𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 | 𝘴.𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘥.𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 (REWRITING)

Chapter | 6

"How am I alive? How are you alive?" I shot back.

"What do you mean? We never died, well we did because we're vampires but you knew that already" Damon said and I glared at him.

"Obviously" I scoffed, glad to see he hadn't changed much over the centuries.

"But Katerina told me you died" I said and when I mentioned her name, they both stiffened.

"She told us you died" Stefan mumbled.

We sat in silence as we processed that, I knew that Katerina lied about them being dead but I didn't know she told them I died.

"Is she still alive" I asked through gritted teeth, I hoped she was so I could kill her myself.

"Oh, not for long" Damon spat, glaring at the floor.

"She'll be lucky if she receives a quick death after what she put us all through" he continued.

I saw that they were both struggling with their anger as I was so decided to put that conversation on hold.

"Enough about that for now, I haven't seen you two in centuries. I missed you both so much" I said, truthfully I turned of my humanity for a majority of the time but afterwards I felt all of the pain come crashing down on me, at some point I even considered killing myself but knew that wasn't something they would've wanted.

"We had no idea just how much we needed you until you were gone. I don't know how either of us aren't dead" Stefan said, playing with my fingers.

"Right after we heard that you'd died, I was in disbelief, I refused to believe you were dead but Stefan he-" Damon started.

"I gave up as soon as I was told you were dead, I didn't think anybody could be cruel enough to lie about something like that. I tried to kill myself multiple times but Damon was there every time to convince me that you would never want me to do that" Stefan reminisced and my heart clenched.

I stood up from my place on the sofa and wordlessly motioned for them to move.

Damon stood up from the sofa and Stefan sat sideways with his back against the armrest. I sat in between his legs as he wrapped his arms around my waist and he laid his head on top of mine. Damon laid down with his legs hanging over the other armrest and his head on my lap.

It was how we used to relax, sometimes we would be outside or we would rest on the sofa after a long day. Stefan and Damons positions would swap from time to time but they said it didn't really matter as long as I was there.

After a while I spoke up.

"He was right, you know" I said, running my fingers through Damons hair as he closed his eyes.

"What?" Stefan said as he leaned back a bit more, in a more comfortable position.

"Even if I were to die, I'd want you to be able to live without me" I explained and they both winced.

"Even if we're alive, it's not really living if you're not there with us" Damon answered.

"These past centuries have been like watching our lives through somebody else's eyes. But all the pain was worth it to be with you now" Stefan murmured in my ear.

"I hate that I was the one that put you both through that pain, I'm sorry" I whispered, tears pooled in my eyes as I imagined them going through the same thing I did.

Damon opened his eyes and took my hands from his head to hold them. He placed a gentle kiss to them both.

"Don't blame yourself, it's not your fault, not one little bit. Katerina is to blame and she'll regret what she did" Damon seethed.

"Then you can't blame yourselves either, I just want to forget about it and try to look forward" I said and they both hummed in agreement.

I closed my eyes, so comfortable that I fell asleep almost instantly.