Quietly Longing - Elena Gilbert

chapter 1

BLAIR SALVATORE KICKED OPEN THE DOORS OF HER BROTHER'S HOME. She stormed in and before anyone could blink, she grabbed both her brother's by the throat, simultaneously shoving them against the wall.

"Bl-Blair, how are you ali-" Damon's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. His baby sister was alive.

"Well, vampire blood and death really help" she hissed, shoving him harder into the wall.

She glanced at her brother. The monster who snapped her neck and left her to die. Before he could say a word, a stake flew into Blair's back. Dropping her brothers, she yanked the stake out and threw it at the man with the crossbow.

He fell to the floor, dead and a proud smirk spread across Blair's face, but when she heard a horrified scream, she glanced up and saw her.

"Katherine?" Blair's voice had softened considerably. There was a delicate undertone of emotion to her voice.

Blair ran up to her and stared her eyes deeply. She held innocence and a bright fire of fierceness. "You're not Katherine."

"No, I'm not Katherine," the girl spat the name out of her mouth, as if it were a disease, "My name's Elena Gilbert. Who are you?" Elena spoke firmly, trying to sound confident and fearless, but Blair saw right through her.

"I'm Blair, Blair Salvatore. Perhaps my brother's have mentioned me?" Blair smiled wickedly at Elena's confused, scrunched up face, "Well, I guess not."

"Brother's?" Elena dared to look at the two vampires (who were now on their feet).

"You two have a sister? And you never told me!"

"Elena, just let me explain. We thought she was dead-"

"-Well you were wrong about that, Stef. What else have you been hiding from the darling Elena?"

"Nothing! Look, Blair, if you've been alive this whole time, why haven't you looked for us?"

"Last time I checked, Brother #1 had acted as if I were nothing but a servant and Brother #2 had murdered me, so don't blame me for not feeling endangered in your company." Blair was bitter. She was one to hold grudges and never truely forgive people.

"Can we just sit down and talk about this?" Stefan suggested.

"I can't even look at you any more." An unknown emotion filled Blair's voice as she drifted of into a daze for half a second, before perking up again.

"Blair, my love, why don't we have a drink and catch up! It's been a while since I caught up with my favourite sibling."

Damon walked towards her with his arms open wide. He grabbed his sister playful around the neck, before speeding to the Grill.

Elena was fuming at Stefan.

"Why didn't you tell me you had a sister? Don't you trust me?"

"Of course I trust you, Elena! I told you everything about me, from my ripper days to now." Stefan's voice was rising.

"Well, why not tell me about her then?"

"Because, if you knew what I did to my sister, you'd never look at me the same way again," His voice had turned melancholic, "I murdered my sister, in cold blood. I didn't know she was even going to come back. I killed her then buried the body. I'm a monster."

Elena immediately softened. "It's okay. I'm sorry. I r-really shouldn't have yelled," she place a hand on his shoulder, "I love you, okay? Monster or not."

Stefan pulled her into a hug as tears swan in his eyes.

From the ground, Alaric let out a groan.