The Vampire Diaries(BxB)

2: The Dream And Masquerade

I'm at home, laying on my stomach, with my body at the edge of the bed, and my feet up, the left over the right, reading my Psychology book. "Ethan, breakfast!" Stefan yells from downstairs, as I smile, and put my feet down, and close my book, and get out of bed, mine and Stefan's bed. We're married now. We killed Alex, and somehow Stefan is human. I run downstairs, and see him pouring coffee. "Good morning." He says, kissing me, and hands me the coffee, as I smile, taking it. "Thank you. You're the best." I say, closing my eyes, and sip it, and open my eyes, and see it's not Stefan, but a man in a suit and tie. "I know." He says, and I wake up, gasping, as I'm in the front seat of Jenna's car, and Matt's driving, as he's looking at me. "You okay?" He asks, and I nod. We arrive home, walking through the front door, slowly. "Easy.. grab the door, Jeremy." Matt says. "Stop fussing, I'm fine." Jenna says. "The Doctor said that you have to take it easy." I say, as I'm carrying flowers. "Yeah, you don't wanna rip the stitches, Hemorrhage, and die, all right?" Jeremy asks. "Yeah, the only thing I'm gonna die from is embarrassment." She says. "No.." Matt says. "I, walked, into a knife. How does somebody do that?" She asks. "With the correct Velocity and Accuracy.." I say, as they all look at me. "Sorry. Uh.. it was just a freak accident." I say, as we're slowly walking to the couch. "Yeah, it happens." Jeremy says. "Yeah. I mean, I've done it, like, twenty times at the Grill." Matt says, and she laughs, and I walk around them, laughing. "Ok, I'm being nice. All right, easy.." Matt says, as he and I help her onto the couch. "What should I do with this bag?" Matt asks, holding up a big paper bag. "I got it." I say, taking it with my right hand, and walk into the kitchen, and Jeremy follows. "So what are we gonna do?" He asks, as I set the bag and flowers on the counter. "Make Lunch." I say. "About Alex." He says. "We're not going to do anything, Jeremy." I say. "He tried to kill Jenna. We can't let him get away with that." He says. "Yes, we can. If it keeps us safe, then we can." I say, nodding. "What if he tries something else?" He asks. "He won't." I say, and notice he's has his arms crossed. "Alex hurt Jenna because I didn't do what he said. Well, I'm doing it now. Stefan and I are over. He wins. The end." I say, taking the Chinese food out of the bag. "You're being naive and you know it." He says, beginning to walk off. "Where are you going?" I ask, as he looks at me. "Out." He says to me, and turns to the Living Room. "I'll be back!" He exclaims, and walks off. I'm walking with Matt. "You know, you're welcome to hang out. Alaric's coming over. It's gonna be Pizza and bad TV." I say, smiling. "I'd love to but I'm going to the Masquerade Party at the Lockwood's. Aren't you?" He asks. "Uh, no. I wanted to, but not with what's going on with me and Stefan." I say. "I've got to go. There's something I've got to do." He says. "What?" I ask. "Just something. I can't talk about it. But I've gotta go." He says. "Uh.. ok. Well, have fun. Drink some Champagne for me." I say. "Yeah, me in a suit." He says. "You look good in a suit." I say, and we both smile. "Stefan and you will work it out." He says, and I look down. "I don't think so, Matt." I say, and look back up at him. "There's so much about me and Stefan that will never work." I say, shaking my head, and he walks over to me, as I smile. "You know I'm here for you. Always." He says, shaking his head, and I put my arms around his neck, and his hands on my waist, hugging him. It's nighttime, as I'm on the couch with Jenna, as she's trying to sit up. "I feel like an Invalid." She says, and I lightly push her down, and open the Pizza box. "That's because you are an Invalid." I say, looking at the big slices, and take one out with my left hand, and put it on a plate. "He already left for the Lockwood Party." She says, as I look at her, and look behind me at Alaric, texting, and look forward. "He went to that?" I ask. "I'm glad. He needs to have more fun. Lose some of that Emo." She says, as I rub my rub my hands on my pants, and look at her, and behind me to see Alaric, and back to her. "I'm gonna get some napkins." I say, and get up, and walk into the kitchen, in front of Alaric, as he looks at me. "What's going on?" I ask. "What do you mean?" He asks. "I haven't heard from anyone all day. It's like everyone's been avoiding me. And now Jeremy's supposedly at the Party? Oh, and I had a dream in the car where I was married to Stefan after we killed Alex. I sip my coffee, with my eyes closed. And it turns out to be not Stefan, but some guy in a suit. Jeremy hates stuff like that." I say. "I don't know what to tell you, Ethan. And you've never seen the guy before?" He asks. "No, I haven't." I say, and his phone vibrates, as I reach for it with my right hand, and he picks it up with his left, and puts it in his back pocket. "So then you'll be okay if I take a shower, change, and head out, and try and meet up with everyone?"  I ask, about to walk off, and he stops me. "Wait. Wait. Wait." He says, and I cross my arms. "What are you hiding, Ric?" I ask. "Stefan asked me to keep an eye on you, just in case Alex showed up while he was at the Party." He says. "So Stefan's at the Party, too?" I ask, and he sighs. "He would never go to the Party for himself. He did that stuff for me." I say. "Just let this one go. Ok, Ethan?" He asks. I'm at the mirror, looking at Jenna and Alaric. "Hi, guys. I'm gonna go to bed. You good over there?" I ask, looking at them. "Goodnight." Jenna says, smiling. "Goodnight. Be careful, don't drink too much wine." I say, and Jenna falls asleep. "Ethan, what did you do?" Alaric asks, walking over to me. "Sorry, Ric." I say, and he falls on the floor, asleep. I run upstairs to take a shower and change. I'm looking in the mirror and my black formal long sleeve, leather jacket, black shoes, black pants, and silver tie. I pick up my black and gold mask. The left side black, and the right side gold, and walk downstairs, and grab Jenna's car keys, and open the door, and walk out, and close the door. I'm behind a bush, and see Jeremy texting, and I grab his right arm, and he gasps, and looks at me. "What the fuck is going on?" I ask. "Alex?" He asks, and I take my mask off. "Oh, my God." He says. "What is it, Jeremy?" I ask. "You guys are wearing the exact same outfit." He says. "Uh, oh." I say. Mark meets up with us. "We're trying to kill Alex." Mark says. "You guys are trying to kill him here?" I ask. "We saw an opportunity, and we knew we had to take it." He says. "Ok. Stop with the, we. Are you guys crazy? You could get yourselves killed." I say. "We know what we're doing, Ethan." Mark says. "And how am I supposed to feel if one of you guys gets hurt because of me?" I ask. "It's not just you anymore, Ethan. He's messed with all of us. He has to be stopped." Jeremy says, and I sigh, and Mark nods, and I feel a pain in my back, and scream, and gasp, almost falling, and Jeremy catches me. "Ethan!" He exclaims. "What is it?!" Mark exclaims. "Ethan!" Jeremy exclaims. "Oh, God!" I exclaim. "What is it?!" Mark exclaims, and I scream louder. "What's happening?!" Jeremy exclaims, as I hold my back, and my right arm starts bleeding, and I scream louder, looking at it. "What's going on?!" Jeremy exclaims. "Jeremy, it's Alex!" Mark exclaims, as I look at him. "He's linked to Alex! Get them to stop, now!" Mark yells, and Jeremy runs off, and I feel another pain in my back, and scream, and begin choking, and it stops. A cut appears in my right hand, and I scream, as Mark touches my hand. "Mark, it hurts!" I exclaim. "I can't brake the spell, Ethan. I'm sorry." He says, shaking his head. "But I can try to take some of the pain away. Ok?" He asks, and I nod, crying. "Ok? Ok. Ascinda, Mulaf, Hinto, Ascinda." He begins chanting. "Are you okay?" Jeremy asks, as I look at him. "Are they?" I ask, and he looks behind him real quick, and back to me. "They're stuck in there with him." He says, and turns to Mark. "You were right. Alex had a Witch link Ethan to him." He says. "The girl I saw. The one inside." He says, and lets my hand go. "Stay with him. Keep pressure on his shoulder." Mark says, about to run off. "Where are you going?" Jeremy asks. "There's a Witch here, I'm gonna find her." Mark says, and runs off, as I groan more, and he takes off his ring. "Take this." He says. "No. No. Jeremy.." I say. "Ethan, listen. Listen to me. You need this more than I do." He says. "No, Jeremy. What I need is for you to be safe." I say, as he touches the left side of my face. I'm looking out at the water, on top of a hill. "Ethan." Stefan says, and I turn around, and look at him, as he's jogging to me. "I'm okay. I'm okay. Mark took away the pain, and I think I'm healing." I say. "I know. But I think you should definitely see a Doctor anyway." He says, and I nod. "I will. I heard about Alex. Is it true? Is he really gone?" I ask, and he smiles, nodding. "Yep." He says, and I sigh, and he touches both sides of my face. "I was so worried about you." He says. "Stefan." I say, as he puts his hands down. "I.." I say, and look down, and back up to him. "Alex being gone doesn't change anything for you, does it?" He asks. "I want to be with you, Stefan, you know that. I even had a dream in the car that we were married, and you called me down for breakfast. And you said good morning, and kissed me, and handed me coffee. It was bliss. Alex was dead and you were human." I say, and he nods. "But first I need to wake up and know the people that I love are safe. I need to feel safe." I say, and nod. "Do you understand?" I ask, and he nods. "Yeah. Yeah. I. I understand." He says, and I look down, and sigh, and look back up at him. "Alaric should be awake in the morning. I had to sneak out by drugging their wine. Jenna's out like a light." I say. "Wow." He says, giving a small smile. "There's also something else you should know about the dream." I say. "What is it?" He asks. "I closed my eyes while I sipped my coffee, and I opened them, and it wasn't you standing there. It was some guy in a suit." I say. "A suit?" He asks, as I take my jacket and tie off. "Yeah. I have no idea who he was." I say. "Hm. I'll take those for you." He says, taking the jacket and tie. "Thank you." I say, giving a small smile, and walk off. I'm walking to my car, on the phone with Jeremy. "Yeah, Jeremy, I've got my car. Tell Mark that whatever he did, I'm starting to feel better." I say, nodding. "You sure?" He asks. "Yeah. You can drive him home. I'm just going to go straight to bed." I say. "Drive home safe." He says. "Ok." I say, and hang up, and feel someone behind me, and turn around, and see someone in a mask, and turn around, about to run, as they grab me. "No!" I exclaim, as they cover my mouth.