VIENNA--••--DS&SS

•• Chapter Sixty Seven ••

    Vivian sat against Stefan's motorcycle as they stopped off at the side of the road. She watched Stefan paced as he talked with Caroline and when he was done, he turned back to Vivian.
"They can help." He told her. "We're heading there next."

"Hmm." Vivian responded. Stefan raised a brow at her and waited for her to speak her mind.

"Would you take it...the cure I mean. Would you take it?"

"I don't know. Would you?"

"I don't know." She repeated. "Can I guess what you're thinking?"

"Sure." Stefan replied.

"I'm thinking that maybe you would take it. Aside of everything else, if there weren't so many things stopping you, you wouldn't hesitate. But knowing you, you're perfectly okay and content with living an entirety full of guilt." She said, "but you don't want that for Elena. I don't want that for her. Maybe I would take it too. But that would mean losing you. And Damon."

"How very insightful of you." Stefan says. "But you're mostly right."

Vivian scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Mostly." Sure."

"Let's go." Stefan says, nodding his head towards town. She gave him a sigh and together they got back on the bike and headed towards Tyler and Caroline.

—-

Vivian sat beside Caroline on one of the other chairs in the living room that heavily smelt of werewolf and liquor. She looked around the floor and took note of the scattered array of beer cans and wondered what kind of party happened.

"Hayley is the one that helped me break the sire-bond. She showed me what to do, how to help." Tyler explains. Vivian had no clue whom this Hayley chick the wolf was speaking of but she figured it was some friend of his and she would meet this girl soon enough.

"When she showed up here, I thought it was just coincidence. But it turns out she's been helping them, her friend Chris." Vivian and Stefan share a Quick Look at the familiar name.

"And she came to help us get the rest of them out from under Klaus."

Stefan looked towards Caroline and then back to Tyler. "So are you telling me that Chris isn't sired anymore?"

"That's exactly what he's telling you." Says Caroline.

"You mean the same Chris that was with Klaus when he got hold of Elena?" Vivian recalls.

—

Vivian was tired of being the rescuer. The helper. The mediator. She and Stefan went to get Elena. But her hallucinations were too bad and she got a hit on both of them. Then escaped just as they got a hold of her. Vivian groaned in irritation as she ejected the fire poker from her side. She watched as Stefan did the same and quickly called Damon. He was given instructions to talk her down. To get her back so they can explain to her what's happening to her. That they have a possible cure.

When Stefan got off the phone, he turned to her. "You okay?"

"Oh, I'm just dandy. You know..." she said, but her words trialed off. Her mind wandered. And to not so good places.

"Vivian—" Stefan says, She scoffed a laugh.

"It's okay. Really. It's the fact that you're right, you know?" He's the more likely out of the three of them to get her to understand. No matter how much she didn't like it.

"Yeah. But—"

"I know it's not him. At least...that's what I keep telling myself. It's her. But I could be him. I'm over it."

"You know it's not him" Stefan says, as they make their exit of the building. Surprisingly, no sign of Klaus or any of his hybrid minions anywhere.

"You're defending him?"

"I'm just saying." Stefan said, "you know how messed he was after the kiss? After he thought you were dead and never got to see you again?"

Viviana took in his words. It was always a rare moment for Stefan to defend his brother. Before, it was easy for him. But now, now it was pulling tooth and nail for him to do so. And when he did, it was something to think about. And something to maybe consider. But she needed something more than her brother's word.

"It amazes me, the way you two work. You hate each other, you defend each other. You almost kill each other, you won't let the other die." Vivian says, shaking her head as they finally reach his bike.

Stefan scoffed. "Doesn't mean anything." He says

"Oh, sure, Stefan. Right. I'll believe that. You want to know something else?" Vivian said, as she mounted onto the back of his bike.

"If something does happen, I won't hesitate to end the girl's life. It's what she'd want anyway."

"Sure." Stefan replied, "I won't stop you. But Damon might."Vivian raised her hand and slapped the back of his head, while he laughs.

"Shut up." She muttered.

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Really short chapter and I apologize!
But another one will be out shortly and just an fyi, regarding the story, and thanks to a commenter's suggestion, there will be no Damon/ Elena sier bond....

However, there will a new Vivian story line so it will stray a little from the show depending on the episodes.

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