The Other Side

"Mother Daughter Bonding"

Damon watches me from the bedroom as I fix my hair. "You and Evie are going on a girl's day?"

"Yes. Maybe you should bond with your almost son in law while I'm gone."

"We did enough bonding the last 6 years. The only reason I said yes is because Evie's known him for about 14 years now."

"Wow. I keep forgetting how fast time flies."

"Yes, it certainly does go fast, cara mia." I smile at him and he kisses me. "We've been married for about 23 years."

"Yes we have."

"Granted you weren't there for about 5 months or so, and I wasn't there for 6 years." He laughs then I get my jacket on. "Have fun." Damon demands. I nod. "I will."

Evie meets me downstairs. "Ready?"

"Yeah." We get into my car and we start driving.

"Does Christian know what we're doing?"

"No."

"Good. I don't want anyone else in danger."

"Well, it's you, me, and my little brother. Should you be doing this?"

"I'm pregnant. That doesn't mean I can't kick some ass." She laughs and I smile at her. "So. How do you think Klaus will use Ariana?"

"She's half vampire. She can be compelled by him."

"I forgot about that. Mom, what if he is planning something?"

"Then we tell Ari. We stop him."

"Will she care?" I sigh as I park a block away from the Mikelson Manor. "I hope so." We get out of the car and toward the Manor. We hide in the bushes under an open window. Then I listen.

"I hate them. They're so arrogant and outrageous! They called you a monster?!? My brother was once a famous New York SERIAL KILLER!!!" I look at Evie and she's close to tears.

"Ariana, we can get rid of them. If you want."

"I don't want to kill my brother."

"Not your brother. Take away something more special to him and Elena."

"Like what?" She asks. My hand falls to my stomach. Evie shakes her head. I nod and Ariana laughs. "Right. Elena's pregnant." Evie puts a hand over her mouth. "So. We get rid of the baby-"

"And we get rid of them. When?"

"Elena should be farther along."

"Alright." We run back to the car. "She has to be compelled. He's using her anger as a trigger, or something."

"Mom, we have to focus on more important things! We have to get you and my little brother out of town!"

"No. We have to stay here. If Klaus finds out that we know," I inhale shakily, "he could kill all of us." She slumps in her seat. "What should we do?"

"Only half of her is compelled. The witch half is probably screaming-." My eyes go wide.

"He's had her compelled all along. Think about it, she appears out of thin air, your father's sister. Someone he can trust with his life." She looks up at me. "She's Klaus's secret weapon." I nod. "Mom, we have to tell Dad."

"We can't. If he questions what we're doing, he'll just storm in and start ripping hearts. We have to be careful about this. If we're not, people die."

"If we don't my baby brother dies."

"I won't let that happen. Like I said. We're going to stay on our toes." She nods then we grab some dinner.

"Mom?"

"Yeah sweetheart?"

"How did you know it was true love with Dad?" I smile then I think. "Well, when it's love, you do crazy things for each other. You don't care if you survive because you will as long as that other person lives. Sometimes love is complicated and you'll hate each other until you quiver, but your Dad and I... We always found a way to survive. Why do you ask?"

"I don't know."

"Are you having second thoughts about getting married so soon?" I pop a fry in my mouth.

"I guess so... But I want to get married, Mom. I just want to make sure it's with the right person." Evie explains.

"I think you might want to talk with your Dad about this. I wasn't around Christian those six years we were gone. He was. He was telling me earlier that he did a lot of bonding with Christian in those six years. That's the only reason he approved the marriage."

"But-"

"Honey."

"Mom, Dad doesn't know this stuff like you do." I laugh. "He knows this stuff better than I do. Hell, he's had more life experience than you and I put together." She sighs. "Ask him." She nods then we pay the check and head home.

Evie's POV

"Dad?"

"What's up?"

"Can I ask you something?" He nods then pats the couch. I sit down next to him. "So... I have a question."

"Ask me anything."

"Do you think it's the right choice to be with him?"

"Who? Christian?" I nod. "Evie-"

"Uh oh. Lecture time."

"When you were gone, Christian was probably the only person I could talk to about you. He knew parts of you that I'll never know, so I got to know those parts of you." I look down at my hands. "I just don't know what I want."

"I think he's good for you. You've known him for 14 years and you've never doubted this before. Why now?"

"I just don't know how you do it. You've committed yourself to the same woman for all of eternity. Literally, eternity. What if you get bored with Mom?"

"I never will. She's the love of my life. When you fall in love, you never fall out of love with that person. When your Mom dated Uncle Stefan-"

"Wait what?!?"

"Oh... Right. We never told you."

"Mom and Uncle Stefan?!?" I shiver. "Anyways, she knew it wasn't real. She figured out what she felt for me and she knew it was real."

"Daddy, I'm so confused."

"I know. But if you're in love with him, if this is real for you, you can't doubt it." I nod then I go upstairs. Christian looks up and smiles at me.

"Hey you."

"Hi." I sit down on the bed. He kisses me gently then I kick my shoes off. I look at him.

"I think we need to talk."