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Tyler

Tyler sat on the sofa, dark circles under his eyes, his skin pale, his dark hair messy. He was surrounded by alcohol and empty food packets. He was playing one of those violent video games that him and Jeremy always played. He couldn't have heard me come in because his eyes were glued to the TV screen.

"Tyler?" I whispered, happy tears forming in my eyes.

His head snapped in my direction, his eyes wide, like a scared animal ready to run, but as soon as he realised that it was just me his shoulders relaxed and he sunk back into the sofa, a sigh escaping his chapped lips. "Please don't tell anyone that I'm here, especially not Caroline." He rushed to say, clearly he hadn't taken my appearance in, he had never paid much mind to me but this was a whole other level.

I just stared at him, my mouth gaping slightly and a mix of happy and painful tears streaming and staining my face, my arm still held securely against my chest by the other.

He looked back at me, confused about my silence, "Elena?" His voice was concerned and more tears began falling, my vision became blurred but I could see the outline of Tyler standing. "Elena? What's wrong?" He approached me quickly, just in time to catch me before I fell. He pulled me down to the floor slowly and held me against his chest, his heat warmed me, something I desperately needed as the temperatures had dropped drastically last night and all I had were the shorts and tank top that I wore the previous day, it comforted me till my tears stopped all together and I was just sitting in the hybrids lap, my head on his chest. Me and Tyler had never been close despite us growing up together and me dating his best friend, we were more acquaintances than friends.

We remained like that until Tylers arm brushed my broken one and I flinched and inhaled sharply at the pain, sitting up and cradling my arm more protectively. When I turned to look at Tyler, I could now see that he looked a lot worse than I'd first thought, his eyes were bloodshot and I could see his cheek bones more prominently, clearly being away had taken a lot out of him.

But right now he looked a lot more angry than sullen, "Who did that to you?! Was it Damon?! I swear I'll kill him."

I shook my head quickly, "It wasn't Damon..."

"Klaus?" He asked again.

I shook my head.

"Stefan?"

Again a negative shake.

"Then who Elena? I can't help unless you tell me."

I took a deep breath, "It was Kol, Klaus' younger brother."

He once again looked confused, "Kol? What were you doing with him?"

I looked down ashamed, "We slept together."

His confusion didn't dissipate, in fact it increased, "But I thought you were with Stefan?"

My shame grew, "I haven't seen Stefan, Damon, Caroline, Bonnie or Jeremy in days."

Once again his interest and confusion peaked, "Why not?"

I was afraid that what I was about to confess would drive him away too but I couldn't hide the truth from him, "We had a chance to kill all the Mikaelson's at the same time but I ruined it by telling them about the plan."

"Elena..." He sighed, trying to remove me gently from his knee.

"Please wait, " I pleaded and he obeyed. "Elijah and Finn don't deserve to die and I wasn't sure about Kol or Rebekah. Some of them are good Tyler and I can't just sentence them all to death because of what Klaus has done."

"I understand Elena but if they were all good why did Kol do that to you?"

I looked down anger and sadness filling me, "I found him with another girl and I lost it, I slapped him then he grabbed my wrist."

"You love him don't you?" He asked with a sigh.

"I don't know, I have feelings for him, Elijah and Finn, but I have no clue how to describe it," I stood up, my wrist still safely pressed against me.

He followed suit, "Well Elena, it'll work itself out eventually. Do you want my blood to heal that for you?" He nodded towards my arm.

"If you don't mind, and then you can tell me why you're hiding out here." I smiled lightly.

He rolled his eyes, "Fine but I'm going to need a drink first."

I giggled but nodded all the same. Maybe everything would be okay...

Meanwhile...

The Original Witch and a vampire stood in a clearing in the woods of Mystic Falls facing each other and deep in conversation.

"You must bring her to me on the full moon in a weeks time. I will end my children's everlasting lives once and for all and then you shall have your happy ending. I am thankful that you told me of her betrayal, I should've known that the doppelganger would fall for at least one of my children, it was fate." The witch tutted hersef.

"I'll find a way to get her here as long as you hold up your end of the bargain." The vampire rolled its eyes, bored.

"Of course, I will see you on the full moon." The witch replied before they both parted ways.