Different Lives

Chapter 15 - New Orleans

Elena's POV

I bit my lip as Damon walks back to me and Isobel looking confused. I look at the blood bag and all I want to do is throw it against the wall not caring if Damon wonders what's wrong with me. I stand up making a excuse to leave the room, I sit outside on the porch chair thinking what to do. I see Jenna and Alaric coming up the drive but I don't react until I remember Isobel and at this point I don't care. Alaric can find out his vampire ex-wife is in his new girlfriend's house. Jenna eyes me for a minute I sit up "By the way Alaric your wife's inside." I point out hearing Isobel mutter bitch, Alaric is almost white, I guess he didn't know because him and Jenna went to the Gilbert Lake house for a long weekend. "Damon I'm going on a road trip, wanna come?" I say and I'm pretty sure he hears me. Damon is at my side within about 3 seconds.

"Might as well where are we going?" I smirk knowing where we are going getting into my car quickly followed by Damon.

"New Orleans." I tell him and he shrugs, I hear Isobel vamp out of my house leaving a very confused Alaric and Jenna in the house, I quickly text Jeremy telling him me and Damon are heading to New Orleans due to the fact he is sired to me and I might have a way around it, Damon doesn't notice because he is texting Stefan he is going to be out of town for a bit. I see the 'You are now leaving Mystic Falls' sign as Damon leave his normal human world to the life of a vampire. I put my foot the gas pedal making us go a lot faster that would be dangerous to a human but I count no humans in my car.

New Orleans

I drag Damon to the place where I spent 1942 quietly hoping not to see Harry, the last guy who was sired to me, due to the face I would have too tell him about the sire bond and I don't want to do that either so there is also hope that I can find the spell then get rid of the sire without Damon ever knowing about it, well hope. The music has changed here since the 40's and I kind of miss the songs of cool Jazz it was so relaxing but don't get me wrong it could be boring. The atmosphere back in the 40's was well we are all one now it is keep yourself and your mates don't talk to me. "This place has changed." I say and Damon looks amused, in some sarcastic comment.

"Well Elena it has been 70 years but nooo it would still look the same." His voice is full of sarcasm and I twist his wrist hard almost breaking it and he grunts in pain making me fake smile at him showing me teeth. Damon rolls his eyes rubbing his wrist.

"Damon your a vampire suck it up." I tease lowering my voice when I say vampire, Damon shrugs at me.

"I'm getting you back for that," He threats and I raise a eyebrow.

"How may you do that?" I ask and he pulls me to his chest locking me in his arms, sure I could get out o them but why would I do that really. He kisses my earlobe and neck making me moan then he stops making me grunt "Imagine that but right when you want it most." I know what he means.

I smirk "Do that and I will de-invite you to my bed." I threaten back and he growls knowing I've won with this one and Damon would never give our late  night sleepovers, well any time of the day sleepovers more like it, up. I kiss his neck removing my lips stepping putting a few inches between us. My phone starts to ring, I check who it is and it's Jeremy "Hey I'll be back in a minute just need to talk to Jer." I say leaving the bar answering my phone. "Brother what is the matter?" I ask walking to a quite street near the club.

"So you just wreaked Jenna and Alaric's relationship with the whole Isobel thing by the way." He tells me making me laugh but before I can reply a vampire vamps behind me "Was that?" Jeremy asks.

"Yes it wa.." I am cut off by the vampire tackling me and my phone flies out of my hand, I feel him pin me but he doesn't go for my neck just kissed me hard and I am shocked at what just happened. Then the vampire flies off me and I see Damon's worried face looking down at me pulling me up.

"Are you okay?" I nod "What happened?"

I touch my lips "He just kissed me" then the guy walks out of the shadows and it's Harry just great.

"Elena I knew you'd come back for me" He breathes and some part of me is telling myself to vamp out of here then find Damon later but I see Damon tense next to me I step in between them just to make sure they don't start a vampire showdown for my hand or something stupid like that "I  must of counted every brick in the whole New Orleans." I remember how I left him made him could every brick in New Orleans that bolt.

"Every brick, you don't say," I mutter "god I love sire bonds." I say and they both hear me and I curse myself for saying that out loud.

"What's a sire bond 'Lena?" Damon asks using my nickname to try and get a reaction out of Harry which he gets.

"Well you both have one to me and it's why I am here to get rid of yours Damon that is why Harry counted all of those bricks so I could escape, you are supernaturally loyal, if I wanted too I could get you too kill Stefan and you couldn't fight. A sire bond is a curse on a relationship because you have no freewill when it comes too me and I don't want that. That Damon is why were are in New Orleans because I had a witch to break one of you really need to know." Harry vamps to Damon with a murderous look but I throw him against the wall "Let me show you how," I tell Damon "Harry you won't attack Damon that will make me happy." I look at Damon and Harry's eyes go back to normal and calm "I'm going to find the witch see you in a while, I love you and will make it back I swear." I kiss Damon lightly on the cheek not giving Harry a second look. I grab my phone and start walking to the address where the witch was in 1942 a good place to start right.

I walk inside the witch's store after getting a text from Jeremy asking if I'm okay and I just reply yes I am can't talk right now. I see a dark colored woman about just over 50 give or take a few years maybe. I lean against the counter of the shop raising a eyebrow. "Hello is Valerie LaMarche here?" I see pain flood through her eyes.

Her eyes go sharp "No she is dead, I'm her great granddaughter, Nandi LaMarche." I smirk knowing she isn't her great granddaughter, she's her daughter.

"So lets skip the part where you act like you don't know who I am and who you really are or that your a practicing witch too because you are about 80 but don't look over 50." I see her face harden and she glares at me but I just smile. "So can you break the sire bond for me?" I ask and she looks angry and I step back from the counter.

"No my mother tricked you into giving her access to expression which us witch don't even call magic and she sold you a bill of goods about breaking the sire bond for it." She snaps and I feel the breath escape my body.

"There is no spell?" I ask.

"The bond can't be broken with magic, a vampire only bonds to their sire when they have feelings for them before they turn human feelings and vampirism only heightens those emotions, you want him free, you have to set him free, tell him to live his life without you, to never think of you again, to stop caring about you and then leave him, that's the only way around the sire bond." Nandi tells me and I feel like I am in hell right now they only way to free Damon is to break his heart and never see him ever again. I know what I have to do. I quickly thank Nandi then leave her store.

I walk back to the place where I left the boys and they are sat on the steps outside of the house talking about something. They both see me and I quickly turn my attention to Harry showing Damon how I can only break the sire bond. "Harry your going to live your life without me, never think of me again, stop caring about me that will make me happy." I evoke the sire bond and Harry has a tear rolling down his cheek then he looks at me blankly walking away from us. I can't even look at Damon and I have to break this sire bond. He will be okay without me. He will find someone else and will fall even more in love, he doesn't need me. He pulls my face up to his looking into my eyes.

"Elena if breaking this sire bond means loosing you no deal, we will find another way. I love you too much and you promised this will be forever and I'm holding you to his promise wait so breaking the sire bond I need to loving you that I can't ever get rid of even with my human emotions..." I cut him off.

"Emotions maybe this might work. Turn your emotions off." I demand and Damon looks shocked but then gets it.

"Your maybe and if not just use the sire bond to turn them back on." Damon says smiling.

"Look like the sire bond is gone." Damon smirks then vamps of, there is a emotionless vampire Damon out on the loss and it's my fault.