Fire On Fire | The Vampire Diaries [1]

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The redhead sat on the couch lost in her thoughts in the Salvatore house when Stefan approached her, "You all right?"

"You mean besides the fact that my best friend stabbed me then tried to kill me?"

Stefan sat on the couch next to her, "Look, it's not her. You have to remember that. With her emotions off, she's the worst version of herself."

"So how do we get her back? Or what if we can't? Why would she choose to turn her emotions back on? She's an orphan. She just lost her brother. Her life sucks, Stefan. So why would she come back to us?"

Stefan sighed, "Even when I was at my worst, Elena didn't give up on me. So we can't give up on her." Ashley nodder slightly not totally convinced so Stefan held out his hand for her, "Deal?" He asked with a smile, Ashley smiled back a little, then reached out shaking his hand.

Ashley stayed to try to clean the house after Elena's party, she found a cup that still had alcohol in it, she thriftily drinks the last sip before tossing it in the bin.

Klaus entered the room, "Desperate times, I take it?" He wandered with an amused smile

Ashley groaned not looking at him, "Go away" She still felt him standing behind her, "Seriously, What are you doing here?" She asked not looking at him.

Klaus smirked, "Not judging you, for starters, although if you are determined to get drunk, then perhaps I might recommend something a little more sanitary?"

"I'll be sure to drink one of your champagne bottles next time" She said before turning around, maintaining eye contact with him she drained another cup throwing it defiantly into the bin she was carrying, "Well, then. You showed me."

Ashley sighed, "Shouldn't you be out chasing Tyler to the ends of the earth? Or are there still some hopes and dreams you wanna crush around here?"

"Depends. Do you happen to know where the young Brutus is?" He inquired.

"All I know is that he's gone for good, Congratulations for destroying whatever life he had here"

Klaus nodded walking closer to the redhead, "Tyler made it his life's mission to kill me. You can't hate me for driving him away."

"Oh I can, and I do. Now if you don't mind, I have better things to do" she said as they both stared at one another tension is clearly visible between them until Stefan entered the room breaking their eye contact

"Actually, I asked him to be here. We need his help. I think Silas is in Mystic Falls." Stefan announced.

Klaus was pouring himself a drink while talking to Ashley and Stefan, "So some blood went missing from a few hospitals. What about Elena? Don't vampires with their humanity off tend to overindulge in human blood, or were you the exception?" He asked looking at Stefan.