Destroy me - KAI PARKER

08. || Hope

Months had past since everything got out of control and Bonnie and Damon got lost in..
I don't know where they got lost, but I for sure knew they weren't dead.

I tried convincing everyone. Caroline, Enzo, Stefan even Elena but no one believed me.
Speaking of Elena.. She had her memories of Damon compelled away because she couldn't take it.

I couldn't even imagine how mad Damon would be when he came back. No one had hope, but me. Hope was the only thing stronger than fear. If I had no hope, I don't know what would've kept me alive these past months.

You really could feel Damon and Bonnies absence. Every time we had a problem there was no impulsive guy like Damon. There was no sacrificing person like Bonnie.

I really tried. I read myself through plenty of grimoires, but none of them mentioned the breakdown of the other side or a possible escape from there. Not gonna lie, for a minute I thought I had a path.

They could've ended in a alternative reality, just like Mystic Falls just somewhen in the past. But Stefan was convinced that he lost his brother.

»You said it yourself. If the other side breaks she's gonna die and everyone else too.«
Yeah I know that I said that but.. I just wanted it to not be true.

I needed Damon just as much as I needed air. After being decades apart we just had a few days together and I hated myself for that. I should've stopped him. The moment he came to say goodbye I shouldn't let him out of sight, not even for a minute!

"Don't bring yourself down."

Stefan sat down next to me and smiled slightly. "Stop it." I sighed and let the feather float over my palm. "What?" The feather gently laid down on my hand. "Pretending that they're dead." I hissed at Damons brother. "They are dead Layla.. I know it's hard and–" Stefans words made me close my eyes and suddenly the feather in my hand burnt down in flames.

"They are not dead Stefan!"

"They are! You lost your friend, but I lost my brother this is so much harder for me than it is for you!"

"The brother you turned into a vampire although he didn't want it?!"

Stefan got silent the moment these words rolled off of my lips. I picked up my leather jacket and stormed to the front door. I didn't mean to yell at him like that and of course I didn't want to throw, the thing he probably regrets most, at his head but the anger rushed over me.

I stopped halfway through the house and got back to Stefan. "Hey listen I'm sorry but.. You know how complicated all that is and I just can't let him go now that I found him after seventy years." Stefan nodded and pulled me in a hug. "I'm sorry too Layla."

Pulling away from Stefan I smiled at him before heading to the front door. I put on my jacket and opened the door just to slam it shut again.

That couldn't be true.

With a shaking hand I opened the door again and looked directly into Damons eyes.

"No hug?"

I squealed in joy and fell into his arms. He was real! He was really here!
"Oh my god! Damon!"
I laid my hands on his cheeks and stroked them gently.

"You're here." My eyes started to tear up. "I'm here Dessa'. I'm here.." He placed his lips on my forehead and pulled me to his chest. I closed my eyes and smelled the familiar scent on his clothes. God I've missed him so much.

"Damon?"

I stepped aside so they could also have a moment of reunion. "Hello brother." Grinning at his words I wiped the tears out of my eyes and watched them hug each other. I told you!
They weren't dead!

After they finished hugging I again fell into Damons arms. "Ugh someone missed me." - "Shut up you idiot." He stroke my back and we just enjoyed this moment before Enzo came. He also couldn't believe his eyes and greeted Damon with a tight hug.

As everyone came to see Damon we realized something. If Damon was here.. where the hell was Bonnie? So we asked him and he started to tell us what exactly happened when the other side imploded..