Chapter 24: Not Approved

MID'S POV

It's been days since the Miss Mystic Falls Court. We've stayed at the boarding house since then so Elena can watch over Stefan. The past few days have been a blur, but there is still one moment that has been stuck in my mind.

FLASHBACK

I woke up to a bright light being shined in my face. I quickly bury my eyes in Damon's chest to stop the burning. I felt Damon wrap his arm tighter around me with this movement, making me even more warm then I was before. It felt really nice, he even kissed the top of my head subconsciously. But that's when the door burst open. "Hey guys."Elena says. Me and Damon burst fully awake, sitting up. Elena gets a sudden angry look when she sees us together, but shakes it off. "Come one, time to get up."she says walking out the room. I sigh, trying to remember what happened before I fell asleep. Then it hit me.

Damon told me he loved me. But he thought I was asleep. Oh, boy this is awkward. I clear my throat, getting out of the bed. "I should... go. Get dressed."I say then walk out the room, hearing him mutter an awkward, "Ya."

FLASHBACK OVER

I walked down the cellar to find Elena still looking into the cellar. I sigh, leaning against the wall with my arms crossed over my chest. "It's so hard to see him locked up like this."she says. "Well, you're the one who locked him up."I say a little too bitterly then I intended. Ok, I'm a little cranky. I had to wake up too early this morning. But that is all Elena's fault. She's been making me wake up every morning to watch Stefan while she sleeps. "You helped."she tells Damon, who is standing beside me.

"I couldn't have him running around chewing on people while the town is looking for vampire, now, could I?"Damon says. "It had nothing to do with you actually caring about him?"Elena asks. "Your thing, not mine."he mutters. "Denial."I sing while I walk up the stairs into the parlor. I walk into the parlor to see Damon playing with the item Pearl gave him. "Did you figure out what that is?"I ask. "Nope, whatever it is, it doesn't work."he tells me. I hum in response as I start to grab my bag and keys.

"Pearl didn't say anything else about it?"I hear Elena ask. "She thought she was stealing his vampire compass, but it was a pocket watch. That Johnathan Gilbert was a crazy scientist." Damon says. I throw a shoes at the back of his head. "Ow."he exclaims sarcastically, looking at me. "Don't hate."I say teasingly. He playfully glares at me before walking over. Elena shoots me a disapproving look. I ignore her. "Have any of you spoken to your uncle lately?" he asks while wrapping his arms around my waist from behind, resting his head on my shoulder. Oh god, he's trying to get a rise out of Elena. This should be fun.

"I've been avoiding him actually." she says. "That, and we've been here most nights."I finish. "So you'll be here again tonight?"he asked. "Is that a problem?"I ask. "Yes. Elena's a complete nuisance. You on the other hand..."he trails off, kissing the side of my neck. "...are very welcome here."he says, smirking against my skin. I add a giggle just to make Elena get angrier. "Ok, we'll see you later." she says, pulling my arm and dragging me away from Damon. I smirk to myself as we walk out of the house. "What is Damon to you?"she suddenly asks. "What?"I ask. "You heard me."she says. I scoff. "I don't need to tell you, Mom."I say sarcastically.

"Look, I'm ok with you two being friends, but you can not be anything more."she tells me as we get into the car. "And why is that?" I ask amusingly. "Because he's a player. He'll break your heart, I don't want to see you hurt Mid." she tells me. "Well, that's not your choice to make."I say as we drive off.

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We get to the house and start to pack somethings up when Elena starts to argue again. "Just call him, please."she begs. "No, you just ask him."I say walking into the bathroom. Since I became Lycan, I haven't been needing tampons anymore, which I'm really happy about. But when I was on my monthly, me and Elena always had it at the same time. So, if I don't take some, she would think I was pregnant or something. I hear her finally calling Damon as I pack some tampons that will not be used at all.

"What?"he asks. "We're just grabbing some clothes, then we'll be right over."she tells him. "How's Stefan?"she asks. "Extra broody. Hold on."he tells her then I hear a beep. He then comes back on the line. "He won't eat anything."he tells her. I grab the phone. "Well tell him he eats or I force it down his throat."I say into the phone, but Elena takes it away slapping me upside the head. "He has to eat. What's his favorite... Kind of, um.." she trails off, not wanted to say the words. "His favorite kind of what?"Damon asks, teasing her.

"Type of animal blood he prefers?" she finishes. "Ew. Gross."I tease, making her throw a shoes at me. I dodge it easily. "Ok, well, hurry up. I can't baby-sit all night I have things to do."he says. "I would say drop dead but..."Elena trails off. "Haha."he laughs sarcastically. "Stefan likes... puppy blood."he says, making my inner wolf growl. A dog joke, really mature Damon. "Little Golden Retrievers puppies with cute, fluffy ears. That's his favorite."he says trying to get a rise out of Elena, when in reality he's making my wolf want to murder him.

She scoffs, hanging up and closing the closet door, showing John on the other side. "Sorry."he says. "Uncle John. I didn't see you there."she says. "Well, I'll go head off without you away from Satan." I say and walk past John. I get in my car and make my way to the boarding house. I walk in to see Damon on the couch reading a book. "Where's Elena?"he asks. I drop my bag on the floor. "I left her with Uncle Devil John. What you reading?"I ask, leaning on his shoulders, looking over his shoulder. "Nothing. Just trying to pass the time until I have to leave." he says. "You never told me why."I say reading as well.

"Well, that I won't tell you."he says, looking to me. I look at him to see our faces were closer than I thought. His eyes travel down to my lips, mine doing the same. He closes the book, standing up and pulling me to him, not breaking the eye contact. "I've been holding in something since Elena was always around. Now I have the chance to do it."he says. "What's stopping you?"I was so boldly to ask. He leans closer, if possible. "Nothing."he whispers, before his lips latch on to mine. The sparks I felt before, were intensified 10x. I kissed back, standing on my tippy toes, grabbing his cheek with my small hand. His arms wrap around my waist to bring me closer to him.

I turn my head to make the kiss deeper. He vamp speeds us to a near by wall, slamming me hard enough for me to gasp in surprise. He continues to kiss me with enough passion to make me go blind. He licks my bottom lip, asking for an entrance. I tease him, not giving him an opening. I just pull on his bottom lip with my teeth, making him groan as I smirk. He picks me up by my thighs and wraps my legs around his waist. He grips my butt roughly, making me let go of his lip and gasp. He takes that as an invitation to slip his tongue in.

We let our tongues discover the unfamiliar territories. The more we kissed, the more my wolf just wanted to make him submit to me. But I held the urge back. My arms wrap around his neck tightly, my hands weaving into his hair. He moved his lips to my neck, kissing it roughly. I let a small moan slip as I grab the front of his shirt, pulling him closer. I pull his lips back to mine. This kiss was slower, like savoring the last of your ice cream. We pull away slowly, our breath short as we try to catch it. That's when we hear the door open, making us pull away as he sets me down on the ground. He backs away still looking at me while Elena walks in.

"Did you check on Stefan Mid?"she asks. I shake my head, not trusting my voice. "Well, come on."she says, walking to the cellar. I look up at him, seeing he;s just as shocked as I was. "I'll just, uh... go with her."I mumble, walking to the cellar. Not really knowing what else to do. We walk down to see Stefan sitting on the bed, his head down. I smell the animal blood in the water bottle not too far away from him. "Hey, how you feeling?" Elena asks gentally.

"Why aren't you eating?"I as bluntly, causing Elena to whack me in the stomach. I giver her a 'what' look. I look to see a faint smile on Stefan's face. Well, at least he's getting better. "Damon says you need to drink that."Elena says softly, rolling her eyes at me. Stefan shakes his head. "You need it, Stefan."I say in a softer tone than before. "Can't survive without it."I add. "I don't want to survive." he says. I roll my eyes. "Stop being so damn dramatic Stef, come on."I say. "I don't."he confirms. I shake my head. "Don't say that."I say sternly. "I'm sorry, Mid. Elena. No more. After what I've done it has to end. I just want it over."he says, a tear escaping his eye.

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It has been a few hours and it's night fall. I was sitting in the Parlor with Elena while Damon got us a drink. "You know, he's just being dramatic. He won't starve himself."Damon reassures us. "Why would he say that?"Elena asks. "Because he feels bad about hurting that girl and Mid. It's very typical Stefan martyr stuff. It will pass."he says. "Will it? Because he seemed to be in a lot of pain."I say, still looking at the wall I've been looking at for the past hour. Damon hands me my drink. "Ya, well, that will pass to. When he eats."he says sarcastically. I roll my eyes. "She didn't mean physical pain."Elena tells him annoyed. "I know what she meant."he tells her then turns to me, taking my hand in his.

"Look, are you two gonna be ok if I run out? I have to go do an errand with a teacher."he tells me, looking in my eyes worriedly. "The teacher? Alaric? Are you two friends now?"Elena asks. "I don't have any friends Elena."he says standing up. "Hey!"I call, throwing a pillow at him. He chuckles. "Other than Mid."he adds. "You two should, um, stay up here. Don't want you two down there by yourself."he tells us. I roll my eyes. "We'll be fine. Hunter, remember?" I say with a sarcastic smile. "You know, you're very trusting of him, given the circumstances."he tells Elena. I nod in agreenment. "So are you two. Other wise you wouldn't be leaving. And you Mid, you wouldn't even be letting me see him."she tells us.

"I won't be long."Damon says after a period of silence. He leaves the house, making me let out a breath of relief. "What happened between you two before I came here?"Elena asks. I look at her and shake my head. "Nothing."I say. "Really? Because it looked like something by the expressions on your faces." she tells me. I fake a smile. "I'm sure, Elena."I tell her. She sighs, letting it go. We spent most of the time doing different things. We did homework, made dinner. While she read, I practiced my aim outside in the backyard. She opened the back door, getting my attention as I loaded another round in my gun.

"I'm gonna check on Stefan."she says. "I'll come with you."I say, packing up my stuff. "No, I want to talk to him alone."she says. I sigh, picking up my weapon bag. "Well, I'm staying inside just incase he does something funny."I say walking past her and into the living room. She starts to snicker, closing the door. "What's so funny?"I ask irritated she finds this so amusing. "Just... you used to be so shy you wouldn't even talk to me sometimes, now you're practically killing everything that comes to harm me."she says with a smile. I roll my eyes and point to the cellar door. "Go before I change my mind and chain you to a tree."I say, trying to supress a smile.

She rolls her eyes and puts her hands up in surender."Alright, alright. No need to bite my head off."she jokes. My wolf didn't find it so funny, that I had to hold myself back as Elena's back was turned. She made it to the cellar and I was practicing controlling this power. "Ok, come on. You can do this. Just.."I whisper, but trail off when I see my eyes aren't glowing. I let out a frustrated breath. "Ok, um.... anger. I have to get angry."I whisper to myself. I close my eyes, taking a deep breath. I thought about my parents dying because I didn't save them, how Elena keeps going against me at times, Damon giving me mixed signals, how I'm not normal anymore.

I felt... powerful. Power, was what I wanted to feel. I opened my eyes and saw my eyes glowing in the mirror. "Ok, now stay calm."I whisper to myself. I thought about all the good times I had with my friends, saving my siblings countless of times, I thought about how my little sister is pulled into this mess for no reason. I need to protect her. And with that, my eyes were back to their normal dull silver. I smile excitedly. "Yes!"I cry out jumping up and down. I did it, I have control.

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Elena came up a little while later, sitting on the couch writing in her journal. "You hungry?"I ask. She shakes her head. "Really? I feel like pie. I would love me some pie."I say looking threw the fridge. I close it and go sit next to her on the couch. She looks up and laughs. "What's got you in such a good mood?"she asks. I smile. "Don't worry about it."I say and lean my head back. That's when the door opened to reveal a stressed looking Damon. "Ugh, god. You two are still here."he jokes sitting next to me. "What were you expexting? Elena at home, me in your bed in sexy linger?"I ask sarcastically. He hums, wrapping an arm around my shoulders and pulling me to him, nibbling on my ear. "Maybe." he whispers.

Elena makes a gagging sound. I pull away laughing, too much in a good mood to let that bother me. "How was the errand?"she asks him. I lean on his shoulder. "Futal. Although, I think I witnessed a teacher having an existential crisis. Has Stefan eaten yet?"he asks. "I thought you didn't care."I say. "I don't. Chalk it to morbid curiosity."he says. I hum in response. "I think he's getting there. But he's got a lot of guilt that he has to deal with. And it doesn't help that you spent the last 145 years punishing him for getting Nataline and Katherine caught." she sasses him. Ok, what did I miss here? "This is my fault now?"he asks. "No, it's no ones fault Damon. I'm just... saying you're not exactly innocent. You've made it your life's mission to make him miserable."she tells him.

He gets up, looking at her like she was crazy. "Let me ask you a question. In all this important soal searching and cleansing of the demons of Stefan's past, did you ever manage to get the rest of the story?"he asks her. "What story?"I ask, but was ignored. Nothing new there. "He said there was more." Elena says. "Ya, that's an understatement."he says. I get up quickly as he tries to leave. "Damon, wait, tell me. I want to know the whole story."I say. He just looks at me before nodding.

He told me everything. From being shot, to transitioning, Stefan killing his father... to Stefan forcing him to feed. It was horrible. When he was done, I just sat ther astonished along with Elena. "From the moment Stefan had his first taste of human blood, he was a different person. I suppose I should thank him, it's been one hell of a ride."Damon finishes with a smirk. "Oh my god, he said he wanted to die. That's why he won't feed. Now I understand why but..."Elena trails off. "His choice. If he's stupid enough to make it, then so be it." he says grabbing another drink. "Don't do that. Ok? Don't act like you don't care."She tells him then storms off. I sigh, looking at him.

"She's right, you know. He's your little brother. You can never hate them no matter what they did."I tell him, looking at my hands. That's when the door slammed, making us know Elena just ran out to find Stefan.

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"Do you think she helped him?"I ask Damon as I layed in his arms. He kissed the top of my head. "I'm pretty sure. You're tired, sleep."he murmers. I just nod, closing my eyes and falling into darkness.

THIRD PERSON'S POV

As Damon and Midnight cuddled on the couch, the door opened. To reveal Stefan and Elena. They walk into the parlor to see Mid in Damon's arms. Stefan feeling a small pang of jealousy and Elena angry her sister didn't listen to her. "Little boy lost."Damon comments, looking up at them. "I'll be upstairs, ok?"Elena tells Stefan, not wanting to see her sister in the hands of a monter. He nods. "Goodnight, Damon."she tells him, spitting his name out like venom. Stefan and Damon are now alone tih an asleep Mid in Damon's arms. "Thank you."the younger Salvatore tells his older sibling.

"No, thank you Stefan. You're back to Bambi blood, and I'm the big bad ass brother again. All is right in the world."Damon says sarcastically, shifting Mid so her head was in the crook of his neck. Stefan sat in the chair beside them. "I mean it. Thank you. For... helping her take care of me."Stefan says. "You brood too much. Not everything on this planet is your fault. My actions and what I do, it's not your fault. I own them, they belong to me."Damon says, not necessarily meaning that only. He saw the way his brother was loking at the girl in his arms, he's just making it clear she belongs to him. Even if it hasn't been made official.

Yet.

"You are not aloud to feel my guilt." Damon finishes. "Do you feel guilt?"Stefan asks. Damon looks down at the sleeping beauty. "If I wanted to, it's there."Damon mutters. It was silent for a moment, both boys looking at the girl in Damon's arms in fascination. That's when Damon decided to speak up. "Emily waited until after I turned to tell me she'd been successful in protecting the twins with her spell. She didn't want me to know about the tomb. She thought it would impact my decision."Damon tells his brother. "She didn't want us to turn."Stefan says. "She said it was a curse."he adds, standing up from his seat. "Witches... judgy little things." Damon adds. "Why didn't you tell me?"Stefan asks.

"'Cause I didn't want you to know. 'Cause I hated you, and I still do." Damon explains. Stefan nods. "I know." he says, looking at his shoes. "But not because you forced me to turn."Damon adds. Stefan loks at the other Salvatore in confusion. "Then why?"he asks. "Because she turned you."Damon says, meaning Katherine. He loved Katherine but his heart was fully to Nataline, he was afraid she would be charmed by Stefan as well. "It was just supposed to be me Stefan... Just me."Damon says in a growl. He sighs before looking down at the sleeping girl again. "But now..."he says, picking her up in his arms as he stood up. "I have something better to live for."he finishes, taking Midnight to his room to sleep.

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