Everything had happened so fast that I barely had time to react let alone do anything. I probably should have been thankful and proud that my little brother was coming to the rescue for me but instead I was angry, so angry. " DAMON!" I shouted, without thinking at all, it still had processed in my brain in the few seconds that passed so I pulled myself up off of the hard ground floor and ran towards my brothers. Stefan held Damon by the throat as he looked away from him as he warned me "stay back, he'll just attack" I shook my head unable to believe that Stefan would actually think that Damon would attack me, me of all people. Didn't Stefan know our brother at all. "NO! STOP, YOU'RE HURTING HIM" I screamed at Stefan but he ignored all of my protests even as I lunged forwards trying to pry his arms away from Damon but he had shrugged throwing me off a little. Stefan's voice sounded hurt and bitter as he said "how could you, how could you Damon? She's our sister! Doesn't that mean anything to you" I faintly heard a whimper come from Damon's throat and I had, had enough of Stefan acting like a brute so I gathering up enough strength as I charged at Stefan pulling both of us down to the ground to the side of Damon. I must have caught Stefan off guard because he just gave me an annoyed look but I looked up to Damon and gave him an awkward smile as he brought his hands up to around his throat as he caught his breath.
Standing up I looked at Stefan is disgust. I shook my head, unable to believe what was happening, and what Stefan had done. I should have given him points for playing the protective brother but had he such little faith in our older brother. I scowled at Stefan and then brought my hand up and slapped his face hard and moved over to Damon. I didn't even stay to look at Stefan for his reaction because I didn't want to know. "Dee are you okay" He gave half a smirk as he joked "Takes a lot more than that - he's done worse to me" there was a pause as he looked over at Stefan for a moment before telling me "our brother seems to think even less of me now" and he almost grinned at himself as if that was a good thing. I rolled my eyes, it would be like Damon to just try and joke the rough side of things off. "He would have drained you dry Aubrey, he was going to bite you and would have ripped your head off" Stefan said as he avoided eye contact with Damon but looked straight at me. I scoffed. "So that's it" I laughed. "You have such little faith of Dee you thought he would kill his own sister" I wanted to laugh at that sentence I had spoken, never did I ever think I would saying anything like that, ever.
I looked back at Damon for a split second but he seemed unfazed. I had to wonder what had happened to the pair of them for them to be this way with one another because I know I hadn't wanted this for them, not when I was willing to forfeit my life for them. "He would never attack me, like that. We were hugging, embracing you know what brother and sister do occasionally! Geez Stefan you are out of control" I said dripping with remorse rather than anger or annoyance at my little brother. Right now in this moment I was just disappointed in Stefan not angry as much. I folded my arms across my chest as I eyed Damon and then Stefan again. I rolled my eyes and swatted Damon across the arm in a playful - not aggressive manner. "What happened to your promise to me, couldn't even last five minutes as I recall" I said again sounded disappointed with now Damon too. Damon tilted his head as he tried to read my expression, my guess was to see if I was playful or mad at him. "What promise?" Stefan asked curiously and I scoffed. "let your brother explain" I said losing interest in this whole entire thing. I looked over to Caroline who was still standing there by the entrance to the dark, blood covered room and she eyed me curiously. "Never a dull moment in the Salvatore family" Caroline remarked and I just smiled and nodded to her. "Well dear brother our sisters dying wish was that I take care of you. and for the record I haven't killed him yet and I was kind of cheated since you're standing here so there for not dead" I heard Damon say. Just as I was about to leave them to their devices I had to scoff at Damon's comment, it sounded so much like the old Damon than the newer Damon I had heard of and seen this last year. Spinning around I had to, just had to laugh.
