The Gilbert Twins

The Flashback

Flashback:

"Oh Zoe I kind of forgot my purse let me go back and get it." Elena says running back to the party leaving me on Wickery bridge.

When I was younger I would always call it The Wicked Bridge.

As I look back to focus on the middle of the bridge a man wearing black and his raven black hair swept to the side laid on his back with wide arms.

"Are you okay?" I say pulling a strand of hair behind my ear.

My curls bounce up an down as I come closer to the figure.

He stands up and walks towards me.

"I lost my humanity." I was so confused?

"Well I hope you feel better, but you should really get back home." I say in a worried manner.

"I'm Damon Salvatore." He says ignoring what I had said.

"Zoe Gilbert, now look Damon, I think you should go home, I am really worried about you, you might get hurt." I lied about him getting hurt, Mystic Falls is a great place, no one goes missing or dies, it's a friendly town.

There was a long pause before he sheds a tear, making it role down his soft cheek.

This guy was handsome, probably more handsome than any other boy in this whole community.

"Thank you." His arms flung in front of me pulling me into a warm soothing hug.

"Tha-" before I could finish I was now hugging thin air, was I dreaming?

After that night all I could remember was my parents running over the bridge and I just woke up in a hospital bed hearing that my parents didn't survive.

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"His name's Stefan Salvatore." Caroline says as a tear rolls down my cheek and onto the table we are sat at.

"Are you okay?" Elena my doppelgänger twin sister says holding my hand.

"Yeah, I think." I say wiping the tear with the back of my hand.

Stefan Salvatore, there's something bugging me about the name.

Stefan Salvatore...Stefan...Salvatore...
Damon...Damon Salvatore.

That's right, it couldn't be, is he like his brother or cousin?

I need to find out, now I know Damon and I now know I wasn't hallucinating.

"Wait Care, did you say Salvatore." I say taking a sip out of my milkshake.

"Caroline Salvatore, sounds good." She says, sometimes she can be so full of herself.

"Zo what's wrong?" Bonnie says concerned, I need to find Stefan.

"Isn't that Stefan?" Elena says just as I was about to speak, perfect timing, it was like Stefan could read my mind on when to walk in, well that's impossible.

Caroline jumps out of the booth, so
do I.

We both have our reasons to see Stefan, but come on who's the most important one?

Caroline wanting him to herself?

Or me wanting him to find more about him and Damon?

I literally run in my black heels towards Stefan making me the first to arrive.

"Hi Stefan we need to talk." Bonnie and Elena gave me weird looks while Caroline gave me a 'Bitch you stole my guy' look.

"What's wrong Elena?" Stefan says, obviously he is mistaken me with the straight her girl named Elena, my hair is curled on a daily basis.

"I'm Zoe." I say giggling a little.

"Sorry." He says making the look that says 'go on'.

"Do you know Damon Salvatore?" I finally ask.

His face drops and he rubs his eyes continuously, did I say something wrong?

"He's my brother," as I was about to say something Stefan goes on once again "Is he here? And how did you know?"

"I met him a year ago on a night an hour before Elena, mum, dad and I drove over the side of the bridge nearly drowning Elena and I leaving my parents to die, anyways I said I was worried for him, he obviously took it seriously, because he kind of cried and said thank you." I say seeming like I was blabbing on forever.

"I need you and Elena to come over to my house right now." He whispers, was whispering necessary?

"El-" as I was about to shout Elena Stefan covered my mouth and made me read off his phone.

Stefan: No one can hear us, it's important no one can know.

Right then I quickly press Elena's contact and I start to text.

Zoe: Elena Stefan told me we need to leave immediately with him, don't say this to anyone.

Elena obviously got the message seeing it by her face, confusion.

I watch as Elena says her goodbyes and walks over to us very confused.

"Come with me." We follow Stefan into his car and we drove off.

We stopped in front of this mansion looking house, was this Stefan's house.

Stefan looked like he heard something, like something was wrong.

"Welcome to my home." He says opening the door revealing the same guy with dark clothes and black raven hair.

Stefan seemed to block our ways in some sort of protection, so in that case I got hold of Elena's hand for I'm older then her by a minute.

"Hello brother." His voice was the same last time...sexy.

"Why are you here?" Stefan questioned.

"To live a normal life like you wanted lil bro." Damon answers.

Normal life?

"Shut up." He demanded.

"My humanity's back on already." Damon...humanity, this is what he was talking about.

"Nothing has changed." Stefan snapped.

"Damon?" I had to do something, I walk making myself be at the side of Stefan.

"Oh look the Zoe Gilbert cure for my humanity change." He says smirking, I fall for it every time.

"W-Where were you?"

"What you miss me already?" Damon smirk deepens.

"No it's called being left alone for someone that just left you without saying goodbye, you could've been there when my parent died." I say wanting to slap his face.

He was speechless not knowing what to do next, but just staying still.

"Stefan you were going to show Elena and I something." I say breaking the moment of silence.

"Oh yeah follow me." Stefan led the way with Elena by his side this time.

"I knew I should've been there when your parents died, I owed you one." Damon says stopping me with his hand wrapped around my arm.

"Well you weren't." I say shrugging him off and catching up to Stefan and Elena.

I felt bad for Damon, I was technically fussing about what happened last year.

The past is in the past...right?