"Here." I say as I pass a glass of Blood to Caroline who is sitting on the couch. "I'm still shaking." Caroline says as she takes the glass from my hands. I sit down on the couch next to her as she takes a drink. "What happened?" Stefan asks as he makes his way over to us. Damon smirks, "go ahead, tell him. You're gonna love this." "I saw Katherine today." "Where?" "At the grill. I just stopped by to gawk and.. quasi stalk Matt." Caroline explains as Stefan crosses his arms across his chest with a worried expression on his face. "I had to pretend to use the bathroom even though I didn't really cause I'm a dufus. She came in and said she had seen me and Matt. I thought she was Eliza at first and asked if I was okay. I tried to speed away when I figured out that wasn't Liz because she was here all morning. She asked what gave her away and I said Liz was at the Boarding House. She told me that I needed to deliver a message." "What was the message?" Stefan asks as he gets closer to Caroline. "To tell Damon and Stefan that she wants the moonstone or she will rip this town apart until it rains blood." Caroline pauses as she takes a breath, "tell him the rest of it." Damon says as he stands behind me and puts his hands on my shoulders to semi comfort me, I lift my hand and give his a quick squeeze to tell him I appreciate it. "She said she was going to the Masquerade ball tonight." "She wants to do it in public. Killing Mason threw her off guard." "She's running scared. What she did to Jenna was Desperate." I shiver as I think about my Aunt stabbing herself in our own kitchen. "She's out of tricks. We can't underestimate her. We have to play this smarter than her." Stefan says as he starts to pace in front of the fireplace. "Can't we just give her the Moonstone so she'll leave?" I narrow my eyes as I look at Caroline, "what makes you think she won't kill us after getting it Blondie?" I ask as I shake my head in disappointment at Care.

"No Katherine's not getting Dick." I couldn't hold it anymore and burst out laughing after the few seconds of silence, I roll on top of Care. "Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful." I say as I wipe the tears from my eyes and try to compose myself. "I've had it. I'm gonna go to the Masquerade ball, and I'm going to kill her. Tonight." Damon says as I get up off the couch and make my way towards the brothers. "You're not gonna kill her." Stefan interjects, "o don't give me that goody goody crap." "You're not gonna kill her." Suddenly I'm in between the two brothers, hands on both chests. "Remember, I'm still human." I try and say as I feel Damon's chest on my back. "Oh, really?" "Because I am." I grasps out and Suddenly I go and slap Stefan cross the face, "What was that for?!" Stefan questions as he grabs his face. "Dramatic purposes?" I questions slowly as I raise my hands and start to back up to run away but Damon beats me to it and grabs me and keeps me in place. I start to shrink down as Stefan walks over to me with an evil expression. "Don't bully your best friend Stef!"

"Alright Ricky What you got?" I question as I rub my hands in anticipation as Alaric looks up to me, "you're not going." My mouth pops open as I look up to Rick. "Ricky I've saved your ass so many times." I say as I cross my arms, "what would you do without me?" "Oh really?" I shake my head as I look to Damon to back me up but he's just going through the equipment. "Remember the house full of vampires and you decided it was a good idea to go in and yell and I quote 'that's fucking nasty' and then you took off running. Then me and Damon had to save your ass." "There were fingers in the blender!" I shake my head and grab Damon's arm to comfort me.

"Her hair was longer, curly like mine." I said softly to Jeremy as I tried to take my mind to the images of the two beautiful babies. "She has my hair but beautiful blue eyes..." I drag my eyes off of Jeremy and his pencil as I watch Damon and Alaric rummage through the equipment they were going to use against Katherine tonight at the masquerade ball. Damon's eyes meet mine for a moment and gives me a soft smile as he hands a stake off to Caroline that finally re joined us not that long ago. "Are you ever going to fess up why I'm drawing kids that look like you?" Jeremy questions as I snap my eyes back to his auburn ones and give him a smile, "It's a secret." Jeremy rolls his eyes before he sets his pencil down and pushes the sketch pad towards me. I let out a small gasp as I finally look into the face of our children. The boy had the softest brown hair with streaks of his fathers raven hair showing though, but what I never noticed was the Heterochromia eyes, one blue and brown. He had his father jaw and smirk, with my nose. I could feel the tears welling up, "my beautiful boy.." I say quietly as Jeremy makes his way to the table once Stefan and Bonnie re join the group. I shake my head softly as I grab the little girls picture, she was identical to her father, long flowing black locks with his beautiful baby blue eyes. I smirked proudly as her curls shown through. "My aren't you Damon's children." I chuckle softly as I fold their portraits ever so gently and slip them in my leather jackets pocket, close to my heart, and get up to join the group, standing closer to Damon than I realized.

"Are you sure you don't want me to stay with you guys tonight?" I shook my head as I settled behind the couch next to Damon, "no, we need you to be close to Elena tonight, we don't want her to know about this." Stefan nods his head in agreement as he squeezes my shoulder for a brief moment. "Okay I'll make sure she doesn't leave my sight." "That means no Jenna time." I scold Rick as she shakes his head at me and gives me a brief smile. "Won't she notice you're gone?" Caroline questions as she turns to me from the other couch, I shrug my shoulders. "She knows I'm here most nights anyway, she won't suspect anything." Caroline dramatically rolls her her eyes at me, "was that sarcasm Blondie? I could use an ass kicking tonight." I say as I roll up my sleeves and attempt to make my way to her, "o I'm shaking." She says as she gives me a smirk, I start laughing, "I could always tell Matt about that time that you and Jake had a quickie in.." but before I could finish Caroline zoomed next to me and slammed her hand over my mouth, on reflex I bit her hand, and she bitch slapped me, I gasp in shock as I look over to Damon as he struggles to keep in his giggles, yes giggles. "Okay you giggling teenager! Get out of my house." I say as I cross my arms over my chest, "omg Liz I'm so sorry it was a reflex." "Reflex my ass, from now on every time you have sex with Matt I'll be there." I said darkly as I pointed to my self proudly, "it'll be the cock blocker squad." I said as I looked for help to Jeremy, "how about cock blocking society?" He questions before we booth bursts out in giggles as I go to mess up his hair. "It's my house!"
"O You finally done Mr. Giggles?"

I look around and frown in disgust at all the drunken teenagers I go to school with. I try and hunch down my dress a little further as I grab a strawberry from one of the trays of waiters. I bite down as I look around hesitantly and grab a fake blonde curl and twist it in my fingers. I watched as a drunken girl stumble, I shrug my shoulders, "shouldn't go to waste." I take the strawberry and slip it into the back of her top and watch as she squirms to get the top part of the fruit out of her dress before it ruins it. I shake my hands nervously as I try and stick to the wall, and to stay out of sight. "It's okay Day said I wasn't aloud to go, but if he doesn't find me then he'll never know, I'm just back up." I say quietly to myself as I spot Jeremy and Bonnie make their way across the living room. "Or I'll end up locked in the Salvatore dungeon for the rest of my life."

"Ok. She's upstairs. She's upstairs." My eyes widen as I watch Kathrine dangle Caroline on the wall by her neck. I slowly drop my mask from my hands and take my wig off, slowly pulling my natural curls out of the uncomfortable bun, I re read the text from Jeremy stating that Elena showed up and that the plan could be compromised. I shake my head at my sisters actions and slowly slip away from the scene and up the stairs that would take me to Damon and Stefan. "Why do you keep dragging me into this? I don't want to be a part of it." I watch from one of the rooms down the hall as Katherine drags Caroline to the awaiting room, I should applaud Care's acting skills bitch could be a movie star if she wanted to but before Care can point out which room Bonnie is apparently in, Katherine stops dead in her tracks, she lets out a small giggle. "Is that the Eliza Gilbert I keep hearing about?" I freeze for a second before she turns her head to my direction, deciding that two can play at this game I walk out behind the wall and slowly clap my hands, "whoever said you played a great Elena was Fucking stupid.." I sing out softly before she speeds in front of me and grabs my neck, "ooo I'm shaking." I say softly as she gives me a smirk, "you've got the mouth and the looks." She smirks as she turns to Care, I look up as Caroline looks between us with wide eyes, I give her a nod letting her know I'm fine. "Which room?" "Wow not even a please and thank you. People might think you're losing your touch darling." "That one." Katherine turns and drags me by the neck into the awaiting room before she slams me against the wall. "Now this looks familiar.." "I think..you need.. a breath mint. Do you kiss..your mom with that mouth?" I struggle to get out as she squeezes harder before I let out a series of breathless giggles. Her face hardens before my back hits the side of the table as I go crashing across the room. "Whata throw." I say softly as I burst into giggles on the ground. "You're such a dumb bitch." I say as I grab the side of the couch I heave my way back onto my feet. "Wouldn't know a trap unless you stepped into one." I sigh as I make my may behind the couch and pour myself a drink. "I've got a crink in the neck now thank you." I say as I sit my empty glass down on the table. "Where is she?" I watch as Caroline giggles from outside of the room. "I did it. I didn't think I could do it but I did it. I tricked you." I watched as realization dawns On Kathrine's face before she tries to attack Care, but before she could reach her she's stopped dead in her tracks. I'd have to applaud Bonnie on such a fine spell. She turned back to me, "when I kill you this time, you better stay dead." She says lowly but before she can walk any closer Stefan stops her. "Stefan?" "Hello, Katherine." I lean my body against a wall trying to make myself less noticeable In case Damon was inside with us.

Stefan starts to twirl his wooden stake in his hands as Katherine makes her way toward him, "you don't really think that you can kill me with that, do you?" She cockily puts her hands on her hips as she just inches away from Stef. "No." I watch Damon quietly come out of the closet with one of Alaric's contraptions aimed right for Katherine. "But he can." Damon's eyes find mine as he commands me with his eyes to get behind him, I slowly make my way behind him and put my hands on his hips clasping on to his Armani suit as Katherine turns to us. He suddenly launches the stake at Kathrine's back Damon speeds leaving my hands to fall back, but before I can let out a cheer of excitement I reach up to my mouth and swipe and the moister that appeared, when I pulled back there was blood. Stefan rushes at Katherine and lunges a stake into her arm, I shakily move my eyes towards my arms as a wound suddenly appears. I let out a small wimpier as I enclose my hand around it. I watch as Katherine flings Damon and Stefan across the room. I back up trying to lean against the wall as more blood makes its way out of my mouth and arm, I didn't want to know what my back looked like. Kathrine starts to dodge stakes and flings Damon across the room. I looked down as I spot a stake making its way to me, taking a chance knowing what will happen I slowly move down and grab the stake with my free hand, slowly making my way behind Kathrine I watch as Damon struggles to get up from being flung across the room. I shut my eyes as I lunge for her back, but instead of hearing a satisfying Yelp from Kathrine I look down and watch as she plunges the very same stake into my abdomen, I shakily look up as I hear as a gasps from across the room and Kathrine looks up and starts to giggle.

"Day?" I question softly as he turns in worry to see me. Suddenly my legs give out and Damon rushes to catch me. His face fills with worry as he rubs the blood from my mouth and slowly caresses my face. "Stop! You're hurting Elena!" I look up wearily as Jeremy shouts from outside the room, I can see his face fill with worry as he sees me. Damon's face fills with anger as he looks over to Katherine, "what have you done!" "You two think you're the only one with a witch on your side? Wong and something tells me my witch is better than your witch." Damon shakily brings me to my feet as he goes to bite his hand Katherine snickers, "that's not going to work this time, I'll just keep stabbing  and stabbing away, I won't die but she will." She says as she makes her way behind Stefan. "Jeremy, go check on Elena. Make sure she's ok. Go!" Damon face Collapses And looks down to me and gives me a pitiful smile, "I'm sorry this is all my fault." He says softly as he drops on the ground and brings me closer to his chest. "It's okay." I whisper softly back as I reach my hand up to softly move his hair from his face and watch as his eyes start to gloss over. "You dumb, brave girl." And suddenly Damon starts to rock us as he tries to place his hands over the wounds trying to apply pressure, but there were more wounds than hands. I shake my head at him as I go and reach for his hands but he starts getting anxious. "No. You're not going to die on me. Not this time and not the next.. you can't leave me." He says as he starts to run his hands though his hair, grabbing and yanking at it. My hand starts to shake as I reach into one of the pockets on my dress and bring up the two pieces of paper, blood had pooled on some of the edges. I grabbed his hand and placed it into his palm closing his fingers around them protectively. "So. How about that moonstone?" Kathrine asks as she lazily takes a seat and gives me a smart ass smile. "You might want to add pressure to that." I give a small smile, "if I go to hell I'll have the pleasure knowing I'll kick your ass down there too." Damon runs his hands through my curls as Stefan faces Kathrine on the couch.

"The three of us together just like old times." Damon shakes his head as we watch Stefan at the door way trying to figure out a way to break it, it was pointless but I'll give him brownie points. I didn't want to tell Damon that I had started to see black dots on the side of my vision, I didn't want to worry him. "The brother who loves me to much, and the one that didn't love me enough." "Aww boo hoo poor Kathrine the guy she loves doesn't love her back, preach to people who give a fuck." I say between blood soaked teeth as I start to chatter with the unexplained coldness that swept me. Damon pulled me in closer to his chest trying to keep me well, alive. "And the evil slut vampire who only loved herself." Damon says as he looks into my eyes, I give a small giggle, well it probably didn't sound like one, but it was my version as I reach up and patted his cheek. "What happened to you Damon? You used to be so sweet and polite?" Damon slowly turns his head to her direction, "oh, that Damon died a long time ago." "Good. He was a bore." I watched as Damon gave a glare to Kathrine and turned back to me. "Well...at..at least he didn't..die for me." I say back to Damon as he give me a small smile and leaned down to kiss my head. "Why don't you two stop antagonizing each other." "Where's the moonstone?" "What do you want with it?" Stefan grills Kathrine back. "Does Elena and Eliza enjoy having both of you worship at their alter?" I snort softly back, "That was really desperate...Katherine." "O come on Stefan everything I feel Elena feels so, go ahead. Or better yet. Kiss me Damon. Eliza will fill that too." Damon tilts his head as he gives her a shit splitting grin, I make a small growl as she makes her way closer to Damon on the floor. "You know this whole mason thing has me a bit confused. Why a werewolf? The moonstone can break a curse that would help them destroy all vampires. So, what's in that for you?" Stefan questions as he starts to circle around Kathrine, "sorry about your pet wolf you should have kept him on a tighter leash." Kathrine tilts her head towards us, "I'll have to remember that next time. He's not the only wolf in this town."

I wimpier softly as I start to feel numbness in my feet, Damon's eyes turn soft, "You're not going to die I made sure of that a long time ago." My face fills with confusion before a light bulb goes off and I softly glare back at him, "you can argue with me later but I had to make sure you lived, I can't lose you." He sounds out each individual word softly as I slowly nod my head. Being a vampire wasn't all that bad, of course I wouldn't have those beautiful babies on those papers that Damon clutches so strongly on.

"Damn it. Where's that witch?" Damon questions as he starts to look around the room. It felt like I had been here for hours. "We could play charades!" "You bargained the moonstone." "What are you mumbling about over there?" Damon asks with a little more force in his voice. "When you struck a deal with George Lockwood to help fake your death, you told me you gave George something that he needed. It was the moonstone, wasn't it?" Stefan questions Kathrine as he starts to slowly follow her around the room. Moving my eyes even started to hurt. "Good for you Stefan, 2+2...and it would have worked, except people found out I wasn't in the tomb. Thanks to you." Kathrine says as she directs the last point to Damon, who by now had a drink in his hand and had my head on his lap on the small couch in the room. Damon lifts his glass like a jackass at her direction as he takes another drink. "By the way, have I mentioned how inconvenient your obsession with me has been?" My anger finally snapped as I slowly pull myself into a sitting position with the last strength I had left, "You're the one that has been such an inconvenience to this beautiful man right here. He has done nothing but loved you and looked for even when even Stefan though you were dead. You should be grateful for someone to have loved you that much. Now no one does so who really lost here?" I say sweetly back as I quickly take the piece of wood from her hands and knock her in the head, Suddenly I feel a sharp pain too as I grab my head and feel Damon drag me back into the couch. Katherine lets out a laugh, "that angers going to get you killed sweetheart."

"In 1864 you faked your death. Who were you running from, Kathrine?" Suddenly I got my hearing back as I watch Kathrine crack her neck as she turned to Stefan, "in 1987, you were in Chicago, at a concert of all places. With that wench Lexi. Come on, Stefan. Don't look so surprised. Of course, I checked in on you over the years. You were standing in the front toe dancing all night. You were watching Bon Jovi, and I was watching you." "Stalker." I say softly as the black started to almost completely take over my eye sight. Damon soothes my head as he rums his hands through my curls. I zoned out of their conversation as I faced where I had assumed Damon's face would be. "Open...the papers." I said softly as I could hear Damon slowly open them up, and a small gasp leaves his mouth. "Are these?" I shake my head to tired to speak anymore as I try and pull a smile on my face for the last time, knowing I help out this long was astonishing. "Eliza! Eliza! Don't you dare close those eyes!"

I groaned softly as I felt around the familiar satin sheets. "Good morning sleeping beauty." I chuckle, but stop as pain envelops my head, "ow my fucking head." I say as I slowly open my eyes and look at the doorway to see a shirt less Damon. I stop and stare at his beautiful chest before I hear a soft chuckle from him, "you continue look at me like that and I won't let you leave my bed." He says darkly as he makes his way over to his bed as I slowly rest up upper half on the head board. I bite my lip as I watch him climb up into the bed and he lays down next to me as he takes a piece of hair and twirls it in his fingers. "No you're not dead. Yes we got Katherine shes stuck in the old grave site." I nod my head as I look out the window, it was still dark out. I give him a soft smile as I kiss his forehead, I make a rash decision and kiss both of his cheeks before trailing kisses down his neck, I hear him give off a soft moan before his eyes roll in the back of his head before I make my way to his chest. kissing the scars that marr his beautiful skin. Suddenly my face hits the covers and I look over in shock as Damon smirks from the door way.

"Time for a late night snack." He says as he makes his way out of the bedroom. "You ass!" I hear him give out collective laughs making his way down the kitchen. I shake my head as I get out of bed. I go and reach into one of his Chester doors and pull out one of his shirts and change into it, but pause as I see two picture frames that sit upon the otherwise empty side table I lean down and smile softly at our children's portraits displayed proudly. I open my mouth to yell out but before I could get a word out a towel is shoved in my mouth from behind me and the room goes dark as I struggle with my attacker. I always knew my sister would be the death of me.