Blind Trust ☼ TVD [2] {On Hold}

{1} Secrets Spilled

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ELENA HAD CALLED me when it happened. Katherine showed up at her house, cut her father's ring off, and tried to kill him. What a night... At least she didn't actually kill him, even if she tried. I'm glad Elena doesn't have to experience the pain of losing both sets of parents.

Elena and I walked down the hallway of the hospital together to visit John. Though he did try to kill all of the vampires in town, he's still Elena's father and a fellow victim of Katherine Pierce. "Are you ready for all this?" I asked Elena softly, my hand rubbing her back in a comforting manner.

Elena ignored my question, only looking at me, then. She walked into the open room to see John lying in a hospital bed, asleep. "John?" Elena asked softly, warily. John started awake and panicked when he saw Elena. Probably thought she was Katherine, most likely. He attempted to press the button to call the nurse, but I took his hand gently and moved it away as Elena explained, "I'm Elena. I'm not - I'm not Katherine. And we know that she did this to you, but what we need to know is why."

"Where is she?" John asked softly, warily once again.

"You tell us," I replied softly, crossing my arms.

"I don't know," John replied, trying to sit up. I pushed him back down, shaking my head at him.

"John, you're a little too weak to act all tough right now. Just sit back, rest yourself, and answer our questions, okay?" I said softly to him.

Elena put the Gilbert ring in John's hand as she spoke, "Please, tell us why she's here. What does she want?" John didn't respond to us and I only sighed. It didn't seem like John was going to budge.

"She'll try this again; we can't help you if you don't have trust in us," I said softly to him.

"In you?" John asked weakly.

"In your daughter then," I replied simply.

"My daughter should have driven a stake through your heart by now," John said as he stared directly at me, and a look even I didn't realize I was doing spread across my face. He then looked to Elena, "I never spoke with Katherine directly, she never trusted me." Figures. He looked back over at me, "So either kill me or get out because I can't stand the sight of you and your brothers with my daughter."

"You see the world with such hatred. It's gonna get you killed," Elena said, justifiably harsh. You could tell she was extremely upset with her father's response, but she couldn't do anything about it.

Stefan and I discussed what I would do to John before I left with Elena. Stefan wanted me to do it for him because Elena didn't ask him to come: threaten him with my blood. If I kill him, I would have turned him. And he'll hate himself more than he already does. I agreed with the plan because it was to get him to leave and help Elena.