Love Bites

5. You're Undead to Me

Down in the dark cellar of the Salvatore Boarding House, the older Salvatore brother was chained up and discarded in a room with vervain. Having heard footsteps, Damon looked up and asked in a raspy voice,"Where is my ring?"

Stefan, standing outside of the door,looking into the cellar from an open slot, had his arms crossed as he replied nonchalantly without a single care in the world,"Won't be needing it anymore."

Damon groaned in pain as his head lulled back down to the ground,"How long have I been here?" His voice was cracking, signifying his thirst.

Stefan answered without a a second to spare,"Three days."

Damon groaned in agony, what was two days felt like two years thanks to his hunger." What are you doing?" He asked. Head sagging down, due to him not having any strength left.

Stefan did hesitate to speak,his eyes never leaving the degenerating form of his elder brother," During the dark ages when a vampire's actions threatened to expose or bring harm upon the entire race, they would face judgment. They sought to reeducate them rather than to punish them."

Damon mentally rolled his  eyes. He sighed and replied in an exhausted tone,"You know what will happen if I don't...feed on blood." He was trying to guilt trip Stefan."You think  I'm gone Rose won't ask questions?"

Stefan ignored him and spoke  a tone of confidence," You'll grow weaker and weaker. Eventually you won't be able to move or speak. In a week your skin will desiccate, and you'll mummify. A living corpse. Unable to hurt anyone. Ever." He paused to think and he added so quietly that it sounded like a whisper to human ears," Rose will eventually forget about you Damon, so you shouldn't worry about her thoughts or feelings."

Damon resisted the urge to scoff, yet he could barely retain his desire to growl at Stefan for mentioning Rose. Rose so far cared more for him than his own flesh and blood."So what, you're just going to leave me in the basement, forever?" He asked sarcastically, almost smiling in bitterness .

Stefan mentally rolled his eyes at his brothers melodramatic antics." I've injected you with enough vervain to keep you weak. Once your circulation stops, I'll move you to the family crypt, and then in 50 years, we can reevaluate." 'After Rose lives out her life', Stefan added mentally. He loved Rose more than anything,but when the time comes he would let her move on and live her life, because no matter how much it hurt Stefan, the truth was they couldn't have a domestic future together. And Stefan loved her  much to take her mortality away from her.

Damon glared at his stupid little brother," I'm stronger than you think."

Stefan held a nonchalant demeanor," You always have been. But you're not stronger than the vervain. And we both know it. I'm sorry. Didn't have to be this way."

As Stefan turned to walk  away, Damon opened his lips and his words echoed across the cellar, effectively stopped Stefan in his tracks." We both know Rose won't stop til she knows the truth and when she finds  she will not want to be anywhere near you and she'll come to me like the old days."

Stefan clenched his fists in anger,"Goodbye Damon."

Gilbert Residence

"Morning Aunty!!" Rose hollered cheerily as she walked up to the fridge,looking for her can of Coke  and a bag of trail mix, munching on some green seedless grapes as she rummaged through the shelves.

Jenna smiled Rose and leaned against the counter,"Well look whose all bright eyed and bushy tailed today!!" Jenna wiggled her eyebrows  suggestively while she cup her mouth and whispered playfully," Did you finally do the dirty with Stefan?"