Forever the One

Five

Sleeping soundly in her bed, a figure appeared. He looked at her then to the little girl. Both girls were changing him and he didn't like that. That was till he saw the necklace. He couldn't believe she had this necklace. He looked at Clara before disappearing. Clara raised up and looked at the time. Her alarm was about to go off causing her to start getting ready. First a text message to her cheerleaders. She has a meeting.

Elena opened her door causing Clara to look up. "What's wrong?"

"I haven't heard from Stefan."

Clara knew what he was doing, but not Elena. "Okay, if you want me to, before I go to the school for this meeting, I will stop by and talk to him."

"Thank you, Clara. Are you bringing Mara-Belle?"

"Have too, Jenna has a busy schedule too." Elena nodded as she walked out. Clara pulled her phone out and dialed Stefan's number. "I don't know why you are ignoring her, but if you need me too, I will watch Damon while you deal with my sister. I'll have Mara-Belle with me."

"I don't think that is safe..."

"Damon won't hurt Mara-Belle." She tells him. "Trust me, I know."
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At school, Caroline held Mara-Belle as Clara stood announcing the fundraiser that they were having for the teams. It was a car wash that she called Sexy Studs Car Wash. "The reason for the name is because I know the only way to get you teens interested in something is by having something that involves boys staring at half naked girls or in bikini's, but lady's you have to have shorts on with you bikini tops. Men, no shirts."

They cheered as she walked over to her daughter. "We need to go somewhere." She says and looked at Caroline. "You're in charge, Care."

"I won't let you down, Clara."
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Clara walked down to the basement as Mara-Belle was asleep. She saw the state Damon looked and shook her head. "Why Caroline? What did she do to you?"

"I promised Stefan..."

"Yeah, Stefan told me about that already, but why Caroline? Anyone else would have been okay."

"Information. She had answers to my questions and I was getting what I wanted to know." He tells her. "That necklace you are wearing was from me." Clara looked at him. "My life changed when they found Clary and I never found the necklace till now."

"Do you want it back?"

"Keep it."

Clara knew maybe Damon didn't deserve this. He promised misery, but no one knew his side of the story. She sighed. "Damon, I really want to see that you are different, but don't change your personality. I know that somewhere's in that body is the real Damon."

Damon watched her go upstairs causing him to lay down weakly. He doesn't know if he should go through with his plan or just die so he can be with Clary.
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The next day, Clara didn't go to the car wash as she had to get Mara-Belle to her appointment. "Jenna, if anyone needs me, tell them to call me. Mara-Belle has an appointment." She says grabbing her bag. "Call me if you need anything."

"Okay."

In the living room, Mara-Belle saw Damon and squealed out as she tried to walk to him, but was grabbed by Clara. "Mommy!"

"What?"

She pointed causing her mom to look around, but didn't see anything. Clara looked at her daughter confused before leaving.
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At the Salvatores, Damon finally was getting his escape through Caroline. Then he was going to Clara and Mara-Belle.