Alina's Past Lives.

A Burning Regret.

I looked down at Jenna's sleeping form. Her eyes were still red and puffy; her make-up had smudged and her hair had matted to her head where the tears had run. I quietly slipped out of the room and slowly made my way down the stairs. I hadn't had any sleep at all last night as I'd spent it comforting Jenna. "Is she okay?" Alaric asked as soon as I reached the bottom of the stairs. "Are you seriously asking me that questioned right now?" I questioned as I ran a hand through my hair before letting out a sigh. "She spent the whole night crying. She won't leave her room and only got to sleep twenty minutes ago. How do you think she's doing?" I asked rather harshly. "We need to fix this." Rick exclaimed. "Ya think?" I replied sarcastically. Just then a door opened and Jenna came bounding down. She'd wiped the make-up of her face and pulled her hair back but her eyes were still bright red. She had a bag slung over her shoulder and she practically ran to the door. "I don't want you here Rick. I want you to go." She spat. "Jenna look I can't begin to imagine how you're feeling right now." "Rage and betrayal would pretty much cover it." She replied. "Where are you going?" Elena asked. "I'm going to stay on campus." She answered as she pulled open the door. "I have a thesis to write and I don't want to be in this house." She explained. "Jenna please!" Alaric begged. "Just let us explain." Elena begged. "Lina, I need you to go to the Lockwood's today and accept the historical check for your mom's foundation." She said ignoring both Rick and Elena I nodded as I sent her a reassuring smile. "Jenna please, just let us-" Elena tried. "I don't have it in me to hear anymore lies from you two." She hissed. "You can't just leave." Elena argued. "Just let her go." I said firmly. "She needs time to clear her head." Elena gaped at me while Jenna smiled weakly before shutting the door behind her "Listen to Lina." We all turned to glare at John who walked through the kitchen. "It's best that she not be here with everything going on but maybe had you been a little more honest with her," He stared staring at Rick. "From the beginning this wouldn't have happened." He couldn't get another word out as Rick's hand shot forward connecting with his face. Elena gasped while I smirked as we watched John fall to the ground "Sorry Elena, Lina." Rick said as he walked out the door. I burst out laughing then as John struggled to his feet cradling his bloody nose. "Karma's a bitch isn't it?" Elena laughed then. "You know this is all your fault right?" She asked. "Right." He nodded as me and Elena walked up the stairs. I followed her to her room and flopped down on the bed while she started to pace. "Okay well you need to find him, talk to him compel him if you have too." My eyes snapped open as Stefan walked in to the room talking on the phone. Elena stopped pacing and raised her eyebrow in question. "Caroline told Matt she's a vampire and he's freaking out." He explained as he put his phone back in his pocket. I winced as me and Elena shared a look. "You do realize that's kind of our fault?" I asked as I gestured between the two of us. She nodded sadly while Stefan looked at us in confusion but didn't say anything. "This is bad." Elena muttered. "Between Isobel and Jenna and now Matt this is disaster bad." "Yeah," Stefan mumbled while I nodded. "Elena, Alina can you come downstairs please?" I groaned as John appeared in the doorway. "You really can't take the hint can you? When people avoid you it's generally because they don't want to talk to you." I stated. "We have nothing to say to you." Elena added as she crossed her arms across her chest. "Please, it's important. You too Stefan." He replied. We all raised our eyebrows at each other before slowly making our way down the stairs. As soon as we reached the bottom of the stairs me and Elena froze as we looked at Isobel. "I asked John for a do-over." "You invited her in?" Elena shrieked at John. "She has information about Klaus." He stated. "Please just listen to her." He added. "Alright, what do you know?" Stefan asked stepping forward. "Since I was last here I've been doing everything I possibly can to find Klaus." Isobel started. "We knew our best chance was to find him before he could find either of you." Isobel explained. "Best chance? Chance of what?" Stefan questioned. "Keeping Elena and Alina alive." John answered. "You don't get to talk okay, not after everything you've done." I hissed. "Where you able to find Klaus?" Stefan inquired. "No. No one knows where he is. But there are these rumors flying around that a doppelganger exists." Isobel replied. "Which mean any vampire that wants to get in favor with Klaus will be lining up to capture either of you." John added. "I'm not buying any of this." Elena spat. "The last time you were here you made it perfectly clear that you didn't give a damn about me and now all of a sudden I'm supposed to believe you want to help." Elena argued. "Isobel's been helping all along." John defended. "Klaus has been obsessed with finding Katherine for centuries all it would take for one of those 1864 tomb vampires to spread the word around that Katherine was still alive and it would bring him straight here to Mystic Falls where you were bound to be discovered. So we killed them." John explained. "And almost killed Stefan and Damon in the process." Elena snarled. "You're getting nowhere with us so why don't you just leave." I said in a cold tone. "I have a safe house I can take you to." Isobel blurted. "The deed is in your names and no vampire can get in without your permission. Not even me. Let me help you." Isobel almost begged. "You wanna help?" I questioned as I took a step towards Isobel. "Then get the hell out of my house!"