If only, Damon Salvatore

137. KEEP THEM SAFE

Chapter one hundred and thirty seven

"Keep them safe."

Beatrix had been the one to bring the girls home seeing as Alaric said he had something to do, but the next morning they were invited to Christmas dinner at the Salvatore boarding house hosted by Caroline, as they arrived, Beatrix knocked on the door "Beatrix, are you sure you wanna do this? I mean we can spend it with just us four." Alaric shared, as the door opened "hi, guys!" Caroline voiced "merry Christmas!' Josie and Sabrina voiced, as they walked in, Beatrix and Alaric followed them in, taking their jackets off "I'm afraid we're not gonna be able to stay very long." Alaric shared.

"What? Why?" Caroline asked "it's just with everything that's happened we were rethinking a group Christmas. Or Christmas all together even." Beatrix shared, as they walked into the living room "Beatrix.." Caroline told her "hey, I thought I heard you two." Stefan shared, and when he did, Beatrix moved Josie and Sabrina behind her "no, Beatrix, it's..it's okay." Caroline told her, but a she did, the front door opened and as they all walked to it, Damon walked in with Sybil, as Beatrix's eyes went wide "ho, ho, ho!" Damon voiced, as Josie and Sabrina clung to Beatrix "merry Christmas, Ric." Damon shared.

"I killed you." Alaric said to Damon "and I killed you." Beatrix said to Sybil "you what!" Caroline voiced "he deserved it." Alaric said "she and her sister deserved it." Beatrix shared "yeah, he and Matt took a whack at me. They even buried me. I can't tell you how hard it was to get all of that dirt out." Damon shared, chuckling "I know. I know. Christmas just got merry." he shared, as Sybil smirked at Beatrix, Beatrix's eyes glowed red, as Caroline's eyes went wide "ok! Ha ha!" she voiced, covering Beatrix's eyes, she looked to Josie and Sabrina "Ric, why don't you go upstairs and read the girls a couple of books?" she asked.

"But mommy tells the best stories!" Josie voiced "yeah!" Sabrina voiced "well, mommy needs a little best friend time right now." Caroline shared, as she looked at Alaric with raised brows "come on, girls." Alaric told them, grabbing their hands he began walking them off while Caroline walked Beatrix to the kitchen, keeping her eyes covered until the two got in there "and by best friend time. I mean a drink and for you to fix your eyes!" Caroline voiced, grabbing the bottle of bourbon and handing it to her, Beatrix grabbed it "the eyes aren't even the worst of it Caroline." she shared, drinking from the bottle "then talk to me." Caroline told her, as Beatrix shook her head "no." she told her, turning and walking out of the kitchen with the bottle.

And as she walked down the hallway and passed the living room, Damon looked to her "you don't have to hide those kids, you know? I'm honoring the deal. We work for Cade. Munchkins go on harmed." Damon shared, as Beatrix downed the bottle "my sister kidnapped them. I saved them from a life of serving Cade when I cosigned Damon's plan." Sybil shared, as Beatrix felt her anger boiling as she glared at her "I saved them! What your supposed to be is a burn corpse with her throat ripped out!" she voiced, her eyes glowing red, as Stefan stepped in front of her "stop. Stop." he told her.

But when he did, Beatrix turned and walked away from him "Beatrix!" Stefan called out, following after her, Damon got up and followed them, where Beatrix headed upstairs into Stefan's room, as she drank from the bottle again, Stefan walked up to her "would you just stop and talk to me." he told her, putting his hand on her shoulder and making her face him, Beatrix turned and stabbed him in the heart with the bottle of bourbon that had been cracked, as Stefan grunted as he fell to the floor, Damon was standing there, as the two watched Stefan's body desiccate.

"Cade did tell me you would be watching over us. But I didn't expect for you to be the one to kill Stefan. Matter a fact I wanted to." Damon shared, as Beatrix looked up at him her eyes were red "I know what him and Caroline are trying to do. Bring back all my feelings. But I'm a monster." she shared, bending down and pulling the broken bottle of bourbon out of his chest "and I need more bourbon." she shared, standing up and walking past him and down the stairs, where for Damon something about her and bourbon and her calling herself a monster felt so familiar yet he couldn't quite understand why, as he turned walking himself out.