imagine why. "She's stranded. Apparently, Klaus left her in the dust after I name-dropped Mikael," he replies. "What about Stefan? What is he up to?" I ask. "Oh, you know Stefan. Journaling, reading, shaping his hair," he's avoiding my question. "Come on, Damon, you know that's a lie. But if you don't want to tell me that's fine after all he doesn't care. Why should I? See you later at home," I say before hanging up.

The first day started well, at first at least, then Caroline told me Tyler was drinking blood and making it obvious. So Caroline and I had to intervene. It turns out Rebekah gave it to him on Klaus's orders. I was on my way to class when I bumped into Stefan. "Hello, Belle," Stefan greets but I keep walking. "What are you doing here?" I ask. "What do you mean? I'm going back to school. Go Timberwolves!" he fakes cheers making me roll my eyes. "Great, well welcome back. Now move," I say trying to walk past him. "Klaus wants me to keep an eye on you. I'm just doing what I'm told," he says. I try to walk past him but he stops me and grabs my arm. "Oh, the class is this way," he points in the other direction. "Let go of me, Stefan," I try to get out of his grip. "Belle, do you think I want to be a senior for the 100th time? No. But if I don't have a choice in the matter, then neither do you," he says before pulling me back the other way. "Let go of me Stefan," I say once again. I push him hard enough to hit his back in the lockers.

Alaric shows up and tries to intervene. "Let her go," Alaric orders but Stefan ignores him and pushes him against the lockers. "Stefan, stop it!" this time I yelled. "You're not gonna want to get in my way. Okay, Ric?" Stefan says although it was more of a threat than anything else. This time, I was mad. My eyes turned yellow and I grabbed him by the collar. "You threatened him or anyone else I care about I will bite you. Last time I checked you will need my blood to cure it. Klaus's blood will not work," I threatened before pushing him off me. He was shocked, he didn't see that coming. I grabbed Ric's hand, making my way back to our class.

I was finally in my class. Minutes before the class is about to start Rebekah comes in. I ignore her and pretend she and Stefan don't exist. The nanny keeps sending me pictures of the babies and I smile. I accidentally drop my phone and Stefan picks it up and sees the photos. For a moment I see his humanity pushing through. I snatch the phone from his hand. "You don't deserve to see them. Not after everything, and one day when you come back I hope is not too late" I say. I returned to facing Alaric and a while later Klaus ended. Surprisingly, school passed quickly and by the time I realized the last bell rang, signaling the end of the school day.

I was walking to my car when I noticed Stefan walking next to me. "Look at you going home like a good little girl. Hey, are you going to the bonfire tonight? Sounds like fun, right?" he asks and I stop myself from rolling my eyes. "Seriously, Stefan leave me alone. I have to get home. I actually have important things to do," I say walking faster to make it to my car. "Home to Damon. I mean I heard he lives with you now. Is he replacing me?" he asks with a mocking tone and I ignore him. "You think I'm annoying now? Wait till homecoming. Hey, who are you bringing by the way? I don't want to be weird," he asks, I can hear his tone, teasing and mocking. Some guy accidentally bumps into me. "I'm sorry," he says, before I can answer Stefan pushes him and he falls on the floor. "Watch it, dick!" Stefan nearly yells. "Who are you?!" I ask. "I'm the guy who's been assigned to protect a human blood bag. I mean, no offense or anything," I didn't even bother with a reply I just got in my car. "What?!" Stefan asked before I drove off without answering him or saying goodbye,

By the time I got home, Damon was already there. "Hey Damon," I greet him. I place my backpack on the chair. "How was school?" he asks. "Fantastic," I reply sarcastically. "Stefan called me a human blood bag. I wanted to bite his head off and I was so close to it in the morning too," I add. I looked at my arm and it had a bruise from when he tried to pull me to class but I refused. "What happened to your arm? Was it Stefan?" Damon quickly asked. "It's fine don't worry," I reply. "He hurt you, Belle. It's not okay," he adds. "Drop it, Damon. I'm gonna go see my kids," I say before walking away. I was not in the mood to argue even more.

Just when I thought the day was over, I found out Tyler is sired to Klaus so now he will do whatever Klaus asks from him. Aside from that, we are planning on turning Stefan's humanity on.

At the bonfire, I was looking around when I spotted Damon talking to Rebekah. I felt bad because I knew Damon had feelings for me but I still had feelings for Stefan. I mean we have kids together. Yet there is a part of me that feels for Damon too. I shake my head, now is not the time to think about my newfound feelings. "What's that look?" Stefan asks. "What look?" I ask him. "My brother's got his flirt on, and you're jealous," he replies with a smirk that I wish I could knock off his face. "I'm not jealous," I say. "It's alright. Be jealous by all means. I'm sure Damon will be thrilled," Stefan says with a smile. "I'm not jealous. I'm concerned. He's my best friend and I care for him," I defended myself against his words although he is not wrong. He doesn't need to know though. "All right. That's my mistake," Stefan puts his hands up in surrender. "Whatever. I'm out of here," I say before walking away.

I was lying down in the bleachers just looking up at the sky when I heard someone arriving. Probably Stefan. Our plan was starting. "I used to know every constellation. How did I forget them  all?" I ask, more to myself than him. "You're drunk. You need to go home," he says. I got up. "Fine. Unh. Let me find my car," I reply, acting drunk. "You're joking, right?" he asks and I shrug. "Uh-oh. It's the fun police. I thought that Ripper Stefan was supposed to be the life of the party?" I pout. "Well, alright, I'm driving you home. Come on," he starts to walk over to me and I start to climb over the railing. "What are you, five?" he asks. "Why? Are you afraid I'm going to..."I didn't get to finish as I pretended to fall. "Oh. Ha. That was close. Klaus would not be happy with you," I say teasingly. "You're hilarious," Stefan sarcastically says. "Look Stefan no hands," I s as I let go of the rail. But then I let myself go completely. Stefan vamps speed to catch me. I look at him. "I knew you'd catch me," I say to him. And for a moment I just stared at his green eyes, and he stared back at me.

Alaric who was watching the whole time shoots him with a vervain dart, knocking Stefan out almost instantly. "You okay?" he asks and I nod. "Yeah. I'm fine," I reply. "The plan worked" we both nod. Alaric was closing the trunk when the truck caught on fire randomly. I tried to open the door but it wouldn't budge. "Belle! Belle! Open the door!" he screamed as the panic began to set in the both of us. "I can't! It won't open! What the hell?" I tried to use magic but that didn't work either. I moved to the back and kicked the trunk door open with my werewolf strength and magic. I don't know but it worked then. I grab Stefan and drag him out to safety before the car explodes. Alaric and I look at each other confused as to what the hell just happened. Alaric and I take Stefan back to the boarding house. Damon went all mother on me because of a small burn on my cheek.

"I can do it, Damon, it's fine," I say to him trying to take the kit from him. "No, let me," he states firmly but I don't budge. "Damon, come on," I whine but he ignores my pleas. "Belle, you almost got barbecued. The least I can do is apply first aid," he explains and I finally give up. "You played your part well tonight. I'm sorry you got hurt in the process," I state and he nods. "Oh yeah?" he asks, his signature smirk threatening to come out. "You had Rebekah drooling all over you and marshmallows," I say jokingly. "Yeah before she skewered me. I thought you were too drunk to notice," he says although it was more like a question. "I was faking most of it," I reply softly. "So was I" he whispered. Our faces were only inches apart. We heard a car door close, it was Alaric who had brought my kids here from Jenna's house. "Here are these handsome boys," Alaric says with a smile. "You know they're your Grandchildren? Right?" I ask and he nods. "I know," he says with a smile. I smile at him. Stefan walks up to us Alaric puts himself in front of us. Stefan saw his kids for the first time and for a brief moment I saw his humanity trying to push through.

"Well, you got me tonight. I Definitely wasn't expecting that," he says. "That was the point," Alaric replies. I start to walk out. "Belle, wait. You could have let me die in that fire tonight. Why didn't you?" he asks, curiosity filling his eyes. I knew my answer would hurt him. But, I told him anyway, I needed Stefan to feel something. His kids need him. "You're Damon's little brother and no matter how much you fight he loves you and he would die without you. Besides you've saved me plenty of times I figured it was my turn to save you. And I still have hope," he doesn't say anything for a moment. "After everything I've done, you... still think I'll be able to find my humanity again," he asks. "Yes, I do. I know you better than anyone, Stefan. And I'm not giving up," I add. "Elizabeth, do you have any idea how pathetic that makes you?" I scoff at his question and before he has time to react I blast him with my magic.

"No, it makes me stronger," I say while walking away.

When I got home Damon was already there waiting. "Hello Damon," I say. "Hello Belle," he answers. "Damon I have a problem," I began and nods with a concerned voice. "It's better if I show you," I say and once again he just nods. I stood behind him and used my powers on him.

I was inside his head. We saw our happy memories. And his favorite. And then I showed him the life he would've had if he never turned into a vampire. He was gonna marry and have kids. We both gasped when a memory or a vision of me and him came together. We were...

"Did we see the same thing?" he asks and I nod. "We were..." he cut me off. "Married" was the only thing he was able to mutter. We were married. "I'm never gonna have kids," he says sadly. I. don't know why I said what I said, "Damon? If you want to have a kid. I'll have a kid with you. I would do anything for you," I say and it was the truth. I was surprised at myself for saying that. He looked surprised at my answer too.

"You'd do that for me?" he asks and I nearly scoffed because I would do anything for him. "I would take a stake to the heart for you," I reply, he pulls me in for a hug. "Well, I will take you up on that offer for the future," he says smiling. "But I'm not done," I say. " I have powers manifesting out all the time lately. I can't even keep up," I add. He looked worried so he called everyone. Ten minutes later everyone was here. "What's going on? Are the kids okay? Are you okay?" Jenna asks frantically and I nod. "I'm fine Jen. It's just my powers are high wiring" I reply. "I'll show you," they nod.

Before the fire could reach them I absorb it back to myself. They were shocked and maybe even scared. They were scared of me. "You guys are afraid of me?" I ask. The first person to reach out to me was Damon. He hugged me. "We are not afraid. We are concerned" he says while hugging me.

"We're not afraid of you Belle. We're surprised by the power you hold. But you are family and we love you," Jenna hugs me. "Thanks, guys," I say. After many hugs and laughs, everyone went home. It was me and Damon. "Thank you, Damon, for everything. And I meant it when I said I will have your baby if you want me to," I say to him before walking away.