above and beyond -Damon Salvatore

Elena

I woke up next to Damon; still dressed.
It felt great waking up next to him again. Carefully I got up and downstairs where Stefan sat already, drinking some coffee.
"Morning." he greeted.
"Hey, Stef. Normal you again?"
"Not really." He said and got up from the table.
"Fine. I use your shower, okay?" I took my bags and followed him.
"Why? You can use Damon's now that you are "back to normal" again." He rolled his eyes as he said this.
"Have you listened to us?" I asked indignant.
He shrugged and I entered his room, going straight to the bathroom.
After I took a shower and had changed I took my car keys and drove off.
I had decided that it would be the best to talk to Ric first.

I knocked and Elena opened.
I couldn't held back a sigh. "Elena."
"Cal. I was just about to leave." She said snippy and rushed past me.

"Five minutes back in town and already fighting?!" Ric teased after she had left.
"Yep." I looked around. The apartment looked like a gym/ photo studio; A huge box bag and some stakes in one corner and hundreds of photos in the other.
"Wow. What happened?" I asked dumbfounded.
"Haha, Elena need some training, so she can fight."
"Against who?"
"Vampires."
I rolled my eyes and walked over to the photos;
"And this?" I pointed to the photos.
"The cave. We still try to decipher the whole thing." He said and looked at them.
"Hm. Sounds like fun. What else is going on?"
"Well, We'll kill Klaus."
"With Mikael, right?!" The fear made my voice tremble.
"What is your problem with Mikael?" Ric sat down and I sat down beside him.
"He killed Juliette."
Ric breathed in sharply.
"Oh."
I nodded.
"So, how are you going to kill him?" I changed subject.
"Rebekah and Stef will tell him that Mikael is dead and Klaus will demand a proof."
"So he'll come here and Mikael will kill him." I discovered.
Ric nodded and took a zip from his coffee.
I felt how disquiet spread out inside of me and realised that I was worried about Klaus.
I didn't want him to die.
I shook my head slightly and tried to focus on something else:
"What is going on between Damon and Elena?"
"Well...", Ric took a deep breath, "You and Stefan were pretty much gone and so.. They helped each other deal with this situation.. And somehow.. Feelings grow. More by Elena than by Damon.., but still." Ric sounded concerned.
I nodded. I was so shocked. Didn't Damon just said that everything is normal again? How could their feelings for each other be normal? They weren't! How could she?!
The raging fury build up inside of me as I began to cry: "HOW COULD SHE DO THAT? JUST CAUSE HER BOYFRIEND HAS SOME PROBLEMS SHE TAKES MINE? OH, SHE IS SO MUCH LIKE KATHERINE! THAT BITCH!"
Fear was out on his face.
"Callie. Don't. She never wanted these feelings!"
"She can try to explain it to me herself!" I said and grabbed my keys, stormed out the door and rushed over to our house.

I flung open the door. Jeremy stared at me aghast and tried to follow me upstairs but I shook my head and so he stayed downstairs.
I raced inside her room; She was sitting at her window and looked up as I entered.
"Ca-" she started but I already grabbed her by her throat and pushed her against the wall.
"I was going through hell to safe you and make everything alright again! I went through hell, as well as Stefan did! And you? You just comfort over with MY boyfriend?!" Tears ran down my cheek.
She shook her head to deny my accusations but I didn't let her.
"Don't" I yelled at her.
She shook her head again.
"Answer me, Elena. How could you do that to me?"
I dropped her as more tears were running down my cheeks.
Elean catched her breath and got up.
"I never planned this!" She shouted.
"But you still let him get to you!" I cried.
"I am sorry, Callie. I love you, you are my sister!" She sounded exhausted and guilty.
"That's nice Elena, but if you would have loved me, you wouldn't fell for my boyfriend and let the whole wide world know that." I said and got up, still in tears.
I turned to the door to find Jeremy staring at us in disbelieve.
"Elena? Is- Is that true?" He stammered in horror.
"Jer, it's not-" Elena started soothing but Jer shook his head angrily:
"Answer me! Is that true?" He yelled.
"Yes." She said and looked down.
"How can you be like that? How could you change so much?" He asked stunned.
Elena shook her head desperatly and started to cry but Jer just left.
I stared at her for some seconds and left as well.


Jer was downstairs drinking a beer, I joined him.
"Callie. I had no idea. Otherwise I would have prevented it! I swear!"
"I know, Jer. She wouldn't have told you anyway."
Silence.We just sat there in complete silence, although I still could hear Elena crying upstairs.
The front door openen and closed; Alaric.
"What happened?" He looked worried.
I couldn't answer, I knew that I would cry again.
"Callie talked to her and..", Jer took a deep breath, " She has admitted it."
"Jeremy, I can imagine what you're thinking now, but she never wanted that!" Ric tried to explain.
"You defend her?!" Jer yelled.
"Yes."
"Why? She already tried to explain to us, but I can't accept that!"
I saw how dissapointed Jeremy was.
The front door opened and closed again, this time it was Damon who entered.
"What's going on?!" He asked and looked at us.
Jer got up and I saw his rage exploding.
"WHAT'S GOING ON? SERIOUSLY? HOW CAN YOU EVEN ASK THIS? YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON! I ALMOST LOST CALLIE BECAUSE SHE TRIED TO CLEAR THIS MESS UP; AND YOU FELL FOR ELENA?!"
Jer took two big steps towards Damon and pulled out a wooden stake.
"GO TO HELL!" He pushed it into Damons chest but missed his heart.
I gasped for air and Damon crushed onto the coffee table.
He got up again, pulled the stake out and rushed over to Jer.
Ric stepped in his way and the wooden stake that should hit Jer, hit Ric in his shoulder.
He went down in pain and we all stormed towards him.
"Ric!" Jer yelled.
"Omg." I said stunned.
"Sorry, Ric. I am sorry." Damon excused quickly.
When I looked up, I saw Elena standing on the stairs.
"Look what you've done." I said cold and turned back to Ric.
I saw Elena shook her head in the corner of my eye.
The door clicked and she started the car.
"Bonnie." I heard her mumble.
Vampire hearing is so cool, I thought before I concentrated on Ric again.
"Okay, he need to drink some blood."
"No." Ric cought.
"Yes." Damon decided.
I nodded and bit my wrist and forced him to drink.
"Babysitter time." Damon turned to Jer, "Keep an eye on vampireblood- Ric until it's out of his system."
Jer grinned and got up.
I followed him into the kitchen while Damon placed Ric on the sofa.
"What are you doing with Damon?" Jer whispered.
"I wont stake him." I grinned.
"Fine. But you'll talk to him."
I rolled my eyes, turned around and crushed into a cold hard chest.
"Damon." I said harsh, "Let's talk."

I pulled him out through the back door and stopped near the forest.
"Callie, I am-"
"No."
"Cal!"
"No. Just tell me; what do you feel for Elena?"
"She means a lot to me."
"And do you love her?" I was scared to hear the answer.
"I don't know. Maybe. But still, it will always be you." He said and came closer.
"Damon. You said that we can go back to normal but this.. This isn't normal."
He looked down. Looked at me.
"Callie. We are going back to normal. You are the one to me. Elena can go to hell. I just love you."
His eyes were soft, loving and passionately; Just like they used to be when he had looked at me.
I took one step closer, put on tiptoe and kissed him.
He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me closer.
It felt so good but there was still this little voice inside my head:
"What if he loves her? He'll never be just yours."
I shivered but still kissed him greedy.

"So, Homecoming tonight, huh?" I asked after I had broke away from the kiss.
"Yep. And Klaus will die, finally." He grined and I felt that something inside of me was brewing.
"Is everything okay?" Damon looked concerned.
"Yes, it's just- I am worried. What if your plan fails?" I said quickly. It was true, I was worried cause of Damon.. and Klaus.
He smiled and took my hand, as we strolled back to the house: "Everything will be fine. We have our magic weapon; Mikael." He winked." And I have a plan B, just in case."
"And?" I inquired curious.
"Secret." He sent me a dirty grin and pointed to his ear and then to the house.
I nodded.
We entered the house through the backdoor and spotted Ric at the sofa.
"How do you feel, Ric?"
"Good. And what are you two doing now?" Ric asked as Jer entered and joined us.
"Back to the boarding house." Damon decided.
"Okay, see you later." Jer waved goodbye but before we could leave the house, Bonnie and Elena entered.
"Bonnie." I greeted, ignoring Elena.
Suddenly pain cut through my head and I broke down.
Through the blur of pain I saw Damon break down as well.
"BONNIE! STOP!" Jer screamed from behind us.
"Why? Look how they act around Elena!" She yelled.
"They have their reasons." Jer said slowly and looked down.
Now the pain stopped.
"What?" She turned around to Jer.
I forced myself to get up.
"Yes," he took a deep breath, "Elena kissed Damon."
Her angry expression disappeared.
At once she looked desperate.
She turned on her heel slowly. When she started to speak her voice was raspy and quiet: "Is that true?"
Elena was shaking.
"Yes." Her voice, full of sorrow, was trembling.
Bonnie looked around, while she smiled desperately.
"I didn't know what to say, Bonnie." Elena said apologetic.
"You said enough." Bonnie walked straight over to the door.
"Bye bye, BonBon." I signed off sarcastically.
She stopped and rushed back to Elena.
"You know, Elena; I planned to leave it and be a good friend. But this," she looked around, "this doesn't deserve my reservation!"
I felt how Ric got tense.
"Elena, my gosh! Have you even told Stefan? No? Of course you didn't! Scared to face him?" The air got crisp and the door swung close.
"Caroline asked you just weeks ago if you exchange the brothers somehow and you said no. NO, Elena! You said no! Callie isn't my best friend, cause that supposed to be you, but she doesn't deserve something like this!
We all have been going through hell just to save you!
Callie gave you everything, even after she was totally down, and you? You took it all from her and get along with Damon?" Bonnie yelled at her. I saw how her eyes turned watery.
Elena tried to retort something but Bonnie didn't gave her a chance to.
"About a year ago Elena we sat right there," she pointed to the couch were Ric and Damon sat with surprised expressions, "and you told me how Damon fixes Callie. That they always will be together. Had you ever thought about this during the last days?"
Elena looked down. She hadn't. I felt hurt.
"Elena, I'm desperate.", now Bonnie's voice was normal and calmer, "The last weeks were rough for you. But we've been there for you! And however you turned somehow in a second Katherine."
Tears were streaming down Bonnie's face.
Elena still looked down onto her feet.
"I'm finished here." Bonnie said emotionless, turned to the door and left.

Silence. Silence cut through the air. Silence.

I listened to the heartbeats. Ric and Jer were calm.
But Elena's heartbeat was fast and irregular.
I looked at her;
Her complexion was pale and looked used up and blank.
Her lips were pressed together to a fine line.
She was shaking.
Her hands were tense. So tense, the knuckles jut out white.
Elena lifted her head and looked around.
She met my eyes. Her eyes, normally glowing with this sparkle, were blank.
I stared at her until she looked away.

Suddenly a sports car reached the driveway.
I breathed in sharply.
I felt how Damon got tense.
The door opened and he entered.
He noticed Ric and raised an eyebrow.
"Who tried to kill you this time?"
"Damon." Ric lied smoothly and grinned.
I looked at him. Did he believed it.
"Why?" I heard how Elena's heartbeat trembled for a second.
"Ah, he pissed me off." Damon answered quickly and looked at me.
I nodded.
"Let's go, Stefan."
He shrugged and went over to the door. When we were already at the porch Stefan turned to Damon.
"Isn't Elena coming?"
I rolled my eyes.
"ELENA!" I shouted.
She trembled outside and into her SUV.
Stefan drove off with his car.
"Are you going to tell him?" Elena whispered anxiously.
"No." I gave her a dirty grin, "That will be your wonderful job."
She shivered.
Damon chuckled. "Sounds like fun."
We reached the boarding house right behind Stefan who was already inside. Elena followed him.
I went after her but Damon stopped me.
He pulled me into the woods. After some meters we stopped.
"What are we doing here?"
"I have a surprise."
I giggled. "Not now Damon."
"You naught little thing." A feminine voice sang off.
I looked around and spotted the leather jacket and her bouncy curls before anything else.
"Kat!" In a heartbeat I was next to her and pulled her into a hug.
"You're back." A single tear rolled down my cheek.
"I needed you." I whispered and she nodded.
"So what are you doing here, Kat?" I asked and looked from her to Damon.
"She's our plan B for tonight." Damon said and smirked.
Katherine turned around and looked at him: "Ah come on, Damon! You missed me." She said and winked.
"Just because my girlfriend likes you it doesn't mean that I'll do again." He said and looked at her with arrogance.
I sighed. "That will be a long night."