19. Pictures Of You

The three Salvatore brothers stood in their living room, throwing around a football.

"So, what has it been?" Damon asked, catching the football Stefan threw his way, "Eight, nine days?", Damon threw the ball at Brayden who easily caught it.

"Yeah, eight or nine days, I don't know, I lost count" Stefan replied.

"The fact that you lost count of the days Elena Gilbert has dropped a body, pretty much tells me she meant what she said at the diner" Brayden pointed out, throwing the ball at Stefan.

Stefan caught the ball, "So, what are we gonna do just throw the football around for another hundred and fifty years till Elena get's her humanity back? Because I'm cool with that", Stefan threw the ball towards Damon.

Damon caught the football, "She doesn't want the cure" he reminded, "She's going to start killing people if she knows we're still trying to get it for her".

Damon threw the ball towards Brayden, "Except we're not trying to get it for her" Brayden retorted, catching the ball, "We're trying to get the cure so Silas doesn't".

Brayden threw the ball towards Stefan, "I don't think Elena will understand that" Stefan said, catching the ball, "What if we make Elena want to turn her humanity back on?", Stefan threw the ball to Damon.

"So what are we gonna do?" Damon asked, after catching the ball, "Pull a Lexi, bombard her with emotions till one of them sticks?", Damon threw the ball at his twin.

"Yeah, if that doesn't then we go to plan B" Stefan said, "Lock her up, keep her sidelined until we figure out a plan C".

"Well your plan C should include a plan in which you help her when all the emotions she repressed since Jeremy dies come rushing back" Brayden said, throwing the football to Stefan.

"Well, then you, my friend, will be right by her side ready to help her through it" Stefan said.

"I'd rather die" Brayden retorted, "I'm not helping her, me being here has nothing to do with her, I'm here because of you, I could give a rats ass about Elena Gilbert, I'm only helping you, that's it, don't expect anything more from me Stefan".

After Brayden had walked out the living room, Damon looked at Stefan.

"Stop asking him to help Elena, Stefan" Damon said, "It's already hard enough for him to help you bring Elena's humanity back on, after what she did to Kol, he thinks she deserves hell but just for you, he's willing to help bring her humanity back on, so the least you can do is start being considerate towards his feelings when it comes to this whole Elena situation".

Damon then walked out the room, leaving Stefan behind to think about his words.

***

Caroline stood in a boutique, trying to pick out a dress for prom.

"That looks super hot" Fae praised, as Caroline looked at herself through the mirror.

"You think?" Caroline asked, turning to her two best friends.

"Oh, yeah" Kaitlynn said.

"Yeah?" Caroline asked, turning back and looking at herself with a huge smile on her face.

"Brayden's gonna have one sexy date tonight" Fae teased.

Caroline laughed, "Can you guys believe it?" she asked, looking at her friends through the mirror, "All three of us are going attend prom with the loves of our lives, tonight is going to be all about love and memories".

"Yeap" Fae smiled.

"The three of us are gonna have the night of our lives" Caroline continued.

"Amen to that" Kaitlynn said, side hugging Caroline.

"Wait for me" Fae said, rushing over and hugging Caroline from the other side, the three best friends laughing into the hug.

The three girls laughter died when the door to the boutique opened and Elena entered the store with Rebekah.

"Pretty dress, Caroline" Elena said, but the taunt in her voice wasn't missed by anyone.

"I know, my friends who don't try to kill me, helped me pick it out" Caroline taunted, she then turned to the boutique owner, "Can you press this for me? I'll pick it up later".

"Does this mean we can go now?" Kaitlynn asked.

"Yeah, right after I change" Caroline replied, walking back into the changing room.

***

Kaitlynn's Look For Prom

Fae's Look For Prom

Fae and Kaitlynn stepped out of the boarding house, both of them ready in their prom dress.

"Where is Caroline?" a confused Kaitlynn asked.

"I have no idea" Fae admitted, slightly worried, "She went to get her dress but I haven't seen her since".

Before Kaitlynn could say anything else, a black limo pulled up infront of them, and immediately huge smiles formed on both Fae and Kaitlynn's faces seeing their respective boyfriends get out of the limo, both of them dressed in identical black tuxes.

"Flowers for the most beautiful girl I've ever seen" Stefan said, walking over to Fae and handing her a small bouquet of flowers.

Fae grabbed the flowers and looked at Stefan with a huge smile on her face, "They are beautiful".

"Not more then you" Stefan said, making Fae give him a huge smile.

"You look stunning" Damon praised his girlfriend.

"And you certainty know how to make a girl's heart beat really fast" Kaitlynn said, fixing Damon's bow tie.

Damon looked at Kaitlynn, a fond smile on his face, "Here" he said, grabbing Kaitlynn wrist and sliding a red corsage on.

Kaitlynn looked at Damon, she then placed her lips on his and softly kissed him, "I love it" she whispered, after breaking the kiss.

"Thank god" Damon said, breathing a sigh of relief, making Kaitlynn chuckle.

"Wait, you guys, where's Brayden?" a confused Fae asked.

Damon shrugged, "We don't know" he replied, "Wait, where's Caroline?".

Kaitlynn shrugged, "We have no idea".

The group of four looked at each other in confusion, when suddenly realisation drew on them, if Caroline and Brayden were missing at the same time, it only meant one thing, "They're together" the group of four said unison.

"Probably doing the devil's tango" Fae said.

"Fae" Kaitlynn scolded.

"What?" Fae asked, "Like you didn't think the same thing, they're Brayden and Caroline of course they're having sex before prom".

"Okay, can we please stop talking about my brother's sex life" an uncomfortable Stefan said.

"I agree" an equally uncomfortable Damon said, "Instead, let's get to this prom".

Both Stefan and Damon offered their arm to their respective girls who gladly looped their arms with their partners and proceeded to attend prom, one of the most memorable night of a high school student.

***

Meanwhile up in Brayden's room, neither Caroline or Brayden were ready for prom, instead Brayden had Caroline pinned against the wall and was kissing down her neck.

"You're not listening to me, Brayden" Caroline complained, putting her head back and giving Brayden more access.

"I heard you, I'm just busy" Brayden said, putting his hands under Caroline's shirt.

Caroline suddenly pushed Brayden away from her and instead of being annoyed, Brayden just looked at his girlfriend in amusement, used to her antics.

"I have a real crisis on my hands, Brayden" Caroline stated, pacing back and forth while Brayden plopped on down on his bed, waiting for Caroline's ranting to be over, "Elena stole my prom dress, I went to pick it up, and the tailor said that somebody else already did, and when I asked who, she said she couldn't remember, hello? The vervain is out of the town water supply, she was compelled".

Brayden suddenly grabbed Caroline's wrist and brought her to his bed, he then hovered above her.

"Brayden!" Caroline yelled, glaring at her boyfriend, who just smiled at her, "I know prom isn't important to you, but it's important to me, and now Elena has ruined everything".

"You really think I will let Elena Gilbert ruin your special night?" Brayden asked, playing with a strand of Caroline's hair.

"No" Caroline replied, "But you have no control over this, she stole that dress from right under all our noses".

"What's the princess you're so obsessed with?" Brayden asked curiously, "The one in Monaco?".

"How is that relevant?!" a frustrated Caroline asked.

"Just tell me the name, princess" Brayden urged.

"Princess Grace of Monaco" Caroline informed.

"That's the one" Brayden realised.

"Why do you even want to know her name?" a confused Caroline asked.

"Because I got you a dress that makes you look hotter than Princess Grace of Monaco" Brayden revealed, kissing Caroline's cheek.

Caroline looked at her boyfriend wide eyed, "Seriously?" she asked.

"Seriously" Brayden confirmed, kissing Caroline's nose, "No offense to Fae and Kaitlynn but the dress they chose was not it, after you showed me a picture I knew I could do much better which I did".

Caroline let out a ecstatic laugh, she put both her arms around Brayden's neck and rolled them over with her now on top of Brayden, "I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you so so so much!".

Brayden laughed hearing Caroline's excitement, the things he would do just for this excitement, "Told you I'm not going to let anyone ruin tonight for you" he said, hugging his girlfriend back tightly.

***

Brayden and Caroline entered prom together, with their arms looped around each others, looking around Caroline's eyes landed on Fae and Stefan dancing together and Damon and Kaitlynn and immediately a huge smile formed on her face seeing how happy everyone looked tonight.

"Is this everything you wanted?" Brayden whispered into Caroline's ear.

Caroline looked at Brayden, "Everything and more" she said, "Thank you for not letting prom get ruined for me".

"You're welcome" Brayden said, kissing Caroline's cheek.

"So how do I look?" Elena asked, walking over to Caroline, wanting to rub in her face that she stole her dress, but she didn't know that tonight nothing was going to put a dampen on Caroline's mood.

"Honestly Elena, thank you so much for stealing that dress, if you hadn't then my boyfriend wouldn't have had the chance to get me this beautiful dress" Caroline said, immediately causing the taunting smirk to fall from Elena's face, "Don't I look good?".

"You look absolutely stunning" Brayden praised, "Now ignoring irrelevant people, may I have this dance, my lady?".

Caroline laughed and with no hesitation placed her hand in Brayden's outstretched hand and let him lead her towards the dance floor, while a fuming Elena stood there and just watched Brayden and Caroline enjoy the night together.

***

While Caroline, Kaitlynn and Fae had decided to use the restroom together, mainly to catch up, Bonnie and Matt walked over to the three brothers, who were standing together, a panicked expression on Bonnie's face.

"We have a problem" Bonnie said, she then proceeded to tell them about Silas appearing to her as Jeremy, "It's like Jeremy was there, I could talk to him and feel him".

"Bonnie, that's what Silas does, you can't let him get to you again" Stefan said.

"Yeah, because you go all crazy and brainwashed, it's just not a good look" Damon stated.

"Okay, the ballots have been tallied which means it's time to announce this year's prom king and queen" April said into the microphone, just as the three girls came out of the bathroom.

"Look, one of us should take her home" Stefan suggested to his brothers.

"That's a stupid idea" Brayden said, "She's much safer here then alone in her house, there's so many people here, there's no way Silas is going to get all of us to see the same thing".

"Okay, in the meantime, how do we look out for a guy that can appear as anyone?" a confused Matt asked, but none the of the brothers had an answer to that question, as even they didn't know how to look out for Silas.

"All right, your prom king and queen are Matt Donovan and Caroline Forbes!" April announced, gaining the brothers attention.

"Oh my god!" a shocked Caroline whispered, not believing that she won prom queen, she didn't even ask people to vote for her.

"You did it, Care Bear!" an excited Fae yelled, pulling the shocked Forbes vampire into a tight hug.

"First, Miss Mystic and now this?" Kaitlynn teased, "Is there anything you can't do?".

"How did I win?" a confused Caroline wondered out, "I didn't even ask people to vote for me".

"Who cares how you won, but you won" Kaitlynn said, as Fae casted a suspicious look towards the middle Salvatore who was smiling ear to ear seeing his girlfriend win prom queen, "Now go up there and get that damn crown like the queen you are".

Kaitlynn lightly pushed Caroline towards the stage, and once the shock wore off and she finally registered what had happened, Caroline went up to the stage with a huge smile on her face.

"Please tell me you didn't compel April to make Caroline prom queen" Fae said, walking over to the brothers.

"Don't be an idiot, if I did that, Caroline would have killed me" Brayden said, smiling seeing the huge smile on Caroline's face as the prom queen crown was placed over her head, "I just simply voted for her".

"And how many times did you vote for her?" a curious Damon asked.

Brayden shrugged, "Too many times, I lost count".

Kaitlynn slapped Damon's shoulder, "Why don't you do things like that for me?".

"I didn't think you wanted to be prom queen" Damon defended, rubbing the place Kaitlynn slapped.

"That is true" Kaitlynn mumbled, making an amused Damon shake his head at her.

"You're a good boyfriend, Brayden" Fae praised.

"I'm just making sure tonight is everything she dreamed of" Brayden said, as Caroline's eyes landed on him.

"I love you" Caroline mouthed, knowing her standing on this stage has something to do with her soulmate.

"Love you too" Brayden mouthed, before sending a flying kiss to the ecstatic vampire.

***

After Caroline had won prom queen, the three brothers decided it was in the girls best interest to go home, they feared that if Silas couldn't get to Bonnie he will try his luck with Fae, another Bennett witch who is capable of doing the spell Silas needs to bring the other side down, so after sending the three girls home, the brothers decided to stick around to keep an eye for Silas.

Currently, Brayden leaned against a tree, smiling at the photo that showed up on the slideshow, it was a photo of him and Caroline at their very first decade dance together.

"This is you looking for Silas?" Damon asked, walking over to his brother.

"I'm multitasking" Brayden defended, "I'm keeping an eye for Silas while at the same time reminiscing about the past".

Damon glared at Brayden, "You mean about you and Kaitlynn?".

Brayden looked at his brother in shock, "Did you hit your head somewhere?" he asked, "Why will I think about me and Kaitlynn?".

"Because I think you're still not over her" Damon stated, "I think you're just messing with Caroline, you don't want her, you want Kaitlynn".

Brayden titled his head at his brother and observed him for a moment, he then started chuckling.

"What's so funny?" a confused Damon asked.

"You're not my brother" Brayden stated, "I know my brother, more than I know myself, now he might think those things in his head, but he'll never say it to my face, he would never want me and him to fight over a girl, I mean that's the whole reason why he didn't pursue Kaitlynn in 1864, so better luck next time, Silas".

Silas chuckled, "You're good, definitely better than your brothers" he said, "I must say your twin's mind is a very dark and riveting place, but then so is yours, isn't it Brayden?".

"Where's my brothers, Silas?" Brayden asked, walking over to the psychic.

"Stefan's in the woods, I convinced him I was you" Silas informed, "While Damon is also somewhere in the woods, I convinced him I was Stefan, let's just say your brothers aren't as good as you as depicting a lie".

Brayden glared at Silas, he speeded over to him to attack him, when Silas suddenly stabbed him in the stomach with a wooden stake, causing Brayden to groan in pain and fall to the floor on his knees.

"And that's is exactly what I did to your brothers" Silas informed, he knelt infront of Brayden and patted his arm, "The witch is mine, stay away from her, or I will be forced to go after the witch you and your brothers actually care about, Fae".

After giving Brayden's arm another pat, Silas walked away while Brayden laid on the floor in pain, he regretted not drinking human blood for days.

***

Brayden, still laying on the floor, groaned in pain, gaining the attention of his brothers who were looking for him.

"Brayden?" Stefan called out, not knowing if this was really his brother or another trick of Silas.

"Yeah, it's me" Brayden confirmed, finally managing to take the stake out of his stomach.

Damon and Stefan rushed over to Brayden, "Let me guess" Damon said, kneeling by his brother as he slowly sat up, "An extremely handsome man came up to you claiming to be me".

"Yeah" Brayden whispered.

"Yeah" Damon repeated.

***

The three brothers rushed over to Bonnie and Elena after hearing Elena's screaming, while both Brayden and Damon stayed behind, Stefan rushed over to Bonnie.

"Bonnie, stop" Stefan pleaded, as Elena sat on the floor holding her head in pain with her nose bleeding, "Bonnie".

"Brayden, help me" Elena pleaded.

"In your dreams" Brayden said.

"Bonnie, you're killing her" Stefan snapped.

"I know what I'm doing" Bonnie said, glaring at Elena and not stopping her magic.

"That's the magic talking, this is your best friend" Stefan reminded.

Elena yelled in pain, "Bonnie, please" she cried.

After a moment, Bonnie finally came to her senses and finally stopped her magic on Elena.

"You okay?" a concerned Stefan asked.

"No, I'm not okay" Bonnie snapped, "I almost died, the shell of my best friend almost killed me, none of this is okay".

After Bonnie had walked away, Brayden looked towards his brother, "Plan B?" he asked, making Elena look at him in confusion.

"Plan B" Stefan confirmed.

Brayden smirked and without wasting a second, he speeded over to Elena and snapped her neck.

***

Stefan placed a still unconscious Elena in the Salvatore's basement.

"She might not feel much, but she's gonna feel that in the morning" Damon said, as he and Brayden leaned against the doorframe.

"So, what's the plan?" Stefan asked.

"To torture her" Brayden replied.

"We're not torturing her, Brayden" Stefan said.

"Yes we are, Stefan" Brayden stated, "When Bonnie was going crazy on her, she thought she was going to die, and her eyes showed how scared she was feeling".

"Fear" Stefan whispered.

"Last time I checked, one of those pesky human emotions" Damon said.

"So plan C" Stefan said, "Make her life a living hell".

"I volunteer" Brayden said, putting his hand up, "I still have some scores to settle with her".

"Go for it" Damon told Brayden, "Now can we talk about our other problem? You know, the one that can be anyone, anywhere, any time?".

"Silas still needs Bonnie" Stefan said, "And if tonight is any indication, she's no pushover, she's not gonna let him manipulate her, not anymore".

"I wouldn't underestimate his talents, he fooled the hell out of us three" Damon reminded.

"And also, if Bonnie doesn't help Silas, then he's going come after Fae" Brayden reminded, as the brothers walked out the cellar and Stefan shut the door behind them.

"Fae will never let Silas manipulate her" Stefan said, "He will never get to her, she's too strong for him".

"Let's hope so" Brayden said, "Because if he does, then you're going to have to live with the guilt of concentrating so much on your girlfriend that you forgot to protect your current girlfriend".

Both Damon and Brayden left the basement, while Stefan stood there staring at Elena for a second and thinking about Brayden's words, realising that after turning Elena's humanity on, it was high time to take a step back from her.

***

Presenting 4x19 of They Don't Know About Us!

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