Witch or vampire?

Dreamland

Bedroom-eyes, by Dum Dum Girls

"The hours to the sunrise creep, but I don't care

There is no hope for any sleep if you're not here

In another scene, in another bed you're sleeping

So won't you come and visit me when I'm dreaming

Oh I need your bedroom-eyes"

Bedroom-eyes, by Dum Dum Girls

When Helen finally fell asleep, I took a good look at her. Her face was turned away from me and her medium-long hair gleamed like fresh chestnuts, covering it partly. Carefully, I removed a few curly strands.

She wasn't a high-gloss beauty, no. She had very natural yet charming features. Finely shaped brows and long, thick eyelashes contrasted nicely with her fair skin. A delicate, but characteristic nose parted her high cheekbones with a few fine freckles on them.

I caressed her face softly. Her lush lips were finely shaped and of a soft, but dark pink color. The most fascinating thing were her cornflower-blue irises. The intense color of her eyes had struck me yesterday when she had first glanced at me.

I caressed her shoulder, but she was fast asleep and didn't notice. The bruise on her cheek showed prominently now.

Such a bastard! I would've loved to kill him, but she'd been faster and crashed the bottle on his skull.

Her response time had been fast for a human, not bad at all. I'd been surprised about her apparent coolness, but her hidden fear had been obvious for me. I had smelled it.

And that's why I had stopped him.

He had gone too far and I was sure he would've hurt or killed her if she'd been alone. Unfortunately, I had to wait until he attacked her in order to divert her attention from me. I would've liked to spare her the blow, but it had been my chance. The cops hadn't asked too many questions, the case had been clear, but they'd taken my data.

Well, I had nothing to hide and Mystic Falls was still my official address, even if I didn't live there anymore. After Elena had chosen Stefan, the only question for me had been where to go. Klaus had died, without us dying along with him because a certain Bennett witch had made a deal with him, thus saving us all.

Klaus' spirit had occupied Tyler for a while until he'd forced Bonnie to reanimate his body. The originals were scattered throughout the country and without a significant enemy Klaus had left Mystic Falls.

Caroline had been happy to get Tyler back and Bonnie was probably shacking up with little Gilbert by now.

The town council had died because of pastor Young's epiphany and Stefan... well, Stefan had gotten an immortal girlfriend. This had been my only consolation – he would hate himself for eternity that he hadn't saved Elena first.

For two years, I had done everything for Elena, she had been at the core of my attention. Finally, I hadn't been good enough for her.

I'd had enough of her apologies, I didn't care anymore if she felt anything for me – I didn't want to see her anymore. It would've been a constant reminder that she'd left me to die alone.

That night, my hope for love had been broken forever. I didn't hate her – maybe I would always feel love for her – but I couldn't and wouldn't endure the pain of seeing her with another man. It was enough!

Of course I missed her, I missed my life in Mystic Falls, but I had to give it a new direction. The question was, which direction? For two years now, I'd been travelling the U.S. I didn't stay longer than a few weeks in one place, always trying to find something ... interesting.