Oh, Brother ~~ The Vampire Diaries FanFiction

Season 2 Ep 18

"Do you think Bonnie could really take on Klaus?" Damon started.

"That's what she thinks." Stefan shrugged, "Elijah's witch thought he could do it."

"I think she can." I suggested. "We have no reason to doubt that she can't."

"Can't we do some witchy locator spell?" Damon scoffed.

Stefan shook his head and crossed his arms, "No. I already tried that."

There was a slight pause amongst the three of us as we let our thoughts grow. Damon was the first to break it.

"Do you think he killed her?"

Stefan hesitated, "Probably."

"Not like she wouldn't have deserved it."

"Do we really believe that though?" I asked, "Not the whole her deserving it. Because she did. I mean the whole him killing her. Klaus isn't that quick."

No one could reply before Elena opened the door. Out of habit, we made our way to the door only to be stopped at the door frame. She let out a laugh, as she too had forgotten that she had to invite us in again.

"Stefan, would you like to come in?"

I'd love to!" He smiled as he made his way inside.

She then turned to me, "You're tolerable. Please, come in?"

I gave her a wink and made my way safely inside the house, turning to watch Damon squirm outside the house.

"What are we, 12?"

Eventually, after Damon agreed to follow Elena's rules, he was invited in as well. However, we were only inside momentarily as Bonnie and Elena were getting their bookbags ready for school.

"Right now, the safest place for me is next to Bonnie." Elena stated.

I shrugged, grabbing my things as well, "I won't argue that. Stef, you coming?"

"Coming." He rolled his eyes.

***

I ran into Caroline outside of school, and it was a rather hot and cold transaction.

"You've been kind of avoiding me a bit, haven't you?" Caroline sighed.

"And you've been hanging around Matt a lot." I scoffed.

"Just like you have been around Bonne and Elena?" She let out a breath, "I just feel bad. We're on for the dance still, right?"

I shook my head as we made our way into the cafeteria, nodding at Bonnie and Elena, "I don't think we should keep doing this Caroline. This back and forth. This jealousy? I don't want that anymore, Caroline."

"So, what are you saying?"

"I'm saying you should ask Matt to the dance." I stated, making my way anywhere else.

***

I ran into Jeremy and Bonnie outside of the dance with Stefan and Elena. We exchanged some small talk and then we finally gave each other the 'time to kill Klaus' look. I wanted to get some final words in, just in case.

"Hey, Bennett, can we talk for a sec?"

The others gave a quick nod before heading inside and Bonnie turned her attention to me. She gave me her typical look.

"What's up?" she asked, giving me a fake smile.

"We always give each other crap, right? But, in the end, we're usually honest with one another." I started.

"Are we in middle school?" She teased and laughed at me, "Spit it out, Salvatore."

"Okay, straight to the point!" I laughed, "So, look, I heard you and Jeremy earlier."

"So, you know what's gonna happen to me." She nodded, her smile fading.

"Any chance that the warning was wrong? That we can do some extra witch moves?" I tried to joke.

"I don't think so..." She sighed, "Are you going to tell them?"

I shrugged and shook my head, "I don't know, Bonnie. To be honest... Damon probably already knows. He's... Damon. Stefan and Elena... they would pretty much take your choice away. I just know if this were Stefan I would do the same. So, if you want to do this... I'm behind you."

"And Damon." She smiled, laughing more when I have her a questioning look, "You said that you would do it for Stefan. But, you would do it for Damon, too."

I let out a breath and started to smile, "Shut up and hug me, damnit."

We laughed together once more, exchanged hugs, and made our way into the dance.

***

I waited for Elena to leave his room before I immerged with slow clapping, "Well done, big brother! Even I was fooled."

"The emotions had to be real, Karson. Now, Klaus thinks Bonnie is dead."

I nodded, "I agree, Damon. For once I am actually on your side. But, not because you tricked Klaus."

"Then why the hell else?"

"You showed you cared tonight. You actually made a choice that benefited EVERYONE and not just yourself." I smiled, "You may be a little human after-all."

He rolled his eyes at me, "Oh please. It was the smartest move to make you don't need to try to dig for a deeper meaning."

"Why not Damon? Afraid of what we might dig up?" I laughed, seeing right through his outer shell, "For what it's worth, the girl you saved tonight made me realize something."

"And what's that, brother?"

"That I would do it for you." I spoke, taking steps towards him. "Bonnie risking her life for Elena... I would do that same thing for you, Damon."

"Funny, I was NOT thinking the same about you. At all." She shrugged.

I shook my head with a smile, "Whatever you wanna believe, Damon. Sleep tight."