𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 ☪︎ 𝘦. 𝘮𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘯

ғᴏᴜʀ ↬ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ᴏғ ᴠɪᴇᴡ

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"Why am I here?" Isabella snapped.

Yeah, Isabella was in a mood. She had not gotten any sleep last night, tossing and turning, waking up in between dreams. When she realized she wouldn't be able to sleep, she had stayed up watching Netflix on her laptop until she finally fell back asleep at six in the morning. It had been a decent sleep, until it had been interrupted by the incessant buzzing of her phone.

After the little discussion with Stefan and Damon at Elena's house, Elena had called and demanded Isabella to come with her to talk to Rose. Now, here both girls were, both grumpy for different reasons, wearing frowns of exhaustion as they stepped inside the boarding house.

"It's not nice to leave a girl naked so early in the morning," a familiar British accent chimed, before Rose popped up in the hallway, tying her robe closed. She looks up, expecting to see Damon, when instead she spots the two girls standing there, one with an amused smile and the other with an awkward frown.

"Woah. Sorry, I thought you were..." Rose trails off with an awkward smile.

Elena avoided Rose's gaze, looking away as she pushed her bangs behind her ear. "I, uh, s-sorry, I..." Elena stuttered, trailing off.

"There's no one else here," Rose finished, embarrassingly informing the two girls.

"Actually, we came to talk to you," Elena replied. Isabella mentally rolled her eyes because Elena was the one who forced her to come with her.

"Then I should probably get dressed," Rose grinned, before turning around and heading upstairs.

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"It's a bad idea," Rose turned down, facing the two girls, shaking her head at Elena.

"It's not," Elena argued. "From what Stefan told me, your friend Slater obviously has more information about Klaus. And you and Damon just gave up before you got it."

"Because someone blew up a coffee shop with us in it," Rose retorted. Isabella frowned, her mind playing back to the events of her day with Elijah yesterday.

"There's more to learn," Elena persisted, causing Rose to roll her eyes and throw her hands up. "We just have to find a way to learn it."

"Why are you coming to me with this?" Rose asked Elena.

"Because you owe me," Elena replied. "One word from me, and Stefan and Damon could've...killed you for kidnapping me and Isabella."

"Or, maybe it's because you know that they wouldn't want you doing this. And their moonstone caper gives you a chance to sneak away," Rose cut in with a knowing look. "Plus, it doesn't seem like Isabella has a problem with it."

Isabella nodded and pointed towards Rose, agreeing with her and sharing a look with Elena as if to say, 'she's right'. Elena just gave her a look as if to say, 'not helping', before turning back to Rose.

"We're having a disagreement, okay? They're willing to risk everyone that I love and I'm not."

"They're just trying to protect you."

"And you've proven that you couldn't care less whether I'm protected or not. So, we're back to you taking me to Slater."

Rose sat down next to Elena. "What exactly do you hope to achieve by this?"