First of all, I AM SO SORRY! This semester is hell! And when I told you that I had the other part ready, I forgot I still needed a finish and check for spelling and all, and so I said I would do that another time and time passed and I just remembered now and I am so sorry! I won't make more promises, but I do hope I have the next episode soon.

Okay, so originally I thought of splitting this chapter, but I don't like that, so I wrote the other part under "part one". And I change very little and some bad grammar.

Let me know what you think!

The sun had barely shown when Tori felt the bed dip. She knew exactly who the person that now lay beside her was. He was very eager to know what she knew.

When they got to the Salvatore Boarding house the night before, Damon quickly showered her with questions, but she didn't answer any of them. Instead, Tori grabbed a bottle of bourbon and took it with her upstairs to one of the many rooms, ignoring him. He of course followed, but once again he got nothing. After being annoyed by him for 30 minutes or so, she told him to fuck off and that she'd answer his questions in the morning. That seemed to do the trick, because with that he left her alone with her bottle.

Obviously she drank the whole thing and right now, she was battling a hangover. Not that Damon really cared. He wanted answers and he wanted them now, for obvious reasons and because he was curious as to know how his best friend knew about the big bad Klaus. The eldest Salvatore brother would never admit it out loud, or to anyone, but he felt a little hurt that she would keep a secret from him. As corny it may sound, they told each other pretty much everything. I mean, after knowing her for just a week he opened up to her about his problems. Damon, to this day, never understood how and why he did so. It was something about her, the way she talked to him and the way he would look at him that told him he could trust her. And he was glad he did, because for a century he had the pleasure, and annoyance, to know her and trust her.

Now, Damon Salvatore wasn't blind. He knew the girl he called his best friend was beautiful, in fact, at first he thought that she liked him and he didn't find that idea horrible, even if he was, at that time, obsessed over Katherine. Her eyes resembling cat ones, her semi long light brown hair, full light pink lips and her nice defined cheek bones had him second guessing a long, long time ago, but funny enough, it only lasted for a month. After that he only saw her as a sister, but not so much because like he had said before, he wasn't blind.

Leaning over her frame, he started to poke her sides. She wasn't ticklish, but it was going to annoy her, thus waking her up. One of his favorite qualities that she had was that she would get annoyed very easily. The smallest thing could set her off. It wasn't until later on that Damon learned it was him that annoyed her so quickly.

As soon as Tori felt Damon's fingers poking her side, she let out a heavy sigh.

"The sun is barely out, Damon." Her face was still pressed against a pillow.

"I have somewhere to be at 6, so." He stopped poking her and lied down next to her.

"Couldn't you bother me after your 6:00 am appointment?"

"Nope, cause I plan on taking you with me." With that she turned to face him, eyes squinted from both sleep and the hangover.

"You do realize I'm on vacation, right?" The eldest Salvatore brother gave her a small pout and she sighed. It wasn't that his pout won her over, she could take Damon's good looks and brush them aside, she just wanted to sleep and the best way to get him to leave her alone was to tell him what he wanted to know, as Tori had learned during the years. "Ok, what do you want to know?" Tori sat up and Damon copied her, smirking.

"How about we start simple? How do you know Klaus?"

"That's a very long and complicated story." He made a face, but didn't say anything, so she decided to go straight to the point instead of going through her life as a human girl. Damon knew little things of her past life, but Tori never really did like talking about them and he understood. "But since he already broke the curse" She paused when her head felt like it was about to explode. Even with a wave of pain kept surfing in her head, she managed to glare at Damon. "I'm sure you're aware of the ingredients." She said annoyed.

"A rock, a vampire, a werewolf and the doppelganger." He used his fingers to count them, ignoring her glare and her annoyance, like always. "What does it have to do with you?" He asked, genuinely confused.

"You're forgetting a very important one, dumbass. A witch to perform the spell." She gave him a pointed look and his eyes widen in the matter of seconds.

"No." He said incredulously. "Seriously?"

"You wanted to know." Shrugging, Tori got up from the bed.

"Really? He followed her movements. "You were the witch Klaus used for the sacrifice?" He asked incredulously.

"Yup." And with that, she went to the bathroom, slamming the door behind her, which made her curse very loudly at her stupidity.

After a lot of arguing, Damon finally convinced Tori to accompany him to Elena's house. She was irritated with him, not because he woke her up at 5 fucking am while she suffered a hangover, but because she learn he had spoken to Katerina Petrova, explaining the reason behind waking Elena up. The 500 year old doppelganger had told Damon where Stefan was apparently.

"Ugh, she's still around?" Tori groaned in the passenger seat of Damon's car, they were on their way to the Gilbert home. "I thought Klaus would've taken her out, that bastard let me down. If I would've known he wouldn't kill her the minute he had her, I would've gone after her myself!"

"So you knew she was on the run?" He asked, since it wasn't until an hour ago that he learned that she knew Katherine before turning into a vampire. To be honest, Damon thought she hated her because of what she did to him. I mean, yeah, he had a suspicion Tori knew her long before. The first time the eldest Salvatore mentioned Katherine he saw rage behind her eyes, but she had hid it away. Another thing she had hid from him. He had to admit, it hurt a little.

"I found it very entertaining." She smiled. "I mean, what's better than watching the woman who's ruined the lives of many run from an Original vamp for her entire existence? I'll tell you what: nothing." Damon smirked looking over at her.

"Someone's still bitter."

"Damn fucking right I'm bitter. The bitch stabbed me." She muttered, but Damon heard her. At first he thought that was the reason behind her hatred, but it was too simple for someone like Tori. She wasn't big on the hating someone. Not because she wasn't capable, but because she thought it was a waste of time. She would always say that hating someone is letting them win, so seeing or better yet, hearing her hatred towards the evil doppelganger was something, not new, but intriguing.

"You did try to help Klaus kill her." He gave her another smirk and she made a face.

"It's not like I had any other choice back then." She said once the car had stopped in front of the Gilbert home, opening the passenger door and getting out. Damon copied her as they closed their doors at the same time.

"Couldn't you just do somethin' witchy to him?" He asked walking to her side and the female vampire raised an eyebrow at him.

"Sure, if I wanted to die." Damon gave her a small shrugged and started walking into the house, Tori right behind him muttering under her breath something about "Asking stupid questions" Closing the front door once they were inside, he put his index finger to his lips signaling her to be quiet.

"I'll be right back." He whispered and speeded upstairs. She sighed and walked to the kitchen. That poor girl would need caffeine. While she was in the middle making coffee she heard footsteps, but she knew they weren't Elena's.

"Morning, handsome." She said smiling, her back to the kitchen entrance, where a sleepy Ric stood. Turning around, the female brunette couldn't help but look him up and down. The history teacher was shirtless, he had a little bit of chest hair and she was kinda digging it. He gave her a confused look, that mixed with his sleepiness was just adorable to her, but he sighed waving his hand in a way of saying "Doesn't matter" and sat on one of the bar stools.

"Coffee?" She asked him and got a grunt in response. Damon must've woken him up on his way to Elena's room.

"Black." Ric whispered when he saw her walked to the fridge. Making a face, Tori poured the milk in only one of the cup and walked back to the fridge, putting the milk away to then walk over to him, setting the cup in front of him. After staring at him with a raised brow for a minute as he drank his coffee, she turned back to the coffee maker and filled the cup that had already milk in it. Damon was waking Elena up and she wanted to have her coffee ready for the doppelganger. Tori knew working with Damon without drinking coffee in the morning was basically suicide.

"BRB, Mister Saltzman." She said smiling at him and walking out of the kitchen and upstairs, listening to their voices in her room.

"Is he okay?" The doppelganger said and Tori smiled a little at the concern in her voice. She still didn't know much of her, they had barely talked that much, but she wanted to. The girl was so different from Katherine, she seemed so much better.

"Well, let's just say he's not there to meet Oprah."

"You know, I never really did like Oprah. I'm more of a Ellen DeGeneres kind of girl." The female vampire said, walking closer to Elena's room and leaning against the door frame, holding the cup of coffee. Damon was opening one of the drawers of Elena's dresser when she appeared. Looking over at her, he made a face and pulled something out.

"Ooh. Put these in the "yes" pile." He said smirking looking at Elena, who was standing behind him, through the mirror that was on top of the dresser. Tori rolled her eyes at him and watched as Elena stomped his way and took it out of his hands, glaring at him, which only made his smirk grow.

"I'll be downstairs." Damon said walking out the door, but not before he heard Tori call him asshole under her breath.

Once he was gone, she stepped into the room.

"Here." She said handing Elena the cup. "Thought you might need it." The human accepted the cup with a small smile, still tired.

"Thanks." She said, taking a sip.

"Don't mention it. Damon also decided to wake me up at unholy hours and I was hungover." Elena let out a small chuckled and Tori smiled at her, her eyes studying her.

"You know I still don't believe he actually has a…" The doppelganger stopped herself before she could finish, halfway through she realized it sounded a bit rude and she didn't exactly know much about Tori, especially how'd she react.

"A long term friend?" The female vampire asked, smirking at the doppelganger. She'd notice how Elena winced a little. Tori found it fair, since she didn't know her, yet she couldn't help but feel down about it.

"Uh, yeah."

"Well, we don't have a lot of time for a story so it's gonna have to wait for after we get your boyfriend back." She grabbed Elena by her shoulders guiding her towards the bathroom.

The female vampire wasn't avoiding her question, she could tell somehow, but that didn't stop her from being curious as how to their friendship came to be and how it worked. Before she could ask anything else, Tori had taken the cup of coffee from her hands.

"It's Damon we're talking about so it's going to be a good story." She winked at the doppelganger. "And if I were you I'd hurry up in the shower. We leave in 20." She pushed her closer to the shower.

"You're coming with us?"

"Why else would I be awake at 6 am? Now shower, I'll pack for you." Elena opened her mouth to speak once again. "Don't worry, I'll pack the most un-sexy clothes you have." The female vampire said making another face at her and closing the bathroom door in her face.

Just like Tori had said, after Elena showered and ate something, they were off to Chicago.

"I sure hope we find him, 'cause it would suck if the last memento of Stefan was that crappy old necklace." Damon said, eying Elena, who was fumbling with her necklace in the passenger seat while looking out the window.

"It's an antique, Damon. Like you." Elena said, not taking her eyes off from the window. Tori snorted from the backseat, where she sat checking her phone. She's never really liked road trips, especially road trips that may lead to their death. He gave Elena an un-amused look.

"Tor, hand me that notebook, will ya?" He asked reaching out his hand. She looked around her until she found it on the floor and gave it to him. "Read this, paints a pretty little picture of Stefan's first experience in Chicago." He said handing it to Elena. She recognized it immediately.

"It's Stefan's diary. I'm not going to invade his private thoughts." The doppelganger said handing it back to Damon.

"You need to be prepared for what you're about to see." He warned.

"He's right, Elena." Tori said, putting her phone away. Elena looked back at her, eyebrows raised.

"I've seen Stefan in his darkest periods. I can handle it." Tori opened up her mouth to answer her but Damon beat her to it.

"Here's one. March 12, 1922. "I've blacked out days. I wake up in strangers' blood. In places I don't recognize. With women I don't remember."" He read out loud, with what Tori assumed was his "Stefan voice". He looked over at Elena and gasped dramatically. "I'm shocked! Stefan's not a virgin?" Tori rolled her eyes at that and Damon looked at her over the review mirror and smirked.

Elena snatched the diary off his hands. "Eyes on the road, grandma." She said, giving him a semi glare.

"Alright, but do me a favor, read the next page out loud for me." Elena gave him a confused look, but does it anyway, which makes his smirk grow bigger. This would be really fun.

"Today I saw a face I thought I'd never see again. Not after she blandly told me she didn't like me and pretty much slapped me. What was an even bigger surprise was waking up next to her, tangled up in the sheets, her body covering mine as she slept. To be honest, it was odd, yet I couldn't bring myself to complain, Tori is a beautiful woman. My brother was a lucky man-" Elena was quickly cut off by a loud gasp and someone snatching the diary out of her hands.

"Why the fuck would you have her read that out loud?!" Tori screech while hitting Damon on the back of the head with the diary. He laughed, like actually laughed which had Elena looking at him a little spooked, she had never heard Damon laugh that way, ever. "Oh, my God, that bastard wrote about me in his diary, I told him not too! Ugh." She groaned while reading what he wrote about her.

"So, you and Stefan..." Elena started, still a little shocked, at both Damon laughing in a nice, friendly way, not forced at all and reading about how the brunette in the back seat and his boyfriend slept together. Tori put the diary down and leaned over the front seats.

"Yes, but-" She was cut off by Damon laughing even more loudly. "Can it, Salvatore." She snapped at him and looked back at Elena smiling nervously. "Listen, it was a long time ago, don't need to worry about it. It meant nothing." Elena raised her eyebrows at her and she gave her a tight smile. "That made it worst, didn't it?"

"No, it's okay. I mean, Stefan's a 150 year old vampire so." She said shaking her head. I mean, it was to expect. The reason why it threw her off was because she couldn't really picture her and Stefan like that. It was a weird image that Elena quickly shoved it away, she didn't need that.

"Yeah, still doesn't make me feel better. I am sorry you had to find out this way or ever, really." She said handing Elena the diary again and she gave her a cautious stare. "Oh, relax it was one time. I was lonely and he's hot. Don't judge me." Damon made a disgusted noise and she gave him a smirk. "Don't be jelly, Damon, it doesn't suit you." He sent her a glare and pushed her to the back seat, only to have her hit his head again, this time with her hand.

"Fine. Back to my game. Tell me if you see a Florida plate." He said and Elena sat back on her seat, diary in hand. Minutes later, the doppelganger closed the diary, eyes tired of reading, so she moved on her seat so she could look back at Tori. She's known her for only two days and she liked her, but she also didn't know much about her. Only that she was Damon's best friend, she was actually nice and that she knew who Klaus was. The latter being the one that most caught her attention. The female vampire had said they could talk after getting Stefan back, but she thought they could talk now, since they had a couple of hours to kill.

"Hey, Tori, can I ask you a question?"

"Just did." Tori said and physically flinch. "Sorry force of habit. What's up?"

"How did you become a vampire?" Elena asked, somewhat embarrassed. She didn't know how she would take the question, but she couldn't help herself. At that, Tori's eyebrows rose and Damon gave her a quick glance before looking back at the road.

"Oh, um, well some bitch stabbed me, but then someone cured me and before the vampire blood was out of my system, someone killed me." She said, shrugging like it meant nothing, but it did, though she would never admit it to anyone. Not even Damon.

"You're not gonna tell her who stabbed you?" Damon said, chuckling and Tori sent him an unimpressed look.

"Who stabbed you?" The doppelganger asked.

"The Petrova doppelganger." The female vampire said, sending Elena a fake smile.

"Wait, Katherine?" Elena asked with wide eyes and Tori nodded.

"The one and only."

"Why would Katherine stabbed you?"

"Well, it might've been because she was going to help certain Original sacrifice her." Damon said before Tori had a chance to answer her.

"What? What do you mean help him sacrifice her?"

"Elena, I'm 500 years old, the same age that bitch is."

"So you were around when she was human?" Tori nodded once again. "Wait, but what does the sacrificing have to do with it?"

"When I was human I was a witch, a good one. Meaning, I was powerful as fuck. So Klaus decided that I would be the witch to perform his little ritual. Set him free and all that bullshit."

"And you were willing to help him? Just like that?" Elena asked her incredulously.

"Give her some credit, Elena." Damon scoffed, trying to defend his friend. He didn't know the full story yet either, but he knew Tori well enough to know she wouldn't help that bastard on her own free will.

"Of course not, Elena, I was a witch, remember? My job was to stop that freak, laws of nature and all that, but he threatened my family, so I had no other choice. It was either them or me."

"And you chose yourself." The doppelganger said in a low voice.

"Better me than them. So I packed my bags and left." Tori shrugged and Elena stared at the female vampire in awe. "My mother was furious of course, thought I had betrayed them."

"Tell her about your little plan and how it back fired you." Damon said, smirking. Elena looked back and forward between them.

"I wasn't actually going to kill Katherine; obviously that was before I knew what an evil bitch she was. Sorry, is." Tori let out a deep sigh and continued. "I was going to help her escape, find another vampire to blame. I even had the perfect one. The loser was in love with her or something."

"Trevor." Elena whispered, when she put two and two together.

"Yes, Trevor. I take it you met him?"

"Yup and he's also dead." It was Damon who answered.

"Huh, I didn't think he'd last so long. Well, anyway, told her I was going to get her out and Katherine believed me. We were out of the castle when Trevor appeared. Apparently I wasn't aware that earlier that day he had talked to her about getting her out. So basically I only helped him. I was about to knock him out when she literally stabbed me in the back and ran away with him. The end." Tori said leaning back, hands behind her head. Elena stared at her in shock. She was selfless. That was it! That was the difference between her and Damon. She didn't care what happened to her as long as the ones she cared or innocent people were safe. Sure, Damon could do good for others, but he always thought of himself in the process. What would he loose, what would he win. He would need something in return. Damon acted selfishly for others while she acted selflessly for others. She looked over at Damon, who had a serious look on his face. Elena could tell the eldest Salvatore cared for Tori and if you cared about someone you wouldn't like to hear the story of how they died, or in her case, almost.

"You said someone cured you." Elena asked, still interested in her story.

"Oh, yeah, some vampire I friended saved my life."

"So, who exactly, you know, killed you?" Once again, the doppelganger felt embarrassed. Tori stared at her, in complete silence, no emotion on her face. It freaked Elena out a little bit, she's only seen her normal, smile or smirked. More importantly, her face was somewhat opened, friendly and right now it was closed.

"It's not important. They killed me and then I woke up with blood thirst. I was about to stab myself and end it, when some guy walked passed and I couldn't resist. Ta-da!" She said the last part with fake enthusiasm. She's always hated this part of the story and Tori knew she had to tell someone, it was eating her up. For 500 years the female vampire never, ever talked about it, she was too embarrassed and it was painful. A long time ago she told herself to keep it together and so she blocked that part. Telling herself over and over again that it wasn't them and that it was all Klaus's fault.

Elena was still studying her face, when she noticed with the corner of her eye, that Damon was doing the same, using the review mirror, of course. He kept quiet, but she could tell he wanted to talk to her, shower her with question after question. His "best friend" had kept something and he silently asked himself if she was hiding even more. It became clear she was when Tori brushed off Elena's question.

"Was it Klaus?" Elena hesitated while asking the question, not taker her eyes of Tori just yet. The latter, sighing deeply and moved her eyes around the car, nowhere near the doppelganger's eyes or Damon, which she didn't miss that were staring at her through the mirror.

"Yeah, yeah it was Klaus." Tori said, letting out another deep sigh. "I just don't like talking about, okay? It wasn't the most joyous experience." Her eyes landed on Elena's face without thinking about it. She was met with the girls brown eyes, Katerina's eyes, but they were so different. It was hard to explain. Katherine's eyes were cold and just very Katherine-y. While Elena's were warm and full of something she wasn't used to seeing a lot, well not towards her that was. Compassion.

Damon on the other hand was still staring at her thought the review mirror. The minute she said Klaus, he knew she was lying. The eldest Salvatore knew her very well and Tori was well aware of it. He could also tell she wasn't all the way lying. In a way he did kill her. By taking her away from her family and basically making her break his fucking curse. They really needed to sit down and talk about all this. There was no way in hell going to let anyone know he cared about her and her wellbeing. He may sometimes torture her with annoyance and sometimes they could really, really hate each other, but that didn't change the fact that he cared. And if someone were to find out, Damon would fight tooth and nail to deny it, especially to Tori. He would never let her know. Which was, well, stupid, but that's how was going to play it.

"But why? You helped him." Damon said, trying to see how much more she would lie to him right in his face.

"He must've found out about your plan." Elena said, not catching up on what Damon was doing.

"My plan to free Katherine? I wanna say no, since when he went to look for me after the whole fiasco. He didn't mention it, but he's not stupid, if he didn't know back then, he's gotta know by now." She shrugged like it was nothing and Elena couldn't really read her face anymore. She had kept it closed off.

"So that's how you know Klaus?" Damon asked, once again studying her. Tori knew what he was doing, ever since the topic started, he's been watcher her every move, even while driving. Which was very dangerous, she had to talk to him about that, especially when there's a human in the car. Of course, she knew his vampy reflexes were good, but still.

"Yes, and no Damon, I did not sleep with him." She quickly added when she saw him opening his mouth. "I rather poke my pretty green eyes out and then cut off my tongue." She saw Damon smirk and Elena tried to fight off the smile that was playing on her lips. Tori's face opened up again a little and Elena sighed internally in relief. The doppelganger also saw the eldest Salvatore eyes move back to the road.

"Whatever you say, dear." He felt her slap him behind the head again and rolled his eyes. This time Elena didn't fight off the smile.

A couple of hours later they were in Chicago, instead of stopping at a motel Damon had drove by, he stopped in front a set of apartments. Tori immediately recognized the place, while Elena looked confused, so she explained to the doppelganger briefly. She officially liked the girl, the female vampire just hoped she wouldn't do something shitty. Especially to Damon. She was 5 centuries old, not blind. Plus, the day with the whole wolf thing he hadn't deny it when she poked fun at him. Another thing they needed to talk about. They had to talk about a lot.

"Stefan could live anywhere in Chicago and he chose this?" Elena asked confused, the place looked beat up and old.

"Well, there used to be an all-girls high school around the corner." Tori told her.

"Yeah, but it shut down for attendance issues. Weird." Damon stopping in front of a door.

"If you're both trying to scare me into giving up and going back, it's not going to work." Elena said, annoyed and Tori looked at Elena in fake shock.

"Now why would we do that?" She said an innocent voice. Truth to be told, she wanted Elena as far away as possible from Ripper Stefan, even if she had seen him already like that. Tori knew Ripper Stefan was dangerous, cold and manipulative. He didn't give a shit about anyone as long as he had a neck to bit on and then rip off. She just hoped he didn't have his emotions off that would make this a whole lot worse.

"Shh." The elder Salvatore said, putting his index finger to his lips breaking the lock of the door. "Here we are Stefan's second personality home." He said opening the door. All three look around the place. It was all covered in dust and dirt. Something Tori wasn't a fan off. She was bit of a clean freak sometimes, something Damon took advantage off when he ran a finger through the dusty couch and touched Tori's face with it, making her slap his hand away and sending him a glare.

"It's just dust. It won't kill you." He smirked.

"I've told you a million times, I'm not scared of it. I just don't like seeing it." She grabbed Damon's wrist before he could touch her again with his dirty finger. "And just so you know, you just touched mold." Tori said, pushing his hand away from her face. When Damon looked down at his finger and made a face, she smiled and walked away from him.

"He obviously hasn't been here." Elena said looking at Damon, not missing the exchange between them. She fought a laugh at hearing that Tori was a bit of a neat freak.

"Tours not over yet." He walked toward a wall shelf, while trying to find something wipe his finger with. When he reached the wall shelf, he put his hand on the edge of the panel opening it. Walking inside, he pulled a cord, lighting up the hidden room. He looked back at Elena and motioned her to join him.

"Stefan hid his alcohol. What a monster." She said with fake shock walking closer. Inside there were at least 5 shelves full of bottle of liquor and Tori approved of his selection.

"Look harder." He nodded towards a wall and Elena, who had finally entered with Tori on her heels, looked at it confused. The wall had name after name, starting with their father, Giuseppe Salvatore.

"It's a list of names." Elena said, still not understanding.

"Mm-hmm." Damon said starting at the wall with a blank look.

"These are all of his victims?" Elena asked, now actually shocked.

"I totally forgot about these." Tori, who stood behind Damon and Elena, whispered. There were at least 100 names writing in three different columns.

"Still handling it?" Damon asked staring at Elena and walking out. Tori looked over at her worried. Right before they left, she silently promised herself that if things got to heavy she was getting Elena out of there. The last thing she wanted was to leave this poor girl not only heart broken, but traumatized.

Suddenly Elena snapped out of it and followed Damon.

"What were you doing in the 1920s? Paving the way for women's liberation?" She asked him and Tori couldn't help the snort that escape her mouth.

"I was around. Chicago's a big city. Stefan was a cocky ripper douche. But I could avoid him and still indulge in a few Daisy Buchanans of my own." He smirked at her and sat down on Stefan's old couch. Tori saw Elena's disgusted face and smiled a little.

"If you think that's bad, you should have seen him in the 70's. Now that was truly something else." She said moving to sit on Stefan's old bed, letting out a disgusted grunt when a cloud of dust flew around her. Damon also gave her a smirk and got up from the couch.

"Where are you going?" Elena asked.

"His old stomping ground."

"I'm coming with you." She moved to follow him but he stopped her.

"No. You stay here and whip up an actual plan. I'll come back when I find him. Come one, Tori." He waved at her to join him.

"Wait, you're just going to leave her alone here?" She said getting up from the bed.

"Yup, now let's go." He opened the door and motioned with his hand out the door. Tori looked over at Elena and bit her lip. She didn't like the idea of leaving the poor girl by herself when and Original hybrid is in town and her boyfriend has gone ripper. But she also knew that Damon needed help in case he got himself in a bunch of shit. Like always.

With hesitation, she sent Elena a tight smile and walked out the door, hoping it wouldn't come to bite them in the ass, Damon behind her.

Once they were out the building, Tori stopped right before getting in the car.

"Mind telling me why you're bringing me along and leaving Elena behind?"

"Cause I need your help with something." Damon said, opening the car door and sliding in.

"And that would be...?" She asked, copying him.

"Gloria." He said, starting the engine.

"She's still kickin'?" Damon saw her eyebrows raised and hummed in response. "Well, I'm still lost as to why you need me."

"She always liked you." And she really did. Tori has always been nice to people, that is until they got under her skin in some way, but the difference with Gloria was that she was a witch. Ever since she turned into a vampire, the brunette promised herself she'd do whatever it took to help prevent another witch going through the same shit she did. Till this day, she hasn't broken that promise.

"She likes you too."

"Maybe so, but you two had this witchy girl power going on." Tori rolled her eyes at Damon. "But if you must know why I brought you, it was because-"

"You plan on using my beautiful presence to convince her to help you." She said, cutting him off and giving him an unimpressed look.

"Not my fault you decided to be my friend. Could've walked away when you had the chance, yet you stuck around." At his words, she shrugged and he smirked at her.

A couple of minutes later, they arrived to their destination. The place hadn't change that much, only for the obvious modern touches. Tori suddenly got a few flashback's, of her walking with two men, one on her right and the other on her left. Then that one night she blew off Damon to only end up having sex with his baby brother. And that other one time she spent an entire night drinking her problems away while listening to Gloria sing. She loved her voice.

"Brings back memories, huh?" Damon asked, snapping her away from her thoughts.

"Way too many." She said, making her way inside, Damon right behind her. The place was full of people. Good to know this place still got it. Tori thought looking around.

"Well, look what the wind blew in." The voice made both vampires head snap it's direction. "Last I heard, you hated this place, both of you." The female vampire smiled and quickly made her way around the counter, where the old jazz singer was standing, hugging her.

"Gloria. Damn! If I knew you were going to age like this, I would have stuck around." Damon said smirking at her, while she had her arms around brunette.

"And I never hated this place; I hated the people around it at the time." Tori said, releasing her hold on her. "So good to see you again, Ria." The old witch gave her a bright smile at the old nickname.

"Good to see you too, Tori. I see you're still hanging around this one." She said, looking at Damon with a smile, but not the same she'd given Tori a second ago.

"She can't stay away from me." He said, leaning against the bar.

"I bet she can't." She said sarcastically. "I always did like you better. But I see your brother is still running in the wrong crowd." Gloria gave him a knowing look. She remembers the 20's very well, so she remembers all the bullshit Stefan pulled his time here.

"You've seen him?" Damon asked.

"With Klaus. Bad combo." The old witch said, looking between both vampires.

"You know where they went?" Tori asked this time. She didn't want to manipulate Gloria in anyway; she was her friend, but this why they came here for. To find Stefan and bring him home and even if she hated to admit it, Damon was somewhat right. Maybe she could get Gloria to help them.

"They'll be back here later tonight. They're out running a little errand for me." She said, looking between both vampires again. The old witch caught on what they were doing and as much as she wanted to call out Tori for actually agreeing with this plan, she bit her tongue. From what she remembered about the female vampire, she was nice to her, too nice to be the monster that she was. Later on she understood why, Tori had told her and Gloria couldn't really bring herself to believe a vampire would do such thing, but she was telling the truth. Especially when she saved her, twice. Still, it pissed her off to see her act in such way, but another thing she learned from her was that she was loyal to her people. In this case her people being Damon Salvatore.

"What kind of errand?" The female vampire asked, her green eyes sparkling. Anything to get Vegie Vamp back. She thought.

"Gloria." Damon said, when she stayed silent, in a low voice. Said woman picked two glasses and filled them up with bourbon and pushed them towards them. "Don't be a tease." He said, touching one of her hands.

The old witch looked down at his hand on hers and let out a low chuckle. "I don't think so. You may be cute, but you're still a vampire." She moved her hand out of his and looked at the female vampire, who was drinking her bourbon silently, while watching them. Her eyes going around the place. "Come with me." Gloria grabbed her hand before she could protest, leaving Damon behind, utterly confused, leading her behind some closed doors.

"Is this where you kill me?" Tori asked, with a smirk, once inside the new room. She watched as Gloria turned back to the door and muttered something under her breath. Privacy spell.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" The old witch asked her, hand on her hips, a disapproving look on her face. The same she gives Damon every time he does something stupid.

"Well, I was enjoying a good drink, but some crazy witch dragged me into a back room for God knows what reason."

"You were never funny, you know that?" She gave her an unimpressed look and crossed her arms. Tori scoffed.

"Oh, come on, I made you laugh a lot back in the day." The vampire said, sitting down on a chair that was next to a desk in the room.

"Now, I like Damon, but I don't care about his life. Not like I care about yours and I get it, he's your friend, but I don't think dying over him is necessary. You're a good kid." The old witch said, walking close to her, sitting on the desk.

"Okay, first of all, I'm old enough to be your ancestor and second of all, you know very well that I can't do that. If I'm not there, who's gonna make sure he doesn't end up dead? He's my best friend, basically the only family I have left."

"Maybe so, Victoria, but I still don't think he's worth it." Gloria told her seriously. She isn't lying to her; she does believe that Damon Salvatore is not worth her losing her life. The old witch grew protective of the brunette, even if she's a vampire. "Oh and don't think I didn't catch you trying to play me." She saw her wince and smirked.

"Sorry?" Tori gave her an innocent smile and Gloria rolled her eyes.

"Whatever, you're forgiven. Now get out of here before Klaus gets back and I know it's going to be hard and you won't listen, but keep Damon away. He will kill him." She warned her getting up from her spot on the desk, Tori followed her.

"Yeah, I think you just wasted your breath." She said, laughing lightly. Laughing along with her, the old witch gave her another hug.

"Then don't be stupid."

"Wouldn't dream of it. " Tori said pulling out of the hug. "Oh!" She exclaimed suddenly, looking around the desk Gloria was sitting on a few minutes ago. Said woman gave her a confused look and the confusion grew when she saw her write something down.

"It better not be a love note for Klaus." She said when she turned around gave her a wide smile, handing the piece of paper.

Making a face, she handed her the paper. "Why does everyone think me and Klaus happened? I'd rather die. And if you must know, I'm giving you a little present." Gloria raised her eyebrows reading the piece of paper, ignoring her previous comment. Once she noticed what was on the paper she returned her wide smiled. "I couldn't help but noticed that you're looking hella fine." She said winking at her. "An old family recipe, well, spell. This way it won't catch up to you too fast."

The old witch gave her a smile in thank you and opened the door, only to reveal an annoyed Damon.

"You both done?"

"Yes, dear." Tori said, giving him a wide smile and walking past him. He watched her go and turned to Gloria, with a raised eyebrow, who gave him a shrugged and walked away from him to attend customers. Rolling his eyes, Damon followed after his best friend.

"Let me guess, she was warning you about how I'm such a bad influence on you?" Damon asked her. They were in his car now, driving out of the parking lot of Gloria's bar. "Or how you should confess your crush on me?" He gave her a smirk and she gave him an unimpressed look.

"The joke's getting literally really old, Salvatore." He shrugged. "Where are we going now?" She asked him, noticing that he was slowing down. Killing off the engine, without another word, he got out of the car. That's when she realized they stopped in front of a store. Not being able to formulate a question, she sent him a confused look.

"Wait here." With that, he got out of the car before she could stop him. A few minutes later, Tori saw him walk up to the car with a bag in hand.

"Mind explaining now?"

"It's for Elena. Doubt anything you packed for her is good enough for tonight." He said, tossing her the bag.

"Hey, this jacket is Louis Vuitton, asshole." She snapped, sending him a small glare, causing him to smirk. He didn't really think she had bad taste, because she didn't. Over the years, Tori have shown Damon that she could dress. Every decade she would wear the best and most expensive clothes she could find. He just felt like teasing her and he personally wanted to get something for Elena.

Starting the engine, he drove away from the store and to Stefan's old apartment. From the corner of his eye, he saw the brunette peak inside the bag and smile.

"Stop that."

"Stop what?"

"That." He pointed at her mouth

"Can't I smile?" Her smile grew wider by the minute, making Damon groan. "Aw, you're so adorable. Getting a present for the girl you loooove." Tori cooed.

"Shut up." He groaned again, curing himself. "I never even told you I loved her." He pointed out.

"Yeah, but you didn't have to. Just like you know me well, I know you well. Plus Rick let it slip at Elena's birthday." One of the things they talked about that night her and the history teacher was Damon and Elena. The handsome vampire hunter mentioned to her how he has sacrificed his life a couple of times for the doppelganger and Tori instantly knew there was something going on. Of course she never touched the subject, because in all honestly she didn't have to. Eventually he would've told her.

"I'm starting to hate your little crush on him." Of course Rick told her. Tori laughed at his words and looked in the bag again.

"Cute dress." She teased him, wiggling her eyebrows at him, making him roll his eyes.

"So.."

"So?"

"Got any other secret I should know about?" They had been silent for 5 minutes now and Damon couldn't help his curiosity. After all, he didn't know about her knowing Klaus.

"Nope." Tori wasn't a big fan of lying to Damon, but when she had to she did, even if he could tell she was.

"Are you sure? Not even about big bag Klaus?"

"Well, he might kill us tonight." She didn't feel like talking about herself right now, especially after she opened up to Elena a few hours ago. Once a day is enough for her.

"You know, I never thought I'd see the day where you lied to my face." Damon's hands gripped the steering wheel tight, eyes glaring at the road.

"How does it feel to have a taste of your own medicine?" He knew she was right, just like to everyone else, he has lied to her. Couldn't she let him be mad at her without bringing something like that up?

Nothing.

"You're such a hypocrite." Tori groaned, slamming the car door shut. They were now parked in front of Stefan's old apartment. Picking up the shopping bag from the back seat, she walked inside the building, leaving Damon behind.

"If this also has to do with me not telling you about what Gloria and I talked about, I want you to know that you're being childish and stupid." She snapped when he caught up with her in front of Stefan's apartment door.

"Oh, I'm the hypocrite?" He glared at her. "All you ever want me to do is open up to you and talk and all that bullshit, but when I ask for the same thing in return all I get is lies and no talking at all."

"Oh, come on, that's how this works!" She gestured between them. "You tell me what the hell is going on in your life and I either give you advice or help you out! It has worked wonderfully over the years, so I don't understand why you're making a fuss about it now. And I didn't lie to you! You never asked, so I never told you." She crossed her arms and he copied her. Somehow, they would always have arguments, ridiculous ones. Every time they'd see each other. It never failed. There was always something that ticked either one of them. After a while, sometimes days or moths, they'd talk and everything was back to normal, but they've never had an argument about this.

"Well if you would've told me, Elena dying and a whole lot of other shit could've been avoided." Damon snapped back her. Ever since they talked about her history with the Original, he couldn't stop thinking about the what ifs.

"How on earth could I have known that you would meet the damn doppelganger?" Her voice roused. She knew that he was right, but her pride was too big to go down without a fight.

"You knew I knew Katherine, about my little obsession. That could've been enough." He took a step forward so they were now face to face, both very angry and fed up with each other. Tori never liked fight with him, but when it was inevitable.

"That doesn't make sense, Damon!"

"Oh, please! You knew the Petrova doppelganger existed!"

"Still doesn't make a lick of sense! I haven't heard from you in 30 fucking years, so if anyone is to blame is you!" Her eyes were cold and hard.

"You know you could've warned me." He snarled at her.

The doppelganger was hiding behind a wall with a vervain dart, when she heard voices. Gripping the dart tighter, she braced herself, but the door never opened. The voices kept going, until she heard a familiar voice yell. With knotted eyebrows, she walked out behind the wall and made her way to the door. When she heard another yell, she confirmed that it was them. Grabbing the door handle, she whipped the door opened and was met with both Damon and Tori standing really close, with death stares at each other.

"What's going on?"

"Nothing." Both vampires said at the same time, with tight voices. Elena could only look between them, curious and a little worried. She knew Damon's temper, but she didn't know Tori's, but she could tell it was just as bad as his.

"I called you an hour ago." The doppelganger said, looking at Damon. Said vampire snatched the shopping bag out of Tori's hand and tossed it at Elena.

"Make yourself presentable." He said, walking past her inside the apartment, leaving Tori and Elena at the door. "I know where Stefan's going to be tonight." He added, sitting down at the same sofa from earlier.

"I told you that I was practically discovered by Klaus and you're worried about what I'm wearing?" She asked him incredulously, shutting the door once Tori entered.

"I had an hour to realize what a bad idea it was to leave you here alone, process it, and move on." Damon said from the couch.

"Klaus what?" The female vampire's head snapped her direction, her expression worried. Her eyes then moved to Damon with a glare. "May I know why I wasn't told of this?" She saw him shrugged and it pissed her off even more.

"You were too busy having a girl talk." He gave her a sarcastic smile and she returned it.

"Are you okay?" Tori then asked, moving her eyes from the eldest Salvatore to Elena, who still looked between them in confusion.

"Yeah." The doppelganger answered.

"Okay, good. Get dressed. You're all road-trippy and gross." He wanted to ask him himself, but he wasn't going to with Tori there. So he was glad she asked and that Elena was okay.

"You sure know how make a girl blush." His best friend said rolling her eyes at him.

"So you know where he's going to be?" Elena asked him, looking though the bag he had giving her.

"Yes, with Klaus."

"So, we'll distract him while you talk with Stefan."

"No, I'll distract him. You'll be with Elena in case my baby bro decides to snack of off her." Damon said getting up from the couch looking at Tori.

"He won't hurt her and she'll need privacy. Plus you'll need help with Klaus and you know it." She crossed her arms, giving him a look that dared him to argue with her in this, because he would lose.

"Okay. Thank you. Both." Elena said looking between them and Tori took her eyes off Damon's to give her a smile.

"But you're going to have about five minutes tops before that hybrid freak rips my heart out and Tori's" He made a face. "So please, tell me you can do this." He walked close to her and stared right into her eyes.

"I can do this." She said with a nod, not looking away from his eyes. The female vampire stared at them both with a small smirked. What a bunch of dorks.

"You know what you gotta do?" Tori asked Elena once they got to Gloria's bar. They now stood beside Damon's car, making sure everything is running smoothly.

"Yeah." Elena nodded, breathing in slowly. The female vampire could tell she was nervous, so she laid her hand on her shoulder giving it a light squeeze.

"Just be careful and scream really loud if anything goes wrong." She looked at the doppelganger straight in the eyes and she nodded again.

"It's time." Damon, who was starting at both women, said with a nod directed to Elena. Nodding herself, Tori started to walk away from the doppelganger and towards the bar, the eldest Salvatore on her heels. They were still mad at each other, but they silently agreed to deal with it after the deed was done.

"You know what to do." She told him, once he was close to her. The plan was simple. Damon would lead Stefan outside where Elena was, meanwhile Tori would go inside the bar and distract Klaus. Then eventually, Damon would join her, giving the love birds some privacy. So putting the plan in motion, Damon made himself visible to Stefan, who wouldn't be able to resist yelling at Damon to go away.

"I need another drink. A real one." The youngest Salvatore said and the Hybrid brushed him off. In the matter of seconds, he had Damon pinned against the wall outside. "What is wrong with you?!"

"Tori, your turn." Sending both brothers a cautious look, she walked inside. Here goes nothing.

As soon as she walked inside she was met by Gloria's stare, a mixture of disappointment, annoyance and worry. Breaking the eye contact with the old witch, she scanned the place for him only to find him sitting by the bar, a drink in hand. Tori wasn't sure if he was acting like he couldn't feel her stare or that he literally didn't know of her presence. Yet.

The last time she saw his face was in this exact same place in the 20's and all because she hooked up with Stefan. In other words, it was by mistake. The feeling of hatred coursed through her and she watched him from afar. This man ruined her life and her family's, all because she wanted to get rid of a fucking curse, that, till this day the female vampire didn't get why. I mean, he was already an Original. Did he need to be a fucking Hybrid too? Apparently, cause why else would she be standing in this bar right now?

Taking a deep breath, she walked towards him and sat next to him, catching Gloria's eyes again. She nodded at her and the old jazz singer rolled her eyes.

"Last call. Drink 'em up!" She yelled and the costumers started to stand up and leave.

"I thought you said you never wanted to see me again." She'd forgotten about his accent.

"Yeah, well, sometimes you have to sacrifice yourself for others."

"Sounds like history's repeating itself, love."

"Oh, you have no idea." Tori said, grabbing a bottle that was on the bar and a glass, that she was sure was Stefan's, and filled it up.

"Well, I'll be the first to admit I've missed you." He gave her a smile and she raised an eyebrow.

"I have not missed you, that's for sure." Klaus let out a soft laugh at her words and took a swing of his own drink.

"I see they've opened the doors to the riff-raff now." The Hybrid said, smile fading.

"Oh, honey, she's called me worse." Damon said, pointing at Tori, who shrugged and drank.

"Of course, I completely forgot about your friendship with the other Salvatore." He said smirking at her. "You don't give up, do you?" This time his words directed towards Damon.

"I could say the same thing." She gave him a smirk herself.

"Give me my brother back and you'll never have to see me again." The eldest Salvatore brother gave him an innocent look and sat down on his other side.

"Well, I am torn. You see, I promised Stefan I wouldn't let you die, but how many freebies did I really sign up for? And clearly you want to die, otherwise you wouldn't be here, so..." His eyes met Tori's and she made a face at him, drawing a smirk on his face.

"What can I say? I'm a thrill-seeker." Here we go. Right on cue, Klaus grabbed Damon by the throat. Making a noise of struggle, Damon was lifted in the air, the Original's grip tighter around his windpipe.

"Oh, dear, what was that? I'm boozey, so you'll forgive me if I miss your heart the first few tries." At his words, Tori downed her drink quickly and rolled her eyes when she saw him stab Damon in the stomach with a toothpick making him grunt in pain. How original. "Ohh! No, that's not it. Hmm." Once again, he stabbed him, this time a little higher.

"Okay, play time is over boys." Tori's hand grabbed Klaus's shoulder "Let's be adults about this and talk." She said, putting some pressure on her grip and tried to push the Original off the dark haired vampire.

"Oh, no, love, he's been asking for it all summer." He removed the toothpick, only to aim it even higher this time, making Damon grunt louder. "Ohh. Almost."

"I said that's enough." She snapped and slapped Klaus's hand away.

"You also make me lose my patience, love." In a blink of an eye, he grabbed her by the neck with his now free hand and sent her flying against a table, his other hand becoming tighter against Damon's throat.

"You want a partner in crime? Forget Stefan. I'm so much more fun." Damon said with a loud painful grunt. With a glare, the Original, threw the eldest Salvatore backwards, crashing against another table a few feet away from where Victoria was thrown.

"Ugh, I knew should've seen that coming." Tori groaned from her spot, looking over at Damon lying on his back. She glanced at Klaus and saw him breaking a wooden chair and taking one of its legs, making his way to Damon. Shit.

"You won't be any fun after you're dead." The Hybrid said, crouching in front of the eldest brother. Holding him down he raised the stake, only to have it, not only taken away from him, but directed towards his heart, while being pinned down by the female vampire.

"This won't kill you, but it'll hurt like a bitch." Tori said, putting pressure on the stake. Laughing, Klaus pushed her off of him and grabbed the hand holding the stake, tightening his hold, making her let go. With his other hand, he applied pressure on her windpipe.

"Believe it or not, love, I actually like having you around, but sometimes I just wanna-" He said, putting more pressure around her throat, trying to crush her windpipe, but before he could go any further, another body pushed him off, this body being Damon's. "You must be joking." Fed up, Klaus flashed, knocking Damon over again and reached for the stake.

Yet right when he raised the stake, it was alight.

"For fucks sake. Really?" The Original panted looking over at Gloria, who had her eyes trained on Victoria as she coughed on the floor.

"Not in my bar. You take it outside." She said firmly, walking over the other female in the room, helping her up. "What did I say about being stupid?"

"That is not in your vocabulary?" Tori said, in a low scratchy voice, earning an unimpressed look from the old jazz singer. "Right, sorry, completely rude." Scoffing, Gloria turned and walked away from them, muttering about the mess. She was alive and that's all she cared about.

"You don't have to negotiate your brother's freedom. When I'm done with him, he won't want to go back." Klaus said, still holding Damon down on the floor. Standing up, the Original looked over at her. "You alright there, love?" He said, walking over to the bar again, eyes still on her.

"Oh, fuck off." She said, walking over to Damon and helping him and guiding him towards the door. "Let's go."

"So soon?" She could hear the smirk in his voice.

"Yup. Bye!" Tori said, raising an arm up in the air and flicking him off.

"You sure you guys didn't sleep together or something." Damon said once they were out of the bar, earning a slap in the back of the head. With a chuckle, grabbed her arm and stood in front of her. "You alight?" He looked at her neck and it had fait bruises.

"Yeah, I'm fine. How about you?" She said, slapping away one of his hands that was touching her neck.

"Peachy." He rolled his eyes.

"Okay, then let's go. I'm fucking starving and in need of a cold shower." With a nod he starting walking, Tori on his heels, when they were near enough the car, they noticed the doppelganger inside of it, looking off to the distance. Giving each other looks, they got in the car.

"Are you okay, Elena?" She really didn't deserve this. She's just a girl. She thought.

"Just drive." She said without looking at either of the vampires that were starting at her in concern.

"You really don't have to do this Tori." Elena said, walking in her bedroom, the vampire right behind her.

"You're right, but I want to."

When they arrived at the Gilbert residence, the female vampire had gotten out of the car at the same time Elena had. The entire drive back to Mystic Falls she was thinking of ways to help the doppelganger feeling a little better. Like a real teenager, without a care of the world around her and Damon, who had read her mind, let her go without a word, agreeing with her.

"But why?" The young human asked, sitting on the edge of her bed, starting at her.

"Because you're just 18 Elena and you have so much shit going on and that's not normal. You know what's normal? Parties, sleepovers, maybe cheating boyfriends, pep rallies-"

"Hate to burst your bubble, but my life will never be normal again and even if Stefan and Damon hadn't shown up here, it still wouldn't be, cause I'm the Petrova doppelganger." Elena said in annoyance, cutting Tori off.

The vampire in the room stared at her for a couple of seconds and then sat next to her. "You're right, but that shouldn't stop you from feeling normal and happy." The young human started at her with a small sad smile. "And I get that you ant Stefan back, hell, I can't stand him sometimes and I want him back, but you're letting that stop you from being you. And I may not know you, but I can tell depressed and lonely ain't your style."

Right in that moment, Tori noticed Elena's stare turning glossy and pulled her to her, giving her a hug.

"Thank you." The doppelganger whispered.

"Always happy to help." She whispered back.

"How are you and Damon even friends?" Elena asked a little louder, moments later, making the vampire laugh and pull back.

"I ask myself every day."

"No seriously, how?" She stared at her directly in the eyes and Tori could see she was genially curious, just like this morning.

"Okay, fine, but I'm only telling you cause of the vents of today." She told her sternly and Elena laughed.

First of all, I AM SO SORRY! This semester is hell! And when I told you that I had the other part ready, I forgot I still needed a finish and check for spelling and all, and so I said I would do that another time and time passed and I just remembered now and I am so sorry! I won't make more promises, but I do hope I have the next episode soon.

Okay, now on to the character… As you guys can see, she's like Damon but at the same time she isn't. She's very caring and very protective of her own. She worries and all that, but she's also a bitch and has a temper.

And I'm aware Damon still seems OOC, I swear I'm trying hard not to.

Anyway, please review, favorite and follow. Thanks!